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While Han Tuo was accompanying Qing Ming in the imperial bedroom, something happened in the Han residence.

"By the way, I forgot to mention it when I was eating just now. Judging by my memory, I am getting old." Old General Han slapped his forehead and turned to Han Tuo's yard. Remind me, I don't know what I'm thinking every day, so I won't teach him a lesson..." The old man muttered as he walked.

Walking into Han Tuo's yard, the house was pitch black from the outside.

"Did you go to bed so early?" Old General Han asked doubtfully.

He walked to the door, pushed it, and frowned, "It's still locked! It's just a lock, how can it stop me?!" As he spoke, he exerted force suddenly.

With a bang, the door latch fell to the ground and broke in two. The old man pushed the door open and yelled loudly: "Stinky boy, I'm already in, you still don't get up!"

Silence answered him.

Apparently, no one was in the house.

The old man walked around the house and came out, "Where are the servants in this yard? Call me out, where did this brat go if he didn't sleep at night?"

The servants were called over and asked three questions.

"Then what do you know?" The old man roared unbearably.

A servant said tremblingly: "The young master has ordered that if his room is locked, don't disturb him and let him sleep peacefully. The little ones dare not disobey. Before someone entered the young master's study to tidy up, the young master reprimanded him." No one can enter without his permission."

"When did it start?" Elder Han continued to ask.

"It started in May and June last year."

"Old Li." Old General Han glanced at the butler.

"The old slave is here." The butler stepped forward and bowed.

"You stay here, and when he comes back, no matter how late it is, let him go to my room. I want to ask him, where did he go to hang out when he didn't sleep at night? Hmph!" In a word, he was about to shake his sleeves and leave, and when he walked to the entrance of the yard, he stopped suddenly, and turned around and said, "Come here, tell me, what your master has done in the mansion these days, tell me the truth Report, if someone dares to deceive maliciously, they will be dealt with by military law."

Soon, Han Tuo returned to his yard as usual, but before he entered the house, he was stopped by the housekeeper waiting at the door.

"Young master, the master invites you to his room for questioning."

Han Tuo thought for a moment, "Let's go."

Then, the two went to Mr. Han's study together.

From a distance, one could see the study room was brightly lit, and a group of servants were kneeling on the ground, creating a very heavy atmosphere.

Seeing him coming, Mr. Han frowned and shouted: "Except him, get out!"

Everyone didn't dare to make too much noise, and hurriedly retreated. The housekeeper sighed and closed the door.

"Kneel down!" Elder Han said angrily while sitting on the teacher's chair.

Han Tuo knelt on the ground in response.

"Memorize the No. 20 and seven house rules."

"The descendants of the Han family are not allowed to have sex with prostitutes."

"No. 30 four."

"The descendants of the Han family who are not married are not allowed to have sex with others outside."

"No. 40."

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Han Lao asked one by one, and Han Tuo answered one by one.

"Since you know all about it, why do you still do this kind of thing?"

Han Tuo frowned, "What did I do?"

"Still sophistry!"

"Grandpa, the conviction must be well-founded. I just came back late. What kind of crime is this? There is no rule in the family rules that the descendants of the Han family should not return late."

"Okay, then I'll explain it to you clearly, and you listen to me." Mr. Han took a heavy breath and listed his crimes one by one.

"Going in and out of the flower house wantonly, and being confused with prostitutes, the crime is one;"

"..."

"Not returning home at night, deliberately concealing his whereabouts, and having private meetings with others, the second crime;"

"Before getting married, and never being hired, but going out and doing casual things with others, the crime is three;"

"Grandpa," I wanted to listen to him quietly, but after hearing this, Han Tuo couldn't take it anymore. There were only three words, but they were all made out of nothing.

"First of all, I want to correct your point of view again. Youlan is not a prostitute, but a gentleman, and we are friends of gentlemen; secondly, I don't stay out all night, I just go out on business and come back every night; finally , I have never done anything wrong with others, Grandpa, even if you want to convict me, you must have real evidence, and you can't make subjective assumptions! Besides, why do you want to accuse me of crimes?"

