Three days later, King Guang returned to Shangdu with a small group of escorts. The military department Shangshu immediately entered the palace to restore his life. Immediately, the emperor's decree came out, and King Guang was grounded in the palace to cooperate with the investigation.

After listening to the emperor's will, King Guang turned around and smashed a room full of antique bottles, and his mouth kept scolding. The little chamberlain who passed the decree first had a distressed liver pain, and then he was so frightened that he left the palace and accidentally fell.

Although the emperor forbade King Guang's feet, he did not prohibit other people from visiting the palace. But at such a sensitive moment, the officials of the DPRK and China, and the dignitaries, also avoided suspicion, and even tried to walk around the Guangwang Mansion on weekdays. But those in the military are an exception. Several generals of the Southwest Army who had been unarmoured all went to the mansion to visit their former superiors.

Yushitai's recitals of King Guang's impeachment are wave after wave, and most of the things that have been played are actually clear. There is nothing to investigate if the so-called King Guang cooperates with the investigation and tells the truth, because from the first time he was interviewed, King Guang admitted all the outrageous things he did in the Miao Jiang Department with great disdain, no excuses, no refutations, frank and clear. It's just that he resolutely denied the fire in Hengwang's Mansion.

"Xiao Liuzi is married, what is this king going to do? Lao Tzu is full! Whoever in that kid's house bit this king, this king let him die a good death! He slapped the table, furious.

When the emperor got the briefing on the results of the investigation, Xiao Yihe was in the Heart Cultivation Palace. He asked, "Is the matter in the Sixth Brother's Mansion really irrelevant to the Ninth Uncle?" ”

Xiao Zhe closed the notebook and smiled faintly: "Prince, tell me, how should you deal with your ninth uncle's matter?" ”

Xiao Yihe said thoughtfully: "In the past few days, the ministers of the DPRK and China have basically been divided into two factions. Represented by the Imperial Historical Observatory, he advocated severe punishment. Represented by the Ministry of War, it is advocated that all merits and demerits should be considered, and small punishments and big warnings are sufficient. In this way, when the facts are clear, Uncle Nine must bear some responsibility. ”

Xiao Zhe looked at him and continued to ask, "Do you know why your ninth uncle didn't deny his defense, but admitted it happily?" ”

"Because he knows in his heart that the emperor of the court will not put him to death at this moment."

Xiao Zhe was silent for a while, got up and paced in front of him, and said slowly: "What you said is not right. ”

Xiao Yihe looked at him with a smile and a frown.

"Your ninth uncle is indeed conceited, but he is not a scheming person. In a way, he is a rectum who is easily persuaded by others impulsively. He did the things that Yu Shitai impeached, even if he didn't do anything wrong in his eyes at the moment. All he simply did not bother to deny, this one. Second, he did feel that he had made great achievements, especially in the Southwest Army, and even if his actions were excessive, he felt that I would not and should not blame him. Xiao Zhe looked directly at Xiao Yihe and said solemnly: "There is one thing, you have to remember." No matter what he does, he will be your ninth uncle, my ninth brother. So-called, putting him to death has never been my goal. ”

Xiao Yihe was stunned, and quickly respected: "Erchen remember." ”

Xiao Zhe continued to say in a deep voice: "A person who is a monarch must first be a mortal of flesh and blood before he can become an extraordinary person who dedicates his body and heart to the world, and the prince needs to keep it in mind. ”

Xiao Yihe's complexion shook and bowed deeply. Out of the Heart Cultivation Palace, he looked at the dazzling red sun above his head, his eyes were swollen and painful, and he almost didn't stand firm, but fortunately, the attendants around him helped him.

The words of his father's advice made him have mixed tastes. He felt both relieved and uneasy. His father told him the way of the king, and he was moved; But it seems that he and his father have always been kings and ministers. For as long as he can remember, his father called him the crown prince.

The crown prince, the glorious title of one person under ten thousand people. But with his father, the word prince seems to be far less affectionate than "Liulang".

But so what? After all, my father wants to entrust the country to himself. That's enough.

The corners of his mouth hooked, and he shook his head, wondering why he thought of this. Shen Tong is happy, and he will become a father next year. He thought that he would not only give his children the country, but also give his father everything.

In the evening, a carriage drove into the Guangwang Mansion in a low-key manner.

Prince Guang was practicing knives in the backyard, and the steward came to report that the emperor was coming. He wiped his sweat and was about to go to greet him, but Xiao Zhe had already stepped into the backyard.

"Why did the imperial brother come by himself?" He hurriedly saluted and continued: "I'm sweaty, please allow me to tidy up before I come to face the saint." ”

Xiao Zhe stepped forward and took his hand with a smile, and said gently: "It's okay, when you were a child, you fell into the pond of the Imperial Garden, and you were wet and still carried back to the palace." ”

King Guang was stunned for a moment, and then laughed.

"I've come to talk to you." Xiao Zhe said and pulled him to sit down on the stone bench in the pavilion next to him.

"If the imperial brother has something to say to pass me into the palace, why bother to make a trip by yourself." King Guang's tone softened a little, and as he spoke, he ordered someone to thicken the chair cushion for the emperor. "The stone bench is cold, the imperial brother should take care of his health."

Xiao Zhe nodded with a smile, and with a wave of his hand, he let everyone else retreat. "It's not a good feeling to be grounded these days, isn't it?" He asked.

