At night, there was silence in the prince's mansion.

The two side concubines, who have been looking forward to it for a long time, have been fighting for a long time, but they did not look forward to the three princes who had returned from afar to step into the back house.

The drum sounded in the third watch, the night guard knocked on the bang, just turned out of Dongxingfang, and then heard the noise of the wheels and horses' hooves rolling on the avenue, and looked at the moonlight, and recognized that it was the prince's car and, not within the curfew, so he ignored it, and only after walking out of more than ten steps away, he "banged" a gong, and stretched the tone: "Ring the gong to inform ......"

The carriage crossed the Golden Bird Avenue and turned into Ping'an Street, and the rolling stopped, and the coachman jumped off the wheel, took three or two steps to the side of the car window and called "Your Highness" twice.

The silk lantern on the porch dangled on the head of a dark robe, like the moonlight reflected in the dark waves of the pool, a piece of water.

Although he didn't need help, the steps of the third prince were a little staggering, and the corners of his eyes were slightly slanted, and his eyes were as bright as faint and cold.

The sideburns are flying red, and the sleeves are lightly dyed with wine.

"Your Highness, Kong Jiagoro is here today, and he has been waiting in the library." There is a long entourage in the distance, stepping on the bluestone slab in the main courtyard, and bowing to the waist.

The third prince didn't speak, but his pace turned around and walked towards the heavy courtyard on the east road.

A courtyard is lonely, and the ink shadow of Ke Zhi is sparse, in the shallow wind of early summer.

The wind-blown red robe sleeves were encouraging, and between the slender jade fingers, the fat jade cup was lightly buttoned, and it was slowly handed to the corners of the thin lips.

When he heard the sound of footsteps, Kong Xilin raised his eyebrows, with a smile in the corners of his slender eyes, but suddenly raised the slender waist gourd and walked away.

A fierce wind.

The three princes were suffocated, and before they could see the oncoming things, they only smelled the aroma of wine, but turned their heads.

With a "snap", it hit the Huaiyang in the yard, and the wine gourd that fell heavily to the ground was dullly shattered into two even scoops.

Kong Xilin "tsk" twice, sorry for the wine.

Suddenly, he smiled: "I've been waiting for a long time, let's not get drunk today to comfort His Highness...... The beautiful man plan is invalid. ”

But when he heard a "bang", the cold light in black clothes hit in a blink of an eye, and he forced it to the tip of his nose, Kong Xilin's heart tightened, he got up and jumped, his heels were not yet stable, and the cold sword followed him like a shadow, and this time he forced his throat.

"Your Highness!" Kong Xilin turned around to dodge, but saw that the sword light was like weaving, and the silver net was like a hood, as if it was killing ruthlessly, and he was ruthless.

A black robe, and a red robe, did not fight, one persecuted, the other evaded.

Kong Xi was unarmed, and he didn't expect the third prince to really have murderous intentions, so he hurriedly dodged, and his heart gradually became cold.

Suddenly, I felt a pain in my arm and a slap in my shoulder.

Fell to the ground in embarrassment.

The jade-faced demon face was approaching, and the moonlight was reflected in the corner of the eye, and there was a glimmer of blue light.

The dagger was straddled across his neck, and finally stopped.

"Your Highness is really for a woman, can't stand my jokes?" Although Kong Xilin's posture was embarrassed, his lips became tighter and tighter, and the corners of his eyes did not compromise at all.

"Jokes?" The third prince chuckled, his eyes were cold, but he took the short sword and flicked his sleeves: "I ask you, when you go to Xiliang, I will let you pass on important matters in Beijing at any time, and the marriage has been given after the Lantern Festival, even if I was far away from Kyoto at that time, if you send someone to report, I have heard the news as soon as I entered Xiliang, what is the result...... But it was only when I re-entered the border of Dalong that I heard about the marriage of the Holy Lord. ”

Kong Xilin stood up from the ground, saw a wet red oozing from his arm, the corners of his lips slanted, regardless of the sword wound, but dusted off his clothes, still sitting on the stone pier, and sneered: "It is precisely because I am worried that His Royal Highness will ignore the big things for the sake of the mere woman, so I deliberately conceal it, the Holy Lord has already given marriage, even if His Highness rushes back during the wedding, what can I do?" ”

"Xiao Wu, you and I have known each other since childhood, and we have known each other for many years, you should know that what I hate most is that someone makes his own opinion."

"Dare to ask Your Highness, why did you rush back in a hurry, and before you returned to Beijing and entered the palace, you went to the Chu Palace's Mansion to 'congratulate'? My worries are not worrying. Kong Xilin is still stubborn.

