I'm really not King Jing of Zhongshan

Chapter 263 The gun is in hand, follow me!
"Xiao Jiu, went to the Lieutenant's Mansion?"

Changle Palace, Changxin Palace.

Hearing that Liu Sheng had gone to the Lieutenant's Mansion, Empress Dowager Dou only shook her head slowly, and let out a long sigh full of melancholy.

"Ugh······"

"This child has valued friendship since he was a child..."

"It's okay~"

"Forget it..."

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"The bastard, have you arrived at the Lieutenant's Mansion?"

Weiyang Palace, Xuanshi Palace.

Asked with a smile, when Zhi in front of him nodded his head heavily, Tianzi Qi shook his head with a strange smile, and smiled abruptly.

"Hey!"

"really······"

"Since you're gone, Qing, you should stay in the palace for a while longer."

"When that bastard wants to kidnap someone, Qing will go back..."

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"Prince, have you gone to the Lieutenant's Mansion?"

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"To the Lieutenant's Mansion?"

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"The Lieutenant's Mansion?"

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For a moment, it seemed that this voice was the only one left in the entire Chang'an City;
——Prince, went to the Lieutenant's Mansion?
I don't know how many people have asked questions like this on this day;
In front of him, the person who brought him the news nodded, and I don't know how many people were dumbfounded, their eyes widened, and their mouths opened into a capital 'O'.

In the past, the Lieutenant's Mansion, which had always kept a low profile and kept a low profile, attracted the attention of the entire Chang'an City.

That is to say, under the attention of everyone in Chang'an, the crown prince Liu Sheng finally stepped into the dungeon gate of the Lieutenant's Mansion.

But in the dungeon, Linjiang King Liu Rong, who was desperately waiting for someone, froze in place with a dull expression the moment he saw Liu Sheng walk into the prison door...
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Walking into the prison cell, he looked around for a while, and after confirming that Liu Rong hadn't really suffered from the 'suffering of prison', Liu Sheng nodded to himself.

Walked forward indifferently, and sat down on the opposite side of the couch where Liu Rong was;
He put the wooden food box in his hand at his feet, opened the lid, and Liu Sheng personally brought the dishes that were still steaming to the meal table between the two brothers.

Naturally, there are also two wine cups that are about to be filled with fine wines for the two brothers to drink together...

"Guess and guess, brother, you can't eat any good wine or food in the Lieutenant's Mansion;"

"Try it?"

"It's made by the chef of the Taiwomen."

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"Well······"

"Speaking of which, this is the first time that my two brothers drink together alone?"

Looking at the table in front of him, which was empty just a moment ago, it was filled with wine, meat and meals brought by Liu Sheng in the blink of an eye, Liu Rong only raised his head in astonishment;
After scrutinizing Liu Sheng's gradually majestic facial features for a moment, he nodded slowly again, and brought his attention back to the wine, meat and meals in front of him.

"I heard that prisoners on death row will be given such a meal of wine and meat before being escorted to the execution ground."

"——It is said in the market that this is the wine for seeing off and the meal for beheading;"

"It's just that I didn't expect it anyway: my farewell wine and severed head meal were actually sent by Xiaojiu..."

As he spoke, Liu Rong finally recovered from his stupefaction, reached out to pick up the chopsticks, and casually picked up a small piece of meat.

It's just that the piece of meat, from being picked up by Liu Rong, brought to his mouth, to being chewed slowly in his mouth - it took dozens of breaths of time, but Liu Rong couldn't wait for the expected response.

When Liu Rong looked at Liu Sheng up and down, Liu Sheng, as his younger brother, was also looking at his elder brother.

As far as Liu Sheng could see: the two brothers hadn't seen each other for just over a year, and the elder brother, Liu Rong, had already lost weight visibly to the naked eye.

The eyes that once exuded kindness and indifference all the time are almost completely dim at this moment;
The face that once made Liu Sheng complain about "hypocrisy" can only see endless misery and despair now.

In the temperament, there is a lethargy emanating from the inside out;

Between the brows, it is even more tragic...
"Whoo~"

"This side, we will see each other sooner or later;"

"This day will come sooner or later..."

After looking at Liu Rong for a long time, and saying this to himself in his heart, Liu Sheng finally raised his head and smiled at Liu Rong.

It's just that Liu Sheng himself didn't realize that this smile is a rare, sincere smile without any hypocrisy in the past year or so...

