reborn monarch

Gu Lan knelt in front of Emperor Qi Yuan.

He has no regrets about what he did today. With such an opportunity in front of him, it is impossible for him to swallow his anger and not do anything to Prince Li's Mansion.But when he saw Emperor Qi Yuan, he was still uneasy, for fear that Gu Zhen would think that he was cruel and merciless, like Prince Li said, he was a lone star of evil spirits.

Emperor Qi Yuan asked him to kneel down and think about it, and Gu Lan knelt there quietly, her left fist clenched tightly around the hem of her clothes.

Seeing that the child was nervous, Emperor Qi Yuan stopped being silent, "Tell me about it."

Gu Lan: "Yes."

After a bit of thinking, Gu Lan narrated the whole thing, from Xie Shiyi's request for leave to Xie Jiuyuanhai's arrival, except for the anger he showed when talking about Xiangzi's actions and what he saw in the dungeon, his narration was consistent. Calm, clear, and well-organized, as a child in his early ten years old, he is really a well-deserved favorite of heaven.

Emperor Qi Yuan knew everything from the beginning, but hearing Gu Lan describe what he saw and heard in the dungeon of Prince Li's Mansion, he still couldn't bear to close his eyes.

After Gu Lan finished speaking, she quietly waited for Emperor Qiyuan's judgment.

Emperor Qi Yuan didn't comment, but asked: "What do you think, the prince, how do you treat the prince?"

Gu Lan pursed her lips and replied, "A beast in clothes!"

Emperor Qiyuan: "Then, why is Prince Li so ignorant of the laws of the king, and unscrupulous, to do such unconscionable things?"

Gu Lan was taken aback, and replied, "Because...he is my Great Chu Prince?"

Emperor Qiyuan: "My son will also be my Prince of Chu in the future."

Gu Lan responded immediately: "My nephew will never harm the common people, and I wish to be a virtuous king and devote myself to my Great Chu before I die!"

Emperor Qiyuan didn't comment, and asked again: "What do you think, the son of a merchant, Xiangzi?"

Gu Lan's brows became angry again, and said: "Cunning by nature, snake and scorpion!"

Emperor Qiyuan: "Then, if the son is in Xiangzi's position, how will the son respond to this situation?"

Gu Lan was taken aback for another moment, thought for a while, and was about to answer that he had reported to the government, but remembered that these businessmen had already reported to the government, and no one responded, and wanted to reply that he would like to thank Shi Shi for his help, but this is not what Xiangzi did ?He hesitated and said, "My nephew will go to Xie Shishi for help, but he won't lie to him."

In the end, he seemed to be satisfied that his scheming choices were different from Xiangzi's, and there was no hesitation on his face.

Emperor Qiyuan glanced at him and asked again: "If Xiangzi is like thousands of people in the world, why can't he make friends with officials and relatives like Xie Shishi?"

Gu Lan was completely unable to answer this time.

If the officials ignore it and it doesn't matter, no matter how you think about it, you have to give up.

As a young boy, he felt a certain kind of common sorrow in his chest, which was extremely heavy and profound, and made his always calm and serious face show a bit of sadness.

Emperor Qiyuan sighed in a low voice, as if he was speaking to him, but also as if he was saying to himself, "The rise and fall of the people is suffering, and the people's livelihood has been difficult since ancient times."

Gu Lan couldn't help calling out: "Uncle Emperor..."

Emperor Qi Yuan walked down the short steps, squatted down and stroked his head, and asked gently: "Are you scared?"

Being concerned, Gu Lan no longer concealed her shock and grievance, and threw herself into the arms of the emperor's uncle.

There was a faint sandalwood-flavored Buddha incense on the emperor's uncle, and his whole body was like a bottle of beautiful jade Buddha. Gu Lan knew that the emperor cared about her, so she felt infinite joy in her heart. Smelling this fragrance, she gradually calmed down her emotions. Inevitably a little more ashamed.

Gu Zhen recalled the way Master Liao Fan patted his back gently when he woke up from a nightmare when he was a child. It is said that folk women would comfort children in this way until they fell asleep, so they also used this comforting method to comfort Gu Lan.This touched Gu Lan's subconscious memories of her babyhood, she almost blurted out "Mother" which she had never had a chance to say, so she stopped in time and shrugged against Gu Zhen's embrace embarrassingly.

Seeing that he was no longer sad, Gu Zhen let him go, sat down on the short steps regardless of etiquette, and said to Gu Lan in a slow voice: "You are the future prince of my Great Chu, you are the Gu family, this world is Great Chu The world is my family and the world."

"Thousands of miles and thousands of mountains, hundreds of millions of living people, they are my subjects and your subjects. Xiangzi and Xie Shiyi are all your subjects. As the royal family, we can sit on the world and have rights that cannot be enjoyed by all people. But you also have to care about the world, this world is the land of all peoples, and the frontiers are all over the world. You have to be sympathetic to the people's feelings and hearts, and always remember."

Gu Lan couldn't help being moved by what he said. Gu Lan followed his words and thought about it, giving rise to countless thoughts. He immediately bowed and said excitedly: "Uncle Huang is right, nephew must remember it."

Outside the door, Eunuch Sanbao reported, "Your Majesty, Commander Hai is here."

"Let him in."

Emperor Qi Yuan ordered, and then told Gu Lan: "Stand by and listen."

