All day, Gu Baiyu was restless and waiting for new news in the palace, but instead of waiting for news from Zhou Guifei, he ushered in an unexpected person.

It was the great eunuch next to the emperor.

"Master Hou, Your Majesty invites you to enter the palace and discuss important matters."

Gu Baiyu instantly grabbed Xiao Yanlin's sleeve.

This time, I don't know what awaits Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yanlin threw a reassuring look at her, and said to the big eunuch: "Father-in-law, can you wait for a while, I will explain a few words to Neizi." ”

The big eunuch nodded, "Okay, our family is waiting for Master Hou at the door." ”

After the big eunuch left, Gu Baiyu's face was full of anxiety: "What should I do?" News from my sister hasn't come yet. ”

Xiao Yanlin touched her head: "Don't worry, since Your Majesty has directly approached me, maybe things are not as bad as you imagined, maybe..... Everything you were worried about before will be solved in no time. ”

Xiao Yan left, leaving Gu Baiyu uneasy.

When he arrived at the palace, Xiao Yanlin was directly called by the emperor to go to the imperial study, and martial law was imposed around him, and not a single mosquito could fly in.

"Your Majesty."

The emperor sat behind the desk, waved his hand, and said, "Get up." ”

Then he pointed to the things on the table: "I called you here to ask you to help me come up with ideas, how do you think you should deal with these things?" ”

Xiao Yanlin was neither humble nor arrogant, and picked up the things on the table.

There are two copies of the thing, one is the blueprint of the artillery, and the other is the formula for iron smelting.

"What does Zhenbei Hou think, what should be done with these things?"

Xiao Yanlin raised his head and said his thoughts directly: "This weapon must be made, and iron must be refined, this is the thing that will ensure the stability and prosperity of my Daye." ”

The Emperor nodded, "What else?" ”

Xiao Yanlin thought for a moment and said, "But if Your Majesty wants to expand the territory, the minister does not agree. ”

The Emperor sat up straight: "Why? ”

Xiao Yanlin said lightly: "The first emperor was mediocre, His Majesty took over the country, and worked hard to have the prosperous Daye now, the people live in peace, and the world is clear, but once the war is provoked, the prosperity and Qingming that Your Majesty spent decades in exchange may be ruined." ”

The emperor sighed: "You are a military general, I thought you would ask for battle." ”

Xiao Yanlin shook his head: "When the minister fought at the border pass, it was because the foreign tribes at the border pass were rampant and deceived the people of Daye, and the minister was just to return the people to a stable world, not to be an executioner." ”

After hearing this, the emperor was silent for a long time, and suddenly said, "Emperor, come out." ”

Behind the curtain, a person walked out, it was the prince of the dynasty.

"Emperor, it seems that the Marquis of Zhenbei thinks the same as you."

The prince smiled slightly: "Lord Hou is a real hero. ”

The emperor didn't say anything, but started another topic: "After your brother came last night, the second child also asked to see me, does the Marquis of Zhenbei know about this?" ”

didn't hide it for a long time, and nodded: "I got the news." ”

The emperor sighed again: "When the woman was drawing, I didn't let your brother see it. ”

Xiao Yanlin knelt down: "Thank you, Your Majesty." ”

"I heard your wife is pregnant?" The emperor muttered to himself: "The old ministers of the Gu family and the two dynasties, I can't let the loyal people chill their hearts...... Go back, take good care of your wife, if you are bored, come to the palace to play with the concubine, they are all young girls, it is better to be lively. ”

Xiao Yan made a big salute: "The minister retires." ”

After leaving the palace, Xiao Yanlin realized that a layer of cold sweat appeared behind his back.

But the left and right affairs should be able to come to an end.

The emperor chose not to let Xiao Ruoyun look at Gu Ruan Ruan's drawings when he was drawing, which saved his life, and Gu Ruan Ruan, I'm afraid he didn't have such good luck, with such drawings in his hand, it was impossible for the emperor to let this person live in this world.

As for Xiao Ruoyun...... I am afraid that he can only stay in Kyoto for the rest of his life, and live under the supervision of the imperial family for the rest of his life.

But Xiao Yanlin didn't have much sympathy, the road was all walked out by themselves, this was their choice.

Back at the Hou Mansion, Gu Baiyu saw the intact Xiao Yanlin, and tears flowed down at once: "I, I'm so scared, I'm afraid you won't be able to come back......"

Xiao Yanlin hugged her tightly in his arms: "It's okay, it's over." ”

When Gu Baiyu's mood calmed down, Xiao Yanlin told her what had just happened: "Gu Ruan Ruan, she ...... I'm afraid I won't be able to come back. ”

Gu Baiyu had already guessed, but now, her worries about Xiao Yanlin outweighed everything: "That's her choice, I don't owe her." ”

Yes, in two lifetimes, she thinks she has nothing to lose, if she doesn't crisis important people, she won't do murder, she wants Ruan Ruan's life, but it's about her family, about her lover, and she won't sympathize with Gu Ruan Ruan's ending.

After comforting Gu Baiyu, Xiao Yanlin sent a message to Zuo Lingfeng, so that he could hand over what he found to the emperor.

In fact, these two things, whether it is the Northwest ink corruption case or the later gold, the emperor knows what is going on in his heart, but he is still hesitating, after all, it is his own son.

And just now in the palace, he had already seen the emperor's determination.

Sure enough, when he went to court on the second day, all the evidence of the second prince's guilt was turned over.

The second prince himself didn't expect him to be defeated so quickly, and he collapsed on top of the main hall, his face full of fear and disbelief.

He knelt down and crawled to the emperor's feet, pulling the hem of the emperor's clothes like when he was a child, and wept bitterly: "Father! Father, don't you love your sons? Erchen knows it's wrong! Erchen really knows it's wrong! ”

The emperor just glanced at him lightly, "In this life, our father and son don't want to see each other." ”

At the end of the early dynasty, the second prince was imprisoned in the Zongren Mansion and could not come out forever.

And the seemingly decisive emperor in the court, after the next court, seems to have aged several years all of a sudden.

He refused the request of the second prince and concubine, paced slowly in the palace alone, and unconsciously walked to the gate of Zhou Guifei's palace.

At this time, Zhou Guifei was basking in the sun, and when she saw the emperor coming, she retreated and took the emperor's hand: "Your Majesty, come in and sit." ”

After that, he didn't say a word.

And the emperor sat on the top and was silent for a long time, as if he was recalling something.

Just when Zhou Guifei thought that the emperor would not speak today, he suddenly spoke.

"The second prince committed an accident and was imprisoned in the Zongren Mansion by me."

Zhou Guifei was originally helping the emperor rub his temples, but when she heard this, she only stopped for a moment, and continued to rub it casually: "Then he must have done a lot of things that displeased His Majesty." ”

"What do you think...... Isn't it too ruthless? ”

This kind of question, as long as you have brains, will not answer "yes" and will not continue the topic.

In fact, Zhou Guifei now has 10,000 ways to bypass this fatal problem, but when the words came to her mouth, she suddenly stopped rubbing and reached out to touch her lower abdomen.

Child, my mother can not help you much, this time, my mother is out of the way......

She raised her head again and said, "Your Majesty, you don't know if you are ruthless or not, but you ..... You are not a good father. ”