Chapter Seventy-Four: Seeking Criticism and Punishment (4)

Shen actually saw the prince push the door and come out. His expression was extremely haggard, his hair was half disheveled, Mu Leng's eyes only stared around, and his steps were not very steady.

"Prince, are you going back to the palace?" Manager Shen hurriedly greeted him.

"Father-in-law...... I'm all right, tell my father to take care. With that, he patted Shen Jing's arm and slowly walked down the steps.

"Yu Jie Shangshu, two adults," a small official squeezed sideways into the door, bowing to Jie Wenwu, "I have inquired, the prince has returned to the palace from the inner garden, and his face does not seem to be very good." ”

"Huh?!" Jie Wenwu stood up in a panic and looked at Liu Mian and Chen Tongpao next to him.

"You stand down first." Liu Mian commanded solemnly. The little official kowtowed, and then leaned down and withdrew.

"Liu Laoshangshu, does the emperor really want to abandon us and others?" Jie Wenwu pinched his lips and asked worriedly.

Liu Mian also noticed the crisis, and sighed repeatedly: "It must be that Lan Yuan and they are too anxious to teach the prince to say something uncertain...... If the saint refutes it with a righteous face, it is better; If there is a thunderous rage, it is difficult to guarantee that there will be a catastrophe. ”

Jie Wenwu suddenly couldn't sit still, stood up and said: "It's urgent, I have to wait until I go to the forbidden front and ask the emperor to make a decision!" Bring each of you a copy of the recital, and go with me!" ”

After hearing this, Comrade Chen hurriedly pressed his shoulder: "Master Jie should think long-term and discuss a good method with Liu Lao, and you must not be reckless." ”

"Lord Chen!" Jie Wenwu shook his arm away, "I know you have always been steady, but the matter has come to this point, and the emperor's mind must be redeemed?" It's better to fight hard, maybe you can scare those Liu Dang! ”

Chen Tongpao resolutely admonished: "The Ministry of Soldiers, after all, the emperor is a thoughtful person, although he did not agree with the prince, he did not hurriedly issue an edict, indicating that he was still waiting; In doing so, you are completely pulling the emperor into the water and trapping the Son of Heaven in a dilemma. ”

Jie Wenwu stroked his beard, thought for a moment, and slowly sat back: "Gongxuan said this very much. But what exactly the prince has suffered, we don't know yet, and we need to ask that side again. If the situation is worse than expected, we must not sit idly by. ”

"Well, it's always a good thing to be prepared with both hands," Liu Mian nodded slightly, and turned to look at his comrade Chen, "How about agreeing?" ”

Comrade Chen knew that it was inappropriate, but seeing that he had both made up his mind, it was not easy for him to say much, so he chimed in: "The two seniors are far-sighted and take precautions, how dare they disobey." As he spoke, he was already thinking about a way out of his mind.

"Okay, this official will send someone to the East Palace." Jie Wenwu said, and called the bookstore at the door in, ready to give detailed instructions.

A bright moon is quietly rising above people's heads, and the scattered light is becoming more and more bright. Although it added a cool light to the dark world, everyone here knew that the night was deeper.

The palanquin stopped in front of the main hall of the East Palace, and the lanterns in the hands of the guards were extinguished, and they stood on either side of the handrails, staring at the steps where the moonlight shone.

The prince lifted the yellow curtain, lowered his body first, and stepped on the ground before he walked out.

Lan Yuan was waiting in front of the temple gate, looking at the face with his heart, but he couldn't see it under the moonlight.

"Let's go in and talk." The prince coldly commanded, and walked straight into the warm pavilion in the side room.

Lan Yuan sat down with him, only to see that his face was slightly pale, and there was a little red on his eyes.

"Things are broken."

The prince just threw out these four words, and then fell into silence for a while, and only then did he say: "I saw my father and handed over the book, but he asked me what I thought, so I advised him to make a decision immediately, who knows that if he is scolded angrily, I am afraid that something will happen!" It's inexplicable......"

"I advised the prince not to go at first, but you didn't want to hear it, and that's true!" Lan Yuan sighed and patted his thigh.

"Mr. Lan, why don't you persuade me a few more words? I didn't say it at the time, but now I put the blame on this king. After hearing his complaints, the prince felt even more depressed.

"Your Highness doesn't know that the emperor doesn't like to get involved, so he has to push the responsibility down. The superior asked for your opinion, and it was clear that he wanted you to take this responsibility and coordinate the relationship with the Liu Party for him. But in turn, you want to make a death admonition, so that the emperor can't come to power, so you are angry. ”

"Figured out the will, figure out the mind......," the prince gritted his teeth and said, "I am the prince of the dynasty, his own son!" Do you want to act in fear like those courtiers? Everywhere you are guarding against me......"

"Before Your Majesty succeeded to the throne, there were many changes before you had to suspect this. Have you ever seen a game of chess? ”

"Nope. Does he still like to play chess? The prince was thinking carefully, from childhood to now, but he couldn't think of a piece of himself by his father's side.

It is said that the emperor is extremely clever, and his technique of using power is also based on this. What six parts, Chinese books, loyal ministers, traitors, including you, are just a chess piece for victory. Naturally, the chess pieces will not move, so they should find their own position and work hard for him. In his heart, there is no difference in the essence of what the prince should be, and how the ministers should be, but the use is different. ”

"Sir is right, I have the impression that my father is also such a person," the prince listened, quite emotional, "It's just that when the eldest brother is still alive, he still has some warmth." The eldest brother is dead, probably because of what happened at the beginning...... Hate me, King Xu. ”

"Lan Waiter, someone is standing outside the door, and he wants to come and ask to see him!" As he was speaking, he heard the guards outside the door shouting.

"Prince, I'll go out and have a look first." Lan Yuan walked out of the warm pavilion, and the footsteps became farther and farther away.

The prince waited for a while before he saw Lan Yuan come back, and hurriedly leaned over and asked, "Who was it just now?" ”

Lan Yuan's face was as plain as water, and he didn't panic, and replied calmly: "Some mundane affairs, let me put the old books in the secret pavilion in the other house." ”

"Since Mr. Lan knows his father's thoughts, is there a way to free this king from this predicament?" When the prince saw that it was not a big deal, he hurried to ask this important question.

"Your Highness, the so-called unchanged should not change. You just need to sit firmly in the East Palace, as I said, let's do what a chess piece should do, and take care of our responsibilities. ”

"But I'm always nervous." The prince pointed to his heart and clenched his arm, still with a worried expression.

"That's how much you thought about it. Your Highness, but go back to the dormitory, I will find a slave and maid to bring you a calming pill, and sleep through tomorrow, maybe things will not be so bad. ”

"There is Mr. Lao Lan...... the prince looked at his back, and his heart became more and more uneasy.