In the middle of summer, the weather in Kyoto becomes extremely hot.

The fourth prince, Zhu Qiming, was a little irritable and held the folding fan in his hand, and after fanning it twice, he stopped and got up, and couldn't help but look outside the house: "Didn't you say let me get some ice, why haven't you sent it yet?" ”

In the distance, there was a small girl's voice from far and near: "Fourth prince, here you come, here you come." ”

Zhu Qiming was suddenly in a good mood, and he raised his feet and walked to greet him with anticipation, but when he walked up to him, he suddenly darkened his face: "What do you mean, that's it?" ”

He stepped forward to pick up the pitiful small box in the other party's hand, looked up in disbelief, and threw the folding fan in his hand into the other person's head.

The little guy was so frightened that he hurriedly hugged his head, but he still said cautiously: "That's it, that's all." ”

Ningguo Kyoto is very hot every summer, so large families will prepare some ice in winter, and the palace will naturally prepare it.

In previous years, in the middle of summer, the palace still rewarded another batch, and in the end, it would be a lot of waste.

Later, several princes simply became lazy, and they didn't want to bother to freeze ice cubes anymore.

What's more, Zhu Qiming is in charge of the world, and the flowers like silver flowing water every day can be saved in this regard, just waiting for the palace to be useful.

It turned out to be a strange year this year.

It's so hot that people are about to melt, and I haven't seen any movement in the palace.

He couldn't hold it back, so he sent eight servants to investigate the situation, and by the way, he brought back this year's share.

Eight people carrying two large boxes of ice, and on such a hot day, they are indeed a little tired, but they will not fool people like this.

Zhu Qiming almost wondered for a moment if he didn't understand his order.

"Let you take ice to cool down, not for watching, that's it, the ice is not enough, are you kidding?"

He was furious, and his whole body seemed to be burned by fire, and the sticky sweat made him even more irritable inside.

The little guy shrank his head and laughed twice flatteringly: "Master, don't be angry, cover it quickly." ”

It's hot, and he can't even turn this bit of ice into water if he opens his mouth so much.

Speaking of this, the little guy still had a belly to say: "It's really not our problem, just for such a little ice, the little ones almost didn't fight with the old eunuch in the palace!" Don't you know, that old thing protects the ice just like he protects his father, and if we take such a little ice, it's like robbing his grandson......"

The poor mouth finally dissipated half of Zhu Qiming's anger, and it happened that a breeze was blowing, but it was a little cooler.

"What kind of father grandson, the old eunuch doesn't even have a son, where is the grandson."

Zhu Qiming was helpless, quickly covered the box, and walked into the house with the little servant.

"What do you mean, it's good, a few days ago it was said that the treasury was tight and the whole army was fighting, but now the palace is not even nervous about the ice?"

"Nervous," the little guy nodded, "but this nervousness has nothing to do with the previous incident......

He thought about it for a while, and then was stunned: "Maybe, it's a little related." ”

Zhu Qiming opened the box in his hand again, and listened to him: "I heard that the second prince was so hot that he had some heat stroke a few days ago, and the emperor was so distressed that he couldn't do it, so he ordered most of the ice in the palace to be sent to the second prince's mansion. ”

With a bitter face, the little maid thought of the bad things he encountered in the palace today, and he was also aggrieved.

"There is not enough ice in the palace, so those old eunuchs are crazy to stop us."

If it weren't for the fact that the identity of the four princes was here after all, and they won a small victory in the last battle with the crown prince, they might not even be able to get this bit of ice today.

"What?"

Zhu Qiming thought that there was something wrong with his ears: "No matter how hot it is, there is so much ice in the palace, if you send most of it to him, he is not afraid of freezing himself to death!" ”

"It's really crazy," Zhu Qiming lowered his voice, "The queen mother taught such two good sons, one greedy and one stuffed. ”

Since the last time Emperor Ning was born, it has been several days since their brothers sent gadgets into the palace with their abilities.

The father was really not satisfied with the prince's parrot, but teased the starling for a long time.

The starling brother is also angry, and when he is in the palace, he will only follow nonsense, until he is trained for a period of time and then sent to the palace later, which is really a pile of auspicious words jumping out.

What Ning country will win, unify the three kingdoms and so on, just open your mouth and come.

Emperor Ning was extremely happy, plus Zhu Qiming had reported the information sent by Jiang Mengyun before, and he was immediately even happier, although he didn't say anything on the spot, but secretly seemed to have begun to arrange a big move.

Although Zhu Qiming was not so sure, he also thought that he could at least compete for a seat in front of the prince.

