Phoenix Fight: The First Concubine

Chapter 159
Seeing this, Xiao Mingrui silently retreated without begging for mercy.

Before leaving, he also saw the eighth brother looking at him with a little flinching in his eyes.

Xiao Mingrui snorted, knowing that even Zaohui, the eighth younger brother, would not be able to understand what was going on. He was able to read this Zheng Boke Duan Yuyan at this time, obviously someone taught him in advance.

The eighth prince's biological mother is Concubine Rong.

He thought about the relationship behind this in his heart, and he couldn't underestimate it. A child was also used by them.

Of course, a child who grows up in the palace has no childhood, didn't his childhood come from the same way?
When I was a child, there were fights and frictions between brothers, and these small methods of framing were never rare.

The eighth prince was specially taught to apply eye drops like this calmly, but it really achieved results.

It's just that Emperor Jianwu was not a fool, and he absolutely couldn't fail to see it.

On the contrary, he was so shady by someone, so how could he just let it go?

It was only at this time that he realized that once King Qi fell, he would become the eldest son, the candidate for the future crown prince, the Ninth Fifth Prince!

And he has become the target of public criticism!

Just like everyone used to target King Qi, now they may not want to step on King Qi, but are targeting him.

This is the biggest reason for what happened today.

Without interests, who would speak for King Qi?

Xiao Mingrui knelt under the sun, but his heart was cold, and now he suddenly felt his father's feeling of being too cold at a high place.

I'm afraid there will be more calculations and open and dark arrows from now on, and today is just the beginning.

Who doesn't want to fight for that position, if he and King Qi are defeated by taking this opportunity, as long as Emperor Jianwu lives for ten more years, his younger brothers will all be adults, it's really hard to say what the result will be.

I just wanted to accuse him of such a crime, but it was not as easy as I thought!
There was a fire burning in his dark pupils.

At this time, Gao Wugong, the chief eunuch, happened to pass by, and his eyes flickered when he saw this scene. Before, Su De asked him to see how King Luo was doing. Now, seeing Xiao Mingrui standing upright and kneeling outside Xinuang Pavilion, he was sweating profusely and his back was wet. It sucks, but he still maintains that posture.

Gao Wugong wiped the sweat off his brow, took two eunuchs into Xinuang Pavilion, and listened to the Eighth Prince reading Tang poems.

"Three or two branches of peach blossoms outside the bamboo, the Prophet of Spring River Plumbing Duck..."

The child's immature voice read it, and Emperor Jianwu just closed his eyes and meditated, wondering if he had listened to the eighth prince's reading.

Gao Wugong stopped in front of the cool couch, and Emperor Jianwu opened his eyes.

"Your Majesty, the maidservant has returned, and the matter has been settled."

Emperor Jianwu took a look at the eighth prince, told him to wait in the side hall, turned around, and asked, "How is King Qi?"

"Still refusing to eat or drink, the imperial doctor said that King Qi is now weak."

Emperor Jianwu sneered: "He knows how to threaten me with this, is he sure that I dare not kill his son?"

Gao Wugong didn't dare to answer the question, the emperor's family affairs, as domestic slaves, they didn't have the ability to intervene.

Emperor Jianwu's eyes became sharp. Although he was still recuperating at the moment, like a sick tiger, even though he was lying there, he gave people a feeling of calm and prestige, which was so oppressive that people couldn't breathe.

"Has the people from the Department of General Affairs not checked it out yet?"

"They are investigating, but so far, they have not found any connection between King Luo and this matter, because King Luo has been staying in the capital to supervise the country, until King Qi sent troops out of Beijing with false decrees. On the way, he wanted to repeat the old trick , blocked people in Datong. However, the emperor was wise and mighty, and sent a letter to King Luo in advance. King Luo returned to Beijing and took away the soldiers of the Jingnan Camp, and led the troops to suppress the rebellion..."

