Accompany the prince to study

The much-anticipated second day kicked off on a sunny day.

Gu Qiao thought about the countermeasure all night, but in the end, because of a decree of Emperor Wu, there was no use for it.Emperor Wu said to the outside world that the ten princes disrespected the prince and caused the prince to be injured. Although the prince was generous and did not want to be held accountable, he could not sit idly by.

All in all, the Tenth Prince is cold.

Although Emperor Wu finally couldn't bear to let his youngest son bear the crime of assassinating the prince, "disrespecting the elder brother" and "disrespecting the prince" are two completely different ways of saying.With one decree, the Tenth Prince has no future.

The punishment for the third princess and the ten princes was also issued along with the decree, and they were dispatched to the Prayer Nunnery on the mountain in the suburbs of Beijing to meditate on their past.There is no such thing as three to five years, and it is impossible to come back.

Qining Nunnery, as the name suggests, is a nunnery funded and built by the Daqi royal family. The people who live here are all concubines who had no heirs during the Taizu dynasty. Ancient Buddha, pray for Taizu.Although life is hard, but very contented.Because in the previous dynasties, there has always been a tradition of martyrdom.It is because the Empress Dowager couldn't bear it that today's Qining Nunnery exists.

No matter whether it was the front court or the rear palace, no one expected that Emperor Wu would have such a ruthless hand this time.

It is said that the glamorous birth mother of the third princess and the tenth prince directly fainted outside the emperor's bedroom, but failed to arouse the emperor's half-hearted compassion.

This is another victory for the prince, comprehensive and crushing, and has not yet clashed with Emperor Wu.

It caused many pushers hiding in the dark to fall into deep thought.

No one believed, or could think of, that the reason why the always strong prince was able to go so smoothly this time was because the prince learned how to overcome rigidity with softness.They could only speculate based on common sense that the prince was really injured, and the injury was not serious.The reward that was sent to the East Palace along with Emperor Wu seems to prove this point.

Even the imperial doctor who checked the prince's pulse couldn't help but have self-doubt, whether it was because his medical skills were not good enough that he didn't realize that the prince was seriously ill.

In short, Gu Qiao got the buffer he needed most urgently by taking advantage of the opportunity of recuperating in the East Palace.

All those who came to visit the patients were declined by Fulai.

It was only the next morning that Gu Qiao found out that those who used to be close to the prince were all punished yesterday because they did not take good care of the prince.These palace people need to recover from their injuries, so it is difficult to find the difference in the prince in a short period of time.

The old eunuch Fulai was left to the prince by Empress Zhou, but he is really old, and he has always stayed in the East Palace in a way of honor. Fulai will not be invited out of the mountain again.In other words, Fulai doesn't know much more about the present prince than Gu Qiao.

Gu Qiao has neither internal nor external troubles, she just wants to lie down and wait for the good news of her next plan.

That is the plan to find the prince.

Gu Qiao made up her mind yesterday and sent her to the Duke's Mansion to find her best candidate, the prince's companion, Zhou Shubian.

The prince has a total of eight companions, among whom Zhou Shubian has a special identity. He is the son of the eldest brother of Empress Zhou, that is, the prince's cousin.

Gu Qiao chose Zhou Shubian not because he knew much about Zhou Shubian, but because he could only call him the only name in the Prince's Companion.Gu Qiao did his best to call Zhou Shubian early in the morning.Fate also cooperated very well, almost the moment Gu Qiao had just mentioned Zhou Shubian's name with Fulai, the third son of the Zhou family appeared.

When the young master Pingque was selected on Wednesday, he was in a daze, even a little floating when he walked.He kept confirming with the eunuch who came to look for him: "Did you call me? Did you really call me? Only me?"

"Yes, Mr. Zhou, His Highness only said that he wanted to see you."

Zhou Shubian came to visit the crown prince together with other Zhou brothers. He had a direct brother who was from the same mother, and he also had cousins ​​who were like-minded.As the prince's natal family, the Zhou family is an extremely large and complicated family.When the population is prosperous, talents are recited.

In other words, the title of Prince's cousin is actually worthless at all.

Even if it is not counted as a concubine, but only as a concubine, if you shout at the gate of the Zhou family, a dozen cousins ​​of the prince can stand up in minutes.All of them are capable, capable, tall and big, as stable as a small mountain iron tower.Since he was a child, the prince has never lacked manpower and ostentation when he was arguing with others.

Among the prince's eight companions, Zhou Shubian is actually not particularly outstanding. Even if there is a blood relationship, the prince still uses the other two more useful companions.

Zhou Shubian didn't have any objection to this, after all, the education he had received since he was a child was that the prince was the prince first, and then his relatives.And they themselves are also, first ministers, and then family members.Anyone who dares to do anything wrong with his status as a foreign relative doesn't need to bring up the law, the old man of the Zhou family will be the first to beat him to death!

Zhou Shubian's loyalty to the prince is a deep-rooted behavioral habit from childhood to adulthood, which has been integrated into his bones and blood and has become a part of his thinking.

No matter how the prince treats him, he will serve the prince wholeheartedly.

Gu Qiao made this choice by accident and luck, but for Zhou Shubian, he almost felt like he was living in a dream when he passed his brother and his companion who also came to pay his respects afterwards.

This was the time he showed his face the most, and he even felt worthless, this would definitely become his most unforgettable memory, a spiritual wealth to be passed on to future generations!

***

When Gu Qiao asked Zhou Shubian for help...

The real His Royal Highness the Crown Prince also thought of his cousin.

