Liyu Hutong, Gu Nian said seriously, "Did you ask the emperor to give the marriage?" Won't you regret it? I don't know when I had a poison, but now, when I open my eyes every morning, I'm glad I can see the sun again. ”

Xiao Yue looked at her for a while, patted her shoulder, and sighed, "You are not stupid, you know very well in your heart, why ask me again." Last time, I said, I don't care about your poison, let's be together for a day, let's have a happy day. ”

Gu Nian looked at him in a daze, his heart was hot, and he grabbed his hand with his backhand, "Don't regret it." ”

Xiao Yue nodded her forehead and said, "As long as you don't regret it." ”

Gu Nian pushed his hand away and said, "My father was suddenly taken away, do you know?" ”

"I know, the emperor said that nothing will happen." Xiao Yue said firmly.

Gu Nian's heart moved, he raised his head to look at him, although his eyes were a little red, but his eyes were dry, and said, "You must tell me what you know." ”

Xiao Yue, "What a crybaby." ”

"I didn't cry."

"You feel bad in your heart, cry in your heart, I promise you that your father will be fine." He gently circled her and comforted her.

"The current situation is not the worst, no matter what, your father will be fine, and you will not, since the emperor has not taken back your title of county lord, it will naturally have a good result."

Gu Nian actually knew this truth, but he felt uncomfortable in his heart, and he felt that he couldn't get out of his breath, which was very uncomfortable.

While the two were talking, Dark One hurried in outside, "Lord, the concubine went to Anyuanhou to talk to the eldest princess about family affairs." ”

Xiao Yue pursed his lips, just now gently lingering all over his body, and suddenly became awe-inspiring. But Gu Nian was stunned, what did the concubine do in the Marquis of Anyuan's mansion?

*

Jin Concubine Ji has always had a good reputation in the circle of noblewomen in the capital, guarding the King of Jin for more than ten years, gentle and virtuous, often caring for orphans and children, although the old King Jin died, but Xiao Yue is a popular person in front of the emperor, although the temper is not good, but Ji still has a lot of people flattering.

In the Anyuan Marquis Mansion, in the resting room of the courtyard of the princess of the country, Concubine Ji was wearing a pair of entangled chrysanthemum plackets, Luo Qun with honey color, a simple round bun on her head, a white hosta inserted, white and greasy skin, with a square smile at the corner of her lips, she looked kind, gentle, and an extremely beautiful middle-aged woman, but the fine lines at the corners of her eyes revealed her age.

Concubine Ji has not dealt with the eldest princess of the country, but she has only heard it from the mouths of outsiders, at this moment, the princess of the protector lowered her eyebrows, half a sound, raised her eyes and said,

"I have understood what you mean, do you think that the King of Jin and our family do not agree with each other, and you want us to go and talk to the emperor about retiring from our family?"

Concubine Ji had always maintained an indifferent smile on her face, and she didn't seem to feel embarrassed by the question of the princess protecting the country, she said seriously, "Why, the princess should know." ”

Doesn't the princess of the protector know what the reason is? No matter how deep she is, she still knows that Gu Wu has been abducted and trafficked, and now the girl's father has been assigned again.

In this way, the eldest princess didn't want to think about it, all the girls in her own family were like this, why could she marry her own family, and why could she marry her son?

When His Majesty gave the decree of marriage, he should have been ashamed to refuse.

The eldest princess raised her eyes and looked at Concubine Ji, and then drooped down again without saying a word.

The silence in the room makes people feel empty, but Concubine Ji's heart is full of anger, and even a little disdainful, she is kind enough to come to the door to ask for a solution, but the princess of the protector does not accept it. It's funny.

Concubine Ji said, "Princess, think about it, before the emperor's will, he must not have given the two of them eight characters, and now since the dog and the girl of your mansion do not match, it is naturally not suitable for marriage."

It doesn't have much to do with the girl in the house, and her father, who doesn't want to have a peaceful house, the princess should understand, right? ”

Saying this, the eldest princess took a sip of the tea cup on the side and said, "I really don't understand yet." ”

Concubine Ji looked at the eldest princess of the country with annoyance, how about the girl in her own family, didn't she feel a little forced in her heart? She said,

"The prince is afraid that the emperor will be angry and blame, in fact, the reasons are ready-made, the marriage will of the previous dynasty, presumably the princess, the royal person, should know it."

