Emperor Zhou Sheng glanced lightly at the sons of the dragon and phoenix who had grown into a majestic man standing straight on the top of the main hall, and squinted his eyes and looked at them one by one for a while, Emperor Zhou Sheng slowly lowered his eyes, and sighed secretly in his heart, he was old, he was really old, even the most obedient and gentle third child on weekdays had gradually developed sharp claws, and he would bite those who he thought were dangerous to him......

"Peng Aiqing, what do you want to play?" Emperor Zhou Sheng's mood adjusted in an instant, he glanced at his sons with a relieved smile, shifted his gaze, looked at Peng Fuyin, who was kneeling on the ground with a panicked face, and asked with a smile.

"Minister, please ......" Peng Fu Yin knelt down and looked up at Emperor Zhou Sheng, and opened his mouth with difficulty, but his voice couldn't come out, yesterday's incident provoked His Royal Highness to be angry and angry, but if he resigned, wouldn't he confirm the fact that his son had an affair with His Highness's woman? However, if you don't resign, Your Highness, this person will be more than baht, his heart is small, and he loves to hold grudges very much, won't he and his son even be able to keep a little alive? Emperor...... The emperor's love for His Royal Highness is known throughout the dynasty, and the virtuous concubine is the general's daughter, whether His Royal Highness is in front of the emperor or his mother's foreign family, it is a strong backer, can the emperor let His Royal Highness be wronged for himself?

Peng Fuyin secretly rolled his eyes and glanced at the third prince who was standing in front of him, not squinting, with a warm smile on his face, do you want to gamble? If it is said that His Royal Highness is favored, it is not as good as the three highnesses, the three highnesses were almost raised by the emperor's own hand-in-hand teaching, if the three highnesses can raise their hands to themselves a little...... At the very least, he can cover his sons' official career in the future.

Having made up his mind, Peng Fuyin secretly gritted his teeth, looked up at the emperor and said: "Your Majesty, Weichen asks for guilt, Weichen has no way to teach his son, yesterday's son of Weichen ate too much wine in Changfu, and almost broke into a catastrophe. ”

Peng Fu Yin's tone trembled, but the words he said were still clear, and Emperor Zhou Sheng pondered for a moment, but before he could speak.

The eldest prince Zhou Minchang took a step forward, stood up, looked down at Peng Fu Yin who was kneeling on the ground, and glanced at him with a little disdain, then bowed to Emperor Zhou Sheng, looked up at Emperor Zhou Sheng, and said in a tough tone: "Father, the son thinks that Peng Fu Yin is not only a godson without a way, but also connived at his son to ignore the rules and etiquette of my Great Zhou Dynasty and has no one in his eyes. Even more staring at us with straight eyes, as if we have a blood feud with him, such a person with a loss of morality, must not be tolerated and connived, the son thinks that Peng Fu Yin not only has no way to teach his son, but also is not worthy of being a courtier of my Great Zhou Dynasty, should be dismissed from his post as Fu Yin, and the whole family is assigned to work in Ningguta to repair his body and mind, change his bad habits, and must not return to Beijing without a holy order. ”

The second prince Zhou Minhao has been hanging his head, listening carefully to the recital of the eldest prince Zhou Minchang, Mu Ran's face, the corners of his mouth were hooked unconsciously, and he recovered Mu Ran's serious expression in an instant, the third prince Zhou Minrui has been paying attention to the movements of the second prince, seeing that he has no movement, he also listened to the game dialogue between Peng Fuyin and the eldest prince with bated breath.

Cao Taibao was mixed in the crowd at this time, although he is now an official worshipper, but he still maintains the habit of standing in line in the last dynasty when Emperor Zhou Sheng first ascended the throne, according to the rules of the old days, standing between the six scholars from the second grade, slightly hanging his head and carefully turning his face sideways, paying attention to the eldest prince Zhou Minchang and carefully looking at the second prince Zhou Minhao, who seems to be unable to move without any emotion.

"Your Majesty, the ministers are wronged, the ministers are wronged!" Peng Fuyin was obviously frightened by the great prince's voice, so he only knelt on the ground, kowtowed, and shouted at Emperor Zhou Sheng, who was sitting on the dragon chair.

