Yun Xuan's fingers grabbed the lichen and almost poked out ten holes.

In the Dongnuan Pavilion, it was so quiet that it made people's hearts palpitate, Yun Xuan knew that the emperor was impatient to wait, he raised his head and looked at his father, there were tears in his eyes, "Father, both of them are the elder brothers of Erchen, and Erchen really doesn't know how to choose!" ”

Yun Zhen felt that there was no one more clever than Yun Xuan, he let out a long sigh, who would have thought that the third prince, who was dedicated to his studies and spoke little, would be able to say such a thing?

Sure enough, the emperor seemed to be extremely touched and nodded, "What you say is sincere!" Fang waved his hand and told them all to retreat.

In the huge winter warm pavilion, only the emperor and Xia Shouzhong were left, the emperor was lying on the rocking chair, with a hot hand towel on his forehead, and next to it was water that could be scalded off the skin, Xia Shouzhong skillfully wet the hand towel, quickly wrung it out, and when the outer layer was cold, he replaced it for the emperor.

The fire on the dragon pattern candlestick of the green jade longevity character Gouyun Kui was swaying, shaking the light and shadow on the wall, and the beast head mouth of the Xuande furnace spit out the curling ambergris incense, the emperor had a dream in a trance, woke up, took off the handkerchief on his forehead, and threw it to Xia Shouzhong, Xia Shouzhong took it in a panic, and bowed more and more, and called softly, "Your Majesty!" ”

"What time is it?"

"Back to the emperor, it's the end of the hour!"

"What about the princes?"

"They're all kneeling outside!"

The whistling wind, blowing the window lattice, fluttering, and crying like a ghost in his ears, the emperor finally relented, "Who wants them to kneel?" It's upset to watch! ”

Xia Shouzhong has been with the emperor for many years, and said in a low voice on the side, "The emperor is not in good spirits, and his face is not good, which of His Royal Highnesses is not a filial son?" At this time, the emperor was already angry, where did he dare to leave? ”

"Xia Shouzhong, tell me, at this time, Yun Zhen still wants to stay out of the matter, and refuses to say a word of sincerity, his personality is more like his mother after all!"

Xia Shouzhong was not easy to evaluate, and smiled for a long time, "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Eighth Prince is also your son!" It's just that...... The slave felt that the reason why the eighth prince stayed out of the matter was because he wanted to be a virtuous minister more, but this was all a little speculation by the slave, and he asked the emperor to forgive him! ”

"I exalted him so much, but he refused to share my worries. The crown prince killed the king and killed his father, and now there is the queen mother to protect me, if I don't want the world to say that I am not filial, I can't punish the prince. The eldest prince wants to be the crown prince, just such a fool, for so many years, as the eldest son, what do you see he has done? ”

"I asked him to raise money in Jiangnan, but he was good, one after another from Jiangnan to the house to send beauties, full of court, almost there are ordinary courtiers who have Yangzhou thin horses he sent at home, I don't know. On the contrary, it was Jiangnan, which almost provoked a popular uprising. ”

The emperor's anger came up again, "Ninety percent of the courtiers have promoted him as the crown prince, I really didn't expect that the prince I thought was the most incompetent would have such a reputation, and even my good brother spoke for him and praised him for being a virtuous king!" ”

The Emperor was furious and waved his hand, "Tell them all to go, don't kneel outside my door, I don't want to see them!" "This time, it's really annoying.

Xia Shouzhong went out, opened the door of the palace, and said to the princes who were trembling in the wind and snow, "Your Majesty has a decree to order His Royal Highness the princes to leave the palace immediately!" ”

The eldest prince also pounced on him and asked, "Father-in-law Xia, how is my father's old man's health?" Is there a big deal? ”

The thirteen princes couldn't see him like this, "What do you mean by this, eldest brother?" I didn't see Imperial Doctor Xuan, and it was obvious that my father's body was fine, why did I really think that I was going to be the prince, and I wished that my father would return to heaven earlier? ”

The eldest prince was so angry that he couldn't wait to come forward and tear the thirteen and eat it, "You...... Thirteenth brother, you speak disrespectfully and curse your father, I will replace my father and discipline you, see if you dare to be so arrogant? ”

As he spoke, the eldest prince had already drawn a knife from the waists of the guards with knives in front of the door and slashed towards Thirteen. No one expected him to be like this, and suddenly, the princes hurriedly dispersed, knowing that the eldest prince was very stimulated today, and they didn't know what kind of move he would make, so they didn't dare to approach.

Thirteen was also stunned, he couldn't move his legs to run, but Yun Zhen, took a step across, blocked in front of Thirteen, grabbed the jade pendant on his waist, blocked it upward, and the jade pendant shattered, it was this blink of an eye, he pulled Thirteen to take a few steps back, and scolded sharply, "Brother Emperor, what are you doing?" ”

Xia Shouzhong had already pounced, hugged the waist of the eldest prince, and shouted, "Your Highness, you can't, you can't, don't be impulsive!" ”

The eldest prince was woken up by Yun Zhen's throat, realizing that he was afraid that he was almost crazy, and all this was caused by Thirteen, a pair of bloodshot eyes stared at Thirteen hiding behind Yun Zhen, and burst towards Thirteen like ice knives word by word, "You have not dried up, and you can be named the king of the county, it is really the father's favoritism, and now, you don't even measure yourself, you are involved in these things, aren't you afraid of a catastrophe?" ”

"Doomed? Why is it all gone? You're going to make me try it again! The thirteen newborn calves were not afraid of tigers, and they were still holding their necks to compete with the eldest prince, but they were stopped by Yun Zhen and yelled, "Have you quarreled enough?" Didn't Grandpa Xia say to call him back? Do you want to disobey it? ”

As he spoke, he turned around and arched his hand towards the eldest prince, "Brother the eldest emperor, you are the eldest brother, the thirteenth brother is young and ignorant, and he has offended a lot today, please do not care about it for my sake!" ”

Yun Zhen's eyes are firm, the meaning in his eyes is very clear, Yun Ning has nothing to understand, this time, he found the eighth prince and asked him to support him, although Yun Zhen did not agree, but there are still many people who are attached to Yun Zhen, and he has been recommended and asked for a title, this is a favor!

Yun Ning had to sell him this face, and said with a smile, "Since the eighth brother has opened his mouth, how can the eldest brother not give this face?" On the eighteenth of this month, I want to give your thirteen nephews a full moon wine in my house, remember to go! ”

"Naturally, my nephew's full moon wine, how can I not go? Give gifts, drink wine! After Yun Zhen finished speaking, he said goodbye, and after saying goodbye to his brothers, he pulled the reluctant Thirteen and walked straight out of the palace.

Thirteen Wu was angry, and after getting on the horse, he was still complaining to his brother, "Why are you pulling me?" Do you really want to watch him become the crown prince? I really don't know why, Man Chaotang's eyes are blind, and he actually recommended him to be the prince, brother, if you don't pull me, I don't think he dares to really slash me, if I am injured, he can't be the prince! ”