Chapters 88-89: True Metallurgy
What the? Fiancee?
Gu Wanwan only felt that her head was "booming", as if there was a flash of thunder and lightning.
From Yan Wushuang's attitude towards Jiang Yuqing just now, it is not difficult to guess that the relationship between the two is close, and it should be close to the relationship between boyfriend and girlfriend. But what Gu Wanwan never expected was the relationship between her fiancé and her fiancée!
It was really the first time she had heard that he had a fiancée, but from the queen's tone, she could tell that the relationship between the two had already been decided. In this case, why did the queen still act so angry about her unwillingness to marry Yan Wushuang? And what did the glint of expectation in her eyes mean at the moment?
Is she supporting her son to eat the pot and still worry about the bowl? Gu Wanwan disagreed!
Gu Wanwan didn't respond, the smile on the queen's face was a little unbearable, and the eyes that looked at Gu Wanwan also showed blame. This Gu Wanwan didn't take her words to heart so much, did she mean to embarrass her?
"Please rest assured that the queen will definitely serve the princess well in the future and try to make the princess happy." Jiang Yuqing walked to the queen and saluted, and when she looked at Gu Wanwan, her eyes were full of smiles, like clear lake water.
Jiang Yuqing's voice was as gentle as water, and the queen was full of joy when she heard it: "Yuqing is worthy of being everyone's lady, she knows books and etiquette, and Wang Er didn't look at the wrong person." ”
Jiang Yuqing is the daughter of Jiang Hao, the general of Zhenguo, and Gu Wanwan has also heard of Jiang Hao, who is not only brave and good at fighting but also has a noble character, so he has a very high reputation in South Vietnam.
Although he is already an old man, he is not old, and when Nanyue and Donglan were at war, Yan Wushuang was in command, and Jiang Hao assisted him.
In this way, Jiang Yuqing and Yan Wushuang have indeed known each other for a long time, and they value his future father-in-law very much!
The queen treated Jiang Yuqing as if she was her own, not only pulling her to praise constantly, but also pushing the delicious food and drink in front of her. After Jiang Yuqing is a famous family, the most important thing is everyone's beautiful demeanor, and she is not surprised by the queen's favor, humble and polite, and she is very pleasing to the queen.
Relatively speaking, Gu Wanwan's side was cold, and the queen didn't even cast a superfluous gaze, too, she was the one who refuted the queen's face first, and it was reasonable for the queen to show her face.
Anyway, she's a superfluous outsider here, so it's better to go back.
"Queen, it's been a while since Wanwan entered the palace, so I can't bother any more, so I'll go back first." Gu Wanwan got up and bowed to the queen, which was regarded as kneeling.
The queen didn't mean to keep her, but she still had a gentle smile on her face: "Okay, remember to come in and visit the mourning family when you have time another day." ”
Gu Wanwan smiled and nodded, before leaving, her eyes turned to Yan Wushuang, only to see Yan Wushuang bowing her head to drink tea, and she didn't care about her going or staying at all.
I don't know why, the way he looks makes her heart inexplicably lost. It feels like there's something wrong, but I can't say what's wrong.
Until she returned to the prince's mansion, she couldn't lift her spirits. The blood amber hanging around her neck seemed to sense her mood, the cold touch pressed against her skin, and the weather around her seemed to become cold.
But in fact, the weather is not cold, and the warm sunshine gilds the roof of Yanwang's Mansion with a layer of gold.
Bai Wutong had just come out of the house, and when he saw her, he immediately stepped forward and asked urgently, "Where has the princess gone?" ”
"I didn't go anywhere, so I went to the palace for a while." Gu Wanwan's tone replied lightly, and she had already paced to the door, stretched out her hand and pushed the door open.
Coming back from the palace? Bai Wutong's green eyes instantly froze, and he chased Gu Wanwan into the house and locked the door.
"Princess, is something wrong?" Bai Wutong tightened, and his handsome face was full of sadness.
Gu Wanwan shook her head, leaning on the soft couch beside the bed boredly, her eyes were dim, and she still looked unrefreshed.
Her appearance can make the white sycamore on the side anxious!
"Nothing? So why does the princess look like this? Bai Wutong's brows twitched, and his face was ugly, "Did someone bully the princess?" ”
"No, don't guess, I'm really fine." Gu Wanwan waved his hand at Bai Wutong to make him not so excited.
After making sure that Gu Wanwan was not bullied, Bai Wutong's expression improved slightly, but he still frowned: "Weichen doesn't understand, what is it that makes the princess so depressed?" ”
In his mind, Gu Wanwan is always in a lively state, if something hadn't happened, she would never be like this.
"Yan Wushuang actually has a fiancée." Gu Wanwan muttered, as if she was talking to herself, permeated with a sense of powerlessness.
Bai Wutong slightly: "The princess is just unhappy about this?" "Didn't she want to marry Yan Wushuang? The last time she entered the palace, she told the queen in person.
"No, it's just that he has a fiancée, why do you want me to marry him?" Gu Wanwan got up irritably, clenched her pink fists, if she could, she really wanted to find someone to fight as a sandbag now.
