"It seems that this prime minister is really powerful, and one sentence made the emperor dispel his thoughts." A civil official sighed and said, "If it weren't for the Prime Minister's last words, I'm afraid it would have been clear who would have won the crown prince today." ”

"It is estimated that the Prime Minister is also from the perspective of justice, after all, after so many years, I haven't seen him fall into these struggles, and the emperor is willing to listen to him, also because he believes that he will not be involved in these pickled things."

"Yes."

These voices are getting farther and farther away, after all, it is a matter of government affairs, and they dare not say it loudly.

When the prime minister came out, he fell behind the crowd, and when he saw Gu Xizhou, he hurriedly called him aside and said, "There is only so much time I can buy for you." ”

Gu Xizhou sighed, lowered his head and said, "I'm afraid there is no hope at all." ”

"How so? You see, after listening to my words, the emperor has indeed thought about it seriously, and probably wants to give you a chance, no matter what, the fifth prince must not be the prince, otherwise we will both be finished. The prime minister said coldly: "You cheer up a little, a little fighting spirit, I don't want to entrust all my net worth and life to you!" ”

Gu Xizhou raised his head and looked at him, "Why did you say that my father wanted to reprimand me and Prince Feng in advance at the same time today?" ”

The prime minister narrowed his eyes, a little unsure of what he meant.

"Don't you understand? The emperor reprimanded me, just to make me lose the right of inheritance, he had already thought about it, to let the fifth prince be the crown prince, is it useless for me to work hard? Gu Xizhou said, walked under a flower tree, picked the flowers on it, and abused it wantonly.

"If you have a little fighting spirit, you won't play with flowers here." The prime minister took a deep breath, "Anyway, it's much better to work hard than to accept this result, besides, there are so many people in the court, and the five princes have just arrived, and many things are not so well understood." ”

Gu Xizhou frowned slightly, turned his head and asked, "Could it be that you still have a way?" ”

As he was talking, Gu Jianglin suddenly walked over, and the two of them were talking quietly there, walked over and smiled and said, "What are you two plotting for?" ”

"Fifth prince, it seems that we don't have anything to say between us." The prime minister lifted his chin slightly.

Gu Jianglin laughed, and then said: "Naturally, I have a few words I want to talk to my younger brother, I don't know if the prime minister is willing to give up his position?" ”

The prime minister glanced at Gu Xizhou deeply, as if to remind him that this time was not the time to lose his fighting spirit, but to go all out to pursue with all his might, Gu Xizhou just nodded slightly and didn't say much.

"The last time we saw each other seemed to be during disaster relief." Gu Jianglin chose this sentence as his opening remarks.

Gu Xizhou just looked at him without saying a word, maybe he also felt that there was nothing to say at this time, they had become outright enemies, what did the enemy have to say, then didn't they pinch to death when they met?

Gu Jianglin lowered his head and smiled, "You are not a few years younger than me, we are the same age, I still remember when I was a child, you, who were younger brothers, seemed to be older brothers, and often took care of me." ”

Gu Xizhou's face was slightly moved.

Gu Jianglin sighed again, "But I don't know when it started to change?" Maybe once a lot of things and a lot of feelings are touched with power, these two words will become less pure, Xizhou, if I can, I don't want to fight with you, but, if you become a prince, what will you do first? ”

Gu Xizhou didn't understand what he meant, and simply thought that he was here to show off to himself, "This crown prince is now none other than you, ask me what I think?" Are you laughing at me? ”

"No matter when, you are always so narrow-minded, and you always judge others with the greatest malice." Gu Jianglin shook his head and sighed, and only said after a long time: "If you can answer this question well, I am willing to go back to Qixian, but you are too utilitarian now, I don't worry." ”

After speaking, he turned around and left Gu Xizhou, looked at his back and walked away, and then said hatefully: "Don't have so many excuses, but you just want to fight with me, I just met with my father yesterday, and today my father reprimanded me in the court, and almost belittled me as a concubine, isn't that what you sued?" It's ridiculous to be high-sounding here. ”

None of the people sent out returned, not even the messenger, and it seemed that the whole army had been wiped out, but he was not worried, because these people were dead soldiers and would not speak the truth.

It's just that he's vaguely worried right now.

At night, the lights in the study have not been extinguished.

The big inner servant brought a cup of strong tea in, and then said, "The fifth prince is asking to see him outside." ”

"I just saw it in the early dynasty, and here it is again, is something wrong?" The emperor didn't raise his head, approved the fold in his hand, and said after a while: "It's too late, it's gone." ”

The Ouchi attendant smiled, "But I see that the expression on the face of the fifth prince seems to be very anxious." In the past two days, the emperor seems to be particularly concerned about the affairs of the Ministry of Industry, but he does not dare to ask more about the affairs of the court, and if he asks, he will kill himself.

The emperor lifted his head, looking a little tired, and said after a long time: "Bring people in." ”

The big chamberlain immediately nodded, went out and brought people in, and then said: "Your Majesty, pay attention to rest, if you don't rest well, you will easily have a headache, and you won't have the energy to review the folds when the time comes." With that, he opened the door again and walked out, carefully closing the door.

The emperor raised his head, and then asked, "Is there something to report at such a late hour?" ”

Gu Jianglin nodded, then stepped forward and walked behind the emperor, the emperor was a little confused at first, and he was not used to exposing his back to others, but the next second Gu Jianglin's hand was put on his head, and he gently massaged it, and after massaging for a while, he asked with a smile: "Father, how is the craftsmanship of the son?" When I was in Qixian, I had nothing to do, and I would study and study these, which was not proficient. ”

The emperor relaxed at this time, leaned on the back of the chair and enjoyed it gently, I have to say, this is really comfortable, especially when there is his son behind him, it is really difficult for the royal family to think of family fun.

He completely relaxed, smiled and said, "The massage is quite comfortable, so late, you won't come here to give me a massage, right?" ”

"Of course not, the son has something to hide from his father, and now he wants a chance to confess." Gu Jianglin paused, and then said, "It's about the dam." ”

The emperor was a little puzzled, glanced at the back, and then said: "What is there to hide from me, I see that you have done a good job in this matter, and it has already been rewarded in the court." ”

Saying this, but Gu Jianglin could still clearly hear it, the emperor's tone was a little weird, thinking of this, he immediately stood in front of the emperor, knelt down, and said in a deep voice: "The emperor is building a dam this time." It cost a lot of silver taels, and the silver taels distributed by the imperial court are really very small, and I can't be so many myself. ”

The emperor took a deep breath, "Where did the money come from?" ”

"The person who was trusted by the retainer accidentally got a treasure map, which marked the whereabouts of the treasure, and after a lot of hardships, he finally obtained this batch of treasures, the amount of which was huge, and it was more than enough to build a dam." Gu Jianglin said in a deep voice: "And I have checked the accounts of Yanzhou, and there is a lot of silver allocated to control the flood every year, but not much is implemented. ”