King Gong shouted angrily, raised the bamboo whip again, and a lock of gray hair fell from the corner of his forehead.

Reddened cheeks, bulging green tendons, bloodshot eyes, gasping with rage.

Such a gaffe father suddenly made the son feel a little strange.

In the past, when he was beaten and trained, he always kept his head down, and never dared to look into his father's eyes, because those eyes always carried a shuddering majesty when they were angry, but today, he saw in his father's eyes a fear that he was so familiar with.

This strangeness made Shizi doubt for a moment, and he clearly felt a cracking sound somewhere in his heart.

Shizi's gaze made King Gong a little flustered for no reason for a moment, but after a short time of looking at each other, Shizi's unrepentant, even somewhat surprised eyes, completely angered him.

"Don't look at me like that!"

King Gong's bamboo whip fell directly at Shizi's face, and Shizi didn't expect it, and after a loud whipping sound, a clearly visible whip mark was quickly left on his cheek.

Almost as soon as he started, King Gong regretted it.

Shizi touched his left cheek in disbelief, and a sharp stinging pain was coming from here.

King Gong's hand froze there, and the bamboo whip also fell, bounced twice on the ground, and finally landed at his feet.

"Lord Wang! The palace has come to the will! Suddenly, there was a message from outside the study, "People have come in through the south gate and are heading to the living room." ”

“…… Got it. ”

King Gong took the opportunity to take a few steps towards the door, avoiding the eyes of the prince, and asked with a solemn face, "Which father-in-law in the palace is here?" ”

"It's Gonggong Qiu!" The voice outside the door quickly replied.

King Gong was almost stunned, as if he couldn't believe his ears, and asked again, "...... Who is it? ”

The people outside the door shouted again, "It's Father-in-law Qiu Shiqiu!" He said he came here for the prince! ”

It's Qiu Shi......

It turned out to be Qiu Shi, not Yuan Zhen?

Before King Gong could react, Shizi had already stood up from the ground by himself, and he turned around without saying a word and walked out alone.

"Open the door." The prince whispered orders to the servants guarding both sides of the gate.

The two servants did not dare to move, but stood there and bowed lower, and the prince gritted his teeth and pushed them away, and went forward to pull the wooden bolt from the courtyard gate, and opened the door, and saw his mother standing outside the courtyard gate.

The princess looked at the scars on the prince's face and was speechless for a while.

"I'm fine, Princess." Shizi turned his face slightly sideways and looked at the subordinate standing outside, "Where is Gonggong Qiu, lead the way." ”

……

In the living room in the front yard of the palace, Qiu Shi waited there for a long time before he heard footsteps outside.

Shizi and King Gong rushed to the front and back, but both father and son looked a little wrong, as if they had been dragged to the field for ten laps and eight laps, Shizi kept his head down, and King Gong's sideburns were drenched with sweat.

When the people approached, Qiu Shi jumped up in fright, "This face, this face of the prince is ......?" ”

King Gong unconsciously twisted his shoulders, all the way he was thinking about how to cover the marks on Shizi's face, and several times wanted to step forward and call Shizi to stop him and let him go back to the room first, but when he remembered Shizi's last look, he really couldn't open this mouth.

"I was caught by the string when I was practicing archery in the garden this morning," Shizi turned his face away, letting the injured side avoid Qiu Shi's sight, "Father-in-law don't worry, this kind of small injury has to be added several times a month, get used to it." ”

"Oh my God...... Qiu Shi walked over and looked at it distressedly, shook his head and said, "If the master sees it, it will be very distressing." ”

"Father-in-law Qiu doesn't have to tell his father about it." King Gong was a little weak on the side, "so as not to worry about my father." ”

Qiu Shi shook his head again and again, "The slave doesn't dare to hide it, in case the emperor is suddenly happy in two days and calls the prince to enter the palace, won't he know when he sees it?" It's better to send the imperial doctor to see it as soon as possible, and don't leave a scar on your face. ”

"You don't have to be so excited...... King Gong frowned, "Gonggong Qiu is here today, does his father have any will to bring to the son?" ”

Qiu Shi was stunned, and hurriedly patted his head, "Yes, the prince, the prince, let's get down to business first...... There is an edict. ”

King Gong and the prince both knelt down in front of Qiu Shi.

Qiu Shi opened his mouth solemnly, first with a few words of greeting to the prince, and then praising his benevolence and benevolence. In addition to using Jiaolong skin to make armor for the prince, Emperor Jianxi also gave an additional horned bow made in the palace, which shows his concern.

King Gong heard mixed tastes below, and Emperor Chen Jianxi didn't even want to investigate Jiaolong's death in vain from beginning to end, not even the slightest blame.

Obviously, he had once again guessed what Emperor Jianxi meant.

The prince of the world has already kowtowed to thanksgiving.

Qiu Shi stepped forward, took out an inch-long peace charm from his arms, and put it in the arms of the prince, "The emperor has asked for a talisman from Zhang Shenxian of the Xianling Garden in the past few days, and the prince can wear it on his body to keep him safe." ”

"Grandpa Xie Huang remembers." The prince bowed down and thanked him, and hung the peace charm tied with a red rope directly around his neck.

After announcing the decree, Qiu Shi quickly leaned over, lifted the prince from the ground, and stood by himself, his back bent a little lower than before.

King Gong got up and personally sent him out of the palace, and asked many Emperor Jianxi about his recent food and clothing along the way, Qiu Shi answered one by one, and praised King Gong for his pure and filial piety before leaving, no wonder he was able to raise such a benevolent child as Shizi.

King Gong only felt that the praise was harsh, but he still smiled calmly.

After sending Qiu Shi away, the smile on his face immediately faded, and he turned around and walked back to the house quickly, and the servants around him quickly followed.

"What about the son?" King Gong asked.

"I should go to the princess." The servant replied softly.

King Gong's footsteps slowed down, his expression became a little subtle, his throat moved slightly, and he sighed very softly, "Okay, just let his mother coax him." Now you send someone to pass on Master Zhang's coming to the mansion, and you will say that it is ......" King Gong thought for a while, "Just say that it is about the schoolwork of the prince, and this king has something to ask him." ”

"Good Ratcha!"

……

In the Palace of Nourishing the Heart, Emperor Jianxi had already eaten breakfast, and was sitting alone, holding a book of music and reading carefully.

The twist was extremely long, and Emperor Jianxi only read about a third of the content, but the other end of the fold had already fallen to the ground.

He flipped through a few more pages, threw the fold on the table, and looked at Huang Chongde, "How many people are on Han Chong's list." ”

"One hundred and forty-one in all." Huang Chongde replied softly.

Emperor Jianxi's hand was covered on the long page of the fold, and he said softly, "There are more than a hundred people, and each of them is involved in such a detailed list of crimes, he is willing to work hard." ”

"Oh, that's not all." Huang Chongde added on the side.

"What else?"

Huang Chongde turned around, walked to the low table on the side, and took out a fold that was larger than Emperor Jianxi's hand.

"He also handed over another list of about 900 people, all of whom were involved in the Hu Yishu case," Huang Chongde replied slowly, "The slave and maid roughly flipped through it this morning, and like this one, it listed everyone's names, official positions, and reasons for the incident. ”。