The two old men were invited to the Confucius Mansion to read a letter. Guo Zhanshi praised it, "It's well written, but the matter of Wang Ji's impeachment is not that important. He had previously scolded his nephew, and his reputation in the court was not good."

What's the matter? The twenty places in the Imperial Medical Office only earn two thousand taels of silver, so I'm not afraid of him suing. I'll just ask the officials of Zhan Shifu to write a letter of defence. There's no need to worry about Kong Jijiu."

Kong Jijiu raised his eyelids and glanced at him, "Didn't you read the signature at the back?"

Guo Zhanshi nodded and said: "I saw it, and it was precisely because I saw it that I felt it was unnecessary."

He said: "Although Zhou Man belongs to His Highness, he is also favored in front of His Majesty and the Empress. A good sword must be used sharply. There is no need to involve her in such a trivial matter."

Kong Jijiu suddenly felt like "a summer insect cannot speak of ice". At this moment, he truly felt sorry for Zhou Man.

Although Zhou Man never said it explicitly, Kong Jijiu went in and out of Chongwen Hall every day, and he heard her whispering with Xiao Yuanzheng. He could tell that Zhou Man was not the prince's person, nor was he probably the emperor's or empress's person.

The child is still young and has a big heart. I am afraid she does not care about those people in the palace. You must know that she has repeatedly refused to join the palace as an imperial physician.

A group of people only saw that she got along well with the prince and thought she was the prince's person because of their close relationship.

Kong Jijiu shook his head slightly and said: "The fold has been sent to Menxia Province and handed over to His Majesty. Your Majesty specially asked someone to bring it to me."

Guo Zhanshi fell silent immediately. After a long pause, he asked, "What is your Majesty's intention?"

After all, Zhao Guogong knew the emperor better. After pondering for a moment, he asked: "Your Majesty, do you want to clear away the obstacles for His Highness?"

Guo Zhanshi perked up, stared at the two of them with bright eyes and asked, "What does this mean? Why does Your Majesty suddenly dote on the Crown Prince so much?"

Kong Jijiu and Zhao Guogong both glanced at Guo Zhanshi, why else?

Of course, it was because Prince Gong had exposed himself and was now detained in the palace. He had no chance to cause trouble to His Highness the Crown Prince anymore. The voices in the court of impeaching the Crown Prince were instantly reduced by half.

And the prince is going to be a father;

In the past few months, the prince's temper has been quite good, his behavior has been relatively stable, and he seems to have returned to his former self.

The emperor was originally not willing to depose the prince. Before, when the prince was so ridiculous and self-destructive, he was unwilling to depose the prince under pressure. Now that the prince has improved, he will naturally pave the way for the prince.

Wang Ji was obviously chosen as the chicken, and Zhou Man's letter was chosen as the introduction by the emperor. They were naturally the swordsmen.

Kill the chicken to scare the monkey. If the monkey is not honest, there will be many disputes in the future.

Kong Jijiu sighed inwardly, but it didn't show on his face. He handed the folding letter to Guo Zhanshi again, "I've been resting for the past two days. This folding letter was selected by my subordinates last night. There must not be many people who know the news now.

, so you have two days to prepare."

Guo Zhanshi took it and then looked at the envelope again, thinking about where to start.

Kong Jijiu turned around and sat on the chair, took a cup of tea and said: "Actually, this letter is very well written. Although the allusions and literary talent used are still a little bit inferior, the scoldings are enough to pierce the heart, and the charges are also listed for you.

When you come out, the corpse will be left without food, which is a taboo for an official."

Guo Zhanshi still couldn't understand, "Anyone can write this book, how can we ask Zhou Man to write it himself? The princess is about to give birth, isn't it a good idea for her to get involved in these things at this time?"

Until now, I still think that Kong Jiejiu and the emperor ordered Zhou Man to do this.

