peach plum spring breeze a glass of wine

Chapter 70

Although Gu Hanzhao had already returned to Beijing, Emperor Xuanwu did not rush to summon him. Instead, he allowed him to rest for a day and report back on the war in the morning to reward and punish the soldiers.

Fengyang was ordered by Concubine Su to get close to Gu Hanzhao. Since Fengsheng was punished to contemplate in the mansion, many people in the harem had other thoughts. What they should have and what should not have made the Zhao family anxious.

It is impossible to say that Fengyang has no intention of fighting for power, but even though he has been courting him all the way, Gu Hanzhao still looks like he doesn't want to get in.He glanced at Feng Yu with slight resentment, never would have thought that this emperor brother who usually has no sense of presence would get the upper hand.

Feng Yu naturally knew that Feng Yang was dissatisfied with him in his heart, but even if Gu Mingchen's incident exposed his ambition, he would not let it go.

Gu Hanzhao sat on Tashuang and rode his horse from one end of Fengshouzhou to the other. The people on both sides joined the road. Their expressions full of joy reminded him unconsciously of the past.That year when Nanze won the big victory, he was also so proud, but at that time he was not yet a weak champion, but now he is approaching his thirties.The soldiers behind him did not give up much, their cheeks were flushed with excitement, and the expression on each face seemed to be the hero who saved Nanze.

Fengyang also enjoys the love and affection of the common people, but he still remembers his mother's concubine's instructions, and he tried every means to talk to Gu Hanzhao along the way. Gu Hanzhao was not cold, but he was not very eager.Fengyang had no choice but to return in vain. Since Fengyang was leaving, Fengyu couldn't stay for a long time, so he left with the others after saying goodbye.

Mother Lu had been waiting at home early, and when she saw Gu Hanzhao, the tears that had already accumulated in her eyes fell uncontrollably.Seeing this, Gu Hanzhao also felt uncomfortable. He took a step forward and held Mother Lu's hands, and said softly, "Mom, I'm back."

"It's good to be back, it's good to be back." Although Lu Mu's eyes were slightly red, the smile on her face did not disappear, and she said in a trembling voice.

Seeing this, Gu Fu stepped forward and said, "Madam, the food and drink are ready, let's go in and talk."

Mother Lu hurriedly nodded and said: "I was negligent, I'm afraid you are tired all the way back."

Gu Hanzhao was afraid that Lu's mother would be worried, so he didn't tell him about his injury. Zhao Jianyu knew what was going on in his mind and tacitly concealed it for him.

The family of four sat down, and the happiest person was Gu Mingchen, who, contrary to his icy cold appearance tomorrow, was placed between himself and Gu Hanzhao by Zhao Jianyu, to relieve his longing.

After the meal, Zhao Zhanyu took the pulse of Mrs. Lu and Gu Mingchen. During the year they left, Mrs. Lu and Gu Mingchen's health was what Gu Hanzhao was most worried about.Fortunately, with Zhao Jianyu's careful care, Mrs. Lu's body is very strong, and even Gu Mingchen is no different from other children.

Gu Hanzhao knew that this kid was not expected to practice martial arts, so he only taught him some Tai Chi techniques on weekdays to strengthen his body, and did not force him to learn martial arts.Gu Mingchen is good at learning literature, but he is a bit clumsy when learning martial arts. Gu Hanzhao recalled his previous life, and it seems that this child is not good at martial arts because he didn't pay attention to teaching it, but because Gu Mingchen really has no talent for it.

Gu Hanzhao had to go to court the next day, and Zhao Jianyu took a rest after diagnosing their pulse.

On the second day, Gu Hanzhao got up early in the morning. Seeing that Zhao Jianyu was sleeping soundly, he couldn't bear to be disturbed. After getting dressed, he told Gu Fu not to disturb Zhao Jianyu before getting up and leaving.

As soon as Gu Hanzhao appeared, all the officials in the hall were stunned for a moment, then congratulations and flattery were heard endlessly, Gu Hanzhao smiled and didn't care.

