167 Prince
After Chu Qianchen came out of the main courtyard, he asked Chu Yunmu to go back to see the Shen family, and he went back to the theater.
In the theater, there was silence and lifelessness at this time.
Chu Lingxiao and Aunt Jiang had already been carried down, and Mrs. Tai, the rest of the Hou Mansion and those people from the Chu clan were still in the theater.
The housekeepers and grandmothers all knew that Mrs. Tai was in a bad mood, and they didn't even dare to ask if they wanted to continue the play.
The whole theater building was unusually silent.
Everyone either drank tea and ate melons and fruits, or made eye contact, or looked at the theater anxiously, or was preoccupied.
Seeing Chu Qianchen walk into the lobby on the first floor, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
Mrs. Tai smiled and gave the eviction order again: "Sister Chen, after tossing for a long time today, everyone is tired, so I won't leave you for dinner." ”
Usually, when I return to the door on three days, I leave my new aunt after lunch, but now Mrs. Tai can't take care of it, so she wants to send Chu Qianchen and Gu Jue away quickly.
Chu Qianchen had better not go back to her parents' house in this life, their Chu family can't afford this big Buddha, since Chu Qianchen can't look down on the Chu family, I only hope that she won't regret it in the future, I haven't seen a reliable woman without her mother's family can get a good end!
Mrs. Tai thought disdainfully in her heart, her eyes were cold, and she was tired of pretending to be polite on the surface.
Chu Qianchen didn't bother to make any more promises with them, and looked at Gu Jue with a deep look in his eyes.
Gu Jue hooked the corners of his mouth slightly and got up.
Obviously, he didn't know this little girl for long, but he could understand her eyes.
The meaning of Gu Jue's action was very clear, and they planned to leave.
Mrs. Tai, Chu Lingyu and the others were relieved, and everyone present wanted to send away the pair of living ancestors from the bottom of their hearts.
Mrs. Tai was about to tell Mama Wang to send off the guests, when she heard Chu Qianchen smile and said, "Grandmother, I don't worry about my aunt, I'll come back in a few days to take a look." ”
Mrs. Tai: "......"
She was about to flip the table, she couldn't see that the things that Chu Qianchen did and the words she said didn't look at ease with her aunt!
Mrs. Tai understood the meaning of Chu Qianchen's words, Chu Qianchen put down this sentence just to warn herself, hinting that she should not play tricks, otherwise, who will be unlucky next time may not be.
Just thinking about it, Mrs. Tai felt that her chest began to hurt again, and she was suffocated from her heart to her throat and eyes.
She completely understood that Chu Qianchen's temperament was like her aunt.
This mother and daughter are all heartless white-eyed wolves!
As long as she thought of her eldest son disobeying herself for Jiang Minshan, Mrs. Tai's heart was like angina.
Chu Qianchen smiled at Mrs. Tai, and then blessed, "Grandmother, then I will leave." ”
The couple slowly descended the stairs under the burning gaze of everyone.
As for the other people in the theater, there was only one thought left in their minds: the ancestors were finally willing to leave!
Outside the theater building, the scorching sun hung high in the blue and transparent blue sky, and there were no clouds.
It's the hottest time of the day.
When the two of them got on the vermilion wheel outside the Yimen, a slight sweat appeared on their foreheads.
Chu Qianchen took out two handkerchiefs, handed one of them to Gu Jue, and smiled at Gu Jue.
She has no family affection for Chu Lingxiao and Aunt Jiang for a long time, as early as this spring, when she was just reborn, she wanted to beat them all up, happy revenge, but at that time, she still needed to settle in the Chu family, and she also needed to find a chance to meet the prince.
Now, the prince has supported her, just like in the previous life.
From the previous life to the present life, the prince has not changed!
Thinking of everything after knowing Gu Jue in his previous life, the corners of Chu Qianchen's mouth curled, and his pupils were shining.
She was so happy to come back this time!
The Zhulun slowly drove out of the Hou Mansion and then sped along the spacious Songhe Street.
Gu Jue took the handkerchief handed by Chu Qianchen and stared at her for a long time, as if there was an undercurrent surging in his eyes.
"You've long been suspicious of your origins?" Gu Jue asked while wiping his sweat with a handkerchief, his eyes wise and cold.
There was a faint scent of smoke coming from the veil, and it was the smell of her body.
He knew it was incense she had made herself.