"Brother was joking;"

"If it's really a severed meal, how could it be sent by my younger brother?"

"—Even if my younger brother is really a treacherous villain who disrespects his elder brother and snatches the crown prince's position from his elder brother by any means, he won't be so stupid, right?"

"Even if it's for my own reputation, I will definitely keep my elder brother at a respectful distance, and just sit and watch my elder brother get into trouble, but remain indifferent?"

As he spoke, Liu Sheng did not forget to work on his hands - while speaking, he had already filled the wine cup in front of the two of them;
He raised his glass to invite wine with a smile, and saw Liu Rong holding up the wine cup with both hands without hesitation, then raised the wine cup in his hand towards Liu Sheng, and drank the wine in one gulp.

"Whoo~"

He let out a sigh that seemed to be joyful, but also sighed like a sigh of regret, and then put the wine cup back on the table, allowing Liu Sheng to fill up the wine cup again with a smile;

Lowering his head slightly, and wiping off the wine stains around his mouth with his sleeve, Liu Rong laughed twice without raising his head, and shook his head again.

"Actually, Xiao Jiu doesn't need to say;"

"Speak out, and I've already reacted."

"——If it's a severed head meal, it will definitely not be sent by Xiaojiu..."

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"Then I thought again: Could it be that there are some articles in this wine and meat?"

"But after thinking about it for a while, I realized again: I'm afraid not."

"—Since I was a child, among my brothers, Xiao Jiu is the smartest and smartest."

"If you want me to die, Xiao Jiu can't do it, and it's impossible to use such an unappealing method;"

"It's even more impossible to come in person..."

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"Whoo~"

"Ah······"

"Even if it's really a meal with a severed head, or the poisoned wine that sent me on my way, what can I do?"

"—Can the princes and kings who are imprisoned in the prison control their own destiny and freely choose life and death?"

"No matter what is in front of you, as a prisoner, you can only eat and drink obediently..."

As he said that, Liu Rong really put on a posture of "I eat/drink what you give me", grabbed the wine cup and drank for a while;
Liu Rong repeated the movements of drinking with his head up and pouring his head down several times.

After drinking three cups in a row, he wiped his mouth with his hand nonchalantly, and began to eat heartily regardless of his image.

Pieces of meat and vegetables were gobbled up by Liu Rong;

On the face that should have been filled with satisfaction, there were already traces of tears and a sad smile that was uglier than crying...

"Well;"

"happy!"

"I have lived for nearly 20 years, and I have never eaten such a delicious meal, and I have never had such a hearty drink!"

He ate and drank by himself for a long time, swept most of the food on the table, his cheeks were already a little red, Liu Rongcai finally raised his head with a smile that was not a smile;
On the other side of Liu Rong, Liu Sheng looked at Liu Rong infatuatedly, and only smiled and lowered his head when Liu Rong was full.

Grabbing the wine cup in front of him, sipping it like a tea drinker, his eyes naturally fell on the wine cup in his hand, the two brothers finally started talking about something.

——Some things that should have been mentioned long ago, but have not been mentioned by the two brothers for a long time, or, in other words, have been 'forgotten' by the two brothers...

"Since I set off from Jiangling, almost everyone who sees me will mention four words in front of me."

"—Jiangling Ancestral Temple."

"Xiao Jiu, don't you want to ask?"

Hearing that Liu Rong took the initiative to mention this trip and that he was called into Chang'an for the 'crime', Liu Sheng shook his head without hesitation and laughed at himself.

"Tai Temple..."

"Hey;"

"—The same method can be used intact for the second time."

"It seems that big brother really pushed someone to the point that he had to be like this..."

Liu Sheng raised his head with a half-smile after he uttered some dark words;
The two brothers looked at each other for a while, and after a while, they both shook their heads and laughed.

Skipping over the matter of the 'Jiangling Ancestral Temple', Liu Sheng thought over and over again, and finally expressed the doubts in his heart that have been buried until now.

"I still don't know what happened in Shanglin Garden that day."

"Obviously I promised my elder brother personally, but in the end I still became the crown prince for no reason, and I don't know how to explain it to my elder brother..."

"Ah;"

"Even if you explain it, Big Brother won't believe it..."

