Returning to the Chengxiang Hall in the outer palace where he lived, the eldest prince held his head with a headache on his face, and sat at the desk thinking about his thoughts blankly.

Tu Shi walked over with his waist and said to the eldest prince distressedly: "Your Highness, it's getting late, go and sleep for a while." ”

The eldest prince looked up and saw that it was Tu, waved his hand, and said, "You are pregnant, your body is heavy, rest early." I still have some things to do, and I'll go back to the dormitory when I'm done. ”

Because Tu was pregnant, the two lived in separate rooms.

Tu Shi sighed and said to the eldest prince: "Let Your Highness be wronged." ”

The eldest prince's face sank, and he said calmly: "What are you talking about?" Now that I have been crowned the crown prince, I still say that I have been wronged, so how can I call it not wronged? - Tell me about it! The last sentence has raised the tone of his voice, and his voice is full of violent.

Tu Shi hurriedly said: "Your Highness has misunderstood the concubine. The concubine is just distressed about His Royal Highness, since the concubine is pregnant, His Royal Highness has been alone on the bed and pillow, and he ...... alone."

The eldest prince's face softened a little, and said, "You are too careful." I'm not a hǎo'sè person, and I've lived without a concubine before. You can give me a big fat boy with peace of mind. ”

Tu Shi stroked his stomach and said happily: "My mother entered the palace and showed me in person, saying that she was a son." ”

"Sons and daughters are fine, and some can be born." The eldest prince smiled and said with a smile, and called the palace maid to come over and help the Tu family to rest.

Tu Shi bit his lip and said to the eldest prince: "Your Highness, what the concubine told Your Highness last time, when does Your Highness plan to tell your father?" ”

The eldest prince was stunned: "What's the matter?" ”

Two blushes flew on Tu's face: "That's it...... That's it······ The concubine's sister entered the palace. ”

The eldest prince's face gradually became serious, and he said to Tu Shi: "I told you about this matter a long time ago, don't think about it anymore." My father has just made me the crown prince, and you want me to leave an impression of hǎo'sè barren yín in front of my father? And as soon as the prince was established, there were immediately a few more women, have you ever thought about what others will think of me? ”

Tu Shi was silent for a long time, and then said curtly: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is not thinking about never accepting new people······, right?" Even if you have this heart, you can also set this reason.

The eldest prince looked at Tu's unwilling appearance, and said coldly to Tu's family: "Don't worry, when you give birth to a child, I will accept it." and she shall be the bridegroom for ten months and eight months. ”

The Tu family knew that he had annoyed the eldest prince. I remembered that my mother came in a few days ago to urge me to hurry up and let my cousin and cousin enter the palace, and I was a little overwhelmed.

The eldest prince saw that Tu was still standing there and still didn't want to leave, so he dropped the book in his hand and warned her one last time: "In our royal family of Daqi, there has never been a time when sisters serve a husband together. ”

Because the eldest prince has always been gentle and especially kind to the Tu family, the Tu family unconsciously muttered a little more coquettishly: "The queen mother's sister, didn't she also enter the palace?" refers to Chu Huazhu, the daughter of Liu Menghan in the outer room.

The eldest prince Huo Di stood up and said sharply to Tu Shi: "Are you finished?" - You have a grudge against your sisters, do you? So you can't die if you want to stuff them into the palace?! ”

Tu Shi was startled, tears flowed down, and he asked the eldest prince with teary eyes: "Why did Your Highness say this?" Is the concubine the femme fatale who can't tolerate people?! ——The concubines have advised His Highness countless times to recruit new people, but His Highness has always refused. The concubines don't know how many 'foxes,' 'jealousy's reputation! ”

The eldest prince is in his heart for Emperor Hongxuan's words today, like turning over the river and the sea, I don't know what tomorrow will face, at this moment, Tu Shi disregards the overall situation, and asks him to accept her sisters as concubines, can't help but sneer, and said meanly: "Everyone says that you are talented, in my opinion, you are just a stupid woman who has read roundabouts." - Not even my mother.

It's better for women to be illiterate, if you want to be literate, you can learn some subsets of scriptures and history like men, don't read those "Female Commandments" and "Women's Rules", thinking that you can make a few lines of poetry, even if you are a talented woman..." The words were like knives, and the knives went to the bones, completely cutting off the veil of politeness between the two.

Since Tu married the eldest prince, he had never heard him say such heavy words, and he was so stupid that he even forgot to cry.

