The housekeeper of the Prince's Mansion greeted them and invited the two to Chu Yan's study.

At this time, he was the only one in Chu Yan's study, after everyone left, he rubbed his eyebrows, exhaled fiercely, and the whole person relaxed, seeing An Huajin and Gu Qingyan coming, he raised his eyelids, and his eyes fell on Gu Qingyan's body, "Lord Gu, you have rested long enough, it is time to go to court, right?" ”

Gu Qingyan was noncommittal, "I heard that Your Majesty has woken up, should His Royal Highness the Crown Prince go and ask, and His Majesty should also issue an edict of abdication." Just now, Lord Zhang also asked the little county lord to persuade His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to prepare for the throne. ”

Chu Yan's eyebrows skipped a beat, and he looked at An Huajin, "Why hasn't the news of Nanqi and Nanliang Xingbing been reported to the capital yet?" ”

"It's coming, no more than three or five days." An Huajin replied to him, "Seventh cousin, don't be impatient. ”

Chu Yan was indeed a little irritable, and the courtiers came to persuade him wave after wave, insisting that he give orders to the Ministry of Rites, as if he was eager to push him to ascend the throne immediately, and he couldn't stop everyone from disappearing.

Three or five days, fortunately, he will endure it for another three or five days.

He looked at An Huajin, "Zhang Zaifu and Xu Jing, now that they are imprisoned in the prison, what do you think?" What to do with them? ”

"Xu Jing, I'll take it away, as for Zhang Zaifu...... An Huajin frowned, "However, before dealing with it, one thing should be investigated." ”

Chu Yan looked at her, "What's the matter?" ”

An Huajin said, "The second highness who was given death by His Majesty at the beginning may not be Zhang Zaifu's own grandson. Otherwise, there was no reason for Zhang Zaifu to anger His Majesty when he was just released from prison, exposing that he was the royal blood of the enemy country, and His Majesty was angry and killed His Royal Highness. ”

Chu Yan was stunned for a moment and looked at An Huajin, "You mean, Second Highness is a scapegoat?" ”

"Maybe. Otherwise, what Jang Jae-fu did would not be able to explain. An Huajin looked at Gu Qingyan.

Gu Qingyan bowed, "At the beginning, Zhang Zaifu exposed his identity in the heavenly prison and angered His Majesty to give the second prince death, I also ordered someone to investigate the matter, but the Zhang family fled, and it involved the Nanliang royal family, this matter is not easy to investigate, and later because I have more affairs with the little county lord, I have not increased my efforts to investigate to the end, and the matter has been ambiguous." ”

Chu Yan straightened his expression, "Can you pry it out of Zhang Zaifu's mouth?" ”

"Unlikely." Anhua Jin said, "Zhang Zaifu can do the position of Zaifu, his mind is very deep, and he fell from a height, he has been tortured by His Majesty for so long, he is not dead, his heart is as strong as iron, I also tried it once on the road, he was expressionless and did not say a word." Because I want to let the conspiracy behind the Battle of Yuxueling come to the light, I can't force him, otherwise as soon as he dies, the conspiracy of the Battle of Yuxueling will be dead without proof, so I pressed the matter, and now, he will bring His Majesty and his conspiracy to the day, live and die, for him, it probably doesn't matter, so he didn't hesitate to give up the secret that his daughter and the second prince also wanted to bury, and he was afraid that he would not say it himself until he died, so he could only think of other ways to investigate. ”

Chu Yan bowed his head and asked Gu Qingyan, "You were investigating earlier, why don't you continue to investigate now?" ”

Gu Qingyan thought for a while, "Let Chu Chen check it!" ”

"What about you?" Chu Yan raised his eyebrows.

Gu Qingyan raised his eyebrows and looked back, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is about to leave the capital, and His Royal Highness has only returned to Beijing for a long time, so I naturally have to assist His Highness in supervising the country, the burden on my body is not light, and there are many things to do." Chu Chen is suitable for investigating the case, this matter involves the royal family, and Chu Chen's identity is suitable. ”

Chu Yan felt justified and nodded, "Then him!" ”

Chu Yan called An Huajin today, that is, he wanted to ask her about this, and then by the way, he heard that she and Wang Anzhi went out of the city to race horses, and by the way, I wanted to know the result, after seeing her today, I saw that she had a good complexion, with a smile in her eyebrows, obviously living well in Gu's house, and getting along with Gu Qingyan was also harmonious, with affection in her eyebrows, he was completely relieved.

The three of them discussed for more than half an hour, and after discussing everything properly, An Huajin asked the queen, "Where is my aunt?" ”

"The queen mother is sick." Chu Yan said, "Rest in the inner courtyard, you go and see her!" ”

So many things have happened, the queen has been able to survive until now before she falls ill, and she is already strong, An Huajin nodded, it was inconvenient for Gu Qingyan to go to the inner courtyard, so she left Gu Qingyan here and went to the inner courtyard by herself.

