On November 19, the 37th year of Yuanwu, Emperor Wu set up his fourth son, King Shen Chu Yanzhi, as the crown prince and ordered a general amnesty for the world.

That night, the emperor specially held a banquet for the prince in the Zichen Hall to celebrate, and officials above the fifth rank in the court and the central government could bring their families forward. For a while, the Zichen Hall was full of people, and the sound of flattery was endless.

Chu Yanzhi was wearing a dark purple brocade robe with a vertical collar and narrow sleeves, lined with his handsome and upright side face, which made him more and more handsome, plus today could be regarded as his happy day, so no matter who came to toast, he would take a sip of it.

After three rounds of drinking, everyone was a little drunk, and the emperor raised his hand and called for singing and dancing.

The soft silk bamboo sound sounded slowly, and the dancing girl wearing light silk slowly stepped forward, and the water sleeves danced lightly in the air, matching the soft waist, which became more and more graceful. At this time, there was a person outside the hall who was wearing a pink wide-sleeved fairy skirt, the sleeve corners covered his face, and he jumped in, and when he walked to the hall, he suddenly threw his wide sleeves, and the wide skirt drew a perfect arc in the air, and then revealed a beautiful face, only to look at her willow eyebrows and apricot eyes, and a little vermilion flower in the center of her eyebrows, which made her more and more beautiful like a fairy.

The people who were originally a little drunk didn't feel that their eyes lit up, and they all put down their wine glasses.

But before she could see her appearance, a group of dancing girls suddenly surrounded her and hid her in the middle. The dance continued, after two turns, suddenly, the sound of the piano was suddenly mentioned, and the dancing girls threw their sleeves in turn, like layers of petals slowly blooming, and finally revealed a bright and fresh face, spinning, spinning, and rotating, the skirt under the body rippled like water waves, and then with the bright and fresh face, like a lotus flower standing in the water, it was really flawless, and the beauty seemed to be across the clouds.

The song has been finished, and the beauty and the dancing girls stepped forward to salute.

"It's really a good dance, I think it took a lot of effort to choreograph this time in the song and dance division, and the emperor will reward the talents of the song and dance division in a while." Ping An Bo raised his glass and toasted a glass of wine to the emperor from afar, and said with a smile.

The Emperor smiled and said loudly, "Indeed. Come and enjoy the song and dance division pattern of 100 taels of silver. ”

The head of the song and dance department hurriedly stepped forward, "The slave and maid thank the emperor for the reward, but this time the song and dance are not choreographed by the slave and maid, but by Miss Gu." ”

"Oh?" The Emperor looked at him and sat up with interest.

At this time, a slender figure slowly walked out, she turned sideways and blessed Chu Yanzhi, her voice was as melodious as a yellow bird, "The courtier Gu Qingyou has seen the emperor, may my emperor live long live." ”

Gu Qingyou......

Chu Yan looked at it, raised his hand to pick up the wine glass in front of him, lowered his head and took a sip of wine, but the corner of his eye swept towards Gu An, who was sitting in His Highness.

At this time, the emperor on the throne suddenly smiled, and his voice sounded heartily, "Gu Qing, this girl's surname is Gu, but what does it have to do with you?" ”

"If you go back to the emperor, the little girl is stubborn, which makes the emperor and the ministers laugh." Gu An stood up and said with a smile as he saluted.

After listening to Gu An's words, the emperor smiled, "It turned out to be Gu Qing's beloved daughter, and she is really beautiful, I don't know if I can be better." ”

"Thank you Your Majesty for your concern, the little girl is stubborn, and she has not yet been allowed to marry anyone." Gu An replied with his head down.

Gu An has seven daughters and a son, and the first six daughters have already been married, but this young daughter Gu Qingyou is seventeen years old but has been raised in the deep boudoir, brought it out at this time, and danced at the banquet, and proposed in court that she was not married, the intention of this is really clear at a glance.

