The third prince in the interrogation of the Sovereign's Office, the performance is unusually quiet, not confess and do not refute, I do not know whether it is to give up the struggle, or without the guidance of the staff, do not dare to speak easily.
Tong Fei is still in a desperate situation to survive, want to clear himself and his son's guilt, the Tong family army unauthorized occupation of the capital of the pot, completely deducted on the head of her brother Tong Ningzhao died, said she is just a woman in the palace, simple and innocent, simply do not know what happened, in short, the emperor should let her go out to do her good consort, peace in her twilight years.
Lu Jinan brought the singer from Hangzhou to identify the male members of the Tong family in the cell, and recognized the eldest uncle of the Tong family as the leader who secretly raised the price of grain and obstructed the Crown Prince from changing the law.
In order to mitigate the crime, Tong's eldest uncle confesses that he was instructed by Princess Tong to do the job in secret. In order to encourage the informer, Lu Jinan agrees to keep him alive.
So the next, Tong Fei for many years secretly counting the crimes of the Crown Prince, bamboo tube pour beans like Tong family members to take the initiative to confess.
Before the conviction, Lu Jinan took his brothers to the clan house to see what happened to Lao San to relieve his anger.
The brothers all had infinite indignation in their hearts, gritting their teeth as they looked at the oldest, who was sitting cross-legged on the ground with his pudgy head.
Unable to find any words to vent, the Fifth Prince directly stepped forward and slammed his fist towards Lao San's face.
After fighting for a while, the oldest two coldly said, "Fifth brother, don't dirty your hands for this pig and dog."
The Sixth Prince sniffed and went forward to pull Fifth Brother up.
The oldest on the floor had a nosebleed all over his face and was breathing calmly with his eyes closed as if he didn't know the pain.
Lu Jinan looked at his third brother, who was as rotten as mud on the ground, and asked in a low voice, "There's nothing you want to say? If you don't say it now, I won't listen later."
The oldest, still lying so quietly, opened his eyes to his elder brother shortly afterward and asked, "Can I meet your consort?"
The Sixth Prince frowned, "What do you want?"
The oldest three slanted a glance at the sixth brother and sneered, "Don't be nervous, if it weren't for your origin, your consort would still be my mother consort, I want to meet half of my mother before I die, can't I?"
"To hell with you!" The fifth prince stepped forward and kicked him in the stomach, but was stopped by his sixth brother.
Lu Jinan looked at his third brother on the ground, who was covering his stomach and curled up into a shrimp with an inscrutable expression, nodded his head and said, "Yes."
Lao-san met the noble princess, but she was different from the wonderful and gentle way he remembered her.
Guifei walked into the cell and backed all the way into the corner, probably unable to stand the smell of urine on Lao-san.
Lao San, who shared the room with the urinal, had gotten used to the smell of his own body, but could imagine that Gui Fei must not be accustomed to it, so Lao San, in a rare and considerate move, also stepped back a bit, and in the empty room with not much space, almost diagonally, he was looking at Gui Fei from a distance.
Nowadays the noble consort is cold like a puddle of stagnant water, the corners of the lips that used to love to smile are naturally skewed downward because of constant worry, the eyes protrude forward because of the early years of crying night after night, in the shadow of the dim firelight of the cell, it is simply not like a living person.
Lao-san wonders if it's because he's going to hell that the last heavenly fairy he wanted to see has turned into an evil spirit.
"My son has always wanted to visit Your Highness, but Mother Consort did not allow it." Lao San still held his chin up like he did when he was a child, tugging and showing your consort a smile in an attempt to cover up the indignity of the moment.
Your Highness did not say anything, turning her head expectantly to look at the passageway outside the iron bars of the cell, signaling the Third Prince to hurry up and finish and let her go.
"Mother Concubine always speaks ill of the Empress Mother, saying that the Empress Mother indulges me in order to harm me, saying something about loyal words being contrary to the ear and good medicine being bitter to the mouth." Lao San said with a disdainful face, "They really take me for a fool, whether Your Highness treats me well is genuine or not, I know it very well in my heart."
Guifei's face was still facing in the direction of the southern passageway, but her eyes lazily slanted toward Lao San, still not responding.
The oldest said, "I want all men to obey me, so that even faithful words may go well with my ears, and good medicine may be sweet to my mouth; and who says that wantonness will bring evil consequences? That is because power is not enough! Have you ever seen anyone who dares to go against Father's ear?"
Your Highness smiled, "That makes sense."
Lao San was instantly flattered and followed with a smile, shyly scratching the back of his head: ''Only Your Highness can understand me, I do these things, is ...... just want to go back to the days in Your Highness's palace, everyone is obedient to me, Your Highness praises me day after day, I do everything with no effort, that's what I'm really good at! That's what I'm good at! What's it like being back with Mother? Everything I do is wrong, they don't understand me, they won't give me a chance to let go, they just say I'm stupid!"