Emperor Xuanwu got up earlier than usual today, and he was usually reluctant to go to court, but today he was extraordinarily attentive.The expressions on the faces of the ministers also became much more cheerful, sweeping away the gloom and anxiety before.

Sitting in the hall, Emperor Xuanwu looked at Gu Hanzhao's heroic appearance with mixed feelings in his heart, but thinking that the other party was a meritorious minister, he forcibly suppressed the dark jealousy in his heart.

No matter how powerful Gu Hanzhao was, he didn't realize that Emperor Xuanwu had such thoughts.All the emperors, no matter they are talented, powerful, resourceful or mediocre, they all have a strange attachment to longevity.

Although Emperor Xuanwu had Zhao Wuxia by his side some time ago and relied on spices to refresh himself, his foundation had already been damaged, and his body was riddled with holes.Therefore, when seeing his sons, he would always be inexplicably terrified, but now seeing Gu Hanzhao's energetic appearance, the darkness in his heart subconsciously expanded again.

But he still had reason and knew that now was not the time to care about it. Seeing the ministers finished their salutes, the smiles in his eyes remained undiminished, and he happily asked them to stand up.

"Marquis Zhenyuan expelled Beiyuan's army and captured the third prince of Beiyuan. Gu Hanzhao has a wish.

All the ministers had different thoughts, and they all secretly raised their eyes to look at Gu Hanzhao, but Xie Cheng, who was familiar with him, frowned, worried in his heart, and all of them guessed in their hearts whether Emperor Xuanwu really wanted to reward Gu Hanzhao or was it just a verbal test .

If it wasn't for Gu Hanzhao's lack of desire for power, he would have been ecstatic.Gu Hanzhao had already planned in his heart, and he didn't care whether Emperor Xuanwu had the intention or not.

"Minister, I would like to ask Your Majesty to grant you a marriage." After speaking, Gu Hanzhao knelt down, and Emperor Xuanwu and all the officials were startled.The joy in Emperor Xuanwu's eyes flashed, but Gu Hanzhao wasted this opportunity, and immediately said softly, "I don't know which lady Aiqing is looking for."

Emperor Xuanwu narrowed his eyes with a smile, thinking that even if Gu Hanzhao wanted Princess Shang, he would agree to it.

"It is not a woman that I want to marry." Although Nanze has the custom of marrying a man, the Xungui family will not marry a man for the sake of their children, and will only accept a few male concubines at most.But Gu Hanzhao dared to ask for marriage in front of the imperial court, so he probably wouldn't be taking a concubine.

"I don't know which son won Aiqing's favor?" Emperor Xuanwu almost couldn't hide the corners of his lips, and asked with a smile.

Seeing the surprise on their faces, Gu Hanzhao didn't care, he just said to himself, "It's Zhao Chongyu, the son of Mr. Zhao's family, Zhao Jianyu."

"From Zhao Chong's family?" Emperor Xuanwu immediately remembered that Zhao Jianyu was Zhao Wuxia's younger brother, and agreed without much hesitation.When the courtiers heard about it, they were stunned and then relieved. Many people knew about the marriage contract between Zhao Zhanyu and Gu Hanzhao, but Gu Hanzhao hadn't married for a long time, so there were some rumors. Fortunately, Zhao Zhanyu was a man, and he He didn't care about these things, so these rumors didn't have any impact on his reputation.

Gu Hanzhao had heard about the rumors in Beijing for a long time, but in order to let Zhao Jianyu go out with him, he had to endure it all the time.Everyone in Beijing originally regarded it as a joke, but they didn't expect to be slapped severely in the face by Gu Hanzhao within a few days.Unexpectedly, he was already prepared, and Zhao Jianyu has changed from a laughing stock in the capital to an object of envy.

The future husband is young and promising, and even asked for a marriage in front of the imperial court, which made Zhao Jianyu in the limelight for a while, but it is a pity that Zhao Jianyu is still sleeping soundly in the warm bed at this time.

Seeing that everyone's eyes were focused on him, Zhao Chong raised his head slightly. Since Zhao Wuxia was favored, his status in the court has also increased, and people often come to fawn on him.Now that Zhao Zhanyu is about to marry into the Gu family, it doesn't take long for his lineage to rise and surpass that of Queen Zhao's lineage.

