Zhang Defu walked out of the side hall with a smile, and as soon as he turned around, the smile on his face fell, and his eyes were heavy.

Xu Huai looked at Zhang Defu's back and frowned and pondered, and after eating lunch for a while, the little servant came in and said, "The prince invites you to come over." ”

"Well, here we go. Xu Huai responded, got up and tidied up his clothes and went to the study.

Chu Shaoyuan had just had lunch at this time, Chan Yi was resting in the inner house, he was in good spirits and did not feel sleepy, so he simply called his staff to discuss things.

"The King of the Tatar Khan will arrive in about another month, in this month, we must strengthen the defense of Yunfu City, and there is another one, the good players in the army must be selected out, I heard that Timur will bring the warriors of the barbarians, I can't say that there will be a few competitions, our Dayan must not lose!"

Chu Shaoyuan had been in contact with this Tartar prince with the pseudonym Bai Lang before, and knew that this person was very smart and brave and good at fighting, he came to Dayan to bring the Tartar prince back, but I was afraid that the process would not be so smooth, and if he wanted this person to surrender, he had to use some means.

Xu Huai said: "Elected in the army, I'm afraid it's not easy to choose, does the prince want to choose from the Northwest Army, or from the ......?"

"You can't choose from the Northwest Army!" Chu Shaoyuan said bluntly, "The Northwest Army has fought with the Tartars directly, and there will definitely be many people who are hated by the Tartars. ”

Even the Chuangui who had been there before, Chu Shaoyuan didn't look down on some of them, so he didn't even mention them.

Xu Huai nodded, "The matter of the Tartar is a big matter, and it must be more careful, but there is a small matter, I don't know if the prince has paid attention to it?"

Chu Shaoyuan looked at Xu Huai and asked him what was the matter with his eyes.

Xu Huai thought for a while, and pondered: "The emperor's condition has just improved in the past few days, but he still does not have the right to supervise the country in the hands of the prince, the prince has received no less impeachment folds in the past few days than a few days ago, yesterday I saw Zhang Gonggong meeting with someone in the restaurant in the West Market, if I am not mistaken, the person who met was also an old man in the palace, I originally thought that Zhang Gonggong was dealing with private affairs, but today I inadvertently mentioned it, but Zhang Gonggong denied it......"

Chu Shaoyuan frowned, if he said that going out to meet friends, this is just a trivial matter, how can he deny it in one bite?

"Send someone to check and see what they said. ”

As soon as he gave an order, the people under his command got up and went, Chu Shaoyuan's people were extremely efficient, and when it was evening, they had a reply.

"Steward Zhang went to see a group of palace people released from the palace before, and they came out to support the elderly at this time, but the juniors in the family are all on errands in the mansion of the eldest princess of Changning, it seems that he is begging Father-in-law Zhang to help him, but Father-in-law Zhang did not agree. ”

Chu Shaoyuan raised his eyebrows: "Ask him for help?"

There is nothing major in the eldest princess's mansion recently, Zhang Ruiqing is outside Lin'an City, if there is anything to say, his mind turns, and suddenly he thinks that there is a Qingle county lord in the inner house, and they all say that Bai Lang came this time, in addition to picking up his uncle, he also intends to make peace with Dayan, but Chu Shaoyuan knows that in the eyes of the Tartars, only the sturdy Tartar women are the best partners, and most of the women in Dayan are too delicate to withstand the northwest wind and sand, so even if the Tartars marry the Dayan women, they are just a plaything, but they will not really take it seriously.

The subordinates nodded and said: "Steward Zhang ordered a private room, and at that time, the people were noisy, and the voices of the people inside were low, and there were no eyeliners in the restaurant, so it was a little difficult to investigate." ”

"Well, this king knows, you have been staring at Zhang Defu more these days, if there is anything wrong, report it in time!"

But all people will have weaknesses, Chu Shaoyuan didn't call people to ask directly, he was just afraid that what he asked would disappoint him.

……

Zhang Defu has always been a little worried these days, the day before yesterday I went to see a friend who had known him in the palace for a long time, and was seen by Xu Huai, at this juncture, he didn't want to cause trouble, so he denied it, now I think about it a little regretful, it's not a big deal, but it is inevitable that people feel that he has a ghost in his heart, these days he always feels that the prince looks at him with some deep meaning in his eyes, so that he has a kinship.

"Steward Zhang, the prince has called you over!" The little guy under the charge hurriedly came over, running in a hurry, sweating hotly.

"Eh, eh, let's go!" Zhang Defu rarely had a rest, he wanted to go home, but he was afraid that Chu Shaoyuan would use him urgently, so he stayed in the mansion, and sure enough, there was something.

hurriedly went to the study, and when he raised his eyes, he saw Chu Shaoyuan sitting on a sandalwood chair with a calm face, and he asked softly, "What does the prince command?"

Chu Shaoyuan raised his eyes, his gaze swept over Zhang Defu's smiling face, and frowned.

"How many years have you been with this king?"

Suddenly asked such a question, Zhang Defu was a little confused, and replied respectfully: "It's been more than four years, what does the prince remember?"

"More than four years...... Chu Shaoyuan's eyes were dark, and they looked particularly deep, "This king was just taken back to the palace by his father, so he assigned you to follow him, but I didn't expect that it has been more than four years, has this king ever treated you badly?"

Zhang Defu's brain exploded all of a sudden, he had been immersed in the palace for many years, how could he not know such a question, it was not to count the old feelings at all, but to settle the general ledger, he fell to his knees with a puff, and raised his head to look at Chu Shaoyuan.

"Where the minions are not doing well, you teach the minions, and the minions will do their best......"

"You didn't do anything bad, what you didn't do well was this king," Chu Shaoyuan looked at Zhang Defu coldly, caressing a letter in his hand, but his eyebrows were extremely high, "Otherwise, you wouldn't have secretly communicated with the people of the Changning Eldest Princess's Mansion behind this king's back, you say?"

As he spoke, he threw down the letterhead in his hand, and the letterhead fluttered like a feather, swinging in front of Zhang Defu's eyes.

Zhang Defu was stunned in his heart, and hurriedly picked up the letterhead with both hands and read it again, the more he looked at it, the more frightened he became, and even his body began to tremble, "No! That's not the case! Lord, what is written on this letterhead is purely framed! The slave never betrayed the prince in the slightest! The slave has an old relationship with that palace person, and the slave didn't dare to agree to what she asked, so she shirked it, and the prince knew it!"

Chu Shaoyuan's gaze was cold, and when it fell on Zhang Defu, it was like snow flying in winter.