Horses are not allowed in the palace, and if you want to catch up with the prince, Zhao Bohu can only rely on his own two legs. He ran for a while, his eyes swept past countless red palace walls, only to feel that his throat was sweet, his ears were ringing, his heart was pounding, and the surrounding scenery gradually became blurred.

Just as his steps were getting heavier and heavier, he suddenly saw a team of attendants not far away carrying their chariots and walking slowly, still holding the umbrella cover with a banner. Zhao Bohu didn't have time to think about anything, and shouted: "Is it His Royal Highness the Prince?" Wait a minute. ”

"Down!" This familiar children's voice is really Ji Hu.

Zhao Bohu panted and ran to Ji Hu and gave a deep salute: "His Royal Highness the Prince, please take a step to speak." When he looked up, he was taken aback, only to see Ji Hu's red eyes, a look of indignation, and his small fists clenched tightly. It was clearly a look of rushing to the main hall to argue. lowered his voice and stepped forward to pull his sleeve: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, don't be impulsive. ”

Ji Hu bit his lip and instructed the attendants: "I will go to the main hall with the young master, and you will serve from afar." ”

"No!" The chamberlains waited for them to walk a few feet away before slowly following, so as to ensure that the prince was in sight, and that they would never be able to hear their conversation.

"Since the young master is here, let me tell me the truth, is the so-called 'Fengshui Sinking Baby' true back then? Father, did he really hand me over to the first king to be executed for the sake of the succession to the throne? Ji Hu looked directly into Zhao Bohu's eyes and asked.

"Prince, the matter has come to this, and the minister will not hide it from you. On the night of your birth, the rivers swelled and hail fell from the sky. King Xianxiao intended to use this matter to deprive the king of his inheritance, and he did ask for this, but the king couldn't bear it, and privately asked my father to try to rescue His Highness. Therefore, there is a matter of sinking babies, and His Royal Highness should not blame the king for this matter, so that the father and son have a gap. This is the most perfect statement that Zhao Bohu can think of. He recounted that he attributed his father and son's design of the Yufu method to rescue Ji Hu to Ji Xie's request, which was the only way to untie the prince's heart.

It's a pity that Ji Hu didn't believe it: "Young master doesn't need to comfort me, maybe you were really entrusted to save my life, but that person will not be my father, but my mother." Right? ”

Zhao Bohu was speechless, although Ji Hu was less than eight years old, this son was smart, easy to understand, and stubborn, and it was not easy to convince him. The roof of the main hall was already in front of him, Ji Hu hurried forward, and Zhao Bohu had to follow him and ask, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has entered the palace, what do you want?" ”

"Then you need to ask? Naturally, he questioned his father, which one did he value between royal power and father-son love? ”

"His Royal Highness the Prince, if you want to ask like this, the minister can answer for the king, naturally the royal power is more important."

Ji Hu was very surprised by his words, stopped, turned his face and looked at him suspiciously: "Young Master, what did you say?" Do you also think that your father did the right thing back then? ”

Zhao Bohu bowed down and replied resolutely: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, you and the king are not ordinary fathers and sons, the so-called 'monarchs and ministers father and son' are always the first monarch and then the father and son. The king is the king, you are the minister, and then you can talk about father and son. There is only one king in Hehe Zongzhou, but the king can have many sons, so naturally royal power is more important. ”

"For the sake of royal power, can you exchange the lives of parents and children?" Ji Hu's voice began to tremble.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, you need to know that there is no father and son in the heavenly family. You are the crown prince, you are the prince of the world, under one person, above ten thousand, but your establishment and abolition are also a matter between the king's palms, this is the royal power. You rashly went to the palace today to confront the king, thinking that this is just a son coquettish to his father, but you are very wrong. ”

Ji Hu seemed to move, standing still, looking at the eaves of the main hall and thinking. After a while, he muttered hatefully: "But my heart is like a block------ stone"

"His Royal Highness the Prince," Zhao Bohu struck while the iron was hot: "Think about the queen's mother, she has no less grievances in her heart than you, but for Your Highness, you can live in the position of the crown prince, how can you confide in Your Highness for so many years?" Your Highness doesn't think about yourself, you should also think about your mother! Don't be impulsive! ”

"Queen Mother------" Ji Hu muttered to himself, the anger and pride rippling in his chest suddenly faded a lot, although he was young, but since he was a child, he was in the whirlpool of power struggle, and he also knew the truth that he could not do meaningless battles of will. He raised his head, took a deep breath of clear air, and said lightly: "Young Master's good words, I have listened to them." Let's enter the temple together! ”

"His Royal Highness the Prince, Master Young Fu has triumphed in the southern expedition and entered the palace to meet you——"

The inner servant summoned, the eight hollow carved wooden doors of the main hall were opened in turn, and the prince Ji Hu slowly entered the hall under the guidance of the inner attendant, followed by his young master, the backbone of the southern expedition - Zhao Bohu.

