Opening the door, Gu Li Chao Mu Qianxia smiled slightly, and said, "Qianqian, go back and rest for a while, your room is next door to your imperial brother, we have to stay here for a few days, you don't have to rush this time."

"Really? Gu Li, do we still want to stay here?" Mu Qianxia took two steps forward, grabbed Gu Li's sleeve, and looked up at him, her eyes were shining, as if a star had fallen under her eyes.

Gu Qian's head moved slightly, his eyes flashed slightly, and an unnatural flush appeared on his face, then he turned his head slightly, avoiding Mu Qianxia's overly bright gaze, and said softly: "It's true, you heard it right, I have something to deal with, so I have to stay here for a few more days."

"Great, it just so happens that I still have a lot to say to the imperial brother." Mu Qianxia was like a child, smiling with crooked eyebrows.

Gu Li looked at Mu Qianxia happily, and his face couldn't help but be full of smiles, he might not have laughed like this for a long time.

Gu Li sent Mu Qianxia back to the door, and the moment Mu Qianxia pushed the door in, he turned his head and said, "Gu Li, thank you."

Gu Li was stunned for a moment, and then smiled, with doting in his eyes.

Seeing Mu Qianxia return to the house, Gu Li stood outside the door for a while, and then walked towards the room where Mu Chenyi was.

Gu Li pushed the door in, only to see Mu Chenyi standing by the window with his hands in his hands, and when he heard the sound of the door opening, Mu Chenyi said softly without looking back: "You are here."

Gu Li was not surprised that Mu Chenyi expected him to come, smiled slightly, and said, "Just idle and have nothing to do, I will come to sit here with you."

Gu Li walked to the table and sat down, and poured himself a cup of tea, although the tea was already cold, Gu Li didn't mind picking up the teacup and drinking it.

Mu Chenyi looked out the window and said, "The Third Prince, I looked away before, if there is a lot of offense, I still look at the Third Prince Haihan."

"You're welcome."

Mu Chenyi's topic changed sharply, "But I won't forget what you did to Xi Chu." Although you saved me before, it is a private matter between us and a favor I owe you, but the grievances between you and Xichu will not be written off because of this. ”

Gu Li chuckled, and there seemed to be arrogance in his tone, "I saved you before because of shallowness, not to use this to eliminate the grievances between me and Xi Chu. Since I dared to do this in the first place, it means that I will not be afraid of your Xichu's investigation. If you Xichu want to ask for an explanation, you can just let the horse come, and I will definitely not dodge. ”

Although Gu Li's tone was arrogant, Mu Chenyi did not show a mocking look, but was full of admiration. Gu Li dared to come to their Xichu alone at that time, and unknowingly played such a big game of chess under his skin, which made them Xichu restless, and even he fell in love with Gu Li's way. He knew countless people, but he had never been able to see Gu Li clearly, even if he knew Gu Li's true identity now, he couldn't give a clear conclusion about his true strength. If such a person ascends the throne as emperor, neither Western Chu nor Nanban will be his opponents.

Gu Li, this person is unfathomable, he can only be a friend with him, and he must not be an enemy. This is the final conclusion that Mu Chenyi reached.

Mu Chenyi continued to dwell on this topic, and asked casually, seemingly unintentionally, "What is your purpose in marrying Qianqian?"

"Naturally, it is to form an alliance with you Xichu, and when I compete for the throne, you Xichu can stand on my side." Gu Li replied casually.

Mu Chenyi said affirmatively: "No, this is not your real purpose."

"Why? If I say that there is no purpose, you will definitely not believe the question, I said the purpose, but you insist that I lied, what kind of answer do you want?" Gu Li asked without answering.

Mu Chenyi was dumbfounded, but he still continued to ask: "I have seen the great prince of Eastern Qin, in terms of your strength, he will not be your opponent at all, and the emperor of Eastern Qin loves you very much, and most of the ministers in the court only eat you, so it is only a matter of time before you ascend to the throne of Eastern Qin, and it doesn't matter if Western Chu is on your side." Mu Chenyi turned around, stared at Gu Li's eyes tightly, and said word by word: "Why did you marry Qianqian?"

Gu Li's expression was still as calm as ever, his eyes were calm and waveless, and he said word by word, "What I just said is my true purpose." ”

Mu Chenyi carefully observed Gu Li's expression, didn't see anything unusual, walked to the side and sat down with a little disappointment, was silent for a moment, and then slowly spoke: "Gu Li, as early as when I was in Xichu, I vaguely felt that Qianqian liked you, although I didn't know your true identity at that time, but I could feel that you were not as simple as it seemed, because you were the first person I couldn't see through in so many years." I once warned Shallow to stay away from you, and even suggested that you leave the princess's mansion, but Shallow did not agree. But you took advantage of your shallow affection for you, deceived her, used her, hurt her, and never let her go until now. ”

The more he said that Mu Chenyi's emotions became more and more excited, and he almost roared loudly, but he didn't know what to think, and all the strength in his body seemed to be drained away, and he said dejectedly: "But, just now, I asked Qianqian, and she actually said that she still likes you now." Heh, why is she so stupid, she still likes you stupidly after being deceived by you. Although Mu Qianxia's original words at that time were "Maybe I like it", how could he not understand her, her expression at that time was full of chagrin for herself, and she clearly liked Gu Li.

