Fragrance in the wind

On the way back to the court, Zi Zhou probably talked to Chun Yufeng about the battle situation in the past two months, but chose to conceal the part about the information, because he didn't want to bring disaster to Jian Zicong.

Chunyufeng asked, "How did you meet that boy?"

"It's the young man accidentally rescued by my son on the way back from Mount Putuo." Zizhou replied truthfully, because he knew there were some things that he couldn't hide from him.

Chunyufeng didn't speak for a long time, knowing that Zhou'er must be hiding something from him, such as how they found the shortcut to Luxi, and the details would be self-defeating as long as they delved deeper, but he didn't ask any further. On the one hand, he is grateful to this person for saving his Zhou'er at a critical moment, but on the other hand, he is a hidden danger. He can cross thousands of armies without being injured, and he is good at using hidden weapons, familiar with the terrain, and even instigates the people to rebel. who.

After pondering for a long time, Chunyufeng glanced at Zizhou, there had already been rumors in the court, and it would be better for him to make plans early, so he asked, "Why are there a group of well-trained men gathered in the city?"

Zizhou hesitated a little. In fact, he had already learned from Su Mo's secret report that someone in the court was using this matter to make a big fuss. Chun Yufeng didn't believe him when he asked this question. They are ordinary people in the city, unwilling to have their homes destroyed, and they wait for the opportunity to deliberately create civil strife and reduce the power of the enemy army."

During the speech, seeing Chunyufeng's serious face seemed to be measuring something, he glanced coldly and continued to drive the horse, the bitterness in his mouth turned into a wisp of sarcasm, if those strong men were really a group of lurking underground troops, as the emperor, he would not I don't know?So who is helping him behind the scenes?What is the purpose of this person?What is his connection with the death of the prince?All the problems come one after another, becoming more and more complicated and there is no way to start.

And what role did Chun Yufeng play in it?

On the day of returning to the court, the people of Huaixi City were greeted by officials along the way, cheering, but they couldn't erase the loneliness in his heart.

When Zizhou returned to Qingluan Palace, it was already time to light the lanterns.

Su Le, Su Mo was very happy to see His Highness came back victorious, but when he saw His Highness's indifferent expression and indifferent response, he didn't dare to ask any more questions, and the two could only silently follow behind.

Some of the fatigue accumulated over the past few days has been relieved, he leaned against the pool and fell asleep, and he didn't notice that someone entered the bathroom.

Taifu Huan approached slowly with a bath towel, stepped down, gently picked him up from the water, and dropped him on the mat, and was afraid that he would catch a cold, so he gently and carefully wiped off the water remaining on his skin beads.When his eyes fell on the injury on the other's shoulder, the Taifu wrinkled his nose and couldn't help but raise his hand to caress it.

Seeing Xiao Zi's brows twitch twice, she slowly opened her sleepy eyes. Seeing the scene in front of her, she was startled at first, and then blushed. Pulling the bath towel on his body, he buried his head and said, "Master, why are you here at this time?"

Seeing Zizhou's charming appearance at the moment, Mrs. Huan smiled evilly, with a bit of cynicalism, and said: "Master wants to go to the banquet with Xiaozi."

"Oh...Zhou'er, I'm going to change now." Zizhou suddenly got up, and ran behind the screen to change quickly.

Zizhou, who was in such distress, was so cute to the extreme, more like his mother, Taifu Huan recalled the past with a smile on his face.

A moment later, when he appeared in front of the Taifu in light purple brocade clothes, his expression returned to his usual indifference, and he and the Taifu went out of Qingluan Palace to attend the evening banquet.

Zizhou above Qumo kept his head down and focused on his own steps. The Taifu thought he was still concerned about what happened just now, so he took the initiative to ask, "What's wrong with Xiaozi? Why hasn't he spoken?"

After being silent for a while, Zizhou only heard him reply: "Master! He is doubting me."

Taifu Huan stopped, becoming worried because of Zizhou's words, and opened his mouth to call the other party.He looked at him with solemn eyes: "You have to understand that no matter how much he favors you, he is still the emperor. His cold-blooded and ruthless nature is beyond your imagination. Don't expect anything from him, otherwise You will be hurt."

"But master..." Zizhou continued unwillingly: "He disregarded the obstruction of the officials for Zhou'er this time, and marched personally, but...why doesn't he believe me?" When he said the last sentence, he felt a little desolate.

"Xiao Zi!" While speaking, his eyes were already observing the movement around him. The Taifu sneered and said, "It's not completely unhelpful for him to conquest himself. Let them get off their horses one by one, and let them settle down."

After hearing this, Zizhou pursed his lips tightly, without saying a word, his eyes were full of sourness and disappointment. Seeing him like this, the Tai Tuo had no choice but to ask, "Are you prepared for how to deal with it?"

"Master, don't worry, Zhou'er has made up his mind." Zizhou said sullenly.

The Taifu sighed helplessly, for Zizhou's occasional childishness, he was both worried and affectionate, pinched Zizhou's beautiful nose, looked over with doting eyes, and sighed as if muttering to himself: " When will our little Zi grow up?"

Zizhou raised his eyes and grinned at the master, for a moment he seemed to feel that there was something wrong with today's master, but he couldn't tell, there were too many things to consider, and he had no time to scruple, so he could only stop thinking about them for now. .

