Bao Xi looked at Nian'er and laughed, didn't answer his question, just stood up and retreated from the house. Time is like a knife, cutting off a lot of people's enthusiasm, no matter how vigorous this feeling was at the beginning, it will always flow into peace, and silently flow into an indispensable and imperceptible part of life.

Ji Gongyan sat at one end of the hall and glanced at the scholars and doctors standing in the center of the hall, and unexpectedly saw Nian'er's small figure, he was a little surprised in his heart, but he also nodded with satisfaction, he also knew that he had never fulfilled his responsibility as a father over the years, and now it was time for a father to teach Nian'er something. After the early dynasty dispersed, Uncle Zhao and Yu Shi's father both asked to stay alone to meet the king of Zhou, Ji Gongyan had to arrange the two of them to discuss with him in turn in the study of the Xiande Palace, he glanced at Nian'er and shouted, "Bofu? ”

"Yes, Father!" Bofu was originally going to turn around and leave the main hall and go down with the ministers who had retreated from the court, but when he heard Ji Gong calling his name, he stopped and turned to him, and gave up.

"You stay, go to the Hall of Virtue with the widow!" Ji Gong said.

"Yes......" Nian'er nodded, looking at her father and feeling a little puzzled, there was a lot of hesitation in her voice, and she followed Ji Gongyan to guess her father's purpose. He first called Uncle Zhao to bring him into the study, Uncle Zhao bowed his hand to pay respects, and then knelt on the ground, "Please forgive the king!" ”

"What are you guilty of?" Ji Gongyan looked at Uncle Zhao and asked.

"Weichen is old and unwell, and now he can't serve as the secretary of Dazai, I am afraid that it will go against the king's entrustment and the holy will of the king, so I ask to resign from the post of secretary and retire to the countryside!" Uncle Zhao took to Ji Gongyan and said, last night King Zhou's favor of Mrs. Zheng soon spread to the whole palace everyone knows, no one knows, Uncle Zhao is the head of the heavenly officials, in charge of the government affairs of the court, naturally quickly got the news, he always felt that Jin Boji offended the king of Zhou in the front, and the two people who had a great relationship with him were now not treated by the king of Zhou. After Yu Shi's father impeached Wen Shuo, Uncle Zhao was afraid that this matter would soon affect him, rather than sit back and wait for death, it was better to take the initiative to resign from his position in the court and leave this place of right and wrong, and at this moment when he returned to the Jin Kingdom, he could still assist Ji Qiu by his side and help Ji Qiu fight against Cheng Shi and his party, and after making up his mind, Uncle Zhao felt that he couldn't stay in this palace for a quarter of an hour!

"Oh?" Ji Gongyan squinted his eyes and looked at Uncle Zhao and scolded, "Where did Zhao Shangqing come from to resign?" The widow has just lost Wen Shuo's left arm, and now you have to resign but you want to hand over the entire court to Yu Shi's father? ”

"The king is wise, he has his own arrangements, and the ministers are foolish, I am afraid that I will miss the king's business!" Uncle Zhao lowered his head and said, after making up his mind, he couldn't listen to what Ji Gongyan was talking to him, and he just wanted to leave as soon as possible.

Ji Gongyan's hand was on the table and gently knocked on it to make a "da-da" sound, the room was quiet except for this sound, Ji Gongyan turned his gaze to Nian'er opened his mouth, closed it again, and finally didn't say anything, I don't know how long it took, Ji Gongyan spoke, "You have made up your mind?" ”

"It's up to you!" Uncle Zhao nodded.

"No matter how the widow is retained, Zhao Shangqing never intends to stay in the DPRK and serve in the central government?" Ji Gongyan asked, this question made Zhao Shudao feel a little embarrassed, so he had to say, "Weichen is stupid, he is honest and fearful when he serves in the court, and he acts a lot to offend the people in the court, but I am afraid that staying in the court will only ruin the king's arrangement." ”

"Oh?" Ji Gongyan let out a questioning exclamation, and was silent for a while, before he said, "Since Zhao Shangqing has made up his mind, the widow will not stay longer, but I don't know what you plan to do in the future?" ”

"...... in the future" Uncle Zhao shook his head, "Weichen plans to retire to the countryside and no longer participate in court politics, so there is no need to plan!" ”

"In that case, then it's up to you!" Ji Gong nodded.

"King Xie!" Uncle Zhao took the head to Ji Gongyan three times, got up and made another gesture, Ji Gongyan waved his hand meaning to ask Uncle Zhao to leave, he respectfully retreated from this room, a big stone in his heart finally let go, and now when he returns home, he has almost packed up the salute, as long as he returns to the Jin Kingdom immediately, there will be no more danger of his life!