"Do you know the details of the Jin Reverse case?" The third prince said coldly: "The saint has removed the gold rebellion, obviously wants to hand over the power of the nobles to the Weiguo Mansion, and the most relied on people at the moment are the Guogong Mansion and the King of Chu, and the next thing is to implement the new system, cultivate emerging forces, and gradually disintegrate the monopoly of the nobles and the family to threaten the imperial power, the Xiliang matter, what reason do I have to delay on the way?" ”

"Your Highness still hasn't given up?" Kong Xilin sneered: "The marriage with the Guogong Mansion has never changed. ”

"I don't need to be reminded of that." The three princes took off their long clothes and sat firmly on the stone pier

"Then Your Highness is awake?" Kong Xilin raised his eyebrows.

was coldly glared at by the third prince: "I have my own plan for how to act." ”

Kong Xilin smiled heavily: "Yu Dong finally agreed to Huang Er, His Royal Highness Dali's plan, although he only has Xishanwei in his hand, it can govern the western suburbs, if His Royal Highness wants the prince to die without noticing, as long as Yu Dong cooperates properly, it is not impossible, it is not impossible to see the light of day after years of planning, His Royal Highness can't fall short for the sake of a mere woman, don't say I didn't remind Your Highness, if Your Highness never forgets the Lord of Guangping County, even Huang Er will have to give birth to two hearts." ”

The three princes' eyebrows jumped slightly, and they were silent for a while.

"What Yu Dong is planning, His Highness knows very well, you and the county lord are destined to be just mortal enemies."

Seeing that the third prince was still silent, Kong Xilin's face was even more frosty: "Only when Yu Feng dies and lets Yu Zhou attack the throne, can Yu Dong be used by us." ”

"Ridiculous." The third prince shook his head: "If we do it now, Yu Feng will die, and Yu Zhou will become the prince of Chu as he wishes, and Yu Dong will die on the ground?" If he has achieved his goal, can we still use half of it? How can you coerce him into doing what he is told? ”

When Kong Xilin heard this, his eyebrows frowned slightly, and he didn't answer.

"Yu Dong was originally also a clan, and he didn't enjoy the wealth and glory of peace and stability, and he was bent on plotting for the throne, why? It's not that he was influenced by his biological mother, he was paranoid, and his heart was too narrow-minded to be of great use after all, and I didn't bother to fight for the loyalty of such people. ”

Before the words fell, I heard Kong Xilin's laughter again, and his face was full of mockery: "Then His Highness has been carefully examining and planning for many years, what is the reason?" It's just an excuse, you still can't let go of the county lord, now she has become the princess of the world, and Yu Feng is both prosperous, and Yu Feng is dead, is she not sad in this world? On this day, the emperor of the family, the woman of the clan, has not heard of the precedent of remarriage. ”

The third prince also smiled slightly: "I can't let go of her, can I see her and Yu Feng in harmony with her husband and wife, Xiao Wu, when will I be so high-spirited?" ”

Kong Xilin was slightly stunned.

"You're right, even if I can really get a big position in the future, I can't accept a clan woman as the queen." The third prince snorted coldly: "Let's talk about the matter, I knew that Yu Dong had intentions, because he happened to be in charge of Xishanwei, so he had the idea of using it, and originally thought that Yu Feng was sick and weak, even if he had some talents, but it was not useful, if he died, the king of Chu would have no heirs, and he would have to let Yu Zhou attack the lord, but even so, in the future, the country will be in my hands, and I will not allow Yu Zhou to take over the forces of the king of Chu!" It's just for him to take a vacant seat and wear a prince's hat. ”

Seeing that Kong Xilin was no longer sarcastic, the third prince said: "But gradually, it seems that Yu Feng is not what I think, especially the two things of Merge Zhou and Jin Reverse, it is hard to imagine that he has only been in the office for two years, and he has been ill for many years can solve it so completely, the case of Jin Rein, the truth is far from what you and I see, Jin Rongzhong is scheming, he is desperate, and he will not be so hasty, I guess, he must have united Yuan Qi, there is no epidemic in Xiangzhou, it is nothing more than planning to take Yu Feng as a hostage, and he wants to coerce the King of Chu to help seize the throne." ”

Kong Xilin was skeptical: "Then why did the saint let Yuan Qi go?" ”

"Yuan Qi didn't take it seriously as a rebellion, and the Holy Lord set out to implement the reform of the official system in order to appease the public, and it is not appropriate to pursue it on a large scale and cause chaos to regenerate." The third prince was confident: "I passed through Hunan this time, and I also secretly investigated, and more and more confirmed the conjecture, it should be Yu Feng who had an insight, entered the tiger's den, and persuaded Yuan Qi to surrender." ”

The third prince groaned again: "Yu Feng's ability should not be underestimated, and now he is married again...... The two of them are not something that Yu Dong's brain can calculate. ”

"That's why Yu Dong wants to surrender to His Highness." Kong Xilin is still persistent.

