Because of the intercession of the acting king, Emperor Wu of Zhou not only issued an order to release Kong Taichang's family, but also canceled the marriage contract between the acting king and Kong Taichang's youngest daughter.

Whether Kong Taichang's youngest daughter wants to return home or continue to stay in Bodhi Nunnery to practice is up to her.

The acting king not only did not hate Kong Taichang's family, but also interceded for their family, and did not mind the embarrassment and humiliation given to him by the Kong family, which made him win back his reputation among the people. As for the ministers, they are all human spirits, and they don't know the true intention of the acting king.

It was only half a day's work, and the acting king became a good prince who repaid virtue with grievances and was kind and generous in the capital. In order to curry favor with the king, some literati students also wrote poems to praise the king, praising him not only as a brave and warlike general, but also as a generous-minded person.

Just before today's early dynasty, many people in the capital still joked that the king wanted to marry a nun to be the side princess. However, now everyone is praising the generosity of the king, and saying that Kong Taichang's youngest daughter is not blessed. Obviously, before that, they also praised Kong Taichang's youngest daughter as worthy of the Kong family, with backbone, not afraid of power, and would rather become a monk than marry the acting king.

Not only that, but everyone also said that Kong Taichang's family had no eyes and didn't know each other, and they would definitely regret it if they missed such a good son-in-law as the acting king.

Some people also say that Kong Taichang's family is pretending to be high, and they want to use this incident to gain a good reputation for not being afraid of power. Of course, there are also some people who don't think there's anything wrong with Kong Taichang's family doing this.

After Kong Taichang's youngest daughter became a monk, Kong Taichang's family was said to be ignorant and despised imperial power. Now, the news of His Royal Highness the Acting King interceding for them regardless of his past suspicions has spread, and Kong Taichang's family is said to have no eyes.

Kong Taichang's family became a joke.

Obviously, Kong Taichang's youngest daughter became a monk in order to preserve the reputation of the Kong family, but it backfired, and the reputation of the Kong family not only did not survive, but fell to the ground.

"Dad, mother, I don't plan to be vulgar." In the prison, Kong Yao has decided to marry His Royal Highness the Acting King, but now that the emperor has canceled the marriage, then there is no need for her to marry the Acting King. "If I am vulgar, it will only make everyone laugh at our Confucian family even more. Besides, I really don't want to get married and have children. ”

"Some time ago, when I was practicing at Bodhi Nunnery, I felt that it was very suitable for me, and I didn't feel bitter at all. So, I want to continue to become a monk. ”

Kong Taichang and Mrs. Kong glanced at each other, and then said, "Yao'er, have you thought clearly?" ”

"Father, mother, I think very clearly."

"Yao'er, we don't need you to sacrifice your life's happiness again to save your family's reputation." Kong Taichang's expression was very solemn, but his tone was full of love, "You have to think about it for yourself, do you really want to continue to become a monk?" ”

Kong Yao said with a firm expression: "Dad, I decided to continue to become a monk not for the sake of my family, but for myself, I don't want to get married and have children, I just want to be with books for the rest of my life!" ”

Mrs. Kong nodded her head at Kong Taichang, who often understood.

"Didn't the emperor say that if you want to continue to become a monk, no one will bother you anymore." He said, looking at his little daughter with loving eyes, "Dad and Mom won't stop you, as long as you think it's right." ”

Kong Yuan hurriedly said: "Brother also supports you!" ”

Kong Yao said with tears in his eyes: "Dad, mother, brother, thank you......" After speaking, he couldn't help crying anymore.

Mrs. Kong hurriedly took her little daughter into her arms, patted her back gently, and said softly: "Don't be afraid, it's all over." ”

Kong Taichang glanced at his son, and then the father and son went to the study.

"Dad, the acting king pleaded with the emperor for his own reputation." Kong Yuan frowned, with a worried look on his face, "The acting king won't do anything to us for the time being, but after a while, the acting king will definitely take revenge on us." ”

"You're right, we gave the acting king such a big embarrassment this time, and it is impossible for the acting king's temperament to let us go."

"Dad, we have to think about how to deal with the revenge of the acting king."

"The acting king is a prince, and he is deeply favored by the emperor, and it is easy for him to take revenge on us." Kong Taichang's tone was heavy, "He won't retaliate against us openly, but he will deal with us secretly." "It's easy to dodge an open gun, but it's hard to defend against a dark arrow."

"We don't know the means of acting for the king." Kong Yuan said, "If we apply for an external transfer, we may not be able to escape the revenge of the acting king." Maybe when the acting king sees us in the field, the revenge will be even more severe. If we continue to stay in the capital, the acting king's revenge on us will be more restrained and will not go too far. After half a day's effort, Kong Yuan thought about a lot of things.

