Li Congxin looked at her red face and felt cute.

I wanted to tease and tease, but I felt that the marriage contract was undecided, and it was inappropriate to move my hands and feet, so I shifted my attention and asked, "What's the matter with Princess Miaohua, you tell me about it." ”

Gu Huanyi relayed Qi Zhilan's words to him, and seeing that he was not surprised at all, Gu Huanyi asked again: "Do you know Li Chengxu's plan?" ”

Li Congxin said a little unhappily: "Well, he mentioned it to the emperor once before, but I didn't expect that he disrespected you so much that he actually wanted you to be a concubine." ”

In her previous life, Gu Huanyi was an official slave, and being the concubine of the prince was a last resort, but now she is still an official of a good family, and Li Chengxu also thinks too beautifully.

Gu Huanyi looked at him and said, "It's normal for him to want me to be a concubine, but it's not normal for you to ask to marry me as a wife." ”

Li Congxin gently tapped her forehead and said, "Don't be presumptuous." ”

It's not that Gu Huan is arrogant, it's right, that's the case.

It's not that Li Chengxu looks down on her, but Li looks down on her from the heart.

On the last day of March, the holy car set off to return to Beijing, and Li Congxin also left with him, and Liangzhou gradually returned to its former appearance.

Gu Huanyi was busy with the business of running the industry every day, she sold the property that was not easy to manage, went to the suburbs of Beijing to buy land, and at the suggestion of her uncle, invested some money in the Cao Gang.

In her spare time, she would occasionally go to Qi Zhilan's appointments to drink tea, write, and ride a horse with her.

Gu Huanyi didn't forget that Li Congxin punished her for practicing calligraphy, Qi Zhilan wrote well, and often called her.

The two gradually became closer.

In the blink of an eye, on the eve of the Dragon Boat Festival, Qi Zhilan asked her to make a five-poison purse together, and when she was a female celebrity, Qi Zhilan said to her: "It may not be so convenient for me to make an appointment with you in the future, and the family is going to give me a kiss." ”

Qi Zhilan is two years older than Gu Huanyi, and she is eighteen years old this year.

If it weren't for Lord Qi being transferred to the border to be a magistrate, her marriage would have been decided a long time ago.

Gu Huanyi asked happily, "Is it settled?" Which one is it? ”

Qi Zhilan blushed and said, "You know, Major General of the Lin family." ”

Gu Huanyi was splashed with a basin of cold water on his head, and he didn't know how to respond for a while.

Sooner or later, the Lin family will be liquidated because of the prince's matter, and now it is just the bait for the emperor and Li Congxin to catch a big fish, if Qi Zhilan marries Lin Youhai, it is tantamount to jumping into a fire pit.

Gu Huanyi has a good impression of this girl, Qi Zhilan has put herself in her shoes, and she can't watch Qi Zhilan go to the end.

But if she is not careful, she may startle the snake and ruin Li Congxin's big thing.

Qi Zhilan noticed that Gu Huanyi's expression was wrong, and asked worriedly, "Is he not good?" Do you know something? ”

Gu Huanyi hesitated and said: "My brother was a classmate of Lin Youhai before his death, I have heard a little about him, and he seems to be ...... It seems a little reckless, and I don't think it's very suitable for your personality. ”

Qi Zhilan said: "I thought he had a good relationship with your family. In fact, my mother didn't want me to marry into Jiangmen, and wanted to find someone who could read and be more like-minded, but Liangzhou ...... Hey, my mother has been picking for a few years, but she can't pick out the right one. Although the Lin family is a military general, in terms of grade, I still climbed high. ”

Gu Huanyi asked, "Lord Qi has been in Liangzhou for five or six years, will he still be in Liangzhou?" ”

The officials who are released take the exam every three years, and Lord Qi has done it twice in Liangzhou, whether it is promoted or leveled, it should be necessary to change places.

Qi Zhilan said: "There have been a lot of things in Liangzhou in the past two years, and my father's evaluation is not good, even if he changes places, he is still a border land." My mother is worried that there is not even a big family like the Lin family in the new place, and I can't afford to delay it at my age......"