The eldest prince walked up to her, pointed in the direction of the gate, and said to her, "The door is over there, so I can't send it away." ”

The Tu family came back to his senses, cried like a tearful person, and asked the eldest prince: "The concubine's words and deeds are all according to what the saint said, how can His Highness bury the concubine like this?" ”

The eldest prince couldn't bear it anymore, and said to Tu: "You said that you are according to what the sage said, then I ask you, the husband is the wife, what is the explanation?" ”

Tu lowered his head in disdain. She forced the eldest prince to take a concubine, which was already against the will of the eldest prince.

"You ask yourself, are you asking me to take a concubine for my own good, or for yourself, for the good of your mother's family! - You're marrying me as a wife, not ······" In the end, the eldest prince held back the three words "pimping" and didn't say anything, paused, and said: "Now that I have established a prince, do you think everything is fine and you can sit back and enjoy it?" - Do you know how trembling and walking on thin ice I, the prince, am doing this?! ”

Tu's heart was really uncomfortable, and he was angry for a while, and he couldn't help but say "ouch", holding his stomach and squatting on the ground.

The eldest prince sighed, raised his voice and ordered someone to invite the imperial doctor to come over, so he asked people to help Tu Shi go, and stayed alone in the study until dawn. I took a nap when it was almost dawn, washed up in a hurry, changed my clothes and went to Fengxian Hall to see Emperor Hongxuan.

The Tu family sent a palace maid over and said to the eldest prince: "The crown princess is all right, now please invite His Royal Highness over for breakfast." ”

The eldest prince said impatiently: "Okay, okay, I'm busy." As he spoke, he walked in the direction of the Bongseon Hall without looking back.

Coming to the Fengxian Palace, Emperor Hongxuan stood in the hall with his hands behind his back, looking at the tablets of the emperors and queens of the Great Qi dynasties enshrined in it.

Next to the tablet of Emperor Longqing, there is the tablet of Emperor Hongxuan's queen mother, the tablet of the abolished Zhao family, which is naturally after Emperor Hongxuan ascended the throne, he ordered someone to put his mother's tablet here.

There was no queen next to Emperor Jiaxiang's tablet, only he was alone.

In addition, only Emperor Gaozu Fan Zhaohui is also a lonely person who does not have the queen's tablet by his side.

Emperor Hongxuan saw the eldest prince coming in, and beckoned to him: "Come in, I will talk to you." ”

The eldest prince hurriedly walked to Emperor Hongxuan's side and said in a low voice: "Father and Emperor got up early. ”

Emperor Hongxuan smiled and said, "People are old, and they can't sleep if they want to. ”

The eldest prince hurriedly said: "Father is in the prime of spring and autumn, and it is the time when he is in the prime of life. ”

Emperor Hongxuan patted the shoulder of the eldest prince and led him to the Fengxian Palace, all the way from the tablet of the ancestor Fan Yihui on the far left.

"Our Great Qi was actually single-handedly defeated by Gaozu Fan Gong. It's a pity that he couldn't break a 'love' in his life, and in the end, he couldn't ascend the throne as he wished. Emperor Hongxuan looked at Fan Zhaohui's tablet and said a little sadly.

This kind of royal secret can only be known to the emperor or the next emperor. It is never recorded in the annals of history, at most it can only be glimpsed from the miscellaneous books of wild history.

The eldest prince concentrated his whole energy and listened carefully to Emperor Hongxuan's words, not letting go of every word.

"Do you know why our royal family treats the Anjun royal palace with special favor?" Emperor Hongxuan said and said, and then talked to the king of Anjun.

The eldest prince hurriedly said: "But because the Anjun Wangfu is in charge of the cavalry, for three hundred years, in order to protect the orthodoxy of the Great Qi, he has made great contributions?" ”

Emperor Hongxuan nodded, shook his head again, and said, "Because of the special status of the Anjun Palace, they are allowed to ride in charge." - Do you know why we have a big Qi country? ”

The eldest prince shook his head blankly.

"Qi, go hand in hand, one word side by side, it is said to be Qi. Gaozu Fan Zhaohui and Emperor Taizu Fan Hui set the country name Qi, that is, we want to be in charge of the country together with the king of Anjun. When Emperor Hongxuan said this, his face was quite disdainful.

The eldest prince's scalp was a little numb, and he didn't know how to interface.

