Long Lihui didn't answer directly, but only asked: "What business has Prince Chi come to see my father for?"
The person in front of me is not presentable at all. Compared with Fu Ciyi, he is far inferior.
Long Chi'an felt a flash of disdain in his heart, but he didn't show it on his face. He smiled warmly and said, "Of course I have something to discuss with my uncle."
"Important matters?" Long Lihui asked again.
Long Chi'an kept smiling. "It's nothing important, it's just that I haven't come to see my uncle in a long time, and today I felt like coming over to see him."
Long Lihui snorted coldly: "Are you thinking of my dead brother?"
Long Chi'an's voice was very calm, with a hint of loneliness in it: "Indeed, it has been fifteen or sixteen years now."
"The third brother died so long ago. You were only a few years old back then. You were just playmates you'd occasionally hang out with." Long Lihui sneered. "How could there be any deep friendship?"
Having said that, he pointed to a brand new courtyard in the distance and said, "Father is probably inside."
Following the direction he pointed, Long Chi'an saw a courtyard that looked the same as it did before the fire. The address of the courtyard was originally the residence of Princess Jin.
I think the uncle of King Jin rebuilt a courtyard on the site where the fire originally occurred.
I don’t know who lives there now, probably one of the favorite concubines of the uncle of the Prince of Jin.
It can be said that things are no longer the same as people.
If Fu Ciyi knew, he would definitely be angry.
"Thank you for letting me know." Long Chi'an took a step forward.
Long Lihui snorted and laughed. His father didn't meet people easily, let alone talk to them. Someone was going to be turned away.
He immediately hummed a little tune and went to find someone to have fun with.
Long Chi'an arrived outside the yard and was about to step over the threshold when he was stopped by someone.
"I'm sorry, Prince Chi, my master has no time to see guests."
"I have something important to discuss with my uncle."
"The prince is busy at the moment. If Prince Chi really has something important to do, he can wait here for a while, but I cannot guarantee that the prince will be able to see my prince today."
"That's okay, I can wait."
He must meet his uncle, the Prince of Jin, today.
No matter how long it takes, he can wait.
Long Chi'an walked to a pavilion not far away and sat down. The pavilion was windy on all sides, and the stone bench became increasingly cold when he sat on it. He coughed from time to time.
Shadow Five and Shadow Seven stood on his left and right, hoping to help block some of the cold wind.
"Your Highness, do you absolutely have to see Prince Jin today?" Ying Wu asked. "We can come later."
"Yes, Your Highness, the cold weather is not good for your illness." Ying Qi also said.
"Only by waiting like this can one show sincerity."
After Long Chi'an finished speaking, he coughed again.
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In the palace, the second prince thought of a relatively negligible crime and went straight to the imperial study.
"Your son greets His Majesty, Father!"
The second prince knelt down politely and bowed deeply.
The emperor was quite surprised to see him like this: "What's the matter?"
"I am guilty. Although I have been able to eat these days, I still feel guilty. I thought about it all night and decided to come to the emperor today to apologize."
The emperor lowered his head and continued to review the documents. He asked calmly, "What crime have you committed?"
The Second Prince answered honestly, "Before the hunt, I had my men feed croton seeds to many of the horses. I was hoping to prove myself by catching a bear so that my father would praise me. I didn't expect that after all my tricks, the horses did indeed suffer from diarrhea, but I failed to catch the bear, and the Crown Prince still took it away."
The emperor snorted coldly: "You are honest."
The Second Prince said in awe, "Now I think, if your Majesty had ridden those horses that had eaten croton, the consequences would have been disastrous. I truly deserve to die, Father. I know I was wrong!"
The emperor put down his pen and asked, "Do you really know you are wrong?"
"I know I was wrong, and I feel deeply guilty."
The emperor nodded and said, "It's rare that you can come here to ask for forgiveness on your own initiative. It's also rare."
His arm had recovered as normal, and everything else that happened in the paddock was nothing compared to the bite on his arm.
The Second Prince crouched lower and lower, "Please punish me, Father, so that I may feel better."
Looking at the "son" kneeling below, at least among his so-called "sons", he was the first one who dared to admit his mistake.
In this respect, he is better than the prince.
Thinking of this, the emperor said, "Punishment is excused. I have a few books here that discuss the concepts of benevolence and filial piety. Take them back and study them carefully."
As he spoke, he raised his hand and asked Eunuch Song to take out a few books from the pile and give them to the Second Prince.
"Second Prince, please accept it."
The second prince took the book with both hands, thanked him, and then left the imperial study.
I casually opened a book and saw a sentence written on the title page:
The crown prince should be benevolent and filial, which is a blessing for the world!
He hurriedly closed the book, overjoyed. Did his father mean to make him the crown prince?
He couldn't help laughing, but he laughed silently to avoid being heard.
Suddenly, he ran into the third prince.
"Second brother, is there any good news?"
"What good news is there?" The second prince clenched the book.
"These books are from father's bookshelf, why did he give them to you?" The third prince narrowed his eyes.
The Second Prince suddenly had an idea: "Third brother, when dealing with the Crown Prince in the past, you and I were always on the same page. Now that we have an opportunity, why not cooperate again?"
The two went to a secluded corner.
The Third Prince lowered his voice and said, "I'd like to hear the details."
"To be honest, these books are rewards from my father."
"Strange, you can get a reward?" Seeing the book in his arms, which looked like a treasure, the Third Prince had to humble himself and said, "Second brother, teach me."
The Second Prince said, "Today I went to plead guilty. You were involved in the horse tampering at the enclosure. However, I didn't expose you. I was speaking about myself. Not only did my father not blame me, he even rewarded me."
"I understand." The Third Prince smiled. "At that time, your men, my men, and the Crown Prince's men were all tampering. We discovered each other, so we didn't expose each other."
After saying this, he bowed deeply to the Second Prince and said, "Thank you, Second Brother!"
After expressing his gratitude, the third prince also went to the imperial study.
As soon as he entered the imperial study, he knelt down at the emperor's knees and hugged the emperor's legs.
The emperor was standing and stretching his muscles. When he was hugged like this, he almost staggered. Eunuch Song hurriedly supported him.
"Oh, Third Prince, what are you doing?"
The Third Prince said sadly, "Father, I just ran into my second brother, and he scolded me. He said that it was very difficult for you to raise us, but we only cared about pleasure and rarely considered the interests of Dajing."
This one sentence shows that he has no intention of competing for the throne, and he also understands the difficulties his father has faced.
These words were very moving for an emperor who had no biological children.
He patted his head: "The second one is a sensible one, and so are you."
"No, my second brother is more sensible than me. I have made mistakes before. In the paddock, I ordered someone to tamper with the horse." The third prince said frankly.
He originally thought that the second brother would get a reward. If he described himself in a more deplorable way, the reward might be even bigger.
The emperor's temper changes every day and it's hard for him to grasp it.
But today I think this operation was absolutely correct.
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