Emperor Xuanwu lived in the palace, so he didn't know about this matter at all, but seeing Gu Hanzhao's request, thinking that with a sister like Zhao Wuxia, Zhao Zhanyu must have a peerless appearance, so he immediately smiled and said: "I agree." Although Gu Hanzhao made a wish , but in the end it only took some writing, Emperor Xuanwu was very satisfied with the result, and his fear of Gu Hanzhao was less in his heart.

Uncle Zhao Guo has been unhappy in the court for the past few days, and now his confidants in the army have also been taken down by Gu Hanzhao and replaced with his own troops.Seeing that Gu Hanzhao had won the Sacred Heart, he could only bite the bullet and said, "Your Majesty, although Marquis Zhenyuan has made merits, he also has demerits!"

When Emperor Xuanwu saw that it was him who came out, he couldn't help frowning and said coldly: "What does Zhao Aiqing mean by that?"

Zhao Guoshu's hands trembled slightly, knowing that he spoke at the worst possible time, but now that he was out of the queue, he could only say: "Although the general is away, the emperor's order is not acceptable. But the Marquis of Zhenyuan replaced the general appointed by His Majesty, Cutting first and playing later is ignoring His Majesty's authority!"

Emperor Xuanwu didn't care about it at first, but after hearing Uncle Zhao Guo's words, he couldn't help feeling pimples in his heart.But I had just rewarded Gu Hanzhao before, and at this moment, it seemed that I was reluctant to part with that kind of grace again. Thinking of this in my heart, I also lost my good face towards Uncle Zhao.

Emperor Xuanwu looked at Gu Hanzhao again and asked, "Does Gu Aiqing have anything to say?"

"Your Majesty, I was also forced to do nothing." Gu Hanzhao had already prepared in case Uncle Zhao would bite back and said: "The generals who were replaced by the minister delayed the military plane and offered advice to His Majesty the Fifth Prince, which made His Highness order the Nanze army to retreat all the way. In a few words, Gu Hanzhao pushed the original fault of Feng Sheng to those confidantes of Uncle Zhao.

Uncle Zhao Guo was speechless when he heard the words. If he complied, he would certainly be able to help Feng Sheng escape the crime, but the men and horses he had painstakingly arranged in the army were folded in, and it was nothing to lose these men and horses. But if he left the impression that he was ruthless to his subordinates, who would be willing to work for him.But it shouldn't be to let Feng Sheng take the responsibility for the crime. At this time, Uncle Zhao is so regretful that his guts are green. How could he have been delusional in the first place, and confidently thought that Feng Sheng could use soldiers like a god.

Uncle Zhao Guo struggled in his heart for a moment, and finally he closed his eyes and made up his mind: "It's the minister who is narrow-minded, what the Lord Hou said is true." His move meant that he completely gave up on those generals. Delaying the military aircraft is not a trivial matter. Although those few people will not lose their lives because of this crime, the years of struggle may be in vain.Although Zhao Guojiu was heartbroken, he couldn't show it, and returned to his seat sadly.

Emperor Xuanwu heard that Feng Sheng had been punished in the mansion for a long time and thought about it for a long time. Since this matter has nothing to do with him, it is not good to punish him again, and immediately said: "Since Feng Sheng was bewitched by others, then withdraw For his punishment, he is allowed to participate in today's palace banquet." Hearing this, Uncle Zhao Guo finally felt less resentment in his heart.

Seeing that no one was playing again, Eunuch Gao, who was accompanying Emperor Xuanwu, sang loudly: "Retire from the court." After that, he just waited for the palace banquet at night.

The first day of the Spring Festival requires offering sacrifices to the heavens, which is not very interesting for children. In order to compensate Gu Mingchen, Zhao Jianyu agreed to accompany him on the second day's parade.It's just that Zhao Zhanyu never expected that Gu Hanzhao would ask for grace from Emperor Xuanwu, and he was still a little dazed when the father-in-law who announced the decree left.

