Am I cheating big brother again...... He had just been newly married to Yan'er, so he took a morning off and went to Yamen in the afternoon, and even those generals who went out of the town were not as diligent as him.

Now, if the emperor really plans to hand over the task of peeling off this series of things to the eldest brother, to put it mildly, it is better to find out the truth, am I considered to lift a stone and shoot myself in the foot?

When Zhu Ying walked out of the Qianqing Palace, she couldn't help but shake her head in annoyance. When she heard a laugh from beside her, she turned her head sideways to see that Zhang Shou was laughing happily, and she said angrily: "Ah Shou, you are still gloating!" Didn't I just say that I asked the master to track it down, why do I have to ask for my eldest brother! The Dali Temple Metropolitan Procuratorate of the Criminal Department obviously has talents to investigate cases! ”

"Of course, there are talents in the three legal divisions of the Dali Temple Metropolitan Procuratorate of the Criminal Department, but who is not worried about this kind of thing, looking forward to the future? Unless the governor of Xuanda, Wang Datou, comes back, in terms of responsibility, is there anyone in the capital who can compare to your eldest brother? So, Yingying, you can be called a firm pit brother, never wavering. ”

Zhu Ying was finally annoyed and angry by Zhang Shou's ridicule, and jumped up with an arrow to make him look good, but she didn't expect Zhang Shou to hide behind someone as soon as she flashed.

Seeing that it was the third prince who came out of the Qianqing Palace, seeing that his face was gloomy, she wanted to speak again, she saw Zhang Shou pressing his hands on the shoulders of the little prince, and her heart softened unconsciously.

"Your Royal Highness the Prince, you have done a good job of being able to find out such results, and then you will leave it to a professional person to handle. Although Ah Shou said that I cheated my eldest brother, who wants my eldest brother to have the means and responsibility? If I don't say it, the emperor will think of him. ”

Although Zhu Ying's words sounded like a dead duck after making a mistake, comforting others and comforting herself at the same time, Zhang Shou knew that although the emperor still had a henchman like Hua Qi available, the results of the investigation in the secret needed the cooperation of people on the surface, not to mention that the person who cooperated on the surface on the surface had to be convincing and bear most of the responsibility.

Zhang Chuan, the Duke of Qin, is certainly competent in terms of status and qualifications, but after all, this person has always been soft. Of course, Zhu Jing has a higher status and can suppress people better, but Zhu Jing is the secretary of the Ministry of War, not the secretary of the Ministry of Crime......

Therefore, he noticed that the shoulders he was pressing with his hands were a little stiff, although he couldn't see the face of the third prince, Zhang Shou still said gently: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, in order to have a result, those cases have long been closed quickly, and now even if they are really re-investigated, it is not imminent." So, don't think so much and don't feel like everything is your responsibility. ”

"What I said in front of the emperor just now is not to excuse you, in fact, I really have always felt that your two brothers are not good birds, and the deceased queen is also innocent, but some of these things may have been planted on them by others. Just like many famous traitors and evil parties in history, they often carry a lot of black cauldrons that do not belong to them. ”

Speaking of this, Zhang Shou suddenly thought of something. Many traitorous ministers who have been scolded in history are actually responsible for the emperor.

Those who have a good end, such as Qin Hui, at least can still have infinite scenery in front of him, and even made him a prince, even if he was once chased after his death, but later he was magically rehabilitated by another traitor. And people like Yan Song, who were once in power and the opposition, did not die at all. The emperor pushed the black cauldron on people's heads in one go, and he seemed to be as white and flawless as a white lotus.

Traitorous ministers, even including most of the so-called powerful ministers, unless they can successfully plot to usurp the throne, most of the time, they are really responsible for the emperor. Don't look at the infinite scenery, but he also bears all the grievances for the emperor, so once he becomes the target of everyone, as long as the emperor adopts the advice of kindness and gets rid of this traitor, then he will become the lord of the sainthood.

Of course, there are times when traitors are not easy to eradicate, such as Han Yanxuan, and the emperor has to use all means......

Ahem, he seems to be thinking too far. However, from this point of view, the abolition of the queen and the death of the eldest prince and the second prince, is it possible that the emperor is disgusted with the mother and son, so he simply connived again and again, let them make things out of control, and then make the appearance of enduring the pain and righteousness of killing relatives, and kicked the three biggest stumbling blocks away?

