The reason why Lan Guang was able to climb from a small guard leader to the position of today's prime minister is not a vain person, what he is best at in his life is to observe words and colors, and speculate on people's hearts.

On the surface, the emperor seems to rely on the fourth prince Xiao Yishuo, but in fact, the position of the crown prince is vacillating between the eldest prince Xiao Chengtian and the fifth prince Xiao Luochen.

Lan Guang had the heart to defend the fourth prince Xiao Yishuo, but looking at the current situation, he could only give up, Rao was so, he also secretly stretched out a finger and shook it slowly on the cuffs, the fourth prince Xiao Yishuo saw Lan Guang's subtle action in his eyes, but he didn't understand his meaning, he couldn't help frowning, and said in his heart, is it difficult for this old guy to regret it? Don't you want to help me take the throne?!

Lord Xiao didn't notice the subtle expression between Lan Guang and Xiao Yishuo at all, and he urged: "Prime Minister Lan, announce the decree." ”

Lan Guang then cleared his voice and said: "The four princes must be very aware of the situation of my invitation to the moon, and now the three kings of the court are rampant, just because the old emperor has a will, the three kings do not oppose my invitation to the moon, and I invite the moon to live up to the three kings' contribution to defending the land and saving the driver, but now these three people do whatever they want, only to make the people complain, the hundred officials dare not speak, my lord Shengming, has long had the intention to eliminate harm for the people, for the hundred officials to justify, how can these three people support the army and self-respect, I am afraid that they will rebel together, and the consequences will be unimaginable at that time." Lan Guang's eyes swept at Xiao Chengtian and Xiao Yishuo, paused and continued: "The emperor's intention, now that the position of the crown prince has been hanging, it should have been booked a long time ago, and now I will take this opportunity to set up a prince, on the condition that whoever among the five princes can solve the three kings is the future prince, and I invite the prince of the Yue Kingdom." ”

As soon as Lan Guang's voice fell, Xiao Yichen knelt down in front of the desk, kowtowed, and said: "Father Emperor Mingjian, the emperor is only willing to send love to the landscape, and he has no chance or intention to be on the throne. ”

The emperor's eyes seemed to be open, staring at the second son who was lying on the table and describing obscenity, he didn't fully believe in this son, among the five sons, he was most worried about this second son, just because he was smart and clever since he was a child, mature and steady, and when he was six years old, he had faintly revealed the style of a human king. At that time, he did intend to hand over the country of Invite Yue to him, if it wasn't for the fact that Madame Butterfly was later found to be cheating with the guards, now he and this second prince should be the most affectionate father and son. It's just all this, alas......

Thinking about the past, Xiao Guozhu has been burned all over the inside, twenty years, Madame Butterfly's gentleness and gentleness, beautiful and lovely are still in front of his eyes, as if it was just yesterday, in the past twenty years, in the dead of night, he always asked himself, if he didn't kill Madame Butterfly in anger at that time, but sent her into the cold palace, then do they still have a future today, and is this son still his son? !

It's just that all this is meaningless, Xiao Guozhu doesn't believe that Xiao Yichen has really forgotten who his mother is, and he has really forgotten the grudge against his mother's tragic death.

Before Lord Xiao could speak, a eunuch suddenly ran into the study in a panic, knelt at the door and stammered, "The emperor ...... Your Majesty, something is wrong, Princess Yu somehow fell into the Butterfly Lake in the Imperial Garden, and now her life and death are unknown......"

Before the eunuch's words were finished, Xiao Yichen actually stood up, then his knees weakened, and he fell to the ground again, only to see that his lips were gray, one big eye and one small eye became more and more crooked, his hands fell to the ground, desperately crawled towards the emperor, grabbed the emperor's clothes and begged bitterly: "The son begs the emperor to give an order from the emperor to save Xue ......Yi quickly."

Xiao Yichen's snot and tears fell on the corner of Xiao Guozhu's dragon robe, Xiao Guozhu was neither angry nor disgusted, and was not in a hurry to agree to Xiao Yichen's request, but grabbed Xiao Yichen's arms with both hands, and asked with concern: "The emperor's legs?" It seemed that he could stand just now, but why was his face so ugly now? From the perspective of the widow, it is better to announce the imperial doctor first to diagnose and treat the injuries of the emperor. Saying that, Lord Xiao didn't wait for Xiao Yichen to shirk, raised his head and ordered: "Pass on Imperial Doctor Feng, Imperial Doctor Qin and other imperial scholars to see the driver to treat the second prince!" ”

Lord Xiao's hand stretched out to Xiao Yichen's gray face, at this moment, Xiao Yichen's seemingly slightly closed eyes stared at his father's hand tightly, his whole heart rose to his throat, his brain was spinning rapidly, if his father's hand really fell on his face, and found that these sinuous and ugly scars were just his disguise, what should he do!

At this time, Xiao Guozhu's loving hands were like a spell for Xiao Yichen, and at this moment, he seemed to hear his heartbeat!

Lord Xiao's care is undoubtedly a life-urging spell in Xiao Yichen's eyes, he knows very well in his heart that this father not only does not believe him, but also guards against him all the time, if his father finds out that his injury is disguised today, then his life will really be confessed!

