Like Xuanyuan Yu, he refused to believe that Xuanyuan Jingxi would be willing to return.

……

Xuanyuan Yu entered the palace all the way and went straight to the Qianqing Palace.

In the distance, he heard a lot of laughter in the palace, Xuanyuan Yu's heart sank, and he sped up his pace at the moment.

The second miss of the Gu family, she is in there at this time, right? But it seems that there are a lot of people inside, so she shouldn't be in any danger. Xuanyuan Yu slowly put his mind at ease.

When he arrived at the gate of the Qianqing Palace, as soon as he stood still, a guard immediately went in to pass the ceremony.

Xuanyuan Yu stood there and waited.

After a while, the guard slowly came out of it, asked Xuanyuan Yu for a leaf, and said respectfully: "Your Royal Highness the Third Prince, please go in!" ”

Xuanyuan Yu nodded, stabilized his mind and walked towards the hall.

There are a number of seats on the main hall, divided into two sides, at this time it is already full of people, all of them are some royal relatives, there are men and women, and the groups of women dressed up are showing, Xuanyuan Yu couldn't tell which position Gu Ruoxi was sitting in for a while, and he didn't dare to take a closer look, so he could only go to the top position to kowtow to the emperor first.

"Erchen Xuanyuan Yu, New Year's greetings to my father!" Xuanyuan Yu said, and immediately knelt down in front of the hall.

The emperor sitting at the top smiled, waved his hand and said, "Okay, get up quickly!" ”

"Thank you, Father!" Only then did Xuanyuan Yu stand up.

"Yu'er, have you ever paid a New Year's greeting to your mother when you came to the palace?" The emperor picked up a melon seed on the table in front of him, glanced at Xuanyuan Yu, and asked.

Xuanyuan Yu hurriedly replied: "Back to my father, I haven't yet." ”

"Then you should go and pay your mother's birthday first! On such a festive day today, you should accompany her more. The emperor waved his hand and said.

When Xuanyuan Shu heard this, his face immediately sank, Xuanyuan Jingxi told him so much, but as soon as he came in, he didn't even bother to look at Gu Ruoxi's position, he didn't expect the emperor to drive him away!

What should I do?

After a while, he thought of the wording: "Father, although the sons should go to worship the concubine, they also want to spend more time with their fathers. ”

"Yu'er has a heart." When the emperor heard this, he glanced up at Xuanyuan Yu, but he replied carelessly, and his gaze swept over a certain position under the head.

Xuanyuan Yu had a heart, and looked along the emperor's line of sight, and sure enough, he saw Gu Ruoxi sitting in the southeast position, sitting with several princesses and concubines!

His heart sank.

At this moment, the emperor spoke again: "Yu'er, what are you looking at?" If you want to see your father, then go to your mother's concubine to pay a New Year's greeting, and then come back to sit with your father. Go ahead! ”

This eviction order is really fast enough! One after the other!

Xuanyuan Yu couldn't help but change his face, he hadn't realized it when he entered the palace before

His father was so cold to him, but he never thought that he would be so ruthless today, and asked him to leave as soon as he entered the door!

This is even more fulfillment of what Xuanyuan Jingxi said, the emperor summoned Gu Ruoxi today, there must be an unknown conspiracy!

Xuanyuan Yu never let go of the pair of clear eyes in his heart, he gritted his teeth, and said openly: "Father, the second miss of the Gu family heard that the second miss of the Gu family also entered the palace, so he remembered that the mother concubine had said that she wanted to see the second miss once, and now it is the New Year, I wonder if the son can take this opportunity to invite the second miss of the Gu family to go to the second miss of the Gu family to pay a New Year's greeting?" ”

As soon as these words came out, there was a sudden silence in the hall.

Gu Ruoxi sat among a bunch of concubines and princesses, empty and wronged, she was already impatient, and when she heard Xuanyuan Yu's words, her eyes lit up!

That's great! As long as she can get out of here, she can go wherever she goes!

"Concubine Chen wants to see Xi'er?" After a long time, the emperor, who sat at the top, spoke in a deep voice.

He actually called Xi'er? How intimate it is! For a while, many people's eyes fell on Gu Ruoxi's body, with different expressions.

