Every day after the marriage, I prepare a funeral for my husband

"Imperial Concubine? You...why did you cut your hair?"

The smooth voice sounded so far away, as if it came from the distant sky.

Gu Qiao turned his head slightly, and saw that Ping Shun was holding a bowl of anti-fetal medicine in his hand, and was staring at him blankly.After a long time, Gu Qiao asked in a slow and deep voice, "How's it going?"

Ping Shun was taken aback, as if he didn't understand what he said, and asked stupidly: "Ah? What?"

"Where is Xia Bing? Your sixth master and the soldiers guarding the city, how are they? Do they still have food and medicine?"

"Of course!" Upon hearing this, Ping Shun quickly cheered up, and replied with dodge eyes: "There is everything in the barracks, you don't have to worry, imperial concubine."

"Oh." Gu Qiao nodded silently, looked down at the small dagger on the table, and did not speak.

Ping Shun put down the soup, muttered a few times, and said in a low voice: "Princess, don't worry, I have already ordered someone to take back her bones, and prepared a good coffin..."

"Flesh and blood are gone, what do you need a coffin for, let alone where there are no dead people now?"

Gu Qiao said lightly, then stood up.

He hadn't eaten for two or three days, but he was given some medicine at the beginning, and he walked lightly.Ping Shun wanted to help him, but he pushed him away. He just came to the desk and picked up a pen and paper to write.

"I'll grind ink for you." Ping Shun rushed forward to grind for him.

Time passed slowly, Gu Qiao quietly stood on the case, folded the letter and handed it to Pingshun after writing, and said, "Please send this letter to Qin Shize."

ah?General Xiao Qin?

Ping Shun took it in a daze, but saw Gu Qiao waved his hand and wrote two more letters very quickly, and handed them to him: "Give these two letters to the Fifth Prince and Young Master Li."

An ominous premonition arose in Pingshun's heart, and he asked stupidly: "Princess, why do you seem to be committing suicide?"

Gu Qiao raised his eyes to look at him, his eyes were still so clear, but Ping Shun felt that there seemed to be something different.

"how come?"

Gu Qiao said something lightly, and then said: "I'm hungry, let's get something to eat."

Ping Shun was stunned immediately, and after a while, he happily agreed and ran out quickly.

The food was always prepared and kept warm. Ping Shun led the servants to quickly set up a table, stood beside Gu Qiao and said, "This was sent by the Sixth Lord before. Your concubine is pregnant, eat this." Best. And this is the medicinal diet prescribed by the doctor. You haven’t eaten for a few days, so you can’t eat too meaty. This is the chicken soup boiled in the kitchen. It has been fed with a slow fire for several hours. You should try it..."

Only gradually, the smooth voice gradually lowered.

He stared at Gu Qiao in a daze, and saw that Gu Qiao was holding the rice bowl, but he mechanically put the rice into his mouth mouthful, chewed and swallowed it, and quickly ate a bowl, then got up and filled it up again One bowl, sit down and continue eating.

After eating, Gu Qiao put down his chopsticks and said to Ping Shun, "What is Xing'er doing?"

"Do you want to see His Highness? He is in the small bedroom, I will go and hug him right away!"

"No, I'll go by myself."

Gu Qiao stood up and walked towards the small bedroom.

But he didn't go in. He just stood at the door and looked in through the unsealed door. He saw a maid holding the baby and coaxing him.

The baby's mouth was tight, and his small shoulders were trembling uncontrollably, as if he was crying. He pulled the maid's sleeve and asked over and over again: "Where are the stars? Where are the stars?"

The maid coaxed him: "Your Highness, Xing Xing has moved, and she will come to see you after a while."

The baby nestled in her arms, stretched out his little hand and rubbed his eyes, and asked again: "What about Daddy?"

The maid teased him with a small windmill, but the baby didn't look at it, so she could only helplessly say: "The imperial concubine is sick, and when he recovers, come and accompany your highness, okay?"

"..."

At this time, the baby suddenly stopped crying.

Gu Qiao took a deep breath, turned his head and walked away, but within a few steps, suddenly a pair of small hands hugged his legs, and he lowered his head, only to see the baby looking up at him with tears in his eyes. In the eye socket, it just doesn't fall off.

"Daddy, why don't you hug me?"

