"Sister."

Gu Zhiyan saw that there was no one around, so he trotted over from behind the nurse with his skirt, grabbed Chu Qianchen's skirt, and became her little tail again.

It's only been a short night, and the nurse is no longer surprised.

When Chu Yunmu saw this, he had a feeling of "he seems to have lost".

He was not convinced, and rushed over, the little steamed bun grabbed Chu Qianchen's skirt on the other side, and the other hand pressed his nose and made a grimace at Gu Zhiyan.

The two children stood on Chu Qianchen's left and right like golden boys and girls.

Chu Yunmu was afraid that he would fall behind again, so he hurriedly said, "Chu Qianchen, let's go play!" ”

Chu Qianchen came back to his senses, handed the marriage book to Amber, looked down, and asked, "What do you want to play?" ”

Chu Yunmu thought about it and immediately said, "Hide and seek." ”

Chu Qianchen rubbed the top of Gu Zhiyan's hair again, and asked her softly, "Qi Niang, what do you want to play?" ”

"......" Gu Zhiyan didn't speak at first, and Chu Qianchen didn't urge her, just looked at her silently, showing a gentle smile at her, and the pear vortex on her lips was shallow.

Gu Zhiyan grabbed Chu Qianchen's skirt for a while before he said in a low voice, "Bamboo dragonfly." ”

Her voice was soft, as light as a mosquito's moan, and her expression was timid, as fragile as a cotton ball.

The nurse, who thought she was no longer surprised, was stunned again. It's been a long time since the county lord has spoken to someone like this.

Chu Qianchen turned his head to look at Chu Yunmu on the other side, "Brother Mu, then let's play with bamboo dragonflies, okay?" ”

Of course, Chu Yunmu wanted to play peek-a-boo more, but thinking that he was a boy and wanted to let the little girl, he nodded and agreed: "Okay." ”

As soon as the words fell, he had a flash of inspiration and proposed, "Chu Qianchen, shall we take Moon Shadow to play with bamboo dragonflies?" ”

Moonshadow is so happy to see a bird flying in the sky on weekdays, and it must like to play with bamboo dragonflies.

"Yueyue!" Gu Zhiyan was even happier and applauded happily.

What month? Chu Yunmu was stunned for a moment before realizing that she was talking about the little black cat, and corrected, "It's Moon Shadow." ”

Chu Qianchen retired to the Shen clan and led them to play with one hand.

I heard the two children still say to you and me:

"Yueyue."

"Moon Shadow."

After the business was done, the Shen family did not stay in the main hall for a long time, and left with Mama Chen.

As she walked, she looked at the big and two small ones in front of her, and said casually: "These children really like Sister Chen!" ”

Mama Chen walked beside the Shen family, covered her mouth and smiled, and said playfully: "Don't say it's the fourth young master and the county master, the slave also likes the second girl." ”

This sentence Mama Chen said from the heart, in this Hou Mansion, there are not many reliable people, and there are not many people that their wives and fourth young masters can trust, and the second girl is one, even compared to ......

Mama Chen's eyes flashed, and she sighed in her heart.

In the Hou Mansion, the trees are shady, the greenery is thick, and under the sun, a patch of mottled light and shadow is formed, which is reflected on Mama Chen's face, which makes her expression a little complicated.

Shen was immersed in his own thoughts, and didn't notice Chen Momo's strange appearance, and sighed with emotion: "Sister Chen, she is still a child herself, which of other people's children didn't start preparing for marriage until they were in time, and they didn't get married until they were sixteen or seventeen years old after the three books and six ceremonies." ”

These noble families generally start to show them relatives from the girl's family at the age of thirteen or fourteen, and then formally set up a marriage, and then the three books and six ceremonies also have to go through the process of a year, and when they get married, the girl's family is about the same age, and the body is also well developed at the age of seventeen or eighteen, which is suitable for pregnancy and childbirth.

Originally, Chu Qianchen should also be like this.

