"Of course, of course." I laughed and respectfully invited him out.

Seeing that Cen Xi followed Wang Jie away, I breathed a sigh of relief and took the housekeeper to the gate of the mansion.

"Gu Xiang came from afar, and he missed the distance." I politely bowed my hand to him.

Gu Yuancheng saw that it was rare for me to be so polite, he raised his eyebrows and couldn't help but squint his eyes.

"You can't do something unsightly behind my back, do you?"

My face froze, and I looked to the side.

"Did you really do it?" Gu Yuancheng was stunned, and then took a dangerous step closer to me, "Are you hiding someone?" ”

"What's hiding?" I was so weak that I immediately denied it, "Who can I hide in my house?" ”

However, as soon as I said this, I knew that I had lost my words.

"There's a problem!" Gu Yuancheng was determined, and he didn't want the housekeeper to lead the way, so he broke into the mansion by himself.

"Hey, how can you casually break into my house, believe it or not, I went to Emperor Qi to sue you for trespassing on the house!" Secretly annoyed, I hurried to catch up with him.

Suddenly, Gu Yuancheng looked back at me in surprise, "Do you still want to go to Qi Kingdom?" ”

I hesitated and didn't answer.

Seeing my expression, Gu Yuancheng immediately understood, he sneered, and said mockingly, "You want to accompany your Royal Highness the Crown Prince, but?" ”

When he asked me this, I only felt an embarrassing emotion creeping in my chest, as if I had really done something to be sorry for him.

"Gu Yuancheng, you can't take care of my business!" I pulled down my face and scolded him back, brushed my sleeve and turned away.

"Green Branches." In a hurry, Gu Yuancheng walked quickly to my side, stretched out his hand and grabbed my wrist.

"Presumptuous!" I shook off his hand fiercely, and my anger showed on my face without concealment, "You dare to treat me like this in the future, don't blame me for ordering someone to chop off your hand!" ”

"Qingzhi, I didn't mean to be angry with you just now, I was just worried about you." Gu Yuancheng saw that I was angry, and hurriedly blocked my way, he didn't dare to touch me again, so he could only lower his voice and apologize, "My emperor...... may not tolerate you anymore, you follow him, protect him, and then there will be no life to come back. ”

"I said it, it's my business, you don't have to worry about it." I turned my head away from him.

Gu Yuancheng walked to the side a little, stood up straight and stood directly opposite me, "Okay, this is your business, I have no right to ask, I will go to the palace of your Qin Kingdom immediately, and say to your Emperor Qin, my emperor sent me to pick up Prince Qin, and I will protect him all the way to the capital of Qi State." ”

"Which of your tendons is broken, you just ran away from Qi State, and you want to throw yourself into the net again?" I glared at him, and I felt the urge to go up and knock him on the head.

How much effort did it take me to get him out of Emperor Qi's control and sneak out, this is good, he didn't do anything, he just wanted to be angry with me and waste all my hard work?

He is willing, but I am not willing!

"You didn't force me." Gu Yuancheng looked at me innocently, "Since I can't take care of your business or stop you, then I can only do this." Of course, if you think that Yun Gongzi is working so hard for you, it is just meaningless for you, and you can stick to your own ideas. ”

My throat was blocked, and I was speechless.

I don't know why, since I left Qinguo, I have a feeling that I am not in control of many things, such as Gu Yuancheng's attitude towards me now.

For example, my complicated feelings for Gu Yuancheng now.

He didn't let me go to Qi because he was worried about my safety, but why should he worry about my safety? He should wish something had happened to me, right?

I think there should be some answer that is about to come out, but when I think of the meaningful eyes of the emperor when he looked at me yesterday, and when I think of his "green branch", my heart is like being wrapped in frost, and I dare not have the slightest delusion.

Lowering my eyes slightly, I lowered my head to look at his shadow on the ground, only to feel that the shadow had no eyes, no mouth, no ears, and was terribly blurry.

"Qingzhi ......" Gu Yuancheng looked at me, as if he wanted to say something to me.

I subconsciously held my breath.

"My lord, Gonggong Li in the palace is here, he said that he wants to pass on the emperor's edict, and let you go to the front hall immediately to receive the order." At this tense moment, the butler suddenly hurried to me and told me about the situation outside.

"Grandpa Li?" I frowned.

What is he here for? Could it be that the emperor wants me to do something for him?

"From the capital to the north, all the way to the intersection of Qinqi and Qi, there is a small village surrounded by mountains, this village is not under the jurisdiction of your Qinguo, nor is it under the management of our Qi State, it is an isolated place." Gu Yuancheng said loudly, "Some strange things have happened there recently, Emperor Qin is looking for you, probably just for this matter." ”

After listening to Gu Yuancheng's words, I was even more confused.

