The overly handsome man named Li Qiao told Zhao Yao that he was a student at Jinling Academy and was arrested because he wanted to take the imperial examination. He asked who Zhao Yao was and why he was arrested.
Zhao Yao didn't believe a word of Li Qiao's words. Li Qiao's demeanor doesn't look like he comes from a poor family at all. Zhao Yao felt that Li Qiao took him for a fool and thought he would believe his words.
Also, he, the tenth prince, has always given people the impression that he is innocent and a fool. No wonder Li Qiao lied to him so blatantly.
Zhao Yao told Li Qiao that his name was Liang Yao and he was about to go to his maternal grandfather's house in Yangzhou. Unexpectedly, he encountered an accident and was caught inexplicably.
Through these days of getting along and testing, Li Qiao discovered that the tenth prince was indeed as innocent and innocent as the legend said, looking stupid without any scheming.
Zhao Yao breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that he had deceived Li Qiao. However, because he is obviously a fool, he cannot tentatively ask Li Qiao something, let alone make insinuations, otherwise Li Qiao will find out that he is pretending to be stupid.
Although Zhao Yao was a little worried and anxious about his current situation, he could only wait patiently.
At this time, Zhao Yao was lying on the bed in the secret room with a look of despair.
"Brother Qiao, how long will we be imprisoned? Even if we have to be sold, it's time to sell us."
Li Qiao asked funnyly: "Do you want to be sold?"
Zhao Yao turned over, looked sideways at Li Qiao, and said with a puffed face: "Of course I don't want to be sold, but I also don't want to be locked up here forever. If I continue to be locked up like this, I will go crazy."
"It's impossible for the other party to lock us up for the rest of our lives. They will probably let us out after a while." During this period of getting along day and night, Li Qiao unknowingly relaxed his vigilance towards Zhao Yao as he saw that Zhao Yao was innocent and cute without any scheming.
Zhao Yao gives people the impression that he is a lively and cute younger brother, and it is hard not to like him. Let's just say that although his royal brothers did not like Zhao Yao as much as King Chu and King Wei, they did not hate Zhao Yao. There are also ministers in the court. They do not support Zhao Yao, but it does not mean that they hate Zhao Yao.
Many ministers feel that it is rare to see a fool like Zhao Yao in the royal family. Although such a prince is looked down upon, it is a good thing for them that they do not have to worry about dealing with such a prince or worrying about angering him.
The ministers in Lanyuan Pavilion liked Zhao Yao very much, and they got along very happily with Zhao Yao. Many ministers have become fathers or grandfathers, and Zhao Yao is as innocent and cute as their sons or grandsons.
"Brother Qiao, where do you think we will be sold to?" Zhao Yao said, with a look of fear on his face, "Brother Qiao, won't we die after being sold? It's all in the script. so."
"Probably not. If the other party wanted us dead, they would have killed us long ago. Why keep us locked up and feed us with good food and drink?"
"Brother Qiao, before the pigs were killed, they were fed and raised well." Zhao Yao's face was full of worry and anxiety, "I think we are just like pigs."
Li Qiao, who was drinking tea, almost choked when he heard this. He looked at Zhao Yao with a helpless smile on his face.
"Have you ever said that about yourself?"
Zhao Yao rolled on the bed, "I feel like we are quite like pigs now. Before we were killed, we were raised fat and white, and then when the time was right, we were sold."
"You want to be a pig, but I don't want to be a pig." Li Qiao comforted Zhao Yao and said, "Let's wait and see in a few days."
"Brother Qiao, do you have a way to escape?"
"Not yet."
"Brother Qiao, can we really escape?" Zhao Yao started crying quietly as he spoke.
When Li Qiao saw Zhao Yao burying himself on the pillow and crying quietly, he knew that he was scared again.
He walked over, patted Zhao Yao's back gently, and comforted him gently: "We will definitely escape."
Zhao Yao raised his face from the pillow, his clear and beautiful eyes were full of tears, and his delicate little face was full of grievances and fear.
"Brother Qiao, are we really not going to die?"
Li Qiao reached out and patted Zhao Yao's head gently, and said in a gentle tone: "We will not die."
"Brother Qiao, I think I miss my mother." If the mother and concubine knew that he was missing and arrested, she would be very worried. She hoped that the father would not tell her about this. Also, he has been missing for so long, why haven't the secret guards sent by his father to protect him found him yet. Could it be that these aristocratic families in Jinling were so powerful that they could hide it from the secret guards?
"You will see your mother soon."
"My mother is my only son. If I die, my mother will not survive..." Zhao Yao said pitifully, "My father has many wives. My father doesn't like my mother. I am my mother's hope of living. , if I die, my mother will not survive..."