After all, the Chu family is not one of those poor families who sell their daughters, in order to exchange for a bride price, they can't wait to marry the thirteen or fourteen-year-old girl's family, so as to save a sum of money for the elder brother in the family to marry a daughter-in-law.

There was a hint of sadness on Shen's face.

Chu Qianchen is about to get married, and Chu Yunmu is reluctant, and yesterday he would sadly grab her hand and ask her:

Mother, can the second sister not marry?

Mama Chen comforted casually: "Madam, after the second girl gets married, she can still come back often to talk to you." ”

Yesterday, when Mama Chen comforted Chu Yunmu, she also said something similar.

Shen didn't intervene at that time, but she didn't think so in her heart.

Now that Chu Yunmu is not here, she will tell the truth: "After getting married, it is better for Sister Chen to go out less, so that King Chen can rest assured, and her life will be better." ”

Mama Chen: "......"

Mama Chen was stunned, and immediately understood what Shen meant.

Chu Qianchen is the princess after marrying the palace of King Chen, she seems to be superior, but she is not as good as Shen Yun, Shen Yun has the favor of King Jingjun, and it was King Jingjun who personally went to the Guogong Mansion to ask for relatives, so Shen Yun wanted to go back to his parents' house to go back to his parents' house, and if he wanted to take his daughter back to his parents' house to live, there was no one to stop him.

Chu Qianchen is different, she doesn't have a family to support her.

Now Mrs. Tai attaches great importance to Chu Qianchen's marriage, firstly, she really can't push off this marriage, and secondly, she also has the heart to show loyalty to the emperor, hoping that Chu Qianchen can come back from King Chen's Mansion in the future to find out some news and let the Hou Mansion make meritorious contributions.

The Chu family is definitely unreliable, so the only thing Chu Qianchen can rely on is King Chen.

For her, it is best to devote herself to Chenwangfu after getting married.

If she returns to the Hou Mansion often, it will only attract unwarranted speculation from King Chen, which will do all kinds of harm but no benefit.

Mama Chen sighed and said, "Madam, you are thinking about the second girl wholeheartedly, and you can think about it thoroughly." ”

"That's all I can do for this kid." Shen's expression showed a hint of bitterness.

There is still about half a month, before Chu Qianchen gets married, she wants to pick an opportunity to have a good talk with this girl.

What is going on with the Chu family, whether it is prosperous or defeated, she doesn't have to worry about it as a married girl, as long as she lives well, she can do it.

Chu Lingxiao is just a dou who can't be supported, and his heart is not right, people like him, once they get power or are in a high position, they will only do worse things......

Chu Lingxiao is still so lame, and it is good to stay in the Hou Mansion and go out less.

Shen's lips pursed, his pupils became deeper little by little, and he mocked: "It's not like some people who can't be parents at all. ”

Mama Chen: "......"

Mama Chen could naturally hear that Shen was talking about Chu Lingxiao, and she didn't know how to answer.

The Shen family has always been transparent and rational, but sometimes even Mama Chen doesn't know if the Shen family thinks so clearly and understands whether it is good or not, if she is a little confused, will she and Hou Ye not come to this point......

Seeing that Shen's mood was a little low, Mama Chen simply changed the topic: "Madam, the eldest girl is going back to the palace in the afternoon, do you want to talk to her?" ”

Mama Chen said as she carefully observed Shen's face.

Since Chu Qianhuang returned home yesterday, the Shen family has not seen her, and during the entire ceremony just now, she was still like this, neither looking at Chu Qianhuang nor talking to her, as if she didn't exist at all.

Mama Chen was also worried, hoping to find a way to ease the relationship between their mother and daughter.

However, Shen's expression turned cold, and he just nodded, "I know." ”

She planned in her heart that after Chu Qianchen got married, she should be busy with Chu Qianhuang's affairs, and if she wanted to quit the princess to study, she was afraid that she would have to help her mother.

While speaking, the master and servant returned to the main courtyard, passed through the hall, and entered the second room.

