Invincible son

Chapter 698 Chapter 697 [The Way of the King]

Before Pei Yue could figure out how to respond to Emperor Kaiping's instructions, the eldest prince came to him on his own initiative.

The two could be regarded as acquaintances, but after experiencing Liu Zan's conspiracy, Pei Yue's impression of the eldest prince changed a lot.

In fact, everyone has both advantages and disadvantages, the difference lies in how much the advantages and disadvantages account for.In Pei Yue's view, the Eldest Prince is a typical pampered and pampered person. Emperor Kaiping favored him, and Concubine Wu Gui helped him take care of all aspects. He never faced ups and downs since he was a child, so he gradually developed a disposition of being defiant.

If not, it would be difficult to explain his move of sending people to follow and assassinate Pei Yue all the way, which is a stupidity that ordinary people can't understand.

That night when he led the army to attack Lu Wang's mansion, Pei Yue found that this person had at least one virtue of pure filial piety, and not only was he filial to Emperor Kaiping and Concubine Wu Gui, but he also cherished his own sister, a compatriot, from the bottom of his heart, and even spared no effort for her. She was blamed, even if she had to pay the price of losing her position as prince.

That is to say, from that time on, Pei Yue could barely understand Emperor Kaiping's thoughts.

Later, a series of events proved that Liu Xian had matured, and he didn't look as hateful as before.

"Your Highness, are you taking me to the Bamboo Tower?"

On the spacious main street of Xicheng, Pei Yue and Liu Xian rode side by side on horseback, with their personal guards following behind.Pedestrians on the road saw this posture and avoided it. Fortunately, Pei Yue's soldiers had strict rules, and the people around Liu Xian knew how to restrain themselves, and did not disturb the people along the way.

Looking at the direction ahead, the expression on Pei Yue's face gradually became strange.

Liu Xian smiled and said: "I know what you want to say, but don't be in a hurry. Now Qinyuan is in the limelight. I heard that many people spend a lot of money there just to get a jade card. Pei Yue, you This ability to make money is really enviable, I shouldn't have thought about your Xiangyun in the early years, it would be fine if I gave you half of the shares of Qibao Pavilion."

Pei Yue couldn't help but said: "Your Highness, your status is so noble, it is necessary to earn so much money?"

Liu Xian sighed: "This statement is justified. I have wasted a lot of energy on these things. No wonder Father doesn't like it very much."

Pei Yue couldn't help but rolled his eyes, if the others heard your words, they might fight you directly.

Liu Xian didn't realize it, and continued: "It's not that I want to smash the Qinyuan place at this time, it's just because you are the owner of Qinyuan now, how can you get clean when you go there to eat? At the beginning, I was blinded by greed. Wanting to seize your property, the first time we met was in the bamboo building, and now I return to the old place, I can hardly be regarded as an apology to you."

Pei Yue secretly sighed in his heart, the speed of this person's growth was impressive, but he didn't know if it was a good thing or not.

He said calmly: "Your Highness is serious. We said earlier that we will not mention the past grievances."

"It's natural." Liu Xian smiled slightly, and said calmly: "But there must be an end, and I have some things to ask you, the bamboo building is relatively quiet."

Pei Yue said softly: "As far as I know, the bamboo building belongs to His Highness the Second Highness."

Liu Xian said calmly: "Of course I know that this is the second child's property. Because of this, I don't have to worry about other people's eyeliner here."

"interesting."

Pei Yue smiled, of course he understood the hidden meaning behind Liu Xian's words.

While chatting and laughing, the bamboo building was already in sight. Liu Xian seemed to come here often. The shopkeeper who was notified and went out to greet him was not shocked, but his posture was very humble.

When he saw Pei Yue who came with Liu Xian, he couldn't help being stunned on the spot, even a wave of fear welled up in his heart.

After the opening of Qinyuan, it directly stole the limelight from Zhulou and Liyuan. This is a recognized fact in the capital. Although Zhulou was not greatly affected due to some special reasons, the shopkeeper in charge of the building was quite fond of the Zhongshan Hou. Out of fear, for fear that he would make something wrong again.

Seeing Pei Yue suddenly appearing now, the shopkeeper's smile was a bit bitter, but he still had no choice but to go forward and salute respectfully.

Liu Xian glanced at Pei Yue, and said to the shopkeeper: "Today I want to entertain the Marquis of Zhongshan, you follow the old rules."

The shopkeeper breathed a sigh of relief, and quickly responded: "My lord please, Peihou please."

The guards left a few people to accompany them, and the rest were entertained by the steward of the bamboo building.

Pei Yue and Liu Xian came to an elegant room and sat across from each other. While sipping the high-quality tea from the bamboo building, they gradually opened up the chatterbox.

