To the west of the Imperial City of Beijing, the mansion given by the first emperor to the famous scholar Gao Xianning was empty. His parents, wife and children are both in their hometown in Shandong, and they usually sleep alone at night.

Gao Xianning put down the book in his hand, picked up the small iron hook on the table, and gently flicked the wick in the oil lamp, and the room suddenly brightened slightly.

He didn't feel lonely, the sage said that the gentleman was cautious, not to mention that Gao Xianning had long been accustomed to such a situation. Back then, I studied hard for the imperial examination, and I experienced countless nights like this.

But he didn't pick up the book and read it, but looked at the oil lamp with interest. The lamp was like a bowl, and there was a light on the table, but it was pitch black underneath the bowl; On the tabletop, the area under the bowl, closest to the wick, was the darkest.

Such a shadow suddenly reminded him of the scene when he went to Geng Tong's house to put things in the early hours of yesterday morning, the lights were lit on the long street, but the place where he stood was in a dark shadow.

There is a trap in that whistleblower letter, which is as dark as a lamp, and the best part is Guo Ming!

People who see the letter usually only stare at Guo Ming, maybe they will guess that someone is trying to frame Guo Ming, or they may suspect that Guo Ming is indeed resentful; But it is easy to ignore the content itself, that is, the relationship between the emperor and his eldest son.

If it weren't for Guo Ming, then the effect would probably be the opposite.

That's why Gao Xianning will make his own opinion, modify the strategy of "Mr. Li", and take the risk of making a fuss about King Han's father-in-law directly!

Will it offend people because of this? Of course. However, Gao Xianning once again thought about the teacher (Qi Tai) and the character of King Han, and he still has no regrets about doing this!

If the King of Han has the slightest blame for this in the future, Gao Xianning is ready to go into hiding immediately. Not only for self-preservation, but he also felt that such a superior was not worthy of assistance at all, if he was not a confidant, why bother? He Gao Xianning is only a student, but he has this arrogance!

…… Early the next morning, Emperor Zhu Gaochi arrived at the Dongnuan Pavilion, and he was going to take a look at the important recitals first, and then go to the imperial gate to discuss with the ministers.

After a while, Zhu Gaochi suddenly threw a piece of music to the ground angrily and scolded: "These people, don't worry about the imperial court, they will only think about these locks all day long!" ”

"The emperor is angry." The eunuch Haitao knelt on the ground, picked up the piece on the ground, looked at it twice, and hurriedly put it on the imperial case.

The Hanlin Academy reads Gao Xianning's recital. Now that the counterinsurgency war ahead is at a critical time, the Confucian scholar actually wrote to persuade the emperor to appoint his eldest son as the crown prince as soon as possible, and to be safe and stable! The truth is high-sounding, and the scriptures are quoted and the classics are well written, but Zhu Gaochi knows very well that these people don't want to plan for their own long-term?

Zhu Gaochi was very angry, scolded two more sentences, and when he watched the other movements, he didn't have much thought.

It is true that Confucian scholars are not serious, but there seems to be no need to be so angry. Even Zhu Gaochi didn't expect that he would be so annoyed and unhappy.

He opened his mouth in the middle of the fat meat, his chin squeezed down, his chin layered more, and he gasped a few times before he tried to calm the fire in his heart...... A moment later, the whistleblower letter that was burned yesterday was like a ghost, and suddenly came to my heart again: Taizong reluctantly sealed it because he loved the emperor's grandson Zhu Zhanji and thought it was "like himself"; Taizong's throne was intended to be passed on to his grandson, not his son.

Zhu Gaochi was silent. Quietly thinking about his father's face with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and thinking about the appearance of his nine-year-old son, Zhan Ji grew up slightly, and his appearance was really very similar to his father's emperor, not at all like Zhu Gaochi's white and round face. Zhanji is playful, likes to run around, and also loves to ride horses and shoot arrows, and his temperament is similar to that of his grandfather; And Zhu Gaochi himself likes to be quiet or not, so if he goes out and wanders around, it is better to read a few books quietly at home.

More past events came to Zhu Gaochi's heart, and he remembered that when he was the prince, he had to be harsh on him to eat coarse tea and light rice; The people of the East Palace, Duzhan Ji was favored by his grandfather, and he was taken to the palace to eat delicacies from the mountains and seas. The first emperor listened to the government and did not let the prince come to study, but often asked Zhan Ji to sit next to him......

Zhu Gaochi felt that his heart was blocked by something, as if he heard many people around him laughing, and some people were even urging him to hand over the throne as soon as possible!

There seemed to be another voice hidden in his heart, which had not been seen for a long time since the sad and loving last words of the Queen Mother before her death; Now the voice seemed faintly audible.

There's someone else in this room! Except for Zhu Gaochi and these slaves and maids around him, who else is talking?

Zhu Gaochi shuddered, came back to his senses, and found that he was still in the Dongnuan Pavilion, sitting on a soft chair, located in the place where generations of emperors had sit. The eunuchs stood tremblingly and bent over, and he was the only one sitting directly above him...... There is no one else.

He struggled to get up from his chair, and Haitao and others hurriedly stepped forward to support him.

Zhu Gaochi walked straight out of the Dongnuan Pavilion and saw the open sky on the inclined corridor, and then he breathed a long sigh of relief. If he hadn't come out of the dull, depressing and weird warm pavilion just now, he would have a feeling of not breathing.

"Go to Concubine Zhang's side." Zhu Gaochi said.

"Obey the order, the emperor will come later, and the slave and maid will drive the car over."

Zhu Gaochi sat on the imperial chariot, walked north from the Qianqing Palace, and just passed the Jiaotai Palace, and suddenly saw the two princes of Zhan Ji and Zhan Kai. The eunuchs hurriedly stopped the car, Zhan Ji put his hands behind his back, hid the wooden sword behind his back, and dragged his younger brother up to pay a respect: "The son of the retainer to meet his father." ”

After a while, the queen also came over with a group of palace people.

Zhu Gaochi didn't scold Zhanji, but just carefully looked at Zhanji's appearance. The nine-year-old boy has a very good body, not fat at all, with a well-defined face and large eyes; The child is not very tall, but once he is ten years old, he will grow very quickly, and he may be able to grow into half a child in a few years.

At this time, Zhu Gaochi found that when he looked at Zhanji, the bright little eyes of the queen standing on her knees were also looking at him carefully.

The queen immediately smiled and said softly: "The saint returned to the palace early today, and the concubine is ......," she suddenly breathed a sigh of relief and said, "The concubine also asks the saint to take care of the dragon's body, don't work too hard." ”

Zhu Gaochi felt a little weird, as if the queen had temporarily changed her words. He subconsciously turned his head to look at the slaves and maids gathered behind him, but he saw that all of them were bowed their heads and bent over, and there was nothing unusual.

"I happened to go to Kunning Palace today to talk to the queen." Zhu Gaochi also suddenly changed his hexagram.

When the queen heard this, she immediately showed a happy smile, and her voice was brisk: "At noon, the concubine will cook herself and cook a few favorite dishes for the saint." ”

Zhu Gaochi said: "Okay, the queen has good cooking skills, I really haven't tasted it for a long time." ”

The queen said: "It's so cold outside, why don't you let the saint go to Kunning Palace?" ”

Haitao bowed and said: "The slaves and maids obey the decree. ”