Just as Zhang Shou was analyzing this problem with the darkest psychology, he suddenly felt that the body of the third prince who was pressing his hands trembled slightly, and then he said softly: "Teacher, I regret it...... I regret saying those things in front of my father. Actually, I don't want to complain about those two brothers who are not close, I just want to make my father's heart feel better. ”

"If they weren't so bad, wouldn't my father be a little better? But I was wrong, because my father looked even more sad just now. ”

Zhang Shou was suddenly slightly stunned, and then he couldn't help but smile bitterly, and that bold guess was also thrown out of the clouds by him.

If the emperor's affectionate and maverick side is just an illusion, then the emperor is really pretending to be too good, because he has successfully deceived most ministers, and he has deceived him for so many years! Forget it, even if the emperor really planned this series of events because he intended to be young, it has nothing to do with him, he, like the third prince, is not really complaining about people.

He was just surprised by the choice of the third prince, so he chose to help.

He stretched out his hand to turn the three princes around, forcing them to face him, seeing that His Royal Highness the Prince, who had long been no longer shy, was in tears, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart, even if the three princes were still young, but they ascended to the throne so quickly, there was still a voice in the market, that is, the three princes sat silently on the mountain to watch the tiger fight and successfully ascended to the throne, and then ruthlessly eradicated his mother and brother.

However, just a year ago, people were just shy children who would be happy when they were praised, and at most they were a little more sensible than the bear children of the fourth prince. It was the position of the crown prince of the East Palace that forced the third prince to work hard to grow, but he also carried a heavy burden, so that he had to demand himself with the highest standards everywhere. Although, there are few good birds when the prince in history grows up......

"I said it, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is right."

Zhang Shou smiled, wiped his tears for the third prince, and then said lightly: "Don't regret it, because you didn't listen to and believe partially, you did your best to find everything you could." Therefore, hold your chest up, because when you speak for the eldest prince and the second prince, you are not just acting like a brother and a brother to show others, but just because you can't bear to feel sad about your father. ”

"This kind of intolerance is more valuable than anything else. Because this means that the emperor's efforts to protect your brother's heart since the beginning of the year have not been in vain, and you have always regarded the emperor as the most important person in your heart. This is not only the courtier's respect for the king, but also the son's admiration for his father...... If I were you, I'd turn around and go in now. Even if you don't speak, just stay with him. ”

Zhang Shou didn't say who he was, but where did the third prince not know what Zhang Shou meant? His eyes widened slightly, and then he hurried back to the main hall of the Qianqing Palace without thinking.

And when he left, Zhu Ying couldn't help but be stunned, and only frowned with some worry for a long time: "Ah Shou, I know you have good intentions, but the emperor is obviously angry just now, will you do bad things with good intentions?" "It's just like I was kind enough to solve the siege, but it turned out to be very likely to trap my eldest brother...... Although the emperor hasn't decreed that he really threw the matter to the eldest brother, isn't that a matter of words?

Zhang Shou didn't answer positively, but asked with a smile: "Yingying, when your father is angry because of your second brother's matter, if you go in to accompany him, even if you don't speak, will he be angry with you?" ”

"Of course not...... Yes! ”

blurted out an answer, and Zhu Ying understood Zhang Shou's deep meaning.

She immediately thought of Zhang Chen, who had openly criticized Zhang Chuan, the Duke of Qin, for not being able to raise him; Thinking of Lu Sanlang again, Zhang Shou once took her in front of Lu Juan and bluntly said that Lu Juan had underestimated the little fat man; Think about Zhang Wu and Zhang Lu, who were once not valued by their families; used to be like a wilted dish, and he didn't know what the future would be......

At the same time as she suddenly realized, she almost said a sentence in her heart - you have never seen your father since you were born, and you actually know how to get along with your father better than those who have a father!

Zhang Shou didn't know that Zhu Ying had regarded him as an expert in mediating the relationship between father and son in his heart - he was just a bystander, and he was very disgusted with the relationship between father and son that was either like a boss and a subordinate, or like a mouse and a cat.

In many cases, as long as the father puts down a little shelf, and when the son has a little more courage, many things can take a turn. This situation applies to Zhang Chuan and Zhang Chen, Lu Juan and Lu Sanlang, and of course to Zhu Jing and Zhu Er. And there is no need to be so troublesome between the emperor and the third prince...... As long as the third prince is a sensible son in front of the emperor, it will be enough.

The relationship between the crown prince and the emperor is a peerless problem, and he did not expect the rapport between father and son to last forever, but at least it will last for a while longer, whether it will last for three or five years, or ten or eight years, because God knows how long the emperor will live.

