Chapter 371: Acknowledgment
After Zhao Ling got off the court, he received a letter, and when he saw the familiar handwriting on the letterhead, he subconsciously raised his eyebrows slightly, looking all the thoughts.
Now, Zhao Linggui is the crown prince, and Emperor Showa is unable to go to the court normally due to physical reasons, so the recent court affairs are presided over by Zhao Ling, the prince of the East Palace; And this kind of thing on behalf of the Son of Heaven is also within the prince's responsibility, Zhao Ling is quite brainy, and his means are also self-contained, so he takes care of the court properly.
Because the black smoke and miasma that the Jiang family tossed out in the court after the abolition of the Jiang family was quickly cleared by Zhao Ling, I thought that there would be no ripples in the following days, but I didn't expect him to receive a handwritten letter from this person at this time.
Zhao Xi saw the third brother standing straight in front of the carriage for a long time without moving, and under the trend of curiosity, he walked up: "Third brother, what are you looking at?" I just stared at you for a long time and didn't see you move. ”
Hearing Zhao Xi's voice, Zhao Ling handed the letterhead in his hand to him and said, "This is the letter that Brother Wang entrusted someone to transfer to His Royal Highness, Old Seven, guess what, Brother Wang wrote in the letter?" ”
Zhao Xi has never had a good impression of Zhao Xuan, especially when he knew that the poison in his father's body had something to do with the eldest brother, and he didn't like him.
He couldn't understand, when the eldest brother was in power, he wanted to kill them every minute, but he didn't expect that the third brother finally got out of the way, but he showed mercy to the eldest brother's subordinates, which in his opinion was simply a tiger returning to the mountain and making trouble for himself.
Zhao Xi snorted coldly, and said with disdainful arms around his chest, "What can he say, either he scolds us with all kinds of yin and yang weird words in the letter, or he is still a little shameless and says something like begging for death; In short, this letter is definitely used to answer us, third brother, you better give me this letter, I will help you burn it, so that you will not be distracted for this kind of person. ”
As he spoke, Zhao Xi was about to reach out to take it, but Zhao Ling pulled it away, and said, "I think there may be unexpected information in this letter, anyway, he sent it, so it doesn't matter if you look at it." ”
Seeing that the third brother was not afraid of disgusting himself, Zhao Xi didn't stop him, just shrugged his shoulders and hurriedly called a few like-minded courtiers, laughing and walking away.
As soon as Zhao Xi left on the front foot, Li Ze, the prince of the town on the back foot, came, "The minister has never had the opportunity to congratulate His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in person, and congratulate His Royal Highness on getting his wish and ascending to the position of prince." ”
Zhao Ling is still quite grateful to Li Ze, he didn't return to Beijing in time, if it weren't for this person to strategize in the capital and control the overall situation for him, I'm afraid he wouldn't be able to bring down the Jiang family at once.
Therefore, after seeing Li Ze saying hello to himself with a happy face, Zhao Ling's expression also changed from cold to soft: "The Duke of the Kingdom is polite, and His Royal Highness should also thank the Duke of the Kingdom for his timely action to help His Highness win today's position." ”
Li Ze was an old fox, how could he not see Zhao Ling's gratitude and friendliness to him; In fact, he is also an understanding person, and he knows very well that he didn't actually do anything, but he was smart and stood on the right team, you know, the edict of succession that was taken out by Zhao Ling at that time was true, which shows that in the heart of Emperor Showa, the real favorite candidate for the prince is King Ling.
He was just lucky, and inadvertently stood on the side with the biggest wins.
Zhao Ling likes Li Ze's clear-headed attitude the most, he always knows what he should do, and he also knows when to say and do something.
In any case, Li Ze can be regarded as having helped him, and in order to repay him for this kindness, he also had to make some concessions.
Thinking of Li Ze's favorite daughter in his life, the gentleness on Zhao Ling's face was slightly restrained, but he still made a decision.
looked at Li Ze and said: "His Royal Highness knows that the Duke of the Kingdom loves his daughter very much, and he also knows very well that Li Fuqing did that kind of wrong thing back then because of the guidance of the Jiang family after the abolition, and now she has been punished and is locked up in the prison and suffers day and night; His Royal Highness is willing to give Guogong a face, and agree that you will take Li Fuqing back to the house to be educated, so that she can change her face and become a new person in the future. ”
The reason why Li Ze gritted his teeth and took refuge under Zhao Ling's wing that day was also because of his stupid and pitiful daughter.
Right now, with Zhao Ling's personal consent, Li Ze's face really showed joy, and he hurriedly knelt on the ground and saluted Zhao Ling.
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is generous and benevolent, and the ministers will never forget His Highness's kindness; The little girl has been spoiled by her ministers since she was a child, and she should have paid the price for doing such a wrong thing, but she was indeed deceived by the villain back then, so she made a big mistake; Now that His Royal Highness has given her the opportunity to start over, the minister will definitely teach her carefully, and will never let her have a harmful heart again. ”
This Zhenguo Gong, who was calm and relaxed in arguing in the court, was now so excited for his daughter who was not angry, which can be seen in his heart, no matter how disappointed and discouraged he was with Li Fuqing at the beginning, deep in his heart, he still couldn't be really ruthless to this child.