Emperor Zhou Sheng seemed to be appeased, and gently persuaded: "Since you feel wronged, then you can explain it clearly, Chang'er will not wronged you for no reason, okay, don't you shout in a hurry first, won't it be solved if you explain it clearly?" If you have anything to say, say it well, and I will naturally not wronged you, but if it is really as Chang'er said, I will never tolerate you. ”

Cao Taibao frowned almost inaudibly, and thought to himself for a moment, according to his understanding of Emperor Zhou Sheng in the past, such official private morality matters will only be solved after retiring from the court, and then looking for opportunities to solve them, and will not delay the court's business, abnormality is a demon......

Peng Fuyin was appeased by Emperor Zhou Sheng, his heart was a little calm, he knelt and turned around, and after kowtowing to the eldest prince, he was about to open his mouth, but he heard Cao Taibao's voice to stop him.

"Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that Peng Fuyin's matter, in the final analysis, is still a matter of courtiers' private morality, or it is more appropriate to negotiate after the court, these days it seems that the New Year is going to welcome the new year, whether it is Gyeonggi or the border place, we must step up inspection, a few days ago, the city guard of Dacheng in Shigatse, also sent a congratulatory letter from the envoy of the Goryeo State, these are important matters that need to be decided by the emperor as soon as possible, and the emperor is asked to make a decision as soon as possible." Cao Taibao stepped forward and bowed respectfully.

The third prince, Zhou Minrui, took a step forward, saluted the emperor, turned his head to look at Cao Taibao, who was standing in a straight line with him, and said with a smile: "Lord Cao's heart for the country and the people, can be an example for the courtiers of my Great Zhou Dynasty, Xiao'er admires it in his heart, Xiao'er represents the thousands of people of my Great Zhou Dynasty, thank you Lord Cao!" ”

After speaking, the third prince bowed to Cao Taibao's hands, straightened up, and didn't wait for Cao Taibao to be polite, and continued: "It's just that today's matter, Lord Cao didn't think about it carefully, how important is the position of Yin of Jinjing City?" You also said that this is about to pass this year of saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new, whether the safety of Jinjing City is in danger or not, but it is related to the safety of my imperial city, so although this is on the surface a matter of Peng Fuyin's private morality, but it is implicated in the safety and misfortune of our entire Jinjing City. My eldest brother, also for the sake of Jinjing City, for the sake of the entire Jinjing City, you say, Xiao'er, what I said still has some truth, Lord Cao? ”

Cao Taibao squinted his eyes slightly, and the eldest prince Zhou Minchang stood up, laughed and patted the third prince Zhou Minrui on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "What the third brother said is very reasonable, I am for the sake of the people of Jinjing City, I must say the bad deeds of this Peng Fuyin, otherwise, how can I be worthy of the trust of the people?" Cao Taibao don't say any more, it's better to let his father rule as soon as possible on this Peng Fuyin, who has a loss of personal morality! ”

Cao Taibao didn't dare to say a word when he was pushed by the eldest prince, but he was angry in his heart, this Zhou Minchang is really going back more and more, even if his brain is not smart, he still falls into the trap of others so easily, it is simply unstoppable!

Emperor Zhou Sheng smiled slightly, seeing that Zhou Minchang fell into the trap of the second and third children so easily, and he didn't know whether to be sad for him or proud of the other two sons, Concubine Min's soft voice sounded in his ears, and he only sighed in his heart, his face was still smiling like a spring breeze, and the words in his mouth were also with mud, "Since you are asked to explain, you should explain it quickly, this is the opportunity given to you by Cao Taibao, you have to learn to be grateful." ”

Cao Taibao is now 10,000 percent sure, and the emperor's mind is to make up his mind, this is just a formality, and he was spared by a few hairy children...... Cao Taibao looked up at the eldest prince, not worrying, did he really choose the wrong person? But no matter what, even if it's wrong, you can only go down with a wrong head, open the bow and don't look back, you have already caught it, and it will be difficult to walk down!

The early dynasty due to the more Peng Mansion Yin private virtue of the scene, delayed a lot of Chenguang, until the end of the afternoon before the dispersal of the dynasty, Cao Taibao was depressed out of the hall, several princes were called by Emperor Zhou Sheng to accompany him to lunch, Cao Taibao was not good for a while to hand over to the prince in private, had to go back to Cao's mansion.

