The return of the son-in-law

In the Hall of Qinzheng, the emperor Li Chonghao sat on the top, staring at Guo Zhanan who was kneeling in front of him with a pair of cloudy eyes, and asked after a long time: "Get up. Have you read the list?"

Guo Zhanan got up and replied loudly: "Go back to Your Majesty, I have read it."

Li Chonghao nodded, if Guo Zhanan said he hadn't read those brochures, he would be lying.

He also said: "Guo Zhan'an, I regret it now, why did I send my third son to the Northwest?"

The emperor could blame himself, but the courtiers could not criticize the emperor. Guo Zhanan still lowered his head and did not answer.

Fortunately, Li Chonghao just sighed a few words and didn't care about it.Then, he said: "I remember, your mother is related to my queen. When I was a child, I saw you in the Queen's Zhaoyang Palace. At that time, you just had a fight with Ade and almost beat Ade Crying nose. Hehe, now that I think about it, more than ten years have passed.”

Ade is Li Shaojun's nickname, but since the sixth prince Li Shaoyu disappeared and Empress Jiang fell out of favor again, Li Chonghao never called Li Shaojun that way again.

Guo Zhanan's heart trembled, he couldn't help cheering up, and said: "At that time, I was still ignorant, and offended the third prince, and was severely scolded by my mother after returning home."

Li Chonghao laughed: "Really? Your mother, I remember, is no longer here, right? Guo Xiantong later married Concubine Hua's younger sister?"

Guo Zhan'an found out that Li Chonghao called "Concubine Hua" instead of "Concubine Hua", sneered in his heart, and returned respectfully: "Return to Your Majesty, yes."

"Heh, this Guo Xiantong is really courageous. The first wife is a relative of my empress, and the latter wife is a relative of my concubine. Does it mean that he wants to be a local emperor?"

Guo Zhan'an was about to burst into laughter in his heart, but his face showed a look of sincerity and fear: "Your Majesty has learned! My father, my father has no such thoughts."

Li Chonghao waved his hands and said, "What does this have to do with you? That Guo Xiantong helped his second son to study in the Xulin Academy in the suburbs. I heard that he wants to take the imperial examination next year."

Guo Zhan'an had no choice but to say: "Return to Your Majesty, my father never told me about these things."

Li Chonghao said again: "I said, these things have nothing to do with you. You are upright, loyal to the emperor and patriotic, quick-witted, and decisive in killing and killing. Unlike Guo Xiantong, you are more like your grandfather."

When Guo Zhanan was born, his grandfather had passed away, so he didn't have a deep impression on him.Li Chonghao, on the other hand, couldn't stop talking once he opened it: "I still remember that when I was still the prince, General Di fought on the battlefield, won nine of nine battles, and forced Tatar to retreat to the Great Moon Kingdom in the Western Regions. Di The general was dressed in soldiers and horses, and in the end he was shrouded in horse leather. It is a pity that I was negligent, and I did not expect his descendants to be so destitute."

Although Guo Zhan'an was at odds with Liu Feifei in the Guo Mansion, they fought wits and courage, and Guo Zhan'an always had the upper hand, and Liu Feifei didn't bully him.

Li Chonghao is really biased when he says this now.

But Guo Zhan'an didn't open his mouth to explain. He knew that with Li Chonghao's temperament, everything he said now was just paving the way for the next one.

Sure enough, Li Chonghao sighed again for a while, and asked again: "Yue Qing said, you are still living in the post station, why don't you go back to live in Guofu?"

Guo Zhan'an reported the truth: "Your Majesty, I was originally the county magistrate of Tonghua County. If I entered Beijing without an order, I would have left my post without permission and dared not live at home anymore."

Li Chonghao nodded, and pretended to praise: "It is indeed a polite person. The situation is urgent, and it happened suddenly, and this is beyond your control. Forget it, this time, I will forgive you for your innocence."

Guo Zhanan made a long bow, "Thank you, Your Majesty."

"It's a pity," Li Chonghao changed the subject, and his words were mixed with thunder, "Someone doesn't know the rules, but even meddles in border defense affairs, colludes with Tatar, and wants to change the banner and overthrow our dynasty! Guo Zhan'an, what do you think? manage?"

Guo Zhan said reassuringly, "Here we come!", and then replied, "Return to Your Majesty, those who shake the country will be killed without mercy."

