In the Gu Mansion, Gu Zhang and Liu Zongyan stood side by side in the courtyard. In the past few months, Gu Zhang has looked even older, his slightly hunched back and silver-white beard make his face, which was not a few years older than Liu Zongyan, look much older.

Liu Zongyan still had a solemn face, not smiling, but with a trace of fatigue on his face. He straightened his back, put his hands behind his back, looked ahead, and said in a flat voice: "Is it really decided?" ”

"Yes!" Gu Zhang's voice came out of his throat: "After the new emperor ascends the throne, I will resign and return to old age." ”

"In the turbulent times of the country, why do you want to resign?" Liu Zongyan turned his head and looked at Gu Zhang, not understanding why he was so stubborn, after the new emperor ascended the throne, he would inevitably promote some loyal people, and the loyalty shown by Gu Zhang during this period of time would inevitably be reused by the new emperor, but he had to retreat bravely at this moment. Liu Zongyan couldn't figure it out, so he stared at Gu Zhang, hoping that he could give him a satisfactory answer.

Gu Zhang sighed: "I'm just a lonely old man, since my daughter went, there is nothing to worry about, it was precisely because of the turmoil of the country that I decided to wait until the new emperor ascended the throne, and after the new emperor ascended the throne, I could return to old age with peace of mind." ”

Liu Zongyan knew that he had made up his mind, so he didn't force it, but he still had some regrets in his heart, paused for a moment, and said in a deep voice: "Now that the fifth prince has returned, the death of His Majesty should also be announced to the world." It's just that I don't know what the world of the Great Song Dynasty looks like after the fifth prince ascended the throne. ”

Gu Zhang looked at Liu Zongyan's worried face, shook his head slightly, and said, "Hasn't the prime minister seen it yet?" The names of the five princes before were all deliberately made by themselves, but in fact, his heart should be the strongest among the princes. Otherwise, he would not have been left alone after the capture of Jingshi, and the other princes would all have died. ”

Liu Zongyan listened to Gu Zhang's words, and didn't pay attention to it at first, but after tasting it carefully, his heart was suddenly shocked, looking at Gu Zhang's eyes, he couldn't help but shrink his pupils, and frowned: "You mean to say that the death and ...... of other princes"

"Ahem...... cough" Gu Zhang clenched his hand slightly into a fist and put it to his lips and coughed twice, interrupting Liu Zongyan's words, and looked left and right to see that there was no one, so he said in a low voice: "Prime Minister, Gu Zhang is not interesting, the new emperor is about to ascend the throne, let's not talk about Tianwei." ”

Liu Zongyan stared at Gu Zhang for a long time, withdrew his gaze from his face, his complexion returned to calm, but his heart couldn't calm down, although Gu Zhang was old, he still lived up to the name of the old fox, Liu Zongyan was a little worse than him in this regard.

Gu Zhang looked at Liu Zongyan, of course he knew his straightforward character, although Liu Zongyan was able to be able to make the emperor appreciate, but the new emperor ascended the throne, if he was still so upright, but he didn't know if it would make the new emperor unhappy, he was about to resign, he was slightly worried, his face changed a few times, and he couldn't help but speak: "Prime Minister, the new emperor is on the throne, we old ministers still have to speculate more about the holy will......" Gu Zhang originally wanted to continue, and he must not speak recklessly...... However, he thought about it, since Liu Zongyan could stay in the phase for so long, he naturally had some ability, and it was inconvenient for him to say this, so when he said this, he immediately stopped talking.

Liu Zongyan understood Gu Zhang's kindness, nodded slightly, and said, "Tonight, I will go and discuss with the Fifth Prince, if there is no accident, the news of His Majesty's death will be made public early tomorrow morning......

"These, naturally, the prime minister and the five princes are in charge." Gu Zhang was about to resign, so he didn't want to do anything on him.

As soon as Gu Zhang's words fell, he heard the sound of horses' hooves, Liu Bonan and Yue Shao'an both came on horseback, followed by a bunch of internal guards, but no one dared to stop them, mainly because Liu Bonan's identity was too special. The two walked in front of Liu Zongyan, jumped off their horses, and the guards also surrounded them.

Liu Zongyan saw that it was the two of them, so he waved his hand and asked the guards to retreat, and then said in a deep voice: "How can you break in straight ahead, there are no rules." ”

Liu Bonan hugged his fists and Gu Zhang made an elder salute, Gu Zhang nodded, and he stood aside, unexpectedly, he didn't say a word to his father.

Yue Shao'an also accepted his temperament, and the two old men opposite were both Taishan Lords, but they couldn't be too rude. He saluted Gu Zhang first, because he had already identified Ning Er as his wife, so he had already identified Gu Zhang as his father-in-law.

Looking at Yue Shao'an's actions, Liu Zongyan's face was indifferent and he didn't show any emotion. After saluting Gu Zhang, Yue Shaoan turned his head again, and after saluting Liu Zongyan, the prospective father-in-law, his face sank slightly: "Mr. Yan, what happened to me in the army, did you let you pass it on?" ”

Liu Zongyan glanced up at him and said, "You are in such a hurry to come just for this matter?" ”

Yue Shaoan frowned and said, "This matter is not serious, right?" ”

"It doesn't matter!" Liu Bonan said very simply: "Fulfilling your reputation is just to improve the morale of the army, which you should see." ”

Yue Shaoxin was very angry, but he couldn't show it too obviously, he suppressed his anger and said: "I'm not talking about my reputation, you are slandering me, it doesn't matter, I don't care about this, I'm talking about Xiangxiang, the princess of the Jin Kingdom, how can you slander her?" I don't care what you're for, but you have to clarify the matter. Do you know how much damage you will do to Xiangxiang's reputation if you do this? ”

Liu Zongyan didn't know that the people below had spread the rumors quite badly, besides, he had always been very indifferent to women, if it weren't for this, he wouldn't have made the relationship so bad with his son.

Even if he knew about the following rumors, with his character, he should not pay attention to them, so he glanced at Yue Shao'an and said indifferently: "What does this matter have to do with me?" ”

"......" When Yue Shaoan heard this, his face darkened, and he couldn't help but have a seizure. At this moment, suddenly, the fifth prince walked over slowly, looking at Yue Shao'an and Liu Zongyan's expressions, he beckoned: "Mr. Yue, I was about to send someone to look for you, it just so happened that you were here, I have something to do with you, is it convenient to come over?" ”

Yue Shao'an listened to the words of the fifth prince very politely, it was not good to save his face, besides, in a few days, he will be the emperor, these things are not clear to the people outside, but Yue Shao'an and the others are very clear, so he suppressed his anger and turned to the side of the fifth prince.

Liu Bonan looked at Liu Zongyan and knew that he had never valued women, and he didn't plan to persuade him, besides, with the relationship between their father and son, even if he could persuade him, he would not necessarily speak.

However, the father and son have one thing in common, they are very stubborn, they both have an iron face, and no one pays attention to anyone, but Gu Zhang seems to be redundant standing here.

Standing for a while, Gu Zhang was really embarrassed, so he coughed lightly, picked up a topic at random, and chatted with Liu Zongyan, so that the atmosphere eased a little.

Liu Bonan looked at the two of them, and then walked in the direction where Yue Shao'an and the fifth prince left.