Chapter 116: Five Nations Banquet

Gu Junqing has many questions in her mind, and if possible, she really wants the emperor to answer them for her.

But she didn't ask these questions out loud. She just picked out a few important things to ask briefly.

There were too many princes involved, so only people in the royal family of Da Qi knew about what happened back then. Qi Yunjin was no exception, but he lived a secluded life back then. Moreover, everyone outside knew that he was a sickly prince, so he rarely took the initiative to deal with the bloody storm that provoked the royal family.

Therefore, compared with the situation among other princes, Qi Yunjin was not particularly clear. He only knew some general information and that the specific circumstances of the late emperor's death were closely related to these princes.

But looking at Gu Junqing's delicate and pretty face, Qi Yunjin paused, and finally did not tell her about the dirty deeds of the royal family.

"I have my reasons for keeping Prince An under house arrest. Now he cannot be moved. Perhaps we have to wait until Prince Qing and Prince Yuan return to Beijing before we can resolve the issue. We still have to wait for some time."

Hearing that the emperor was not in a position to talk to him more about these issues, Gu Junqing's eyes flashed with surprise, and then he lowered his head and stopped asking. At this time, Qi Yunjin walked to another place and sat down, then waved for him to sit opposite him, as if he wanted him to play chess with him.

Gu Junqing did as he was told.

"How have those two months ago been training in the military in recent days?"

Qi Yunjin placed the white piece in his hand at a certain position and asked.

Gu Junqing followed closely, placed the black piece on his left side, and replied:

"You will be able to join the team in a few days. As for how to arrange it, please let the emperor decide at that time."

"Well, then Cao Anshan will be the captain of the camp, and Li Dahui will still be led by Cao Anshan."

"Yes"

"correct……"

When the emperor said these two words, it seemed that he had thought of something. Gu Junqing raised his eyes and looked at Qi Yunjin with a puzzled look, waiting for the emperor's next words, without stopping, and continued to place the black pieces.

"Recently, the Shen family seems to have started to have some connection with the Yu family. Do you know why?"

Hmm? What connection? Could it be that Yu Qiguan accepted the maidservant of the eldest son of the Shen family, and then Miss Chu Er secretly killed the maidservant?

Apart from this, she didn't pay much attention to other things. It was indeed her negligence.

Gu Junqing thought to himself, with a hint of hesitation in his eyes: "Which connections does the emperor mean?"

"The whole capital now knows that Yu Qiguan asked Shen Qingzhu for a maid. After all, Miss Chu Er was so powerful that she killed someone. You have to know about it..."

Qi Yunjin paused, looked at the slightly disadvantageous chess game, held a piece in his hand, and then placed it on the chessboard. When he saw that the situation of the white side had stabilized, he continued:

"...But I'm not talking about this. The Yu and Shen families worked together to help the late emperor arrange the five-nation banquet. The venue was in our Great Qi. Naturally, we can't let other countries laugh at our Great Qi. Of course, next year's Five-nation Banquet will be held in our Great Qi."

A five-nation banquet?

Qi Yunjin's words really shocked Gu Junqing.

She lowered her eyelashes and frowned in thought.

At this time in the previous life, no news was revealed, and no one said anything about the Five-Nation Banquet. The late emperor did not say anything, and even the aristocratic families did not say anything about the Five-Nation Banquet.

Gu Junqing didn't have time to figure out what went wrong in this life and his previous life, which led to what was happening now happening suddenly.

Qi Yunjin, who was sitting opposite her, saw that she was not making any moves for a long time, so he paused with his fingertips, then raised his deep, dark peach blossom eyes and looked at her with a deep, probing look.

"General Gu"

It was not until Qi Yunjin's gentle call that Gu Junqing, who had been in a daze, suddenly came back to his senses. After reacting, he saw Qi Yunjin looking at him with a pair of dark eyes. Gu Junqing smiled awkwardly, first dropped the black spot, and then with a look of apology on his face:

"Please forgive me, Your Majesty. I lost my mind just now."

Qi Yunjin shook his head, but he didn't take this sentence to heart. He just looked at her with his black eyes and asked the question that Gu Junqing expected:

"What were you thinking about just now?"

It can't be that they are talking about past life or present life, Gu Junqing complained in his heart, and then fixed his gaze on the iris embroidered with gold thread on Qi Yunjin's lapel.

"I wonder if I will be there at the five-nation banquet next year."

After these words were spoken, both of them were stunned for a moment. Gu Junqing didn't expect that he would say such a casual word. Qi Yunjin also didn't seem to expect that Gu Junqing was thinking about this. He didn't believe it, after all, it was too clumsy, but he was too lazy to expose it and gave Gu Junqing some face.

"General Gu is of course here. Now most of the neighboring countries have surrendered to Da Qi and signed letters of surrender. In addition, your maternal family has been guarding the border for generations. You don't have to worry too much and rush back to the border."

When listening to Qi Yunjin talking about her maternal grandfather, Gu Junqing lowered her head, pursed her lips and smiled. She was really happy that the emperor spoke in a tone full of confidence and reassurance towards her maternal grandfather's family.

After she was happy, she seemed to think of something, and then asked:

"How many days will it take for the two princes to arrive in the capital?"

"Yucheng and the Royal Tombs are a long way from Beijing. It will probably take more than a month to get back to Beijing."

More than a month.

Gu Junqing nodded, and then stopped asking questions, changing the topic to another one:

"Your Majesty, did Duke Shen's wife, Shen Yang, really die because she was pushed into the water by Princess Qing at that banquet?"

The hand that was pinching Bai Zi paused, Qi Yunjin looked at her, his peach blossom eyes staring at her without blinking, his thin lips slightly curled with a bit of amusement.

Qi Yunjin knew that Gu Junqing was not the type to casually ask questions about his inner doubts, unless he was curious about this matter or began to doubt it, he could not help but test him. However, this matter happened a few years ago, before he ascended the throne, Shen Yang had already died.

"Could it be that General Gu suspects that there is something fishy about Shen Yang's death?"

"Without evidence, I dare not jump to conclusions"

The implication is doubt.

Qi Yunjin nodded, and then said with a strange smile: "I don't know when the general started to doubt it. After all, it has been so many years, and General Gu actually remembered it..."

"If General Gu hadn't mentioned it, I wouldn't have known what was wrong with this matter."

This was also a test. Of course, Gu Junqing did not want to hide anything, and he honestly told the emperor everything about Shen Lianyu, except that Shen Lianyu had an affair with a man while she was imprisoned.

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