Guo Zongxun was chatting with Ma Yilin about Wang Pu, and Wei Zhongxian came in to tell him that the pavilion was ready.

"Okay, Master Ma, let's go with Gu to interrogate this Li Shaoyou to see if he is really wronged, or if he just wants to live a few more days."

"His Royal Highness the Prince, it's ridiculous to say, before Li Shaoyou came out, he thought he was going to be beheaded, and he told the jailer that there were still five days before the third verdict."

"Oh, is this Li Shaoyou still proficient in the calendar and can calculate time?"

"It's not, it is said that Li Shaoyou carved many nicks on the walls of the cell to calculate time."

"It's really hard for him, counting down his death, this taste, ordinary people can't bear it."

"What His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said is that the average death row prisoner has shouted injustice once, and if he is still sentenced to beheading, most of them are no longer struggling, they all hold the idea of dying early and surpassing life early, knowing that they will die, live dozens of days more, and count down the death period, few people can survive."

"Alas...... It's better to die than to live, maybe this Li Shaoyou is really a greedy person. ”

"What His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said is that the more greedy people are, the more they should not do that illegal thing, and since they have done it, they must be punished by the law."

Guo Zongxun and Ma Yilin chatted while coming to the Huxin Pavilion in the East Palace Garden.

At this time, in the garden, only a few willow trees on the side of the road bloomed with tender green branches and leaves, and the flowers had not yet bloomed, but Li Shaoyou was fascinated by it.

The tender green branches symbolize new life, and I, Li Shaoyou, must get a chance to be reborn here today.

Li Shaoyou's eyes were rolling around, and his brain was quickly activated, when I saw His Royal Highness the Crown Prince for a while, how should I behave to win His Royal Highness's favor?

Guo Zongxun and Ma Yilin walked over to this side one after the other, and Li Shaoyou just wanted to stretch his neck to take a look, but he was slapped honestly by the Wuwei of the East Palace.

Guo Zongxun sat in the gazebo:

"Master Ma, sit down too, so that you can be a witness for Lone."

"Thank you, Your Highness the Prince."

Ma Yilin sat next to Guo Zongxun, not far from the pavilion, kneeling Li Shaoyou, who was wearing shackles, and two East Palace guards.

Guo Zongxun didn't rush to ask, Li Shaoyou was beaten honestly by Wu Wei, and he didn't dare to start shouting injustice immediately.

He seems to have finally realized that he has been shouting for two hundred days of injustice, and if he wants to prove that he is innocent and implicated, he can only find another way.

"Master Ma, you have read Li Shaoyou's article, and even you think it's good, then Lone will give him another chance, come, take off the shackles, take him down to take a bath, change into a set of clean clothes, and then take him to a quiet room, let him eat and drink enough, and Lone will test him in person."

Ma Yilin and Li Shaoyou, their eyes lit up at the same time, yes, this method is good.

If Li Shaoyou can show the level he deserves, although he can't get rid of the suspicion of bribery, at least it shows that this is a talent, and there is no tangible evidence to prove that he paid bribes, so ...... There is still a way to live.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is wise, this method can at least prove whether this son really has real talent and learning."

Li Shaoyou was very excited, and kept kowtowing:

"Thank you, Your Royal Highness, the students, you will prove it to His Royal Highness the Prince."

Guo Zongxun got up and looked at the rippling lake, three or two wild ducks had already made their home in the grass by the lake, and were playing in the water on the lake at this time.

"Li Shaoyou, in front of Lonely, you are not qualified to call yourself a student, don't be lucky, Lone will give you three questions, the article you wrote, Lone will order someone to copy a copy, and anonymously take it to the Hongwen Pavilion, Guozijian and the Confucians of the Hanlin Academy for evaluation, more than ninety percent of the people have given the middle and upper reviews, and you can keep the head of Xiang Shang."

"The criminals know their crimes, and the criminals thank His Royal Highness the Crown Prince for the opportunity, in order to save their heads, they will definitely go all out for the crime."

"Go, bathe and change clothes, eat and drink enough, the four treasures of the study, Lone will order someone to prepare for you, you are ready, call the guards who are guarding you to inform Lone, and Lone will give you a question on the spot."

Li Shaoyou's hands were wrapped in shackles, and in the past two hundred days, in addition to carving marks on the wall, the rest of the hands was to catch lice and rub the mud, and finally had the opportunity to write articles again.

