A sentence fell, and the entire imperial study was silent.

Captain Ge can't even handle a bunch of rogues, so how can he rest assured that the defense of the entire capital will be in his hands?

"Commander Gu, don't talk nonsense, we don't know about this." At this time, another old minister stood up and said.

The civil officials have never cared much about the local affairs of the generals, and the fact that Captain Ge was chased around by a gang of rogues was also an ugly thing after all, so he didn't dare to make a public announcement.

Therefore, many of these civil officials don't know much about this, but those generals are clear.

"Commander Gu is not talking nonsense." General Fang sneered, "Captain Ge's deeds have long been spread throughout the army, Lord Liu and Lord Zhao don't know, but there are few of us military attachés who don't know, even Your Majesty knows." ”

The officials who were trying to argue with Gu Chen just now suddenly broke out in a layer of cold sweat on their heads.

They didn't know about it, and the Ge family didn't even tell them.

Now, they killed him.

Several people silently observed the emperor's face, but they couldn't see the clues, and they couldn't help beating the drum in their hearts.

Seeing this, General Fang beat the water dog and said, "A few people have such difficult faces, don't you all know?" ”

As soon as these words were asked, the faces of those people changed in unison, and the people present instantly didn't understand anything?

"Oh, a few people don't even know this, and they dare to recommend him to protect the safety of the palace wall, I don't know what the intentions of the adults are." General Fang is not a person who arrives at the end of the order and accepts it when he sees it.

Fang Yuanyuan's temperament is somewhat like him, he is a master who is unwilling to suffer, and he is not the kind of person who is afraid of offending people.

As soon as General Fang's words fell, several people knelt up in unison, and shouted in unison: "Your Majesty forgives the sin, and the ministers are negligent, but there is no second heart!" ”

Gu Chen watched coldly as a few people were majestic one moment ago, and the next moment they were like a dog wagging their tails and begging for mercy, with no waves on their faces.

He doesn't have sympathy for a few dogs.

"Your Majesty, if you have a more competent candidate, the minister is willing to give up this position, after all, I don't like to be an official in the first place, I prefer to earn money than being an official." Gu Chen said, arched his hand at the emperor, and pretended to say, "It's better that Your Majesty will fulfill the minister's wish." ”

When the emperor heard this, Gu Chen was going to resign, where would he be willing to do it!

Not to mention that he has no suitable candidate to replace him for the time being, let's just say that if he really picks and stops, then what will happen to the iron shop? What about firearms?

Now the east is an internal and external trouble, those neighboring countries have been looking at the tiger, these years has been a small war, in case of a real fight, then without this batch of firearms, where is the chance of victory in the east?

Donglin has always occupied an excellent piece of land, and for this reason, it is not a matter of a day or two for those desolate people to want to divide this fertile land.

What's more, now these royal bloodlines are ambitious, one by one they want to get this power in Gu Chen's hands and the iron shop, and they want to take the opportunity to sit on the throne, if they let the enemy country know, then they have no idea to disintegrate them from the inside?

Therefore, no matter what aspect he considered, he couldn't let Gu Chen quit this errand.

With Gu Chen, it can be used by several people, which is an effect that cannot be achieved by anyone else.

Therefore, after just a short period of stunnedness, the emperor quickly came back to his senses: "At the moment of national crisis, how can Gu Qing be alone, this position must be yours." ”

The emperor said so, and Gu Chen naturally didn't want to insist.

He knew very well where the emperor's weakness was, and he knew the emperor very well, and knew that it was impossible for him to remove him from this position at this time.

"Since someone is assassinating in the palace, then it must be investigated, Gu Qing, this matter will be handed over to you, I will give you half a month, if you can't find out, I will punish you." The emperor didn't say how to punish him, so everyone present could see that he was just talking casually and would not really punish him.

Because, at this time, anyone with a discerning eye can see that the emperor still needs Gu Chen.

"Yes, the minister must live up to his holy hopes and do his best to investigate this matter." Gu Chen said solemnly.

The emperor nodded, not saying anything.

As a close minister of the Son of Heaven, all of them are human spirits, until someone loses again in this game, and they don't mix with it anymore, one by one, they look at their noses and noses, and they shrink themselves like quails.

At this moment, those who had been sent out of the city to capture the Third Prince also returned. Dream Chinese

"Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Third Prince is already waiting outside, do you want to summon him in for questioning?" Konoe asked.

The Emperor glanced at the crowd and raised his hand to bring them in.

The faces of the close ministers of the Son of Heaven suddenly changed slightly, some were curious, some were gloating, and some were waiting to see a good show, and the old ministers who were scolded by General Fang just now flashed a trace of smugness in their eyes.

Gu Chen stood quietly beside the emperor, doing his duty as a personal guard, but his eyes took in all the expressions of the people below, and suddenly the corners of his lips couldn't help but hook up a mocking smile.

