Since last year's Mid-Autumn Festival Palace Banquet, the eldest princess has been very low-key, afraid of getting involved in the battle of swords and blood. She is a smart person, and the big horse is also a smart one, so how many things have happened, how many lintels have fallen up and down the government and the opposition, and the eldest princess's mansion is really safe and sound because of her cleverness.

Now that His Royal Highness has ascended the throne, the eldest princess does not dare to slack off.

On this day, unexpectedly, Gu Qingyan boarded the door of the eldest princess's mansion.

When the eldest princess heard the housekeeper coming, she was stunned for a while, "You said that Lord Gu came to the door?" Want to see Hongu? ”

"Yes." The butler nodded.

The eldest princess immediately stood up, Gu Qingyan's current status was ten times higher than before, she didn't dare to delay, and hurriedly went to the living room.

Seeing the eldest princess, Gu Qingyan got up to salute and smiled, "I took the liberty of coming to the door to disturb the princess, the princess forgive me." ”

The eldest princess shook her head and looked at Gu Qingyan curiously, "Lord Gu came to the palace, is there something important?" ”

Gu Qingyan smiled, "It's about His Majesty's harem, no one is in charge, think about it, the identity of the princess is the most suitable to handle this matter, so I want to ask the princess to come forward and preside over one or two." ”

The eldest princess suddenly, it stands to reason that His Majesty's accession to the throne is to elect a concubine and expand the harem, this matter should be handled by the Queen Mother, but the Queen Mother and the first emperor have reconciled and left, and they have gone to Nanyang, and this matter is really suitable for him, His Majesty's aunt.

The eldest princess happily agreed, "Since it is the identity of the palace, it is the responsibility of the palace." ”

Gu Qingyan bowed, "Then I will let the Ministry of Rites cooperate with the eldest princess." ”

The eldest princess nodded.

The school-age woman in Beijing, she probably knows what it is, it is easy to get a roster, and the emperor himself is naturally in charge in the end, so it is not difficult to do this.

After Gu Qingyan handed over this matter to the eldest princess, she was finally not entangled by the courtiers, because they all turned to the eldest princess's side to control the wind.

The emperor has no intention of choosing a concubine, the front line is still fighting, where can he think about these things, so when half a month later, after the eldest princess cooperated with the Ministry of Rites to present the roster to him, he pushed it, "Auntie, put the roster first!" When the war is over, I will decide. ”

The eldest princess also felt that the courtiers were too anxious, and she realized that Gu Qingyan was impatient with the courtiers and carried her out, she had really been annoyed enough recently, and nodded when she heard this, "The queen's candidate is for Your Majesty to consider carefully, and it can be decided later, but you can choose a group of beauties to enter the palace to serve Your Majesty first!" ”

Over the years, the people who have not served by the eldest prince's side have now become His Majesty, and they have to be arranged.

Chu Xian shook his head, "I'll wait until after the war." ”

The eldest princess saw that the emperor had no thoughts about the harem, thinking that she was better than her former imperial brother, it was a good thing not to be greedy for women, and Her Majesty was young, so she was not in a hurry to wait, so she could only give up.

The courtiers secretly waited for the queen to choose who would be the queen, but they didn't expect that His Majesty was not in a hurry, and he had to wait for the war, so he could only wait patiently.

In a blink of an eye, it is April, and peach blossoms and apricot blossoms are blooming all over the mountains.

On the front line, An Huajin and Wang Anzhi had captured ten cities in Southern Qi and Southern Liang.

An Huajin has the 300,000 Nanyang troops brought back by Chu Yan and Anping, and Wang Anzhi has the 300,000 Mobei troops brought by Zhenbei Wang and Su Han.

Fast forward to May, and both sides captured the twelfth city.

Since An Huajin and Wang Anzhi's counteroffensive war, neither of them has lost a battle, and the imperial court has always received good news.

The invincibility of the two armies is really a joy in people's hearts, and every time the government and the opposition of Great Chu receive a battle report, they are all rejoicing.

After another month, the new emperor received three war reports from Wang Anzhi in a row and captured three Southern Qi cities, but none of them were war reports from An Huajin.

This is unusual, at the beginning, the new emperor didn't care, and Gu Qingyan didn't care, but it was like this for a month, so that the new emperor noticed that something was wrong, and Gu Qingyan's face lost a smile.

On this day, he entered the palace and asked, "Your Majesty, I ask for an order to go to the front line to see the little county lord." ”

He wondered if something had happened to An Huajin.

The new emperor looked at him, "Do you want to wait no longer?" Maybe it's the little county lord's plan to lure the enemy? After all, she once won four cities in a row. ”

Gu Qingyan shook his head, "My intuition is wrong. Not only have I not received her report, but I haven't heard from her for a month. ”

In the past six months, no matter how busy she is, she will have two or three letters to him every month.