Gao Wugong roughly told what happened in the city that night, including the attack on the Luo Palace, which almost couldn't withstand it. If the reinforcements did not arrive in time, it would be very dangerous, and the same is true for the Qin Palace.Murong's family, including King Luo's father-in-law, suffered heavy losses.

According to various signs, there is indeed no place to prove that Xiao Mingrui knew about this matter and contributed to it.

Emperor Jianwu thought of the story he had just heard, could Xiao Mingrui be that Zheng Bo?
But he still didn't think it was possible, and Xiao Mingrui couldn't predict, how could he know that he would be injured, and what happened ahead?

Thinking about it this way, Emperor Jianwu became a little suspicious.

"Go send a message and tell that rebellious son not to go on a hunger strike, otherwise I will kill his family and bring him into the palace tomorrow, and I want to see him!"

After returning from the border, Emperor Jianwu had not seen his son yet.

There are some things that he wants to ask now.

Gao Wugong agreed.

Emperor Jianwu looked outside and seemed to be able to see the scorching sun. He frowned and said, "King Luo is still kneeling outside?"

"Yes, when the slaves came, the prince was still kneeling."

Emperor Jianwu snorted, "Plead for that rebellious son, he is a good brother! Go and tell him to go home and contemplate behind closed doors."

Gao Wugong hurriedly persuaded the emperor to calm down.

When Gao Wugong came out, he looked up and saw that the sun was already noon. The sun was so poisonous at noon in summer, and it made people feel dizzy after a while.

Xiao Mingrui is in good health, but he is not hard-boiled. At this time, his face is already red, and when he is sweating profusely, people will lose too much water and are prone to heat stroke.

Gao Wugong hurriedly stepped forward to help Xiao Mingrui get up, and called the people around him to help Xiao Mingrui to the side hall.

The maid waiter Xiao Mingrui washed his face and drank herbal tea, he asked slowly: "Eunuch Gao, is your father still angry?"

Gao Wugong smiled and said: "The emperor just said to let the prince go back and think about his mistakes behind closed doors. Most likely, the emperor still loves you, and is afraid that you will suffer from heatstroke. But wait until tomorrow and you should calm down."

"Father's body is important. Eunuch Gao persuaded Father for me. The dragon's body is the most important thing in everything."

Xiao Mingrui spoke calmly.

Not long after, Su De also came, Gao Wugong still had something to do, so of course he couldn't stay here, Xiao Mingrui wanted to go back and meditate behind closed doors, and he couldn't stay long, so he left with Su De.

After leaving the palace and getting into the carriage, Su De hurriedly called the doctor to diagnose Xiao Mingrui. It was just a sign of heatstroke, but it was not serious. Xiao Mingrui changed his clothes and put on a cotton gauze robe. Basin is really much better than under the sun.

Su De said in a low voice: "Princess is very worried about you. She was afraid that the emperor would be offended, so she asked her servants to rush over to find out the news. Fortunately, the emperor didn't let you kneel for too long."

Xiao Mingrui has been kneeling for more than an hour now, and he was a little dizzy before, and he hasn't recovered much yet, seeing what Su De said, he said: "It's okay, my king is in good health, go back and close the door to think about your mistakes, just in time for a rest. "

These days he was so busy that he didn't have any free time. He closed the door and thought about what to do, but he took the opportunity to rest and wished for it.

Su De didn't know what happened today, but seeing Xiao Mingrui's secretive appearance, he didn't dare to ask.

After returning to the palace, Murong Wei came out to greet him a long time ago. Seeing that his face was flushed and his eyes were almost red, she welcomed him back to Tianxiang Garden and asked someone to prepare a bath. Xiao Mingrui took a bath, and Murong Wei boiled again. He gave him a decoction to prevent heatstroke.

"Let me take a look." She rolled up his trouser legs, saw that his knees were red, held back her breath and took the ointment and rubbed it on him, and said, "It's not winter, otherwise, I would be a cold boy." legs!"

