Chapter 61 The praying mantis catches the cicada and the yellow finch is behind

No. 35xs" Liu Yuan squeezed out these two words with all his strength, and after speaking, he couldn't hold on any longer, and collapsed on the ground, like a puddle of soft mud.

The emperor didn't say anything to Liu Yuan, but looked at Liu Xiang and said, "What's your name?" ”

"Sinner Liu Xiang, I have seen a saint."

The emperor nodded, thought for a while, and said, "You once said that you can bear any crime, as long as you don't punish your father." ”

"The sinners do not dare to ask the saint to forgive our sins, but only hope that the saint will take pity on my father's old age, and his time is short, so that my father can live in peace in his old age. Let me, my son, bear any punishment. ”

The emperor asked in a deep voice, "According to the "Great Yu Law", both of you will be beheaded, but if you have mercy on your filial piety, then I can pardon your father, but you will be Ling Chi, are you willing?" ”

"Thank you for the grace of the saints, thank you for the kindness of the saints, the little ones are willing, the little ones are willing."

At this time, Liu Yuan also spoke, "Sage, this sin was committed by my son in order to save me, and please ask the sage to punish me, don't affect my son, all punishments, the sinners are willing to bear all the punishments." ”

When the emperor heard this, he looked at their father and son, thought for a while, sighed and said, "That's it, Liu Yuan, you go back to the paddock, as for Liu Xiang, you can avoid the death penalty, and the living crime is inevitable, you go to Tianshan Pass and serve the general king, if you can survive, it is that God has mercy on you and a little filial piety." If he dies, he is considered forgiven. ”

The father and son of the Liu family hurriedly kowtowed to thank him, and the emperor looked at Li Xingye, who knew what he wanted, and asked them to go down.

After the two of them retreated, Li Xingye whispered, "Sage, will such a punishment be too light." ”

"It's funny, I am the son of heaven and rich all over the world, but my son wants to kill me, and there is no father-son affection. Liu Yuan has nothing, but he has a good son, and I am ashamed of him compared to him. Saying that, the emperor laughed at himself, and Li Xingye whispered, "I don't know what the saint is going to do with the Seventh Highness tomorrow." Flash"

"It's time to see him, I'm tired, you go first, tell the courtiers, you don't have to go to the morning court tomorrow."

Li Xingye said yes, went out backwards, and passed the news on.

When it was just now, the courtiers of the Seven Princes already knew about it, and when the Three Princes heard this, they hurriedly came to the Nine Emperors' Mansion.

At this time, the Nine Emperors were competing with their subordinates, and when they saw the arrival of the Third Prince, they smiled and said, "Third Brother, what kind of wind blew you here." The Nine Emperors said, stretching out their hands and inviting the Third Princes to the study.

The two sides sat down, and the third prince said eagerly, "Ninth brother, you should have heard about your seventh brother, I am as anxious as an ant on a hot pot now, worried that Wenyuan will not be able to leave the imperial study alive." ”

The Nine Emperors took a sip of tea and said lightly, "Third brother, you don't have to worry about the matter of the seventh brother, the father will definitely not embarrass him." You should know that your father is a person, he is extremely strict with his ministers, and his eyes can't tolerate a little sand, but for our brother, he is very generous, and the eldest brother personally assassinated him, and he didn't live well. ”

"This matter is different, the eldest brother is already a little crazy, and the father will not pursue it, do you want to let Wenyuan pretend to be crazy now?" The Third Prince said eagerly, secretly annoyed in his heart, and at this time, the Nine Emperors still looked relaxed.

"Peace of mind, peace of mind, third brother, seventh brother will be locked up in the three provincial halls at most, where will there be any danger to life, don't forget, their queen mother Yafei Niangniang is not in a hurry, third brother, what are you anxious about?" The Nine Emperors still looked like they were hanging high and had nothing to do with themselves, which made the Three Princes shake their heads incessantly

"It's not that you don't know that Concubine Ya has always been ignorant, and the sixth brother was sick that year, and there was only one life left, and Concubine Ya didn't take a look. Now the sixth brother is not in good health...... The fifth brother doesn't know where to be, and we are the only ones who can help him. Although we are not the same mother, we are also brothers of the same father, and now that the seventh is in trouble, how can we sit idly by. ”

The Nine Emperors looked at his brother's anxious appearance, and reluctantly said to his own brother with a straight face, "Third brother, you are too merciful, what's the use of us being anxious about this kind of thing, if we go to beg our father, it will make our father unhappy." Third brother, you can follow me to the outside to have a look, and I will know if there is something wrong with the seventh brother. ”

When the Nine Princes left the mansion with the Three Princes, the Seven Princes also walked into the imperial study in a heroic manner.

With a confident smile on his face, it was not at all like he had come to confess his sins, but to receive the reward in the imperial study.

At this time, the emperor was reviewing the chapters, and when he saw the appearance of the Seventh Prince, he didn't say anything, and said calmly, "Wenyuan, you're here." ”

"Erchen has seen a saint, long live the saint, long live the saint."

"Get up."

After the emperor finished speaking, he continued to look at the song, and no longer paid attention to Wenyuan who was standing there.

Wen Yuan knew the emperor's intentions, and said, "Sage, do you think that Erchen did something wrong last night?" ”

"Oh, listen to you, Wenyuan, do you still think you did nothing wrong?"