Emperor Hongxuan walked to the tablet of Emperor Taizu Fan Huize, sighed, and said: "Actually, our branch, the branch of Tong'an County Wangfu, was born to a mother, you know?" ”

The eldest prince nodded. Of course, he knew that Emperor Taizu Fan Huize was the nephew of Emperor Fan Zhaohui of Gaozu and was born to An Jieyu, the first princess of Anjun that year. This is well known to everyone. Although Emperor Gaozu Fan Zhaohui conquered the country, he had no son to succeed to the throne, so he passed the country to his younger brother's son, his nephew Fan Huize. Of course, some people say that in fact, Emperor Taizu Fan Huize is the biological son of Emperor Gaozu Fan Zhaohui...

Squinting at the face of the eldest prince, Emperor Hongxuan said in a low voice: "But our branch, although the branch of the Tong'an County Wangfu has the same mother, it is not the same father. ”

The eldest prince's brow jumped, and he endured not to speak.

"Yes, you've probably heard that Taizu is actually Gaozu's biological son. - This is true. Emperor Hongxuan slowly walked past the tablet of Emperor Taizu Fan Huize.

The eldest prince followed behind, was silent for a while, and asked, "The first Anjun King Fan Chaofeng ......?"

Emperor Hongxuan did not answer his words, but continued: "The first King of Anjun, Fan Chaofeng, later also had his own son, that is, the second King of Anjun, Fan Huicheng.

The later Tiqi was built by Fan Huicheng with the secret support of Emperor Taizu Fan Huize. ”

However, Emperor Taizu Fan Hui inherited the half-brother love for Fan Hui, and the emperors of later generations did not necessarily have this incense love for the Anjun Palace.

It's just that Tiqi is too tightly organized, and he has repeatedly saved the royal family of Daqi from fire and water, so for three hundred years, Tiqi has been under the control of the Anjun Palace, unbreakable.

"I tell you this history so that you know, no matter what, don't bother with the idea of riding a horse. At that time, Emperor Taizu Fan Hui made a blood oath in front of the spirits of Emperor Gaozu, the first King of Anjun and the princess of Anjun: I am the royal family of Daqi, for generations, and share peace with the palace of Anjun. If the Anjun royal palace is destroyed, the royal family of Daqi will be destroyed. The royal family of Daqi was destroyed, and the royal palace of Anjun was destroyed. They are born from the same root and never fry each other. Emperor Hongxuan stopped in front of Emperor Longqing's spirit and silently looked at his father's tablet.

The eldest prince nodded, and respectfully tied his hands and said, "I respectfully obey my father's orders." ”

Emperor Hongxuan looked at the tablet of Emperor Longqing, remembered his own experience, and said: "Back then, I was able to survive under Pang Guifei, and King Anjun's cavalry was indispensable. ”

The eldest prince hurriedly said: "Erchen still remembers that at that time in the southwest, Uncle Wang went to see us secretly. ”

Emperor Hongxuan smiled, looked back at the tall body of the eldest prince, and sighed very emotionally: "Yes, you were not young at that time." And your Uncle Wang, who is even smaller than you are now, is already able to stand alone. ”

"However, I can regain the throne, in addition to your Uncle Wang, I also have to thank one person, the deceased old town prince Jian Shihong. If it weren't for him sacrificing his life for me, I would have been left with no bones left, and naturally I wouldn't have a share of your brothers and sisters. - So the Zhenguo Mansion, you can rely on it, and it is cited as a humerus. Their ancestors were indeed loyal ministers. But the most faithful courtiers are the dead courtiers. Living courtiers, no matter how loyal you are, you can't be unguarded. Because the human heart is fickle, you will never know what this person is like until the moment the coffin is closed. Emperor Hongxuan seemed to mean something.

The eldest prince naturally remembered his grandfather, Lao Ningyuan Marquis Chu Bozan, who was also a great contributor to Emperor Hongxuan's accession to the throne.

Emperor Hongxuan glanced at the eldest prince, knew what he was thinking, and said slowly: "Of course, there are other people who have also made great contributions to my ascension to the throne. For example, the first assistant of the Three Dynasties, and now Taifu Pei Li. "Just don't talk about Lao Ningyuan, Hou Chu Bozan.

The uneasiness in the eldest prince's heart became even more serious, and sweat began to appear on his forehead.

"I can sit firmly on this throne, but I have to thank one person, a woman. If it weren't for her, my Great Qi royal family would no longer exist, and of course you wouldn't be living in this world. Emperor Hongxuan changed the topic and talked about today's topic.