"We can't leave the capital, we have to stay and continue to participate in the revision of history." Kong Taichang naturally thought of this, "Revising history is a major event that benefits the country and the people, and since we are involved, we can't give up halfway." "Whether it is for the sake of their Confucian family, or for the sake of the court and the people, the history must be continued to be repaired.

"As you said, if we stay in the capital, the revenge of the acting king will not be too serious."

"Then our family will continue to stay in the capital, and we will continue to participate in the revision of history."

Kong Taichang nodded and said, "Yes." The emperor pardoned us, and the kindness we can repay is to repair history well and live up to the emperor's trust in us. ”

Emperor Wu of Zhou did not disqualify Kong Taichang and Kong Yuan from studying history, nor did he demote them, so they could naturally continue to participate in the revision of history.

"Dad, no matter what, our Kong family escaped, although the reputation is still ......" Speaking of this, Kong Yuan did not say any more.

Kong Taichang waved his hand and said, "This fame is nothing. He smiled and said, "As long as our Kong family does not participate in the succession between the princes, we will not fall into the reputation of the Kong family, and we will not repeat the mistakes of the previous dynasty." ”

"Father, I thought you were ......"

Kong Taichang smiled sneeringly: "This thing is nothing, as long as we don't ruin the rules set by our ancestors, we won't ruin the reputation of our Kong family, understand?" ”

Kong Yuan bowed slightly: "Understood." ”

"The emperor is merciful, let us rest for three days, then we will rest for three days, so that after three days, we will have a better spirit to cultivate history, you hurry back to your courtyard to rest."

"Dad, you can rest well." Kong Yuan saluted and retreated.

In the Dragon Guarding Temple, the prince was drinking tea and chatting with Zhenguo Gong.

"Wooing Kong Taichang's father and son?" The crown prince said with a surprised face, "Isn't Kong Taichang's father and son just not wanting to get involved between me and the acting king, so they don't want his youngest daughter to marry the acting king, how can they agree to our wooing?" ”

"Your Highness, you are very different from the acting king."

The prince was slightly stunned, and then said, "Because I am the prince?" ”

"Yes, you were made the crown prince according to the rules set by Sage Kong to establish a successor and a chief." Zhenguo said fairly, "It stands to reason that Kong Taichang and they should support you, the crown prince, this is to uphold the rules set by their ancestors." ”

"That's the case, but they clearly don't want to get involved."

"They have offended the acting king, and the acting king will not retaliate against them for the time being, but after a while, the acting king will definitely deal with them." Zhen Guogong laughed and said, "Besides, the acting king is not a really generous person, he will take revenge on Kong Taichang and them a thousand times over." ”

The crown prince understood what Zhen Guogong meant, "So we are reaching out to them at this time?" ”

"It's not at this time, it's when they are being dealt with by the acting king Diao Na."

"Good...... cough, cough, cough......" Before the prince finished speaking, he coughed.

Seeing the prince coughing, Zhenguo Gong asked with concern, "What's the matter, it's cold?" ”

"There was a little wind last night...... cough cough cough ......"

"Have you called the Imperial Doctor?"

"Uncle, you don't need to call the imperial doctor, it's just what I want now."

"Just what you want?" Zhen Guogong didn't quite understand what the prince meant.

The crown prince told the eighth prince about the suggestion made by the eighth prince before. After hearing this, Zhen Guogong felt that the idea proposed by the Eighth Prince was very good.

"Your Highness is thinking about you."

"Eighth brother, he has always thought about me...... Ahem, ahem......" the prince smiled, "so I don't have to pretend to be sick." ”

"But you still have to pay attention to your body."

"Uncle, I know in my heart that I won't joke about my body."

"When you return to the palace after praying for blessings, it will be spring ploughing in a while." Zhen Guogong solemnly admonished, "You know that the emperor attaches great importance to spring ploughing, and the acting king has come back this year, so you can't be absent from this year's spring ploughing no matter what, understand?" ”

"Uncle, I have never been absent from spring ploughing since I was a child!" As the crown prince, he knows better than anyone how important the annual spring ploughing is.

"After spring ploughing, it's spring hunting." Zhenguo said, "King Yidai's temperament must want to show his skills in the spring hunt, so you don't have to fight with him, let him be in the limelight." ”

"Uncle, what do you mean?"

"On the spring hunt, I have an arrangement." Zhen Guogong lowered his voice and told the prince about his arrangements for the spring hunt.

When the prince heard this, he was shocked at first, and then he looked in admiration.

"Jiang is still old and spicy, and my uncle still has the means."

(End of chapter)