It was the first time that Lin Jue had talked directly to Guo Chong about the establishment of the crown prince. In the past, I couldn't talk about it at all, but then I couldn't talk about it because I was trying to avoid it. In fact, it is still inappropriate to talk about the candidate for the crown prince in front of Guo Chong. However, today, Lin Jue is doing this extremely smartly.

Lin Jue saw that Guo Chong was in a depressed mood at the moment, and Guo Chong was full of frustration and frustration at this time, and he was even a little at a loss. At this time, he is the easiest to listen to and the easiest to provoke his reflection. Lin Jue wanted to seize this opportunity to guide Guo Chong's thoughts, although it was dangerous to implicitly accuse Guo Chong of backfire at this time, but with Lin Jue's understanding of Guo Chong, he was generally a person who knew how to reflect on himself. Not the kind of person who is unreasonable. Because of this, Lin Jue had the courage to say these words. And this argument between virtuous and unvirtuous is also a question that Lin Jue has been thinking about.

In the matter of establishing the crown prince, the arguments of the successive dynasties and dynasties have been disputed, but in general, the establishment of the chief has the upper hand, largely because it is easy to operate and will not cause too many disputes. However, Lixian is different, and the standards of virtuous are different, which will give birth to variables. This truth, in fact, Lin Jue also understood after thinking about it. Lin Jue believes that for a country, the stability of the transition of power is the first, and the monarch is actually not so important to a certain extent, because things are basically done by the subordinates, and the ministers in charge need to be virtuous, as long as the monarch is not so tyrannical and stupid, the country is actually not bad.

Guo Chong listened to this tirade and really fell into deep thought. After a while, he sighed softly, "In this way, I am the culprit of all this." My selfishness is the reason why they fight for me. If everything is according to the ancestral system, there will be no contention. I really hope that Da Zhou will be good, and I hope to seek change and talent, but it turns out that it is wrong. ”

Lin Jue said softly: "Your Majesty, the minister is not accusing the emperor, the emperor's idea is actually not wrong, but it is not combined with the current situation." At present, stability should be the first priority in our Great Zhou, and the unity and stability of the whole court are so important. Foreign enemies are watching, and the national strength is weakening, which can be described as a time of internal and external difficulties. At this time, internal friction is a big taboo. That's what the minister thinks anyway. The minister may not be right, the emperor should not blame, just treat the minister as nonsense. ”

Guo Chong shook his head and said, "No, I think what you said is pertinent. At least you're still trying to figure out a way for the imperial court, and many people are messing around. That's it, I'm tired, you can go back. I need to take a good break and think about it. There are a lot of things that I need to decide. ”

Lin Jue bowed and saluted: "The minister obeys the order." However, there is still one thing that the emperor has not made clear to the minister, and the minister will be uneasy when he goes back. ”

Guo Chong was stunned and said, "What's the matter?" ”

Lin Jue said: "It is the minister's responsibility for concealing and not reporting, the emperor has not punished him, and the minister is uneasy." ”

Guo Chong frowned and thought for a while: "You have already explained, although you deceived me, but in fact, this matter has nothing to do with you. You were just a kid when it happened. The crime of deception is also excusable. I want to thank you for the Lin family, if it weren't for the Lin family, my daughter would not know if she would survive. The merits and demerits are offset, and I will not punish you. ”

Lin Jue bowed and thanked him. Guo Chong turned to Lu Wu and said, "I have the intention to keep you in the palace to speak, but at this moment I am upset. In addition, your identity cannot be announced for the time being, and I will not keep you. How about you come to lunch with me tomorrow at noon? ”

Before Green Dance could hesitate, Lin Jue handed over a color, and Green Dance had no choice but to nod helplessly: "Obey." ”

Guo Chong waved his hand and said, "You guys go." ”

Lin Jue was just about to turn around and leave, but he heard Green Dance say, "Your Majesty, can Green Dance ask you for something?" ”

Guo Chong had already sunk his body deep into the chair with a blank expression, and when he heard the words, he straightened up and came: "You say." ”

Green Dance said: "I heard that my adoptive mother was arrested and brought to the capital, Green Dance begged the emperor not to embarrass her, she is also the one who raised Green Dance, and she is also very good to Green Dance." She's actually very pitiful. Midori hopes that the emperor will let her go, and Midori wants to see her. ”

Guo Chong thought for a while, nodded and said, "Although this woman is also an accomplice, she was only forced to comply, and there is indeed no major fault. She is your adoptive mother, and I will not embarrass her. She has been escorted into the palace. I'll interrogate her myself tomorrow. Come tomorrow at noon, and I'll let you meet. ”

Green Dance Yingying knelt down to thank her, kowtowed heavily, and got up and followed Lin Jue out of the Spring Pavilion.

Out of the Spring Pavilion, the spring outside is cold and cold. Lin Jue took a long breath of cold air, and his heart settled down slightly. Tonight was supposed to be an unmanageable situation, but now it seems to be better than expected. It's still tricky, but at least it's not getting out of control.

Lin Jue and the others came out, and Qian Delu, who was standing at the door, wanted to lift the curtain and enter the house to serve. Lin Jue grabbed the corner of Qian Delu's clothes and said in a low voice: "Father-in-law Qian borrowed a step to speak." ”

Qian Delu was stunned, followed Lin Jue to the side, and said in a low voice: "What's the matter, be brief, our family still has to go in to serve the emperor." ”

Lin Jue nodded, reached into his arms and took out a few silver tickets and stuffed them into Qian Delu's hand, Qian Delu glanced at the lantern under the corridor and was startled. That's five thousand taels of silver.