Li Shaoyou was taken down, and Guo Zongxun said to Wei Zhongxian:

"Wei Banban, you go, invite King Cao over, Master Ma happens to be here today, I want to ask Lord Ma about the criminal law of the Great Zhou, please come and listen to King Cao too."

"The minions obey."

Ma Yilin sighed: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is smart and generous, which is really my great luck." ”

Guo Zongxun said with a smile:

"Lone will not be soft when he kills people, so today, I want Master Ma to explain my Da Zhou's criminal law to Lone in detail."

"The minister obeys the order, please send someone back to the criminal department and transfer some files, otherwise, just with one of the minister's brains, he will not be able to remember all the criminal laws of the Great Zhou."

"Lone is approved, Master Ma, you write a note, Lone asks the East Palace Wuwei to send it to the Criminal Department, and send all the files you want."

Guo Zongrang has been with the crown prince Guo Zongxun almost all these days, and when he returns to his mother's bedroom at night, he has to tell his mother Li Zhaorong about the day's events.

Li Shunchang is also a mother with a son, and her son was crowned King Cao, and the emperor also gave her a concubine name of Zhaorong, so she is now called Li Zhaorong.

Li Zhaorong is a very patient woman, she was born Guo Zongrang from a palace maid by the emperor after drinking, and now she has obtained Zhaorong's concubine number, which is already the highest concubine number in the harem except for the queen and the two concubines.

However, Li Zhaorong is still the same as before, even if the conditions for food and clothing have improved a lot, she still warned Guo Zongrang and the eunuchs and maids in the palace to be frugal.

Moreover, you must not rely on Zhaorong's name to do things in the palace, whoever dares to make a mistake, don't blame the palace for being ruthless.

Li Zhaorong asked Guo Zongrang to tell him about being with the prince every day, and Li Zhaorong was deeply disturbed that the prince liked to pull Guo Zongrang with him in everything he did.

"Let Er, our mother and son are in the harem, just to live in peace, don't have any wrong thoughts, you follow the prince, you must be cautious in your words and deeds, and you can't make mistakes."

"Mother, the fourth brother always tells me to be lively, don't always be honest, just tell him what you want to eat and play, and everything he can do will satisfy me."

"Jean'er, the more His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is so kind to you, the more you must not get carried away, and besides, you go out with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince every day, but this homework has fallen behind a lot, and you will not be able to sleep if you come back every night in the future, and you will not be able to sleep without finishing the book."

"Mother, the fourth brother said, children should play well, wait until they are old enough to study, and don't die reading, that will make people stupid."

Li Zhaorong heard her son say this, and she didn't know what to say, can she say that the prince is ill-intentioned, can she say that the prince wants you to become a waste prince who only knows how to eat, drink and have fun?

"Jean'er, what His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said is naturally right, but the mother thinks that books still have to be read, reading can make people reasonable, reading can make people smart, everything is inferior, only reading is high."

Guo Zongrang finally obeyed his mother's words, and came back every day to endorse honestly, and he really couldn't sleep if he couldn't finish reciting.

"Fifth brother, I see that your spirit is getting worse and worse these days, and you have dark circles under your eyes every day, but you don't sleep well at night, so you have to quickly find a doctor to take a look and recuperate."

After Guo Zongrang came to the pavilion, he saluted Guo Zongxun, Guo Zongxun pulled him to sit beside him, looking at this younger brother who was one year younger than himself, and he was also emotional.

They were all born to the same father, and the difference in circumstances is indeed too great.

I want brothers, friends, brothers, and brothers, and I want to wait until my younger brothers grow up, so that they can all contribute to the Great Zhou Dynasty, instead of doing nothing or becoming a traitor to the troubled country.

These are just his own good wishes, and Guo Zongxun knows how attractive the position of emperor is to the princes.

There are many stories in the history books about the bloody heads killed between brothers and fathers because of the struggle for the throne, and they are all bloody lessons.

As soon as he thought of this, Guo Zongxun had a big head, but this was also something he would have to face in the future.

"Brother Chen, thank you Brother Prince for your concern, Brother Chen's brother is fine, but he remarks late every night and doesn't sleep enough."

Guo Zongrang was a little sad, he was only five years old, he naturally preferred to play, the fourth brother said, play is also a learning process, and happy growth is the most important thing.

