Chapter 83: A World of Difference
A stupid prince who is stupid and has a wife, compared with a young general who is brave and good at fighting and has made countless achievements, anyone will choose the latter.
At this moment, Zhou Ziyu suddenly became scared, worried about whether Yan Lingyue had been infatuated with Duan Minghong like other women.
If he fell off the cliff this time and didn't return, would it be possible for his Yue'er to get together with Duan Minghong?
He kept hinting to himself that he had to believe in Yan Lingyue. He questioned Yan Lingyue because of one or two sentences from others, which was unfair to her. But the more you care, the more you fear losing. That feeling of suffering from gains and losses made Zhou Ziyu suffer.
Until he came ashore, his face was still not very good.
Yan Lingyue thought that he was not feeling well, and asked him vigorously if he wanted to take a break before continuing his journey. Zhou Ziyu didn't say anything, just took her arm and got into the carriage that the local officials had prepared long ago.
The Royal Palace is located on the outskirts of Yangzhou City. If you rush from the dock and take the official road, it will take a day. In order to be in a hurry, the king of Zhou ignored the opposition of his courtiers and wanted to take a shortcut.
Next to the Li River, there is the very famous Luoshan Mountain in Yangzhou City. Follow the winding mountain road, bypass Luo Mountain, and you can directly reach the Royal Palace. However, the mountain road was rugged, and the officials were worried about accidents, so they did not recommend that King Zhou go this way.
King Zhou already likes to explore, and when he heard the officials say this, he even wanted to go to Luoshan, and even rode a horse.
Not only King Zhou, but many princes in the same company also rode horses, and even Zhou Ziyu was reluctant to take the carriage anymore. After all, after staying on the ship for more than ten days, everyone wants to move their muscles.
The brigade escorted the king of Zhou and walked towards Luoshan. The road is uneven, but the scenery in the mountains is really good. King Zhou, who had been depressed for a long time, finally had a smile on his face, and waved his whip, wanting to make the horse run faster.
Who would have thought that the horse would step on a solid stone and raise its body with a "whoop". King Zhou tightened the reins, and the horse took two steps back and stepped into the air, sliding down the mountain.
"Your Majesty!" At this moment, everyone was shocked.
At the critical moment, Zhou Ziyu, who was closest to King Zhou, jumped up, grabbed King Zhou's arm, and rolled down the mountain together.
"Ziyu!" Queen Xiao, who saw this scene, was stimulated, screamed, and fainted.
Yan Lingyue was frightened and directly stunned in place.
"Help, save people," the officials present panicked after they reacted. If something happens to King Zhou here, they won't have enough to cut off even a hundred heads.
When the scene was chaotic, Zhou Ziqin spoke, "Young General Duan, you lead everyone to the palace, and I will go with these adults to find my father and ninth brother." ”
King Zhou is not there, so everyone naturally has to obey the arrangement of the three princes.
While the guards groped their way down the mountain to find King Zhou, King Zhou and Zhou Ziyu slid down the steep slope and finally fell off the cliff.
And Zhou Ziyu has been wearing flying tiger claws on his body since he fell off the cliff in the paddock last time. The two escaped and climbed up a large tree halfway up the mountain.
"Father, you're okay," After sitting down, Zhou Ziyu put away the flying tiger claws.
King Zhou nodded breathlessly, "I'm still old, and I can't even lower a frightened horse." ”
"If it weren't for Ziyu, maybe Lone's old life would have been explained here," King Zhou wanted to pat Zhou Ziyu on the shoulder, but as soon as his arm was raised, he grinned in pain.
"Father, don't move," Zhou Ziyu frowned, touched King Zhou's arm, and with a force, the bones returned to their original positions.
Zhou Ziyu took off his coat, broke some branches from the tree, tied them into knots and fixed King Zhou's arm, "Father will take care of it first, and then let the imperial doctor heal when he returns to the palace." ”
Seeing Zhou Ziyu carefully bandaging his arm with a disgraced face, the softness in King Zhou's heart was touched, "I remember that at the celebration banquet when I returned from Beiyan, Beiyan Yu wanted to assassinate Gu, and it was Ziyu who rescued his father." ”
It was precisely because of that shot that King Zhou gave Zhou Ziyu and Miss Yan a marriage, and he got acquainted with Yan Lingyue. Thinking of this, Zhou Ziyu couldn't help laughing, "In this way, Erchen still has to thank that Beiyan remnant, otherwise how could he marry Yue'er." ”
When King Zhou heard this, he also smiled, "Ziyu was able to marry the moon girl because of his father's marriage, Ziyu should thank his father for ......"
As he spoke, King Zhou suddenly realized that something was wrong, and his eyes when he looked at Zhou Ziyu also changed.
"What's the matter, Father?" Zhou Ziyu stretched out his hand and shook it in front of King Zhou's eyes, and halfway through it, he seemed to think of something, and his face changed. Suddenly, he "poofed" and knelt on the stone, "I hope that my father will forgive my son for the crime of deception." ”
Looking at his own son who was kneeling in front of him, thinking clearly, and couldn't see a little dementia at all, King Zhou was shocked, and the old man burst into tears, "Hurry up, hurry up." Hurry up and tell your father, what the hell is going on? ”
For the rest of his life after the catastrophe, his favorite son recovered his health, and it was too late for King Zhou to be happy, so where would he blame.