The Seventh Prince raised his head and said, "Sage, you have asked me to read the Art of War since I was a child, and I have understood a truth over the years. ”

The emperor put down his walk, looked at the Seventh Prince with some doubts, and asked the Seventh Prince, "Is it?" I don't know what you understand. ”

"Erchen understands one word, that is, fight, whether it is the battlefield or the court, only by fighting can we win and win." After the seventh prince finished speaking, he looked at the emperor and nodded, and then continued to say proudly, "This throne is not obtained out of thin air, but is fought for, since your father, you are not ready to pass on this great position to me, then the sons will fight." ”

The Seventh Prince said, his tone was a little higher again, and he said, "This is the first strike, Father, didn't you win the throne from Taizu?" Didn't it take it from King Wu? Didn't you snatch it from Xiaoyi's hand after the transfer? ”

Listening to the three rhetorical questions of the Seven Princes, the emperor's hand holding the chapter trembled slightly, his lips squirmed, and he suppressed his anger and said, "Is it?" It's a pity you failed, you know? ”

"No, the retainers have not yet failed, the retainers still have three thousand men and horses in the city, and if the retainers do not go to see them after an hour, they will cause chaos in the city." When the Seventh Emperor said this, he looked at the emperor meaningfully, and then continued, "I don't think my father wants to see the capital become a battlefield, even if my father wins, the capital will be ruined." When the time comes, people in the world will not only laugh at their sons, but also at you. ”

When the emperor heard this, he put down the song and said calmly, "Do you really believe that they will be as troublesome as you?" ”

"They have no choice, and if I die today, they won't be able to live in the future."

When the emperor heard this, he sighed and said, "Wenyuan, you go to the Three Provinces Hall now, and copy the "Art of War" to me, when will it be finished, and when will it come out." ”

When the Seventh Prince heard this, he looked at the emperor in disbelief and asked, "Father, are you really going to turn this rich field into a battlefield?" ”

"Hmph, you only have a few catties and a few taels, so you dare to threaten me." After the emperor finished speaking, he clapped his hands, and after a while, a man dressed as a military attache walked in.

Seeing this person, the Seventh Prince's face turned pale, as if he had seen a ghost, and he said a little unroundedly, "Zheng Xiao, why are you here?" ”

Zheng Xiao is the confidant of the Seventh Prince, and this time he arranged for Zheng Xiao to prepare. It stands to reason that he should be arranging people and horses now, preparing to disturb the capital.

Zheng Xiao didn't answer, but just saluted the emperor and said, "The saint is above, and the small people have sent all those people out of the city according to the will of the saint." ”

Hearing this, the Seventh Prince felt like he had been hit in the chest with a sledgehammer, and he felt difficult to breathe. When he came to his senses, he scolded and said, "Zheng Xiao, you eat things inside and out, if it weren't for me, how could you have such a status as a grass citizen today." ”

"Your Highness, please calm your anger, Your Highness, you are not afraid of death, but the brothers are afraid of death, not only the brothers are afraid of death, but the brothers are not willing to affect their families. The lesser of two evils, please forgive your Highness. ”

When the Seventh Prince heard this, he laughed angrily, said Okay, and went out of the Three Provinces Hall with his head held high.

The emperor looked at Zheng Xiao, nodded and said, "Zheng Xiao, you have handled this matter very well, and now that the group of Yi people in Xiangyun Mansion are making trouble again, you go and assist the governor of Xiangyun Mansion to quell the rebellion." ”

Zheng Xiao was overjoyed, when he betrayed the Seventh Prince, he was a little uneasy, he didn't know what the result would be, what he thought was that his best thing was not to be implicated, and he would not lose the charge because of rebellion, as for being an official, he didn't think about this kind of good thing, he thought that the emperor was already deeply grateful if he didn't pursue it.

When Zheng Xiao thanked him, the Third Prince and the Ninth Prince also arrived near the Seventh Prince's Mansion, and the Third Prince saw that the Seven Princes' Mansion was surrounded by heavy troops, and couldn't help but take a breath and said, "Ninth brother, don't you still say that this matter is not serious?" ”

The Nine Emperors smiled and said, "Third brother, this means that the father will not kill the seventh brother, if he really wants to kill him, he will not summon the seventh brother to the imperial study." All this is in the hands of the father, and the nature of the father is that if you don't follow his mind and make him jealous of you, then you won't live for a few days. If you are in his control, then no matter how offended you are, he will not easily kill you and ruin his reputation for kindness. ”

The third prince will be suspicious, and at this time, the ninth prince smiled and said, "If you don't believe it, third brother, go to the palace with me to inquire about it, we haven't asked the queen mother for a long time, and it's time to go and say hello." ”

The third prince nodded, and went to Zhaode Palace with the ninth prince to see his mother's concubine Ping.

At this time, Concubine Ping was looking at the map, and when she saw them coming, she asked, "What are you doing here?" ”

"The son has not entered the palace for a long time to ask the queen mother for peace, and I am here to say goodbye today."

Concubine Ping asked them to get up, and then said, "The intention of the two of you is very clear, Wen Yuan is fine, but he was imprisoned in the Three Provinces Hall by the sage." ”

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Chapter 61 The praying mantis catches the cicada and the yellow finch is behind