On the second day, Zhou Gu accompanied Su Xingze to Shen Mansion to meet with Shen Xian, the Minister of Civil Affairs.
Shen Xian had just returned to the mansion after going to court. He had changed into casual clothes and was about to go out. When he walked to the door, he happened to meet Zhou Gu and Su Xingze who came to pay their respects.
Shen Xian naturally knew Zhou Gu. After Zhou Gu greeted him, he said "hmm" expressionlessly and asked, "What are you doing here?"
Zhou Gu replied, "I'm here to accompany someone."
"Huh?" Shen Xian heard this and looked at Su Xingze beside him.
Su Xingze stepped forward to greet him and introduced himself to his family, "Junior Su Xingze, my father Su Xu, and my apprentice Xie Yuan, came to Beijing to take the exam. Before leaving, sir, I asked this junior to come and pay homage to Mr. Shen."
Shen Xian was stunned for a moment and did not leave the house. He immediately turned around and said, "Come in with me!"
So, the two followed Shen Xian into Shen's mansion.
Shen Xian led the two of them to the study, stretched out his hand to Su Xingze, "Take it out!"
Su Xingze took out Xie Yuan's recommendation letter from his sleeve and handed it to Shen Xian.
Shen Xian opened it, read it, and sneered, "This Xie Yuan has not been heard from for many years. Now that there is news suddenly, it will cause trouble for me."
He put down the letter, looked Su Xingze up and down, and asked him, "How many days have you been in Beijing and where do you live?"
Su Xingze answered them one by one.
Shen Xian raised his eyebrows, "You have been in Beijing for more than ten days and you have never come to see me. If the eldest prince hadn't come to see you yesterday, wouldn't you have planned to come to me?"
Su Xingze felt ashamed, "I didn't want to trouble you, sir."
Shen Xian snorted, "Since Xie Yuan gave you this letter, he expected that you would need me when you came to Beijing. Otherwise, why did you think he asked you to come to me?"
Su Xing lowered his head and said, "This junior made a miscalculation."
Shen Xian snorted again, "It's a good behavior for young people not to cause trouble to others, but you can't go too far. Why should you be too narrow-minded if you can avoid taking detours?"
Su Xingze lowered his head and listened to the instruction, "What the adults teach is that the students have been taught."
He is Xie Yuan's student. In front of Shen Xian, it is not wrong to change his name to a student.
Shen Xian's face brightened slightly, he let him go, and turned to look at Zhou Gu.
Zhou Gu blinked at Shen Xian and reiterated, "Master Shen, I am here with Brother Su."
The implication is that this matter has nothing to do with me.
Shen Xian seemed to have nothing to say to Zhou Gu and waved to him, "Let's go!"
Zhou Gu said "Ah?" and said this mouth to chase him away. What kind of operation was this? He looked at Su Xingze and said, "What about Brother Su?"
"From today on, he lives in my house." Shen Xian is not a deaf person. He naturally knows what happened in the capital. "I'm about to take the exam, and Grand Tutor Qin can't be found." What are you talking about? Why don't you go back quickly?"
Zhou Gu: "..."
He stood still, at least he couldn't leave immediately, so he had to make his words clear. He asked: "Your Highness is afraid that he will take action against Brother Su. He does not want him to participate in the scientific examination in the golden autumn. If Brother Su lives in your house, , can you protect him?"
"What are you talking about? Just leave if I ask you to." Shen Xian waved his hand.
Zhou Gu touched his nose and bargained, "I can leave, but the guards who protect Brother Su have to stay."
Shen Xian glared at him, "I don't care about my job."
This means no objection!
"Don't worry about the food." Zhou Gu turned around and left. After taking two steps, he looked at Su Xingze and said, "Brother Su, then, I'm leaving!"
Su Xingze also didn't expect that he would be left by Shen Xian to live in his house, and he made the decision directly without even consulting with him. He was not a person who didn't know good and evil, so he naturally followed Shen Xian's arrangements. He nodded to Zhou Gu, "Let's go!"
Zhou Gu had no choice but to leave.
After Zhou Gu left, Su Xingze said: "Everything the students need is in Xie's Mansion in Dongsi Hutong."
"Just send someone to get it." Shen Xian ignored it, called the housekeeper, and ordered, "Go and tell Madam to clean up a yard and come out. From today on, he will live in the house."
After he gave the instructions, he said to Su Xingze: "From today onwards, you will live in my house until the scientific examination. You will only focus on studying and studying. You don't have to worry about anything else. You don't have to go out and make friends with anyone. You can only focus on the scientific examination." That’s it.”
This move is in line with Su Xingze's intention, "Listen to your Majesty."
Zhou Gu originally thought that he would stay with Su Xingze until before the scientific examination, but he didn't expect that Su Xingze would live in the Shen Mansion in just over ten days. He thought that he had to tell the prince about this, so he went to the East Palace.
In the East Palace, Prince Yan Huisheng is reading the autographed letter Su Rong wrote to him that Yun An brought back.
The letter was not long, but the meaning was clear. Yan Huisheng read the letter three times before asking Yun An, "Tell me about her!"
Yun An reported, "Miss Su Qi was seriously injured. She was a killer sent by Nanchu. She lay in bed for three days before she could get off the ground. Her injuries have not yet recovered..."
