Chapter 45: Undercurrent
"What do you think of the events of this morning?" asked the old man.
Zhou Tai thought for a while and said, "Sun Er has also thought about this issue, thinking that His Majesty will not consider other princes, and the candidates Your Majesty cares about will only be Prince Jun and Prince Xing, as for His Majesty not expressing his position today, I don't know what is going on."
Old Lu Guogong turned his head and asked Zhou Xu, "What do you think?"
Zhou Xu said, "My opinion is not much to do with Tai'er."
Old Lu Guogong shook his head and said, "Xu'er, you can't see the depth of the problem so much, you are very worried about your father, if your father is no longer there that day, what will you do, are there few Gaomen clans who have fallen because of standing in the wrong line?"
Zhou Xu's face turned red, and his father's reprimand could only be accepted, and he opened his mouth and said, "The child is ashamed."
Lao Guogong then said, "According to the merits of our Zhou family, there is no problem in enjoying this glory and wealth, which is the exchange of dozens of lives of our family, but more importantly, our family can stand in the right position in the past dynasties has a lot to do with it."
The old man taught Zhou Xu that there was no problem, the key was that Zhou Xu's son Zhou Tai was also beside him, so he relieved his father and said, "Grandpa, is there any deep meaning in this incident?"
The old prince organized the language and said, "I was not sure that the successor was the one of these two princes, but now I can say for sure that Prince Wu, except for the prince Jun, who can fight, the other princes are out" The old prince said this categorically, very sure, Zhou Xu and Zhou Tai were surprised.
The old prince looked at the two people with shocked faces and then said, "Prince Jun has been stationed in Yunzhou all the year round, he has worked hard but he has already formed, it is difficult to make any breakthroughs, there is more than enough to keep the success, and the progress is insufficient, Prince Wu, his thinking is unrestrained, he is bold, he is tenacious, and he basically does not do anything that he is not sure of, and it is even more rare that the overall situation is above Prince Jun" The old prince paused here when he said.
"When the crown prince is here, the emperor will agree to Prince Wu's surprise attack strategy, if something happens to the prince at that time, the emperor will not agree to Prince Wu to lead the team. So it's a very good thing for Xiao Tai to be good friends with Prince Wu, and the emperor is also happy to see such a result, I am also sure of one thing, that is, Su Hu, Wang Han will go out to work, as for where to serve, it is estimated that it depends on Prince Wu's meaning, Xiao Tai, it is difficult for you to go out of Beijing" The old prince said directly.
After the old man's words were finished, both father and son were a little surprised, and they were surprised that the successor emperor was still selected, and it was not Jun Wangye, it is said that Jun Wangye has a greater chance of winning.
The old prince then said, "Look, today's foreign man proposed the four princes, and in the past few days, there will be people who have proposed more than five or six seven, eight or ninety princes one after another, and the emperor is fishing, so that these people will clean up in one fell swoop and pave the way for Prince Wu."
The last words of the old prince were the surprise of the two, those who stood on the wrong side can be imagined, at this time, the old prince said again, "It is said that the merit of the three of you is dispensable, ask what emperor will be crowned, that is, to leave you to Prince Wu for use, only in this way can you be arranged to a key position."
Zhou Xu, Zhou Tai and his son fully recognized the analysis of the old Guogong, the analysis of the old Guogong blew away the fog in one fell swoop, and saw the road ahead clearly, Zhou Tai was very worried that he could not go out of Beijing to make contributions.
Guo Xing got up late the next day, woke up with a headache, the maids brought over the sobering soup Guo Xing drank, looked at the hour, that is, about ten o'clock, and told the maids to say, "Go and let Zhou Quan come over" The maids went to call, and Zhou Quan came after a while.
Guo Xing said, "You go and prepare some gifts, take another 10,000 taels of silver, and follow me to the Prince's Mansion to look down," Zhou Quan responded, "Yes, go and prepare, Guo Xing began to wash and change clothes here."
The crown princess is the daughter of Chen Guogong called Huo Yan, who has a son and a daughter for the prince, and the prince and the side concubine are the daughters of the former Qingzhou governor and have a son for the prince.
The crown princess knew Guo Xing, so she arranged to meet in the living room, and when she saw the princess coming, Guo Xing saluted to "meet the sister-in-law"
The crown princess said, "It's rare that uncle still remembers us" and cried after speaking, since the death of the prince, there have been fewer and fewer people who come to visit, and it is rare for Guo Xing to come to visit them as soon as he returns to Beijing.
Guo Xing said directly, "Sister-in-law, although the eldest brother is no longer there, but our younger brothers are still there, if there is anything to do, we will let us know, the eldest brother treats us well, as long as we can do it, we will not shirk."
Guo Xing's words made the crown princess more moved, and the people who came to visit them were perfunctory, and they would not say such things at all, and the princess said, "Thank you, uncle"
Guo Xing continued, "Little brother, this has some silver, and I hope my sister-in-law will accept it" The crown princess was stunned and said Do you look down on us, although the prince is no longer there, but we are not short of this silver.
