Good things don't go out and evil things go thousands of miles, this truth Zhao Shangshu couldn't understand it better, how big a crime is it to assassinate Prince Duan? Instead of waiting for the emperor's questioning, it is better to go to the palace to ask for the guilt. Even if the emperor was furious, he might be able to remember that he had a good attitude and dealt with him leniently.

Zhao Shangshu knelt until the sky was slightly dark, and he couldn't wait for the emperor's summons, so he was a little apprehensive. The emperor's attitude was obscure and unpredictable, could it be that he had the idea of abolishing Princess Duan? Of course, if Prince and Princess Duan dared to assassinate her husband, she had already committed seven crimes, and it was reasonable to depose her.

The weather was a little cold, the clouds were bleak, as if it was going to rain, Zhao Shangshu leaned down and rubbed his knees, which were already hurting. For so long, the emperor didn't even reward him for kneeling, does it mean that the emperor has nothing to say to himself?

Through the lattice window, the emperor put his hands behind his back, looked at Zhao Shangshu who was still kneeling outside the hall, turned his head and asked Xu Wenliang: "How is Prince Duan's injury?"

Xu Wenliang replied softly: "It's not good, the imperial doctor replied, saying that the wound was very dangerous, and it was just two inches away from hurting the heart." ”

The emperor was silent for a while: "I have long known that this family business is not suitable, but those two children are too ostentatious. No wonder it's jealous. ”

Xu Wenliang lowered his head slightly: "Holy Lord, how can you blame the sect master and the prince for this? Who knew that Miss Zhao was so jealous that she even dared to assassinate her husband." Besides, Sect Master Wei will seal the crown princess when he breaks Donglin City, this is your edict, one is the future prince, the other is the future princess, the two are in love, isn't it very good. ”

"Very good?" the emperor laughed disapprovingly, "Is this situation okay now?"

Xu Wenliang glanced out the window, Zhao Shangshu was quite persistent, he was obviously afraid that the emperor would abolish the princess, once the princess was deposed, what should the Zhao family do if they fell to Gao Bingyan's faction again. Xu Wenliang sighed, this is a difficult thing.

"Wen Liang, you will go to Prince Duan's Mansion to pass the decree, from now on, Prince Duan will be the crown prince of my Great Chu. The Emperor dusted off his sleeves and sat down.

Xu Wenliang was a little puzzled, although the prince and the emperor had the heart, there was no reason for canonization at this time, why did he suddenly mention the matter of the prince?

"Why? you don't agree?" asked the Emperor, licking his pen to his heart's content, and suddenly looked up.

"No, no, no, that's not what the slave meant. Xu Wenliang waved his hand again and again: "The little slave just doesn't understand, why is the emperor sudden?"

"Not suddenly, it's just the right time. The emperor personally wrote a holy decree, stamped it and handed it to Xu Wenliang: "Tell the Tai Hospital, at all costs, save the prince for me." ”

Xu Wenliang didn't dare to ask more, but just took the holy decree with both hands and retreated silently.

Zhao Shangshu knelt dizzy, looked up and saw Xu Wenliang coming out with the holy decree, and panicked: "Eunuch Xu, is this?

Xu Wenliang smiled slightly: "Zhao Shangshu, you are too worried, this is the emperor's edict to confer the crown prince." ”

"Too, prince?" Zhao Shangshu hesitated, and Xu Wenliang raised his feet and left.

Zhao Shangshu sat down dejectedly, canonized the crown prince, and was thinking about it, when he heard the emperor calling him in the study, Zhao Shangshu hurriedly patted the soil on his body, bowed down and stood up.

There was no light in the emperor's study, and the afterglow of the setting sun illuminated the room a little darkly. Zhao Shangshu raised his head, but he couldn't see the emperor's expression clearly, and could only hear the emperor's slightly multated words.

"Just now, I made a decree. ”

Zhao Shangshu knelt down: "The old minister saw it." ”

"Do you know what is written in the edict?" asked the Emperor.

"Eunuch Xu just said that it is an edict to canonize the crown prince. Zhao Shangshu didn't dare to tell the emperor for too long, so he knelt down: "Your Majesty, the old minister is here to ask for guilt." ”

"Please?" the emperor's tone was light: "What are your crimes?"

"The old minister has no way to teach his daughter, and the little girl is rude and willful, and accidentally hurt Prince Duan, and the old minister is panicked and uneasy, and he has come to ask His Majesty for guilt. ”

The emperor glanced at him disapprenously, picked up the piece and flipped through it casually: "Do you want to assassinate Prince Duan, or do you want to assassinate the Donglin Sect Master?"

"This ......" Zhao Shangshu was speechless for a while.

The emperor sneered twice: "What's so bad about answering this? Prince Duan is a prince, and the sect master of Donglin is no different from a vassal king. Anyway, your daughter is a good seedling who kills the king of assassination, but it's a pity that I don't know gold and jade, so I can't see her skills. ”

"The old minister is guilty. Zhao Shangshu kowtowed again and again.

"I just canonized the crown prince of Great Chu, do you know who it is?"

Zhao Shangshu was silent for a moment and did not answer. If you guess wrong, it will make the emperor think that you don't understand his mind, and if you guess correctly, the emperor may think that you are too smart and must get rid of him quickly. In short, silence is a panacea at this time.

Seeing that Zhao Shangshu didn't speak, the emperor asked and answered himself: "The prince of Great Chu canonized by me is Prince Duan Rong Zhan." ”

Prince Duan? Zhao Shangshu didn't know whether to be happy or sad for a while, his daughter married a prince, which is how many aristocratic ladies can't hope to come, but the future crown princess of the court has already made a conclusion, if Prince Duan is the crown prince, then the position of the prince and concubine will not be the turn of his daughter. Besides, Zhao Kezhen had just injured Prince Duan, if the emperor took this opportunity to abolish her...... Zhao Shangshu shuddered, then the Zhao family would lose all the games.

