Countless images flashed through Li Songzhi's mind at this moment. Finally, he stared at the child named Gu Yu in front of him with a sharp gaze.
"Which Yu?" he asked anxiously, "How old is he?"
Song Wan: "It's the one you think of!"
Li Songzhi didn't know what to say. The Gu family was really good at hiding things.
He looked at the face that looked 70% like the late emperor, and felt excited and emotional. The late emperor's trust in the Gu family was unique throughout history.
Half an hour later, inside the Song residence.
Gu Yu was questioned by Li Songzhi over and over for a full quarter of an hour.
Just as Peng Jingxing was about to fight Gu Yu with his fists, Song Wan finally swung a whip at his feet, breaking half of the chair leg behind him.
At this point, Gu Yu escaped from the "sea of suffering".
Peng Jing was caught off guard and was startled.
He asked hurriedly, "Miss Song, what do you mean?"
Song Wan raised an eyebrow, "What do you mean? Baozi is only a little boy, and you want to spar with him? I cracked the whip to pry open your head and see if it works."
Peng Jing's face flushed red at being scolded by the younger generation. Facing Li Songzhi's questioning gaze, he quickly explained, "I just got too excited all of a sudden and mistook the young prince for the late emperor..."
The more he spoke, the softer his voice became. The late emperor had great abilities before he became emperor, so as his son, it was reasonable for him to be the same.
Li Songzhi is now content with having Gu Yu. He didn't expect that the Song and Gu families would actually give him a little prince who is not just a baby, and at first glance, he is not a bad one.
So he was happy to help Song Wan scold Peng Jing, "General Peng, you too, how old is the little prince? Even if he has martial arts talent, he can't withstand a punch from you. Do you think you have any ulterior motives?!"
Li Songzhi didn't want to return to the capital in the short term. He planned to petition the emperor to let him stay in Yuzhou as prefect so that he would have time to educate the little prince.
Peng Jing didn't want to be slandered by Li Songzhi. He pointed at Li Songzhi and said, "I am plotting something bad? No, before I came to the Song Mansion, who was it that said that the Gu family was plotting something—"
When Li Songzhi heard that Peng Jing was going to expose his past, he no longer bothered to pretend to be calm. He rolled up his sleeves and went up to cover the mouth of Peng Jing, a military officer.
Song Wan looked at the two people who were so out of tune with each other, and approached Gu Yanji, asking in a neither loud nor soft voice, "Why do these two teachers you found for A Yu seem so unreliable?"
Gu Yushen agreed. He looked at his second brother and pleaded, "It's good enough for my eldest brother to teach me. Why do we need to find another teacher?"
He thought the same as Sister Awan. It seemed that these two elders were not as smart as Chichi, the child of Sister Awan.
Gu Lingfeng suppressed his laughter and explained, "Ayu, there are limits to what I can teach you. Before entering the officialdom, Lord Li was the most outstanding disciple of the great Jiangnan scholar, Mr. Zhou. He is more than enough to be your teacher."
Hearing his elder brother say this, Gu Yu could only sigh helplessly, "Okay then."
Song Wan was touched by his adorable look and rubbed his head. "Don't worry! When you grow up a little bit, I'll teach you martial arts!"
Gu Yu's eyes lit up, "Really?"
Song Wan promised, "Of course! By then, maybe even your second brother won't be able to beat you!"
Gu Yu suddenly became more excited, "Can you teach me now?"
"Do you really want to defeat your second brother?" Song Wan was surprised.
Gu Yu shook his head. "No, I just feel like he can't even beat Teacher Li." After saying that, he pointed his little finger in the direction of Peng Jing.
When Peng Jing heard that his strength was being questioned, he immediately stopped being humble to the unreasonable Li Songzhi and directly slashed the other's waist with a knife.
Li Songzhi was pushed back to the chair by him, holding his waist and scolding him, "Peng Jing! You - you -"
Peng Jing twisted his wrist and snorted coldly, "What do you mean by 'you'? Didn't you just try to cover my mouth and silence me?"