But who expected the next change to surprise everyone.

First, the frontier defenders were replaced.

The Chiang family was destroyed, the previous defenders were placed in the hands of the lieutenant general, and all military power was taken back to the imperial court.

But after the birthday banquet, Emperor Liang suddenly ordered Cui Shi'an, the servant of the ministry, to be the commander, and now a large team of people has been secretly transferred.

Not to mention that Zhu Qiming was confused, but Zhu Qichao was caught off guard.

In the competition of so many people, it is incomprehensible to suddenly kill such a dark horse.

Zhu Qiming is okay, he continues to wait for the next opportunity, anyway, he has the best chess pieces in hand, and he is not afraid that others will seize military power.

Military power is tempting, but in war, winning is the most important thing.

Cui Shi'an used to be just a small servant, and he had never seen him have any grand prize.

If it weren't for the first one who jumped out and betrayed the Jiang family, his daughter Cui Wanru was taken by the second prince again, and now the Cui family should have been wiped out.

It's not necessarily a good thing to fight for power now, and in any case, whoever laughs and laughs is the real victory in the end.

Zhu Qiming thought very clearly.

Cui Shi'an is just a chess piece, and the real person behind him is afraid that it is the so-called second prince who has suffered from heat stroke and will always look sick.

Zhu Qiwen, Zhu Qiwen, I really haven't seen it all these years.

He had such ambitions.

It's no wonder that Fang Cai Xiaowu said that this matter has nothing to do with the previous incident.

Looking at the small box of ice cubes in front of him, Zhu Qiming, who was still full of anger, suddenly took a deep breath, hooked his lips slightly and smiled: "Okay, let them fight against each other, they are both good sons of the queen's mother, and this fight is really interesting." ”

The little guy didn't understand how to figure it out, the master was still angry just now, why is it okay at the moment.

He was stunned for a moment and asked, "Master, what about this ice cube......"

Zhu Qiming waved his hand and said, "Okay, such a small piece won't last long, just ice some fruit, and then go back and make some crushed ice to eat." ”

After saying that, he lay back comfortably on the recliner, opened the folding fan and shook it gently.

The wind wasn't strong, but it didn't seem to be as hot as it used to be.

As soon as he lay down, another little servant came to report: "Fourth master, Miss Jiang seems to have made a big commotion over there, and Cuiyuxuan has news." ”

Zhu Qiming jumped up from the recliner suddenly: "How?" ”

"said that the capital of Liang Guo was in chaos, and I don't know how Miss Jiang got it, she was assassinated by an unknown person in the capital, and Jing Zhaoyin came out to search for it all over there, and suddenly it was chaotic."

The little servant handed over the letter in his hand and said, "This time Cuiyuxuan has also made a great contribution, they took the opportunity to add fuel to the fire, and now the Liang Kingdom is in chaos. ”

Quickly scanned the contents of the letter clearly, Zhu Qiming trembled slightly and burned it on the nearest candle.

He lowered his voice and couldn't suppress his excitement: "Jiang Mengyun is really the king's lucky general, it's a pity, such a smart woman can only put her in the Liang Kingdom, otherwise the king really wants to ......"

Before he finished speaking, he waved his hand and said, "Okay, you all go down." ”

The sound of cicadas outside the window continued, and the heat wave was coming, and Zhu Qiming raised his feet and walked out: "This king wants to enter the palace." ”

The matter of ice cubes is not a big deal, but unlike the four princes, the crown prince Zhu Qichao does not have such a good patience.

There is ice in the prince's mansion, and there is no shortage of it, but the news that Emperor Ning is so eccentric still came quickly.

Yan Bo stood tremblingly in the middle of the main hall, only to feel tormented.

It was already hot on this day, and being so pressured by the prince made me feel like I couldn't even breathe in, as if I was going to die.

Zhu Qichao had a black face, and his murderous aura was amazing.

"The second child has stiffer wings now, and his courage is getting bigger and bigger."

He snorted coldly: "The border matter, the palace has already decided to let you take over, he just wants to intervene in front of the mother's heel, saying that if the Cui family has no military merits, it will be difficult to gain a foothold in the court in the future, so he has to send Cui Shi'an's old thing!" ”

After pacing two steps irritably, he suddenly walked to the side and was fanning him, and kicked the other party's waist: "Didn't you eat, didn't you use a little force?" ”

The little guy was so frightened that his legs went limp, and he immediately knelt down.

The wind was gone.

