【Chapter 3: Establishing a Successor or Establishing a Virtuous Person】(1)
Li Longye clenched his fists without thinking about it and said: "If there is really such a day, I will judge myself in front of them, and see if they can bear to kill each other!" ”
Fang just said so much, Xiao Jiangyuan really wanted to ask only this sentence. No matter how many answers she thought of in advance, she didn't expect this to be the case. She looked at Li Longye steadily, and suddenly gave up her original intention of looking for Li Longye.
She originally wanted to win some support for Li Longji, and even in Fang Cai's conversation, she was somewhat mixed with the meaning of their brotherhood, but now that she thinks about it, she is really wrong.
What kind of person is Li Longye, didn't she know it when she first met him in the early days? Isn't it the most normal thing that he can have such an answer? It's because she is used to hearing too much cruelty and blood, so she thinks that the emperors of all dynasties are like this, and she never thought that there are exceptions in this world.
It is really worthy of being taught by Shangguan Wan'er, and she actually has similar thoughts. Shangguan Wan'er felt that the two of them were too similar and should become the same person, while she felt that once the Xiangwang family became a real imperial family, it would also be the same as those fathers and sons and brothers in the past.
Don't talk about others, just talk about Gorou in front of him, even if he has that kind of thought, he doesn't have that ability.
The words that Empress Zetian said to her came to her mind: "You have an empty stomach, but your experience is far from enough, this greatly limits your knowledge, and makes you the most cunning, after all, it is just a sideline." In troubled times, you will live well, and when you have more experience, you will become more and more mature, but if you are directly allowed to live in a down-to-earth manner, I am afraid that something will go wrong. ”
I hope that I haven't caused a big disaster yet, Xiao Jiangyuan said: "If the king can have this heart, the slave and maid will be relieved." ”
Li Longye was puzzled: "You...... What does that mean exactly? ”
Xiao Jiangyuan's smile revealed a bit of gentleness: "As the so-called brothers are of the same heart, their profits are golden." The meaning of the slave maid is that since the king even believes in the king of Song and the king of Ping, he might as well have more trust in the king of Hengyang and the king of Baling, after all, the five kings are dependent on each other since childhood. Even if it happens, it will be solved. ”
Li Longye nodded as if he didn't understand, and after a while, his eyes turned red again. He turned his head to look elsewhere first, remembered something for a while, and hurriedly took a few steps forward to pick up Xiao Jiangyuan's handkerchief. Seeing that the snow-white silk handkerchief had been stained with dust, he was a little apologetic: "I...... I asked someone to wash it, no, I washed it myself, and then I will return it to you. ”
Xiao Jiangyuan didn't refuse, but said coldly: "The king, don't go directly to King Song and King Heping, and say something like 'if you dare to fight with brothers, I will die for you'." ”
Li Longye was poked in the heart, but he pretended to be very innocent: "In your eyes, I am such a stupid person? Originally, there was nothing between the eldest brother and the third brother, but when I said this, it was as if there was something between them, they were all thoughtful people, if I thought that I heard something from the other party, and there was some misunderstanding, I really wanted to die to apologize! ”
Xiao Jiangyuan nodded: "The king is not stupid after all. ”
"Of course!" Li Longye felt that it was wrong when she said it, she just said that she was not stupid, and she was not praising herself for being smart, what is it if she is not stupid, what is she content with here? But now it's too late to react, he can't let Xiao Jiangyuan make fun of himself, he has to show that nothing happened.
At this time, except for Li Dan, everyone retreated from the Baifu Palace. Allowing the juniors to beg Liu You for a farewell, Princess Taiping only left with her head held high, and even Li Longye and Xiao Jiangyuan, who were saluting on the side, didn't even look at it. The big event has been decided, Liu You begged for inconvenience to stay for a long time, and said goodbye and went back to Zhongshu to omit. In front of the Baifu Hall is the Qianqiu Palace, and Li Longji and the others left everything they wanted to say in the Qianqiu Palace.
The five brothers were most confused by what Princess Taiping said to Aya. She had just failed, and it didn't take long for her to come back and turn defeat into victory. What did she think and say, but what could make Aya's determination so fast. Seeing that the brothers' guesses didn't seem to be right several times, Li Longye gave Xiao Jiangyuan a look, but saw that she clearly thought of something, but she just shook her head and was silent.
In the end, it was Li Chengqi who stopped: "Aya has already agreed, it doesn't matter what the reason is." After all, Princess Zhenguo is your aunt and mine, even if there is anything wrong, can she still blame the elders as a junior? ”
Li Longye said: "But...... She was in the Baifu Palace, where she had already retired from the palace people's inner servants, and she had to talk to Aya with her ears, so it can be seen that what she said must be unspeakable, Aya saw us, and didn't let us speak, so she said yes, obviously what my aunt said has something to do with us. Since the eldest brother mentioned the mistake, he thought of this. ”
The brothers are afraid that everyone will be smarter than Li Longye, and what Li Longye can think of, others are naturally no exception. Li Chengyi and Li Longfan were silent, Li Longji smiled and waved his hand: "Aunt can say whatever she likes, could it be that if she says a few words, we are not brothers?" ”
In the middle of the night, none of the five brothers fell asleep.
