Chapter 367: Hypocrisy
Gu Zhixing frowned slightly, his expression was a little uncontrollably injured, and he looked at Su Mian and said, "Ah Mian, when you say this, do you not trust me?" You don't think I'm going to be on the same side as you, are you? β
Su Mian was a little weak-hearted, and hesitated: "No, don't get me wrong, I didn't mean that." β
But in fact, that's what she thinks in her heart, so it's inevitable that something is wrong.
Gu Zhixing shook his head lightly, and his tone was very low: "Ah Mian, I know that you still blame me for the previous incident, you actually didn't fully trust and rely on me in your heart, maybe I didn't do enough to do it." β
He looked very hurt, a decisive and ruthless regent in the mouth of others, actually had a taste of groveling in front of Su Mian's little woman.
Su Mian felt very uncomfortable for a while.
She was annoyed by her suspicious thoughts, and quickly comforted Gu Zhixing: "I'm sorry, I was wrong, I thought you would consider Xisheng first, after all, even Qingqing listened to my suggestion and thought I was whimsical, you are the acting supervisor of the regent, and the position is so delicate, if you really agree to me without any scruples, I will feel unreal." β
Gu Zhixing's face did not soften, but became more and more solemn, and his tone was serious: "Ah Mian, I am just thinking about Xisheng and the entire Huachen Continent, so I will promise you, there is nothing wrong with your idea itself, so you can rest assured and boldly plan boldly, and I will find a way for the emperor to think of a way for you." β
Su Mian was deeply moved in her heart, but she knew that Gu Zhixing's current position and situation were very embarrassing, and she couldn't trouble the other party in this matter.
So she shook her head and refused: "No, where is the emperor, I want to say it in person, before I convince him, you will treat you as if you don't know about this matter at all." β
Gu Zhixing was so smart, he already understood half of it when he heard this, his face changed slightly, and his tone was slightly dark: "Ah Mian, you ...... Why do you have to think about me so far, I want to advance and retreat with you, we are husband and wife, aren't we? β
Su Mian had already decided, and his attitude was resolute: "I didn't give you a chance to advance and retreat together, it's just that the emperor didn't fully trust you, my idea is a little unrealistic, if I put it forward, he resolutely disagrees, at least you can't be involved, if he agrees, it will naturally be the best, and we will work together at that time." β
Gu Zhixing knew that he couldn't persuade her, so he could only reluctantly agree, but he couldn't help but admonish: "But Ah Mian, you have to promise me, if the emperor really has no possibility of agreeing, don't be reluctant, don't provoke him, mention the matter of letting the prince of the country come to receive education, just point to it." β
No matter what Gu Zhao said, he was a son of heaven, if the son of heaven really got angry, those temptations to them in the past could only be regarded as pediatrics.
Su Mian nodded confidently, and said loudly: "Don't worry, I have a sense of proportion, when I sort out a plan tonight, I will enter the palace to meet the emperor tomorrow." β
The next day, Su Jin met Liu Ce who came out of it at the door of the imperial study.
Liu Ce's face was obviously not very good, as if he had been reprimanded, and he didn't pull out a decent smile when he saw Su Mian, so he could only greet him with a stiff face: "Isn't this the princess Niangniang, I heard that Niangniang has cleared up her grievances, the old man has been too busy these days, and he has never had a chance to congratulate Niangniang, Niangniang is really auspicious, every time she can turn evil into good fortune, if you want to come to your life, there is a noble person to protect her." β
This is a turning around and saying that Su Mian was able to wash away his grievances so quickly because of the help of Gu Zhao and Gu Zhixing.
Su Mianpi smiled and continued: "The prime minister is serious, the nobleman is not a nobleman, that is, he is lucky, after all, he has never done anything, even if someone sincerely wants to frame me, God can't see it, and the truth will be big sooner or later." β
Liu Ce's smile became more and more stiff, and his face was as white as a ghost.
His voice trembled a little breathlessly: "Niangniang is right, justice is in the hearts of the people, now the emperor has more and more trust in the regent, the regent has worked hard, the princess is diligent and diligent for the affairs of the academy, and your family has worked hard for the court, no wonder the emperor appreciates it." β
Su Mian subconsciously hid the plan book in his hand, his expression was stiff, and his tone was cold: "We are naturally not as good as the Prime Minister, you have many positions for the internal and external affairs of the Western Sage, if you want to say that it is hard or the Prime Minister has the most right to speak, we just did what we should do." β
These words sound hypocritical, but they are full of twists and turns.
Su Mian didn't wait for Liu Ce's reaction, and continued: "By the way, the regent also told me two days ago that he was in charge of studying in other countries and came to Xisheng for exchange and study, and all the affairs of people from other countries in Xisheng were deployed and arranged by the prime minister, and it was really hard for the prime minister. β
She really wanted to test whether Liu Ce really had an affair with Beiyuan.
