Gao Pingshi asked the eldest princess almost nose to nose: "What on earth do you have to talk about in such a hurry now?"
"Uncle Yao has been going to Cining Palace very frequently these days, and he also got some information through people under the Queen Mother's command."
Although the eldest princess's face was red with shyness, there was a hint of worry in her eyebrows. She sighed: "Gao Lang, you know that although he has always been close to his mother, he has become more and more devoted to the Buddha over the years. Regardless of the court's other business, he was actually not diligent in going to Cining Palace to pay his respects. But this time he suddenly changed from normal, and the direction of the court... I always felt that there was something hidden in it, so I wanted to tell you quickly. "
It turned out to be this. Gao pragmatic nodded and comforted: "He... I know what he is doing. Don't worry, he can't do anything bad."
"Really?" The eldest princess was obviously a little doubtful and reminded: "Gao Lang, I know that you will be the chief assistant soon. Logically speaking, no one in the court can be your enemy. However, as the saying goes, it is easy to hide the hidden arrows. It's hard to prevent, although Uncle Yao himself may not have any bad intentions, but his mind is full of money, money, money... As long as someone is willing to spend money to bribe him, I'm afraid he can do anything except rebel. .Gao Lang, don’t be too dismissive.”
Gao Jingshi did not expect that Princess Yongning knew the nature of her uncle so well, and she could guess that he was doing something... obviously not very good just based on his recent unusual actions.
After a moment's hesitation, Gao Pragmatic decided to spread his arms and said, "Well, you're right, your uncle has indeed made a lot of money recently, and in terms of the nature of what he did in it, It’s indeed quite serious.”
After saying that, Gao Pragmatic no longer maintained the current ambiguous posture, but turned over and sat down on the edge of the bed, tilting his head and said: "Let's put it this way, if you really want to care about it, you can use the phrase 'intentional evil' to define it. It must be almost done.”
"Planning something evil?" Princess Yongning was taken aback. She quickly sat up and asked, "What happened? Although Uncle Yao has long been in the eyes of money, he should not be plotting anything evil. Yes!"
"Don't get me wrong. It's true that I said he had evil intentions, but his evil intentions were not aimed at the emperor." Gao Pingshi chuckled, shook his head and said, "He went to Kunning Palace."
These words were meant to be comforting, but Princess Yongning was even more surprised after hearing this. She opened her eyes wide and said: "Kunning Palace? He has ill intentions towards the emperor's sister-in-law? This...can't be true. The emperor's sister-in-law has always been easy-going and generous to others. In the harem, It's well-known in the literature that even though my uncle and the emperor's sister-in-law didn't have much interaction, they also never had any enemies!"
After a pause, the eldest princess continued: "Moreover, what method can he use to harm the emperor's sister-in-law? The emperor's sister-in-law is the queen, and she has just given birth to a dragon... Oh, that's bad! Does he have any plans for Chang Hao? ?!" Princess Yongning's eyes widened with fear and horror.
Gao Jingshi snorted and sneered, and said: "He himself has no malice - neither towards the queen nor towards the emperor's son. To put it bluntly, he is just as you said just now, he uses people's money to kill others." disaster."
The eldest princess gasped, her expression became serious, and she asked seriously: "What exactly does he want to do, and how much has he accomplished now? Gao Lang, this matter is very important and must not be ignored."
"I know, of course I know I can't ignore it." Gao Jingshi shook his head slightly and said, "He received a large sum of money from some people, and then revealed the details of the Kunning Palace's defense change time and other matters to others."
"When does the Kunning Palace clean army change its defense?" The eldest princess was obviously stunned for a moment, and said in surprise: "How could anyone spend a lot of money to buy this kind of news? Oh, I mean what's the use of this? Is there anyone in the capital who can attack Kun?" Ning Gong can’t succeed? This is really unbelievable.”
Gao Jingshi said calmly: "It is impossible to attack Kunning Palace, but if there is collusion between inside and outside, do you think it will be very difficult for uncle like you to arrange one or two assassins to enter Kunning Palace?"
"He wants to assassinate Chang Hao!" The eldest princess suddenly widened her eyes and said angrily: "Is he crazy? This is shaking the foundation of the country!"
Gao Pingshi sighed and said quietly: "Logically speaking, as a minister, I really shouldn't talk too much about the Tian family's family affairs..."
