"Emperor?" Xiao Yan raised his eyes.

But all families have a set of rules for the head of the family, what to do and what not to do, including how to cultivate heirs, all have the rules set by the ancestors, as well as the experience summarized. The more ancient the great family, the more important it is to such regulations. Since the family has family rules, not to mention the Li Tang royal family, which itself is from the family, it is not strange to have imperial rules such as "imperial rules" - it is strange that there are none.

But when it comes to how to choose an heir, the family and the royal family are still very different: the family respects the ancient system of "having a descendant and having no heir", and the royal family is flexible in this, otherwise there will be no dispute for the throne. Including the Lanling Xiao clan, after the establishment of the Great Liang Dynasty and the imperial family, three of the eight emperors who inherited the inheritance were not the elders - these three eldest princes: one died of the abolition of the prince, one died of fear and illness caused by the seizure of the heir, and one died in the harem battle at the age of seven.

When the fourth brother Xiao Cong told Xiao Yan about the cause of the collapse of the Great Liang, he once said that the collapse of a dynasty is nothing more than "internal and external troubles", and the "internal troubles" of the fall of Xiao Liang include the cause of the dispute.

Therefore, Xiao Yan is secretly amazed at the imperial inheritance of the Tang Dynasty: except for the Taizong Dynasty, the imperial inheritance of other dynasties is relatively stable, of course, there must be wind and waves, especially after experiencing four female emperors, the thrones of Mingzong and Gaozong are stepping on blood, but these blood are more from their women's identities and the power struggle between the royal family and the family, rather than the prince's struggle for the prince; After Taizong, the storms of the successive princes competing for the crown prince were controlled by the emperor within a bearable range. How is this done?

This should be what Li Yuzhen said about "The Emperor's Rules", right?

But this is the secret of the emperor's family, although Xiao Yan is as curious as a cat scratching, she also knows that this is not something she should know.

She sighed and said, "You better don't go on." ”

Why is Li Yuzhen sure that King Qi is not the mastermind, in addition to the flaw of the thirteen box crossbows, the other flaws must be related to the rules for the heir to the throne set in the "Imperial Rules" - Xiao Yan doesn't want to know.

Li Yuzhen looked at her, her thin ice eyes glowed with a faint light, and the corners of her lips were slightly raised, as if she was smiling, and it seemed to have an unpredictable meaning, "I really don't want to know?" There was a smile in his voice.

“…… Don't want to. Xiao Yan said in his heart: I am not your Li family. Even if it is the Li family, except for the prince who has the strength to compete for the crown, no one else will be mentioned by the emperor.

But Li Yuzhen stretched out a finger to his lips, and his voice chuckled, "I sue you, it's okay." Smile and say three words, "I believe in you." ”

Xiao Yan was frightened by these three words, when it comes to the inheritance of the throne, this is by no means "trust" that can be told to outsiders - Li Yuzhen is by no means such a person who does not know the importance of it. I always felt that Li Yuzhen was calculating something again. As soon as he raised his hand and took down her fingers, his eyes looked into her eyes, but he couldn't see through the depths of the abyss, and immediately frowned, and said, "You...... What do you want to do? ”

Li Yuzhen smiled like a flower, "What are you afraid of, I will never harm you." ”

Xiao Yan snorted twice, you won't hurt me, and I won't be soft when I calculate.

Li Yuzhen took off his slump as he spoke, sat cross-legged on the couch, and reached out to shake Xiao Yan's right hand. Xiao Yan was about to break free, but saw that she was untying the bow tied on the back of her hand, which was in line with her heart, and she hesitated for a while, so she didn't withdraw her hand. Li Yuzhen has already said: "Actually, it's not a big secret, it's just three in total." First, it is not advisable for rebels. Needless to say, the prince of this dynasty did not commit this crime, even if he was framed, it was a stupid person's doing. Second, traitors are not advisable. Among the four princes of the Taizong Dynasty, three fell on this: the King of Wei and the King of Yan privately sold weapons to Yan Zhou and the Oghuz Khanate in exchange for silver money for the throne; The king of Zhao colluded with foreign tribes to assassinate the king of Wei in order to get rid of the most powerful opponent of the prince's rivals—all guilty of treason: all three kings were given death. It is precisely because the princes are competing for the prince by unscrupulous means to the point that there is no bottom line, Taizong learned from the pain, learned a lesson, and personally issued the "Imperial Rules", setting the rules: once the prince commits the crime prohibited in the "Imperial Rules", he cannot be pardoned for life, even if there is no other prince to stand, he must succeed the emperor and cannot be convicted.

