Yan Fei

The sun was just right, and it was early spring of another year, when the ice and snow melted, a half-grown child ran around like crazy on the gray stone floor, and several maids chased after him, sweating profusely.

He himself doesn't want anyone to bring him, but he suffers from those maids. If he can't stop his master, he can only shout fearfully from behind: "Fourth Highness! Slow down! If the crown prince finds out, he will punish you again!"

"Second Brother, he can't control me!" The child grinned, "Don't use Second Brother to scare me!"

"I can't control you? Gan Si, you are really getting bolder."

The chubby Gan Si couldn't stop, bumped into someone head-on, and buried his face in the soft blue satin on his body.

The maids gasped and fell to their knees.

The prince rubbed Gan Si's head, smiled and said: "It's nothing, you don't have to be nervous. It's just spring, and Gan Si has been bored in the palace for too long, so it's okay to play for a while, so as not to get moldy."

Gan Si liked his elder brother the prince very much, he hugged the prince's waist tightly with his fleshy hands, and said, "Second brother, will you play with me for a while?"

The prince smiled noncommittally, watched him play there for a while, and finally left.

He does that every day.

He had already finished the homework left by the Tai Tuo, the emperor was seriously ill, and was troubled by his children's troubles all the time. Since the beginning of this year, he has not been much better. deal with.So he got up early in the morning and had to go to the Taifu to return his homework, and then went to the imperial study to meet the courtiers who had been waiting for a long time. If the emperor was still healthy, he had to go to court first.

Although the prince was busy, he never complained.

Regarding the position of the prince, although the prince ranks second among the princes, and there is an elder brother in front of him, the eldest prince was sent out when he was young, and he has not seen him for many years, and he has never studied government affairs, let alone whether the courtiers still care about him Yes, the emperor took the lead in treating him as an outcast, so what?

"Your Highness, the imperial physician said last night that the emperor's health has disappeared again."

The prince glanced at the little eunuch behind him, and said, "Then go see Father Emperor first."

"Yes."

"...Cao Zi, in fact, you know it too."

The little eunuch looked around and said, "I understand."

"Let the imperial doctor figure it out."

The imperial palace admired by the sea power is facing the sea, and the terrain is high and slope-shaped. The emperor's office and residence are at the highest point, and the princes' sleeping halls are all on the mountainside.The crown prince took a young eunuch alone and walked along the palace road to Panlong Hall.

When he reached the mountainside, the prince suddenly paused.The personal eunuch Xiao Caozi looked up and sighed helplessly.

His prince is looking at that place again.

In the evening of the day, the prince would definitely stand in the open space in front of his palace, looking at the palace not far away that was higher than his sleeping palace for half an hour.In the past, when the emperor was still healthy, he couldn't even call him. Now the emperor can't get up, and no one dares to call him.

"Your Highness, it's good to be back from Panlong Palace." Xiao Caozi reminded.

The prince responded and turned his head away.

Just wait until the sun goes down.He has been crowned for more than a year, now besides looking at the palace, the most willing thing to do is to wait.

For ordinary people, this matter is actually quite inhumane and devoid of conscience.He is waiting for his own father Huang Bintian.

For him, it was a tedious process.But it seemed to him that this matter was just playing a game. In this game, he could not poison or draw his sword, otherwise he would be charged with patricide.The only thing he can do is to use different methods to persuade a few younger brothers and sisters to add to the chaos of his father, so that his father will not see his prince after the mountains of memorials and the condemning eyes of his mother. He was tortured to the point where he couldn't live under the pressure of making trouble, and finally died of overwork.

In this way, he can get away without any trace and become a clean new emperor.

Outside Panlong Hall, the third prince was already waiting at the door, but the emperor didn't call him, and the chief eunuch couldn't let him in either.

"What's going on here?"

The third prince couldn't help shaking when he heard the prince's calm tone.A while ago, he finally figured out what he meant by his bumbling second brother, and realized what he wanted to do, but he couldn't understand what this guy was trying to do.

His second elder brother has been crowned as the crown prince, and he has a great reputation; if it is about marrying a concubine, his father has long been in charge of the Ministry of Rites, but he himself does not seem to have much interest in it; He can listen to what he says, and he handles political affairs well, so what else does he lack?

The third prince glanced at the prince and pursed his lips.

The prince sneered: "Why do you let the third brother stand outside?"

"The emperor only said to let the crown prince in... Your Highness the Third..." The head steward looked embarrassed and glanced at Xiao Caozi a few times.

"What is the third brother still standing here for?" The prince squinted his eyes, "Northwest wind is delicious?"

The third prince glanced at the crown prince who entered the palace, and said, "I never imagined that my father-in-law would see a little crown prince working as an eunuch."

The chief steward looked at the nose and the heart, and said in a neutral tone: "The crown prince has arrived, and His Highness has heard it too. Please go back."

"The prince's hands are quite long."

"Third Highness, it is common for the crown prince to be in power because of the emperor's physical impairment. But if the Third Highness talks about right and wrong behind his back, it will reach the ears of the clan," the chief steward paused, and then said, "Your Highness must also understand what will happen. .”

The Panlong Hall was extremely quiet.The maids on both sides of the big red cushion stood with their hands down, the doors of the four halls were closed tightly, and only the dim yellow candles were burning in the room.The prince frowned after sniffing the smoky smell of candlelight.

The emperor was lying on the bed, much thinner than the last time he saw him.

The prince saluted, took the medicine bowl handed over by the imperial physician, and came to the bed: "Father."

The emperor raised his eyelids and glanced at him, then closed his eyes tremblingly: "Let the imperial physician come."

The prince twitched the corner of his mouth, but did not force him to pour the medicine, and returned the medicine bowl to the imperial physician as he wanted.

"What about the third...?"

"The third child has gone back. Must have been standing for so long, his legs are sore?" The prince said with his hands behind his back.

The emperor gave him a sideways look: "You are quite good at deceiving...?"

The prince snorted coldly: "It's better to lie to someone than to sell your son."

"It's him again... for a sick child, you never obeyed my wishes!"

"What's the matter? Father? What do you have to be dissatisfied with?" The prince stared at him, and the chill in his words became even more chilling, "You didn't let me go back then, okay, I didn't go. Since you were bedridden, when did I do anything?" Not doing your best? Prescribing medicine? Heh... I don’t bother to do that kind of pickling. Which one of today’s things didn’t I get by myself?”

He took a few steps forward and patted him on the shoulder: "Father, forget it? Where does the emperor's family have true affection? Yes, there used to be, but you never got it. What do you think?" If you destroy me, then you have to see if there is a chance."