Prison Dragon

Chapter 23

Ao Chen did snatch his quilt neatly.

Yang You was left alone to face a huge problem, how would he explain to the court lady that the quilt was lost?

Losing purses and jewelry is a common thing, and no one pays attention to such small things all the time.

But how can I throw away the quilt that was placed in the room?

Where have you heard of someone throwing a quilt?

Ruifang stood at the head of the bed, staring at Yang You silently with water in her hand, waiting for his explanation.

Yang You scratched his head and said embarrassingly, "I lost the quilt."

Ruifang asked persistently: "Where is it lost, there must be a place to go."

Yang You can't say it.

Zhan Fang walked in and listened to what happened, and asked directly: "Why did you throw away the quilt? It was made of new cotton by the Ministry of Internal Affairs."

It can't be said that there is a dragon who wants to use the quilt to pad the bench...

Yang You didn't speak.

Zhan Fang looked at him with his head bowed in silence and seemed to think of something.

Ruifang wanted to get to the bottom of it, but Zhanfang held her back, "Your Highness has his own reasons for doing things, so don't worry about this matter."

She took out a new quilt from the cabinet and spread it on the bed, and told Yang You: "Your Highness, of course it's okay to throw away anything, but you must clean it up."

Yang You thought that no one else could find Ao Chen's place, nor could he get in. The quilt could indeed be treated as clean, so he nodded.

After breakfast, Concubine Li and several beauties toured the Imperial Garden together and would not come back until afternoon.

Yang You then postponed the arrangement of the long talk with Concubine Li until the evening, and while the day was still good, he had other things to do.

Yang You said something casually and went out with the birdcage, Ruifang followed behind him conscientiously.

She looked at the direction Yang You was walking in, stepped forward to stop him: "Your Highness, are you going to the Bell Hall?"

Yang You smiled relaxedly: "I'm going to find my sixth brother."

Ruifang pouted and shook her head, "You almost fell for him last time, don't go there to find bad luck."

Yang You sighed: "How can there be overnight hatred between brothers? My sixth brother and I grew up together, and we have the deepest friendship. He won't do anything to me."

Yang You who said this was also suspicious in his heart, but he had to confirm it.

He must know the truth.

Ruifang thought about it, although the sixth prince is not as good as Yang You, he is not bad in the palace population, at least he is not snobbish and will not bully others.

She finally gave in.

Yang You teased the bird with his finger, trying to convince himself, "I don't believe he is a bad person."

I believe he must have unspeakable difficulties.

There were many eunuchs and maids on the way to and from Zhongling Hall.

Yang You observed carefully, and there were quite a few faces that he often saw in front of the emperor, they should be people from the Xuanzheng Hall.

Go with something and come back empty-handed.

He frowned and asked Ruifang, "What's going on?"

The emperor has always paid little attention to the Zhongling Hall.

Ruifang was also at a loss, "Could it be a reward from the king?"

This is quite possible, he just sealed Prince Rui.

Are there so many rewards for being a prince?

Yang You suddenly quickened his pace, and when he reached the Zhongling Hall, he found that there was a lot of voices, all the beauties in the hall gathered under the eaves of Chen Guiren, chirping and congratulating.

He was like an out-of-fit outsider, dressed in plain clothes, carrying a bird in a casual manner, neither prepared a gift nor showed any joy on his face.

Even so, because of his status as a prince, all the beauties still saluted him.

He smiled and accepted everyone's greetings, as well as the prying eyes behind the greetings.

Chen Meiren welcomed him in with a smile. He shook his head, raised the birdcage in his hand, and signaled that he was here to play with Yang Xiu, "I'm here to find Sixth Brother."

Chen Meiren's expression froze for a moment, and she smiled and said: "Your Highness, Xio'er is inside, the two brothers have a good talk, and Xie'er will not have so much time to play with you in the future."

No time to play with him?Yang You remembered this sentence.

As soon as she finished speaking, a little maid came over and led him inside.

Ruifang looked around warily.

Yang You looked at the same, the palace people around Chen Meiren were basically replaced, and they were all new faces.

Yang Xiu's room was still the one where the accident happened. Even the layout of the room has not changed, but all the traces have been wiped clean.

Yang Xiu was sitting in front of the low table, wearing black clothes, making tea, the tea smoke curled up, his expression was solemn, like a banished fairy.

He was not at all surprised by Yang You's arrival, and said without raising his head, "Someone told me you were here, but I didn't believe it just now. I thought you were going to have nothing to do with me forever."

Yang You handed the birdcage to Zhan Fang, walked into the house, and asked deliberately.

"Why should I not communicate with you, what happened?"

