Because of the relationship between the county lord and the Marquis of Wuwei, the emperor knew that he couldn't hide this matter from Lu Ze at all, so he ordered Lu Ze and Meng Zhi to enter the Heart Cultivation Hall together.

Emperor Liang knew that this son-in-law selection conference would probably end in such a dramatic way.

At least, the Nihuang County Lord himself must have no plans to marry again now.

So for Marquis Lu, who beat Beiyan and Dayu at the imperial banquet today and has the most hope of winning the crown, the emperor needs to appease him, at least give an explanation.

Unexpectedly, the choice of a son-in-law by the lord of Nihuang County, who caused a sensation in all countries in the world, turned out to be a complete joke.

Emperor Liang's face was extremely ugly.

The crown prince and King Yu competed in the court, which was the balance that the emperor wanted to see.

But what happened in Zhaoren Palace today undoubtedly surpassed the line in Emperor Liang's heart.

Soon, Lu Ze and Commander Meng entered the inner hall.

The Nihuang County Lord had already gotten up at this time, Emperor Liang had given him a seat early, and the Nihuang County Lord, who was sitting, looked at Lu Ze's smiling face at her, and only felt that there was a trace of warmth in this cold and biting deep palace, and a certain emotion called peace of mind flooded into his heart.

Lu Ze bowed and saluted.

Emperor Liang nodded at him and said softly: "Today, you thought about waiting for Nihuang to leave the palace together, but you didn't expect to encounter such a thing. ”

There is no doubt that this matter belongs to the scandal of the emperor's family.

After Lu Ze listened, his face was extremely solemn: "The minister waited for the county lord to be outside the Zhaoren Palace, but he saw that Sima Lei Gongzi ran out of the Zhaoren Palace in a panic, because the county lord was still inside at that time, the minister captured him and handed it over to the commander of Mengda, but today..."

Emperor Liang looked at Concubine Yue and the crown prince who were still kneeling on the ground, and snorted coldly.

Of course, this scandal cannot be handed over to the division for trial.

In fact, on Sima Lei's side, it doesn't matter if he is tried or not.

Emperor Liang hurriedly issued an order and directly sentenced him to exile for the crime of "foreign ministers trespassing into the forbidden garden", and his father Sima Taiwei was also sentenced to demotion.

The Yue Guifei in the palace did not speak to the prince, and at this time, even the Yue Guifei herself was a mud bodhisattva crossing the river, not to mention the Sima family.

After dealing with the Sima family, Emperor Liang had some difficulties with the Yue Guifei in front of him.

The Yue family entered the palace when he was young, and his favor has not diminished over the years, and his position in the harem is only second only to the queen, and she is the biological mother of the prince.

The handling is too heavy, and I can't bear it.

If it is handled lightly, the county lord's side will definitely be cold.

What's more, there are still so many pairs of eyes looking at it, and the word fairness makes Emperor Liang have to think about it.

Just as he was hesitating, the crown prince knelt down in front of the emperor and cried: "I beg my father to be lenient for the sake of my mother's many years of service, and my son is willing to treat my mother and concubine to make amends to the county lord." ”

"Evil Barrier!" Emperor Liang lifted a kick and kicked the prince to the ground, and angrily reprimanded: "Your mother did such a foolish thing, why didn't you know to dissuade it at that time?" Where has your filial piety gone? What's the use of interceding now?! ”

The prince hissed and cried, then got up and hugged Emperor Liang's legs, tears streaming down his face.

Emperor Liang looked at the prince who was crying in front of his knees, and suddenly felt a trance in his heart, his chest seemed to be crushed by something, and the pain began to spread from his heart to his whole body.

If that person is willing to be like Jing Xuan is now, he will fall on his knees and cry and cry.

So how will he choose?

"Jing Yu..."

Time is like water, and it will never return.

Maybe with the passing of his years, when his body and mind have become extremely old, Emperor Liang, who was born by Huafa, will be shocked to realize that his disposal back then was so thunderous, destroying all the suspicions in his heart, but it also left a scar in his heart that is difficult to smooth and dare not touch.

Emperor Liang finally stretched out his hand and gently stroked the back of the prince's head.

Seeing this, Concubine Yue's strong body finally loosened, and the whole person fell directly to the side, barely supporting her body with her arms.

"The Yue clan has no virtue, his heart is despicable, and it is difficult to be tolerated by the palace rules."

"From now on, I will take away the title of the concubine, be demoted to a concubine, and the courtesy should be reduced and move to Qingyi Palace."

"Without my will, you must not do it without permission."

Emperor Liang saw Concubine Yue kneeling in front of the hall, and then looked at the Nihuang County Lord: "Does the County Lord have any objections?" ”

Nihuang Mianjun appealed, but for the sake of his own justice, in fact, he also knew in his heart that it was impossible to really abolish the prince because of this matter, and now he has banned the prince's biological mother, Yue, which is already the ultimate that His Majesty the Emperor can do now.

Nihuang didn't say much, only shook his head.

