half life slave

Chapter 108

After returning in vain, Rong Yu relayed to Shen Hui the prince's confession of love, and also described the scene he saw at that time, while the cruel and heartless words were hidden at the same time.

In this era when the Three Cardinal Principles and the Five Constant Principles were regarded as the basic constitution, no father could calmly withstand such a cruel threat, let alone the threat from Shen Xian, who never gave in easily, a young and vigorous emperor.

It's a pity and cover-up, but it didn't get the crown prince's gratitude and approval. Shen Xian seemed to have suddenly realized his own situation, and he went to Shushu one after another with lightning speed, asking for Jiangxue to be the prince's good concubine, and attached He said that if Jiangxue's identity caused the emperor to have concerns, he would willingly give up the position of crown prince and beg to be reduced to the status of vassal prince.

"It's really rare to see such a love in the Dayin royal family." The corners of Shen Hui's mouth lightly raised, full of sarcasm, "But I don't know who inherited this energy, me? Ask yourself if you don't have this infatuation, his that Mother, after all, she is not such a person, it is quite strange!"

The prince's absurdity made him so angry that he didn't notice the indifference in his words, which might accidentally hurt another person.

As for that person, he had nothing to say in the end, he could only smile lightly, his eyes were indifferent.

Shen Hui immediately issued an order to punish the crown prince, and fined and demoted the staff of Zhan Shifu, and ordered Shen Xian to contemplate his mistakes behind closed doors, completely imprisoning him in the East Palace.

But what surprised Rong Yuwei was that Shen Hui didn't intend to deal with Jiang Xue for a long time.

The incident of the crown prince quickly spread in the court. Immediately, some officials remonstrated that the crown prince’s action was disobedience. Such an unfaithful and unfilial person, how could he set an example for the benevolent monarch in the world in the future, and implored the emperor to seriously consider the candidate for the crown prince.

The other group of opponents believed that the reserve position had already been decided, and that the crown prince had long been known as benevolent and benevolent, but he was still young and confused for a while. .

Shen Hui didn't show it on his face, but he was already upset, and he was often in a trance, and he didn't show his smile for a long time.So much so that even this year's Longevity Festival was shrouded in a low and depressing atmosphere.

In addition to necessary official duties, Rong Yu has put aside his idle work of correcting historical books, and stays by Shen Hui's side all day long, trying to talk about light topics so as not to explain them.

The tea was just brewed today and served in front of the case, Rong Yu casually looked at what Shen Hui was flipping through, but it was a new Tang book.Looking carefully, he saw that the page he turned was the biography of filial piety to the emperor, his heart tightened suddenly, and he asked, "Why do you think of reading the story of Li Hong, Prince Gaozong?"

"He was a short-lived prince who was praised by history books, but these history writers are also bad enough. In order to highlight the viciousness of Empress Wu, they tried their best to praise Li Hong for being smart and benevolent. How did he win the trust of the government and the public when he was in charge of the country?" Shen Hui drank. Taking a sip of tea, he tapped on the imperial case with his slender fingers, "Why don't you say that he disobeyed his elders, and he must appeal for the two princesses Yiyang and Xuancheng born by the Xiao family, but he taught Empress Wu how to save face? Tell me, what is Li Hong doing?" Was it poisoned for Empress Wu?"

Hearing his rumbling heartbeat, Rong Yu's voice trembled subconsciously, "No, Empress Wu is a majestic woman, and she wouldn't bother to quarrel with her son over such trivial matters. After the death of Li Hong, Empress Wu Zeng Guang wrote the scriptures to build a stele of merit and virtue. Li Hong is her eldest son and the son she conceived in Ganye Temple when she and Gaozong had the best relationship. She should love her the most. children."

"Eldest son, I love you the most..." Shen Hui repeated his words, slowly raised his head, his eyes revealed the sharpness that he hadn't seen for a long time, "What do you do that makes your voice tremble? Are you afraid? Afraid that I will do the same thing? "

His eyes met his, and his own eyes trembled a little, Rong Yu shook his head again and again, "No, the emperor would not do that. I believe you..." Kneeling in front of him on one knee, pressing his hands on the broad shoulders , "Can the emperor promise me not to do anything to hurt His Highness the Crown Prince?"

Shen Hui remained silent, two lines of snakes appeared around his deeply pursed lips.

Time passed, Rong Yu was still waiting for an answer, his hand was getting stronger and stronger, he grabbed Shen Hui tightly and asked the same question again.

Feeling the pain coming from his shoulders, Shen Hui frowned, and suddenly smiled for a long time, not perfunctory, but still nodded with a bit of haste.

