Chu Shimao stroked his beard and said in a deep voice: "Since the prince doesn't like these truths on paper, then let's talk about the facts." ”

"What does the prince think of the third prince Jiang Wenyue? What do you think of why the emperor sent me to this East Palace to give lectures? ”

Chu Shimao is already a very popular minister, and he doesn't have too many scruples when he speaks, and he hits the nail on the head.

The prince was shocked by him and broke out in a cold sweat, this royal matter, how much can he see through it, Jiang Wenzhao feels that these questions cannot be answered by him as a prince.

Chu Shimao's eyes were staring at him tightly, full of oppression, but he said: "The prince can rest assured that what he says in this room will not be spread outside." ”

Jiang Wenzhao stabilized his mind and replied in a very official tone: "First of all, the three princes have both ability and political integrity, and the things ordered by their father have been completed to ten points, which can be reused, and he is a good son for his father." ”

"As for Master Chu, he has been the first assistant of the cabinet, assisting his father for many years, and he has a certain insight into the personnel and political affairs of the imperial court.

Listening to his answer, Chu Shimao actually smiled and said amazingly: "The prince's answer is high-sounding!" ”

Jiang Wenzhao was at a loss by this comment, what does it mean to be high-sounding? Is it to say that he is not telling the truth, or is it not satisfied with his answer?

But Chu Shimao kept silent about this matter, and the conversation turned back: "Prince, let's continue to read "Han Feizi". As if he had never asked a question just now, he began to explain the way of kings in the book sentence by sentence.

Jiang Wenzhao's spirit was no longer as sloppy as just now, and he secretly admired Chu Shimao's ability to manipulate people, which made his heart go up and down.

This high-sounding evaluation seems to be saying that he said the wrong thing, and I don't know what he said wrong, his appetite is hoisted high, and the rest of the time, he listens to the lecture very attentively.

Before he knew it, time passed, Chu Shimao packed up his books and left the East Palace, and he didn't say a word of gossip to the prince Jiang Wenzhao.

But when Chu Shimao packed up his things and left the East Palace, he ran into a reckless guard, knocked him into his arms, and the books in his hands were scattered on the ground, and the guards were a little anxious to help him clean up, and hurriedly apologized and left.

Chu Shimao looked like a fresh face, and when he left, he also deliberately paid attention to the direction he left, and found that he entered the study of the prince of the East Palace, which happened to be the place where he left just now.

Jiang Wenzhao waited until Chu Shimao left, his body and bones immediately softened, he sat down on the chair, and came in a stream of beautiful palace maids to serve him, some beat their shoulders and pinched their backs, some fed candied fruits, and some fanned the wind, each performing its own duties, and it was orderly in the chaos.

Jiang Wenzhao didn't have any strength in his head, leaned on the backrest behind him, tilted his neck and looked out the window, his vision was a little scattered, and his mind kept recalling the high-sounding sentence that Chu Shimao evaluated him.

Originally, there was nothing to care about, he was the crown prince, and it was right to speak in a high-sounding manner, but the expression on Chu Shimao's face that seemed to be smiling but not smiling was really unpredictable.

It is worthy of being the first assistant of the cabinet, and the city government is too deep to guess at all.

Jiang Wenzhao was a little frustrated, chewing grapes in his mouth, deliberately spit out the small nucleus inside into the sky, and landed beside it, and immediately a palace maid cleaned it, as if it was commonplace for such things.

The person who had just bumped into Chu Shimao came to Jiang Wenzhao's study, stood at the door of the study, his forehead was full of sweat, knocked on the door frame, and whispered: "Prince, I have something to tell you." ”

Jiang Wenzhao squinted his eyes, and after determining who was coming, he put his legs on the table one by one, waved his hand, and motioned for the palace maids to go down, and they came out in an orderly manner, and the work in their hands ended very neatly.

The last palace maid to go out even closed the door and checked the surrounding environment to see if there were other people monitoring or listening, and only went down after confirming that it was safe.

The person who came was dressed in a strong outfit, very capable, and at first glance he was a practitioner, he arched his hand, and half-bowed his waist to reply: "Prince, according to your instructions, the demon girl in Jiangnan did not die back then." ”

Jiang Wenzhao suddenly became interested, turned his face to him, carried a bunch of grapes in his hand, put them into his mouth one by one, and muttered: "Tell me in detail." ”

"According to your instructions, we have been looking for the whereabouts of that woman back then, but whether it was the people involved in the fire that year, or the grave erected by General Feng, we have gone to investigate, and everything is consistent with what the outside world claims."

"But the deputy commander of the Beizhen Fusi made Shi Qian disappear for half a month inexplicably, this matter is really suspicious, and when he came back, he also brought back an injured man and placed him in Lepeiyuan Hutong."

"Prince, we have reason to suspect that this man's identity may be false."

Jiang Wenzhao grinned, and the two dimples were sunken: "Oh? That's interesting. ”

After chewing the last grape and swallowing it, he asked curiously, "Have you seen it?" Can it be similar? ”

The person who came was stunned for a moment, and his tone was not as confident as just now: "This is exactly what is suspicious, this man is very handsome, and his behavior is also very neat and chic, and there is no shadow of the demon girl back then." ”

Jiang Wenzhao suddenly put away his smile and changed his face, his face was expressionless, and he ordered: "Whether it is or not, the pool of water in the capital has been calm for too long, use him to stir it." ”

snapped his fingers: "That's right! The story of Chu Shancheng and that demon girl, wasn't there a lot of talk about it in various teahouses and theaters before? I've talked a little less recently, Chu Shancheng is back, and he can't promote him anymore? ”

The visitor respectfully agreed: "Yes, master." ”

"Also, find an opportunity for me to get in touch with this interesting young man in Lepeiyuan." After Jiang Wenzhao finished speaking, he took off his legs, stepped in front of the visitor, and wiped the sweat on his forehead with his sleeve: "Okay, go down, don't pestle here?" ”

The visitor replied again: "Yes." He ran out in a hurry, and in a moment he couldn't even see a figure.

。。。。。。

The third prince, Jiang Wenyue, recently took on a drudgery to repair the embankment.

Because this year, when the glacier melted, the river in the west of the capital burst and drowned some people, and the emperor ordered Jiang Wenyue to supervise the work and repair the embankment.

Dealing with muddy water and migrant workers day by day, the prince with fine skin and tender meat has been tanned, but he has won unanimous praise inside and outside the court.

No, just after returning from the inspection of the lower reaches of the river, the turbulent muddy water splashed Jiang Wenyue's face, and his face was full of impatience.

A guard came out of nowhere, squeezed into Jiang Wenyue's ear and whispered: "Third prince, Dali Temple has given Chu Shancheng a task." ”