Prince of Tang Dynasty

Chapter 38

Gao Ming felt that he was wronged. He thought about it for a while, but he didn't remember why he offended Kong Yingda and Yu Zhining.

While he was still wondering, Su Wan'er who was standing next to him showed a weird face.

"Your Highness, don't you really know?"

Hearing Su Wan'er's words, Gao Ming was even more puzzled.

"What should I know?"

Seeing Gao Ming's appearance, Su Wan'er seemed to be really ignorant, so she leaned into his ear with an excited face, then lowered her voice and told him the rumors in Chang'an City in recent days.

After listening to Su Wan'er's words, Gao Ming was shocked.

"What? You said that apart from exchanging concubines, the two of them have an improper relationship between men and men? These two old men are at their age, how can they play those tricks? Isn't this nonsense?"

Gao Ming was completely shocked at this moment, and after a while, he looked at Su Wan'er with a strange expression.

"I said, daughter-in-law, now that these two old men are going to sue me, could it be that this rumor came from our East Palace?"

Seeing Gao Ming looking at her, Su Wan'er shook her head even more like a rattle.

"I don't know, oops, I remembered that there is still one female red thing I haven't finished, so I resigned!"

clever:"……"

Looking at Su Wan'er who had already run away, if Gao Ming didn't know what was going on, his past twenty years would have been in vain!
It took less than a minute for Gao Ming to figure out the whole story of this "rumor accident"——

Su Wan'er learned about Yu Zhining and Kong Yingda's concubines from him, and then told the maids of the East Palace, and then the maids of the East Palace told the maids outside the East Palace about it, just like this, rumors spread. On the way, it slowly lost its shape, and it became what it is now.

Thinking of this, Gao Ming couldn't help but shouted to the sky.

"Killing people!"

But now that the matter had already happened, as a big man, Gao Ming would not take his own wife to top the vat, so he thought about it for a while, and then ordered to Shi Shu and Shi Jian beside him.

"Shi Shu, go and find me some branches, not too thick, just the same size as your fingers. Shi Jian, go and bring two buckets of bean sprouts, one bucket of soybean sprouts and one bucket of mung bean sprouts. Hurry up."

"Yes!"

After the servant book and sword were ready, Gao Ming nodded to the eunuch who had been waiting for a long time.

"Okay, let's go!"

"Yes, His Royal Highness!"

Considering that Li Shimin and others were waiting for him in the imperial study, Gao Ming quickened his pace a little, and arrived at Li Shimin's imperial study in only about a cup of tea.

Standing at the door of the imperial study, the eunuch in blue stopped.

"His Royal Highness, I will report to you later, this servant."

Upon hearing this, Gao Ming smiled and nodded.

"Well, let's go!"

"Yes!"

When the eunuch went into the imperial study room to report, Gao Ming quickly took off his shirt, looking at the shirtless Gao Ming, Shi Shu and Shi Jian were stunned.

"Your Highness, you are..."

Seeing the astonished look of the two women, Gao Ming suddenly smiled, and then handed his clothes to the waiter.

"Don't be dazed, Shishu, come on, tie the few branches in your hand to my back, just use my clothes to tie them, and move quickly."

"Oh!"

After hearing Gao Ming's instructions, Shi Shu immediately did as he said, and Shi Jian who stood aside watched Shi Shu's movements, and reacted after thinking about it.

"Ah, His Royal Highness, are you planning to take the blame?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Gao Ming immediately gave her a thumbs up.

"Bingo, you got it right!"

The allusion of pleading guilty to a thorn comes from "Historical Records: Biography of Lian Po and Lin Xiangru", which tells the story of Lian Po and Lin Xiangru during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods.

To put it simply, Lian Po offended Lin Xiangru. When he realized his mistake, he went to Lin Xiangru's house with a thorny branch on his back to apologize, and expressed his willingness to let Lin Xiangru beat himself with the branch he brought.

Of course, Lin Xiangru did not beat Lianpo with thorns, but accepted his apology. This is the famous story of "Harmony of Generals".

This story not only praised Lian Po's spirit of daring to admit his mistakes, but also praised Prime Minister Lin Xiangru's generosity of being able to pull a boat in his belly. The story of the two has also become a good story for later generations.

And now Gao Ming also plans to give Yu Zhining and Kong Yingda a "pleading guilty"!
Soon, the eunuch who just went in to report came out, he was stunned for a moment when he saw Gao Ming's attire, but he immediately came back to his senses and bowed deeply to Gao Ming.

"His Royal Highness, His Majesty invites you to have an audience."

Hearing his words, Gao Ming nodded, and went in with the branches on his back.

When Gao Ming walked into the imperial study room, Yu Zhining and Kong Yingda who were standing inside were stunned when they saw his posture.

Not only them, but even Li Shimin, who was sitting at the top, couldn't help but widen his eyes when he saw this scene.

"Gao Ming, you are..."

Hearing his words, Gao Ming nodded immediately.

"The boy is here to plead guilty to the two teachers!"

After finishing speaking, it didn't mean that Zhining and Kong Yingda had reacted, Gao Ming immediately went to the side of them and knelt down on one knee, and then "slapped" his fists.

"Two masters, the student only found out today that there have been bad rumors outside, and the reputation of the two masters has been damaged. All this is the student's fault."

After finishing speaking, Gao Ming pulled out a branch from his back, and handed it up with both hands.

"Please punish the two masters!"

Seeing the scene in front of them, Yu Zhining and Kong Yingda were shocked again.

"This……"

At this time, not to mention Yu Zhining and Kong Yingda, even Li Shimin knew what Gao Ming was playing, and suddenly laughed secretly in his heart.

"Apologize? It seems that this kid is still a little clever!"

Just as Li Shimin thought, Gao Ming's move was naturally very clever.

Gao Ming knew very well in his heart that since the rumors came from the East Palace, he was naturally inseparable from the responsibility. Not only would it not be effective to shirk responsibility, but it would also appear to be stingy. It would be better to admit the mistake openly.

And to put it bluntly, this matter is not a big deal at all, it is nothing more than making Yu Zhining and Kong Yingda lose face, as long as they earn enough face, not only can they solve their troubles, but also leave a good impression on them.

The most important thing is, with Li Shimin present, would they really dare to hit themselves with the branches behind them?

In fact, as Gao Ming thought, when Yu Zhining and Kong Yingda saw Gao Ming handing over the branch with both hands, not only did they not accept it, but they both took a step back, and said in unison, "Your Highness, this is impossible!"

Seeing this scene, not only Gao Ming, who lowered his head, smiled, but even Li Shimin, who was at the top, grinned, showing a playful smile.

(End of this chapter)