The new emperor couldn't sit still when he heard this, "Do you think something happened to the little county lord?" ”

"Whether it's something wrong with the little county lord, or something happens to the Nanyang army led by the little county lord, in short, I have to go and see." Gu Qingyan said.

The new emperor nodded and immediately agreed, "Okay, you go!" Do you want to give you a team? ”

"No, I'll just take the Secret Guard." Gu Qingyan shook his head.

The new emperor nodded, "Be careful, but if there is news, send a message to me immediately." ”

Gu Qingyan bowed.

On the same day, Gu Qingyan left the palace, took the secret guards, rode fast horses, traveled lightly, and went out of the city.

An Yining learned that Gu Qingyan had left Beijing, but this time he didn't make a noise and get angry that his little aunt left him, but was very worried about An Huajin, in the past month, the little aunt didn't come to him, and he also knew, and he was very afraid that something would happen to the little aunt.

After Gu Qingyan left Beijing, he wore the stars and the moon, day and night, and came to Nanyang in six days.

Last time, he accompanied An Huajin for the New Year and never settled in Nanyang, this time, he went straight to Nanyang Palace. I think I will inquire about the news in Nanyang Wangfu first to see if Nanyang Wangfu knows what is going on on the front line.

Xu Qingyan knew that Gu Qingyan went to the front line army to accompany An Huajin for the New Year, but he did not settle in Nanyang, and he never saw it, and today he was also worried about the front line.

Gu Qingyan rushed to travel for six days and nights, exhausted, but still elegant and elegant, after seeing Xu Qingyan, he arched his hand to him, "Brother Xu, under Gu Qingyan." ”

This is the first time Xu Qingyan has seen Gu Qingyan, and secretly praised his Yuxiu Qinghua, seeing him call Brother Xu, obviously knowing him, he hurriedly returned the salute, and did not call Master Gu, but called, "Why is Brother Gu here?" ”

"I haven't received a letter from the little county lord for nearly forty days, and I'm very worried, so I'm here to take a look." Gu Qingyan got straight to the point, "Brother Xu, do you know what's going on?" Did something happen to the little princess? ”

Xu Qingyan saw that he was coming for this, and he said directly, "I'm afraid something happened, I haven't received news from the front line for 20 days, and I have sent someone to investigate a few days ago, and I haven't found out the news yet, but it's almost over." ”

Gu Qingyan pursed her lips, "In this way, something must have happened on the front line." ”

He turned to leave.

Xu Qingyan stopped him, "Brother Gu, I see that you are sleepy and tired, so you must have never rested all the way, right?" If it's dark today, it's better to rest for the night, and wait for my scouts, and at most tomorrow, the news will definitely come back to the front. ”

Gu Qingyan shook his head.

Xu Qingyan stopped him strongly, "I haven't gotten the news, don't go rashly, especially if you don't look good now, it's better to rest for one night and recuperate enough to go, in case Xiao An'er doesn't have an accident, you have an accident because of her, how can you explain it to her?" ”

Gu Qingyan stopped, was silent for a moment, and nodded in agreement, "Brother Lao Xu." ”

Seeing that he agreed, Xu Qingyan breathed a sigh of relief and welcomed him into the mansion.

The queen knew that Gu Qingyan was coming, and she also came out to see him, and spoke to him with a frown, "Qingyan noticed that something was wrong ten days ago, and immediately sent someone to it, but nothing came out, and a second batch was sent a few days ago. I didn't expect the second group of people to come back yet, but you came here. ”

"I also noticed that something was wrong." Gu Qingyan's face tightened, "What about the seventh cousin?" ”

"After he returned from Mobei with troops, he led his troops to the front line on the second day with Anping." The queen said, "He hasn't heard from him for more than 20 days." I'm afraid something has happened. ”

"Xiao An'er captured twelve cities in Nanliang within half a year, and Nanliang was defeated and retreated, it stands to reason that there should be no big incident." Xu Qingyan said, "I hope we scare ourselves." ”

Gu Qingyan pursed her lips.

After dinner, Xu Qingyan asked Gu Qingyan to rest, waiting for tomorrow's news.

So, this night, Gu Qingyan rested in Nanyang Palace, Xu Qingyan knew that he lived in An Huajin's courtyard last time, so he didn't prepare a guest house for him, and let him go directly to An Huajin's courtyard.

Since the queen came, Chu Xiyun moved to live with the queen, and An Huajin's courtyard has been unoccupied.

Gu Qingyan rested for one night, and in the early morning of the second day, he had some energy.

After breakfast, the scout sent by Xu Qingyan brought back the news, the man's face turned pale, and he said to Xu Qingyan, "Childe, the army of the little county lord was surrounded by the soldiers and horses of the Southern Qi and Southern Liang, and was trapped in Luoyan Mountain, and has been trapped for twenty days. ”

"What?" Xu Qingyan's complexion changed greatly.