"Surrender to Cheng, because he still has intentions for the throne, if the goal has been achieved, he will inevitably be shaken, after all, assassinating the prince, one careless, will affect the net worth, Yu Zhou has really become the best candidate to succeed to the throne, Yu Dong will not take risks again." The third prince smiled coldly: "Such a simple truth, don't Xiao Wu know?" ”

Kong Xilin was silent.

"Moreover, Yu Feng is only afraid that he has already understood Yu Dong's malice, that is, the Queen Mother, the Holy Lord, or the bottom of his heart, even if Yu Feng really has a good one, the Holy Lord will not let Yu Zhou attack the lord."

"In this way, as long as Your Highness makes Yu Dong understand this, he can only pin his hopes on His Highness and help His Highness get a big position." Kong Xilin's eyes lit up.

"Well, you finally got it." The three princes bowed their heads, but their eyes were still dull.

"But Yu Feng is always a threat, can he not know that His Highness has a heart for the county lord?" Kong Xilin was sarcastic.

The third prince glanced at him: "If I am an enemy of Yu Feng, it may not be his opponent, right now...... Even in the future, it can be enveloped. ”

"Your Highness can really focus on the overall situation?" Kong Xilin was always skeptical.

The third prince smiled lightly: "The power must be taken, and the mother's revenge must be avenged, but I am the one who will ignore the overall situation for the sake of love and marriage?" ”

Kong Xilin took a deep breath: "But I hope His Highness is as he said." ”

"How is my queen mother doing? When I entered the palace today, she comforted me again, and in her words, there was also a hidden meaning of eccentricity. The third prince smiled, and when he thought of the queen's words, his eyebrows shook slightly.

It's nothing more than secretly blaming the saint, and he actually ignores his parents and daughters for his nephew, and his son is not enough in the saint's heart.

"Your Royal Highness Mingjian, the queen was originally worried about the marriage between those princes and the Guogong Mansion, but she also understood that the king of Chu was extremely loyal to the royal family, and the county lord became the princess, and the queen was relieved." Kong Xilin asked again: "How is Xiliang and his party?" ”

Only then did the third prince smile sincerely: "There are unexpected gains." ”

But I didn't go into details, but I saw that there were several wine bottles on the stone table, and I drank one of them heartily.

"But I think, if the saint wants to resume the opening of the department, it is not so easy, that is, Xungui does not dare to oppose at this time, but Qin Xiang will not compromise, once the Han clan gains power, it is only a matter of time before some families fall, and there are so many official positions, Qin Xiang is bent on consolidating the power for the four princes, and it is too late to entrap him, how can he allow people to get a piece of the pie." Kong Xilin heard that the three princes finally "took care of the overall situation", and they were no longer entangled, and the topic changed again.

The third prince smiled slightly: "This is good, but it's just that Qin Huaiyu's city is very deep, and he is not as domineering as Jin Rongzhong, some things, he will not do it in the open, this restores the opening of the department, so that the poor students also have the opportunity to enter the office, but to become a trend, it is not in the past two or three years, if I am him, rather than resist the holy will at this juncture, it is better to see the new star, and deliberately snare, which is not only in line with the holy will, but also can consolidate the power, wouldn't it be both?" Most of those families are very hypocritical, on the surface they are righteous and awe-inspiring, and they pay attention to the reputation of the family, but in their hearts they are not only rich and powerful, the real family is like the Wei family, which is quiet and leisurely, and how many are willing? ”

After pondering for a while, the third prince said again: "What Qin Huaiyu values at the moment is to push the fourth child to seize the storage position, if the fourth child can ascend the throne in the future, as the Yue family, won't the Qin family have the power to dominate the world?" Are you afraid that you won't be able to attract emerging stars? According to this, if the Holy Lord reorganizes the line, there may be people who can't hold it back, and it won't be Qin Huaiyu who will jump out to refute it. ”

Kong Xilin said: "But in my opinion, the Fourth Highness is not a person who is controlled by Prime Minister Qin, Concubine Qin is not favored at the moment, she has fallen out of favor, I heard that in the prince's mansion, the two side concubines are pregnant." ”

"No matter how unfavored, she is also a concubine, if the Qin family does not fall, her status is as stable as Mount Tai, although the fourth child is not an easy person to control, Qin Huaiyu is not a stupid person, it is difficult to say which is stronger or weaker."

Kong Xilin suddenly laughed: "Why is the topic more and more biased, there are three highnesses, who are the opponents between the four highnesses and Qin Xiang?" ”

The third prince didn't say anything, drank the remaining half gourd wine in one go, threw it away, raised his feet and went to the wing: "Don't say it, go to sleep, the boat is tired, I have been looking forward to this couch at home." ”