"The Southern Zhou Mission has been traveling in Yongzhou for several days, why did the speed suddenly slow down?" Liu Xian asked slightly puzzled.

Pei Yue smiled lightly: "Your Highness, there is no need to worry."

Liu Xian blushed and retorted: "Why should I be anxious? I just can't figure out what the Southern Zhou court was thinking. Throughout the ages, marriage is better than nothing, and in fact it doesn't work at all. Especially when it comes to the great war between the two dynasties, Is it possible that a marriage can be imprisoned? My only concern is that there will be some conspiracy in the south."

Pei Yue said solemnly: "Your Highness is worried that the south will use beauty tricks?"

Liu Xian almost spit out the sip of tea he just drank, and said with a helpless smile, "I'm such a waste in your eyes?"

Pei Yue shook his head and said, "Of course Your Highness is not useless, but there is a saying that steel made from a hundred refinements turns into soft fingers, Your Highness has to guard against it."

Liu Xian glared at him and said, "Just play sloppy with me, it's not easy to hear the truth from your mouth."

Pei Yue fell silent.

Although the eldest prince matured a bit late, the root of the problem that hindered him from becoming a prince is not here.

Why was Pei Cheng more lenient towards Pei Yue in the first place?Because Pei Yue is just a bastard, even if he pierces the sky, he can't change his status. Pei Cheng's inheritance right is unshakable, so he can show his mind without any burden.

This example is also very suitable for the Tian family. No matter how much Emperor Kaiping loves Liu Xian, he is not born of the empress after all, and he cannot surpass the eldest son inheritance right that has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people on this continent for thousands of years.

Unless... Emperor Kaiping abolished Empress Chen and replaced Concubine Wu as empress.

However, abolishing the empress is not that simple, at least in Pei Yue's opinion, Empress Chen did not make any mistakes, and Emperor Kaiping did not want to become a faint emperor in the history books, so he would not be able to issue the edict to abolish the empress.

In this way, he could only forcibly persuade the courtiers to support Liu Xian. If Pei Yue stood up too early, he would definitely become a thorn in the side of those opponents.

Liu Xian seemed to be aware of the reason for Pei Yue's silence, he forced a smile and said: "You are really boring, today you are just chatting casually, why bother to be full of thoughts."

Pei Yue shook his head, and finally said: "Your Highness, if you agree to marry that Princess Qinghe of Southern Zhou, you must be mentally prepared to lose her in the future."

Liu Xian's heart was shocked, seeing Pei Yue's calm and even cold expression, he suddenly understood.

It is no secret that Emperor Kaiping wants to make him the crown prince. If he becomes the candidate for the marriage between the two countries this time, then Princess Qinghe will not be his wife in future wars.

How can a subjugated princess be able to mother the world?
A chill seeped out of Liu Xian's heart, making his throat itchy.

However, Pei Yue did not comfort him, and continued to analyze: "Nan Zhou must have checked the situation on our side. Among the several adult princes, only His Highness and you are short of people, so as long as His Majesty agrees to this marriage, then His Highness is the only candidate." If you really become the prince in the future, there will be a prince concubine who married Daliang far away in the Southern Zhou Dynasty, and there will definitely be concerns about the use of swords between the two countries."

Now it was Liu Xian's turn to be silent, he could obviously imagine the cruelty of the follow-up.

After a long time, he frowned and said, "Nan Zhou is gambling."

The corner of Pei Yue's mouth twitched mockingly: "It's about the fate of the country. What is the fate of a mere woman? The princess is not as good as those ordinary Xiaojiabiyu. No, those people in the south have always done things like this. Even Xiaojiabiyu may not be able to escape." Their vicious tactics."

What he said was referring to Nanqin.

Liu Xian hesitated and said: "If it really comes to that point, Father may not give the princess to death in the south, right?"

Pei Yue looked at him and asked back, "Your Highness, do you think this is important?"

Liu Xian was at a loss for words.

He pondered for a moment, then gritted his teeth suddenly and said, "Then I will reject this marriage."

Pei Yue said leisurely: "Your Majesty will not allow you to do this."

Liu Xian looked at him angrily, raised his voice slightly and said: "This is not okay, and that is not okay, what do you want me to do?"

Pei Yue said with pity: "I guess, this is His Majesty's final test for you. If you want to become an excellent emperor, you must understand what can be discarded and what must be discarded."

Liu Xian said sincerely: "Pei Yue, can you teach me how to deal with this kind of thing?"

Pei Yue sighed lightly: "Your Highness, there is no perfect solution to the world. Just now I said that Your Highness should not fall into the trap of beauty. In fact, I just want to tell you that some sufferings must be borne by yourself."

Liu Xian looked at him fixedly, nodded and said: "I understand, thank you."

(End of this chapter)