Dressed as the master of a sickly tyrant

It has been a few days since the two returned to the capital leisurely.

The memorial was sent to the emperor before the two arrived in the capital, and the letter of incrimination from Taishou Liu and others was also sent to the emperor.

When the prince received the news, the letter had already been sent, and if he wanted to send someone to intercept it, it would be tantamount to begging himself.

After several weighings, the prince entered the palace and went to the Kunning Palace where the empress was.

The queen lost her body after giving birth to the princess and died, unable to reproduce.

The prince was born of a court lady, and was later adopted by the emperor at the queen's knee.

The prince suspected long ago that his mother was bestowed to death by the queen, but she was still fledgling and needed the power of the queen, so she kept swallowing her anger.

With a complicated mood, he came to Kunning Palace to pay his respects to the queen, and then knelt down with a plop.

The dignified queen was also shocked by this kneeling, she quickly got up and said, "Why is the emperor doing such a big ceremony today?"

The prince knelt on the ground and took a step forward, hugging the queen's legs and crying:

"My son thought that next month would be my mother's birthday, and I wanted to make a special event for my mother, so I collected a lot of rare treasures for my mother from all over the world, and spent a lot of money.

Recently, I found another piece of rare jade, but I was short of money, so I took the disaster relief money to emergency..."

Seeing the prince's meek face, the queen knelt at her feet and cried heart-rendingly, and couldn't help being overwhelmed by maternal love.

He helped the prince up and said softly:

"Emperor, don't be in a hurry, tell the truth about the matter to the empress, the empress must find a way to protect you."

Hearing this, the prince got up and sat next to the queen, sobbing: "My minister is just impatient, worried that that piece of rare jade will be snatched away.

I was obsessed with thinking about misappropriating disaster relief money for emergency, and making up for it later, so that no one would notice.

Where did you expect the refugees to rebel..."

The queen comforted: "I have heard about the disaster relief money, and you have also made up for the 10 taels.

Bengong will go to the emperor to intercede later, and the emperor will at most fine him a little salary and confine him for a few months. "

"But Taishou Liu, the county magistrate and others poured dirty water on my ministers.

It is said that the minister is the mastermind of embezzling the disaster relief money, and even involved all the officials of the minister's party..." The prince said weakly.

After hearing the words, the queen knew that things were not that simple, and it was a big taboo to form a party for personal gain.

It's fine if there is nothing to do on weekdays. Once something happens, the emperor will definitely remove the cancer.

The queen stared fixedly at the prince's face that looked like his mother's concubine. The emperor fell in love with such a face back then.

At that time, the emperor hadn't seized power from the queen mother, and he couldn't protect his beloved woman, so she was silently bestowed to death by the queen mother.

That night he came to Kunning Palace with the child in his arms, saying that he only believed in himself and hoped that she could raise the child herself.

In the past, the emperor was indifferent to himself, but after having this child, the relationship between the two became much closer, just like an ordinary couple, they would accompany the child to eat and teach the child together.

If this child is gone, perhaps the emperor will not come to this Kunning Palace again.

In any case, she had to keep the child.

After thinking for a while, he said, "Now go to meet the emperor.

When you arrive at the Hall of Supreme Harmony, don't say anything, and don't make excuses.

She just kept crying, saying that she was confused for a while because she wanted to hold a birthday banquet for Ben Gong. "

The crown prince was puzzled and said: "How can the emperor forgive me if I don't defend myself?"

The queen stretched out her hand to caress the prince's face and said: "When you are not talking, this face is most like your concubine mother.

Your mother and concubine are also soft and weak and never argue, only in this way can the emperor pity you.

Thinking of your filial piety to hold a birthday banquet for this palace, the emperor will definitely punish you lightly. "

The prince nodded thoughtfully, and followed the queen to the Hall of Supreme Harmony.

The emperor in the Hall of Supreme Harmony was furious, and when he saw the empress bringing people over, he passed it on.

After the empress paid her respects, she took the blame on herself: "This matter is due to my concubine's lack of discipline, which made the prince make a big mistake. I hope the emperor will forgive me."

