188 Face Up (Second Shift)
The emperor's body shook violently with anger, his cheeks were bitten to death, tightly, his flushed face turned white at first and then suddenly turned blue, and the whole person was like a full bowstring, as if it would break at any time.
In the emperor's opinion, these generals of the five military camps refused to respond to their holy orders, that is, to Gu Jue, that is, to have a heart of disobedience!
Thinking of the movements of the Xuanjia Camp again, the emperor only felt that Gu Jue seemed to be rushing towards him with a long sword......
It's like when Gu Jue was fourteen years old, his father asked them to learn martial arts in the martial arts arena, saying that it was up to the point.
Finally, his sword came out of his hand......
He lost.
The father rewarded Gu Jue with a sword for this.
Outside the window, the leaves and branches swayed with the wind, and a few rays of sunlight shone on the emperor's face through the branches and leaves.
Military power.
In the final analysis, Gu Jue dared to be so arrogant because he had the power of the army, and it was his father who personally handed over the sword of the power of the army to Gu Jue.
Thinking of the past, the emperor felt a wave of resentment in his heart, and that strong emotion almost swallowed him.
It's all to blame on my father.
One mountain can't accommodate two tigers, since he chose himself to succeed him as the Son of Great Qi, he shouldn't let Gu Jue sit so big, and even someone who can install Gu Jue in the forbidden army.
The emperor's eyes burned with rage, and then, in the imperial study, there was another chaotic sound of smashing things.
The little chamberlain outside had long been surprised by this, hung his head, and silently guarded under the eaves.
In the sky, the sun has begun to set in the west.
The weather is still hot and humid, and people can't get tired of laziness.
At this time, there are fewer people on the streets.
Gu Jue and Chu Qianchen finished reading the jewelry in Duobao Zhai, and the shopkeeper personally sent them out of the door.
"Gu Gongzi, Mrs. Gu don't worry, when the jewelry is improved, I will let the two of you go to the house." The shopkeeper smiled so hard that his eyes narrowed.
Most of Gu Jueding's jewelry would be sent to the mansion next door to the palace by Duobao Zhai's people, and only one gold collar was now worn around Chu Qianchen's neck.
It was a very delicate and precious gold filigree ruby gold collar, with the two ends of the collar being the head of a ruby on the head, and a pair of small gold rings on the lower edge with beads hanging a lotus-shaped gold lock pendant with gold and jewels.
The gold lock pendant is inlaid with a ruby of pigeon's blood, which shines like a fierce flame in the sun.
If someone else wears it, I am afraid that it will be dominated by this gold collar, but Chu Qianchen wears it to complement each other, making her beautiful phoenix eyes brighter and brighter.
The shopkeeper was amazed in his heart, and felt that when this Mrs. Gu wore this gold collar out of Beppu as a guest, they would definitely become famous.
Looking at the backs of Gu Jue and Chu Qianchen drifting apart, the guy couldn't help but ask the question hidden in his heart: "Shopkeeper Ma, is the son surnamed Gu or Wang just now?" β
The shopkeeper glanced at the guy inexplicably, "Of course the surname is Gu, who told you that their surname is Wang?" β
"They ...... themselves," the guy said halfway, thinking about the conversation between the couple before, when suddenly he had an idea and blurted out, "Wang...... That can't be a prince, right? β
Gu is the surname of the country, and the guy thinks it is not impossible.
The shopkeeper glanced at him, brushed his sleeves back to the silver building, and dropped a sentence: "What are you thinking about!" If this is the prince and princess, just send someone to say a word, let us go to the palace! β
Why bother to come to the Silver House in person!
The guy glanced at the back of the two of them again, thought about it, touched the back of his head, and also returned to Duobaozhai.
Gu Jue and Chu Qianchen, who had already reached the end of the street at this moment, naturally didn't hear this conversation.
The two walked forward leisurely, and when they came to the fork in the road, Gu Jue stopped and asked her, "Which way?" β
Chu Qianchen understood.
This is what the prince means that he will continue to shop with her.
She thought about it, turned left is Yanta Street, and turn right is Bating Street.
There is a Yanta Temple on Yanta Street, which is quiet and has few people; There is a small market on Ba Ting Street, where you can watch juggling and be lively.
The prince likes to be quiet, so Chu Qianchen said: "Yanta Street." β
"Let's go to Bating Street," Gu Jue said almost at the same time, "be more lively." β
What Gu Jue thought about was that the queen mother said: "Ah Jue, your daughter-in-law is still young, and she is not even in time, you are a few years older than her, so you have to let her more." Don't let the little girl accommodate you. β
"When you have time, take her out for a walk, don't always hide at home, and make a little girl like you 'lifeless'."
