Qingchuan History

Chapter 934
Gu Chunfeng led Ji Qi out of the General's Mansion and went straight to Zheng'anmen, it was another midsummer dusk.

In the side hall of the Mingluan Hall, Gu Xinglang was buried in his writing, when he heard them come in, he continued to deal with the affairs in hand, he raised his head after a long while, but he was unshaven and unbearably vicissitudes.

Not to mention Ji Qi, even the girl Chunfeng, who has been with him since childhood, has never seen him like this.

"It's still very good-looking. Another kind of good-looking. Ninth brother, you really live up to your reputation." She wanted to ask for forgiveness for Ji Qi, but even though she knew it was inappropriate, she forced herself to behave.

"This is Mingluan Hall." Gu Xinglang really didn't buy it, his face sank like water, and his voice became even deeper.

Chunfeng thought about whether to report the results of the trip to the Northern Territory first. After thinking about it for a long time, he decided to delay - Chao Chao was not brought back, but the result is actually clear. First of all, it will only make the atmosphere bad and Jiu Ge's mood bad. Yes. It's no good begging for mercy.

After saluting and pleading guilty, he wanted to speak again, but Gu Xinglang continued:

"Enroll in the army and go back to the north to guard the border; or as a commoner, go to the south to farm. You choose one and leave in a few days."

The two people below looked at each other.

Gu Xinglang frowned, "Not satisfied?"

"Minister," Ji Qi knelt down heavily, his robe making light and dust swirl around him, "I am deeply favored by the king, I dare not take responsibility! I am willing to join the army and expand the territory for Daqi. I will never leave the northern border and never return in this life." Jidu!"

He buried his head on the ground, completely unaware of the last sentence, Chunfeng's face changed inconspicuously.

Gu Xinglang noticed it, he didn't change his face, and responded.

The two then reported in detail their trip to the northern border and what they found during their visits. The room was brightly lit at dusk, and the report was over when the candles were lit. Ji Qi quickly left.

"That's what the rumors say, but my sister thinks that no news is not bad news. Didn't Jing Tingge and Murong Xun's corpses also be found? So Chao Chao just disappeared. Now that the Kingdom of Wei has been established, the war between the two countries has ended, and now If there is no bad news, there will be no more in the future, we just need to send more people and search the whole country, and we will definitely be able to find Chao Chao."

Gu Xinglang didn't make a sound, not knowing whether he agreed or not.

Chunfeng had no choice but to skip this question, think for a moment and said: "Ninth brother, are you okay?"

Gu Xinglang buried his head and wrote a few more words. "If she doesn't do anything wrong, I'll be fine."

Chunfeng Fang somewhat understood that his sister-in-law's confession was probably her own idea, but Brother Nine disagreed. "The sister-in-law is now—"

"You go and see her." Gu Xinglang didn't look up, staring at the paper and ink, he felt chills all over his body.

Chunfeng was busy, and wanted to say something, but at a loss for words, he resigned and went outside.

"When you see her, do you know what to say?" But the elder brother's voice sounded again.

"Yes, sister-in-law will definitely persuade my sister-in-law." In fact, she didn't know what to persuade her, so she could only ask after seeing her sister-in-law, "How about you, Ninth Brother? Is it easy for you to handle the current situation?"

"Are you willing to part with her?" Gu Xinglang answered irrelevantly.

This sentence alone has made Chunfeng feel very difficult.

After leaving the Mingluan Hall, before entering the imperial garden, she saw a woman carrying a tray from a distance, followed by two people, walking towards this end.

As they got closer, the three of them saluted together, and Chunfeng recognized the girls from the Tai Le Department. He heard from his sister-in-law that they were all subordinates of Brother Jiu, who used to work for Brother Jiu outside the palace.

"What is this for?" Seeing that she was going to Mingluan Hall, she felt a little unhappy.

"Go back to the princess, and go to deliver the decoction for your health." The woman who was holding the tray replied respectfully.

Gu Chunfeng looked at the three of them, all of them were beautiful, especially this one. "This hall thought the palace was already clean, but there are still some," she snorted coldly, and finally did not say the worst thing, "Even if the empress admits to an unwarranted crime and has a temporary quarrel with the king, she is still the king The person on the top of my heart, apart from her, my lord still won't look at anyone else. It's only been a few days, why can't you wait like this?"

"Princess, calm down!" The first woman in the back knelt hurriedly, it was Xiaoshan, "The little people are ordered by the queen to deliver soup and medicine to the king twice a day. Pass!"

Gu Chunfeng looked at them suspiciously.

"It's absolutely true." Shi Fu also knelt, "It is His Highness's intention to decoct the medicine every night at the Imperial Medical Bureau, then have it checked by the imperial doctors, and finally send it to the Mingluan Palace for your majesty to take!"

That would soon be able to ask sister-in-law.

Forgive them for not daring to act on their own.

"What did you say her name was?" Chunfeng looked at Su Wanwan again.

The three of them left Zuihuanlou to Jidu, and changed their names when they first entered the palace.Later, Gu Xinglang said that he was not used to being called, so he gave him a "new name", which actually restored the old name.