He took a strong breath, spit out the suffocation stuck in his chest, and then said the words that had been suppressed in his heart, Liu Sheng only let out a sigh of relief;
Silenced in the relaxed mood of 'don't keep these things in your heart', after a moment of nostalgia, Liu Sheng raised his head calmly again.

But at this moment, facing the big brother Liu Rong sitting in front of him, there is only a pure, bitter smile full of self-deprecating?
"I was there that day."

"I witnessed everything that happened in Shanglin Palace that day."

"It's just a matter of that day..."

"—People often say that as long as a person dies, no matter how shocking things he has done in front of him, he should not continue to talk about or blame him."

"What happened that day..."

"Hi;"

"Don't mention it~"

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"On the contrary, the crown prince can fall on Xiao Jiu's head, which makes me very happy."

"At least compared to the fourth and seventh children, and the little ten in Qilan Temple..."

"—even compared to me, Xiao Jiu is the one who is more suitable to be a prince."

"Although I can't say I'm happy for Xiao Jiu, I still feel inexplicably at ease."

The words with a smile only caused Liu Sheng to frown suspiciously;

After looking carefully at Liu Rong's face for a moment, he found that the elder brother always had a smile on his face, a calm face that did not seem to be fake at all;
After thinking for a while, Liu Sheng finally asked hesitantly: "Brother, do you really think so?"

"Brother really won't feel awkward when he sees me just because I'm the prince?"

"——Back then, I promised my elder brother with my own mouth: I will never move my mind that shouldn't be moved;"

"But now, I have become the crown prince and prince, and lived in the crown prince's uterus grandly."

"Big brother really doesn't care about these things at all?"

Full of suspicion, he asked several times, but only made Liu Rong shake his head and laugh;
Shaking his head with a wry smile, he drank another glass of wine, took a deep breath, stretched out his hand with a self-deprecating expression, and swept it across his body.

"Xiao Jiu, look."

"This is Linjiang King of my Han family;"

"He is the eldest son of the emperor father;"

"Now, as a criminal, he is imprisoned in the Lieutenant's Mansion and may be taken to the execution ground at any time."

"——The identities of the clan relatives Liu, princes and princes are all useless;"

"Just wait for my father's order, even if I was escorted outside the East City, and abandoned the city in front of the people of Chang'an, it would definitely not be a strange thing..."

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"I have already fallen into such a field;"

"Xiao Jiu actually asked me: Do you mind if I become the prince?"

"Ah······"

"—Xiao Jiu thinks, do I still have the right to mind?"

"Do I still care about Xiaojiu, who sat on the position of the crown prince and lived in the womb of the crown prince?"

If he said a word, Liu Rong smiled miserably again, grabbed the wine cup and drank it down in one gulp.

After only a moment, Liu Rong, who put the wine cup back on the table, got up unsteadily from his seat.

Lowering his head slightly, sitting in front of him condescendingly looking down, he was looking up at his younger brother Liu Sheng;
Just look straight at it, look at it;

Liu Sheng looked a little stiff, and even felt a little guilty. Liu Rong, who was half drunk, finally grinned slightly.

This smile is so pure and sincere...

"I don't blame Xiaojiu for the mother's matter."

"Xiao Jiu, don't take it too seriously."

"—That day, what happened in the Shanglin Palace, and my mother was also involved."

"Since that day, when my second and third sons and I became kings one after another, and were forced to leave the capital to take up feudal duties, my mother was destined to die soon..."

Hearing Liu Rong's words, although Liu Sheng's face remained gloomy, there was a faint flash of "it really is so" in his eyes.

On the opposite side of Liu Sheng, Liu Rong, who was looking down at Liu Sheng through the dining table, did not notice this.

He just lowered his head and stared deeply into the depths of Liu Sheng's gaze;
After a long time, he shook his head and smiled inexplicably.

"You can't blame other people for the matter of the third child."

"—Since childhood, the third child has been very thoughtful."

"Last year, when the three of my brothers became kings, the third brother was already ashamed."

"This year, when I heard the news of my mother's death, I didn't recover from it for a while. It's not incomprehensible to fall ill and die..."

Hearing Liu Rong talk about his dead younger brother—the third son of the emperor, Changshan King Liu Yu, Liu Sheng only frowned subconsciously;
From Liu Rong mentioning Li Ji first, then Liu Yu later, but saying in the same way, "It's not Xiaojiu's fault", Liu Sheng vaguely sensed something.

And after Liu Rong said the next paragraph, Liu Sheng finally confirmed his guess...