Xiao Mingrui saw that he was full of anger, knew that she felt sorry for him, and said with a smile: "It's really my luck."

Murong Wei glared at him, "What's more, it's a hot day, this is still a father and son, I think..."

Xiao Mingrui hurriedly said: "It is impossible to say that."

Murong Wei was furious in her heart, what kind of father and son are monarchs and ministers, is this just called father and son?
Is there such a father?
Xiao Mingrui was a little sad, but he said: "Aren't all fathers and sons in the world like this?"

Murong Wei didn't want to refute him, lest he feel even more uncomfortable.

Of course, father and son in the world are not like their father and son. Naturally, everything is dangerous in the largest courtyard in the world, and even the relationship between father and son is mixed with interests.

"Let you stay at home and think about your mistakes? Well, I think it's not bad. Seeing that you are tired recently, the fish in the lake in our house are very fat. It's good to go fishing in your spare time."

Murong Wei said while rubbing his knees.

Xiao Mingrui laughed and said, "That's a precious fish that I keep in stock, not for fishing and eating."

"It's called ecological balance. If those fish don't catch them to eat, they will die of fat. I planted lotus flowers in the lake the year before last, and I can get some tender lotus roots to eat later. But it's good to have a good time."

Xiao Mingrui shook his head helplessly: "Well, it's up to you, and I'll go catch fish with you."

After Murong Wei rubbed his legs, she stood up and washed her hands, smiling sweetly: "It's rare for the prince to enjoy the fun of the farm, why don't you put your love in the mountains and rivers?"

Xiao Mingrui actually had something on his mind, and what happened today made him more cautious, but seeing his wife's kind invitation to make him happy, he didn't refuse.

When the sun was setting in the afternoon, Murong Wei and he took a boat with three bright tiles and went on a tour of the lake together.

The boat lady steered the boat in front, and Murong Wei picked a lot of lotus flowers in the middle of the lake and put them into the basket. Some of them had lotus seeds, and when they were peeled, there was a sweet smell.

She peeled the lotus seeds and fed them to Xiao Mingrui, Xiao Mingrui is quite comfortable, half leaning on the boat to fish, the fish in this lake are rarely caught by anyone, he is not cunning and fearful, he catches quite a few from time to time, including a golden carp.

Xiao Mingrui saw it and said: "It's better to let it go. This golden carp is also rare. After staying for many years, maybe the fish will jump the dragon gate and soar into the sky."

Murong Wei thought to herself: It would be weird if this carp could transform into a dragon, but he seemed to be sighing in his words, so she smiled and said, "That's fine, I haven't seen a carp jumping over a dragon's gate yet, I don't know what it's like?"

Xiao Mingrui let go of the golden carp, "I've seen Yellow River carp jumping over the dragon's gate in the Yellow River before, but they struggled to jump high, and it was always difficult to jump to the sky."

Murong Wei was thoughtful: "So, it's better than eating and waiting to die."

Xiao Mingrui peeled off the lotus seeds and ate them. The sweet lotus seeds were lingering on the tip of his tongue. He looked at the sunset leisurely, feeling emotional.

On the second day, a corner door of Prince Qi's Mansion, which was originally closed, was opened. King Qi, who had been locked at home and could not come out, entered the palace today in a sedan chair.

The sky was still bright, and the palace city had already opened. King Qi entered the inner palace in a sedan chair, and then walked to Qianqing Palace on foot.

As the emperor's bedroom, the Qianqing Palace is generally not allowed to enter by foreign ministers, and even adult sons need to be summoned before they can enter.

Early in the morning, King Qi didn't wear the prince's crown clothes, but only a cyan-colored straight dress, without any decorations on his body, he was obviously thinner, his eye sockets were sunken, and he looked thin and bony.

Such a state naturally makes people feel a lot of emotion.

Just a few months ago, the king of Qi, the royal family and nobles, who was still in glory, lost everything by accident.

