In the dormitory, behind the layers of curtains, Guo Chong sat on a cool collapse, with a small bowl of chilled mung bean soup on the small table in front of him. The air conditioning in the dormitory was shocking, and Guo Chong was even wearing a jacket and a thin blanket. Beside him, Qian Delu stood quietly, and when Guo Xu came in, the eyes of both of them were projected on Guo Xu.

"Erchen...... See Father. Guo Xu stepped forward quickly with an excited expression, knelt down and saluted Guo Chong, kowtowing heavily.

Guo Chong stood up, stretched out his hand and smiled: "Xu'er, you're here, get up, calm down." ”

Guo Xu kowtowed again and slowly got up. Guo Chong looked at Guo Xu's face and frowned: "Why are you not trimming?" The beard is stubble, and it looks much thinner and older. Are you going to look older than me? I also repair my hair every day and keep it neat. You don't pay attention to that, but you still have to be royal and don't be laughed at, you know? ”

Guo Xu said in a low voice: "Erchen understands. Erchen just didn't want to do this during this time. Erchen understands this truth. ”

Guo Chong nodded and said, "Sit down and talk, Qian Delu, pour a bowl of mung bean soup for Guo Xu to cool off, this weather, it must be very hot outside." ”

Qian Delu agreed, and poured a bowl of mung bean soup for Guo Xu with a cold copper kettle, and said with a smile: "Lord Wang, please use it." ”

Guo Xu thanked him, he was indeed a little thirsty, so he picked up the bowl and took a sip. A sweet and cold breath came from the throat and between the chest and abdomen, the whole person felt a lot more comfortable, and the anxiety in his heart also decreased a lot.

"Do you know what I called you for?" Guo Chong looked at Guo Xu and said in a deep voice.

Guo Xu said in a low voice: "Erchen doesn't know, don't dare to speculate." ”

Guo Chong nodded and said, "I have read your recital, I have read your recital seven or eight times in the past half a month." The reason why I didn't approve you was because I was hesitating about it. I have called you today to ask you what you really think. Did you really decide to go to the northwest to raise horses for the imperial court? Have you already thought about it? ”

Guo Xu knelt down and kowtowed again: "Erchen has already thought very clearly, Erchen can't do nothing for the rest of his life, just enjoy the royal favor and do nothing. Erchen knew that he didn't have the ability to lead the army to the border, although that was what Erchen wanted to do the most. Erchen still has some experience in raising horses, and hopes to make a contribution to Da Zhou. I went to the northwest to raise horses, cultivated millions of good horses for the imperial court, and made a contribution to the lack of good horses in my Great Zhou. It's better than being mediocre in the capital, like the walking dead. ”

Guo Chong frowned and said: "I am asking you what you really think, since I was a child, I have watched you grow up, don't I know your thoughts?" What do you know about raising horses? You don't know how to keep horses. You are resentful and dissatisfied, so you want to stay away from the capital, right? Or are you just testing my attitude, just expressing the dissatisfaction in your heart, right? ”

Guo Xu changed color, kowtowed again and again: "How dare the son, how dare the son." The father misunderstood, and the son had no dissatisfaction. What is the son's dissatisfaction? ”

Guo Chong said softly: "I have established your brother as the crown prince, you naturally have ideas in your heart, this is not surprising, and it is also human nature. Guo Xu, I don't hide it from you, I originally belonged to you, and I once thought you were the most suitable person. It's a pity that what you did disappointed me. I'm really disappointed. ”

Guo Xu shook his head and said, "Erchen, Erchen do."

What went wrong? Disappointed your father? What happened to Erchen? ”

Guo Chong frowned and said, "Are you still pretending to be confused?" I tell you that it is not too much for me to sleep and kill you for your crimes. Do you think I don't understand anything? What did you do when you quelled the rebellion? I'm not saying that you're not good at counterinsurgency, it's a common thing in a soldier to win or lose, and I won't reprimand you for that. But what did you do? You actually wanted to kill people with a knife and take the opportunity to kill Guo Mian. You've gone too far. ”

Guo Xu opened his mouth in shock, and subconsciously shouted: "Father...... Father's ...... I didn't...... I didn't have ......"

Guo Chong said coldly: "You are just too smart and too much heart." At this time, you still refuse to admit that you are deaf and blind when your father is blind? In addition, you kidnapped your sister and blackmailed Lin Jue to find out about Concubine Rong. You don't say that you didn't know that Green Dance was my daughter at that time, you actually knew it in your heart, but you still did it. Of course, you can't be blamed for Concubine Rong's affairs, and the slut is damned for what she did. But what did you do out of it? What is your purpose? When you found out these things, didn't you just want to kill Concubine Rong and implicate the Queen Mother and others? Not to mention that this time you actually ran to assassinate Lin Jue and the people of the Lin family. Midori Dance is there, that's your sister. Cai Wei is also there, that's your cousin. You're going to kill them all. This shows how vicious your heart is. How can I make you the crown prince and let you inherit my country? If you take the throne, your head will be rolling, and your blood will flow. You will not tolerate anyone who is your enemy, not even your relatives. How can I allow such a person to become the lord of the Great Zhou? ”

