Prince Boring and Concubine Qiao Ai

"My concubine thinks so, and so do many ministers in the court. It is logical for the second prince to be the crown prince, and the Xiao family is the most prestigious family in Daliang. The head of the Xiao family is the prime minister, and Concubine Xiao is only under Queen Lin. Her own talent is also the most outstanding among the princes..." Wu Lan took a deep breath, "So, will Empress Lin let a prince who was assigned to the imperial mausoleum come back alive to compete with her own son for the throne?"

Zhao Ling has also thought about this level, Lin girl is not a good person, when they were hostages in Ning country, she cheated them, otherwise how could they be hated by Ning Bo, and they would make trouble every day ?But it is also impossible for the Xiao family to just sit and watch the prince of their own family blood being killed. Lin Yatou's roots are in the country of Yan, and she cannot be the opponent of the Xiao family in the country of Liang.

"The Xiao family will not protect the second prince." Wu Lan said the key point, "When the second prince hurt you, Prime Minister Xiao once begged the emperor to grant the second prince a death."

Zhao Ling couldn't believe it, even though Xiao He turned to him, he couldn't be happy at all.

This logic...doesn't make sense!

"Strange, isn't it?" Wu Lan dragged her head, "There are still uncles who don't want their nephews to be emperors."

Zhao Ling tilted his head to ask Lord Luo for advice, and Lord Luo said concisely, "I don't know."

After a while, someone from the palace said that Concubine Wu Gui had invited the Patriarch of the Wu family into the palace to discuss important matters.Wu Lan didn't need to think about it, she knew it was about the abolition of the crown prince. The relationship between Empress Lin and her sister was lukewarm, and her sister probably wouldn't intercede, and the Wu family's position had to follow the Emperor's will.

After seeing off Wu Lan, Zhao Ling said, "Can we talk now?"

Luo Yi knew the reason, but just pretended not to know in front of Wu Lan.This matter is of great importance and should not be publicized. Zhao Ling is already mentally prepared. Even if Luo Yi says that Zhao Yuan is his son, he can convince himself to accept it.

"Concubine Xiao Gui was pregnant before she married the emperor." Luo Yi said.

Zhao Ling thought it was true, "Eldest brother knew the inside story, but let the child be born and raised as the second prince. It seems that the second prince's biological father is his acquaintance."

Breaking fingers, there are not many people in Daliang who can make big brother do this.

"Let me guess..." Zhao Ling removed Xiao He and Xiao Lu, Luo Yi, could it be...

Zhou Geng?

If it was Zhou Geng's child, he would be married to Fengzi of the Xiao family, so why did he have to mix in the elder brother?With so many daughters in the Xiao family, it is not necessary to marry the eldest daughter into the royal family.

"It's not Zhou Geng." Luo Yi knew the truth two or three years ago, when the ministers complained, the prince's handling of the Dali Temple case was hasty, and he died unjustly. The emperor estimated that Empress Lin's affection was suppressed, but in his heart He was faintly worried that the prince would be unpopular and that the country would be unstable in the future. He always cared about the hexagram of the second prince. When he was drinking, he accidentally brought up this matter, but he only said a vague meaning that was not his own. No further explanation.

Naturally, Luo Yi would not investigate. Zhao Qi never wanted to talk about things, he would never get to the bottom of it, but there was also Kuang Hou Ye on the spot. There are talented people who can use it, and the old things will be revealed once they come and go.

He regretted it when it was revealed, and he decided to drag Luo Yi to regret it together.

The only people in Daliang who knew about this matter were the emperor, Xiao He, his siblings, and Kuang Chengzong and Luo Yi who later found out.

Zhao Ling continued to speculate, "It wasn't Zhou Geng, if it wasn't Zhou Geng... then who would it be? Big brother has so many sons, only this one is missing, do you have to admit it? That's right, among so many princes, only Zhao Yuan looks like a prince look..."

Luo Yi felt that the more Zhao Ling guessed, the more he went astray, "Zhao Yuan is the son of the late emperor."

"What... what... what?"

"He's your brother."

"Father...do you know?" Zhao Ling tried hard to suppress his shock.

"I know." Luo Yi recalled the scene when Concubine Xiao Gui entered the East Palace 18 years ago. The emperor's harem only had the empress empress. Although the empress empress was indifferent to the emperor, she was still pregnant with the emperor's child. Mr.'s son came down, the prince was not the eldest son, and the world was afraid that there would be opinions. What kind of mood did the emperor agree to recognize his younger brother as his son? He could only attribute it to a word of filial piety. The last request, the emperor had no choice but to agree."

Therefore, when Xiao Lu said that the child had the emperor's purple spirit, Xiao He was afraid that this would be known and harm the Xiao family.In this way, everything makes sense.

If Zhao Xia fails to become the crown prince, then it will be Zhao Yuan's turn, but Zhao Yuan's background is his weakness, and he can easily become a target to be blackmailed.

