Prince of Tang Dynasty

Chapter 27
Looking at the Gao Ming brothers and sisters who were eating, Xiao Hong who had just finished playing a song bit her lips tightly, her face was a little cloudy.

But she quickly made a decision. She put the pipa aside, walked straight to Gao Ming, and knelt down with a "plop".

"Little girl Zhou Hong, I implore Your Highness to save my father!"

After finishing speaking, Gao Ming gave Gao Ming three head-knocks.

Looking at the scene in front of him, Gao Ming raised his eyebrows immediately.

"Have we met before?"

As soon as Gao Ming finished speaking, Zhou Hong immediately shook his head.

"Never!"

Hearing her words, Gao Ming frowned immediately.

"Then how did you know who I am?"

Seeing Gao Ming's frown, Zhou Hong quickly lowered her head, then pointed at Gao Ming's clothes.

"Returning to Your Highness, the little girl's father once served as an imperial court official, and the palace once rewarded my family with a piece of brocade, which is the kind that His Highness wears on his body."

Hearing her explanation, Gao Ming nodded immediately, but there was still some doubt on his face.

"Since the palace can reward your family with this cloud satin, it can naturally be rewarded to other people. Based on this, how did you guess my identity?"

This time Zhou Hong didn't speak, but looked up at Li Mingda who was next to Gao Ming. Seeing her movements, Gao Ming immediately understood.

"Oh, I see, it turned out that my sister slipped the tongue just now, but I guess you are not sure, so you decided to take a gamble, right?"

When Zhou Hong heard Gao Ming's words, she was so frightened that she fell to the ground.

"Please forgive me, Your Highness!"

Seeing her shivering, Gao Ming smiled and waved his hands.

"I just said, I'm not a bad person, well, you get up first."

Hearing Gao Ming's words, Zhou Hong quickly stood up and saluted him.

"Thank you, Your Highness!"

Watching her movements, Gao Ming nodded again, then pointed to the stool next to him.

"Didn't you say you want me to help your father? Tell me, what's going on?"

Hearing Gao Ming's words, Zhou Hong was obviously taken aback.

"Your Highness, would you like to help me?"

Seeing her surprised look, Gao Ming shook his head with a smile.

"I'm asking you to talk about it, whether you can help me or not, but since you asked, I will remind you, if your father is a corrupt official or a criminal, you are still exempted." Respect your mouth."

As soon as Gao Ming finished speaking, Zhou Hong shook her head like a rattle.

"No, my father is a good official, it's just that someone framed him!"

Hearing her words, Gao Ming immediately became interested.

"Oh? Then tell me, who framed him?"

Faced with Gao Ming's question, Zhou Hong hesitated for a while, and then spoke again after a while.

"Current Situ—Changsun Wuji!"

When Gao Ming heard the name, he was stunned for a moment, but in an instant, a playful smile appeared on his face.

"Zhou Hong, do you know who my grandson Wuji is?"

Hearing his words, Zhou Hong was taken aback for a moment, raised her head and stared blankly at Gao Ming.

Seeing Zhou Hong's bewildered face, the smile on Gao Ming's face suddenly became wider.

"The eldest grandson Wuji you mentioned is my mother's brother, my mother's uncle, do you want me to help you?"

As soon as Gao Ming finished speaking, Zhou Hong fell to the ground with a "plop", her eyes were full of despair, and her face was ashen.

Seeing her unrequited expression, Gao Ming realized that he seemed to have played too much, and suddenly shrugged helplessly.

"Okay, I was just teasing you just now, who made you so smart to see through my identity, now we are even, let's talk about your father, if he is really a good official, I guarantee he can safe and sound."

Hearing Gao Ming's words, Zhou Hong's originally dull eyes suddenly regained a gleam of brilliance.

"Your Highness may be serious about what you said? Didn't you just say that Changsun Wuji is your real uncle? You..."

Before she could finish speaking, Gao Ming interrupted her with a wave of his hand.

"It's true that Changsun Wuji is my own uncle, but Datang is not the only one who has the final say. It is related to Datang's foundation. I can still tell which is more important, so let's talk about your father's matter." Bar!"