The emperor said angrily, "Prince, what excuse do you have?"

Seeing that the emperor gave him a chance to defend himself, the prince was overjoyed for a moment, and was about to open his mouth to put the blame on himself, when the queen looked up and looked at him fixedly.

That cold look was clearly warning him not to talk nonsense.

For a while, I was aggrieved, but I had to succumb to the majesty of the queen.

It took a long time before he murmured: "My son has nothing to argue with, it's because my son was infatuated and confused for a while.

Even if it was for the mother's birthday, the disaster relief money should not be embezzled. The son knew his mistake and begged the father to punish him. "

After finishing speaking, he kowtowed his head, bumping his head to the ground and thinking about it.

Seeing this, the empress said distressedly: "Your Majesty, everything is due to my concubine's lack of discipline.

The prince was not born of the concubine, and the concubine spoiled him too much.

It's a pity that he has no mother since he was a child..."

Hearing this, the emperor looked at the prince kneeling and kowtowing, and thought of the woman who admired and worshiped him when he was young, and couldn't help but soften his heart.

It took a long time before she opened her mouth and said: "The queen must discipline the prince well in the future, and don't let him make mistakes again.

Otherwise, I am afraid that you, the queen, should also abdicate to the virtuous. "

A word that was neither salty nor light, made the queen sweat coldly.

It seems that he blamed himself for not raising the prince well, so he and the prince were really tied together.

One glory and one glory.

After the emperor shook his sleeves and left, the prince stood up by himself and immediately went to help the queen up.

On the one hand, I was lucky, but fortunately, I didn't defend myself after listening to the Queen's words.

The queen got up and looked at the prince and said: "You have also heard what the emperor said just now, if there is anything in the future, please let me know.

Otherwise we will all end badly. "

The prince supported the queen: "The sons and officials have no mother to rely on, and they have long regarded the queen as their biological mother.

You must not lie to your mother. "

As soon as Chu Haozhi returned to the fourth prince's mansion, the fourth prince came to visit him.

After taking a bath and changing clothes, Chu Haozhi lazily nestled on the soft couch, like a noble and elegant Persian cat.

Thinking of Nan Cangming hugging him when he left and refusing to let him go, he couldn't help but chuckle.

As soon as the fourth prince came in, he saw Chu Haozhi with a slight smile on his face, and his mood improved a lot for a while.

I sat down and poured a cup of tea, and handed it to him: "I've been traveling outside these days, thank you for your hard work."

Chu Haozhi took the tea leisurely, took a small sip, his face didn't blush, and his heart didn't beat: "It's not hard work, it's right to share your worries for His Highness."

During the time when he was away, Nan Cangming was there, taking care of him meticulously, and the little life was sweet and sweet, which is really not hard work.

Upon hearing this, the fourth prince beamed with joy: "Father will definitely call me into the palace soon, look at me..."

Chu Haozhi put down his teacup, took out a book at random, and said slowly:

"The crown prince is the son of the emperor's confidante when he was not in power, and his image has always been gentle and filial, so the emperor will definitely care about his old love.

After speaking, I changed the subject, today is the tenth day of the lunar new year.

I heard that the prince would go to the painting boat by the Moon River to drink and have fun on the fifteenth day of every month. "

The fourth prince's eyes were light, and he said with a smile: "There are refugees everywhere, and the prince gathers people to have fun, it must be a big show.

At that time, I will show evidence of the plague in Luzhen..."

Chu Haozhi looked at the fourth prince with a smile on his face, it was comfortable dealing with smart people.

On the second day, Chu Haozhi and Nancangming were declared into the palace by the emperor.

The matter was done very well, and the emperor was very satisfied.

He beheaded a few heads to make an example to the monkeys, demoted several Beijing officials, deprived several official positions, scolded the crown prince a few words, fined his salary for several years, and banned him for three months.

This matter is over.

Chu Haozhi was not surprised at all, standing below calmly, Nan Cangming also remained silent.

The fourth prince looked at this scene and thought: Father, you are really partial.

If I committed this matter, I am afraid that I would have been demoted to a commoner and driven out of the capital.