"It's my turn~"

"It's my turn..."

"—Mom, it's because of what happened in Shanglin Palace that day;"

"The third child, it was an accident."

"but me·······"

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"Ah;"

"—I must die."

"The king of Linjiang must die."

"I once had the opportunity to become the crown prince, but in the end I failed to become the crown prince;"

"Since that day, I have long been destined to die..."

The extremely bleak words finally made Liu Sheng realize what was wrong with Liu Rong's tone of voice.

——Liu Rong, the will to die has been born!
Maybe before, it was just a thought, or something like 'Is this really the case? ' thoughts;

But at this moment, whether it was because of drinking or meeting Liu Sheng, Liu Rong didn't make up his mind at first, but it seemed that he had already made up his mind.

Liu Rong, ready to face death...

"Promise me one thing."

Before Liu Sheng could open his mouth and explain the purpose of his trip, Liu Rong turned around unsteadily;

Then, a piece of beige silk cloth with obviously uneven edges and even burrs was taken out by Liu Rong from under the pillow on the couch.

Seeing that the beige silk cloth had already been stained with crimson, even black-red blood, Liu Sheng's expression gradually became serious, only adding a touch of seriousness.

"This is my letter of apology to my father and grandmother."

"Xiao Jiu, send it to the emperor's grandmother for me."

"—I went to Changle, Xiao Jiu doesn't need to plead for me;"

"Even if the imperial grandmother doesn't want to read this letter, Xiao Jiu must not say anything."

"Just wait until later, when the imperial grandmother takes the initiative to ask again, and Xiao Jiu will deliver this letter to the imperial grandmother..."

The indifferent and inexplicably decisive words caused Liu Sheng to be puzzled for a while;
Reaching out to take the blood book, he made a movement of spreading the cloth with his hand, and looked at Liu Rong slightly asking for instructions.

After Liu Rong nodded silently, Liu Sheng lowered his head and opened the piece of cloth.

After reading the content of this 'letter', Liu Sheng's expression quietly showed a look of astonishment...

"Grandson..."

"Linjiang Palace..."

"Jiangling Taimiao..."

"National Prime Minister, Internal History..."

"Don't dare to defend yourself, please reduce your punishment..."

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"middle······"

"Lieutenant Zhidu?"

Looking down at the bloody book, looking at the first half, Liu Rong thought that Empress Dowager Dou and Tianzi Qi would sincerely explain 'I really didn't dig the wall of the Jiangling Imperial Temple', Liu Sheng didn't think there was anything wrong;
But after watching the second half, Liu Rong started with a sentence of "Zhongweizhi is all self-serving, avenging private revenge", Liu Sheng finally raised his head solemnly.

If it is said that before, Liu Sheng could barely understand Liu Rong's depression of "I will die hot", but at this moment, Liu Sheng looked at Liu Rong, but he brought the crown prince with him, and he was dealing with the state affairs. Make it prudent!

"Brother, do you want to kill Zhidu?"

"—Is it to use the hand of the emperor's grandmother to kill Zhi Zhi?"

Frightened by Liu Sheng's serious tone without warning, Liu Rong couldn't help being stunned for a moment, even sober from drunk;
And after Liu Sheng asked this question, the two brothers had a brief exchange, and finally Liu Rong realized: What is the purpose of Liu Sheng's visit to the Lieutenant's Mansion...

"Xiao Jiu doesn't know something;"

"That Goshawk Zhidu didn't even give me the cloth and pen for writing!"

"If Xiaojiu hadn't come here today, I would have thought that Zhidu did this because Xiaojiu instructed..."

"—just for this?"

"—Just like this, does the elder brother want to kill Zhidu?"

"of course not;"

"It's just that this time, I'm afraid it will be difficult for me to escape from the Lieutenant's Mansion..."

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"—Brother, can you trust me?"

"Ok?"

"What do you mean?"

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"Little Nine!"

"No, no..."

"—Come with me!"

"—If you don't leave, you won't be able to leave!!!"

　Call ~
　　Written from early morning until now...

　　The fever is gone, but my physical condition still makes me unable to speed up.

　　Let's do this first, I'll go to sleep.

　　If there is no accident, it should wake up in the early morning. If the body is in good condition, there may be a change before dawn tomorrow morning.

　　Thank you for your understanding.

　　good night, everyone.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)