The emperor then glared at the prince fiercely: "And you!" Grounded in the East Palace for three months, study and learn etiquette well, study what is the real way of being a king, if you dare to mess with such a thing again, I will never spare it! ”

"The sons and daughters obey the emperor's will."

The prince's sobs became quieter, and he hurriedly thanked His Majesty for his kindness.

The county lord of Nihuang slowly got up from the chair at this time, saluted the emperor again, and said: "Your Majesty Xie presides over justice for Nihuang, but Nihuang is tired, and he really doesn't want to get involved in the right and wrong in Jinling City anymore, so I implore Your Majesty to lift this son-in-law selection conference." ”

Emperor Liang sighed heavily: "Nihuang, why do you have to do this? ”

Emperor Liang's gaze swept around the hall, and finally locked on Lu Ze's body, but this Wuwei Marquis looked silent now.

"That's it."

"This kind of thing happened, it's normal that you don't want to marry again, the people of Beiyan and Dayu have withdrawn from the literary examination, and the rest of the people... Lu Hou, what do you want to say? ”

Looking at the eyes handed by the emperor, Lu Ze quickly spoke: "Your Majesty pities the county lord for many years of battlefield conquest, if the minister has a fate with the county lord, I think that there will be no such associates. ”

Emperor Liang nodded, and then spoke a few words of reassurance.

"I'm tired today, so let's step down."

Emperor Liang closed his eyes tiredly, and leaned back weakly on the pillow.

Everyone retreated.

Concubine Yue and the prince's mother and son left in disgrace.

Today is an extremely sad day for them, stealing chickens is not a recipe for rice, the following right-hand vassals Sima family fell directly, and the Yue Guifei, who has been in the harem for many years, was deprived of her position as a concubine, living in a secluded palace, plus the prince is grounded... This will undoubtedly cause huge fluctuations in the court, and the prince's side can be regarded as completely at odds with the Mu Mansion in Yunnan.

The most important thing is that he has lost too many points on His Majesty's side.

The son-in-law selection conference personally supervised by His Majesty ended in this way.

"Thank you for today."

"If you really let that Sima Lei run away, even if you can finally convict the Yue clan, it won't be so easy."

Walking down the steps, the Nihuang County Lord sincerely thanked Lu Ze.

Looking at Nihuang's eyes, Lu Ze smiled dumbly: "Thank you or not, I don't care too much... It's just that I warned you beforehand, I want to use the caution of the county lord to not make such a big deal in the end, right? ”

At this time, the Nihuang County Lord faced Lu Ze's eyes, and he felt a little weak and ashamed for no reason.

"I..."

Lu Ze waved his hand: "Okay, there are some things that you still rot in your stomach." ”

The Nihuang County Lord blinked, looking a little playful that belonged to a woman: "You still seem to know something?" ”

.......

And at this time, the Heart Cultivation Hall lived up to the noise just now.

Emperor Liang's face was gloomy, of course, His Majesty the Emperor was not in a much better mood today, the stupidity and unscrupulous means shown by the crown prince and the Yue clan in this matter made Emperor Liang very dissatisfied, and Nihuang took this opportunity to withdraw from the family affairs of the son-in-law selection conference, which also made Emperor Liang think a little more.

Yunnan Mu Wangfu has self-respecting troops, and in the land of the Great Liang Domain, the army is the most extensive and the most powerful.

Especially the Nihuang county lord himself was surrounded by 100,000 iron horsemen, and Emperor Liang originally wanted to take advantage of Mu Qing's adult attack on the lord to choose a son-in-law for the county lord, but unexpectedly, there was still a fork in the matter of choosing a son-in-law.

"Gao Zhan."

"Tell me about the scene you saw when you went, the prince and the Yue clan... Do you really want to shoot Nihuang on the spot? ”

Emperor Liang suddenly asked.

At this time, only Emperor Liang and the chief eunuch Gao Zhan were in the Heart Cultivation Palace.

Gao Gonggong's brows furrowed, and he said, "According to the old slave, look at the situation at that time... Concubine Yue seemed to have a plan to kill her mouth at that time. ”

The hall was extremely quiet, and the power of Gonggong Gao's words at this moment was like a spring thunder in a silent place.

Emperor Liang's face instantly became even more gloomy.

The crown prince is the prince of the dynasty, the future son of heaven, but he acts like this sword and recklessly.

If it really happens, then Emperor Liang can still praise this son for being ruthless enough.

But the way things have turned out is that it can't even be described as stupid.

The compassion in Emperor Liang's heart that the crying of the prince just now dissipated in an instant, and His Majesty the Emperor returned to his original face.

"Today's matter, the prince and the Yue clan will not speak again."

"Nihuang and Lu Hou will not take the initiative to spread this kind of thing if they want to."

"The only thing that needs to be dealt with is the guards of Zhaoren Palace..."

Listening to His Majesty's muttering, Gao Zhan instantly understood what His Majesty meant, and said in a low voice: "Then let Commander Meng deal with it?" ”

Emperor Liang shook his head: "Let's send and replenish the army, recently, Nanchu has been making more noise than before." ”

Gao Gonggong's expression was overcast.