Gu Jue's sentence used a questioning sentence structure, but it was a firm tone.
At this time, the Zhulun turned to the right, and Chu Qianchen's body shook slightly.
After she was stunned, she nodded with a smile: "Yes!" ”
Chu Qianchen looked at Gu Jue's phoenix eyes overflowing.
The prince is really the prince, the Ming Dynasty, seeing the subtlety, he can see the clues at a glance.
She's still far behind!
Chu Qianchen stared at Gu Jue with burning eyes.
Aunt Jiang didn't have any mother-daughter affection for her at all, but in her previous life, she was blinded, and even if she was kicked out of the house, she didn't see the clues. Later, she rarely thought of the Chu family, so that Bai lived for more than 20 years, and she didn't understand her life experience, let alone Aunt Jiang's personality.
If she hadn't met the prince in her previous life, she would have died stupidly.
Every time he thinks of his blind self in his previous life, Chu Qianchen has a feeling that the past is unbearable.
Like this, she was lucky enough to be picked up by the prince......
Chu Qianchen's smile deepened, and his joy was beyond words.
Gu Jue's hand holding the handkerchief subconsciously exerted himself slightly, and he couldn't think about what kind of life this girl had in the Hou Mansion before.
He wanted to say something, but he saw Chu Qianchen pursing his lips and smiling at him, smiling with crooked eyebrows, a little sweet, and a little silly.
Like a gust of spring breeze blowing across the lake, a delicate petal fell on the originally calm and waveless water, and the lake surface rippled slightly, and the petals also fluttered on the lake with the ripples of the lake......
Gu Jue wiped his sweat, casually put the handkerchief in his sleeve, and changed his words: "The emperor wants to send Qin to the northwest." ”
When Cheng Linhua reported this matter to Gu Jue yesterday, Chu Qianchen was also present, and she also knew about it.
This is obviously a thankless errand, no matter whether this Qin cha is done well or not, in the eyes of the emperor, I am afraid that it is not good enough, and he can pick out thorns.
After all, the emperor didn't want the Northwest and Nanyang Palaces to be in Qin Yao's hands.
As long as Qin Yao lives for a day, the emperor's heart will not be happy, and he may be angry with the so-called Qin Cha, thinking that this person will not be able to do things.
Chu Qianchen knew that there must be a follow-up to Gu Jue's words, and looked at him quietly, as if to say, and then?
Gu Jue seemed to be able to see a cat tail flicking curiously behind her, the tail was sharp and fluffy.
Gu Jue picked up the folding fan placed on the small square table, opened it casually, and fanned it.
The wind from the folding fan not only blew his hair, but also whipped hers, and Chu Qianchen squinted comfortably.
Gu Jue suddenly asked, "How about letting Chu Lingxiao go?" ”
Facing Chu Qianchen, he called Chu Lingxiao by his name, which showed his disdain for this father-in-law.
Chu Qianchen: "......"
Chu Qianchen was stunned again, blinked slowly, and then, her eyes lit up little by little.
Good, good, good.
She nodded violently at Gu Jue, feeling that Gu Jue's idea was really wonderful...... It's too bad.
Whether it is in the previous life or in this life, Chu Lingxiao has not changed, and he is bent on becoming famous. Now they give him this opportunity to see if he can achieve fame or nothing, and he will never recover.
Chu Qianchen smiled happily, feeling that the prince was really good to her.
It's good to be able to get acquainted with the prince.
He made her a better version of herself, the one she loved herself!
This, again, has not changed in two lifetimes!!
The little girl looked at her well-behaved, soft and glutinous, and her pleasure came from her heart, which made Gu Jue rise up again with the powerlessness that she couldn't do anything...... As well as distress.
Gu Jue: "......"
This girl.
Gu Jue let out a silent sigh in his heart.
The Zhulun car went all the way, and after turning six or seven turns, it returned to the Chenwang Mansion.
There was no need for a coachman or a servant to knock on the door, the door of the palace was immediately opened, welcoming the two masters back to the house.
The palace, which had been silent for a long time, was lively again.
The first thing Gu Jue did after entering the door was to ask Shi Cheng Linhua, the head of the palace, to come over and talk about letting Chu Lingxiao go to the northwest.