As soon as Chu Qianchen heard Gu Jue talk about Bating Street, he changed his words very unprincipledly: "Just go to Bating Street." β
Gu Jue stared down at her, his eyes soft.
Even if he couldn't read minds, he could guess that she chose Yanta Street in the first place because she considered his preferences.
Originally, he didn't feel that he was "lifeless" as his mother said, but now, he suddenly had a feeling that he was too "dull".
He chuckled again.
This girl is obviously younger than him, but she always wants to take care of him, which makes him have the illusion of a weak husband.
His mood was inexplicably happy, and he rubbed her head, "Okay, go to Bating Street." β
The two turned right and went to Ba Ting Street.
On Bating Street, the trees are densely shaded, and I feel that the weather is a lot cooler and more lively.
There are all kinds of juggling stalls on both sides of the street, some walk the rivers and lakes to perform chest crushing boulders, some are dough kneaders, some sell sugar gourds, some perform monkey shows, and some have rings......
Chu Qianchen looked at several stalls with Gu Jue with great interest, and suddenly said: "I promised Brother Mu to bring him to Bating Street one day, if he knew that the two of us came 'secretly' first, he would definitely be angry." β
She habitually pinched his sleeve and shook it, "Don't tell Brother Mu, okay!" β
She looked up at him, a pair of black and white phoenix eyes widened, with a bit of coquettishness, especially the last three words were delicate and soft.
Gu Jue raised her eyebrows, and said in her heart: Well, this girl will not only take care of people, but also be very coquettish.
Seeing that he was silent, Chu Qianchen grabbed his wrist and ran to a goldfish stall a few steps away, where the stall owner placed two sinks, and the golden-red one inside was full of goldfish with bulging eyes.
The stall owner greeted them warmly: "Childe, madam, three copper plates can be fished ten times, and the goldfish caught will be given to two, Childe might as well try, send a pair of goldfish to Mrs. Zun, in pairs, how good the meaning!" β
Chu Qianchen touched three copper plates and gave them to the stall owner.
This kind of goldfish fishing nets are all straw paper paste, as soon as it gets wet, it will be broken, and it is not easy to catch goldfish, only quickly.
Chu Qianchen's hand speed was not as fast as Gu Jue, but it was much faster than that of others, and as soon as he aimed at a goldfish in the tank, as soon as the goldfish flicked its tail, the soaked fishing net was broken.
Chu Qianchen's first fishing failed.
The stall owner smiled and said, "Madam, don't worry, take your time." β
For stall owners, this is the norm, and it is not normal to catch fish.
Chu Qianchen picked up the second fishing net again, and was engrossed, the first time was just an experiment, and she felt that she had already found the trick.
She didn't hesitate to strike again, and the second time she managed to catch a goldfish and put it in a large celadon bowl.
Her success immediately attracted some passers-by and children around her, and the stall immediately became lively and crowded.
Gu Jue silently watched Chu Qianchen's every move from the side.
He found that Chu Qianchen did his best no matter what he did, even if it was just to catch a goldfish.
There were several shelves of medical books in her study, and he had flipped through one or two at random, each of which had traces of being turned over, as well as notes left by herself, her intelligence was obvious, and her efforts were beyond doubt, how much she had to pay to have such a brilliant medical skill at such a young age.
Also, her archery skills are also exquisite, not as subtle as she can have at her age, not only accurate, but also decisive and killer......
Her efforts made him feel as if someone was chasing after her.
Gu Jue was stunned, unable to figure out how he could have such an idea.
At this moment, Chu Qianchen caught a second goldfish.
The third time, she succeeded again.
"I got it!" She smiled and showed off to Gu Jue.
Gu Jue smiled slightly.
The smile on the stall owner's face suddenly became very reluctant, and there were seven more times, if this lady had won many battles, then ......
However, Chu Qianchen stopped.
The onlookers felt sorry, so one man simply started it himself and went to catch goldfish, thinking that he would not be worse than this delicate little lady.
Chu Qianchen held the celadon bowl containing two goldfish in both hands and handed it to Gu Jue, bribing him with this, "Okay?" β
The two goldfish were wagging their tails in the bowl and frolicking, and the fan-like tail of the fish shook in a circle of ripples, which seemed to have been swinging into Gu Jue's heart.
Well, this girl is still very good at coaxing people. Gu Jue said in his heart.
To be honest, this feeling of being coaxed is not bad.
"Do you do everything so hard?" Gu Jue asked.
Chu Qianchen let out a vigorous "um" and smiled brightly.
She was so useless in the past, she wasted so many years of time, and she had to work hard to be qualified to stand by his side.
She paused for a moment and asked rhetorically, "Isn't it good to go all out?" β
Gu Jue didn't speak, raised his hand to brush a strand of broken hair from her ear behind her ear, and gently pinched the tip of her ear, just like she pinched the tip of her kitten's ear.