Emperor Jianwu didn't let him into the palace immediately, Gao Wugong saw King Qi at the palace gate and said, "The emperor is still asleep."

King Qi said in a deep voice: "I don't dare to disturb my father, so I am waiting here for my father."

This time, he waited for two hours at once, until the sun was high, the temperature rose, and the sun was scorching, King Qi was still waiting there.

At this time, he was also sweating profusely, enjoying Xiao Mingrui's enjoyment yesterday.

Not long after, Gao Wugong came again, and it turned out that Emperor Jianwu had summoned him.

King Qi hurried in.

It was much cooler after entering the main hall. Emperor Jianwu was eating breakfast under the service of eunuchs, when he raised his eyes to see his eldest son, his face was cold.

King Qi immediately knelt down and apologized.

Emperor Jianwu waved his hand to push the others back, and he was only one Gao Wugong, who was close.

"You are on a hunger strike at home, why, do you want to trap me in injustice?"

The king of Qi choked up and said: "My son knows that he is guilty of death, and now he dare not seek to live, but only wants to reduce his sins with his life."

King Qi didn't want to die either, and if he failed, he had to protect the future of his wife and children.

In such an embarrassing position, it is better to ask for death, or to arouse a little compassion from father and son.

Besides, he is still very clear that Emperor Jianwu is an emperor who cares about face. He values ​​his posthumous reputation and the history books, so he will never give himself a bad reputation for killing his son.

Even so, being imprisoned in a walled compound never to see the light of day may be his future as well.

King Qi is not a person who is so willing to fail.

Emperor Jianwu sneered and said, "Do you want to blackmail me with this?"

"My son dare not, my son absolutely has no such intention."

Emperor Jianwu asked very tiredly: "Now I ask you, why did you revolt and murder me in the first place? I haven't decided who to establish at the time, so you are so courageous that you want to strike first?"

Although Emperor Jianwu was injured in front at that time, the injury was not serious, and he was in a coma for a day. After waking up, he once had the idea of ​​establishing a reserve, fearing that he would not be able to hold on because of it.

For this reason, he discussed with the minister.

But Emperor Jianwu was an old fox. After his injury improved, he dismissed this idea, but deliberately leaked the matter to test the reaction of his two sons.

But he didn't expect the matter to develop so seriously that it almost escaped his control.

Because of this matter, King Qi actually conspired to kill him first, forged the will, and then sent soldiers to seize the military power in the capital, and turned the crime of King Luo's "unauthorized" transfer of troops from the capital into a death penalty. greatest opportunity.

King Qi's plan was not out of the question, and even almost succeeded.

But he still failed.

Facing Emperor Jianwu's questioning, King Qi sighed: "My son was fascinated for a while, thinking that the father wants to have a second younger brother, so... Father, the son is convicted."

"How do you know that I am going to establish Mingrui? Did I say so?" Emperor Jianwu was a little angry. Originally, this matter was also a test, a test. If there is no movement between these two sons, Emperor Jianwu really can't tell what to do. Do.

Although the eldest son King Qi was ruthless to his brothers, Emperor Jianwu was also ruthless in choosing an heir.

He was the eldest son, and Emperor Jianwu didn't want to abolish the elder and establish the younger, so there was a high chance that he would choose him.

But now this son actually abolished his martial arts, which made Emperor Jianwu very angry and disappointed.

King Qi bowed his head and said: "I heard that my father was seriously ill, and I discussed with the ministers, saying that the eldest son is unbearable, and I want to have a second son, but I am afraid that the courtiers will oppose it. I was terrified when I heard the news."

Emperor Jianwu's eyes flickered, "You are obsessed with ghosts, there are villains around you!"

In a split second, many thoughts flashed through his mind, and at this moment he also began to be suspicious.