"The mother just said it so casually." Xuanyuan Yu was afraid that he would invite trouble from his mother, so he hurriedly explained: "But as a son, you should pay attention to your parents' words, isn't it?" The second lady of the Gu family rarely enters the palace on weekdays, so she should go around, right? Because of his nervousness, a cold sweat immediately broke out on his forehead.

Today's move can be called the most spectacular move in his life!

As soon as these words came out, the temperature in the hall seemed to drop a lot in an instant.

The smile on the emperor's face slowly disappeared little by little, he glanced at Xuanyuan Yu coldly, and said: "Since Concubine Chen just said it casually, then she must have forgotten it a long time ago, maybe you brought Xi'er over to pay New Year's greetings so rashly, I'm afraid it's inappropriate, forget it!" ”

"Your Majesty!" At this moment, Gu Ruoxi suddenly stood up.

As soon as the emperor saw her, the expression on his face immediately softened, he glanced at Gu Ruoxi, and said, "What's the matter with you?" ”

"Back to the emperor, the courtiers have been summoned by the queen mother many times before, and her old man also cares for the courtiers very much, and now the courtiers have entered the palace, but they have not gone to her old man's house to pay a New Year's greeting, which is very rude, please ask the emperor for permission." Gu Ruoxi's voice was flat: "In addition, since Concubine Chen Niangniang remembers the courtiers, it is good for the courtiers to go to her palace to pay a New Year's greetings, by the way." ”

Xuanyuan Yu knelt on the side, listening to Gu Ruoxi's words, he breathed a sigh of relief, he felt that the two sharp gazes cast on him had shifted direction.

Sure enough, the emperor's eyes were fixed on Gu Ruoxi's face.

"Unfortunately, the queen mother will fast and worship the Buddha in Cining Palace on the first day of the Lunar New Year every year, and she will not meet outsiders." After a long time, the emperor spoke lightly.

"Yes, yes?" When Gu Ruoxi heard this, he was a little nervous.

emperor

raised his head, glanced at her with a smile, and said, "Naturally, this day." Even the seventh brother and mother are gone. ”

Laugh at! The emperor's words were like an invisible blade that pierced Gu Ruoxi's heart at once, and the pain was irrepressible. The reason why she was able to stay here calmly for so long was because she believed that Xuanyuan Jingxi would enter the palace to save her, but at this moment, even Xuanyuan Jingxi couldn't enter the palace, who did she have to rely on?

Who can save themselves?

Gu Ruoxi's heart panicked, but she forced herself to calm down.

Then, she raised her head and glanced at the emperor, and said calmly: "I see, but when the courtiers were at home, they once copied some scriptures for the queen mother, and the mothers saluted the Buddha. ”

Sincerity is in the scriptures. Since it was copied by Miss Gu Er, then whoever sent it was the same, Gonggong Gao. The emperor smiled and gave a look to the Duke Gao on the side.

Father-in-law Gao immediately stepped forward, bent down and smiled at Gu Ruoxi: "Second Miss, please give the scriptures to the old slave!" The old slave sent it to the Queen Mother for you, okay? ”

Does Gu Ruoxi dare not agree?

There was no way, so she took out the scriptures from the baggage she was carrying and handed them to her father-in-law.

"Sit down!" The emperor smiled at her: "Second Miss Gu's heart for the queen mother is really touching, and it is worth learning from everyone." He said. His gaze swept over the faces of everyone present.

Everyone bowed their heads.

"Why aren't you leaving?" At this moment, the emperor turned his head and asked Xuanyuan Yu, who was kneeling in the center of the hall like a pillar, his tone full of impatience.

Xuanyuan Yu heard this. Deng Shi was startled and hurriedly knelt down, but he couldn't say a word nervously.

What's more, he was unwilling to leave like this!

"Yu'er, your mother raised you so big, don't you even want to give her a New Year's greeting? What about your filial piety? Compared to Xi'er, it's a difference between cloud and mud! The emperor raised his sharp eyes and glared at Xuanyuan Yu fiercely.

Xuanyuan Yu is simply self-conscious, he is not unfilial! On the contrary, for his mother Concubine Chen, he has been very filial all these years! But in order to drive him away, the emperor actually used such words to provoke him, and for a while, Xuanyuan Yu's face couldn't hold it at all.

