When Li Xingye said this, he was really angry, and said again: "Do you know how difficult it is for your uncle and me to do it, the sage asked me to preside over the lottery, just because I am your uncle and Lao Shi, he wants me to give the bow to Lao Shi, and I gave it to you." Although the saint didn't say it explicitly, couldn't the uncle see it? That day, Shangcailou did not let his uncle accompany him, which is an example. ”

"Uncle, dissipate your anger and not go to the Cailou is not a blessing in disguise, so as not to be surprised. Uncle, although this military power is good, Liangzhou Mansion is a bitter cold place, and my nephew doesn't want to go again after going once. And the nephew just wants to be a prince of rites with peace of mind, this general king, it is better to be the tenth brother. The fourth prince said in the end, lazy and deep lazy.

Seeing this, Li Xingye could only sigh and say: "Forget it, forget it, blame me for being unlucky, who let my extremely shrewd sister give birth to a son like you!" ”

Li Xingye left angrily, and the fourth prince continued to sit on the bed.

Three days later, the emperor personally came to the Three Provinces Palace, saw the four princes with a haggard expression, and said unhappily: "Wen Yuan, Wen Yuan, you are really becoming more and more sensible, you don't drink or eat for five days, and you don't sleep." Are you trying to get angry? ”

"Erchen doesn't dare, and asks the saint to calm his anger, calm his anger." The four princes, supported by the eunuchs, reluctantly stood up and saluted the emperor.

Looking at the appearance of the four princes, the emperor sighed helplessly and said, "That's it, that's it, it's okay." Wen Yuan, do you know that I want you to come to these three provincial halls. ”

"I don't know, who has to guess the mind of the saint? Perhaps the sage wanted his ministers to write poems on this wall, so that this palace of the three provinces would become an elegant place? ”

Hearing this, the emperor looked into the eyes of the four princes and said to the four princes, "Do we have to be so secretive between father and son?" ”

The four princes didn't speak, but just looked at the emperor weakly.

"Do you know where this group of assassins came from?"

"I don't know."

"From Canghai Mansion, a few months ago, Shen Shizhen wrote a letter to me, in which he wrote a poem. There are many thugs in the East, killing and plundering for cultivation. The boots and knives are wrapped in red handkerchiefs, and there is no morning and dusk in the robbery. The main complainant complained to the county official, but the county official did not dare to hear it. ”

When the fourth prince heard this, he got up and said, "Does the sage want his retainers to go to Canghai Mansion and arrest these thugs?" ”

"Yes, except for the mob, you shouldn't have forgotten the plaque that you wrote last month."

The fourth prince remembered that a month ago, he arrived at the Wenying Palace, when the emperor was reading a poem.

In the first part of the poem, the four princes did not hear it, but only heard it: "Yatu concentrated on changing the clothes, and the name in the literati tablet is not." Temporarily send this body to the ghost house, and return without shame cloth wrapping. ”

After the emperor finished reading, he also said to the four princes: "I am going to recruit Wei Baiyun to get up and repair the Book of Wei, but he just replied to my poem. I'm going to give him a plaque, your words are the most like mine, so you might as well write this plaque. ”

The four princes didn't even dare to say it, and finally thought about it for a while and wrote down the four words Canghai Lingbo.

At this time, the eunuch Jiusi, who was waiting on the side, asked curiously: "Lord Wang, is your Ling character two points of water or three points of water?" The little ones can't read it. ”

The fourth prince just said casually: "It doesn't matter if you don't understand it, Wei Baiyun will naturally understand it, whether this is going to be two points of water or three points of water, then it can only depend on him." ”

The fourth prince thought of this and immediately said, "Does the sage hope that his sons will also meet Wei Baiyun by the way?" ”

"Wei Baiyun is a great Confucian, if he can be willing to revise the Book of Wei, then the students of the four prefectures of the East China Sea will also participate in the imperial examination with peace of mind and serve me. I will give you a gold medal, this time you go to the East China Sea to do business, and the officials of the four provinces in the East China Sea will all listen to your transfer. ”

When the fourth prince heard this, he knelt down and said, "Erchen knows, Erchen knows." Erchen will definitely live up to the high expectations of the saint. ”

The emperor also turned to leave, and the four princes walked out of the three provincial halls and rested in their mansions.

On the night of the net, in the Forbidden Palace, a figure was sneakily walking inside, and he was familiar with avoiding the defenses everywhere and entered the Wenying Palace.

When he opened the gate of Wenying Palace, the guards who were originally waiting in the hall all took out their weapons and surrounded this person.

"There are assassins, escorts."

The shouts of the guards made the emperor who was resting in the pavilion instantly sober up, and he asked the eunuchs beside him, and learned that the assassins had been surrounded, and he couldn't help but feel relieved and walked out.

Lifting the curtain and arriving in the main hall, the Emperor saw the Assassins surrounding him, and his face showed a very sad expression.

