Concubine Qi returned to the palace, and soon it was lunch time.

The palace people brought delicious dishes to the table, but she had no appetite at all.

Looking at these dishes, she couldn't help but think of her son who was away again.

I don't know how he is doing now, whether he is well fed and clothed.

Although the child can take care of himself, the conditions outside are no more difficult than in the palace, and I don't know if he can adapt to it.

Concubine Qi looked at the table full of food and remembered her wish when she was a child.

It's just that he married into an ordinary family, and when it was time to eat, he ate with his husband and children.

But right now, the world's best delicacy has been placed in front of her, but she is the only one at the table.

Whether it's good or not, it's inconvenient for others to see her like this now.

"The emperor has arrived!" Suddenly, the sound of the announcement from outside caught Concubine Qi off guard.

She never thought that the emperor would come to her at this time.

But I had no choice but to wipe away my tears and get up to take over.

"Concubines, see Your Majesty."

"Flat." The emperor didn't even stop in front of Concubine Qi, and walked into the room after saying a word.

It's obvious that you're throwing a tantrum.

Concubine Qi naturally knew that she was more cautious in her actions.

As soon as the emperor entered the room, the emperor waved his hand, and all the palace maids and eunuchs withdrew, leaving only Concubine Qi and him in the room.

Concubine Qi didn't know what was going on, but she knew that the emperor didn't like people who talked a lot, so she sat down at the table and took the initiative to pick up the chopsticks.

"The concubines serve His Majesty's meal."

After she first served the emperor a bowl of soup, she picked up a piece of fish.

Just as he was about to put it in the emperor's bowl, the person opposite suddenly spoke.

"Concubine Ai went out today?"

Concubine Qi almost slipped the dish in her hand for a while.

"Yes."

Before going out, she also thought about what kind of excuse she should make and what kind of lie she should tell if the emperor finds out, she has already arranged everything.

But he suddenly didn't want to do that, so he simply admitted it.

"The concubine went to General Guan and asked him about Shen Yuan's whereabouts."

As soon as he finished speaking, the emperor slapped him on the table.

"You know it's not in order, why do you do it!"

Concubine Qi put down her chopsticks, walked to the emperor and knelt down.

"The concubine knows that the concubine is guilty, but please also ask the emperor to be considerate, the concubine is not only your wife, but also a mother, the person you ordered to arrest, he is the flesh and blood of the concubine who was conceived and gave birth in October."

The emperor was even more angry, "Don't I know? He is not only your son, but also my son! Will you really do it unless you have to? ”

Everyone blames him for being too fierce and too strict with his own flesh and blood, but who thinks about him.

If there was any other way, would he be willing to do so?

But in Concubine Qi's eyes, this is not the case.

"Your Majesty, this has to be a last resort, isn't it all under your control?"

Concubine Qi is completely out of the way today.

The emperor's eyes widened when he looked at her, "What do you mean by that?" ”

Concubine Qi's tears dripped down her face, already soaked on the carpet.

"Your Majesty, can't you really let him go? These two children have never done anything wrong. ”

The emperor was so angry that he directly knocked over the soup that Concubine Qi had served him just now.

"Her identity is trial and error, and they are even more wrong when they hide it from me! You're still asking, can you let him go? ”

The emperor's deep voice was already terrifying.

"Then have you ever thought that when you let him go now, and one day in the future, when the people of the former dynasty put a knife on my neck, who will release me again?"

Concubine Qi shook her head again and again when she heard this, he never meant this.

She was worried about her son, but she didn't want anything to happen to the emperor.

"Your Majesty, you know that kid would never do that."

"I know." The emperor's answer was unexpected.

"But since I am sitting on the throne, I have to give an explanation to the people of the world, to the ancestors and ancestors, you can blame me, but I must do this!"

After the emperor finished speaking, he got up and went out.

Before going out, he called Gonggong Ye to his side.

"Come, tell me the will! Concubine Qi Niangniang is sick due to excessive longing, and she needs to recuperate in the palace for this period of time without my will, and no one is allowed to enter and leave Cuiwei Palace at will. ”

Concubine Qi panicked when she heard this, and she turned to look at the back of the emperor leaving.

If the emperor was just angry, then this matter would not be so troublesome.

But in that back, Concubine Qi also saw him, the more heartache as a father is like this, the more difficult it is for the emperor to change his mind.

After taking a nap, Gu Gangqian was enjoying the cool in the small pavilion.

The afternoon sun shines warmly on the body, and a grape is stuffed into the mouth to moisten the heart and spleen.

Suddenly, a servant ran in from outside the courtyard, did not salute, ran directly to his side and whispered in his ear for a while, Gu Gangqian instantly sobered up.

This news made him so excited that he could get up immediately and go directly to the palace.

He received news that his father had just summoned Guan Qin Chao into the palace, and it must have been an investigation into last night.

Then he has to help explain and explain, after all, it was his people who found Gu Shenyuan and the others.