The eldest prince looked at Emperor Hongxuan in a daze, wondering if it was related to his own faint conjecture.

Emperor Hongxuan walked to Emperor Jiaxiang's tablet, stretched out his sleeves, and wiped the dust for Emperor Jiaxiang's tablet.

Turning around, Emperor Hongxuan looked around the Fengxian Palace.

It is a very large and deep hall with a very high roof, and even in summer, it is eerie and cool.

Stand in the temple and speak, a little louder, and there will be echoes from all directions.

Occasionally, a gust of wind rushed in, which seemed to bring whimpering human voices, circling around the main hall left and right.

Emperor Hongxuan personally took the scissors on the side and cut the wick of the candle on the table in the Fengxian Palace.

"In the Chinese New Year's Eve of the second year of Hongxuan, your grandfather, Marquis Ning Yuan, outside the Palace of Heart Cultivation, ambushed 200 dead soldiers, and placed a henchman beside me, intending to poison me and let me die violently in the new Chinese New Year's Eve." Emperor Hongxuan turned around and looked at the eldest prince, his voice was flat.

The eldest prince was caught off guard, and was hit by Emperor Hongxuan's words like a blow to the head, and he was dizzy, plopped, and knelt down for Emperor Hongxuan, feeling at a loss: It turns out that he is the grandson of the thief? Then why did the father make himself the crown prince again? The father is not only his own son, but also the fourth...

When Emperor Hongxuan saw the eldest prince kneeling, he didn't tell him to get up, but just stood in front of him, with his hands behind his back, and then said, "Are you very confused about why I survived?" At that time, I had just returned from exile in the southwest, and I had no one in my hands, and if it weren't for Pei Li's province occupying the position of first assistant, your grandfather would have been the de facto regent. ”

The eldest prince knew that Taifu Pei was in-law with his grandfather's family, so he couldn't help but look up and ask Emperor Hongxuan: "According to this, Taifu Pei is also ......."

"Suspicious, isn't it?" Emperor Hongxuan smiled and lowered his head and asked him.

The eldest prince nodded and said solemnly: "Exactly." ”

Pei Lisheng and Chu Bozan have one article and one martial arts, if they join forces, it will naturally not be a problem to overthrow Emperor Hongxuan.

Emperor Hongxuan seemed to be explaining to him, and seemed to be recalling the past: "But Pei Lixing, with Chu Bozan, is not a person all the way." Not only Pei Lixing, but also many civil officials have such a backbone, and there are many such people among the generals. It was because of these many people that Lao Ningyuan Hou Chu Bozan couldn't rashly wipe me out, so he had to think hard to find a decent way for himself to be on top of the throne that everyone could accept. - After all, like your ancestor, there are still too few people who can directly raise troops against the royal family of the previous dynasty and rely on themselves all the way. Old Ning Yuanhou didn't dare to do this. ”

The eldest prince was drenched in cold sweat on his back, and he couldn't figure it out, even so, how could he still be the crown prince? Could it be that it is more relieving to be resentful to cut off the head after becoming the prince······

Emperor Hongxuan saw that there were gradually traces of sweat on the back of the eldest prince, so he reached out and put his hand on his shoulder, pulled him up, and said, "Don't think about it." If I can't tolerate you, I won't make you prince. ”

The eldest prince hung his head, and there was no longer the slightest joy of being made the crown prince, and some were just full of regret and incomprehension.

Emperor Hongxuan smiled and said, "A woman can have the heart to kill her relatives with righteousness, I believe that you don't have to be inferior to others, you should be able to do it." ”

The eldest prince arched his hand and said to Emperor Hongxuan: "Please make it clear to my father." ”

Emperor Hongxuan walked to the center of the Fengxian Palace, turned his head and looked at the tablets of the emperors and queens of the Great Qi Dynasty one by one, and said: "In the future, after a hundred years, the tablet of your mother can be moved here, and you can enjoy the incense of the future generations with me." - Because of your mother's family, at that time of great right and wrong, a person stood up and informed Yu Zhen of the conspiracy of the old Ning Yuanhou in advance, and cooperated with me to personally poison the old Ning Yuanhou after he returned home. ”

Emperor Hongxuan's voice was mediocre, without a little ups and downs.

The eldest prince could imagine the thrilling back then, and couldn't help but ask fascinatedly: "······ Who is it? There was a vague conjecture.