As he walked over, he saw the assassin waving his wooden sword and saying to the guards around him, "You bad people, leave my father quickly." ”

Saying that, he walked to the emperor's side, stabbed the air around him, and said, "Father, father, go quickly, there are many people who want to assassinate you, and I will protect you." ”

Seeing this, the emperor waved his hand and asked everyone present to go down, then snatched the wooden sword from the assassin's hand, stared at it for a long time, and then said sadly: "Wenjin, Wenjin, do you want to use such a wooden sword to protect me and protect the country that your grandfather worked so hard to build?" ”

As he spoke, the emperor wrenched the wooden sword in two with both hands, threw it on the ground and said, "Wenjin, I made you the crown prince when you were two years old, and I wanted you to inherit this country, but you disappointed me again and again. If this country is handed over to you, what face will I have to face my father, your grandfather, Emperor Taizu Gao. That's it, that's it, tomorrow I will tell my ministers to depose you as the crown prince. ”

Hearing this, the prince, who was originally a little crazy, suddenly knelt on the ground and cried bitterly: "Father, congratulations on finally abolishing your sons again." Erchen has been the crown prince for forty years, and was deposed twice by his father. Erchen's dream should have woken up, and Erchen's brothers should have woken up from their dreams. Erchen is here, congratulations to my father, long live long live, be an emperor for ten thousand years, ten thousand years, ten thousand years, let me be Yu Yongchang ten thousand years and ten thousand years. The prince said that he laughed again.

Seeing this situation, the emperor suddenly knelt on the ground and said to the prince: "My son, my son, why don't you never understand my thoughts, when I succeeded to the throne, I was only ten years old, when the second concubine was regent, I could only be a nodding emperor, and everything obeyed the second concubine, you didn't know at that time, but when your grandmother Empress Dowager Xiaoyi hung the curtain, you were already born, and I was afraid all day long, afraid that the Empress Dowager Xiaoyi would abolish me, and you were the only comfort I could get at that time." I don't hesitate to offend the Empress Dowager Xiaoyi, but I also want to make you the prince at the age of two, and I cherish you far more than your nine brothers. ”

Speaking of which, the emperor hugged the crown prince and cried bitterly, he can never forget that during that time, every time he went to the court, it was like going to the guillotine, and he was worried that when the court was discussed, his mother, who was in charge of the court, would abolish himself.

Every time he returned to the East Palace, he saw the young Wenjin smiling at him, and the emperor felt like he had been reborn.

The emperor quickly stopped his tears and said to Wen Jin: "If you take a sword today and assassinate me in Wenying Palace, I will be blind to death, but you don't have the courage to do so." It's just that you don't have enough guts, I ask you, I have my own way to let you read the model, why is Tang a saint. ”

"Because the emperor and Tang honored the people."

"Okay, you remember, you remember what about you? What can you teach the people, the three emperors have different laws, and the five emperors have different ways. You don't even know how to govern the world, even if you win the world, what can you do. Wenjin, it is also for your good that I depose your prince, you remember what I said, if I die, you will not live long. After the emperor finished speaking, he asked the prince to stand up, and then asked the guards to send the prince back to the East Palace.

Li Xingye walked in at this time and said to the emperor: "Sage, the minister thinks that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince did not have madness when he was young, and if there is sudden madness in the past few years, I am afraid that someone will use the technique of overwhelming victory." ”

Hearing this, the emperor's eyes narrowed, and he said to Li Xingye: "Okay, then this matter will be handed over to you, you go to the East Palace to have a good search." ”

"Whoa."

At the beginning of the afternoon of the next day, the four princes entered the Chonghe Palace in the palace again, saluted to the virtuous concubine and said, "The son has seen the queen mother, and the queen mother is blessed and healthy." ”

"Get up, you came this time to ask about the prince, Wenjin was indeed abolished, but the saint did not set up the prince again, according to the saint's nature, it is estimated that after a while, Wenjin will be established as the prince again."

Concubine Xian said calmly, and the four princes listened quietly, and then said, "Erchen came here this time to ask for his resignation. ”

"Oh, what does the saint want you to do?"

The four princes told him about going to find the assassin, and after hearing this, Concubine Xian said to the four princes: "When you go to ask the saint to take his leave, tell the saint not to use the token, and arrest the assassin alone." ”

"This, Erchen doesn't understand, Soldiers and Horses can not do it, but at least some gold and silver are needed, as the saying goes, rich ghosts push ghosts, and no money grinds ghosts."

"With this, how to show your merits, how the other princes are convinced, if you catch the assassins, they will only slander you, thinking that they can do it themselves. If you want to do things for the saints, you must be able to do what others cannot. ”

The fourth prince suddenly realized, saluted to the virtuous concubine and said, "The retainer knows." ”

"As for the money, you should take out 10,000 yuan in the house, and you can take out 5,000 here in the palace. Fifteen thousand is enough for you to call for wind and rain in Canghai Mansion. As for the people, don't forget that you are the son-in-law of Jing Guogong, and your brother-in-law is now in charge of Jing Guogong's 20,000 government army. There are only seven traitors, and there are only 100 accomplices, if 20,000 people can't take them, Wen Yuan, you don't have to go back to Beijing. ”

When Concubine Xian said this, she added: "Remember, if you go to the Four Mansions of the East China Sea this time, you can't go to Qiyun Mountain first, even if the assassins are all in Qiyun Mountain. Second, don't go south without permission, and get to the southern capital. Third, don't show people by your real name unless you have to. The main palace will also let the people of the Four Holy Divisions secretly help each other. ”