After hearing Shen Fei say this, Tuoba Lie's face became gloomy, and he didn't know what he was thinking, Shen Fei saw that he didn't speak, but continued: " There is one thing I don't know if His Royal Highness the prince has ever thought about it, you and Tuoba are really brothers of the same father and mother, Tuoba Zhen is now fighting with the only son of the current emperor's mother, your eldest brother, and your mother is also in the harem, and the queen of the current dynasty is in a fierce confrontation, in this case, once your brother Tuoba Zhen loses in the struggle for the throne, your eldest brother, who inherited the unification, will let you go lightly, even if he lets you go, can you watch your biological mother and brother die tragically in front of you。 The royal struggle, the bloody and cruel, Your Royal Highness the prince should know better than anyone else, the winner is the king, and the loser is the coward, but it's not just for fun. ”

Seeing Tuoba Lie staring at him intently, Shen Fei said with added vinegar: "His Royal Highness, born in the royal family, it is impossible to stay away from strife and be a free man. The slaughter of relatives after Sima Yan ascended the throne of the previous dynasty is clearly recorded in the history books, and Shen feels that the current situation of Kowloon seizing the heir is a repetition of history, if you don't want the same thing to happen to you, you should try your best to take the initiative. ”

The right hand that pinched Tuoba Lie's shoulder suddenly strengthened, and Shen Fei said in a heavy tone: "Your Royal Highness, do you think what Shen said makes sense." ”

"Whew. Tuoba Lie broke free of Shen Fei's right hand, leaned back on the back of the chair, looked at Shen Fei and took a deep breath, "Shen Daozun, what do you mean?"

"Shen thinks that His Royal Highness is only afraid that he has always had the ambition to compete in the world, so he will stay at the border all the year round and establish his own merits and connections, which is a preparation for you to know that you are young among the princes and it is not easy to establish your own power cluster. Shen thinks that it is very good to have such a basic guarantee, but when it is broken, it is broken, long live the dynasty has reached the age of the sixtieth year, if you don't return to the dynasty and serve well, maybe in another two years, there will never be a chance to serve your knees, and even more, His Majesty the Emperor has forgotten you, maybe!"

Shen Fei's wording became more and more severe, and in the end, it was not without a warning and reminder.

Tuoba Lie looked at Shen Fei faintly, in his eyes, there seemed to be something quietly changing, after a long breath, his serious expression loosened for the first time, the corners of his lips outlined a smile, and he lowered his body, as if Shen Fei was close to himself, and approached the other party: "Shen Daozun, have you heard of the death of my third brother?"

"I've heard of it occasionally. Shen Fei was afraid of causing trouble for himself, so he didn't tell him about seeing Tuoba Boyi's corpse with his own eyes.

But I heard Tuoba Lie say meaningfully: "Shen Daozun, then do you know that when I came to Jinling on this trip, in addition to reuniting with Linglong, I also shouldered an important task. ”

"Is it to investigate the cause of the death of the third prince?" Shen Fei, who was as smart as Shen Fei, immediately guessed.

Tuoba Lie saw that the more he talked to him, the more he spoke, he no longer shy away from it, nodded and said, "Daozun, do you still think that your father has forgotten this king?"

"Hahaha, Prince Lie is far-sighted, Shen really admires. ”

"Actually, there's nothing to admire, this trip is not easy to do, and this king didn't plan to take it. But after listening to Shen Daozun's words, his mind moved instead, maybe you are right, the things that should come will come sooner or later, the death of the third brother is by no means accidental, he died so miserably, which shows that the cruelty of the royal battle is worsening, and if this continues, this king will be implicated sooner or later, just like Shen Daozun said, instead of sitting still, it is better to take the initiative and fight for a blue sky. ”

"Where does Your Highness plan to start? ”

"Where does Shen Daozun think this king should start?"

"It depends on what Your Highness means. ”

"Shen Daozun came up from the Immortal Mountain, and what he did to preach, but he had some understanding of the current situation. ”

"I would like to hear one or two. ”

"My father ascended the throne at the age of thirty-five, changed the name of the country to Kaihuang, and now thirty-one years have passed, and my father is sixty-six years old this year. His father had many sons and daughters during his lifetime, counting those who died in the middle, there were a total of nine princes and twenty-six princesses. At the end of last year, there was a fanfare selection of concubines, and received a beautiful lady of the fist, who is said to be only twelve years old, and is now pregnant, if the birth is a boy, it is the tenth son, and if it is a girl, it is the twenty-seventh princess. In any case, it will be a collection of thousands of favors, but because of this, it will suffer from the jealousy of its brothers and sisters, and life will not be easy. ”

"Lady Fist Jade?, that's a very special name. Shen Fei said with interest.

