Behind them, a palace servant put a few dishes of side dishes on the table along with autumn crabs. The two of them talked about it, so they poured wine from the flask and started chatting as if they were meeting close friends.
Xiao Junyi can be regarded as a white-eyed wolf. How kind Emperor Jing was to him in the past was completely forgotten after these few glasses of soju. But the bad things Emperor Jing did to him were magnified and filled his mind.
"I tell you, my father and your father are really brothers! Even the partiality is exactly the same!" At this point, Xiao Junyi burped and said angrily, "Same thing , if you put it with my second brother, it would be a big deal; but if you put it with me, it would be a huge sin! To put it nicely, he wants to appease the ministers, but to put it badly, he just doesn’t want to wait. see me!"
Xiao Junyan held a wine glass in his hand and looked at the person opposite him talking about the emotional point and waving his arms. How could he have the magnificence of a prince of the dynasty? Without the emperor's favor, it would be nothing more than a pile of mud.
It was just that he thought so in his heart, but his face showed a look of pain and said, "Prince—"
"Don't call me Prince! Cousin, although you are my cousin, in my heart you are closer than a real brother. Just call me Jun Yi." Xiao Junyi interrupted him and said with a loud tongue.
Xiao Junyan saw that the time was almost there, so he came closer to him and said, "Okay, Junyi, my cousin wants to ask you a heartfelt question - do you want to be in that position?"
He was pointing to the Jinluan Palace, and naturally there was only one location.
Xiao Junyi woke up from most of his wine in an instant, and stammered, "You can't talk nonsense."
Xiao Junyan said with an indistinct expression, "Just tell your cousin whether you want it or not. If you don't want it, just think that I, as my cousin, have to worry too much; but if you want to-"
"What about that?"
Hearing Xiao Junyi's questioning, Xiao Junyan smiled slightly and said enigmatically, "I can help you, help you get into the position of being the leader of the world!"
Xiao Junyi had just used alcohol to express his feelings before, but now he was a little scared and hesitated, "Cousin, how do you want to help me?"
Xiao Junyan did not answer the question, but drank all the wine in the glass and filled it up for him. Then he played with the wine glass in his hand and said slowly, "Looking at the court today, King Qi is in the limelight. The sun is in the sky; although King Jing is a sickly man, he has a complicated Xie family behind him; as for your good fourth brother, although he looks like a wandering wild crane, and his mother and concubine have a low status, he is still a prince after all. Who is it? Can you guarantee that he is not planning anything behind his back?"
Every word he said was like cutting Xiao Junyi's heart with a knife. When he finished speaking, Xiao Junyi immediately hammered the table and made up his mind, "Cousin, just tell me, How are you going to help me?"
Xiao Junyan gave him such a clear analysis. In fact, he was telling him that if he was ranked according to the order of seniority, then even if he died, he would not be able to sit in such a position!
Rather than that, he wanted to hear what clever tricks Xiao Junyan had that could make him so confident.
"It's very simple, Qing Junzi."
As soon as these six words came out, Xiao Junyi's expression suddenly changed, and he murmured in a trembling voice, "You, you are crazy!"
To put it nicely, to clear the emperor's side is to eliminate the traitors and sycophants around the king in order to clear the emperor's side; but to put it in a bad way, it means to raise an army to rebel and catch them all together with the emperor!
What kind of idea is this Xiao Junyan planning
"No, Jun Yi, we are burning the boat!" Xiao Junyan grabbed Xiao Junyi's hand and said in a deep voice, "Think about it, let alone anything else, just because there are three people above you Prince’s brother, what are your chances of winning the throne without resorting to such unusual methods? Let me tell you, not even 10%! Unless—”
"They're all dead."
Xiao Junyi took over what he had not finished and added this sentence. He did not withdraw his hand, but raised his head and looked Xiao Junyan in the eyes, asking, "Why do you help me? What can you do to help me?"
Xiao Junyan sighed and said in a low voice, "Jun Yi, to be honest with you, my cousin has no choice. The war on the border has started, and the place where the Vietnam is fighting is obviously the territory of my Dingnan Palace, but the emperor insists on sending A Dingbei King has come here, he is obviously afraid of my Xiao family! Once the war is over, it will be the time for Dingbei King to invade my Xiao family's territory!"
As he said that, he raised his head and drank another glass of wine, and then gritted his teeth and said, "My father only favors my second brother, but what kind of virtue do you think my second brother is? What kind of bullshit vow he made for a woman for the rest of his life? Don’t consider family matters! When I help you, I am actually helping the Xiao family. Now that the emperor does not trust us, I have to find someone who can ensure the safety of my Xiao family and my stability after the matter is completed. King Nan’s territory will last forever!”
If Xiao Junyan said something great, Xiao Junyi would definitely doubt his purpose. But now that Xiao Junyan has stated his plans so clearly, Xiao Junyi feels more relieved.
People are not afraid of ambition, but they are afraid of having no desires or desires. A person who has no desires or desires is either truly righteous or has evil intentions!
"Cousin, what you said makes sense. However, this matter is too big. I still want to go back and think about it carefully. Do you think so?"
