"Special? Hehe. Xiao Shaoxuan raised his hand to wipe his sweat and smiled.

His eyes are slender and raised, and the corners of his mouth are slightly upturned, which doesn't look like a funny taste.

Lu Ruoqing glared at him, "What to do?" Don't say strange things. ”

"Bang dang!" With a bang, the sword in Xiao Shaoxuan's hand returned to its scabbard.

He sneered: "Other princes are trying to please their father, that is called filial piety." But if I were to deliberately ponder my father's preferences, it would be a scheming. ”

Lu Ruoqing realized in an instant.

Xiao Shaoxuan got up impatiently and walked into the house, "The congratulatory gift should be done according to the rules." ”

Ti Ying bowed her head and responded, "Yes." ”

Lu Ruoqing hurriedly followed.

In the room, Xiao Shaoxuan was gulping herbal tea, and he drank two bowls in a row before stopping.

Lu Ruoqing asked, "Why are you still on fire?" ”

Xiao Shaoxuan did not speak.

Lu Ruoqing is naturally empathetic.

Seeing that he didn't want to say it, he naturally wouldn't go to the bottom of it, so he didn't ask.

After a while, Xiao Shaoxuan suddenly spoke, "When I was a child, because the prince's brother was ten years older than me, I couldn't play together, and my relationship was not the best." ”

"Huh? Who is ......? Lu Ruoqing asked.

Xiao Shaoxuan's gaze floated, as if he was reminiscing.

He said slowly: "King Huan is six, I am nine, and there are seven emperor brothers and eight emperor brothers in the middle." The Seventh Prince was born with a disability, and he was raised like a medicine jar, and it was bad when the wind blew, so I naturally couldn't play with him. ”

Lu Ruoqing was thoughtful and asked, "Then you, are you the best to play with the Eighth Prince?" ”

"Hmm." Xiao Shaoxuan's eyes flashed, and his expression was embarrassed, "The Eighth Emperor Brother is very lively, loves to laugh, and always has many fun ideas, so I like to play with him the most." ”

"And then?"

"One year, on my father's birthday, the princes discussed preparing a birthday gift for my father."

Lu Ruoqing's heart jumped suddenly.

With intuition, you can guess that something must have happened during this period.

Xiao Shaoxuan smiled, "I was just a child at the time, what congratulatory gifts can I prepare?" After thinking about it, I decided to paint a poem with the Eighth Emperor Brother. ”

A little bit of his memory.

"Brother Eight Emperor's handwriting is very good, so I fooled around and drew a picture of Shoubi Nanshan, and it was quite good to put it together."

"At that time, the queen mother saw it and laughed at me, saying that I was stained with the light of the Eighth Emperor Brother."

"Brother Prince still scolds me, I usually don't practice calligraphy well, and I have to beg someone to make up the numbers at critical times."

"Shao Hyun, are you alright?" Lu Ruoqing saw that his eyes were red, and instantly became worried, and held his hand tightly, giving him a silent warm strength.

Xiao Shaoxuan closed his eyes and sighed: "The day of Father's Christmas is very lively, and the princes worship their birthdays together, but ......, they don't see the Eighth Emperor Brother alone. ”

A flash of panic flashed in Lu Ruoqing's eyes.

Because ......, the Eighth Prince did not live until now.

So, did something happen on the emperor's birthday? Moreover, it is also related to Xiao Shaoxuan.

She hurriedly said, "Shaoxuan! No matter what happened later, I don't blame you, you were just a kid. ”

Xiao Shaoxuan smiled softly, "Later, the palace people found the Eighth Emperor Brother in the pond,...... of corpses. ”

Lu Ruoqing's hand tightened suddenly.

Xiao Shaoxuan said again: "No one knows, how did the Eighth Emperor Brother fall into the water?" Who killed him? All I saw was his birth mother fainting from crying. ”

Lu Ruoqing's heart sank.

"Not long after, there were rumors in the palace, saying that it was my ......, and in order to monopolize the brilliance of Shoubi Nanshan Map, I found someone to kill the Eighth Emperor Brother."

"............" Lu Ruoqing was shocked.

"There are no witnesses, no physical evidence, but the rumors are still spreading more and more." Xiao Shaoxuan's eyes were red, and his expression was uncomfortable, as if he was suppressing the emotions in his body.

"It's not you, I'm sure it's not you." Lu Ruoqing stepped forward and hugged him gently.

Xiao Shaoxuan also hugged her.

His voice fluttered over her head.

"However, when I dedicated the painting to my father, he criticized me in front of everyone, and I was so happy!"

"A plausible remark condemned me."

"I haven't been able to explain it to others, and the more I explain, the darker it becomes."

"Although I have not been punished in any way, I will be suspected of killing the Eighth Emperor Brother, and I will never be able to clear my name."

Lu Ruoqing raised her head and kissed him gently, "Shaoxuan, everything has passed." ”

Xiao Shaoxuan sneered, "Actually, my father doesn't have any evidence at all!" He did this just to deliberately make me unclear of suspicion and disgusted with the queen mother and the prince's brother. ”

The hatred between father and son has long been layered and cannot be resolved.

Lu Ruoqing was silent for a while.

