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Three days of Hugh Mu ended in the blink of an eye.On this day, Gu Hanzhao put on the court clothes early, he smoothed the wrinkled cuffs, his eyes were full of coldness, how high-spirited he was at the Fengchao Festival in his last life, and how embarrassed he would be today, he once participated in the court meeting with confidence , but the arrogance all over his body was abruptly worn away.

"Master." Gu Fu said respectfully when he saw him go out.

"Where is Biyu?" Gu Hanzhao asked as he stroked the tiger charm hidden in his sleeve with his fingers.

"Master Zhao and the young master are still sleeping."

Gu Hanzhao stopped what he was doing, feeling at ease, told Gu Fu to take good care of the house, and took Gu Ransheng away.

Before Emperor Xuanwu came, the officials gathered together in twos and threes. It is well known that Gu Hanzhao rejected the fifth prince's invitation, and most of the officials stopped rushing to get close to him after assessing the situation.

Emperor Xuanwu felt that he was strong and strong, and he hated the idea of ​​establishing a crown prince the most, but now he loves the fifth prince the most, and the Zhao family is so powerful that no prince can compete with him.Gradually, everyone acquiesced that the Fifth Prince would become the next Nanze Emperor.Therefore, Gu Hanzhao's actions were like digging his own grave in the eyes of everyone.

"Your Majesty." Xie Cheng, who didn't talk to him at the palace banquet, went out of his way and took the initiative to greet him. Gu Hanzhao was startled, and quickly responded with a smile, and politely said: "Master Xiang."

The Xie family is the only family that can compete with the Zhao family in this court. The Xie family comes from the lineage of Empress Xie of Daze, and has been passed down to this day.

Now only the eldest son Feng Xu and the fifth son Feng Sheng have grown up and are qualified to participate in the court meeting. When the two princes took their seats, all the officials hurried back to their seats.

Emperor Xuanwu came late, Gu Hanzhao knelt down to greet him with everyone, lowering his head to hide the contempt in his eyes.Looking for a job in his position, the current Emperor Xuanwu is gradually greedy for pleasure. He may not have been a wise emperor in the past, but he was still diligent, but now it has been a long time since he came to court, and each time he came late and left early. go.

"Everyone is flat." Emperor Xuanwu leaned back slightly on the dragon chair. If it wasn't for military power, he would not have gotten up today after indulging in pleasure until late at night yesterday.

"Start playing if there is something to do, and leave the court if there is nothing to do." The chief eunuch who followed Emperor Xuanwu was the best of the best. Seeing his tired expression, he had already sensed Emperor Xuanwu's reluctance.

"The minister has his own play." Gu Hanzhao glanced at the Minister of the Ministry of War who was about to go out, and said loudly before the other party spoke.

Emperor Xuanwu was puzzled in his heart, but he didn't show it on his face. The Minister of the Ministry of War was just about to go out under his instruction, but Gu Hanzhao unexpectedly took the lead.Originally, what Shangshu of the Ministry of War wanted to say was to ask Gu Hanzhao to hand over his military power, but he didn't want the other party to speak up first.

Minister of the Ministry of War secretly glanced at Gu Hanzhao, feeling a little flustered.

Gu Hanzhao ignored everyone's surprised eyes, lifted his robe and knelt down, raised the tiger charm hidden in his sleeve over his head, and said respectfully: "When I was 14 years old, I went out with my father and lived in Hebi City to protect Nanze. The frontier is a lifelong wish." Regardless of how many people's plans were disrupted by his sudden actions, Gu Hanzhao continued: "Now that Beiyuan has withdrawn troops and Gubi City is as solid as gold, this tiger amulet must be returned to the Holy Majesty."

After finishing speaking, he kowtowed and said, "Thank you my Majesty for your trust."

Emperor Xuanwu choked, although today's purpose was to get back the tiger talisman, Gu Hanzhao's words made him feel extremely uncomfortable.Even if every word and every word of Fang said thank you for your trust in him, it always made him feel stuck in his throat.

Although Gu Hanzhao handed in the tiger talisman, he didn't want Emperor Xuanwu to take it back so easily, so he stabbed a few words back in the court hall. No matter what, he took the righteousness, and Emperor Xuanwu couldn't do it even if he was dissatisfied, so as not to embarrass other people. The heart of a courtier.