The reason why the previous dynasty will lose the world is because the emperor of the last dynasty gave a marriage, who knew that after the bride entered the door, the husband spoiled the concubine and killed his wife, and even tortured the wife to death.

Who would have thought that His Majesty the Emperor did not deal with the husband who spoiled the concubine and killed his wife, so the bride's family actually united with the vassal kings everywhere to rebel, causing chaos in the world, and in the end, let the founding emperor Taizu pick up a bargain.

As a lesson from the past, the successive emperors who left the country have learned this lesson, and basically rarely give marriage, even if there is a marriage, it is all agreed by the two families, and the man's or woman's family wants to give their children some dignity, and ask to come to the emperor, so as to avoid embarrassment and give the will.

The eldest princess put the tea cup in her hand on the table and looked at Concubine Ji with a smile, "I know, I know too well, without that marriage, I can't let my Lin family get cheap." ”

"It's just that in this case, the palace doesn't dare to accept it, our Anyuan Marquis Mansion is loyal to the emperor, and we don't dare to have any bad intentions, whatever the emperor says, we will do it."

Concubine Ji's hands trembled a little, and her face was covered with a layer of frost, she dared to slander the Xiao family like this, when did she say that whose family had the heart of rebellion, it was just a reason.

Speaking of which, the eldest princess of the protector also made great contributions to the emperor's superiority, why is she a stunned person who can't understand people's words? Or is it that now that you are old, you don't understand anything?

Even if the Marquis of Anyuan's Mansion is still there, and the eldest princess of the protector is still there, but Gu Shi'an has already been assigned, shouldn't he be trembling and being a man with his tail between his legs now?

"Princess, what are these words? I have never said that anyone has a bad heart? ”

The eldest princess of the protector seemed to be more serious with her, "Isn't what this palace said wrong?" If it's not right, the concubine will give me another reason. ”

"The emperor's marriage has always been only grateful to Dade, who dares to say goodbye casually? Our family has no idea of withdrawing from the marriage, and we are very satisfied with this future son-in-law. ”

"Why did you use our woman to make a raft?"

"Although you are a mother-in-law, with such an idea, of course our family can't marry our daughter anymore, after all, the twisted melon is not sweet, if you have to marry your daughter, it will not be good."

The eldest princess of the protector was not in a hurry, and said kindly, "Is the concubine a fool when she looks at our family?" Let's go to the emperor and talk about the divorce? ”

"This palace will tell you clearly today that it is impossible for us to withdraw from our relatives, if you are not willing to do this family business, you can either go to the emperor to withdraw from your relatives."

"Or, let His Royal Highness King Jin stay in our house, so that you can be out of sight."

Concubine Ji was stunned, very satisfied with her future son-in-law? Xiao Yue's reputation in the capital is not good, and it can even reach the point where it is as bad as Jinyiwei's reputation, which can stop children from crying at night.

Wait until you hear that the one behind you lives in the Anyuan Marquis Mansion? This is even more disgraceful than being redundant, Concubine Ji has no other feeling at the moment, only one 'qi'

I couldn't say a word.

The eldest princess of the protector said with a smile, "Originally, I am older than you, so I shouldn't have anything to do with you, it's just that you are too bullying, are you doing this for the good of His Royal Highness King Jin, or for His Royal Highness King Jin?" ”

"You can bully our family, of course I can bully you, I will go into the palace and tell the emperor that the princess of Jin does not agree to this family matter, please make a decision."

Concubine Ji stood up and walked away, the princess sneered and watched her leave, and immediately instructed Mama Su to let the people in the carriage room prepare the car, and she wanted to enter the palace.

*

Concubine Ji got on the sedan chair at the second door with a blushing face, and the princess didn't let anyone send it, anyway, she tore her face, do you still need to make those faces?

For this reason, Concubine Ji's brain hurt.

Unexpectedly, when she returned to the palace, she saw Xiao Yue waiting for her in the courtyard with her hands behind her back.

Since childhood, Emperor Yongping brought Xiao Yue to the palace to be raised, Xiao Yue and Concubine Ji spent surprisingly little time together, but in that less surprising time, it was not that Emperor Yongping did not let Xiao Yue go home, but Concubine Ji didn't know whether she missed her deceased husband too much or what, she was very disgusted with Xiao Yue, and even disgusted to put Xiao Yue in a cage.

By the time she wanted to mend her relationship with Xiao Yue, Xiao Yue was already an adult.