"Yes, even if Youlan is Qingyuan, if you like her, just marry her back aboveboard. Our Han family is not a scholarly family with many rules and regulations. We don't have so many views from different families. We only need to be upright and have a good personality. Yes, you like her, and she likes you, so you can hire her, why do you have to have a tryst in private?" Mr. Han looked like he hated iron.

"Grandpa, who told you that I like Youlan, I have always regarded her as my younger sister."

"What? To be a younger sister?" This time, Mr. Han was confused and asked in doubt, "You treat her as a younger sister? Could it be that you like other women, but I have never heard of any girl you dated. Very close? Girl Guo of Xishan City likes you, but didn't you refuse?..."

"Grandpa, why do I have to have a woman I like?" Han Tuo couldn't help rubbing his throbbing forehead.

"I don't have a woman I like, what kind of erotic palace pictures do you look at?" Elder Han said confidently with wide-eyed eyes.

After working for a long time, the reason for his current series of associations is that incident?Fortunately, the servant didn't take a closer look, otherwise there might be some disturbance!

Han Tuo thought happily.

"Stinky boy, tell me what's going on? It's complete and complete, and there's no detail about it. Don't hide anything." Mr. Han finally realized that he might have misunderstood something, and said seriously.

"Say yes, before that, can I stand up?" Han Tuo pointed to the ground and said in a pissed off manner.

"Get up first, and wait until you've finished listening. If you let me hear anything that violates the family rules, you can kneel back to me." Han Lao waved his hand and asked him to stand up.

Han Tuo immediately jumped up as if he had been pardoned, and moved a chair to sit beside him.

"Tell me, what have you been doing these nights?"

"Before, didn't others always think that there was a gap between me and the emperor?"

"Well, I know, but what does that have to do with your coming home late?"

"Of course it does matter, just listen to what I tell you slowly," Han Tuo signaled him not to interrupt him again.

"Okay, you can continue." Han Lao compromised.

"After the night of the birthday banquet, the emperor and I did not have any estrangement or conflict at all, but the situation still appeared on the surface, don't you wonder when we became so tacit, and when we did it well?" Did you prepare and arrange together?"

"It's really strange..." Mr. Han nodded and pondered while listening, and suddenly thought of something, "You don't know...?"

Han Tuo nodded, affirming his conjecture, "It's just what you think, I go to the palace every night to discuss countermeasures with the emperor, study and deploy various plans, the previous conflicts are also what the Holy Majesty asked me to behave, that's why I can be on my birthday On the night of the banquet, Zhu Xun was successfully captured and convicted."

"So it was all arranged by the Holy Majesty. As expected of His Majesty the Crown Prince, he started preparing so early~" Mr. Han continued to ask, "But there is no need to go so late, what should I do if I disturb the Majesty's rest?"

"It doesn't matter, this is all requested by the Holy Majesty. After all, there are too many people watching during the day. To avoid their eyes and ears, it is always better to go at night."

"However, now that the Zhu family has been eradicated, and your previous performance has been exposed, there is no need to discuss it at night. Why are you still going out at night?"

"Oh, we're all used to this, and we haven't changed it for a while." Han Tuo replied lightly.

"I can't do this all the time. I'll talk to the emperor another day after I retire from the court. After all, the emperor will accept a concubine in the future. You, a foreign minister, always go in and out of the palace at night. It's not good if someone finds out."

Han Tuo nodded, unable to refuse, he knew that Mr. Han would not listen to his one-sided words, so he wanted to check with Qing Ming, but it was useless to stop him.

"What's the matter with the picture of the spring palace? I heard that I saw the picture of the palace of spring in your study. Don't tell me that it was for others to see!" Han Lao changed the subject and asked again.