Tuoba Lie replied, when it came to Xing, he gushed endlessly and opened the chatterbox, "Mrs. Boxing Yu can be regarded as a strange person, from the same family as Linglong, it is said that Huai Bao was born, from the day she was born, her right hand was held, including her parents and monks, no one could open her clenched hand, so she was named Boxing Yu - An Boxing Yu."

In this way, after twelve years, the hand of the fist jade was held day and night and never opened once, unexpectedly just last year, Linglong's mother, the eldest princess Tuoba Phoenix entered the palace to face the saint, I don't know what to say to the father, so the fist jade was also recruited to the palace, I didn't expect the father to see the fist jade after very much, personally walked down the hall to contact her; 。 The father thought it was a good omen, and was very happy, and immediately included her in the harem, became a concubine, and three months later she was pregnant with a dragon. Whether it is a dragon or a phoenix fetus in her belly, it will greatly change the pattern of the court. ”

"At the age of sixty-six, the little girl can still conceive the dragon seed, and it is really not simple to be a saint today, and her body is very strong. Shen Fei was instantly evil, and he didn't do it properly, what he thought in his heart was that this was obviously a trick, it was the eldest princess who designed it to fool the old emperor.

However, since Mrs. Fist Yu is also surnamed An, it means that she is related to An Linglong, which is a good thing for Tuoba Lie.

Looking Tuoba Lie up and down again, seeing that the other party's eyes were sincere, far from being as scheming as Tuoba Boyi had shown, he shook his head and said to himself: "Even if it is a scheme, it must have nothing to do with this kid." ”

But he didn't expect Tuoba Lie to see through his thoughts, and said: "Shen Daozun may not know much about the place in the harem, my father's energy is limited, and he has always maintained a constant distribution of energy for the favor of the harem. The arrival of Mrs. Boxing Yu has taken away the favor of my mother, who was originally rightfully favored, so there is actually a beam between the queen mother and Mrs. Boxingyu.

There is one more thing you will know later, although Linglong and I are husband and wife, but the eldest princess and my queen mother actually have a certain holiday, the union between me and Linglong was almost not disturbed by the two of them, which is why I am reluctant to stay in the imperial capital, that place, the relationship between people is too complicated. ”

"No, no, Shen believes that there is no friendship and family affection between people in the imperial capital at all, only interests are the engine that drives people to move closer or farther, so as long as His Royal Highness the prince grasps the location of interests, he can know the movement of people's hearts. ”

"Hehe, it's not that simple, Shen Daozun, you have lived in the Tianshan Mountains for a long time, and you don't know much about the situation in the imperial capital, so there are not only interests in it, but those people are not only interested in interests, or in other words, interests can no longer impress them. ”

"Well...... in this way" Shen Fei was surprised by Tuoba Lie's sudden sincerity, and said in his heart, did he really move him in a few words, or did he already have the intention of befriending himself and had been waiting for a good time.

Immediately said: "Taught, Your Highness." Shen Fei took the initiative to pour tea for the other party, Tuoba Lie was amused by his sudden performance, gladly accepted the tea, drank it to moisten his throat, and then said: "In addition to the fetus in the womb of Mrs. Fist Yu, the other dragon sons who are competitive for the throne are the eldest prince Tuoba Yuanji, the second prince Tuoba Haohui, the third prince Tuoba Boyi, the fifth prince Tuoba Tai, the sixth prince Tuoba Shou, the eighth prince Tuoba Xia, the tenth prince Tuoba Zhen, that is, my biological brother, and the youngest son now, the seventeenth prince Tuoba Hua.

