Yun Duqing felt that he was the kindest and most understanding prince in history. He was afraid that the fourth brother would be locked in the Zongfu prison alone, so his third brother was sent in, and he thoughtfully arranged the third brother in the fourth brother's cell. beside.
However, Yun Yanze, who already knew all the truth, did not welcome this new neighbor.
The two brothers, who were not in sight, sat next to each other and looked at each other, but there was nothing else but hatred.
"Back then, you purposely copied Ming Jiuzhu's painting for me to see, to take advantage of me?"
"Who made you stupid, it's so easy to be fooled." King Jing mocked him: "I originally wanted to use more means to get you hooked. I never thought of Wu Shuangquan's good fourth brother, so I couldn't wait to pick it up, even without bait."
"Third brother doesn't need to laugh at me, I've had a good time, how about you?" Even if he was down, Yun Yanze still maintained the elegance in his bones: "From childhood to adulthood, your talent is not as good as mine, your martial arts skills are not as good as the boss, and your appearance is not as good as Yundu's. Qing, even his likable personality is not as good as the second child. Although it is said that the king is defeated, but even if you lose, I don't look at you much."
"Shut up!" King Jing's facial features were twisted, like a monster crawling out of hell: "What if you look like Pan An, Sun Caiyao didn't encourage the Sun family for you to achieve your lofty ambitions. Instead, you look down on Yundu. Qing, married Ming Jiuzhu, who was devoted to him, and finally even the Ming family became his help."
In the past, he always thought that the Ming family was not satisfied with this royal marriage, so he was always critical of Yun Duqing's son-in-law, and his attitude was so bad that even the officials of the Ministry of Rites could not stand it down.
It was not until Yun Duqing and Ming Jiuzhu got married that Yun Duqing often accompanied Ming Jiuzhu back to Ming's house. Only then did he realize that the Ming family abandoned their daughter for the sake of the family, and the Ming family hated Yun Duqing indifferently. All this was done by the Ming family. Come out to see.
He should have thought of it a long time ago, given the importance his father attached to Yun Duqing, if the Ming family embarrassed him everywhere, how could they have promoted Ming Jingzhou as an earl before the two got married.
"But you are not lucky. If you let Sun Caiyao marry Yun Duqing, you would marry Ming Jiuzhu, and the Ming family supported you. Maybe it's you who will become the prince now." King Jing saw Yun Yanze's expression. Suddenly, he said that he cared about this matter, and his heart was even more happy: "Lian Lao doesn't want to help you, this is your life!"
The conversation between the two brothers ended in mutual hatred.
Yun Yanze didn't care about King Jing anymore, he lay down on the hard brick bed and fell asleep with unwillingness and resentment.
"Fourth Highness, your wedding dress is ready, do you want to try it?"
Yun Yanze opened his eyes and saw that he was sitting in the palace of King Qi, with the maid and eunuch standing beside him with his head bowed, all respectful and careful.
He wanted to speak, but found that his body had spoken out of his own control.
"Try it." King Qi looked out the window: "Is your father's body better?"
The eunuch shook his head: "The imperial doctor said that when the Fifth Highness went, His Majesty was so angry that he vomited blood and fainted. I'm afraid... it's not going to get better."
"The first emperor murdered the fifth younger brother, and he was demoted to a commoner and imprisoned in the ancestral mansion. The emperor's body is like this, and I can't rest assured." King Qi raised his head and saw the person from the Shangyi Bureau. Forget it, the father is not in good health, as a prince, I don't have any thought to try to be happy, let's take it."
"Yes."
Yun Yanze saw the hypocritical sadness and filial piety on this familiar and unfamiliar face.
Yun Duqing died, and Yun Liu'an was demoted to a commoner
Turns out he was dreaming.
In a dream, everything he wanted to have appeared.
The dream continues.
King Qi entered the palace to visit the emperor. The emperor who used to be benevolent, virtuous and clear-minded was lying on the dragon bed in a daze, his eye sockets sunken like an oil lamp that was about to burn out.
His mouth opened and closed, as if he was muttering something.
King Qi looked at Liu Zhongbao, who was waiting beside him: "Eunuch Liu, what is the royal father talking about?"
He approached the dragon bed and finally heard what he was saying.
"My son."
He stood up straight, left a few words of concern, turned and walked out of the empty Taiyang Palace.
