In the Yongle Palace.

Gu Xuan settled Lao Huo first, and he had just come back.

"Xuan'er. ”

Concubine Li began to wait quietly at the gate of the courtyard very early, and when she saw Gu Xuan coming from afar, she hurriedly greeted her.

The weather had turned cold, but her old coat hadn't been changed for years.

Looking at the strands of white hair coming out of his mother's sideburns, Gu Xuan, who had been insulted by the third child in every way in Longxuan Pavilion, couldn't help but have a sour nose, and his voice was a little low: "Mother, it's so late, why haven't you slept yet?"

Concubine Li took Gu Xuan's hand and said with a hint of reproach: "You went out in the afternoon and never returned, how can your mother sleep?"

As she spoke, her eyes turned a little red.

Gu Xuan couldn't stand this, so he hurriedly stepped forward and helped his mother and walked back together.

From his mother's entry into the palace to now, his father has become less and less frequent over the years, and his mother has aged faster and faster, and he laughs less, at most, he is staying in the room, staring at the mirror in a daze, and his most resentment is nothing more than this, what royal status, what glory and wealth, it is better that his mother and that person have not met back then, and an ordinary life may be the happiest.

Concubine Li casually asked, "What did you do?"

Gu Xuan hurriedly replied: "I went out to play with friends for a day, and I was so happy, so I forgot the time, mother is not strange." ”

As soon as the words came out, Gu Xuan knew that he had said the wrong thing, but it was too late to change his words.

Sure enough, there was both relief and some unconcealable loss in the mother's eyes.

Happy is happy that her somewhat withdrawn and introverted son finally has friends who can have fun with him for a day, and the loss is that Gu Xuan has never left the palace for so long, and after eighteen years, he is no longer young, and the child has finally grown up.

"Very good, very good. Concubine Li nodded lightly, the mother is always worried that her child will learn badly, and immediately asked, "Where is your friend?"

Gu Xuan smiled and said: "I'm afraid of my mother's jokes when I say it, it's just an ordinary person in the market." ”

Concubine Li glanced at Gu Xuan very reproachfully, and said: "Xuan'er, you can't say that, friends are friends, there is no distinction between high and low, you have good friends, it's too late for your mother to be happy, even if you are a person in the market, you must treat others with sincerity, you must not fiddle with your identity with others, bully others, then again, Xuan'er, you are still young, you can be with friends, you have to keep an eye on it, the so-called heart of harming people must not have, and the heart of preventing people must not be dispensable。。。。。。 ”

Hearing the chatter of his mother next to him, Gu Xuan did not have the slightest disgust, but lowered his head obediently, put his ear closer, and listened carefully, without any impatience.

This is a blessing, and people like him who feel that they are not born with many blessings should naturally cherish it even more.

After chatting with his mother for a while, he waited until Concubine Li was already sleepy, and then Gu Xuan confessed and asked for peace and left quickly.

After putting away his clothes and shoes and lying in his room, Gu Xuan had time to start thinking about everything that happened today.

He finally understood some of Ye Zhihuai's words now, sometimes, some things are really not under your control, when the initiative is in the hands of others, you can't pray to the heavens that the opponent is a true gentleman, on the contrary, you have to prepare that the other party is a real villain.

The third child's dislike for himself is not only because of his mother, maybe those of us with royal blood have had a dislike for each other since birth, a sumptuous meal is placed in front of him, even if he is just sitting next to him, the jackal who wants to monopolize it will think that he is here to grab food.

He also knew some other reasons why the other person hated him.

In the palace, the only brother who can be called close to the crown prince Gu Cang is himself, and the rest of the princes Gu Cang is neither too lazy to give a good face, nor is there any need for that, and he is close to this second brother, so he naturally knows that the second brother's contribution to the empire over the years is definitely something that several other brothers can't catch up.