He estimated the time, and when he entered the palace, he happened to see his father and Guan Qinchao walking in the imperial garden.

This is the habit of my father, and when he wakes up, he likes to come to the imperial garden for a walk.

The climate is average, and my father's mood is also good.

It's the right time to say things.

He stepped forward and respectfully saluted his father, "My son and son pay homage to my father." ”

"Calm down, what are you doing in the palace?"

"Back to my father's words, the minister originally planned to go to General Guan, but when I heard that he had entered the palace, the minister followed up."

Gu Gangqian's words made Guan Qinchao feel uneasy.

"Oh, what are you looking for him?" The emperor was also very interested.

"Actually, Erchen just wants to come over and say to General Guan, this matter is the most important, but there is no need to be entangled, tell your father generously, you will definitely not blame him."

This is a little inexplicable,

"What are you talking about?" The emperor said that he didn't understand it at all.

And Gu Gangqian behaved very naturally.

"Erchen is talking about last night's incident, last night someone found the traces of Gu Shenyuan's people in Xiangyang Village outside the city, but he couldn't arrest the person back, General Guan is worried about it."

He glanced at Guan Qin Chao and said.

"He feels that this matter is important and should be shown to his father, but because of his dereliction of duty, he feels that he has failed to live up to his father's expectations of him, so he has always blamed himself in his heart."

Guan Qinchao watched Gu Gangqian make up stories in front of the emperor like this, and he couldn't do anything.

"Erchen is trying to persuade him to come."

Before he could finish speaking, Guan Qin Chao's hand couldn't help but clench into a fist.

This Gu Gangqian is really not fuel-efficient.

He had heard about it, too.

Last night, someone searched for a people's house in a small village in the ravine, as if they had found traces of Gu Shenyuan and others.

But in fact, nothing was found, and he returned empty-handed.

He planned to investigate this matter secretly, but he didn't expect Gu Gangqian to find out directly in front of the emperor, and directly said that it was his person.

At this moment, even if Guan Qin Chao understood that those people were sent out by Gu Gangqian, he couldn't explain it clearly to the emperor.

He now explained that those people were not sent by him, and the emperor would definitely investigate the matter strictly.

In that case, Gu Gangqian would definitely hide his identity and would not be found out.

And he will be charged with dereliction of duty, and if it is not good, the emperor will hand over the task of searching to others.

That would be very unfavorable to Gu Shenyuan and them.

But fortunately, he reacted quickly and couldn't be exposed now, so he let go of his hand before anyone could notice it.

With a guilty look on his face, he said, "The last general was about to report this, but he couldn't say it for a while. ”

Looking at Guan Qinchao in front of him on the Internet, he was a little confused for a while.

"The last general has been fighting at the border for many years, and he thinks that he has made certain achievements in leading troops to fight, but he never thought that after returning to Beijing, he received an important task assigned by the emperor, but he did not complete it well."

"Wait, don't talk about this yet, you tell me first, are they the ones who found them in Xiangyang Village?" The emperor is now more concerned about this.

"Back to the emperor, in fact, that day, it was just that the people below had some quarrels, and after searching the house, no one was found in the room."

"Oh......" The emperor's heart that had just been mentioned fell back again.

"It's because the last general didn't teach the people under him well, so this happened, and I ask the emperor to punish him." Guan Qinchao already knelt on the ground as he spoke.

"Hurry up." The emperor didn't want to embarrass him.

"You just returned to the capital, and there are still many things you are not familiar with, so take your time." There seems to be something else in the emperor's words, no one has spoken, but they all know it.

"Yes, General Guan, you don't know, Jiang Ruanyan was not a cunning person before, otherwise you look at the present."

Gu Gangqian also interjected.

"Now my father is not doing things according to the law, but the people below are now striking in the capital because they have received her small favors before, and they don't understand that their father is protecting them."

In the face of Gu Gangqian's sycophancy, the emperor obviously did not accept it.

"Don't say any more." He interrupted Gu Gangqian first.

Then he said to Guan Qinchao, "You go back first, you've worked hard during this time." It's because I didn't think it through, and you just returned to Beijing and put so much pressure on you. ”

Guan Qinchao was flattered.

"In this way, I am sending a group of people out to assist you in your search, rest assured, my people will not dare to mess around."

This news was like a bolt from the blue for Guan Qinchao, but it was already better than the emperor directly letting the Red Flag Army dispatch.

Not daring to hesitate, he hurriedly thanked him, "Thank you for your compassion." ”

"It's not too early, you go back first, I still have some things to talk to Gangqian."

"Yes." Guan Qinchao left respectfully.

It's a lot of trouble now, so hurry up and find a way to inform Gu Shenyuan of them.

The people sent by the emperor said that they were helping him, but in fact, they were not worried about him, worried that he would not report it.

It can be seen that although the emperor does not like Gu Gangqian's approach, he still does not worry about him.