King’s House Kindergarten

When Zhuo Yuan returned to the Pingyuan palace from the palace, Zhuo Xin was already waiting in the palace.

When the sixth uncle returned to Beijing, he went to the Dali Temple prison to meet Xu Xiang, and then was connected to the palace by the people around the East Palace, and then returned from the palace, Zhuo Xin stepped forward, "Sixth uncle!"

"Let's go back to the mansion." Zhuo Yuan said in a deep voice.

Zhuo Xin followed.

Uncle Tao was not in the mansion, and Zhuo Yuan and Zhuo Xin were in the study room in Fenghe Garden, and turned away from others.

"Axin, tell me all the things you have seen and heard in court over the past few months, don't miss a single one, and speak slowly." Zhuo Yuan didn't look relaxed.

Zhuo Xin did not dare to be careless.

It started from Zhuo Yuan and Shen Yue's departure from Beijing earlier, no matter the details. Most of the things he has impressions, no matter whether they are important or not, he will tell them all and listen to Zhuo Yuan.

Sometimes a sentence is passed, and then I think about it, and come back to add details.

In this way, from noon until around dusk, the two never left in the study.

Zhuo Yuan has been listening, rarely interrupted.

When he interrupted, Zhuo Xin would start thinking and adding along with his question...

Later, Zhuo Xin said almost the same, Zhuo Yuan nodded, "I know, let me think about it."

Zhuo Xin also nodded, and then asked, "Uncle Liu, Aunt Liu and Xiao Shi and Xiao Shi are you okay?"

Zhuo Yuan paused for a while, as if he had just recovered from the smog in the court, smiled and said, "They are very good, they have to pass through Mingzhou on the way, and my aunt wants to see Ayue and Xiao Shi and Xiao Shi, so they will be in Mingzhou. I will stay in Zhou Xiao for a few days, and when I return from Mingzhou, it will be almost the end of April."

end of april...

That's going to be a long time!

Zhuo Xin actually misses Shen Yue a little bit, and has never been masked, but he has been looking forward to Xiao Shi and Xiao Shi for a long time!

"Are Xiaoba and Taotao okay?" Zhuo Xin didn't favor one over the other.

Zhuo Yuan smiled and said, "Okay, one is a brother and the other is a sister, and they are all around Xiao Shi and Xiao Eleven all day long!"

After Zhuo Yuan finished speaking, Zhuo Xin laughed along, as if he could think of Xiao Ba and Tao Tao.

Earlier, Xiaoba and Taotao were the two youngest children in the house, and they were also the two children who were taken care of the most in the house. Now, Xiaoba and Taotao are also brothers and sisters, and they know that they are surrounded by Xiaoshi and Xiao11. , learn to take care of people.

Zhuo Xin lowered his eyebrows and chuckled, feeling that time passed by so quickly in his heart.

It seems that he can still remember when he returned to the mansion earlier, and saw someone sneakily setting fire to it. The strange thing is that he didn't see where the guards and secret guards in the mansion were lazy. There happened to be a bucket of water next to him. He picked it up and put out the fire, and also poured the girl who set fire on it...

That was the first time he saw Shen Yue.

Shen Yue was stunned.

All the children in the house despised him and fought coldly with him.

He and Xiao Wu pulled away to see Shen Yue.

As if it was yesterday, in a blink of an eye, both Little Ten and Little Eleven were born.

In fact, when I sink my heart and think about it, it's been four or five years...

Time flies, and the children in the house have grown from bean sprouts in the kindergarten to bean sprouts...

***

After Zhuo Xin left, Zhuo Yuan restrained his smile slightly.

I recalled again in my heart the scene of seeing the prince in the palace today.

As early as when the crown prince was the third prince, he was deeply involved.

In order to gain the upper hand, he used ruthless methods and condoned his subordinates to be domineering in Beijing.

There was a fire in the Guogong's mansion, so many people died in Beijing, and the prince behind him could not escape the relationship.