Xiao Yichen saw it clearly, and he understood more clearly in his heart that today's deliberations in the imperial study, except for the three kings are only one of them, Xiao Guozhu's intention is probably to kill two birds with one stone, not only to eradicate dissidents, but also to get a glimpse of the respective strengths of the five princes, to see who is secretly planning for the position of the prince. Just now Lan Guang stretched out a finger and waved it in his sleeve, Xiao Yichen understood, Lan Guang wanted the four princes to stand still, so Xiao Yichen decided to retire, who knew that Xue Yi fell into Butterfly Lake.

At this moment, Xiao Yichen had already guessed that the matter of Xue Yiluo Lake might not be so simple. Seeing that his father's hand was about to fall on Xiao Yichen's face, in a hurry, Xiao Yichen's whole body lay on the ground softly, and his hands actually grabbed the corners of Xiao Guozhu's dragon robe and cried bitterly: "Father, the order of the sons, day and night, please have mercy on my father and save Xue ......Yi first."

Xiao Yichen hit the bottom with a bang, and Xiao Guozhu's hand naturally fell into the air.

Xiao Chengtian and Xiao Yishuo spoke for Xiao Yichen at the same time, and the two of them said: "Father, human life is at stake, it is better to ask Father to move to the imperial garden to see how Princess Yu is doing." ”

Lord Xiao glared fiercely at the two sons kneeling in front of the desk, his face instantly returned to his fatherly appearance, his hands still grabbed Xiao Yichen's arms, and said, "My son doesn't have to worry, there are many guards in the imperial garden, and there is no reason to watch Princess Yu fall into the water and not save it." ”

While speaking, the Yellow Gate official rumored that the imperial doctor was already waiting outside the door of the study.

Lord Xiao announced the Hajj. The three imperial doctors knelt down in front of the desk and shouted long live, and when they saw that the drive was over, they stood on the left and right of the desk and waited for the will.

Lord Xiao's eyes fell on Xiao Yichen, who was still lying on the ground crying bitterly, and said slowly: "The three Aiqing, the second prince is unwell, the three of you must carefully diagnose and treat, if there is any omission, the widow will be severely punished!" Xiao Guozhu's words seemed to be concerned about his son's injury, but his gloomy face was full of doubts, and the three imperial doctors heard this, and looked at each other, you look at me, I look at you, no one can guess what the emperor really has, and no one said anything for a while.

Xiao Yishuo couldn't hold his breath, watching his father and Xiao Yichen ignore whether Xue Yi was alive or dead in the lake, and said dissatisfiedly: "Father, Princess Yu fell into the lake, should I ask the imperial doctor to go to see if Princess Yu is in trouble?" ”

Lord Xiao said coldly: "Shuo'er, you can explain to your father what you mean." ”

When Xiao Yishuo heard this, he knew that his father blamed him for being troublesome, so he had to retreat silently, he stood behind him and kicked Lan Guang with his foot, and secretly said in his heart You are a ruthless old fox, seeing that his daughter's life and death are uncertain, he didn't pay attention to it at all, and he didn't even say a word.

Lan Guang still stood with his head down, as if nothing had happened, and Xiao Yichen had no choice but to retreat to the side in hatred.

A eunuch had already dragged Xiao Yichen to a wheelchair, and the three imperial doctors took turns to check Xiao Yichen's pulse, and all of them looked suspicious.

Lord Xiao asked with concern: "Three Aiqing, is there anything wrong with my emperor's illness?" ”

Imperial Physician Qin stroked the three locks of beard under his chin, slowly shook his head and said: "Long live Hui, according to Weichen, the injury of the prince of Yu is not serious, but he seems to have been injured a few days ago, and the injury is poisonous, and the poisonous gas has already invaded the lungs, I am afraid it will ......."

Imperial Physician Feng had also finished taking the pulse at this time, and he added: "Lord Yu's pulse is disordered, obviously he has been stimulated by something, I am afraid that although this life is temporarily worry-free, I am afraid that this injury will be difficult to heal after all." ”

At this time, he didn't believe that this son was really as fragile as he appeared, but at the moment, these two imperial doctors were people he believed in, and Xiao Guozhu also believed that the medical skills of these two imperial doctors would not be wrong.

"Untie his clothes and let the widow see where my emperor is injured!" Lord Xiao suddenly stood up, walked in front of Xiao Yichen, and ordered the little eunuch on the side to take off his coat for Xiao Yichen.

At this time, everyone in the study already knew very well that Lord Xiao was concerned about Xiao Yichen's injury on the surface, but in fact he was checking whether Xiao Yichen was pretending to be sick, it seemed that this Lord Yu was still a piece of Lord Xiao's heart after all!

Xiao Yichen felt sad for a while, and said in his heart: Father, father, I was still hesitating about the prince, but now since you are ruthless first, you will not blame your sons for being unrighteous later!

Xiao Yichen was half-lying in a wheelchair, like the meat of a chopping board, at the mercy of others, his clothes were untied, revealing old scars on his brown skin, Xiao Guozhu recalled Fengshan, this son desperately protected his situation, and he couldn't help but sigh a little in his heart, now he is also forced by the situation, seeing that his body is not as good as day by day, if he does not wipe out the secret forces, whether it is the loyal Xiao Chengtian or the kind Xiao Luochen, he will not be the emperor of the Yueyue Kingdom in peace!

"Emperor's ......." Lord Xiao's hand fell on Xiao Yichen's scar, his eyes were clear, and there was a little more helpless desolation in his voice.

The matter seemed to have passed like this, and he didn't want Xiao Yishuo to peek behind him, but he could see at a glance that the scar on Xiao Yichen's shoulder was a new injury recently!