"I used to have high expectations for your daughter, but now it seems that she is not the material for being a concubine, the prince is the important weapon of the country, and the prince's pillow person, that is absolutely sloppy. ”

Zhao Shangshu lowered his head and swallowed his saliva: "The minister Kezhen asked His Majesty for his guilt, but Kezhen disappointed His Majesty." ”

"The crown prince and concubine, I can only choose another person, as for the side concubine, it is not impossible for your daughter to be a side concubine from the first grade. The emperor crossed his hands, propped himself on the dragon case, and looked at Zhao Shangshu silently: "What do you say?"

Zhao Shangshu frowned, is this the emperor's routine? Isn't the candidate for the crown prince and concubine already a foregone conclusion? Why is he forcing his daughter to retreat to the side concubine at this time, and he still has to blame his daughter for the crime. Zhao Shangshu was reluctant in his heart, and he didn't abolish this marriage, so he was still tied to Xiao Rongzhan.

What a good move. Zhao Shangshu bit his lip, okay, now everyone in the capital knows that Princess Duan has become the prince's side concubine, all because of Princess Duan's assassination, not because of the emperor's strongman.

"Old minister...... There is no objection, the emperor is gracious, and the old minister is very grateful. May the liver and brain be smeared to repay the grace of heaven. ”

Zhao Shangshu came out of the palace dejectedly, and the sky was already dark. The night market is already brightly lit, the food stalls pushed by the hawkers are lit up, and the pots are boiling water.

"Let's go to the ravioli!"

"Hot noodle soup!"

Zhao Shangshu stopped the carriage and sat down next to a small bamboo shed. I ordered ten wild vegetable wontons and a plate of cold white cakes. The evening breeze is slightly cool, but it is very pleasant, and the heat in the bowl is steamed, and the whole body is hearty.

He ate the wontons cleanly and even drank the soup. Eating white cakes slowly to see the night view, the white cakes were very fragrant, but choking, so the vendor gave him another bowl of wonton soup and ate it. The soup is boiled with a little shredded chicken and small fish, which is not fishy and very fresh.

Zhao Shangshu took a sip of soup, he seemed to have not eaten at a stall for more than 20 years. Back then, he was still a down-and-out scholar, selling calligraphy and paintings on the street, and he felt that it was the happiest thing in the world when he had a bowl of wontons for dinner. Later, he met a noble man - Gao Bingyan.

Gao Xiangguo's great kindness is really inexhaustible for life, but over the years, he seems to have slowly walked to the opposite side of Gao Xiangguo.

Speaking of which, the emperor treated him well, and let him sit in the position of Shangshu for more than ten years, and he sat for another ten years. Later, the daughter also married Prince Duan, Prince Duan, who was the emperor's favorite son. But now, he seems to be drifting away from the emperor again.

Gao Xiangguo can't go back there, and the emperor feels like a nest, why should he be a princess and say that he will be demoted if he is demoted to a side concubine?

The stalls were very noisy, and some small people in the market angrily scolded the children: "If you are disobedient! You won't be able to get any good things! A good cake will drop when you say it! Who do you think you are? Waste food!"

Zhao Shangshu sighed, he was too poor when he was a child, and when he had a daughter, he wanted to be rich, and he raised a pampered son back and forth. When his daughter was a child, she also threw snacks like this, but he didn't think so, and asked someone to take a few more plates and throw them with his daughter.

Maybe it's really spoiled for my daughter.

Zhao Shangshu took a bite of the cake and remembered that Wei Yuanxi, who seemed to be calmer and more capable than his own daughter. That's it, let Xian or not, the prince is the target of everyone, and the princess is naturally not much better. It's good to be a side concubine, and when the prince ascends the throne in the future, he can also seal a concubine or something.

Zhao Shangshu stood up and gave the rest of the cake to the beaten child. Board the carriage and head to Prince Duan's mansion.

Zhao Kezhen was sitting at the door of Rong Zhan's room crying, and Yuan Xi was standing outside the door waiting. Seeing Zhao Shangshu coming back, Zhao Kezhen hurriedly pounced: "Dad, the emperor wants to canonize His Royal Highness as the crown prince, so what should I do with the princess?"

Zhao Shangshu didn't answer, just put down his hand and saluted Yuan Xi: "See the sect master." ”

Zhao Kezhen shook Zhao Shangshu's arm like a twisted candy: "Dad, you plead with the emperor, I really didn't mean to." Besides, if it weren't for her, I wouldn't have injured Your Highness by mistake. ”

Zhao Shangshu's face froze, and he slapped Zhao Kezhen in the face, beating Zhao Kezhen around: "Dad, what are you hitting me for?"

"Presumptuous! It seems that I really didn't teach you well, who allowed you to be as long as she was short with Sect Master Wei? Sect Master Donglin, ranked as the vassal king, what are you? Dare to be so rude? You hurt the prince by mistake, is it right to assassinate Sect Master Wei? Who gave you such courage?"

Zhao Shangshu's sudden roar stunned Zhao Kezhen, and Yuan Xi was also a little dazed, and looked at Zhao Shangshu with a slight raised eyebrow.

He actually showed weakness to himself at this time? Wonxi felt a little sudden.

"Sect Master Wei, the old minister has no way to teach his daughter, and the old minister has asked you for his guilt on behalf of his daughter. Zhao Shangshu said and bowed.

Yuan Xi was stunned: "It's okay, this sect master is okay, but His Royal Highness the Prince, Zhao Shangshu's guilty words, let's keep it for the prince." ”