Duanjing Temple.

The crown prince Zhu Cihong is listening to his husband's lecture, and he seems to be very attentive, he has just been enlightened, and he is learning the Analects and the Book of Filial Piety every day. And the person who taught him his homework today was Jiang Fengyuan, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites.

"Zi said: The gentleman is circumferential but not comparable, and the person is not thoughtful."

Jiang Fengyuan shook his head and read aloud this sentence of Confucius in the political chapter, and then asked Zhu Cihong: "His Royal Highness the Prince, can you understand what Sage Confucius said?" ”

Zhu Cihong frowned, and after thinking for a while, he shook his head and said, "I don't understand very much, I hope Mr. will give me advice." ”

For the prince's attitude of humbly seeking advice, Jiang Fengyuan is very satisfied as his teacher.

He nodded, stroked a handful of white flowers and beard and said, "The meaning of this statement is the difference between a gentleman and a human proposed by Sage Kong. 'Gentlemen are in harmony with others but do not collude in private', while people are just the opposite, 'circumference but not comparison' means that they collude with others but do not fit in. ”

After a pause, he continued: "Your Highness is the prince of the country, and you must know how to distinguish between a gentleman and a person, so that you can appoint a virtuous person and be politically clear. ”

Zhu Cihong nodded lightly, suddenly thought of Li Xiu, and asked curiously: "Then sir, this brocade guard knows Li Xiu, should he be among the gentlemen?" ”

Li Xiu? Gentleman?

Jiang Fengyuan frowned, and said in a deep voice: "Your Highness doesn't know, although this Li Xiu has some ability to do things, some of his actions are no different from others. But the minister thought that he could not be regarded as a gentleman. ”

Zhu Cihong was even more puzzled in his heart, all he heard from Wang Chengen were Li Xiu's good words, and his impression was not bad after seeing the other party, such a person is not a gentleman, then he is a person?

How could he know that an old pedant like Jiang Fengyuan, who spoke on behalf of a saint, was born on the right path in the imperial examination, and it was a little prejudiced to look at an official like Li Xiu who did not follow the right path.

Moreover, court officials like them have always hated the eunuchs' interference in politics, and the factory guards monitored the actions of these officials, and even worse, they often tortured them to extract confessions.

can't punish the doctor, and can't be courteous.

How can an arrogant scholar like Jiang Fengyuan have a good impression of the factory guard?

Li Xiu was born in Jinyiwei, and now he is good friends with Dongchang, so he is naturally disgusted by him.

Subsequently, in order to be able to erect the signboard of Li Xiu's villain in Zhu Cihong's heart and label him as a "person", Jiang Fengyuan spared no effort to follow some of Li Xiu's actions. Even, even the fact that Li Xiuna and Luo Yanran were concubines made him greedy for beauty.

Zhu Cihong is not very old, and he has no opinions about people and things at all, so how can he withstand this gentleman's attack and slander of Li Xiu? What's more, people are full of wealth, and while slandering, they also quote scriptures from time to time, and use the words of sages to put on the hat of "human" for Li Xiu.

In the end, Zhu Cihong's opinion of Li Xiu completely changed, and he nodded from time to time, indicating that he agreed with Mr. 's words.

Wang Chengen watched dryly from the sidelines, but he could only be secretly anxious in his heart, and said in his stomach: "This old bastard, Li Xiu is just fine, and he even scolded us all over again, the prince is afraid that he will teach him badly!" ”

Poor Li Xiu, in Zhu Cihong's heart, unconsciously changed from a humble gentleman and a capable official to a traitor.

It's night, Qianqing Palace.

Zhu Youzhen finished reviewing the recital early today, and in his spare time, he asked people to pass on the decree and summoned Tian Guifei to sleep.

Recently, state affairs have been busy, and on weekdays, Zhu Youzhen has no intention of these ******** things at all, and it is rare for Tian Guifei to be able to serve the monarch, so she naturally spares no effort to please the monarch.

On the dragon bed, after some lingering affection, Tian Guifei had the afterglow of **** on her face, and the bird leaned on Zhu Youzhen's arms, saying some love words, Zhu Youzhen was naturally very useful.

Zhu Youzhen was resting with his eyes closed, Tian Guifei glanced at him quietly, and felt that the time was ripe, so she said: "Your Majesty, the concubine has heard some rumors from outside recently, and she is very scared in her heart!" ”

"Huh?"

Zhu Youzhen opened his eyes and wondered, "What rumors?" ”

"Didn't Your Majesty listen?"

Tian Guifei made a surprised expression on her face, and continued: "The concubine listened, the king of Kaifeng Mansion Zhou asked for the third guard, and he was able to get His Majesty's approval, and it was all Li Xiu's force behind the scenes." ”

"Concubine Ai, don't listen to those untruths, what's the matter with Li Xiu's forces behind the scenes?"

Zhu Youzhen said this, but he was thinking about the relationship between Li Xiu and this matter. I didn't think there was anything before, but now that I think about it, it makes him realize the strangeness in it.

First of all, it is the relationship between Li Xiu and the prince of Zhou. This is something that many people know, and he was suspicious at the time, but he didn't think about it deeply.

Secondly, it was the matter of King Zhou's request for the restoration of Sanwei, and the things before and after were a bit too coincidental. Li Xiu's hometown celebrated the New Year, and then Zhou Wangfu gave him a generous gift

And then again, in the matter of Xuanwuwei a few days ago, there were usually very few things that the generals of the guard station reported to each other. That's not all, as soon as Xuan Wuwei had an accident, King Zhou went to ask for the third guard

The more Zhu Youzhen thought about it, the more frightened he became, if these things were really Li Xiu's doing, this would be terrible!

What does he want to do?

Conspiracy?

Once he began to doubt in his heart, some of Li Xiu's actions on weekdays, Zhu Youzhen could find some suspicious places when he thought about it.

Especially when Li Xiu entered the palace to see him that day, his behavior was too abnormal.

Although in his heart, Zhu Youzhen was reluctant to believe that the minister would take refuge in the vassal king and do something rebellious. But the stakes were so high that he had to doubt Li Xiu's motives.

What's more, Li Xiu is now the commander of the Shenji Battalion, and he can mobilize the 10,000 elites of the Shenji Battalion at any time!

Tian Guifei was still thinking about some of the things he had "heard", but there were many voices. She has served Zhu Youzhen for many years, so she can naturally see some clues from the other party's expression.

At this time, she would not be stupid enough to interrupt Zhu Youzhen's thinking. In the same way, they will not make abnormal actions to make the other party aware that they have ulterior motives.

Tian Guifei knew that although Zhu Youzhen didn't say it, he must have doubted Li Xiu in his heart.

It seems that his father's method is indeed useful!

Thinking that she would soon be able to avenge her younger brother, Tian Guifei felt a burst of joy in her heart: "Hmph, Li Xiu, Li Xiu, this palace depends on how you get out!" ”

Poor Li Xiu didn't know at this time that he would let people slander in front of the crown prince and the emperor in just one day. (To be continued.) )

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