Guo Xu exclaimed with a white face: "Father Emperor Shengming, my son has never done it." ”

"And deny!" Guo Chong stretched out his hand, and the mung bean soup bowl fell to the ground with a clatter, shattering. "Even now, you still have to deny it. I have already sent someone to check clearly, on the day Lin Jue traveled with his family, many people went out of the city in your house. Don't think that you can hide from the world and the sea when you go out of the city. I have my own way of finding out. Moreover, Guo Kun led people to arrest two live mouths, although they tried to commit suicide, but they were stopped by Guo Kun. Guo Kun didn't ask anything, he sent the two to the palace. I asked the people of the Imperial City Division to come and ask secretly, hehe, no one can survive the methods of the Imperial City Division, and they all confessed. Those two are called He Kui and the other is Li Shuang, do you dare to say that they are not from your house? ”

Guo Xu was stunned and speechless, and had nothing to say. Sure enough, as Lu Zhongtian said afterwards, these people may not be reliable, and the matter may not be exposed. When he moved the idea of intercepting and killing Lin Jue's entire family, things were actually going bad.

"With the evidence conclusive, I should have tried you, do you know why I didn't say anything? That's because I still have a little love for you, and I don't want the world to know that my prince of the Guo family would do such a thing. I want this old face, my face and dignity are running out, and I don't want to lose this old face. That's why I kept it a secret and didn't want to spread the word. Even Lin Jue, I hid it from him. He came to ask if they had recruited them, and I told him that they had killed themselves by biting their tongues. What am I for? It's not that you don't want to publicize your family's ugliness, and don't you want to save the face of my Guo royal family? Guo Chong pointed to Guo Xu's nose and gritted his teeth and said.

Guo Xu's face was pale and extremely depressed. In this case, he can still get his hands on the crown prince, which is really a joke. No wonder my father was so resolute that he didn't give the ministers a chance to discuss.

Yes, he knew that he had led someone to kill Lin Jue's whole family, that he had borrowed a knife to kill people to get rid of Guo Mian, and that he had kidnapped Lu Wu to bring down Concubine Rong and them, how could he let himself be this prince?

"You tell me, why the hell are you doing this? You make me sad, you know? I used to think so highly of you. You just have to behave, how can I do this to you? You tell me, why the hell are you doing this? Guo Chong shook his head and sighed.

Guo Xu suddenly raised his head, his gray face was full of anger, and said in a deep voice: "My father asked me why I did this? Hehehe, doesn't my father know why his sons did this? Father, my son also wants to be your good son, not to fight, not to rob, not to snatch, but is this fair? Why am I doing this? Because Erchen is not the eldest son, Erchen must work ten times more than others if he wants to make a difference. Some people are born as your sister-in-law, your eldest son. In life, the throne should be his. But what about the sons? They don't have the advantages that they were born with. Do you dare not work hard, dare not be excellent? Erchen desperately wants to perform, and wants to win the approval of his father, but it is not because Erchen's chance is too small. No matter how good the son is, there are not so many people who think that he should be the elder, because that is the rule of the ancestors. The rules of the imperial court. Why? Why? Why is Erchen inferior, he is also the son of his father, which is better than Erchen? Why is everything destined to be his? The things that Erchen did were nothing more than not wanting to accept his fate. If there is no hope at the beginning, then you have to give hope to your sons. You gave hope, but you want to take him away, have you considered the feelings of your son? Erchen was unwilling, so Erchen wanted to fight and take it. Can this be blamed on the ministers? What's wrong with me? ”

Guo Chong looked at the distorted face of the excited Guo Xu in astonishment, this was the first time he had heard Guo Chong say these words. Although he had thought of some reasons, he was still shocked when he said it from Guo Xu's mouth.

"I didn't expect your mind to be so twisted. You don't reflect on your own mistakes, but you blame others for everything, I really have nothing to say. What do you say is fair and unfair? Why don't you compare fairness with the people on the street? Why don't you be fair to those who sweat every day and struggle to survive in order to make a living? You were born in the emperor's house, and you were born with fine clothes and food, no worries about food and clothing, and someone to serve everything. You don't have to farm, you eat the best food. You don't have to hunt, you eat the best meat, you don't have to raise silkworms and weave, you wear silk and satin. Why don't you be fair to people who are born to fight so hard to live? I have heard these truths from the emperor since I was a child, and I know that I should thank God for giving me Guo's favor, so that my Guo family can sit firmly in the Great Zhou Dynasty and rule all the people. I have also introspected that if I were to be placed among the people, I would not even be able to eat a mouthful of food, and I might not even be able to wear decent clothes. That's why I'm grateful for all I have, and I cherish all of it. And you, but you came to talk to me about fairness? I did intend to make you the crown prince, but later I hesitated, but it had nothing to do with whether you were the eldest son or not, but because you were not right-hearted and acted in an extreme way. I hesitated, but thankfully, I came to know that you couldn't inherit my throne at all, and I was glad I didn't act impulsively. When you say these things to me today, ask yourself, do you make sense of these things? Guo Chong was disappointed, shook his head and sighed and said to Guo Xu.