Zheng Guotai, who took advantage of the night to leave, was in a hurry, and Gao Shishi, who did not send him out with a shelf, had already returned to the backyard with an expressionless face.

As soon as I entered the backyard, I saw Liu Xin and two maids sitting in a small pavilion where you could enjoy the scenery of Shichahai, the incense used to repel mosquitoes floated around, and the elegant light yellow paper lantern shone a gentle light.

Xu saw Gao Shi coming in, Liu Xin turned his head to look at him, and beckoned very casually.

This move surprised the two maids beside her, for fear of displeasing the master, who knew that Gao Pragmatic was not stunned, and walked towards the small pavilion.

Probably because someone was present, Liu Xin took the initiative to get up to greet him, slightly blessed, and said, "Situ and Uncle Zheng Guo have finished talking?" ”

Gao pragmatically said: "The talk is over." ”

Liu Xin stretched out his hand and said, "If Situ doesn't plan to go to bed now, it's better to sit here for a while." Now it is neither as hot as midsummer, nor yet late autumn, it is a pleasant time, maybe Situ can enjoy the beautiful scenery of Shichahai, and forget some government troubles. ”

Gao Shishi smiled: "Tonight is still picturesque, tomorrow may be a storm." But at the end of the day, he sat down unceremoniously in the gazebo. Then he sniffed lightly and said, "The incense is a little too strong." ”

Liu Xin said: "It's close to the Mid-Autumn Festival, and there are not many mosquitoes, if the incense is not strong, I'm afraid it won't be able to drive away, and it will disturb Yaxing in vain." ”

Gao Pragmatic was silent for a moment before nodding and saying, "Makes sense." ”

Liu Xinmei's eyes rolled: "Situ seems to have something else?" ”

Gao Shishi suddenly waved his hand at the two maids: "You go and wait over there and bring the incense burner." The two maids thought very well, and knew that this was to talk about business, so without a moment's delay, they took one of the four incense burners, and went to wait under another cloister about seven or eight feet away.

As soon as they left, Liu Xin spoke less civilly, and smiled: "What's the matter, what trouble did that Uncle Zheng Guo bring you?" ”

Gao pragmatic pouted: "What does he have in mind?" It was the imperial concubine who wanted her son to be the prince and wanted to fall into the devil, so she came to ask me if I wanted to be a 'Shang father' in the future. ”

Liu Xin was surprised: "Father Shang...... Is that the one Dong Zhuo did? ”

Gao Shishi smiled: "I'll just say that this Shang Father is unlucky, you see that as soon as you heard this word, you thought of Dong Zhuo's house." ”

Liu Xin frowned and said: "Let's not talk about auspiciousness or unluck, I wonder why Emperor Zheng and Concubine Zheng think so far...... Is the emperor in poor health? ”

"It's not bad." Gao pragmatic said: "There may be a little early gout, and other problems should not be there yet." ”

"Then this is strange, don't you think that Emperor Zheng Guifei has no point in giving you such a promise?" Liu Xin spread her hands: "Her son is only more than a year old, less than two years old, and the emperor's body is not a big problem.

For example, she can promise you to blow the pillow wind to the emperor and let you enter the cabinet as soon as possible; I can also promise you, saying that I will say bad things about Shen Shixing and others to the emperor, so that your real school can regain an advantage in the cabinet, etc., etc., which one is not more reliable than Xu You, a Shangfu?

This father is already a little ominous, and now it is still far away, if it takes twenty or thirty years, what is the difference between her promise and not saying? Don't you think there's a problem here? ”

Gao was noncommittal, but just asked, "What do you think the problem is?" ”

Liu Xin said: "My intuition tells me that this is not like what Emperor Zheng wants to say. ”

"Intuition?" Gao Shishi smiled, shook his head and said, "If I rely on intuition, I'm afraid that the grave grass will have to be one person tall now." ”

Liu Xin also shook her head and said, "Intuition is not just based on feelings, it's just ...... Anyway, it's kind of reasoning about her logic for a specific person, but this logic is not very popular, so it may not be convincing enough, but I myself am very convinced...... This is called intuition. ”

Gao pragmatic laughed and asked, "Okay, what's your 'specific reasoning'?" Let's hear it. ”

Liu Xin obviously felt that Gao Pragmatic didn't believe her words, but she didn't get angry, she just explained: "The reason is very simple, but before that, I want to ask you: Do you think Emperor Zheng Guifei is ...... to the emperor Is it true love? ”

Gao Shishi's face showed a different color: "It's really rare to hear you ask such a ...... So...... The question of femininity. ”

Liu Xin glanced at him: "Answer the question." ”

Gao Shishi touched his chin and thought for a moment, nodded and said, "I think it should be." ”

"Why?" Liu Xin asked.