As soon as Shen sat down, the eldest girl served her hot tea with her hands and feet.

Shen instructed Mama Chen: "You send someone to the Guogong Mansion again, and tell the third sister that Qi Niang is all right, she and Brother Mu are having a good time, I will stay with Qi Niang for a while, so that she doesn't have to worry...... Why don't you let Mama Rong go to the Guogong Mansion in person. ”

"Also, you go and bring Sister Chen's dowry list, I have to change it again."

Shen also held the dowry list sent by the Internal Affairs Office in his hand and browsed it.

This dowry is just looking glamorous, not giving much good land and shops, to put it mildly, so many antique jewelry, medicinal materials and spices can't be eaten, and it is more real that those fields and shops can be profitable.

Mama Chen only agreed and went to do it one by one.

The Hou Mansion has returned to its usual tranquility, and those who have come to see the excitement have dispersed, and even the red confetti left by the firecrackers outside the gate has been swept away.

The capital is lively, and the streets and alleys are discussing the matter of the Ministry of Internal Affairs going to the Yongding Marquis Mansion today, praising the grandeur of the ceremony, praising the luxury of the dowry, and feeling the emperor's love for King Chen.

In this atmosphere, Qin Tianjian also moved quickly, and two days later, the eunuch in charge of the Internal Affairs Office came to inform the Hou Mansion of the scheduled wedding date, and not only that, but they also went to the Chenwang Mansion in person.

"Tuk Tuk!"

The little chamberlain knocked on the vermilion lacquer door of King Chen's mansion with a knocker, but there was silence in response.

After knocking on the door seven or eight times, but there was no movement, the little chamberlain had to return in a gloomy manner and return to the steward eunuch in the carriage: "Gonggong Li, no one opens the door." ”

Gonggong Li pulled the corners of his mouth without smiling, and ordered, "Keep knocking." ”

So, the little chamberlain could only knock on the door again.

This group of people stopped at the gate of King Chen's Mansion also attracted the attention of many onlookers, and there were more and more people on the street, all of whom looked at this line of carriages and horses, and all kinds of discussions were clearly transmitted.

"Tuk Tuk!"

"Tuk Tuk!"

The little chamberlain knocked on the door for a while, called the door for a while, but no one answered, and after half a cup of tea, he returned to the carriage again and said again: "Grandpa Li, there is still no one to answer." ”

Gonggong Li felt that his head was as big as a fight.

If he did nothing and went back like this, the emperor would definitely not be happy.

He thought for a moment, gritted his teeth and ordered, "You go and read aloud the date of Qin Tian's calculation three times in front of the gate of the palace. ”

Anyway, as long as the marriage between King Chen and the second girl Chu spreads in the capital, his errand will be completed, right?

The little chamberlain has been in the Internal Affairs Office for five or six years, and he has never encountered such a thing, so he can only do it.

Gonggong Li and his entourage had a closed door, and after leaving from the palace of King Chen, they returned to the palace in a hurry.

The emperor was not in the Jinluan Palace, nor was he in the imperial study, and Gonggong Li walked in the huge palace sweating profusely, and finally found someone in the upper study.

It is said that the emperor had a whim and wanted to see how the princes were reading, so he brought a few cabinet ministers to the study to teach a few princes.

After a small chamberlain went in to pass the ceremony, he led Gonggong Li in after a while, and more than a dozen eyes of everyone inside rushed towards him.

Gonggong Li bowed his head respectfully and said truthfully:

"Your Majesty, the door of King Chen's Mansion was closed, and the servants let people knock and knock, and waited outside the palace for a long time to stick incense, and there was no movement in the palace."

"The slave really had no choice, and he couldn't force his way into the palace of King Chen, so he said the marriage date set by Qin Tian three times outside the palace, and then returned to the palace."

Li Gong didn't dare to look up at the emperor, and he was still a little apprehensive in his heart, for fear that he would be angered by the emperor.