Li Qiao knew about the situation of Concubine Liang and the tenth prince. He asked deliberately: "Does your father dislike your mother and you so much?"
"My father has too many women and sons. My mother and I are inconspicuous. My father often forgets us." Zhao Yao lay on the bed and deliberately revealed the situation of his family to Li Qiao. "My family is quite rich, and my eldest brother and second brother are competing for the family business..."
The situation Zhao Yao mentioned was the same as what Li Qiao knew.
"Why don't you fight for the family fortune?"
"Ah, me?" Zhao Yao pointed to himself in disbelief, "Brother Qiao, do you think I can rob the family business?"
"Aren't you your father's son? Why can't you go and rob him?"
"Brother Qiao, you think too highly of me. Neither my mother nor I are smart people. We can't steal my brothers." Zhao Yao said with a bitter face, "It's hard for my mother and I to live well in my home. It’s easy, why would we dare to snatch the family property, unless we want to die?”
"If you don't fight for the family property, won't you be unable to get it when the family property is divided in the future? What will you and your mother do then?"
"Even if my father doesn't like us, he will give some money to my mother and me." Zhao Yao said innocently, "I am my father's biological son after all, and my father will not be so ruthless that he doesn't give me any money." Bar."
Seeing Zhao Yao's honest look, Li Qiao couldn't help but attack him.
"By the way, I always forgot to ask you, why did you come to Jinling?"
"I came to Jinling to play, and then I was planning to go to Yangzhou to find my grandfather, but I didn't expect to be arrested." Zhao Yao said, with a very aggrieved expression on his face, "I have been arrested for so long, my father and the others I don’t know if anyone has sent someone to look for me?”
"Your father and others will definitely send someone to look for you. Maybe they are trying to save you." Li Qiao knew in his heart that the emperor did not send someone to find Zhao Yao, but instead sent two other sons to take charge of the imperial examination in Jinling. It seems that in the emperor's heart, the tenth prince is really not important at all.
"I hope so." After Zhao Yao finished speaking, he buried himself in the pillow again. "Brother Qiao, where is your family?"
"My family probably doesn't know that I'm missing. They think I'm studying in the academy." Li Qiao said, "It's better that they don't know, so that they don't have to worry."
"Brother Qiao, you seem to be studying well. Your family must hope that you can pass the imperial examination and then become an official. Now that you are locked up, I don't know if you have time to take the imperial examination."
A bitter smile appeared on Li Qiao's lips: "If you fail the exam this year, you can take the exam again next year."
"Then we must get out." Zhao Yao said with a distressed look on his face, "I'm too stupid to think of a way to escape. Brother Qiao, if you can escape then, escape first. Come on, leave me alone."
"Ignore you?" Li Qiao didn't expect Zhao Yao to say that.
"If you are the only one who can escape by then, then leave me alone. I will definitely hold you back." Zhao Yao said with self-knowledge.
Li Qiao gently tapped Zhao Yao on the head, "What nonsense are you talking about? The two of us will definitely run away together."
"Brother Qiao, I..."
"Okay, don't talk anymore." Li Qiao comforted Zhao Yao, "Don't think too much, we will definitely be able to escape."
While he was talking, the door to the secret room was opened, and a man in night clothes brought tonight's dinner.
"eat first."
Smelling the aroma of the food, Zhao Yao's stomach rumbled in response. He sat up suddenly and regained his energy: "Eat, eat enough to have the strength to escape."
Seeing Zhao Yao being so active in eating, Li Qiao laughed and said, "That's right. Only when you have a full meal can you have the strength to escape."
Tonight's dinner was still good, but still poisoned.
Every time Zhao Yao finished eating, he not only had no energy, but also felt very sleepy. Zhao Yao took advantage of the situation and pretended to sleep.
Every time he would fall asleep, Li Qiao would leave the secret room. Today is no exception.
"In two days, take us out and sell us." Li Qiao said to another person in the room.
"Aren't you waiting?" asked another.
Li Qiao did not answer this question, but asked: "Is there any news from the capital?"
Another person knew what Li Qiao wanted to ask and replied: "The emperor did not send people to find the tenth prince. Instead, he sent King Jing and King Wei to Jinling to hold the imperial examination, and sent King Chu to Pengcheng."
Li Qiao said nothing.
Another person hesitated and said, "The emperor doesn't care about the life or death of the tenth prince. There is no use keeping him."
"It is useless to the emperor, but not necessarily to the king of Chu." Li Qiao said thoughtfully, "The relationship between the king of Chu and the tenth prince is good, and the tenth prince can be used to threaten the king of Chu."
Another person didn't think so: "No matter how good the relationship between the King of Chu and the tenth prince is, it is impossible for him to be threatened by us for the sake of the tenth prince. These princes have no brotherhood when facing interests."
