Seeing that he was late, the emperor squinted slightly and looked him up and down, and then couldn't help frowning and reproaching: "Why did you come so late?" ”

Gu Jianglin immediately lowered his head and replied: "I just went out for a while and got into a stinky sweat, I heard that my father was here and I was not ready for a while, so I ask my father to forgive me." ”

"What did you do out there?" The emperor obviously has no intention of letting go, and intends to get to the bottom of it.

"Of course, it's about dealing with the dam." Gu Jianglin said with a slight smile.

The emperor looked at him carefully, "Are you dressed so loosely, do you look like you're going to do something?" Or do you have another purpose, are you going to have fun? ”

"Father, the country is in danger, I work hard day and night, just to communicate with the people on both sides of the strait, father, why do you look at me with such an attitude and gaze?" Gu Jianglin said in a deep voice.

He has always swallowed his anger, and then at this time, no one can bear such a misunderstanding, so at this time, he will not always be submissive.

The Emperor was a little surprised by his outspokenness, and it took a long time for him to come to his senses and say, "You...... That's what you talk to me. ”

Gu Jianglin took a deep breath and said: "Erchen knows that such a big thing happened this time, although Erchen has tried his best to remedy it, but human life is at stake, and it is not a trivial matter, so Erchen is here to ask for guilt, but after the dam construction is completed, he will also ask his father to cure Erchen's sin again." ”

"Are you threatening me? I just care about my son, and you react so much. The emperor frowned and said.

He was the one who was looked up to by everyone in the world, and he didn't expect his son to talk to him like this.

Gu Jianglin took a step back, shook his head and said, "Erchen doesn't dare." ”

The emperor sighed, all these years, his heart has become tangled, and he is afraid that it will be difficult to let go overnight, but at this critical juncture, he does not allow anyone to do anything to discredit the court, although the people along the coast have praised the benefits of the five princes along the way, but who can know, this is not inviting people's hearts?

Although he can understand that he is too suspicious sometimes, who can control it when his doubts arise?

Gu Jianglin's subordinates were all in a hurry, the fifth prince was obviously working with those villagers, but the emperor actually thought so, but why didn't the fifth prince explain? He didn't dare to talk too much himself, for fear of disturbing the Holy Driver, and then dealing with a crime of lax punishment by the Five Princes, it would be worth the loss.

The emperor took a deep breath, a little displeasure flashed on his face, and after a long time, he said: "The five princes are not doing things well, resulting in many ......"

Before the words were finished, a simple peasant woman suddenly walked over, still holding a basket in her hand, and said with a smile: "Fifth prince, you are working with us just now, you must be tired, this is the egg laid by our chicken, it is the best to make up for your body, although your body looks great, but you should not often do that hard work, it is better to make up more." ”

Gu Jianglin frowned slightly, and shouted coldly: "This is the Holy Lord, don't be presumptuous in front of the Holy Lord, don't hurry down." ”

The emperor is ruthless with a cold face, the boundary here is a little wider, and the farmer can come forward, but if he changes to other places, I am afraid that he will be stabbed to death with a sword long ago.

Doing this in front of the emperor, if the emperor is in a bad mood and works hard, it is possible to drag it out and cut it off, so Gu Jianglin scolded him like that.

The emperor frowned slightly, but he didn't care about this, but asked the peasant woman and said, "You just said that the fifth prince works with you?" ”

When the peasant woman heard the emperor's name, how dare she speak, and knelt on the ground tremblingly, "The emperor spared his life, but it was the grass people who disturbed the emperor by not knowing the emperor's identity." ”

"You don't have to be so alarmed, those who don't know are not guilty, answer my question just now." The emperor said sternly.

When the peasant woman heard this, she nodded and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty." She just kept kneeling on the ground, didn't dare to look up, and replied decently: "Yes, the past two days have ended, and there is really a lot of work, and the workers can't stand it, so the fifth prince personally brought the guards to work with us, and they were unkempt for a long time, and I was afraid that they didn't have time to eat, so the grass people brought some home-raised eggs." ”

Only then did the emperor understand why Gu Jianglin didn't take over the car just now, it turned out that he was changing clothes.

Thinking of this, he got out of the carriage and said, "I'll look at where you live. ”

Gu Jianglin didn't understand for a while, but he still obediently took the emperor to the tent, the tent was transferred from the Yanzhou garrison army, it can be regarded as a standard tent, the tent is not big, it is only enough to put some things necessary for life, a bed, a few desks and a little open space, this tent is so big.

The emperor glanced inside, and there was a box in the corner, which was full of clothes that were wet and stained with mud and sand, and the reason why he wore them so loosely was because he really couldn't find any clothes to wear.

Thinking that he had misunderstood before, don't sigh in the end or I care too much, the sons are fighting for the throne, but they ignore what their character is.

Thinking of this, he turned his head and instructed the chamberlain, "Go and buy two suitable clothes." ”

Gu Jianglin quickly understood what the emperor meant, and immediately thanked him: "Thank you, father!" ”

"After all, it's because I don't trust my son too much." The emperor smiled and said.

Gu Jianglin didn't speak, he really didn't know how to respond to this sentence, so he just changed the topic forcefully and said, "Father, the son will be responsible for the previous incident, but after the dam is completed." ”

The emperor sighed, nodded and said, "You are already in charge, you are doing a good job now, and everything you are dealing with is what I want." Saying that, he sighed, he still has too much experience in the court, and it is also his own twilight, there are always people who can't help it and want to start doing it.

As he gets older, when the time comes, the things in the back hall can't be controlled, and it's time to set up a prince.

Gu Jianglin understood that because of his previous calming down measures, the emperor had forgiven him, thinking of this, he breathed a sigh of relief deep in his heart, and the other was secondary, if he was convicted because of this incident and could not continue to supervise the dam, then it was very likely that he would be called a tool for oil and water by people with ulterior motives.

Although the court is not chaotic, it is definitely not clear, there are always people who want to take advantage of this time to fish in troubled waters, this is also a thing that has happened in all dynasties, even if the emperor is a Ming monarch, he will never be able to completely prevent this kind of thing from happening.

He had to grasp the matter firmly in the palm of his hand to ensure that the dam could be completed as expected.

After this thing is done, everything else is easy to say, and it is a great blessing for him to be able to do things in his position.

Soon, the big chamberlain sent a set of clothes, the emperor motioned for him to change them, and Gu Jianglin immediately went behind the screen and changed out of his wide robe and wet shoes, which made him feel a lot more comfortable.

The emperor glanced at him, nodded with a smile and said, "The air is magnificent, but it has a bit of my demeanor back then." ”

"The old slave also thinks that the five princes are most like the emperor, whether it is bearing or body shape." The Great Chamberlain said with a smile.

When the emperor saw that there was a mirror in the corner, he pulled Gu Jianglin into the corner, watched the figures of the father and son fall in the bronze mirror, and then said, "Yes, but I am also old." ”