Chapter 22: The Bitter Man
On the same day, there was a rumor in the palace that the Turks were attacking, and the Holy Lord drafted the Heavenly Policy General Li Shimin, the king of Qin, to lead the troops to the battle.
As soon as the Tiance Mansion was to expel the degraded people, the officials were reinstated, and they went out with the King of Qin to fight against the Turks.
At dusk, the crown prince Chengqian Palace, Li Yuanji looked at Li Jiancheng with an expressionless face.
"Big brother, how could my father let the second brother go on the expedition? Aren't you afraid that the second child will support the army and be self-respecting? If the second child is allowed to leave Chang'an and regain military power, isn't this a return to the mountain? Li Yuanji said, "I have to think of a way, and I have to trap the second child to death in Chang'an City." ”
A trace of worry flashed in Li Jiancheng's eyes, but then he said lightly, "What's the hurry, it's just a rumor, and it's not a court decision." Besides, the three armies have not moved, the grain and grass go first, this army is not something that can be simply said, the source of soldiers, grain and grass, weapons, people, which does not need time? ”
"But big brother, this rumor is a little wrong." Li Yuanji said, "I know that the second child has already made great achievements, and there is no seal, it stands to reason that it will definitely not be the second child who leads the troops, and my father knows that if he does this, there will be endless troubles, but why is there such a rumor?" ”
Li Jiancheng thought for a moment and said two words, "Sister." ”
Li Yuanji's expression changed and he said, "Is it really my sister?" If it's a sister, it's not impossible. ”
"My sister used to be the general of the women's army, and there are a lot of old people in the world, even if the second sister is in charge of the army, as long as my sister doesn't speak, his second brother will never be able to turn the sky." Li Jiancheng said, "So, my father's confidence is here." ”
"Big brother, my father is not afraid, but we are different." Li Yuanji said, "Don't forget the old things of the former Sui Dynasty, Yang Yong's affairs are vivid, and the second child is a more shrewd figure than Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty." ”
"I still need to go into the palace to find out the wind." Li Jiancheng said, "Let your princess Qi enter the palace to pay homage to her mother, and by the way, let her go to the second concubine Yin Zhang to investigate." ”
Li Yuanji's face was embarrassed, and he said hesitantly, "The queen mother didn't want to see me because of Chen's kindness, and my father also denied my audience for this reason. ”
A trace of contempt flashed in Li Jiancheng's eyes, you also know that this is a good thing you did? The reputation of being mean and ungrateful will not be washed away by you Li Yuanji in this life.
Then he groaned for a while and said, "Since this is the case, let the crown princess take Princess Qi to the queen mother to ask for peace, and I don't think anyone can blame me." Sanhu, if your father doesn't let you go, you won't go, isn't it a loss of filial piety? But it's a great disservice to your reputation. ”
"The lesson of the eldest brother is that Sanhu is not considered. I, Li Tang, founded the country with benevolence and filial piety, and Sanhu should lead by example for his subjects. ”
A trace of annoyance flashed in Li Yuanji's eyes, but he had to bow to Li Jiancheng, but he thought in his heart, "If it weren't for the fact that the second child was too tricky and needed you, the prince, to stand in front of him, who would want to listen to your teachings, and when the second child falls, I will kill you." ”
Li Jiancheng immediately picked up Li Yuanji and said, "You and my brother, don't be so angry, you must know that after a hundred years, this throne will be yours after all, and it will be a good story for brother to brother." ”
This cake is painted, I, Li Yuanji, am not your own son, with your attitude towards Li Shimin, can I, Li Yuanji, believe you? If you want to test me, you will say clearly, such a roundabout, do you think I am really stupid?
Li Yuanji kept muttering in his heart, but with shame on his face, he said to Li Jiancheng, "Where is this, big brother, my purpose is that I Li Tang Jiangshan will be forever, how can I snatch it with my nephew, and I will be content to be the king of wealth and leisure in a lifetime." ”
Li Jiancheng said with a smile, "Sanhu, what you said is not right, Chengdao is young, and you still need to be a foil to Uncle Wang, how do you want to be a rich and idle king for a lifetime?" “
But he never mentioned the matter of brother to brother.
Li Yuanji knew Li Jiancheng's plan, what would be a brother and brother after a hundred years, believe it or not, the first person Li Jiancheng wanted to kill before he died was himself? that he might pave a way for his son.
If he shows a little covetousness for the throne, Li Jiancheng will definitely not be merciful, at this time, he and Li Jiancheng are grasshoppers on the same rope, and turning his face too early will inevitably make Li Shimin benefit from this fisherman.
So the two brothers looked at each other and smiled, looking really brothers, friends and brothers, a harmonious scene, they tacitly changed the topic just now, and said some things in the court, Li Yuanji got up and said goodbye.