A smile flashed across Li Chonghao's face, and then he returned to a sad face. With one hand on his forehead, he said to himself, "Kill? So many people, can you kill them all?"

Guo Zhan'an cursed in his heart, the emperor did it really comfortably, obviously he had thought about it, but he still had to use his mouth to issue this order.

It's just that Li Shaojun's situation in the northwest is unclear, so he had to follow Li Chonghao's thoughts: "Your Majesty is wise. In the past, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was bewitched by Jiang Chong, and then he came to his senses and killed hundreds of thousands of rebels. Now there are Dozens of people, if we don’t make a decision early, I’m afraid that more and more people will be bribed by Tatar.”

Li Chonghao wanted to be a famous emperor in history, and when he heard Guo Zhanan comparing himself with Emperor Wu of the Han, he couldn't help feeling elated: "You are right, but it is a pity that Emperor Wu of Han is old and dizzy, and he doesn't believe his own prince, but believes in a charlatan , that’s how it ended up.”

The implication is that I am much better than Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty!

Guo Zhanan didn't want to get involved any more, so he could only say: "Your Majesty is wise."

Li Chonghao has achieved his goal, so he no longer plays riddles with Guo Zhanan: "After all, it is about the country and the country. Although I can't bear to kill again, I can only listen to Guo Qing's ideas. Forget it, a country cannot live without a king, Tong Hua County can't do without you as the county magistrate. There is no need to go back to Guo's mansion, let's leave early tomorrow morning."

Guo Zhanan bowed and resigned.

Outside the Palace of Qinzheng, after Guo Zhan'an left, an inner eunuch carefully walked all the way to Concubine Hua's Linzhi Hall.

"Ma'am, Guo Zhan'an is gone."

Concubine Hua Gui was half-lying on the concubine's couch chatting in every possible way, but she didn't move, and asked, "Oh, what did they say?"

The inner supervisor replied: "I don't know, it's just that after Guo Zhan'an came out, his expression was normal."

Concubine Hua frowned, and stood up suddenly, the impatiens flower juice left a long mark on the back of her hand.

At this time, Concubine Hua didn't care about these things anymore, and said angrily: "What does it mean to look normal, what does it mean to be unclear? I have raised you for so many years, can you even do this?"

The inner eunuch was terrified and frightened: "Your Majesty, forgive me. The Palace of Qinzheng is heavily guarded today, and Xu Shuchun, who has been receiving her favors, is not here. I am worried that I will scare the snake, so I dare not ask the other inner eunuchs."

Concubine Hua looked at the inner eunuch with disgust: "Receive benefits? Who gave Xu Shuchun benefits?"

"Your Majesty said yes, what your Majesty said is true. I was clumsy and said it wrong. Then Xu Shuchun felt sorry for Your Majesty's kindness, knowing that Your Majesty is worried about the health of Your Majesty's dragon body, and that Your Majesty is the person His Majesty puts most in his heart, so he took the initiative to send Pass the news to the empress."

Concubine Hua Gui sighed: "This palace is also difficult to deal with. It's just that I can't say it anymore. Don't spread it, let others know, it's meaningless."

The inner supervisor quickly nodded in agreement.

"Forget it, step back, stay safe these few days, and don't leave Linzhi Hall."

"Yes."

When the inner eunuch retreated, the maid at the side had cleaned up the mark of the impatiens flower juice on the back of Hua Guifei's hand.Concubine Hua pushed away the maid in displeasure, not caring that her fingertips drew two bloodstains on the maid's face: "Go down, let Xia He come over."

The maid reluctantly said yes, and went back to treat the wound by herself without mentioning it.

At this moment, Xia He came in with a cup of bird's nest porridge: "Your Majesty, you didn't have any food in the morning, so you should use some now."

Concubine Hua waved her hands and said: "I really have no appetite. My father rested at home yesterday, but he was scolded by the emperor for no reason. The emperor listened to the villain's rumors and became suspicious of my father. What should I do? "

Xia He walked behind Concubine Hua, and squeezed Concubine Hua's shoulders: "Your Majesty, don't worry, you and Your Majesty have been married for 20 years, and love is stronger than gold. How can a few rumors from those timid people compare?" ?”

