In terms of beauty, you can't beat me

The footsteps outside came straight to this side, and when he was about to touch the wardrobe, the voice of the emperor came from a distance: "Go and check the west wing, don't let them escape!"

After stopping for a while, the footsteps left slowly, the space in the cabinet was narrow, and the emperor brother and I maintained a hugging posture until the father and concubine Liu went out for a walk in the imperial garden.

As the sky gradually darkened, I hugged Brother Huang and whispered, "Brother Huang, I'm tired."

Brother Huang patted me on the back, carefully avoided the palace people and carried me back to the palace: "When will Siyi grow up?"

I lay on the bed and looked sideways at Brother Huang: "Brother Huang, what were Emperor Father and Concubine Liu doing just now? Why did Concubine Liu want to speak ill of my mother?"

Brother Huang's expression froze, not knowing how to answer.

Thinking of Concubine Liu's screams, I said again: "Father, how could he treat Concubine Liu so cruelly like a different person?"

Brother Huang rubbed my hair, and pulled up the quilt for me: "Father...he has always been like this."

"Is the father the same to my mother?"

Brother Huang smiled helplessly: "There are some things that you can't see clearly now, you will understand when you grow up."

I tugged on his sleeve: "Will Brother Huang love me when I grow up?"

Brother Huang has always answered my questions, but I have waited for this question since I was ten to 22 years old, and I still haven't waited for the answer.

Brother Huang whispered softly in my ear: "It's time to sleep." The voice was soft like the little song my mother sang to me when I was young.

I wiped the tears from my eyes: "Brother Huang, don't go, I'm afraid."

According to the rules of the imperial palace, the emperor cannot stay in the womb for a long time, but tonight the emperor stayed. I slept on the bed, and he sat on the edge of the bed and read the history books, telling me about those long-lasting deeds that cannot be further back.

I yawned, and opened my dim eyes and asked: "Brother Huang, will we also become words in the book after we die?"

Brother Huang flipped through the pages of the book and said helplessly, "Yes."

"Then we will die together, so that Brother Huang and I will not be separated even if we become words."

Brother Huang replied with a smile: "Okay!" There was a lot of helplessness in his words.

"Brother Huang, I'm cold." I looked at Brother Huang's red hands.

"I'll ask the palace servants to add more carbon." As he spoke, he was about to get up.

"Brother Huang, come up and sleep."

Brother Huang hesitated for a while before lying down with his clothes on. I pulled his arm sideways but saw the red plum through the curtain.

That branch of red plum is also like the mountain plum blossom shrouded in mist today. At that time, I only knew a few red plum trees in the imperial garden in the palace, but I didn't know that there was a sky beyond the sky, but my life was happy and happy.

Looking at the red plum in front of him, standing beside the red plum is a cold red dress.

I said: "The mountains and rivers and red plums are still there, where are the souls of the past?"

Han Jue smiled and folded a red plum, and handed it to me: "Your Highness is safe and sound, I think Mr. Chen will also rest in peace."

I laughed dumbly and said, "Is it safe and sound? This king is safe and sound."

"I heard that a corpse was found in the red plum grove!" Passers-by hurriedly rubbed shoulders.

I hugged Hongmei and Hanjue and followed the crowd in tacit understanding.

The deceased was a man, holding a red plum in his arms, with a smile on his face, lying in a snow-stained nest in white clothes, with a snow-white face and jet-black hair, his death was quite beautiful.

The soldiers and guards of Dali Temple formed a circle around the victim, keeping the spectators out of the circle, and in the middle of the circle was Du Zhuo, Qinglian, Minister of Dali Temple.Mr. Du was extremely beautiful in life, and Liu Xiang personally recommended it to Jinshang.When the court asked him what official position he wanted, this Lord Du Zhuodu brazenly asked for the position of Minister of Dali Temple in front of all the officials of the court and the public.Due to affection, I have no choice but to follow his wishes even if I don't want to.So Mr. Du became Minister of Dali Temple as a matter of course, and Liu Xiang also made a perfect stroke for his network of influence.

