morning thoughts

Concubine Shu was startled and hugged Ling Junhu tightly in front of her body, eyes full of tears stared at Ling Yu's every move defensively, and shouted extremely uneasy: "Your Majesty!"

The emperor was no less nervous than Concubine Shu at this time. He looked at Concubine De who was out of breath and then at Ling Xuan, gritted his teeth, and cursed angrily in a reproachful tone: "Ling Xuan! That's you younger brother!"

Ling Xuan let out a "puchi" laugh, shook his head again and again, and said, "Brother? Father, you forgot that my crown prince was deposed because I killed my brother!"

The emperor couldn't sit still after hearing this, he frowned and didn't know what to do next, every word Ling Xuan said didn't seem to be joking.

Ling Chu smiled contemptuously: "Father was willing to be concubine De just now, but now he is reluctant to part with Ling Jun, right? As his elder brother, I really don't want to hurt him. If father really wants to protect this pair Mother and son should hurry up and issue an edict, and the minister will give Ling Jun the status of a prince in the future so that he can live comfortably."

Ling Yu knew in his heart that he could not wait for the emperor to die, he was no longer favored by the emperor, and everything in the future was unknown, but he had to have a righteous name in front of the world so as not to be criticized by others.

He was a little anxious, and couldn't wait any longer, so he raised his hand and summoned several guards to pull Ling Jun out of Concubine Shu's arms.

When he raised his head again, he stared at the emperor with a sudden change of expression and said, "I ask Father to make a decision earlier!"

Ling Jun was just a half-grown child, who was suppressed by others all day long and couldn't even speak. His bright eyes stared at Ling Chu, and the light in his eyes suddenly tightened.

In just a few hours, he experienced fusion. The former kind brother became a traitor who killed the king and father, and now he is about to kill himself.

Ling Jun's body trembled uncontrollably, and he asked intermittently, "Brother...do you want to kill me?"

At nightfall, the palace lanterns were lit, but they were shaken by the strong wind. In the tightly closed inner hall, Ling Jun's pale face became more and more obvious under the candlelight.

The emperor was distressed, but he didn't make a sound.

Impatiently, Ling Yu pointed at Ling Jun with the tip of his sword, and said coldly, "Stand up, come here."

Ling Jun shrank back and hid, but was picked up by the guards and pushed forward. He was forced to sob in a low voice and his face was bloodless.

Ling Xuan stared at him with dark eyes, and said, "It's okay if you don't want to come here, so let's start with your mother and concubine first."

"Don't!" Ling Jun said hastily, even though he was terrified by Ling Chu's stare, he still scrambled and crawled in front of him, crying and said: "Brother, I have always been the one with the worst academics and kung fu among my brothers. One, I have never had such thoughts, if the elder brother kills me, I will accept it at ease, but can I let my mother and concubine go?"

Ling Xuan didn't speak, but lifted him up.

"Lingxi stop!"

The emperor hurriedly stood up holding the table, and stopped him: "He is just a child, if you want an imperial edict, I will write it to you!"

Ling Xuan let go of his hand, walked up to the emperor and handed over the pen in person, and said with a smile, "Father still loves fifth younger brother the most."

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Outside the palace gate, the imperial army was fighting with unknown troops. A few sharp-eyed people saw the third prince and the general fighting their horses from a distance. There was also King Annan's military flag mixed in between. He became serious, and after confirming that he was correct, he turned and ran towards the main hall.

In the main hall, the emperor took the pen and rolled the ink on the inkstone, his eyes fixed on the laid paper, before the tip of the pen dripped a large red blood stain and soaked the paper, the emperor covered his mouth and coughed badly.

Ling Yu took a deep breath to suppress his anxiety, wiped the emperor's hands himself, and said, "Father, don't exhaust your patience."

"Elder Prince!" The commander of the forbidden army pushed the hall away, and hurriedly replied: "The servant saw His Highness the Third Highness and the Great General rushing into the palace, and there is vaguely some Lichuan army mixed in!"

With a click, the writing brush in the emperor's hand fell on the table and sat down on the chair, "The third child is not dead."

Ling Yu held the sword in one hand, grabbed the commander of the forbidden army with the other and asked, "Are you sure you saw the Lichuan army?"

"If you go back to the eldest prince, you can't go wrong."

Ling Xuan pushed the man away and smiled at the emperor: "Who does the emperor think the Lichuan army is coming from? Even if Ling Chao escaped by chance once, let him die again today."

The emperor was captured by Ling Xuan, swept away the useless things on the table, and said coldly with his eyes pressed down on the emperor: "Father, don't delay the time, if you don't write, I can only do it for you."

"Nizi!" The emperor panicked, but still refused to write.

There was a sound of horseshoes outside the palace gate, followed by the sound of iron cavalry sweeping towards them. Ling Chu looked up and saw Ling Chao coming in silver armor, and the leader of the Lichuan army behind him turned out to be Ji Yu!

He flickered, as if he couldn't believe it, he raised his arms around the emperor, put the sword in his throat, pushed him two steps forward, and stood facing Ling Chao.

Ling Chao got off his horse, raised his eyes and said, "Ji Jingyang has already been captured in Lichuan, why don't you just capture him with your arms tied?"

Ling Xuan's defeat was decided, his hand holding the sword trembled slightly, the emperor noticed it and cleared his throat and said, "Let go, I will demote you to a commoner and confine you for the sake of father and son, and will not take you life."

Ling Yu laughed wildly, and the sword in his hand approached two points, taunting: "Listen, father is indeed a benevolent emperor, even if I commit such a crime, I can still live, father can save me forever Why couldn't my mother survive in the first place?"

The emperor still has a feeling of licking in his words now, but Ling Xi sees it clearly, he just wants to let himself go, for fear that he will really kill him without any scruples.

Ling Yu listened to the emperor and looked at it for a while, and realized that the emperor had become so old at some point. With a smile on the corner of his mouth, he said to the emperor, "Father, do you remember how you taught your sons and ministers? You told me about the future when you were young." This Great Jin belongs to me, I was born as the son of the emperor, unlike them, among the many princes, there is no one who has to be taught by you personally except the sons and ministers."

"But now I just want to get my things in advance, why can't it work?"

The emperor is cold and thin, even if the joy of being a father for the first time makes the emperor have high hopes for Ling Yu, he will love him in every possible way, but this love is love and poison.

"My love for you for so many years has become an excuse for you to kill your father and king!"

The emperor was heartbroken, but Ling Xuan seemed to have heard some joke, and whispered to the emperor, "Father, do you think any of these sons of yours don't want you to abdicate earlier?"

The emperor froze, and immediately understood what Ling Xuan was going to do, "If my sword stabs down, does Emperor Father think that Ling Chao will save you desperately? Or will he just watch Emperor Father die tragically at the hands of the rebels?" ?”