Chapter 126
Which of the two messages should you listen to first?
The bad news is that Xie Yiying didn't find out who was pretending to be a ghost with her that night, and the good news is that she finally broke away from Concubine Rong's clutches and returned to her dear home.
"It's so nice to be back, even you've become kind." After leaving the palace for two days, it was like leaving for two years, and Xie Yiying sighed to Wei Wu.
Wei Wu didn't tell whether this was sarcasm or praise for a while, so he sneered twice and stepped aside.
"By the way, what about Your Highness?"
It was already noon, and it stands to reason that Zhou Jin was summoned into the palace by the saint early yesterday morning, and now he should come back anyway.
"His Highness is still in the palace."
“…… Still in the palace? ”
Zhou Jin, like his daughter-in-law, also felt inexplicable about being left in the palace for so long.
He was summoned to the palace early in the morning, but the emperor was still in the early court, but Gonggong Qing was there, led him to the Huxin Pavilion, and asked him to wait here for a while.
"There is Father-in-law Lao Qing."
"Where is the Fourth Highness."
Gonggong Qing is very interesting, he has been by Emperor Wen's side for forty years, and he is the one who has touched Emperor Wen's mind the most, he knows at least half of the secrets in this palace, and the prince does not dare to put the prince in front of him, but he still maintains the same as an ordinary eunuch, and there is no obvious difference between these princes. Zhou Jin remembered that when he was a child, he once ran out of his dormitory, wanting to see his father, that day the wind and rain were heavy, and his mother couldn't catch up with him, he ran fast, and lost a shoe, and finally crashed into the arms of Grandpa Qing.
"Where are you going, Your Highness?"
"I'm going to see my father!"
"The Holy Lord is now approving the folding, the Fourth Highness is down, the slave will take you to eat some snacks, while waiting for the Holy Lord, okay?" He was very patient, took his hand, and led himself step by step to the side hall.
What happened later? He seemed to have waited all night, and when he fell asleep, Father-in-law Qing carried himself back to the dormitory.
After that, he no longer clamored to see his father.
Then he pulled away from the memories. Four around is the clear blue lake, and there are birds singing on the shore.
He rarely recalls the past, so why bother to embarrass himself over and over again.
He had been waiting here for two hours, and the tea had been served three times. The emperor went down to the early court, and he had to go back to see the important ministers of the court one by one. The general wants to talk about the latest situation in the frontier, the head of the household department wants to talk about whether the country's money is enough, the Dali Temple wants to discuss what to do with a recent thorny case, and the Taiwei wants to make a certain national decision.
And so it was like that, and there was no rest in the morning.
What can Zhou Jin say? Without saying a word, he sat there looking at the weeping willows on the shore.
After a while, Gonggong Qing came over with a smile again: "Fourth Highness, you saw the lunch time, do you want to eat here, or go back to your previous dormitory?" The minions have ordered the place to be cleaned up. ”
"Has my father eaten?"
"Your Highness the Fourth Highness rest assured, you have already served the Holy Lord for dinner, but the Holy Highness has always had a rest, and after lunch, you have to take a nap, and then you will have to worry about the Fourth Highness to wait for a while."
"The country's government is important." Zhou Jin had a paralyzed face, and there was no dissatisfaction on his face, but his voice was calm and not impatient. "Then I'll use it here."
So when Zhou Jin finally saw Emperor Wen, it was already afternoon, the orange afternoon sun was lazily hitting the lotus petals of the lake, Zhou Jin was sitting straight on the chair, but looking at the lotus, his expression was very comfortable.
"I didn't expect everything to arrive today, but I made you wait for most of the day." Emperor Wen's voice was loud, and Zhou Jin only found out that he was coming, and stood up suddenly: "I've seen my father." ”
"There is no formality between father and son."
Zhou Jin consciously filtered out this sentence. They have been in each other for twenty years, and they don't care about this day. After Emperor Wen sat down, he sat down.
The atmosphere between the two was actually a little awkward before, after all, it had been a long time since two people had sat alone and talked like this. Zhou Jin didn't care, lowered his eyes slightly, and sat there without saying a word, but Emperor Wen spoke first: "How is the injury?" ”
"It's fine, please rest assured."
"Well," Emperor Wen replied, not knowing what to say, and after waiting for a while, he said, "Let's play a game of chess with me." ”
"Yes."
Zhou Jin's voice fell, and Gonggong Qing had already walked over with a chessboard, so guessing Emperor Wen's intentions, no one could beat Gonggong Qing.
Playing chess can expose a person's style very much, Zhou Jin has always done things without leaving a way back, and the same is true for chess, every move is a strong attack, and he will never show weakness to the enemy. It's just that he has to disguise in front of Emperor Wen, so it is difficult to win if he eases the road, so it is even more difficult.
"The chess path is so gentle, it doesn't look like a child of the Zhou family."
"On weekdays, I just play with Uchiko."
"Well, you husband and wife look at the relationship but happy." While playing chess, while opening up the conversation, I can really talk about the parents who should talk about the shortcomings of the father and son.
After such a game of chess, Emperor Wen naturally won, but Zhou Jin's overall view in it made him like it very much.
"Okay, I haven't finished the performance, I won't play with you, I still have to practice my chess skills."
"Yes."
When Emperor Wen was about to leave, he suddenly paused again, "It's not early, stay tonight, since the injury is no longer serious, I will go to the morning court with me tomorrow." ”
The paddock suffered a knife for him, and thirty-one people were executed in six, and in this more than a month, so much blood was sold, waiting for Emperor Wen's attitude to change.
"Yes." Zhou Jin replied unfazedly.
"This kid, chess is okay, a little clever, but in the end he is a little gentle, and he doesn't know how to kill at a critical moment." Emperor Wen left the pavilion and talked to Gonggong Qing on the side.
"Your Highness is benevolent."
"Well, he asked me first when you let him eat?"
"Yes, His Royal Highness doesn't talk much, the old slave asked him where he ate, and he first asked if you had eaten."
"That's not bad," Emperor Wen glanced back at the pavilion, which had been left far behind, "When I came, I saw him sitting there alone, with his back straight, a bit like when I was younger. ”
And I think that the emperor's highest evaluation is nothing more than this.
Qing Gonggong's heart sank.
On the morning of the second day, when Zhou Jin walked in with Emperor Wen, a low voice of discussion suddenly sounded in the quiet hall. The crown prince and the second prince stood at the front, and they also glanced at each other, and their faces were not good.
Take Zhou Jin to the court, what does this mean?
Fortunately, they only came together, and Zhou Jin immediately turned around and stood where he should have been standing, right next to Zhou Zhao.
"How is the fourth brother?" Zhou Zhao smiled, and seemed to welcome the fourth brother back.
"There is the care of the third emperor brother Lao."
"Little Four, it's time to do something serious after resting for so many days." As soon as the saint spoke, the audience fell silent again, and everyone bent down slightly, respectfully listening to His Majesty's will. (To be continued.) )