Chapter 258: Protecting the Short

Lu Zhe finally held back for a long time, and then he said what he was thinking in his heart.

"I'm not afraid that if I say it, the prince will be angry. I have just come out of the palace, and the emperor now intends to let Miss Su join this anti-bandit operation, and she is pretending to be the rich businessman mentioned before. ”

Sure enough, Lu Zhe didn't say that it was okay, but as soon as he said it, Gu Zhixing's face immediately changed, like a clear sky suddenly overcast. Su Mian was next to him now, seeing that Gu Zhixing's aura was so strong, he couldn't help but tremble, and he could only quickly chuckle at the right time to ease the atmosphere.

"Pretending to be a rich businessman, this is a bit difficult for me, I haven't reached the point where I have a lot of money now, this figure looks relatively slender, I'm afraid that those bandits can't be deceived unless they are really blind and blind, right? Hahaha. ”

Su Mian pretended to be very funny and laughed, and gently patted Gu Zhixing next to him, but Gu Zhixing still had a calm face, maintaining the same posture and expression just now, staring at Lu Zhe in front of him.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that Gu Zhixing is very dissatisfied with the bad idea that Lu Zhe and Gu Zhao have discussed now.

Where did Lu Zhe dare to look at Gu Zhixing now, even if he didn't look at the prince, he was already in a cold sweat, if he really looked at the prince again, he would probably have a nightmare tonight, and then he could only stare at Su Mian with a look of help.

Su Mian laughed alone for a while, but found that no one responded, so he coughed lightly twice in embarrassment, and peeked at Gu Zhixing's expression with his eyes, although he knew that he was protecting himself, but now his appearance was really strange and scary.

"Oh, this was said by Lu Zhe, not by the emperor himself. Maybe what the emperor said in the imperial study today didn't mean this, but General Lu would be wrong? And even if it means this, I'm afraid there are other deep meanings, it doesn't matter if he can't explain it now, let's wait for the emperor to talk about it himself, let's ask in detail. ”

What Su Mian said now is also true, and Gu Zhixing's expression eased a little when he heard this. Lu Zhe looked at Su Mian with a happy expression, sure enough, Miss Su had a way! If it were him, no matter what he said now, I am afraid that Gu Zhixing would always be very angry.

Since the prince's expression eased a little because of Miss Su's few words, Lu Zhe saw the opportunity and hurriedly added a few words, and he regretted very much that he shouldn't have said everything in a moment's time.

This should indeed let the emperor say it in person, after all, they are all members of the royal family, even if they have different opinions, they will not really turn their faces.

"Yes, yes, Miss Su is right! The emperor said so, but maybe it's a joke, don't you always say that I haven't led troops to fight in the past few years, but like an elm head? Don't be like me, I'll go back first, if the emperor has a new will, he will definitely discuss it with the prince. ”

Lu Zhe threw down these words and fled, not daring to look at Gu Zhixing's serious expression behind him. Now that it was dusk, it was about to get dark, and the customers in the store were almost scattered, Su Mian gently pushed Gu Zhixing in order to ease the atmosphere.

"Don't be bitter about your face, you just looked so fierce and vicious, scared my guests away! If you don't believe it, there are few customers in the store now, so if it affects business, I won't let the prince come to my store again in the future. ”

knew that Su Mian was joking, but Gu Zhixing still followed her meaning, glanced behind him, looked back at her pretending to be serious, and then chuckled.

"Okay, what does Ah Mian want, this king will compensate you, but what Lu Zhe said today, whether Gu Zhao is joking or serious, this king will not agree. Don't worry, I'll take the initiative to talk to him tomorrow, he's really getting more and more nonsense. ”

Although Gu Zhixing's expression has softened now, and he can even be regarded as smiling on his face, when he said this, the meaning of blame was still very clear, and Su Mian didn't know what to say for a while, so he just nodded vaguely.

The main reason is that Lu Zhe recently said that this matter was indeed too sudden, Su Mian was not unwilling to cooperate with them, if he really wanted to pretend to be a rich businessman by himself, Su Mian was also willing. Although it is a little dangerous, he is also a person they can trust, maybe the reason why Gu Zhao said that is for this purpose.

However, Su Mian was not bothered by himself, but bothered Gu Zhao, he had already provoked his grumpy imperial uncle before he mentioned this matter in person, and he didn't know what would happen when he went to court tomorrow.

Sure enough, on the second morning, before Gu Zhao could talk about it, Gu Zhixing bluntly said that if the matter of suppressing bandits should not involve other non-court officials, the meaning of the words was already very obvious, and when Gu Zhao heard this, he glared at Lu Zhe rather reproachfully.

"What Uncle Huang said is naturally reasonable, but this matter about suppressing bandits, after all, it is too special, if Uncle Huang has anything else to understand, we can discuss it slowly in the imperial study." Fire Book Bar

Gu Zhao is now suspicious of Liu Ce because of Gu Zhixing and Su Mian. In addition, this is still the time of the last dynasty, although the matter of suppressing bandits can no longer be hidden from the court officials, but all kinds of details are naturally not announced, in order to fear that the villain will deliberately take advantage of the news of walking, so he doesn't want to say it clearly.

