Thinking of this, Zhou Ze's face was happy again.

Of course, it is not only Zhou Ze who is happy, but also Zhou Yi. Although these 3,000 soldiers were of little use to him, they had an extra layer of chips in his hand after all. Even if Zhou Ze and Zhou Xin started a war one day, and he and Cangxi had soldiers in their hands, these two people would not act rashly.

Zhou Yi originally wanted Cangxi to accept this talisman, but Cangxi refused.

The reason given by Cangxi was that it was given to Zhou Yi by Gao Zongqin, and he couldn't accept it no matter what. The brother also settles the account, how can Cangxi be useless.

Seeing Cangxi's resolute attitude, Zhou Yi did not insist too much.

After all, if such a thing spreads, Cangxi and himself will be wrong. At that time, if one of Zhou Yan, Zhou Ze, and Zhou Xin catches his little tail, he and Cangxi will be guilty of death!

Despite this, Zhou Yi still couldn't help it, so he said: "I will keep this talisman first, if Brother Wang is useful in the future, just tell me that I, Zhou Yi, will never give up." ”

Zhou Yi's words made Cangxi feel very warm, so he smiled and nodded.

In this way, the two of them handled the official documents at one table until the evening, Cang'er came to report, saying that Zhou Ze's sedan chair was walking in the direction of Xiwangfu and had arrived at the intersection of East Street.

Cangxi smiled and didn't make a sound, Zhou Yi put down the brush in his hand, raised the corners of his mouth a few points, and said, "The prince really can't hold it." ”

The arrival of the crown prince was expected by Cangxi. When Zhou Xin returned to Beijing, the most panicked person in his heart should be the crown prince Zhou Ze, hearing the rumors in the court, he didn't believe that Zhou Ze could pretend to be calm.

"Brother Wang's fish bites, what should I do next?" Zhou Yi asked.

Cangxi didn't make a sound, took a sip of tea and smiled, counting that Zhou Ze's sedan chair was about to arrive at the door before he put down the pen in his hand and said, "Put a long line." ”

Cangxi took the time very accurately, and not long after saying this, the housekeeper came to report, saying that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had arrived at the gate of the Xiwang Mansion and said that he wanted to see the Xiwang Prince.

Zhou Yi and Cangxi glanced at each other and returned to the courtyard that Cangxi had carved out for him.

The drama in front of people must be done sufficiently. Since it is rumored that His Royal Highness Zhou Yi was under house arrest by Prince Xi, it should be believed for so long for the crown prince. Seeing Zhou Yi walking from the path in the direction of Maozhu Tower, Cangxi ordered, "Please ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to go down to the hall, and this king will go immediately." ”

After the housekeeper left, Cangxi took out a black robe from the cabinet and tied it to his body before slowly walking towards the hall.

When Cangxi arrived in the hall, Zhou Ze was already sitting on the throne and drinking tea, Cangxi saw Zhou Ze, bowed slightly, and called: "His Royal Highness the Prince." ”

Zhou Ze stretched out his hand and motioned for Cangxi to sit next to him, and personally picked up the teapot and poured a cup of tea for Cangxi.

"If Gu is not mistaken, Brother Wang, this Longjing before the rain was still rewarded by his father?" Zhou asked.

Cangxi took a sip of tea, and the fragrance of tea overflowed from the tip of his tongue and teeth, "The prince has a good memory." ”

Zhou Ze wanted to continue to be close to Cangxi, but when the words came to his mouth, he swallowed them back stiffly, so he had to get straight to the point and said: "For the matter of military power, I want to thank Brother Wang." ”

Cangxi shook his head and said with a smile, "The prince is serious, if my father didn't have this plan in his heart, this king is so skillful, and my father will definitely not hand over the military power to the prince and the fourth highness." ”

Cangxi didn't fool Zhou Ze with this, Gaozong's mind has always been difficult to guess, if he hadn't planned it earlier, the matter of military power would not have had a result so quickly.

"No matter what, I still have to thank Brother Wang", Zhou Ze said and thanked him.

Zhou Ze saw that Cangxi didn't talk, and asked again: "I heard that the fourth brother is in the palace of Brother Wang?" ”

Cangxi didn't hide it, and said directly: "The Fourth Highness claimed to live in the Xiwang Mansion for a while, and it is not easy for this king to refuse people thousands of miles away. ”

Cang Xi's words were sincere, but it was really like Zhou Yi's wishful thinking to stay in the Xi Palace, and he didn't mean to be persecuted by Cang Xi at all.

