Chapter 7: Plan Ahead
For several days in a row, Li Jingyan stayed by Su Yin's side and never left half a step.
Just in time for spring, Li Jingyan wore a lilac brocade robe, and embroidered a manzhu sawa around his waist, which was small but red like blood, which was particularly eye-catching.
Li Jingyan set up a table under the begonia tree in the backyard, with various pastries and new tea in early spring.
"Ah Yin, can I tell you a story" Li Jingyan held his cheeks, his eyes a little distracted.
Su Yin ate a mouthful of osmanthus crisp, sweet and delicious, "You say it, I'll listen to it"
Li Jingyan smiled dotingly.
Nineteen years ago, a little boy was born into the royal family, but his mother was just a little palace maid, only because the emperor was drunk that night and mistook her for someone else.
Later, the palace gave birth to a boy, the emperor named her a concubine, placed in the Yongchun Palace, the little boy looks very much like the emperor, he has plans and courage at a young age, the emperor is very happy, almost every day to Yongchun Palace.
Until the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, Concubine Wen was drunk and was sent to rest in the Yujing Palace, but who knew that after half an hour, Concubine Hua Guifei took Concubine Wen's personal palace maid Xiangyun to kneel in front of the emperor.
Everyone was puzzled, only to see that the palace maid was crying silently, and said intermittently, "The emperor spares his life..... Spare your life........ It was Concubine Wen who persecuted me, but I knew that I couldn't deceive the king........."
Everyone heard it in a fog, and Concubine Hua Guifei was also anxious, so she hurriedly took over the words, "Just now, this little palace maid is sneaky outside the Yujing Palace, and the concubine felt very suspicious and arrested her for questioning, who knew that this little palace maid knelt down and kowtowed to spare her life when she saw me, saying that this matter had nothing to do with her, and it was all Concubine Wen who forced her." ”
"What did Concubine Wen force her to do?"
Xiangyun was frightened, and said in one breath, "Concubine Wen has always had an affair with the guards, and today I made an appointment in the Yujing Palace, so that the slaves and maids could watch the wind outside........."
When the emperor heard this, he smashed the teacup in his hand to pieces.
The palace maid named Xiangyun led the way to the room where Concubine Wen was resting.
When I opened the door, I saw a shameless scene, my clothes were thrown on the ground indiscriminately, and the two figures on the bed were staggered........
"Come, drag these two adulterers and adulteresses out"
The guards immediately stepped forward to separate the two, Concubine Wen was lying unconscious on the bed, and the man was naked, kneeling on the ground and trembling.
"Drag him out and beat him to death with a stick, and throw him to a mass grave to feed the dogs after he dies" The guards didn't react, but when they were dragged out, their eyes kept on Hua Guifei.
Concubine Wen poured a bucket of cold water on the spot before she woke up, and when she saw that she was not clothed, she hurriedly asked what happened?
"Sister Concubine Wen is really good, she actually had a private meeting with the guards during the Mid-Autumn Festival"
Concubine Wen wrapped up her clothes at random and climbed to the emperor's side, "Your Majesty, I was wronged, I just drank some wine and was a little dizzy, so I asked Xiangyun to help me here to rest, Xiangyun ..... Xiangyun can testify"
The emperor kicked Concubine Wen away, "Everyone present has seen the dirty things you have done, you still have the face to quibble here, come here, bring Concubine Wen back to Yongchun Palace, and give poisoned wine and white silk"
Concubine Wen sat slumped on the ground, and someone still dragged her away.
That night, Concubine Wen hanged herself in Yongchun Palace.
The little boy stayed with his mother all the time, never said a word, didn't cry, didn't ask, because she saw the villainous face of Hua Guifei when her mother was dragged down.
The words that the concubine said before her death have been lingering in his ears: "It must be that Hua Guifei who designed to harm me, and the child must avenge the concubine when you grow up."
For several days in a row, the little boy locked himself up in Yongchun Palace, and within a step, the emperor never came to see him again.
One day, the little boy's second brother came to see him, saying that he was taking him to a fun place to relax, and the little boy went without thinking about anything, because his second brother was the most trusted since he was a child, but what he didn't expect was that it was the second brother who he thought was the closest to him who pushed him off the cliff with his own hands.
The little boy thought that he was dead like this, and he died with unavenged revenge, he hated it, and he was unwilling........
Until he finally wanted to give up, he was rescued by an old man, the old man had white hair, even his beard was white, the little boy thought he had arrived at the Hades Palace, but the old man spoke, he claimed to be Nanlu Xianweng.
"You kid, your life is hard, the seven souls have lost three souls, but they are not dead" Nanlu Immortal Weng looked at it carefully, "This grievance is quite heavy"
"How can you die if you have not avenged your revenge?"
Nanlu Immortal Weng pinched his fingers and counted, "There will be a catastrophe in your life, I will help you"
In this way, Nanlu Xian Weng took the little boy back, soaked in the medicine pool, soaked in the cold ice, came and went, and soaked for half a year.
"There is only so much that the old man can help you, and the rest depends on your creation, but there may be one thing in this world that can save you, and that is the Tongling Jade"
The little boy was about to ask what it was, but the Nanlu Immortal disappeared.
When the boy returned to the palace, he lied that he had accidentally fallen off a cliff, but was fortunately rescued by the farmer, and said that he did not remember anything from the past.
The emperor looked at him and felt pity, so he thought of making him a prince, letting him out of the palace, and leaving him to fend for himself.
This is exactly what the little boy wants, and he began to secretly cultivate his own power, win over the officials of the DPRK and China, and win over the hearts of the people.