Cheng Linhua received the order and planned to discuss it with Su Mubai, or let Su Mubai come to see the prince, at this time, he heard Chu Qianchen say: "Prince, you should take medicine." ”
Chu Qianchen pinched Gu Jue's cuffs, looking like he didn't want to run.
Cheng Linhua lowered his eyes silently, feeling that he had better stop talking.
Where to use the prince to solve this kind of trivial matter, it is good for him and Su Mubai to solve it.
Gu Jue looked at the cuffs that she was tightly pinching, couldn't help laughing, and said, "Okay." ”
He originally wanted to go to the outer study, but the god sent the ghost to turn around and go in the direction of the Xuanwei Hall in the inner courtyard.
Chu Qianchen didn't let go of Gu Jue's sleeves, and followed him like a shadow, walking briskly.
Cheng Linhua looked at the backs of the two leaving, his heart was relieved, and the smile in his eyes overflowed.
Very good, in the future, if the princess is staring at the prince, they can rest assured.
Cheng Linhua walked slowly and leisurely with his hands behind his back.
Gu Jue and Chu Qianchen went to the main courtyard behind Xuanwei Hall together, and the new house was still full of joy, and the eyes were all bright red.
Gu Jue went to the screen first and then changed into a loose moon-white robe.
When he came out, his hair, which had been tied in a bun, was also put down, half draped and half tied, and he was very relaxed.
The house was lit again, and thin cigarettes curled in the air.
"Take your medicine."
Chu Qianchen stared at Gu Jue and took a big pill.
Gu Jue started eating this big pill the day before yesterday, and today it has been the third day of eating.
After Gu Jue took the pill, he lazily reclined on the beauty couch, and his neckline was a little loose.
Chu Qianchen gave him needles like the previous two times, and each time he had to put a full thirty-six needles.
1st, 2nd, 3rd ......
Her expression was so serious, so focused, as if she was doing the most important thing in the world.
Gu Jue looked at her delicate and soft side face, looked at her slightly drooping eyelashes, and when the slender and slender fingers went down the needle, there was a kind of calmness that lifted weights lightly and was at ease.
When she got to the tenth stitch, Gu Jue felt that her body was starting to heat up.
The day before yesterday, when he took Dazao Pill for the first time, his body was very slow to heat, and after sleeping for a while, he found that his body had become warm, and in addition, there was a slight tingling sensation in his limbs, like pins and needles.
Yesterday, after taking the medicine for the second time, within half an hour, his body was hot, and the tingling sensation was reduced.
When he took the third pill today, he felt very different from the day before yesterday, and there seemed to be a stream of heat flowing in his body along the position of her needle, making him feel as if he was in a hot spring.
Drowsiness came flooding up.
Gu Jue habitually suppressed himself, his face did not show anything, and he still looked light.
He has been on the battlefield in the north all these years, and he has become accustomed to enduring everything, and he can't let the soldiers under his command see his discomfort, and he can't shake the morale of the army because of his injuries.
However, the big pill was made by Chu Qianchen herself, and of course she knew the special effects of the big pill.
When she pricked the last needle, her eyes met Gu Jue's eyes and frowned slightly.
The look in his eyes seemed to say that the prince was really disobedient.
"Lord Wang, go to sleep." Chu Qianchen said in a low voice, "I'm guarding you." ”
She coaxed him like a child.
Gu Jue smiled, curled the corners of his lips, and suddenly remembered that he didn't know who had told him that someone was willing to coax you, that was a blessing.
Gu Jue closed her eyes as she wished.
After closing my eyes, the feeling of sleepiness became stronger, and I fell asleep after a while.
Chu Qianchen listened to his breathing evenly and long, and knew that he should be asleep.
However, the prince is too good at disguise.
She thought about it, but cautiously reached out to probe his pulse, and smiled reassuringly.
Chu Qianchen quietly stood by Gu Jue's side.
When he saw him sweating, he wiped his sweat;
Seeing him frowning, he massaged his acupoints;
When they saw him whispering, they took him by the hand.
That's great! Chu Qianchen held Gu Jue's warm palm, smiling shallowly.
In her previous life, she hoped that she could protect the prince, but at that time she was too weak and couldn't do anything at all, so she could only hide under the prince's wings.
In this life, she can finally protect him!
"Meow!"
Suddenly there was a thin cat meow outside the window, and the little black cat with four snow-white hooves appeared on the windowsill at some point, looking at the two two-legged beasts with a curious face, and in the sun, its pupils shrunk into thin lines, and its pupils were as green as gems.
