Chapter 21: The Joy of Prison
"My dear friends, is there anything else?" The morning court and the minister finished discussing the current affairs with the ministers, and Li Shimin asked habitually.
At this time, Changsun Wuji came out and said, "Your Majesty, do you know if you have something to say?"
"What's the matter?" Li Shimin looked at Changsun Wuji in confusion. After he said this before, it meant that the court would be dispersed. I don't know why Changsun Wuji was abnormal today.
"The Chang'an Prefectural Prime Minister Xu Shiji came to report that yesterday, two groups of people fought for a Qingqing in Lichunyuan, Dongcheng City. After receiving the report, the prefectural Prime Minister Xu Shiji arrested the two groups according to the law!"
Li Shimin frowned, a little displeased, "Do you still need to report this sesame-sized thing to me? What are you Sikong doing!"
Changsun Wuji lowered his head and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, the identities of these two groups are really special. One is the sixth prince Li Yan and the other is the fifth prince Li You!"
Li Shimin's face pulled down, and he was these two unscrupulous sons. He knew very well about Li You's virtues. He had always been like this. Li Yan had just learned for two days, but why did he change again? It's really easy to change the country and nature are hard to change.
"The prince violated the law and committed the same crime as the common people. What should you do if you tell Xu Shiji?" Li Shimin wanted to let these two sons suffer a little.
Changsun Wuji waited for this sentence and said, "Yes, Your Majesty!"
Li Yan in the prison never expected Li Shimin to make such a decision. He thought that he was also a privileged class. The prefect confirmed his identity and would release him, but he never expected Li Shimin to be imprisoned.
Although Li Shimin gave the order, Xu Shiji did not dare to neglect the two princes. Not only did he prepare a single room for the two groups, he also served them with delicious food and drink, for fear that the two of them would hold a grudge against him.
"Hmph, I am worthy of being the descendant of a noble family. Even if I go to jail, I am different from ordinary people like us!" When the jailer brought the sumptuous lunch again, a prisoner living next to Li Yan said in a dissatisfied tone.
"Qin Huaiyu, why don't you talk so much nonsense? You're going to eat!" As he said that, he threw a dry steamed bun in, "and said that you are not going to the Duke's Mansion and pretending to be the son of Duke Yi!" Xu Shiji only told the prisoner that the two groups of people were noble children, and the prisoner did not know their true identities.
After hearing the prisoner's words, the prisoner suddenly picked up the steamed bun and threw it out, and was furious. "A father who abandoned his wife, even if he is the emperor, I don't want it!"
"I'm crazy! I won't eat it!" The jailer cursed and walked to the door of the next prisoner, "You!"
"Qin Huaiyu?" Li Yan looked at the young prisoner. The young man had a slightly dark skin and looked handsome. According to historical records, Qin Huaiyu was just a figure fabricated in literary history. Moreover, Qin Qiong, Duke of Yiguo, does have a young son, but he was named Qin Huaidao, not Qin Huaiyu. Could it be that Qin Shubao really had a son before? Li Yan's gossip was extremely excited.
"Why can't you get along with the steamed buns? Come on, take this chicken!" Li Yan handed over a plate of stewed white chicken.
Qin Huaiyu looked at Li Yan coldly and said, "Who is eating your ugly food!"
"How are you talking? You're going to be a fight!" Lu Boyan said viciously with his panda eyes open, Xiao Rui and Cheng Huailiang also looked unhappy.
Qin Huaiyu immediately laughed contemptuously. He practiced the shooting skills left by his father since he was a child. He had a strong martial arts and was very arrogant and said, "Just rely on you, I can just use one hand!"
"What a crazy boy!" Cheng Huailiang stood up, "If it weren't for the wooden railing, I would have to talk with you!"
Li Yan was not interested in whether he could fight. What he was interested in was whether he was Qin Qiong's son. Thinking of the prison guard's words just now, Li Yan vaguely guessed something, "Brother, I know Qin Qiong, Duke Yiguo. The prison guard said just now..." At this point, Li Yan stopped and looked at Qin Huaiyu's expression. Qin Huaiyu's expression changed drastically.
Li Yan continued: "This Yi Duke Zhang, the original wife of the Duke of Yi, got a son in his later years, and called Qin Huaidao. If you go and pretend, you have to find out clearly!"
"I didn't pretend. My mother told me since she was a child that my father was Qin Qiong. When he defected to Li Mi that year, he said he would come back to pick us up our mother and son. He also left half a jade pendant for my mother. My mother wouldn't lie to me!" Qin Huaiyu said anxiously.
"Since you said yes, why are you caught here again!"
"It's not that Zhang. I came to the door. She sent the servants to the government office without saying a word. If I hadn't cared about my father's face, I..."
Speaking of this, Li Yan asked everything he wanted to ask clearly. Now he was facing a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. "Brother Qin, your affairs are included in me, and I will let you father and son meet!"
"You?" Qin Huaiyu looked at Li Yan suspiciously. He had said something angry to the prison guard just now. He came to Chang'an for thousands of miles, so why didn't he want to find his own father?
"Brother Qin misunderstood us. We are indeed noble children, but being locked up here today is just to save a weak woman and offend a powerful man!" Li Yan looked sad.
"That's true!"
"I swear to God!" Lu Boyan raised his hand at this time, "This was beaten by that man's dog legs!"
Qin Huaiyu said half-believingly: "If this is the case, then I offended it just now!" He put away his hostility towards Li Yan and the other two.
Li Yan understood that it would take some time for Qin Huaiyu to completely believe that he would be. In the next time, he treated Qin Huaiyu like a close friend, eating and drinking with wine. The five of them were all young people. Li Yan had no airs and quickly became a group, spoke freely, and was intimate.
Time flies, and half a month has passed. Xu Shiji personally went to the cell and invited Li Yan and Li You out of the cell.
"Brother Qin, let's take a step first. When you come out, remember to go to the Liang Palace to find me!" Li Yan did not reveal his identity, but just told him that he was doing things in the palace.
"Sure, certain!" Qin Huaiyu stood up and bowed, looking at Li Yan with a very friendly look.
Come out of the prefectural prison, Li Yan looked in the direction of Tai Chi Palace and said, "Li Shimin, you are so cruel!"
Li You's face was not so good. The two of them stared at each other at the front of the government office and left.
"The Sixth Prince walks slowly, the Fifteenth Prince walks slowly!" Xu Shiji smiled apologetically. These fifteen days were like torment for him, afraid that someone in the court would feel uncomfortable looking for him. Now these two plague gods have finally left.
Cheng Huailiang and the other two left the government gate and sued Li Yan and went home. Such a scandal happened, but they didn't know how to explain it when they came home, especially Cheng Huailiang, who had a sad face and looked like a dead mother.
Chapter completed!