It's a normal day.

The capital, as always, is full of people passing through the road, the shops are prosperous and lively, and the voices are boiling.

On a wide official road, the sound of horses' hooves approached, and pedestrians hurriedly gave way and looked sideways.

I saw a pair of people and horses galloping over, kicking up flying dust, and the middle-aged man led by him was dressed in a gorgeous dark blue robe, his body was slightly bloated, his face was solemn, and his brows were furrowed.

The men who followed him looked blank, but their tense lips could tell they were in trouble.

"It's ...... Lord Yu? One of the people in the crowd asked, stretching out his hand and secretly pointing at the man on the horse.

"Yes, how did Lord Yu come back from outside the city?" Another said.

"It's been a long time since I've seen Lord Yu......"

"I heard that I went outside to find the son......

Someone didn't know what was going on, so he hurriedly asked, "Looking for the son?" Which son? ”

"What other son can there be?" One person replied, "Isn't it the prince of Dingguo." ”

“…… Is the prince of Dingguo out of Beijing? ”

"You don't know?" One person covered his mouth in surprise to show disbelief, and he whispered, "The fifteenth princess of Dingguo escaped from marriage......

With Yu Dafeng's return to Beijing, Zhou Yunzhen, the prince of Dingguo, escaped from marriage and became a private talk among the people.

"Why don't you marry a princess?" Some people were very puzzled when they heard the reason, "Isn't it good to be a colt?" I heard that the fifteenth princess is His Majesty's favorite princess......"

For them, being able to marry a princess is because their ancestors burned high incense, and they didn't even dare to think about it.

But some people also agree with the approach of the prince of Dingguo.

"What's the good of marrying that fifteenth princess? That princess is arrogant, and it is great to be a princess if she is a princess......."

"Yes, I heard that the fifteenth princess likes to bully others......

"The prince of Dingguo is handsome, noble, martial arts, and talented, if you want me to say, no one is worthy of him......" A strong man said.

"Yes, brother, you're telling the truth!" A man patted the strong man's shoulder, "The prince of Dingguo is so good." ”

After speaking, he raised his head and smiled.

The strong man was stunned for a moment, frowning and looking at the man who spoke.

With all his hair upright, his brows are loose, a mustache hanging on his mouth, his eyes are crooked and smiling, and he looks like a dignified profiteer.

"It's not about you, what are you proud of!" The strong man frowned and walked away two steps away.

"What are you going?" The man shouted and wanted to say something, but was dragged away by another man who also had a mustache.

The two walked into a remote alley, and a dog looked at them with its tongue out.

"Shizi, what if someone finds out?" Cheng Ning looked around vigilantly, and finally his eyes were attracted to the dog.

He stomped on the ground so hard that the dog fled in panic.

"Afraid of what? Wouldn't it be better to be discovered. Zhou Yunzhen stroked her beard and raised her eyebrows nonchalantly.

Cheng Ning pouted.

What a good thing.

Now that His Majesty has not issued an order to retract his order, they cannot return to Beijing openly.

I thought it was very beautiful before, and I entered Beijing with a big grin, but as soon as I arrived in the capital, I was afraid of being discovered.

"Shizi, let's go home first." He proposed.

Zhou Yunzhen smiled.

"At this time, Xie Jingchao should have already entered the palace, and when he sends me a message, I will go back." He said.

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In the imperial study, Emperor Zhaowen rubbed his eyebrows and flipped through the folds, and the white-faced father-in-law on the side stood like a wooden man, with slightly drooping eyelids.

"Bastard! One by one, they passed the buck to me! If you want them to do something, they say they are incompetent! ”

Emperor Zhaowen shouted loudly, scaring Dequan into a spirit, and his mind was instantly sober.

He straightened up and shook his hand secretly.

"Since you're incompetent, then don't do it, go back to your hometown and farm!" Emperor Zhaowen said angrily and slapped the table, "Dequan, tell you to go down and let He Rong get away, I don't want to see him again!" ”

He Rong was the minister sent to urge disaster relief in the prefecture a few days ago.

The floods in the state destroyed countless crops and houses, and the imperial court allocated a large amount of silver for disaster relief, but it still had no effect, and it also aroused the anger in the hearts of the people.