"I'm at this age, and I always have to study. Go ask, which adult man hasn't read the erotic palace pictures? Didn't you read it once when you were young?" Han Tuo lowered his last sentence volume, asked jokingly.

"Stinky boy, you've got a lot of guts~ How dare you make fun of your grandfather, see if I don't beat you~" Old Han shouted violently, raising his big hand to pat him.

It's a pity that no matter how fast he is, he can't catch up with Han Tuo, who has been on guard for a long time. Han Tuo's figure flashed and he ran three steps away, "Haha~ old man, it's okay to be 20 years earlier. With the current You can't catch me~" After finishing speaking, he proudly ran back to his yard.

Mr. Han chased him out of the house, yelled and cursed behind him, and let him go.

Han Tuo seemed very happy to have successfully settled the old man's question, but as soon as he got back to the house and closed the door, he couldn't help but put away his smile.

"I'm sorry, Grandpa, I didn't mean to hide it from you, but I just want to prolong the current happiness for a few more days~"

The murmur full of apology and guilt was buried in the silence of the room, and no one knew it.

On the second and third day of junior high, Old General Han and Han Tuo went outside the city to celebrate with the West Army of Wuwan Town who came to Beijing.

On the fourth day of the lunar new year, he officially went to court, and as expected, Mr. Han went to see Qingming after he retreated from the court.

"Xuan."

After a while, Mr. Han and Han Tuo walked in together.

The two were about to kneel down and salute, but were stopped by Qingming, "You two don't need to be too polite, Dong Gui, go and move a chair for Mr. Han."

"Thank you for your understanding." Elder Han raised his eyes and was about to refuse, but when he saw Qingming's eyes that could not refuse, he sat down with peace of mind.

"Your Majesty, the old minister asked for an audience today because of Han Tuo's entry into the palace at night. After thinking about it, the old minister felt that it violated the etiquette and rules, and there is no need to hide anything now. If there is anything to discuss, just discuss it during the day. What does the Holy Majesty think?" ?”

Qingming heard the words and looked at Han Tuo.

Standing behind Han Lao, Han Tuo winked at Qingming.

Qingming understood, smiled and said: "I was negligent, I forgot this point, thank you Mr. Han for reminding, I will pay attention."

"Thank you, Your Majesty," Elder Han said respectfully, and then said, "I wonder if Your Majesty has received any news from the Rong clan?"

When talking about business, Qing Ming and Han Tuo immediately became serious.

Qingming took out a secret report from a hidden place on the table, "This is the secret report about the Rong people from this morning, both of you should take a look."

Dong Gui took the secret report and handed it to Mr. Han.

Mr. Han browsed through it and handed it over to Han Tuo.

Seeing the content of this secret report, the expressions of the two of them changed completely.

The secret report returned to Qing Ming's hands.

Elder Han couldn't help asking, "Your Majesty, is the content in the secret report true?"

"It's absolutely true." Qing Ming clasped his hands and rested his elbows on the table, "Dake became the patriarch in just two months, and the Rong tribe conquered and annexed half of the northwestern nomads. It seems that they are well prepared."

"Your Majesty, I request you to leave for Xishan City immediately, and make preparations early." Old General Han stood up and cupped his hands.

Qingming's expression was serious, and he was silent for a moment, "Old Han, if a war really starts, I don't plan to send you there, besides, it's still early, and it's not so easy to unify the northwest, so wait a little longer, wait a little longer A legitimate counterattack."

When Mr. Han heard the last two words, he was inexplicably cold, but he still wanted to persuade him, but was held back by Han Tuo.

Han Tuo shook his head, tilting his head slightly to signal him to look up.

Following his gaze, Mr. Han raised his eyes slightly to look at the young monarch above. In just a few words, the heavy and dark disappeared, replaced by a confident and graceful smile. His eyes were infinitely sharp, obviously everything was in his hands under control.

Elder Han bowed deeply, submitting to such a monarch.

Behind him, Han Tuo smiled proudly and pampered such a dazzling Qingming.