Li Qiao felt that what the other person said made sense.
"The tenth prince cannot be kept." Another person looked at Li Qiao and said, "No matter how unpopular the tenth prince is, he is still the son of the emperor. It is too dangerous for us to keep him locked up here."
Li Qiaoyun said calmly: "Then get rid of him."
"Get rid of the tenth prince?" Another person was very surprised, "I see that you have been getting along very well with the tenth prince during this period. I thought you were soft-hearted towards him..." Before he could finish his words, he received Li Qiao's cold eyes scared him so much that he didn't dare to continue talking. "I was wrong. How could you be soft-hearted towards the tenth prince?"
"We'll start in two days." Li Qiao's tone sounded impatient.
"I understand." Another person asked, "Do you want someone to keep an eye on King Chu?"
Li Qiao said: "The King of Chu doesn't need us to keep an eye on him. The prince and the acting king will send people to keep a close eye on him, so we don't need to do anything extra."
Another person thinks so too. He asked again: "Where are King Jing and King Wei?"
"King Wei is one of our own. When he arrives, we have to entertain him well. As for King Jing." Li Qiao raised the corners of his lips and sneered, "Don't pay attention to him."
"The prince wrote a letter saying that King Jing will behave badly after arriving in Jinling, so we should take good care of King Jing." Another person added, "The prince also asked us to teach King Jing a lesson."
When Li Qiao heard this, he smiled playfully and said: "What kind of teaching method, to what extent?"
"The prince wrote a letter saying that it would be better if he didn't die." Another person laughed evilly, "It seems that the prince really hates this younger brother King Jing."
"Since the prince has given the order, we will do it." Li Qiao smiled meaningfully, "Teach King Jing a lesson to vent his anger on the prince."
"Okay, I have a sense of discretion." Another person thought of Zhao Yao who was locked in the secret room, and sneered, "It seems that there is nothing good about being a prince."
While Li Qiao was discussing things with another person, Zhao Yao was talking to Sparrow.
During this time, he had become friends with the sparrows outside the secret room and learned a lot of things from them.
Before Li Qiao returned to the secret room, Zhao Yao asked his sparrow friend to leave, and he continued to pretend to be asleep.
At the same time, King Wei, who was on his way to Jinling, had learned of Zhao Yao's whereabouts.
The Southern Wei people hiding in Jinling spent a lot of effort and finally found Zhao Yao's traces.
King Wei's eyes were filled with cold murderous intent, "It was actually the Li family who kidnapped the tenth brother!"
Yu Hai, who was standing aside, said in shock: "Are the Li family so brave that they dare to kidnap His Highness the Tenth Prince?" He asked again, "Your Highness, was it the Crown Prince who ordered the kidnapping of His Highness the Tenth Prince?"
"No, the prince never took the tenth brother into his heart. It was the Li family who took the initiative and kidnapped the tenth brother." King Wei said in a sinister tone.
"Your Highness, His Highness Tenth was not involved in the affairs of Jinling. Why did the Li family kidnap His Highness Tenth?" Yu Hai asked with confusion.
"Provoking father, or threatening the fourth child." King Wei said with a sullen face, "No matter what the Li family's purpose is for kidnapping the tenth brother, the Li family deserves to die."
"Your Highness, what should we do next?"
"Save the tenth brother out first, and then let the Li family pay the price." What King Wei was most worried about now was whether Zhao Yao was injured, endured hardship, or was wronged during the period of his disappearance. King Wei felt heartbroken when he thought of his tenth brother, who had never suffered anything since he was a child, being injured and wronged.
"The tenth brother was arrested, I'm afraid it frightened him." Thinking of the fear and horror of the tenth brother being locked up in a dark prison, King Wei wanted to rush to Jinling immediately and kill all the Li family.
Yu Hai is also worried about Zhao Yao. He hurriedly comforted King Wei and said, "Your Highness, Your Highness, the Tenth Highness, will be fine."
"I should have known that I should have accompanied my tenth brother to Jinling." King Wei blamed himself very much for Zhao Yao being taken away.
"Your Highness, the arrest of His Highness Tenth has nothing to do with you. It's all because of the audacity of the Li family." Yu Hai comforted King Wei.
King Wei felt it was his fault. He said with remorse on his face: "It was me who underestimated the people in Jinling, and that's why my tenth brother was kidnapped by the Li family."
"Your Highness, you have ordered the rescue of His Highness Ten. His Highness will be rescued soon, so you don't have to worry too much."
King Wei frowned and said solemnly: "You must rescue the tenth brother as soon as possible, otherwise the tenth brother's life will be in danger."
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