"Brother Wang and the fourth brother have a deep relationship, and they are both lonely right-hand men, which is really fortunate for the people of Zhou." Zhou Yi said.

Speaking of which, it can be regarded as getting to the point. What is the thank you Cang Xi for fighting for military power for him is fake, let's find out if the rumors in the court are true!

"The ministers and the fourth are naturally only the prince." Cangxi said.

Hearing this, Zhou Ze was relieved, drank two sips of tea and asked, "What does Brother Wang think of the current situation?" ”

Since he chose to temporarily attach himself to the crown prince, Cangxi had to say something valuable to make Zhou Ze believe that he had worked with him, so he said: "Although the third child only has the courage of a horseman, he has the eldest prince Zhou Yan and the Shen family behind him. If we really come to the point of going head-to-head, we may not be able to fully grasp the military power and power in our hands. ”

Cangxi's words are also Zhou Ze's heart disease. Why didn't he know these truths? It's just that the power of the Shen clan is too huge, especially most of the civil and military generals in the court are related to the Shen family. How can the power of such a big clan be underestimated?

"What does Brother Wang think next?" Zhou asked.

Cangxi and Zhou Ze glanced at each other and said: "Brake with static, defeat the strong with the weak, and overcome the rigid with the soft." ”

Zhou Ze knew that what Cangxi said was Taoist thought, but he didn't know how to implement it, so he said: "Please also ask Brother Wang to make it clear." ”

"The third brother is an impatient character, if he knows that you and I have joined forces to control the fourth brother, what does the second brother think of him?" Cangxi asked.

"Naturally, we will find a way to separate us," Zhou replied.

Cangxi nodded, and said, "Right now, Fu Guogong is on the side of the second brother. The Shen clan is powerful, and the Fu clan's power is not small. If the daughter of the Fu family becomes the crown princess, the power of the Fu family will increase, and the prince will be more at ease to become the pillar of the prince. Just ask the court, on the officials, who can compare to Fu Guogong? ”

Cang Xi said this well, letting Fu Qingman ascend to the throne of the crown princess is also a reassuring pill for Fu Qian. Although, in Zhou Ze's heart, the position of the crown princess, he is more interested in Situ Miaojing.

"Brother Wang is not worthy of being known as a think tank, and Lone is a five-body throw that he admires Brother Wang." Zhou praised.

Cangxi smiled and didn't speak again, and Zhou could figure out the following things.

Now that the things he wanted to ask had been answered, there was no need for Zhou Ze to stay in the Xiwang Mansion, so he went straight to the Prince's Mansion after a few simple greetings.

After Zhou Ze walked away, Cangxi returned to Xingyue Pavilion and asked Cang'er to bring Zhou Yi over.

When Zhou Yi entered the Xingyue Pavilion, Cangxi was practicing calligraphy. The vigorous penmana penetrates the back of the paper, which makes people look amazing. It wasn't until Cangxi filled a blank sheet of paper that Zhou Yi stood in front of Cangxi and looked at this calligraphy work - there is still a clarification day in the Yellow River, how can people not be proud.

"Brother Wang's words, if you are willing to sell them on the market, the price will be expensive!" Zhou Yi joked.

Cangxi glanced up at Zhou Yi and retorted: "Your painting is too." ”

This time, Zhou Yi didn't take advantage of the battle of words, and naturally felt a little aggrieved in his heart.

In all dynasties, aren't the historical records all brothers, friends and brothers? How did he come to make the exception?

"Seriously, why did the prince come to you?" Zhou Yi asked.

Cangxi changed to a new piece of paper, the pen and ink in his hand were still swaying, and he responded: "Come and find out the truth." ”

There is no need for Cangxi to say this, Zhou Yi can also guess it.

"I showed him the way and asked him to leave the throne of the crown princess to Fu Qingman." Cangxi continued.

Zhou Yi didn't understand this, how big can a Fu Qingman be? Fu Guogong's princess daughter has not come in handy yet, Fu Qian is so anxious to put all the chips on the youngest daughter Fu Qingman?

Cang Xi was like a roundworm in Zhou Yi's stomach, and continued: "Don't worry, the prince will not let the daughter of the Fu family be the crown princess so early. At the earliest, I have to wait until the child in the womb of the Fu family lands. ”

He didn't have anything to worry about in this matter, Zhou Yi never believed that Fu Qian would put all the Fu family's chips on Fu Qingman.