"His Highness, Wanwan." Su Wanwan answered by herself.

"Which night?"

"The night of the evening."

Chunfeng reacted a little, then snorted coldly, she doesn't like people with the word "late" in her heart, no wonder she doesn't deal with this one in front of her.

Then he waved his hand to let them go, and continued to walk towards Linghua Hall, but met Xiao Mo on the way.

There is nothing calm, and the eyes are full of panic.

"What's the matter?" She always thought he was young and mature, but she was very annoyed to see him look so worthless at this moment.

"Sister, you're back." Uncharacteristically, Gu Xingmo stepped forward to get very close to her.

Chunfeng knew there was something to say, and pulled him to avoid people and walked to the front, "Speak."

"Ninth brother wants to give me the Zen seat. If it weren't for my sister-in-law to go one step faster,"

He didn't know what to say next, but there was no need to say it.

Gu Chunfeng was fixed on the spot, and was even more aware of it for a while, and rushed back to Linghua Hall to freshen up and change clothes, and soon after dark, he arrived at the gate of Youlan Hall.

There are many guards, all of them look alert and have dim eyes.

Seeing the princess, he turned sideways to let her go, and Chunfeng knew that Brother Nine had sent the order.

The palaces in the outer ring, she would come here occasionally when she was mischievous when she was young, and she had entered all of them, but there were a few of them that could never be entered, and Youlan Palace was one of them.

At that time, the nurse who took her said that the mad concubine had been imprisoned in this palace, which was ominous.

Because of this sentence, she imagined the situation inside, probably broken tiles, leaky house, dense cobwebs, thick dust, and even some strange noises - she heard the nurse talk about the cold palace, and she tacitly lived in the mad concubine , The Orchid Palace, which no one can enter, is also a kind of cold palace.

The door of the hall was ajar, and she knew it was taken for granted as soon as she took a look at it for the first time.

This palace is very old, but not broken; the vegetation in the courtyard is growing wildly, and since it has not been taken care of for many years, it releases a kind of aura that is compelling, blowing through the warm summer night wind.

The sister-in-law was squatting in the warm wind, holding a pair of scissors and was trimming a clump of grass, and it seemed that Betao was beside her with a lantern.

Chunfeng took two more steps, and the master and servant turned around after realizing it.Ruan Xueyin squinted for a moment, smiled, put down the scissors and stood up.

Chunfeng trotted over, grabbed Ruan Xueyin's hands, "Sister-in-law."

Ruan Xueyin looked at her for a moment, only to feel that her complexion had darkened a lot, and she looked tired, "Thank you for your hard work."

Chunfeng choked up a little, shook his head and said, "I owed my sister-in-law a heavy trust, but I couldn't—"

"Go in and talk." Ruan Xueyin interrupted in time, as if afraid of listening, "Sit down and talk slowly."

Chunfeng looked down at the clump of grass she was tending, which turned out to be orchids, and then found that there were a lot of orchid leaves in the courtyard, and looked more carefully, and could vaguely distinguish the difference between leaves, which should be due to different varieties. "That's what Youlan Palace means."

Ruan Xueyin bent her lips to show her agreement.

"Sister-in-law, you can continue to do it. I will accompany you and talk while doing it."

Ruan Xueyin shook her head with a smile, ordered Bi Tao to prepare refreshments, and led Chunfeng to the main hall.

"It's not like a cold palace." Entering the room, Chunfeng looked around twice and stared straight.

The finely carved patterns on window lattices, door frames, table legs, and chair backs are all orchids. The veils are old, but you can still see the high-quality materials and embroidered orchids; This hall is extraordinary, it is made with effort and ingenuity.

"It can be said." Hearing Bi Tao answer, she came in with a large plate, "Our Highness asks us to ground himself in the Youlan Palace. Your Majesty must have agreed, but he insisted on being punished after His Highness stayed with us after the Tianchang Festival. Later I just realized that your majesty thought that there had been no one living here for a long time, and he was afraid of wronging His Highness, so he ordered someone to clean it up overnight. When we came the next day, the windows were bright and clean, the veils had been washed, and all the bedding and quilts had been picked out and delivered. Yes. How can there be such a cold palace, such a punishment?"

She pursed her lips and smiled, carefully arranging the food and drink, "Your Majesty loves His Highness, but to this point, the slaves are really knowledgeable. These meals are all—"

At this point, he raised his head and met Ruan Xueyin's cold eyes.

Chunfeng cast a sympathetic glance at the little girl, "You step back, let this hall have a good talk with your highness."

Bi Tao Nuonuo agreed, and when she passed by Chunfeng, she heard her say again: "After all, it is a punishment known to the government and the public. You just know these words in your heart and don't talk about them. Our hall used to be open-minded, but later realized: People often die from talking too much."

Bi Tao had followed her beloved master for many years, and hadn't heard such threats for a long time, her face turned pale immediately, she thanked the princess for her reminder, and walked out with small steps, tripping over the threshold.

