With the passage of time, the ministers came one after another, and all gathered in the side hall; Zhao Gou and Zhao Yougong still sat calmly, neither speaking nor stopping, and let them discuss what happened last night on their own. If it weren't for Xu Jingheng and the others who came and shouted in a low voice, I am afraid that the ministers would have forgotten that there were still the two of them, especially Zhao Gou was still one of the parties.

Suddenly, there was silence in the side hall, and the ministers looked at Zhao Gou in trembling and frightened, and glanced at each other, the meaning was self-evident: "Why is the king of the county here?" ”

Zhao Gou smiled slightly, didn't take it to heart, and still enjoyed tea and watched the play with Zhao Yougong. In addition, Zhao Gou whispered a few more times in the ears of Xu Jingheng and the others, and the ministers were even more frightened in their eyes, they were worried that there would be other conspiracies, especially Xu Jingheng and the others nodded one after another, and the surprised appearance made the ministers misinterpret it again.

"Although this county king is young but resourceful, isn't there some conspiracy?"

"Just now we are here to talk about what happened last night, the king of the county personally captured Li Bangyan alive, this person died in the prison for some reason, is our speculation known to him, and then set us up? I've never offended the king, so I don't think I'll do anything to me! ”

"Lord Xu is surprised, could it be that the county king really wants to deal with us? If that's the case, what if that's the case? ”

"Good thing I didn't say anything!"

The ministers looked at Zhao Gou in fear, for fear that they would become the next person to be arrested. The body is not afraid of the shadow, but it is a pity that there are very few of these people who are really clear and clear as a mirror, and those who have ghosts in their hearts are worried, but those who are frank look at their faces mockingly, full of disdain, ashamed to be officials in the same dynasty with them.

At this time, Wang Hao, Gao Yu, Liang Shicheng and others hurried over, they were worried last night, and went to bed very late, if they didn't tell the housekeeper to call them to get up, they were afraid that they would miss the time of the court. Now, the three of them appeared in the side hall, and everyone's eyes came one after another, and they all greeted each other.

Zhao Gou, Zhao Yougong and others also looked over, their eyes looked a little weird, but they couldn't tell what was wrong; At the same time, Gao Yu, Wang Hao and others also looked at Zhao Gou and Zhao Yougong, and the three of them also stepped forward to bow.

He didn't say anything from beginning to end, and Zhao Gou looked at Gao Yu and the others with a smile on his face, and said, "Did the three adults sleep well last night?" ”

"Thank you for your concern, I slept fairly well last night!"

Gao Yu, Wang Hao, and Liang Shicheng tightened their hearts, and replied in unison, they could really sleep there last night, if they hadn't heard that Li Bangyan was dead, I was afraid that their faces had changed today, but now their faces were still a little pale and bloodless, and the whole person looked lacking in spirit.

"Oh!" Zhao Gou smiled meaningfully, deliberately prolonged his voice, and paused before saying, "It's good to sleep soundly, some people can't see today's sun anymore." Life in the world of dozens of cold and summer, fleeting, no one knows if they can see the sun when they open their eyes, they should cherish it, three adults, do you think what I said is right? ”

"That's right! Right! Right! ……”

Gao Yu, Wang Hao and the other three were sweating, they dared to be angry and didn't dare to speak, how could they dare to deny it in front of the ministers, if there was really a fight with them, it would mean that Li Bangyan's death was related to them, so it was even more difficult to explain, so they had to follow Zhao Gou's words to answer.

In addition, Gao Yu, Wang Hao, and Liang Shicheng glanced at each other, all surprised. Zhao Gou had never taken the initiative to say a word to them before, even in the court; Today's Zhao Gou is abnormal, how can they not be shocked, which means that Zhao Gou has officially declared war with them.

The three of them immediately thought of this, and their hearts were also shocked. Even if Zhu Mian, Tong Guan, Li Bangyan and others died, the power of the crown prince Zhao Huan was weakened a lot; However, Zhao Gou's power was fledgling, and he couldn't confront them head-on, so he guessed in his heart what his intentions were: "Today's county king, what's wrong with him?" Did you really decide to break the net with us? Isn't there another conspiracy? ”

Zhao Gou's smile stopped abruptly, and he looked behind Gao Yu and the others with a cold face; In the eyes of the three of them, they thought that they had annoyed Zhao Gou, but they didn't want his eyes to look behind him, so they followed Zhao Gou's gaze, and saw the crown prince Zhao Huan belatedly, striding calmly, as if nothing had happened, making people scratch their heads and guess what he was thinking.

The ministers saw that Zhao Gou's face changed, no longer smiling, and guessed what was going on, and saw the crown prince Zhao Huan walk in. Suddenly, everyone suddenly became enlightened, just because the Lord came. Although they don't know whether Li Bangyan's death is related to the crown prince, the only thing they know is that Li Bangyan has a close personal relationship with the prince.

Zhao Gou captured Li Bangyan alive last night, making it clear that he was tearing his face with the prince and not giving him face. Moreover, Zhao Gou took the initiative to talk to Gao Yu and others unusually, and asked about the incident of last night, and the ministers speculated that this matter was related to several of them.

In addition, Zhao Gou's face was much colder, and his sharp eyes looked directly at the prince, without fear; Everyone was even more determined in their previous guesses: "Zhao Gou is going to officially compete with the crown prince, presumably last night was just the beginning, and it was also a clarion call for declaring war!" ”

Half of the ministers were on the side of the prince, and when they saw that Zhao Gou's face was very different from before, they were shocked but didn't dare to speak, so they could only show with their eyes. It's just that before they could use their eyes, they were frightened back by Zhao Yougong's cruel gaze, and they lowered their heads and were secretly anxious.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!" The crowd shouted respectfully.

Even if Zhao Gou officially declared war on Zhao Huan, Zhao Huan was still the prince in terms of etiquette, and no matter how Zhao Gou said it, he would welcome him; Even if Zhao Yougong didn't like Zhao Huan, or had anger in his heart, he had to respectfully address: "His Royal Highness the Prince!" ”

The crown prince Zhao Huan smiled calmly and said, "Your Excellency, you are exempt! Everyone stood up straight, and Zhao Huan's eyes glanced at Gao Yu, Wang Hao and others, and when they saw them, they nodded, and they understood; Hurriedly skimmed over them and finally stayed on Zhao Gou, and said with a kind smile: "Ninth brother, it's the first time that you have come so early!" ”

"yes!" Zhao Gou replied with a smile without showing weakness, "It's the first time that the prince came so late today, but I don't know if he slept comfortably last night?" ”

The corners of the prince's mouth twitched, his eyes changed suddenly, and he quickly returned to normal, and replied with a somewhat reluctant smile: "That's natural, I slept well in this palace last night, otherwise I wouldn't have almost missed the hour, but fortunately, I finally caught up." ”

After a few words of greeting, the crown prince Zhao Huan and Zhao Gou saw a eunuch walk in and shouted: "Go to the court!" ”

The ministers stood up straight one after another, tidied up their clothes, and then the crown prince Zhao Huan took the lead out of the side hall, followed by Zhao Yougong and Zhao Gou, the kings of Chu. Originally, Zhao Gou's official rank was not high, and he was supposed to come out later, but his identity was different, so he should be side by side with Zhao Yougong, the king of Chu, and the others also went out.