After listening to his brother's words, Liu Xingzhi disapproved and said, "Brother, this is wrong! Do you think the emperor is really willing to kill Liu Yan? Is he really willing to demote him to a commoner and suffer all kinds of suffering? After all, it is him. His biological grandson, and Liu Yan is the orphan of the emperor's beloved son, could he bear to let his biological grandson suffer? I wonder if one day the emperor will be happy and forget all the crimes Liu Yan has committed, and make Liu Yan his new emperor again. The prince is also unknown! Moreover, the emperor is now getting very old and is gradually becoming comatose. To put it harshly, who knows when he will...become a fool!" Liu Xingzhi knew the nature of his brother and would definitely not tell the other party about their conversation. Three people, that’s why they dared to say so unscrupulously.
After Liu Xingyuan heard this, he was shocked and angry. Not to mention that the emperor was a king, even if the emperor was an ordinary person, he was still each other's biological grandfather. How could he commit such an offence? But Liu Xingyuan still tried his best to control his emotions and said: "Then how do you plan to get rid of Liu Yan?"
The candle shadow in the room swayed, and Liu Xingzhi's cunning and ferocious face seemed to be swaying with the candlelight. His pair of blazing pupils looked even more terrifying under the candle flame. He said in a low voice: "Dose the medicine!"
"Drug?" Liu Xingyuan looked at his younger brother in disbelief, "But Liu Yan is on death row now. Without the emperor's imperial edict, who would have the chance to get close?"
Liu Xingzhi smiled disapprovingly and said, "This person is right in front of you."
Liu Xingyuan stared at his brother blankly, and it took him a long time to react and said, "You mean me?"
"Exactly." Liu Xingzhi then vowed, "As we all know, our father will successfully become the crown prince this time, and I will also successfully become the crown prince." Liu Xingzhi stood up, walked behind his brother, and patted him gently. He patted his brother on the shoulder and said sincerely, "Brother! You also know that you are a commoner, and you had no chance of success. But now, as long as you can help me successfully inherit the throne, my brother promises you that you will inherit it." ...Father's title. Brother...how is it?"
Liu Xingyuan's eyes were dull, and he buried his head in thought for a long time. Liu Xingzhi's words were a test, a warning, and even a threat. But even so, I'm afraid he would still be dead and dismembered by then. Now Liu Xingzhi wants him to go to Tianlao to poison himself. It's clear that he is killing someone with a borrowed knife and then reaping the benefits.
Liu Xingzhi frowned when he saw his brother was hesitant. Then he laughed loudly and said, "Brother, don't take it seriously. Just treat it as my brother talking nonsense."
At this time, there was a knock on the door. It turned out that the waiter brought snacks, three plates of side dishes and a pot of wine. The waiter arranged the cups and plates, poured the wine, and then respectfully went out and closed the door.
"Brother, come on, come on, you and I haven't had a drink together for a long time. We won't come home until we get drunk tonight." Liu Xingzhi said as he sat back down.
Liu Xingyuan watched his younger brother lift the wine bottle and carefully filled each other's glasses with a smile.
Liu Xingzhi raised his glass and said with a smile: "Brother, I will drink the first glass of wine today as a token of respect. I wish our father will inherit the throne as soon as possible..." Liu Xingzhi smiled knowingly when he said this, and drank it all to himself, and then drank two more glasses in a row. , and then motioned to Liu Xingyuan, "Brother, why don't you drink? Come on, let's have a drink."
Liu Xingyuan hesitated and did not pick up the wine glass. He knew that there must be something in this glass of wine. Since Liu Xingzhi was fine after drinking three glasses, there should be no problem with this glass of wine. The problem may be in the wine glass in front of him. It seems that Liu Xingzhi gave himself two choices, one is to help him kill Liu Yan, the other is to drink this glass of poisonous wine, but now he has a third choice, which is to take advantage of him when he is not prepared and poison him too. poison. Liu Xingyuan's thoughts were confused and he was in a dilemma. No matter which choice he made, it would make people extremely sad.
"Brother..." Liu Xingzhi saw that he was in a daze and called out twice, "What? Are you afraid that my brother will poison the wine?"
Liu Xingyuan smiled awkwardly, "Just kidding, brother, I just remembered something. Didn't someone give you a basin of plums a few days ago? I thought I would drink it with today's wine. The taste must be unique!"
"Oh!" Liu Xingzhi suddenly realized, "I'll go get it right now."
There was silence in the room. Liu Xingyuan's brows relaxed a little, but his mind was still in a mess. He stared at the pill bottle in his hand, putting it down as if in a single thought.
I don't know how long Liu Xingyuan hesitated, but he only heard footsteps outside. He estimated that Liu Xingzhi should have come back with the plums, so he gritted his teeth and made up his mind, quickly opened the elixir bottle, poured the poison into the wine jug, and then poured the elixir bottle into the wine bottle. Put it in your sleeve pocket.
"Brother!" Liu Xingzhi walked into the house, shaking a bag of plums in his hand, and said with a smile, "I got them for you."
Liu Xingzhi put the cut plums into the jug one by one. Finally, he didn't forget to lift the jug and shake it. Then he poured out the wine in his brother's cup and refilled each other's cups. . After Liu Xingzhi poured the wine, he immediately raised his glass and said emotionally: "Brother, Xingzhi knows that I always made you angry in the past, I would fight with you about everything, and I would always hurt you and my aunt. In the past, when Xingzhi was still young, I don't understand Bo Xun and Zhongchi's principle of everything being happy. After this incident with my father, I gradually understood that we are all for this family. I act first out of respect, and I will treat it as an apology to you."
Liu Xingyuan was in a daze for a moment. Although he couldn't guess which of his brother's words was true and which was false, he was still somewhat moved. He immediately woke up and quickly grabbed Liu Xingzhi's wine glass and said, "This wine, you can Not this way to drink!”
Liu Xingzhi was stunned for a moment, pointing to the cup in his brother's hand, wondering what it meant, "Brother, what does this mean? How should I drink it?"
Liu Xingyuan smiled slyly, "Now that the great cause has not been accomplished, my father has not yet awakened, and Liu Yan has not yet surrendered to the law, how can you and I be here drinking a celebratory drink so soon?"
"Oh!" Liu Xingzhi suddenly realized, "What my brother said is true, what my brother means is..."
Although Liu Xingyuan didn't want to say it, he had no choice but to say, "I am willing to help you. Leave Liu Yan's matter to me."
Liu Xingzhi couldn't believe it. He jumped up excitedly and then stepped forward to hold his brother's hands tightly. "I knew we were brothers who had broken bones and connected tendons."
"Okay! Let's drink this jug of wine with our father after everything is done!" Liu Xingyuan picked up the jug, "I'll take this jug of wine away first."
Liu Xingzhi had no doubt that he was there, "Okay! Brother, put it away first and drink it after we finish our work."
"The night is getting deeper, so I'll keep the pot of wine first. We'd better give the cooked medicine to my father to drink first."
"Brother is right. Then brother, you go ahead! I will come later."
After Liu Xingzhi watched his brother go away, he quickly poured the wine in Liu Xingyuan's wine glass on the ground, and then wiped the rim of the glass repeatedly with his sleeve.
