Four tall cyan horses pulled a brocade carriage and slowly galloped out of the palace and slowly headed towards the Zhaoguo Mansion. Where the passers-by were, they all gave in, and most people in the pickaxe capital knew that it was the prince's special carriage.

In the carriage, the crown prince Ji Hu was tired and was closing his eyes to recuperate. Wei Gongzi beside him was very interested, and from time to time he opened the curtain on the side and looked out curiously, saying something excitedly. But Ji Hu was not interested, and often Wei He said a lot, but he only snorted lightly. came and went, which made Wei He very disappointed, and said: "You are really boring, you are obviously going to see your brother, but you have such an ugly face, be careful that the imperial father sees you spitting up milk!" ”

That is, Wei He, how dare others talk to the prince like this? Ji Hu was not angry, and opened his eyes when he heard the words, and said in a daze: "Wei He, do you think I'm too ruthless?" My brother is full moon, so I want to go to see him? ”

Wei He sighed lightly, held his shoulder and said, "I know, you are afraid of seeing him and thinking of the death of the queen." It's sad to touch the scene, everyone knows it, it's okay. ”

"It's more than that." Ji Hu muttered, his voice so low that only he could hear it.

In the inner courtyard of the Summoning Mansion, the double full moon emperor father and the eldest brother of the crown prince met for the first time, babbling sounded from his mouth, his little pink hands shook in clusters, and his big eyes looked straight at his brother. Ji Hu's apprehension turned into a heart full of love and pity, stretched out his hand to hug him, and gave a deep salute to Zhaoji: "Cousin is tired. ”

Zhao Ji waved his hand again and again: "The fourth prince is smart and clever, very easy to bring, and he can't be tired of concubines." Besides, it was the queen's mother's entrustment, and my husband and wife should do their best, and the prince must not see outside! ”

After greeting the guests and hosts, the prince naturally sat at the top, Zhao Bohu was at the second seat, and Wei He was seated at the end. After summoning himself and finishing the tea and snacks, he went down with the imperial father. Ji Hu's gaze fell on the little swaddling cloth until he was out of sight, and then he withdrew his gaze.

Zhao Bohu saw that Wei He had been bored when he couldn't speak, so he took the initiative to ask him a few words: "I heard that the king wants to summon the wizard of Weiguo into the palace, but is there such a thing?" ”

"Yes." Wei He sat up and replied: "My country borders Rong Di, and the witch wind is very strong. The day before yesterday, the king sent my father Hou Xuan to send a skilled wizard in the country to Hojing, thinking that the queen would summon the spirit. ”

"The king wants to summon the queen's spirit?" Zhao Bohu was taken aback, he knew that King Zhou Yi had been acting absurdly recently, but he didn't expect it to be so absurd.

"Humph!" There was a wisp of sarcastic sneer on the corner of Ji Hu's mouth: "If my father really cares about my mother, he should treat her well before he is alive, and when he dies, what is the use of regretting and grieving in all his ways?" He put the jade in his hand on the case, and said hatefully: "If Ji Jiang hadn't entered the palace back then, there would not have been many storms behind." ”

The tone was cold, and there was a hint of anger between his eyebrows, Zhao Bohu looked at the eleven or twelve-year-old boy in front of him, and suddenly felt a little strange. The queen died, and both the king and the crown prince of Zhou Yi changed, one became violent, the other became hateful, and he could not do anything about it. He glanced at Wei He, who understood and knew that their master and apprentice had something to say, so he excused himself to change his clothes and leave the table.

"Prince, do you have any grudge against the king?" Zhao Bohu asked softly.

Ji Hu has become a lot of silence these days, and the people around him only comfort him, but no one really touches the hidden pain in his heart. I saw my brother today, the past is vivid, and in the face of the kind teacher, I couldn't help it for a while, and I vomited the blocks in my heart.

"Young master, you said that as a king, why do you want to accept so many women?" Ji Hu muttered: "Since my father loves my mother deeply, I should treat her wholeheartedly and not give other women a chance. Hum! Those sluts, do you really think that after killing my mother, they will be able to ascend to the throne? Isn't it that everyone can't die well? ”

It's the first time Zhao Bohu has seen Ji Hu show such deep resentment and hatred, how to solve this knot? He thought for a moment and came up with an idea: "Prince, as the king, there are forces that need to be balanced, so as to keep the country stable. The princes of the world who are not surnamed Ji also need the king of Zhou to have his own women to serve them, so that they can feel at ease. This is a political need, and your mother also understands that as the queen, the mother of a country, what she needs to bear is sometimes no less than that of King Zhou. ”

Seeing that Ji Hu was silent, his expression moved, and Zhao Bohu continued: "Prince, when you ascend the throne, you will naturally understand your father's difficulties. There is another sentence, the son does not say the fault of his parents, let alone the monarch's father? Don't wait until you lose it, it's too late to regret it. As the Son of Man, you must still honor your father! ”

Ji Hu lowered his head and turned the white jade on the case: "So, do you also advocate that your father let Zhou Guogong go?" ”

"Yes, this matter is indeed a persuasion of the minister." Zhao Bohu did not hesitate at all: "I know that the prince is unwilling, but the Zhou family has been a great Zhou Qingshi for more than ten generations, and its power is deep-rooted, and once it is shaken, the world will be unstable." If you can take this opportunity to get rid of Wang Zihui, solve the hidden worries of the king and the prince, and make the gap between Qi and Zhou Gong, it is the best way. ”

Silent, Ji Hu seemed to think about it repeatedly for a while, and finally compromised. He sighed, no longer dwelling on this topic, turned his head to look at the hibiscus branches outside the window, and said slowly: "It's been two months since the imperial father was born, and now my eldest brother has come to see him, I don't know if he will complain about me for ignoring brotherhood when he grows up?" ”

"No, it won't. The crown prince and the fourth prince are real brothers-in-law, and they are connected by flesh and blood, how can they complain about you? Zhao Bohu persuaded in a low voice: "The minister knows that the prince has not come to see him, because he is afraid that he will recall the scene of the queen's death that day and touch the scene. In fact, the same is true of the king. ”

"The young master only knows one thing, but he doesn't know the other." Ji Hu picked it up and brought it to his lips, so as to cover his face: "Actually, I hate him a little. If it weren't for the fact that we wanted to give birth to him, how could the Queen Mother leave us? I ------ alas—" he sighed slowly, "I know very well in my heart that the Imperial Father is only a small baby, he is the most innocent, and he is the only brother that the Queen Mother has left me in this world. I am the eldest brother, and I must love and cherish him. But ------ I can't let go of the thought of my mother leaving me so early. ”

He reached out and stroked the red jade lock around his neck, and his voice choked: "I saw him just now, he looks very much like the queen mother." Our two brothers, one like a father and the other like a mother, but I don't know what his temperament is when he grows up? ”

Zhao Bohu didn't speak, he knew how to be a qualified listener, just listened quietly. Ji Hu has been in the dark for a long time, not at all like the old Guoyi, and at the end he felt funny, and said: "The young master laughs at me, right?" ”

"Where, where?" Zhao Bohu smiled dumbly: "The minister thinks that the prince is his true temperament, and he is not a grass and tree, how can he be ruthless?" The crown prince often came to visit the fourth prince in the future. ”