Strange to say, almost all of my father's sons were born in the first half of his life, and almost all of his daughters in the second half of his life, especially after me, were daughters, with the exception of my little brother Tuoba Hua. But Tuoba Hua is only five years old this year, and it has been nearly twenty years since I was born. ”

Hearing him say this, Shen Fei thought to himself: "Giving birth to a son in the first half of his life, and giving birth to a daughter in the second half of his life? Judging from the phenomenon alone, it is indeed a very strange thing, but is it possible that it was intentional, he has heard of some witchcraft and other evil arts, which can affect the balance of yin and yang in a person's body." Tuoba Lie and Tuoba are really the biological sons of the imperial concubine Niangniang, and it took nearly twenty years after them for another boy to be born, where is there such a coincidence. If Tuoba Kei is really good at giving birth to boys, he should keep giving birth, how can it be that all the boys born in the first half of his life are born and the second half of his life are all girls. ”

I thought so in my heart, but I never dared to say that I would listen to Tuoba Lie, after all, the noble concubine Ling Ruyi was the biological mother of our eleventh prince Tuoba Lie.

But listening to Tuoba Lie continue: "My eldest brother must be familiar with Dao Zun, he ......"

"Your Highness, may I interrupt you? ”

"Oh, is there something wrong with Shen Daozun?"

"Daozun, Daozun, it sounds so awkward, why don't Your Highness call Shen Mr. ”

"Mr. Shen......" Tuoba Lie looked Shen Fei up and down, and sneered, "I have the impression that there are not many people who call themselves Mr. Shen Daozun at such a young age. ”

"If His Royal Highness feels awkward, he will continue with the previous title, Shen just feels that the previous title has alienated the distance between us. ”

"Let's call you Daozun, after all, Mr. is an immortal in Shu and has a noble status. ”

"It's nothing compared to His Highness. ”

"Hehe, Daozun doesn't have to be polite. ”

"Your Highness likes it. Shen Fei was very helpless about this, and he couldn't understand why Tuoba Lie suddenly became polite.

But in fact, it's also very easy to understand, born in the emperor's tomb, his ears and eyes are full of power, and most of them show people with false faces, what kind of thoughts he has in his heart, no one can say, maybe he is a person who is easy to trust others in his bones.

"Among my brothers, the eldest brother Tuoba Yuanji Shen Daozun should know the best, it is the one who fights the most fiercely with my tenth brother Tuoba Zhen, and the person who is most likely to inherit the throne of the great unification, his mother is the current queen mother, and the owner of the highest power in the harem. The second brother Tuoba Haohui seems to be a person with no ambitions, his biological mother died when he was born, so Tuoba Haohui grew up under the care of his nursing mother since he was a child, which led to him since the day of birth, he has not been subject to too many constraints, has always been absurd, extravagance in the house prevails, once for two prostitutes and a dynasty of the secretary of the court to fight, was punished by the father, now in the house in the simple house, too little to show up. ”

"The third brother Tuoba Boyi, who died in Jinling half a month ago, does not need to mention it again; the fifth brother Tuoba Tai, is the only son of Concubine Jing, who is not very favored by the emperor, but has a smooth nature, and has the support of some courtiers; the sixth brother Tuoba Shou is the eldest son of Concubine Yi, who loves vassal elegance and is good at poetry and songs, and has the support of a group of literati, and his power is second only to the eldest brother and the tenth brother; the eighth brother Tuoba Xia is the younger brother of Tuoba Shou, and he is attached to Tuoba Shou, and the two have formed an alliance of interests; not to mention the seventeenth brother Tuoba Hua, who is young and has a low biological mother, and does not pose a direct threat to the throne。 ”

"According to His Royal Highness's meaning, there seem to be only five people who can compete for the throne now, namely the eldest prince Tuoba Yuanji, the second prince Tuoba Haohui, the fifth prince Tuoba Tai, the sixth prince Tuoba Shou, and the tenth prince Tuoba Zhen, and the relatively strong ones are the eldest prince, the sixth prince and the tenth prince, among which the eldest prince and the tenth prince are the strongest and the most powerful. ”

"Yes, that's what it means. ”

"Although His Highness has lived outside the temple for a long time, he seems to have a clear understanding of the things inside the temple. ”

"You can't be a blind man, otherwise you don't know how to die. Tuoba Lie smiled bitterly. Although he had shed his military uniform, he was still wearing a corset, which was convenient for his movements. The face is much more mature than Shen Fei, the complexion is a little dark, the skin is not delicate, look carefully, there are still many small cracks in it, these are the result of being eroded by the wind blowing outside the plug for a long time. The figure is also tall, similar to Shen Fei, with a strong body, strong muscles, and thick palm joints. The waist pole was straight, and when he was talking to Shen Fei, his ears moved from time to time, paying attention to the abnormalities in the wind.