After reading the letter, Li Tian already knew the general idea of the whole thing, it turned out that the third prince was ostracized after the death of his mother and was kicked out of the palace early, but fortunately, he was able to protect himself by inadvertently learning the dragon swordsmanship.

There are only three princes in the Great Xia Dynasty, and the eldest prince and the second prince have the support of a strong maternal concubine, and they have their own strength, and the weakest three princes have become the target of the two powerful princes who want to eliminate it first.

The two most likely imperial brothers to ascend the throne maintain a superficial friendship with each other, and the helpless and unsuccessful Tuo Pao Zhen will be threatened with his life at any time, and the palace is full of people from the two imperial brothers, and if he stays, he will die sooner or later.

So Tuo Pao Zhen had long wanted to leave Great Xia to live, but there were two imperial brothers' eyeliners and subordinates everywhere outside, and it wasn't until Li Tian, who was about the same age as himself, broke into the palace that he thought of this way to get out of the chaos.

In the letter, he told Li Tian that he only had to pretend to be the third prince for a few days, and leave from the wall behind the palace when no one was paying attention, and that he would not be found to be fake for the sake of his life.

And especially mentioned that he has been away from the palace for ten years, except for the fourth princess who often visits, his father has never visited him, and few people in the palace go to the courtyard where he lives.

As long as the four princesses don't reveal it, absolutely no one will find out that it is not the third prince who entered the palace.

Li Tian smiled bitterly after reading the letter, "What does this third prince think, I am already thirty years old, will others not recognize the difference between eighteen and thirty years old." ”

He tucked the letter back into his clothes, and by this time the carriage had entered the gates of the Imperial City, which was full of patrolling guards, and behind it was the slowly closing gate.

The carriage came to a stop in a square paved with white jade slabs, and a eunuch shouted at a sharp voice, "Greetings to His Royal Highness the Third Prince, Your Majesty and the Empress have been waiting in the Imperial Garden for a long time, please go there with the servants." ”

Li Tian clenched his fists, took a big breath, pushed the car door and stepped out of the carriage, ready to take out the letter of the third prince to prove it later.

As soon as he landed, he smelled the strong aroma of rouge, and when he saw the eunuch's shy appearance, he almost didn't vomit, and he actually forgot to take the letter first.

The eunuch was more than sixty years old, and he looked Li Tian up and down with great interest, and suddenly smiled, "It has been ten years since the third prince left the palace, and I can't imagine that he has grown into such a heroic young man, and he really deserves the blood of His Majesty." ”

Li Tian was very surprised in his heart, is this eunuch so dizzy that he is still a thirty-year-old man.

He wanted to explain that he had been framed by the real third prince and came to the palace, but was interrupted by the eunuch's words, "Your Majesty is still waiting for Your Highness to meet, let's talk about the old days on the way, let's go to the Imperial Garden with me first." ”

Li Tian looked at the guards standing guard around the square, and had to follow the old eunuch to the depths of the palace, and the anxiety in his heart was indescribable.

As he passed by a small garden lake, he casually looked at the fish, but was amazed to find that he had changed back to eighteen years old.

The old eunuch talked all the way about how he took care of the eight-year-old Tuo Pizhen, and when he found that the people behind him stopped, he turned around and said dissatisfiedly, "His Royal Highness the Third Prince, please go with the old slave, it is disrespectful to let His Majesty wait for a long time." ”

Li Tian had to follow again, but from time to time he stretched out his head to look at the reflection on the water, and touched the skin on his face with his hand, repeatedly confirming whether he was dazzled.

It wasn't until the Imperial Garden that he didn't care about the problem of becoming younger, thinking in his heart that it was not impossible to pretend to be the third prince, anyway, as long as he got out of the palace safely, he would find a way to escape.

In the fragrant imperial garden, there are a group of palace eunuchs in the big pavilion in the center, among which the emperor and the queen sit in the center of the pavilion, and there are a group of princesses and two favored princes sitting next to them.

Li Tian saw the fourth princess Tuo Pofang from afar, his scalp couldn't help but tingle slightly, and he wondered whether to take out the letter to explain it to the emperor first.

The eunuch led him to stop before he approached the big pavilion, and said with a singing voice: "Returning to Your Majesty, the third prince Tuo Po Zhen brought it." ”

Li Tian instantly felt countless pairs of eyes on himself, and when he looked up, he saw Tuo Pafang's eyes widen in shock, thinking of what would happen if the emperor found out that he was pretending to be the prince, and he couldn't help but be secretly afraid in his heart.