Therefore, as soon as he spoke, although everyone had a smile on their faces, pretending to drink and talk and laugh, the corner of their eyes kept paying attention to how the crown prince Chu Yanzhi, who was sitting under the emperor, would react. After all, the prince's infatuation with Princess Yan has already spread in Beijing, and Gu An is the commander of the Imperial Forest Army, and he also takes over the emperor's close guard Yan Yunwei, with such an identity, everyone is curious about what choice the prince will make.

Chu Yanzhi raised his wine glass and smiled at Gu An, then raised his hand and saluted the emperor who was sitting on the throne, and said, "It seems that Lord Gu wants his father to choose a good one for Miss Gu, and it just so happens that all the famous sons in the capital are here today, and my father has to pick one for Miss Gu in order to complete a good story." ”

As soon as he said this, everyone in the Zichen Hall had mixed faces, and they all looked at Gu An in unison.

Such a gaze made Gu An's face flash a trace of extreme unnaturalness, he frowned, and before he could speak, his daughter stepped forward and blessed Chu Yanzhi, and her voice sounded crisply.

"The courtiers thank His Royal Highness the Crown Prince for their kindness, but the courtiers already have a sweetheart."

The Dayue Dynasty has always had extremely high requirements for women's virtue, and it is not easy for ordinary women to even go out, let alone say their thoughts in a grand manner like Gu Qingyou. Therefore, as soon as Gu Qingyou's words came out, the shock, sarcasm, ridicule, and all kinds of complicated eyes in the Zichen Hall were intertwined, all of which gathered on her.

If it were any woman, under such a gaze, even if she didn't commit suicide in shame, she would be embarrassed, but Gu Qingyou was not affected at all, but turned around and blessed the emperor, and said, "Your Majesty, the courtiers heard that at the flower-viewing banquet that year, the county lord of Rong'an and the county lord of Rongning fell in love with Tanhualang at first sight. Later, after the county lord of Rong'an and Tanhualang got married, some people joked that the county lord should have been more tactful, but the county lord of Rong'an said that if he likes someone, he must say it, otherwise, how would that person know? She would rather lose face by herself than miss the person she likes, because she is afraid that she will regret it for the rest of her life when she thinks about it later. Speaking of this, Gu Qingyou lowered her eyes and smiled, there was a little shyness in her smile, "Your Majesty, the courtier doesn't want to regret it for the rest of her life if she thinks about it in the future." ”

The county lord of Rong'an is the emperor's cousin, and she also had a lot of favor for the emperor when she was alive, so when Gu Qingyou mentioned her, the emperor's eyes showed a little smile, "Gu Qing, your daughter is sharp-toothed, speaking of which, she really looks a little like the county lord of Rong'an." ”

"The emperor praised it falsely, the little girl is so stubborn, how dare she compare with the lord of Rong'an." Gu An said with a smile.

"I don't know who Miss Cui's sweetheart is?" Chu Muzhi shook the wine glass in his hand, and looked at Chu Yanzhi with a smile.

"Courtier...... Gu Qingyou had just opened her mouth, and suddenly, a panicked voice rang out suddenly, interrupting her words.

"The prince forgives his sins."

The crowd hurriedly turned their heads away.

I saw a palace maid kneeling on the ground with a pale face, and a wine jug was lying at the feet of the crown prince Chu Yanzhi, the pale yellow liquid was dripping all over the ground, and most of his dark purple clothes were wet.

Chu Yanzhi helped the placket of his shirt and stood up as lightly as a breeze, "Father, Rong Erchen will go down to change his clothes first." ”

Chu Yanzhi hooked his lips and smiled.

At that time, everyone was looking at Gu Qingyou, so no one paid attention to him, the fourth emperor brother, only he saw it, when Gu Qingyou spoke, he beckoned the palace maid to pour wine, and as soon as the palace maid came over, he flicked his sleeves as if unintentionally, and waved the wine jug in the palace maid's hand to the ground.

The emperor stared at Chu Yanzhi's eyes and looked at him with a deep light.

He knew that Chu Yanzhi should have understood the purpose of arranging this banquet, but he still avoided it, could it be that he really had a slight heart for Xiao Xi.

