In the middle of the night, the sleeping people of the capital were pleasantly surprised to hear the thunder rolling in the sky. This is the first thunder of the new year, indicating that spring has officially arrived. Soon after the thunder rolled over, a drizzle began to fall in the gloomy sky, slowly moistening and soaking the capital that had been dry for more than a month.

The spring rain is like a crisp, and the clothes are not wet. Under the moisture of the spring rain, various flowers such as peaches, plums, apricots and pears in the capital bloom rapidly. Almost overnight, there was a beautiful scenery of 'thousands of trees and pear blossoms'. The drizzle-moistened air is filled with a faint fragrance that makes people feel refreshed and relaxed.

It's the most pleasant time of the year. Whether you are sleeping in the spring or playing together, it is the best season. The literati and scholars in the capital have been looking forward to this moment for a long time. Some people heard the sound of spring thunder, and when they saw the spring rain falling, they had already surging poems in their chests, and they were about to burst out. Busy calling friends to get together. Whether it is a boat on the northwest lake, or watching the spring rain in the green valley of the west mountain, it is conceivable that after today, there will be a large number of poems and articles, and I don't know how many people are famous because of this.

But for some, it's not a time to enjoy. For example, Guo Chong, such as the Lin family, such as Concubine Rong and the Queen Mother. also includes Lu Zhongtian, Yang Jun and others. At this moment, the game about Concubine Rong's case has reached a critical moment. The two people did not dare to relax for a moment, let alone appreciate the drizzle of the New Year and the mood of the flowers blooming all over the city. Their eyes are focused on this case, one side wants to completely defeat the opponent and win the absolute initiative of the crown prince. One side will need to defend with all its might after a major crisis to withstand this ferocious attack. Both sides have actually reached the point where they have to do their best. This offensive and defensive battle is about to enter the final climax.

At noon, Lin Jue personally escorted Lu Wu into the palace. Green Dance is going to accompany Guo Chong for lunch today, and Guo Chong wants to talk about the relationship between father and daughter. Although Green Dance was reluctant to see Guo Chong, after returning from the palace last night, Lin Jue unreservedly explained the grim situation he was currently facing to Green Dance, hoping that Green Dance would have a good relationship with Guo Chong at this time. Even if he has no feelings for Guo Chong, he can't reject people thousands of miles away at this time.

Lu Wu understands all this, although she just wants to be the eternal little maid by Lin Jue's side, and always accompany her son to wash and comb his hair and make sugar cakes, but the reality makes her have no choice. She knew that Childe was under a lot of pressure and that what happened was serious. If one is not careful, the biological mother Concubine Rong will die, the county lord's sister's maiden family will be implicated, and the son will also be unlucky. And this is all unacceptable to her. As for the things that Childe told her about the competition for the crown prince's position, Midori Dance was actually not interested. Those things were far away to her, and she didn't want to pay attention to them.

Several palace maids were already waiting in front of the palace gate. After Green Dance entered the palace gate, they were immediately surrounded by them and led to a prepared courtyard to bathe and change clothes for Green Dance. Lu Wu was shocked when she saw those clothes, shoes, socks and jewelry, those clothes were so gorgeous, and the jewelry was sparkling and exaggerated. I have seen these bejeweled phoenix crowns on Concubine Rong's body, and they look really good, but it is a little uncomfortable to wear them by yourself.

The leading female official said that this was the emperor's order, and the emperor said that she was a princess and must wear these clothes and jewelry. This is etiquette, and sloppiness is not allowed.

Green Dance was helpless, remembering what Lin Jue had persuaded him last night, and had to agree to change his clothes. When he changed into this gorgeous brocade robe and put on exaggerated jewelry, in the exclamations of the surrounding palace maids, Lu Wu was at a loss. Even when she married Lin Jue, she never wore such a grand dress. After marriage, Lin Jue had to buy beautiful jewelry every time he saw it, and the son brought a large bag of beautiful jewelry to himself on the trip back from Yingtianfu, but Lu Wu never wore it, and it was all treasured and hidden in the box. On the one hand, Lu Wu was worried that if she wore it, people would think that her son was partial to herself, and on the other hand, she was used to being simple, and a silver hairpin with a few dollars of silver on her head was still bought in Hangzhou back then. Even Lin Jue often said that she didn't know how to dress herself.

Midori refuses the palace maids' offer to look at herself in the mirror, and if she does, she will find herself in the mirror as if she has changed person. It was no longer a simple and ordinary woman, it was a royal princess who was full of jewels and was graceful and luxurious under the crown of the phoenix.

After wearing this outfit, Green Dance won't even be able to walk. It took a while to get used to it. Later, surrounded by the palace maids and attendants, he went to the imperial dining pavilion on the west side of the Yanhe Palace.

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In the Imperial Dining Pavilion, Guo Chong sat at one end of the long table with a pale face, his eyes were drooping, his eyes were faintly black, and his whole person was tired.

