Empress, you don't want to be thrown into limbo by your father, do you?

What is this called?

Ask if he is the real son of the emperor's old son?

Are you kidding, of course he...

Li Changshou just wanted to answer with righteous words, but the words suddenly stopped inexplicably.

Why?

because……

He is so unsure!

"Why are you asking this question all of a sudden?"

To be honest, it's not that Li Changshou didn't think about similar questions before, but he just flashed across his mind quickly, and didn't think deeply about it and put it behind him.

If Gu Xiaoya hadn't asked him alone in the dead of night tonight, he might not have thought of it.

"Your Highness, forgive me, I'm just..." Gu Xiaoya also knew that she was a little reckless in asking.

How can anyone directly ask in front of a prince, is your father the current emperor?

Are you the current emperor's own son?
Whoever asks this kind of question is no different from courting death.

Even she knew that Li Changshou was different from the other princes. In private, he was very easy-going and unassuming, and he was more doting towards them.

however!
It is a matter of royal face and secrets, who dares to ask it face to face?
That is not only offending the prince, but also not paying attention to His Majesty the current emperor!
It's a proper death penalty, it's not a problem to pull it out and get hacked.

So what if she is a favorite concubine, not to mention that she has not yet been canonized by the court as the side concubine of Shouwang.

"It's okay, if there are outsiders around, Gu also knows that you have no intentions."

Li Changshou comforted him. Anyway, he didn't have any feelings for the old emperor. Although he was more sympathetic, he also only had insignificant sympathy for this old man's past.

"It's my concubine's recklessness."

Gu Xiaoya forced a smile, but the doubt and curiosity in her heart seemed to be poisonous, tormenting her heart all the time.

Especially after Li Changshou came back this time, that feeling was even stronger.

It was more and more overlapping with the back figure in her memory, and the thought of the possible truth made her sleepless.

If the person in front of me is really the child of that person...

Isn't that so?

"Why does Ya'er think that Gu is not the father and son?" Faced with this kind of thing, no matter how well-mannered the prince is, he would walk away with a cold face.

After all, it is related to the legitimacy of succession to the throne, and it is even more related to the lives and interests of everyone in the upper and lower palaces.

Only Li Changshou didn't care, instead he rubbed his chin with interest and smiled, "You haven't seen Father, have you?"

For Emperor Ming?
Of course Gu Xiaoya has seen it!
Back then, the Demon Sect had been preparing for a long time, and she was fortunate enough to meet Emperor Qianming in the dark. After all, the Gu family had a certain status in the court, and her father was even the Minister of the Ministry of War who was qualified to face the saint.

Because of this, she will have this question.

"My concubine was lucky enough to meet the Holy Majesty with my father."

Li Changshou didn't care, and continued to ask with a smile, "Oh? Is that because Gu and Father don't look alike?"

"Your Highness, do you want to hear the truth or lies?"

Gu Xiaoya also smiled and blinked mischievously, perhaps infected by Li Changshou's attitude, she was not as nervous and hesitant as before.

The appearance of such a little girl really makes people move their index fingers.

Li Changshou couldn't bear it anymore, and just smiled, "It doesn't matter if it's true or not, I'll talk about it later!"

"Oh Your Highness, wait..."

However, there is no room for her to refuse now, anyway, there is still enough time, and the business can be delayed for another hour or two.

As for how similar Li Changshou is to Emperor Qianming?

No one really cared.

……

"Sister Ya offended His Highness?"

In the early morning, the girls felt a little sympathetic and curious, but Gu Xiaoya still didn't get up and was still asleep in the house. As for what happened last night, they could imagine what happened with their eyes closed.

Lin Luoxi asked boldly, and the other women also felt it. They knew a certain person's fighting power too well.

Seriously, if they don't join forces, they won't be rivals at all, the kind that will be completely crushed...

"It's okay, she was tired last night and slept more."

Li Changshou laughed and didn't say much. Anyway, everyone knew it well, and last night was quite special. Whoever let Gu Xiaoya notice something, although he didn't get proof in the end, it also made Li Changshou's index finger twitch.