Li Songzhi said angrily, "I just covered your mouth. How can I silence you?"
Song Wan watched the fun from the sidelines, not minding the big deal, "Because you said bad things about us, and he heard it."
Li Songzhi flatly denied it, "When did I say that? He was the one who slandered me!"
Song Wan rolled her eyes and said, "But I heard everything. You said Gu Yan was eager to rebel, and you said other things. I was lying on the sedan chair and heard it all."
Li Songzhi looked at Peng Jing suddenly with disgust, "Peng Jing! Were you deliberately trying to trick me in the carriage?"
Peng Jing complained, "I didn't even know she was lying on top of the sedan!"
Li Songzhi didn't believe it. He even suspected that Peng Jing had known for a long time that the little prince was still alive, so he wanted to alienate his relationship with the Song and Gu families so as to force him out of Yuzhou, and then he, Peng Jing, could become the little prince's only teacher.
"Then how did she know that I said in the car that the Gu family was planning a rebellion—" Li Songzhi was halfway through his sentence when he suddenly realized something. He turned to Song Wan in shock and said, "Miss Song, you are deceiving me!"
Song Wan blinked, "Do I have it?"
Gu Yan looked anxiously, seeing that it was almost time, and finally pulled Song Wan aside, "Alright, the two adults must be tired now. You have already met the people you wanted to meet today. Please go back and rest first."
Li Songzhi was too embarrassed to stay, but he didn't want to leave the little prince so soon. Finally, he said shamelessly, "I'll come again tomorrow." Then he flicked his sleeves and walked out with his back straight.
Peng Jing was extremely embarrassed when he realized what was happening. He said that someone was planning a rebellion in front of him. Fortunately, the other person didn't mind. If it were someone else, they might have done so in a fit of anger.
"Then I'll come again tomorrow." Peng Jing said, and left in a hurry.
After they left, Gu Yu finally expressed his confusion, "Brother, is that me they're calling Little Prince? Why are they calling me Little Prince?"
This moment was bound to come. Gu Yan quickly pressed the corners of her lips, exchanged glances with Gu Lingfeng, and then raised her hand to stroke his tender cheek. "Ayu, there are some things that it's time for you to know."
If possible, Gu Yanji certainly hopes that Gu Yu will always be just his third brother and grow up without worries.
Unfortunately, the Gu family could not let down the late emperor's trust. As a soldier, he could not bear to see Dai Viet go to the end of its country.
Finally, Gu Lingfeng sighed deeply and stood up from his seat. "Ayu, come here, I'll tell you."
Another half hour passed and Gu Yu came out of the house with red eyes.
Gu Yanji and Song Wan had been waiting outside the door.
"Second brother?" Gu Yu cautiously tried, this voice obviously lacked the previous confidence, and was filled with reluctance and uneasiness.
Gu Yan curled the corners of her lips, squatted down, and responded firmly, "As long as A Yu is willing, Second Brother will always be Second Brother."
Gu Yu threw himself into Gu Yanji's arms and burst into tears.
The eldest brother told him that he was not his father's child, nor was he and his second brother's third brother, but the little prince of Dai Viet.
Gu Yu didn’t understand why he was not a member of the Gu family. He didn’t want to be a little prince, he just wanted to be Gu Yu.
But the eldest brother said that if he only acted like Gu Yu, more and more people in Dai Viet would not have enough to eat.
Gu Yu had seen what people who didn't have enough to eat were like. Gou Wa and Gou Dan once said that their biggest wish in life was to have a full meal of white rice.
The eldest brother also said that if he wanted all the dogs and cats in Dayue to realize this wish, he could not be a family man.
Gu Yu cried louder and louder. He wanted Gou Wa and Gou Dan to eat white rice, but he couldn't bear to leave his parents, his elder and second brothers, his sister-in-law, and A Chang.
Gu Yan hurriedly comforted him in a gentle voice, "If Ayu misses his elder brother and second brother in the future, he can come back anytime."
