Tea house quiet room.
The ceramic kettle on the red clay stove is bubbling.
The tea is boiling.
A pair of slender hands lifted the kettle, washing and cooking tea, with an indescribably graceful posture.
There was a smile on the corner of her mouth, obviously the child was supposed to get married in a few years, but she was still extremely beautiful.
This person is Xiao Taifei Xiao Shu'er.
Sitting opposite her was an impatient Liu Yi.
"What are you looking for from me?"
He didn't want to go to the appointment, but Xiao Shu'er was aggressive, he didn't want to make a fuss at the gate of the palace and be seen by others, so he could only follow her to the quiet room of the teahouse.
It might be a kind of enjoyment to watch her cook tea at other times.
However, at this moment, Liu Yi only thought that she was wasting time by doing too much.
"Is your lord in a hurry?"
"This king has to rush back to the mansion." Liu Yi said without hesitation.
Xiao Shu'er raised her eyebrows and smiled, and put the teacup in front of him, "My lord, drink tea!"
Liu Yi sat still, "Why are you looking for me? Why don't you get straight to the point."
"As far as I know, in the past few years, Sister Qin'er has been taking care of the Duanwang Mansion. The prince is either addicted to drinking or painting. In short, he doesn't ask about anything. Even the marriage of his niece and niece, the prince has never asked about it. Just one sentence. Dare I ask, is the prince, who is so idle, in a hurry to go back to drink?"
Xiao Shuer's smile was half a smile, with a hint of sarcasm in the corner of her mouth.
Liu Yi reprimanded: "What does this king do, when will it be your turn to take care of it? You are a concubine, I am a prince, and you are higher than me in seniority. At the same time, we are still cousins. Logically, we shouldn't sit here and drink Talk about tea."
Xiao Shu'er frowned and said with a smile: "But the prince is still here."
Liu Yi was furious, "If you hadn't forced me, I wouldn't have come here with you."
"Oh! You can tell me clearly what I'm going to use to force you, my lord." Xiao Shu'er became more and more unscrupulous with an appearance of controlling everything.
Liu Yi's chest heaved and he was burning with anger, but he never broke out.
He picked up his teacup and drank it.
He also showed the teacup to Xiao Shuer, proving that he drank all the tea.
Xiao Shu'er covered her lips and giggled.
Liu Yi asked with a straight face, "Can we talk now? I only give you a stick of incense time, whether you say it or not, it's time to wait."
After Xiao Shu'er laughed, her attitude became more correct, and she stopped persecuting Liu Yi too much.
She coughed lightly, "I invite you to come here today for one thing."
"Say!"
"Xiao Jiu is growing up day by day, and has reached the age to say goodbye. I need your help."
"What help?"
"Help Xiao Jiu get a county prince."
"Impossible!" Liu Yi didn't even think about it, and directly denied it, "All the titles of our brothers were determined by the emperor before his death. The emperor's brother can only win the title, and it is impossible to confer another title."
"It would be impossible for someone else, but it might not be impossible for you, the emperor's own younger brother, Prince Duan." Xiao Shu'er's attitude was very firm and she could not refuse.
Liu Yi sneered, "You think highly of me too. I am capable of convincing His Majesty. I can't even solve my own affairs, but I also help you solve Xiaojiu's title. You really think highly of me."
"If you don't try it, how do you know it won't work?"
Liu Yi smiled sarcastically, "You don't really think that I have a deep brotherly relationship with His Majesty, do you? Don't forget, I have been idle for four or five years, and the palace has never wanted to use me. I am what people call idle now. Prince, don’t care about everything, you have no power, no power, you’re airless. You want Xiao Jiu to be crowned prince, not only wishful thinking, but also the wrong person. You should go to the empress, she is the only one who can convince your majesty people."
Xiao Shu'er slowly shook her head, "I'm not looking for the empress, I'm looking for you."
"My surname is Xiao, I don't owe you anything." Liu Yi was furious.
Xiao Shu'er giggled, "You don't owe me, but you owe sister Qin'er. At the beginning, you didn't refuse my liking, nor did you refuse to join forces with me."
Liu Yi's chest rose and fell, and he laughed again in a blink of an eye, "Did you misunderstand something?"
Xiao Shu'er's face changed slightly.
Liu Yi sarcastically said: "Back then, I was the direct son of the empress, and you were just a mere empress Zhaoyi. Join forces with you? Do you think you are worthy? Ever since you gave birth to Xiaojiu, the emperor hasn't favored you much, has he? .”
Snapped!
Xiao Shuer clapped her hands on the table.
"Liu, don't go too far."
Liu Yi turned against the guest, and taunted: "Do you think you can do whatever you want because you have something to do with me? You are so stupid! That little thing is nothing. Even if you go to the palace and tell the emperor brother that I coveted the throne back then, I will do it in private. Do all kinds of tricks here, see if Brother Huang will talk to you. As a prince, it is really a problem if you don't covet the throne."
Xiao Shu'er was so angry that her chest heaved and fluctuated, her expression was tense, and her eyes were venomous.
Liu Yi looked cold, and said: "Don't look at me with such eyes, I don't owe you. Back then, everyone only got what they needed, so they cooperated with each other. Father was seriously ill and went to the palace. Between us The cooperation has been terminated at that time. You are entangled now, I can't help Xiao Jiu get a prince, but I can still demote him to an idle clan."