But the prince at that time was still patient, he also knew how to cherish feathers, and acted like a grandiose. Later, since the prince suffered from a head disease, his temperament and methods became more and more cruel and cruel. He became more and more impatient, and used the life of the minister in the court as a child's play.

Now the prince will be afraid of the Pingyuan Palace, which is also the military power in his hands. In the eyes of the prince, Lianyuan was already dead, so at this time, the prince did not want to conflict with him. But if he intervenes in Xu Li's affairs, it means that Prince Pingyuan and the Crown Prince are on opposite sides...

Lian Yun had no patience or shrewdness, so he made clear his intentions.

This is not like Lian Yun before.

Zhuo Yuan lowered his eyes.

He doesn't care, Xu Li will definitely die.

According to the trajectory that Ah Si had dreamed of before, he died in Nanyun Mountain, and there was no collaborating with the enemy and treason of the Marquis of Weide and the Prince of Annan in the court. The conflict between the family and the prince intensified, and the Tian family took Lianyuan back to Beijing. Lianyuan later ascended the throne. This is the trajectory in Ah Si's dream.

But now, because he is still alive, the affair between the Marquis of Weide and the Prince of Annan has been revealed. The more intensified the contradiction, the more hesitant the confidant who supported the prince earlier.

From Xu Li's mouth, he learned that the prince who came to power in turn put Tian's family under house arrest. Tian's family thought Lianyuan was dead, so he wanted to help the seventh highness.

Although there is no Lianyuan, although there are more waves from the Marquis of Weide and the Prince of Annan, although there is more of him, the trajectory is still intensifying and developing towards the conflict between the Tian family and the prince, and it is Xu Li who is involved in the Tian family and the prince. In the open and secret struggle, nothing has changed.

It's just that it was Lianyuan earlier, and now it's His Highness...

Although they are both women, they are completely different.

In the teacher's words, Lianyuan is better at affairs of the court than her second brother, which is why after the death of Lianyuan's second brother, Lianyun is still so afraid of Lianyuan, because Lianyuan's second brother's confidants are willing to be loyal to Lianyuan. , and he is the leader of Lianyuan's horse; but His Highness the Seventh is a princess of the heavenly family.

Even if he is really in the top position, he will definitely be a puppet or an overhead in the future.

But even so, the Tian family is still willing to support His Highness the Seventh Highness.

Everything is following the same trajectory as before, but completely different.

With His Highness the seventh, Xiqin is likely to face a situation of being torn apart in the future, or even being annexed like Beiyu earlier; but seeing Lianyuan in Nanshun, she just wants to live a quiet life in Cang Yue.

Zhuo Yuan supported his forehead.

Therefore, there are gradually faint voices in the court, wanting to make the heavenly family on the sickbed a grandson...

Because the crown prince's condition is very unstable, if the crown prince is established, he can bypass the crown prince and let the crown prince ascend the throne.

Zhuo Yuan doesn't know how things have developed so quickly in just one year, and how many people's interests are behind it, which will contribute to the current situation...

***

"Uncle Six!" Ah Si ran out of Qiming Academy.

He only knew that Uncle Six would return to Beijing soon, but he didn't know Uncle Six would come back today, and he didn't expect that Uncle Six would come to Qiming Academy to look for him after so long at night.

"A Si." Zhuo Yuan had not seen him for a long time, and he was already a whole head taller.

"Sixth uncle, Ayue and Xiaoshi, where is Xiaoshi?" Si also asked Xiaoshi and Xiaoshi first.

Zhuo Yuan picked him up, already a head taller, "They will go back to Beijing later, at the end of April."

Ah Si was a little disappointed, he still wanted to see Little Ten and Little Eleven earlier!

"Uncle Six, are you looking for me?" Ah Si asked.

Zhuo Yuan smiled slightly, "Si, I have something to ask you."

In the lakeside of Qiming Academy, two uncles and nephews paced together.

At the end of February, it was warm and cold, and it was a little cold to walk by the lake at night.

Zhuo Yuan took off his robe and put it on one side of Ah Si.

His robe was very long, and he carried his warm body temperature, which quickly dispelled the chill around Ah Si.