Kong Jijiu glanced at him and simply pointed out: "Guo Zhan, Zhou Man wrote this book by herself, no one gave her instructions."

Zhao Guogong secretly had a drink with the emperor yesterday afternoon, and he is sure that the emperor had no idea of ​​dealing with Wang Ji and others yesterday.

He turned over the book in surprise and said with a smile: "It's quite impressive for a woman to have such knowledge."

After all, he was his subordinate. Kong Jijiu said slightly proudly: "She is well-read and sensible. She has been familiar with Confucian classics since she was a child. Although she is a woman, she was trained as a scholar, so she is naturally not bad."

Guo Zhanshi glanced at him. Although he was not familiar with Zhou Man, they both worked in the East Palace, and because the only female official was in their East Palace, those under him discussed Zhou Man a lot.

He knew that Zhou Man believed in Taoism more than Confucianism. He heard that one of her servants in the East Palace was punished, and when she complained about her background, she even taught people to worship the Supreme Lord.

Not to mention, her teacher also served as a lecturer in the East Palace. Although they had only met a few times and had not spoken much, Guo Zhan also knew that Zhuang Xun respected Taoism and Legalism in terms of state governance strategies.

However, this was not the time to compete for credit. Now that I understood the emperor's intention and faced my own position, I naturally wanted to discuss what to do.

After the discussion was completed, Guo Zhanshi couldn't help but asked Kong Jijiu quietly while avoiding Zhao Guogong, "Is this really your Majesty's original intention? If he has other intentions, what should I do?"

It implies that if the emperor is interested in fishing and wants to lure out the prince's influence, then the prince will not be able to escape the charge of forming a party for personal gain.

As Donggong Zhanshi, Guo Zhanshi had to consider the existence of this situation.

Hearing this, Kong Jijiu raised his eyelids and glanced at him, saying: "Lord Guo, you are worrying too much. Your Majesty wants to depose the prince. There are more opportunities in the first two years. Why rush to do harm to the prince at this time? Not to mention how much the prince has in hand.

Man, wouldn’t His Majesty know?”

In recent years, in order to fight with Prince Gong, the prince has played all the cards in his hand. He even lost the hearts of many ministers and subordinates because he had no heirs and was moody.

He believed that Prince Gong and the other princes had secret manpower, but he really didn't believe it when it came to the prince.

"If you are really worried, just let the people on the surface take action, and keep the people behind the scenes." Kong Jijiu couldn't help but asked, "But, does the East Palace have people behind the scenes?"

Guo Zhanshi:......

Kong Jijiu snorted in his heart after looking at it. It seemed that it was gone.

Guo Zhanshi lowered his eyes, there was still something there, but it was not in his hands, but in the hands of the prince.

Even he didn't understand it well.

Although Kong Jijiu has a lot of dissatisfaction with the prince, he is still the prince's teacher. If the prince is not good, what will happen to him may not happen, but if the prince is good, he will be better to some extent.

Moreover, among the dwarfs, the prince is a tall man. Although the prince has various disadvantages, as long as there is the possibility of improvement, he is still much better than Prince Gong.

Therefore, Kong Jijiu also worked hard to help the prince. Therefore, many officials did not have a good time during the two-day holiday. Everyone was locked in the study, composing words and sentences and writing excerpts.

However, Man Bao felt that after handing over the certificate, he would have nothing to do with her for the time being, so he left the palace happily, and after eating a bowl of steamed noodles, he was invited by Zhao Guogong's mansion to see Miss Zhao.

When she left the Zhao Mansion, Duke Zhao happened to come back from outside. He stopped her, looked at her up and down for a long time, then smiled, reached out and patted her on the shoulder, saying: "Women are not inferior to men."

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw his youngest son Zhao Liulang coming back from outside with a riding crop, and the boy behind him was carrying a lot of things.

Zhao Guogong's face suddenly fell, and he said to Zhou Man again: "How can I compare with you?"
Chapter completed!