Gu Ruoxi sat there from a distance and glanced at Xuanyuan Shu. She suddenly felt that Xuanyuan Yu was suffering so many grievances at the moment, all because of herself! He wants to save himself from this palace!

However, the emperor is too powerful, and this is not something that Xuanyuan Yu can resist at all!

Well, why bother to let an innocent person suffer? Thinking about it, Gu Ruoxi slowly shook his head at Xuanyuan Yu when he came over.

Leave me alone, you can go!

Xuanyuan Yu understood the look in Gu Ruoxi's eyes

Meaning, I don't know why, this suddenly stimulated his potential, as a man, he didn't want to admit defeat in front of the woman he liked!

"Father! The sons have something to ask for! Xuanyuan Yu suddenly shouted loudly, attracting everyone's eyes to look over to this side.

"Oh? What do you ask for? The emperor asked slowly, his eyes glancing at Xuanyuan Yu's body with a sharp eye, but the mood in his eyes was quite gloomy. No need to guess, he knows what this son wants to say, but he will not agree!

Sure enough, Xuanyuan Yu opened his mouth and said, "Father! Erchen has been admiring the second lady of the Gu family for a long time, and wants to take this opportunity to ask his father to marry us! As he spoke, he turned his head and glanced at Gu Ruoxi.

But at this time, when Gu Ruoxi heard this, the expression on his face was already slightly stiff.

Oh, my God! She just wants to excuse the predicament in front of her, and she doesn't want to marry Xuanyuan Yu!

"But unfortunately, I have already set Zhang Yan, the daughter of Prime Minister Zhang Cheng, as your concubine, and the holy decree will be issued soon." The emperor said slowly.

"What, what?" When Xuanyuan Yu heard this, his face immediately turned white.

"You don't want to?" When the emperor heard this, he immediately raised his eyebrows: "Yu'er, do you know how many people dream of Zhang Yan marrying a woman back home!" Now that I have betrothed her to you, don't you thank you? ”

"Nope! I don't want to marry a woman who has been divorced! Xuanyuan Yu shouted angrily!

What kind of thing is Zhang Yan? Is it round or flat? He didn't want to marry!

"Yu'er, you'd better be cautious!" When the emperor heard this, his face immediately sank: "If this is heard by Prime Minister Zhang Cheng, what do you think?" Do you think he will agree to marry his daughter to you? All right! Don't say anything more, just retreat! ”

The Emperor said, waving his hand impatiently.

When Xuanyuan Yu heard this, he almost wanted to die, and the emperor didn't agree to his request, why did he stuff a woman into his arms?

Gu Ruoxi sat aside, glanced at Xuanyuan Yu with great sympathy, and once again motioned for him to leave quickly, not to say anything.

The emperor was already furious.

Xuanyuan Yu finally retreated like a dead heart, and when he left, he glanced at Gu Ruoxi in despair.

Such a beauty......

What a pity! But he has done his best, and if he continues, I'm afraid he will have to give his life here.

Xuanyuan Yu didn't miss the killing intent that flashed on the emperor's face just now.

As soon as he left, the emperor regained his interest, called the song and dance again, sat down on the top and slowly admired.

As for Gu Ruoxi, he didn't glance at her.

However, all the movements on Gu Ruoxi's side, the emperor was clear.

Seeing that the hour was approaching noon, the emperor turned his head and sat beside Gu Ruoxi

The Jing Concubine gave a look.

"Miss Gu Er, this is a mille-feuille cake made by the imperial kitchen, can you try it?" Concubine Jing immediately smiled at Gu Ruoxi beside her and persuaded her to eat and drink.

At the moment of Xuanyuan Yu's defeat, at the gate of the palace that was tightly guarded by Qian Guards, a group of people slowly drove in.

Gorgeous carriages, groups of servants, when this group stopped at the gate of the palace, the Qian guards saw that the curtain on the carriage was slowly opened from the inside, revealing a face that was overwhelming.

"Subordinates, see the eldest princess of Chaoyang!" Qian guards hurriedly led the guards guarding the door, and all knelt down to ask Ye.

The person who came was the only sister of the emperor today, the eldest princess of Chaoyang.

"Get up!" The curtain of the carriage was lowered, and a deep female voice came from inside.