Li Chengyi sat alone under the tree outside the hall, silently not speaking until Li Chengqi came over. Li Chengqi patted Li Chengyi on the shoulder and said gently: "I know, you think that San Lang started a coup d'état, and he also had the intention of competing with me and wanted to seize my inheritance." And he may be about to succeed, and you don't feel comfortable. ”
Li Chengyi said: "San Lang can even shoot the eldest brother, which is really chilling." If he really becomes the crown prince, the eldest brother will not ......"
"You and Shiro, it's really ......" Li Chengqi shook his head, "You feel sorry for me, Shiro is afraid of those bloody things, and he doesn't want to lose Saburo and me, and he doesn't want the whole family to be ruined because of Aya's re-enthronement on the throne." But don't you see that Saburo has never fought with me, but for the high throne of the emperor? ”
Li Chengyi was shocked: "He ...... It turned out to be ......"
"I don't have the same ambition as him, and I am bent on stability, and I don't dare to gamble with my life, so I can't achieve anything, which should be. And Saburo suffered and took risks, he did all this with his head, so whatever he gained in the future, he should be. And there is only one throne, some people will gain, some people will lose, but it is nothing. After all, San Lang grew up with you and me, I can trust him with his temperament, but you can't believe it? ”
At the same time, on the couch in the Qianqiu Palace, Li Longye turned over again, and heard Li Longfan say angrily: "You are not finished, can you still sleep?" ”
"Didn't you sleep too?!" Li Longye also became fierce.
The brothers got into another fight. However, because they had been lying down for a long time and suddenly got up, they didn't have much strength, so there was no sound in this fight, and it ended quickly.
"Fourth brother," Li Longye said while lying flat, panting, "Do you have an opinion on the third brother?" ”
Li Longfan calmed his breath and said in a low voice, "...... I just feel that I don't know the third brother anymore. Who would have thought that the third brother would one day save the Tang Dynasty, and maybe even become the crown prince and be the son of heaven again? Once he becomes the crown prince, what will happen to the status of the eldest brother? And if the eldest brother becomes the prince, wouldn't the third brother's great contribution become a crime? Gorou, you know what? When I learned that Aya refused to be the emperor for the fourth time, I knew that it shouldn't be like this, but I still felt happy and relieved, because as long as Aya was not the emperor, the conflict between the eldest brother and the third brother would not arise, and we would still be the same as before, as idle rich and noble clans, and the five brothers were in the mansion of the five kings, loving each other for the rest of their lives. But ......"
Li Longye turned over, hugged Li Longfan tightly as he did when he was a child, and choked up: "Fourth brother...... No matter what happens, we are still brothers, and we will never change. ”
Feeling the gradual warmth and wetness of his shoulders, Li Longfan raised his hand and wiped his tears indiscriminately, pretending to be disgusted: "You stay away from me!" ”
Li Longye has never listened to Li Longfan's words, and when he heard this, he not only tightened his arms, but also wanted to wrap his legs around, but Li Longfan took the lead in defending and kicked away. The two fought again.
At this time, Li Longji was sitting on the steps of the Liangyi Palace, looking up at the stars. Xiao Jiangyuan sat beside him.
Thinking that after Fang Cai mentioned the word "brother" himself, the hall was quiet, if it weren't for the eldest brother urging everyone to sleep peacefully, the atmosphere would only be as cold as ice, Li Longji shook his head: "From the moment I decided to do this, I knew what kind of results I would get, and their attitude towards me would change, these are still expected, not bad." ”
Glancing at Li Longji's shallow smile, Xiao Jiangyuan didn't feel nervous in his heart.
After being silent, Li Longji sighed again: "Do you think that I am a very hypocritical person? I have such a good relationship with my eldest brother, but I know that the success of the coup will inevitably damage the interests of my eldest brother, and I have not relented, and now I am ...... in front of them as if nothing had happened."
Xiao Jiangyuan smiled faintly: "When the country is in danger, those who can live in it." Righteousness comes first, and personal feelings can be avoided. Before the coup plan, King Song also knew, but it was Ah Lang who succeeded. It's not that the opportunity has not been given to him, but he misses it, and many opportunities are often only once in a lifetime, and if he misses this time, there will be no next time. Besides, Ah Lang wouldn't take the initiative to do anything to his own brother, right? ”
"Of course I won't!"
Xiao Jiangyuan nodded: "To say something disrespectful, in fact, at this point, it is Emperor Taizong who is more attractive to the slaves and maids." However, Ah Lang is not Emperor Taizong after all, and there are some things that cannot be done and there is no need to do them. As for...... Whether Ah Lang is hypocritical or not, in order to avoid Ah Lang's troubles, the slave and maid must say to Ah Lang: Those who sit on the throne never need to be full of righteous gentlemen. ”
"But you can't be all villains."
"Ah Lang Shengming, naturally knows how to handle it."
"In any case, my country does not need my brother's flesh and blood to stabilize it!"
Xiao Jiangyuan looked at Li Longji steadily, and said in his heart, maybe her family Ah Lang will become an exception in the history of emperors.