Zhou Yi Wang Ji Xie couldn't bear it anymore and left the table, after all, he hadn't seen his son for more than half a year, and he said that he didn't want to be fake. I saw that Ji Hu was a little taller than he had been away for a long time, and he was stronger, and there was more determination between his eyebrows, but his eyes were a little red, and he didn't know if he had cried. He had a stomach to ask, but Xu hadn't seen his son for too long, and he didn't know where to start for a while, and when he opened his mouth, it turned out to be: "The prince cried?" ”

A trace of panic flashed in Ji Hu's eyes, and he summoned Bohu to answer calmly for him: "Your lord, the prince is timid in his hometown, and he misses the king and the queen very much, and he is afraid that the king will punish him, so he is very worried about this way. ”

Ji Xie's image as a strict father still has to be maintained, and he "snorted": "I am afraid of being punished by loneliness, how dare I make my own decisions and leave the East Palace without permission?" ”

Ji Hu was clever and immediately knelt down and kowtowed: "The child is young and reckless, which makes the father and queen mother worry, and the sin is unforgivable." Father, please punish him. ”

"Forget it," King Zhou Yi waved his sleeves: "Fortunately, my son has returned with triumph, since the time of King Mu, my Great Zhou army has not had such a big victory against the Chu State." You and the young master have made great contributions, and the young master is on the king's order to go on the expedition, as for you! There will be no reward or punishment. ”

"Father," Ji Hu took a sachet from his waist, "This is the copper grass flower I picked from the Copper Green Mountain, and I will bring you and the queen mother a bag each." My father is idle to play and reward, just like my Great Zhou Guomai is in the palm of my father's hand. ”

The chamberlain Jia took the sachet and handed it to King Yi. Although this copper grass flower has withered, but its complexion is still there, Ji Xie is very happy: "Sure enough, it is very different from the flowers and plants here, my son has a heart." The copper green mountain is where the national vein of my Great Zhou is located, and the copper grass flowers are so prosperous, then the copper used by my Great Zhou will be endless in the future. This thing is very good to my heart! ”

Seeing that King Zhou Yi's eyes towards his son became more gentle and loving, Zhao Bohu also sighed in his heart: This kid, turn very fast!

Since Ji Xie has become a loving father, he can naturally see that the prince has a tired face and a dusty appearance all the way, and he also begins to feel distressed: "Prince, you are also tired, hurry up and go to the middle palace to meet your mother!" Lone and your young master still have state affairs to discuss. ”

"Hu'er——, you're back!" In the main hall of the Middle Palace, Fanji's face was full of tears, and he took his son into his arms, and looked up and down carefully: "Come, let the queen mother take a look!" ”

Ji Hu has been out of the palace for more than half a year, he has grown taller, and he is stronger, except for his tired look, there is nothing wrong with it. Fan Ji was relieved at this time, and nodded: "I have grown taller, my son is sleeping outside, but he has suffered hardship." When I heard that you were assassinated, the queen mother was so worried that she couldn't eat and couldn't sleep soundly------"

She suddenly stopped talking, only to see Ji Hu's expression was dull, his eyes were red and swollen, and she understood a little in her heart. He turned to the deer and said, "I have something to say to the prince, so you can take someone down." ”

"No!"

There were only two mother and son left in the empty and wide hall, Ji Hu knelt down with a "plop" and kowtowed to Fanji: "A-Niang, you have been wronged all these years." ”

It seems that this kid knows everything. A hot current surged in Fanji's heart, and he hugged his son: "I didn't expect you to know so quickly." It's okay, and it's also free of charge. Hu'er, as long as you are good, it is worth it to suffer any grievances for your mother! ”

"A-Niang------" Ji Hu was already choked up: "You have been lukewarm with your father over the years, but the child didn't expect that there is such a secret in this." Auntie, you should have told me a long time ago, you don't have to be alone in your heart. ”

Fanji seemed to remember something: "You won't argue with your father, will you?" He is the king, you are the prince, you father and son can't tear their faces! ”

"Don't worry, the young master has already persuaded me, and Shicai ------ didn't mention this matter in the main hall." Ji Hu also gradually calmed down.

"That's good." Fanji sat back on the table silently, sighed and said, "The wife, Qi Ye, is the one who is equal to the husband. But as the king's wife, the queen mother must understand the truth that 'the king has no wife'. ”

"The king has no wife? Aren't you a queen, mother? Ji Hu didn't understand.

Fan Ji smiled bitterly: "The queen is just a title, the role is to manage the harem for the king, give birth to a son-in-law, and be more noble than other women in the harem." Hu'er, do you know why the kings of the past generations call themselves loners? ”

Ji Hu shook his head blankly, he really didn't know this.

"That's not humbly claiming to be virtuous, but because the king has no father, no mother, no wife and no children, one person is the king, and the world is the minister. The queen mother is in charge of the phoenix seal, but she is just a minister of his harem; Son, you are the crown prince, but under one person, above ten thousand, just a few words from him can be abolished. Ruthless is the most emperor's family, for the sake of royal power, fathers, sons, husbands, wives, brothers, uncles and nephews, are there fewer people who kill each other? Hu'er, you must not rely on the love of father and son to make sex arbitrary! ”

Ji Hu listened, and suddenly his hands were covered with cold sweat, and a chill suddenly appeared in his heart.

Fan Ji was also distressed when he saw his son like this, and comforted: "Fortunately, you still have a queen mother, and the previous dynasty also had a son to complement him, and he is your life-saving benefactor." In the future, we must consult with him more often, and do not act arbitrarily. ”

"The child understands that the young master is like a father and a brother to me, and in the future, the child will know what to do."

"Then the queen mother will be relieved."

It seems that the reckless and ignorant child went on a long trip, and he was indeed much more mature, and he was very pleased.