Kong Xu came to the front of the imperial study, and saw Gonggong Hou coming out of the imperial study with a sad face.

"Grandpa Hou." Kong Xu took the initiative to say hello to Father-in-law Hou.

When Gonggong Hou saw that it was Kong Xu coming, he opened his mouth and said: "It's Master Kong, the emperor is inside, you wait a minute, the old slave will inform you." ”

Father-in-law Hou was about to turn around and re-enter the imperial study as he spoke, but he didn't expect to be stopped by Kong Xu behind him.

"Father-in-law Hou is slow, dare to ask His Majesty today······" As he spoke, he took out a few silver tickets from his sleeve and stuffed them into Grandpa Hou's hand, "Grandpa Hou, take it for tea." ”

Hou Gonggong stuffed the silver tickets stuffed into his hand into his sleeve without a trace, he naturally knew what Kong Xu's silver tickets meant, and then leaned into Kong Xu's ear, and whispered to him in his own unique voice: "Master Kong, you have to be careful to speak, Your Majesty is angry." ”

"Dare to ask ······" Of course, Kong Xu knew that His Majesty was angry, and he also knew that this "qi" was because of His Royal Highness the Prince, which he had just asked after spending a lot of money from Zhou Kui and adding a table of wine and banquets, and what he wanted to know now was naturally the reason behind it, so Kong Xu drew two silver tickets from his sleeve.

It's just that this time, before he stuffed the silver ticket into the hands of Father-in-law Hou, he was pushed back by Father-in-law Hou.

"Master Kong, don't embarrass the old slave, although this money is good, the old slave also has to have a life to spend, I know what you want to ask, we don't dare to talk too much about this, if you want to know, you can go to Your Majesty, if he thinks he can tell you, he will naturally tell you."

Kong Xu smiled a little embarrassedly when he saw that Father-in-law Hou had blocked his words, and knew that this matter seemed to be not trivial, and then saluted Father-in-law Hou: "Thank you Father-in-law Hou for mentioning something." ”

Seeing that Kong Xu was so formal, Gonggong Hou hurriedly held his arm, and then said to Kong Xu: "Master Kong, you are polite, the old slave will inform you." ”

Saying that, Gonggong Hou pushed the door and buckled the door, and then said, "Your Majesty, Master Kong has arrived." ”

"Come in." There was a hint of anger in his voice, and there was a hint of majesty in his anger.

Kong Xu thanked Gonggong Hou and entered the imperial study.

What Kong Xu didn't expect was that there was still a person in this imperial study, kneeling there, with his head down, as if he didn't dare to look up at the person at the table.

"I've seen Your Majesty, I've seen His Royal Highness the Crown Prince," Kong Xu saluted the two, then paused, and then said, "Your Majesty, or wait outside first." ”

Kong Xu knew that Chu Boxiong was angry because of the prince, but what he didn't expect was that the prince was also in the imperial study.

Chu Boxiong exhaled heavily, and then said to Kong Xu: "No. ”

Kong Xu was already ready to withdraw, but after hearing Chu Boxiong's words, he stopped there, bowed his head and waited for Chu Boxiong's next order.

"Ziya, go down." Chu Boxiong's words were naturally said to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince who was kneeling there.

His Royal Highness the Prince, who was kneeling there, said a word, and then got up and withdrew with his head down, and when he passed by Kong Xu's side, he whispered to Kong Xu: "I've seen the teacher." ”

Kong Xu nodded, also bowed back, and said, "I've seen His Royal Highness the Prince." ”

In the early years, when Chu Ziya was not the prince, Kong Xu taught him a period of learning, so since then, Chu Ziya has called Kong Xu a teacher/

After seeing the prince leave the imperial study, Kong Xu asked Chu Boxiong, "Prince······ He ······"

Chu Boxiong sighed, and then said to Kong Xu: "As a prince, he doesn't learn and has no skills, but he learns to dance with knives and sticks, and he doesn't learn and don't know how to do it, you ask him about political affairs and national policies, the ancients are sage, he doesn't know anything, but when it comes to martial arts, the forces of the rivers and lakes tell me clearly." ”

Chu Boxiong looked angry, like a father who hated iron but not steel, complaining about his children.

"Your Majesty is angry, our Chu State is based on the world with martial arts, the prince's preference for swords and guns is understandable, and it can be regarded as inheriting the blood of the ancestors, as for political affairs and national policies, these can be cultivated slowly, I have taught the prince before, the prince is talented, and he is not the kind of person who does not learn and has no skills."

Chu Boxiong listened to Kong Xu's words, slapped the table, and then shouted at him: "Fart, what kind of talent, you know that you, a student, actually went to the kiln!" An imperial prince visits the kiln! Lost the face of our Chu State. ”

Kong Xu was shocked, and he finally understood why when he asked why Chu Boxiong was angry, Zhou Kui and Hou Gonggong looked so weird, and they were reluctant to reveal the truth, the reason was that the prince of Chu State went to visit the kiln, and it was not an elegant and celebrity-infested Qinglou like Tianxianglou, but a real kiln.

"This ······" Kong Xu didn't know what to say, and he hesitated for a long time before he said a few words: "The prince may be fresh." ”

"Bullshit!" Chu Boxiong doesn't know how many years he hasn't had such a big fire, since he became the emperor, it seems that the only ones who can make himself angry like this are those civil officials in the court who like to impeach and complain, and are extremely sour and rotten.

Kong Xu, who is an officialdom "old fritter", naturally knows what he should do when the emperor is angry, so Kong Xu knelt on the ground when Chu Boxiong shouted the "bullshit", and said to Chu Boxiong without raising his head: "Your Majesty is angry." ”

When Chu Boxiong saw Kong Xu like this, he knew that he was a little emotional just now, so he said to Kong Xu: "Rest your anger, stop your anger." Can you not always kneel down, I haven't seen you like this when I went into battle with me to kill the enemy before? ”

Kong Xu naturally didn't dare to raise his head, and replied: "I didn't kneel before, because Your Majesty was just the crown prince, and kneeling to you was suspected of causing trouble, and now that Your Majesty has become Your Majesty, it is natural for me to kneel to you." ”

In fact, the meaning of Kong Xu's words is very clear, it is not you who kneel to me, but the emperor of Chu State, and it is not you who I am loyal to, but this country. Although this is a bit risky, sometimes, it is also an attitude, a neutral attitude. Kong Xu is also telling Chu Boxiong in disguise that he will not be co-opted by anyone, and he will not become a person in any camp, I am just a person from the country.

Chu Boxiong twitched his nose a few times, he naturally knew Kong Xu's thoughts, and now the courtiers in the court began to stand in line, and he also knew that his two sons began to deliberately cultivate their cronies, and at this time, Kong Xu said to himself here, naturally he also told himself that he would not become the object of any prince's wooing.

"Don't talk about the prince's affairs," Chu Boxiong interrupted Kong Xu's allegiance, "Tell me about your business, how did yesterday's affairs go?" ”

"Things are going well, Qi Lianyu is already on the way, and the minister has already followed Liu Feng according to His Majesty's instructions, there will be no mistakes."