Gao pragmatic said: "The emperor is very smart, he is not a stupid person, and it is impossible to lick a dog." Concealing his true emotions under the nose of such a smart person, no matter how good his acting skills are, he can only hide them for a while, and it is impossible to hide them for a lifetime.

According to the original history, because the queen was the first to die, the emperor was still taking care of Emperor Zheng's concubine before he died, and even hoped to use the general means of a testament to crown her as the queen (Note: Zhu Yijun was suddenly seriously ill at that time, and made a decree to make Emperor Zheng the queen during his illness, and it is reasonable to speculate that he realized that the limit had come, and this will become a will, and Zhu Changluo would not dare to disobey it. It can be seen that the emperor regarded her as true love until his death...... I think you should agree with the point that, as an emperor, he would not be so kind to a woman with ill intentions. ”

"Yes, I agree. I still think of a sentence, how do you say it......" Liu Xin thought for a while and said: "It probably means that when a man is in her forties, she can still refuse the temptation of the three thousand beauties in the harem after a woman is in her forties, and she is old and decrepit, there is only one reason: he loves this woman!" ”

Gao pragmatically smiled: "Makes sense." Then he asked, "So what is your inference?" ”

Liu Xin spread her hands: "Since they really love each other, do you think Emperor Zheng Guifei will propose to let you be 'Shang's father' in the future?" You must know that the premise for you to be this father is that the emperor has died, and the crown prince or the new monarch must respect you as a father...... Is it reasonable for this to come out of her mouth? ”

Gao Shishi's face immediately became serious, his smile was clean, he was silent for a long time, and asked, "You mean...... These words originally came out of the emperor's mouth. ”

Liu Xin nodded: "I think only if the emperor himself says such a thing, and insists that Emperor Zheng Guifei tell you like this, she will dare to do this, otherwise...... First, it is emotionally unreasonable, and secondly, it is too dangerous for her. You must know how serious the consequences will be for Emperor Zheng's concubine if this matter is discovered by the emperor. ”

Gao was silent for a while, and sighed: "The emperor is suspicious of me? ”

"It's hard to say." Liu Xin shook her head: "Why are you so pessimistic? ”

"What do I call pessimistic?" Gao Pragmatic frowned: "Isn't this the most reasonable reverse inference?" ”

"No, I don't think so." Liu Xin also frowned, looked at Gao Pragmatic carefully, and said, "I see that you have been in the midst of conspiracy and trickery all year round, and you are used to thinking about everything first, so you think so." ”

Gao pragmatic did not say whether he was committal, but asked rhetorically: "Then what do you think?" ”

"To be honest, I think the emperor is also thinking too far, but one thing is for sure, that is, in his heart, you are a good partner to support orphans." Liu Xin frowned and said, "Even, I think he trusts you so much that he ...... may really mean to let his most beloved son worship you as his father after his death. Of course, this is also a means to win your full support for his beloved son. ”

Gao Pragmatic didn't speak, and Liu Xin couldn't help but add after a pause: "But no matter what, even if it's a 'means', its original intention is also good." ”

Gao pragmatic thought for a while before he said: "According to what you say, the emperor is really thinking a little too far. Then without waiting for Liu Xin to answer, he continued: "But I still think that you look at an emperor like this...... Somewhat naïve. ”

Liu Xin shrugged her shoulders: "Maybe, after all, I haven't been an emperor, or even a leader, what his mentality is, I don't dare to say that I can guess it accurately." On the contrary, it is you, who say that you are the emperor's first believer, and you two are classmates, presumably you should know him deep enough, do you really think he is suspicious of you? ”

Gao pragmatic shook his head and said, "You were right before, I may be too used to thinking about a person from the bad first." After what you reminded me just now, now I have a different opinion. ”

"Can you tell me about it?"

"Yes." Gao pragmatic said: "Do you know that for the emperor, there is a behavior habit that may be different from ordinary people?" ”

"I don't know." Liu Xin shook her head decisively: "What kind of behavior habits?" ”

Gao Pragmatic said lightly: "I can give it, but you can't grab it." ”

Liu Xin was stunned when she heard this, but immediately thought about it, and after a while, she said abruptly: "Oh, I know." What you mean is that this statement about making you a father in the future is indeed very likely to be the emperor's intention, and he may also have meant it. It's just that this is also a test for you, to see if you are very concerned about this matter......"