On the way, he accidentally faced Concubine Su, and Concubine Su's sharp voice made him kneel on the bluestone road.
This woman has been crazy since the day she lost her child.
King Qi was not afraid of her punishment. In fact, the crazier she was, the better it would be for him.
He didn't kneel on the ground for a long time, until Su Guifei left, he slowly got up from the ground.
"The noble concubine is too much. Your Highness, you are going to get married in three days. She is so hard on you!"
"Mother Su is sad to lose her child. As a junior, I should be considerate of her feelings." King Qi tolerated Yi Yi: "Go, go back."
When passing by a jewelry shop in the carriage, his face showed a gentle expression: "This shop has new jewelry, and I will send it to the girl."
Yun Yanze looked at his face with a somewhat sincere expression, and felt extremely strange in his heart. He didn't have much affection for Sun Caiyao, so how could he show such an expression
In the midst of surprise, he suddenly changed color, and he was already standing in the wedding room where the red candles were shining. Under the candlelight, the double happiness character is extraordinarily gorgeous.
"Your Highness, the auspicious time is almost here."
King Qi walked to the gate of King Qi's mansion and saw the sedan chair slowly approaching in the distance, he couldn't help but took a few steps forward.
"His Royal Highness, you are the honorable blood of the royal family. You are not allowed to go down the steps when welcoming your relatives. This is against the rules."
His feet stopped at the last step.
The sedan chair fell to the ground, and the wedding husband opened the sedan curtain. The bride, wearing a wedding robe and a phoenix crown, and holding a dough-covering fan, came out.
"Ming Jiuzhu?" Yun Yanze looked at the girl holding the dragon and the phoenix and murmured to himself, "Why is she?"
Suddenly, the girl holding the fan turned her head and looked in the direction where he was standing. It was a pair of eyes without emotion, even with a chill.
No, Ming Jiuzhu is not like that.
In his memory, Ming Jiuzhusheng's eyes were bright and shining, not like this... indifferent.
"Congratulations to His Highness and Miss Ming."
He followed her involuntarily, all the way to the wedding room. Seeing that she took off the phoenix crown on her own, and a few strands of hair were broken on the fringe, she didn't seem to feel any pain.
She threw the fan embroidered with dragon and phoenix patterns on the ground, and stepped on her feet with a stern face.
His favorite incense was burning in the room. She walked to the incense burner and watched it for a long time. She picked up the teapot on the table and poured out the incense. Her dark eyes merged with the night. The happy candle can't illuminate her eyes.
She and Ming Jiuzhu have the exact same face, but they are so different.
In the wedding hall, King Qi received the guests gracefully, as if everyone praised him as a virtuous king.
The excitement continued until dawn, and the high-spirited King Qi returned to the house and brought the princess who was alone in the vacant room into the palace to greet him.
"There is the Mingyue Palace, you shouldn't go."
"The noble concubine is in charge of the harem and is the most honorable woman in the palace. If I don't go to see her, I'm afraid it will be inappropriate."
Ming Jiuzhu's palace costumes are complicated, but perhaps to please King Qi, she chose very light clothes today.
The broad sleeves slid across the air, and Ming Jiuzhu held the hand of the palace maid and walked to the Mingyue Palace without hesitation. She didn't seem to care that King Qi did not agree with her decision.
Yun Yanze saw that he was there, gentle. But he said that he must be in a rage at the moment.
But for the Ming family's status in the court, he endured it.
He wanted to follow Ming Jiuzhu to Mingyue Palace to see, but the picture changed again.
The second prince was mediocre and could not coordinate the affairs of the state. Countless courtiers elected King Qi to temporarily handle the affairs of the imperial father.
King Qi repeatedly refused, saying that he was not talented enough.
Yun Yanze stood beside the dragon seat, carefully touched the dragon head above, and sat on it.
The moment he sat down, he felt the coolness and hardness, and when he looked around, he could see all the expressions.
Those who are flattering, pleasing, and... those who restrain their emotions, those who cannot see their thoughts.
Yun Yanze found that the two brothers of the Sun family, the Chen family, and the Ming family, as well as the six Shangshu, had these on their faces, but they were not in his eyes.
However, King Qi, who was proud of the spring breeze, did not see through this.
He said that his talents were mediocre, but he couldn't hide the vigorous ambition in his eyes.
Yun Yanze finally understood that Xu's disguise in the outside world was not as perfect as he imagined.