People from the Xuanzheng Palace are stacking all kinds of luxury objects into Yang Xiu's house.

Yang Xiu was not a favored prince, compared to the emperor's reward, the original furnishings in his room were too shabby.

Yang Xiu put a cup of tea on the opposite side and motioned Yang You to sit down.

Yang You lifted the hem of his clothes and sat down, Yang Xiu said, "I heard that the Ministry of Rites asked you to choose a title and land."

Yang You picked up the tea and took a sip, but he couldn't taste it, "I came to let the palace choose yesterday, King Jiaodong, King Guangning, King Hongnong, it seems that I have to leave the capital."

Yang Xiu's eyelids twitched, he didn't expect that only Yang You was crowned as the county king, he smiled and held up the tea, and congratulated: "You have always wanted to live outside, this is very good. My throne has been decided, Prince Rui, Stay in the capital."

Yang You also congratulated: "It seems that you will soon be able to participate in political affairs. This is what you have always wanted. Congratulations."

Yang Xiu finished drinking the tea in his hand, "Do you know why Father let me stay in the capital?"

Yang You shook his head, he couldn't figure it out.

"Your Majesty let me take charge of the inner guard."

The tea in Yang You's hand shook violently, and a few drops of water fell on the table. Yang Xiu smiled and wiped it off with a white cloth beside him.

Neiwei is an official office established by Emperor Xianzong. It is not within the official official position of the imperial court. It is directly under the emperor's orders and is responsible for investigating and punishing corrupt officials who violated the law and ministers suspected by the emperor.The inner guard's organization is very hidden, it can be said to be the most private force in the hands of the emperor, holding many secrets.

Yang You is the prince, and he only knows his name to the inner guards, but he doesn't know who he is, which shows how deeply they usually hide.

It is no exaggeration to say that the inside guard is

Yang Xiu actually became the head of the inner guard...

No wonder he sealed the prince.

Yang You suddenly thought of what Yang Xiu said when he asked about policy.

He said that ministers cannot remain loyal and chaste all the time, and they will be blinded by power to do things that endanger the monarch.The king should have his own ears and eyeliner. Outside the court, he should set up a team that belongs only to the king, who only obeys the emperor's orders and is not under the jurisdiction of others, and supervises all officials for the emperor.

It is necessary to limit the power of the ministers and make the imperial power more noble.

Maybe the emperor had already made all the plans, and it was only a matter of course that Yang Xiu became Prince Rui.

But why did such a thing happen to Yang Xiu?

He wanted to ask, but couldn't ask, the privacy of the bed is not something that can be put on the table.

Yang Xiu didn't hide anything, and asked directly, "You came to my room that day, didn't you?"

Yang You unconsciously grasped the teacup tightly.

Yang Xiu smiled indifferently, "You were also drugged?"

Yang You looked at him in surprise, "You..."

"I'm not curious about how you got out." Yang Xiu raised his hand and dismissed the palace servants, leaving only the two brothers sitting opposite each other. "The matter has already happened, and the investigation process is no longer important."

Yang You felt more and more ashamed in his calm eyes.

He did walk into Yang Xiu's room, and he really couldn't save himself, but he didn't extend a helping hand to Yang Xiu either.

"I'm sorry, I didn't…"

I have nothing?

Didn't save you?Didn't come forward to prove your innocence?

Still didn't come to comfort you in time?

He had already chosen to protect himself, as Yang Xiu said, the questioning process was no longer important.

The facts have long been doomed.

Yang Xiu looked at Yang You silently, and gave Yang You an unreal feeling of oppression, "It's okay, I'm also to blame, you didn't do anything wrong."

He was indeed not wrong, but why did things develop like this?

Yang You said persistently, "I'm sorry."

"If you have time to apologize, why don't you think about who did it?" Yang Xiu's sitting body suddenly tilted towards the table, and his upright posture was immediately thrown away.He was leaning sideways on the table, his fingers running over the rim of the teacup, and the baggy, flowing clothes slipped off his shoulders, revealing the red marks and bite marks on his shoulders.

Yang You immediately looked away.

Yang Xiu chuckled and said, "Did you tell about Mr. Junyang?"

His eyes were full of gentle spring water, but his words were cold and piercing.

Yang You took a long breath, stretched out his hand to fix Yang Xiu's clothes, his fingertips were trembling, "What's the matter?"

"Stop pretending," Yang Xiu backed away, ripped off his clothes again, and untied a purse from his waist.

It was the eight-treasure bag that Yang You had lost.

"Why are you here?" Yang You immediately figured it out, "Are you really designing me with Mr. Junyang?"

"Really?" Yang Xiu smiled disappointedly, "You always thought I did it?"

Yang You realized his slip of the tongue and stopped talking for a while.