The girl's small earlobe wore a crescent-shaped red gold earlobe, which made her ears as white as jade, and the hairs on them were so soft that they were almost transparent.
Gu Jue suddenly wanted to go to Duobaozhai and give her a pair of goldfish-shaped earrings.
He put down his hand, went to pick up the celadon bowl, and said, "Okay." β
So, Amber in the rear watched Gu Jue take the celadon bowl handed over by Chu Qianchen.
Amber was silent, and glanced at each other again, feeling that this rough bowl was really not a good match for the prince's noble temperament.
Not only Amber thinks so, but even Gu Nanjin, the crown prince who came out of the palace to find Gu Jue, also thinks so.
Gu Nanjin's eyes couldn't help but glance at the celadon bowl in Gu Jue's hand, squeezed out an apologetic smile on his face, and directly apologized first: "Uncle Nine, I have also heard about the matter, I will make amends to Uncle Nine on behalf of my father." β
On this street, people come and go, and several of them are outstanding in appearance and temperament, and they are not ordinary people at first glance, especially Gu Nanjin also brought four tall and tall guards beside him, and they stood on the side of the road like this, which attracted a lot of curious eyes around.
There are many people on this street, and it is really not a good place to talk, Gu Nanjin wanted to propose to sit in a nearby teahouse, but Gu Jue didn't look at him, and bowed his head to Chu Qianchen and said, "Are you tired?" Let's go there and rest for a while. β
Gu Jue raised his arm and pointed to a pavilion on the side of the street.
This Bating Street is very long, and there are eight pavilions on the road for passers-by to rest, hence the name.
Gu Jue and Chu Qianchen went to the pavilion to rest, Gu Nanjin hurriedly followed, and several guards he brought were guarding outside the pavilion to avoid idlers and other people from approaching.
"You have to keep an eye on your cat, and don't let it hit my fish." Gu Jue said to Chu Qianchen while placing the celadon bowl on the stone table in the center of the pavilion.
Chu Qianchen: "......"
She always felt that the prince was teasing her again.
Hearing the same sentence in Gu Nanjin's ears, he felt that Gu Jue seemed to have hidden words in his words, meaning something.
Gu Nanjin was even more bottomless in his heart, sweating profusely, and said: "Ninth Uncle, this matter is that my father has been deceived, I know that Ninth Uncle will never harbor the Qin criminal, and my father has ordered the recall of Jinyiwei." β
Gu Jue smiled and said nothing.
Chu Qianchen's gaze looked at Gu Nanjin from the goldfish in the bowl, and said innocently: "The emperor has done something wrong, shouldn't he be guilty of himself?" β
βοΌβ Gu Nanjin's face suddenly became extremely stiff. The emperor has such a good face, how can he make an edict against himself!
Chu Qianchen didn't see it, and continued with a smile: "The Son of Heaven is a word, since he has done something wrong, he should also tell the world, and if he knows his mistake, he will improve it." β
Gu Jue was holding a folding fan in his hand, fanning it slightly, as if he was agreeing.
The wind from the fan gently stirred the placket of the two of them.
Chu Qianchen naturally moved a little closer to Gu Jue's side and rubbed a little wind.
Gu Nanjin: "......"
Gu Nanjin had a splitting headache.
Just now in the imperial study, the emperor was furious and angry, but in fact, Gu Nanjin had already seen that the emperor was just hard-mouthed, in fact, the emperor was already panicking.
That's why he persuaded and persuaded again and again, so that the emperor finally had a step down.
This matter is simple, very simple, as long as Gu Jue and the emperor each take a step back;
It's hard to say, Gu Jue has never been a person who is easily shaken.
Gu Nan thought about it for a while, and felt that Gu Jue should be able to take care of the overall situation, so he reminded euphemistically: "Ninth Uncle, Wuhejialou is still in the capital." β
What he meant was that Nan Hao couldn't be allowed to see them fighting in the same house.
Gu Jue fanned the folding fan slowly, only slightly deflected the folding fan to Chu Qianchen's side, and said lightly: "Wuhe Jialou is about to leave Beijing." β
He looked at Gu Nanjin with a smile, meaning, is he such a fooled person?
Gu Nanjin's complexion changed again.
Wu Hajialou is leaving Beijing, he also went to the post house to visit Nan Hao today to know that the Chinese Wu Minister of the DPRK still doesn't know, how did Gu Jue know!
Whether it is the Chenwang Mansion or the post house where Wuhajialou lives, they are all watched by Jinyiwei, Gu Nanjin also knows that Wuhajialou has visited Chenwang's Mansion twice, and Gu Jue has also met with Wuhejialou in Yunting Pavilion, except for themselves, no one knows what they said.