Even the dragon chair under him was no different from his chair when sitting up, and it was even a bit spacious and empty.
Sitting on it, he even had the energy to think, what is Ming Jiuzhu doing at the moment
The indifferent and ruthless Ming Jiuzhu, and the real girl who stood beside Yun Duqing, holding her head and frowning, seemed to have a skin.
In the jewelry shop that day, he watched her fight with Yun Duqing, and thought she was likable.
But he didn't like that there was a Yun Duqing in her shining eyes.
But that is the fifth brother's daughter-in-law, what does it have to do with him
He raised his head again, wanting to see the expressions of the courtiers again, but saw the crescent moon in the night sky.
"May the Sanqing Zun bless His Royal Highness Chen in the next life smoothly and safely, and have boundless blessings and longevity. The believer is willing to spend the rest of her life in exchange for the peace of His Royal Highness King Chen."
Under the moonlight, Ming Jiuzhu twisted the incense in her hands, bowed to the long moon, and finally inserted the incense among the flowering mint bushes, her eyes filled with murderous aura.
Yun Yanze suddenly felt a chill in his heart.
At this moment, she turned her head and looked over, her dark pupils were stained with a little moonlight.
He looked into her eyes, and even had the illusion that she saw him.
"Miss, this is the mint candy sent by Shang Shi Bureau."
She took one and put it in her mouth, frowning slightly: "Sister Spring Equinox, the sugar doesn't taste right."
"What flavor do you want to eat, Miss, I'll let the kitchenette make it for you."
"No." She shook her head and looked up at the dark night sky: "It doesn't matter."
"Sister." She looked at the woman standing by the table: "King Qi, Langzi's ambition, you go and remind father to be more careful with him. I have a letter here. You are now tired and go to the palace and send it to father. "
"Okay." The woman took the letter and looked at her hesitantly: "Miss, you are so indifferent to King Qi, and the servant is worried that King Qi will be rough with you."
"Rough?" She sneered, "Don't worry, he will never have the chance to do anything to me."
The woman took the letter and left, she went back to the room and walked to the censer.
Yun Yanze saw her take out a box of spices from her sleeve.
Yun Yanze knew this kind of incense, and it was a kind of incense that Wei Shi, Queen Jing's mother-in-law liked.
There were footsteps outside the door, and she lit an incense.
King Qi pushed open the door, and he angrily accused her that she was indifferent under King Qi's anger, as if everything had nothing to do with her.
Until she asked King Qi who killed King Chen.
King Qi looked at her in astonishment.
"You said, if I and you were poisoned in this room at the same time, which prince would the emperor suspect?"
The incense is poisonous.
Yun Yanze came to understand, he saw that he turned around and was about to escape, but Ming Jiuzhu blocked his way.
King Qi was leaning back on the chair weakly, and the footsteps of guards and patrols came from outside the door. Although he opened his mouth wide, he couldn't make a sound, and he could listen to the footsteps in despair and walk away.
"You must be thinking, why am I doing this."
"His Royal Highness is very valuable. Naturally, I don't remember the child that was thrown into the river by your grandfather's family and drowned." She walked to the chair and sat down, as if she and King Qi were ordinary husband and wife, sitting and chatting together: " I was that kid back then, and to your disappointment, I was rescued."
"It was His Royal Highness King Chen who saved me."
She said: "I have read the prayer scriptures for His Highness in front of the Sanqing Zun for a whole year, hoping that his life will be smooth and safe, but you have ruined it all."
King Qi's pupils trembled.
She said it was Yun Duqing who was killed by him and his mother-in-law
"You want to kill him." She took out a peace talisman from her sleeve, and put it down carefully: "Masters said, I have no connection with the practice. The grace of saving life is not repaid, so let's do it."
King Qi's sanity was slowly dissipating.
"Forgot to tell you, my master has already started to diagnose and treat the emperor, and I hope he will get better."
"Even if you die, everything you've done will still be revealed to you."
Yun Yanze stared at himself in his dream, dying in the incense lit by the woman herself.
He remembered that he had planned to let Yun Duqing die from the poison of incense.
The self in the dream died, and Ming Jiuzhu died, but he still couldn't wake up from the dream.
He saw that his father was getting better a little bit, that Ming Jingzhou had found out everything he had done, and then he begged his father to issue a decree to allow King Qi and Ming Jiuzhu to reconcile.