Since it is a place that Qin State does not care, why does the emperor come to me because of some 'strange things'? Besides, if the emperor is really interested in this 'strange thing', wouldn't he just send an idle petty official to find out the ins and outs of the matter? As the minister of a country, why can't I do such a trivial matter? 2018

"Housekeeper, you take Gu Gongzi to the back wing room to rest for a while, and this son will go to the front hall to receive the order." Anyway, Li Quan has already come with a will, and I have to go and see him.

"I'll go with you." Gu Yuancheng said to me.

I gave him a blank look, "If you want to die with me, just follow me to receive the order." ”

With that, I waved my sleeves and headed to the antechamber.

The housekeeper glanced up at Gu Yuancheng awkwardly, turned sideways and said respectfully, "Gu Gongzi, please come with me." ”

Gu Yuancheng took two steps forward unwillingly, and then stopped.

That's it, just look for another opportunity in the future, everyone else is here, are you afraid of anything else?

After self-hypnotizing for a while, Gu Yuancheng finally followed the housekeeper to the back room.

When I arrived in the front hall, Li Gongcheng stood in a corner of the front hall, quietly looking at a bonsai placed there, and the back seemed to be extremely lonely.

I stepped forward and was about to speak, but he turned to look at me first.

Slightly stunned, I set my eyes on his face.

Li Quan's expression was very calm, so calm that he was like two people, if it weren't for my belief that I was right, I would have doubted whether there were two Li Quan in the world.

"Do adults love these flowers and plants too?" Li Quan looked at me, and his overly fair and old face seemed to hide an unknown secret.

"I don't like it, but when I'm free, I will fiddle with it and cultivate my self-cultivation."

"I see." Li Quan sighed softly, "In the past, my wife was very fond of tending to these flowers and plants, and sometimes she could skip meals all day, just to be able to guard her treasures, watch them sprout, grow, and bloom......"

Madam?

I was stunned for a moment, and then reacted.

In the past, I also heard about some things before Li Quan entered the palace, but after many years, those past events have also been covered with dust.

It is said that Li Quan is not like the eunuch next to him, who entered the palace in his teens, and then climbed to today's position step by step, it can be said that he is a monk halfway, and his encounter is like this.

More than ten years ago, Li Quan was still an idle boy in a family of rivers and lakes, self-styled Duhuai Shaoxia, going south and north, so he was not at ease, and was later forced to become a relative by the elders in the family, although he had children and daughters, his temperament had never been settled, and he was rarely at home, often for three years, leaving books for his wife and children.

But something big happened to him, and it changed his life.

Eleven years ago, Li Quan's whole family was slaughtered by the enemy, and none of his family members, servants, wives and children, survived.

In order to take revenge, he entered the palace and took refuge in the emperor who was still the crown prince at the time, the emperor thoroughly investigated his life experience, and also understood the reason why he did things for himself, in order to make him loyal and no longer have two hearts, the emperor personally secretly sent someone to investigate the matter, and wrote to the emperor, sending his enemy to the guillotine.

is such a person, I'm afraid that when his wife was still alive, he didn't care at all, and now that Siren has passed away and his voice is no longer there, he sighs sadly, doesn't he think it's a very ironic thing?

"What message did the emperor have for his father-in-law to bring?" I have never cared about other people's affairs, after all, everyone has their own joys and sorrows, and I can't get involved, so there is no need to be so idle.

Li Quan didn't really want to complain to me, or talk about the sad things in the past, but he was stunned for a while, and he couldn't help it, but now that I asked bluntly, he was willing to finish the matter and go back to the palace soon.

"The emperor's message."

I leaned down and knelt down.

"Ordered Prime Minister Shen Qingzhi to leave for Bosa Village in Northern Xinjiang tomorrow to investigate the matter of not reaching the country's troops, and I admire this."

"We're in command."

"Your Excellency, please get up." After Li Gong finished the emperor's command, he stretched out his hand to help me up.

"Prime Minister, there is one more thing I want to tell you, when the old slave came, he bumped into the little guy of the Hou Mansion who was about to rush to you, because it was a passing, the old slave let the little guy go back first, and the old slave told you what he wanted to tell you."

"Oh? What's going on? ”

"Old Madam Hou asked you to go back to the Hou Mansion immediately, saying that there are important family matters to talk to you about."

Housekeeping? What kind of home is that?

I thought it was amused, but I nodded solemnly, waved my hand, and ordered the servants to prepare the carriage.

"Father-in-law, do you want to stay and have some tea?" I asked with a smile.

How dare Li Quan drink the prime minister's tea? Before leaving, I suddenly asked him, "Does Mrs. Zun really love this ruthless flower?" ”

Li Quan paused and didn't answer me.