The prince loves me like his life, but I force him to rebel

The emperor's attitude towards the prince's assassination was unclear, and no one in the court said much.

After all, anyone with a discerning eye knows who the biggest beneficiary will be if the prince dies.

Qiang Yi is just a scapegoat. If a thorough investigation is conducted, it will be discovered that the mastermind behind this is the Second Prince and the Queen's party.

But, if the emperor doesn’t investigate, how can a subject speak up?

What's more, there is a huge risk of offending the Second Prince and the Queen's party.

The court officials who were not on the Second Prince's side were already walking on thin ice. Now that the Second Prince and the Queen have dared to take action against the Crown Prince, who would dare to stand up for the Crown Prince?

Despite such a big incident, the court was unexpectedly calm.

The prince summoned Sima Yao to the palace for a secret talk and told him the emperor's intention. With Gu Nianzhi's previous analysis, Sima Yao quickly accepted the reality.

In fact, Shu Huaiyuan was not as straightforward as the empress dowager worried. He had read a lot of military books over the years, which helped him develop a unique way of thinking about problems. To some extent, he looked at problems more accurately than the prince and others who had always lived in the inner court of the imperial palace.

Soon, Lin Heng received an imperial edict and returned to the capital with the remaining troops together with Min Lirong.

Everyone understood each other tacitly and no longer mentioned the difficulties along the way.

News came from Qiangyi that the eldest princess was unwell and the wedding would need to be postponed and the time was to be determined.

In this way, everyone had a rare period of leisure and ease, as if those life-and-death scenes were things of the previous life.

Gu Nianzhi still lives in Sima Yao's mansion, hoping to wait for an opportunity to get the phoenix-inlaid kingfisher hairpin and spear from Sima Yao.

Just when he had figured out the secret of time travel, the "door" and "key" used for time travel were taken away before his eyes. Gu Nianzhi almost wanted to vomit blood.

The spear is simple, and it has some commemorative value to Sima Yao. After Shu Huaiyuan picked it up from the cave, Sima Yao soon put it back into the underground secret room.

But Sima Yao regarded this phoenix-inlaid kingfisher hairpin as a good omen that would help him escape from desperate situation. It seemed that he had kept it with him since he returned to Beijing. Gu Nianzhi sneaked into the study several times and found that the brocade box that originally contained the hairpin was empty.

"The Empress Defei asked me to keep this hairpin and give it to you when you find a girl you like. She will give it to that girl as a gift to her future daughter-in-law." Gu Nianzhi recalled the excuse she made when she gave the hairpin to Sima Yao, and her scalp tingled. "Don't tell me that I really have to wait until Sima Yao finds someone he likes and is ready to give the hairpin away before I know where the hairpin is?"

Gu Nianzhi was bored and wandered around the study.

Shu Huaiyuan walked past the window.

Not long after Shu Huaiyuan returned from Qiangyi, he went back to guard the imperial mausoleum again. Gu Nianzhi was naturally happy to see his travel companion on the journey of life and death again.

She waved her hands in surprise and shouted, "General Shu!"

"Mr. Gu. Why are you in the third prince's study?" Shu Huaiyuan's expression was not as excited as Gu Nianzhi's.

"I'm bored here alone. The Third Prince said I can come and go freely in his study, but his books look so boring." Gu Nianzhi walked out of the study and stood in front of Shu Huaiyuan: "General Shu, how come you have time to come here today?"

"The emperor summoned me to meet him tomorrow. It would take too long to get here from the imperial mausoleum, and I was afraid I would miss the date, so I came to Prince Yao's mansion today, and I can enter the palace with the third prince tomorrow."

"So you are alright now?"

"Does Mr. Gu have any plans?"

Gu Nianzhi leaned over, raised his head, squinted his eyes and smiled: "General Shu, can you teach me how to ride a horse?"

Ever since returning from Qiangyi, Gu Nianzhi has always wanted to learn how to ride a horse.

After all, in this world, riding a horse is just like driving a car in the real world. It is a necessary skill for men, and she has to learn it to some extent.

In addition, during this escape, because Gu Nianzhi did not know how to ride a horse, the two of them riding together caused a lot of inconvenience to Sima Yao. Now he did not know how long he would have to stay here, so it was always good to have an extra skill.

The most important thing is that in real life, equestrianism is an expensive skill. A riding lesson starts at at least five hundred yuan. If you can learn it well here, then travel back in time to get a certificate and become a part-time equestrian coach, wouldn't that make you a lot of money?

Shu Huaiyuan smiled and said, "How difficult is it to ride a horse? Huaiyuan has been proficient in horsemanship since he was a child, and he has his own experience."

The two men randomly led two horses out of the stable and began teaching in the training ground in the mansion.

"When it comes to riding a horse, the most important thing is the 'horse sense' of being one with the horse. After riding with the Third Prince for so long, I believe you have already acquired some of this. Now the most important thing is to learn how to control the horse, to control its forward, backward, left, right, and speed."

Gu Nian got on the horse, with no one to rely on behind her, and she felt a little nervous.

Shu Huaiyuan held the reins and first led the horse and Gu Nianzhi to walk slowly around the training ground for several circles. Then he handed the reins to Gu Nianzhi and started by controlling the horse to walk slowly, giving detailed instructions one by one.

I have to say that Shu Huaiyuan is really good at it.

Soon, Gu Nianzhi was able to ride the horse slowly and independently, and the fear in her heart was completely dissipated because of Shu Huaiyuan's encouragement.

"Now you can try to pull the reins and make the horse stop or turn at any time according to your wishes."

Gu Nianzhi followed Shu Huaiyuan's method and indeed stopped the horse.

"It's really possible!" She was very excited. She turned to look at Shu Huaiyuan and waved to him happily.

I was not careful with my foot and hit the horse's belly. The horse got the signal and ran along the training ground.

Gu Nianzhi was not paying attention and panicked. He hurriedly pulled the reins. The horse felt pain and raised its front hooves, throwing Gu Nianzhi off its back.

"Ah... Help..." Gu Nian screamed and fell off the horse.

The expected pain from hitting the back did not come. Shu Huaiyuan, who was quick-eyed and quick-handed, slid over and hugged Gu Nianzhi and helped him up.

"Are you okay?" Shu Huaiyuan asked.

"It's okay, it's okay..." Gu Nianzhi's voice was trembling.

"Since everything is alright, can you please let go, Mr. Gu?"

Gu Nianzhi looked down and saw that her hands were still tightly grasping Shu Huaiyuan's collar, and her entire weight was almost leaning on Shu Huaiyuan.

She quickly let go of his hand, stood up straight, took a step back, and kept an arm's length away from Shu Huaiyuan.

"I'm sorry, General Shu, I was so scared that I lost my composure."

"No problem." Shu Huaiyuan looked at the black and gray handprints on his white collar and couldn't help but laugh. Most of the people he met were iron-blooded men, and he never thought that a timid and weak man like Gu Nianzhi could be so interesting.

"This..." Gu Nianzhi also saw the stain on Shu Huaiyuan's collar at this moment. She subconsciously reached out to pat it, only to find that the stain was on her hand. "I'm really sorry, General Shu. I didn't expect the reins to be so dirty."

"It doesn't matter. It doesn't matter."

"You have to meet the emperor tomorrow. I'm afraid it won't work if your clothes are so dirty."