Xiao Junyi thought about it over and over, but finally did not dare to grit his teeth and make this decision. He wanted to go back and discuss it with Concubine Hui before making a decision.
Xiao Junyan also knew not to push too hard. He waved his hand and said with a smile, "There is still war on the border right now. This kind of thing cannot be rushed. You think about it. However, you must think carefully before the war on the border ends, otherwise it will At that time, it will be time for Dingnan Prince's Mansion to engage in battle. If there are no soldiers then, it will be cleared!"
Xiao Junyan said the last sentence very solemnly. Xiao Junyi nodded and said, "I understand."
On a Mid-Autumn Festival reunion night, some families were happy and some were sad. There are those who are scheming, there are those who are affectionate, and naturally there are those who have trouble sleeping and eating.
The night is long and I can’t sleep alone.
Shen Jingci has now fully realized this feeling. After returning from the palace banquet, Xiao Junhan went directly to the concubine's yard, leaving her alone, guarding the courtyard in a deserted manner.
The moon outside the window was so round that Shen Jingci started to panic. She tossed and turned on the bed for a long time, but couldn't close her eyes. Finally, she simply rolled out of bed and shouted outside, "Shimo, bring me a bottle of wine!"
Shi Mo was used to seeing her like this.
When Shen Jingci got married, due to etiquette issues with concubines, Shen Jingci brought two maids, one was Baoqin and the other was her. But after something happened to the Shen family, Baoqin disappeared. Shi Mo knew very well that Baoqin was not missing, but was just locked up by Shen Jingci. One is to avenge Bao Qin for leaking the information, and the other is to find out the remaining power of the Shen family so that she can use it for herself.
But on the surface, Shi Mo still pretended to be confused.
Hearing Shen Jingci's call, Shi Mo still went out without hesitation, brought her a pot of aged Huadiao wine, placed it on the table, and said respectfully, "Miss, the wine is here."
Shen Jingci nodded casually and poured herself a glass of wine. Just as she was about to drink it, she saw Shi Mo standing aside with his hands hanging down. She waved, "Shi Mo, come and sit."
Hearing this, Shi Mo quickly waved his hands and said, "I don't dare, this slave."
Shen Jingci glared and said, "Come when I ask you to do it. There are so many words."
Shi Mo just sat down cautiously, just next to a stool.
Shen Jingci took a look, poured a glass of wine for her, and said, "I know you are cautious, Shi Mo, and you will be with me for a long time."
"Miss, it's been six years."
Shen Jingci nodded casually, looked up at the bright moon outside the window, drank all the wine in the glass, and said with a smile and a cry, "You have been with me for six years, and I have been here for more than ten years. .”
She mumbled the last sentence, so Shi Mo couldn't hear it clearly.
Shen Jingci suddenly burst into tears and said, "It's not good here at all. Power is a good thing, but women have no autonomy. I have been fighting for so long, but I still live under the pressure of men's power." . If a man is happy, I have everything. But if a man is not happy, I have nothing! I miss home—"
It's better to be at home, where she at least has the right to fight. Unlike now, she can only become a man's accessory.
That night, Shen Jingci stared until it was bright and threw a dozen empty wine bottles on the ground. When she finally anesthetized herself and was about to go to sleep, she saw the double image of a two-year-old man looking at her with a gloomy face.
Shen Jingci smiled, pointed at the double image and said, "Look, there are two Xiao Junhans."
As she spoke, she threw her head back and fell backwards.
Xiao Junhan caught her with quick eyesight, but after smelling the smell of alcohol all over her body, he threw her on the bed angrily, turned around and told Shi Mo, "Sober up your master!"
He came here early in the morning, intending to discuss Mr. Shen's affairs with Shen Jingci, but when he saw her like this, he immediately lost his temper and walked out.
Shen Jingci's worries were actually unnecessary. Xiao Junhan ignored Shen Jingci just because he was concerned about his position, but he must know the secret that Mr. Shen said. After all, if this secret can affect others, it will be a huge temptation for him!
But Xiao Junhan didn't expect that this time he was destined to steal the chicken but lose the rice.
The sky prison is as dark and damp as ever. There are no festivals here, only days of torment.
At the end of the prison, there was an old man sitting. Although his clothes were a little dirty, he was sitting on the only hay with a confident look on his face.
Hearing that someone was coming, Mr. Shen opened his eyes. When he saw that it was Xiao Junhan, he slowly showed a smile and said, "Prince Qi, you are well."
Xiao Junhan smiled slightly and said, "Mr. Shen is quite able to take things easy."
"That's natural." Mr. Shen stroked his beard and said, "I have experienced a lot of ups and downs in my life. If I don't just accept the situation, will I still cry bitterly? If so, how can I achieve great things!"
"Boss Shen is so wise, I wonder what you want to say to me when you call me here?"
Xiao Junhan didn't bother to talk in circles with him, so he asked the topic directly.
Mr. Shen smiled coldly and said, "It's an old news."
"Oh? I'm all ears."
"This is old news for a long time, but I'm not confused, so I still remember it clearly."