After a long time, Gu Min's mood calmed down a little. He let go of Shen Ying and helped Shen Ying straighten his creased robes. His brows and eyes were lowered, with a hint of embarrassment, and he said in a low voice, "Sorry, I lost my composure just now."

Shen Ying raised her hand to help Gu Min wipe away the dried up tears on her face, and said with a light smile, "When people can't help themselves, why would you say something wrong in front of me? I haven't seen what you look like?"

Gu Min raised his eyes and looked deeply at Shen Ying. As soon as he opened his lips, Shen Ying, who guessed what he wanted to say, covered them, "Okay, don't say any more nasty words, and you don't need to thank me. It’s the Tian Family’s debt to your Xu Family, and what I’m doing is just to get everything back on track, as it should be.”

Gu Min pulled Shen Ying's hand covering his lips, lowered his head and kissed the back of Shen Ying's hand, "Your Majesty is right, you and I are one, and we will never say the word 'thank you' between us in the future." .”

"It's best to understand." Shen Ying withdrew her hand, picked up the teapot on the table, poured two cups of herbal tea, and handed a cup to Gu Min, "By the way, do you want me to call Huairong over later, and then you To tell him that you are actually his uncle?"

Gu Min recalled the picture of the child looking at him with hostility when he left the palace in the morning, and really wanted to know what the child would look like when he knew that he was his uncle, Gu Min could not help but bend the corners of his mouth, But he shook his head, "Don't be in a hurry to tell Huairong, I'm very popular now, if he gets too close to me, it won't do him any good. What's more, the injustice of the year has not been rehabilitated, and the injustice borne by the person who died in vain has not been washed away." , Huarong is still young, it is not a good thing to let him know his life experience now, let's talk to him slowly after everything is settled."

Shen Ying took a sip of tea, put down the cup and sighed, "It's just a pity that you two are close relatives but you can't recognize each other."

Gu Min smiled lightly, "I am already content to know that my sister did not die and gave birth to Huai Rong. No matter what my identity is, as long as I can be by Huai Rong's side and see him grow up safely, I am satisfied." good."

Gu Min's consideration is also right, these bloody feuds are still too heavy for a child, Shen Ying also hopes that Huairong can grow up happily and carefree, because his identity is destined to wait for him to grow up in the future There will never be such a carefree day as it is now.

"Speaking of which, what are you going to do to reverse the case for the Xu and Shu families?" Shen Ying raised her eyebrows, "The Empress Dowager Liu is already on the verge of death, and there will be no troubles, and those rebellious lords have also been captured by you. Is it time to settle that old score with them?"

Gu Min's eyes froze, "Your Majesty, don't worry, I've already prepared, and I'm just waiting for an opportunity."

Shen Ying nodded, and smiled happily: "That's good. When the grievances of the Xu and Shu families are cleared, if the eldest brother Huang and your father know about it, they will be very pleased. You can also be considered as a son of man."

After asking about the prince's background, Gu Min left the palace in the afternoon and returned to the yamen to continue handling important matters.

It was almost evening after the business was done, he was not in a hurry to return to the palace, he changed into casual clothes and went to the West Market with his entourage, planning to buy some things that children like to play with and take them back to the palace for Shen Huairong, but he didn't know what Shen Huairong was like What do boys at that age like to play with? After hearing the shopkeeper introduce some toys such as wooden swords and wooden horses, they simply bought them all.

After buying the gift for Shen Huairong, Gu Min asked his attendants to put the gift in a carriage and take it to the palace, and then led them back to the former Linyang Marquis Mansion on horseback. Now the Marquis Mansion has been changed to the "Regent's Mansion", but because of a long time No one lives there, the house is still being tidied up and cleaned, and the servants haven't cleaned it up yet, so there's no room for people yet.

Gu Min originally wanted to go back to the palace to have a look at what was going on inside. Unexpectedly, at the gate of the palace, as soon as he got off his horse, there were three or four men who came out of nowhere and ran towards Gu Min. Thinking it was an assassin, he quickly drew out his knife and pointed at those men, protecting Gu Min behind him, and shouted loudly: "Who is it!"

Those people were startled, and quickly stopped where they were, and bowed their hands one by one, nodding and bowing.

"Don't do it, don't do it, we are not assassins!"

"Regent, the officials are here to pay a visit to the Regent."

Gu Min glanced at the faces of those people, and recognized that these people were indeed officials, and they were the officials who were most diligent in impeaching him before.

It's ironic that the former enemy is now waiting outside the gate of his house to see him.

Those few officials really had no choice. Ever since they knew that Gu Min had "resurrected from the dead" under the pseudonym Xu Jingcheng and became the regent, they had been terrified and could not sleep all night after returning home. They were afraid that Gu Min would settle accounts with them. All in all, instead of trembling and waiting for the knife to fall on the neck, it is better to go to Gu Min to take the blame first, maybe they will let them go, so they waited for Gu Min to come back at the gate of the Prince Regent's mansion.

A few people hid in a nearby teahouse and waited for a long time. When the boy came to report that the regent had returned to the mansion, they rushed out in a hurry to stop Gu Min, but they were almost hacked by Gu Min's guards as assassins. , These frail scholars were so frightened that they broke out in cold sweat all over their heads and faces.

With a wave of his hand, Gu Min asked the guards to put away the knives, then walked up to the people, looked at these officials with a smile, and asked, "Are the lords looking for something to do with this king?"

One person said with a smile: "It is such a regent, the officials have a few things in their hearts that they want to chat with the regent, I wonder if the regent can show you face, listen to what the officials have to say?"