At this time, Guo Xing spoke again, "Sister-in-law, you will manage this family in the future, and the expenses of the three children are no longer few, this is just a little bit of my brother's mind, I hope my sister-in-law will not shirk" The princess knew that she could not live in the prince's mansion all the time, and now no one said anything, so in the future, there will be no less expenses for the three children, seeing the sincerity of what Guo Xing said, he accepted it, Guo Xing followed the princess for a while, and then said goodbye.
Out of the prince's mansion, Guo Xing saw that it was noon soon, so he went into the palace to visit his mother Concubine De Niangniang, he came back and had not seen his mother, he drank too much yesterday, and he couldn't say it if he didn't go today.
Lunch at Concubine De's house, after eating, she told her mother about the fact that she had seen the princess today, Concubine De was very sympathetic to the princess, thinking that Guo Xing had done a good job, and asked Guo Xing to visit the queen, Guo Xing took his leave, and when the queen was there, the second brother Guo Jun had just left, and Guo Jun accompanied the queen all morning.
For Guo Xing's arrival, the queen was very happy, and the two sides said some homely things, and there was the same as Concubine De Niangniang to persuade Guo Xing not to take risks in the future, otherwise what would Concubine De do, after knowing that Guo Xing went to see the prince's family in the morning, the queen cried, Guo Xing was comforting next to her, so that the queen could be comforted.
Finally, looking at the sky, Guo Xing proposed to leave, the queen knew the rules, and said that Guo Xing often came to see himself in the future, Guo Xing went to the post station after Guo Xing left the palace, and more than 400 people were still in the post station, Guo Xing came after everyone was enthusiastic, Guo Xing said, "Brothers, the reward of the imperial court is about to come down, and those who are not willing to serve in the army want to return to their hometowns tell me, I will do it for you, and those who are willing to continue to serve in the army will come according to the reward of the imperial court."
As a result, there were 200 people who were willing to return to their hometowns, and dozens of people were homeless and wanted to follow Guo Xing, Guo Xing wrote down his name and said, "I'll do it, you who return to your hometown should remember, don't be afraid of things when you return to your hometown, as long as you take advantage of the reason and be bullied, come to Beijing to find me, and I will call the shots for you."
A group of people are very grateful, not only did he not blame himself for returning to his hometown, Prince Wu also knelt down to thank Guo Xing, and Guo Xing, who was still willing to join the army, also said, "Give me a membrane everywhere, or that sentence, I am bullied, as long as Zhan Li comes to Beijing to find me, I will call the shots for you."
Everyone responded boldly "yes", and then Guo Xing said, "I may not be able to come to see you off at that time, and I will start to retreat and cultivate the day after tomorrow, but you have remembered for me that Prince Wu's Mansion is everyone's backing, and if you have difficulties, come directly to me."
Guo Xing made a bowl of wine with everyone, and then talked to Su Hu and Wang Han, asking where the two wanted to go, and they could find the emperor to say, Su Hu and Wang Han were greatly moved when they saw what Guo Xing said to everyone, and said in unison, "We listen to the arrangement of the prince."
Su Hu then said, "Zhou Tai also means this, when you say that you are no longer the prince, you will tell the prince", Guo Xing nodded.
"You can live here with peace of mind, and in the past few days, I will send all the brothers on my behalf, and I will go and tell Your Majesty about your last position" With Guo Xing's promise, the two of them will be at ease.
Guo Xing's activities today, many people are looking at it, including what he said, has fallen into the hands of people with a heart, and he is very satisfied with Guo Xing's performance, he is a lord who treats his subordinates very affectionately, and no one wants his lord to be a mean and unkind person.
Guo Xing returned to the palace in the evening, Guan Fuzi is still waiting for Guo Xing, recently Guan Fuzi is also paying attention to the various changes in the Jingshi, after his own careful scrutiny, it can be regarded as a general context, afraid that Guo Xing will go the wrong way, so he waited for Guo Xing in the mansion, and Guan Fuzi came after Guo Xing returned to the palace.
After giving Guo Xing a salute, he said, "Lord Wang, the student dares to ask Lord Wang's ambition" Guo Xing was stunned when he heard it, what happened to Master Guan today, how did he ask about this.
Looking at Master Guan's appearance and not wanting to be a joke, he said, "Master, my greatest wish in this life is to [shatter the void], I don't know if you are satisfied, Master."
Guan Fuzi was stunned, and said in his heart that this is not scientific, don't put the throne alone, you want to go to [Broken Void], I can't figure it out, is the Broken Void more important than the position of the first person in the world, in Guo Xing's heart, the Broken Void is really more important than that position, which Guan Fuzi doesn't understand.
After thinking about it for a long time, he gritted his teeth and let the people go down, Guan Fuzi said, "Prince, now that the position of the crown prince is vacant, does the prince have no idea" Hearing this, Guo Xing knew what Guan Fuzi meant.