Otherwise, he would not have spared no effort to help Zhao Ling win this game.
Thinking of Li Fuqing, Zhao Ling thought of Luo Yao, he always owed a little to the Luo family, especially in the court that day, when he saw Luo Yao's biological father crying out of his daughter in front of the Manchu Dynasty, he still feels sour, as if there is a needle pierced in his heart, as long as he plays with it slightly, it can make him faintly painful.
Li Ze is quite good at observing words and feelings, how can he not see Zhao Ling's apology to the Luo family.
Thinking of the sins created by his daughter, Li Ze did not shirk, but shouldered it and said: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has been benevolent to my Li family, and the minister is grateful to him; As for the Luo family, the minister will personally go and take Fuqing to make amends like Lord Luo, if he can't forgive, the minister will send Fuqing to the nunnery outside the city, so that she can recite the Buddha to the Luo girl in the spirit of heaven for the rest of her life, in order to taste the sins. ”
Listening to Li Ze's words to this point, Zhao Ling was finally satisfied.
He personally helped Li Ze up from the ground, knowing very well that the man in front of him would be the mainstay of the court in the future, his right-hand man, and he had always been a little generous in the face of the courtiers he believed in.
"The prince knows my heart very well, so let's do as you say."
After speaking, Zhao Ling stepped into the carriage, the source of the car was rolling, and it made a gurgling sound on the road, and looked in that direction, which was the direction of returning to Ling Wangfu.
Watching Zhao Ling's carriage gradually disappear from sight, Li Ze couldn't help but sigh.
I have to say that his ignorant daughter really has a bit of vision, and she fell in love with him at a glance when His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was not very brilliant, but it is a pity that Luohua is intentionally ruthless, and his child still didn't have that life, and finally ended up with a miserable end.
On the contrary, it is the daughter of his Chu family, whose life is unspeakably noble, and she has changed from a princess to a princess, and her future identity may only be more noble.
He was already satisfied with being able to save Fuqing from the prison, even if the child's life in the future really had to be accompanied by a green light, it would be better than staying in the dark prison all year round and being tortured.
Li Ze put his hands behind his back, raised his head and looked at the blue sky and let out a long breath, deep in his heart, he missed his deceased wife even more; After Li Fuqing's accident, he reflected more than once in the dead of night and thought that if Die'er was still alive, maybe their children would not have embarked on such a crooked path.
In the final analysis, it was he, the father, who only cared about his own career and neglected to discipline the child, thinking that giving her the best was the greatest love for her, but he didn't know that many times the company of relatives was more important than anything else.
It's okay, he still has a chance to make up for it.
The people in the mansion who had been waiting outside the palace for Li Ze, the prince of the town, saw their grandfather standing upright at the gate of the palace from a distance, and thought that something was wrong, so they hurriedly trotted forward and asked worriedly: "Grandpa, but what did His Royal Highness the Crown Prince say to you just now?" ”
The scene where Zhao Ling and Li Ze met and talked just now was seen by many people, and this scene naturally fell into the eyes of the people of the Guogong Mansion.
With a faint smile on his face, Li Ze looked at the loyal subordinates in the mansion and said, "Let's go, let's go to the prison." ”
Prison? Why did the grandfather go to the prison?
You must know that now there are many officials involved in the rebellion in the prison, could it be that the grandfather has really done something to anger His Royal Highness the Prince, and His Royal Highness will also imprison the grandfather in anger when he is angry?
Thinking of this, the subordinate's face immediately turned pale, and he quickly knelt on the ground and said, "Grandpa, you wait a minute, the slave will go back to the house to ask Mr. Zhuge and let Mr. Zhuge come forward to save Grandpa from prison." ”
Li Ze was stunned for a moment, his mind spun around a few times, and he immediately understood that it was his words that made people misunderstand.
Glancing at the subordinate who was kneeling on the ground with an anxious and nervous expression, he strode towards the carriage parked not far away, and said at the same time: "You slave, what is on your mind; The father-in-law is going to the prison to pick up the eldest lady and return home, so he is not going to drive soon. ”
After listening to Li Ze's answer, the subordinate who originally had a heart hanging high seemed to come back to life.
Seeing the unconcealable joy on Grandpa Guo's face, he also rejoiced, and hurriedly responded: "It's the slave who is clumsy, and I didn't understand the meaning of your words; The slave wants to congratulate Grandpa Guo here, and he is about to reunite with the young lady's family. ”
Hearing this, Li Ze's steps accelerated a little, he hadn't seen his daughter for months, as a father, how could he not miss it?!
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After Zhao Ling got into the carriage, he opened the envelope and read the contents of the letter, and in the end, when he saw the name of the person who signed the letter, he was still in a trance.
If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, it would have been really hard for him to believe that Zhao Xuan would actually write a confession to him.
Yes, this letter is clearly filled with all the things he has done behind his back over the years, and many of them are all kinds of conspiracies to secretly harm him, and Zhao Xuan wrote this, firstly, to confess all his mistakes to him, and secondly, he was actually begging him for mercy, hoping that he could truly forgive him in brotherhood.
Because, Zhao Xuan is no longer alone at this time, and his princess is actually pregnant.