Chapter 27: You and I are honest with each other

Although the prince is a lawless little bully, but Su Yan on his nature to feel seven or eight points through, every time you can successfully extinguish the fire, so it is not too much trouble to serve, but instead to see him this look of puffing and puffing, with the dog fried hair like, think it is very a few points of adorable.

Zhu Hailin almost ran to Su Yan, holding his hand, gasping fiercely for a few breaths, his iron-blue face eased quite a bit. He asked, “Father didn’t make things difficult for you, did he?”

Su Yan did not expect that his first concern was not the new prince, a little surprised and a little moved, his mouth answered, “The emperor is forgiving and kind, your highness is careful with your words.”

Zhu Hailin looked around and pulled him towards a secluded side hall to bring him there, and the inner officer and several guards following him immediately secured the door to the hall.

“Wei gave birth to a son, you know about that, right?” The Crown Prince muffled his voice.

Su Yan was in a relaxed mood in front of him, condescending words were not said, straight to the point: “I know. Your Highness is not comfortable in your heart?”

Zhu Hailin shook his head against his will, chortled, and nodded his head greatly, “In front of you, I won’t pretend, indeed, I’m uncomfortable in my heart.”

Su Yan knows, when the only child for a long time, the parents of the second child is bound to resist, the greater the age gap, the stronger the resistance. In modern times, there are still forced mom abortion, do not fight jumped off the building, not to mention Zhu Helin identity is extraordinary, involved in the situation and the stakes are even more complex.

The most bizarre and deadly of these is the battle for the Crown Prince.

Unfortunately, Su Yan did not have an in-depth study of the history of the Ming, only remembered that Zhu Hailin eventually became the emperor, as for how to win the battle for the succession, the specific internal situation he is not clear, seems to involve what fight for the country’s capital, but also seems to have been exiled …… alas can not remember.

Besides, who knew if this was the original historical dynasty, what if it was a parallel space? What if the direction of history has long been shifted because of this little butterfly of his?

He has to use the history books, but can not take the history books as a conclusion, can only be treated as a set of “supposedly accurate but this year changed a stupid editor-in-chief” of the college entrance examination tutorial materials.

To the best of his ability, he had to stay grounded in the moment and trust his judgment.

The situation at hand was that, a newborn baby, compared to the Zhu He Lin that he had been spending time with, of course he would not hesitate to choose the latter. What’s more, Wei Guifei herself is not an oil-saving lamp, the Wei clan is arrogant and domineering, and Marquis Feng An always wants to pinch him to death, in public and private, he will not stand by and watch the Crown Prince get into trouble.

Wei Guifei suspected that I am the crown prince party, I really party, what happened! Su Yan thought.

He pulled Zhu Hailin to sit on a chicken-fin wood Maitreya couch in the hall with a three-sided hollowed out enclosure, and together they plopped down their legs and talked on their knees.

“Don’t worry, in terms of elder and younger, in terms of first-born, it’s Your Highness who has the absolute advantage. His Majesty’s love for His Highness has never weakened, the position of the Eastern Palace is stable.”

“Reason I understand, but folk say, father and mother love the youngest child. What’s more, my mother passed away early, even if there is a great love with my father, separated by life and death, will slowly fade. And that Wei, every day pillow wind so blowing, I’m not worried about the moment, worried about the future.”

When these words came out, Su Yan was simply impressed with the crown prince. He had thought that the other party was just a half grown up brat, full of eating, drinking and having fun, over, but those are just ways for me to make a living. I just figure to live a self-satisfied life, not to be bullied, and never want to go over to bully others. Whoever is kind to me, I’ll be kind to him; throw me a papaya and return it with an agar jelly, and that’s still the plain truth.”

Zhu Hailin turned his hand over and gripped him tightly, his expression agitated, his cheeks flushed, “Qinghe, you know I’ve treated you well, so you want to return the favor, right?”

Su Yan nodded: “That’s right. I am genuinely doing this for your own good, wanting to see you grow up and mature, strive for excellence, and in the future ascend to the throne and succeed to the throne, protect the people of the borderlands, and create a prosperous world where all the nations will come to the throne.

“Since I chose to board this ship, Your Highness the Crown Prince, I will use my meager strength to cut through the waves for you. Of course, it is also so that I can rely on the blessings of this ship and not suffer from wind, rain, thunder and lightning.”

Zhu Helin’s eyes were reddened. He gritted his teeth and said heavily, “Qinghe, you and I hereby promise to never fail each other!”

Su Yan laughed again: “The so-called ‘agreement’, is really a mirror. At the moment as fire, sincere as iron, to the future changes come, things are not the same, in vain. The old man’s heart has changed, but the old man’s heart is easy to change.

“I’ll tell you a joke, King Yu has made a pact with all his little lovers, ‘the sky is the limit, this love is hard to break’.”

Zhu Helin’s emotions were completely driven by him, and he was actually a bit anxious and terrified: ”I’m different from Fourth Wang Shu! I will never change, you believe in me! I also believe in you!”

Su Yan tightened his hand, “Of course I believe in you, and I also believe that you believe in me. I also hope that there really is the so-called life and death, never change your heart.”

The door to the temple was suddenly gently clasped, and Cheng Sheng’s voice said outside, “The slave girl has something important to report, something that the young master has ordered.”

Zhu Hailin turned his head and said, “Come in.”

