Long live Emperor Wu!

Chapter 64 Provocation
Wu Rou and Princess Jinyang who were following them heard what the prince said. Princess Jinyang looked at Wu Rou sadly and stopped talking.

Wu Rou felt depressed in her heart. After thinking for a while, she raised her voice and said:

"Your Highness, you still have too high demands on yourself. Even if you are not perfect, so what? You are the prince, and you will be the emperor in the future. You stand in the highest position in the world, and you still have to look at other people's eyes? Isn't it all in vain? Honor and rights?"

The prince was surprised by Wu Rou's momentum. He turned his head to look at her in surprise.

This martial artist has always been a soft and well-behaved figure in his eyes. Apart from taking care of Princess Jinyang, he has no special impression of her.

He looked Wu Rou up and down again, as if he knew her for the first time, then withdrew his gaze and said softly:
"You don't understand...right is a pagoda made up of people. The person standing on the top of the tower must be supported by thousands of people. Without their support, if you fall from the top of the tower, you will fall off." ”

He paused and said:

"I admire your pride, but many things cannot be changed by your own pride."

Wu Rou tilted her head slightly and said:

"But the problem that His Highness has now is not that he has no support, but that he is afraid that there will be no support. His Majesty's support alone can be worth tens of millions. Plus the King of Jin and the courtiers who have been following His Highness, you don't have to worry about this." Worry in mind.

If I were Your Highness, if anyone looked at my feet again and felt that I was not worthy, I would dig out his eyes and make him feel uncomfortable instead of making me feel uncomfortable! "

The prince shuddered and pulled the reins to stop. King Jin turned his face and stared at Wu Rou with disapproval. Qing Jun frowned and said:
"The prince has a special status. If he does what you say, won't he be criticized for being cruel? Do you know how serious this is?"

Not to be outdone, Wu Rou retorted:

"Your Majesty has said that blind kindness is not a good thing. Since someone is against the prince, he is an enemy and a traitor. What's wrong with being a little cruel?
Furthermore, I am just giving an example to advise His Highness the Crown Prince not to feel sad and blame himself. He has not made any mistakes, he is just suffering from an illness. Why does he still look at others? …It’s better to make others feel uncomfortable than to make himself feel uncomfortable, right? "

King Jin looked at the prince and saw that the prince was deep in thought. The gloomy temperament just now dissipated a lot, and there was a little intense light in his eyes.He stopped talking.

Yes, as long as he no longer blames himself and is sentimental, that is better than anything else.

Wu Rou's last words catered to his eagerness for the prince's good, and it hit him hard.

"Do you think I am right?" Wu Rou asked Princess Jinyang.

Princess Jinyang raised her hand, patted it, and said:

"That's right. Anyway, I think the most important thing is to make Prince Brother happy."

Jin Wang Li Shan was speechless and looked at Wu Rou again with strange eyes, wondering why even Xizi was influenced by her?

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When the hunting time came, the prince's companions all came back, and they met each other on the way back.

The prince was chatting and laughing with them, discussing the prey they had caught, and listening to them talk about the hunting experience.

At this time, King Wei came with his people.

The King of Wei always valued literature and was not good at riding and shooting. Besides, of his size, he used to be able to just walk around and enjoy the scenery.

At this time, he led his men and caught up from behind. The horseback guards behind him carried several small game animals and a few wild boars on their backs.

With his fat eyes, he looked at the prince's reading team along the way. When he arrived in front of the prince, he smiled and asked:
"Brother, how was the harvest?"

The prince pointed behind him with his riding crop and said:

"Didn't you see that, that's all."

"I'm asking brother, how many times have you beaten yourself?" Wei King Li Tai looked directly at the prince, seeming to force him.

The atmosphere that was warm just now suddenly turned cold.

The prince bit his cheek, and the thin flesh on his mandible bulged, as if he was suffering from swallowing something. He turned his head, looked at him with the same straight eyes, sneered, and said:
"I don't have one, what about you?"

King Wei's eyes flickered, as if he felt something was different about the prince. He felt guilty for a moment, but he immediately plucked up the courage and said:
"I do not have either……"

He deliberately added in a contemptuous and mocking tone:
"But I have always been like this. In the past, His Highness the Crown Prince always laughed at me, saying that I was not diligent in my limbs. He taught me to practice more martial arts and practice riding and shooting. But look at you now, aren't you the same as me?"

This sentence was so heartbreaking that even those who were listening felt angry.

After he finished speaking, he left, driving his horse in front of the prince. Princess Jinyang shouted at his back:
"Fourth Brother, what are you talking about?! When did Brother Prince laugh at you?!"

King Li Tai of Wei did not look back. Maybe he was too fat to turn around while sitting on the horse. He said from a distance:
"He knows whether he is laughing or not."

Several of the companions following the prince also had dark faces. One of them was the legitimate son of the Minister of Hubu. He glanced at King Jin and then said to the prince:

"Your Highness... During this period of time, His Majesty has kept His Majesty the King of Wei in the Wude Palace. He is not underage like His Majesty the King of Jin. He already has a family and a mansion, but he always stays in the palace and lives by His Majesty's side. .What would others think, and what would King Wei think himself?
...I see that he is thinking too much about his attitude towards you before and what his attitude is now. ! "

The prince had a gloomy face and said nothing.

