After Chu Lan hurriedly entered the palace from the city gate, he and the emperor told the old king of Nanyang well.

"Father, the son said that you sent the son to pick up the old prince, but he didn't even pay attention to the son, so he looked down on the son, didn't he not give your father face? Erchen saw that the old prince entered Beijing this time, and he was violent, ignoring Erchen, and went directly to the Seventh Brother's Mansion, saying that he couldn't live in the old mansion of the Seventh Brother and lived in the Seventh Brother's Mansion, isn't this clearly going against his father to the end? ”

The emperor's face was not good-looking after hearing this, "He really didn't say a word to you?" ”

"Nope! Not a word. Chu Lan was aggrieved, "Father, An Huajin killed the person you like, and the heir of the emperor in the womb, it is a big crime, ethics, and the nine clans should be punished, you are magnanimous and don't care, you just want to punish An Huajin alone, thinking of the old Nanyang King's hard work, giving him face, and sending his sons to meet him, but he is good, it is clear that he did not see your father and emperor in the slightest." ”

The emperor was annoyed, "What does the old Nanyang King mean!" ”

Chu Lan was angry when he saw that the emperor had succeeded, and continued to use the medicine to say, "What can it mean?" I just don't want to hand over An Huajin, and you are very dissatisfied with your father, right? Otherwise, it will not involve the retainers for no reason. ”

The emperor couldn't hold back his anger and said, "He went to Chu Yan's mansion?" ”

"I went, and said I wanted to live in the Seventh Brother's Mansion." Chu Lan said angrily, "Chu Chen, Su Han, and Jiang Yunzhi showed him the way. The three of them seem to be very close to the Nanyang Palace, maybe An Huajin will return to Nanyang, and they will help them. ”

The emperor's face sank, "Chu Chen? Su Han? Jiang Yunzhi? ”

"Yes, it's them, when the sons went, they had been waiting at the gate of the city for a long time, just to wait for the old prince." Chu Lan felt that he couldn't buy these three people, so it was better to clean them up now, otherwise in the future, I am afraid it will be difficult to do.

The emperor turned to Zhang De and instructed, "You go and spread the word and let the three of them come to see me." ”

Gonggong Zhang was stunned for a moment, glanced at King Jing, and lowered his hand in response, "Yes, the old slave will send someone to invite." ”

The emperor waved his hand to King Jing, "You go down!" I'll ask them. ”

Chu Lan originally wanted to say something, but seeing that the emperor's anger was already not small, it was estimated that he called three people, that is, a matter of reprimanding, and he couldn't be in a hurry for the time being, because of such a trivial matter, he cleaned up the three people, and he would come to Japan for a long time, a few more times, and he didn't believe that his father would not punish them.

Chu Lan nodded and said very intimately, "Father, you don't have to be too angry, anyway, King Nanyang has entered Beijing now, and when he enters Beijing, he is already holding it in the palm of your hand, and you still have the final say?" ”

The emperor loved to hear this, and his face turned slightly pale, "Well, what you said is." ”

Chu Lan retired.

As soon as he walked to the door, the emperor thought of Gu Qingyan again and asked, "Can you see Gu Qingyan?" Has he returned to Beijing? ”

Chu Lan stopped and shook his head, "I didn't see it." ”

The emperor frowned, "Didn't he go back to Beijing with King Nanyang?" ”

Chu Lan still shook his head, "Erchen sent someone to investigate?" ”

"Hmm." The emperor waved his hand.

Chu Lan walked out of the south study, thinking about whether Gu Qingyan returned to Beijing or not? Should he go to Gu's house? If Gu Qingyan comes back and has been away from Beijing for so long, he should go back home first, right?

He made up his mind and immediately went to Gu's house.

After Chu Chen, Su Han, and Jiang Yunzhi left the gate of the Seven Princes' Mansion, they made an appointment to go to eat and drink together, and as soon as they arrived at the restaurant, their respective families sent a message to say that His Majesty announced that they would enter the palace together.

Chu Chen frowned, "Your Majesty asked the three of us to enter the palace together, didn't King Jing run to tell His Majesty about the three of us?" ”

"Perhaps." Jiang Yun said.

Su Han rolled his eyes, "Does he think he's a three-year-old child?" Still doing such a thing? ”

"I can't bear to be favored now, he sues Your Majesty! Let's go. "Chu Chen is not afraid of the king to complain, anyway, such a trivial matter, Your Majesty has no law to punish the crime, at most it is a matter of reprimanding them, they said that they admired the king of Nanyang, and ran to wait to see the demeanor of the old king of Nanyang, anyway, who in the world does not admire the king of Nanyang?

The three of them couldn't eat enough wine and entered the palace together.

The emperor was waiting for the three of them in the south study, and when he saw the three of them coming, his face was slightly gloomy, "What's the matter with you?" I heard that the three of you didn't do anything and ran to the city gate for a walk? ”

Chu Chen: "......"

Su Han: "......"

Jiang Yunzhi: "......"

They went to pick up the king of Nanyang, how did they get to His Majesty's mouth, so they didn't do anything serious and ran to the city gate?

Chu Chen immediately said, "The three of us are resting today, to see the demeanor of the old prince." ”

"See? How is the old prince's demeanor? The emperor's face turned gloomy.