"Thirdly, it is not advisable to harm the people. This one is a matter of fact. As you said, King Wu, the eldest son of Zhang Zong, was the most powerful contender for Jingzong as the crown prince at that time, and he was not within Jingzong's reach in terms of intelligence, talent, and ability, but he committed the 'third': instructing Zuo Qing of the household department to collude with the officials below to embezzle 600,000 taels of silver from the construction of the Huai embankment, and use it to raise the dead and adopt the guests. Because the imperial envoy of the river inspected the Huai River embankment and found it in time, and reported to the imperial court to rebuild the river embankment that cut corners, and there was no danger of causing the flood to break the embankment, Zhang Zong summoned the king of Wu to blame him for his crime and gave him wine, and this is how the 'eye disease' of the king of Wu came about - blindness was Zhang Zong's punishment for him: anyone who committed this third crime was not demoted, demoted, or punished, but must be no longer qualified to compete for the crown. If the crime of King Wu caused the flood to break the embankment and flood the people, it would not only be the loss of a pair of eyes. ”

Xiao Yan listened attentively, and she understood why Li Yuzhen was sure that King Qi was not the main messenger.

I heard Li Yuzhen continue: "Our Tang Dynasty Prince respects the patriarchal law of the elder, but it is not inevitable. As the first heir to the throne, the eldest will get the most resources, but if the eldest is not suitable to be the emperor, the position will also change. Therefore, the first thing to look at is the background, but the final result still depends on the individual.

"Taizong established the "Imperial Rules", which is to list the reserve as 'contestable'. Because this is a person's selfish desire, which prince does not want to sit in the supreme position in the world? It depends on whether there is a background and strength ambition, so it is impossible to fight for the reserve. Instead of letting the princes fight for the storage position, it is better to put it on the surface and set the rules.

"What's more, it is not without benefit to compete for the crown prince: if the eldest son is not suitable to be the emperor, putting him on the throne will not only harm his generation, but also the next generation. But a wise man can hide his nature well, but in the struggle he can reveal his true nature. Competing for the crown is actually a test of whether the contenders can stick to the bottom line of becoming an emperor. ”

Li Yuzhen raised his eyebrows slightly and said: "So, Uncle Qi Wang can send a dead man to assassinate me, if I die, it means that I am not strong enough; can reveal my whereabouts so that foreign enemies can assassinate me, which is called killing people with a knife; However, if Uncle Qi joins forces with a foreign clan to assassinate me, it will be the second 'treason' of the criminals - according to the rules of the "Emperor's Rules", it is either execution or confinement to death. Uncle Qi will not have the brains to make such a big disapproval. ”

Xiao Yan was a little distracted, Li Yuzhen said that the King of Qi also called him "uncle" - with her temperament, she still maintained a point or two of respect for the people who repeatedly assassinated her, which shows that the King of Qi must have something for her to look at.

Li Yuzhen had already untied the bandage on Xiao Yan's right hand while speaking, his white fingers held her lightly, the corners of his lips pursed into a smile, and he said in a slow voice: "The main messenger behind the scenes thinks that the assassin is a 'plan to cover up', so as to calculate the black pot on the back of the King of Qi, but he doesn't know that this is the biggest flaw, if the King of Qi wants to cover up the identity of the assassin, it is impossible to pretend to be a Tubo - although Tubo has belonged to the Tang Dynasty, but the Tubo people who colluded with the remnants of the Bo Sect still belong to the 'foreign enemy'." ”

Xiao Yan nodded unconsciously, it was this that she had just figured out, and a flash of inspiration flashed in her mind in an instant, and she couldn't help blurting out: "Is the main messenger behind the scenes a foreigner?" "Only foreigners expect the Tang Dynasty to be in chaos!

The "foreign race" she and Li Yuzhen said does not refer to other races other than the Han nationality, but refers to the "foreign enemy" of the Tang Dynasty!