King Guang's face sank: "Brother Huang, you give your brother a letter of approval, what are you going to do with me?" ”

Xiao Zhe's face was relaxed, and he still smiled: "What do you think?" ”

"I'm not wrong." King Guang raised his eyebrows: "One of the causes of the riot in the Miao Jiang Department this time is the princess stele, and several tribes say that the princess stele is private in their own tribes. I don't think it's a merit monument, but a trouble-making monument, and it's been pushed to the good. I'm just going to be a troublemaker! ”

"Is it right to condone your soldiers to rob people's property?"

"Brother Huang, I paid for the losses of those people, and I paid for them privately. However, if you want to capture my soldiers, you can't. Since those soldiers have followed me and served in our army, I, as the commander-in-chief, must keep him safe and maintain them to the end. This is the love of the army, otherwise how can the hearts of the people be united, and how can I be worthy of those soldiers who left their hometowns to defend my Dacheng territory. King Guang said that even his blood boiled, and he touched the sweat on his neck with a sweat towel.

The corners of Xiao Zhe's mouth gradually flattened. He put away his smile and said, "That's how you led the troops?" Small mistakes and small cover-ups, big mistakes and big cover-ups, can the laws of the country still be useful to you and the officers and men in your army? What does it mean that your army does not obey the laws of the country? ”

King Guang was stunned, and immediately seemed to understand that his words were inappropriate, and immediately lowered his head: "Brother Chen's speech, don't blame the imperial brother." I know what the literati Qingliu of the Yushitai said about me above the court, but the ministers were wronged. I don't have any bad intentions. The officers and men of the Southwest Army are the people of our country, and of course they must abide by discipline and law. No one will condone them breaking the law. It's just that this time the situation is special, and my subordinates went to the people's homes to get things to eat. Therefore, Brother Huang, I have repeatedly gone to the court, and the food and clothing in this army must be less! As he spoke, he raised his head again, and the more he spoke, the more justified he became.

"So, you also connived at corruption and bribery in the Southwest Army?" Xiao Zhe's expression was serious, not angry and arrogant.

King Guang immediately stopped his mouth and immediately denied it: "Brother Huang, this is not the reason for them to impeach me this time!" Are you talking about the people Ling Deyan captured last time? That's not one of my army! ”

Xiao Zhe looked at him, sighed, and didn't continue to ask, "This incident is also a wake-up call for you." You're really going to converge and converge. Ninth brother, you remember, the Southwest Army is not your small court, and it will never be your small court. ”

When King Guang heard this, he was stunned for a moment, got up with a lap on his thigh, and knelt down straight: "Brother Huang's words are heart-wrenching, and his brother is afraid." ”

He said it proudly, and Xiao Zhe didn't hear his trembling fear at all.

After a while, Xiao Zhe got up and helped him up: "I still remember that you fell into the pond when you were a child, and after I picked it up, I said to me, Brother Prince, fill in the pond so that no one will fall into it." I remember saying at the time, someone else didn't fall into it, but you did, so it's not the pond's fault, it's your fault. It's really a white cloud and a dog, and it's been so many years. You and I are old, ninth brother, maybe you should also go back to this house, go back to the pond in the garden, enjoy some quiet and comfortable days, and you should not fall into the pond again. He patted him on the shoulder and walked out of the pavilion.

After he walked a few steps, he heard King Guang behind him say, "I didn't do the things in the Little Liuzi Mansion!" The courtiers sent off the royal brother. ”

Xiao Zhe nodded and said, "Think about what I said." ”

Xiao Yizheng sneezed twice in the house at this time, and Qingxi, who was having dinner together, stared at him and continued to drink the soup in the bowl.

Since Wangchun Pavilion broke the appointment that day, no one mentioned this matter and no one asked.

In the past few days, Qingxi has been busy visiting Shen Tong, who is happy, writing letters to his grandfather's family, and renovating the small pond in the backyard. Yes, I was busy repairing the embroidered handkerchief that Xiao Yizheng returned that day. Broken Xinyi flowers, she wants to repair them. It's just that I can't do this embroidery skill, and my hand has been pierced several times.

As for Xiao Yizheng, he came to Chaolan Courtyard for dinner every day, but he didn't stay overnight every day. Except for Qingxi, the rest of Chaolan Courtyard was very puzzled, this prince seemed to care about the princess, why didn't he have a different room? Could it be that there is something unspeakable? Since they had such thoughts, the eyes of these four people looking at Xiao Yizheng were a little different. No, no, no, their handsome and high-spirited prince won't not!

"The Duanyang Festival is coming, and there will be a family banquet in the palace." After Xiao Yizheng almost choked on a sneeze, he cleared his throat and spoke.

"Oh." Qingxi responded lightly.

"In the past, during the Duanyang Festival, the women in the palace would make their own wormwood purses." He said again.

"Oh." Qingxi replied lightly and continued to taste the soup in the bowl, as if this was the most important thing to enjoy at the moment.

The maids on the side listened anxiously, whether this princess really didn't know or not.

"Princess, the custom in the palace is that the wife makes it for her husband, and the man will wear it to the banquet on the day of the Duanyang Festival." A maid reminded.

"Oh." Qingxi nodded again. "Huh?" She seemed to have just heard something tomorrow after she was done, and quickly raised her head and looked at Xiao Yizheng with a wink. Xindao, you shouldn't let me do it, right? Don't. She looked at her finger and looked rejected.

Xiao Yizheng put down the porcelain bowl, glanced at her, and said lightly, "No, forget it." ”