Xiao Zhen took Xiao Wei to the front yard, the two came from the backyard, and saw two half-person high wooden boxes in the open space in front of the guest hall from a long distance, at that time Xiao Ying was sitting in the guest hall and drinking tea peacefully, Xiao Zhen and he have never gotten along, and now they are not polite to him, and they asked when they entered the guest hall: "Third brother, what do you mean by this?" ”

When Xiao Ying heard this, he knew that Xiao Zhen was here, hurriedly put down the tea cup in his hand, stood up, faced Xiao Zhen, saluted in a proper manner, and called: "Big brother." ”

Then he saw Xiao Wei following behind Xiao Chen, and then said, "Yo, the second brother is also here." ”

Xiao Wei looked back at the boxes outside, and asked casually, "Third brother, what's going on with those two boxes outside?" ”

Xiao Ying walked towards Xiao Zhen head-on, but Xiao Zhen turned his back to him intentionally, and said with disdain: "If you want to give a gift, then please go back." ”

"Big brother, what are you talking about," Xiao Ying walked to Xiao Zhen's side with a smile and said, "My brother has specially prepared a gift today, and he sincerely wants to shake hands with his eldest brother." ”

Hearing this, Xiao Ying was not surprised, looking at Xiao Ying's actions today, his meaning has been clearly revealed in front of others, he first smiled silently with Xiao Ying on the side, and then "poof" sneered, then turned around, looked at Xiao Ying, and said, "Shake hands and make peace?" It's really the sun that came out in the west, third brother, you have always been arrogant, you have been against me everywhere inside and outside the court, and you have never bowed your head to show weakness, why do you pull down your face now to shake hands with me and make peace? ”

"In the past, I was young and vigorous and didn't understand the rules, so I offended the eldest brother many times, and now my brother I sincerely regret it, and I want to reconcile with the eldest brother, no, I am here today to apologize," Xiao Ying said, and took a step closer to Xiao Zhen, sneering, "Big brother, since my brother calls you 'big brother', it means that we are brothers, we are brothers, we all say that brothers are like siblings, how can there be fratricide in this world, and brothers fight each other?" If there really is, then wouldn't this world be chaotic? ”

"The meaning of the third brother's words, I understand, in the three years that I have been in the court, you have competed with the fifth child for the position of my prince, and now you have lost the upper hand, and you are about to lose, so you came to me to help? It's just that I don't understand, now that I haven't reached the sky, and you haven't been defeated, why do you want to cooperate with me? ”

Xiao Zhen spoke, deliberately mentioning that the position of the prince was his, Xiao Ying heard it clearly, although he had objections, but he didn't dare to say a word, but echoed it repeatedly, and covered it up for himself: "What the eldest brother said is very reasonable, you are the prince, who should be the prince, needless to say, the younger brother used to be greedy for imperial power and wanted to sit on the throne, but now he doesn't dare to think about it anymore." ”

"Since you have broken your mind about the throne, why did you come to discuss cooperation with me today?" Xiao Zhen knew that Xiao Ying's intention to come this time was to cooperate with him, so it can be seen that he is covering up everywhere and being extremely hypocritical, so he is not very polite.

Xiao Wei was also deeply bored when he listened to Xiao Ying detour like this, so he simply said bluntly: "Third brother, eldest brother has always disliked going around in circles with people, if you have anything to say, you might as well speak up." ”

After he said that, he walked to the side and sat down, Xiao Ying glanced at him, quite embarrassed, and stopped beating around the bush, "Since that's the case, then I'll say it directly." Big brother, you went to Liang County for three years, the fifth brother married the daughter of Zhongshan Liu, Yixing remarried Shen Wenhe, they successively wooed Zhongshan Liu and Wuxing Shen, and and Zhang Gou in the imperial history, Shangshu Province left servant Yang Mingzhi has close contacts, and now wants to win over Nankang County Gong Chu Yuan, these things, the eldest brother must have heard of it, although he is not a grandson, but he has a huge influence in the court, if the eldest brother turns a blind eye again, the position of the prince will sooner or later fall into his hands. ”

"You also know that I have been in Liangjun for three years, and the situation in the DPRK and China has turned upside down, and now above the court, you and the eyes and ears of your fifth brother, there is no place for me to stand for a long time, but you want to cooperate with me, so you are not afraid of being dragged down by me?"

Xiao Zhen said this, on the surface, it seems to be arrogant, but in fact, it is to test Xiao Ying's bottom line, he knows that the trend of the court situation is very unfavorable to him, but there are still most elders in the court who respect Confucianism, and they all advocate the establishment of the elder and not the virtuous, he is the eldest son, based on this alone, it is not easy to be easy to store, not to mention that he has an army of 100,000 in Liang County, except for his fourth brother Xiao Huang, the king of Changsha, who is far away in Jiude County and guards the southern border, I am afraid that no one can compete with him.

Xiao Ying came to negotiate peace with him today, and he must have taken a fancy to these two points.

Xiao Zhen was right, Xiao Ying really mentioned the matter of military power, "Big brother has a heavy army, are you still afraid that the power will fall?" An army of 100,000 is enough to take Jiankang, how can you talk about a mere king of Wuling County? ”

Before the words fell, Xiao Wei coughed lightly twice, Xiao Zhen and Xiao Ying glanced at him together, and then Xiao Zhen said: "Third brother, the wall has ears, and there are some words, you know if you don't say it properly." ”

Xiao Ying was shocked when she heard this, and glanced around sensitively, and only when she saw that there were no outsiders did she put her mind at ease, and then said: "Big brother, the snobbery of the fifth brother in the court should not be underestimated, if it is not uprooted, it will become a big disaster in the future, the younger brother came today, begging the eldest brother to join forces with me to eradicate dissidents, and the eldest brother will become a great treasure in the future, leaving the younger brother with a cheap life, which is enough." ”

When the words fell, Xiao Ying didn't speak, just smiled, Xiao Ying was confused, and she was a little apprehensive, so she continued to woo, "Big brother, my younger brother came to ask for peace today, so I prepared a small gift, and asked my eldest brother to smile." ”

After he finished speaking, he turned to look out the door, gestured to the attendant, and said, "Let's open the box quickly." ”

The attendants opened the two boxes together, and out came out two ladies in thin shirts, both of whom were fifteen or sixteen years old, and their appearance was also very standard.

The two ladies wore an indigo and a blue, and when they came to the front of the hall at the same time, they bowed down together and saluted, and said in unison: "Zizhao (Qiwei), I have seen His Royal Highness the Prince." ”

Xiao Zhen and Xiao Wei were both stunned, not shocked by the beauty of these two ladies, but they didn't expect that the two boxes contained two big living people, and they were still noble daughters of the family, Xiao Ying paid attention to Xiao Zhen's expression, but thought that he was a person who was greedy for beauty, and introduced in turn: "This is Yu Zizhao, the granddaughter of Taifu Yu Yuangui, and that one is Lu Qiwei, the daughter of Lu Huilin, Si Nongqing." I know that there is only one princess in the backyard of the eldest brother, and there is no side room, but the eldest brother is the prince after all, and he will inherit the unification in the future. ”