The battle for the throne is like a game, but the second brother ran too early, ran too fast, and has left everyone else far behind, this kind of person will not only make other competitors resentful, but also make them feel a deep sense of powerlessness in their hearts, and that dull discomfort can not be vented to the source, naturally it can only affect him This kind of miscellaneous fish, but he will neither explain, let alone beg for mercy, disgusted with imperial power is one thing, but the second brother also remembers his kindness to him, and his innate self-esteem makes him not admit defeat。

Just like today, he can continue to back down for the safety of Lao Huo, but he will never ask the other party to let him go, let alone want to be in the same league with the other party.

But he really can't provoke the other party, the third Gu Li and the kid of the Xu family are already official people, and the families of the two are even more incredible, if the Yongle Palace still relied on the emperor's favor to live a few years ago, in the past few years, it has completely relied on the help of Queen Su and the help of the Ye family, and he can't help the other party, but even if the third gang can't kill themselves, just tossing can toss and break up this fragile Yongle Palace.

Women are jealous, Yongle Palace can be stable for more than ten years by keeping a low profile, not fighting or grabbing, enduring, quietly, suffering, not complaining, not aggrieved, but if you accidentally annoy several other imperial concubines, this Yongle Palace is only afraid that the situation will be difficult, he is not afraid of his own suffering, but he is afraid that his mother will suffer a loss openly and secretly, that is what he can't stand the most.

At this moment, the imperial city seemed to him to be a disgusting pool of stagnant water, but he was trapped in it, the range of movement left and right was extremely small, and there were clamps and traps everywhere, which was really uncomfortable.

"My father's birthday is just around the corner, so what should I do?"

Gu Xuan rubbed his cheeks helplessly, wanting to shake off the fatigue of the day.

After the state banquet is a family banquet, if Yongle Palace can't give a decent gift, I'm afraid that I will be ridiculed by those aunts again, and then I am afraid that my mother will be sad again, he knows that his mother is a weak person, and he is angry outside, and he will not vent to anyone, he can only torture himself, if the son can't even solve this little thing for his mother, how can he still be regarded as a filial son?

For no reason, he thought of the words of the fortune teller today.

Don't use the hidden dragon, the sun is also below.

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The crown prince Gu Cang had just come out of the heavily guarded palace at this time, and sat in the carriage with a hot jade stone in his arms, and the tiredness on his face could no longer be concealed.

His health was not good, and he worked hard all day long, and his natural mental state was extremely poor, and he could barely maintain it by relying on some tonics.

Outside the door of his mansion in Dongcheng, Gu Cang slowly walked down in the carriage with the support of two beautiful maids who had been accompanying him since he was a child.

He let out a childish sigh, looked at the misty white mist in front of him, and in front of him, an attendant who had just come out of the mansion silently handed over a document, and then lowered his head and obediently stepped aside.

The maid next to her couldn't help but speak, "Let's go into the house." ”

She really felt sorry for Gu Cang's body, and she was annoyed that the uninteresting attendant ran out to trouble him at this time, and glared at the other party at the moment, so frightened that the attendant's whole body trembled.

Gu Cang didn't pay attention to her suggestion, but opened the document directly at the door, only to see a picture painted on it, the painter's skills should be excellent, with a few strokes, he outlined an event extremely completely and expressively, if Gu Xuan could take a look at it from the side now, he would definitely feel very similar to what happened to him in Longxuan Pavilion today.

Gu Cang silently finished reading the ciphertext on the edge of the picture, and then threw the entire document to the maid next to him, who obediently caught it, and then rolled it up silently.

Gu Cang stepped over the doorrail and walked towards the inner room, commanding the people around him as he walked.

"In my name, I will remind that kid of the Xu family, don't think that I don't know how he wants to make trouble, I advise him to quickly dispel this idea, if he is not afraid, and wants to secretly go to the third child to discuss, he will directly seal up his young master Xu's property outside, especially Longxuan Pavilion, the third child is a smart person, and he must know that Longxuan Pavilion has someone I installed, so he just sealed it for him directly. ”

He said as if it was not the largest green building in the capital that he wanted to seal, but a small stall on the side of the road, as if it was not the grandson of the general of the Zhu State who wanted to be warned, but a small street vendor.