Chu Xia promised so happily last night, did he have a bad idea in his heart? must have felt that it was useless to talk to him, it was better to agree honestly and fool him, lest he persuade her in a rambling manner.

I was worried, and I remembered the early summer in the morning, for fear that she would run away early this morning. Therefore, as soon as he got to the early court, he caught up with his third brother and asked.

"Third brother, I'll go to your house for tea!" King Jing suddenly hugged King Chen's neck.

"No, I still have something to do, I'm not welcome." King Chen knew that he wanted to see Chu Xia in the name of drinking tea, and deliberately teased him.

"Hey, I have something to do, I don't have the heart to mess with you!" King Jing suddenly became serious.

Seeing King Jing's sudden seriousness, King Chen shrugged his shoulders and said with a smile: "Okay, whatever you want." ”

"Your Highnesses...... The two highnesses stayed behind ......, but Li Zhonggui's voice suddenly sounded.

"What's the matter with my father-in-law?" King Chen turned around and asked.

Gonggong Li saluted both of them and said with a smile: "If the old slave has something, how dare he be in such a hurry to stop the two highnesses?" It was His Majesty who asked the two Highnesses to go to the Imperial Study. ”

King Chen and King Jing glanced at each other, and naturally they both knew what the emperor's summons meant.

King Chen nodded and said, "Okay, this king will go over." ”

Gonggong Li gave a salute, hesitated slightly, and still did not say a word of resignation directly, but said very meaningfully: "I want Your Majesty to call the two highnesses over, it's just some family matters." Although His Majesty was a little displeased, he was not in a hurry to come. The two highnesses can go over slowly, and there is no need to be too anxious. ”

How could King Chen not understand the meaning of his reminder, and said with a smile: "My father-in-law has a heart." Thank you, father-in-law. ”

"The old slave doesn't dare to be a ......" Gonggong Li gave a salute, and then gave another salute to King Jing and King Chen, and said goodbye.

King Chen nodded, signaling that he could step back.

Sure enough, he wasn't particularly anxious, but walked towards the imperial study with normal steps. Seeing that Gonggong Li had walked away, and if there were any people around, King Jing said in a low voice: "The news of my father is so well-informed, I'm afraid I didn't hear it from the mouths of the ministers." This morning, none of the ministers has had the opportunity to show off in front of their father. And early in the morning, there are not many ministers who know. ”

King Chen nodded and said in a low voice: ". It's just that we don't know who it is. ”

The two looked at each other, but neither said anything. In my heart, I can't help but sigh at my father's actions. My father can do this to my eldest brother today, and he will do this to them in the future. Just look at the situation at the time, and I will not give trust to any son because of the love between father and son.

King Jing sighed slightly. There's no way, it's actually not to blame my father, I can only blame this for being a royal family. The father does not know the son, the son does not know the father, the brothers become enemies, and lovers kill each other...... These are the most real things in the majestic palace.

Outside the imperial study, Li Zhonggui, who walked back quickly, was already waiting at the door at this time. said with a smile: "Your Majesty will first pass His Royal Highness King Jing to go in and speak, and I will have to bother His Royal Highness King Chen to wait outside for a while." ”

King Chen nodded. Just as he was about to push aside to make way for the door, one of the guards made a gesture of please to him.

King Chen was surprised for a while, Li Zhonggui smiled and said: "Your Majesty is sympathetic to His Royal Highness King Chen, the sun is poisonous outside, and I am afraid that His Highness will be basking in the sun, so I specially let His Highness wait in the small hall on the side." ”

King Chen understood, bowed to the imperial study, and raised his voice to say "Thank you, father", and then followed the guide guard to the side of the small hall.

Where is the father afraid of him being exposed? Instead, he was afraid that he was outside the imperial study and heard the conversation inside.

After the guards led King Chen into the house, they closed the windows and doors. Before closing the door, he didn't forget to say, "Ice cubes have just been added to the house, and if the heat from outside comes in, it will take away the cool air from the ice cubes." ”

King Chen smiled: "You have a heart." ”

The guards with knives beside his father changed shifts one by one, and he couldn't recognize a few people, so he couldn't name them. But it may also be certain that this is definitely not the "cleverness" of the guards themselves, but the father ordered him to do so.

But what else can King Chen do besides pretending to be stupid?

It's also a beautiful thing to wait here quietly and feel the coolness of the ice.

After about a stick of incense, King Jing came out of the imperial study. Li Zhonggui went to the door and said, "His Royal Highness King Chen, Your Majesty will let you in." ”

King Chen stretched and yawned and went out. Yawned and said, "I was sleepy in spring and tired in autumn and napping in summer, so I leaned back in my chair for a while and almost fell asleep." ”

"Third brother, I said that I would go to your house to play chess, I'll wait for you for a while." King Jing stood at the door of the imperial study and said.

Because he went out, the door of the imperial study was only hidden, and at this time, he could naturally hear what the emperor said.

