Li Gaoyu secretly hated Gao Yuan in his heart for not being successful enough to defeat more than anything else, and he didn't bring down Li Wenyao, but he even got into it, and folded a Lin Zhixin by the way, but these are not the most important things, what matters now is whether the emperor will be angry and implicate himself, so he hurriedly stepped forward and explained, "Father, the matter between Gao Yuan and Lin Zhixin's greed, the sons and sons don't know!" This time, I also believed his words, so I misunderstood the seventh brother, and the rest of the things, the sons were really wronged. ”

"Shut up!" The emperor shouted, grabbed a few books on the table and threw them violently, shouting, "Do you think that the little abacus in your stomach will not be known!" Wen Yao has been working hard for a few days, and you still have to pour dirty water on him! You're really, so disappointed in me! ”

Li Gaotang shrank in place, although his heart was full of anger, and he wanted to cut Li Wenyao with a thousand knives immediately, but he had to endure it and kneel aside.

Wen Yao...... In the past few days, you have worked hard and been wronged...... Let's go back and rest......" The emperor roared for most of the day, he was already a little exhausted, squinted and looked around, saw the four princes standing in the crowd, beckoned, "Cheng Qian, this disaster relief will be handed over to you...... Don't make any more mistakes......"

Li Chengqian was originally looking at this good show proudly, but he was suddenly sent an envoy and was a little panicked, and hurriedly stepped forward and replied, "Yes, father, son-in-law will do his best to do a good job." ”

The emperor yawned twice, his eyelids were already a little open, and he whispered to Eunuch Chen beside him, "Okay, let's retreat from the dynasty......

"Huh......" Eunuch Chen hurriedly helped him slowly shake down the Ningyang Palace, sat on the dragon sword, and walked away.

The crown prince suffered such a big loss this time, and almost became the laughing stock of the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military affairs, and on the way back to Qiguang Hall from Ningyang Palace, his face was cold, and his mind seemed to be filled with several buckets of paste, and it was chaotic.

As soon as the front foot stepped into the Qiguang Palace, he lost his center of gravity and fell to the ground fiercely.

"Your Royal Highness the Crown Prince, are you alright?" A group of maids and eunuchs hurriedly stepped forward to help him up, and staggered a few steps before he fell crooked on a bench made of tiger skin mattresses, his eyes dim, as if his soul had been robbed.

"Get out...... Give me ...... out" The tone of his voice is also soft, it can also be said that at this moment, he realized for the first time his current situation, his seventh brother is no longer the same medicine soup as before, and only knows how to enjoy flowers and paintings all day long, he has quietly climbed up in a place he can't see.

"Your Highness......"

In a trance, a soft female voice came from outside the sky, a pair of cold jade hands touched the back of his hand, and Li Lingjiao whispered in his ear, "Your Highness, you must cheer up...... We still have a chance. ”

"Chance? What chances? He didn't make a big fuss like before, smashing bowls and cups, but just sneered bitterly, "What chance do I have to pick myself up now...... The matter of escorting the tax and silver, the father's trust in Li Wenyao has increased greatly, and now even the disaster relief has been handed over to the fourth prince...... I...... Already evicted from the game......"

He stretched out his hand, took the only half-pot of cold wine on the table, and poured it into his throat, and for a while all the bitterness, sourness and sweetness welled up in his heart, and a few lines of tears welled up in his eyes.

"Your Highness...... You can't give up on yourself like this......" Li Lingjiao raised a hand, gently brushed the fine hair on his forehead to his sideburns, and smiled faintly, "No matter what, you are still the crown prince now...... As long as you are the crown prince...... There is still a chance to turn the tables, no matter how much Li Wenyao shows off his might, he is just a prince, and his position is far below you......"

Li Gaotang shook the wine glass in his hand, his eyes were in a trance, "You mean to say that only my father abolished me and appointed Li Wenyao as the crown prince...... Then I'm completely hopeless, am I? ”

He stared at Li Lingjiao's surging eyes, and he couldn't even make a ripple in his heart.

"Your Highness...... Don't be so discouraged, the queen mother will be sad if she knows......"

"The queen mother? Scold...... The reason why I, the crown prince, has fallen to this point is not because she has done nothing...... All day in the harem, I only know how to be a peacemaker...... Every time I begged her for something, she always advised me not to fight for power...... But I don't fight, do I wait for others to step on my head! ”

In Li Gaotang's heart, his queen mother is just hanging the title of a queen, in fact, it is useless at all, there is neither a prominent net worth, nor a ruthless means, so many years, almost obscurity to the point that even the Qing concubine and the concubine can compete with her for favor in the open, and she can sit firmly on the throne of the prince for so many years, it is just her father's love for her.

In the Fengyi Palace, there was a faint smell of sandalwood.

The queen was kneeling on the futon, chanting sutras and chanting Buddha, and only an elderly aunt was waiting beside her, and there was no one else, so the whole palace seemed solemn and quiet.

Suddenly, I heard the voice of Gonggong Li coming in outside the door, "Queen Mother...... The emperor is here, you should prepare to take over. ”

"The emperor is here......" The queen murmured in surprise, handed the Buddhist beads in her hand to her aunt beside her, got up in full clothes, and knelt down respectfully as soon as the palace door opened, "The concubine greets the emperor, I don't know if the emperor will come over at this moment, and I haven't had time to dress up ......"

The emperor waved his hand and replied in a hoarse voice, "Flatten......"

"Thank you, concubine, Your Majesty,......" the queen stood up quietly, seeing that his face was a little pale, she hurriedly stepped forward to support him, and asked with concern, "Your Majesty, your face doesn't look very good, is it not feeling well?" ”

"I'm fine......" The emperor sighed heavily, climbed to the top and sat down, Eunuch Chen quickly pulled two pillows and put them under his neck, and retreated in a friendly manner, after all, the prince made such a big mistake today, and the emperor must have something to say to the queen.

Although the queen ignores political affairs, she has often heard the palace people talk about it in recent days, and the prince's various behaviors have made the emperor angry.

Seeing him like this again, he naturally became more clear, and stood aside a little guilty, "Your Majesty, is this kid Gao Tang worrying about you again...... It's all because the concubines are usually not strict in discipline that they will ...... like this."

"The queen doesn't have to blame herself......" The emperor stretched out his hand and took her hand slightly, it was still a little humid and warm, thinking that he was too nervous, "Gao Tang, this child is too anxious, it's really not a good thing...... Today, above the court, he actually colluded with the household servant and Jiangnan Mansion Yin to spread rumors and make trouble, and caused a miasma......"

"Don't be angry, the concubine will definitely teach him ......"

"I and you, is to support each other, respect each other like a guest, to get to today, you have never competed for favor, to the harem concubines are also courteous, I see it in my eyes, you have suffered a lot of grievances over the years, so this prince, I have never thought about others, but this high-minded and generous is really not what a king should have, so he can't tolerate his own siblings......"

The emperor looked out the window, the sun was shining, and suddenly remembered many old events, and couldn't help but feel sad secretly, and sighed, "I don't want him to make another mistake like me......"

Where his eyes were gloomy, he seemed to think of his former best friend, at the beginning of his ascension to the throne, he assisted the left and right, fighting for himself in the north and south, they had also talked about state affairs, and had a common blueprint for the world......

After closing his eyes and meditating for a long time, a faint snoring sound sounded in the Fengyi Palace.

The queen couldn't bear to disturb him, so she just took a mink trench coat from the inner room, draped it over him, and looked at him quietly.