Lord Futai was quiet, but the news from the imperial court became more and more incomprehensible.

Some people actually said that the imperial court would build another imperial city in Jinling that was exactly the same as the Forbidden City.

There are also people who say that the imperial court will shoot people in a month, and the household department will give money, gather the people around Jinling, and start building the city.

This incident caused a storm in the city, and it reached the ears of the Zhu family, making people panic.

Although Gu Zizhong was frightened, he still thought about it carefully.

She and her family still mainly wrote letters and asked about the situation.

However, the people in the family said that there was no such thing, unless it was the Empress Dowager who was carrying the two families of Jinling Zhu Gu behind their backs, and secretly discussed this matter with the ministers below.

If that's the case, the Jinling Zhu family really has to be on guard.

Gu Zi was distracted and didn't want to do anything.

She still found Aunt Cui, after all, Aunt Cui is older and well-informed.

Aunt Cui kept silent about this kind of news.

She didn't have any expression, and she didn't have any opinions.

It's nerve-wracking.

When Gu Zizhong stared at Aunt Cui, the beads of sweat on his forehead were about to fall.

Aunt Cui is not in a hurry.

Gu Zizhong hurriedly asked for opinions.

Aunt Cui was smiling, still unhurried, and said, "Young lady, since you married to the Zhu family, you are afraid that you have never been comfortable, right?"

Gu Zi thought about it again, it was really like this.

There are always some things going on in the imperial court outside, and this or that is still the case.

Gu Zizhong would be scared half to death almost every time.

But what happened to the rumors?

Gu Zizhong seemed to understand something.

Aunt Cui saw that the young lady's face had changed, so she put her mind at ease and said with a smile: "Young lady, you have already understood." You know, most of the rumors of the people outside are unreliable. The words of the streets come from one mouth and enter the ears of others. You listen to it and think it's fresh, it's enough. Where are there so many real things? ”

Let Aunt Cui comfort her like this, Gu Zizhong's heart relaxed.

With Aunt Cui's relief, she suddenly felt a lot more comfortable, and beads of sweat oozed from her forehead.

She was really under the pressure of this situation, too much.

Aunt Cui handed over Qing'er to Feng Ming to take care of, and she came to find the young lady, followed her, and comforted her.

Gu Zizhong didn't think about the rumors of the people outside.

After all, it's just a rumor, and if there is such a thing, a rumor is no longer called a rumor.

How could it be possible for people outside to know about the things decided by the imperial court?

Aunt Cui helped Gu Zizhong arrange family affairs, and asked Gu Zizhong for advice, saying that she would gather all the generals in the barracks and go to the gate of Jinling City to welcome the return of Zhu and Gu.

Gu Zizhong complied.

Sure enough, three days later, when the two princes of Zhu and Gu came back, Gu Zizhong took someone to pick them up.

Zhu Wangye likes his daughter-in-law even more in his heart.

The daughter-in-law is really different from others.

As soon as Zhu Wangye came back, all the troubles in his heart were gone.

He still likes to have a good conversation with Gu Zizhong.

Gu Zizhong told his father-in-law everything about the family.

That night, Gu Wangye also came to see her and drank some wine with Zhu Wangye.

Zhu Wangye praised Gu Zizhong a lot at the wine table, saying that the girl raised by the Gu family was really lovely.

The corners of Gu Wangye's mouth smiled happily.

Gu Zi was praised by his elders and was naturally happy.

However, the men in the family must have experienced a lot of things when they went to the capital for so many days.

Gu Zizhong didn't want to stop the topic on himself.

She still inquired about the situation of the imperial court.

Zhu Changxi was on the side, and when he heard this question, he was naturally disgusted.

Alas, they didn't want to talk about the little in the court.

The little emperor was young and didn't know anything, and all the power in the court was in the hands of the empress dowager.

Zhu Wangye also drank too much, and this mouth began to stop the door: "Today's court will be chaotic sooner or later." Brother Gu, I think our two families are still well prepared. In case the court is in chaos in the future, we will have no support, and sooner or later we will be unlucky. ”

Gu Wang Ye hit it off with this opinion, and when he agreed: "Of course, I used to think that we would follow the first emperor, and whatever the first emperor said, we will do whatever we do, it must be right." But later, the first emperor was also confused, and he always cheated our Jinling family. Now that the first emperor has also gone, the little emperor doesn't understand anything, but the empress dowager has begun to be domineering again, alas......"

When the two old men mentioned this sad thing, they couldn't help but sigh.

Indeed, the imperial court did not know who would preside over the overall situation.

Those people in the court contradicted themselves, and some even directly became enemies.

As soon as the emperor died, the people below were in chaos.

At the very least, the six departments of military service will be separated.

They were ostensibly divided into two factions.

However, none of the factions has anything to do with the Jinling Zhu family and the Gu family.

On the contrary, the Jinling Zhu family and the Gu family were sandwiched between them, which was very uncomfortable.

Zhu Changxi was also quite hit, he made so many contributions to the imperial court, and until now, the official has not been promoted much, and he has been excluded by his peers.

Because among the vassal kings, so many princes are basically gentlemen, who would be as capable as Zhu Changxi and beat the Tatars away.

So those princes were upset when they saw Zhu Changxi, you said that you don't enjoy the happiness of letting go of the identity of the prince, but what soldiers do you bring to fight. You have made meritorious contributions in the war, but where do you put the face of other princes?

Zhu Changxi has no status among his peers anyway.

When the emperor was there before, he was still in charge of Zhu Changxi. Now that the emperor is dead, Zhu Changxi really has nothing to rely on.

Zhu Changxi listened to his father's sigh, his heart became even more gloomy, and he drank a few glasses by himself, but he became more and more negative.

He didn't know what to do, who to turn to.

The Empress Dowager is not even sure of the military power in her hands now, where is she still in the mood to fight any more battles?

Zhu Wangye persuaded Zishan to send more troops to prepare for the protection of Jinling.

In case of a fight between the vassal kings in the future, Jinling will also be prepared.

The ability to defend oneself cannot be worse.

Zhu Changxi listened, but his mood was extremely depressed.

He also dreams of being like Qi Jiguang and leaving a name in the annals of the Ming Dynasty.

It's a pipe dream.

Gu Zizhong helped Brother Zishan, called all the generals in the Jinling Barracks, and secretly held a meeting for them.

Zhu Changxi couldn't speak, and he couldn't say anything like that.

Gu Zizhong said bluntly, saying that if anyone has a problem, no matter how close the relationship is, they will all be beheaded.

So the people in the barracks cheered up.