The corners of Emperor Hongxuan's mouth curled slightly, and he nodded and said, "Yes, you probably guessed it." This woman is your late aunt, Mrs. Yipinguo, Pei Shufan. It is also a humble and humble mother. ”

The eldest prince suddenly realized.

Yes, except for the eldest aunt Pei Shufan, no one can make Old Ning Yuanhou trust him like that. And with the talent of the eldest aunt, it is not surprising that she can detect the bad intentions of the old Ning Yuanhou.

Between his father-in-law and the emperor of Great Qi, it is naturally self-evident who Pei Shufan chooses to be loyal to.

"Your eldest aunt noticed the disobedience of the old Ning Yuanhou, and secretly communicated with me. I will plan it, that yī'yè, pretended to be drunk and left the Heart Cultivation Hall in advance, but secretly changed into regular clothes, and followed the Ti sent by King Anjun to pick me up and rode out of the palace, which caught the old Marquis Ning Yuan off guard. Old Ning Yuanhou couldn't find it in the palace, and he once planned to use a few of your mothers as hostages to blackmail me. It was the concubine who stood up and made a mistake with the old Ning Yuanhou, who temporarily dispelled the idea of the old Ning Yuanhou, and planned to temporarily hold the army for the time being, in order to plan for the future. ”

"That night, after I left the palace, I went directly to the Marquis Ningyuan's mansion, met with your aunt, and hid in the study of the old Marquis Ningyuan. After the old Marquis Ning Yuan returned to the Marquis Ning Yuan's mansion, your eldest aunt said that she had something to discuss, tricked the old Ning Yuanhou into the study, and personally gave him a bowl of tea poisoned by me. I and your eldest aunt, I watched Old Ning Yuanhou die in front of us......"

After Emperor Hongxuan finished talking about this past, he looked at the eldest prince and said, "Now, do you understand why I treat the eldest princess of Yiling with preferential treatment in many ways, and why I take care of the two children left by your eldest aunt?" "The concubine is the biological mother of the eldest princess of Yiling.

It turned out that this was what Emperor Hongxuan had been talking about, and he owed Pei Shufan a great favor.

It's big indeed.

The eldest prince's face was red and white, and he knelt down with Emperor Hongxuan again, and said with a wry smile: "The son asks the father to change the fourth brother to the crown prince." ˉ - the sons are really not worthy of ······"

Burdened by the old Marquis Ning Yuan, the eldest prince felt that he had no face to be this prince.

Emperor Hongxuan smiled and said, "You have always been the most like me. Whatever you want, I know. - Your aunt single-handedly offset your grandfather's sins. Therefore, the merits and demerits are offset, and the Marquis of Ningyuan Mansion has survived to this day. ”

"It's a pity that your eldest aunt went too early, and the old Ning Yuanhou died in a hurry, and many of the things he left behind were lost outside. Emperor Hongxuan sighed, took out a small box from his sleeve pocket, held it in both hands, and handed it to the eldest prince.

"Open it and take a look." Emperor Hongxuan said to the eldest prince.

The eldest prince glanced at it, and looked very familiar, so he took the box with some surprise and opened it, and sure enough, it was the jade seal used in the national book.

"Father......?" Of course, the eldest prince did not understand.

Emperor Hongxuan touched the jade seal and sighed: "Look carefully, this jade seal, in fact, is fake. - When the old Marquis Ning Yuan was the first to lead troops into the palace, he eradicated the rebellious party of Empress Dowager Pang, took advantage of the chaos to take away the real jade seal, and gave me a fake jade seal. ”

The eldest prince was taken aback, and looked over and over with the jade seal, "How is it possible?" This...... This ......"

Emperor Hongxuan put a book in front of him, and there was a seal on the book, "This is a real jade seal." He pointed to the one in the eldest prince's hand, "This is a fake jade seal." ”

The history of the founding of the Great Qi Dynasty is all in my first book "Smoke and Water Cold". Book friends who have read "Smoke and Water Cold" must feel very familiar. If you haven't seen it, it's all explained clearly here, so you won't feel incomprehensible, right?

In addition, about Emperor Hongxuan's inheritance of Pei Shufan's great favor, it has been mentioned many times in the first volume, and it is also mentioned from time to time in the third volume. ＠＠

The cause of death of the old Ning Yuanhou, Youmu felt very surprised? Clear