The king of a country was threatened, and the consequences would be disastrous. Emperor Liang was not a person obsessed with blood, but he had to foresee possible dangers.

No one can guarantee that this matter will remain a secret forever.

"I want to go to the imperial mausoleum." Zhao Ling quickly calmed down. "He is my younger brother. I can't be indifferent knowing that he is going to die."

Zhao Ling is the youngest child of the Zhao family's royal family. When he was a child, he always pestered his father to give him a younger brother.Father smiled and touched his head and said yes, but after several years, the stomachs of the empresses in the harem have not improved.

He had always hoped that his younger brother would leave the palace and go to Ningguo as a hostage, and finally gave up. At that time, he was already sensible, knowing that his father was destined to be weak because of his early injuries and hard work, and that even Xue Guifei could conceive him. It's a miracle.But the miracle happens only once in ten thousand years. Since then, no prince or princess has been born in the palace.

If he had listened to his elder brother's persuasion and turned his head back, carved a Ningguo jade seal, and then made up a script of destiny, would he have been able to see his father for the last time when he was dying, and then asked his father, "Why do you want to marry me?" Forcing the mother and concubine to wrongly blame the uncle and burn Xue Jiajun to death", and then the father touched his head as he did when he was a child, and said to him, "The father did not lie to you, the father gave birth to a younger brother for you".

There is no knot in the world that cannot be untied, but no one at both ends of the rope is willing to discuss how to untie it. Instead, they pull desperately, and finally it becomes a dead knot.

Zhao Ling died once, and Ling Chi's [-] knives hurt so badly, it also made him understand many things. Countless conspiracies and schemes were intertwined, making up the tragedy of their Xue family, but this was not the most terrible thing. The terrible thing is that the fire of hatred was ignited, which made him almost lose his original intention.For a while, he wanted to kill Zhou Geng to avenge Chu Di, kill Luo Yi to avenge Xue's army, and even wanted to kill the emperor and empress dowager to avenge his mother, concubine and uncle.

He thanked Kuang Chengzong for giving him a beam of light when his original intention was about to be swallowed by darkness.Although Qingji Country is not his hometown, at least it gave him a corner where he can stop and rest without thinking about anything.

The choice that Big Brother is facing now is very similar to that of his time.One wrong thought, one wrong step.

Zhao Yuan was just a prince who didn't know anything and tried his best to get the approval of his father and uncle.

His Zhao Jingming's younger brother, with the blood of the Zhao family, can live, die, plead guilty, and sacrifice his life for the country, but he should never die of superstition and suspicion.

It should be an accident that Concubine Xiao Gui conceived a child. The little girl back then had a one-night love affair with the emperor she admired, and she became the woman who gave birth to the little prince for the royal family with few children.But the child's father was about to die, and the empress was jealous and ruthless, she absolutely couldn't tolerate the pair of orphans and widows without his protection.That's why the prince who is about to ascend the throne is forced to marry a girl from the Xiao family. She doesn't need to be petted, at least they can protect the lives of their mother and child.

But the old emperor didn't expect Xiao Lu's hexagram in Fengbo Pavilion, the emperor Ziqi, the usurper, the Xiao family regarded it as fear, Zhao Qi chose the former between society and reason by mistake.Do you not believe that the successors can handle this shit?

So what if the secret is known, at most, a royal family scandal will be added to the history books for future generations to entertain.Since ancient times, Mingjun has how many red seedlings?If Zhao Yuan can ascend to the Ninth Five-Honored position, will he really be threatened by a mere mess?

The emperor is not a word, but the hearts of the people of the world.

If it were Zhao Jingming who threatened him with someone, he would directly write an imperial decree to announce the matter to the world, and two slaps would not kill him.

In fact, Zhao Ling still had selfish motives for this trip.

The last jade seal in Ningguo, as well as the man in black who saved Luo Yi, seemed to have disappeared from the world and never appeared or made trouble again.

Kuang Chengzong, Ning Qiumo, Gong Si... All three of them had lost important things in the war 20 years ago, whether it was the country or their relatives. Calculating this way, Zhao Ling subconsciously thought of Ningzhuang, the Prince Zhuang of Ningguo.

Prince Zhuang's Mansion holds a very important position in Ning Country. Ning Zhuanggui is the prince and holds military power in his hands.The Battle of the Allied Forces of the Five Nations against Ning destroyed his wealth and splendor, and ruined his bright future. Now he is just the head of the small bodyguard in Luo Wang's mansion, and is ordered back and forth by Princess Luo, a powerless broken sleeve like Princess Luo.

Think about it, it is very in line with the requirements of the candidate in black.

There are countless hidden guards in Liangdu, and the Luo Palace is even more difficult for flies to enter. It may be unrealistic to quietly give the jade seal to Ningzhuang.

Therefore, it is necessary to create an opportunity for that person to get close to Ningzhuang.