Although Liu Ce was silent at this time, he was also observing Gu Zhixing and Gu Zhao's expressions at all times, trying to capture something. Gu Zhixing knew it clearly, but now when he thought that Gu Zhao had actually hit Su Mian with his idea, he was furious.

"No need, if the emperor really understands what this king means, then there is nothing to say after that. Since the emperor needs to grow and experience this time, the rest is to think of better ideas for himself. ”

After Gu Zhixing finished saying this, he didn't wait for Gu Zhao to say anything more, turned around and left. All the courtiers were so frightened by his rude behavior that they gasped, and Lu Zhe's face was naturally not much better.

In the past few years, Gu Zhixing has rarely been so arrogant and unreasonable, originally thought that with Su Mian's appearance, Gu Zhixing would be able to make Gu Zhixing a little more restrained, but he didn't expect that as long as Su Mian's problem was involved, Gu Zhixing would still be exposed.

Seeing that Gu Zhao was about to get angry, Lu Zhe and other Gu Zhixing's usual cronies hurriedly came out to say good things for Gu Zhixing. Gu Zhao couldn't listen to what they said, he only looked at the figure of his imperial uncle leaving, and his heart was even more angry.

"Okay, I have already understood the meaning of the Qing family, is there anything else going on now? There is nothing to start and retreat, I am tired today, and I will talk about other things another day. ”

Not long after Gu Zhixing's front foot walked, the expression on Gu Zhao's face was already broken. Gu Zhixing gave Gu Zhao a look, and Gu Zhao gave all the courtiers a look.

Although everyone was stunned, in front of Gu Zhao, they naturally didn't dare to say anything, until Gu Zhao disappeared without a trace, and Zhong Dacheng withdrew from the council hall, so he said these complaining words in twos and threes.

"Lord Liu, from your point of view, which tendon is wrong for the regent today, and he dares to talk to the emperor like this? Now the emperor is not a child, and if he doesn't give the emperor a son like this, he doesn't take the imperial power in his eyes at all! ”

Liu Ce was already surrounded by a group of party henchmen on weekdays, but what he didn't expect was that now Qin Xiang would actually take the initiative to come forward and say so.

Liu Ce knows how stubborn this Qin Xiang is on weekdays, although he has secretly wooed him many times, but he doesn't appreciate it, but he didn't expect that he would take the initiative to talk to him today, which obviously has a deep meaning.

Liu Ce glanced up and down Qin Xiang a few times from the corner of his eye, and finally chose to greet him with a smile, although Qin Xiang is only a royal historian now, but I heard that his daughter is quite close to Su Mian.

If it weren't for this experience in the food matter before, it would be difficult to plan successfully, and now Qin Xiang also has a little more value in Liu Ce's eyes because of this matter.

"Lord Qin is cautious, cautious. Although the temper of the regent is obvious to everyone now, there are some things that everyone can understand, and there is no need to say it, be careful of causing unnecessary trouble. ”

Although Qin Xiang's official position is not high, he is arrogant, whether it is the prime minister's party or the regent's party, he tries to avoid it as much as possible, but now he deliberately moves closer to Liu Ce's side, there must be a reason for him.

"It's not right for the Prime Minister to say this, we are all dedicated to doing things for the emperor, and today is also the first regent to do things inconsiderately, I am telling the truth, and I don't mean to deliberately say bad things about him behind his back. If it is really listened to by other people who have a heart, I am not afraid. ”

On the surface, this passage is to show how loyal Qin Xiang is to the emperor, but in other words, Liu Ce naturally understood. Qin Xiang took the risk to say bad things about Gu Zhixing in front of him, this was showing loyalty to himself! I didn't expect him to do this today, Liu Ce was really a little surprised.

"Good! Lord Qin thinks like this, it is for the sake of the family and the country, and it is indeed very responsible! If Lord Qin has nothing else to do today, can you go to Liu's mansion to drink a pot of tea? It's nothing special, it's just that this newly paid tribute has just arrived in the mansion before the rain, and if you don't invite Lord Qin to taste it, it will be wasted. ”

Before the rain, Longjing was now a first-class good tea, and there were very few in the palace, but it was commonplace in the prime minister's mansion. It can be seen that even though Liu Ce has lost the emperor's trust recently, the camels that starve to death are bigger than horses, and he already has them, so naturally there is no shortage of them.

Seeing that Liu Ce threw an olive branch to himself, Qin Xiang was naturally overjoyed, and hurriedly nodded and agreed, and then followed Liu Ce out of the palace in a sedan chair and went straight to the prime minister's mansion.

This matter naturally reached Qin Yu's ears in the end, although she was not a female celebrity, but when she was waiting for news from her brother in the past few days, she was inevitably irritable and didn't want to cause some trouble outside, so she rarely started doing some needlework.