So, when he went out of the palace side by side with Zhu Ying and got into the carriage, Zhang Shou didn't want to continue the topic in the Qianqing Palace, but talked with Zhu Ying with great interest about their wedding a few days later. For this topic, Zhu Ying naturally pays more attention to it, after all, there is no girl who does not pay attention to her wedding, especially if she is about to marry the man she likes.

Therefore, when Zhang Shou said a certain amount, she still couldn't help but gasp: "Ah Shou, you mean, you asked Aunt Wu about the number of invitations sent out, and the result was calculated, Zhang Yuan had to set up at least fifty tables that day?" ”

"That's right." Zhang Shou rubbed his eyebrows, and said with a distressed face, "I really can't figure it out, just with the people I know and the people I know, even if you count all the students, there are twenty tables of people in the sky, how can there be so many fifty tables?" But I asked my mother, but my mother said that Ah Liu was taking care of the invitations, and the number was also counted by him. When I asked Ah Liu, he told me that I would know when the time came. ”

Zhu Ying was also full of suspicion. You must know that yesterday her eldest brother married her sister-in-law, and there were more than 100 tables in the front and back yards of Zhao Guogong's mansion, but that was because there were more male guests and more female guests. For the Zhang family, there may be a lot of male customers, but there are really not many female customers, because they all went to the Zhu family!

"Anyway, how could it be that Ah Liu is sending invitations? Doesn't he go out with you every day? How can he have so much to spare? ”

"That's the question I can't figure out the most." Zhang Shou clasped his hands angrily, "You see, my mother thinks my handwriting is ugly, and Ah Liu is not much better, but he said to his mother that he can find a ghostwriter with beautiful handwriting to write invitations, and it doesn't cost money, my mother believes in him a lot, of course, let him do it." It's a good thing, except for him, no one in the family knows who the invitation is sent to. ”

Zhu Ying finally couldn't help frowning: "In addition to those people who have always been good friends with you, such as regular customers like Lord Liu, who will definitely come, plus these students of Jiuzhangtang, and maybe His Royal Highness the Crown Prince came in person because he respected you as a teacher...... But those guys who smell the wind won't have invitations. ”

"Yes, even if His Royal Highness the Crown Prince comes down, someone plans to add icing on the cake, so they come to Zhang Yuan to join in the fun, it should be rare, after all, many officials are very respectful these years."

Zhang Shou smiled as he spoke, and said casually: "After all, people like me who are lucky enough to get in, those old adults who finally passed the five levels and cut six will be killed from the field, came to congratulate me without an invitation on my wedding day, which is really too uncharacteristic." So, at first I was going to prepare some banquets just in case, but that would be a maximum of thirty tables. ”

"The key is, who did Ah Liu ask to write the invitations, and to whom did those invitations be sent?" When Zhu Ying saw Zhang Shou nodding, she couldn't help but smile and rub her hands and said, "That's not simple, just grab Ah Liu and interrogate!" I don't believe him doesn't tell the truth! ”

Facing the eldest lady who was gearing up, Zhang Shou was stunned first, and then sighed: "I was the same as your eldest brother before, and I didn't take care of the marriage preparations at home, and my mother and Ah Liu were there to handle it." After I heard the news from my mother last night and pressed him to ask him but avoided answering, the kid was gone. Obviously, he knew I was going to ask, so he hid away. ”

"Yingying, didn't you notice just now? He's not out there at all. ”

"He usually cares most about your safety, how could he leave you because he wants to sell the guanzi?" Zhu Ying's face was full of disbelief, but when she looked outside, she found that it was Yang Hao and a few others who came out with Zhang Shou today, and the coachman was also an acquaintance she had seen several times on weekdays, Ah Liu really didn't know where to go!

At this moment, Zhu Ying, who had to believe it, could only sit back, and seeing Zhang Shou's helpless face, she couldn't help complaining: "It's all him who you connive at on weekdays, it's good now, sell the guanzi to our marriage...... I don't believe he can survive today, and he can survive tomorrow...... If you have the ability, he won't come out for eight out of ten days! ”

However, as if it was a prophecy, in the next few days, Zhu Tingfang reluctantly took over the emperor's task that could be called a huge problem, and he didn't even have time to find the stubble of Master Kong Jiu, and Hua Qi, who went to Huairou to investigate the death of the eldest prince, did not return for a long time. During this period of time, Ah Liu really completely disappeared from the sight of Zhang Shou and Zhu Ying, and could only hear his existence from other people's mouths, which also made the quasi-young couple extremely helpless......

Soon, the day of Zhao Guogong's makeup will come.