Ah Si suddenly felt that the earlier dream was a dream after all.

Moreover, it is getting farther and farther away from him. For example, the sixth uncle is still there, and he is still wearing the sixth uncle's clothes with questions.

Zhuo Yuan didn't notice Ah Si's expression, just pondered for a while, and asked, "Si, where did the Seventh Prince go in the dream earlier?"

Ah Si had told him before that in an earlier dream, he was killed in Nanyun Mountain, Lian Yuan ascended the throne, and he talked about Xu Li's death, but he didn't mention the Seventh Highness, nor did he ask about it.

"Seventh Highness?" Ah Si seemed to have thought about it for a long time, but he probably didn't have any impression. It took him a long time to remember, "Seventh Highness seems to have been seriously ill, but it's gone, but I don't know exactly what happened in Beijing at that time. These are all things that happened before Aunt Yuan took the throne."

Had a serious illness, did you?

Zhuo Yuan seemed to remember something, and asked again, "What about the prince? Did the prince have a headache at that time as he is now, drawing his sword to kill people in the hall?"

Speaking of the Prince's murder in the hall, Ah Si paused for a while, as if he could still remember the scene of blood splashing in the hall in the festive atmosphere of that day. At that time, everyone was stunned, and some female relatives and children cried and cried. Screaming, the whole hall does not look like a hall at all, everyone in the hall is in danger, afraid that the prince will go crazy and kill himself and the people around him...

Ah Si had a lingering fear in his heart, he couldn't help swallowing heavily in his throat, and affirmed, "No! The prince at that time was not so crazy, and there was no time when he would kill with a sword in the hall on the first day of the first lunar month."

When Ah Si spoke, his tone was still anxious, as if thinking about it now, he was still a little startling.

Zhuo Yuan stopped, then squatted down in front of him, and asked solemnly, "Si, do you remember what I said to you?"

Ah Si was wise, nodded and said, "Remember, don't tell other people what I have dreamed about, nothing is allowed."

"Yes." Zhuo Yuan patted him on the shoulder, "Right now, especially now, remember?"

Ah Si nodded, "I know, Uncle Six."

Zhuo Yuan nodded in relief, then lowered his eyebrows and sighed, and asked again, "After Lianyuan ascends the throne, what will Xiqin look like?"

Speaking of what happened after Aunt Yuan's accession to the throne, Ah Si seemed to have just escaped from the **** scene in the main hall earlier, and his mood was much calmer, "Although Aunt Yuan is a woman, she is very good at governing the country, and Uncle Changyi is also very good, that When Aunt Yuan first ascended the throne, the Western Qin Dynasty was still devastated and in ruins, but in the next few years, Aunt Yuan managed the Western Qin well, better than it is now, better than ever before!"

Zhuo Yuan was stunned and did not speak for a long time.

"Uncle Six?" Ah Si said.

Only then did Zhuo Yuan return to his senses, smiled faintly, and asked again, "Si, when have you been dreaming?"

when?

Ah Si recalled it again and again, and then he remembered what happened a long time ago, "Actually, just a few years after my aunt Yuan ascended the throne, I suddenly woke up one day. When I woke up, the servant beside me said, Fourth Young Master , I will arrive at the Lancheng Posthouse soon. The lord will arrive later. We may have to wait at the posthouse for a while. Only then did I realize that I had a very long dream..."

When he talked about it, Ah Si still seemed to have lingering fears.

Zhuo Yuan reached out and touched his head, and comforted again, "The dream is the opposite."

Ah Si was stunned for a while, then nodded heavily and smiled, "Well, the dream is the opposite!"

***

All the way from Qiming Academy back to Pingyuan Palace by carriage, Zhuo Yuan remained silent on the carriage.

Remembering what Ah Si said, His Highness the Seventh suffered a serious illness, and then died.

How can there be such a coincidence in the world?

If it wasn't because of Ah Si, when the news of He Cai's death came, he must have thought that Lianyuan was dead, and he would not let people go to Cang Yue to continue looking for Lian Yuan's trace, much less let his uncle go to Xinyi to confirm the trace of Lian Yuan. .