At this moment, Xiao Yue stood at the door of the room, looking at the green vines under the corridor, and turned his head when he heard the voice, the narrow and bewitching phoenix eyes were full of haze.

"Why are you back?" Concubine Ji asked coldly, paused, lowered her voice again, and said kindly, "You are too thoughtful, why did you let the emperor give you such a marriage?" It's not that that girl is bad, it's just that she doesn't help you at all right now. ”

Xiao Yue put his hands behind his back, looked at Teng Lan hanging under the porch, and said nothing.

Concubine Ji pressed the unhappiness in her heart, squeezed out a smile, and said, "Now it's our mother and son, let's talk calmly, okay?" ”

After a pause, his tone was soft, "Ah Yue, I know that you have a grudge against me in your heart, I, as a mother, used to treat you wrongly, and I thought that you were raised in the palace on weekdays, so naturally I was extremely noble, and I really didn't treat you carefully enough, and even did things that hurt you." ”

"It's no wonder that you are estranged from me, but you also have to be considerate of me, your father died early, leaving me alone in this world, and even the child was taken away by the emperor."

"How can I not complain in my heart?"

"But this doesn't mean that I don't care about you, you are a piece of meat that fell from my stomach, a child born to me with ten years of hard work, I am your own mother, how can I not hurt you?"

"You definitely don't know how much your mother and your father were looking forward to your arrival, but ......"

The expression on Concubine Ji's face is so loving and loving, and when she talks about her deceased husband at this moment, she has a miserable face, if she changes someone, she will probably be moved.

It's just that Xiao Yue just looked at her with a smile, no matter how beautiful Concubine Ji said, she couldn't impress him now.

Xiao Yue said indifferently,

"I understand my mother's 'heart' for me, and my mother doesn't need to emphasize it anymore."

Concubine Ji rarely put down her body to coax this god-like son, she said, "It's good if you can understand, Your Majesty loves you, as long as you propose to let him withdraw his will to marry, he will definitely do it." ”

"My mother told you last time that she had taken a fancy to your cousin. Your cousin has grown up beside me since she was a child, and she knows her roots, is gentle and virtuous, and can definitely be your virtuous helper. ”

If Xiao Yue said this gentle and petty words before he was ten years old, he would probably still be able to impress him.

Xiao Yue didn't say anything, and sneered at Concubine Ji pretending to be a loving mother.

"Don't say it, that girl was abducted, just say that her father is the orphan of the anti-king, you can't do it, what does your imperial uncle think about giving you such a girl?"

"Doesn't he hurt you the most?"

Xiao Yue probably ran out of patience, "It's really a child's unfilial piety, letting my mother worry about my affairs like this." ”

Concubine Ji smiled on her face, she couldn't take it back, she couldn't get out, she suddenly stiffened there, and anger gathered in her heart.

I only heard Xiao Yue glance at her and said,

"Did I say that I don't need you to meddle in my affairs? Who told you to go to the Marquis of Anyuan's mansion? ”

Xiao Yue said directly to Concubine Ji.

When Concubine Ji heard this, she looked at him coldly, with some disgust in her cold eyes, and said for a while, "You are my son, the matter of marriage, the order of your parents, the words of the matchmaker, even if you have the will to give marriage, so what?" I don't like this daughter-in-law. ”

Xiao Yue sneered, "You don't like it? What did you like? What do your preferences have to do with this king? ”

Concubine Ji couldn't spit it out in her throat in one breath, and scolded Xiao Yue is head and face, "Do you think you are the prince of this Jin Palace, and your wings are stiff because of the emperor's liking?" Even if you become the emperor in the future, I will still be your mother, and you have to listen to what I say. Otherwise, you are unfilial. ”

When the grandmother standing behind Concubine Ji heard this, she hurriedly stepped forward and pulled the hem of her clothes, the prince is not really the emperor's son, how can he be the emperor, just now in the Anyuan Marquis Mansion, he was caught by the eldest princess of the country because of his gaffe.

Fortunately, the people in the courtyard are all henchmen, and if this is to be spread, no one will be able to get it well.

Xiao Yue didn't say a word, listened silently, and waited until Concubine Ji said enough, and said, "Unfilial?" My bad reputation is not bad for this, it's just, I'm telling you, don't get involved in my affairs, otherwise don't blame me for being unkind. ”

"Think of your precious niece!"

