Yan Cigui.

Wang Gouzi choked on the air-conditioning, covered his neck and coughed, his face red and his ears red.

He couldn't arrange the carriage like this. Li Shao saw this and didn't rush him. He just waited for him to calm down and raised his chin to signal him.

Wang Gouzi gasped and gritted his teeth.

In terms of selfishness, he definitely didn't want the prince to see Xu Jian now.

His Highness is still angry. Once he sees the "initiator", he won't explode without making any noise.

Especially if the Duke of Fu fanned the flames again, my dear, the fire would probably burn from the Duke's palace to the imperial study.

Once that time comes, he will completely fail at the job assigned to him by his master.

I originally thought that Duke Fu would not leave the house, at least not for this year, but I did not expect that His Highness the Crown Prince had just visited him a while ago because of the paddock, and he would go again today.

But Wang Gouzi couldn't stop Li Shao.

If the prince had such an idea on his own, Wang Gouzi would coax, persuade, and lie, and he might be able to put his highness to rest with his words.

But that was what the Holy Spirit told me to do, and the Holy Spirit said that I must "apologise."

Wang Gouzi didn't hear what exactly Gang Yu said in the study, but he thought it was nothing more than those topics.

Considering that the prince was so angry when he went to court, it was not unusual for him to be pressured by the Holy Emperor to apologize in the end.

Wang Gouzi glanced at Li Shao secretly.

His Highness's irritability is clearly visible on his face!

What did the Holy One think? How could His Majesty think that His Highness could make amends with the Duke by going to the Duke's Mansion? Did the Holy One misunderstand His Highness, or did he misunderstand the Duke of Fuguo?

After asking three questions in a row, Wang Gouzi himself fell silent.

The Holy Emperor favors the prince. After so many years, who in the whole court doesn't know?

Even the eunuchs who are not in the palace but work in Yongji Palace know it.

It is said that "beauty is in the eye of the beholder." This should be the same for me when it comes to the son I love. In the eyes of His Majesty, His Highness must be able to listen to good words and be able to correct his mistakes.

Wang Gouzi also has such a master, so he naturally knows more than other eunuchs. For example, there is indeed a conflict between the Duke of Fu and His Highness. The intensification of this conflict is indispensable for His Highness's conscientious work, but Duke Fu has also poured more fuel on it.

One slap can make a loud sound, but two slaps together make it even louder!

But with such a loud slap, how could the Holy Emperor's power towards Duke Fu really be invisible?

Especially today, even Wang Gouzi felt that the rumors were inextricably linked to Duke Fuguo, but His Highness did not convince the Holy Emperor in the imperial study.

Just let Your Highness go and apologize...

Wang Gouzi sighed inwardly.

His job is really difficult!

Even with ten thousand reluctances, Wang Gouzi arranged the carriage and followed Li Shao to the Duke Fuguo's Mansion.

When he arrived at the place, Wang Gouzi went up and knocked on the door. When the door opened, he didn't put on the airs of the East Palace people, just hoping that there would be less oil.

Li Shao stepped down and looked up to see Xu Bai coming out in a hurry. He said coldly: "I'm here to see Xu Jian."

Xu Bai introduced people into the mansion and sent people to the main courtyard to deliver the message.

Li Shao was arranged to sit down in the flower hall, and tea and snacks were served. A mother-in-law replied. After Xu Bai listened, he said to Li Shao: "Your Highness, the doctor has just diagnosed and treated the Duke of Guo. Please wait a moment. Come right away."

Li Shao snorted lightly.

However, this "horse" had been riding for a quarter of an hour, but Xu Jian was not seen.

Seeing the impatience on Li Shao's face, Wang Gouzi hurriedly asked Xu Bai in a low voice: "Chief steward, why hasn't the Duke come yet?"

"Normally, we should have arrived by the time we took the chariot from the inner courtyard," Xu Bai said softly, "Don't be anxious, father-in-law. I'll send someone to take a look. It should be halfway up the road."

Wang Gouzi pursed his lips and smiled, polite on his face but sighing in his heart.

What to pretend?

Could he not know that Duke Fuguo was delaying this on purpose? He didn't want to pour oil on him, but Duke Fu wanted to pour oil on His Highness.

But if you are on someone else's territory, you really can only be manipulated.

Wang Gouzi gritted his teeth and looked at Li Shao.

In the final analysis, it is just a small trick to leave people hanging. It is not painful at all to change to someone more stable and deeper. After all, His Highness is the crown prince. No matter how hard he is, he can't show his face. Zuo is nothing but After two or three quarters of an hour, it will be difficult for Duke Fu to explain.