The princes and elders in the upper study also heard these words, and exchanged glances in twos and threes, with different expressions.

Some people think that Gu Jue doesn't know how to lift; Someone frowned; There are also people who are secretly sad, such as the second prince Gu Nanzhao.

Everyone looked at the emperor in front of them again.

The emperor in the bright yellow dragon robe was sitting behind the bookcase used by the Taifu on weekdays, looking lazy, not angry but smiling.

The folding fan in his hand fanned slightly, and he said in his heart: Gu Jue is nothing more than that, he is powerless to resist the order, so he makes this kind of small trick that can't be put on the table to slap his face.

It's ridiculous, it's ridiculous.

It seems that Gu Jue is really sick.

The emperor's thin lips outlined a mocking arc, but he pretended to sigh and said: "Before my father died, he kept talking about the marriage of the Nine Emperor brothers, and I must make the wedding beautiful to comfort my father's soul in the sky." ”

Gu Nanzhao felt as if he had been stabbed in his heart, and a thick bitterness appeared at the bottom of his throat.

This wedding date is set, which means that Sister Chen will soon be his imperial aunt.

Gu Nanzhao closed his eyes, his eyes were sour and dry.

When he first heard that Sister Chen was given marriage by his father to the Nine Emperor Uncles, he felt as if he had been struck by lightning and couldn't believe this fact.

He also wanted to go to his father and tell him that he liked Sister Chen, and he also went, but when he arrived in front of his father, he couldn't say anything.

He knew it was too late.

The mother concubine said that the father and the emperor paid the most attention to his face as the Son of Heaven, and felt that the Son of Heaven was golden and jade, and no one was allowed to challenge his prestige.

If it was before the marriage decree, he went to ask his father to choose another noble daughter for the Nine Emperor Uncles, and the father might agree;

And now that the holy decree has been issued and the wood has been completed, no matter how he asks for it, it will only make his father unhappy, and it will even make his father disgusted with his sister......

In the midst of his thoughts, the third prince and other princes complimented the emperor with nonsense:

"Father, the emperor's grandfather will definitely be blinded by the spirit of the sky."

"Uncle Nine Emperor will definitely understand your mind as well."

“……”

The emperor was quite useful, and said in a high-sounding manner: "The wedding of your Nine Emperor Uncles is a happy event, and it should be celebrated by the whole world." In order to prevent him from working too hard during his illness, I planned to hold a big banquet in the palace that day. ”

For him, the best result is that Chong Xi can rush Gu Jue to death this time.

Even if he couldn't kill Gu Jue, he took advantage of this marriage to justifiably install eyeliner in King Chen's Mansion.

Moreover, the queen said that the girl of the Chu family has a cowardly and supple personality, and the people she sent to the Hou Mansion have already trained this girl, and she must be obedient.

This marriage is really good, it's really a good match!

Thinking about it, the emperor's mood was better, and his eyebrows stretched.

Several cabinet elders and princes also felt the emperor's good mood, and rushed to praise the emperor again.

Only Gu Nanzhao was absent-minded and silent from beginning to end.

Since beating his father and the emperor to give him that marriage, he has never dared to see Sister Chen, for fear of seeing her sad face, so he only looked at her a few times from afar in the Baohe Hall on the day of Wanshou Day.

He could see at a glance that she was thinner and more reticent.

He could imagine how sad, disappointed, and helpless she was.

It's all his fault, it's he who disappointed Sister Chen, and he promised her that she would make her his concubine......

Gu Nanzhao's heart hurt even more.

He really regretted it, regretted that he hadn't mentioned him and his sister to his father earlier, and he was even more annoyed that he had made people.

The handsome and elegant young man turned his head to look at the lotus pond outside the window, half of the lotus leaves swayed in the wind, and the green lotus leaves rippled like water, churning endlessly.

Hey, he and Sister Chen's life are lost after all......

Gonggong Li on the side secretly breathed a sigh of relief and maintained a bowed posture.