But apparently Liu Ce is cautious. Although he was still smiling, his eyes were a little cold, and his tone was indifferent: "It's just to share the emperor's worries, because of the arrangement of the Wuwu Academy, the Western Sages who have studied and traveled in other countries have indeed been a little frequent recently." β
In his tone, there seemed to be some injustice.
But soon, he adjusted and smiled frankly: "In order not to destroy the peaceful and friendly relations between the two countries, and in order to prevent these outsiders from harassing the safety of the people in the capital, the old man naturally has to take some measures." β
Su Mian's face was slightly gloomy, and he subconsciously felt that the terror in the West Saint Capital would not be peaceful in the future.
Liu Ce was a little unsatisfied, and continued: "No, just now I discussed this matter with the emperor, and we all agreed that something like Qi Ziyu's was completely avoidable, and it must not happen a second time, this time it really frightened the princess, and it was the old man's dereliction of duty." β
Su Mian was upset for a moment, smiled at her stubbornly, and said in a cold tone: "What's the matter, the fault is not the prime minister, it's because I wasn't careful enough to be killed by that traitor, but I still have to work hard for the prime minister in the future." β
The two praised each other again, and Su Mian excused himself by saying that he was going to discuss something with the emperor, so he said goodbye.
No one on either side saw it, behind the bricks, each other's faces turned cold as quickly as possible, and the mockery and murderous aura in their eyes were undisguised at all.
Su Mian gritted her teeth and entered the imperial study, and when Gu Zhao saw her coming, she cleared all the people in the study.
He turned his head to see that Su Mian's face was not good, and he couldn't help but feel surprised, and asked: "Why is the master's face so ugly, what is wrong, and it can still affect your mood?" β
You must know that many times, when they are already in a hurry, Su Mianke is laughing and groaning.
Su Mian frowned, and his tone was depressed: "It's not that I met Liu Ce at the door just now, he is really disgusting to me, obviously all this has nothing to do with him, but he still pretends to be worried about me, and I don't know how he acted it." β
Gu Zhao frowned slightly, and his first reaction was not to echo Su Mian, but asked softly: "Have you confirmed that this matter is related to Liu Ce?" β
Su Mian reacted at this time, she said it too quickly, and it seemed that something was exposed.
Gu Zhixing said before that Liu Ce was involved in the Qi Ziyu incident, and he couldn't tell the emperor yet.
Su Mian reacted quickly, smiled awkwardly, shook his head and denied: "No, no, no, it's just my suspicion, I always feel that Liu Ce doesn't look like a good person, and subconsciously thinks that he has something to do with this matter, in fact, we don't have any evidence, you just treat me as nonsense." β
Gu Zhao stared at Su Mian suspiciously, Su Mian was so excited by her that her face was already a little flustered.
Gu Zhao blinked slightly, staggering his eyes from Su Mian.
Su Mian may never know that she is a person who is very good at lying.
They must have something to hide from themselves.
This realization made Gu Zhao a little uncontrollably at a loss and tired
He thought that after experiencing these things together, even if Uncle Huang still didn't trust him, Su Mian would at least choose to be on his side.
But apparently, he was naΓ―ve.
Su Mian noticed that his expression was wrong, and hurriedly continued to explain: "Your Majesty, don't think about it, we really just suspect it, after all, there are many people in the capital who are not used to the regent and me, but the most obvious of them is Liu Ce, so I will subconsciously doubt him, and it may be that I guessed wrong, after all, there are too many people who want to pull us down." β
Her self-deprecating words were just to dispel the doubts in Gu Zhao's heart.
Gu Zhao was silent for a moment, and sure enough, he hooked his lips lightly and smiled: "I understand, is there something wrong with the master coming over today?" β
He didn't continue to investigate, Su Mian breathed a sigh of relief, if Gu Zhao must insist that she gave the most convincing evidence to suspect Liu Ce, she really couldn't make it up.
Su Mian exhaled lightly, and then remembered the serious matter of coming, and handed the prepared plan in his hand to Gu Zhao: "It's a matter of the academy, I have a new idea, I want to discuss it with the emperor, if you think it's feasible, we will officially start arranging." β
said that it was a discussion, but in fact, it was to ask for Gu Zhao's consent to a greater extent.
However, Su Mian deliberately said that he was here to discuss, just to make himself sound closer to Gu Zhao before.
also made Gu Zhao think that they were still masters and apprentices, although she didn't teach Gu Zhao too much, but the affection was there.
Gu Zhao sat down, reached out and took the plan in Su Mian's hand, opened it, and read it word by word.
At first, his face was quite calm, but the more he got to the back, the more he lost his rational thinking, and finally frowned directly and asked, "When did this plan master come about?" β
Su Mian naturally couldn't tell him the truth, it was impossible to tell him. It was after Qi Ziyu knew Su Rou's true face that he was afraid that she would bring Su Yu like this, so he came up with this idea.
She hesitated for a moment, pondered for a moment and then whispered: "I thought so a long time ago, just when students from other countries could come to enroll, but at that time, I was afraid that the emperor would not accept it, so I didn't mention it." β
Su Mian's tone was very serious, not like lying.