Gu Changfeng held a spy report in his hand, which read: The woman of the Great Wei had a strange fragrance, and she was sent by the king of Pingyang to the court of the king of Nanshu and was favored.

"It seems that Xuanhou has reached some kind of deal with the king of Pingyang in Nanshu." Handing the spy report to Gu Yunfei, his eyes fell on the dishes in front of him.

"It's ......"

"Madame did." Gu Yunfei touched his nose and whispered: "I didn't expect that Madam still has such cooking skills, this plum blossom longan hydrangea can't be made even by the best restaurant in Yecheng." ”

"Plum longan hydrangea?" Gu Changfeng looked at the dish carefully, raised his head, and looked at Yan Su, who was standing aside, rarely shy, but with a bit of expectation in his eyes. "It seems that it is the blessing of the true appearance."

Raised the chopsticks and tasted it, it was crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, and the taste was just what he liked. Chewing carefully, the fragrance of plum blossoms overflowing, spreading between the tongue: "This plum blossom is from the house, right?" ”

"Freshly picked, how does it taste?" Yan Su asked spread anticipation.

"Remember, after returning to Yecheng, let people plant a few plum blossoms in the house." Gu Changfeng didn't answer directly, but commanded Gu Yunfei, who was standing on the side.

Gu Yunfei lowered his eyebrows and smiled, and responded: "Yes!" Later, the subordinates will ask the prefect what kind of plum blossoms he has planted in this house. After speaking, he raised his eyebrows and looked at Yan Su and asked, "Madame, I have to plant a few plants, so that you can cook for our family?" ”

"It depends on how much the adults can eat."

"Madame can eat as much as she can."

"Don't be fooled by what the adults say."

Yan Suwen pursed his lips and smiled, and the trace of insecurity that he had just entrenched in his heart dissipated. Her relationship with him seems to have changed unconsciously. For example, she was no longer so repulsive to him calling herself Madame. For example, she began to think about his mood, and even when she cooked, she would think about whether he would like it.

Did she like him a little bit?

"With such a strange expression, are you thinking about something?" Gu Changfeng set up a dish with chopsticks and sent it to Yan Suwen's mouth, she opened her mouth, and suddenly remembered that this was the chopsticks he had just used, her face flushed, and she turned elsewhere: "No, I just thought of what happened in the past few days." ”

"This case, there is no need to investigate it again."

"Why? So many people disappeared for no apparent reason...... My lord, do you already know where those people have gone? ”

"Hmm." Gu Changfeng nodded.

"Where did you go?" Yan Su asked cautiously.

"Yunfei." Gu Changfeng motioned to Gu Yunfei to hand over the spy report he had just received to Yan Suwen. "Chen Yunxiang inadvertently got [Mei], and because of the contact with [Mei], her body changed. These changes are difficult for outsiders to notice, because she is from a spice family, and she is fiddling with these things, and it is normal for her body to be contaminated with spices, but these changes cannot be hidden from Chen Yunxiang herself. ”

"According to my master's instructions, I asked all the large and small medical workshops and pharmacies in Rongcheng, and found the doctor who treated Chen Yunxiang, his name is Wei Dongze, and he is an old doctor who is quite trusted by the Chen family. After many inquiries, this Wei Dongze finally admitted that it was he who diagnosed Chen Yunxiang and saw the disease. Chen Yunxiang went to Wei Dongze by herself and begged him not to tell him about it. ”

"As a woman, I can understand."

"My subordinates can understand it." Gu Yunfei blinked his eyes: "When he was diagnosing Chen Yunxiang's pulse, Wei Dongze found that Chen Yunxiang's pulse was a little abnormal, and after careful inquiry, he came to a conclusion. He told Chen Yunxiang that some of the spices she had come into contact with contained toxins, which had invaded her internal organs and caused damage to her body, and that she might never be able to be a mother again. Because of his deep friendship with the Chen family, Wei Dongze also gave Chen Yunxiang his treasured tonic for health preservation, hoping to benefit her condition. Not long after, it was rumored that the Chen family refused to ask for relatives, and Chen Yunxiang also moved out of the Chen family, spending most of her time in Ruxiangfang. ”

"People who don't know about spices are also insensitive to subtle changes between spices. Chen Yunxiang is different, she has been exposed to these spices since she was a child, and she can distinguish the taste that others can't distinguish. After she came back from Wei Dongze, she must have found all the spices, and found the [charm] from those spices. ”

"Madame is right, Chen Yunxiang did find it, and she also took [Mei] to meet other spice merchants to inquire about the origin and use of this spice, and the fact that she has [Mei] spread far and wide and reached the ears of someone in Yecheng."

"Marquis Xuan?"

"It's the emperor." Gu Changfeng, who was originally silent, opened his mouth: "I didn't want you to know about the affairs of the court, but you will one day become my wife, a veritable lady, you can't avoid these things, and you can't avoid them." ”

"That's why I don't want to marry you. Isn't it good to be a simple female doctor? Is it because the medical books are not good-looking, the medical cases are not interesting, the condition is not difficult to figure out, or the various medicinal diets are not delicious, why do I have to be the wife of the prime minister for you, and I have to put myself in a crisis of life and death that may be faced at any time. ”

"You're finally telling the truth." Gu Changfeng stood up, "It's a pity, it's too late." ”

"What's late?"

