Princess Yongning?

Guo Dan had already forgotten about this matter, and now he was busy discussing the details of river management with Shi Xing, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry.

He proposed to Shi Xing that Xu Guangqi join the team.

But how could Shi Xing believe in a Xiucai who was in his twenties and couldn't even pass the Jinshi exam.

"You don't trust this official?"

Shi Xing asked with a heavy eyebrow.

He thinks that the reason why Guo Dan wants to install Xu Guangqi in is actually to supervise him, which makes him very unhappy, because he has always regarded himself as honest, which is an insult to his personality.

Guo Dan said truthfully: "My lord, in my eyes, 'believing' is meaningless, it will only increase contradictions, especially in terms of money, this kind of thing is still clear and clear, my account office will only settle accounts, but I don't know how to govern river affairs, and the manpower and materials needed for river affairs, if Xu Xiucai joins it, he can explain to me very well why we spend so much money." ”

This is an indirect admission that I intended it that way.

Although Shi Xing was recommended by Aunt Xu, he must have a knowledgeable person in it, this is the rule of business.

Seeing that he admitted it so frankly, Shi Xing didn't mean to blame him anymore, nodded and said, "Whatever you want, but this official doesn't necessarily have to listen to that Xu Xiucai." ”

"Of course."

Guo Dan nodded, and said, "But I believe that adults will like Xu Xiucai." ”

Knock knock!

A sharp knock on the door interrupted their conversation.

"Guo Dan, are you in the house?"

It was Shokin's voice.

"Yes."

"Your Majesty told you to go at once."

"Yes."

Guo Dan stood up and arched his hand to Shi Xing: "My lord, I lost my company first." ”

"Please."

Shi Xing nodded.

Although Guo Dan is still a pure businessman, but in the eyes of these adults, his identity has changed, after all, he is now in control of the entire tariff, although nominally the money is in charge, but everyone knows that the tariffs collected must all go to Yinuo Qianzhuang.

When he came to Wanli's study, Guo Dan gave a salute, "See my emperor for my humble position, long live my emperor, long live long live." ”

Wanli looked at Guo Dan coldly, and after a while, he said: "Guo Dan, I have always trusted you very much, and I never thought that you would deceive me, but unfortunately now it has been proved that I believe the wrong person!" ”

Guo Dan raised his head, looked at Wanli in confusion, and said, "Your Majesty, humble position...?" ”

"What? Do you want to remind you? ”

"Your Majesty, I really don't know what's going on?" Guo Dan was completely confused.

Wanli frowned and said, "I ask you, did you go fishing by the river a few days ago?" ”

When Guo Dan heard this, he remembered the princess who looked like a fairy, and he was immediately shocked.

At the same time, I was also very depressed, didn't I mean to keep it secret? But it was only a few days later, and the East Window incident happened.

Wanli slammed the table and said, "You don't want to recruit from the truth." ”

Guo Dan hurriedly said: "Your Majesty spares your life, and you are humble... I don't want to hide it from Your Majesty, but... ”

Wanli asked, "It's just that the Queen Mother won't let you tell me, right?" ”

Guo Dan glanced at Wanli, and then nodded depressedly.

He suddenly realized that he had made a fatal mistake this time, he was the emperor's person, not the queen mother's person.

Although the Queen Mother is the emperor's mother, the previous emperors regarded themselves as widows, and the meaning of "widow" is that he will always be a person.

No emperor wants anyone around him to hide anything from him, no matter who it is.

Guo Dan regretted it, thinking to himself, it seems that the three women around me are really indispensable, and if there is one less, something will happen.

If Aunt Xu was here, he probably wouldn't have made such a stupid mistake.

Wanli asked again, "Do you have nothing to say to me?" ”

Guo Dan bowed his head and said: "The humble position is worthy of His Majesty's trust, and the humble position is willing to be punished." ”

He felt that he was indeed wrong, after all, it was not the Queen Mother who was taking care of him, and he didn't want to eat two meals.

It's just that this matter is not a public matter, it belongs to the harem, and he didn't think about it so much at that time.

His attitude made Wanli's expression soften a little, and said, "You quickly tell me what happened that day, 1510." ”

"Obedience."

Guo Dan immediately told Wanli everything that happened that day, as it was, without any false elements.

Wanli frowned and said, "Have you ever mentioned this to others?" ”

Guo Dan really didn't dare to hide it this time, and said truthfully: "I only talked to King Lu for a short time, because he also knew about it at that time. ”

Wanli snorted: "Just in the dark? ”

“......！”

What can Guo Dan say?

At this moment, Li Gui suddenly said outside the door: "Your Majesty, the Queen Mother, please come over." ”

"I know!"

Wanli stood up, pointed at Guo Dan, and then said, "You go back to the house immediately, you are not allowed to go anywhere without my order." ”

"Obedience."

"Someone! Send Guo Dan back. ”

This sentence also means that Guo Dan will be placed under house arrest.

But even at this time, he didn't know how serious this matter would be, and at this time, he missed Aunt Xu infinitely.

As soon as he returned to his small courtyard, he saw Zhu Yihua running over by the pool, "Guo Dan, something happened." ”

"Lord Wang, didn't you say that it wouldn't be passed on?"