King Jin quickly explained:

"My father didn't think much about it. He liked the volume of "Kuo Di Zhi" and often wanted to ask questions, so he left the fourth brother in the palace. After a while, he almost turned over the "Kuo Di Zhi" When it's over, I'll definitely let the fourth brother go back." "Your Majesty often doesn't think too much, but you can't stop others from thinking too much!" The legitimate son of the Minister of Tobe said, turning his head and shouting to the crowd behind him:
"Wei Shuyu! What do you think?"

Wu Rou followed his gaze and saw an inconspicuous young man in the crowd raising his hand to indicate that he was there.

He was about the same age as the Prince of Jin, and most of the Prince's companions were in their 20s. He was among them, and his inconspicuousness became more conspicuous.

Wei Shuyu saw everyone looking at him, so he quickly said:

"I will tell my grandfather about this when I get home."

The prince turned his head and glanced at Wei Shuyu, then softly comforted him and said:

"Master Wei is not feeling well and is recuperating at home, so don't bother him."

Another companion disagreed and said:

"If you don't bother Mr. Wei Zheng, who will say something to His Majesty? Only if Mr. Wei speaks, Your Majesty will think the matter is serious. Otherwise, even King Jin will think it's nothing, and Your Majesty will just think we are making a fuss out of a molehill."

Wu Rou then understood that no wonder Wei Shuyu, at such a young age, became the prince's companion. It was because Wei Zheng's grandson, Wei Shuyu, had entered the East Palace only after Wei Zheng had recently become the prince's master.

"I'm not..." Prince Jin originally wanted to defend himself, but after thinking about it, he decided not to.

He advocated waiting for his father to release his fourth brother from the palace... which was indeed exactly what they said.

But seeing that the fourth brother was becoming more and more disrespectful towards the prince, he really couldn't ignore it, otherwise the relationship between the brothers would only get worse.

The prince did not speak this time, and acquiesced with a sullen face.

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The day after hunting, there will be a polo match. The number and scale of participants in the polo match outside will be much larger than that in the palace. Most of the young men and women who followed will participate.

Usually, the prince kicks off the first game.

This year, King Jin will kick off the match instead of the prince.

In the stands, Wu Rou and Princess Jinyang sat together, watching King Jin swing the club and hit the ball, and the two teams inside chased it like the wind.

King Jin slipped to the side of the field and retreated.

Wu Rou saw that there were many barbarians mixed in on the court. Everyone was entangled. The ball was wandering around in the court and basically did not hit the ground. The intensity of the scene was far beyond what she had ever seen in the palace. the match of.

Her mind was drawn to it and she didn't dare to leave for a moment.

Suddenly, a familiar voice came to my ears:

"Hmph... Now whenever the prince is needed, Xiao Jiu will do it for him. Wouldn't it be better to just let Xiao Jiu be the prince?"

It was the voice of King Wei.

Wu Rou's pupils shrank, and she turned her head and looked upward.

On the throne, the emperor was sitting, with Changsun Wuji standing next to him. The two of them were concentrating on their conversation. The emperor showed a hearty smile from time to time, and did not notice at all.

But the prince sitting next to the emperor's lower left hand obviously heard what King Wei said. He was holding a wine glass in his hand and looking forward, squeezing his fingers until his knuckles turned white. His eyes were filled with hidden hatred.

Wu Rou followed the prince's gaze and landed on Prince Jin who was coming back.

She suddenly felt a little nervous, so she secretly pushed Princess Jinyang with her arm and winked.

Princess Jinyang also felt that the atmosphere was wrong, but she didn't know how to ease it. She said in a low voice with a grimace:
"There's nothing I can do if you push me..."

At this time, King Jin climbed up the steps from below, walked to the throne and stood in front of the throne. He first saluted the emperor, then saluted the prince, and finally gently shouted to Changsun Wuji beside the emperor, He called his uncle as a greeting.

Changsun Wuji smiled and nodded to him, with relief in his eyes and said with emotion:
"Seeing that His Highness Prince Jin has grown up, time flies so fast."

These words should be the content of the subsequent chat with the emperor, and should be said to the emperor.

At first glance, he looks like a scholar, with a bit of arrogance, but he is extremely thin and tall. In the aesthetic atmosphere of the Tang Dynasty, which advocated physical fitness, he looks like a Taoist priest who has been participating in fasting and preparing to cultivate immortality. of.

Wu Rou cursed in her heart, saying that her nephew looked like her uncle, and that King Jin and Changsun Wuji had similar temperaments. It was just that King Jin was a born fairy, while Changsun Wuji was a Taoist who cultivated immortality.

At this time, there was a sudden "pop" sound, the porcelain cup in the prince's hand broke, and the wine spilled into his hand.

Everyone, even the emperor, looked over in surprise.

The prince clutched the remaining pieces of porcelain. The blood and wine mixed together, turning a light pink color, dripping down. He glared at King Jin fiercely and said angrily:

"What did you call me just now? Big brother?...You don't even take me seriously now, do you?!"

(End of this chapter)