But Guo Zongrang now feels that he is not very happy every day, and he is only happy when Xiao Yanyan takes his little hand and whispers to him.

"Fifth brother, I really have to study hard today, and Gu specially invited Master Ma, the waiter of the Criminal Department, to explain to us the laws of the Great Zhou."

Ma Yilin hurriedly got up and saluted:

"This is the honor of the minister, and the minister must know everything and say everything."

At this time, Donggong Wuwei came to report, and Li Shaoyou also arranged it.

"Wei Banban, you go and tell Li Shaoyou that the first question that Gu gave him is to be honest."

This is a bit of a palace test, but it is specially opened for a death row prisoner.

Throughout the afternoon, Guo Zongxun took Guo Zongrang to ask Ma Yilin about the laws of the Great Zhou, Ma Yilin explained very carefully, and Guo Zongxun listened very carefully.

As for Guo Zongrang, he yawned frequently, and hurriedly asked Guo Zongxun for guilt.

"Fifth brother, you go to take a nap, after you come out every day, Lone will let you make up for sleep, and you can study and play better when you are energetic."

"Brother Minister, thank you Brother Prince, Brother Minister, Brother Retire."

Guo Zongrang's heart felt very warm, the fourth brother saw that I didn't sleep enough, and he would let me make up for sleep every day in the future, so that I could memorize faster when I went back at night.

Ma Yilin also sighed in his heart, even if this was deliberately done by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in order to gain fame, at least he fully respected King Cao's mother and did not interfere with her practice of educating King Cao.

"Master Ma, let's continue."

"Your Royal Highness the Prince, the minister will continue to tell you about this prison."

At the same time, in the post house of Liao, Yeluhua received a message from Lu Duan's faction that tomorrow afternoon, the peace talks will resume, and the prince of the prison country will personally participate in the peace talks between Zhou and Liao.

"So the army of Zhou Guo has set off, is Zhou Guo going to have a showdown?"

"They didn't say this, they just said that they would invite Lord Taiwei to Honglu Temple tomorrow, and promised that they would not freeze your lord again."

"Joke, now that it's time for the spring flowers to bloom, where can it be cold."

"By the way, my lord, there is another good news, Zhou Guo is ready to improve the conditions of the post house for us, saying that it will start tomorrow."

"The old man expected it, tomorrow the old man will go, but I am afraid that he will not be able to come back for a while, the old man will explain your affairs, do not delay, you must be careful, this is related to the initiative of the two countries in this battle."

"My lord, if the Zhou State is attacking the Northern Han Dynasty this time, then will our Great Liao also be involved?"

"If the Zhou State really attacks the Northern Han Dynasty, our strategy can play the greatest role, if it is to attack my Da Liao, it will not be too late for the old man to adjust the strategy, in short, you must be cautious."

"Obey orders, for my great liao, sacrifice life and forget death, and die without regrets."

"Also, this time the old man leaves, if they really want to separate the old man from you, the old man will fight for a few days, and when they want to send the old man back, the old man will get sick again and drag them down, so that they can focus on the old man, which should create more opportunities for you."

"Lord Taiwei, hard work."

"It's all for my big Liao, it's not hard work, everyone do things well."

At the same time, the Beihan Post House finally waited for the news they had been waiting for day and night, and Da Zhou was going to start peace talks with the Northern Han.

The crown prince of the prison state personally participated in the peace talks, which also conveyed the news that the Great Zhou Emperor Guo Rong had already taken the imperial conquest.

The envoy of the Northern Han mission is called Hu Guirong, who is the official secretary of the Northern Han Dynasty, and he has been in a hurry these days.

"My lord, the emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty drove the imperial expedition in person, and then ordered the prince of the prison state to start peace talks with us, does this mean that the target of the Great Zhou army's attack is not us, but the Liao State."

Hu Guirong sighed and said:

"This is not certain, after we came to Kaifeng, we were imprisoned here, the news was blocked, the pre-arranged plan was not implemented for a long time, Da Zhou is obviously playing with my Han and Liao State to play a virtual strategy, I don't know where they want to fight."

In Hu Guirong's heart, he also felt that Da Zhou was definitely going to attack Liao this time, but he didn't dare to say it openly, and if he said it, he would talk about anything.

