The sun is shining, the years are just right, the Dingguo Mansion is still rich and noble, the guests are full, and no one has ever noticed that the Dingguo Mansion has left the table.

All the luxury and excitement could not dispel the melancholy of Dingguo Gong at this time.

He is not a wooden man, he has also fought decisively on the battlefield, and he is familiar with history books, Bo Gu and the present, naturally he understands that Emperor Qianyuan is disappointed in him, and his silence, restraint and duty as a minister have finally exhausted the friendship with Emperor Qianyuan in the past.

But is he to blame for all this?

Which pampered and proud courtier can have a good death?

Which relative who has made war exploits is not trembling?

If Emperor Qianyuan turns his face, who can resist it?

The Gu family is still honored and favored, how can he not think about future generations?

What made Dingguo Gong unacceptable the most was that not only Wang Jinzhi said that he was not worthy of being Aze's father, but Emperor Qianyuan also said the same about him!

He has never had a heart-to-heart with Aze, he has never disciplined Aze, whose reason is it?

He also wanted to keep Aze by his side, personally teach him to read and practice martial arts, and tell him the way of being a human being, and Emperor Qianyuan had given him a chance.

Every time he could only watch Aze's path go further and further, causing constant criticism from the court, Dingguo Gong was very afraid that one day the first thing the prince would do when he ascended the throne would be to kill Aze, and he was even more afraid that Emperor Qianyuan would alienate Aze because of suspicion.

Born rich and arrogant by nature, how can Aze stand it?

Ding Guogong returned to the Guogong Mansion from the Hou Mansion, did not go out to entertain the guests, and sat alone in the study until ten o'clock in the evening, when the guests who gave makeup dispersed, and Ding Guogong lit the candles in the study, "Invite Mrs. over." ”

Less engraved. Duchess Dingguo pushed the door and walked into the study.

Footsteps are heard. Ding Guogong raised his eyes and looked. Her appearance is as bright as ever, the dark green dress with a corset waist highlights her bewitching figure, and the mutton fat white jade skin is delicate and silky, she is younger than women of the same age, and she is better at dressing up than them.

"Grandpa Guo."

Dingguo Gong gave a light blessing and said with a smile: "Most of the guests have left, today is very lively, and Lord Situ seems to cherish his daughter very much." Ten miles of red makeup is not an exaggeration. Thanks to my mother, if I come...... I'm afraid I can't do it as perfect as it is today. ”

There was no news from the eldest princess, and the Duchess of Dingguo was also anxious, especially the silence of the Duke of Dingguo, which made her have a bad premonition.

"When we first met, your smile was beautiful, pure, crisp, and there was a sense of resilience that others lacked."

Dingguo Gong's eyes were deep, as if he had fallen into a certain period of beauty. In the memory that he never forgets, he said in a low voice: "The background is not good. But you don't complain, at that time, I thought, marrying you, I don't have to repeat the boring days over and over again, and I don't have to worry about you not being able to take care of the Gu family after I go on the expedition. ”

"Wenchang ......"

Duchess Dingguo tugged at the placket of her clothes uneasily, hiding the panic in her eyes, "What are you talking about?" Could it be that the concubine is not doing well? ”

"We have had a happy life, you are also very competitive, you will have the eldest and second child when you enter the door, and you will have the favor of Queen Gao, your mother is not happy, and she will not show you your face, I ...... I also helped you say a lot of good things in front of your mother, in those years I was glad that I married the right wife, and I was very happy to see you taking care of the Gu family vigorously every day, and I felt more sorry for you. ”

"In the three years since I pacified southern Xinjiang, I have always been thinking about you. I also know that His Majesty had just ascended the throne at that time, and I was a relative, and I led hundreds of thousands of soldiers to go out on the expedition, and your life in the capital was not easy, and you often entered the palace, I didn't care. In addition to believing in you, I believe in the emperor to whom I am allegiated. ”

No matter how the peach-colored rumors outside painted, Dingguo Gong never suspected that his wife was unclear with Emperor Qianyuan.

"Why do you still mention it before? When you come back from counterinsurgency, we don't mean to trust each other and grow old together. ”

"I often think that if the prince had not died young, I had never been fortunate to her, would we still be like when we got married?" Ding Guogong closed his eyes tiredly, "I can't go back, no matter how hard I work and how much I want to make up for my mistakes, you and I can't go back." ”

"Did Grandpa Guo misunderstand me again?"

"Your Majesty went out of the palace today and saw that Situ's was kidnapped, and saw Wang Zhiyao sweeping and kidnapping Situ's disciple like crazy!"