"What do you say? She said in person, she likes to pay me back?" Gu Li's originally indifferent expression collapsed suddenly when he heard Mu Chenyi's words, his face was shocked and secretly happy, although Gu Li tried his best to restrain it, Mu Chenyi still saw it at a glance.

Mu Chenyi looked at Gu Li coldly, and said coldly: "You don't have to be so excited, the shallow original words are "Maybe you like it." ”

Although Mu Qianxia did not say for sure that he liked him, Gu Li was already very satisfied with such a result.

"I don't know what your feelings for Qianqian are, but since you're married to Qianqian, you must not hate her even if you don't like her. I heard that you speak for her when she is troubled by the queen, and when she is in danger, you will save her in the first place. Gu Li, thank you. Mu Chenyi said.

Gu Li said with a smile, "I found that you brothers and sisters seem to like to say the word "thank you" to others. ”

Mu Chenyi didn't hear Gu Li's ridicule, and said with a serious face: "Although I am no longer the emperor of Xichu, if you have the slightest bit of bad treatment for Qianqian, and let her suffer a little grievance, I will definitely do my best to make you pay the corresponding price."

"Brother Huang, don't worry, I promised to be too shallow, I will do my best to protect her for the rest of her life, and I will not let her be hurt in the slightest." Gu Li also smiled and said with a straight face.

"Okay, I hope you can keep your promise, but if you let me know that you broke your promise, I will definitely make you pay the price of blood, it is not a lie."

"Okay."

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Mu Qianxia will talk to the royal brother every day whenever she has time, of course, Han Xiaomeng is also there, through the contact and exchange in the past few days, she really likes Han Xiaomeng more and more, although Han Xiaomeng is a few years older than her, but she has many common topics, Mu Qianxia often teases Han Xiaomeng in private, calling her sister-in-law, Han Xiaomeng always blushes and scolds her. Mu Qianxia felt that if she could have known her earlier, the two of them would definitely become good friends, but now they are also a good sister-in-law.

Mu Chenyi looked at Mu Qianxia and Han Xiaomeng biting their ears with laughter on the side, as if there was some secret that he couldn't know. Mu Chenyi smiled helplessly and shook his head, looking at the two of them getting along so harmoniously, his eyes were full of pampering, he had been looking forward to such a scene for a long time, and now it has finally come true.

It's just that in the past two days, Mu Qianxia hasn't seen Gu Li, maybe it's really as Gu Li said, he has something very important to deal with, since Gu Li didn't tell her what the matter was, it means that he didn't want her to get involved, so Mu Qianxia didn't ask with a very good look.

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Gu Li finished dealing with the things at hand and was walking back when he heard a familiar voice behind him, "Three-brother!" ”

Gu Li looked back with an incredulous expression, frowned, and said, "Old Jiu? What are you doing here? Didn't you let you deal with things in the capital? And what's going on with your dress? ”

Gu Chenyu was wearing a very ordinary coarse linen clothes, with patches on his clothes, and his hair was also messy, which was really unsightly.

"Third brother, I'm sorry." Gu Chenyu knelt on the ground, lowered his head, and said in a deep voice.

Gu Li turned over and dismounted, pulled Gu Chenyu who was kneeling in front of him, and said solemnly: "How many times have I said that men have gold under their knees, and they kneel to their parents, what do you mean?"

"Third brother, something happened in the capital. The eldest brother controlled the palace, and all the officials in the court were controlled by him, even his father was under house arrest in the palace by the eldest emperor. I also relied on my guards to fight each other to escape from the palace and escape among the people. Chen Tianyi also escaped with me, I came to you to tell you the news, he went to the military camp outside the capital. ”

"What's going on?" Gu Li said in a deep voice.

"Brother Huang, after you left, I handled the government according to your instructions every day, but I didn't expect the eldest prince to join forces with Princess Nanban and Li Yu to force the palace, before that, I didn't hear the slightest rumor. The Nanban princess sent her secret guard to assassinate the commander of the forbidden army, and the eldest prince took advantage of this to control the entire forbidden army with lightning speed, and the queen controlled all the concubines in the harem and prevented them from passing on news to the outside world. Therefore, the next day, when all the courtiers went to the court as usual, Li Yu led a group of people to trap them in the palace, and Chen Tianyi and I happened to be late that day, so we were spared. When they sent over, the guards fought to the death to get us out. ”

Gu Chenyu saw that Gu Li's face was a little gloomy, and asked cautiously, "Brother Huang, what should we do next?"