Zhang Xiuhe's father is the middle-aged man who was with the emperor when Qingdi first arrived in Wuguo, he has no interest in power, and since so many things happened to Zhang Xiuhe, his relationship with this son is not so good. But they are father and son after all, and now the son asks to see his father, and it seems that he has to agree.

Zhang Xiuhe has been in Shenjiang for half a year, Qingdi has not relaxed her guard against him, and the news that her spies brought back from Shenjiang is that Zhang Xiuhe is very honest, and he does not go out of the door on weekdays, but there are many people who take the initiative to go to his house to find him, among these people are some famous schemers among the people, and there are also some samurai, Zhang Xiuhe is in contact with these people, and his thoughts are self-evident.

So now that he is proposing to go back to the Imperial City to see his father, does it mean that he is ready to make a move?

Xiaohu only knew that he couldn't let Zhang Xiuhe come back, but the reason for not coming back hadn't been thought of yet, so he directly vetoed it with eloquent words: "No." ”

After hearing this, some people muttered a few words softly, but they didn't dare to say anything to Xiaohu. After all, the minister who stood up to speak for Zhang Xiuhe before was resigned in a few days, so where would anyone dare to come forward like this.

But it is reasonable to let Zhang Xiuhe come back. First, because Zhang Xiuhe did not make any mistakes, why did they not allow him to see his father, and second, because there are also rules in the DPRK and the central government, even if people are exiled, they can go home to meet their relatives.

Qingdi also knew that Xiaohu's decision was wrong, but she didn't want Zhang Xiuhe to come back and cause her trouble, so she didn't remind Xiaohu.

It was quite easy for Wu Guo to pass on the news, after the decision in the morning, in the evening, Zhang Xiuhe already knew Xiaohu's decision, he was not surprised at all, only smiled faintly.

As a result, within two days, there were people talking everywhere in the imperial city, saying that Qingdi, a foreign surname, deliberately squeezed out the original royal power, and did not let the filial son come back to visit his father.

Wu Guo has always advocated filial piety, even Wu Guo's death row prisoners have the right to see their families before leaving, Zhang Xiuhe has done nothing wrong, not letting his son see his father, it is a big rebellion, and there is no performance of character.

When the palace people who went out to buy vegetables in the imperial dining room heard the rumors outside, they all felt that the matter was too big, so they hurried back to tell Qingdi. Qingdi listened, not only sighed that Zhang Xiuhe was really a master of inciting the people's anger and taking advantage of the people, just because he solved the matter of the worm Gu, the people of Wu regarded him as a god, as long as Zhang Xiuhe's requirements could not be achieved, he would cry and cry, and then there were always people who flocked to him to complain for him.

Xiaohu also heard about this and said angrily: "Why are these people so stupid? They will believe whatever Zhang Xiuhe says, if he is allowed to come back, he will definitely provoke a war, and it will not be them who will suffer when the time comes? Why don't they understand our painstaking efforts? ”

Qingdi sighed: "The people are easy to be instigated, their wisdom cannot reach the place of unity, if they are all smart and wise, there is no need for civil and military officials, and there is a top-level emperor to rule them." But from another point of view, this is also a good thing. ”

"What's a good thing? I don't see what's good at all! Xiaohu said angrily.

"At least it proves that the people of your Wu Kingdom are simple and kind, they are at the mercy of Zhang Xiuhe, but they also feel that he saved their lives." Qingdi smiled slightly and said: "This also proves that Confucianism is prevalent in the country of Wu to persuade people to be good, and the people mostly believe in Buddhism where good and evil are rewarded and heaven is reincarnated. ”

Xiaohu showed a hint of surprise in his eyes, and said, "Sister, how can you see so many things from one thing?" ”

"I'm all talking nonsense." Qingdi was silent for a moment and said: "By the way, Xiaohu, let's let Zhang Xiuhe return to the court, after all, we also need the hearts of the people, but we can't let Zhang Xiuhe hold on to this handle." ”

"But ......"

"You don't have to worry, Zhang Xiuhe's rights in the court have been driven away by me, and he has no troops in his hands, and the only thing he can rely on is the people, so he will definitely not take the initiative to do anything to us, so we will take advantage of it." Qingdi patted the back of Xiaohu's hand and comforted her: "The previous decision not to let Zhang Xiuhe come back can be pushed on my head, and the people will hate me." ”

"Sister......" Xiaohu listened to Qingdi's words, and suddenly felt a little hot in his eyes. Qingdi is always thinking about them, she never cares about her reputation, she thinks about them everywhere, but her third brother is still so defensive about her, it really shouldn't be.

Xiaohu was moved, so Qingdi drafted an edict and asked Zhang Xiuhe to come back to visit his father.

Zhang Xiuhe's goal was achieved, and on the day he received the holy decree, he came back non-stop, and at the same time, there was another team, which happened to come back from another place on the day he arrived in Jianye.

This team is the caravan under his command, they have rightly gone to Li to do business, and now they are back, not only with money, but also with the latest news from the northern frontier of Li and Beidi.

