The mother left with the two children, and the two of them, who had been holding back for a long time, stopped talking about this kind of parental shortcoming, and directly turned the topic to the matter in front of them, Zhao Xing said sullenly: "That day, the emperor visited you and me privately, and you and I knew everything, but I didn't have time to get to the point, which is equivalent to a half-pulled suggestion." ”

Regarding the dismissal of Jinyiwei, whether it is public or private, Zhao Xing does not want Chongzhen to realize it in the short-sightedness of a group of officials who hate Jinyiwei. Anyway, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty has thousands of bad things, but this five-no-empire is still worth nostalgia. Zhao Xing hopes that in Donglin's empty talk about harming the country and Chongzhen's quick success, he can continue the national fortune of this old empire.

And now it seems that the only way to continue the national fortunes of this old empire, and the only way he can do it, is to seize the opportunity of this Chongzhen Weifu to visit him privately, and retain this only official system that can monitor the rotten to the core, so that the Ming Empire can continue to operate.

Guo Guangsheng said sadly: "As a result, there was a chase and killing by unknown forces, and the matter became bigger and bigger, to the point of burning the Guogong Mansion and the assassins running rampant. But in the past few days, there has been no movement, isn't it strange that the virtuous nephew is surprised? ”

Speaking of business, Zhao Xing also felt that something was wrong, not only was it strange that it was quiet outside, but even in the past two days, the little fat man did not come to his house to eat the old lady's food, and then revealed some secrets in the court in the imperial city, which is enough to show how fierce the battle in the court has been.

"Actually, the matter not only involves the British Prince, but also the Emperor, so this kind of external calm is too abnormal now. Virtuous nephews, if they are too calm, they often hide big waves. As an insider who can't get out of the game, you really shouldn't take it lightly. Guo Guangsheng reminded Zhao Xing with a serious and worried voice.

Zhao Xing drank the soup and pretended to be bland: "This time, I also know that it is not as calm as in front of me, after all, the British public has been insulted, and when Donglin is on the throne and occupies the power space of the court, no matter who it is, such a blatant provocation of the British prince is actually the status of the entire Xungui, and it will definitely not let the Xungui group be willing." This incident happened to be a good opportunity for the Xungui group to take control of other forces and regain their position in one fell swoop, how could it be easily given up? Even if others give up, as a British duke, they will seize on this matter and regain the trust that the new emperor has lost. I guess it's calm outside, but the palace and the court should have already broken the blood. ”

Then leaned his body easily against the back of the chair: "No matter how you fight above, in the end, the fuse of our two masters can't run, we need to think about it, how to get out of the way, is the top priority." ”

Guo Guangsheng nodded with a heavy heart, but shook his head helplessly: "After all, we are still small people, the big people above are too big, there is no chance for us to resist and save ourselves, and the law of self-preservation is in the face of absolute rights, we can only cry out in vain." ”

Zhao Xing sighed and shook his head helplessly: "The grass people and the grass people, in the eyes of the superiors, are just grass mustard, we can only drift with the wind, we have no ability to be independent at all, I hate this feudal world to death." ”

Guo Guangsheng also smiled helplessly: "There are a few people in the world who can decide their own destiny independently, even if it is a provincial political envoy and a governor who is released, they are just puppets at the mercy of above." Between life and death, where is your own control? It's just struggling to survive in this world. ”

Zhao Xing silently experienced this, and finally calmed down: "Since we don't have the right to decide our fate, let's leave it alone." Then the mood became more relaxed: "In the past few days, it is estimated that the officialdom has become a pot of porridge, but there is nothing to do with the two of us who are really involved, in fact, this is a good thing." According to the love and forgetfulness of people in this era, perhaps, the superior has long forgotten us. ”

Guo Guangsheng could only smile and say, "I hope." ”

As he was talking, someone called the door outside the courtyard gate, and after a while, he heard someone in the courtyard: "The old lady is good." ”

The mother replied: "Isn't this the company of the prince, I haven't been here for two or three days, and the prince is okay?" ”

"Thank you, old lady, for your concern, the prince is well, and this time he specially asked me to ask Meng Niang on his behalf. This is a gift from the prince to Meng Niang, and there is nothing, just some dried fruit snacks that little girls love to eat. In the mother's repeated thanks, someone asked, "Are Lord Zhao and Mr. Guo at home?" ”

"I'm eating in the hall."