Was this incident instigated by the people around King Qi, or did he take the risk because he saw himself in a coma and thought it would be profitable?
No matter what the reason is, the other party's purpose is very vicious, not only to take advantage of his own death, but also to kill his own brother Xiao Mingrui.

From this point of view, Emperor Jianwu was very angry. He was not a person who could be slaughtered, and King Qi's behavior did not look like a son.

Besides, it is cruel to treat my younger brother like this. Emperor Jianwu stared at him for a while, and said in his heart: If this son is allowed to ascend the throne, it will be really hard to say. How many sons will I have left alive?

He remembered that Xiao Mingrui pleaded for Emperor Jianwu, and it seemed that there was still some brotherhood.

It doesn't matter if it's fake or not, as long as he doesn't see it before he dies.

It's better than King Qi using swords and guns while he was alive.

King Qi cried bitterly in front of him, expressing his remorse.

Emperor Jianwu showed no mercy, and after an hour, he let King Qi go back.

Of course Xiao Mingrui didn't know what was going on with them, and he was still thinking about his past behind closed doors at home.

Because Emperor Jianwu scolded him, he was much more relaxed.

However, even though he was at home, it was still necessary to discuss and arrange things with counselors, and he did a lot of things secretly.

At this stage, the wind direction of the entire court is indeed a bit treacherous, and no one is sure what Emperor Jianwu is thinking.

Xiao Mingrui also let nature take its course.

Two days later, there was a piece of news that shocked the government and the public.

Emperor Jianwu issued an imperial decree to send the whole family of King Qi to Changping to guard the mausoleum of the first emperor.

All the counselors around King Qi were executed, and King Qi's family could only take a few eunuchs and maids to guard the tomb.

Although it is said to be guarding the mausoleum, it is still in a state of imprisonment, but the conditions are not bad, and it still lives in a mansion.

But the title of King Qi was also deprived, from a prince to a general of the auxiliary country, he was almost demoted to a commoner.

This point may also be thinking about the relationship between father and son, and grandson.

After all, Prince Qi's son is still very popular with Emperor Jianwu.

King Qi's family passed away sadly, but at least they still had titles and were still alive.

But those who were implicated by their family were out of luck.

Of course the emperor could be kinder to his son, but not to others.

When the entire imperial court was in a bloodbath, Xiao Mingrui was able to stay out of the vortex, and he was really a rich and idle person.

After a month, Emperor Jianwu began to go to court again.

At this time, King Jing and the others on the front line had led troops to wipe out the barbarian king's court on a large scale. He was escorted back to Beijing.

Although he didn't end up like King Qi, he was also deprived of his title, became the king of the county, and was left idle at home, so he was temporarily banned.

However, I don't know whether Emperor Jianwu kept this matter until the future new emperor released his younger brothers to give favors or it was really idle temporarily. Anyway, I didn't see King Wei missing a piece of meat, but he spent all day fighting in the palace.

This month, the army is about to return to the court, and King Qin is also back.

On this day, Xiao Mingrui went out of the city to welcome him back to Beijing in victory, when he saw Xiao Mingchen for the first time, he was a little dazed for a moment.

It seems that after the experience in the battlefield, the fifth prince Xiao Mingchen in front of him has obviously matured a lot, his skin is a little tanned, but he is in good spirits, and there is a condensed evil spirit on his body, but compared with his noble status, he is well integrated and looks very Chic and heroic.

"What a boy!" Xiao Mingrui laughed loudly and stepped forward to punch him. Xiao Mingchen took a step back after being punched by him, and laughed loudly: "Second brother!"

The two brothers had a good reunion, and Xiao Mingrui rode into Beijing together with him, talking while walking, and when they arrived at Prince Qin's mansion, Xiao Mingrui said with a smile: "Father is also waiting for you to go back, but it's not necessary to stay out of the house for three times. I miss you too, you go back first."

Xiao Mingchen actually misses his wife a little bit, and his wife must have a big belly, so he was a little nervous as a father for the first time.

