Su Che stayed in the palace with a cloud of black eyes that were unclear, wandered around in the palace for more than a month, and the disease in the palace and the capital was almost healed.

According to the words of King Gu Hong, he rewarded Su Che with 100 taels of gold.Staring at the box of yellowing gold, Su Che passed out in front of the emperor without any promise.

Gu Hong couldn't bear to see Su Che's face like a commonplace person, so he ordered the old eunuch Cui Shang to take him out of the palace.

After the emperor left, Su Che was woken up by two young eunuchs pouring tea, holding the gold box and letting out a long sigh of relief: "Oh, I've never seen so much gold before."

"Mr. Su, will the servants send you out of the palace?" The two young eunuchs wiped the tea off Su Che's face and said with flattering smiles.

Su Che understood that these two little eunuchs were trying to point him out. He had just received a reward of 100 taels, and the two of them sent him out of the palace.

So he simply snatched the note for leaving the palace from the hands of the two young eunuchs: "You don't have to work hard, I will figure out the way myself." After saying that, he rushed out holding the bounty box.

Before leaving the palace, Su Che turned around to the Guiyun Palace where Han Mochu lived, and sat in front of Han Mochu with a look of reluctance.

"Zi Ran, I'm leaving the palace today, I don't know when I will see you again."

Without raising his head, Han Mo changed the commentary on Gu Xiu's policy theory, and responded in an extremely perfunctory manner.

"Zi Ran, is this the only affection you have for me? Is there no reluctance?"

"No." Han Mochu circled a typo on Gu Xiuce's theory with a twig of wolf hair in his hand: "Your Highness, the secret word here is wrong, it should be used."

"En." Gu Xiu, who was sitting on the side, nodded, reached out and took out a counting chip from the counting chip box on one side, and put it in another scattered counting chip on the other side.

This is the number of times Gu Xiu will be blamed later, Han Mochu has always been strict with Gu Xiu.Even small mistakes are never tolerated.

Gu Xiu deeply believed that a mistake was a mistake, and he never shirked it once.

At this time, the two of them were concentrating on their homework, while Su Che beside him was extremely embarrassed like a dried eggplant drying in the sun.

"Hey, Han Ziran, I'm here to bid farewell to you. Can you take a look at me? It's a good thing I've secretly shown you the pulse records of so many nobles in the palace for more than a month." Su Che snapped Putting the gold box in his arms to the ground, he stared angrily at Han Mochu.

The sound of the wooden box falling to the ground finally brought Han Mochu back to his senses.Han Mochu took a deep look at the box on the ground, and put down the Langhao brush in his hand with a smile: "Your Highness, I will say goodbye to Chang Ru."

"That's more or less the same." Before Su Che could finish his sentence, Han Mochu carried him by the back collar to the courtyard, and before Su Che could speak, Han Mochu straight to the point and said, "Your Majesty rewarded you with gold for your trip today." One hundred taels?"

"Yeah, so what?"

"Give me half."

Han Mochu's words sounded like a gong directly next to his ears, making Su Che's ears buzz, and he looked at Han Mochu with an incredulous expression: "No? Master Han, you are still a fourth-rank minister after all, and you are guarding a prince. How about blackmailing me?"

"Chang Ru, you don't know." Han Mochu frowned, pinching the Jingming acupoint on the center of his brows seriously: "Raising a child is very expensive."

"Raising a child?" Su Che glanced into the main room, and said in a low voice, "No, he is the prince, and you don't need to care about his food, drink and clothing. What kind of money do you use? Besides, you don't count as a reward for a year. Why is the annual salary 450 taels of silver, why are you coming to my place to play the autumn wind?"

Gu Xiu is an underage prince who has neither a biological mother nor an adoptive mother, so he can only keep an official salary of 240 taels a year.Up and down in the palace, favors and favors flowed, and to make Gu Xiu's life in the palace more comfortable, it was necessary to use money.Just talking about the Department of Internal Affairs, no matter whether it is the face of the princess or the king, it is not worth the real money.Therefore, even though Han Mochu posted up his yearly letter cleanly, there are occasional deficiencies.

Su Che came here today, like a fat sheep with its belly twitching, Han Mochu would feel embarrassed if he didn't kill him.

"Chang Ru." Han Mochu looked at Su Che with an incomparably gentle smile: "Just give me half."

"Forget it, I shouldn't bring money to you today." Su Che took a breath, walked into the main room angrily, opened the small wooden box full of ingots, and every time he took out an ingot, it seemed like It is a pain in the skin.

The five ingots of ingots were neatly placed in front of Han Mochu, and Han Mochu gave a slight salute to the people with a smile: "Thank you, Brother Chang Ru."