Don't have a flavor!

Now that the population of the palace is thriving, there are more people at the dinner table.

Li Changshou put down his chopsticks suddenly, looked at the girls and asked a question.

"How much do you think Gu resembles his father?"

It wasn't Gu Xiaoya who mentioned it last night, so he really wouldn't care about it, but just because Gu Xiaoya mentioned it made him toss and turn in the middle of the night, always feeling like a stick in his throat trying to figure it out.

Even if he doesn't like to be Emperor Ming anymore, it is indeed very concerned about his prince's birth and origin.

"Why did your Highness ask this all of a sudden?"

Lin Luoxi didn't understand, so it wasn't just her, all the girls didn't understand.

Among them, Zhuang Dieer and Mu Qingqing have never seen the real face of Emperor Qianming, how can they answer?
"Gu just suddenly remembered."

Li Changshou smiled and didn't explain too much. Speaking of Emperor Qianming's knees, there are indeed many children, except for some who died early. Among the adult princes, there are actually only the prince and him now.

"When I was young, some people said that I don't look like my father, what do you think?"

You really have to say this kind of thing behind closed doors, otherwise, if it spreads out, I don't know how much uproar it will cause!

Lin Luoxi was the most virtuous, and the first thing she realized was that she waved her hand and saw that the doors and windows were closed. She must have been worried that outsiders would listen to her.

The other women also reacted one after another, with strange expressions on their faces.

"It's okay, there's no one around."

Li Changshou didn't stop him, he couldn't let outsiders know, even the most trusted Guan Peng couldn't hear such a secret.

Knowing that there was no one around, the girls were relieved.

"Your Highness, you scared the concubine to death!"

Lin Luoxi patted her chest lightly, and rolled her eyes coquettishly, while Bai Luoxian glanced at Li Changshou indifferently, and asked in a low voice: "Your Highness, this kind of matter cannot be discussed. It will be very detrimental to Your Highness if it is heard by others."

Women from the Xianmen sect are much more politically aware than ordinary women, and are also very keen. Now that even her sect has chosen to support Li Changshou in the fight for the throne, she naturally focuses on her son-in-law.

"Yes, Your Highness, you can't talk nonsense like this!"

Fang Rou also became nervous. It was hard for her to abandon the past and choose to live a new life. Today's life is a happiness that she has never felt in more than 30 years, so she is naturally afraid.

After all, Zhuang Die'er and Mu Qingqing entered the palace late, and had never been in contact with the court.

One is just a young lady from a family who doesn't leave the door, and the other is a Jianghu girl. She doesn't have such strong feelings, but she also realizes that this kind of talk should not be talked about, so they both chose to sit there quietly.

"They're all from my own family, Gu just mentioned them casually."

Li Changshou said a few words of consolation. Among the girls, Lin Luoxi and Bai Luoxian are the only ones who want to talk about ingenuity. The Demon Sect and the Immortal Sect do have a way of cultivating people. This is even better than Fang Rou, an official woman. not on.

"The concubine really said it?"

Lin Luoxi cautiously opened her mouth to probe, and the girls couldn't figure out what Li Changshou was thinking, so they didn't dare to know everything without saying anything.

Seeing their reactions, Li Changshou somewhat understood, so he smiled and said, "Why are you all so serious? Gu doesn't blame you, and there are no outsiders now."

"Your Highness and Your Majesty are indeed not quite alike."

Before Lin Luoxi could make a sound, Bai Luoxian said softly at the side, and then apologized, "Of course His Highness is His Majesty's own son, no one will doubt that."

Throughout the dynasties, there have been scandals in which civet cats were exchanged for princes.

Not to mention that some concubines in the harem couldn't stand their loneliness, did some scandalous things to the emperor, and eventually even gave birth to evil seeds...

"It's not very similar, but there are still some similarities between the eyebrows."

Lin Luoxi hurriedly lied aside, but her tone and demeanor knew that even she didn't believe what she said, and this was also Li Changshou's suspicion for a long time.

