Gu Chengyu hurriedly walked down the steps, "Thank you Your Highness for your attention, the lower officials will definitely do their best to serve the imperial court!" ”

The prince suddenly felt a little unhappy with the second half of Gu Chengyu's sentence, serving the imperial court? Why didn't he serve the crown prince?

"So this palace asks you, what did my father say before he died? Could it be that the father ......" The prince stared at Gu Chengyu and his eyes narrowed.

Then he said: "Could it be that my father is going to pass on the throne to other princes, right?" ”

Gu Chengyu was taken aback when he heard this, and he asked with surprise on his face, "Why did Your Highness say this?" You are the crown prince and deserve to inherit the orthodoxy of the country. ”

In fact, Gu Chengyu's heart was also shocked, he didn't expect the prince's mind to be so keen.

The prince couldn't help but smile sarcastically, "Deserved? Oh, yes! As the crown prince, Hongu should indeed inherit the throne. But who knows what my father will think? Even before his death, he was unwilling to confess his last words to the palace, isn't this a dissatisfaction with the palace? ”

In the past, he only looked down on him when his father was a little disdainful, because he didn't like his temperament. But now he feels that his father is simply eccentric. The father likes the eldest brother because the father thinks the eldest brother is most like him. The same intelligence, the same decisiveness.

The father also likes the third child a little, even though the third child is impulsive and irritable, acts ruthlessly, often does bad errands, and is even worse than their brother in strategy. But the father loves the house and Wu, because the third is the son of the virtuous concubine.

What about the fourth? In fact, the fourth child is in sympathy with him, right?

But he is different from the fourth child, he is the concubine of the middle palace, and the fourth child was only born to the palace maid. When his father was still the crown prince, the forces behind his mother did their best for his father and did their best.

But what about today? It's ridiculous that he ascended to the throne of the crown prince, and even let the queen mother sacrifice the Danshu iron coupon and power of the Li clan of the mother family.

At first, the father still respected the queen mother very much, but with the absence of the queen mother, the father began to dislike the queen mother.

In recent years, it is only on the first and fifteenth days of the new year that I go to Guangning Palace to sit.

If it weren't for the rules set by the ancestors, it would be impossible to say that my father would not even want to step into Guangning Palace.

Dispelling these painful past events out of his mind, he smiled at Gu Chengyu and said, "Maybe you don't know that my father made this palace the crown prince for the sake of the Danshu Iron Coupon. The Li family handed over their hundred years of glory and power, in exchange for the position of the crown prince of the palace. ”

"Do you still think that this palace is valued by your father?" At this point, the prince's face sank.

Of course, Gu Chengyu had heard about this matter, "No matter why the emperor made you the crown prince in the first place, isn't it you who is sitting on the throne of the crown prince now?" This is an immutable fact. Since you are already the crown prince, why should you care about the previous things? That's all in the past. ”

The prince glanced at Gu Chengyu in surprise, right! It's all in the past, no matter who my father wanted before, anyway, he is the one who has become the crown prince now.

"The crown prince is the prince of a country!"

Gu Chengyu had a slight smile on his face, this was his position!

When he heard Gu Chengyu's words, he suddenly laughed and smiled very heartily, is this Gu Chengyu's choice?

No matter who his father wants to pass on the throne to, as long as the final emperor is him. Now it's not the father's summons, it's Gu Chengyu's choice.

"This palace will definitely live up to the expectations of my father and Lord Gu!"

The big stone in the prince's heart finally let go, he and Gu Chengyu looked at each other and smiled, and they didn't poke each other.

Gu Chengyu was smiling, but he was thinking about it in his heart, it seemed that the prince was already sure that the emperor's edict was in his hands. Now the prince still asks for himself, so he is naturally a little polite to himself.

But what about when the crown prince ascends the throne? At that time, he will already be the emperor, will he try his best to get the edict in his hands?

The prince's strategy is not low, Gu Chengyu doesn't want to live in the constant vigilance and calculation of the superiors.

Now the prince still has to rely on himself to help him sit on the throne of the king of God, but Gu Chengyu is a little worried, when everything is a foregone conclusion, won't the prince find a way to send him down?

Just like the Xue family at the beginning!

No one will tolerate a threat to them falling into the hands of others, otherwise they will not be able to sleep at night.

"Before you came, Kuang Zhaoying came, and he reported the message from Xia Qing's mouth. Daoist Ji and Xia Qing did have a close relationship that day, but the two were not familiar with each other. ”

When Gu Chengyu heard this, he immediately came back to his senses.

"Didn't you say that Daoist Tianji was recommended by Xia Qing? Xia Guan thought that this person must have colluded with Daxing, so Xia Qing recommended this person with bad intentions, and he couldn't say that he had dealings with Daxing on weekdays, Your Highness! Do you have anything to gain by sending someone to raid Xia Qing's mansion? ”

Gu Chengyu put his energy on Xia Qing again, such a person who always wants to put himself to death, if he doesn't wait for the other party to fall into trouble, wouldn't he be too sorry for himself?

Besides, his analysis is justified, and it is by no means untrue.

"No, I have not found any evidence of collusion with Daxing. But just now Kuang Zhaoying handed over something to the palace, Pang Chu! Stay outside, don't let anyone in, and don't let anyone in. The prince shouted to Pang Chu, who was guarding outside.

Gu Chengyu was a little puzzled, the prince was so nervous, could it be Xia Qing's confession?

He had a hunch that according to Xia Qing's cunning temperament, he would never come to the palace to mourn without doing anything.

After all, everyone knows that it was Xia Qing who recommended the Tianji Dao Chief, and now the emperor is dying because of the Tianji Dao Chief's elixir, Xia Qing should run away.

If Xia Qing is in collusion with Daxing, then he is returning to the palace at this moment, is it to cooperate with the people of Daxing?

Thinking of those people in black, Gu Chengyu felt that it was very possible. It's just that Xia Qing didn't expect that the prince didn't listen to his explanation at all, so he and his disciples were put in prison.

Pang Chu hurriedly responded, wondering in his heart, His Highness had already ordered just now, and no one was allowed to report it. Why did His Highness repeat it again at this time? It seems that His Royal Highness really values Lord Gu!

The prince did not shy away from Gu Chengyu, and directly turned a magpie relief on the bookcase, and a dark grid suddenly appeared on the bookcase.

Gu Chengyu was dumbfounded, did the prince trust him so much? Such an important organ did not shy away from him.

Cough! Is he overthinking? Maybe people are trying to change this bookcase?

The prince took out an irregular piece of silk cloth from the dark grid, with some dark red blood stains on it.

Well? It can't be what he thinks, right?

"Check it out!" The prince handed the silk cloth to Gu Chengyu, who glanced at the prince suspiciously, and reached out to take it.

Open the silk cloth, and sure enough, it is a blood book!

Gu Chengyu was shocked, was Xia Qing afraid of crime and committed suicide? He hurriedly glanced at the signature under his head.

Sinner Zhang Shuo!

Gu Chengyu's eyes widened, what's going on?