Chapter 45

Gao Changgong didn't understand her mood, but he was not a beast, he could be in heat with a woman, he could only accept Gu Huan, and the other women didn't even want to touch it. Looking at the young Concubine Zheng, he sighed lightly in his heart and said softly: "Your illness is not in the way, rest more on weekdays, tell the kitchen to cook whatever you want to eat, and find a housekeeper to do what you want, don't wronged yourself." ”

Concubine Zheng's heart was even more sour, and she suddenly got up from the bed regardless of it, threw herself into Gao Changgong's arms, hugged him and cried loudly.

Gao Changgong could completely dodge, but after all, he couldn't bear it, so he had to hold her with one hand, grab the brocade quilt on the bed with the other, and wrap her up.

Concubine Zheng sobbed and pleaded, "Husband, what did the concubine do wrong?" was treated so coldly by her husband. If the concubine is at fault, please point it out to the husband, and the concubine will definitely change it. ”

Gao Changgong carefully pulled her away, gently put her back on the bed, and said softly, "You didn't do anything wrong." I have to marry you, but all I can give you is a name, I'm sorry. If you don't want to live like this, and you want to go down to the court, I have no objection. ”

"You ......," Concubine Zheng cried in despair. Why? You are good to General Gu, I have never objected, why can't you give me a little bit of your goodness? Am I that annoying? You don't want to look at me more......"

"Not really." Gao Changgong laboriously explained. "I have a deep relationship with Huan'er, and I never want to do anything to be sorry for her."

"What about me?" Concubine Zheng looked at him painfully with tears on her face. "I'm only sixteen years old, how will you let me live in the future? If you let me go down to the court and beg for it, you might as well kill me with a knife. I have lost all the face of our Zheng family. ”

"Don't think so." Gao Changgong hurriedly comforted. "If you don't want to leave, then you are the princess of Lanling, and you can enjoy the honor in peace. Life is unsatisfactory, everyone has something that is not satisfactory, but they can only endure and have no other way. ”

Concubine Zheng had nothing to do, she felt that the road ahead was dark, and she couldn't help but grieve, lying on the pillow, crying so much that her liver and intestines were broken.

Gao Changgong had a headache, and he felt a little sorry for her in his heart, but he couldn't comfort her, so he had to sit on the edge of the bed and motioned for Cui'er to go over and wait.

Cui'er was very angry, stepped forward with a silk scarf, wiped her tears for Concubine Zheng, and comforted softly: "Miss, you are still sick, you have to be careful." ”

"Yes, Cui'er is right, the princess should take care of herself." Gao Changgong gently suggested. "The princess has only been here for more than a month, and she has been sick for three days. If that's the case, the princess should go to Lanling County to raise it. If you don't like Lanling County, you can also go to Julu County or Changle County, where there are also my fiefdoms. ”

Gao Changgong has made many military exploits, and at the age of seventeen, he was named the king of Lanling County, and he was also awarded the title of county prince of Julu County and Changle County for his merits, and there were 1,000 households in the food estate, and there was no problem in supporting a princess.

Concubine Zheng shook her head vigorously: "No, I'm not leaving." ”

She couldn't give up her world-famous husband, who was the dream lover of countless girls, but she was the only one who got the title of Princess Lanling. originally thought that she would marry and be able to have his favor from then on, sing with his husband, and live a happy life, but who knew that the sky did not obey people's wishes, and she fell into such an embarrassing situation. But even so, she would not give up the title of princess. She insisted on staying here, by Gao Changgong's side, and waiting for the day when he changed his mind.

Gao Changgong sighed, and had to say, "It's late at night, the princess rests, I won't bother." So saying, he stood up, intending to leave.

Concubine Zheng wanted to keep him, but she felt shy, and she couldn't open her mouth, so she could only sobbed and nodded.

Cui'er cleverly followed out of the room to give Gao Changgong an umbrella, but Gao Feng, who was guarding outside the house, had already set up an umbrella and was waiting there, so that she had no excuse to follow.