In the prince's original plan, he planned to climb over the wall and ask Zhou Shubian for help when he recovered enough energy.Zhou Shubian is easy to find, because today is the first seven companions of the prince who fell off the horse and died, and the other companions must visit the companion's home on behalf of the prince.

As for the classmate Zhou Shubian, he inherited the appearance of a tough guy from the Zhou family, but he unexpectedly has a soft heart, the kind that would give way to ants.

And because of some special experiences of Zhou Shubian himself, he is extremely disgusted with this kind of behavior.

From Wen Daocheng's point of view, the actions of the second uncle of the Gu family towards Gu Qiao are enough to be exaggerated to be exorcised.Even if Mrs. Gu is still alive, it is useless, as long as Zhou Shubian stands up to help, the crisis that happened to Gu Qiao can be resolved once and for all.

Sometimes power is such a thing. Some desperate situations that Gu Qiao thinks he can't breathe, can be easily resolved only by some people moving their mouths.

but……

No matter how good Wen Daocheng's thoughts are, the reality will slap him in the face.

When he woke up in the morning, the first difficulty he had to face was that he was now trapped in Gu Qiao's delicate and weak body.He who used to fly to the sky and escape from the ground and was as light as a swallow, now let alone jumping over the wall, ran from Gu Qiao's own small courtyard to the outer wall of the Duke's mansion, panting several times in the middle.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince looked at his thin arms and legs, and wanted to swear a hundred swear words.

Before Wen Daocheng could think of other ways, Gu Zhen'er finally came over, aggressively looking for trouble.Gu Zhen'er came here by herself, and she failed to invite the old lady again, because the old lady fell ill after yesterday's battle, half of her body was numb, and she might have a sign of a stroke.

There was a commotion in the mansion because of this, the second wife and all the female relatives went to cry early in the morning, and no one had the time to care about the lawsuit between Gu Qiao and Gu Zhen'er last night.

Gu Zhen'er could only gather some people by herself to fight Gu Qiao again.

Gu Qiao's physical fitness could not keep up, but the crown prince's awareness of positioning was still very flexible. At the moment before his lungs were about to explode, he still tried his best to return to the airport before Gu Zhen'er caught him. Own small courtyard, and plugged the door again.

A pair of cousins ​​scolded each other across the courtyard.

"Come out if you have the ability."

"Come in if you have the ability."

"Gu Qiao, why are you so useless!"

"It's true that you are no better than Second Miss Gu, you are the most talented, you are the last man in the county government!"

"Ah, ah, if I don't kill you today, I'm not the second lady of the Duke's Mansion!"

"You are not from the Duke's mansion! It's so rare that you also know that your family is not a thing! I advise you to get out early, don't dirty my hands!"

Gu Zhen'er was so angry that she almost jumped.

Wen Daocheng was neither salty nor dull, not in a hurry, he even asked Jie'er to move a recliner for him, put it at the door, crossed his legs, ate melon seeds, and had a hard time with Gu Zhen'er.From time to time, I have to throw some melon and fruit peels and cores outside, which is almost like splashing dirty water. I know the ultimate meaning of "I am not angry when I am popular" quarrel.

Among the rumors about His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, there is one sentence that is true, he is indeed capable of both literary and martial arts, capable of fighting near and swearing from afar, and he is as down-to-earth as Taizu and Emperor Wu.

Gu Zhen'er also didn't expect that Gu Qiao could break the jar to this point, and sadly found that when Gu Qiao was so generous, she really had nothing to do with him.

She was so angry that she started talking nonsense: "Aren't you afraid that I will go out and sue the government? You almost killed me!"

"Oh?" Wen Daocheng's eyes lit up. Isn't this just a pillow given to him when he fell asleep? He was worried that he would not be able to go out, so Gu Zhen'er jumped out, and there is such a good thing that all wishes come true, " Go! Whoever doesn't go is a bastard!"

Miss Gu's scream of wanting to kill someone resounded through the entire Gu family again.

At about the same time, Zhou Shubian did not dare to delay for a moment to enter the gate of the county government's mansion, and was warmly received by the second uncle of the Gu family, Gu Youyin, regardless of his old mother's need for someone to take care of him.

After Uncle Zhou explained his intention of coming, Gu Youyin's expression suddenly changed: "You said, you want to see your nephew Gu Qiao?"

"Yes."

"Can I ask, what is it for?"

"No." Zhou Shubian kept in mind the prince's instructions to him, and did not intend to tell anyone other than Gu Qiao about the prince's summoning.

"This..." Gu Youyin's eyes showed hesitation. Obviously, he also knew very well that not letting Gu Qiao see others was the basis for their family to be a dominator.

At this moment, the people beside the second lady came forward and whispered something in Gu Youyin's ear.Gu Youyin's face quickly turned from sadness to joy, and when Zhou Shubian's inquiring gaze looked over, he tried hard to feel sad, but it was awkward no matter how you looked at it, because there was joy that was hard to conceal in the corner of his eyes.

Gu Youyin said: "My mother is unwell, and I probably can't continue to entertain Mr. Zhou."

"You!" Zhou Shubian was a member of the Zhou family after all, and he had never been so disrespected before.

"Don't worry, my lord. Although I'm leaving, I will arrange for the housekeeper to bring Gu Qiao to see you." Gu Youyin was so thoughtful that it made people hard to find reason.

But Zhou Shubian's eyelids twitched inexplicably, thinking that this seemingly simple errand might be difficult to do well.