"That's pretty much it." Gao Pragmatic sighed: "The emperor is not easy to do this job, while he sincerely wants to use me, on the other hand, he has to remember his own responsibilities, and he is subconsciously worried about whether I have other intentions." ”

"What about being alone?" Liu Xin understood, smiled and said, "There won't be any problems with your answer today, right?" ”

"My answer is naturally watertight." Gao Pragmatic was not modest in front of her, and simply retold the conversation with Zheng Guotai, and then said: "But I gave Zheng Guotai the idea...... Looking back now, I don't know if the emperor will understand the fork. ”

Liu Xin was curious: "What idea did you give him?" ”

"I learned Wang Xijue's hand: you hit yours, I beat mine." Gao Shishi shrugged his shoulders: "I asked Zheng Guotai to find a way to convey it to Emperor Zheng and the Imperial Concubine to remind the emperor of a major matter: this year's Jingcha was delayed because of the Northwest Rebellion earlier, and now it is time to bring this matter up quickly." ”

Liu Xin was stunned for a moment, and suddenly said: "I forgot that this year is the year of Jingcha!" Then his eyes lit up: "This hand is beautiful!" Once a major event like Jingcha starts to move, where will the officials of the imperial court still have the energy to care about other things, don't they all have to think about putting their hats on a steady foot? In this way, the momentum that Wang Xijue worked so hard to create was dissolved by you into invisibility! ”

Gao Pragmatic was not as optimistic as her, shook his head and said: "The argument of resolving the invisible is a bit too much, as long as the emperor does not determine the matter of the national capital dispute for a day, and even says that as long as the day is not completely concluded and completed, the courtiers will not really let go." Even if it is Jingcha, it can only push this matter back, maybe two or three months, maybe half a year and a year, but it will always be just 'waiting', not giving up. ”

Liu Xinmei's eyes rolled: "What are you going to use this time to arrange?" Oh, by the way, why is this delay from two or three months, or even half a year or even a year? ”

Gao Shishi did not explain whether he wanted to arrange anything, but only explained the latter question: "If Jingcha is just carried out according to the routine, and the faction that dominates Jingcha is not excessively excited, then when Jingcha is over, this matter will be over, and Jingcha is generally about to be finished in two or three months." ”

"What do you mean by excitement? What if you've ever done something exciting? Liu Xin asked.

"If you are too excited, you will take the opportunity of Jingcha to knock down a lot of people on the other side." Gao pragmatic spread his hands: "The other party is not a vegetarian, so naturally he has to rebel in groups." In this way, there are many things to blame, and the impact is not easy to estimate. As for the time...... Naturally, it will drag on for a long time. ”

"Let me guess...... The dominance of this matter in Jingcha is in the hands of your real school? Liu Xin asked.

Gao pragmatic pouted: "Jingcha, it is generally jointly led by the Ministry of Officials and the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and most of the other six departments will also participate in it." ”

Liu Xin's face was abrupt, she thought about it, and suddenly her eyes widened: "Wait a minute, I have a question...... Shen Li's transfer to the Imperial History of Zuodu, did you also use your strength in it? ”

Gao pragmatic flatly denied: "This matter has nothing to do with me, it is the emperor's own judgment." I know what you're thinking, but it's not like that, I didn't plan to take the opportunity of Jingcha to make trouble. The suggestion to Zheng Guotai just now was just a temporary delaying strategy, and there was no premeditation. ”

After listening to this, Liu Xin's face looked "slightly disappointed", and sighed slightly: "I thought that everything was planned by you in advance." ”

"I'm not an immortal, how can I have such a ability? If nothing else, let's just say that Wang Xijue's return to Beijing did not jump into the slander case according to my preconceived plan, which has exceeded my expectations. Gao Shi pouted: "But it doesn't matter, although his methods are clever, but I am not bad, and if you really want to talk about it, I still have a little more cards in my hand than him after all, and I still have a better chance of winning this battle." ”

Liu Xin smiled, suddenly remembered something again, and asked, "By the way, I remember that Shen Li didn't come to visit you this time, will he act according to your hopes?" ”

Gao Pragmatic smiled mysteriously: "Although he needs to be in charge of this matter, I don't intend to let our people from the Shixue School charge ahead." ”

"Really? Then you are going to ......"

"I can't say it now, it's not interesting to say it." Gao Shicheng smiled: "Wang Xijue wants to attract the attention of the courtiers to the battle for the national capital, how can I let him get his wish?" Not only do I want to muddy the waters, but I also want to do it while ensuring that my own people are not too involved, so you'll see. ”

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