Seeing this, Gu Hanzhao couldn't help pinching his cheek. Gu Mingchen saw Zhao Jianyu being bullied, frowned and patted Gu Hanzhao's hand away on tiptoe.Gu Hanzhao was not annoyed when his son slapped him away, he just looked at Zhao Zhanyu intently and apologized, "I'm sorry for keeping you waiting." Zhao Zhanyu's cheeks were slightly red, and it was unclear whether it was because of being pinched by Gu Hanzhao or because of embarrassment.

Gu Mingchen saw that the two of them seemed to be confiding in each other, so he sighed and left silently.

Zhao Zheyu is not attached to the so-called status. They have walked together all these years, and he seems to have never urged Gu Hanzhao to give himself a status.He is a man and has no boudoir burden, just knowing that there is only one Gu Hanzhao in his heart and that there is only one him in Gu Hanzhao's heart is enough.

Seeing him shaking his head, Gu Hanzhao hugged him tightly and said, "Thank you, Zheyu." Seeing his slightly childish behavior, Zhao Zhanyu's heart softened instantly, and he stretched out his arms to hug him back.

The two hugged for a while, and then Gu Hanzhao reluctantly let go of his hand and said, "Your Majesty has given you the grace to allow you to join me in tonight's palace banquet, so that we don't have to be separated."

Zhao Zheyu was taken aback, logically speaking he was not qualified to participate in such an occasion, but he did not expect Emperor Xuanwu to bestow such grace.Gu Mingchen was Feng Yu's companion, and Emperor Xuanwu recently allowed him to attend tonight's palace banquet in order to show how much he valued Gu Hanzhao.Hearing the news at first, Gu Mingchen, who was still a little gloomy, immediately became much happier.

Emperor Xuanwu's grace came suddenly, Zhao Jianyu didn't prepare in advance, and he didn't have any clothes to attend the palace banquet, Madam Lu immediately arranged for him after hearing the words.Originally, Zhao Chong didn't pay attention to Gu Hanzhao, who was gradually falling out of favor, but everything in the court today made him change his mind. When he learned that Zhao Jianyu was qualified to attend today's palace banquet, he immediately ordered someone to come to Gu's mansion, Said to take Zhao Jianyu back to make preparations.

Mother Lu's expression was calm when she heard the words, if the Zhao family had feelings for Zhao Jianyu, Zhao Jianyu would not even have a decent dress, and immediately ordered Gu Fu to send him back.In the mansion, Zhao Chong saw his servants come back in despair, and Zhao Zhanyu did not follow behind him, so he immediately became angry.

Because Zhao Wuxia was favored, Mrs. Zhao put on airs more and more these days. Seeing that Zhao Chong was angry, she didn't persuade her, she just provoked: "This son's heart is no longer in our Zhao family. Otherwise, Zhao Zhanyu's marriage would have been dismissed long ago." Mrs. Zhao still does not believe that Gu Hanzhao and Zhao Zhanyu are in love with each other, she only thinks that he has a crush on Zhao Wuxia's status in the palace .It's no wonder Mrs. Zhao thinks so, Zhao Wuxia climbed to the position of concubine in just a short time, such a promotion speed is unmatched by Queen Zhao.

"Ignorant woman." Zhao Chong felt that he was being ridiculed by Mrs. Zhao, and he couldn't care less about her, so he reproached him in a low voice and returned to the room.

The Gu family didn't care what Mrs. Zhao thought, and was only busy taking care of Zhao Jianyu.Gu Hanzhao and Gu Mingchen don't need to bother, they already knew that they were eligible to participate in the palace banquet, and their costumes were already prepared, but Zhao Jianyu didn't have custom-made clothes, and now it's too late, so they can only order someone to sell them to the tailors in the city. The shopkeeper called, brought some ready-made clothes, picked out the right ones, and then modified them according to Zhao Jianyu's size.

Mother Lu thought that since she was going to make clothes, she might as well make more clothes at a time, and let the shopkeeper measure Zhao Jianyu's size, and ordered several sets of clothes for each season.Zhao Zheyu never paid much attention to these things, so he could only freeze his body and let Lu's mother torment him.