After eating the closed door soup in King Chen's mansion, he was worried that there would be trouble with the wedding banquet in the palace on the wedding day.

If the Chenwang Mansion insists on closing the door, their Internal Affairs Office will not be able to help prepare the banquet, and now the emperor plans to put the banquet in the palace, which is also a **** trouble for the Internal Affairs Office.

At this time, the sound of the chamberlain saluting came from outside the upper study, and the crown prince Gu Nanjin strode in.

Before Gu Nan could salute, he heard the emperor smile and say, "Prince, you came just in time." ”

"Your Nine Emperor Uncle's wedding date has been set, and in just half a month, you will have to worry about it."

This marriage is personally handled by him, the emperor, and each of the three books and six ceremonies follows the ancient rites, and it is done above board, and no one can find faults.

In the future, who else in the whole world can say that he is not good for King Chen!

"Yes, Father." Gu Nan respectfully accepted the order.

The emperor had always been relieved of the prince's affairs, and smiled and asked him to sit down.

After the emperor took a sip of tea, he changed his words and asked with concern, "How is Jia'er doing these days?" The weather has been hotter in the past two days, you tell the people in the East Palace to be careful, and be careful that Jia'er is suffering from heat stroke. ”

The eldest grandson of the emperor is the only grandson of the emperor, and the emperor values him more than the second prince and the third prince.

"Thank you for your father's care." Gu Nanjin smiled slightly and replied decently, "Jia'er has been very healthy these days, and Erchen specially asked the Tai Hospital to prepare some medicinal tea to relieve the heat." ”

"That's good!" The Emperor smiled with satisfaction.

He remembered that Gu Yuanjia suffered from heat several times last summer, and his body has been very healthy this summer, and it should be said that since he recovered from his convulsions in May, he has never been sick again for more than a month.

Thanks to the fact that I rewarded the child Jiuhuan Dan to eat, I recuperated the child's body, and Jiuhuan Dan really has the miraculous effect of consolidating the foundation and cultivating the yuan.

The emperor gestured to Duke Ni and ordered, "Ni Xiang, you go and fetch a nine-fold pill later, and send it to the East Palace to the emperor's eldest grandson." ”

Emperor Bestow Dan, this is a holy grace. Gu Nanjin immediately stood up and thanked him: "The eldest grandson of the son-in-law has thanked his father. ”

Gu Nanjin's heart was a little solemn, and his ears couldn't help but sound the words of the divine doctor from Jishitang: "The pill has erysipelas, how can such a young child use the pill casually?" ”

Several ministers were silent.

The emperor favored that Xuanjing Dao Chief, and everyone knew that he liked to take pills.

There were also courtiers who persuaded the emperor that the pill was harmful, and throughout the ages, I didn't know that the emperor had folded it on the pill.

But instead of listening, the emperor was furious, feeling that the other party could not see him well, and in a fit of anger, he removed the official from his post.

After that, no one dared to persuade the emperor, and no one dared to question Xuanjing Dao Chang No.

"Xuanjing Dao Master is really profound!" The emperor stroked his beard and praised, smiling.

The emperor has been taking the Nine Pills for a month, and the effect of this Nine Pills is really better than the previous Nine Pills, making his energy more than before, and even the gray hair on his sideburns has become less.

The Nine Pills need seventy-seven forty-nine to refine a furnace, and the emperor also loves his grandson very much, so he rewarded the Nine Pills to Gu Yuanjia, hoping that his grandson will be healthy, so as not to meet such quacks who deceive the world and steal their reputation.

Whenever he thought of what Jishitang he had been forced to seal as a national medicine hall, the emperor felt aggrieved, his smile closed, and his eyes became cloudy.

On that day, if it weren't for the sudden appearance of the great prince of Nanhao, Wuhajialou......

This Uhagaru is simply coming for himself.

Thinking of the scene of Wuhajialou repeatedly provoking himself on the day of Wanshou Day, the emperor became more and more disgusted with those Nanhao people.