"My dear brother, my dear brother, I am seven months and eight days older than you!" Su Che's cheeks were flushed, and instead of looking at Han Mochu again, he saluted Gu Xiu respectfully, with a serious expression on his face. Bitterness and deep hatred: "Su Changru, a grassroots man, bid farewell to Your Highness!"

"Mr. Su, go slowly."

Su Che left, leaving a resolutely desolate back, looking very pitiful.

Han Mochu put away the five ingots with peace of mind, sat next to Hui Xiu, and continued to make suggestions for Gu Xiu.

At lunch, the two sat opposite each other.Gu Xiu's palm had already been hit by four rulers firmly, and his palm was slightly swollen. Both of them seemed to have nothing happened.

"Master." Gu Xiu swallowed the food in his mouth, and asked tentatively, "Why did you take Mr. Su's ingot today?"

Han Mochu replied with a smile: "Now is the season for war horses in the Western Regions. I want to choose a good horse for Your Highness in the future."

"Choose horses? The horses used by the prince for travel will be assigned by the Qiji Academy. Why use silver taels?"

"Your Highness, since you prefer riding and archery, you should have a decent mount. The southwestern horses in the Qiji courtyard are not looking good." Han Mochu reached out and patted Gu Xiu's shoulder: "I want to get a horse of the same size. Last year you gave the Wusun horse of the same quality as the Fourth Highness, after all, it cost four or fifty taels of gold."

"But why did Master use Mr. Su's bounty?"

"Well, because as far as he is concerned, his Highness and the Sixth Prince are siblings. What's the point of taking money from brothers?"

Gu Xiu thought for a moment, and finally nodded in agreement with Han Mochu's point of view.At the same time, he also got to know the fairy-like master in front of him again.As his master, he is not as lonely as he thought, but has relatives and friends, flesh and blood.

According to the system of the Great Zhou Dynasty, princes who have reached the age of 16 can participate in politics in the court.

I don't know which muscle of King Gu Hong is wrong.

Just after the new year of Yongxi's 17th year, Gu Xiu and Gu You, who had just turned 14, were asked to be in charge of the court just like the 16-year-old Gu Yan.

The only difference is that Gu Yan can participate in government affairs, while Gu Xiu and Gu You can only observe.

At this point, apart from the third prince who was disabled and the second prince who was expelled from Beijing, the sons under Gu Hong's knees will all meet at the court from now on.

The decree came suddenly, and throughout the New Year, Gu Xiu did not rest for a single day, almost every day he was making up for the official system of the Great Zhou Dynasty, including the grade of clothes, the pattern of decoration, and the life achievements of various former important officials.

When talking about Zhongqin Zaifu Han Ming, Gu Xiu's expression was obviously not good.

"Your Highness, if you can't even hear a person's name, how can you stand with him?" Han Mochu smiled softly and openly, like a ray of sunshine, instantly removing the gloom on Gu Xiu's face.

Gu Xiu understands that all resentment and grievances will wait until he occupies a place in the former dynasty's land before they can burst out and set things right.

In the 17th year of Yongxi, the sixteenth day of the first lunar month.

Yesterday was very windy and snowy, today is a rare sunny day.

Han Mochu took Gu Xiu's hand and walked all the way to the Yi Gate beside the Xuanzheng Hall, before he said: "Your Highness, ministers are internal ministers and are not qualified to participate in government affairs. From now on, Your Highness has to walk into the court hall by yourself gone."

Gu Xiu nodded, and with a solemn expression on his face, he bowed to Han Mochu.When he turned around and left, he walked calmly, and he already had a little heavenly air in his gestures.

"Seventh brother! Wait for me! Why are you walking so fast?"

On the palace road in the distance, the sixth prince Gu You rushed up panting, leaving the accompanying eunuchs far behind, and hurriedly nodded in front of Han Mochu: "Good morning, Young Master Han."

Immediately afterwards, he ran a few steps, and threw himself on Gu Xiu's shoulder: "Seventh brother, why did you go back so early for the banquet last night? Fortunately, I still want you to help me pick some lantern riddles."

"Um, in the coming year..."

"I don't care what the coming year is. You have to help me with the homework after today's court meeting, or I won't let you go."

Han Mochu looked at the backs of the two teenagers leaving, and unconsciously raised the corners of his mouth.

Gu You and Gu Xiu, two young children, waited together with other officials in the huge Xinuang Pavilion on the side of the Xuanzheng Hall.

After two years of careful planning by Han Mochu, Gu Xiu's name has already been three-pointed in the minds of those ministers.Coupled with more than ten days of hard work day and night, Gu Xiu almost recognized the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, and he was able to behave calmly and chat with those ministers and workers as soon as he entered the warm pavilion.

It was probably because those former courtiers looked too serious and they were all strangers. The demon king Gu You changed from his usual domineering arrogance and followed Gu Xiu timidly like a kitten.