Hearing what Gao Ming said, Zhou Hong bit her lip again, and then began to tell Gao Ming about the whole thing.

It turned out that Zhou Hong's father, Zhou Zheng, was the governor of Jinzhou. , and Zhou Zheng was missed by Changsun Wuji.

In the Jindan case a few days ago, many officials were involved, and Zhou Zheng was one of them. Not only did he lose his official position, but he was also trapped in a cage, waiting to be sent to the border.

The newly appointed governor of Jinzhou has become the confidant of Changsun Wuji, which is in line with an old saying, "A man who is not guilty is innocent, but a man who is pregnant is guilty." From the root cause, it was his governor who harmed Zhou Zheng s position.

Although Zhou Hong ran around trying to save the Zhou family, there was no result after all. Not only did she fail to rescue Zhou Zheng, but she was also trapped in Wanhualou. If she hadn't been lucky enough to meet Gao Ming this time, what would happen to her in the future? No one can tell.

After listening to Zhou Hong's narration, Gao Ming's face suddenly darkened.

At this time, Gao Ming has fully entered the role of prince. In his subconscious mind, apart from Li Shimin, he should have the final say in this Tang Dynasty, but what Changsun Wuji did is obviously a bit "over the limit".

For example, when dealing with the Jindan case this time, Changsun Wuji took advantage of Li Shimin's anger to clear the obstacles on his political path, and at the same time gained Li Shimin's trust, which can be regarded as killing two birds with one stone.

No matter in any era, foreign relatives interfering in politics is not tolerated by those in power, even uncles!
What's more, in Gao Ming's eyes, Changsun Wuji is not his real uncle.

Thinking of these, Gao Ming felt extremely uncomfortable.

"Damn, this trick of borrowing a knife to kill is really powerful. No wonder the eldest Sun Wuji in history can influence Li Shimin's choice of heir. It seems that he has two brushes."

Thinking of this, Gao Ming immediately patted the table and stood up.

"Si, let's go, let's go back to the palace."

Hearing Gao Ming's words, Li Mingda raised his head and looked at him nervously.

"Brother, do you really want to deal with uncle?"

Seeing Li Mingda's nervous look, Gao Ming shook his head immediately.

"It's not that I want to deal with him, but that his hand is too long. If the elder brother expresses nothing, then no one else will know whether this Da Tang's surname is Li or the eldest grandson!"

Hearing Gao Ming's slightly angry tone, Li Mingda fell silent immediately.

Gao Ming immediately noticed that the little girl seemed a little unhappy, so he smiled and rubbed her little head.

"Son, didn't you often help those ministers to intercede in front of the emperor before? It's the same with elder brother."

Hearing Gao Ming's words, Li Mingda immediately raised his head again.

"Big brother means that as long as uncle lets those people go, big brother won't deal with him, right?"

Gao Ming nodded immediately.

"Yep!"

Now Li Mingda was happy again.

"Uncle is very nice to Si Zi. Si Zi told him that he would definitely agree!"

Seeing Li Mingda's cheerful look, Gao Ming could only smile and shrug his shoulders.

He did not tell Li Mingda that political compromises cannot be resolved with close relationships, and the interests involved are enough to make many relatives turn against each other.

But considering that Li Mingda was young, Gao Ming didn't say anything, just smiled and took her little hand.

"Let's go, son, let's go back to the palace."

After finishing speaking, Gao Ming nodded to Zhou Hong who was kneeling beside him.

"Your name is Zhou Hong, right? Let's go, and you go back with me."

Hearing Gao Ming's words, Zhou Hong immediately showed joy on his face, and saluted Gao Ming.

"Thank you, Your Highness!"

And just when Gao Ming took Li Mingda and Zhou Hong out of the room and was about to go immediately, the young servant from before greeted them with a smile on his face.

"This master is leaving? Why don't you settle the bill first!"

Hearing the servant's words, Gao Ming immediately realized a serious problem, that is, he did not bring any money when he left the palace.

Looking at the smiling servant, Gao Ming's brows twitched suddenly.

"This is trouble!"

(End of this chapter)