Concubine Ji's originally indifferent expression changed suddenly, and her face turned pale, "Get out." ”

Xiao Yue stretched out his hand and picked up a piece of Teng Lan hanging under the porch, and rubbed it in his hand, "You said the order of your parents, the words of the matchmaker, and the matter of proposing marriage will be handed over to you." I hope that my mother can happily handle this matter. ”

"If you really don't want to do it, then I will send a letter to my grandmother in Wutai Mountain and ask her to come back and do it for me."

According to the normal marriage procedure, if you want to see your daughter-in-law or even the next dowry, you have to be handled by your parents, and this step is not good after all.

Even if Concubine Ji once wanted to manipulate Xiao Yue's marriage, but with the emperor's marriage, no matter how unwilling she was, she had to do it with all her heart.

Although the rumors about her outside are very good, the stiffness of the mother-son relationship is well known.

She turned a little blue at the thought of coming back from eating nails from the eldest princess of the protector just now, and she was going to turn her face upside down to propose these.

But she had to do it, Xiao Yue actually threatened her with her niece!

After the death of the old Jin King, Xiao Yue was brought into the palace by Emperor Yongping to raise her, and came back less than once a month, at that time she was heartbroken and did not want to see Xiao Yue, and later it was her sister-in-law who sent her niece to her side.

Sure enough, the girl is a caring padded jacket, under the soothing of her niece, her pain slowly calmed down, her niece is not her own daughter, better than her own child, Xiao Yue actually threatened her with herself.

Also, Xiao Yue actually wanted to bring back the old lady of King Jin......

For many years, she has been in charge of the palace, and she can do whatever she wants, if the old lady comes back, will she still be able to live as she wishes?

She gritted her teeth and said, "Mother will definitely do it for you, so that you will never forget it for a lifetime, and you will be grateful to me for a lifetime." ”

Xiao Yue chuckled, the smile didn't reach the bottom of his eyes, making people chill, "I'll wait." ”

After saying that, he raised his feet and left.

Leaving Concubine Ji in the courtyard, trembling with anger.

*

Gu Nian returned to the Marquis of Anyuan's mansion, and the eldest princess of the protector told Gu Nian about Concubine Ji's visit, and Gu Nian said, "It's worried about my grandmother again." ”

The eldest princess patted her hand and said, "Grandmother must have taken this breath for you, she is really old, and one or two of them have deceived her like this." ”

The eldest princess insisted on entering the palace and was about to get up, when suddenly many people shouted from far and near outside the door.

When Gu Nian heard the prestige, it was Zhou Yan who rushed in desperately, and said in a loud voice, "Your Highness, the county lord, my uncle has news here." ”

Zhou Yan has been running outside since Gu Shi'an was taken away, investigating his news, and now, he is finally back, does it mean that there is news coming back?

Gu Nian's body shook, and he immediately walked quickly to the door, "How is it?" ”

Zhou Yan saluted her, and then walked to the side of the princess of the protector, "Your Highness, it's too late for your subordinates." ”

The eldest princess of the protector asked eagerly, "Where is my uncle?" ”

Thinking of something, she slowed down and motioned for Zhou Yan to sit down and reply.

Gu Nian walked to the side of the eldest princess from the door, his eyes moistened, and said, "Where is my father now?" ”

"Your Highness, county lord, my uncle is safe." Zhou Yan frowned and circled around, and saw that the other people had already gone down, so he said slowly.

"Your Highness, the county lord, please listen to your subordinates slowly, that day, when we heard the news that my uncle was taken away, we scattered to investigate, and finally found my uncle's sign in the northwest direction."

"It was found three hundred miles away from the capital, and it started to go to the northwest, and the code showed that it was going to Jiangnan, and I have already sent someone to chase it, and I will come back here to report the news in person, so that you two can rest assured."

Gu Nian breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, "So, was my father really sent by the emperor to deal with secret matters?" ”

Zhou Yan groaned, and the princess of the protector asked, "Where else did you know about your father?" ”

Gu Nian pursed his lips and said, "I went to see His Royal Highness King Jin." ”

The Protector Princess glared at her, "Why did you have such a big idea?" Even if you're an unmarried couple now, it's not good to see each other like this. Are you still afraid that Concubine Ji doesn't have the handle to say that you are not good? ”

"Grandmother, there's nothing to be discovered." Because of Gu Shi'an's news, Gu Nian's mood also relaxed, and he said with a rare smile.