Concubine Hua was pleased with her heart, and said angrily: "You girl, your mouth is getting more and more unguarded. What kind of relationship between husband and wife, it's the emperor and the empress! I'm just a little concubine. Fortunately, the emperor loves me more. It's just a gift. How can it be called a husband and wife."

Xia He has been serving Concubine Hua since she was a child, how could she not know what she thinks?So she continued to courteously: "Why should your empress be humble? Not to mention inside this palace, even outside this palace, everyone knows that His Majesty treats you better than empress empress!"

"That's true." Concubine Hua stretched out her hands to brush her hair around her ears, "Jiang Yuyao just has a good background. In terms of beauty, virtue, means, bearing, and His Majesty's favor, I am the only one who deserves it." You have to go to Zhaoyang Hall."

"Your Majesty said that the beauties in this palace come and go, and only you, Your Majesty, are always the one in His Majesty's heart!" After speaking, Xia He walked to the table and served the bird's nest porridge, "If your Majesty Because of these two rumors, I am so angry that I can’t eat, let His Majesty know, I will be miserable! For Your Majesty, please use some more.”

Only then did Concubine Hua show a smiling face: "Forget it, I can't talk about your little girl's film. By the way, send someone to tell His Majesty that I have prepared a big gift today, and I want His Majesty to come and unwrap it in person. Also, father's side is temporarily There is no way to free up your hands, you go to Liu Feifei and tell my cousin to release someone by Guo Zhanan's side."

Xia He nodded and said: "Your Majesty, don't worry, as long as your Majesty is happy, Xia He can do anything."

Guo Zhan'an didn't know that Concubine Hua Gui in the palace had once again set his mind on him.When he returned to the post station, he realized that five or six groups of people had invited him to "reminisce about the old days" in various names in just one morning.

"Scared?" Guo Zhanan saw Huo Yu buried his head in his meal, and thought he was scared by the situation.

Huo Yu raised his head, shook his head, and said, "No, I'm very hungry."

Seeing that a grain of rice was still on his upper lip, Guo Zhanan made people laugh: "Why don't you eat first?"

Huo Yu smiled shyly, and replied, "We'll eat together when brother comes back."

In Tonghua County, Guo Zhanan didn't have many official duties every day, so Huo Yu and Guo Zhanan shared three meals a day on weekdays.Now that he is in the capital, Huo Yu is not familiar with the place where he was born, and he has become more dependent on Guo Zhan'an.Today he knew that Guo Zhan'an was going to the palace to meet the saint, so he didn't go out at all, but just found a few picture books and hid in the post station to read.

Guo Zhanan picked up chopsticks for Huo Yu and said, "I'm afraid that when I return to the capital, the official duties will become more and more onerous. If I don't go home for three days, won't you eat it?"

Huo Yu became anxious: "Brother, brother can take me out, I can help brother!"

"Okay, I can eat the mouth when I eat, can I help you?" Guo Zhan'an said, pointing to his upper lip.

Huo Yu reached out and touched a grain of rice, feeling even more ashamed: "Brother, don't tease me, I can help. Today, the Guo Manor sent people to invite you back, and I sent them away. !"

Seeing Huo Yu's eagerness to ask for credit, Guo Zhan'an almost wagged his tail and asked, "Oh? How did you get rid of it?"

Huo Yu giggled, and said, "I told you, the second housekeeper brought two servants over yesterday, not to mention a carriage, he didn't even have a horse. Is this the rule of the Guo family? Let the master walk home The second housekeeper was disrespectful to the young master and should be punished heavily. The master and wife of the Guo Mansion acted as if nothing had happened, and sent someone to pick up my brother home. Did he want my brother to have no place in the Guo Mansion? "

This kid, not only sent those people away, but also had the heart to vent his anger on himself!

Guo Zhan'an felt unstoppable, stretched out his hand and pinched Huo Yu's nose, and said, "It's true that we have grown a lot. Just these words can make us peaceful for a while."

After all, Guo Zhan'an was not to blame for this matter.The second housekeeper was used to being domineering in the Guo Mansion, thinking that he would be able to climb over his own head when he was sent to Tonghua County as the county magistrate?

It's ridiculous, this time, according to Huo Yu's intention, if the second housekeeper doesn't punish him heavily, he won't go home for a day.Even if Liu Feifei made this matter a big deal, the reason is on her own.

It depends on whether Liu Feifei is willing to part with this confidant.