The eldest princess interrupted: "What are you talking about? Gao Lang, you are not an outsider. Is there anything you can't say?"
That's what you think, not what others think. Gao pragmatically said.
However, Gao Pragmatic was too lazy to dwell on this sentence, but chose to avoid it, saying: "Who in the world doesn't know about the grace of the Empress Dowager Cisheng? He himself knows it very well, so everyone has looked at him differently over the years, Including me, there is no exception. And this naturally makes him have no awe in his heart. Anything - as you said, as long as it is not rebellion, what can he not dare to do? "
"What is there that you dare not do?" Princess Yongning laughed angrily: "You dare to even assassinate the prince?"
"First of all, the emperor's legitimate son is not a prince at least yet." Gao Pragmatic waved his hand and said: "Secondly, he himself is not the mastermind of this incident - as I just said, he was paid to do things, so he should be considered an accomplice."
"What's the difference?" Princess Yongning sneered: "Chang Hao is indeed not the prince now, but his identity is here, sooner or later he will be the prince. Participating in the assassination of Chang Hao is a capital crime! Hum! , no matter how much credit he had in the past, after so many years, the repayment that the mother and the emperor should have had has long been repaid, and if he dares to violate this matter now, he will be seeking death after all!"
This was the first time Gao Pragmatic saw Princess Yongning speaking with such murderous intent. He couldn't help but feel a little surprised. He looked into her eyes and said, "Yao Lao, why are you so angry today?"
When he said this, Princess Yongning seemed to feel that something was wrong, and said angrily: "I am also a mother, so naturally I will not tolerate this kind of thing."
Oh, that's what happened.
Gao Jingshi understood now and nodded: "I see, but you don't have to be angry. I just said that I have noticed this and will not let them succeed."
Princess Yongning felt that there was something wrong with what he said, and couldn't help but ask: "Now that you have noticed it, why does it sound like you don't intend to report him?"
Gao Pragmatic had no intention of concealing his intentions and nodded: "Yes, for the time being, I don't plan to report him."
"Why?" the eldest princess asked with confusion on her face. However, perhaps because these words came from Gao Pragmatic's mouth, she was just confused and did not show any signs of getting angry.
"It's a long story... In short, the person who really had evil thoughts was an important official of the foreign court, and this person... I can't touch him for the time being, otherwise it will cause a lot of trouble." Gao Pragmatic frowned rarely. Wrinkling deeply, he added thoughtfully: "It will take at least another two years."
Princess Yongning looked at Gao Pragmatic with suspicion. Seeing that he didn't seem to be joking, she had to ask tentatively: "Can you tell me what's going on?"
This kind of question is often a proposition, but Gao Pragmatic has his own way. I saw him sighing: "Of course it is possible, but I don't want to tell you because I don't want you to worry about this kind of thing."
He took Princess Yongning's hand and said warmly: "Leave these matters to me. Anyway, ever since the late emperor told me those words before his death, I have been prepared. I will have to worry about the emperor for the rest of my life. This is exactly what I have done over the years..."
The eldest princess was touched and distressed when she heard that. She reached out and stroked Gao Jingshi's cheek and said emotionally: "Gao Lang, with you by my side, I am really the happiest emperor in history. I often think that even if Wu When Hou is reincarnated, he must admit that Gao Lang is the one who truly dedicated his life."
That's not the case, not really. Gao Pingshi apologized to Prime Minister Zhuge in his heart, but with a wry smile on his face, he said, "Maybe, I hope the emperor thinks so too."
Something obviously sounded wrong. Princess Yongning said in surprise: "What did Gao Lang mean by this? Don't you think so? No, the emperor is a sensible person. How could you not see these obvious things?" Woolen cloth?"
Gao Jingshi knew that Princess Yongning had no other intentions for him, so he did not try to hide it. He shook his head and said, "You don't know something about this. Of course, the emperor knows how many things I have done and how many contributions I have made. He even knows I do all this for the good of Ming Dynasty.
But... sometimes things often depend not only on my starting point for doing things, but also on the final impact and situation created. "
The eldest princess frowned and said, "What impact? What situation?"
Gao pragmatic sighed: "For example, didn't you just say that I will be the chief minister soon, and almost no one in the court can be my enemy - this is the influence and the situation."