Chu Chen: "The old prince looks bad, his face is very haggard, and he must have suffered a lot on the road." ”

Su Han: "The old prince looks old, very unenergetic, I don't know if I can pick up a big knife." ”

Jiang Yunzhi: "The old prince didn't speak much, the weather in the capital is getting windy now, I don't know if the old prince will fall ill after a tiring journey." ”

Emperor: "......"

Why is what the three of them said different from what Chu Lan said?

The emperor frowned, "The King of Nanyang in your mouth is like this?" ”

"yes." The three of them spoke in unison.

The emperor didn't see the king of Nanyang with his own eyes, and the three of them said something serious, and the emperor couldn't tell if the three of them were lying for a while, he glared at the three of them, "I heard that the king of Nanyang lived in the Seven Princes' Mansion?" ”

Chu Chen immediately said, "It's about the old prince who wants to be the Seventh Highness." ”

Su Han nodded, "After all, I haven't seen each other for eight years." ”

Jiang Yunzhi said, "When the old Nanyang King came to Beijing eight years ago, His Royal Highness the Seventh didn't seem to have established a mansion yet, and the three of us were afraid that the old prince would not be able to find the Seventh Prince's Mansion, so we led the old prince there. Now the person has entered the Seven Princes' Mansion. ”

The emperor was most angry and couldn't listen to this, he didn't want the old Nanyang King to see Chu Yan at all, so he didn't allow Chu Yan to pick up the old Nanyang King, but he didn't expect that sending Chu Lan would not work at all.

He said in a deep voice, "I have sent King Jing, can you see King Jing?" ”

Chu Chen immediately said, "See, His Royal Highness King Jing didn't even get off the horse, and gave the old prince a salute on the horse from afar, the old prince didn't seem to know His Royal Highness King Jing, and besides, it seemed to be a little deaf, as if he didn't hear what King Jing said." ”

Emperor: "......"

He glared at Chu Chen, "Chu Chen, what do you mean by this?" ”

Chu Chen was innocent, "Your Majesty, the minister is not interesting, it is the truth, you ask, the minister said it truthfully." All three of us are there, and we can see clearly. It turns out that King Jing was sent by you, it doesn't look like it. Your Majesty is the most polite corporal, respect the old minister, since you personally sent King Jing, how can King Jing not be courteous? Presumably still too young. ”

Emperor: "......"

The words were all said by him, what did he say? If you want to reprimand, you can't seem to find any stubble and loopholes.

The emperor simply stopped beating around the corner and straightened his face, "Chu Chen, the errand that King Jing handed over to the Criminal Department recently, did you make a procrastination from it?" How can the court be delayed? And Su Han, don't think that if you live in Beijing without an official or a job, you will have nothing to do, from tomorrow, you will be on duty in front of me, and Jiang Yunzhi, I think you should really marry a wife to take care of you, my fourth princess is good, I will ...... today"

"Your Majesty!" Jiang Yunzhi's face turned white all of a sudden, and he interrupted loudly, "The minister likes the third princess!" ”

The emperor was stunned.

Chu Chen and Su Han were stunned and looked at Jiang Yunzhi.

Jiang Yunzhi knelt on one knee on the ground, hung his head and said sincerely, "Your Majesty, the minister has been fond of the third princess for a long time, and recently he is looking for a suitable opportunity to ask His Majesty to give him a marriage. ”

Emperor: "......"

Chu Chen: "......"

Jiang Yunzhi: "......"

Why didn't they see that Jiang Yunzhi liked Chu Xiyun all along? What's going on now?

The emperor's face sank, "Jiang Yunzhi, what are you talking about?" You say you Xiao wants to be my third princess? ”

"The minister is guilty!" Jiang Yunzhi didn't raise his head, but he still didn't change his words, "The minister really has the third princess in mind, please fulfill it for Your Majesty." ”

The emperor looked at Jiang Yunzhi, and anger rose, "You are so bold! ”

Jiang Yun bowed his head, still the same sentence, "The minister is guilty." ”

Chu Chen saw that the emperor was about to get angry, and immediately said, "Your Majesty, aren't the third princess and the fourth princess all the same, since you have the heart to marry him, then the third princess." ”

He's light!

However, can the third princess and the fourth princess be the same? The third princess is the queen's concubine and Chu Yan's sister, while the fourth princess is not, she was born to Concubine Xian. Concubine Xian is the mother of the third prince, the third prince was implicated in the case of the second prince and Zhang Zaifu, although there is still the identity of the prince who has not been given death, has not been demoted to the common people, and has not been removed from the royal family, but the power has long been hit Only a few old people around him remain, and he has already become a waste son among the princes.

If Jiang Yunzhi was given to Chu Xiyun, wouldn't it be to transfer the Marquis of Guangcheng Mansion to Chu Yan's camp?

The emperor didn't want to make Chu Yan the crown prince at all, how could he give Chu Xiyun a marriage to Jiang Yunzhi, he was furious, "Jiang Yunzhi, you get out of here, get rid of all positions, think about it behind closed doors for half a year, and don't leave the house!" ”

Jiang Yunzhi bowed his head silently, "Yes, the minister obeys the order." ”