When the two appeared at the banquet together, Chunyufeng's mood immediately became extremely depressed, and Zizhou didn't want to pay attention to him, with an embarrassing smile on his lips, and he wanted to hide from the annoying Chunyu Gurui until the banquet was over, For a moment, he actually felt more tired than fighting on the battlefield.

Early the next morning, in the Imperial Study Room in Xianyang Palace——

Chunyufeng handed the memorial to Fu Zhi, and Fu Zhi gave it to Zizhou with both hands. When he took it, he took a special look at Zizhou from the corner of his eye, then bowed and retreated.

Zizhou opened the memorial and read the first few lines, which were almost as expected, and some of the words were even too intense, probably impeaching himself for privately training the underground army with the intention of plotting rebellion.

"I want to know what the emperor thinks?" Zizhou closed the memorial, and raised his eyes to stare at Chunyufeng who was sitting on the throne.

When asked by Zi Zhou, Chun Yufeng seemed a little surprised, he didn't seem to expect that it would be his own feelings that would be the first to ask, whether he really cared or calculated in advance, he couldn't allow him to think about it, his heart was already warming up , and the atmosphere in the entire study changed indescribably at the same time, like a gentle breeze blowing through a millennium cold cave with warmth, all because of a casual question from His Highness the Sixth Highness.

Gathering his mind, Chunyufeng stroked his lips and coughed a few times, his fiery eyes fell on Zizhou, and he said in a slow tone: "I watched my emperor's son grow up, and there is nothing about him that I don't understand. Yes, of course I believe in my prince!"

As soon as the emperor said a word, all the ministers knew what was going to happen next.

After receiving the emperor's support, Zizhou turned around and walked away on several ministers. He was met by the prime minister Zhao Wan, the imperial historian Gan Yuan, Zong Zhengqing Sima Hui who was in charge of the royal family, and the head of the nine ministers Feng Changgu Wenshi and other foreign officials. , plus the servants, Sanqi, Zhongchang servants and other inner court officials who have surrounded the emperor in recent years.

Zizhou raised his sleeves to Chunyufeng and bowed to Chunyufeng, "Forgive me for the next words." Seeing Chunyufeng nodded in agreement, he straightened his back, raised his head and continued: "If one day the capital of Chunyu Kingdom is besieged by the enemy, the people in the city will In order to protect their homeland, they all took up arms to fight against foreign enemies, and in the end the war was won and Huaixi was saved, but the imperial court wanted to punish them, why is that?"

Having said that, he deliberately paused to observe the reaction of each minister.

Sima Hui came out of the shift and said, "Your Highness said that they are just ordinary people, do you have evidence?"

Zi Zhou glanced at him, his icy eyes concealed sharpness, and asked rhetorically: "In the memorial, I impeached my palace's hidden underground army for the purpose of treason. Is there any evidence?"

Sima Hui said again: "His Highness said that I agree with it, but I still have some doubts. I hope His Highness can explain it in detail. It is said that ordinary people are more brave than regular troops when they go to the battlefield. What does Your Highness think about this?" have to?"

"Brave?" Zizhou sneered, but smiled back: "Let's put it this way, if one day all the ministers present were sent to the battlefield to kill the enemy, in the situation where either you die or I die, wouldn't you Will not fight to the death."

As soon as these words came out, there was silence in the hall.

Then he closed his smile, cold and arrogant, "The matter of chasing wind and shadows was also brought up in the court, and I began to wonder what kind of thoughts the person who performed the incident had. heart of?"

Some people's complexions have changed, some are expressionless, and some are leisurely and unconcerned. Zizhou admired them one by one, and finally his eyes fell on a pair of solitary aragonites that looked like Amitabha's smile. Se, "Even if the army is secretly hidden, it will not be exposed for a mere Luxi. Compared with a Chunyu country, what is Luxi?"

Everyone in the study was overwhelmed by the words of His Highness the Sixth Highness, as if an invisible weight had suddenly increased in the air, and the pressure made everyone dare not confront each other. It seemed that His Highness Sixth was really out of breath. His words were sharp in the past, and now he is uttering such disobedient words.

But at this time Gu Wenshi suddenly left the shift, his face remained unchanged and he said: "I think what His Highness Sixth Highness said is very true, and it is really unpopular to make rash assertions without evidence, and..." He hesitated for a while.

Chunyufeng's deep eyes swept across Gu Fengchang's face, and said, "Gu Qing, if you have anything to say, you can speak directly."

After obtaining the emperor's permission, Gu Wenshi said with confidence: "We are in an extraordinary period, and we have to suspect that someone deliberately broke the relationship between His Majesty and His Majesty's father and son."

As soon as these words came out, the study room immediately fell into an assuming silence, until the emperor said slowly: "After this discussion, I believe it is clear whether it is black or white, and no one is allowed to bring up this matter again in the future." The tone was unusually calm. It is impossible to figure out what he is thinking.

Everyone withdrew from the imperial study room one after another, but never thought about what kind of cloud and rain in Wushan would be staged in the imperial study room behind them.

Chunyufeng kept staring at the gloomy Zizhou, and ordered: "Come here!"

"If the father is fine, I will take my leave first." Zi Zhou turned around and left as the words were still warm.

When he was less than a step away from the door, his body suddenly flew into the air, and Chun Yufeng had already hugged him horizontally.

Seeing this situation, Fu Zhi, who was guarding the door, closed the door of the imperial study again habitually, and withdrew the eunuchs and maids at the door.