"Isn't this bad?" The eldest princess was very surprised and asked: "In this way, the emperor brother and Gao Lang are just joining hands as kings and ministers, working together as one, and no one can stop you from eliminating the old abuses and reforming. Is it possible? Isn’t that a good thing?”
Of course you think so, but how could your brother think about things as simply as you do?
Gao pragmatically knew that the eldest princess Yongning was somewhat love-minded and had been so for so many years. Otherwise, how could the two of them be in such a situation today?
The problem of love thinking is completely different from that of ordinary people. They often have complete and complete trust in the object of love. Just like the two of them now, no matter what Gao Pangshi said, even if she didn't believe it, she would believe it without hesitation. In short, in her eyes, Gao Pragmatism is not only perfect, but also always correct. She just needs to be responsible and believe in it and express her approval.
Gao Pragmatic thought for a while and decided to change his expression: "Yao Xiu, you have to know that although in your opinion, no matter what I do, I do it for the emperor, and the emperor himself thinks so too. However, after all, the emperor is not the only one in the court. Between me and you, you have to think about what other people would think of me when they see me today."
The eldest princess wondered: "What kind of association is it?"
Gao Jingshi sighed: "What association? Of course Gao Jingshi came from a famous family, won the top prize in six exams, and was influenced by the shadow of three generations of chief ministers. He had a smooth official career, and then made countless achievements. He became famous all over the world and was powerful in all directions.
This man is the leader of the Practical School in the court, and an unparalleled commander in the Nine Borders. He has a huge amount of wealth in his family, and has even been operating in Tiannan for many years, almost forming a separate empire.
Even though such people seem to be loyal and good, they have to be vigilant at all times, lest they have evil intentions and cause cholera to spread throughout the world..."
"It's nonsense!" Princess Yongning raised her eyebrows and gritted her teeth: "This is really a dog biting Lu Dongbin, and you don't know a good heart. Do you have to be a mediocre person to be in line with people like them?" ?”
Gao Pragmatic chuckled and said: "That's hard to say. Maybe it's really the case? Although mediocrity is useless, it can't cause much harm, right?"
"How can this not make sense? How can this not make sense! These people are useless and know how to be jealous of talents. No wonder the court was so poor in those years that they couldn't even pay official salaries! Now that the court finally has Gao Lang, they not only don't regret themselves, but...
Huh, I think they are just making excuses for their incompetence, thinking that as long as the court does not have capable ministers like Gao Lang, then they can continue to be content. It is so shameless! "
Gao Pragmatic spread his hands: "In any case, there are always such people, and they are not uncommon. It is impossible for the emperor to depose all these people, so naturally he has to let them bark on some things, and even I have to agree against my will.”
Speaking of this, Gao Pragmatic gave an example: "Yao Xiu, think about it, how much the late emperor trusted my third uncle, Gao Wenzhenggong, but there were times when he had to compromise under the 'Manchu Dynasty's inversion'. The late emperor So, can this be an exception today?
After all, this court is composed of the emperor and hundreds of officials. Once many officials start a trend for something or someone, sometimes even the emperor can only temporarily avoid it. "
"Then what should we do?" Princess Yongning said worriedly: "Now Gao Lang, you have come this far, and the emperor has long been accustomed to relying on your plans. If the day you mentioned really comes, it will be simply... It’s just unimaginable.”
Gao Pragmatic had a serious look on his face and nodded: "Yes, yes... But that's why I said some things can't be rushed. Just like your uncle this time, it stands to reason that he was involved in such a huge case, no. Severe punishment is naturally unjustifiable, but now is not the time for severe punishment.
But you don’t have to worry. When I am firmly established as the chief minister and all conditions are mature, then naturally those who should be punished will be punished. Otherwise, how can we uphold the laws of the country? "
Princess Yongning nodded repeatedly and said: "Gao Lang is still thinking far-reaching." After a pause, she asked again: "But what about the emperor's sister-in-law and Chang Hao?"
Gao pragmatic nodded and said: "That's a good question. This is what I want to ask you now..." He leaned over and whispered in Princess Yongning's ear.
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PS: I have been worried a lot these days, everything is not going well, and sometimes I am so angry that I want to curse people... Ah, I have to say, I don’t have a high level of pragmatism!
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