"Since that's the case, then my lords will follow the king into the mansion." Gu Min pointed towards the door, "It's just that the mansion is still being repaired, and the servants haven't prepared it well. I'm afraid there is no good tea to entertain you. Strange."

Several people shook their hands again and again, and said happily: "It's okay, it's okay! It's our good fortune that the regent is willing to see us, how dare the officials ask for tea or water!"

"That's it, then everyone, come in." Gu Min turned around, curled his lower lip silently and coldly, his black eyes were full of sarcasm.

Gu Min brought these people into the study room, and only asked them to sit down. As expected, he didn't order the servants to bring tea and water, and the officials didn't care.

The leader said: "Prince Regent, the subordinate officials are here to apologize to you. We have offended you in the past. Please, Regent Wang Haihan, don't argue with the subordinate officials."

Gu Min sat in the upper seat, casually raised his hand and straightened his cuffs, "I don't understand what you said, it was the first time I saw you with all the adults yesterday, how did you offend me yesterday, and I don't know? "

Several people looked at each other, suddenly someone understood, got up and smiled obsequiously at Gu Min: "What the regent said is that this is indeed the first time that the subordinates have met the regent, and it was Master Zhu who was confused after drinking too much wine. It’s not surprising that the Prince Regent is talking nonsense. In fact, the officials who came here this time wanted to expose Duke Huai’s conspiracy to the Prince Regent.”

Only then did Gu Min raise his head and look at those people, his black eyes narrowed with interest, "Duke Huai's conspiracy? How do you say that?"

"The regent doesn't know. More than two years ago, Duke Huai secretly sent Shi, the head of Prince Huai's mansion, into the capital. He spent a lot of money to instigate several ministers in the court to impeach Marquis Linyang. That Chang Shi obeyed Duke Huai's order to plot to get rid of Marquis Linyang. First, he instigated the son of Qin Yong, the Minister of the First Military Department, to kill Liu Shilang, the Ministry of Officials, and put the blame on the Marquis of Linyang, and then forced the entire Qin family to commit suicide to frame the Marquis of Linyang, and even the death of the old King Yong was made by King Huai!"

"That's right. Later, when Marquis Linyang died unjustly, the subordinate officials felt deeply guilty, but they were afraid of Duke Huai's influence in Beijing, so they didn't dare to speak out. It wasn't until now that Duke Huai committed a rebellion and was captured by you, the regent. Dare to tell the truth, it can be regarded as fair to the Marquis of Linyang..."

Gu Min heard them finished speaking, and watched these people remain silent for a long time. They couldn't figure out what Gu Min was thinking, and they didn't dare to say anything, their hearts were pounding with anxiety.

After a while, Gu Min finally opened his mouth, and said in a regretful tone, "I never thought that the Marquis of Linyang, who looks like this king, would suffer such injustice. It's really embarrassing."

"Yes, yes! Prince Regent, Duke Huai is insidious and cunning, and he has committed heinous crimes. He must be punished severely!"

Gu Min said indifferently: "That's natural, but if you want to expose Duke Huai's crimes, you still need the adults to stand up and help testify. I don't know all of you..."

Several people hurriedly got up to express their loyalty to Gu Min, "Please rest assured, the Regent, the subordinate officials will definitely be bound by their duty!"

Gu Min nodded in satisfaction, "That would be great."

One of them glanced at Gu Min humbly, cupped his hands and said, "It's just the regent, several of us have done something that I've done to the Marquis of Linyang, and I feel very guilty and uneasy, I really don't know what to do to make the Marquis of Linyang forgive me? "

A secretive smile appeared on Gu Min's lips, "If the adults can turn their backs and help the Marquis of Linyang clear up his grievances, I think the Marquis of Linyang has a spirit in heaven, and he won't blame you all, so there is no need to blame yourself."

After hearing what Gu Min said, they all breathed a sigh of relief as if they had received an amnesty, and bowed to Gu Min gratefully: "Thank you, Lord Regent, for having a large number of people, and not to be fussy with the lower officials!"

Gu Min stood up, walked slowly in front of them, and helped them up modestly, "My lords, don't be too polite, this king has just entered the court, and there are still many things that are unclear in the officialdom. Just a lot of help."

Several officials smiled and said: "As long as the regent is useful to the subordinates, the subordinates are willing to do their best for the regent!"

After receiving Gu Min's "forgiveness", the hearts of several people fell to the ground, and they left the Prince Regent's Mansion with gratitude. It was the mansion that Gu Min personally sent them out to get closer to their cousins.

Looking at the backs of these people leaving happily, the smile on Gu Min's face gradually disappeared, and his expression soon became cold.

In the past when he was Marquis of Linyang, there were often officials who wanted to befriend him, but in order to help Shen Ying deter all civil and military officials, he never formed cliques for personal gain, which led to him becoming the target of public criticism and being the enemy of both sides.

But today is different, he is the one who holds the power now, and this power is not rewarded by the emperor, but earned by himself. Unless he handed it over, no one can take it away. These officials also understand this. , That's why he humbly came to apologize to him.

Naturally, Gu Min disdains to associate with these hypocritical and selfish idiots, but now, he is about to reverse the case for the Xu and Shu family, and he urgently needs the support of the court ministers, and these people are the most suitable to respond.

Turning a deer into a horse requires the cooperation of the audience.

The name Gu Min is in the past tense. From now on, he no longer needs to hide his name and steal his life. He wants to be Xu Jingcheng again!

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