Zhu Qichao's face became even more ugly, and he simply kicked the other party out directly: "Get out, get away, let the palace see you again, I'll cut off your head!" ”

This temper came without warning, but Yan Bo was used to it now, so he could only subconsciously take two steps back.

He was not satisfied with someone fanning the wind, but now that no one fanned the wind, he didn't scream anymore.

In fact, he really felt that the prince didn't need to be so excited.

Unlike the fourth prince, he and the second prince are brothers of the same mother after all.

The second prince has been weaker since he was a child, and the queen mother naturally takes more care of it, although Cui Shi'an led the troops to rob the military power, it is still unknown whether that person will fight.

The Liang army was not so easy to deal with.

If this war is lost, it will be all the fault of the Cui family, and the second prince will also be responsible, and the fourth prince who gave important news will be even more responsible.

But if the battle is won, the military exploits of the second prince will naturally be added to the crown prince.

Why not?

Could it be that he was still afraid that the sick second prince would come to snatch the crown prince?

Zhu Qichao is everything else, but this suspicion is amazingly serious, no wonder he has a bad temper.

Yan Bo muttered in his heart, and Zhu Qichao was already irritable and said: "That old thing is not good, the palace was not satisfied with his villain appearance at the beginning, but he was stopped by the second child, and I thought he was fascinated by women." ”

"Now it seems," he suddenly snorted coldly, "it was the queen mother who gave him enough courage to fight with the palace openly and secretly." ”

"My brother didn't say anything to the outside world, he didn't help me, but now he came to rob me."

"The little cub has grown up, and this is going to deal with the big brother."

"First robbed the military power, and now grabbed the materials, will you start grabbing me as the prince in the future?"

"The queen mother's heart has grown into the horns! The second child said with a clever mouth that the queen mother was fascinated and cried at every turn! ”

"Good second brother, it's really true that Bengong loved him so much when he was a child!"

The more Zhu Qichao spoke, the more gloomy his face became, and in the end he almost became a rakshasa in the dark night.

This really goes up to the position of the prince.

Yan Bo raised his head and was startled, and hurriedly took two steps back, and then he had the courage to persuade: "The crown prince is angry, the second prince may really just want to improve the status of the Cui family a little bit." ”

He said tentatively: "Doesn't he want to marry the eldest lady of the Cui family, there are some ugly things to say from others, all of which are Cui Wanru's original ...... to marry the boss of the Jiang family."

"Think about it, the second prince definitely doesn't want to hear this."

"Let's talk about the use of ice this time, it was also the queen's mother who was scared, I heard that the second prince vomited and diarrhea, and then fainted......"

Zhu Qichao snorted coldly and did not continue to discuss this topic.

He stopped Yan Bo with a wave of his hand and asked another important matter: "What happened to the assassination of Jiang Mengyun?" ”

Yan Bo remembered the news he had gotten, and hurriedly bowed down and said, "Prince, the people under you have not taken action for the time being. ”

Seeing Zhu Qichao's face turn sharply, he hurriedly continued to finish speaking: "But Jiang Mengyun was assassinated by some unknown people, the capital of Liang has been unstable recently, on the day of King Qi's birthday, Emperor Liang and their concubine, King Qi and Jiang Mengyun were assassinated in succession. ”

He was a little unsure: "Will it be ...... Is it the old thief of the Cui family? ”

Yan Bo himself couldn't figure it out: "Because after that day, they were in chaos in the capital, and some people shouted nonsense, saying something like Ning Jun entering the capital......

"Huh?" Zhu Qichao was stunned for a moment, "The Cui family? ”

He quickly shook his head: "Impossible, that old thing of the Cui family ......"

Zhu Qichao thought for a while: "Although he is also afraid that Jiang Mengyun will know that he betrayed the Jiang family in the future and will seek revenge on him, he will definitely try his best to kill her and kill her, but now he is busy taking over the border guards, where will he take care of a little woman again." ”

Yan Bo hurriedly and respectfully agreed, but he couldn't help but secretly say in his heart, you also know that it is a little woman, so you are still afraid of being like this.

But this is obviously unspeakable.

He could only pick good words and continue to report: "That may be something wrong within the Liang Kingdom, in short, Emperor Liang and the concubine are fine, King Qi was injured, Jiang Mengyun was also injured, and she is still raised in the Qi Palace, I heard that Emperor Liang has married her to that Mozi Qi." ”

Yan Bo's news came quickly: "I'm afraid that as soon as she recovers, Mo Ziqi will welcome her through the door." ”

Zhu Qichao couldn't help but sneer: "The little slut is doing well, and he still wants to get married?" Sooner or later, Hongu will make her husband a widower. ”

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