- Is it Yan Zhou in the north, or the Oghuz Khanate in the northeast?

She thought to herself: Euroton and the Great Eclipse can be ruled out, those assassins do not look like people from these two empires; But it is also impossible to say that the appearance of the Tibetan people is not much different from the appearance of the Han people except for the plateau sun on their cheeks, and the appearance of some Turkic people can also be made upside down, maybe those assassins are Turkic, and the big food that hooks up with the Turks may not be involved.

Li Yuzhen looked at her with a smile, and between Xiao Yan's distractions, her white and slender fingers had rubbed the back of her hand a few times, and then her fingers flexibly wrapped Xiao Yan's bandage again, and tied the same bow.

Xiao Yan came back to her senses and was speechless, looked at her and said, "...... Are you playing? ”

Li Yuzhen smiled very dignifiedly, "I'm teasing you, don't you see it?" ”

Xiao Yan: "......"

It's really ...... to make the flirting so serious and natural Xiao Yan didn't know what to say about her.

She rolled her eyes, and wanted to raise the "bear paw" to pat it, and said with a straight face: "Talk about business." ”

Li Yuzhen reached out and took a hidden sac into the couch, turned sideways and put it behind him, and leaned side by side with Xiao Yan, smelling the smell of medicine on her body in a very good mood, turned his head sideways and said: "It should be Yan Zhouren planning in the back, eight/nine is not far from ten." Using various identities to lurk in the Central Plains, although Jing'an Division has been searching for spies from various countries, it has been lurking deep and has never been dug out. This assassination was a good opportunity, and it fished out so many of them in the late stage of the Extreme Realm......"

She used the word "fishing", will Xiao Yan still understand? Snorting in his mouth: "You can use me as bait." ”

Li Yuzhen kissed her on the cheek affectionately, and said with a smile: "It's not a bait, it's a fish hook." ”

Xiao Yan raised his elbow and turned her, and the force was too heavy, pulling the fracture of the chest rib that was healing, grinning, and glaring with a sigh: "If you kiss me indiscriminately, I will kick you down!" ”

Li Yuzhen said "oops" and said, "I won't kiss you anymore." Pasted his white jade cheeks on Xiao Yan's pale pink lips, "Let you kiss back, don't suffer a loss now." ”

Xiao Yan was so angry that her eyebrows flew away, did she care about "suffering"?

Li Yuzhen stretched out his fingers to smooth her slanted eyebrows, and said softly: "Okay, I won't kiss you anymore." Don't be angry, let's talk. ”

Xiao Yan glared at her angrily again, who didn't speak well?

Li Yuzhen said: "You still lie down and talk, don't have crooked bones." ”

Xiao Yan looked at her vigilantly.

Li Yuzhen couldn't help but laugh: "I said I won't kiss you." Don't guard against me like a wolf. ”

Xiao Yan snorted.

Li Yuzhen reached out and took the hidden sac behind her back and threw it into the couch, helping her to lie down, her movements were very gentle, her eyebrows and eyes were also very gentle, and her thin ice eyes seemed to be overflowing with spring water.

Xiao Yan's eyelids couldn't help but droop, her slender and thick eyelashes covered the look in her eyes for a moment, and a sigh overflowed from her chest.

Li Yuzhen lay beside her on his elbows, stretched out his hand and pulled her brocade quilt, and continued: "There are so many people in the late stage of the Ascending Extreme Realm, it is impossible for them to come out of nowhere, there must be one of their bases. Earth. The dead may not be able to keep secrets, just waiting for the autopsy of Yasuyasu Division, maybe they can find clues about the surrounding environment of their base. There are also the three escaped cave realms, and our people have tracked them out. It depends on where they land and who they contact...... and pluck out their tails. ”

As she spoke, her eyes turned to a thin coldness, and she did not hide her intentions, "The appearance of the thirteen crossbows in the hands of the assassins just gave me a reason to rectify the weapons prison. Although the Lianzhu crossbow is only a C-class crossbow, it is not as tightly guarded as the long-range heavy crossbows of the first and second grades, but it is not something that can be stolen casually. Whether it is a prison official or craftsman who sells weapons privately, or a hidden intercrop of the Yan Zhou people, or a person from the Qi King faction," she raised her eyebrows, "this time they will all be dug out." ”

Xiao Yan said in his heart: No wonder you want to push me to the cusp, dare to love is specially dangling out to catch people.

