Chapter 221: A Dilemma (Part 1)
Out of the Manna Palace, Princess Anping sent Gu Mingzhu down the jade steps, looking at her face was not very good-looking, bent her knees to say goodbye to herself, Princess Anping's face was also slightly pale, and she pulled her and whispered: "There is always a way, otherwise you will marry the second brother, the second brother is gentle and a humble gentleman, and he will definitely treat you well." ”
Gu Mingzhu looked at Princess Anping's worried and frightened look, smiled lightly, and patted her hand: "Don't worry, princess, it'll be fine." ”
Princess Anping thought about the angry look of the queen of heaven before, but she shook her head and said in a low voice: "Mingzhu, you must be careful." ”
If the Gu family chooses King Chen Liu, then I am afraid that the Queen of Heaven will not keep Gu Mingzhu's life anymore, even if she saves Princess Anping, it is useless, and the Queen of Heaven will not allow the Gu family to favor King Chen Liu, but what does it matter if Gu Mingzhu is just a mere Gu Mingzhu.
Gu Mingzhu was at ease, still smiling peacefully, said a few words to her, and then got into the palace car and left the palace.
Gu Mingzhu didn't say a word in the palace car, looking at the scenery in the palace outside the window indifferently, she couldn't see the slightest mood fluctuation, and the palace maid who was sitting in the same car to send her out looked at her several times, and she didn't seem to notice it at all.
Out of the palace gate, Gu Mingzhu just got out of the carriage, and saw Ah Bi and Xiaokui hurrying up to meet her, and helped her to walk towards her own carriage, but her face was a little timid: "Lady, the general has just ordered, let you go back to Dongfu as soon as you leave the palace, he has something to say to you." ”
Gu Mingzhu was not surprised at all, since the sage had told Gu Qing that he would marry King Chen Liuwang and Gu Mingzhu, Gu Qing naturally wanted to come and ask him what he meant.
It's just that she doesn't know what Gu Qinghui thinks, and whether he also wants her to marry Chen Liuwang.
When Gu Mingzhu returned to the East Mansion, Gu Qing had already paced around the main hall several times, his expression was depressed, and he looked full of worries.
"Father." Gu Mingzhu stepped forward and bent his knees.
Gu Qing turned around and saw her, his eyes were full of anxiety: "You also entered the palace?" ”
Gu Mingzhu replied softly: "Yes, Princess Anping summoned me." ”
"Have you seen the queen of heaven?" Gu Qing looked at her.
"The queen of heaven left me to talk for a while." Gu Mingzhu didn't hide it, "His Royal Highness King Xian asked the Queen of Heaven to give me an edict to marry, and asked me to marry into King Xian's mansion." ”
Gu Qing's body was shocked, and he looked at Gu Mingzhu's calm appearance and couldn't speak for a long time.
He already knew in the palace that the virtuous king Li Yu went to ask the queen of heaven to give him an edict on marriage, but Li Nian, the king of Chenliu, asked the saint to issue an edict to marry Gu Mingzhu as the princess of Chenliu, and the queen of heaven summoned Gu Mingzhu into the palace to talk about it.
It seems that it is just a marriage, and it is a good thing for a family to have a hundred female families, but if it involves the royal family and the dispute between the emperor and the queen, it is not a good thing, and it may even be a catastrophe, but I didn't expect that the Gu family was pushed to the forefront overnight, and it was difficult to advance and retreat.
"What are your plans?" Gu Qing's words were a little bitter, he didn't care about the affairs of the house for many years, and he rarely talked to Gu Mingzhu like this, but he didn't expect that the rare conversation between father and daughter was like this, and it was still about marriage.
He didn't even know what his daughter was thinking.
Gu Mingzhu was very calm, turned around and sat down on the couch: "Father thinks this is still an option?" ”
No matter which side you choose, it is possible that Gu Mingzhu and the Gu family will never recover, and they will become cannon fodder in the battle between the emperor and the queen.
Gu Qing was stunned, took a deep look at Gu Mingzhu, sighed and sat down on his couch.
He didn't expect Gu Mingzhu, a little lady raised in the boudoir, to see it so thoroughly, if ordinary people get such a good thing, I'm afraid that they will be overjoyed, or the two princes have taken a fancy to the lady in their own house, but they can't think of a good thing, but only they know how much risk there is behind it.
Gu Qing remembered the sage's expression when he looked at him in the Taiji Palace, and said to him with cold suspicion and unchangeable: "You are the pillar of the country, the general of the Zhenguo left by the first emperor, holding the heavy army of the Tang Dynasty, every move is related to the safety of the country, and the marriage of children naturally has to be carefully considered." ”
"I'll give you a few days to think it through, you should know in your heart how to choose this marriage."
Gu Mingzhu is right, this is not a choice, it is just a final warning to him, if he chooses the queen of heaven, the Gu family will become the biggest obstacle in the eyes of the saint.
He shook his head and asked Gu Mingzhu with a wry smile: "Are you familiar with the two highnesses?" ”
Was it really just for the military power in his hands, or was it because of that? He became more and more worried in his heart, but he didn't dare to show half a point on his face, just afraid that Gu Mingzhu would see something.
Gu Mingzhu said lightly: "I don't know each other, it's just that I have seen two sides at the previous palace banquet." ”
Gu Qing's face was even more ugly, and he pondered for a while and said, "I will find a way to arrange this matter, you don't have to pay attention to it, don't mention it to others, and don't talk about it to the people in the house." ”
Gu Mingzhu was a little surprised at this time, Gu Qing meant that even Old Madam Gu and the Luo clan were hiding it.
Gu Qing looked at her daughter's surprised and slightly wary eyes, couldn't help sighing, got up and left.
Mama Han, who could understand it on the side, was already worried at this time, stepped forward to help Gu Mingzhu change her clothes, and said in a low voice: "Lady, what will the general do, which mansion will he marry you to?" ”
She thought uneasily, it was good to get a marriage no matter what, and it was a great blessing to marry to the palace as a princess, but now that the two highnesses have taken a fancy to the lady, it is a difficult problem to choose.
Gu Mingzhu shook her head, she didn't know what Gu Qing would choose.
In his memory, in his previous life, Gu Qing was unwilling to let Gu Mingzhu marry into King Xian's mansion, it was King Xian's earnest oath, and Gu Mingzhu's insistence, he finally relented, but Gu Mingzhu married in the past, Gu Qing didn't ask about her anymore, and he didn't even have anything to do with King Xian.
So in this life, will he promise the Queen of Heaven to let her marry King Xian, or will he return to the saint and marry her to King Chen Liu?
Mama Han couldn't help but sigh when she saw the little sorrow between Gu Mingzhu's eyebrows, her own mother was really pitiful, she didn't have her parents to protect her since she was a child, and she didn't know how many times she was calculated.
This marriage is not a trivial matter, if it is not careful, the lady will be put into it in this life, and there will be no peaceful birthday in this house.
Seeing her worried look, Gu Mingzhu smiled faintly: "Don't worry, Mama, there will be a way after all." ”
Mama Han smiled bitterly and nodded, but she knew in her heart how difficult it was to get out of this dilemma.