Why can he lightly expose every time he makes a mistake? Could it be that you were really deceived by his gentleness and filial piety?

The officials kneeling below seemed to have forgotten that thousands of refugees gave their lives for this matter.

No one stood up and spoke up for them.

The prince lowered his head silently, as if admitting his mistake and accepting punishment.

In order to appease the investigators, the emperor gave Nancangming a sword and rewarded some gold, silver and jewels.

He even made Chu Haozhi a national teacher, hoping that he could use his talents to protect the peace of the country and the people of the Nanchen Dynasty.

Let him live in the palace in the future so that he can go to the Chongwen Museum to give lectures to the princes every month.

The fourth prince was stunned for a moment: Didn't the father know that Chu Haozhi was the one he wanted?Why would you take him away from yourself?

Just as he was about to say something, he saw the emperor's majestic eyes sweeping over, and he had to shut his mouth for a moment.

After the emperor left, the fourth prince stopped Chu Haozhi.

Nan Cangming wanted to go forward, but saw the master beckoning him to leave with his eyes.

He has never violated the wishes of his master, he hesitated for a while and finally left.

Seeing that everyone had left, the fourth prince stepped forward and said, "Is all this in your scheme again?"

Chu Haozhi smiled indifferently, and shook his head: "I counted that there will be a reward, but I didn't count that I will be a national teacher, and I still have to teach the prince."

"Is it.

I thought it was all in your calculations.

Since you promised to be by my side and help me, everything is developing in the direction you want.

From the very beginning, you never thought about staying by my side.

Yeah? "The fourth prince looked at Chu Haozhi with pain in his eyes.

Indeed, everything was in his calculations.

He calculated that if the case could be handled according to the wishes of the emperors.

The emperor will promote him, as long as the emperor promotes him to become an official, he will be able to leave the Fourth Prince's Mansion in a legitimate way.

At first, he agreed to stay with the fourth prince, but it was just a stopgap measure, and it was also to use his hands to bring down the prince.

But the crown prince has not been brought down yet, so he still has to make excuses.

After thinking for a while, he said: "Your Highness should put the overall situation first, if you insist on keeping me by your side, it will definitely arouse the emperor's suspicion.

People like me can only be by the emperor's side. No matter who we get close to, we will only harm the other party.

Unless that person is the emperor. "

The fourth prince smiled wryly, as if making a promise: "Okay, that day won't be too long."

After hearing this, Chu Haozhi stopped talking and turned to leave.

The eunuch had already been waiting for a long time, and when he saw Chu Haozhi coming out, he said flatteringly, "My lord, this slave will lead you to rest in the bedroom."

Walking with the eunuch in the palace, the more I walked, the more I became familiar with it, and in the blink of an eye I came to the Changqing Palace.

Chu Haozhi smiled when he saw the plaque in the Changqing Palace, and now it can be regarded as a comeback.

The little eunuch smiled when he saw the desolate place, and thought that the master was very satisfied with the place where he lived.

Then open the mouth:

"This used to be the place where the Second Young Master of the Hou Mansion, who was famous in the capital, lived.

Back then, the second son of the Hou's Mansion was a peerless man, and now he is the one who taught the Southwest King!

Since he left, the emperor has never allowed anyone to stay in this palace.

Just send someone to clean it every day.

It is also fate to grant the national teacher to live now. "

Chu Haozhi nodded: "Isn't it fate?"

The little eunuch didn't expect the Master Guoshi to be so easy-going, and he would take his own words.

Can't help crying with gratitude:

"The palace is all arranged. Please take a look at the master. If there is anything else you need, just ask, and the servant will do it right away."

Chu Haozhi was also a little tired and said: "Go and prepare water for me, I want to take a bath and change clothes."

That night, Chu Haozhi lay on the familiar bed, unknowingly recalling the scene when Nan Cangming was clinging to himself and coquettishly wanting to sleep with him when he was a child.

It turned out that the little wolf cub had this idea at that time.

Just as he was thinking, he put his arms around his waist suddenly, and the familiar smell of ambergris came from the tip of his nose.