Gu Huanyi frowned and persuaded: "Marriage is a big deal for a woman, Sister Zhilan should think about it carefully." ”

Qi Zhilan felt that Gu Huanyi had something to say and didn't say it directly to her.

Although she has not been friends with Gu Huanyi for a long time, but these days when they come and go, Gu Huan intends to be a person who has something to say, and now such an attitude is really strange, it must be the Lin family or Lin Youhai who is inappropriate.

She nodded hesitantly and said, "Then I'll let my mother inquire again." ”

After Gu Huanyi returned home, he thought about it and wrote a letter to Li Congxin about the Qi family.

Soon, Liu Pei replied and said, "The prince said that the young lady asked him, and he knew about it." ”

Gu Huanyi did the first thing of "going through the back door", and asked Liu Pei worriedly: "Will this cause any trouble to the prince?" ”

Liu Pei said: "Miss don't worry, this is not a big deal. Recently, the Ministry of War has been discussing the transfer of troops stationed in the north, and the officials in the corresponding localities have changed, and it is a normal transfer. ”

Gu Huanyi was still not at ease, and said: "Uncle Liu, I don't understand the political affairs of the court, and I'm afraid that the prince will do something embarrassing because of my face, since you are a person who is important to the prince, you should be on the side to supervise, if I do something wrong, you have to tell me." ”

Liu Pei was surprised, but said sincerely: "Miss Gu is so sensible, the villain will do her best." Lord Qi about this, Miss and Shizi thought of going together, and Shizi said earlier that although Lord Qi is mediocre, he is loyal and diligent, and he can still be used. Moreover, after Lord Qi was transferred, the emperor would send his henchmen over in order to investigate the Donglin Army. ”

In this way, Gu Huanyi is really at ease.

During the Dragon Boat Festival, the Song government sent someone to send a festival gift, along with Song Zhengrui's letter.

The letter said that her maternal grandfather, Song Mu, was summoned by the emperor to inquire about her marriage and gave several alternatives.

Because Song Zhengrui had mentioned Li Congxin's matter to his family before, Song Mu told the emperor that his daughter and son-in-law had died not long ago, and they wanted to stay with him for a few more years, so they politely refused the marriage.

But Song Mu handed the list to Song Zhengrui, so that they would also know about it.

Gu Huanyi looked at the list attached to the letter and was slightly surprised.

Among the candidates for family affairs that the emperor wants to tell her, there is no Li Congxin or Li Chengxu, all of them are scholars from the Hanlin Academy.

Gu Huanyi was silent for a long time after reading the letter, and his face gradually became bad, it seems that his marriage with Li Congxin is only afraid that it will not go so well.

Li Congxin, who is far away in the imperial capital, has been in a very bad mood recently.

His request to marry Gu Huanyi was blocked in many ways.

His father thought that Gu Huanyi's identity was too sensitive, which would make the emperor think that he wanted to win over the army, and asked him to think about it carefully.

And the emperor has always had expectations for Li Congxin to have an heir, and felt that Gu Huanyi's identity was not enough to be his wife, so he never let go.

The only thing to be thankful for is that Concubine Zhen acted as a matchmaker for Li Chengxu and said that she would hire Gu Huanyi as a concubine, but she was scolded by the emperor, saying that they were crazy and had no consequences.

Li Congxin failed to give Gu Huanyi an explanation, worried that she had waited for a long time, and wanted to go to Liangzhou to see her, but the prince was dying, for the sake of social stability, their sons were regarded as dead, and this was by no means a good time to leave the imperial capital.

This year's midsummer weather was extremely hot, and there was not a drop of rain after the beginning of summer, which made the people miserable.

After two months of protracted drought, an urgent report spread quickly with a thunderstorm—

The prince died.

After Gu Huanyi got the news, he went to the Yiyong Temple to kneel for a day.

There is no pleasure of revenge, and the mood is heavier.

The position of the prince has been vacated, and the sky of the imperial capital is about to change again, and I don't know what Li Congxin's situation is at this time.