"You go down first." Zhao Rui said to Yang Yun, but kept staring at Pei Xu.

Yang Yun retreated with amusement, and glanced at Pei Xu meaningfully before leaving. Pei Xu ignored this look that he thought, and he and the crown prince Zhao Rui looked at each other. This time it was not a meeting of friends, but an answer between monarchs and ministers.

A smile suddenly appeared on Zhao Rui's face, "Sit down." ”

Pei Xu couldn't look at his younger brother with the same eyes as he did. "Your Highness."

"I'm not here for Guo Baoyi tonight, I'm here for the people behind him." Zhao Rui said in an unprecedented heavy tone. "In just one day, I received dozens of notes. Most of them begged me to let him go, and only a few people from the Imperial Observatory urged me to dispose of him. ”

His smile grew cold, "It's really, a nest of snakes and rats." ”

Pei Xu had already expected that he would be extremely disgusted with the party's fellow fighters. "Your Highness, please calm your anger. These people are just afraid of Guo Baoyi's power. Guo Baoyi is only the emperor's favorite minister, and there is no real official, even if many people follow, it will not become a climate. The crown prince need not worry. ”

Zhao Rui's eyes, which were originally very clear, suddenly sharpened. Maybe not a sharp gaze, but Pei Xu felt a chill. Who knows what that look represents, it's time for him to re-examine this young man with a weak crown.

"I'm still young, but I can't afford those people to step on me. The people in the court either rely on the old and sell the old, and rely on the old age to suppress me; Either they are sanctimonious and useless to talk all day long; Either push back and don't want to do anything. I was in prison once, and I met everyone. ”

Pei Xu said with a smile: "Your Highness, the prison is a good opportunity to control the ministers. You can't afford to slack off because of their faults. ”

He didn't really want to say that. But somehow, he just said it.

"So no matter which side, you have to give a reason, and you have to convince the officials of the world after all." Zhao Rui got up and turned his back to look at the moonlight outside the window.

There were thin clouds floating in the night sky, and the moonlight was thick. The lights were mostly out, but it was still not dark outside. The moon is thousands of miles, sprinkled with clear light. The wind blew into the pavilion, and there was no chill.

"The moon is bent outside, it's better to go outside for a walk to relieve your worries." Pei Xu proposed.

Zhao Rui didn't respond, and walked out directly.

Walking on a spring night, they went to the garden to enjoy the night view.

"Peach blossoms, pear blossoms and other beautiful daytime, and the moon seems to have a quiet atmosphere at first glance. It can be seen that the flowers are clean after all. Pei Xu held the fallen petals.

Zhao Rui picked up the flowers that had been stained with sludge, "So is this considered clean?" ”

"No matter what kind of flower always has to turn into soil, even if it is defaced by foreign objects, it cannot change its original purity." Pei Xu scattered the flowers in his hand.

Zhao Rui couldn't help asking: "This is not like what you said, it is a girl's opinion, right?" ”

"It's true that I didn't say that, but it's not the words of the girl's family either." Pei Xu deliberately said half of it, which whetted people's appetites.

"Huh? Not a girl's house? It's a bit of a joke. Zhao Rui was interested.

Pei Xu sank his face, "This is what Han Xuan, the Duke of Jin, said. When talking about the situation of his step-family Jiang, he used flowers as a metaphor and sighed that she was in the dust in her early years. ”

Han Xuan, the Duke of Jin, was the fourth son of Han Pei, and Han Pei's second son, Han Jin, was later succeeded by him. Han Xuan was a well-known diligent official in the previous dynasty, and he worked hard all his life, but he still couldn't save the chaotic Xie Zhou. Han Xuan has been motivated all his life, but he has made people miserable, and the children born with his wife and concubine in his early years have all died, and there is only one daughter born with the Jiang family, which is a pity that he died without an heir.

In the end, he saw what the people wanted, and bowed down to Zhao Yan, who was also a relative, that is, today's saint.

Because of this, the Han and Feng families were able to survive in Daqi.

"It's ironic that he said that." Zhao Rui frowned.

"Han Xuan is a rare hard-working person, not only that, but he treats his wife and concubine very well. Hearing that he met Jiang Pingshui, he did not hide her identity after the exile, so he hired her as his wife with three books and six rites. Tsk, there are few infatuated lovers in this world. ”

The more Pei Xu talked about it, the more he felt that the people of the Han family stood out, but they could be ancient people, and they were more nostalgic in the end.

"Honghui can also say that children are long." Zhao Rui said half-sarcastically.

"I dare to say that I am a lobbyist for the daughter of the Feng family."

Zhao Rui thought that he would let these rot in his stomach, but he didn't expect him to suddenly confess.

"If nothing else, it's just because of the "Public Security Policy" that I just found in the library that I was willing to be this lobbyist."

The prince was confused by him, "What "Public Security Policy"? ”

But seeing Pei Xu smiling and groaning, "Han Fenglin's handwriting." ”

Zhao Rui felt funny, he said that it was just for a piece of paper.

"Her house is not as good as it used to be, and many things are gone. When I went to Yiyuan a few days ago, there were only a few traces of the things of my predecessors. If she saw her great-grandfather's handwriting, she would be very happy. ”

"If your words are heard, you will be laughed at and pedantic."

He knew Pei Xu's purpose, but he just didn't want to expose it.

Besides, the Feng and Han families are indeed already in turmoil.

When Han Xuan was a minister, he was already terminally ill, so he only blessed the family for a while, and he didn't have time to seek a future for future generations. What's more, there is no one in the Han family anymore, and only Han Cang, who is serving as the general of the auxiliary state, is in power. And Han Cang and Han Xuan have an estranged relationship, although they have contacts, they have no family affection.

The reason why Feng was treated so favorably by Han was probably because Han Xuan's daughter married Feng Jian's younger brother. only hated the sky and did not take a holiday, and the young couple could not grow old together and went together. Han Xuan lost his daughter when he was old, and there was no one in the family to inherit it, so he gave the family business to his granddaughter.

Now a weak woman can't support a huge industry at all, just waiting for others to share it.

"It's just a "public security policy", just ask someone to send her another day."

Zhao Rui has never been at ease with this kind of thing, so he agreed with a wave of his hand.

"Lang Jun, have you seen his Hanmo?"

He said: "It's not the book of Wang Youjun, why did you put so much effort into it?" ”

"The prince doesn't dislike it, just go back with me and have a look."

Pei Xu didn't wait for him, and walked inside alone.

He unfolded the long scroll, and Zhao Rui's heart tightened, and the thousands of words sprinkled with joy were really refreshing. "It seems that I am immature." laughed at himself, and said not very sourly: "Pei Qing is going to cut off the hearts and livers of the literati of the East Palace." ”

"No, Pei only wishes to return the things to their original owners."

Pei Xu was actually unhappy, he also wanted to take it for himself, but he couldn't grab the things of the Han family, and it was best to return them.

"In less than three days, I owe two things to the girl. You, you can. "Zhao Rui loves and hates." Everything is secondary, but I didn't see each other, which made me feel lost. ”

"It's better if I don't see it, if the prince doesn't like it, whoever can stand it."

Pei Xu took the scroll and put it in his bag.