The emperor didn't speak, but Chu Yanzhi only agreed to him, got up and waved his hand at the emperor, and wanted to leave the table.

"Your Majesty, the courtier's favorite person is His Royal Highness the King of Qin." At this time, Gu Qingyu's crisp voice sounded again.

With a 'snap', the wine glass in Chu Muzhi's hand fell to the ground.

In an instant, there was silence in the hall, and many pairs of eyes in the hall fell to the ground.

This, what kind of drama is this!

Chu Yanzhi turned to look at Gu Qingyou, his deep gaze changed and changed, and he was a little unpredictable for a while, which play was the emperor and Gu An singing.

Not only Chu Yan was puzzled, but even Gu Qingyou's father, Gu An, was also shocked.

Finally, when he touched the emperor's cold gaze, Gu An came back to his senses, "Qingyou, what nonsense are you talking about." ”

Gu Qingyou turned around and smiled at Gu Anyanran, "Father, I'm not talking nonsense, the person I like is His Royal Highness King Qin." ”

"Nonsense." Gu An snorted, he got up and wanted to pull Gu Qingyou back, but he didn't want Gu Qingyou to walk up to Chu Muzhi one step ahead of him.

"His Royal Highness King Qin, are you going to reject me?"

Chu Muzhi twitched the corners of his lips, looking at the bright and fresh woman in front of him, the smile on the corner of her lips was like a clear pond on the edge of the blue pool in spring, and her brain couldn't turn for a while.

Seeing that Chu Muzhi didn't speak for a long time, Gu Qingyou's face gradually darkened, a layer of mist appeared in his eyes, and his faint pupils stared at Chu Muzhi with weeping, "Your Highness, I confessed to you so shamelessly, do you really want to reject me?" ”

Just now it was as dazzling as the sun, and when he turned to it, he was like crying, Chu Muzhi had never seen such a changeable woman in his life, and he couldn't even stammer for a while, "No, it's not ......"

"So, Your Highness has agreed." Gu Qingyou tilted his head and smiled, and the tears that had just gathered in his eyes were scattered cleanly.

Chu Mu was stunned.

What did he just promise? Also, didn't she still have a gloomy and loveless face just now, why did she change all of a sudden?

"Your Majesty, can the courtiers please marry me and His Royal Highness the King of Qin?" Gu Qingyou turned his face to the emperor and knelt down.

"Quiet, don't mess around!" Gu An stepped in front of Gu Qingyou a few steps away from the table, and pulled her up, and there was an irrepressible anger in her dark eyes.

He couldn't have imagined that his daughter, who had always been well-behaved and obedient, would give him, the father, such a resounding slap in the face. He expected her to ignore her advice completely, but didn't she know that if she did this, she might lose the entire Gu family?

At this moment, Gu An didn't dare to think deeply about how angry the emperor on the throne was when he heard Gu Qingyou's words.

Obviously, everything was arranged, but she sang such a play.

The emperor wouldn't think that this was a collusion between their father and daughter, right?

This thought only turned in his heart, and a layer of cold sweat broke out on Gu An's back.

"Father, the daughter is not messing around, the daughter is serious, and His Royal Highness King Qin has just agreed." Gu Qingyou didn't seem to see the anger in Gu An's eyes, and his voice was crisp with a desperate firmness.

'Smack'.

A crisp sound suddenly sounded in the lonely Zichen Palace.

Gu Antie blushed and looked at Gu Qingyou, who was thrown to the ground by him with a slap, and his raised right hand was numb for a while at this time.

"Master Gu, what are you doing, the royal driver is here, do you still have the emperor in your eyes?" Zhang Ge at the banquet suddenly got up and said sharply.

Although he didn't know what happened in the middle, he was sure that Gu An's original arrangement was to give his daughter Gu Qingyou to the prince, but he didn't expect such a fork in the middle. But for them, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, as long as Gu An's daughter does not marry the prince, then they can use this opportunity to separate the relationship between the prince and Gu An.

Gu An took a deep breath and hurriedly knelt on the ground, "Weichen has no way to teach her daughter, and I ask Your Majesty to surrender." ”