"What do we have to do with Fu's daughter ascending the throne of the crown princess?" Zhou Yi asked.

Cangxi put down the pen in his hand and said: "Cang'er got the news a few days ago, saying that when the Fu family got married, Fu Qian counted the military talisman that ordered Chen Jiajun as a dowry. ”

Zhou Yi's mind was a little unturnable, he knew that Chen Lao Linggong, but how could Chen Jiajun get into Fu Qian's hands?

"Old Duke Chen has withdrawn from the court for many years, how can Fu Guogong have anything to do with him?" Zhou Yi asked.

Cangxi sighed and said that Zhou Yi didn't care about military affairs and didn't wronged him at all!

"The eldest daughter of Lao Ling's concubine is Fu Qian's stepwife, which was her dowry."

Zhou Yi and Cangxi talked about late night again. In the name of house arrest, but with such good treatment, Zhou Yi was a little happy.

However, Cangxi and Zhou Ze's actions made Zhou Yan and Zhou Xin look very aggrieved. was first commanded by Zhou Yi, and then cut by Gaozong. At present, the spies came to report and confirmed that Cangxi and Zhou Ze had hugged together and put Zhou Yi under house arrest. This series of bad news makes people listen to the real anger.

If it weren't for Zhou Yan's steady work and stopping Zhou Xin, I'm afraid that his third brother would have to make some trouble. Retiring from the dynasty today, Shen Guifei can rest assured that the third child of her family will come out, most likely because of Zhou Yan's company. If it weren't for that, Shen Guifei was really afraid that Zhou Xin would be impulsive and would be embarrassed by Gaozong by doing something out of the cabinet again.

Zhou Yan stayed with him until dark. Zhou Yi drank a lot of stuffy wine this afternoon, and there was no concubine in the mansion to serve, Zhou Yansheng was afraid that Zhou Yi would make trouble after drinking, so he simply lived in the Three Princes' Mansion.

Zhou Xin was very helpless to Zhou Yan, who was reviewing the official documents. He didn't have Zhou Yan's calm temperament, so it was really difficult for him to sit honestly and quietly in a chair to read and write and review official documents.

Zhou Xin couldn't bear the silence in this room, so he turned the wine jar towards the table, jumped in front of Zhou Yan, and said, "Big brother, you have something to say!" ”

Zhou Yan put the brush in his hand on the inkstone and said, "If my father is not suspicious of you, he will definitely not accept your military power." ”

"This is what I bought in exchange for my life on the battlefield, why did my father say that he would take it away!" Zhou Xin asked, propping his hands on the table.

Zhou Yan knew what his brother had done, so he asked mercilessly: "How did you get those silver and military exploits, how can my father not know?" ”

Zhou Xin's momentum was suppressed by Zhou Yan's words. In order to increase his rank and become a knight, he did lie about his military exploits, and in order to appease the soldiers, he often plundered the property of ethnic minorities. However, all of this is not to make their mother Shen Guifei's road in the harem easier, nor is it to make Zhou Yan's career smoother?

Zhou Yan noticed Zhou Xin's abnormality, and then said earnestly: "My father's appointment of me as king proves that I am out of this battle for the crown prince." If the third brother doesn't want to be beaten by those people, he should be patient. ”

Zhou Xin extremely dislikes the word "forbearance", because there is a knife on the head of the word forbearance!

"Forbearance? Could it be that Zhou Ze and Cangxi joined forces? Zhou Xin asked.

This sentence gave Zhou Yan a wake-up call, Zhou Ze joined forces with Cangxi, what about Zhou Yi?

Was it really captured by these two people, or was it all a bitter ploy?

Zhou Yan couldn't tell the difference, but he thought of someone who could help them - Shen Guifei.

"I always feel that there is something strange about Zhou Yi, and I must investigate it carefully," Zhou Yan said.

Zhou Xin's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he immediately said, "I'll order someone to find out now." ”

In fact, Zhou Xin also knew that Cangxi's words could never be fully believed, but things have a cause before they have an effect. After all, there is no wind and no waves, if Zhou Yi is really under house arrest by Cangxi in the Xiwang Mansion, as long as he can rescue Zhou Yi from the Xiwang Mansion, I am afraid that Zhou Yi will not be able to recognize the true face of Cangxi? In this case, why worry that Zhou Yi will not be used by him?

