Of course, Xu Guogong didn't know much about Empress Dowager Wei and her person, but there was a dispute between Dezong and Wei, and he was depressed, and he complained when he saw Xu Guogong, Xu Guogong learned that Dezong actually let the harem concubines review the chapter, and couldn't help but admonish two sentences, which also caused Wei Haichi to "fall out of favor" for the first time, where did he know that Dezong was so mentioned by Xu Guogong, and actually set up Cui's daughter as the queen, Xiao Cui gave birth to He Ye shortly after, causing Cui Mu's father and son to be ambitious, and they wanted to push He Ye to the storage position. Dezong was already ill and weak at that time, and Cui Mu's father and son's attempt was nothing more than when Dezong died and the new monarch was young, they became a trusted minister, and from then on, the power leaned towards the government and the opposition.

Although Xu Guogong is the patriarch, he can't suppress Cui Mu's ambitions, in order to protect the family, but also to be loyal to the royal family, so he reminded Emperor Dezong that the weak son and the strong mother will inevitably lead to the weight of relatives, and the hidden dangers of the country cannot be guarded against.

Xu Guogong didn't expect that compared with Xiao Cuihou, Wei was even more rampant, and he didn't expect that the eldest son of the gentle and filial emperor He Yan would be so cowardly.

In fact, when Pei Zheng was killed, Xie, Wei and others jumped into the phase, Xu Guogong had already thought of who was giving orders in the Daming Palace, but all the evil consequences had been caused, in addition to continuing to taoguang and raising obscurity, Xu Guogong was also helpless.

In order to protect the Cui family from following in Pei Zheng's footsteps, Xu Guogong even refused to accept guests behind closed doors, and resolutely did not contact courtiers and officials.

But he remembered that Emperor Dezong trusted grace back then, and he felt remorse and pain in his heart, but he never thought that the notorious King of Jin would be ambitious and endure humiliation and steal his life, and even He Yan had already signaled before the collapse that he wanted to make King Jin the crown prince!

Although he had long known that Jiang Yu was the last chess piece that Empress Cui had painstakingly kept, and even if he had not provided him with funding at the beginning, Jiang Yuan's brother would not have become a wealthy businessman Chen Xuanchi incognito, but he did not do this to help He Ye seize power, but just to save He Ye's life.

Dezong died, Xiao Cui immediately "grieved and took poison", of course Xu Guogong understood that there was a reason, He Ye may be in danger, at that time Wei Haichi did not seize the general trend, and he did not have the ability to monitor the ministers, Xu Guogong met Pei Xiang privately, and learned that Dezong had instructed the prince to protect the King of Jin before his death, and the new monarch was benevolent and filial, and entrusted the matter of the living and eating of the King of Jin to Empress Pei to take care of it, and there was such an internal response as Jiang Yuan, Xu Guogong was relieved.

In order to let Jiang Yu successfully win the trust of Wei, Empress Cui deliberately "killed" Jiang Yuan's family, in fact, he confessed to Cui Mu's father and son to secretly transfer his family and settle it elsewhere, although Xu Guogong did not approve of Cui Mu's involvement in the dispute over the storage position, but he was not rigid to the point of completely ignoring the safety of Xiao Cuihou's mother and son, so he acquiesced to Xiao Cuihou's plan to leave a way back, and in order to ensure Jiang Yuan's loyalty, Xu Guogong, who knew that Cui Mu's father and son were not secret, personally took action, and after several twists and turns, finally completely "whitewashed" the identity of Jiang Yuan's family. and subsidized Chen Xuanchi to do business.

Xu Guogong did this, in fact, just in case, if He Yan did not allow He Ye in the future, so that he was alienated and suppressed, and Chen Xuanchi secretly used money and silver to subsidize, He Ye would at least be free from hunger, cold and poverty.

I never thought that his hand "just in case" could really play a big role now.

Before Eleven Niang and Lu Li showed sincerity, He Ye had only Jiang Yu and his family at his disposal.

However, when the Pei and Zheng clans were killed, Wei Haichi, who was in power, immediately monitored the Xu Guogong Mansion closely, and Xu Guogong never contacted Chen Xuanchi again, let alone Jiang Yuan, so he didn't know anything about the mentality of the King of Jin, and only thought that the King of Jin was killed by the Wei family, until at this time, listening to the words of his friend Lu Zhengming, he knew that the King of Jin actually knew that he had already known about self-preservation and ambition.

So he just groaned slightly, and then bowed heavily to Lu Zhengming: "Don't hide Zhengming, now seeing such a situation, I have long felt remorseful, but I really have to close my eyes and pretend to be ignorant because of my own insecurity, I believe that what Zhengming said is indeed true, but it's just ...... Now I am afraid that my actions are very limited, and I will not be able to help King Jin show his ambitions, and even if I act rashly, I may bring disaster to King Jin. ”

"The king is not ignorant of the current situation, so he does not want to fight with Wei in the court, but ......" Speaking of this, Lu Zhengming was stunned: "The king did not wait for this garden today, just in case, but entered the palace to greet the queen mother, but the king originally planned to meet Cui Gong in person and tell the plan in detail, I don't know how many eyes and ears the queen mother has in the palace, if Cui Gong is sure to avoid many secret agents, the king will be able to ensure that the gods and ghosts do not observe the night visit." ”

Cui Zheng shook his head and smiled bitterly: "My Guogong Mansion is no different from a sieve at the moment, in order to dispel the suspicion of the Queen Mother, I know that there are many secret spies, and I can't carefully investigate and pull it out." But gently tapped the tea case: "But I will go to Zhuangye every summer to cool off, that place is just a few small courtyards of a small house, usually except for a pair of old servants and no idle living, in previous years I went to cool off and did not bring more servants and maids, although I also noticed that there are eyes and ears to watch back, but it is disguised as a suburban villager to pay attention to whether there is a court official to see me privately, if the king can avoid those eyes and ears night visits, may not be able to see." ”

"Gong Cui may wish to tell me the address in detail, and wait for me to tell the king." Lu Zhengming's eyes lit up.