His heart relaxed, Rong Yu sorted out his thoughts, and also guessed whether his approval was sincere. Based on his understanding of Shen Hui for many years, Rong Yu didn't think that he would really kill him for this matter, but if the prince blindly Persevere, at least the hatred between father and son is inevitable.

For a while after that, the inner court was eerily quiet.Only Rui Wang Shen Yu often went in and out of the Hall of Mental Cultivation and chatted with Shen Hui for a while. Because of his dissatisfaction with Rong Yu earlier, Shen Hui would also order Rong Yu not to accompany him when he visited.

On this day, Shen Hui and King Rui had a secret conversation in the warm pavilion, because Rong Yu was assigned to go to the Shang Palace Bureau to select new maids for the palace.Rong Yu was inexplicably absent-minded, listening to the introduction of the palace official for a long time, suddenly felt a sudden sense of uneasiness.

Decided to go back to Xinuang Pavilion to find out, only to find that the door of the hall was still closed, and the conversation was clearly not over yet.Rong Yuzheng went back to his room first and waited, the servant standing in the corridor bowed to him to greet him, his expression was quite relaxed and appropriate, it was a look that he hadn't seen on the face of a palace servant serving in front of the imperial court for a long time.

Rong Yu casually asked the waiter what he was happy about today.The servant smiled and said, "There is indeed a happy event. His Royal Highness King Rui persuaded the emperor for a long time before, but the emperor finally figured it out and agreed to the request of His Highness the Crown Prince. Later, he sent someone to report to the palace to inform His Highness to come to discuss. Now His Highness It's still inside."

"You mean the one who is in the pavilion now is the crown prince?" Rong Yuqi asked, surprised at what he said just now.

He nodded, "That's right, the emperor and the prince were talking and laughing just now, but now it doesn't sound true. The emperor also said that during the Longevity Festival, His Highness was confined to the East Palace, and he couldn't properly celebrate the emperor's birthday. It’s a happy event, why don’t you celebrate it together, and ask someone to prepare a special autumn dew, and give it to His Highness to drink.”

It was the mellow wine provided by the Shandong feudal lord. It was famous for its sweetness and mellowness, and the prince once praised it for its good taste.When Ke Rongyu first heard about giving wine, there was a bang in his head, and he couldn't listen to what the waiter said later.

Pushing aside the servants, Rong Yu pushed open the palace door and broke into the Nuan Pavilion regardless of the surprised gazes of the guards and palace people in front of the palace.

Shen Hui and his son sat facing each other. On the high table in front of Shen Xian was a bottle of red gold jug and a wine cup, and his hand was about to reach out to the jug to pour wine.

"Master, you are here." Shen Xian smiled happily at him, "Thank you, Father said that you have spoken a lot about my affairs, and now Father has agreed. Are you happy for me after hearing that?"

Rong Yu stared at him blankly, sweat dripping down his back.

Shen Xian lowered his eyebrows, and said with a shy smile, "Look at what I asked, you must have known about this a long time ago. You are by Emperor Father's side, what can you hide from you?" He filled the wine , Then raised the wine cup and stood up.

"Father, this glass of wine is for my son to congratulate you. It is a good day for you to live forever. My son is not filial if he is not able to serve in front of you. I would like to wish my father a long life, happiness and health with the wine in the glass." Shen Xian folded his knees Kneel down, solemnly kowtow, with a pious and respectful attitude.

Standing up after the ceremony, he brought the cup to his lips with a smile. At that moment, Rong Yu hurried up and snatched the wine cup from his hand.

Ignoring the astonishment on his face, he said calmly, "Your Highness has not recovered from the cold, and his throat is particularly uncomfortable. It is really not suitable for drinking. You said just now that I should be happy about your wedding. It is true. Please allow me to , I would like to congratulate Your Highness on wishing to taste it with this glass of wine."

"Rong Yu!" Shen Hui stared suddenly, and shouted in a low voice, "What are you doing? This is the wine that the prince respects me."

Rong Yu leaned forward and smiled, "I just want to congratulate Your Highness first, and then I will congratulate you on behalf of His Highness. Your Highness is not in a good condition to drink alcohol at this time."

Shen Hui's brows were filled with anger, and he stared at him hotly, but he didn't speak again.

Standing and sitting, the two stared at each other with a short distance between them. There was no sense of superiority or inferiority for a long time, but there was no burst of anger, only a little bit of sadness, a little bit of loneliness, and a touch of grievance slowly released. Emotions are formed by condensing little by little, and then come together and appear in Shen Hui's handsome phoenix eyes.

"Let's put it down, I suddenly have a headache and want to rest, you all go down too."