When he went out, Li Yuanji saw Zheng Guanyin who was walking slowly, the greed in his eyes flashed, and every time he saw the crown princess, he was shocked, but unfortunately it was not his own woman.
When Zheng Guanyin saw Li Yuanji, he immediately bowed his head and bowed down to make a thousand blessings, "I have seen His Royal Highness the King of Qi." ”
Li Yuanji put away a trace of his evil thoughts, bowed to Zheng Guanyin, and said, "I've seen the crown princess." Shicai discussed with the prince's brother, and tomorrow he would have to bother his sister-in-law to take the clumsy Jing to the queen mother's place to ask for peace. ”
"As it should be." Zheng Guanyin said, the ethereal voice sounded in Li Yuanji's ears, and the evil thoughts that Li Yuanji had suppressed suddenly came out again, and his heart was suddenly full of jealousy towards Li Jiancheng, isn't it that he was born a few years earlier than me, why is the throne yours, the beauty is still yours, all this should be mine, Li Jiancheng, one day, all this is mine.
You Li Jiancheng is just a waste who can't do anything, why?
Taking advantage of the fact that jealousy had not burned out his brain, Li Yuanji hurriedly said to him, "Brother Chen still has something to do, so he will retire first." ”
Looking at Li Yuanji's disappearing figure, a trace of disdain flashed on Zheng Guanyin's face, heh, man.
Do you really think you don't know what he's thinking? What is the difference between that greedy look and a wild beast seeing its prey?
This man of the Li family does not have a good thing, it is really a vulgar Hu bloodline, my Xingyang Zheng family has been inherited from the Western Han Dynasty to the present, it is a Han Zhengshuo, but now I want to serve Hu with my body, it is really desperate.
Li Tang called himself the Li family of Longxi, but in fact he was the Li family of Zhaozhou, originally the Xianbei Daye family, and later moved to Guannei and said that he was from Guannei, perhaps because he felt that the surname Hu was ashamed, so he changed his surname Li, and far-fetched to say that he was the Li family of Longxi, which was simply shameless.
The records of the Confucian scholars in the clan are very clear, if it weren't for this Li Tang who took over the country, how could the daughter of a big family like me marry someone like Li Jiancheng, maybe this is a trick of fate.
After Zheng Guanyin walked into the hall, Li Jiancheng didn't even raise his head, and said to Zheng Guanyin, "Shicai Sanhu told you, tomorrow you take Princess Qi to the palace, inquire about your sister's movements at the queen mother's place, and then tell Second Concubine Yin Zhang that the thing should be taken out." ”
Zheng Guanyin looked at his man and answered in a low voice.
Li Jiancheng got up, walked in front of Zheng Guanyin, held up Zheng Guanyin's face with his hands, and said, "Concubine Ai, if this matter is done, I will be the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, and you will be the master of the harem." ”
Zheng Guanyin looked at Li Jiancheng's eyes that were a little crazy, but he sighed lightly in his heart, harem, harem, these men, in addition to power, are beautiful, but do they have a choice? For the sake of power, for the throne, as far as it goes?
A disgusting feeling surged up from the bottom of Zheng Guanyin's heart, Zheng Guanyin closed his eyes, forcing himself to dispel this discomfort, he is not alone, he can't be willful, the family behind him, his own children, all the fate is tied to the man in front of him.
As soon as I entered the palace gate, I wanted to go back to the past, and I was still the carefree eldest lady of the Zheng family in Xingyang, but this is fate, and the children of the family will inevitably bear the glory and destiny of the family.
"Ai Concubine, go, have a good rest, you don't have to sleep tonight, and you have to say hello to the queen mother tomorrow." Li Jiancheng said with a smile, with some trembling in his voice, "A perfect person like Concubine Ai, after rubbing it, I will feel distressed for a long time." ”
When Li Jiancheng's voice sounded, Zheng Guanyin suddenly opened his eyes and saw the horsewhip in Li Jiancheng's hand, turned around and fled out of the hall, the feeling of fear was like a pair of big hands tightly holding his throat, Zheng Guanyin remembered the unbearable days of these years.
This is a demon cave, Li Jiancheng is the demon king, and he is the demon king's toy.
Li Jiancheng's crazy laughter came from the main hall, just like the cry of the previous days, like a magic sound, constantly surrounding Zheng Guanyin's ears, Zheng Guanyin ran wildly, and he didn't know how many times he fell halfway.
At the moment of returning to the dormitory, Zheng Guanyin's body leaned against the corner of the wall, and there was an exclamation from Gong E, and he saw Zheng Guanyin like a helpless little girl, covering her ears, her body trembling uncontrollably, as if she was suffering great pain.
When he raised his face, his frightened face was already full of tears.
There was a remnant sun hanging on the wall of the palace, which gradually disappeared, so the light withdrew from the world, and the darkness of the world and the darkness of the palace gradually merged, and I don't know who was impregnated with whose darkness.