"You threatened me?" Xiao Shu'er couldn't believe it.
Liu Yi smiled sarcastically, "Why can't I threaten you? What are you?"
Snapped!
A cup of tea was splashed directly on Liu Yi's face.
Fortunately, the temperature of the tea had dropped, Liu Yi was just in a panic and was not burned.
He closed his eyes and let the tea slip from his head. The muscles on his face were twitching one after another.
He took out his handkerchief, wiped his cheeks slowly, and snorted coldly.
"Sure enough, she's a shrew!"
"Who are you scolding?"
"Isn't she a shrew?" Liu Yi opened his eyes, his eyes were cold.
Xiao Shu'er yelled angrily, "Liu Yi, don't bully people too much. Don't forget, sister Qin'er is my own sister, and I have plenty of ways to make your house uneasy."
Liu Yi turned cold, "You can give it a try and see if this king will give you a chance. When you die, don't regret it."
After speaking, he got up and walked away.
Xiao Shu'er was powerless to stop her, and watched helplessly as the other party left.
Bang!
She was so angry that she overturned the entire desk, smashing all the teacups and teapots.
The quiet room turned into a mess in a blink of an eye.
…
Liu Yi returned to the palace in a carriage.
Xiao Qin'er was waiting for him.
"How did things go? Did the queen forgive me?"
Liu Yi nodded, "On the first day of next month, you and I will enter the palace to pay your respects. The Queen Mother promised to spare you the punishment, and you don't have to copy the Diamond Sutra."
Xiao Qin'er breathed a sigh of relief, feeling good.
Only then did she notice that there seemed to be tea stains on Liu Yi's clothes.
"What's going on? Did you slip your mouth when you drank tea?"
Liu Yi pondered for a while, "I met Concubine Xiao in the palace today."
Huh
Xiao Qin'er hurriedly asked: "And then?"
"She blocked me at the palace gate and asked me to go to the quiet room of the tea house to talk about things."
Xiao Qin'er frowned, "Then you went?"
It's clear she's not happy.
Liu Yi nodded, "Yes, I went to her appointment. She is aggressive, and I was worried that she would make trouble at the gate of the palace, so I had to compromise."
"What does she want from you?" Xiao Qin'er pinched the handkerchief while asking.
She did not forget that Xiao Shu'er had always coveted Liu Yi.
Who made Chairman Liu good and noble.
It was too much, to block people at the gate of the palace.
Xiao Qin'er gritted her teeth, a fire burning in her heart.
Liu Yi said calmly, "She wants me to help Xiaojiu get a prince."
"Is she daydreaming? She is a cabbage on the street as a prince, can she be bought and sold?" Xiao Qin'er was furious, "You didn't agree to her, did you?"
Liu Yi shook his head, "Don't worry, I've already rejected her. But she is very unwilling, and probably will attack you. You have to guard against her, and don't be kidnapped by her few words."
"You think I'm stupid, and I'll be abducted by her." Xiao Qin'er rolled her eyes at him.
Liu Yi laughed, "Of course I know, you won't be bewitched by her. But we can take precautions. We all know that Concubine Xiao is very capable of causing trouble."
Xiao Qin'er gritted her teeth, "You are not allowed to meet her in the future, I will deal with her."
It's time to settle the accounts between the sisters.
She was gearing up and couldn't wait to have a showdown with Xiao Shu'er.
However, Xiao Shu'er was as quiet as a chicken, and there was no movement at all.
This is wrong!
This is not in line with Xiao Shu'er's temper. She is a woman who will never give up until she reaches her goal, how could she give up so easily.
Xiao Qin'er was suspicious, but unexpectedly, a big event happened in the palace.
The first is the life lawsuit.
Someone reported to the officials that Prince Duan's mansion persecuted good people and killed people.
This matter has not been investigated clearly yet, rumors spread in the court again, saying that the king of Duanjun has the heart of disobedience and wants to rebel.
The imperial censor is menacing.
The Jinwu Guard is also sharpening their swords.
Xiao Qin'er panicked all of a sudden.
"What should we do? What should we do? Who is harming us? The things we didn't do are all planted on you and me."
The other party is not all framed.
In such a big palace, there are always people with a few mouse droppings.
It is not uncommon to do bad things outside in the name of the palace.
As for disobedience, Liu Yi stays in the palace all day and does not enter the palace to pay his respects, and he does not go to the palace to congratulate him during festivals. As a prince, he should do what he should do, and he must be investigated. , according to a charge of disrespect is completely fine.
Is it a crime to slander the emperor and be dissatisfied with the emperor
Under the imperial power, this is a crime, that is, there is a heart of disobedience.
As for the rebellion, it is completely unfounded.
But the royal courtiers didn't see it that way.
With the heart of disobedience, can you not rebel
Sin is completely judged by the heart, not by the deeds.
If you think in your heart what you shouldn't think, whether you have done it or not, you are guilty anyway.
The censors caught Liu Yi and dug deeper like chicken blood.
All of Liu Yi's past events were revealed, with more and more content, and more and more crimes.
To sum up, the heart of rebellion is clearly revealed.
"Your Majesty, please punish Prince Duan severely!"
"Please Your Majesty seize the Duke of Duan County as an example to others."
"The king of Duanjun is clearly a traitor and a traitor, and he has long had the heart of disobedience. If the traitor is not eliminated, the world will be uneasy."