Song Yu walked in by himself, and he was not escorted back as everyone imagined, and he was still wearing armor and walked in with all his steps.

As soon as he entered, the faces of the people in the audience suddenly became more complicated.

I think that at the beginning, this was still a waste wood prince who could only play the world, although he was the eldest son of the current queen, but he didn't know how to make progress for half of it, and he didn't care about the government and politics for half of the time, and he didn't want to worry about the monarch.

But now that I have only gone to the border battlefield, in just a few months, the whole person has a different temperament, the face that was originally gentle and kind but with a little carelessness is now full of fortitude, and when walking, it is full of fighting and killing.

Not to mention the close ministers of the Son of Heaven, even Song Xi, who had been standing on the side and lowering his sense of existence, could not be shocked for a moment, and it took a long time to be convinced that this was really the waste prince Song Yu who didn't pay attention to anything and only knew how to play in the mountains and rivers.

For a while, Song Xi's sense of crisis suddenly rose to an unprecedented height, and he watched Song Yu walk in step by step with fear, and even disdained the corner of his eye to give him.

He walked to the dragon case and saluted the emperor in a proper manner: "The son of the emperor sees his father." ”

The emperor was also very surprised by the change of this third son, although since he went to the border pass, there were frequent good news, and he was already very surprised by this third son.

But after all, it was only a change from the report, but it was far less shocking than when he saw him in person.

He looked at Song Yu carefully for a while before he said, "Flatten." ”

After Song Yu thanked him, he said straight to the point: "It is said that someone saw Erchen go to the queen's bedroom the night before yesterday, and then Jiang Guifei was injured again. ”

The emperor didn't expect that before he could ask him, he opened his mouth first, so he nodded and said: "Yes, your fifth brother came to me early yesterday morning and cried for a while, saying that someone saw you go to see your mother, and even the old lady next to your mother said that there was such a thing, how should you explain it?" ”

Song Yu was stunned for a moment, and then asked with a very surprised look: "Didn't the old lady see it wrong?" The retainers have been staying in the camp outside the city, waiting for the emperor's will, and have never left, and the emperor can send someone to the army to inquire about it. ”

He looked like he was not afraid of the crooked shadow, and he choked Song Xi on the side, and the person who sneaked into the palace that night was clearly him, and his people also reported to him, Song Yu disguised himself into the city as early as the day before yesterday, and then found a hotel to stay for one night.

At night, he sneaked into the palace, and went all the way to the queen's bedchamber.

His people see clearly, and they follow him the whole time, and they can't go wrong.

But now he says that he has been in the army, isn't this a clear statement that he is talking nonsense with his eyes open?

"I said third cousin, the old lady next to the queen is the old man who was brought into the palace from the queen's mother's house, she won't talk nonsense, right?" Song Xi smiled tolerantly and said in a kind tone.

It's like looking at a naughty and ignorant little brother, and his eyes are full of tolerance.

The corners of Gu Chen's mouth twitched almost invisibly, he found that this king of Changle County did not go to the stage to sing and sing, he was really wronged by his talent, he could act like this, presumably those famous actors would also sigh to themselves.

"Cousin Xi is very concerned about my mother's affairs, and without even asking, he knew that it was my mother who brought her into the palace from her mother's house." Song Yu looked at him with a smile.

Song Xi was choked by him, then his face sank, and he said, "Didn't I hear about it too, what are you doing so seriously?" Could it be that the heart is weak? ”

"Heh~" Song Yu changed his old good temper and began to mock unceremoniously, "Isn't Xitang annoyed and angry?" Am I not right? The grandmothers around my queen mother were not all brought into the palace from her mother's family, and there were many imperial grandmothers who were rewarded back then, you are so sure that you don't know who saw it, or do you ...... say?"

He paused in his tone, glanced at Song Xi carelessly, and said, "Or did Cousin Xi bribe the old lady next to my mother and let her frame me like this?" ”

When Song Xi heard this, his tone suddenly became cold: "Third cousin, you can't talk nonsense, I'm just an idle county king, what's the benefit of me doing this?" ”

Regarding his words, Gu Chen sneered directly and did not speak.

Song Xi's face was pale, these two people, in front of the emperor, they didn't take him seriously, if Song Yu really got that position in the future, then what hope could he have?

Suddenly, Song Xi seemed to have made up some kind of determination, and his eyes burst out with a fierce light.

"Your Majesty, since you are insisting on each word, then pass that old lady over and let her confront the Third Highness face to face, if she lies, she will not dare to look at the Third Highness." Gu Chen proposed.

The emperor nodded, and was about to send someone to pass on the old lady, when he saw a small chamberlain hurriedly running in to report: "Your Majesty, the old lady who testified against His Royal Highness yesterday hanged herself just now. ”