"I am very pleased that Gu Aiqing understands righteousness so well." Emperor Xuanwu forced a smile, and signaled the chief eunuch beside him to take back the tiger amulet.

Emperor Xuanwu heaved a sigh of relief when the tiger talisman left Gu Hanzhao completely, and Gu Hanzhao silently retreated to the queue upon seeing this.

"Your Majesty, although the son has handed in the tiger talisman, the border cannot be left unattended." The Minister of the Ministry of War then stepped forward and said.

Emperor Xuanwu glanced at him, but acquiesced to his remedy.

"Indeed, are there any candidates for the loves?"

After Emperor Xuanwu asked, everyone looked at each other in blank dismay. Prime Minister Xie thought for a moment and said, "I recommend General Shen Haoshen."

Emperor Xuanwu didn't make a decision right away, but glanced at the crowd. Zhao Guojiu saw the opportunity and retorted: "General Shen is already fifty-two this year, and his body can't stand the bitter cold at the border. I recommend Liu Chengbin, General Liu."

After Uncle Zhao Guo finished speaking, people from the Xie and Zhao factions came out one after another.Seeing them quarreling together, Emperor Xuanwu felt a headache. Suddenly seeing Gu Hanzhao, who seemed to be on the sidelines, his heart moved, and he asked, "How does Gu Aiqing feel?"

Gu Hanzhao was also taken aback. In his previous life, he was also in such a mess, but in his previous life when he handed over the Tiger Talisman he was utterly unwilling, and also chose to stay out of the matter, and Emperor Xuanwu didn't ask his opinion.For the sake of balance, Emperor Xuanwu of the previous life approved the candidate selected by Prime Minister Xie. Although Shen Hao is old, he definitely has real materials. As for Liu Wenbin, although he has some talents, he is not as good as Shen Hao.

Turning back and forth in his heart, Gu Hanzhao immediately understood what Emperor Xuanwu was thinking, and came out and said: "Although General Liu is very talented, he knows nothing about Hebi City because he has been stationed in the southern part of Nanze for a long time. General Shen has gone out several times Beiyuan, you can do it." After finishing speaking, he backed away, regardless of how uncle Zhao Guo gritted his teeth.

Emperor Xuanwu pondered for a moment, and suddenly remembered the actions of the fifth prince in recent days, and felt a little dissatisfied in his heart, and Shen Hao and Marquis Zhenyuan often argued with each other, and sometimes they were even red-faced. Thinking of this, Emperor Xuanwu finally made a decision: " Let Shen Aiqing go."

Uncle Zhao Guo and the Fifth Prince heard the words, no matter how much they hated in their hearts, they could only suppress it.Uncle Zhao Guo was even more frightened secretly. A few days ago, Empress Zhao had just probed Emperor Xuanwu's tone.Shen Hao was upright, and even collided several times, so Emperor Xuanwu didn't like him the most, why did he choose him after a few days.

This matter has been decided, and the big stone in Emperor Xuanwu's heart has also fallen, and he hurriedly retreated to the harem.

Seeing him like this, Gu Hanzhao couldn't help but sneered in his heart. It is true that General Shen and his father often quarreled over the matter of leading troops, but the two were veritable best friends, and they had contacts in private from time to time, but few people knew about it.

As beautiful as Gu Hanzhao was during the Feng Dynasty Festival, he is as miserable as he is now. Of course, this is what other people think, but he is willing to do so.Emperor Xuanwu just gave him the grace to crown him, but he took back his military power in a few days. The originally popular Zhenyuan Hou Shizi lost his favor in an instant, and the people who wanted to curry favor were far away from him in an instant Far.Gu Hanzhao saw everyone's dark eyes, but he didn't care, and took Gu Ransheng and Gu Zi away.

When the two of them walked halfway, they saw Lu Qing running in a hurry, stopped when they saw them, took a few breaths, and said in a panic: "Master, Xin... Mr. Xin is back. But he was injured, Mr. Zhao is helping him For diagnosis and treatment, go back and have a look."