Not long after Zhou Xin left the study, he returned to the study. Zhou Xin himself also knows that he often does things brainlessly, and if he is demoted out of Jinling City by Gaozong because of impulsiveness at this juncture, it will be too much to lose!

Instead of running around alone and causing trouble, it is better to stay by Zhou Yan's side obediently and let him, the eldest brother, restrain himself.

Seeing Zhou Xin push the door in, Zhou Yan's eyes didn't take his eyes off the scroll, but he still asked, "Are you back?" ”

Zhou Xin answered, and Zhou Yan put down the scroll in his hand and asked, "Is the matter arranged?" ”

Zhou Xin nodded, "They are all people I brought out, and I can definitely trust them." ”

In Zhou Yan's eyes, trustworthiness is secondary. Cang Xi is not a person who can be dealt with so easily, what he is most afraid of is not that Zhou Xin's people can't believe it, but that Cang Xi deliberately released false news.

"If this news was deliberately released by Cangxi, can your people screen it?" Zhou Yan asked.

This time, Zhou Xin didn't know how to answer, but he didn't think of it. After a long silence, he asked, "What should I do?" ”

Zhou Yan picked up the tea on the table and took a sip, and said, "The mother concubine has a niece named Shen Zihe, do you remember?" ”

Zhou Xin nodded, he still remembered this cousin deeply.

Can be literate and martial, women don't let the eyebrows!

This is Zhou Xin's first impression of her.

"Why did Brother Wang suddenly mention this girl?" Zhou Xin asked.

Zhou Yan sighed and replied, "Zihe is now the fourth princess. ”

Zhou Xin was a little stunned. How could a chivalrous girl like Shen Zihe become a wife in an instant?

If it's a person who can be good at writing and martial arts, why Zhou Yi?

But after thinking about it, Zhou Xin also understood. He and Zhou Yan needed the support of the fourth prince Zhou Yi, so Shen Guifei matched Shen Zihe and Zhou Yi together. As for such a thing as sincerity, his mother would never ask!

"Is her married life okay?" Zhou Xin was silent for a long time before he asked this sentence.

Although Zhou Yan had never stepped into the Four Princes' Mansion during this time, in the court, the fourth master Zhou Yi's favorite wife was famous, and he thought that Shen Zihe would not be too bad, so he said: "Zihe and the fourth Qin Se are harmonious. ”

Zhou Xin smiled vigorously when he heard this, and tried to pull the original topic back, "What are the plans of the eldest brother?" ”

"In the name of the concubine, let Zihe enter the palace to find out the truth." Zhou Yan said.

Hearing this, Zhou Xin became even more determined in his thoughts. Shen Zihe's marriage is a transaction, and the relationship between the Shen family and the four princes is formed, and the victim between this is this girl and a relationship that has not yet been felt.

"Listen to the eldest brother," Zhou Xin said.

Saying this, Zhou Xin had private thoughts - he wanted to see Shen Zihe again, and he also wanted to hear her say in person that she was doing well.

Zhou Yan saw Zhou Xin's reaction like this, and his heart also felt sour. Shen Zihe and their brothers have a good relationship, and in Zhou Yan's opinion, it takes a lot of courage for a girl with such a wild temperament to be willing to give him and Zhou Xin a stepping stone.

What's more, Zhou Xin's relationship with Shen Zihe is even greater than his relationship with Shen Zihe. In Zhou Xin's opinion, this little girl is like his biological sister. In order to save the position, to involve such a little girl in a battle of right and wrong, Zhou Xin couldn't bear it anyway.

"I'll arrange for Zihe to have lunch in the palace of the concubine tomorrow. At that time, we will go to the palace of the concubine after the morning court. After Zhou Yan finished speaking, he looked at Zhou Xin's expression, and did not forget to advise: "Don't lose a big one because of a small one." ”

On the other day, after the early dynasty, Zhou Yan and Zhou Xin came to Shen Guifei's palace.

Shen Guifei was a little difficult to face her youngest son. Before Zhou Xin set out on the expedition, he told himself not to count the marriage of his children in this battle for the storage position. Now, Shen Zihe has become Zhou Yi's concubine, and Shen is still a little uncomfortable in his heart.

Zhou Yan looked at his mother's uneasy appearance, and opened his mouth to relieve the siege and said: "The fourth child is considerate and tight to Zihe, and he will definitely not treat him badly." ”