I heard that although Master Du is in Dali Temple, his heart is in Liu Selou.He often plays the piano to flowers and drinks wine to the moon in the middle of the night when no one is around. As for who is the flower and who is the moon... According to rumors, who else is there besides Liu Xiang?

Both Han Jue and I were amazed, the people of Qi State didn't know that there was a blocker at the gate of Dali Temple, named Wuqian.Even if you have a massacre, if you have no money, you will never even think about stepping into the threshold of Dali Temple.If the money is less, one or two guards can be called to investigate the scene. If the money is more than a few hundred taels, the young minister of Dali Temple can investigate the case himself. Now even the minister of Dali Temple has been invited to investigate the case, which shows that the deceased has a lot of background.

Master Du looked at it for a long time and said to the master next to him, "The victim committed suicide."

The master, who is not in doubt, holds the record file in his left hand and writes in his right hand: "The lower officials think that human life is at stake, and adults need to carefully consider it."

Master Du looked at the master with disdain: "Is it you who investigate the case or the officer?"

The master took a few steps back in silence, a murder case was about to come to an end.

"Wait!" Gu Yi shouted from behind the crowd.

The master was stunned for a moment, and then showed joy. When he saw that the person who came was a white-clothed scholar, his vicissitudes of eyes drooped heavily again, and he reminded: "Bold, dare to be presumptuous in front of adults!"

Gu Yi, however, was a newborn calf. He walked through the yamen servants and came to the dead man. He looked left and right, and after two minutes, he got up and said, "The dead man was killed by him!"

Just one word, everyone was in an uproar, how could Master Du allow Gu Yi, who has no official and no rank, to be presumptuous in front of him, and stretched out his hand to beckon several yamen servants: "Boy, it's better not to play tricks in Chang'an City!"

Gu Yi said awe-inspiringly: "My lord treats human life so frivolously, it really damages the prestige of Dali Temple!"

Mr. Du was favored by Liu Xiang on weekdays, so naturally he didn't take much anger. Now that he heard the bad words, he couldn't help being furious, pointing at Gu Yi and saying: "Who are you, you dare to criticize this official!"

I was about to stand up to rescue Gu Yi, when another extremely luxurious young man came out from the crowd, that young man was right now, my imperial brother, and Liu Yuan and Liu Shutong were accompanying him.

Du Zhuo ran over to Liu Yuan like a dog: "Mr. Liu, are you here to enjoy the flowers too?"

Liu Yuan squinted at him, and walked towards Gu Yi: "My opinion is the same as this young master. If Mr. Du cannot clearly argue the grievance, in my opinion, it is better to let this young master investigate the case for you."

Liu Yuan and Jinshang are the same people, and the idea he said now must be Jinshang's idea.It's a pity that Mr. Du has poor eyesight and can't recognize that the person next to Liu Yuan is a powerful character.

Master Du looked at Liu Yuan with a smile: "Young master is right, but this person has no grievances." Then he lifted his robe and squatted beside the corpse: "My lord, please see, if you didn't voluntarily go to die, how could you show your face?" Smile?"

Liu Yuan ignored him, looked at Gu Yi and said directly: "What do you think?"

Gu Yi frowned and looked at the corpse lying on the ground: "There was a very small silver needle pierced through the neck of the deceased, and the bleeding has been wiped off by someone, and two of the deceased's fingernails were broken, and the belt was loose. It is obvious that he had fought with others before death. , so the preliminary judgment is that the deceased was homicide."

Liu Yuan turned to Jinshang, and said word by word: "Master Du, you should go back to Dali Temple and stay honest. Everything involved here will be handed over to this Confucian scholar, oh, yes, and your master, too. Give it to this young man."

Master Du said displeasedly: "What right does your lord have?"

It's time for me to appear on the stage. I handed the red plum in my arms to Han Jue, and I went on stage shaking my sleeves.

"It's the power that this king gave him." Everyone present was shocked, from the prince to the Confucian scholars, and let them see them all today.