"Chongshan." After more than ten years, Your Highness once again shouted Lao San's name, her tone was surprisingly as gentle as it was back then, telling him with a smile, "I was too young at that time, and His Majesty loved to favor me and sent you to my palace. I didn't think about it that much, Consort Tong said that I deliberately indulged her child, no, I really didn't, I was just ...... afraid that I couldn't give birth to a child, so I desperately coaxed you, and I was afraid that your feelings for me would be no more than blood kinship."
Lao-san froze, staring blankly at Guifei.
Guifei hurriedly bowed her head to think about it, and raised her head to look at him seriously, "If you are trying to ask whether it is true or false that I treated you in the first place, I can tell you that, at least, I definitely did not have the intention of harming you, only that, if I were older at that time, I wouldn't have been that indulgent to curry favor with you."
The oldest grinned, as if relieved, and murmured, "That's good enough."
Your Highness looked at him coldly, "I'm sorry, Chongshan."
The oldest shook his head and laughed softly, "There's nothing to be sorry for."
It was a farewell of sorts, and your consort turned without looking back, striding out of the cell, and was about to turn the corner of the passage when she heard, as if in a trance, behind her, a low--
"Mother Consort, take care."
The soldier guarding the corner of the cell saw the teardrops hanging from the tip of your consort's chin gather into a good-sized one as she went out the door, wanting to fall.
*
Xue Yao had noticed it, and the little fat cub had become very abnormal.
Of course it's not just the fact that he's thin that's abnormal, his whole person is not quite normal - withdrawn, habitually alone, and cold and violent.
In the morning he locked himself in the side hall and did not know what to do, the palace maids and eunuchs were sent out of the courtyard not to be disturbed, saying that the King of Ning was in a very bad mood, and also threatened to kill anyone who entered the courtyard without permission.
Xue Yao and the Fifth Prince and Sixth Prince waited outside the courtyard for half an hour, but did not see Lu Qian come out, so they elected the Fifth Prince, who had the best lightness of being, to go in and inspect the situation.
The fifth prince was as light as a swallow, tiptoeing through the outer courtyard, walked to the door of the bedchamber, raised his hand on the door, face to the east ear tightly pressed against the doorway, listening to the movement inside.
Xue Yao and the Sixth Prince, on the other hand, hid outside the courtyard door, watching the Fifth Prince's back as he peeled himself against the door.
Not long after, Xue Yao suddenly saw Lu Qian walk out from the West Hall, staring coldly at Fifth Brother's back outside the main hall door.
"Oh! Seventh brother has come out!" The Sixth Prince panicked and signaled "pici~pici~" towards his fifth brother in the courtyard!
The Fifth Prince turned his head to look outside the courtyard at the sound of the voice and realized that Xue Yao and the Sixth Prince were waving desperately at him.
Because he didn't realize that the seventh brother had already walked to the west of him, the fifth prince made a "shh" gesture towards the two "impatient" people outside the courtyard and continued to eavesdrop on the door without knowing what to do.
"What did brother want to eavesdrop on?"
The fifth prince shivered violently, stepped on the door stiff for a while, and then "ouch! Aigoo" slowly bent down, holding his feet: "Brother to find you to say things, just left foot broke a bit, pain can not move, aiya can not move, can only hold the door ......."
"Brother is holding the right foot." Lu Qian reminded.
"Oh! Said wrong, it is the right foot is broken, aiya ...... pain, seventh brother quickly support a little."
"Can't move?" Lu Qian asked.
The Fifth Prince nodded with a sincere gaze.
Lu Qian moved his ankles, slowly raised his feet and made a gesture to step on -
The Fifth Prince looked down and saw the Seventh Brother stomping his foot towards him, panicking and taking several steps back, his right foot that couldn't move moved fast!
Lu Qian's foot stopped at a height of two inches from the ground, not really stepping down, and steadily retracted his foot, looking at Fifth Brother, who was moving like a rabbit, with a look of "Prepare to die".
"Wow!" The Fifth Prince, who was in danger, lifted his right foot and turned his ankle, and told the Seventh Brother in surprise, "It's actually healed, did you use the internal power imparted by the Sword Saint? It cured my foot in one go! It's really awesome!"
Immediately after, Xue Yao saw the Fifth Prince being carried out of the courtyard by Lu Qian with his arm.
Without saying a word, Lu Qian turned around to go back to the side hall.
"Your Highness?" Xue Yao shouted offhandedly.
Lu Qian stopped, but didn't turn around, waiting for him to continue.
Xue Yao gently walked behind Lu Qian and asked in a low voice, "Why is Your Highness always alone these two days? Busy with something?"
"Uh-huh." Lu Qian continued walking towards the side hall.