Gu Lan agreed, stood aside, and listened to Commander Hai's report to Gu Zhen. After listening, she admired the uncle even more.

After Gu Lan and Xie's brothers left, Commander Hai obeyed the order of Gu Zhen, and left Prince Li and the cook in the palace and sent guards to guard them.On the other side, Su Wei went to Que'er Lane with the excavated bones and other evidence. The parents of the merchants who had lost their children fainted from crying, especially Guo Sen's parents. He took them to Dali Temple to file a complaint.

Using His Majesty's imperial decree to force the small official of Dali Temple to accept the case, Su Wei turned around and tied up the Governor of Jingzhao Mansion, taking advantage of the fact that the commander of Jingwei was half drunk listening to music in Yaoxian Pavilion, he also took the opportunity to arrest him, The two men were brought back to the Suwei Camp and kept under strict supervision.

Emperor Qi Yuan nodded in satisfaction, and instructed Commander Hai how to proceed, Commander Hai took orders and left in a hurry.

After he left, Emperor Qi Yuan asked Gu Lan, "How do you think Xiangzi should be dealt with?"

With what Emperor Qiyuan said just now, Gu Lan didn't know how to answer, hesitated again and again, but followed her heart, and replied: "This son is cold-hearted and cunning. Xie Shiyi has helped them many times, but he has no heart of gratitude. If it is said that deceiving Xie Shishi is a last resort, but after Xie Shixi did not return for a long time, he did not go to Xie's mansion to ask for help. It is obvious that he did not care about the life and death of Xie Shishi and Guo Sen in order not to be implicated, so selfish. A person who is beneficial will inevitably become a disadvantaged party when he grows up."

Emperor Qi Yuan: "So?"

Gu Lan: "My nephew doesn't want to give him a chance to grow up."

Emperor Qi Yuan didn't say yes or no, he just curled his lips and said to him: "Go and rest, if you are afraid at night, come to Dong Nuan Pavilion to sleep."

Gu Lan's eyes lit up, she saluted and left.

In the evening, Xie Jiuyuan got a headache from Xie Shixi's anger. He changed into the clothes of the Jinwu Guard and entered the palace to watch the night. As soon as he entered the East Nuan Pavilion, he saw the prince lying on the inside, sleeping soundly next to Gu Zhen. Gu Zhen looked at the prince with his head propped up. When she heard him coming in, she turned her head to look at him, with the undiminished love in her eyes.

Xie Jiuyuan looked at the scene in front of him and thought of family happiness.

"What are you smirking at?" Gu Zhen glared at him and whispered.

Xie Jiuyuan obviously just hooked the corners of his mouth, but was scolded for a smirk, and replied softly: "I am very happy to see that your majesty is in harmony with your son."

Gu Zhen got out of bed, walked up to Xie Jiuyuan, looked up into his eyes, and asked, "Master Xie, is there anything you want to ask?"

Xie Jiuyuan hugged him lightly, and asked, "What are you asking? Did His Majesty know about it earlier?"

Gu Zhen couldn't see his face, so he asked stubbornly, "What do you think, Mr. Xie?"

Xie Jiuyuan sighed in his heart, and only said: "I thought that Your Majesty knew about the Prince's Mansion, but I didn't know that the living monkey Xie Shishi would know those children."

Having gained Xie Jiuyuan's trust, Gu Zhen pursed his lips and asked awkwardly, "How do you know?"

"I guessed it." Xie Jiuyuan still breathed a sigh of relief, "But, I hope that if your majesty has anything to say, tell me directly in the future. Why do I have to be suspicious of you?"

Why do you have to suspect me?Gu Zhen smiled wryly, and put his face close to Xie Jiuyuan's chest.

Xie Jiuyuan heard Gu Zhen say in a muffled voice, "I'm not a good person."

Although in the previous life, Gu Zhen was unable to directly command the second guard of Jingsu, and he never knew what happened in Prince Li's Mansion. He didn't hear about it until Gu Lan died in battle. There were countless more victims than in this life.

But in this life, Gu Zhen has been procrastinating until this time to investigate and deal with them, so those children still suffered cruelty, but it was because Gu Zhen wanted to save the prince to attack Jingwei and Jingzhao Mansion.

Moreover, the merchant's son called Xiangzi was Dong Xiang, one of the four pirate merchants Xie Jiuyuan worked so hard to get rid of in his previous life.He colluded with Japanese pirates and plundered merchant ship towns along the southeast coast all the year round, killing countless lives in his hands. He was one of the chief culprits who planned to slaughter Qingxi City.

As an emperor, every decision you make has to weigh the pros and cons. If you have something to gain, you have to give up.

In his previous life, he was pushed by the literary party every step of the way. In order not to be looked down upon, in order not to be regarded as a waste in the Buddhist hall, these thoughts that may have been influenced by Buddhism were all suppressed in his heart, except for torture. He has no sleep at night, no one knows.Later, with Xie Jiuyuan, they get together less and stay away more, and they are all struggling to support the political situation. They don't even have enough time to look at each other. How can they have time to complain about this kind of hypocrisy?

But in this life, he was blessed by some god or Buddha and focused on living a lifetime, and he temporarily had the upper hand, so the thoughts that had been suppressed for a long time came to his head.

Xie Jiuyuan was taken aback by these words, and for a moment he didn't know how to answer them.

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