Chapter 330 Letter from the Elders

Chapter 330 Letter from the Elders

"Oh, let me tell you. It turns out that the one who replaced the Fourth Prince was an old maid. Her family was a street performer and she knew some strange magic. One of her magic skills was to change a person's appearance. In order to prevent Concubine Dong's people from finding the Fourth Prince, they changed his appearance to make him look younger, so that he could escape the disaster..."

Age, it’s actually age.

That's right, when Concubine Dong was looking for someone, she would naturally look for a boy born in that year. Even if it was rough, it would only be one or two years before or after. Xie Huaiguang's age was changed to four years younger. When others heard about it, they would not even consider it. How could they think that this person was Concubine Zhuang's son?

"So how old is this Fourth Prince this year?"

"It was 26 or 27..."

Someone stretched out his fingers and counted: "Zi, Chou, Yin, Mou..."

"It should be 27."

"You're afraid of being searched, so you can't even find a wife, right?"

"Hahaha, you're not even as good as a street urchin like me!!"

Many people laughed, which naturally attracted a lot of disdain.

"That's better than you. He can't get married to save his life. Besides, didn't Prince Rui get married when he was nearly 30? I think the royal family is probably a mess. One by one, they are still unmarried when they are nearly 30..."

The discussions on the street became louder, but Gu Zilu, who was sitting nearby drinking tea, had a grim look on his face.

Gu Zilu's face looked visibly ugly.

At first he couldn't understand why Xie Huaiguang could compete with Prince Rui, but now he understood.

It turned out that Xie Huaiguang had known his life experience for a long time, and he was also sure that he could become a prince again. This man had been ambitious from the beginning, whether it was personally urging the improvement of wheat growth on the farm, or making suggestions on the war against the Xiongnu, or he approached himself and his elder brother with ulterior motives. In addition, Xie Huaiguang's achievements in the court in recent years, half of the civil and military officials in the court supported Xie Huaiguang...

The more Gu Zilu thought about it, the more frightened he became, because he was very clear about one thing: the three major forces in the harem, the Queen, Concubine Dong and Concubine Hui, were all gone, and their families were also implicated. Even Concubine Hui's brother, General Liu Cong, was dismissed from his post. In other words, even the power behind the Crown Prince had been uprooted. From this perspective, among all the princes, Xie Huaiguang was the only one in power.

"This person...I'm afraid he wants to be the emperor..."

Gu Zilu took a breath of cold air.

He finally understood why Xie Huaiguang... no, now the fourth prince Zhao Huaiguang, could compete with Prince Rui. If Zhao Huaiguang became the emperor, who could compete with him?

Thinking of this, Gu Zilu suddenly stood up, hurriedly paid the bill and walked home.

“Mother, mother!”

Gu Zilu almost rushed back to Su Jin. The young man who had always been calm was now panting, his cheeks flushed, and sweating profusely. He looked very anxious.

"What's wrong?"

Su Jin was eating the watermelon sent from the farm. They said it was the first ripe one this year. The watermelon had been soaked in well water and was icy cold. It tasted especially good.

"Mother, let's go, let's go now, pack up and go back to Hexi..."

Gu Zilu was searching for something everywhere. Yuhuan looked at Su Jin in surprise. She couldn't understand what was wrong with Fifth Brother, so she could only let Su Jin find a solution.

Su Jin was also confused. Just as she was about to ask, Gu Zilu stopped and shook his head, "No, we can't go back to Hexi. If we go back, we will implicate grandpa's whole family. Otherwise, why don't we go south, to Hangzhou, or to the east..."

Gu Zilu thought about all the possible places he could go, and he rarely showed any signs of uneasiness.

After hearing this, Su Jin also knew what it meant.

Now everyone is talking about this matter, that Xie Huaiguang became Zhao Huaiguang, and also became the emperor's fourth son.

I heard that the tablets of the Fourth Prince were removed, and the Emperor specially selected a house for Zhao Huaiguang, and gave him both people and gifts. The Fourth Prince became the first prince in the history of the Great Zhou Dynasty to have a house without a title. This was arranged by Zhao Jingcheng out of fear that Zhao Huaiguang would not be used to living in the palace.

But Su Jin understood that Zhao Jingcheng was just paranoid and was afraid that something might happen to Zhao Huaiguang again.

"Brother Lu, you should know that the whole world belongs to the king, and we can't hide away."

Su Jin sighed, and finally calmed Gu Zilu down. He turned his head to look at Su Jin, his eyes slightly red. "Besides, my eldest brother is now the Duke of the Protectorate, and he will soon marry Princess Mingyu. My fourth sister is also going to marry the eldest princess's son. Our family is already tied to the royal family, and we can't separate even if we want to!"

At first, I thought it was a good thing to be related to the royal family. At least I wouldn't have to worry about being stabbed in the back. But now, it's not a good thing at all. Now I can't separate even if I want to!

Gu Zilu gradually calmed down.

The more he thought about it, the calmer Gu Zilu became. He turned around and sent Yuhuan and the other maids away, then pulled Su Jin to sit down. The young man asked seriously, "What does mother think? Do you want to go, or..."

Su Jin was full of questions: "I don't understand, what are you thinking?"

Gu Zilu: ...

By the way, mother didn’t know that Zhao Huaiguang liked her, just like she only found out at the end that Prince Rui liked her.

Ah, this...

How should I put it? Does this matter need to be exposed by my son? I always feel that this shouldn't be the case.

On second thought, I can only say that Zhao Huaiguang is indeed a vicious person. Now this situation forces me into a dilemma. If I tell him, I will save Zhao Huaiguang the trouble. If I don't tell him, what if I can't leave? That would be a huge trouble.

Gu Zilu took a deep breath and felt that he was still a little inexperienced. After all, he could not compare to Zhao Huaiguang, who was a more shrewd man.

"I just want to say..." Gu Zilu paused for a moment and said, "Our family used to be close to the Fourth Prince, but later we became alienated for unknown reasons. I'm afraid that my mother may have offended him..."

Well, let’s not talk about it for now. My mother can even reject Prince Rui…

But Zhao Huaiguang is not Zhao Jingyu after all. Zhao Jingyu is kind by nature, while Zhao Huaiguang is a person with too deep thoughts.

Gu Zilu was completely at his wit's end.

He could only chat with Su Jin for a while before getting up and leaving.

Just as he returned to his own courtyard, Xiao Tao quietly handed him a letter: "This is a letter from the elder of the Hexi tribe, saying that he will personally give it to you, brother."

Given it to him personally?

"Mother doesn't know?"

"I don't know. The person who came was very careful and kept asking me. The elders wanted me to give it to you secretly and not tell anyone."

Gu Zilu took a deep breath, nodded in agreement, turned around and went back to the study. Xiao Tao stood guard at the door as if she was familiar with the place.