However, he didn't expect that Tuo Pofang didn't call himself on the spot, but stared at it with an inquiring gaze, as if he had a lot to say.

The Emperor laughed and said, "Come in, Zhen'er, I haven't seen you for ten years." ”

Li Tian saw that the old eunuch got out of the way, so he had to swallow his saliva and walk into the pavilion, and at the same time he was very strange in his heart, and he didn't tell his identity for Tuo Fang Wei.

He didn't know if Lu Dao wanted to talk about the escape of the third prince now, and he was worried that talking nonsense would cause more trouble, so he hesitated and didn't know what Lu Dao was going to do.

"Why don't you kneel down and salute when you see your father!" a handsome young man in Chinese clothes stood up from his seat and angrily rebuked Li Tiandao.

"Why should the eldest brother have trouble with the third brother, they have lived outside for ten years, and they may have forgotten the rules in this palace a long time ago. Another, younger youth, Yin Yin, said.

Li Tian didn't need to think about it to know that these two people were the two good brothers of Tuopazhen, and seeing that the emperor's face was not good-looking, he hurriedly knelt down and thought about it, "Say hello to Lafayette, Lafayette is auspicious." ”

This is what he saw from the last emperor, and he thought that it should be right to say to the emperor and empress, but he saw that everyone in the pavilion looked at him with strange faces, and the young princess was laughing happily and covering her stomach.

The queen suddenly chuckled and said, "The third emperor has been away from the palace for too long, and I think it is really pitiful that he can no longer remember the etiquette in the palace before he said these puzzling words. ”

Her words broke the silence of the pavilion, and the other princesses except Tuo Pofang all smiled, and the eldest prince and the second prince all cast contemptuous glances.

"Okay, it's because I don't care enough about the three princes that I lost my honor today, so I just call some palace people to take care of it in the future. The emperor also smiled, looking at Li Tian's eyes with some concern.

The eldest prince and the second prince glared at Li Tian angrily at the same time, if it weren't for the fact that this brother who should have disappeared a long time ago turned eighteen years old and had to hold a coming-of-age ceremony, I am afraid that my father would never have remembered that there was still this son.

Maybe the third prince was too weak, and the emperor was not angry when he knew that someone on the road was attacking the prince's convoy, but he just ordered someone to be sent to investigate and didn't say anything.

Next, no one cared about Li Tian's etiquette, and after arranging for him to sit down, the emperor called a large number of palace maids to sing and dance, but there was a celebratory atmosphere.

Tuo Pa Fang cast his questioning eyes on Li Tian from time to time, but because of the presence of so many noble people present, he couldn't take Tuo Pa Zhen's letter and hand it over, so he could only pretend to be the third prince to enjoy the song and dance.

After singing and singing a song and dance that was celebrated by the people of the prosperous world, the old eunuch reported: "Your Majesty, the prime minister was ordered to bring his family into the palace, and he has been waiting outside the imperial garden for a long time. ”

The Emperor waved his hand and said, "Let them in, we will be a family from now on." ”

The queen smiled and said to Li Tiandao, "The third emperor will see it clearly later, and the daughter who likes the prime minister just says, this is for you to be the princess." ”

Li Tian shouted bitterly in his heart, "Why am I so unlucky, the prime minister's family has seen me, I can't pretend to be able to do it now, I should have told the truth just now." ”

He didn't see Tuo Paofang's face flushed, his pretty face bulging with anger, and his eyes were red and he was glaring at him with hatred.

The prime minister walked into the imperial garden with his wife and several daughters, and with a gentle smile on his face, he no longer saw a trace of gloom, and bowed to the pavilion from a distance, "Your Majesty is so interested, the minister has brought all the daughters, please see who can be the royal daughter-in-law." ”

He walked into the pavilion and saluted the emperor and empress again, first glanced at the two favored princes who were sitting, and then found the unpopular third prince Tuo Baozhen, but when he saw Li Tianshi, whose face was condensed, he was shocked on the spot.

The eldest lady Liu Li took the four concubines to salute the emperor, and then shouted in surprise when she looked at who the third prince was, "Why are you here, is the third prince you?"

Cheng Xiaoyao, who was squeezed behind the most outnumbered, was also shocked when she saw Li Tian, but soon her face was full of joy, it turned out that she had inadvertently saved a down-and-out prince, and the idea of avenging her mother might have come true.