But he didn't show it, but said with a smile, "It seems that Gu is following his mother and concubine."

As soon as these words came out, the girls breathed a sigh of relief.

They all smiled and nodded, "Yes, Your Highness is more like a noble concubine."

Fortunately, Li Changshou did not continue on this topic. After all, if the topic is more sensitive, if it gets out, it will indeed cause a bad influence.

It's just that since the seeds of doubt have been planted, they are bound to take root and germinate.

"System, the old emperor won't be real?"

【…】

……

In fact, Li Changshou didn't care much about the grievances and grievances of the previous generation.

Even if he is not the real son of the emperor's old son, so what, he is the prince now, and he holds in his hand the secret edict to return to the king Qin in the future.

Yes and no, what's the difference?
Even Emperor Qianming might not care about this, so what else does he care about?
"Your Highness, there is an urgent report from Gusu Mansion!"

Just after the first month, it was the season when everything began to recover. It was rare for Li Changshou to come to the official office of the Jiedu Envoy. Most of the things were left to Zhang Junshou and Guan Peng, but there were some things that the two still didn't dare to easily decide.

like now.

Zhang Junshou respectfully presented an official document with both hands, "Your Highness told you that there is any movement in the Gusu Mansion, and you must be informed as soon as possible."

"Gusu Mansion?"

Hearing this, Li Changshou took the official document, opened it and looked at it with a somewhat smile on his face.

"This Ling Wei seems to be quite capable."

It turned out that the content of the official document was very simple. At the beginning of the year, because Li Changshou suddenly went to the Gusu Mansion, and even met the dead man in black from the Prince's Mansion, a series of influences eventually turned into the Gusu Mansion sending troops to suppress the bandits.

In the end, without accident, Ling Wei showed up on his own initiative and made a great contribution by recommending himself!
"Congratulations Your Highness, congratulations Your Highness! Reporting this matter to the imperial court will definitely make His Majesty happy!"

Although Zhang Junshou didn't understand why Li Changshou cared so much about a trivial matter of suppressing bandits, but as an old man in the officialdom, he was well-versed in the way of being an official, so the flattery was endless!
"His Royal Highness is happy to have a good general, it is really a great fortune!"

Guan Peng also flattered, but he knew more secrets, and he knew what Ling Wei meant to Li Changshou.

The suppression of the bandits in the Gusu Mansion was indeed very successful. Even judging from the official documents, it was as if all the bandits entrenched in Taihu Lake were taken down without any bloodshed!
Correct!
Not to wipe out, but to win!

To put it more simply, Ling Wei directly recruited those people, which not only solved the unstable factors along the Taihu Lake these years, but also recruited many people.

Li Changshou did have expectations for Ling Wei at first, but he never expected him to be so capable?
Anyway, he didn't have the ability, so he either killed them all by pure force, or threw them to professional people to deal with.

"This Ling Wei, how should we arrange it?"

Zhang Junshou asked curiously. Although it was the achievements of the Gusu Mansion, but now he is equivalent to acting as Li Changshou's state shepherd, so naturally he has to worry a little more.

How to arrange?

Li Changshou had planned for a long time. After hearing the words, he pretended to ponder for a moment, and said directly: "Let's arrange for him to go to Jiangdong Daying temporarily and be a school captain."

"Your officer, let's make arrangements!"

Zhang Junshou hurriedly went down to prepare, and after he left, Guan Peng asked in a low voice, "Your Highness, Ling Wei has gone to Jiangdong Daying, in case Master Zuo made a mistake..."

Regarding Ling Wei's identity, not many people in the world know about it.

Except for the Huo family trilogy back then, Wei Zhaojun and very few people knew about it, and Zuo Zhixiong was one of them.

"Guan Peng, do you think Ling Wei was rescued in such a secret back then, why did Zuo Zhixiong know?"

Li Changshou turned around and left after leaving these words, while Guan Peng, who stayed where he was, suddenly came to his senses!