After An Huajin left, Chu Yan looked at Gu Qingyan, "Did you sue my cousin?" ”

Gu Qingyan was in a good mood and said, "No, the little county lord himself knows that you are bullying me." ”

Chu Yan looked at Gu Qingyan seriously, since An Huajin came to Beijing, his whole person has changed all of a sudden, and he is very vivid.

He is still the pleasing Gu Qigongzi, or the elegant and jade-rich Gu Qigongzi, the whole person is full of pleasure from the inside out, and he is no longer the pale, depressed, numb, and low, with a layer of breathless people wrapped around him.

Chu Yan looked at him, was silent for a moment, and said, "I'm sorry for the earlier incident, I apologize to you." ”

Gu Qingyan was stunned for a moment, and suddenly smiled, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince didn't do anything wrong that day, why apologize?" ”

"Although I am for my cousin, I should not interfere in your affairs and interfere more." Chu Yan poured a cup of tea for Gu Qingyan with his own hands, "I'm here to apologize to you." ”

Gu Qingyan smiled, "I think that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is doing the right thing, if I have a cousin like her, it may not be better than you to protect people." I don't blame you. ”

Chu Yan raised his eyebrows and looked at him, "So, you don't drink this tea?" ”

Gu Qingyan slowly picked up the teacup, "The tea poured by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince himself, naturally I want to drink it." ”

After drinking this tea, the events of that day were revealed, and the tea was full of enmity.

Chu Yan saw Gu Qingyan drinking tea and said to him, "Did you plan to give up the Gu family a long time ago?" ”

Otherwise, Gu Qingyan would not have let all the Gu family members quit the dynasty a month ago.

"Well, that's the plan."

"Does Old Man Gu agree?"

"My grandfather." Gu Qingyan smiled, "He naturally doesn't want to, but the Gu family is now in my decision, and he can only admit what I do." Now, he should be more open than he used to be. ”

"Then does the Gu family agree?"

"The rules of the Gu family are heavy, and the children and grandchildren are huge, how many people want to use the power of the family to rise to the top, and how many people want to get rid of the shackles of the Gu family and live a leisurely life, I will give them a chance." Gu Qingyan took two sips of tea and put down the teacup, "I'm in the court, they can rely on me, what if I leave the court?" They should have their own day. Take advantage of this time to let them recognize and think in advance. ”

"Do you want to leave the court? Going to Nanyang? ”

Gu Qingyan smiled, "I want to leave the dynasty, but not now, when the little county lord and Wang Anzhi counterattack Southern Qi and Southern Liang, the war is over." As for whether to go to Nanyang or stay in the capital, I will discuss with the little county lord at that time. ”

Chu Yan looked at him, "It's a pity that your talent has left the dynasty." ”

Gu Qingyan smiled and asked Chu Yan rhetorically, "His Royal Highness the Prince's talent, isn't it a pity not to be the monarch of Great Chu?" Your Highness is good, but you may not be able to sit in that position. ”

Chu Yan also smiled, "With the eldest brother here, I won't be a pity." ”

"In the future, there will be Wang Anzhi in the court to assist His Royal Highness, I don't regret it, let him be famous through the ages!" Gu Qingyan said, "Everyone has their own ambitions, but I am not here." ”

In this way, the two seem to be walking the same road, and they are both tired of the capital, the difference is that Gu Qingyan is accompanied by An Huajin for the rest of his life, and Chu Yan, his way back is in Nanyang, as long as An Huajin is doing well, he seems to have nothing else to ask for.

An Huajin entered the backyard, and when Mama He saw her coming, she immediately went out and gave An Huajin a salute, "Little county lord." ”

An Huajin nodded and asked, "What about my aunt?" ”

"The queen mother just drank the medicine and is resting in bed." Mama He led An Huajin inside, and whispered, "The old prince has passed away, and Niangniang has learned about His Majesty's calculations back then, and she has been hit hard. ”

An Huajin nodded, stepped into the threshold, and saw the queen lying on the bed with a wilted expression, she smiled, "Auntie, are you a sick beauty?" ”

The queen was amused by her, "What sick beauty? is old, only sickness and no beauty. ”

An Huajin walked over, sat on the edge of her bed, and said to her, "Don't be sick for too long, get better quickly, we will leave in three or five days." ”

The queen nodded, "I know." ”

She looked at An Huajin and looked at her complexion, "Are you okay in the Gu family?" I didn't ask you carefully that day, you ...... Huai'an" she paused, "The fourth young lady of the Wang family committed suicide, didn't she?" ”

"Hmm." An Huajin nodded, "I'll let her die." ”