The clothes were soon settled down, the lavender robe, the simple embroidered pattern, only the collar and cuffs are decorated with white fox fur, which made Zhao Zhanyu's delicate features look beautiful, but Mother Lu looked at the accessories a lot and still couldn't decide. down.

Gu Hanzhao waited impatiently outside the door. As soon as he entered the door, he saw Zhao Jianyu who was already dressed neatly. Seeing him wearing a purple robe, his temperament was as warm as jade, and he couldn't help but stagnate.Seeing that Gu Hanzhao was lost in his eyes, Lu's mother didn't remind her, she just covered her lips and smiled lightly. Zhao Jianyu felt a little embarrassed when she saw this, and coughed lightly twice.

Only then did Gu Hanzhao come back to his senses, and asked with a smile, "Have you chosen yet?"

Lu's mother was troubled: "The clothes have been chosen, but I don't know what to wear. These accessories are not suitable."

Hearing this, Gu Hanzhao took out the jade pendant hidden in his sleeve and said, "I originally planned to give it to you on your birthday." The warm white jade is not all warm white.The two vivid swimming fish are connected end to end, forming a ring shape, but the fish eyes of the two fish are like a finishing touch, a small dot of blue color.Originally, this was a flaw, but through the skillful hands of the craftsman, it turned decay into magic.

"This jade is good." Lu's mother said pleasantly, Gu Hanzhao's thoughts on Zhao Jianyu can be seen.

After Zhao Jianyu took care of it, Gu Mingchen had already sat in the carriage and waited for a long time. Seeing Zhao Jianyu's appearance, he was startled, and then rushed forward, grabbing the hem of his clothes and acting coquettishly.

Gu Hanzhao was originally worried about whether the child's temperament would be too withdrawn and rigid, but seeing his current appearance, he was no longer worried. In short, he would have someone to take care of him in the future, so he didn't need to worry too much.

The three of them got off their horses, and there was a young eunuch guarding outside the palace gate early on. Seeing Gu Hanzhao and the others coming, they hurriedly stepped forward with lanterns and led them to the palace banquet.

Some courtiers came early, but it seemed that Gu Hanzhao and the others were late.Seeing that they had arrived from a distance, Zhao Chong was hesitating whether to go forward, but he felt a little unhappy when the servants of the mansion were sent back earlier, so he finally sat in the same place safely and waited for Gu Hanzhao and the others to come.

As soon as Gu Hanzhao appeared, someone came up to greet him, and Gu Hanzhao responded with a smile, but Zhao Zheyu was not used to it.Gu Hanzhao knew that he only focused on medical skills, seeing his uneasiness whispered in his ear and comforted him: "Don't worry about them, I'm here." Zhao Zhanyu nodded, treating the people around him as medicinal plants in his heart, and acted naturally a lot.

Although Gu Hanzhao didn't like Zhao Chong and didn't want Zhao Jianyu to have too much involvement with the Zhao family, but at this time Zhao Jianyu hadn't entered Gu's residence, so if he lost his manners here, someone might break his mouth.So he brought Zhao Zheyu and Gu Mingchen forward to salute: "Master Zhao." Seeing that Gu Hanzhao had already stepped forward, Zhao Chong thought that they were making a gesture of friendship, and immediately smiled reservedly as a response, and waited to talk to Gu Hanzhao carefully Seeing him being dragged away by Prime Minister Xie, the expression on his face suddenly became cloudy.

Although Gu Mingchen was young, perhaps because he often walked around the palace, he was used to these things. Seeing that Zhao Jianyu was not used to it, he took him to a seat and took some pastries to eat.

"Sir, Mingchen." Feng Yu arrived together with several princes, and the other princes went to greet Gu Hanzhao, but he went to Gu Mingchen first.

Seeing that it was Feng Yu, Gu Mingchen relaxed his defense a little, smiled and nodded with Feng Yu.