The curious look seemed to ask, what are you doing?
Chu Qianchen pressed the index finger of his left hand to his lips and made a "shhh" gesture.
The little black cat didn't know if it understood, so it crooked its fluffy little face, and then jumped lightly off the windowsill, and landed silently.
The little black cat rubbed Chu Qianchen's skirt affectionately, as if to say, play with me, play with me.
Chu Qianchen's hand was still holding Gu Jue's hand, and he really couldn't leave, so he waved it with his free left hand and motioned for it to play.
The little black cat rubbed her several times, but when she saw that she didn't react at all, she finally gave up.
It yawned lazily and curled up into a briquette on the side of Chu Qianchen's skirt.
Chu Qianchen was busy fighting wits with the cat, and he didn't notice that Gu Jue on the beauty couch opened his eyes for a while, looking at this person and a cat, his eyes were full of smiles, and soon, he closed his eyes again, as if he had never woken up.
The afternoon in King Chen's Mansion was exceptionally quiet and serene.
Only the swaying of the branches and leaves in the courtyard came and went.
"Bang."
"......
When the cat opened its eyes again, the inner chamber was empty.
The sun was setting in the west, and the golden-red sunlight was slanting through a window into the room.
The little black cat looked left and right, licked its paws, and suddenly sobered up, happily looking for someone, it took a shortcut that humans can't take, only searched three rooms, and found Chu Qianchen in the east room.
"Meow!"
Found you!
The little black cat jumped up and down, easily jumped onto the Luohan bed where Chu Qianchen was, and screamed happily several times.
Amber was also there, her eyes couldn't help but glance at the soft little black cat, and her mouth was still serious: "...... An hour ago, the eldest lady took the eldest girl and the fourth young master back to the Mu Guogong Mansion to live. ”
Amber also just heard Cheng Linhua say about this matter.
Chu Qianchen: "......"
Chu Qianchen understood at once, her eyes flickered, and she unconsciously touched the little black cat snuggled by her side with one hand.
Her mood is a little complicated, with a clear understanding, a sense of distress, and more moved.
This means that the Shen family may have already planned to return to her parents' house, but she still deliberately waited for her to return to the Mu State Mansion after returning to the door in the third dynasty, just so that the Hou Mansion would not be too shabby when she returned to the door.
The day before yesterday, on the day she got married, the Shen family had no plans to return to her parents' house, so her decision should have been made in the past two days.
Thinking about what happened in the Hou Mansion today, thinking about what she had done with the Shen family, Chu Qianchen's long and thick eyelashes trembled slightly, his heart beat faster a few times, and he regained his calm.
Chu Qianchen didn't know what he was expecting.
Reliving this life, she once thought that she would no longer suffer for anything except the prince.
But apparently not so......
Chu Qianchen gently touched the little black cat's oily and slippery back, absent-mindedly.
Amber originally thought that it would not be a big deal for the eldest lady to return to her parents' house, after all, the Hou Ye was really a little unreasonable.
Amber sighed with emotion, and once again deeply realized what it means to be a woman who is afraid of marrying the wrong man.
"Princess." Amber called softly, keenly sensing that there was something strange about her girl's mood, the girl was obviously here, just a stone's throw away, but it made her feel very far away.
Chu Qianchen was stunned.
Amber cautiously changed her words: "Girl, is there something wrong?" ”
Only then did Chu Qianchen come back to his senses and was noncommittal about this.
She changed the subject and said, "Amber, go and get all the rosters of the palace." ”
She thought to herself that since she had already come to King Chen's Mansion, she couldn't do nothing and eat and live for nothing.
Thinking of Gu Jue, who was in the study at the moment, Chu Qianchen couldn't help but sigh: The prince is really working hard, and he only slept for an hour during the afternoon nap.
Amber hurriedly responded, describing her eagerness to try.
After a while, Amber returned, along with Mama Cai, and two rosters.
Chu Qianchen is very familiar with King Chen's Mansion, but it is limited to Cheng Linhua, Mo Shen, Xue Fengyan and Sui Dastein.
She is still not very familiar with how many subordinates there are in this palace, and the reason why people bring the roster is to see where these subordinates in the palace came from, whether they were bought, or given by the emperor when the mansion was opened, or rewarded by the queen mother.