But His Highness has nothing to do with stability. This kind of small trick should be used accurately on His Highness.

Wang Gouzi was thinking quickly, and after thinking for a while, he stepped forward and said to Li Shao: "Maybe the doctor is not feeling well after the treatment. Your Highness, can you please go and have a look?"

Li Shao said: "It must be pretending."

Wang Gouzi smiled apologetically: "Even if you are pretending, you have to see it with your own eyes. Just wait patiently. If he pretends, he disrespects you. If you get impatient, his lies will become true."

You also said that he was used to doing these little tricks, not only pretending to do it himself, but also having a princess help him to make the Queen Mother feel distressed.

You can see it so clearly, but you can't let him fool you even though you know it's a trap. "

This makes sense. Li Shao's face brightened slightly: "In that case, don't go. I'll just sit here and wait and see when he comes. When my father asked me about it later, it wasn't that I didn't want to apologize to him. He wants to take advantage of me again."

Wang Gouzi breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, and after persuading Li Shao with good words, he backed away.

The master and servant spoke in hushed tones. Xu Bai didn't hear a few words, but he could make some guesses.

He looked Wang Gouzi up and down again. This chamberlain looked young, but he was a eloquent person who could stabilize the prince. He was much better than the previous ones who followed the prince to fool around.

Unfortunately, it can be stable for a while, but it cannot be stable for a lifetime.

It is difficult to persuade people to be good; it is easy to make people evil!

Especially for someone like His Highness who has gone astray. Your Highness himself doesn't want to think about "good", and no matter how much people around him persuade and admonish, they can't get him back.

Xu Bai was thinking about Wang Gouzi when he heard movement at the end of the corridor. He followed the sound and saw that it was the Duke and the princess who were coming together.

The chariot was lighter and carried all the way into the flower hall.

Xu Bai asked people to move the couch in the secondary room to the open room, and then directed people to move Xu Jian from the chariot to the couch.

Lin Yunyan and Li Shao greeted each other and said, "I heard that His Highness was visiting. I wanted to come over quickly, but I didn't expect that I had just finished the diagnosis and treatment and had not yet recovered. I stood up so hard that I almost fell down. No more slowness, which is why Your Highness has been kept waiting for so long."

Li Shao pursed his lips.

Listen to this, whoever believes it is stupid!

But Ning An said it without any guilt, and Li Shao couldn't do anything to her.

Looking at Xu Jian again, she was half sitting and half lying on the couch, her face was white with a bit of gray, and she looked very low-energy.

Seeing this, Li Shao even bent down and came closer: "Your face is ugly enough."

Speaking of which, he was the unlucky one. It was he who was involved in the case and was chased by Shan Shen. It was he who was scolded by the imperial censor when the old news was exposed. It was he who was scolded by his father in the imperial study.

He doesn't even have such a bad face. What does Xu Jian mean by having such a bad face?

Xu Jian said: "The discomfort in my legs makes His Highness laugh."

Li Shao:......

Are you kidding me?

Can he laugh?

"Why am I laughing?" Li Shao sat back and played with the tea cup, but his mouth showed annoyance, "I was scolded like this. It's good that I didn't cry. Can I still laugh?"

Xu Jian pretended to be puzzled and asked: "Why did your Highness say this? Could it be that Shuntian Mansion found something else? Did Mr. Shan find the missing Geng Baoyuan? Or did you know whose girl Geng Baoyuan wanted to kidnap in the first place?"

Li Shao's anger started to rise.

The most annoying thing about dealing with Xu Jian is not that Xu Jian has to deal with everything, but that this person pretends to be confused while pretending to understand.

Xu Jian knew where he was in pain and cut him there with every word.

They were all blunt knives, and there was no blood when they were cut. No one else could tell. Only Li Shao himself knew that it hurt so much!

Just like now, he talks about Baoyuan without mentioning any rumors.

But wouldn’t Xu Jian know about those things outside?

Impossible, Xu Jian knew it!

Wang Gouzi was waiting aside, and his heart sank when he heard these few words exchanged between His Highness and Duke Fu.

His Highness is no match for Duke Fu. If Duke Fu does this for two more times, His Highness will surely jump.

Seeing that the prince was about to speak, Wang Gouzi covered his mouth, turned around and "coughed" twice, as if his throat was uncomfortable due to the cold weather, and then calmed down and apologized to the nobles present.

Lin Yunyan glanced at Wang Gouzi and then at Li Shao. As expected, Li Shao seemed to have regained his composure when interrupted by the chamberlain.