Li Tian's heart was so shocked by Liu Li's scream that his heart tightened, but his face was calm and not a little panicked, and at the same time, he was anxious in his heart whether he should take out the letter immediately and make it clear.

But he also knew that Lu Dao had no way back from the moment he entered the palace, and even if he confessed honestly, there would be no good results, so his eyes began to look at the guards outside the pavilion, planning to have a chance to forcibly escape from the palace.

At this time, the emperor wondered, "What, does the prime minister know the three princes?"

The prime minister hurriedly replied, "The emperor forgives the sin, Weichen did meet with the third prince, but he didn't know his true identity before entering the palace. ”

Liu Li said with a smile, "I didn't expect His Royal Highness the Third Prince to be so funny, knowing that he wanted to marry one of my daughters, he was the first to sneak into the Prime Minister's Mansion to see it." ”

The emperor sank his face and reprimanded, "Why is the emperor so foolish, completely ignoring his own identity!"

The queen smiled and persuaded, "Your Majesty, don't blame the third prince, he may be lonely and so naughty for a while." ”

"Hmph" The emperor snorted and stopped talking, it seems that he will not pursue the fault of the third prince for sneaking into the minister's mansion.

Li Tian saw that he was inexplicably mixed up like this, and he breathed a long sigh of relief in his heart, and when he saw Cheng Xiaoyao's happy eyes, he nodded slightly at her.

He was very grateful to Cheng Xiaoyao for saving her life, and even thought of using his current temporary status to help her.

Tuo Pafang couldn't hold back any longer, and said to Li Tiandao across a few younger sisters, "When did the Third Emperor Brother get mixed up in the Prime Minister's Mansion, why don't you tell your sisters." ”

The queen stopped and said, "Fang'er, don't make trouble, your royal brother is going to see the future three princesses first." ”

The eldest prince and the second prince were greatly relieved to see that there was no such beautiful beauty in the prime minister's family, and they drank wine and looked coldly at how the third brother in front of them picked out the young lady of the Prime Minister's Mansion.

The emperor said to Li Tiandao, "The three princes take a good look at those prime ministers' daughters, and tell me if they are chosen." ”

"Yes. Li Tian just wanted to leave the palace as soon as possible at this time, and immediately looked at the four girls according to his words, and his eyes were focused on the three girls he didn't know.

Cheng Xiaoyao saw that Li Tian's gaze didn't stay on him for long, thinking that his goal might be in vain, so she couldn't help but cry out with hazy eyes.

He originally thought that he would leave as soon as he left the palace, and the chosen girl would definitely be overjoyed, but seeing Cheng Xiaoyao's pitiful expression, he sighed and decided to fulfill her wish in order to repay the favor.

The emperor asked Li Tian, "The third prince has a crush on that young lady of the Prime Minister's Mansion?"

Li Tian slowly raised his hand and pointed at Cheng Xiaoyao and said, "I decided to choose her." ”

The emperor and the empress looked at each other and smiled, the eldest prince and the second prince sneered disdainfully, and Tuo Fang was so angry that he wanted to stop talking.

The prime minister smiled lightly, "Even if His Royal Highness the Third Prince and the little daughter Yao'er have a fate, then this family matter is decided." ”

Liu Li seemed to be a little dissatisfied, but still forced a smile and said, "I knew that the three princes of Lu Dao looked at Yao'er differently, didn't they become a couple today." ”

The queen beckoned to Cheng Xiaoyao lovingly, "The child is here, let the queen mother take a good look." ”

Cheng Xiaoyao smiled at Li Tian gratefully, walked over and saluted the queen, "The courtier Xiaoyao pays a visit to His Majesty the Emperor and the queen's mother. ”

The queen smiled and looked at Cheng Xiaoyao for a long time, then took off a gemstone ring from her wrist and brought it to her in person, "After you marry into the Three Princes' Mansion, you must serve your husband well, and strive to spread the branches and leaves for our royal family, which is a great merit." ”

Everyone smiled in agreement, even if the second prince had to laugh to express his joy, the eldest lady Liu Li smiled happily, "My Yao'er is really a good life, and it is not in vain that I have worked hard to raise it." ”

Cheng Xiaoyao put on the ring given by the queen, her expression was suddenly extremely resolute, she turned around and glanced at the eldest lady coldly, and suddenly knelt heavily on the ground in front of the queen.

Everyone looked at Cheng Xiaoyao in surprise, only to see that she had already shed tears before she could say anything, and her beautiful and delicate face showed a sad color, like Sayuri in the cold wind.