The reason why King Jing said this was because he wanted his father to hear it. At this time, if he deliberately avoided suspicion and left first, it would seem that the two brothers had ghosts in their hearts. And because I have a certain number in my heart and I have prepared for it, I am not in a hurry to say what I say to each other.

At this time, if he said it so directly and frankly, his father would feel that they were indeed not prepared in advance, and he was asked in a panic, so he had to report this to his third brother.

"Okay, just wait for me right here! It is estimated that the father and the emperor have nothing important, just a stick of incense. King Chen smiled.

While laughing with King Jing, he had already arrived at the door of the imperial study. Seeing that the door was open, he bowed inside and said, "Father, the son is here." ”

"Come in." The emperor said.

King Chen pushed the door in, stood still in the middle of the imperial study, and bowed to the emperor again, asking, "I don't know what my father commands?" ”

At this time, the windows of the study were closed. King Chen didn't think that his father was really trying to trap the cool air in the house, after all, the old man was still very concerned about ventilation. What my father wants to trap is the sound in the house. What is closed is not the window, but the trust that should exist between father and son.

"I ask you, last night, you went to your eldest brother's mansion for a banquet?"

"It's just that the three of us brothers get together and have fun. The eldest brother sent posts to Erchen and the fourth brother, and the two of us happened to be fine, and the afternoon passed. King Chen smiled.

The emperor didn't say much, and asked directly: "Last night, your eldest brother expelled your sister-in-law from the house, what is the reason?" ”

King Chen frowned, looked a little sad, and said: "Since the eldest brother was deposed, although he looks like he has nothing to do with his face, he is happy to be idle, but behind his back...... Xu is not very good-tempered. Especially for those women in the back house, they are even more unscrupulous to vent. A while ago, there were some rumors in Kyoto City, saying that the eldest brother didn't know why, and suddenly disliked the sister-in-law, and didn't even show the sister-in-law when she was sick......"

Erchen felt that this rumor came from a strange place, so he didn't pay attention to it. This time I went to the eldest brother's house, and the sister-in-law came to bring snacks to the eldest brother and us, and at first glance, she looked like she was pleasing the eldest brother, and she was very timid. And the person has already lost a lot of weight. To be honest, Erchen did feel a little distressed. After all, a good person is tortured like this, even if someone who is not familiar with him sees it, he will be moved with compassion, right? ”

Later, when Erchen went to the back garden, he happened to meet his sister-in-law, and he comforted her a few words. Let her relax, be sure to understand the irritability in the eldest brother's heart. But somehow, the little guy next to the eldest brother jumped out of nowhere and said a lot of ugly things, so he had to drag his son and sister-in-law to the eldest brother to distinguish them. ”

King Chen said with some anger: "Where can Erchen bear such wrongdoing? And he went with him. Na Cheng didn't think that the eldest brother would listen to my explanation at all, and he didn't even believe what the fourth brother, an outsider, saw and heard with his own eyes. I have to bite some dirty words according to what Zhang Fuhai reported......"

King Chen smiled helplessly, and said, "Erchen estimates that the eldest brother should have been tired of the sister-in-law for a long time, and the sister-in-law is always on the side to persuade him." When he was not abolished before, he showed it more than once in front of his sons and the fourth child. Now that he has been abolished, his sister-in-law must have persuaded him behind his back. The eldest brother was tired of hearing it, so he wanted to think of a way to drive the sister-in-law out of the house, and out of sight was respect......"

"This is a matter between the husband and wife, and the son is just unlucky, and he happened to be used by the eldest brother to play the topic. Therefore, he no longer defended anything, and let the eldest brother vent. The eldest brother really didn't ask his son-in-law anything, but just expelled the sister-in-law from the house. ”

The emperor saw that King Chen said sincerely and meticulously, and the fourth brother did say it, saying that his third brother said something about Princess Yong, but they were all affectionate and polite. said that the words of the two of them added up, but only five or six sentences. This can coincide with the third child's explanation.

But the emperor doesn't care about the truth of the matter, what he cares about is what kind of "truth" the third child can give him.

"You mean to say that last night's incident has nothing to do with you?" The emperor said.

"I can't say that...... King Chen said, "After the sister-in-law was expelled from the palace last night, the retainer saw her kneeling outside and was pitiful, and after all, she was the royal daughter-in-law, so it was too embarrassing." asked the fourth child to send his sister-in-law to the house of one of the guards under Erchen. He has only one mother at home, and he is very peaceful. ”

King Chen smiled bitterly and said meaningfully: "If the eldest brother and his princess disagree, they will be expelled from the palace." Erchen, who is a younger brother, since he has encountered this incident, he can't stand by and watch, right? Erchen is trying his best to protect the face of the eldest brother, but the eldest brother may not appreciate it......"

The emperor felt that King Chen's remarks were okay. It was said that King Yong and the princess had an awkward quarrel, and they drove people out on impulse. King Chen and King Jing were bystanders, and they were busy saving Princess Yong and settling down......