Lin Yunyan said to Wang Gouzi: "I had a bad throat a few days ago. The doctor prepared some medicinal ingredients for throat soothing and gave me some tea. I sent someone to send it next door. Father-in-law, please don't be polite. Just sit down and take a few sips."

Wang Gouzi immediately said: "Thank you, Princess, I was a little upset for a moment. It doesn't matter. You don't have to worry."

"It's just a few sips of herbal tea, I'm drinking it anyway, so it's nothing to worry about," Lin Yunyan waved her hand to Xu Bai and said, "His Highness values ​​you the most now. If you are sick, there will be a shortage of manpower around His Highness. Secondly, it would be terrible if you pass the illness to Your Highness. Go and have tea. I am here, so I won’t be unable to attend to Your Highness and talk to the Duke."

Speaking of this, Wang Gouzi had no choice but to accept it.

When he exited, he took another deep look at Li Shao, with reminders in his eyes.

These are all pitfalls!

Your Highness, please don't step in!

Wang Gouzi was dismissed, and Lin Yunyan said to Li Shao: "His Highness just said that he was scolded, what? Ge Yushi didn't finish the scolding last time, and made up new words this time?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the fire that had just been extinguished by Wang Gouzi suddenly started to burn again.

"Ge Yushi?" Li Shao said, "Today we have Zhen Yushi, You Yushi, and Mr. Gu Henggu! Xu Jian, you have a lot of contact with Shan Shen, I can think of it, but when did you meet Gu Heng got together? I’m not easy to handle, but Li Fen’s little baby is easy to handle, right?”

Xu Jian's face was calm and her voice was calm: "Why did your Highness say this? This is not the first time that Mr. Gu has been looking for His Highness in the morning. Why are you and Mr. Gu getting together? Your Highness is talking nonsense today. Brain, I can’t understand.”

"It's not you who said it. Then who told you about Yumenguan?" Li Shao asked, "It's so true that it's as if I saw it with my own eyes. Today, everyone is crying out for you in the morning. They can't stop shouting. Does it mean that true feelings have nothing to do with you?"

Xu Jian frowned.

Seeing that he was silent, Li Shao became even more agitated: "Can't you speak? My father won't let you speak. You are angry. Seeing that I have been unlucky recently, you are going to settle old scores. Why don't you think about it? Just because my father is thinking about it." Yumenguan, I have compensated you so much in the past few years! You cannot have your cake and eat it too, you have taken advantage of one end, and now you want to take advantage of the other end? You are so unkind!"

After Li Shao finished speaking, Lin Yunyan wanted to speak. Xu Jian patted her arm and shook her head at her.

Then, Xu Jian asked Li Shao: "Is this what your Highness came here to say? If there is anything else you want to say, you might as well say it all at once, so that both the minister and the princess can listen."

Li Shao was not one who could hold back his words, not to mention he was really holding back his words today, so he kept talking whenever he had the chance.

The words are intense, the emotions are stirring, and the voice is loud.

Wang Gouzi was sitting next door and could hear every word clearly. He couldn't drink the medicinal tea in front of him. He wanted to get up and go back to persuade the prince several times, but Xu Bai stopped him again.

This happened several times, and Wang Gouzi didn't bother anymore.

At this point in time, it doesn't make any difference whether he can stop him or not.

Instead of thinking about stopping the prince, it's better to think about how to make up for it.

However, if the auxiliary Duke and the princess seized such an opportunity, how could they not use the topic to their advantage?

Ugh!

This job is so difficult!

On that side, Li Shao spoke very wantonly, and it seemed that only by venting it out in this way could the dissatisfaction in his heart be alleviated.

Xu Jian and Lin Yunyan let him talk, or in other words, the more Li Shao couldn't control his temper and mouth, the better it would be for them.

As for whether the words are nice or not...

Who cares about that?

Can what goes in from the left ear and comes out from the right ear be better than when Li Shao was in power before, when he issued an imperial edict to revolutionize the Chengyi Prefecture and the Fuguogong Prefecture, and it was still bloody?

After Li Shao finished speaking, Xu Jian looked at him and said, "I have never thought of calling out injustice for the Yumen Pass matter.

I have said it a long time ago, you are the prince, and it is only natural for me to save you. No matter the reason, if you are in danger, without telling me, all the soldiers fighting at that time will risk their lives to save you.

The matter was not publicized that day, and it was because of the Holy One's consideration for you. Your life is 'safe', and your reputation is also 'safe'. I will protect you from any injustice. "

On the side, Lin Yunyan pursed her lips tightly and even breathed a little tighter.

