Chapter 25: Between Brothers
The palace maid and eunuch dared to say more, and hurriedly bowed down and withdrew from the Zichen Palace.
Seeing that all the irrelevant people had left, Long Yunqing raised his hand and stretched out, stood up and came to Long Yunche's side, pulled over the chair and sat down, and said, "Brother Eleven, you and I haven't seen each other for a long time, let's have a good chat." ”
Long Yunche's body did not move, but he said: "Your Majesty, I am afraid that it is unreasonable to talk like this, if it is known by the imperial historian, it is inevitable that you will have to join the courtiers." ”
Long Yunqing laughed when he heard this: "Are you afraid that they will join you?" ”
"Well...... I really wasn't scared! Long Yunche's sword eyebrows raised slightly, and a rare smile appeared on the corner of his lips and said.
"With my brother here, you don't have to be afraid of anything, eleventh brother!" Long Yunqing stopped laughing, put his hand on Long Yunche's shoulder, and said in a condensed voice.
This brother made Long Yunche's heart tremble, and a thick warm current flowed in his blood. He smiled, his eyes were deep and hot, and he said softly: "Brother Huang, with me, you don't have to be afraid of anything!" ”
In a trance, Long Yunche seemed to have returned to eighteen years ago, when the Zhou family was favored by the emperor, and her two sons were walking sideways in the palace without anyone daring to care.
He was just five years old at that time, and the prince of a disgraced concubine naturally became the weakest person who was easily bullied in this palace. I still remember that afternoon, I was pushed into the lotus pond by the two princes of the Zhou family. He floated and struggled in the water, but he saw the two princes of the Zhou clan on the shore looking at him with happy faces, and let the guards around him prevent others from saving him, even Long Yunqing, the ninth prince who was the queen's concubine at the time, did not pay attention to them.
Long Yunche originally thought that he was dead, but he was grabbed by a pair of powerful palms and dragged ashore hard. In his daze, he only saw Long Yunqing soaking wet, standing in front of him, and said loudly: "The queen mother is the mother of the people of the world, and the father is the father of the people of the world." You and I are both of the blood of our father, do you want to disgrace the royal family? If the eleventh brother has three longs and two shorts today, don't say that the father and queen mother will not spare you, even I will never let you go! At that moment, Long Yunqing, the Nine Emperor Sons, was a god in Long Yunche's mind.
The next thing he remembered was a little vague because of a high fever, and he only heard the palace people who were waiting for him mention it sporadically: The two princes of the Zhou family were heavily blamed for this matter, and they were beaten by their father, and even the Zhou family was implicated, so the emperor snubbed her for a while. Since then, the queen and Long Yunqing have often corresponded with Concubine Yun's mother and son. Long Yunqing, who is two years older, and Long Yunche, who is five years older, seem to have a very tacit understanding by nature, and the two are almost inseparable, very good.
But the good times didn't last long, and soon the Zhou family returned to favor, even more than before. Then he began to find all kinds of troubles for Concubine Yun, and even designed Concubine Yun several times, almost knocking Concubine Yun into the cold palace.
Thanks to Queen Zuo's many helpers at that time, Concubine Yun was able to be saved, but she couldn't afford to fall ill because of this. The young Long Yunche experienced this change, faded away from naivety early, and his mind became more mature and stable.
I still remember that the weak mother concubine hugged him with difficulty, pointed to the overlapping palaces in the distance, and said word by word: "Yun Che, you have to remember: there is a dearest relative there." In the future, when Yun Che grows up, I want to thank the queen mother for my mother, and most importantly, I want to protect your brother Yunqing forever. ”
The ignorant Long Yunche looked at Concubine Yun's face with a smile that couldn't tell whether it was sad or gratifying, and nodded vigorously.
Shortly after that night, Concubine Yun died. Empress Zuo asked the emperor for a decree to adopt Long Yunche by her side.
Later, when he grew up, he also had the ability. He has always remembered the nurturing grace of Queen Zuo, and for Long Yunqing, it is the auxiliary meaning of boxing. He has no interest in the so-called throne, but as long as Long Yunqing wants to sit, he is determined to be his brother's strongest shield and weapon!
After the two brothers worked together, they finally sent Long Yunqing to the throne.
However, officialdom is more intrigue than battlefield. He, Long Yunche, is not afraid of any sword and sword shadow on the battlefield, but he knows that the conspiracy and conspiracy in the court are even more dangerous. He didn't want his relationship with the emperor to be jealous and jealous.
Throw plenty of dirt and some will be sure to stick. There are many rumors, and the false is true.
In order to prevent the situation he least wanted to see, not long after Long Yunqing ascended the throne, he retreated early and bravely, turning from light to darkness, still guarding the most important person in his life.
With the consolidation of Long Yunqing's regime, Long Yunche found that many things no longer required him to go out in person, so he began a life of idle clouds and wild cranes, and there were fewer and fewer opportunities to get along with the emperor in the palace.
Yesterday's hurried side aside, today is the most intimate conversation between the two brothers in months.
The past flashed in Long Yunche's mind in an instant, stabilizing his excited mood, Long Yunche smiled lightly: "Your Majesty, don't worry, this matter is not difficult for the younger brother." ”
The two brothers stared at each other for a moment and smiled knowingly.
Subsequently, Long Yunche slowly informed Long Yunqing of the news and evidence obtained by Lin in the northwest.
"What did Brother Eleventh think of Concubine Lin Shufei's matter last night?" Long Yunqing asked.