"What is this for? What is this for? Chandlu smacked his lips.

"I implore Father-in-law Qian to take care of Concubine Rong. Don't let Concubine Rong suffer. Although I don't know what kind of place Changchun Pavilion is, I think it must be an unsuitable place to live. If the father-in-law can care about it, Lin and Green Dance are grateful. Lin Jue arched his hand.

When Qian Delu heard this, he hurriedly whispered: "Oh, it turns out that this is the case." Even if Lord Lin doesn't say hello, our family will take care of it. Concubine Rong treats our family well, how can our family be that ungrateful person? This silver ......"

Lin Jue smiled and said: "Father-in-law collects it, it's good to go up and down, after all, Niangniang made a big mistake, and Father-in-law is taking a risk." What else do you need from your father-in-law, just say. ”

Qian Delu smiled: "It makes sense, it really needs to be dealt with, those people have mixed mouths, and they will shut up after giving some silver." In this way, we will take it first. Our family has thought about it, there is a small courtyard in the south corner of Changchun Pavilion is also quiet, our family takes someone to clean and clean, let the mother live first, and no one disturbs. Send a few more clever servants to serve, and it is convenient to call for anything to eat. ”

Lin Jue nodded and said, "There is Father-in-law Lao." ”

Green Dance on the side was also busy saluting and thanking Qian Delu: "Thank you father-in-law, thank you so much." ”

Qian Delu hurriedly returned the salute and said: "Oh, how dare the slave and maid accept the princess's gift and torture the old slave." Don't say anything, the mother's affairs will be handed over to our family, and the mother will not suffer. We have to go in, and we can't delay any longer. If there is anything to do, I will tell the princess and Lord Lin again. ”

Lin Jue nodded with his hand, watched as Qian Delu tucked the silver ticket into his sleeve, and turned to leave. Only then did he take Green Dance's cold little hand and wanted to go. Suddenly, Lin Jue's gaze swept to a figure standing behind the pillar not far away, and after a closer look, he found that the person was Zhao Yuankang, the commander of the front division of the palace. Zhao Yuankang stood in the shadow under a pillar, stretching his neck as if eavesdropping on something, which made Lin Jue's heart feel cold and his scalp tingle.

……

The good spring night at the time of the third watch was the best time to sleep soundly, but in the flower hall of the Xiangfu Mansion, several heavyweights of the Great Zhou were sitting silently with different expressions.

Footsteps sounded, and a butler walked quickly with a corner of his robe, and entered the flower hall, attracting the attention of everyone in the hall. The housekeeper had never been so noticed by so many heavyweight officials of the imperial court, so his heart was beating faster and he was a little flustered, and he actually mixed a garlic under his feet, and fell on the ground of the flower hall with a clatter, grinning in pain.

"What's the panic? Useless stuff. Lu Zhongtian scolded angrily.

"Yes, yes, yes." The housekeeper got up, didn't care about the pain in his body, hurriedly walked to Lu Zhongtian, and handed over a letter with both hands.

"Let's go down." Lu Zhongtian shouted.

The butler hurriedly agreed, bowed and withdrew. In the chaos, he looked at the people in the seat with the corner of his eye, but found that their attention was no longer on himself, but on the letter in Lu Zhongtian's hand. The housekeeper was a little angry in his heart, it turned out that what they paid attention to was not themselves, but the news they brought.

In this compartment, Lu Zhongtian had already opened the envelope and took out a piece of letterhead from inside. Shaking and leaning close to the candle flame, a smile slowly appeared on his face.

"How's it going, what's going on?" Wu Chunlai, who was sitting on the side, stretched his neck and asked.

"Yes, grandfather, what's going on?" Guo Xu, the king of Huai, who was sitting on the other side, also asked with excitement in his eyes.

The rest of the officials were all close relatives of Lu Zhongtian and Wu Chunlai, and they were all waiting for Lu Zhongtian's answer expectantly.

Lu Zhongtian stroked his beard and smiled, and handed the letter to the candle flame and lit it. The letter burst into flames and was instantly reduced to ashes.

"Good news, good news." Lu Zhongtian Dao.

When everyone heard this, they immediately looked relieved. Wu Chunlai said in a low voice: "What's the matter?" Was Concubine Rong given to die? What was the Queen Mother's reaction? ”

Lu Zhongtian shook his head and said, "That's not true." The emperor was furious, and after we went, he set up in the palace of Rongxiu. It is said that the emperor was furious, but unfortunately outsiders were not allowed to enter, and the messenger only heard a few words. However, Concubine Rong has been relegated to the cold palace and is waiting to be released. After entering the Changchun Pavilion, are there any people who come out alive? Concubine Rong will definitely die. ”

"Great! It can be regarded as a bad breath. Concubine Rong didn't know how many bad things she said about me in front of the emperor. This time he did his own thing, and he died innocently. Does the emperor have a will? Do you want to thoroughly investigate the culprit behind it? Guo Xu asked excitedly.

"There is no will. But that Lin Jue was summoned to the palace, and he took your lost sister with him. The emperor talked to them for a long time. "Lu Zhongtian said.

"Huh? Lin Jue has entered the palace? What did the emperor call him to do? Wu Chunlai frowned.

"Do you need to ask? When the emperor knew what Concubine Rong had done, he must have asked Lin Jue to take his concubine to verify the authenticity and confront him face to face. Lin Jue is afraid that he won't be able to run away this time, he should have known about it, and the emperor could get around him? He deceived the king and concealed it and did not report it. Guo Xu said in a deep voice.

Wu Chunlai frowned and didn't make a sound, only pondering.