It is true that in this life, she and Xu Jian have made many obstacles for Li Shao. Their purpose is to prevent Li Shao from taking power one day. To achieve their goals, it is normal to talk nonsense to others and ghosts.

But Lin Yunyan also knew that Xu Jian's words just now were not lies.

In the past, Xu Jian really thought so, and the words "lord and minister" were engraved in their bones.

Even if he died in the sea of ​​​​fire, Xu Jian had given Li Shao countless opportunities in those chaotic times that she had no idea about. His first choice was to bring Li Shao back, shouldering the responsibility of "guiding the prince" given to him by the Holy One. Responsibility, trying to make Li Shao take the right path.

However, Xu Jian failed.

Li Shao is hopeless.

If she hadn't been so disappointed until she saw through it, why would she and Xu Jian be taking a path that was contrary to His Majesty's ideas at this moment?

They were able to hide this from the Holy One only because they were in the dark under the lamp.

The Holy One trusts them. Their interests are too consistent with Li Shao's to betray Li Shao, and Li Shao's ability to cause trouble is really great...

However, the darkness under the lamp might be illuminated at some point, and they must not miss this good opportunity.

Lin Yunyan asked with a sullen face: "So, His Highness came here today not to care about the injuries, but to call for punishment? Does His Majesty know that His Highness is so aggressive? Fish and bear's paw? His Highness is looking for excitement, danger and making people sacrifice their lives again. I want to save you, but I don’t want to be known by the whole world and my reputation will be ruined. Is Your Highness kind?"

"Ning'an!" Li Shao shouted angrily.

"If Your Highness feels that he is right," Lin Yunyan stood up and walked to the door, saying "please", "let's go into the palace, go to Cining Palace, go to the imperial study room, and talk about this reason in detail!"

bang-

The tea cup fell to the ground and shattered, porcelain pieces flying.

Wang Gouzi didn't care about apologizing for his mistake. He rushed out from the next door and stopped in front of Lin Yunyan: "Hey, princess, what's going on? Why did you talk about going to the palace to judge?"

While talking, Wang Gouzi looked at Li Shao, his eyes turning red.

What a pit!

It was dug in the middle of the road and was not covered with hay or leaves. It was just exposed. He even pointed out the hole to His Highness!

Even now, His Highness still jumps in!

Instead of falling along the side, it would really jump three feet high, fall in the air, and it would be a hard fall.

Even His Highness the Crown Prince couldn't help but fall like this!

"Princess..." Wang Gouzi saw that Lin Yunyan turned away and ignored him, so he had to look for Xu Jian again, "My lord, Your Highness encountered some situations during the morning court today. As you know, the censors talked in the same way. It really doesn’t sound good. Your Highness is just...

Please help persuade the princess that these things are not worth disturbing the palace. The New Year is about to happen, right? "

Xu Jian did not express his position, and Wang Gouzi persuaded Li Shao: "Your Highness, you are here to visit the Duke of Guo's injury, and you also want to talk to him about the situation at Yumen Pass. You..."

Wang Gouzi tried his best and tried his best to make peace among the three nobles, but Lin Yunyan and Xu Jian did it on purpose, and Li Shao refused to listen. No matter how hard he tried, it still didn't work.

After a stalemate for a while, Lin Yunyan spoke first. She asked Li Shao: "Why did your highness come here today?"

Wang Gouzi turned his head with a downcast face.

Yes, the princess gave him the steps, but with His Highness's temper, can it be said that he was forced by the Holy One to make amends?

So this step only goes up, not down.

"I'm just curious," Li Shao said, "How could so many things happen while you two are staying in the house?"

"Then do you understand?" Lin Yunyan asked, "If you understand, please go ahead."

Li Shao glanced across their faces, snorted coldly, and strode out of the flower hall.

Wang Gouzi hurriedly followed.

It's better to leave. If you stay here any longer, there's a chance another layer will collapse at the bottom of the pit.

Xu Bai trotted to see off the guests, and Lin Yunyan followed leisurely behind him. When Li Shao walked out of the Duke's Mansion and stepped onto the carriage, the red lacquered door closed with a bang.

The movement was so loud that the white snow next to it started to foam.

Li Shao frowned and looked at Wang Gouzi.

Wang Gouzi said, he was facing the door and saw with his own eyes that the princess came and slammed the door, but he could not tell the prince this.

It's messy enough, it's not necessary.

Inside the door, Lin Yunyan clapped her hands twice, feeling refreshed.

It’s New Year’s Eve~~~

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