"Princess Xie!" The chief of the guard Qian stood up from the ground at this time, but he couldn't help asking, "Why did the princess enter the palace today?" ”

"Presumptuous! Our princess wants to enter the palace to meet the emperor, what does this matter to you? As soon as the Qian guard spoke, a young maid in front of the princess's carriage immediately yelled at him.

"The subordinates don't dare! The subordinates don't dare! The Qian guard said again and again.

This eldest princess of Chaoyang rarely enters the palace on weekdays, but she is very valued by the emperor, plus she is the eldest princess, basically no one in the whole capital dares to offend her, let alone the head of the guard Qian is just a person who guards the gate.

"Then why don't you open the palace gate and let our princess in?" The servant girl immediately scolded.

"Subordinates, open the door!" Chief Qian immediately waved his hand, and the next moment, the confined palace door slowly opened from the inside.

He stepped aside and let the eldest princess's carriage slowly enter the palace.

It wasn't until the figure of this group disappeared that the head of the guard Qian turned his head sharply and asked the guards around him, "Have you ever seen His Royal Highness King Jing sneak in just now?" ”

"Return, back to the captain of the money, the subordinates just kowtowed, and they didn't see it!" The guards answered.

Guard Qian's heart suddenly chuckled.

But at this moment, a guard in the crowd suddenly said loudly: "Captain Hui, the little one just quietly looked up, and the princess's carriage was basically surrounded by maids and grandmothers, and there was no man!" Come to think of it, His Royal Highness King Jing didn't get involved! ”

"Really? Can you see clearly? When the chief of the guard heard this, a trace of ecstasy immediately appeared on his face, and he ordered the guard to be brought to him.

"Yes! It's true! The guard replied categorically.

Chief Qian breathed a sigh of relief, nodded and said, "That's good, that's good!" ”

"Boss, do you think that His Royal Highness King Jing is hiding in the carriage of the eldest princess? We didn't look at the carriage just now! At that moment, another guard spoke up.

"Impossible!" Guard Qian immediately shook his head: "His Royal Highness King Jing and Chaoyang."

The eldest princess rarely interacts, and the two don't have a deep relationship, so it's impossible for the princess to let him into her carriage, so you're too worried. ”

When the guards heard him say this, they all stopped gnawing.

Later, when someone entered the palace, these guards guarding the door checked more carefully, and they were almost to the point of perversion.

But Xuanyuan Jingxi never appeared again.

In the palace, the carriage of the eldest princess of Chaoyang passed through the long palace road, and when it reached a secluded place, the carriage stopped.

Immediately, a person dressed as a 'maid' standing in front of the carriage stretched out his hand and made a gesture, and said in a deep voice to Princess Zhaoyang in the carriage: "Thank you for your help, today's great grace, Jing'er will definitely remember it!" ”

"Alright, alright! Hurry up and wash all your makeup! The next moment, the curtain of the carriage opened from the inside, and the eldest princess of Chaoyang raised her eyes and glanced at Xuanyuan Jingxi, and said with a smile: "This is not a big deal, but it is just convenient, look at you are still grateful!" ”

She was a woman of almost forty years old, but her face was well-maintained, straight as that of a maiden.

"Nope! This is no small matter! The imperial brother did not let his younger brother enter the palace today, but the imperial sister helped me enter the palace. This is disobeying the will of the imperial brother, if the imperial brother knows, you will definitely complain. Xuanyuan Jingxi replied in a deep voice: "So please be careful with the imperial sister, if the imperial brother asks about you, you will deny it." ”

"Good! I know how to do it. The eldest princess of Chaoyang smiled slightly, but lowered the curtain.

After a while, a maidservant girl stepped forward and handed over the clothes that Xuanyuan Jingxi was wearing when he entered the palace.

"Thank you, Sister Huang." Xuanyuan Jingxi stretched out his hand to take the clothes and thanked him again.

The palace maid looked at Xuanyuan Jingxi's face that was even more delicate than everyone else and grinned, and turned back to the carriage.

Waiting for Princess Zhaoyang's carriage to leave, Xuanyuan Jingxi took his clothes and went to a hidden place.

A quarter of an hour later, he reverted to his original appearance and identity, but in order to avoid being discovered by the eunuchs and palace maids and attracting the emperor's attention, Xuanyuan Jingxi quietly returned to Cining Palace with light skills.

(End of chapter)