In order to repay the grace of saving her life, the daughter of the Ming family thoroughly investigated the truth of the murder of King Chen, and the story of the third prince, King Jing, who was poisoned indoors, has already spread throughout the capital.
So when the truth of King Chen's murder was related to him and King Jing, all of them sympathized with her, and even wrote poems and lyrics for her with sentimental reading, praising her for her kindness and misfortune.
It is absurd to let a dead husband and wife reconcile, but it does not explain that Jingzhou's actions are excessive.
In the end, Concubine Su made the decision, and instead of letting Ming Jiuzhu and King Qi be buried together, they were buried not far from King Chen's tomb.
The maid who served her said that she liked mints, so she planted a lot of mints next to her mausoleum.
The mint grew more and more, and finally grew to the side of King Chen's tomb, full of vitality and green.
Yun Yanze didn't know how long he had spent in the dream, it seemed like a long period of time, and it seemed like a moment.
When he opened his eyes and saw the prison door, he thought in a trance that he was still in a dream.
There was the voice of the jailer talking outside the cell door, and a few people who had just been locked in, crying and begging for mercy.
"Sin Yanze, today is His Majesty's longevity. His Royal Highness is kind and kind, and you are allowed to kowtow to His Majesty outside the Taiyang Palace after dark."
After being locked in the Zongfu for more than half a year, he watched the prison door suddenly open, and was stunned and did not respond.
Fearing that he would commit suicide, the jailer not only put on his shackles, but also put on his mouth.
Wearing clean new clothes, he stood at the side entrance of the Zongfu, and he began to fear the sunlight outside.
He was escorted into a blue cloth carriage, and he opened the curtain of the carriage with his bound hands, looking greedily at everything outside.
The carriage stopped suddenly, and the voice of the jailer driving the carriage came into the carriage.
"The front is Sun Xiangjun's carriage, let's avoid it for now."
"Miss." The maid lifted the curtain and glanced at it: "The carriage parked next to it seems to have the badge of the Zongfu."
"Don't worry about it." Sun Caiyao didn't look at it. "Today is His Majesty's longevity. Although it is not appropriate for me to enter the palace, why should I go to the Taoist Temple to pray for His Majesty's incense? Don't delay on the road."
"Yes."
The carriage passed by, and the people sitting in the carriage did not lift the curtain to look at each other.
They had no chance at all, and even if they forced it, it would end in vain.
At the longevity banquet, Yun Duqing finished talking to his two brothers, and when he turned around, he saw Ming Xiaozhu happily drinking sweet wine.
"How many cups have you had?" Seeing that her cheeks were a little red, he snatched the cup from her hand and took a chopstick and fed it to her mouth.
"Drink three cups." Jiuzhu stretched out her palm and compared a five: "Your Highness, this sweet and delicious drink is delicious, come and taste it."
"You say three in your mouth, but your hands are bigger than five..." Yun Duqing sighed, holding the hand she wanted to get the wine glass: "You are drunk."
"His Royal Highness." Jiuzhu looked at him eagerly: "I want to drink."
"No, you don't want to." He ruthlessly refused, the sound just fell, Jiuzhu took a sip, and kissed his face: "Give me a cup."
An Wang and his wife, who were sitting next to them and saw this scene, whispered. Seeing Yun Duqing looking over, the couple quickly lowered their heads and pretended not to see anything.
"You actually sold your beauty for a glass of sweet wine, Ming Xiaozhu, you are capable." After saying this, he felt his face hold, and he kissed the other side of the face.
"His Royal Highness." Jiuzhu looked at him with her big moist eyes, her pitiful appearance softened her heart.
"Half a cup." Yun Duqing sighed and poured a half cup of sweet wine for Jiuzhu himself: "After drinking this half cup, you can't drink any more."
"Your Highness is the best." Jiu Zhu reached out and hugged him, holding the wine glass and drinking happily.
In the end, Jiuzhu drank a few more "half cups" and leaned on his shoulder in a daze before she stopped.
The King Huai and his wife, An Wang and his wife, who were sitting beside them, had been secretly going on and on. Yun Duqing ignored them, sighing and wrapping her arms around Jiu Zhu's waist, making her lean on more comfortably.
Princess Huai suddenly stopped, she turned her head and glanced at King Huai with disgust, stretched out her hand and twisted it around King Huai's waist.
"Hey!" King Huai almost jumped up in pain.
