With Lan Ziyi's keenness, he naturally smelled the strangeness revealed in Gonggong Long's words, and if there is an abnormality, he must naturally deal with it carefully, and the best way to deal with it before the situation is clear is to brake quietly, so Lan Ziyi said:

"Father-in-law, Ziyi is a courtier, and it is not appropriate to judge the prince, and it is not Ziyi who can evaluate how the prince should respond that day."

Grandpa Long smiled:

"Ziyi, all the outsiders have been taken away by me, and now only the emperor and you and I are left in the palace, you don't have to be afraid of anyone else, just say it."

Lan Ziyi arched his hand:

"Father-in-law, Ziyi is not afraid of anyone, Ziyi is only afraid of his own conscience, the so-called caution and fear in the mean, the gentleman is cautious about what he does not see, he is afraid of what he does not hear, he is not hidden, he is not obvious, so the gentleman is cautious of his solitude. Don't say that there are only the emperor and me today, even if I am the only one, there is the emperor and the queen of heaven as evidence, how can I slander the prince privately? Who am I deceiving? Deception? ”

Father-in-law Long was very impatient with Lan Ziyi's sage words, and his disgust was overflowing, but he did not have a seizure, and he was always extremely tolerant of the Lan family's father and son. Grandpa Long asked:

"Then Wei Hou will tell me what the prince did on the street that day."

Lan Ziyi said:

"Everything the prince has done has been reported, and what Ziyi said is slightly the same, and my father-in-law can carefully inquire from him, and I don't have to trust me alone. And I have already said everything that should have been said when I entered the palace that day, and I didn't hide it at the time, and it is impossible to say anything more now. ”

Grandpa Long asked again:

"Since the guards were willing to talk to me openly and honestly that day, why are they unwilling to open their hearts now?"

Lan Ziyi said:

"Father-in-law, once upon a time did Ziyi hide things from his father-in-law and the emperor? When I entered the palace to talk about it, it only involved the courtiers, so Ziyi spoke freely, and today my father-in-law wants me to talk about the prince, this is a rebellion, how dare Ziyi speak falsely? ”

Seeing that Lan Ziyi was dead or alive and refused to express his position, Gonggong Long snorted irritably, he didn't have time to play word games with Lan Ziyi anymore

to simply go straight to the point;

"Wei Hou, you also know the rules of the court, if there is no emperor's will, the vassal king cannot lure the people at will, let alone directly incite the troubled people, the prince and the rebellious people tried to force the palace that day, this is a big crime of rebellion."

Grandpa Long said it simply, it can be described as a poor dagger, but Lan Ziyi didn't intend to take the dagger handed over by Grandpa Long, he said:

"Father-in-law, the crown prince is not a vassal king."

Father-in-law Long was amused by Lan Ziyi's words, and he said:

"If the prince is not a vassal king, should he rebel? Wei Hou, what does it matter if you talk about whether the prince is a vassal king or not? ”

Lan Ziyi was said by Gonggong Long, knowing that he couldn't fool the past today, so he said:

"The emperor and his father-in-law arranged for me to be the prince's attendant, what is the purpose of this, Ziyi understands, but this kind of important matter is just a matter of being frivolous if my father-in-law only talks to me, and Ziyi is soft-spoken, how can he be involved in such a change of day? The most unfortunate father-in-law should also leave my father and father-in-law Yu together. ”

Seeing that Lan Ziyi finally came to the road, Gonggong Long smiled with satisfaction, and he said:

"Your father is brave and brave, but he always lacks interest in the government, not only is he not interested in but he is short-sighted, today I want to leave him to talk about this matter, and I don't know what to scare him into, it is better to find him than to find you. Only with Brother Yu, he is an old man in the palace, he has always looked at me unpleasantly, I left him to come to him for fear that he would choke me, I might as well find you and talk to your brother. Brother Yu is even willing to give you the pearl in his palm, he values you, I am very clear. ”

Although Lan Ziyi was smiling on his lips, he was secretly burying himself in his heart, this Long Gonggong's hands and feet were long enough, and he knew everything. Lan Ziyi asked again:

"My father-in-law refuses to keep my father and my father-in-law, so how can I not keep Zhang Mingyue? How can you talk about such a big thing without talking to Zhang Mingyue? ”

Gonggong Long's face changed suddenly when he heard Zhang Mingyue's name, and he was speechless

"Zhang Mingyue can't let the prince bear the charge of rebellion no matter what, if I keep him, he will only break up unhappily after making a big fuss, which is not good for anyone."