Letting these guards go to the south to replenish the army, of course, is also to calm the anger in the heart of the county lord.

"Gao Zhan, in your opinion, is there anything else in this matter today that I have overlooked?"

His Majesty the Emperor is heroic and holy in front of people, but sometimes he also needs to listen to the opinions of others, and the most intimate people are not harem concubines like the queen mother and Yue Guifei, but the eunuch Gao Zhan, who has followed him since the time of the prince.

The most important thing is that the attention points given by Gao Gonggong can sometimes make Emperor Liang's eyes shine.

Gao Zhan pondered for a moment and slowly spoke: "According to the old slave, it may be the kind of wine that the county lord said, according to the county lord, this wine will make people delirious and dizzy after only one cup of it, and this effect is really too great." ”

At the beginning, Emperor Liang did not clarify the specific meaning of Gao Zhan.

It wasn't until the chief eunuch coughed lightly and talked about the queen mother that Emperor Liang finally came to his senses.

"Nihuang is strong in martial arts, even if Meng Zhi can't take her within a hundred moves, the Yue clan wants to make Nihuang lose the power to resist, this kind of wine that can make people lose their vanity in an instant... Could it be that the queen mother was back then..."

Emperor Liang was taken aback.

Even he didn't expect this, but Gao Zhan was able to think of this.

"That wine seems to be called love silk."

Speaking of the past, Emperor Liang, who was half-leaning on the soft couch, had a strong memory in his eyes.

The story of Xie Yu and Liyang is not much of a secret in the palace, but only His Majesty the Emperor and the old eunuch Gao Zhan around him know the specific story, and know why Her Royal Highness the eldest princess, who is famous in Jinling, committed herself at that time and married Xie Yu, who was still a low-level general.

"The matter between Liyang and the proton in Nanchu got bigger and bigger, so I ordered the proton to return to Nanchu."

"When the queen mother was... Alas, Liyang's temperament is stubborn, but what kind of choice can Liyang have in that case? The water in the families of the powerful families in Kyoto is very deep, and the queen mother is reluctant to get involved in the yang, so she falls in love with the rising star Xie Yu. ”

Father-in-law Gao said a few words from time to time next to him.

His Majesty the Emperor's mood gradually became less gloomy.

"Gao Zhan."

"You say, did Xie Yu get involved in the party struggle?"

......

That night, many people in Jinling City did not fall asleep.

After Lu Ze returned home, he was called to the side hall by Liu Qiushuang, and Mrs. Tai faintly noticed that something was happening in the palace today, and asked directly after seeing Lu Ze: "Why did you go back to the house at this hour?" ”

Before dusk sets, the stars are the time to rise.

It wouldn't be His Majesty who left Lu Ze to have a meal in the palace.

During the day today, the story of the Marquis of Lu at the royal banquet was spread in Jinling City, and the story of defeating the warriors of the Northern Yan of Dayu one after another.

Liang Ren was excited, and only felt that such a mighty Lu Hou Ye could be worthy of the Nihuang County Lord like a phoenix.

Liu Qiushuang waited for Lu Ze in the palace for a long time and did not return, and even sent someone to the palace to inquire but there was no news, Liu Qiushuang instantly understood that there was definitely something big going on in the palace, and the severity was even worse than what happened at the imperial banquet.

Lu Ze faced his mother's questioning, but he still revealed a little bit and went out.

Liu Qiushuang was shocked: "How... How so?! ”

She thought for a moment: "Could it be that the eldest princess of Liyang came to the mansion that day because of this secret matter?" ”

"Correct!"

.......

In the Ningguo Marquis Mansion, Mei Changsu in the snow house had just sent away Xiao Jingrui and Yan Yujin.

Meng Zhi walked out from behind the screen in the inner room at this moment: "Xiaoshu, something big has happened!" ”

......

"Yujin, do you think... Brother Su seems to want us to leave? ”

Facing his best friend's inquiry, Yan Yujin shrugged his shoulders: "Isn't it Jingrui, you just saw it?" When the two of us first arrived at Xuelu, Brother Su had this meaning, but you still pulled Brother Su to talk about the things at the imperial banquet. ”

Xiao Jingrui asked in a daze: "Brother Su, he..."

"Brother Su has something to deal with, he is the sect master of the Jiangzuo League." Yan Yujin laughed a few times, squinted at his friend, and said, "Jing Rui, you don't think that Brother Su came to Jinling with us to recuperate, right?" ”

"All his actions should have a specific purpose, but unfortunately we don't know what he wants to do."

Xiao Jingrui replied in a deep voice: "Brother Su is troubled by the rumors of Langya Mountain, and is valued by King Yu and the crown prince, so he has no choice but to come to Jinling. Even if he came to the capital to choose the master, there is nothing wrong with it, the eldest husband is alive, who doesn't want to make meritorious contributions and win fame? ”

The smile on Yan Yujin's face disappeared, and was replaced by a touch of coldness: "But the path he chose is not the same as that of the world's scholars." ”

"The path taken is different, and the purpose is of course different."