Yu Shifu stood outside the door, waiting for the people inside to come out and call him in, but he didn't see King Zhou summoning him for a long time. Ji Gongyan turned to Nian'er on the side and asked, "Zhao Gong resigned from his official position, what do you think!" ”

"The child doesn't understand!" Nian'er shook her head, "Although Zhao Shangqing has no great merit in the court, he has no great fault, no merit, but hard work, now Zhao Shangqing's resignation must be afraid of the unscrupulous expansion of Yu Shi's father's power in the court, only afraid of falling into his poisonous hands, so he is afraid to resign, if his father is willing to stay, he will definitely trust Zhao Shangqing, but his father refuses to even say a word to retain, which means that you already feel that Zhao Shangqing is not suitable in your heart!" ”

Ji Gongyan's heart sank, he didn't expect the young Nian'er to be able to say such thorough words, he didn't deny to Nian'er that he had reservations about Uncle Zhao, but stood up with his hands behind his back, pacing back and forth in the room, and only after a long time did he hear him sigh, "It's like being an emperor, you can't even keep a friend by your side!" When the widow went out to fight, Uncle Zhao acted on behalf of the widow in the court, he was aggressive everywhere, the party was the same as the other, and even forced your mother to the point of no retreat everywhere, and his wrist was arbitrary, he was not a suitable candidate for the secretary, and power would become a weapon of murder in his hands. ”

"Who does my father think is the right person to be the secretary?" Nian'er asked.

Ji Gongyan looked at Nian'er and shook his head, "You have to think about this matter yourself, analyze it, and observe it......" He said that he didn't say anything anymore, but just asked Nian'er to go out and call Father Yu Shi in. Nian'er has some doubts in her heart, Uncle Zhao is calm and not radical, although many things are conservative and don't know how to be flexible, even if there is no great merit, there will be no big mistakes, this is the most suitable quality of a Shangqing, but his father said that he is not suitable, Nian'er does not know that Uncle Zhao brought the past and does not know his selfishness, but Uncle Zhao brought his mother to a corner, he knows that his mother will never say it, and outsiders cannot know, there is only one explanation for this matter Ji Gongyan can be so clear, It was Xiuxiu who participated in Uncle Zhao and brought a copy.

First Wen Shuo, and then Uncle Zhao led the ...... Nian'er was stunned in her heart, only to find out that they wanted to get rid of all the people who were partial to their mother's faction, and then replace them with their own people, so as to lay a sufficient foundation for the eradication of Bao Xi in the future! Thinking of this, Nian'er took a deep breath, he wanted to remind his father, but he felt that he shouldn't say this, if he said it, it would only cause his father's disgust. Nian'er didn't want Bao Xi to be sad, so she pressed these words to her chest and didn't say anything, but just went out to call Yu Shi's father in according to Ji Gongyan's instructions, and stood on the side of the room and listened quietly to the conversation between the two.

Father Yu Shi stepped forward to pay respects, and sure enough, he mentioned the interrogation of Chinese Shuo in prison, "King Qiyu, Wen Shuo refused to say anything in prison, and he refused to speak all the time, and I am afraid that I will call all the officials of the DPRK and China who have dealings with Wen Shuo to inquire one by one!" ”

"Oh?" Ji Gongyan looked at Father Yushi, "If you don't realize it, you should also drag the widow to interrogate?" He slapped the table and asked angrily, this made Father Yu Shi stunned, knowing that he was too radical and aroused Ji Gongyan's vigilance, he subconsciously took a step back before he said deeply, "It's not appropriate to think about it, and ask the king to give me guidance on how to investigate this case now!" ”

"Since Wen Shuo has the intention of collaborating with the enemy and treason, he will definitely not let too many people know about it, if the officials who deal with him know but refuse to say it, you are helpless; If you don't know, you let him go, how will he behave in the court in the future? Ji Gongyan reprimanded, and after saying this, he thought for a moment as if he was also stumped by this case, and finally shook his head, turned to Nian'er and asked, "Do you have a good idea of how to interrogate Wen Shuo?" ”

Nian'er and his entourage felt that Wenshuo had been wronged, and looked at his father with some surprise, this surprise was no less than the exclamation of Yu Shi's father, I don't know why this tricky question was thrown to the young prince, Nian'er didn't dare not answer Ji Gongyan's question, and didn't know how to answer for a while, and blurted out, "It should be released!" ”

"Let it go?" Ji Gongyan asked, his face was slightly dark, as if he was already a little displeased.

"Hmm...... Let it go," Nian'er said as she quickly thought about every word she had said to herself the day before, she said that there is no right or wrong in any matter, as long as you can describe this matter reasonably, as long as he can give Wen Shuo a reasonable reason, maybe Wen Shuo should really be released, he thought so and nodded, and repeated his words, "Letting it out should be the best way at the moment, Yu Shangqing can't interrogate him in prison anyway, Wen Shuo is also a military general, he will not be afraid of the torture in prison, he is afraid that he will be imprisoned just with the determination to die, you forcibly interrogate him like this, not only will it have no effect, but I am afraid that he will be forced to be anxious, he is desperate to die in prison, and as soon as he dies, the matter will be cut off and the clues will not be investigated! ”