Gu Hanzhao frowned, anxious in his heart, and asked as he walked, "Did you send someone to Xin's house?"

"Go, the Xin family wanted to invite the imperial doctor, but..." Lu Qing paused, Gu Hanzhao sensed his unfinished words, and said, "We'll talk about it when we go back."

As soon as Gu Hanzhao entered the door, he was led to the guest room by Gu Fu, and Zhao Jianyu was bandaging Xin Zian's wound at this time.Xin Zian was already in poor health. Now he was lying on the bed with his eyes closed, his lips were pale, and his body was in a state of embarrassment. His long hair was entangled with dead branches and leaves, his robe was cut into rags, and blood was seeping from the wound. out.

"What's wrong?" Gu Hanzhao lowered his voice.

"Mr. Xin is lying on the official road by the mountain covered in injuries," Gu Fu also explained in his ear.

Gu Hanzhao frowned, and continued: "Lu Qing said that he invited the imperial doctor, why didn't he invite him again?"

"At that time, there was another young lady who was with Mr. Xin." Gu Fu said, "It's the first lady of the Marquis of Jinrong, the one who was betrothed to Zhao Rujin."

Gu Hanzhao frowned: "Where is she?"

"At Madam's place, that young lady sprained her foot, Mr. Zhao has already seen it for her."

"I know." At this time, Gu Hanzhao saw that Zhao Jianyu had bandaged the wound, and stepped forward and said, "How about it."

"It's all trauma, but Mr. Xin is not in good health. I'm afraid he will have a fever later. When he wakes up, he might feel sick and faint." After Zhao Jianyu finished speaking, he handed the prescription in his hand to Lu Qing and asked him to go get it.Lu Qing was always by his side, and sometimes Zhao Jianyu would teach him something, and now getting the medicine is not a problem, so Lu Qing took the prescription and went to the pharmacy in Gu Hanzhao's courtyard to get the medicine.

"You go to Madam to have a look, Mr. Xin is under my care." Only a few people know about Miss Hou's residence in the mansion. For the sake of the girl's reputation, it is really inappropriate to publicize it at this time, but they can't ignore it.

"Fortunate to have you." Gu Hanzhao squeezed his palm, Zhao Jianyu smiled back and urged him again.

When Gu Hanzhao saw Lu's mother's yard, he saw a girl dressed as a teenager wiping her tears silently with a handkerchief. Lu's mother sighed and shook her head when Gu Hanzhao came in.

Gu Hanzhao was taken aback when he saw the person's face when he approached. He didn't expect that it was the young man who was fighting with Xin Zian for the painting on the Fengchao Festival. Didn't realize she was a woman disguised as a man.

Lu's mother patted her hand to show her comfort, Zhou Ying raised her head and said in a trembling voice, "How is he?"

"Zian hasn't woken up yet." Gu Hanzhao didn't know the secret, so he stopped talking and asked instead, "Why are you two together?"

Zhou Ying pursed her lips, and said with difficulty: "I met him by chance in the mountains. He snatched a painting that day, and I felt a little bit of resentment..." This is actually not a big deal. When Zhou Ying was spoiled and spoiled, he was wronged. Xin Zian argued for a few words, not wanting Zhou Ying to accidentally step on the air during the dispute, Xin Zian also jumped down to save her.Because Xin Zi'an was protecting her, she was not seriously injured.

The two lost their way in the mountains for a long time, Xin Zian held on at first, and then passed out completely when they reached the official road.

Gu Hanzhao sighed, if Gu Fu hadn't sent someone to wait for Xin Zian at the foot of the mountain, the consequences would have been disastrous.

Gu Hanzhao also finally knew why Jin Ronghou, who has always doted on his daughter, chose to let her marry. Zhou Ying's temperament was not like that of ordinary women. If she married into a noble family, she was afraid that she would be wronged, so she simply married into the Zhao family. Mistakes, Jin Ronghou can also suppress them, and will never let his daughter be wronged.

Thinking of this, he felt a little sympathetic to Zhao Rujin, and couldn't help feeling sorry for Zhou Ying, that such a girl with aura was betrothed to Zhao Rujin, who was useless.