"Don't worry, how could our lord forget what he promised!" Zhou Guang couldn't help curling his lips secretly.
"That's, that's! Oh, I'm taking my leave! I'm leaving!" As if afraid of Zhou Shizhi's repentance, the visitor immediately got up and left in a hurry.
Zhou Guang wanted to say something more, so there was no chance to speak, so he just smiled and watched him go: "It's good this time, I didn't even give a reward!"
If it was in the past, it would never work!
"It's true, a fallen phoenix is not as good as a chicken!" Zhou Guang shook his head lightly and sighed.
The prince didn't think that Zhou Shizhi would not see him: he is still a prince, no one can but give him some face! Is it possible that who can be sure that he has suffered a crushing defeat? Just like the third child, can he be a prince? Hand over the heavy burden of the country to him, can he afford it!
In his heart, the prince looked down on the third prince very much.
Zhou Shizhi came to a remote tea house in Houhai as promised, but the environment is not bad. He arrived early, and it took a while for the prince to come.
In fact, the prince had already arrived, on the carriage parked not far from the entrance of the teahouse. He didn't want Zhou Shizhi to feel that he was begging him, that he was not as powerful as before, and that he deliberately wanted to lag behind him, at least to overwhelm him on the surface.
Seeing Zhou Shizhi enter the teahouse, the prince waited for half a cup of tea, then ordered the carriage to go forward and drove directly into the backyard of the teahouse.
When the two met, Zhou Shizhi saluted respectfully and greeted him, his expression showed no sign of coping or intentional respect, and the prince felt much more at ease. Raising his hand to ask him to take a seat, he sighed with a smile: "After all, you are the Queen of the Mountain King, you will not be surprised by favor or humiliation, and your demeanor will remain the same!"
Hearing the words, Zhou Shizhi knew that the prince might not be very proud of his life recently, but he naturally didn't show it on his face, he couldn't help laughing and said: "The prince is joking! Moreover, he also called my minister confused!"
The two looked at each other and laughed.
Sitting down for a while, and exchanging a few words of greeting, Zhou Shizhi said with a serious face: "I don't know why the prince heard about this humble minister?"
The prince smiled lightly, and said unhurriedly: "There is really something that I want to discuss with you, cousin!"
"Prince, you are too polite! You don't dare to be called a cousin!" Zhou Shizhi hurriedly got up and cupped his hands.
Seeing that he was so thoughtful, the prince felt good about him, and said with a quick smile: "Sit down quickly, so we can talk about things! You are the cousin of the lonely king, and you are so related by blood. Don't you dare to say it?"
The prince said this intimately with reproach, if he didn't know, he might be flattered a little bit.
Zhou Shizhi sat down again as he said, and smiled gratefully: "Although it is so, but you are a king, and a humble minister is a minister, and a humble minister must never dare to be a minister!"
"You're here again!" The crown prince laughed and said angrily, "Today we only talk about family affection, not about monarchs and ministers!"
Zhou Shizhi declined again and again with a smile, and reluctantly accepted it only after the prince insisted.
The two of them back and forth and talked a lot, the crown prince wanted to win over, and he spoke naturally and politely, Zhou Shizhi had his own thoughts, so he had to pay a little more attention, always being courteous and respectful.
Seeing this, the prince couldn't help but secretly rejoiced, the king of the mountain is a wise man! I didn't know it before, but I know it now. It can be seen that it is only when something happens that you know a gentleman and a villain...
The more they talked, the closer they became. The crown prince saw that the groundwork was almost done, and it was time to talk about serious things. The conversation changed, and he asked Zhou Shizhi, "Did you hear about a strange thing recently?"
"A strange thing?" Zhou Shi was stunned, shook his head and smiled, "When did something worth mentioning happen in the capital? I don't know about it! The crown prince also knows that I don't usually go out !"
"You cousin must know about this strange event!" The prince said with a sneer, and said lightly, "This matter has something to do with the lonely king!"
Zhou Shizhi's eyes widened, and he laughed in wonder, "It's related to the crown prince? Then I don't know! Could it be that the crown prince has recently taken in some beautiful and beautiful beauties?"
"Nonsense!" The prince scolded with a smile: "What time is it, how can the lonely king have such thoughts!"
He raised his eyes and glanced at Zhou Shizhi, and said lightly: "What the lonely king wants to say is that there are rumors that the lonely king assassinated the third child—cousin, have you heard?"
Zhou Shizhi's complexion changed just right, and he subconsciously moved his gaze to the side, coughed and said with a somewhat embarrassed smile: "Your Highness, we should drink tea today, let's drink tea! Hehe, The tea here is really good! Well, the snacks are also good!"
After speaking, he picked up a piece of snow-white pastry and put it in his mouth to taste it, and praised a few "good".
The prince was a little annoyed when he saw this, he slapped the coffee table lightly, and said with a frown: "Cousin, do you think that kind of thing is really done by a lonely king like that guy who judges the heart of a gentleman with a pickpocket?" of?"
The prince looked over with burning eyes, Zhou Shizhi smiled in embarrassment, then shook his head and laughed, "No! How could that be! How could I... believe such absurd things!"