"Seventh brother, when can we go back?"

"Today is not a big court, and the court can be dispersed before noon." Gu Xiu looked around, those courtiers who gathered in twos and threes to talk.

"Ah? Another three or four hours?" Gu You slumped and sat down on the chairs set up on both sides of the warm pavilion.

"Brother Sixth Emperor, this chair is for rewarding meritorious officials." Before Gu Xiu could finish his sentence, Gu You's eyes were attracted by the fourth prince Gu Yan who was dressed in bright clothes in front of the door and hugged him.

The fourth prince, Gu Yan, is also visiting the court for the first time today. Compared with Gu Xiu and his two young children, he has an uncle who is the chief assistant of the court by his side.

Zhongqin Zaifu Han Ming has been an official for 25 years.He was born as a Jinshi, and worked his way up from the bottom of the Ministry of War.After the new king ascended the throne, he swept the Qing court for the king, just like a sharp knife in the king's hand.He also succeeded in becoming an extremely human minister, standing at the head of all officials.

And the first step he stepped on to the upper position was Gu Xiu's grandfather, Yun Lie, the great general of Fuguo.

The fourth son of the emperor, Gu Yan, under his many years of preparation, most of the officials in the previous dynasty regarded him as the No. 1 choice for the crown prince, with solid connections, and the rest of the princes were not in the same breath.

"Fourth Brother!"

The sharp-eyed Gu You managed to see a familiar figure running over regardless, and was about to pull Gu Yan to talk when he was politely stopped by a slightly fat middle-aged man in a first-class men's suit: "Veteran Han Ming I have seen His Highness the Sixth Prince, this is the previous court, His Highness, please don't speak too loudly, so as not to offend His Majesty."

"Ah?" Gu You was taken aback for a moment, he didn't know the middle-aged man in front of him, but he could vaguely feel that the middle-aged man with a kind face was not friendly to him.

"Master Han. It's the first time for Brother Six and I to visit court today, so please forgive me for being rude." Gu Xiu walked up to Gu You and pulled Gu Xiu behind him: "However, brother Six and Four Emperors Brother has always been so close, although today it is disgraceful in the previous court, but any conflict between the brothers of the Tian family should not be stopped by your servant."

Gu Xiu's speech and behavior made Han Ming somewhat unexpected.

He originally thought that Gu Xiu, a young man who had returned from the Northern Wilderness, would be a lonely wolf cub who didn't know how to advance or retreat.Seeing how restrained and restless Gu Xiu was at the several palace banquets, without speaking to others, one knows how many people this son will offend in the future.

Unexpectedly, when I saw him today, this son's eyebrows were already quite elegant.Although his expression is indifferent, he has completely abandoned the roughness and violence of the past in every gesture, and has become so calm and awe-inspiring.

He is not inferior to the fourth prince Gu Yan who he and the imperial concubine have carefully raised over the years.

Could it be that the Jianghu youth with the same surname as him really has some skills?In just two years, such a little wolf cub can be taught to look like this.

Han Ming, who was born in the imperial family, has worked hard all the way until today.In his eyes, he had never looked down upon Yehu Chan who was born in the Jianghu like Han Mochu.No matter how virtuous and famous this Yehu Chan is, he is not even dust in this rapidly changing court.

Earlier, Gu Yan had mentioned Han Mochu to him, and wanted him to take him under his command in the name of Zaifu.He didn't pay much attention to it at first.Looking at it now, it really should not be underestimated.

"Master Han, the sixth and seventh younger brothers are still young, and it is inevitable that there are some mistakes when you come here for the first time. You don't have to be too cautious." Gu Yan gently tugged at the hem of his uncle's clothes with that fake smiling face .

"Yes, it's the old minister who didn't think carefully. The old minister just felt that the two highnesses should not have come to the court because of their young age, but because of His Majesty's will, the two highnesses have to work harder." The smirk on Han Ming's face was basically It was exactly the same as that on Gu Yan's face.Gu Xiu knew very well in his heart that the prince was only allowed to come to court at the age of 16, but now the emperor Gu Hong changed the rules just for the two of them. Gu Yan, who has always been valued, naturally felt aggrieved.

"I am different from Brother Six and Brother Four. Father wants me to join the court just to observe and not discuss. There is homework after the court meeting. I am not as good as Brother Four. I can already share my father's worries."

Gu Xiuli stood in front of Gu You, confronting Han Ming, a first-class national leader, face to face.There is no compromise between the words and the amiable phrasing.In the end, the Lord Zaifu gave up with a light apology.

Gu You, who was standing behind Gu Xiu, suddenly felt strange why he, the seventh younger brother who was usually reluctant to say a word, became like that young master Han when he came here today.

Could it be that the seventh brother was possessed by Master Han?

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