"My lord, can we adjust our peace negotiation strategy without being too humble or making too many concessions?"

Hu Guirong glanced at his deputy, a young man in his early twenties, named Jiang Jinwu, the eldest son of Jiang Xizhong, a general of the Northern Han Dynasty.

Jiang Xizhong and Yang Ye were both generals of the Northern Han Dynasty, and both were the main battle factions of the Northern Han Dynasty, and they both strongly opposed peace talks.

The emperor of the Northern Han Dynasty sent Jiang Jinwu as a deputy envoy for the peace talks, but in fact, he also had the intention of monitoring Hu Guirong, and Hu Guirong could not be allowed to make too many concessions to the Zhou State in the peace talks.

"Into me, our hole cards will not be easily shown to each other, you just need to remember, the division of labor between the old man and you, you fight according to reason, the old man fishes in troubled waters, as long as I can stabilize this year, let my big man have a year to accumulate grain and grass to train soldiers and horses, and wait for the next year, this peace talks, who loves to come, the old man will also be the main battle."

When Jiang Jinwu heard this, he was overjoyed and said:

"Lord Hu, please accept my worship, I was offended by Jinwu before, but I didn't know that Lord Hu was enduring humiliation, and it was my mistake to blame the adult."

Hu Guirong hurriedly got up and helped Jiang Jinwu up, and said:

"Your father and son are all loyal martyrs of my Han Dynasty, it is too late for the old man to admire, how can he blame, His Majesty sent me to assist the old man this time, of course the old man knows His Majesty's worries, the old man's personal honor and disgrace is small, and the Han society is big, and I hope that I can help him."

Jiang Jinwu Surong said:

"Please rest assured, Lord Hu, from today onwards, I will definitely obey Lord Hu's words."

Jiang Jinwu rushed to arrange tomorrow's peace talks, and Hu Guirong sat in the room and smiled coldly:

"Huangkou Xiaoer, in the end, it is still a little tender, how can the old man's thoughts be known."

On the side of the East Palace, Guo Zongxun studied the laws of the Zhou Kingdom with Ma Yilin for an afternoon, and he was still very satisfied with the level of this servant of the Criminal Department.

Before dinner, Ma Yilin retired, and Guo Zongxun sent him out of the palace all the time, and then he turned around.

"Wei Banban, how is the queen mother?"

"Back to the master, the queen's side has been very silent, the palace maids and eunuchs who were injured due to punishment have been treated, and the queen mother herself, without lunch, sat alone in the Yanfu Palace, and did not let people disturb."

Guo Zongxun thinks that after holding down these prime ministers and queens who can't wait to hold themselves in their hands, it is appropriate to ease the relationship with them.

The father sent Wang Pu back and imprisoned him in the prison of the Criminal Department, saying that he was at the mercy of the prince of the prison country, could he really remove Wang Pu from the position of prime minister.

This kind of thing can't be done, so not only will the father be displeased, but the Manchu civil and military will also think that he, the crown prince, is too arrogant.

If Guo Zongxun knew that Guo Rong had no intention of coming back alive at all, and that he had already handed over the throne to Guo Zongxun, how would he feel?

"Let's go, go to Yanfu Palace, I need to go and talk to the queen mother."

came to Yanfu Palace, and learned that Fu Jinhuan hadn't even passed on dinner, Guo Zongxun instructed:

"Wei Companion, pass on the will of the East Palace, inform the imperial dining room, if there are no special circumstances, Gu will accompany his mother to the queen every day for dinner, and the dinner in the East Palace will be merged with the Yanfu Palace."

"The minions obey."

This time, Guo Zongxun did not force his way into Yanfu Palace, but told the little eunuch at the gate of Yanfu Palace and let them enter the palace.

After a short time, the word was spread inside, and the queen invited the prince to come in to see him.

Guo Zongxun straightened his clothes and walked into Yanfu Palace, and everywhere he passed, those eunuchs and palace maids saw him and hurriedly knelt on the ground one by one.

"Get up, Lone punishes you today, so that you can figure out one thing, don't speculate about the queen's thoughts, don't do things that damage the mother-son relationship between Lone and the queen mother, if you commit it again, you will be beaten to death directly."

Entering Yanfu Palace, Guo Zongxun came to Queen Fu Jinhuan and knelt down:

"The child has come to the queen mother for today's sake."