"Is there no one around her to protect her?" Yan Hui frowned, "And you? Didn't I tell you in my last letter to protect her for the time being?"
"Miss Qi was originally protected by someone, but on the day Miss Su Qi was injured, she was sending Young Master Zhou out of the city. She never thought that a large number of killers would attack her directly in broad daylight." Yun An immediately apologized, "Please punish me, Your Highness. .”
Yan replied and made it clear, but did not punish Yun An, "Is it the killer sent by the Queen of Nanchu?"
"should be."
"how many people?"
"It is said that there were twenty dead men."
"Has everything been dealt with?"
Yun An nodded, "They were all dealt with by Miss Su Qi. It is said that no one survived."
Yan Huisheng's face turned slightly bright, "In broad daylight, has the Queen of Nan Chu lost her patience? Or has the situation in the Nan Chu Dynasty changed? Has she become anxious?"
He knocked on the table, thought for a moment, and then ordered, "Take someone to Nanchu and secretly check the Nanchu Dynasty. I want to know whether the king of Nanchu knows that he has a daughter."
Yunnan should be.
"Your Highness, the young master is here on Thursday." Someone reported outside.
Yan Huisheng paused and waved to Yun An. Yun An retreated. Yan Huisheng put away the letter and put it in the secret compartment before saying: "Invite him in."
After he finished speaking, the study door opened and Zhou Gu stepped in.
He saluted Yan Huisei, and then sat down naturally, "Your Highness, my uncle-in-law-to-be is staying at Shen's Mansion, the Minister of Civil Affairs."
Yan Hui was surprised, "Shen Xian?"
"Um."
"What's going on?" Yan asked in response.
Zhou Gu sighed, "Before he came to the capital, Xie Yuan gave him a letter of recommendation to visit Shen Xian. Originally, he had not planned to visit Shen Xian before the imperial examination, but His Highness has set his sights on him. Whether it is you who comes forward or protects the country, If the Duke comes forward, I'm afraid it will attract His Majesty's attention, so we can only go to Shen's house. Lord Shen left the person behind without saying a word."
Yan Hui said thoughtfully, "Xie Yuan and Shen Xian are old friends?"
"The friendship is not shallow."
Yan Hui nodded, "That's fine. Shen Xian is holding on to the staff, and he will come out to protect you. My eldest brother will never dare to act rashly. It is indeed much easier to protect the Duke's Mansion with you than Gu, and it can protect everything."
Zhou Gu looked aggrieved, "If my fiancée finds out that I can't even protect his brother and needs someone else to protect me, he will definitely despise me for being useless."
Everyone knows that the lintel of the Protector's Palace is impressive, and he can do it with all his strength, but as everyone knows, what he can do is limited. Most of the time, he has to hold back his temper, fearing that he will become a breakthrough for His Majesty to clean up the Duke's Palace.
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Yan Huisheng looked at him. Su Rong's letter mentioned that she would break off her engagement with Zhou Gu and would come to Beijing soon. Probably because she knew that Zhou Gu was from the East Palace, so she was afraid that he would not agree? Call him in advance.
Hello?
Yan Huisheng couldn't guess what Su Rong was thinking. After all, he hadn't even seen anyone yet, and it was impossible to guess based on the vague impression she had when she rescued him. But Su Rong would despise Zhou Gu for being useless.
He didn't think so.
After all, Yun An said that Miss Su Qi is an extremely smart person. Generally smart people know what can and cannot be done, and what are the pros and cons.
Zhou Gu looked at Yan Huisheng and saw that he didn't speak, so he said depressedly: "Your Highness, are we going to have to keep our tails between our legs before the scientific examination? No matter what Your Highness does?"
Yan Hui nodded, "The action was too big a while ago, which made my father dissatisfied. Before the scientific examination, please bear with it as long as you can!"
Zhou Gu was discouraged and said, "I really want to take the scientific examination tomorrow. After the scientific examination, I won't have to suffer this indignity in Beijing."
Yan Huisheng was noncommittal. Zhou Gu could travel and leave the capital, but he, the prince, could not leave or leave.
Fortunately, Su Rong said that he would come to Beijing to help him in the near future. In this way, it would seem like God's arrangement for Su Rong to come to him after a visit.
Yan Huisheng looked at Zhou Gu and asked calmly: "Have you ever asked the old Duke how you settled on your fiancée?"
Zhou Gu shook his head, "I forgot to ask."
Yan Huisheng thought to himself that it seemed that Zhou Gu was not very interested in Su Rong, otherwise he would not have failed to find out the truth. Even now, he still does not know Su Rong's true identity, and the old protector has been hiding it from him.
In addition, the Duke Protector's Office seems to have never known that Su Rong was assassinated by Queen Nanchu.
He could understand that the old Protector, who was burdened with the huge Protector's Mansion, was making far-sighted plans for Zhou Gu's future and the Protector's Mansion. Even Su Rong was afraid that her identity would affect Zhou Gu, right?
Therefore, it seems clear that Su Rong wants to break off the engagement.
Yan Hui waved his hand, "Go and see Mr. Qin. Since you returned to Beijing, you have been missing. Mr. Qin can't find you. He has been angry for several days."
Zhou Gu dropped his face, stood up, and pulled his hair in annoyance, "Okay, let's go now!"