He also said that Ruan Ling, because today it was difficult to move his great-grandfather to come forward, and finally got Lu Li's meeting as he wished, and at this time he was talking endlessly, of course, not talking about the cockfighting lackeys that he has always been good at, but expounding on the interpretation of the scriptures and history that has been difficult to make up for the evil in the past year or so, with a sincere attitude of asking for advice, he almost did not engrave the four words of reform and righteousness directly on the door of his mind to show his will.

Lu Li seemed to be moved by Ruan Ling's attitude, his views changed slightly, and he was actually quite "good as a teacher", and corrected Ruan Ling's words one by one because of the fallacies, and after such a conversation, it was almost noon, Ruan Ling didn't feel hungry at all, but Xue Zhao on the side secretly rubbed a lot of lower stomachs.

Finally, the maidservant Ah Fu entered and quietly made a gesture to Lu Li, and Lu Li knew that it was Xu Guogong who had returned to the secret room, which interrupted Ruan Ling's talk and signaled to stay for dinner.

Of course, Ruan Ling was overjoyed, but Xu Guogong didn't want to stay longer, so he called Ruan Ling to return to Cui's house, and Lu Li sent him to the door, Xu Guogong stroked his beard and smiled: "Ruan Ling is stubborn, he has done a lot of evil deeds in the past, and he has been punished by the rod of Xuan, so he taught him to wake up, the old man sees that he is not hopeless, and only today under his hard begging, he bothered Xuanzhi to guide this kid to the way of life, but Ruan Ling can keep in mind that Xuanzhi is now a courtier, not as idle as you, please teach although it is good, do not bother and entangle." ”

After speaking, he forced Ruan Ling to step on the saddle and get on the horse, and he didn't care about the younger generation looking back reluctantly, of course, he didn't care about the peeping eyes and ears that followed him when he came to Xuanrenfang.

At the end of the day, Ruan Ling had just returned home from the Xuguo Mansion, and saw a waiter in front of the door, and stepped forward to salute with a smile on his face: "The Queen Mother invited the eldest princess to meet Lang Jun, the eldest princess has already entered the palace, and the contemptible inquired that Lang Jun is in the Guogong Mansion and has been waiting for a long time, but he does not dare to disturb Lang Jun's schoolwork." ”

"The Queen Mother has such idleness?" Ruan Ling muttered secretly, of course he didn't disobey willfully, turned the horse's head and went to Daming Palace.

It turned out that Xu Guogong and Ruan Ling had only arrived at Xuanrenfang in the last day today, and the Queen Mother learned about it in time, although the alarm bell did not ring in her heart, it was inevitable that she would be suspicious - after all, Xu Guogong had never interacted with courtiers over the years, but this time he suddenly went to see Lu Li!

Although the ears and eyes could monitor Xu Guogong's movements, they couldn't get into Lu Li's residence, and they didn't know what was going on inside, so the Queen Mother simply invited Jin An into the palace, but ordered that Ruan Ling should not be disturbed, until he came out of Xu Guogong's mansion, and invited people into the palace.

When Shi Niang saw His Royal Highness the King of Jin come to greet him in the last day, she was guessing that Lu Li's planning was going on - the Queen Mother in order to show her filial piety to the mother and son of the King of Jin, she has often been edicted for more than a year, and of course the King of Jin also has the privilege of being a resident of the Tent Lai Palace, but according to the temperament of the King of Jin who is afraid of being detained, unless the Queen Mother has an edict, she rarely takes the initiative to greet her.

"I heard that Funan paid tribute to several elephants, which were more fierce than commonly seen, and my son saw it earlier and really lived up to his name, so he came to ask his mother for a reward."

The Queen Mother was surprised: "What's the use of Ye'er taming an elephant?" ”

"The son domesticated a few cheetahs, but it is fierce, ordinary elephants are shocked to see, but I can listen to a few Xi slaves said, saying that the Funan elephant herd is not afraid of tigers and leopards, is the real king of the forest, the son does not believe it, intends to experiment, I don't know whether the taming of leopards is more brave or Funan elephants are more majestic."

The Queen Mother was speechless for a long time, and in the end she agreed to what King Jin wanted, and only taught a few words: "Now you are also a member of the Zongzheng Hall, you can't lose all your playthings, and you still have to be attentive to national politics." ”

King Jin didn't care: "The son is too lazy to talk to the king of Ruyang and others, and the affairs of state affairs are all decided by the mother, and the son only obeys the order of the mother, and does not teach the king of Ruyang and other ill-intentioned people to succeed." ”

Happily, he took the token of the Queen Mother, and was about to pick up the elephant and leave.

However, the Queen Mother left King Jin for dinner: "Since you have entered the palace, you don't need to be in such a hurry, how long have you not seen Tong'an?" It's a shame that she often thinks about your uncle, although it is inconvenient for you to enter and exit the harem now, there is no need to be taboo in my tent hall, I will call Tong'an over, and after lunch, it will not be too late for you to leave the palace. ”

The Queen Mother does not suspect that the King of Jin has other intentions, where would Eleven Niang believe that this person entered the palace specially for the head elephant? Sure enough, it didn't take long to see that the eldest princess of Jin'an was also invited to enter the palace, and the queen mother not only stayed with the eldest princess for a few days, but even specially sent someone to invite Ruan Ling, and Eleven Niang was even more determined to guess in her heart.