The eldest prince still had no sense of presence, and followed behind the other princes timidly. Seeing them go to talk to Gu Hanzhao, he followed the crowd.Feng Yang got the first opportunity last time, but he didn't grasp it. Today's expression is a little calm, but he is still polite and polite.Feng Ming and Gu Hanzhao didn't have much contact, but because of Feng Yu, they had more contact than other princes, but it was difficult to express it at this time, and they only nodded each other to say hello.

And Feng Sheng, who is usually the most popular in the limelight, seems to have changed since he appeared, even Uncle Zhao Guo almost couldn't recognize him.The originally gloomy temperament became more and more weird. One person sat in his seat with his head down. Some officials from the Zhao family line wanted to come forward to please him, but when they saw him like this, they stopped in their tracks and looked at Uncle Zhao uneasily. .

Uncle Zhao Guo also shook his head in his heart when he saw Feng Sheng's appearance. He didn't know about Feng Sheng's injury at this time. , no matter how wronged you are, you should not show it, today's palace banquet is a great joy, I'm afraid His Majesty will be dissatisfied with your appearance." Uncle Zhao persuaded earnestly, but seeing Feng Sheng still looking listless, he was a little upset , Just waiting to suppress the dissatisfaction in his heart before persuading him, he heard that Emperor Xuanwu had already arrived in the palace, so he had no choice but to return to his seat.

Emperor Xuanwu brought his four concubines today, but he didn't see Empress Zhao. Uncle Zhao Guo, who was calm at first, thumped in his heart. He only hoped that Feng Sheng would keep his previous words in mind, and stop angering Emperor Xuanwu.

"Everyone loves you in peace." Emperor Xuanwu and the four concubines sat in the hall to accept the worship of all the officials.The one who attracted the most attention was probably the new concubine Zhao Wuxia. Although she belonged to the same line as Empress Zhao, she had a bad relationship with her.It's just that Zhao Wuxia's methods should not be underestimated. Her unprominent mother's family is still suppressed everywhere, but even so, she is still favored in the harem full of beauties, which shows that she is not as uncontested as she seems on the outside.However, Zhao Wuxia's appearance is indeed outstanding, even if the four concubines are sitting together, her demeanor will not be diminished at all, but the eyes of everyone will be attracted to her unconsciously.

After they died, the palace banquet officially began. Most of the palace banquets were the same, and it was rare for dancers from two countries to dance at the previous banquet.

The sound of silk and bamboo at the banquet was endless. Emperor Xuanwu was a little curious about Zhao Jianyu's appearance at first, and thought that the one who attracted Gu Hanzhao's heart must be a beauty with outstanding appearance and graceful temperament like Zhao Wuxia, but he didn't expect that he was just ordinary. Zhao Wuxia didn't look alike at all.In fact, Zhao Zheyu was born with handsome features, but Emperor Xuanwu was not good at masculinity, and he always judged people by their appearance. He met many beauties in the palace, so he was naturally not interested in Zhao Zheyu's slightly flat eyebrows.

Gu Hanzhao is today's protagonist. At first, everyone was restrained, but after drinking for three rounds, they forgot their dignity. Gu Hanzhao fulfilled his wish today, and he was a little happy in his heart. He would never refuse the toast of others.

After the singing and dancing in the hall was over, Gu Hanzhao was a little drunk. Zhao Zhanyu saw that he was resting his chin with one hand and playing with the jade cup in the other, and he knew that he was already drunk when his peach blossom eyes narrowed slightly.Immediately slipping a elixir into his hands, Gu Hanzhao was instinctively unprepared against Zhao Jianyu, seeing that he handed him a elixir, he took it with warm wine without hesitation.

"This medicine is a cure for hangovers. You will have a headache when you get hangover. I'll make you a hangover medicine when I get back later." Gu Hanzhao became clearer, and quietly held Zhao Zhanyu's hand under the cover of his sleeve.

But others would not let Gu Hanzhao go, immediately refilled his glass and persuaded him to drink it.Knowing that Zhao Zheyu was worried, Gu Hanzhao pushed the wine glass away with a smile and said, "I'm a little dizzy, I'll go to get some air first, and then I'll continue when I come back." Seeing that the person was rejected, the man didn't care, held up the glass and asked someone else to drink with him.