Lord Du didn't care about the prince, he just said: "The prince should go back to the mansion to take care of him, it's better for the officials to deal with such trivial matters."

I looked up and saw that he had no intention of breaking the siege, so I smiled and said, "Thank you, Mr. Du, for worrying. It's better not to bother Mr. Du about such trivial matters, just let me handle them." Without waiting for his answer, I went Turning to Gu Yi, he said, "This king entrusts this case to you, do you dare to accept it?"

Gu Yi gave a solemn salute: "Cao Min will definitely live up to His Highness' high expectations!"

I helped him up and said, "Okay! Don't be timid when investigating the case. If you need anything or someone is embarrassing you, come and find me. All troubles and difficulties will be handled by me!"

Gu Yi answered yes excitedly, then turned his head to examine the corpse carefully.Liu Yuan returned to Jinshang's side: "His Royal Highness is really resolute and merciless in doing things!"

I replied: "In the past, I was too weak to allow many caring people to take advantage of it. Today, the king must change his old temper so that he can deal with those who leave."

Today's face suddenly turned cold, and he turned away without saying a word. I knew he had something to say to me, so I gave Han Jue a wink and told him to wait.

Hurry up slowly to keep up with Imamami's pace, and Imamami's sudden turn back caused me to stop unsteadily and almost fall down.

"Do you know who Du Zhuo belongs to?" Imakami looked at me bitterly.

I said: "Liu Xiang's people."

"Since you know that he belongs to Liu Xiang, do you know how Liu Xiang will think of you if you let him know about what you have done today!"

"I don't know how Liu Xianghui thinks about my younger brother, and I don't intend to know how Liu Xianghui thinks about my younger brother."

"No one in the court knows the relationship between Du Zhuo and Liu Xiang. Even Liu Yuan dare not be presumptuous to him. You can humiliate him in front of everyone. Liu Xiang has always been cunning. How will you gain a foothold in the court in the future? What should you do alone? How to protect you!"

In fact, my grievances with Liu Xiang have been forged since I was born, even if I don't do this today, Liu Xiang will definitely not make me feel better.

Concubine Liu had already entered the palace to be favored when the empress mother was pregnant with me. Later, Concubine Liu and Prime Minister Liu covered the sky with one hand, and even regarded me as a stumbling block in their pursuit of the throne.Since I am a stumbling block, naturally I have been tricked by them since I was a child.

Under their calculations, I grew up safely. Later, with their support, Qi Rong and my brother, the emperor, ascended to the Great Treasure, sat firmly on the throne, and imprisoned me for another two and a half years.

Thinking about it carefully, my birth was the original sin. As long as I don't die one day, Liu Xiang and his party will think that I still have a chance to stand up, and I will not be able to sit comfortably in the imperial chair today.

If you want to break through this point, there is nothing to be afraid of. Just let go of your hands and feet and do it boldly. Anyway, it is wrong to do nothing, it is wrong to do less, it is wrong to do more, why not take the initiative in your own hands?

I said: "When the snipe and the clam fight, the fisherman will benefit. The emperor will just be a fisherman watching from the sidelines, and the other courtiers will deal with it."

The worry on Jinshang's eyebrows faded a little, and his tone softened: "You will only become a target of public criticism if you do this."

"The younger brother has his own way to solve the problem."

"You really have tens of thousands of shadow guards in your mansion?" Imakami frowned again.

"No." I replied with certainty.

"Then what do you mean?"

"Chendi didn't intend to live a long life!" I said.

"How many lives do you have to compete with Liu Xiang! What Gu said that day was that he hoped that you could unite with Xia Guo and use other people's hands to shovel out Qi's domestic troubles. Gu Wu asked you to use your life as a guide!"

"Brother Huang, have you ever thought about what the consequences will be if the plan fails? At that time, let alone my life, even your throne will be in vain!" I was a little angry.

"Is it because of Gu or are you tempted by that prince? Are you reluctant?" Imakami asked forcefully.

I turned around and looked at the vast snow-capped mountains: "My brother will never be tempted again in this lifetime."