After returning home and having a hurried meal, Cao Taibao walked back and forth in the study a few times, raised his voice and called Cao Xin, a little servant who had followed him for many years, into the study, saw him salute, let him walk closer to him, and commanded in a low voice: "You have to find a way to check, in the past few months, the Second Highness and the Third Highness, are there more staff or senators around you?" Remember, don't miss it! ”

Cao Xin received the order, bowed down and hugged his fists and said, "Don't worry, my lord!" ”

"Well, you can arrange it now! As soon as possible! ”

"Yes, sir!"

Cao Taibao watched Cao Xin turn around and walk out of the study, then turned back to the bookcase, took a pen and paper, and began to write a letter to General Wuda! This matter, you must inform General Wu as soon as possible, the virtuous concubine in the palace is stupid, I didn't expect that her son is even more stupid than her, fortunately, General Wu is a resourceful person, otherwise, he would not have risked squeezing out Mr. Wen back then, and chose the boat of the eldest prince!

In the palace, after a luncheon, Emperor Zhou Sheng led his three sons to the imperial study.

Seeing that the little eunuchs had served tea, Emperor Zhou Sheng motioned for them to sit and talk, looked at his sons, and said with a smile: "You are so harmonious, I am really happy in my heart." I hope that you will support each other, so that my Great Zhou Dynasty will prosper for a hundred years! ”

"Father, rest assured, the sons and ministers will never let their father down, and they will support each other to ensure the prosperity of my Great Zhou Dynasty for a hundred years!" The three of them immediately got up from their chairs and replied respectfully.

"Haha, okay, you can be so sensible, I am very relieved! Now that your mother and concubine Li are pregnant, and she is a little depressed in the palace, I plan to take her to the south of the city to relax in the middle of the year, and this matter in the court will be temporarily supervised by Chang'er, I thought, after the New Year, I will establish Chang'er as the prince, and after the canonization ceremony, let Chang'er and Miss Cao's family get married. Emperor Zhou Sheng looked at Zhou Minhao, whose face was blank but was full of coldness, and Zhou Minrui, who was surprised and his eyes flashed slightly, and sighed silently.

"Father, ...... you" The eldest prince Zhou Minchang didn't know whether he was shocked or happy, he looked at Emperor Zhou Sheng in a daze, his eyes widened, as if he was stupid, his speech was slurred, and he didn't know what to say after only saying these few words.

Emperor Zhou Sheng laughed, "You don't have to be too nervous, when the time comes, let your second brother and third brother assist you, what's there, your brothers will discuss it, it's really a major military matter, and then send someone to Huangzhuang to return to me." ”

"Congratulations to the Emperor!" Zhou Minhao and Zhou Minrui heard Emperor Zhou Sheng's laughter, and quickly got up and bowed to the eldest prince, Zhou Minhao still had a wooden face, but the cold air around his body was dissipated, and there seemed to be a warmth, and he said rigidly: "Assisting the eldest brother is the duty of the younger brother, please rest assured that the father and the eldest brother will do their best to not let the eldest brother and the emperor worry." ”

Zhou Minrui heard Zhou Minhao say this, and also followed the salute to show his loyalty.

The eldest prince is very happy, in fact, he has been living in the shadow of the virtuous concubine, and he is subject to the general Wu everywhere, his maternal grandfather Zhiyuan, has long been resentful, at this time, the emperor has already said that he wants to make himself the prince, his younger brothers, he used to think that they all have selfish intentions, but after yesterday's events, he found that blood relatives, how can outsiders compare? No matter what, the younger brothers are still in their hearts, for their own good, so when they heard Zhou Minhao and Zhou Minrui expressing their loyalty to themselves, they completely untied the knot that had been instilled by the virtuous concubine and foreigners before, if the younger brothers can really assist themselves without any guilt, then they must be better to these dear brothers.

Emperor Zhou Sheng was very satisfied with the attitude of his sons, and glanced at Zhou Minhao, who had a wooden face, and Zhou Minchang, who couldn't close his mouth with a proud and happy face, and looked away and talked about the arrangements after that, and didn't examine them too much.