There are dozens of dishes on the long table, which are exquisitely arranged, and the color, aroma and flavor are all of the highest quality. Plain Guo Chong is actually very frugal, and he only eats a few dishes to deal with it, and the cooks in the imperial dining room are useless. Today, the emperor ordered a big feast, and the imperial chef in the imperial dining room naturally tried his best to show his hand, so the dishes were made with extra care and exquisiteness.

However, Guo Chong didn't have any appetite at all, he almost didn't sleep all night last night, and occasionally took a few naps, but was woken up by a slight noise. It's all about things. For a while, it was the danger of the Liao people and the safety of the country, for a while, it was a matter in the court, and for a while, it was the matter in front of him that made him angry and thorny. No one could have slept last night.

After getting up early in the morning, Lu Zhongtian and Yang Jun came to meet again, and Guo Chong had to meet them and talk to them. Lu Zhongtian and Wu Chunlai came under the pretext of reporting on the affairs of the imperial court, but they didn't actually say anything big, but paid attention to the handling of Concubine Rong's case.

Guo Chong knew in his heart what they cared about. But he didn't answer them directly, just told them that he needed to think carefully before making a decision, and until then, keep it a secret.

Lu Zhongtian and Wu Chunlai's expressions before leaving were disappointed, which reminded Guo Chong of what Lin Jue said to him last night. What Lin Jue said last night was almost taboo, because he actually accused himself of having an ambiguous and selfish attitude in the matter of establishing the crown prince, which led to the chaos in the imperial court. In fact, Guo Chong has already reflected on this point. Lin Jue's words about virtuous and unvirtuous shocked Guo Chong a lot. What Guo Chong had been thinking about last night was whether he was too eager to find an excellent successor for Da Zhou, so he fell into some kind of misunderstanding? Just like the original change, he and Yan Fang are actually in a hurry to get results, but they can't reach it quickly?

Lin Jue said that whether you are virtuous or not depends on what perspective. The successor does not necessarily need the so-called wise and martial arts to be truly virtuous. Ruling by doing nothing is also a kind of virtuous, and being able to unite the courtiers is also a kind of virtuous. Is it not that he has reached a dead end by pursuing excellence in ability too much, but has led to a split between the factions of the DPRK and China, and the fight is unscrupulous?

Guo Chong didn't think much about it when Lin Jue said it at that time, but when he was lying on the bed tossing and turning, he smacked Lin Jue's extraneous sound. Lin Jue seemed to imply that this time Lu Zhongtian and the others poked out Concubine Rong's affair, which was also a manifestation of this kind of fighting. When Lin Jue defended his crime, he said that he would rather conceal it and not report it to maintain the stability of the overall situation and maintain the dignity and dignity of the royal family, so he knew about it, but he did not report it. And the statement of Lu Zhongtian and others is that it is disloyal if they do not report it, so they came to report the matter.

Who is True Loyalty? Who are the false loyalists? Or does it make sense to do both? Guo Chong can't make a complete judgment.

In terms of attitude towards this matter, Lin Jue's attitude is obviously to make big things small and not to cause chaos. And Lu Zhongtian and Yang Jun's proposition is to severely punish the people involved in the case and not tolerate it, what is the purpose of this difference in attitude?

In order to investigate and confirm the hammer, Lu Zhongtian and others conducted a secret investigation and collected evidence for more than a month after learning about this matter, and it can be said that they absolutely wanted this case to be reasonable and irrefutable. Indeed, Concubine Rong had no room for denial in the face of ironclad evidence, and she admitted what she did as soon as possible. Of course, this is the attitude of acting for officials, but how does Guo Chong feel that there seems to be a feeling of not leaving room for himself. In the face of such ironclad evidence, even if he wanted to spare Concubine Rong, he couldn't find the slightest reason, which made people feel weird.

Is it really as Lin Jue said, all this is caused by the position of the crown prince? Are they really trying to cut off dissidents and seize the crown prince's position, and they are bound to win?

After Lu Zhongtian and Yang Jun came in the early morning, Guo Chong seemed to have some vague answers to these questions in his mind. They were too eager. Lin Jue didn't come, but they were in a hurry to ask, which seemed to be a little too concerned and impatient.

Guo Chong is annoyed, conflicted, and angry. At this moment, the real thought in his heart is actually to refuse to face all this, he would rather none of this happen. He simply didn't want to face such a tricky situation.

Faced with a table full of dishes, Guo Chong had no appetite at all. He also doesn't like extravagance. But today is the first time that my daughter, my only daughter, has eaten with me. He had to be grand. After so many years, thinking about how much his daughter has suffered in the people, Guo Chong must compensate. Of course, this meal is not a compensation, but the richness of this meal is his attitude towards Green Dance. I want to receive Green Dance with the mentality of loving father and daughter, and let Green Dance realize the importance I attach to her arrival.

Lu Wu's figure appeared at the door, Guo Chong's eyes lit up, his eyes were fixed on Lu Wu's body, and he sighed in his heart: Isn't this dress on the upper body just like Concubine Rong when she was young? Who else would it be if it wasn't born to Concubine Rong?

"Come on, I've been waiting for you for a long time. Come on, come on, let me see. Guo Chong stood up and smiled kindly at Lu Wu.