The capital is still as prosperous as ever, but Lu Cancan feels that his mood now is completely different from when he left.

Finally, it's back.

Along the way, Lu Cancan was silent, he didn't go anywhere except for the carriage and the post station, and sat quietly alone every day.

After their carriage entered Jingjing City, a soldier came to report that the emperor had invited Gu Moxi and Lin Yi to enter the palace immediately.

"Okay, I know, adjutant general, you send Cancan back."

The deputy general ordered Lu Cancan to personally send Lu Cancan back to Jingzhao Yin Mansion.

When Gruli heard that her daughter was back, she was so excited that she couldn't sleep for several days, but as soon as she saw her daughter's listless and sick appearance, she immediately became anxious.

"Tell my mother, what's wrong with you, is Lin Yi bullying you?"

Seeing his mother, Lu Cancan's nose instantly became sore, and he cried directly and threw himself into Gruli's arms.

No matter what Gruli asked her, she just shook her head, and then hid in the room alone.

Gruli loved her daughter very much, thinking that Lin Yi had done something to be sorry for Lu Cancan, so she was angry and wanted to go to the princess's mansion to seek justice.

Seeing that she was so impulsive, Lu Pingyao hurriedly stopped her.

What kind of heart Lin Yi's child is, they all know it, and it's good if their daughter doesn't bully him.

"Could it be Gu Moxi?"

Lu Pingyao shook his head, he knew what was wrong with his daughter, before they came back, Gu Moxi had already repaired a book and told him everything that happened in Jiangnan.

Although Lu Cancan practices martial arts, he doesn't like to kill and is kind-hearted, so it is inevitable to feel sad when he sees so many innocent people dying in front of him.

So it was, and it dawned on Gruli that she was struggling.

One of them is the princess of the Moon Kingdom, and the other is the Yin of Jingzhao Mansion, they all understand that politics and power are very cruel, and those people are all victims of power, but there are some things that they are powerless to change, because they do not have supreme power.

"It's the first time Cancan has faced this kind of thing, and it is inevitable that he will feel that he can't figure it out in his heart, and it will be fine after a while."

There is no way to rely on others to persuade this kind of thing, as long as you figure it out, Lu Pingyao knows that her daughter is not the kind of person who drills the horns of the bull, as long as she is given some time, she will understand.

In the palace, Gu Moxi gave all the credit to Lin Yi in front of the emperor.

"General Lin is the commander-in-chief, and this time the extermination of the mountain bandits is thanks to General Lin's dispatch of troops."

Lin Yigang wanted to say that it was not his own fault, but when he saw the emperor's eyes, he couldn't say anything.

The emperor laughed: "Gu Ai is modest, this time it was your idea to suppress the bandits in Jiangnan, you must have helped Yi'er a lot, I want to reward you well, say, what reward do you want." ”

"If the emperor must give the minister a reward, the minister hopes that you can reward the calligraphy and paintings in the Treasure Pavilion to the minister to play for a while."

Everyone knew that Gu Moxi was interested in these things, and it was reasonable for him to want them.

The emperor looked at Lin Yi again: "Yi'er, you are the first merit this time, what do you want?" ”

Lin Yi knelt on the ground, and the emperor added: "No matter what you want, I will agree." ”

He gritted his teeth: "Ministers don't ask for rewards. ”

The emperor's face changed, he only said it on purpose.

This time, Lin Yi was asked to go out to fight the bandits, so that he could give him military merits, let him establish prestige in the court, and become a general like Lin Zimo in the future to share his worries.

And he has just said that he can do whatever he wants, doesn't he want Lu Cancan?

Of course Lin Yi wanted to, and he also knew what the emperor meant, but he had no way to marry Cancan now, even if he was about to go crazy when he thought about it.

The emperor was a little annoyed, and he thought about Lin Yi, but he couldn't let himself get off the stage.

"Well, in that case, you all go down."

Gu Moxi and Lin Yi walked on the white marble steps in front of the main hall, and Gu Moxi asked: "If you asked the emperor for marriage just now, the emperor would definitely agree to you, but why didn't you say that." ”

"Because I want Cancan to be happy."

Now she must be disappointed in herself, because she failed to keep the agreement with her.

What about Gu Moxi? Why didn't he ask the emperor for marriage?

"In the emperor's heart, I am a courtier, but you are his family." Gu Moxi knew that his previous behavior had angered the emperor, so the emperor had always been unhappy with himself in his heart, although the success of this crackdown on bandits calmed the emperor's anger towards him, but as long as he and Lu Cancan's marriage contract did not have formal contact for a day, the emperor's prejudice against himself would not be eliminated for a day.

Even if he really spoke at that time, the emperor would definitely not agree.

Sometimes Chrysostom is true, but he also has to know the current affairs.

As the emperor's courtier, you always need to keep figuring out what the true intention of what he said is so that you can be safe.

After the success of the bandits, no one will think that Lin Yi has become a general by relying on the shadow of his family, and he has also gained the prestige and respect he deserves in the court.

But these things that ordinary people want are not what Lin Yi wants.

He sat alone under the moon and drank, and Jiang Li saw his son drinking alone and walked over.

Knowing her son Mo Ruo's mother, she also heard some things between him and Lu Cancan, although she is Lin Yi's mother, she feels that whether it is Lin Yi or Lu Cancan, neither of them is wrong, but they stand on different positions.

Lin Yi is a courtier, so naturally he can't disobey the holy decree, and Lu Cancan is kind and wants to save people, but he has no choice but to save people.

If you want to say wrong, you can only say that it is human desire that is wrong.

Jiang Li sighed: "Yi'er, you are my son and the emperor's own nephew, there are some things you have to accept, you know?" In fact, Cancan may not really blame you, but he can't get over this hurdle in his heart. ”

"Mother, you used to be a mountain bandit, but the emperor was very tolerant of you, and he didn't kill those people, and the people who survived were just weak women and children who were powerless, why did the emperor have to be so resolute?"

Jiang Li shook his head, it is true that he is a mountain bandit, he is also a princess, and unlike the people on Langya Mountain, they will never kill innocent people.

What the emperor did was not wrong, because no one could guarantee that those children would not become new mountain bandits.

Although she is now a princess, in fact, the emperor still minds her past very much, and someone once chewed his tongue behind his back and said something unpleasant, and they were quickly executed.

"After all, we are royalty now, so there are some things that we need to take into account the royal face, and sacrificing some people to protect the majority is the best way."