Okay, what are you screwing him for
He understood that all the virtues and virtues in the past were all dressed up by the Wu family, but now she is with Princess An and the Crown Princess all day long, and with the support of her sister-in-law, she finally reveals her sinister true face!
But the Crown Princess is very close to her, what can he do other than bear it
What's more... what's more...
Apart from being a little bit fierce to him, the princess was kind to him.
"See how the Crown Prince treated the Crown Princess?" Princess Huai took away the wine glass of King Huai with a stern face, and gave him a hangover soup instead: "Learn more."
"The prince concubine of that family can kick a big man of two hundred kilograms with one kick, does the prince dare to provoke her?" Wang Huai said angrily: "You have nothing to do with me now, I can't bear it anymore?"
"What do you know?" King Huai teased his aggrieved look: "Although the Crown Princess has good skills, have you ever seen her blushing towards the Crown Prince?"
King Huai nodded suddenly: "That's true, why do you say this is?"
On weekdays, when the fifth younger brother and sister saw the fifth younger brother, they had to be like a flower, and the voice was soft and soft.
Strange to say, the fifth brother, who used to be lazy and playful in the past, had a bad temper. In front of the fifth younger brother and sister, he was gentle and considerate, and he even said that he should be gentle.
"Why?" Princess Huai looked at the two snuggling together, and she was very gentle: "Naturally, it is for the sake of sincerity and intimacy."
Giving your sincerity and knowing how to cherish your sincerity is the best love.
The longevity banquet was over, and the drunk Jiu Zhu obediently let Yun Duqing lead her. When she walked out of the steps of His Royal Highness, she almost fell with one foot in the air, but fortunately he hugged him in time.
"His Royal Highness." She didn't say anything at all, and bent her eyes at him.
Seeing this, Yang Yiduo said in a low voice, "His Royal Highness, please go to the slave and let the chariot come."
"No need." Yun Duqing bent down and carried Jiuzhu on her back: "She is drunk, and she will cry if she falls off the carriage."
Yang Yiduo glanced at the princess who was squinting on the back of His Royal Highness, and silently retreated to the side.
Blame him for talking.
"Your Highness."
"Um?"
"The moon is bright tonight."
"Um."
"So I accompany you to bask in the moon." Jiuzhu obediently rested her head on his shoulder: "His Royal Highness is the best and best in the world."
Yun Duqing paused in footsteps. He looked up at the bright moon in the sky, and said softly, "Well, thank you for accompany me to sunbathe the moon."
"No thanks, you can do whatever you want with His Highness." Jiuzhu rubbed his back, and then kissed his auricle.
"Since I am the best His Royal Highness in the world, am I your favorite?" Yun Duqing carried her on his back and continued to walk forward.
The quiet on his back, the meaning of the corner of his mouth gradually faded.
"Master said that liking is happiness, and love is integrating into the soul." Jiuzhu gently wrapped his arms around his shoulders and whispered in his ear: "I don't like His Highness, it's my favorite."
Yun Duqing spoke again, and no one could hear the happiness and satisfaction in his voice.
Realizing that Jiuzhu had fallen asleep leaning on her shoulder, Yun Duqing whispered, "Where is it that you accompany me to bask in the moon, and I carry the piglet on my back to bask in the moon."
Suddenly, he stopped and looked towards the end of the corridor.
Yun Yanze, wearing a flail, was standing in the dark where the lanterns couldn't shine, watching him silently. A few guards with knives stood behind him, guarding him strictly.
The eyes of the two brothers met, no one said anything, nothing to say.
One of them is the noble Crown Prince, and the other is the sin of the royal family tree.
The guards saluted in unison: "See Your Royal Highness."
Yun Duqing nodded to them reservedly, unaware that there was something wrong with him carrying his own crown princess, and walked past them leisurely.
Yun Yanze glanced at Yun Duqing's back, the crimson cheeks were still full of meaning, and he was so happy that he was not in the palace.
Jiuzhu twisted her face in a daze, and turned her face to the other side, leaving him with the back of her head.
The night wind blew, bringing a faint mint fragrance to both of them.
He remembered that in his dream, next to the tomb of Ming Jiuzhu, a large area of mint spread all the way to the tomb of King Chen.
"Sin Yanze, don't go?"
He looked back and looked down at the shackles on his wrists.
A dream is a dream.
Dreams are false and can never come true.