It turned out to be for this! Bai Wutong smiled softly: "The princess doesn't have to worry so much, Weichen has already said that the princess's marriage can be decided freely." Now everything in the Xiliang Women's Kingdom is based on the princess, and the princess can decide anything. ”
"It's not like that!" Gu Wanwan bit her pink lips, let go of her fist, and grabbed a handful in the void, "What I'm most curious about is why Yan Wushuang became like this." ”
Before that, Yan Wushuang had always been a ruffian to her, always joking with her, and asking her to be his princess. But now he is not only like a different person, but he is very indifferent to her, this is not Yan Wushuang in her impression at all!
"What has Yan Wushuang become?" White Sycamore stared at her face, unable to understand her words.
"He's just getting intolerable right now." Gu Wanwan clenched her fists again and stomped her feet in anger. As if she had thought of something, her eyes flashed, and she turned to look at Bai Wutong.
"White Sycamore, let me ask you a question! Will practicing metallurgy make people change their temperament? ”
She suddenly remembered that when Yan Wushuang's temperament changed, she accidentally saw him practicing metallurgy. Later, she went to Yan Wushuang's study again to investigate for this matter, but unfortunately the book was hidden by him, so she couldn't spy on the secrets in it.
Bai Wutong is well-informed, and may be able to answer the questions in her heart.
After hearing this, Bai Wutong was quite surprised: "Princess, why did you suddenly ask this question?" ”
"Because I suspect that Yan Wushuang's temperament has changed dramatically because of the relationship between cultivating metallurgy, Bai Wutong, you tell me the truth, is there such a possibility?" Gu Wanwan couldn't wait to ask.
Facing Gu Wanwan's expectant gaze, Bai Wutong frowned, and his face was solemn: "If what you said is true metallurgy, then Weichen can tell the princess that metallurgy will not make people change their temperament." ”
"Real metallurgy? Is there still fake metallurgy? Gu Wanwan's answer to Bai Wutong was full of more doubts.
If real metallurgy can't change people's temperament, then that means fake metallurgy can? In fact...... It's not impossible!
It's like a plot often played in TV dramas, because I practiced the wrong martial arts cheats, so it led to a big mess, and there were all broken tendons and lost martial arts!
Gu Wanwan was thinking about it in her heart, and she was more and more sure of her guess, but Bai Wutong beside her looked at her with sad eyes: "Princess, do you know what metallurgy is?" ”
Gu Wanwan came back to her senses and replied: "I know, it is the collective name of alchemy and cultivation elixir." ”
This question is not difficult for her, she has already checked it, at the beginning of the tomb robbery, she has no knowledge, she always thought that "metallurgy" will be how to steal a lot of gold from the tomb faster, but unfortunately after going to see it, she was disappointed. So in her mind, "metallurgy" has long been classified as a deceptive book.
If it weren't for the ancient Yan Wushuang who read this book, but the modern one, she would only throw the word "fool" to him. But in this day and age, everything is full of mystery and needs to be explored.
"It's not!" Gu Wanwan replied as a matter of course, causing Bai Wutong to shake his head and sigh for a while, "It seems that Weichen must explain this book to the princess well." ”
"Isn't that so? Then you can tell me about it. Perhaps influenced by the serious expression on Bai Wutong's face, Gu Wanwan's attitude also became serious.
But what Bai Wutong was going to say next really made her jaw drop!
"Metallurgy is a secret book of my Xiliang Female Kingdom, which was compiled by the seven strongest magicians in the early days of the founding of the country, handed over to the royal family, and passed down from generation to generation. Only royalty of noble blood can hold this book, and the so-called magicians of the people are nothing more than nameless people. ”
Bai Wutong's gaze looked at the blue sky through the window, as if he was recalling something far away.
"Then the book you said ......," Gu Wanwan asked tentatively.
She felt that the book should not be the one that Bai Wutong had already given herself, and Bai Wutong should not have that book on him, he said that only people with royal blood can hold it, and Bai Wutong, who is loyal to her, cannot be kept for herself, so that means that the book ......
"It's been lost, the Xiliang Women's Kingdom disappeared at the same time as it fell, and Wechen has searched everywhere, but he has not found anything." Bai Wutong's voice was hoarse.
Disappeared? Can't find it? It must have been hidden...... Gu Wanwan was stunned, she felt as if she had touched something, but she didn't dare to be sure at all!
She even regretted that she shouldn't have mentioned metallurgy to Bai Wutong, but the words had already been spoken, and Bai Wutong already knew.
Bai Wutong's faint eyes flickered brightly and dimly, like stars in the night, and his voice was also gloomy: "If Yan Wu has a metallurgical book in his hands, we must determine whether it is the metallurgy lost by my Xiliang Women's Country, are you right?" Princess......"
I didn't get her answer for a long time, and Bai Wutong cast an inquiring gaze, only to see her drooping eyes and twisting her fingers, not knowing what she was thinking.
"Princess, have you heard what the minister said?" Bai Wutong asked in a loud voice.
Gu Wanwan suddenly came back to her senses: "I heard, I heard!" But ......"
"But what?" Hearing the tangled tone in her words, Bai Wutong frowned and asked, "Doesn't the princess want to find the treasures that have been passed down from generation to generation in the Xiliang Nu Kingdom?" ”
Is it because of Yan Wushuang? Bai Wutong's face sank suddenly.