In other words, in Ah Si's dream, maybe only the Tian family continues to search for Lianyuan's whereabouts, but it has been a long time since Lianyuan was found, and before that, the conflict between the Tian family and the prince intensified, so the Tian family At that time, the idea of ​​letting His Highness come to the throne was moved, but he was noticed by the Crown Prince, so in the game between the Tian Family and the Crown Prince, what the outside world heard was that His Highness was gone because of a serious illness...

He didn't know what happened in the middle of it. Xu was thinking about abolishing the prince, establishing the grandson of the emperor, and maybe there were other things that Ah Si didn't know about, but in the end, the people of the Tian family found Lianyuan.

So the trajectory is the same, the difference is that at that time, the prince was sober-minded, with a deep sense of government, and could mediate with the powerful Tianjia, but the prince at the moment is almost half crazy, and he has no previous sense of government and consideration at all. is one of them.

Second, he was still alive, and the Marquis of Weide and the Mansion of Annan County fell.

Suddenly, Zhuo Yuan seemed to have reacted to something. Ah Si had mentioned that Marquis Weide and Duke Annan lived until Lianyuan ascended the throne before they were removed by Lianyuan and Changyi, that Marquis Weide. What role did he and Annan County play between the Tian family and the prince before?

When Lianyuan first ascended the throne, Ah Si was about a year older than he is now, so Ah Si did not know the situation in the court at that time, nor did he know the role of each person in the court.

But from his point of view, Marquis Weide and the Duke of Annan must have supported Lianyuan's ascension to the throne, because at that time the prince's palace was very deep and his wrists were tough, which would be difficult to deal with in the future, so Marquis Weide and the Duke of Annan were It will definitely add fuel to the flames, and use Tianjia's hand to help Lianyuan to ascend to the top, but I didn't expect to lift a stone and smashed my foot, whether Lianyuan or Changyi, it is not easy to handle.

Therefore, at that time, the Weidehou Mansion and the Annan County Prince's Mansion continued to struggle until after Lianyuan was enthroned...

All of these, in fact, are all linked together, and have not changed.

All these changes started when he interrupted Gao Sheng's other leg, Gao Sheng and Annan County King couldn't hold back their breath and wanted to take his life as soon as possible. This is what he saw; what he couldn't see was What happened to the prince here...

Zhuo Yuan has never been so sure and certain that Ah Si's earlier dream should be real.

In another reality, he did die, and all of these things happened, or are happening...

Zhuo Yuan lowered his eyes, if these thoughts were cleared up, would Lianyuan go back to Beijing? Do you want to save Xu Li? Do you want to let the Pingyuan Palace get involved?

When he opened his eyes again, Zhuo Yuan's eyes darkened.

***

At the beginning of April, Shen Yue and his party arrived in Mingzhou.

Meng Zihui came to greet him outside the city of Mingzhou early in the morning, and finally saw the carriage of Prince Pingyuan, Meng Zihui hurriedly stepped forward, "Six aunts!"

Hearing Meng Zihui's voice, both Xiaoba and Taotao subconsciously covered their ears! A look of disgust.

It's Meng Zihui again!

At the gate of the city, the carriage slowly stopped, Shen Yue lifted the curtain and got off the carriage, and Xiaoba and Taotao had to follow.

Meng Zihui stretched his neck out, "Xiao Shi, Xiao Shi?"

It happened that Ma Yu and Xiao Ran each hugged Xiao Shi and Xiao Shi and went forward.

Meng Zihui exaggerated, "Let me see! How cute!"

Taotao stood in front of her, "Brother Zihui, Xiao Shi and Xiao Shi are both asleep, please be quiet."

The implication is, Meng Zihui, stay away!

Xiao Ba also said, "Xiao Shi and Xiao Eleven are still young, you can't say those nonsense words in front of them!"

He talks too much on weekdays, and in the minds of the children in the house, he is a street rat!

But in the past, Xiaoba and Taotao wouldn't bicker with him, but now it's different. Xiaoba and Taotao have to protect Xiaoshi and Xiao11.