"On the orders of my father-in-law, I invite Lord Zhao and Mr. Guo to come over and ask each other something."

Zhao Xing and Guo Guangsheng glanced at each other, and Zhao Xing smiled bitterly: "I hope to be forgotten, but I can't even have a little bit of forgotten luxury, we grass people." ”

comforted his mother, took the courtyard gate, and followed the fat man out of the alley, and the carriage of the Guogong family was parked at the mouth of the alley. "Please get in the car."

Zhao Xing helped Guo Guangsheng to get into the car, and just sat down, a whip sounded, the sound of horses' hooves, and the cart started, and in the dark night, it drove to the Guogong Mansion.

From the outside, the Guogong Mansion is still brilliant and solemn, entering the courtyard from the side door, the trees and flowers burned the day before yesterday have been bulldozed and cleaned, but they still leave traces of smoke and fire, especially the original harmonious trees and flowers are gone, which makes people feel awkward.

Zhang Zhiji stood at the gate of the courtyard to greet Zhao Xing and Guo Guangsheng, and the little fat man took Zhao Xing's hand and explained apologetically: "There was such a big thing, my father grounded me in order to avoid unnecessary trouble, so I didn't go to my brother, I didn't go to say goodbye to my mother, I'm really sorry." ”

Zhao Xing smiled indifferently: "Something big happened, you are still one of the people involved, if you go out to show off again, it will really make it difficult for Guogong to do, stay at home for two days, and when the limelight passes, this matter will be over." ”

The little fat man lost his previous heartlessness, and walked in with a black face, without saying a word.

The British duke was not very familiar with Zhao Xing and Guo Guangsheng, so he was only summoned in the hall and not in the study.

The hall of the British Duke is an old house, and the heroic spirit left by the ancestors can be felt at any time, and it has not been lost because in order to conform to the trend of the noble and the lowly, Zhang Weixian deliberately covered it up with a literary style, and a tall and magnificent momentum is enough to show the heroic spirit of the general.

It was already dark outside, and the lanterns in the hall were feverish, and it seemed that the British Duke had just returned, and he had not changed his court clothes, so he was waiting for the two of them here with his hands behind his back.

Seeing Zhao Xing and Guo Guangsheng coming in, he nodded at them: "I sent Xiao Si to invite the two of them halfway, and I delayed the two of them to rest, so I had no choice but to sit down first." Then he waved his hand to signal the two of them to be polite, and then commanded the little fat man: "Bring the food here." Then he complained softly: "Imperial food, it's so hard to swallow, I'm about to starve to death." Then he called the little fat man: "By the way, let your sister come over too, and we will all talk together." ”

Zhao Xing smiled, the food in the imperial dining room is the world's delicacies, not that it is difficult to swallow, but it is just trembling, and the food does not know the taste.

A group of maids came in with cups and plates, set up tables and chairs in the east corner of the lobby, and served wine and food. At this time, the little fat man came in after his sister.

The eldest lady glanced at Zhao Xing, frowned, and then asked her father to say goodbye.

Zhao Xing could only smile bitterly, when they met for the first time, their pig-like expression gave the other party the first bad impression, and it was because of his own affairs that he had affected the British government, and of course the eldest lady was even more bored with herself.

But what can I do if I am bored, and I can only find a way to solve it.

The British Duke beckoned to Zhao Xing and the two: "Come on, even if you eat at home, come and talk with me while eating." Cui Yan, you also sit on the side and listen, if you have any ideas at that time, you will also be a staff officer. ”

It seems that this eldest lady still plays a big role in the hearts of the British public.

Since the prince is invited, you're welcome, Zhao Xing also wanted to listen to the internal and external news, so he sat at the dinner table with Guo Guangsheng unceremoniously, and he didn't have the heart to eat and drink at the wine and dinner, but he had to try to figure things out.