He Rong took a group of people to promote Zhou, but they were all frightened and hid, not daring to confront the people head-on.

Where does this look like a minister......

Dequan sighed in his heart, and walked out of the imperial study.

Emperor Zhaowen rubbed his eyebrows more and more painfully, so he simply threw down the fold and lay on the dragon chair and closed his eyes.

After a long silence, he shouted, "Someone." ”

A thin little father-in-law walked in respectfully with his head down.

"Has King Ping come back?" Emperor Zhaowen asked, and when he saw him shaking his head, he said, "You go and see, if King Ping comes back, let him come to see me." ”

The little father-in-law whispered, and was just about to go out, but was stopped by Emperor Zhaowen again.

"Find someone and call the prince."

The little father-in-law was instructed, and he didn't dare to hesitate for a moment, and as soon as he went out, he immediately asked someone to call the prince, and he went to find His Royal Highness King Ping.

The prince came to the imperial study after a while, he looked at Emperor Zhaowen who was sitting on the dragon chair with a solemn expression, and couldn't help but ask with concern: "Father, what troubles have you encountered?" ”

What I got was a cold snort from Emperor Zhaowen.

"You don't know what's going on these days?" He said, in a disapproving tone, "Or do you just remember what the people under you did, and nothing else?" ”

The prince bowed his head and made amends.

"Father, Erchen's subordinate Yao Pu was killed, and Erchen must find out." He said, "As for Yu Dafeng, Erchen has already asked him to return to Beijing, and it has reached the ...... at this time."

Before he finished speaking, Emperor Zhaowen snorted coldly.

"Who said they did!" He said, "The matter of promoting the state has not been resolved until now, how can you be the prince?" That He Rong was recommended by you and me, now you see! ”

As he spoke, he flipped through the fold and threw it over and hit the prince in the face.

"Look what he said! Incompetent yourself? So he hid in the state government and couldn't come out? ”

"Why didn't he just hide in the mountains, and save himself the fear of being washed away by the water!"

The prince was sullen and did not dare to speak.

He had already received the news about this matter and wanted to solve it secretly, but he didn't expect that He Rong would be so bold to write directly to his father and take the initiative to resign.

"Why don't you speak? Dumb? Emperor Zhaowen said angrily, "You should give me an explanation for this matter!" ”

He was angry and helpless about this son, how could he become such a fool after only a few years, where was he still the high-spirited appearance of pacifying the west back then.

"Father, this matter is unclear about the son's ministers." The crown prince Shi Li knelt down, "That He Rong looks like a mainstay, but he is so vulnerable, and the retainers are also shocked and angry when they hear the news. ”

"In the past two days, Erchen thought about it and felt that he regretted not being at the beginning, which caused the disaster in the state to not abate, but caused contradictions between the government and the people."

"Son, guilty." He bowed to the ground with his hands and kowtowed, "Please ask my father to surrender." ”

Emperor Zhaowen snorted.

"You're self-aware." He said, "Look at any of your men, which of them is good?" ”

"That Yao Pu, Yu Dafeng, either ice like a snake and scorpion, or a flamboyant tongue ......"

As he spoke, Emperor Zhaowen reacted and said suspiciously, "You mean, Yao Pu is dead?" ”

The prince nodded, his face full of anger and a hint of sadness.

"Yao Po was killed, and he died outside the city of Gwangju." He said, "Erchen has found out who the murderer is. ”

"Who is it?" Although Emperor Zhaowen didn't care about a small subordinate, he was more impressed by Yao Pu, so he asked.

The crown prince gritted his teeth and looked at him: "Father, it's ......"

"Father!"

As he was talking, Xie Jingchao shouted loudly outside the imperial study, with joy and excitement in his tone.

"Father, come out quickly! Father! He shouted inside.

Only a father and son who have a very close relationship can speak so unscrupulously, especially if this father is still the emperor.

When Emperor Zhaowen heard this voice, his face softened.

"Let's go out and have a look." He said, "Otherwise, your thirteenth brother will have a headache." ”

The intimacy in the words can't be hidden.

The prince hid the unwillingness in his eyes, lowered his head and said yes.

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