In this way, three people and three horses set off from Liangdu while the night was dark and the wind was high.

The imperial mausoleum is located in the easternmost part of Daliang, facing the blue sea in the east and the mountains in the west. It is said that a certain Taoist priest in the period of Emperor XXX calculated the place with the best geomantic omen in the entire Daliang border. Settled in this valley by the sea.

Zhao Ling did not enter the imperial mausoleum in his previous life, and Luo Yi picked up the ashes that were supposed to be thrown into the mass grave. It is said that they were buried on a beautiful and vast snow field in Mobei.

The farther east you go, the closer you get to the sea, the less people there are, because the seaside land is not suitable for growing food, and there are no lakes nearby, so the residents rely on fishing for a living.The fishermen pulled the nets on the fishing boats and harvested a lot. At this time, it was just catching up with the low tide, and the waves faded away, gradually revealing the golden sandy beach.

With bare feet, Zhao Ling stepped on a series of footprints in the soft sand.

Luo Yi stood on the embankment and watched. He didn't like sand, and it was easy to get into his boots, which made him feel uncomfortable.And Ning Zhuang led three horses, waiting for two people in the distance.

Zhao Ling squatted down and turned over a rock. There was a small puddle inside. The little crab quickly got into the crack of another rock.

He ate mostly hairy crabs from the lake, and he had never seen such a small crab.

Turning over the stone, I found two more.

Before he ran away, Zhao Ling quickly grabbed it with his hands, but it was empty and grabbed a handful of sand.

I can't believe I can't catch it.

He hasn't concentrated on doing one thing for a long time. Ever since he became another owner of Luo Wangfu, Luo Yi has completely done everything he wanted to do. Luo Yi knows him better than he imagined, and almost everything , He just had an idea, Luo Yi has already sent someone to finish everything.

How could a mere little crab escape his Wuzhi Mountain? With one hand, he turned over the stone, and with the other he swung vigorously, pressing down on the puddle with the palm of his hand... The crab didn't move, could it be... that he was shot to death?

In a panic, the little crab quickly swung its eight legs and slid under a big rock.

Crabs are smart and know how to play dead.

After several consecutive failures, he finally caught one.

"Luo Yi, come and see!" Zhao Ling happily jumped onto the embankment, holding the little crab in his palm.

Luo Yi looked at the little one who was spitting out bubbles, and instinctively wanted to throw it far away, but Zhao Ling seemed to have caught it and gave it to him, and wanted him to take it, so he took a deep breath, pretending to be clean of dead objects, clamp the crab with your fingers.

hiss~

Fingers caught in the crab's pincers.

The crab took back all the bullying he had just received, and Luo Yi's fingers instantly swelled up into big bumps.

Luo Yi didn't want to spoil Zhao Ling's interest, even though his fingers were numb and painful, he silently accepted the crab and put his hands behind his back.

Zhao Ling jumped down to catch the crab again, Luo Yi flicked his wrist quickly, but the crab couldn't be shaken off, nor could it be pulled, the pincers held it tightly and refused to let go.

"Luo Yi, come down and catch it with me!" Zhao Ling was addicted to catching crabs, and he didn't forget to call for a helper.

Lord Luo's complexion didn't seem very good.

It must be a problem of cleanliness. The concept of sand and dust is the difference in particle size. If Luo Yi can't get it down, Zhao Ling can only play by himself.

It's easy to pinch a small crab to death, but Zhao Ling caught it with great difficulty, and he will definitely be angry if he is pinched to death.The ten fingers connected to the heart, and the small wound was painful, Luo Yi hurriedly turned around and walked towards the horse, asking Ningzhuang to think of a way.

It's a pity that even though Guard Ning's sword was able to cut through thorns and thorns, he swung it in the air several times, but he didn't scare the little eight-legged boy.

A few fishermen's children next to them ran and sang beside the tree.

"It seems to like you quite a bit." The girl giggled, "It's not like that, uncle, give me your hand."

Luo Yi instinctively withdrew his hands, except for Zhao Ling, he would feel uncomfortable touching him.

The little girl pulled a piece of grass from the ground, walked over by herself, took Luo Yi's big hand, and said, "This is the way to go."

Luo Yi felt that the grass scratched his finger, and the crab's pincers suddenly loosened, his finger swelled up, and the blood that was blocked just now flowed back.

The little crab fell to the ground and crawled hard to the sea.The little girl picked up the little crab, "Uncle, can you give this to me?"

Luo Yi saw that Zhao Ling had caught a lot more, and it shouldn't matter if this one was given to the children, so he nodded.

The little girl ran away grabbing the little crab.

Zhao Ling climbed up the embankment with crabs in both hands. This time he caught big ones, as well as a lot of conch and clams. He was going to take them home to make seafood soup, and watched Luo Yi put his fingers in his mouth.

"How old are you still eating your hands?" Zhao Ling looked at that uncoordinated movement suspiciously.

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