She wanted to ease Xiao Shaoxuan's emotions, so she interrupted and asked, "What about King Huan?" What was he like as a child? The two of you are not too different in age, haven't you played together? ”

Xiao Shaoxuan hooked the corners of his mouth, "The age difference is not big, just two years wrong, but I don't like him." ”

Lu Ruoqing couldn't help but want to laugh, and said with emotion: "It turns out that you didn't deal with it since you were a child. ”

"Not really." Xiao Shaoxuan shook his head and said: "I am the youngest son born to the queen, King Huan was only the son of Su Guiren at that time, and his identity was much worse, plus he pretended to be a good child since he was a child, so naturally they didn't play much together." ”

Lu Ruoqing said curiously: "The biological mother of the eighth prince has a very high position? ”

"Okay." Xiao Shaoxuan replied: "It's the current Li Zhaoyi, who was Concubine Li Xian at the time, and later because he couldn't find the murderer of the Eighth Emperor, he quarreled with his father, and was demoted to Zhaoyi because of the imperial rudeness." ”

"Li ......, Concubine Xian? The girl of the Li family? Lu Ruoqing was a little surprised.

"That's right, it's Li Ge's daughter."

Lu Ruoqing blamed herself slightly, "It seems that I don't know enough about the personnel in the palace, and I still haven't done enough homework." ”

Xiao Shaoxuan rubbed her hair and said with a smile: "What is there to blame for this? After Li Zhaoyi was demoted, she has been concentrating on cultivating Buddhism and ignoring the world, and she has almost no sense of existence, and it is normal for you not to notice her. ”

Lu Ruoqing asked again: "Then since it is said that you killed the Eighth Prince, Li Zhaoyi ...... her?"

"Did she take revenge on me?" Xiao Shaoxuan shook his head and smiled, "Li Zhaoyi lost her only child, so she was naturally extremely sad, and even did not hesitate to quarrel with her father, but ......, what can she do to the queen's son?" Again, there is no evidence. ”

Lu Ruoqing nodded when she heard this, "That's right, besides, she has been degraded." ”

She cupped her cheeks in thought.

Xiao Shaoxuan pinched her cheek and asked, "What are you thinking about?" ”

Lu Ruoqing muttered, "I think something is wrong. ”

Xiao Shaoxuan raised his eyebrows, "Huh?" ”

"It stands to reason that even if the emperor has ascended the throne, powerful ministers like the Li family and the Jiang family don't need to stand in line, and they can give their daughters to the emperor as concubines, then it's ......."

"What?"

"You don't need to canonize Concubine Xian." Lu Ruoqing analyzed: "The fourth concubine of Guishu Dexian is second only to the queen, and she usually assists in the sixth palace, and it is almost so-so to say that she is the deputy queen." ”

"And then?"

"The emperor has always been afraid that the Jiang and Li families will control the court, especially the Li family, but he canonized the daughter of the Li family as a virtuous concubine and gave birth to a prince, wouldn't he bring out a relative? I don't think it's quite in line with the emperor's temperament. ”

Xiao Shaoxuan couldn't help but ponder for a while when he heard this.

After all, this was many years ago, when he was a child and didn't think much about it.

Lu Ruoqing said again: "The emperor canonized your mother as the queen? I think it should be because of Empress Dowager Huo, the emperor must get the support of his mother-in-law, so he was forced to do it. ”

Xiao Shaoxuan's face was extremely solemn.

Of course, he understands this.

"But ......" Lu Ruoqing continued to analyze, "The emperor has been suppressed by the Huo family, why does he take the initiative to support the Li family and be coerced by the Li family again?" Therefore, the emperor voluntarily made the Li family a powerful relative, which really doesn't make sense. ”

Xiao Shaoxuan's eyes suddenly lit up, and he was shocked: "Father Emperor is likely to deliberately support the Li family first, and then slander me for killing the eighth prince, so that the Li family and the Huo family will fight against each other!" At the same time, the eighth prince died, Concubine Li Xian was demoted, and the possibility of the Li family being a relative was also removed! ”

Lu Ruoqing groaned: "Thinking about it, this may be the most reasonable. ”

Xiao Shaoxuan leaned into the chair and pursed his lips.

---- past is so tragic.

I opened it by chance today, and I was lucky enough to come into contact with the sinister truth behind it.

Lu Ruoqing sighed: "The emperor's biological mother died ordinary and died early, and she is not particularly outstanding among many princes, if you want to get rid of other strong brothers and win the throne, you can only fight your way." ”

Xiao Shaoxuan was silent for a long time before he said, "Actually, these truths should have been thought of earlier. ”

"Shao-hyun ......"

"No, I'm not blaming myself." Xiao Shaoxuan shook his head, a touch of sadness in his eyes.

Lu Ruoqing looked at him gently, waiting for him to finish.

Xiao Shaoxuan said slowly: "Because after that, too many things happened, and too many people died, so the death of the eighth prince was no longer important, so it was ignored." ”

Lu Ruoqing didn't ask again.

Because she guessed that ...... of them must include the deceased Queen Huo and the crown prince, and it was too heavy to mention.

"So......" Xiao Shaoxuan shrugged his shoulders with a smile and hooked the corners of his mouth, "On my father's birthday, it's best to give gifts according to the rules, I don't need to prepare special gifts." ”

Lu Ruoqing shook his hand and said gently: "Special gifts, only one person is allowed to give them to me in the future." ”

Xiao Shaoxuan suddenly smiled, "Okay, a word is a certainty." ”

Therefore, the Zhenbei Royal Mansion prepared congratulatory gifts according to the rules, without any special features.

King Huan is different.

Concubine Su Shu was particularly anxious about this matter, and asked: "The emperor's birthday is coming soon, do you still send your own calligraphy and paintings this year?" Is there anything special about it? It's too ordinary to stand out among the princes. ”

King Huan replied: "In addition to calligraphy and painting, there is also a rare ancient sword. ”

---- was sent by Lu Ruoqing before.

He couldn't tell what kind of psychology it was, so he had to send the ancient sword.

Perhaps, I wanted her to look at him more when she saw the ancient sword.