His tone was tired like never before, his handsome eyebrows were stained with sadness, and Rong Yu's throat suddenly became astringent. He knew that Shen Hui would not joke about his life, and he still had this confidence, so the wine really contained Drug dropped!

What followed was not despair, but a burst of clarity of consciousness. After all, it was not certain that there must be poison in the wine. Judging from Shen Hui's reaction just now, the sadness and grievance seemed to come from his distrust of him——Shen Hui Hui had promised that he would never hurt Shen Xian, so the wine might just be a fainting medicine.But why, why did you make a false promise to trick Shen Xian here?

There is only one purpose, to lure Shen Xian away, and the person to be dealt with is Jiang Xue who is alone in Baoben Palace with no one to protect her.

Thinking of it, Rong Yu turned around and rushed out of the palace, running all the way without stopping, the palace people he met on the way were all surprised and inexplicably stopped to watch, probably in their memory, the palm print of the inner court has never been so disrespectful.

In astonishment, everyone watched the dignified and elegant demeanor of the admiral eunuch completely transform into a fierce wind under the warm sun of late spring.

So no one noticed that on the road Rong Yu galloped past, two people slowly turned out, one short and one tall, one in a Chinese dress and the other in a green dress.

The servant in Tsing Yi looked at the back of the admiral and the eunuch, and sighed twice, "It seems that nothing happened, but it's a pity that His Highness has put in so much effort. The prince's fortune is considered good, and it's a matter of being disturbed by the boss. It’s going to be even harder to stop.”

The little man tucked his sleeves, smiled, raised his eyes for a long while, and stared at the waiter close to him, "You can't figure it out, you can't guess the master's mind, how can the father really be willing to take the life of brother Xian? It's a secret medicine specially made by Ouchi, which can make people appear in a state of suspended animation."

Seeing the servant in a daze, Rui Wang Shen Yu hooked his lips and smiled, "Do you think Gu's idea for Father is to kill the crown prince? If that's the case, what kind of person would Gu be? How can Father tolerate me? I'm afraid The first one sent me on the road first. I told my father that Jiangxue must not stay, but there is a big brother who protects me in a difficult situation, and I have to send others away first, but how will it end after it is done? The prince's kindness If he dares to threaten his father with words, then he must let him taste what it is like to die once, and let him know how to be in awe, so that he can be honest and peaceful. The father obeyed That's the suggestion."

The servant suddenly realized, and was about to praise the clever plan, but thought that the result was counterproductive, so he could only say, "It's a pity, Your Highness, your painstaking efforts were in vain, then this time it will not work at all."

Shen Yu didn't show any regrets, and smiled faintly, "This is what I want! Otherwise, wouldn't it be my good brother who made it? Maybe, since he became rigid from now on, wouldn't I be shooting myself in the foot? ?I deliberately asked someone to disclose the fact that the father summoned the emperor to give wine to Mrs. Lin. With his temperament, he must be suspicious, and he must also protect the prince. As long as he intervenes, even the father will still lose his temper. Lin The eunuch has always been keen, so he naturally thought of this situation before my stupid brother, and realized that the person my father really wanted to kill was Jiangxue, and then he would make a fuss to save him. Once upon a time."

"Your Highness is sure that the factory father will definitely help people?" The waiter was still puzzled, "In the end, although the crown prince is close to him, he can't afford to gamble with his life, just in case he offends Tianyan , but the gain outweighs the loss.”

Shen Yu laughed loudly, "You can say that, but you don't know him too well!" He closed his smile, narrowed his eyes, and said slowly, "Knowing yourself and the enemy can win all battles. Do you think Eunuch Lin is a wise and safe person? Think he Today, it is only because of the relationship with his father for many years? Wrong, he has the ability and means, and he is a person who sees very clearly. Some things he knows and can do, and some things he knows but Disdain to do it, this person suffers because he is only willing to use conspiracy instead of conspiracy. He has his own way, and as for those ways, they may not all be wrong."

Speaking of that sharp eyes suddenly dimmed, Shen Yu was silent for a moment, then raised his head and said again, "It's a pity that he met Emperor Father and Gu, and it was all wrong. As far as Yu Gu is concerned, there is indeed a relationship with him." Personal enmity. He is also someone who has to be eliminated, just because sooner or later he will hinder the reputation of the father after death, and loneliness cannot let such a person ruin the name of the father."

This seems to be a bit deep, the servant didn't quite understand, he just felt confused, so he turned his attention to the immediate matter, "Then now, the other side of the East Palace..."

Shen Yu nodded and smiled, and shook his sleeves, "Let's go, let's perform again with Gu, this notoriety cannot fall on the head of the father. He needs someone to carry it for him, so that he can teach him that the crown prince and Gu, who is the one who can get up?"