Gu Yu suddenly felt even sadder. With red eyes, he sobbed and asked, "Second brother, do you want to kick me out now?"
Gu Yan choked.
Song Wan chuckled on the side.
Perhaps it was because of Gu Lingfeng's previous guidance, after Gu Yu knew that he was not a member of the Gu family, except for being more attached to his two brothers in the first month, his other reactions were relatively normal.
Li Songzhi was the happiest person to see the changes in the little prince. Now the emperor's decree had arrived, appointing him as the prefect of Yuzhou, and focusing on rectifying the mess left by King Yu. Once he was done with all this, he could concentrate on being the little prince's teacher.
After all the evidence of King Yu's crimes was made known to the world, the Xu family stopped the losses in time, pushed Xu Lie out, and insisted that all this was Xu Lie's personal behavior.
In order to show his loyalty, Marquis Linyuan even shouted to his superiors that he wanted to die as an example.
Xu Shen has already gone to such lengths. If Li Shi continues to be aggressive, there will definitely be rumors that he is forcing the old ministers to death in order to suppress his younger brother.
Anyway, Li Che is already a useless chess piece, and Marquis Linyuan has no other prince or grandson to support him. Apart from being loyal to him as the emperor, the Xu family has no other choice.
Therefore, Li Shi was very willing to give the Xu family a higher price.
Besides, one Xu Lie is enough, and he can take the opportunity to take control of the tower.
The only problem was who to send. Li Shi thought about it for several days until a letter of self-recommendation came from Yuzhou.
It was from Peng Jing. Li Shi opened it, glanced over it, and laughed heartily with satisfaction. "This Peng Jing is quite sensible. Eunuch Fu, what do you think of sending Peng Jing to guard the tower?"
Zhang Fuzheng replied seriously, "I think the emperor already has the answer in his mind."
Li Shi looked up at Zhang Fuzheng and said with a smile, "I've noticed that you're becoming more and more precise with your words."
Zhang Fuzheng bowed slightly, lowered his eyes and said nothing.
Li Shi continued to laugh heartily and said to himself, "I think Peng Jing is not bad."
I think it was because of King Yu that this group of so-called royalists existed. Now everyone knows that King Yu is a disabled person and will never have any offspring.
As for the one from Yizhou, he was young, weak and clumsy, and could not be the crown prince at all. The only one who was qualified to be the emperor was Li Shi.
When these royalists fully understood the situation, they naturally wanted to remedy the situation in time, and showing loyalty to him was the first step.
Li Shi thought he had grasped the mentality of Li Songzhi and others, and was very proud for a moment. He waved his hand and approved Peng Jing's request.
At this point, Li Songzhi and Peng Jing didn't even have to go back to the capital, they could directly take the imperial edict to the provincial capital to take up their posts.
As for Prince Yu and Xu Lie, they were originally to be escorted back to the capital, but Song Wan insisted that Li Songzhi write in the memorial that Prince Yu had gone mad, and the people of Yuzhou hoped that he could stay in Yuzhou and clean toilets to atone for his sins.
When Li Songzhi heard this request, he absolutely refused to agree. How could a memorial to the emperor include something like cleaning the toilet?
Even though he no longer regards the emperor as the emperor, he still has to put on a show of pretending to be so.
Li Songzhi didn't expect to be beheaded before the new emperor ascended the throne.
"What's wrong with using a toilet?" Gu Yu paused in his calligraphy practice and asked, "People eat grains and cereals, so they can't live their whole lives without a toilet. If an emperor were to punish a minister for writing a memorial because the word 'gong tong' appeared on it, he would surely be despised by the world."
"Your Highness is absolutely right. I will add it right away." Li Songzhi should not change sides too quickly.
The big and the small looked at each other, curled their lips in tacit understanding, and then Song Wan gave Gu Yu a thumbs up.
Gu Yanji was right. Bringing A Yu here would make things twice as easy.
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