Gao Changgong said to her kindly: "Go back and take good care of the princess." ”

"Yes." Cui'er looked up at him and said sincerely. "Lord, please forgive the maid for being presumptuous. My young lady knew that she would be the princess's concubine in the future since she was a child, and she admired the prince's peerless elegance and heroism. For the sake of the prince, she studied piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, poetry and song every day, and also diligently practiced knitting and cooking tea, just hoping to be loved by the prince. Miss has passed the door, this life is tied to the hands of the prince, I implore the prince can see that for the sake of the young lady's infatuation, he will divide some of his love for Miss Gu and give it to my young lady? ”

Her voice was very soft, and she was afraid that Concubine Zheng would hear her pleading so disregarding her face and body. Gao Changgong naturally understood, looked at her deeply, and said very lowly: "I can't." I only have one heart and can't separate to love two people. For your young lady, I can only live up to it, I can't help it. You persuade her to want to open more, it is common for the husband and wife to respect each other for the rest of their lives, so don't think about it anymore. ”

Cui'er heard him say so resolutely, her heart was cold, and her mind was blank. She and Concubine Zheng are only sixteen or seventeen-year-old girls, growing up in the deep boudoir, with limited knowledge, let alone any strategies. In the past month, some continuous situations have been exhausted, and there is no good solution, and at this time, I am honest, but the result is only to make her more desperate. She stayed there, speechless.

Gao Changgong turned around and walked into the rain, never looking back.

Cui'er went back into the house, looked at Concubine Zheng who was tired of crying and fell asleep, and muttered, "Poor young lady......"

Gao Changgong returned to Biyunxuan, and it was almost the fifth watch. He was so tired that he took off his clothes and went to bed, quietly lying down beside Gu Huan.

Gu Huan vaguely felt his movement in his sleep, so he habitually raised his hand to wrap his arms around his waist, then leaned his head over, pillowed on his shoulder socket, rubbed it like a kitten, found a comfortable place, and continued to sleep.

Gao Changgong smiled, and his mood was much lighter. He raised his hand and gently held Gu Huan's arm on his body, closed his eyes, and soon fell into a deep sleep.

The next day, when the rain was still falling, Gu Huan woke up first, saw that Gao Changgong was sleeping soundly, and couldn't bear to call him, so he quietly slipped out of bed, went outside to freshen up, and then ordered Gao Jian and Gao Qiang, who were on duty in the courtyard, not to disturb the prince, and went to the Yamen of the Assassin History.

Many unimportant official affairs have always been handled by her, and Gao Changgong's staff members also agree with her, everyone sat together and discussed, and sorted out the chores, and the important affairs were decided when Gao Changgong came.

Sitting down to take a breath, Gu Huan sat in front of the window with a tea cup, enjoying the rain while sipping tea.

Not long after, an official came in and walked up to her to report: "Master Gu, someone is looking for you outside, saying that you are from Yecheng." ”

Gu Huan was a little surprised, she had no relatives and no reason in Yecheng, who would come to find her? When her mind flashed, she thought of Heshikai, and she immediately said, "Please let him in." ”

Soon, the official brought in a middle-aged man, who was wearing an oil coat and a hat, and he couldn't tell who it was for a while.

Gu Huan stood up and asked suspiciously, "Are you looking for me?" ”

The man took off his hat and stepped forward to salute: "The villain has seen General Gu." ”

He is the confidant of Heshikai, and the head of Hefu.

Gu Huan waved his hand to let the official retreat, and said with a smile: "It's been a long time since I've been with the chief manager." Is Kazumi okay? ”

"Xiangye, everything is fine." He An replied respectfully, took out a letter from his arms and handed it over.

Gu Huan tore open the seal, took out a thin piece of letterhead, shook it open and saw that it was in the handwriting of He Shikai, and only wrote one sentence: "If there is something important, it will be brought back by He An, and it will be destroyed after reading." ”

Gu Huan read it twice, then slowly tore the letterhead to shreds, and then threw it into the rain outside the window. The stagnant water on the ground immediately soaked the confetti, and then slowly carried it into the gutter, where it disappeared without a trace.