Fu Jinhuan still had tears on his face, and he barely squeezed out a smile, and said:

"The prince quickly calms down, the prince's status is noble, and there is no need to make such a big gift when he sees this palace."

Fu Jinhuan already knew at this time that the two Zaifu of the dynasty were cleaned up by the prince, Fan Zhen was sent to Huainan for disaster relief while crying, but Wang Pu was sent back by the emperor, but he was directly sent to the prison of the Criminal Department.

Although Fu Jinhuan has known for a long time, she has always been lucky, the prince is a child after all, and the emperor should agree to us restraining the prince.

Now, everything is on the table, clear and clear, in the heart of Emperor Guo Rong, the crown prince Guo Zongxun is the most important.

Guo Zongxun was not hypocritical, got up and walked to Fu Jinhuan and sat down, looked up at Fu Jinhuan with a small face, and said:

"Don't be sad for the queen mother, it's the child who is too reckless and frightens the queen mother."

Fu Jinhuan saw Guo Zongxun sitting very close to him, and also felt the prince's respect and affection for him, and the depression in his heart was slightly relieved, so he raised his hand to wipe his tears, and said:

"Today's matter, the palace is at fault, the people in the palace misunderstood the mind of the palace, and dared to be presumptuous in front of the prince, almost damaging the relationship between the palace and the prince, only one was killed, and the palace still felt angry."

Since Fu Jinhuan knows how to be measured, Guo Zongxun doesn't mind continuing to be filial to his mother and son.

So, he rubbed towards Fu Jinhuan again, hugged one of Fu Jinhuan's arms, and said:

"These people have served the queen mother for a long time, and the child should have been punished a little to set an example, but the eunuch who was killed dared to point to the child's nose and say that the child is not filial, this is a big crime of disrespect, no way, if the child is not punished severely, I am afraid that there will be more and more unruly rules in this harem."

The eunuch who was killed was also one of Fu Jinhuan's henchmen, and he dared to run and point at the prince's nose and say that the prince was not filial, also because of Fu Jinhuan's words, he was acting as a pioneer for the queen.

If it is done, the prince will soften, and his status will naturally be unique in Yanfu Palace in the future, in front of the queen mother, and even in the entire harem.

It's a pity that these eunuchs are still a little shallow in the end, and they despise His Royal Highness the Prince, who is only six years old.

"The prince did the right thing, that dog slave actually dared to speak to the prince like this, this palace just said an angry word, he didn't know how to persuade and ease, but ran to the prince to be presumptuous, it is indeed damned."

"That's right, Queen Mother, if today's incident spreads, our mother and son will be miserable by these stupid little people, my father and the emperor have just left, and the prince and the queen are in a-for-tat confrontation in the palace, and even killed people because of it, alas...... The father also asked the child to write a letter to him every day, and the child did not know how to write it. ”

Guo Wanche and Li Tongjie gave Guo Rong the idea that if you miss the prince, you can ask the prince to write you a letter every day and report to you what you do every day, which is also an opportunity for His Royal Highness the prince to appeal to the emperor and say his divorce.

Guo Rong readily agreed, and specially issued an order for this, and the people all over the world knew that when the emperor went on the expedition, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince would write a handwritten letter to the emperor every day.

"Prince, today, why don't we write this letter to the emperor together with our mother and son, how about it?"

"That's great, with the protection of the queen mother, presumably the father won't blame the child too much."

Wei Zhongxian quietly extended a thumbs up on the side, the master is really powerful.

In fact, this is what Fu Jinhuan wants, and she is also afraid that this matter will reach the ears of the emperor through the mouth of others, with the emperor's favor for the prince, she must be the queen who will be punished and disciplined the most.

Now it's okay, she and the crown prince wrote a letter to the emperor together, and asked the emperor to blame together, the emperor knew that their mother and son had solved the misunderstanding and reconciled as before, so he could only be happy, and he would definitely not reprimand her too harshly.

"Someone, inform the imperial dining room to pass the meal, the palace is hungry, and I want to have a good meal with the prince today."

"The queen mother, these days when the father and the emperor go on the expedition, as long as there is nothing special, the children will come to accompany the queen mother to dinner."

"Okay, good, the prince is smart and filial, and acts vigorously and resolutely, the queen mother is very happy in her heart......"