The General is Pregnant: His Majesty Abstinence and Sexual Devotion Every Night

Chapter 265 Ups and Downs

Seeing that she was really anxious, Qi Yunjin stopped teasing her. He told Gu Junqing seriously about the symptoms that Pu San had just thought of.

Seeing a look of realization on her face, her expression suddenly became strange, as if she had thought of something, Gu Junqing's face suddenly turned pale.

Qi Yunjin noticed something was wrong, so he quickly approached her and asked, "What's wrong?"

The disease in the previous life was not like this. It was a more contagious plague, but the symptoms of this plague were much milder than those in this life. At least half of the people would not go crazy and the other half would not be in a coma and could only lie in bed all day waiting to die.

In response to the emperor's question, Gu Junqing took a deep breath and made up an excuse to evade the question. Then she thought, since she couldn't go alone, she might as well do it behind closed doors.

Even though Qi Yunjin could guess people's minds, at this moment Gu Junqing was pale and lowered her head, looking as if she was frightened. So Qi Yunjin didn't think much about it and just tried to be as gentle as possible to Gu Junqing. So he naturally had no intention of figuring out what she was thinking at the moment.

After simply telling the emperor that he was fine, Gu Junqing rubbed his fingers, thinking about something, and began to become careless in his answers.

Qi Yunjin found out, but he wasn't angry. He just said a few words casually to bring Gu Junqing back to his senses.

Most people would not dare to be distracted in front of the emperor, but Gu Junqing had always been particularly indulged by the emperor, so Gu Junqing unknowingly lost his original idea of being respectful and humble to the emperor and paying attention to the distance between the emperor and his subjects.

Gu Junqing didn't notice it, but many people in the court did. They only thought that Gu Junqing was trusted by the emperor and had always worked under him, so they indulged her.

Qi Yunjin did not disturb Gu Junqing's thoughts, but sat in his original position, glancing at her from time to time, and then turned his attention to the memorials on the table.

In the eyes of the people in the capital, Marquis Yongning is the most honest and loyal, but also the most mediocre among all the marquises. His position in the court is only a fifth-rank minister. In addition, although Marquis Yongning's eldest son has been given the reputation of a child prodigy since he was a child, he is already twenty years old this year. At this age, many other young masters of aristocratic families have already started working in the court, and have held positions for more than two years.

However, for some reason, the son of Marquis Yongning did not seek a position, nor did he participate in the imperial examinations in previous years.

In short, like his father, he has a reputation for talent but is actually just a mediocre person.

Gu Junqing wouldn't think so.

After all, the wealth left by Yongning Hou's ancestors was enough for them to squander for two lifetimes. And Yongning Hou was just mediocre on the surface, but in fact he was not a good person.

After all, a tall tree attracts the wind, and they are also loyal to the emperor. However, in order not to arouse the emperor's suspicion, they decided to disguise themselves as mediocre and try not to get involved in the muddy water in the court.

However, in the previous life, because of the suspicion of the previous emperor and the attempt to destroy their entire mansion, Yongning Marquis Mansion finally switched sides to the Chu family, which had not collapsed at that time, and cooperated with them. In fact, it was just a win-win situation.

Yongning Hou followed behind Li Yuan and thought to himself that he was sitting at home and the imperial edict came from heaven. He didn't know what had happened. He hadn't done anything recently, so he shouldn't be punished. And why did they call him over in such a hurry?

As soon as I entered the Qinzheng Hall, I saw Gu Junqing sitting opposite the emperor and playing chess with him.

He was stunned. On the one hand, he was thinking that the relationship between the emperor and his subjects was really good, and the emperor was even more indulgent towards General Gu. On the other hand, he was still thinking about what the emperor wanted to talk to him about. When he met the emperor's lukewarm gaze, Yongning Hou quickly came back to his senses and knelt down to salute.

Gu Junqing stood up and stood on the left side of the emperor, just avoiding the action of Yongning Hou saluting Qi Yun.

Qi Yunjin glanced at her and said nothing. He just asked Yongning Hou, who was still kneeling on the ground, to excuse himself, and then he stood up from the chair.

The two sides always have to exchange simple greetings. Gu Junqing stood not far from the emperor, watching the two of them chatting boredly, but in his heart he was thinking about Nanyu City.

"Your Majesty, do you have any instructions for me?"

The first person to bring up the topic was Marquis Yongning.

Qi Yunjin raised his eyebrows and subconsciously glanced at Gu Junqing. He saw that she was watching what was happening here. When she realized that he was looking at her, she immediately lowered her head. She looked a little timid, but still very cute.

He retracted his gaze and focused on Yongning Hou. Since he had already been frank, he was too lazy to continue the small talk and agreed to directly tell Yongning Hou his plan.

"Plague? Your Majesty intends to send me to Nanyu City to deal with the plague there?"

Marquis Yongning, who was not aware that Nanyu City was currently experiencing an epidemic, subconsciously repeated what Qi Yunjin had just said.

After coming to his senses, he realized that repeating the words was a bit silly. He paused, as if he had thought of something, and continued:

"Qi Anyi is also in Nanyu City..."

This is quite thought-provoking.

Qi Yunjin looked at Marquis Yongning and knew that he was doubting what Qi Anyi had done.

After all, Qi Anyi had only been in Nanyu City for three months when such a thing happened in Nanyu City, which inevitably made people think too much.

Qi Yunjin had doubts about this matter, but he had no evidence, so when he heard this he did not answer, but instead brought the topic back to what he had said at the beginning.

Qi Yunjin knew that as long as his imperial edict came down, Marquis Yongning would have to do it even if he was unwilling, unless he wanted to disobey the order.

However, Qi Yunjin did not throw an imperial edict directly on people's heads. Instead, he discussed with Marquis Yongning in a negotiating tone. He was waiting for Marquis Yongning's attitude. Judging from his expression, it seemed that as long as Marquis Yongning said no, he would take back what he had just discussed and find someone else to do this thing.

Gu Junqing, who was watching this scene, was amazed and thought to himself that the emperor's behavior was tantamount to letting the other party see his sincerity. While feeling flattered, he would also be more cautious in doing things. In short, he would feel like he didn't want to disappoint the emperor.

Gu Junqing's eyes flickered slightly, thinking that the emperor had often used this method on him in the past.

Thinking of this, she looked at Yongning Hou with a complicated gaze, as if she was looking at her former self.