"You should have heard that the emperor intends to marry me. Since I have to start a family and have to be married to a woman, I can only choose one that is barely suitable for me. You are the one I chose. Whether you want to or not, you can only marry me and face the ups and downs of the future with me. Yan Su asked, you can't escape, and you can't escape. ”

"Huh." Yan Su asked and laughed dryly: "The adult is wise and martial, even if the little woman has the heart to escape, she doesn't have that ability, right?" The adult continued, continuing to talk about the things in the court that should not have been known to the little girl, and now must be known to the little girl. ”

"In the court, everyone has their own thoughts, and the emperor is no exception." Gu Changfeng turned around, raised his eyes, and looked at the scenery in the distance: "Da Wei, from the bright side, it is the country that is rich and the people are strong, and the country and the people are safe, but the dark tide is surging in private, and if you are not careful, it will be the Great Xia." The emperor is a good emperor who is determined to be strong. In the future, he will also become a Ming Jun. But on the road to Mingjun, there are thorns everywhere and unguardable hearts and traps. ”

"The one who can sit in that seat is not stepping on the bones of tens of millions of people. But what does this have to do with the disappearance of the girl in Rongcheng? Isn't that Marquis Xuan an enemy of adults? is not only the enemy of adults, but also the enemy, how can the emperor be involved with him. ”

"Who said that my enemy must be the emperor's enemy?" Gu Changfeng turned around and looked at Yan Suwen's eyes: "Marquis Xuan's loyalty to the emperor is even more than mine, he excludes me, but because my surname is Gu, he is worried that the world of Great Wei will fall into my hands." I guarded against him, not because he was unfaithful now, but because I was worried that he would cause trouble in the future. ”

"Sounds so complicated."

"The situation is like this, it's not complicated." Gu Changfeng smiled helplessly: "The higher you stand, the more you enjoy, the more you want to get." Everyone knows that seat is not easy to sit in, but everyone wants to sit in that seat. I hold the real power of the court in my hands, and I have the help of the Bai family outside, the emperor believes me, but he also guards against me. Xuanhou, although he has no real power in the court, he holds 100,000 soldiers and horses of Great Wei. ”

"Why doesn't the emperor take the power and military power into his own hands? Take care of it yourself, won't you have peace of mind? ”

"Where did you get this mind from?" Gu Changfeng frowned: "Since ancient times, this military and political power has been separated, and the military power has been divided into parts, scattered in the hands of various henchmen, and separated from inside and outside, and does not accept unified transfer and management. Once someone has something to do, they will not face a situation where there are no soldiers available and no soldiers can be adjusted. The political power, like the military power, is also scattered among the six ministries, so that the six ministries can check and balance each other, so as to ensure the stability of the situation. ”

"First receive them all in their own hands, and then decentralize power according to the actual situation, the same can achieve the purpose of mutual restraint and mutual checks and balances."

"It's difficult, just those royal relatives and relatives, those old people will get in the way. Don't worry, when you return to Yecheng in the future, you have seen a lot and understood more, so you naturally know that these things are difficult to coordinate. ”

"Forget it, the more I know, the more headaches I have, I'll stay in the Prime Minister's Mansion obediently, and be the prime minister's wife who doesn't go out of the door and doesn't go out of the second door."

"Will you be the prime minister's wife like that?" Gu Changfeng stretched out his hand and touched Yan Suwen's face: "Xuanhou is obedient to the emperor's orders, at least he hasn't had any dissenting intentions at the moment." I asked Yunfei to inquire about those missing girls, both in shape and appearance, which are very in line with Emperor Nanshu's thoughts. ”

"Therefore, the girls with strange fragrances mentioned in the spy report are the missing girls in Yecheng, Rongcheng and Xuancheng."

"I'm afraid it's not just these three cities."

"As an emperor, how can he be like this!"

"He is the emperor, the whole world is his, why can't he be like this." Gu Changfeng asked rhetorically: "What if we know the truth?" For the dawn people of the world, what we just said is speculation. If you continue to investigate, it will be difficult to find out a result, Xuanhou will not admit it, and the emperor will not admit it. The families of the missing girls will soon go to the yamen to apply for no further search. ”

"Is it threatened?"

"No, but they got something more precious to them than their daughter."

"Didn't Madame notice that most of the missing girls were from poor families, occasionally wealthy, and their families were just looking for them to benefit in the future. If they get these things, will they care about the life and death of their daughter? ”

"I don't believe it, I don't believe all parents are like that."

"I don't want to believe it." Gu Yunfei's expression darkened: "But there are always some fathers and mothers in this world, who are more ruthless than you think." Madame, do you remember the girl who disappeared when she went up the mountain to make incense? ”