"Why didn't Tangli come with you?" Chunfeng asked when there were only two sisters-in-law left.

"She's pregnant, so it's inconvenient to come to this kind of place."

When Ruan Xueyin said that, she thought Tangli would object, but she didn't, and she agreed very decisively, so she knew that she wanted to stay outside to inquire about news and take care of her at any time.

"Diyan is going to be a father!" Chunfeng was stunned at first, then laughed, "I have Diyan since I have memories of Brother Nine, 20 years ago? I remember competing with him to climb a tree to see who can get the bird first." The eggs in the nest, as if they were seven or eight years old? In the end, no one got them, and they all fell from the tree!" Her eyes fluttered, "It's still like yesterday."

Ruan Xueyin's childhood and girlhood did not have such interesting stories, let alone so many partners, she felt envious and happy.

Chunfeng's smile gradually faded, as if he was worried, he murmured: "It's not so easy to be pregnant."

Ruan Xueyin heard something strange and decided to look at her.

Chunfeng came back to his senses and laughed, "Of course it's not easy, you have to be blessed to be parents. Chao Chao is the blessing of sister-in-law and brother Jiu, she will be safe."

The main reason for meeting tonight was this, Ruan Xueyin knew that she couldn't avoid it, so she smiled back and signaled her to continue talking.

Chunfeng didn't know that his elder brother had concealed many things from his sister-in-law during this period, and Ruan Xueyin, who thought that most people knew about it, also knew about it, so he said directly:

"That cliff, I, Ji Qi, and Jiang Chao took people down to search carefully. No, not even blood. It can be seen that the statement about Jing Tingge and Murong Xun may not be true, so Chao Chao and the others were also forced to go there. The rumors of falling off the cliff are even more unbelievable." She felt dry mouth, took a sip of tea,

"When we arrived, dozens of teams had been mobilized across the northern border to search for the princess, and they went deep into various counties, towns and villages. Ji Qi and I also acted as part of the team, looking for it day and night. Sister-in-law." She sat closer , holding Ruan Xueyin's hands tightly,
"The time is too long. It has been almost a month since Chaochao separated from you. She may be anywhere at this time, in Qi, in Wei, or even to the former border of Yin Kingdom, now Qixi and Weixi. ——In such a chaotic situation, anything can happen, Shangguan Yan retaliated against Huo Yan, Qi Wei had just stopped fighting, and the country was in chaos. Right? The few of them with the princess will definitely take the safest measure and make up their minds to hide somewhere before the situation stabilizes." She let out a long breath, and the more she said, the more reasonable she was,

"There are anti-people in the whole country, and everyone knows that the little princess is missing. At this time, taking a little girl of the same age on the road and appearing in front of people is too conspicuous. Isn't it dangerous?"

Ruan Xueyin listened very carefully, and kept looking at Chunfeng's lifelike face.

After finishing talking, she still looked at her like that, Chunfeng felt a little embarrassed, immediately reacted, and said softly: "Sister-in-law, you are making trouble with brother Jiu like this, is it because of Chaochao?"

She used the word "trouble".Ruan Xueyin moved her eyes slightly, "You also think that I did something wrong?"

Chunfeng shook his head, showing a sad expression, "Both of you are right, it's all for each other." Earlier in Linghua Hall, Xiao Mo had already explained everything he knew, "Do you have to ask for everything like this? Let Brother Nine Be presumptuous for a while, let him decide right and wrong with the authority of the emperor, if future generations regard this paragraph as his stain, let future generations write it-he will unify Qingchuan and rule the prosperous world. Compared with such achievements, this What kind of?"

"I don't want him to be misunderstood and slandered, and thus harming the community is only one of the reasons." Ruan Xueyin lowered her eyes and looked at Xilan carved between the armrests, "I sat in Daqi's middle palace for a day, and this piece The matter will never go away, and it will be brought up again and again in the long years to come—even if he killed all the anti-people and seemed to end the campaign, even if he imposed a gag order on the whole country—what matters is not the speech itself, but the people behind the speech .I have been dragged into the muddy water, and there is a lot of evidence, and everyone related to it has been executed, but I am not only alive, but also the queen of this country."

Gu Chunfeng heard it clearly, lowered his eyes, and said for a while, "But my sister-in-law was wronged. Many people think so, and they are all speaking for sister-in-law and fighting back against those who have ulterior motives."

"So I can't let them down."

Chunfeng looked up at her.

"If I'm not here, after 20 or 50 years, after your ninth brother ruled the peaceful and prosperous world, you will still have the opportunity to reopen the women's class with other reasons-everything today will be forgotten, and Haiyan Heqing will let the people believe in the lord Any decision made, female class, may be able to recover. And if I live, I will still be in the middle palace, which is the reason just now: everything today will never be forgotten, and your ninth brother may not be able to pass this test completely, so, You may not see Gu Qitian at all."

　A certain male protagonist hasn't seen his wife for five days, and couldn't take it anymore, "Chunfeng can see why I can't".The next chapter is the opposite of Youlan Palace.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)