Xiao Mingchen hurried back to Prince Qin's mansion, and the Chu family was also waiting early in the morning, seeing her husband whom they hadn't seen for several months, the two couples naturally had tears in their eyes, very tired.

After returning to the palace that day, Xiao Mingchen took his wife, Chu Shi, to the Luo Palace.

Mrs. Chu was five or six months pregnant, and Xiao Mingchen supported Mrs. Chu. Murong Wei came to pick her up. When she saw Xiao Mingchen, she sized her up several times and said with a smile, "I don't recognize it at first glance. Where is this place?" The general who is blown by the wind?"

Xiao Mingchen proudly said: "Second sister-in-law, does I look like a general?"

Chu said angrily: "Are you proud of being in front of your second elder brother and second sister-in-law? Second sister-in-law, you don't know, but he told me several times when he went back, and even said that he wanted to wear armor so I could draw his heroic appearance."

Murong Wei let out a chuckle, and Xiao Mingrui looked at his younger brother with a smile: "You fought well on the battlefield."

Xiao Mingchen was naturally happy to receive his brother's praise, and this time he returned to Beijing, Emperor Jianwu also praised him a few words, which made him very happy.

Isn't Xiao Mingchen's long-cherished wish to be a mighty general on the battlefield?

Although he lost his greenness and became mature after the experience in the battlefield, but the majesty and other things are displayed in front of his subordinates, if he dares to show his majesty in front of his brother, Xiao Mingrui may beat him up immediately.

Murong Wei smiled and said: "The fifth younger brother returned to the teacher in victory today. I haven't seen you for several months. Your second brother specially asked me to welcome you."

After finishing speaking, he supported Mrs. Chu, and the four of them went to the West Flower Hall to sit down.

Xiao Mingchen wanted to see his little nephew and niece, but Murong Wei asked the nanny to hug her.

The two children are already seven or eight months old, and they are both awake at the time when they are most interested .

But as soon as you hug him, he starts to scratch your hair.

Murong Wei was afraid of these two little devils, and she didn't dare to wear hair accessories recently.

Seeing that Xiao Mingchen was about to hug Lele, Mrs. Chu grinned and said, "Oh, Lele is so cute, look at her smiling at me, lady."

Chu couldn't help laughing, thinking that you will not make a fool of yourself later.

Sure enough, the next moment Lele stretched out her chubby hand to greet her uncle, Xiao Mingchen was in a hurry.

At this moment, Hutou, who was being hugged by Murong Wei, actually started giggling. He didn't know if he was cheering for his sister or he was happy to see his uncle in a hurry.

Murong Wei watched this scene amusedly, until the nanny rescued Xiao Mingchen from Lele's clutches, the general on the battlefield looked a little embarrassed at the moment: "This little girl, really, doesn't even recognize me as her Fifth Uncle?"

Hutou turned his eyes to the snacks on the table again, wriggling his small mouth to eat. Children at this stage like to eat. Murong Wei has long asked the nanny to feed him with milk and also assist with some simple rotten porridge, noodle Feed them with vegetable porridge and the like, one is to exercise their teeth chewing and gastrointestinal digestion, and the other is that these grains are highly nutritious.

This is something that many people don’t quite understand, because only poor people who don’t have enough milk will feed their children vegetable porridge. Rich people have wet nurses, and many feed their children until they are two or three years old. They think that milk is the best. nutritious.

Murong Wei naturally didn't take much notice of this, and only followed her own theory.Fortunately, the child is very healthy under her care, basically no disease.

"Mom..." Hutou suddenly called out, Murong Wei was taken aback for a moment, and suddenly shouted excitedly: "Hutou, what are you calling, mother?"

Murong Wei taught their brothers and sisters to speak before, but they were unwilling to speak, and Murong Wei was so anxious that words like father and mother were too demanding, and it was better for mothers to shout. Mothers all over the world have similar pronunciations of words, which can be seen.

(End of this chapter)