Zhang Xiuhe saw them as soon as he came back, and after getting the news about the second prince from their mouths, he waved his long sleeves and laughed out loud, as if the time and place were all right today, he could already do it!

Jianye has shown signs of rejuvenation in the past few days, and the sun has been shining for three days in a row, and the whole city is a little warm. Xiaohu gave Zhang Xiuhe three days to visit relatives at the beginning, and now that three days have passed, she called someone to inform Zhang Xiuhe to leave quickly.

Zhang Xiuhe came back for a few days, he didn't see his father at all, and now that he was leaving, he didn't have the slightest reluctance, and after cleaning up, he proposed to see Xiaohu.

Xiaohu thought of the last time he saw him, so he heard him say bad things about Qingdi and Chu Yaocen, and almost shook her decision, this time I didn't want to see him, so I asked the eunuch who sent the message to refuse him and told him to get out of here as soon as possible.

The eunuch ran away again, but Zhang Xiuhe still didn't leave, took out a box and handed it to Xiaohu, saying: "You bring this to the princess, the stakes are very high, don't fall into the hands of others, otherwise Your Majesty's life will be in danger." ”

The little eunuch didn't dare to do anything in such a big event, so he hurriedly went back and handed the box to Xiaohu, although Xiaohu still felt that Zhang Xiuhe must not be well-intentioned, he still opened the box, and was immediately dumbfounded, isn't this the jade pendant that his second brother carried with him?

This jade pendant, each of them has a piece on it, engraved with different animals, hers is a tiger, and his second brother is a Pixiu. When she was a child, she thought this jade pendant was the best-looking, and she often played with it in her hand, so she couldn't be more familiar, this was indeed his second brother's thing.

Xiaohu was worried about the comfort of the second prince, so he didn't have time to inform Qingdi about it, so he hurriedly went out of the palace to see Zhang Xiuhe.

Zhang Xiuhe had long known that Xiaohu was back, and while waiting for her, he had been drinking tea calmly. Now, he looked at the panting Xiaohu in front of him, put down the teacup, and chuckled, "You're finally here." ”

"Where is my second brother? What the hell happened to him? Little Tiger's eyes were red and he asked.

The smile on Zhang Xiuhe's face slowly took off, and he put on a face that was as worried as Xiaohu, and asked, "Are you willing to believe me when I say it?" ”

Xiaohu snorted coldly, "Do I want to believe you, I want you to say it first." ”

"Well, I knew it was going to be like this. What I said later, you may not believe it if you know it, because just like the previous few times, it also involves Qingdi and them. Zhang Xiuhe smiled helplessly and said, "As you can see, the jade pendant is the second prince's thing, which he personally handed over to me to bring back the people who sent me to do business, and he also brought back a word, let us go over and save him." Your second brother has always hated me, and this time he will actually beg me to save him, you should know how helpless he should be. ”

Xiaohu pulled out his sword and pointed it at Zhang Xiuhe, and asked, "Don't pretend to be a ghost, what's going on?" Where is my second brother now? ”

Zhang Xiuhe went up along the tip of the sword, looked at Xiaohu, was silent for a long time, and said: "After your second brother defeated Bei Di, he was attacked by the forces that were ambushed by the Li State on the border of the Bei Zhai, and now he is imprisoned in the Li State by Yin Sheng. ”

"How so?" Xiaohu's hands trembled, he could almost think of his second brother being bullied by Li Guoren, her voice still couldn't control and began to tremble, and said, "I want my sister to save my second brother!" ”

"You're still letting her save her? Haven't you noticed it yet? Qingdi Chu Yaocen and them are in the same group as the people of Li Guo! Your second brother's royal expedition was secretly facilitated by Qingdi, in order to let him be controlled on the border of the Li Kingdom, and it is best to die in battle, and then she can control you and the entire Wu Kingdom! The one you sent out last time was killed, our business people in the Li State saw him constantly entering and leaving the palace in the northern Xinjiang with their own eyes, and saw him and Yin Sheng's most powerful generals hooking up with each other, their relationship with the Li State was so good that you can't imagine it, it was clearly a spy sent by the Li State! ”

Xiaohu shook her head, her tears could no longer be stopped, she threw down her sword and shouted at Zhang Xiuhe: "I don't believe it!" My sister said a few days ago that she would put all the bad things I did on her head, and she took all the bad things for me, but gave me all the benefits, how could she cooperate with Li Guoli to harm me? ”

"Hehe......" Zhang Xiuhe sneered, "This is the power of Qingdi, obviously you have controlled the entire Wu country with your hands, and you have to make it look like everything is for your good, you are too naïve!" ”

Xiaohu glared at him fiercely: "I don't believe it! I don't believe a word you say! ”

"Then what do you think of the jade pendant in your hand? The texture of this jade, you should also know that you can't fake it. ”

Xiaohu spread out his hand, and this jade pendant was lying quietly in his hand. Zhang Xiuhe is right, this can't be fake.

Seeing that she was still hesitating, Zhang Xiuhe raised his hand and said coldly: "I can swear to God, if I tell a lie, I will not die!" ”