"Do you think I'm disgusting?" Yang Xiu sat down in a seductive posture, stroked the marks on his shoulders, and looked up at Yang You, "How can someone who designs others get himself involved?"

If Yang Xiu was really an accomplice, then the price he paid would be too high.But Yang You couldn't figure it out no matter what, he finally made the prince and took over the inner guard.

Said that Yang Xiu was not an accomplice, he himself did not believe it.

"What's going on? I heard that His Majesty gave you Mao Chengwen as a long history." Yang You asked.

"It's nothing," Yang Xiu said calmly, "Wu Yizhi slapped me and gave me a sweet date. As for Mao Chengwen...as long as His Majesty doesn't care about him, who cares what he thinks?"

Yang You looked at Yang Xiu: "You and Mr. Junyang, do you have any difficulties?"

Yang Xiu glanced at him tenderly, pressed his fingers on his shoulders for a while before straightening up, put on his clothes, and talked to Yang You with a different expression.

Exactly the same as the idler sixth prince before, he smiled softly and elegantly, with a youthful vigor, "I used to have difficulties, but after I figured it out, I don't have any difficulties."

"What's the problem? I just want a higher position, and I don't want to be a chess piece to seize the throne, that's all." Yang Xiu said half jealously and half contemptuously: "Sometimes I think you are stupid, why did you come here Can you still trust me now?"

He added, "No, you've been stupid."

"I don't believe in you." Yang You couldn't express the pain in his heart, "I believe in the Yang Xiu who grew up with me in the past. He is not a bad person."

Yang Xiu raised his head and laughed loudly when he heard the words, "Have you ever thought that the former Yang Xiu was not the real Yang Xiu, he just kept pretending in front of you?"

Yang You's pupils vibrated violently.

He suddenly didn't want to continue talking, there was something hidden behind that thin layer of words, and he didn't want to reveal it.

Yang Xiu held Yang You's hand tightly, his nails embedded in his flesh, Yang You trembled, but did not move his hand away, "No one has seen the real me, and neither have you."

Yang Xiu pushed all the tea sets aside, lay down on the table, took Yang You's hand over, and covered his eyes.

Yang You's palms were wet.

Yang Xiu's shoulders trembled slightly, but his voice was very calm, like the black clouds suppressing the roar before the storm, "Do you know why I play with you?"

Yang You's heart skipped a beat.

"I still remember that the first time we met was when I was 11 years old. I was finally able to study with the brothers in the Shangshufang. They didn't welcome me. Not only the prince, but even the prince's attendants bullied me. I thought at the time, we also shed the blood of the emperor, why we have completely different status and destiny.

The eldest prince and the others can get everything they want, but I can't even get a good pen and ink.I am not reconciled, do I have to be inferior just because my mother is a commoner?

Later I discovered that in Shangshufang, there is always a person who is different.He always didn't finish his homework, and he wasn't afraid of being beaten and scolded by his master, and he didn't care even if he got the last place in the exam.Although he was bullied by the princes, he wandered around the palace all day, fighting crickets and digging mud, living freely. "

Yang You's Adam's apple twitched. He was indeed pretending when he was a child, pretending that he didn't care about the throne, pretending that he was ignorant.

"He didn't participate in the battles in the harem, he lived a good life, and only went out to become king when he was 15 years old. I think he is the cleanest person in the palace."

"Stop talking." Yang You forcefully withdrew his hand, and Yang Xiu's fingerprints appeared on the back of the snow-white hand.

He avoided Yang Xiu's eyes in a panic, and got up from the couch, "I still have something to do, so I'm leaving first."

Yang Xiu didn't stop him, and said to himself, "I thought later, if he lived so freely, would I be able to live as comfortably with him? So I played with him, only I would Play with him. We dig earthworms in the imperial garden and catch birds with traps. Although we are bullied, we still live happily.

Later, his mother became Concubine Li, but my mother was still a beauty.I can see that the attitude of the palace people towards him has changed, but he is still as good to me.Over time, I was also touched by the light.We were never bullied by other people again. "

Yang You walked to the door and put his hand on the door gate. With a slight push, he could leave here.

"Yang You."

Yang You turned around when he heard the sound.

This cry was so soft that it was almost inaudible, and he couldn't hear what emotion was hidden in it.

Yang Xiu raised his head with a smile, his face was still stained with tears, but his eyes were amazingly bright.

"I like him very much, and I like being with him very much. As long as I am with him, I feel that all the darkness in the world is nothing. But I can't be with him, do you understand?"

Yang Xiu's eyes were scorching, which made Yang You feel uncomfortable all over.

"Then, someone told me that I could make him my favorite person, that I could make him do things I never dared to think about."

