wait for another year

But it is said that Concubine Dugu and Mrs. Su Wang have returned to the palace.

In the past, there were only a few people in the Wangfu, and there was no major construction work. The only place where people could really live was the Yunli Building, and the Yunli Building was only a bedroom, a study, and a main hall.

Xuanyuan Hui only knew that the concubine was coming today, so he never asked about it at all. Now that Zhao Xu took them all the way to Lilou, he asked in a low voice, "I won't let mother stay with us..."

Zhao Xu said lightly: "That's natural, why can't mother live in the study?"

"Then you and me?"

Zhao Xu smiled: "My lord won't let the Deng family attack the city, will he?"

Xuanyuan Hui looked humiliated, "Of course not."

"Since the lord is on a personal conquest, he will leave Suzhou in a few days, how can he live in the palace?"

Xuanyuan Hui nodded, and suddenly said: "When I go out to fight, I will bring those counselors from the Lu family and the Zheng family with me. For Suzhou... If you don't want to stay, let Shen Mi and others stay."

Zhao Xu had already guessed that he had made such an arrangement, so he was not too surprised. He just nodded, "My lord arranges, and I will obey everything."

"Then for a while, you and I are going to live in the study?" Xuanyuan Hui took off his coat and threw it to Shouning behind him.

Zhao Xu lowered her head and smiled, "No, it's the prince, you live in the study alone."

Xuanyuan Huijie stopped holding Yudai, and turned to look at him, "If you don't come with me...won't you want to live in the courtier's mansion?"

"No," Zhao Xu didn't care, "I'll go to Zhizhi's place."

"No," Xuanyuan Hui flatly refused, "It's so cold, you still want to live underground? Even if there is enough charcoal fire on Zhizhi's side, what if it hurts your body? Why don't you go with me? I'm going to make do in the study together?"

Zhao Xu was silent for a moment, but still shook her head, "I happen to have something to explain to Zhizhi, after all, I won't stay for a few days, and I won't treat myself badly, my lord, please rest assured."

Xuanyuan Hui's expression was gloomy, and Zhao Xu felt uncomfortable. Seeing no one around, he stretched out his arms to hug him, and said in a low voice, "Your mother and concubine are here, you should avoid it, you should be scrupulous..."

"Hehe," Xuanyuan Hui smiled wryly, "I never thought that the couple you and I are marrying would be so sneaky and shameless."

Zhao Xu's heart twisted, "Yes..."

Shou Ning, who had been lingering at the end of the corridor for a long time, saw that they were silent, and took a step forward, "Just now the concubine said, please rest first, if you have anything to say, I will talk about it tomorrow morning."

Xuanyuan Hui took a deep look at Zhao Xu, "Forget it."

Zhao Xu nodded and went down freely.

It was really cold underground, and after walking a few steps, Zhao Xu felt chills all over his body.

"I didn't know that the concubine was coming, but I didn't greet her personally, I am guilty of a crime." Zhizhi's voice was still indifferent, like a poisonous snake uttering a letter.

Zhao Xu smiled and said, "It's because I didn't inform you in advance, I lost my manners, please don't blame me, Mr Zhizhi."

Zhiji's unfocused eyes rested on him, "Oh? I also said that the princess came here for Zhang Renbao."

Zhao Xu saw that he had already stated his arrangement, so he stopped pretending, "I really want to meet him, and I would like to ask Mr. Zhiji to introduce me."

This is the hypocrisy of a family like Zhao Xu, who was obviously replaced by someone he arranged, and became a prisoner of the lower ranks, but even pretended to be eager for talents, Zhizhi really didn't give face There was a hint of disdain, "In this case, Baihu, I trouble you to lead the way for the princess."

Zhao Xu walked a few steps, then turned around suddenly, and said politely, "I don't know if Mr. Zhizhi has a vacant room here?"

What kind of mistake did you make, and was kicked out by the prince?

Zhiji hurriedly drove the absurd thoughts out of his mind, and recalled the information reports he had received in the past few days, thinking that since the princess was awarded the title of apprentice, the relationship between Su Wang and his wife has been a bit weird, and this time Princess Dugu came to su, They can no longer sleep in the same room, this is a big problem...

"Mr. Zhithorn?" Zhao Xu smiled half-smile, "Why, you don't even grudge a shabby room, do you?"

"Of course not. Suzhou is owned by the two Highnesses. Even the land where it stands is given by the princess. The princess can do whatever she wants."

"Wrong, this Suzhou is the prince's Suzhou alone. How did it become mine? Such disobedient words will never be mentioned again in the future."

The sound of the cloak dragging the ground behind Zhao Xu gradually faded away, and Zhizhi couldn't help feeling that the princess's footsteps were becoming more and more steady now, even he, a blind man, couldn't hear it anymore.

In a prison cell surrounded by iron railings, there was a low table inside, and a Tibetan man stood in the center with his hands folded, staring at the candlelight on the porch in a daze.

"General Zhang."

As soon as he turned his head, Zhang Renbao saw a young man in a high crown and fine attire looking at him five steps away.

Looking at him carefully, Zhang Renbao sneered and said, "What kind of wind brought the princess here?"

His coming here is the biggest secret, he has not seen anyone else since he removed the trifoliate thorn for a month, and there are also King Su and his wife who are able to come and go freely here, and King Su is half-hu and half-han, it is obvious who came.

Zhao Xu stood still in front of him, "Did you plan to raise troops for a long time and followed the trend, or did you act out of righteous indignation and impulsiveness?"

Unexpectedly, he was so straightforward, Zhang Renbao was stunned, and sneered: "Why, the princess is trying to recruit me? But now your fakes are among the rebels, I am worthless to you, why bother to pretend?"

"Whether you believe it or not, I never planned to get rid of you from the very beginning. It was the prince's idea to replace you. He had no choice but to do so. If he wanted to confront the Deng party as soon as possible, he had to get the rebels without bloodshed. Zhao Xu looked at him calmly, "I read all kinds of mansion newspapers related to you, and carefully considered your life..."

"I believe that no matter whether you are ambitious or not, and whether or not you have long been disobedient, you must be an upright man, so Zhang Renbao..." Zhao Xu emphasized, "Do you want to be emperor, do you want the world? "

Zhang Renbao was silent for a while, and smiled wryly, "Everyone responds to a hundred people, and everyone will follow him. Under such a situation, no matter how indifferent a person will have some forced thoughts, I admit that before I was arrested by you, I really thought about it. After the change of dynasty, I will fight for one more time. But now that I have seen your ability, I will give up this idea, and I just want to die decently."

Zhao Xu watched his expression, and smiled slowly, "Really? It's getting late, and I'll talk to you about the general situation of the world tomorrow."

Looking at his leaving figure, Zhang Renbao thought it was a perfunctory polite word at first, but he didn't expect that Zhao Xu would come to chat with him every day for five consecutive days.