Although he said so in his mouth, as long as he is not blind, he can see that his insincere cover-up: I don't think so in my heart!
The prince snorted lightly, but he was not too angry. If he hadn't reacted like this, the prince would have become suspicious instead.
"The lonely king knows that this is not your sincere words!" The prince sighed softly, with a hundred and twenty points of helplessness and grievance, sighed: "Don't say it is you or someone else, even if it is the lonely king himself, it is someone else , I'm afraid I have to believe it!"
Zhou Shizhi couldn't help but glanced at the prince when he heard this, he hesitated a little and asked tentatively: "Hearing what His Royal Highness said, could it be that there is something else going on here?"
What the prince was waiting for was his words, he nodded immediately upon hearing the words, and sighed: "I'm afraid no one will believe what the lonely king says!"
Zhou Shizhi hurriedly said: "That's not necessarily the case, the eyes of the world are discerning, right and wrong have their own justice! If there is really another inside story, His Royal Highness might as well speak out, it's better than being wronged!"
The crown prince shook his head with a slight sneer, and said in a dispirited way: "That's all! The clear is the pure and the turbid is the turbid. After a long time, everyone will naturally know! The lonely king's explanation at this time is just getting darker and darker. That's all! What else is there to say? Besides, if you say it, no one will be willing to listen to it!"
After finishing speaking, he cast a faint glance at Zhou Shi.
How could Zhou Shizhi not answer his words? Then he hurriedly said: "If His Highness the Crown Prince doesn't find it troublesome, I'm willing to listen attentively!"
"Gu Wang did not misunderstand my cousin! There are not many people in the capital who are as sensible as my cousin!" The prince smiled at him with emotion, and then started talking.
He thought for a while, and then said: "It is true that the lonely king sent someone to find out the bad luck of the third child, but he only ordered him to be taught a lesson, to let him know what it means to be superior and inferior, and he did not order him to die—otherwise how could he be killed?" Let him escape easily? The reason for this is that the lonely king can understand it without mentioning his cousin! Who can the third child have in his hands? If the lonely king is serious about sending someone to assassinate him, he can escape! The so-called assassination , it’s pure fiction, it’s a play directed and acted by the third child!”
The prince said angrily, as if it was true.
Zhou Shizhi let out a low "ah", and looked up at the prince in great surprise.
He was genuinely curious, it wasn't an act of faking. But what surprised him was nothing else, but that the prince would say that, what was he thinking
But the crown prince misunderstood Zhou Shizhi's intentions, secretly pleased, and said bitterly: "It's a rumor spread by the third person! Claiming that the lonely king sent someone to assassinate him, he is framing him, and his intentions are so vicious!"
"Don't believe me!" The prince sneered and said, "The lonely king originally thought that the fourth child had ulterior motives, and his gentle and gentle face seemed harmless, but he was full of bad water! It turned out that the lonely king had misjudged him. It's the third child! Don't look at the third child who hasn't shown his mountains and dews all these years, well, he has a good idea, let the lonely king compete with the fourth child, and he has a praying mantis catching cicadas and orioles behind him! After the fourth child is gone , but it showed him! Otherwise, he, a person who has never run an errand, why has he never made a mistake since he started to handle an errand! It can be seen that he has put his heart into it-to share the worries of his father. Nothing! Not only is there nothing, but it is also a filial piety, a duty that should be fulfilled! But he has been hiding it for so many years, so what does it mean to come all of a sudden?"
The more the prince talked, the angrier he became, and the more he talked, the more he felt that this was the case, so he angrily picked up the teacup and took a big gulp of tea.
The tea is fragrant, but it feels extremely bitter in the throat.
Zhou Shizhi also showed a bit of hesitation on his face, as if he was moved by the prince's persuasion, and also seemed to be half-doubtful. He was thinking to himself: It can be seen that the prince has come prepared, and he doesn't know why he is looking for him
The crown prince slowed down, and then said coldly: "Since he has been valued more and more by the emperor day by day, his thoughts have become more and more serious! Sometimes the lonely king can't help persuading him behind his back, and advise him to be cautious. Keeping his duty, the lonely king will definitely not treat him badly in the future! But instead of pretending to be deaf and dumb to the lonely king, he pretended not to understand, but even mocked and robbed the lonely king. It is really hateful! He was really angry and confused for a moment, so he sent someone to teach him a lesson, thinking to give him a small warning, but who knew that he would take the opportunity to spread rumors wantonly, and he kept saying that the lonely king sent someone to assassinate him! Hmph, lonely king If he really made a move, how could he escape so lightly? Now that the lonely king thinks about it carefully, this is clearly a game he set up. He deliberately wanted to provoke the lonely king. This is to frame the lonely king! It is a pity that the lonely king understand It's too late!"
As the prince said, he complained and sighed, it was so touching.
Zhou Shizhi felt admiration for the prince's eloquence when he heard it, and thought that if there are people who don't understand the prince's personality, they might really believe his words! These words sounded reasonable and well-founded! It's hard for the prince...