Chapter 17: Disguise

Zhao Shizhen's eyes widened suddenly, he looked at Guo Zhiyuan like a monster, and pointed at him tremblingly, "You... You ...... "You haven't uttered a complete sentence for a long time."

Guo Zhiyuan knew that Zhao Shizhen would have such an expression, and said with a smile: "Mr. Zhao, you lost!" Don't forget what you promised me......".

Zhao Shizhen is now completely convinced of Guo Zhiyuan, and said with a sigh: "Guo Gongzi is clever, the old man sighs to himself, I will make you the most advanced firecracker, since the prince is called, wait for the old man to change into official clothes, and go to see the prince with you......."

Taking advantage of Zhao Shizhen's change of clothes, Guo Zhiyuan opened the door of the inner room, Zhang Cheng still stood at the door meticulously guarding with a waist knife in his hand, but he didn't see Chu Wan'er's brutal chick, presumably leaving in anger.

Zhang Cheng saw Guo Zhiyuan come out and hurriedly came over to salute, Guo Zhiyuan hurriedly waved his hand and said: "Brother Zhang has worked hard today, Zhao Sheren and I still have important things to do, Brother Zhang will go back and rest first......."

"That boy is careful himself, if there is still a place to use the villain, just command! ......" Zhang Cheng knew that Guo Zhiyuan acted in his own way, so he didn't say much, bowed down to Guo Zhiyuan and turned to leave.

Zhao Shizhen also changed into official clothes and came out, and walked out of the courtyard with Guo Zhiyuan, a white and chubby little eunuch sitting in the carriage outside the courtyard gate was already impatient, and said angrily: "How can Zhao Sheren be so slow, if His Royal Highness the Crown Prince blames him, who can afford to bear the guilt!" ……”。

This little eunuch is just the lowest subordinate in the palace, but he is so arrogant to Zhao Shizhen, a person from the seventh grade, Zhao Shizhen's eyes flashed a trace of anger, but it is not easy to show it, after all, this little eunuch is the person in front of the prince, so he had to arch his hand and said in a muffled voice: "Let my father-in-law wait for a long ......time."

When the little eunuch saw Guo Zhiyuan behind Zhao Shizhen, his face immediately changed, and he said sharply: "Who is this?" His Royal Highness the Crown Prince only summoned you, and none of the idle people were gone! ……”。

Zhao Shizhen had to swallow his anger and said: "This is the son of Guo Shilang, I have something important to see the prince, and I ask my father-in-law to ......be accommodating."

The little eunuch pursed his lips and said in a tone: "I don't care what Guo Shilang and Li Shilang are for you, how can anyone in the palace enter the palace, who can afford to take care of something happening?!" ……”。

Zhao Shizhen was so angry that the little eunuch who was holding the chicken feather as an arrow trembled, or Guo Zhiyuan saw the opportunity, and hurriedly stepped forward and took out a few silver tickets from his arms and stuffed them to the little eunuch, the little eunuch accepted the silver ticket, glanced at Guo Zhiyuan, and then said in an old-fashioned manner: "Look at you are still clever, the miscellaneous family (note: miscellaneous family: the eunuch claims to be) will take on some responsibilities and take you into the palace, but His Royal Highness the prince can't see you, but the miscellaneous family doesn't care, if His Royal Highness the prince doesn't see you, how you get in and out, don't make trouble, Otherwise, the miscellaneous family will not be able to save you! ……”。

Guo Zhiyuan promised repeatedly, and then got into the carriage with Zhao Shizhen and drove towards the palace, at this time the palace gate was closed, and the Forbidden City was naturally heavily guarded, but the little eunuch had the prince token in his hand, and Zhao Shizhen often entered the palace on duty, and the palace guards were also familiar with each other, and the way was quite smooth, and the guards checked the prince token and released it directly.