Zhou Ziyu told King Zhou what happened after he fell off the cliff from the paddock from beginning to end.
After hearing this, King Zhou exclaimed, "God bless me Da Zhou!" ”
Unexpectedly, my son fell off the cliff, and he was a blessing in disguise and hit his head! King Zhou was excited. Although there are many princes in the harem, there are not many outstanding ones, which is what King Zhou has always been worried about. Just when he was struggling with whether to make Zhou Ziqin the crown prince, his sister-in-law, who had been stupid for many years, actually recovered his health, which was the will of God in the eyes of King Zhou.
It's still the same sentence, God bless Da Zhou!
King Zhou laughed twice, didn't know where it was involved, coughed violently, and even coughed up blood.
"Father, father," Zhou Ziyu looked at the blood on King Zhou's palm, and his face turned white with fright, "Father, are you still injured?" Zhou Ziyu said, and picked up King Zhou's clothes to help him check his injuries.
King Zhou smiled and pressed Zhou Ziyu's hand, "Father is fine, father is ruthless." When the words fell, he coughed twice.
Looking at the embarrassed King Zhou, Zhou Ziyu felt uncomfortable.
No matter what the reason, over the years, King Zhou has really given most of his father's love to Zhou Ziyu. Among the many princes, King Zhou also values Zhou Ziyu the most.
"For the sake of Ziyu's concealment of his physical condition in order to paralyze the murderer behind the scenes, his father will not pursue it. But what should be criticized is still to be criticized," King Zhou gasped and said, "Could it be that in Ziyu's heart, his father is so untrustworthy?" If it weren't for rolling off the cliff with your father this time, would you still be planning to hide Lonely? ”
Indeed, Zhou Ziyu really didn't plan to tell King Zhou about his physical condition.
Facing King Zhou's inquiring eyes, Zhou Ziyu was silent.
King Zhou sighed and said, "It is important to find the murderer behind the scenes, but the future of Da Zhou is even more important. If you continue to hide your physical condition, your father will make your third brother the crown prince. ”
To be honest, King Zhou was not very satisfied with Zhou Ziqin, and he didn't really want him to be the prince, but if he really had no choice, he would have no choice but to settle.
But now it's different, his favorite son is back to health, and he doesn't have to worry about it at all.
King Zhou looked at Zhou Ziyu with a happy smile, "After I go back this time, don't hide your physical condition from everyone anymore, just say that you hit your head when you rolled down the mountain this time, and you regained your senses." King Zhou said, coughing heavily, and said intermittently, "Father, father will make my son Yu the crown prince." ”
Listening to King Zhou's heavy breathing, Zhou Ziyu was not in the mood to say anything about the prince. At this moment, he was only worried about King Zhou's body, "Father, you should rest first." What's the matter, let's talk about it when we go back to the palace. ”
"I don't know where we got to, and I don't know if Duan Minghong can find us," Zhou Ziyu looked at the steep mountain wall, and then looked at the weak King Zhou, and couldn't help but be a little worried.
"Come, son, sit beside my father," King Zhou patted the open space beside him, "Don't worry, they will find us." ”
"Then father, you lean on me, get a good night's sleep first," Zhou Ziyu sat on King Zhou's side and put King Zhou's head on his shoulder.
King Zhou, who relied on Zhou Ziyu, laughed out loud again, "I, Zhou Zongping, have fought countless battles all my life, but I didn't expect that one day I would rely on my son so much." ”
Zhou Ziyu and King Zhou didn't know that their conversation was all heard by Zhou Ziqin, who was standing on the cliff.
It's really a picture of father-son love, Zhou Ziqin's hands clenched tightly into fists. is also a prince, he thinks that he is no worse than Zhou Ziyu, why is the treatment of the two so different?
Just because his biological mother is a palace maid? He deserves not to be taken seriously? But he didn't believe in fate!
Zhou Ziqin looked down at the two figures sitting on the big tree halfway up the mountain, turned around and walked in the opposite direction.
"Three princes, three princes, is there a situation over there?" An official on the opposite side ran towards Zhou Ziqin sweating profusely.
Zhou Ziqin shook his head, "There is a cliff over there." It stands to reason that my ninth brother and my father should not be able to slide this far, so let's go and look in the woods over there. ”
Everyone couldn't believe the words of the third prince, so they immediately concentrated their forces and went to the woods.
Zhou Ziyu looked back at the bottom of the cliff, and a sneer overflowed from the corner of his mouth.
Didn't his father look down on him and wanted to make Zhou Ziyu the crown prince? Then let them continue dreaming here.
On the other side, Duan Minghong led everyone to the palace.
The queen mother was seriously ill and couldn't get out of bed, and the sixth prince Zhou Ziyan waited at the gate of the palace early, but there was no King Zhou waiting for him, only the unconscious Queen Xiao who was carried off the carriage.
"What's going on? What about the father? Seeing this, Zhou Ziyan was anxious.