She didn't complain or blame Li Yuzhen for concealing and using the like, and said with admiration: "You are also a few birds with one stone - oh no, it was a fishing rod that went down and caught several fish." ”

Li Yuzhen stretched out his fingers and stroked her eyebrows, and said softly: "You don't blame me? Putting you in danger like a fishhook? ”

Xiao Yan was about to say "no blame", but suddenly changed her mind, thinking that if she blamed Li Yuzhen, would she be able to use this as a cold sword to push her away? As soon as her eyes turned, Li Yuzhen's finger stroking her eyebrows poked her forehead, "I know you're not to blame." Tell me less evil words and evil words. His finger fell to her lips and chuckled forward, "If you were to be blinded to me, I would kiss you." ”

Xiao Yan's plan was revealed by her, and she choked for a while. Banyu raised his palm and slapped her hand down, and snorted: "Have you washed your hands and touched them indiscriminately." ”

Li Yuzhen laughed and said, "Why don't I lick it with saliva and touch you again." ”

Xiao Yan: "Phew! "Close your eyes and ignore her.

Li Yuzhen got up and unbuttoned his outer pants and shirt, and scattered his crown and bun.

Xiao Yan's eyes changed when he heard the movement, "What are you doing undressing?" ”

Li Yuzhen took the hairpin and shook it in front of her eyes, and said, "Speaking of which, don't you have the hairpin that Dao Zhenzi gave you, why didn't you think of it to Murong for nothing?" ”

The hairpin sealed with innate sword qi, if it was really useless to Murong Jue, Murong Jue would become Murong Jue's death. Li Yuzhen was a little scared when he thought of this.

Xiao Yan heard the "hey" and wanted to touch her head - her hair was scattered, of course there was no hairpin. When he looked to the right, he saw that the black and shiny submerged wooden hairpin was half exposed under the pillow, he breathed a sigh of relief, looked back and said to Li Yuzhen: "At that time, the battle with Murong was fierce, and I never thought of using this hairpin at all. Although she has been on the line of life and death several times, she is an opponent in the same realm as me, and she should not use this hairpin. Unless it's a cave realm, I'm far from being able to defeat it. ”

Li Yuzhen smiled happily: "Not bad." It's really your nature. ”

As he spoke, he lay down, lightly lifted the brocade quilt and slept beside Xiao Yan, and said with his head next to her, "I'll sleep for a while." ”

"You!" Xiao Yan pushed her angrily, "Hurry up!" What to sleep in the middle of the day. I thought that Li Yuzhen wanted to take advantage of her again.

Li Yuzhen's body didn't move at all, her head rubbed lightly next to her head, and she closed her eyes and muttered, "Yuezhi, let me rest." This time, I am busy with official business, and I have to fight with Uncle Qi Wang and have to be idle, and I have to pull those spy works that stir up the wind and rain, and the south is not at peace, and the epidemic in Yangzhou has spread to two counties...... "Saying that he breathed evenly, he seemed to be asleep.

Xiao Yan was stunned, pushed her hand and stopped. Even if Li Yuzhen is not as tired as she said-how can the Cave True Realm Grandmaster be so unable to withstand the toss, but mental tiredness and physical tiredness are two different things, and Xiao Yan is not sure about it.

But no matter how true Li Yuzhen is like this, Xiao Yan will not be able to kick her off. What's more, with her injuries, she can't kick anyone.

She sighed secretly, thinking that she was injured, and Li Yuzhen would not do anything to her, so she moved her body inside and distanced herself from Li Yuzhen. Thinking about it, thinking about it, he gritted his teeth with hatred, and felt that Li Yuzhen was really cunning. I gritted my teeth for a while, and felt helpless for a while, neither soft nor hard worked, and I was immediately pierced if I wanted to pretend to be, and my heart was full of frustration.

But Xiao Yan only thought about it for a while, then put these feelings away, closed his eyes, and meditated.

The chaos is far away from her.

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