Guo Dan wanted to cry and asked Zhu Yihua without tears.

Guo Dan said depressedly: "Lord, your emperor... Uh..., I mean, how did this get out? ”

"At present, the king does not know how this matter got out."

Zhu Yihua said, waved his hand again, and said: "Now is not the time to talk about this, do you know how it was spread outside?" ”

Guo Dan shook his head.

Zhu Yihua said: "It is rumored outside that you ...... my sister." ”

"What do you say? I'm ...... with your sister! ”

Although he didn't finish his words, Guo Dan also knew what the situation was, and he was so angry that he almost vomited blood.

"Not only that, but they also say .......!"

"What do you say?" Guo Dan asked.

"Say ......!"

Zhu Yihua suddenly stomped his foot and complained to Guo Dan, "Why are you naked that day?" ”

Guo Dan rolled his eyes and said, "Lord Wang, I was trying to save people at that time!" ”

"What clothes did you take off to save people?"

"You go into the water with so many clothes to see how long you can swim, let alone fish your sister up. Wait .....! ”

Guo Dan suddenly asked, "They won't say that I ...... with your sister in the wild?" ”

Zhu Yihua said: "It's not just like that, they say that you injured the palace maid and bullied my sister .....!" ”

Guo Dan's face was immediately like ashes, and he was stunned for a while, before he came back to his senses and said in a panic: "Lord Wang, you know that things are not like this. ”

Zhu Yihua stomped his feet and said, "I know what's the use, then I want others to believe me!" ”

......

Pure Heart Temple.

"Emperor, you should know too, right?"

When Empress Dowager Li saw Wanli, she asked.

Wanli said: "Erchen also just heard about it. ”

Empress Dowager Li asked again: "Then you should have asked Guo Dan too." ”

Wanli nodded.

Empress Dowager Li sighed and said, "Don't blame Guo Dan for this, he was also kind at the time, if he hadn't rescued him, he would have been afraid of Yongning...... It was also the old man who asked him not to tell you, so as not to disturb the emperor's interest. Alas... It's all the old ...... to blame! ”

Wanli hurriedly said: "This matter is just an accident, how can I blame the queen mother, the queen mother should take care of her body." ”

Empress Dowager Li waved her hand and said, "This matter is the fault of the old body, alas... After reciting the Buddha for a few years, this brain is a little not very bright, and the old body only cared about Yongning at that time, but ignored Guo Dan. ”

Wanli's face was shocked, and he hurriedly asked: "What does the queen mother mean, this matter is all Guo Dan's ghost?" ”

Empress Dowager Li shook her head and said, "No, on the contrary, someone wants to use this matter to attack Guo Dan." ”

Wanli blinked, and then frowned: "Yes! If someone accidentally spreads it, then it should be Yongning outside...... Instead of saying that Guo Dan bullied ...... But that really doesn't make sense. ”

If it was just accidentally leaked out, the focus should be on Princess Yongning, the princess committed suicide, which is also a big news!

The problem is that the focus of this rumor is Guo Dan, not Yongning, Yongning is just a victim, Guo Dan is a capital crime, it can be seen that someone wants to pull Guo Dan into the water!

Empress Dowager Li sighed and said: "At that time, the old body just thought that Yongning was in the palace all the year round, and the ministers probably had forgotten her, and no one should notice her, but the old body ignored it, and now there are many people in the palace and outside the palace who want to deal with Guo Dan." ”

After a pause, she said: "This matter may be difficult to end easily, they will definitely take advantage of this matter to make a big fuss and use our royal family to attack Guo Dan, so that the emperor will take care of one thing and lose the other." ”

Wanli's eyes widened and said: "Queen Mother, Guo Dan is very important to his son, and his son can't know the facts and punish Guo Dan!" ”

Empress Dowager Li said: "If the emperor asks Guo Dan for the crime, it is to sit on the rumors, how do you let Yongning deal with it?" ”

Wanli said: "What does the queen mean, how should this matter be handled?" ”

Empress Dowager Li pondered for a moment and said, "Don't explain anything for the time being, let's take a look and then talk about it, this is our royal business after all, and we don't need to explain it to anyone." ”

Speaking of this, she hesitated and said, "Emperor, the old body has something to ask for. ”

Wanli hurriedly said: "What does the queen mother command, even if she says it, the son should obey his orders." ”

Empress Dowager Li sighed: "The reason why Yongning ended up in such a situation is that the old body is duty-bound, so the old body hopes that the emperor can agree to the old body, and this time Yongning must not be wronged." ”

Princess Yongning's marriage was all handled by Feng Bao, and Zhang Juzheng also supported it, and these two people were very relied on by Empress Dowager Li at that time, and after the incident, she had to endure it, so she always felt that she owed her daughter a lot.

However, this time, someone wanted to use Yongning to attack Guo Dan, which really angered her.

"Please also rest assured that even if the queen mother does not tell her sons, her sons will never let Yongning be wronged at all." Wanli was also very annoyed, and even calculated this matter on the royal head, which he couldn't bear it!

Of course, their mother and son also knew in their hearts that since the other party dared to be so calculating, they were not afraid.