Those who win the hearts of the people win the world.
Su Yin breathed a long sigh of relief after hearing this, "But according to what you said, the emperor was completely used by Concubine Hua."
"If the little boy hadn't heard the conversation between the emperor and Concubine Hua later, he might really think that it was only Concubine Hua who framed Concubine Wen."
"What do you mean by that?"
"Since the emperor ascended the throne, he has been looking for a way to live forever, Hua Guifei is a person from Miao Jiang, good at Gu poison, and gave the emperor a way, with the hearts of a hundred people to raise Gu worms, as long as the emperor eats it, he can live forever"
When Su Yin heard this, his back was cold, "Doesn't the emperor love that little boy very much?
Li Jingyan smiled bitterly and said, "The royal family has always paid attention to identity, and Concubine Wen is just a palace maid"
Su Yin nodded knowingly.
When I raised my eyes, I saw Li Jingyan staring at himself, "I ........ now" Li Jingyan stretched out his hand and put it on his left heart, "According to the old man, I am now a living dead, no heartbeat, no temperature, I am not afraid of pain, I can't eat, even this tea is tasteless in my mouth, like this, Ah Yin, will you be afraid?"
Su Yin held Li Jingyan's hand, "I was scared at first, but now I'm not afraid"
In addition to making people immortal, Tongling Jade can also gather seven souls, condense six spirits, live dead, and flesh and bones.
"Those words I said in the martial arts field before, do they still count?"
"Of course"
"Okay, on the day Li Guo is destroyed, I will give you the Tongling Treasure Jade"
Li Jingyan was a little stunned, he didn't expect Su Yin to agree so quickly.
"From now on, you are no longer my enemy, you are my ally" Su Yin stretched out his hand, hanging in the air.
Li Jingyan was stunned for a moment, and then covered his hand with "Okay"
Since then, the two have reached an agreement.
"What are you going to do?" Su Yin said with some confusion.
"In recent years, the old man's health has become worse and worse, so he is so eager to find the Tongling Treasure Jade, and I know that the second brother has been having an affair with his father's Xi Zhaoyi..........." Li Jingyan's wishful thinking in his heart clanged.
"So you want him to catch the rape again?"
"Didn't he design his mother like this at the beginning, and now I want him to see how he wants to make decisions about his crown prince and his favorite concubine" Li Jingyan's eyes flashed with fierce light.
"So how do you get him right?"
"I have my own way ........"
Su Yin believed Li Jingyan, and he was greatly relieved.
"My father and brothers are okay now?
Li Jingyan's eyes changed back to their previous gentleness, "Don't worry, I have already arranged for my own people to go in the prison, and I won't embarrass them too much."
"Thank you, by the way, I've always had a question?"
"Huh?"
"How did you get me out of the prison? Li Yicheng won't let me go so easily if he wants to get Baoyu?"
"The Holy Purpose is in hand, and he doesn't dare to disobey"
"Divine decree?"
Li Jingyan waved his hand, "I went into the palace and begged the old man, and said, ............"
"Say what?"
Li Jingyan suddenly approached, "I said that I fell in love with you, and I won't marry you in this life"
Su Yin's face turned crimson, and she pushed him away.
Li Jingyan smiled and scratched Su Yin's nose with his hand, "You are really easy to deceive, doesn't the old man want the Tongling Jade, I told him that I have a way for you to hand over the Tongling Jade"
"You really have a way" Su Yin poured himself a full cup of tea, put it on the tip of his nose and sniffed the "good tea" and drank it all.
Li Jingyan squinted slightly, and his smile deepened.
The next day, Li Jingyan watched Su Yin tidy up his brocade robe after dinner, and then entered the palace.
Su Yin was not worried at all, she sat on the table and read the book, Xu was a little tired from reading, so she fell asleep on the table.
It is estimated that Li Jingyan came back when he touched the hour, put on a robe for Su Yin, and Su Yin woke up, opened his sleepy eyes and looked at him, "It's still going well"
"That's natural, choking that old man's anger enough, sending Xi Zhaoyi into the cold palace, punishing the second brother for thinking about it in the prince's mansion, he can't come out without his will" Li Jingyan's voice carried a hint of pride.
"So what's next?" Su Yin didn't want to know what the process was like, the result was far greater than the process for her.
"Forced ..... He.... Scheme..... Anti," Li Jingyan said word by word.
"How do you force the law?"
"The old man is most afraid of the prince forming a gang, and as soon as this matter comes out, there will definitely be people from the second brother's faction to intercede for it, so that the old man will know which ones are in the same group as the prince, and he will definitely be secretly cut off and weaken the power of the second brother, maybe the second brother's position as the prince will be difficult to protect, and according to the second brother's temperament, he will definitely raise an army to rebel."
"Over the years, the second brother has secretly cultivated an army and stationed it in the western suburbs," Li Jingyan continued.
"But this Li Yicheng is not an idle person, maybe he would have expected to stop these people in time?"
"Even if his people don't study, won't my people be good?" Li Jingyan said proudly, playing with the teacup.
"There are often rumors in this market that the king is not allowed to be favored, does not ask about the court, and only wants to be an idle prince. But they didn't know that King Lin was secretly a man of courage and strategy, and they looked away," Su Yin said jokingly.
"Ah Yin, this is making fun of this king?"
"Don't dare, don't dare"
"Okay, it's not early, let's rest early, I'll go back first" Li Jingyan just walked to the door and turned back.
"What else?"
"I'll take you to a place tomorrow" Su Yin looked at Li Jingyan's eyes darkened, and nodded very obediently, "Okay, you go back and rest first, I'm tired today."
"Hmm"