The carriage staggered all the way to the outside of Ciqing Palace, Guo Zhiyuan jumped out of the carriage, the Ciqing Palace in front of him looked very simple, the red paint on the window lattice was a little mottled, the prince's Ciqing Palace was so cold, Guo Zhiyuan was not particularly surprised, the history books said that Zhu Changluo was born to the queen of the palace, extremely unfavored, the palace called the palace maid "Duren", he was contemptuously called "Durenzi" by Emperor Wanli, even after he became the prince, the situation did not improve much, even the eunuchs around him did not pay much attention to him, In winter, he did not make a fire for heating, and he often shivered from the cold, while the eunuchs who served him hid by the fire to keep warm.

Growing up in such an environment, it is no wonder that Zhu Changluo is so gloomy, perhaps it is precisely because he is good at pretending to be pitiful and always putting on a weak posture that he has won the sympathy and support of the ministers in the court, and once he ascends the throne, he can't wait to indulge in pleasure, and he hiccups in less than a month as the emperor, and only lived to be 38 years old, known as the "Son of Heaven in January".

However, at this time, Guo Zhiyuan did not dare to underestimate Zhu Changluo who was about to meet, history said that it is not necessarily the truth, and being able to lay out this thoughtful series of games shows that Zhu Changluo is by no means simple, if he can't convince him today, he will be wiped out with Zhao Shizhen, but Guo Zhiyuan has no choice, and only Zhu Changluo can save Guo Zhengyu at this time!

Zhao Shizhen asked Guo Zhiyuan to wait outside the palace gate, and he and the little eunuch went to see the prince first, there were guards outside the palace gate, Guo Zhiyuan didn't dare to walk around at will, and stood there honestly thinking about how to deal with it for a while.

After a while, Zhao Shizhen came out, saying that the prince promised to see Guo Zhiyuan, Guo Zhiyuan dressed up and followed Zhao Shizhen into the inner palace, Zhao Shizhen took Guo Zhiyuan to the side hall, pointed to the open palace door, and motioned for Guo Zhiyuan to go in, but he himself did not follow up, presumably the prince had an explanation and wanted to have a separate interview with Guo Zhiyuan.

Guo Zhiyuan walked into the hall, the furnishings in the hall were also very simple, empty, and there was a low long table facing the door of the hall, on which a dull candle was placed, and a young man in his twenties was sitting cross-legged.

This must be the crown prince Zhu Changluo! He had a delicate face, a thin body, a little weak, his eyes slightly constricted, and his body leaned forward slightly, with a maturity and caution that did not match his age. There was also a chess endgame on the long table, Zhu Changluo was holding a chess piece, looking down and thinking about where to land, and the candlelight flickered, making him a little more gloomy in his beauty.

Guo Zhiyuan didn't dare to look at it more, this is the prince! was about to step forward to salute, but Zhu Changluo put the chess pieces away, raised his head and smiled gently at Guo Zhiyuan, waved his hand and said, "No courtesy, you are the son of Guo Shilang?" ……”。

If it weren't for the fact that he already knew that Zhu Changluo was the mastermind behind the "Demon Book Case", Guo Zhiyuan was afraid that he would really be confused by Zhu Changluo's approachable style, no wonder Zhao Shizhen's guy would be so loyal to him, in fact, all the ministers in the court and the central government in history were also deceived by Zhu Changluo's gentle disguise and supported him to take the throne, who would have thought that he was actually the real mastermind behind the "Demon Book Case" that shook the government and the opposition.

Guo Zhiyuan felt more and more that Zhu Changluo was terrible, but he naturally wouldn't show it, and pretended to be very moved and bowed and saluted: "Exactly, my father was framed by a traitor and was unjustly imprisoned, and I also asked His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to uphold justice for my father and clear his ......."

Without waiting for Guo Zhiyuan to finish speaking, Zhu Changluo waved his hand to interrupt his words, sighed and said: "I already know your intentions, Guo Shilang is the official of the palace, he is in prison, and the palace is also anxious, but the palace has the name of the prince, you see the situation of the Ciqing Palace, you should know what the situation of the palace is, the palace is really powerless!" ……”。