Over there, Zhou Yan said, "On the side of the secret note, we also found a letter left by my uncle. ”

The eldest princess hurriedly asked Gu Nian to take the letter, and the ancestors and grandchildren looked at it together, and as soon as Gu Nian saw the familiar handwriting, tears immediately fell.

In the letter, Gu Shi'an told what happened, and after Gu Nian forwarded the file he confessed to the emperor that day, the emperor came to see him that night.

Then, after talking for more than an hour, he was sent out of Beijing in the name of distribution, and the result was not to go to the northwest, but to Jiangnan halfway.

These are indeed the same as she and Xiao Yue imagined, they are the plays made by the emperor, in order to paralyze Yang Ge Lao, or to confuse the officials.

The emperor asked him to investigate this matter to the bottom of the matter, so that he could atone for the crime.

The emperor wants to be a Ming Jun who has been passed down through the ages, but he must not want to have moths under him, and Yang Ge Lao also contributed when he was on the throne, so he can sit in the position of Ge Lao for so many years.

If it was for the sake of the people as always, and he didn't want the people under him to not fish at all, after all, if the water is clear, there will be no fish.

However, that is on the premise of not harming the country's capital and the interests of the people.

Obviously, Gu Shi'an found that Yang Ge Lao is not like this, not to mention selling officials and buying officials, but saying that in the enclosure of Jiangnan, the people in Jiangnan were displaced, and in terms of river work, this time the Qinhe River will burst the embankment, and there is also the shadow of Yang Ge Lao in it.

Xiao Yue is one of his swords, dealing with all those moths in Jiangnan, but he still needs to cut off the root cause of the tumor. Otherwise, who knows if a year later, two years from now, will the same thing happen?

As for him not dealing with Gu Shi'an, the orphan who is against the king, in the final analysis, it is not him who is against the king, it is the first emperor, and if he keeps Gu Shi'an, he can spur himself on, keep himself awake all the time, and will not get lost on the emperor's road.

Gu Shi'an told everything as it was, Gu Nian pinched the letter, and said to the eldest princess with tears in her eyes, "Father is fine, it's really good." ”

As long as Gu Shi'an solves the matter this time, those bad names will be covered up, and he will no longer be the same as him.

Gu Nian's heart was settled, but suddenly she thought of Yang Ge Lao again, since he was able to do so many things before, in order to take revenge on Gu Shi'an, he definitely didn't want him to turn the tables, this time, he would definitely pay attention to his father's movements, wouldn't he check?

She turned to ask the eldest princess of the country, "Since the emperor has issued a decree to the northwest, then there will naturally be someone in the northwest to answer, grandmother, will Yang Ge Lao and them go to investigate?" ”

Coming in with Zhou Yan, Gu Shi'an's little servant, Nanshan stepped forward and said, "Girl, don't you know, the Northwest Army is extremely strict, but all those who are assigned to the past are accepted by the army, and outsiders can't find out the whereabouts of these people." ”

"In the past, the third master did things for the emperor, he had stayed in the Northwest Army, and he had connections in the army."

The eldest princess comforted Gu Nian, "The emperor can let your father go to the northwest, he must have this in mind, to prevent the people below from tracking down." ”

Gu Nian really fell into his heart at this time, and now he only has to wait for his father to return.

The eldest princess of the protector looked relieved when she saw Gu Nian, this child was her only blood and blood, and she hated Gu Shi'an, but when it came to Gu Nian, she couldn't hate it.

She didn't want Gu Nian to be caught between the two of them, if she needed someone to retreat, then she would, and Gu Shi'an was not a person without conscience, in the case of treating him like that, she could still make Gu Nian remember her dedication, what else did she ask for?

People, when they are old, always have a thought.

*

Concubine Ji said that she would help Xiao Yue handle the marriage well, and sure enough, it was really done with great fanfare.

Since there is a marriage, there is no need to look at each other, so she asked the matchmaker to bring things to the door to propose.

In the team of proposing relatives, there are not only ice media from the government, but also British dukes, not only British dukes, but also several princes and horses in the clan.

In the back, there are uniformly dressed people carrying gift boxes.

As soon as such a team came out, it attracted a commotion and discussion among the people of the whole capital.

It's just that I didn't expect that when the team was about to walk to the gate of the Marquis of Anyuan's mansion, suddenly, there was a fishy smell wafting in the air, and two people, carrying things in their hands, splashed towards the gate of the Marquis of Anyuan's mansion.

The vermilion gate was suddenly stained with two deeper dark reds, and the fishy smell in the air became stronger and stronger.