Lan Ziyi said:

"Since the father-in-law knows that Zhang Mingyue can't agree, and the emperor is unwilling to replace Zhang Mingyue, how can he be the prince? Father-in-law, what can you negotiate if you leave me here? ”

Father-in-law Long was asked by Lan Ziyi, which made him think about it for a long time, and finally he said:

"I also want Wei Hou to think of a complete strategy."

Lan Ziyi arched his hand again:

"The perfect strategy is by no means to say that there is, if my father-in-law wants me to come up with an idea, I have to think it carefully, and I ask my father-in-law to allow me to go back and think about it carefully, and when I really have a good way, I will report to the emperor and my father-in-law."

Gonggong Long thought about it for a long time after hearing this, although he was not satisfied with Lan Ziyi's prevarication, but there was really no better excuse at the moment, Gonggong Long could only beat Lan Ziyi, he said:

"Wei Hou, you have to remember that you are the servant of King De, don't be half-hearted, eating in the bowl and looking at the pot, that is the most disgraceful."

Lan Ziyi arched his hand and smiled:

"Father-in-law, although Ziyi is not appreciated by the prince, it is impossible to cast it elsewhere, you have also seen it, Zhang Mingyue is targeting me everywhere, and he will want to get rid of me and hurry up, even if I have the heart to look at the pot, I don't dare to look at it, how can I have a chance to be a person who despises things, Ziyi just wants to live a few more years."

Father-in-law Long was quite satisfied with Lan Ziyi's answer, sighed, waved his hand, and said:

"I also know your difficulties, and the loyal emperor of your father and son also knows it. Daigong has been waiting for you outside for a long time, so go quickly. ”

Lan Ziyi received the order to kneel on the ground, and after buttoning his head towards the emperor, he got up and thanked him, but Lan Ziyi suddenly stopped when he was about to walk to the door, and he turned around and asked Gong Long:

"Father-in-law, what if you were asked by my father about what I said to me just now?"

Grandpa Long smiled:

"The acting father should ask."

Lan Ziyi didn't ask any more questions when he got the meaning of Gonggong Long, turned around and went out.

Outside the Qinzheng Palace, Lan Qianzhen was standing against the railing, and when he saw Lan Ziyi coming out, he didn't greet him, but just stood in place. Seeing this, Lan Ziyi stepped forward and greeted:

"Father!"

Lan Ziyi thought that his father should have something to reprimand for standing proudly like this, but after he asked, Lan Qianzhen whispered:

"Ziyi, come over and help me, don't let people see it."

Hearing this, Lan Ziyi hurriedly stepped forward, fortunately, the official uniforms of the two were very wide, and they couldn't see anything unusual next to each other, Lan Ziyi paid attention to the surrounding situation again, and saw that no one was paying attention to this side, so he helped his father to go out. Lan Ziyi asked:

"Dad, what's wrong with you?"

Lan Qianzhen replied with a slight trembling:

"I am already grateful to my ancestors and ancestors for coming out of the temple alive."

Lan Ziyi found that his father actually had a layer of white sweat on his forehead, but he tried his best to hide it so that others didn't see through it. Lan Ziyi said:

"Dad, you also came down from the battlefield, why are you scared like this?"

With the support of his son, Lan Qianzhen's heart returned a lot, and he said:

"The court is turbulent, and I don't know how cruel it is compared to the battlefield. Ziyi, you know, the surname Long was wiped out by my own hands, but now he is the head of the celebrant Bing's pen, he will kill me sooner or later, and it will be enough to kill, but his cat playing with rats is really unbearable! How could I stand this teasing? ”

Lan Ziyi endangered his father to:

"Father, I thought Grandpa Long didn't look like he would kill you."

Lan Qianjin let out a long sigh, and he asked:

"What did he just ask you?"