Xue Yao was anxious and worried about irritating the cub with zero security, so he could only silently chase after Lu Qian.
Without running a few steps, Lu Qian suddenly stopped and turned around, causing Xue Yao to fail to brake and bump into him.
Once she looked up, Xue Yao was forced back two steps by Lu Qian's eyes.
Xue Yao asked urgently, "Your Highness doesn't need to go to White Walk Mountain to continue practicing martial arts?"
Lu Qian pulled out a letter from his sleeve and handed it to Xue Yao.
Xue Yao wondered and opened it to see a cursive line--
"The boy is so mean, we don't want him anymore, let him realize his mistake and come back to us."
The inscription was a short "Qiu Yichen" and a long "Xu Qingzhao, the eighth-generation master of the Qinglong Sect".
The latter title was too long, so Xue Yao selectively ignored it, but in any case, it was a "letter of abandonment" from the Sword Saint.
I can't believe I dislike the little fat kid for being mean!
His little fat cub is obviously super ...... Xue Yao raised his head to look at Lu Qian s pair of ice cold shallow pupils, and immediately destroyed the description of "soft and cute" in his heart.
"Did Your Highness make Master angry?" Xue Yao asked.
Lu Qian nodded.
"Good thing too," Xue Yao didn't pursue what Lu Qian had done wrong, picking good words to comfort him, "so that Your Highness can stay in the palace for a while."
Lu Qian sniffed and slowly extended his hand towards him, spreading his palm.
Xue Yao was ecstatic and hurriedly put his paw on it!
There was a silence.
He looked up and found that Lu Qian was looking down at the "abandonment letter" in his other hand, and then realized that Lu Qian wanted to return that letter, not to shake hands with the young companion.
"Oh ......," Xue Yao retracted her paw in disappointment and handed the letter back to him.
Lu Qian turned on his toes and prepared to leave.
"Your Highness!" Xue Yao was unwilling.
Lu Qian looked back at him.
"Don t you have anything to say to me? It's been over a year ...... " Xue Yao frowned, "Does your highness not ...... need a companion now?"
"Old Seven doesn't need Fifth Brother either." The fifth prince took a deep breath and also walked over, frowning and looking at the seventh brother sorrowfully, "Brother is about to get married, and I'm afraid ...... I won't be able to come back to the palace to see you guys very often in the future."
The Sixth Prince's eyes reddened as he turned his head and said in a trembling voice, "Fifth Brother?"
The Fifth Prince turned his head to hold back his tears, "Sixth Brother ......"
The Sixth Prince wrapped his arms around his Fifth Brother and pleaded, "Brother must return to the palace often to see me!"
The fifth prince sighed, "Big brother has arranged many errands for me, I don't know if I still have a chance ......"
"Brother!" The Sixth Prince collapsed and wrapped his arms around his fifth brother.
This parting sight made Xue Yao's heart twist like a knife, and she went forward to embrace the five pups and six pups, crying into a ball.
"The royal residence is less than four miles from the palace." Lu Qian anachronistically poked at Fifth Brother's parting sorrows.
The three people who were hugging each other looked at Lu Qian with a grumble!
"Four miles is a long way too!" The Sixth Prince said.
Lu Qian shrugged.
"His Highness doesn't want to see us anyway, so there's no point in getting any closer!" Xue Yao said.
Lu Qian lowered his head.
I can't believe the little chubby boy didn't retort!!!!
Xue Yao questioned, "Your Highness really doesn't want to see us?!"
Lu Qian looked up at him and answered seriously, "Uh-huh."
"Wow ！！！！" Xue Yao completely broke down, letting go of the five and six pups and running towards the door in tears.
Without running a few steps, he covered his face and secretly turned around to look and found that Lu Qian was following behind him, and only then did he feel relieved to continue to run in tears, only slowing down his pace so as not to catch up with Lu Qian.
The little companion was really quite confident in her speed.
However, no matter how much he ran in slow motion, Lu Qian always followed behind with no intention of stopping him, so Xue Yao ran slower and slower and slower until Lu Qian was walking alongside him at a stroll.
"No wonder four miles feels far." Lu Qian turned his head to look at his little companion who was running at turtle speed: "By the time Yao Yao takes a trip to the royal residence, Fifth Brother's hair will be gray."
Xue Yao forcibly ignored the rebel pup's taunts, stopping in his tracks and forcibly continuing his fanciful script, "Your Highness is desperately chasing me for what!"
His Highness, who hadn't been chasing after him very hard, finally let out a snort of laughter, losing out to the young companion.
The author has something to say:
Yao Yao: There'll be times later when you'll be chasing after it desperately!
Now the princes to change the name, either call the name, or have to call "x king", but my readers do not like to remember the name, the first few a bunch of people asked Lu Jinan who ......
I agonized over a few and finally decided to continue to call the five cubs and six cubs royals, so that we can easily identify them