The roster is only two thin volumes, to be honest, even Mama Cai herself feels a little shabby, and she can't take it, because they are still a dignified prince's mansion.
Mama Cai asked a little embarrassedly, "Princess, do you want to buy some people?" ”
There are too few people in the inner courtyard, only some rough mothers-in-law who sprinkle and sweep, and there is not even a maid, and Mama Cai is also afraid that Chu Qianchen will not be used to it.
And in the past, no one lived in the main courtyard, and this empty house was enough as long as it was cleaned and maintained regularly, but from now on, there will be a hostess in this courtyard, so these people are really too shabby now.
However, Chu Qianchen was used to it, and felt that there were fewer people and fewer people.
"No need." Chu Qianchen said briskly, flipping through the roster casually in his hand, and sent Mama Cai away.
As soon as Chu Qianchen flipped through the roster, he had no time to touch the cat, and the little black cat was not very happy, so he meowed, trying to invite pets.
Chu Qianchen casually touched a rattan ball the size of a dragon's eye and threw it on the ground, and the little black cat was suddenly attracted to it and happily pounced on the ball.
When the little black cat chased the ball back and forth in the house more than a dozen times, Mama Cai came back again, and there was one more person by her side.
It was a seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl in blue, tall and slender, with a snow-white goose egg face, her facial features were just delicate, her skin was white, and her eyes were very bright.
When she stood beside Amber, she made Amber three points brighter, and she didn't have any sense of existence.
Amber looked at the girl dressed as a maid and frowned slightly.
Although she only came to the palace the day before yesterday, she had already heard that there were no maids in the palace. Princess Fang Cai said that there is no need to add people, what does Mama Cai mean by bringing such a person over now.
Mama Cai saluted respectfully, "Princess." ”
The blue-clothed maid also bowed, Amber looked at her with a critical gaze, but she had to admit that the other party's posture was beautiful and standardized, even Aunt Lan Ruo was afraid that she couldn't find anything.
Mama Cai smiled and said, "Princess, this is the person given to you by the princess, does the princess want to give her a name?" ”
Mama Cai also knew that most of the maids around Chu Qianchen were called amber, agate, pearl, Xuanji and the like.
Chu Qianchen looked at the blue-clothed maid beside Mama Cai, and opened her eyes in surprise.
She deliberately asked, "What's your name?" ”
"Jiang Yuan."
Chu Qianchen said this name almost at the same time as the other party in his heart.
She knew Jiang Yuan, and she was also an old acquaintance in her previous life.
Jiang Yuan is a secret guard raised by the palace, he can be a spy, a guard, and even assassinate something......
Jiang Yuan's ability is great, and it is too overkill to let a person like her stay by her side as a maid.
They will get along well in this life. Chu Qianchen smiled, and this time read the other party's name out loud: "Jiang Yuan, this name is very good, there is no need to change it." You'll be with Amber from now on. ”
Mama Cai breathed a sigh of relief and promised repeatedly, she was afraid that the princess would think that the princess was stuffing her with people.
"Yes, Princess." A trace of surprise flashed in Jiang Yuan's eyes, and he disappeared in a flash, and bowed again.
Chu Qianchen put down the roster he had just finished reading in his hand, looked at the sky, and it was already dusk.
"Mama Cai, is the prince still in the study?" Chu Qianchen asked as he got up. She planned to keep an eye on Gu Jue, lest he get busy and forget to eat dinner.
Gu Jue had already made a clear order, and his whereabouts did not need to be hidden from the princess, so Mama Cai answered "yes".
Chu Qianchen stroked his skirt casually, and walked towards the outside of the house with light steps.
The little black cat sensed that Chu Qianchen was leaving, and he didn't care about playing with the ball, so he bit the ball and chased after it, and the tip of his fluffy tail flicked around.
Result –
As soon as they stepped out of the threshold of the hall, they saw Gu Jue coming back.
He was still wearing the robe, and when he walked, a few strands of hair and clothes fluttered in the wind, cold and elegant.
------Off topic------
The timeline is according to the big wedding, which means that less than a month has passed since the beginning of the investigation. Based on the ancient communication conditions, geographical conditions, and population flows, is it possible to find out what happened 14 years ago within a month? Even with modern forensic technology, it would not be possible, otherwise there would not be so many abducted children who could not be found.
The main line determines the timeline.
It's cooled down recently, so be careful not to catch a cold~