"Your Majesty, the news that the courtier's brother inquired about before shows that Lin has always had an important piece of evidence that has been secretly hidden. Looking back now, it is very likely that he was sent to the palace and handed over to Concubine Lin Shu. ”
Long Yunqing's eyes narrowed slightly when he heard this, and he said with a cold expression: "Hmph, this slut actually dares to help her brother hide the evidence, if it weren't for the fact that she still has use value, I would have abolished her a long time ago!" ”
Long Yunche said: "Your Majesty, don't worry, I suspect that the thief last night should have stolen this important evidence!" ”
"Stolen? No wonder Concubine Shu didn't let people enter the palace last night to check, I also felt strange at the time, it seems that this is indeed the case. After Long Yunqing finished speaking, he looked at Long Yunche and said, "The eleventh brother is sure to catch this person." ”
Long Yunche thought for a moment and said, "It's not difficult to catch this person. But it must also be guaranteed that Lin will not let them know that we have caught this thief. Because this evidence is not yet time to come to light. ”
Long Yun was clear, and said coldly: "The person who has been hiding behind Lin has thought that what he has done is seamless, and he thinks that he can turn things upside down, hum!" I want him and all his henchmen to die without a place to be buried! ”
Long Yunche nodded, pondered for a while, and said: "Your Majesty, the top priority at present is to strictly discipline the Imperial City Praetorian Guards and Guards, and there have been thefts one after another, after all, it is not a good thing. Long Yunche didn't say that someone sneaked into the palace again last night, and he didn't want to add pressure to Long Yunqing.
As soon as he heard this, Long Yunqing suddenly said angrily: "So I said that you shouldn't let it go!" See what it's all like now? My safety is not guaranteed! I really couldn't sleep well for the past two days! As he spoke, Long Yunqing also pressed the corner of his forehead.
Looking at his brother's performance, Long Yunche shook his head helplessly. As the emperor, there are twenty secret guards guarding the surroundings every day, and several of them are trained by him. The emperor's safety will not be greatly affected by this theft. But it does expose a lot of problems with the palace guards. He could only nod and say, "The younger brother will pay attention to this matter, and if necessary, he will ask the emperor for advice." This means that it will help the emperor to rectify the palace guards, which made Long Yunqing finally laugh again.
Long Yunche asked again: "Your Majesty, is your exquisite jade really gone?" ”
As soon as he mentioned this matter, the smile on Long Yunqing's face disappeared, his eyes darkened, and he said, "Eleventh brother, you also know the importance of Linglong Yujue to me. It's the only thing Ning'er has left me, and I won't joke about it. ”
As soon as the name Ning'er came out, Long Yunche and the emperor were both silent for a while. The girl with the bright smile has always been a holy place in the hearts of the two.
The people of Ranyi have passed away, leaving only sadness. Long Yunche could only comfort: "The emperor is not in a hurry, the younger brother will definitely recover Yujue!" ”
"Good!" Long Yunqing excitedly took Long Yunche's hand and said, "I believe in you!" As long as you can help me get Yujue back, I will reward you with whatever you want! ”
"Your Majesty, your courtiers don't lack anything."
"Hey! Didn't you ask me for a reward yesterday? Regret it so quickly! No, no, no! I promised you. I am the emperor, and Chrysostom can't change it casually! Long Yunqing shook his head like a rattle.
"Uh...... This," Long Yunche said. Yesterday he wasn't talking! But how did he explain this to the emperor? I'm afraid that no matter what he says, the emperor won't believe it.
"Okay, then the emperor can promise his subordinates one thing!"
"You say!"
"The younger brother hopes that the emperor can pardon the guards imprisoned in the prison." Long Yunche finally said the most important purpose of this trip.
At the moment when Long Yunche's words fell, Luo Qianqian's angry voice suddenly sounded in his mind-
"Long Yunche! You're not authentic! ”
I was too attentive to discussing things with the emperor just now, and for a while I actually forgot that Luo Qianqian's soul in the body would also be sober, so Luo Qianqian's sudden words really scared Long Yunche. Even if his concentration was super strong, his heart was beating wildly, and his face stiffened slightly.
"Long Yunche! I now share the same body with you, how can I say that I can be regarded as half a master, and this request was made to the emperor yesterday, why should you ask my opinion first, just use up such a good reward opportunity, you accompany me! Luo Qianqian was so angry.
Long Yunche pulled the corners of her lips helplessly, but ignored her, letting her jump in anger in her mind.
Fortunately, at this time, Long Yunqing bowed his head slightly and groaned, missing the unnaturalness of Long Yunche's expression, otherwise he would inevitably ask.
"Don't hide it from the eleventh brother, the matter of locking up that team, in fact, I also feel a little regretful after I calmed down. At that time, if it wasn't for Concubine Lin Shu's constant provoking my anger, I would have locked them up for a few days, how could I have made the will to be killed. Long Yunqing raised his head and said, "Even if you don't talk about this matter, I plan to pardon these people." So you can't be considered a reward for this. ”
"The emperor is wise! Hooray, hooray, hooray! Luo Qianqian cheered and admired for a while, and then didn't forget to nag Long Yunche, "Look, look!" The emperor understands things much better than you! You study hard! ”
Long Yunche still ignored her, and was just about to continue to resign, Long Yunqing waved his hand and said: "This matter is decided first, and the eleventh brother can't push it again this time!" ”