Cheng Sheng bowed and came in, out of the corner of his eye, he glimpsed that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Servant Su were sitting on the same couch together, and they were also holding hands intimately, his heart trembled violently, and he bent his waist even lower.

“Say it.”

“The emperor has just given the new prince a name, called, called …… slave girl dare not call the name of the heavenly family.”

“Forgive you, say.”

“Zhu Hezhao.”

Zhu Hailin was stunned and muttered, “Zhao, Zhao.”

His face was white, but his eyes were red as if they were going to drip blood, and there was a sound of ho ho ho in his throat, “The sky and the sun are …… clear ……”

Su Yan saw that he didn’t look right, and busily signaled for Cheng Sheng to go out first and close the temple door tightly.

The whites of Zhu Hailin’s eyes were bloodshot, the veins at the corners of his forehead jumped straight up, and his quite handsome and heroic features showed a few twisted hideousness, and what looked like the chill of despair.

He leapt up from the Maitreya couch and said in a mute voice, “Do you know the order of the clan temples? The First Ancestor is in the center; the Second, Fourth, and Sixth are located to the left of the First Ancestor and are called ‘Zhao’; the Third, Fifth, and Seventh, are located to the right and are called ‘Mu’.

“The Second is called ‘Zhao’, ah, Qinghe! What do you think Father meant when he gave him that name?!”

“No idea. I only know an old saying, ‘Sima Zhao’s heart is known to all.'” Su Yan’s voice was calm, even a little sorrowful, “Besides, is your father the first ancestor? No ah, you have to force your way into the right place, and you are not afraid that Emperor Taizu will jump out from the imperial tomb and beat you as an unfilial son or grandson.”

Being chilled by his words, Zhu Hailin’s frenzied mind was like a boiling pot with a dipper of cool water, instantly calming down.

Su Yan also got off the couch and pressed closer to the Crown Prince, looking at him sternly: “What I just said, have you forgotten? Don’t be presumptuous, don’t be hasty, don’t disorganize yourself!”

Zhu Hailin sheepishly lowered his eyelids, “I didn’t forget ……”

“It’s good that you haven’t forgotten, cheer up. You are the Da Ming Crown Prince, the foundation of the country!” Su Yan stood with his arms folded, his waist erect, like a pine straight on a thousand-foot wall.

Obviously is a sixteen or seventeen years old teenager, but as if there is a playful smile and angry scolding under the cover of the very tough will, and far away from the five hundred years of time flood of the very old soul, a pair of phoenix eyes wind and moon all faded, only see the wind and clouds.

Zhu Helin was mesmerized as he watched. A thought in the bottom of his heart gradually became clearer, gradually expanded, and firmly coiled his essence.

He wanted to stand side by side with Su Yan on the peak, with a view of the mountains, and then point to the great world in the pale sea of clouds, and say to him, Look, it is you who promised this world of prosperity for me.

Zhu Hailin fiercely wiped his face, wiping away all the hesitation, worry, shakiness and lethargy, cleared his throat, and replied resoundingly, “I know.”

Su Yan smiled in satisfaction.

“What am I going to do next, face Father, face Wei, face that new brother?”

“Diligent and loyal. Not humble. Spring breeze.” Su Yan gave him three separate answers.

“Does springtime mean that I should be gentle with the little thing and not be jealous?”

“No, you can be jealous and dislike, that is your right and freedom. But you must not be foolish enough to let onlookers see your jealousy and dislike, lest they be given a chance to find a reason to attack you.”

“Then how tired should I be from pretending all day.” Zhu Helin complained, but in his heart, he made up his mind to listen to Su Yan.

Su Yan patted his arm and laughed, “At least in front of me no need to disguise ah, you and I can be honest, forget it.”

“I will never forget, and Qinghe don’t forget what you said, to be honest.” Zhu Hailin gazed at him fixedly, decisively.

Su Yan nodded and reminded again, ”The throne is vacant, this is the emperor’s favor to the first empress. Your Highness should be careful not to let this favor be taken away. I reckon that Wei Guifei has the attempt to promote her mother’s son’s position, no matter what, we can’t let her have her way. The son of a stepchild is also considered a first son, so you can’t give your opponent any chance to flip the script. If she wants to use her son to claim the credit, then we have to make the Wei family make a mistake, a big mistake, and offset her credit against it.”

Zhu Hailin nodded, “Remember.”

Su Yan sighed, “Now I’m really the crown prince’s party, I may have to worry for you for the rest of my life. You have to protect me for a lifetime of honor and wealth, otherwise this deal will be a total loss, I even have to fold in the coffin.”

“You think I’m a deal!” Zhu Hailin lost his smile and pushed him with a feigned anger, followed by a tight embrace with open arms.

“Qinghe, I know that you don’t seek fame and fortune. I promise that as long as there’s a day when I’m around, you’ll have days of self-gratification and smoothness to live.”

Who says I don’t want fame and fortune? Give me money, no amount is too much, give me power, no amount is too hot. How much of my words are genuine and sincere, and how much of them are borrowed from the situation, even I can’t say for sure, you silly brat, don’t be fooled and crippled by me!

Su Yan reached out, embraced the prince’s drawstring-pulled, thinly muscled teenage body, and finally only spat out a sentence of emotion and wishing, “…… You can live a long life.”

Suppressing the uneasiness that was creeping into his heart, he decided to be a butterfly that fought to flap its wings and change the future destiny of the young son of heaven that he had glimpsed in another time and space.