They had only met three times, and Gu Nanjin didn't think they could establish any agreement, after all, the smarter the person, the heavier his defense, he had seen Wuhajialou so many times, and he had never received any trust in his mouth.
But at this moment, Gu Nanjin had to wonder if the relationship between Gu Jue and Wuhajialou was better than he expected?
Gu Nanjin was in a heavy mood, and he really couldn't say whether this was good news or bad news.
Gu Nanjin smiled bitterly, didn't go around the bend, simply opened the skylight and said brightly, and asked, "What does Uncle Nine want?" He threw the question to Gu Jue, wanting Gu Jue to make his conditions.
What does he want? Gu Jue laughed.
Chu Qianchen pinched Gu Jue's cuffs from under the stone table, and his smile deepened.
"Didn't the prince just say that the emperor confessed his mistake?" Chu Qianchen asked innocently, and threw the question back to Gu Nanjin.
She didn't have any ill feelings towards the prince, and even some sympathy, but that's about it.
People are divided into relatives and aliens, and people also have their own positions.
The crown prince's position is the emperor, and her position is Gu Jue.
She is young, and when she talks about this, she looks naΓ―ve and ignorant, which makes it difficult to blame.
Gu Nanjin: "......"
Gu Nanjin had to face Chu Qianchen squarely at this time.
Just now, Chu Qianchen opened his mouth to mention his own edict, Gu Nanjin still thought that she didn't understand, and the little girl's family said it casually because she had watched too much drama.
But now, Chu Qianchen was able to interject at will when he was talking to the Nine Emperor Uncles, and he held on to his own edict, at first glance, she was a bit like a mess, but after a closer look, Gu Nanjin felt that it was not ordinary.
Chu Qianchen was obviously sure that she would not be blamed for interrupting the Nine Emperor Uncles.
Gu Nanjin went to see Gu Jue again.
The corners of Gu Jue's mouth seemed to be filled with a vague smile, and the folding fan in his hand fanned leisurely, with the demeanor of an idle cloud and a wild crane.
Gu Nanjin was convinced.
The Nine Emperor Uncle didn't speak, which means that he really didn't blame Chu Qianchen, and what Chu Qianchen meant was what he meant.
This Nine Emperor Aunt is not ordinary.
Before, the crown princess complained about Chu Qianchen in front of Gu Nanjin, saying that she was disrespectful to the queen mother, at that time, Gu Nanjin just listened casually, after all, this woman will inevitably exaggerate when she speaks.
Now, Gu Nanjin realized that he had ignored the words of the crown princess and the Nine Emperor Aunts, which put him at a disadvantage in today's negotiation.
Whoever opens the conditions first is in a weak position.
It's like a businessman bargaining when he does business, whoever makes a bid first, the other party knows where the bottom line is, so he will throw the problem to Gu Jue at the beginning, wanting to wait for Gu Jue to open the conditions, and then bargain with emotion and reason.
Gu Nanjin smiled helplessly, softened his tone, and said to Gu Jue in a good voice: "Ninth Uncle, you also know that with my father's character, this edict is impossible. β
As the crown prince, Gu Nanjin knows better than anyone how good his father is.
This time, the emperor asked Jinyiwei to retreat from the Chenwang Mansion, and he had already lost face, and it was impossible to let him commit himself again.
Gu Nanjin was in a heavy mood. My father was not a good-tempered person, but in recent months, his temper has become more and more irritable and irritable, and today he has lost control several times in the imperial study.
In fact, if a mere criminal edict ends this matter, it is worth appeasing Gu Jue and making Gu Jue unable to put forward other conditions.
To put it mildly, what is the importance of face, even if the father and the emperor make an edict against himself, the people will only think that it is a fake tiger in Jinyi Weihu, and they feel that the father and the emperor can change their mistakes, and maybe they can also take advantage of this to be the atmosphere of the dynasty.
However, he is him, and the father is the father.
Father and emperor have always loved face, and this point, Gu Jue, as the emperor's younger brother, couldn't be clearer, and it is precisely because of this that he will always hold on to his guilt.
Wait a minute!
Gu Nan's heart moved, and then he looked at Chu Qianchen, who was looking down at the goldfish in the celadon bowl in front of him, and stretched out his fingers with great interest and gently flicked the water in the bowl.
The bowl of water rippled, and the two goldfish swam to her fingers with their tails......
Chu Qianchen smiled slightly, looking at the two goldfish leaning on each other with interest.
Gu Nanjin had a thought in his heart: Could it be that before he came, the Nine Emperor Aunts had already discussed it with the Nine Emperor Aunts, so the Nine Emperor Aunts would mention the edict of the Nine Emperor Aunts.
If that's the case, Aunt Nine Emperor is just doing what Uncle Nine Emperor wants......