He suddenly put away the folding fan and changed the subject again:

"Prince, when do the Nan Hao people plan to leave?"

After the Wanshou Festival, some of the surrounding clans who came to Beijing to congratulate have left Beijing one after another, they brought birthday gifts to the emperor from foreign countries, and when they left, they brought back a large number of rewards from the emperor and goods purchased in Daqi.

However, the people of Nanhao live in the post house, as if they live very comfortably, and they have no intention of leaving.

Gu Nanjin looked up at the emperor, clearly saw the disgust in the emperor's eyes, and sighed in his heart.

Gu Nanjin replied succinctly: "Father, Wuhe Jialou said that he will leave after the Nine Emperor Uncles get married. ”

Uhajialou and his party arrived in the capital in April, and the emperor has been deliberately colding them.

After the incident in Jishitang, Gu Nanjin took the initiative to take over the responsibility of entertaining them, so a few days ago, when the Ministry of Rites came to ask Nan Hao's envoys about the matter, he simply went to the post house to visit Wuhajialou in person and tested his tone.

The emperor's face changed slightly, at the end of May, Wuhe Jialou had visited King Chen's mansion, and this time, he had to wait until after Gu Jue's wedding......

The air in the upper study also cooled.

Several princes looked at each other, and they all held their breath.

The emperor held the folding fan in his hand tightly, held it with a gurgling sound, and said angrily: "This Gu Jue shouldn't have some collusion with the Nanhao people, right?!" ”

His voice was so cold that it almost fell out of the ice slag, and a gloomy aura was released from all over his body.

The emperor couldn't help but think of Gu Jue's fourteen-year-old envoy Nan Hao on behalf of Daqi.

That year, his father wanted to choose one of the princes to envoy Nan Hao, and the first person to be given priority was him as the crown prince.

Of course he doesn't want to go, Nan Hao is the Longtan Tiger's Den, what if Nan Hao people suddenly want to leave him as a proton?

The gentleman does not stand under the dangerous wall, how can he be the prince of Qi in person!

At that time, the advisors suggested that it was better to let Gu Jue go, Gu Jue was born by his successor, and he was also the emperor's concubine, and his identity was higher than that of other princes.

The emperor also felt that this proposal was good, if Gu Jue was really left in Nanhao as a hostage, he could also eliminate a big trouble.

He originally arranged for others to open their mouths to propose to his father, but he didn't expect that without waiting for their people to speak, Gu Jue would clear himself and send Nan Hao to envoy.

The father agreed, and at the same time, gave him a disappointed look.

In the end, Gu Jue returned home safely from Nanhao, and his father praised him even more.

Fortunately, within a few months of that, his father let Gu Jue go to the Northland......

Thinking of the past many years ago, the emperor's expression became even colder.

“……”

“……”

“……”

In the upper study, there was silence.

The corners of Gu Nanjin's eyes jumped, and he didn't dare to answer these words easily.

Everyone in the world knows that Gu Jue, the king of Chen, has made immortal contributions to Daqi, and unless the evidence is conclusive, no one can easily question him for treason.

As a crown prince, even more so.

To put it mildly, the emperor can lose his temper for a while, and his words and deeds are wrong, but the crown prince cannot!

Gu Nanjin glanced at the few pavilion elders next to him, and saw that they were all looking away, just as if he hadn't heard the emperor's gaffe.

Gu Nanjin thought with a heavy heart: Nan Hao is different from those small clans that are vassals of Great Qi, but a big country that stands side by side with Great Qi.

This time, the father and the emperor have been quite snub to Jialou and his party, and the words of the father and the emperor can't be passed on.

Gu Nanjin cleared his throat and said implicitly: "Father, since the eldest prince of Wuhe is not leaving for the time being, can you take this opportunity to finalize the marriage between the third emperor sister and Nan Hao?" ”

Gu Nanjin's expression was very solemn.

This family affair is very important to Daqi.