Duchess Dingguo's face turned pale when she heard this, and her fingertips on her cuffs were cold, "Abduction and kidnapping Duchess Rongguo?" Who is so bold? Grandpa Guo can't let it go, let Xiaoxiao run rampant, and ruin the reputation of the Gu family. ”

"The Gu family still has a reputation?"

Ding Guogong laughed self-deprecatingly: "I have always believed in the truth of the facts, so I don't care about the ridicule of others, I always think that if I care, alienate Aze, or suspect Aze, wouldn't Aze be more pitiful, I swore to protect my wife for life It will be difficult to wash away the shame for the rest of my life, I would rather I be ridiculed and ridiculed, I don't want you to be hurt in the slightest, the eldest brother always says that I carry everything on my shoulders, stupid, I used to think that the eldest brother did not have the responsibility of being a child of the Gu family, but now it seems that I was wrong." ”

"Grandpa Guo suspects me of instructing others to abduct Situ? You don't believe me? ”

Duchess Dingguo's voice became higher and higher, and tears turned in her eyes, "Yes, I'm jealous, I don't want you to marry Mrs. again, there is suddenly one more person between us, how can I not care?" But I ...... But I never thought about harming people, who is it? Who wronged me? And who slandered you? ”

"The princess is also present, what else do you want to say?"

"The princess is indeed what I asked her to go quietly, I listened to the news from outside, let the princess inquire about the details, the guests of the full house, if I am not in the house, maybe they will say something nonsense, since I heard the news, I can't care, there is no real news, how can I talk to the grandfather of the country? asked the princess to come forward, she was both a daughter-in-law and a niece, and she would protect the face of the Gu family, but she didn't expect the princess to drag Wang Zhiyao away. ”

Duchess Dingguo calmly pleaded, "The person who delivered the news is still ......"

"No need." Ding Guogong said softly: "What is the difference between yes and no? ”

"But that man can prove my innocence, Grandpa Guo...... You don't believe me? ”

Dingguo Gong was tired and his indifferent gaze made Dingguo Duchess very uncomfortable, as if she had lost something.

"Your Majesty will not reuse me again." Dingguo Gong indescribable loss, "In the future, I will live a good life behind closed doors with you, the queen mother may be because I fell out of favor with Your Majesty, and my position will be more stable, so many years of planning, I only remember today that Your Majesty is the only son of Empress Taizu Gao." ”

Even if the crown prince dies and Queen Gu has no children, no matter how much Emperor Qianyuan likes the noble concubine and the second prince, he will not abolish the queen!

Dingguo Gong's mouth was full of bitterness, "Power has blinded my eyes, and it has also blinded yours, you and I are not worthy of Your Majesty's favor." When you were pregnant with Aze, I shouldn't have run around for the Gu family and the queen mother, connecting with the courtiers and ignoring you. ”

"Your Majesty doubts me and your loyalty for this matter?" Duchess Dingguo's face turned a little paler, and her lips were slightly purple, "What did Your Majesty say?" You told me. ”

"Your Majesty has never doubted my loyalty."

Dingguo Gong's eyes moved away from his wife, falling on the sword hanging on the wall, the black scabbard, the complex pattern on the sword body is that the sword has never been out of the body, and you can also see the extraordinary quality of the sword, this sword is Dingguo Gong after the triumph of the expedition, the Qianyuan Emperor gave it, and the sword of the Qianyuan Emperor when he worshiped the ancestors is a pair.

The implication is self-evident, but now he is no longer qualified to pick up this sword.

"I said I would give an explanation to Marquis Situ." Ding Guogong said slowly: "I also said that I will protect you for the rest of my life, so let the damned people shut up." ”

"I really ......"

"Yan'er, I don't want to hear it."

Duchess Dingguo took two steps up, but her outstretched hand was dodged by Dingguo Gong, "You still don't believe me?" ”

"I said it didn't matter." Seeing his wife's sad gaze, Ding Guogong felt uncomfortable, "Remember to say hello to the princess and daughter-in-law in the future, you can't be willful anymore." ”

Wenchang ...... How could Your Majesty do this to you? ”

"He is the emperor, the emperor to whom I am allegiated."

Dingguo said: "You always thought that the lord was the same as marrying a daughter-in-law, let them still be the lord, and ...... in the future You will naturally understand the majesty of Her Royal Highness the Princess. ”

Duchess Dingguo muttered blankly, "Did they ask me to say goodbye?" ”

Ding Guogong's eyes crossed with a little pity, and he sighed: "It's always right to be more respectful, don't put your mother-in-law and aunt on the shelf." ”

ps There is another watch in the afternoon, the suffering days of Dingguo Gong and his wife are still ahead, the eldest princess is okay, and the princess of the second son is not the niece of Dingguo Gong. (To be continued......)