Yang You turned his head back and looked at a chrysanthemum carved on the door, "You agreed?"

"I agree." Yang Xiu stood up and walked behind Yang You, and put his forehead on Yang You's shoulder without moving. "I also paid the price for this."

"Why?" Yang You asked tremblingly.

"You ask me why," Yang Xiu laughed self-deprecatingly, "I also want to know why, why do I like someone who I will never get?"

"The man said that although I paid the price, he will compensate me."

Yang Xiu took a deep breath, "Look, this is his compensation."

He hung the eight-treasure bag on Yang You's waist, "Put it away, and be careful next time."

Yang You asked: "What about you, what will you have to do with that person in the future?"

Yang Xiu shook his head, "I don't know. But I understand one thing, maybe I don't really like a person. I always thought that what I like the most is when he is together. Now I find that liking someone is nothing in the palace , It’s nothing, no one comes to rescue, and no one cares. I don’t like Yang You who is a good person, but Yang You who can protect me with the identity of Concubine Li.”

"Do you know what I like?"

Yang Xiu pinched Yang You's shoulder with his fingers, and his veins bulged. Yang You held back the pain and the tears in his eyes.

"I've got it."

In an unexpected way.

Yang You didn't know what he should say, even if he knew, he couldn't say it.

He could barely maintain the superficial calm.

Yang Xiu pushed him: "Go, act as if you don't know anything, it's best for you."

Yang You pushed open the door, and the white sunlight glaringly shone on the earth, brilliantly driving away the darkness in the world.

The world is clear, but here is full of stagnant silence.

"Let's go." Yang Xiu pushed the door open for him.

Yang You walked outside in a daze, Ruifang followed him without daring to say a word, and the two walked back to Qingfang Hall in silence.

"Come out." Yang Xiu said with a cold face.

A man in red came out from the inner room and put his hand on Yang Xiu's waist, "You guys are really brothers."

Yang Xiu closed the door with a bang, grabbed the man in red with his backhand, pressed him against the door panel, and grabbed his neck, "Mao Chengwen, I advise you to be sensible, you are from my Palace of Prince Rui, life and death are up to me." In your hand. With Wu Yi, His Majesty will not think of you, don't expect someone to rescue you in the future."

Mao Chengwen was pinched so that his forehead was covered with veins, but he still had a wild smile, "Didn't His Highness Prince Rui still flirt with me in bed yesterday? Why is he so ruthless today?"

"Oh," he said with a smile, "it was another person's name that His Highness kept calling yesterday."

Yang Xiu squinted his eyes, punched Mao Chengwen in the lower abdomen, and let go.

Mao Chengwen clutched his stomach and slipped to the ground, laughing non-stop, "You and Wu Yizhi really figured it out, you wanted to slander the fifth prince while he was asleep, but no one fell into the trap, instead it made you hate him .He came here again to give you some favors, said all the good things in front of His Majesty, and even said all the dirty things you and him did to me."

"It's all right now," Mao Chengwen stood up and patted the dust off his clothes, "His Majesty let us spend two nights in Prince Rui's residence, is His Highness Prince Rui satisfied? His Highness is really flexible, and he can go back and cooperate with Wu Yizhi. "

Yang Xiu said coldly, "He can bring me benefits, but you can't. If you can't please me in the future, you have to think about how to live your own life. I advise you to care about yourself first."

Mao Chengwen looked at him angrily.

Yang Xiu became calmer and returned to his usual demeanor, "I know, you are blaming me and Mr. Junyang for blocking your way to be favored. You don't even think about it, who are you? A gangster on the streets of the capital, if there is no one Zhang Lian, can you enter the palace? Wu Yizhi has concubine Hui, the prince, and the whole family. What do you have? Can you lay eggs? Or are you good at serving the emperor? The most important thing in the palace is like you You have nothing, what do you use to compete with others for His Majesty's favor?"

"Wu Yizhi did it, or someone else did it. You are still alive, and you are still not grateful to Dade, but you just ran in front of me to act wildly. Mao Chengwen, you really don't have a brain. But you don't have to worry, your majesty will see Look at me, you won't be able to die for the time being, but you won't know for sure in the future." Yang Xiu said with a smile.

Mao Chengwen knelt on the ground trembling, "Caomin...should not annoy His Highness."

"That's it." Yang Xiu pinched his chin. Judging from his appearance, Mao Chengwen looked more like Yang You than Wu Yizhi, but his expression was timid, and he didn't have the magnanimity of Yang You's gentleman.

In this regard, Wu Yizhi who came from a family is much better than him.

Yang Xiu said word by word: "Even if it is a dog, I only like obedient dogs."