The room was empty, and He An was still very cautious, and after looking back and forth, he stepped forward and said in a low voice: "Half a month ago, the left servant shot Zhao Yanshen Lord Zhao suddenly went up and down, please transfer General Gu to return to serve in Lord Duan's army, but he was ignored by Xiangye." A few days later, he proposed in front of hundreds of officials in the early dynasty, saying that General Gu and the king of Lanling would go together and sleep together, which was very intimate and insulting the reputation of the prince, and proposed to transfer General Gu back to Jinyang to serve in the Lingzun army to resist the Turks. Many ministers agreed, making it difficult for Xiang Ye to speak. Xiangye can only drag it out now, and send the villain to ask the general, see what the general thinks? Whether to go or stay, give the villain a quasi-letter, and the villain will go back to report to the prime minister, and the prime minister will try to do it for the general. ”

Gu Huan already understood that if he chose to stay by Gao Changgong's side, he would owe him a big favor to Heshikai, and he would have to pay it back in the future. With Heshikai's current power, it should be a matter of effort to reject the proposal of Zhao Yanshen and the people in his party, but if Gu Huan does it himself, it will definitely take a lot of effort and effort, and he will have to carry his father-in-law Duan Shao out, and it is estimated that he can be calmed down. Moreover, if He Shikai also sided with Zhao Yanshen, even Duan Shao might not be able to guarantee that Gu Huan would stay by Gao Changgong's side. For the sake of today's plan, she doesn't bother the two masters, so naturally she has to hand it over to the monk to help, no matter what, she will stay, and there will never be a second choice.

"I want to stay under the account of King Lanling to serve, please help Xiangye." Gu Huan said softly, but his tone was very firm.

"The villain understands." He An immediately bowed. "The villain will go back to Yecheng and bring the general's words to Xiangye."

"It's been a hard time with the manager." Gu Huan took out two small gold bills from his sleeve cage and handed them to He An. "Keep it for the road."

This is an unwritten rule, and He An laughed at it. He stuffed the golden yuan into his arms and said with a smile: "General Gu is too polite. Xiangye is very concerned about the general, if the general has time to go to Yecheng, he must come to the mansion to sit. ”

"Okay, if he goes to Yecheng one day, he will definitely disturb the peace phase." Gu Huan smiled gently and sent him outside the gate.

He An turned over his horse and galloped away with two retinues.

Gu Huan turned back to the lobby at this time, but his brows kept furrowing, thinking about the reason for this over and over again.

After Gao Zhan's death, he was ruled by He Shikai, Zhao Yanshen, Yuan Wenyao, Lou Dingyuan, Tang Yong, Qi Lianmeng, Gao Anaqiu, and Hu Changcan, known as the Eight Guis. Later, under a series of actions, He Shikai consolidated his power and monopolized the dynasty, and the theory of eight nobles gradually disappeared. Zhao Yanshen is a famous calligrapher, a complete literati, and he was not involved in the dispute between the court's and the Chinese people, but at this time, he suddenly challenged Gu Huan, which made her feel inexplicable, and it is estimated that even He Shikai was surprised, so he sent someone to inform her, most likely to see if it was her meaning.

She was thinking hard when she suddenly heard Gao Changgong's voice: "Huan'er, what's wrong?" Out of sorts? ”

Gu Huan turned his head to look at Gao Changgong, who looked gentle and concerned, and smiled happily: "The autumn wind and autumn rain are sad, although I don't have any worries, I should also respond to the situation, and I will be sad in the spring and autumn." ”

Gao Changgong was amused by her, stepped forward to put his arm around her shoulder, and whispered in her ear: "With me with you, never worry." ”

Gu Huan leaned on him, looked at the rain outside, and said with a smile, "Okay." ”