The sound of war drums outside swept across Ansheng again like a gust of wind. Gu Qiao raised his head and looked at the bright sun, feeling so dazzling.

After pondering for a while, he slowly squatted down, brushed the baby's cheek with his fingertips, and said, "Father is going out for a while, you have to listen to brother Pingshun, you understand?"

"Daddy," the baby finally cried out, tears streaming down his face: "Don't you want me? Don't you want me?"

The child began to cry, and gradually, others began to cry.

Ping Shun has been following Gu Qiao at a loss, and when he heard the baby cry, he also knelt on the ground, crying and asking repeatedly: "Princess, what are you going to do?"

"Princess, where are you going? Can I go with you?"

In this disaster year, it was like putting a big swallow on a brazier to roast, and the weakness of the dynasty was immediately highlighted. Disaster victims spread all over the country.

Especially this war, like a man-hungry beast, opened its bloody mouth, and in just a few months, it dragged down a formerly prosperous empire to the bone.

Although the news of the war in the North had spread to Jinling, it did not affect the excitement and prosperity of the imperial capital.

The streets, alleys, and villages were noisy with people. In order to pray for the emperor, the government even organized wealthy businessmen to hold a parade in the square. The laughter of the children penetrated through the palace walls, and blown into the majestic and towering building along the warm wind. In the palace.

Everyone knows that King Qingyuan is supporting Dianchen with all his strength, and no one will worry about Beidi. In fact, Dianchen did block Xia Jun outside the pass, but no one saw it...or in other words, even if he knew They will also choose to turn a blind eye to the real battle situation in the Northland.

In this world, who else can Dianchen rely on?

Suddenly, Gu Qiao hugged the baby vigorously, and then handed him to Ping Shun.

Ping Shun refused to accept it, crying: "Princess, I promised Liu Ye that I will take good care of you, what are you going to do..."

Gu Qiao forcefully stuffed the baby to him, then grabbed his hand and said, "Ping Shun, your sixth master is about to fail, can't you see all this?"

Ping Shun froze, tears streaming down her face.

Gu Qiao wiped away his tears and said: "You are a sensible person, if your sixth master comes to me, you have to help me, understand? Don't worry, I will be back soon."

After a while, the baby's voice became hoarse from crying.The child seemed to have gone crazy, beating Ping Shun desperately, like a little beast driven to a corner, with his red eyes open and howling in despair.

"Daddy! Daddy!"

The child screamed desperately, tears streaming down his face, his voice sounded like a wolf cub abandoned by his mother, he stretched out his hand to face Gu Qiao's back, his chest heaved and gasped, but Gu Qiao came out without looking back. When he left the courtyard, his shoulder-length short hair was blown up by the wind, like a fluttering butterfly.

……

That day, Gu Qiao followed the refugee team out of the south city gate and went south for a hundred miles to avoid the scout team of Nansu and Dianchen.

Along the way, he saw too many aristocratic families leading their families to flee to the south. The flow of people as far as the eye could see was like a long dragon, and no one turned their heads to look at An Sheng at this moment.

They drove a carriage, dressed in fine clothes, brought a large amount of gold, silver and jewelry, and guards, and even some local officials fled with their family members. They brandished whips and spears, and drove the civilians who were in the way aside. , with panic all over his face, he couldn't see the usual nobility at all.

Gu Qiao looked at them deeply, covered his hood, then sneaked into their camp at night and snatched a horse.

This is his first real heist.

He said to Guanyinniang in his heart: Niangniang, you will forgive me, right?

He rode his horse and galloped, took the northwest route, and once again headed towards the vast and boundless land of Qingyuan.

Dianchen, hold on, the food will be here soon, hold on a little longer, okay...

Along the way, under the impact of the mob, the government has become useless, the former fertile fields have been turned into rotten black ashes, starving corpses can be seen everywhere on both sides of the road, and the flesh and blood emit a pungent stench in the high temperature.

Thousands of people are dying, but Qingyuan has taken measures early on, and all the attacks have been stopped outside the border. Gu Qiao turned over and over the mountains, day and night, and finally rushed to the outside of Qingyuan City.

In a village, he found a well, drew some water to wash his face, took out the clothes and tassels that he had prepared earlier from his pack, and after wearing them, tightened his abdomen tightly with a belt.

In the dark night, he patted the horse's head and said, "Thank you for sending me here, it's hard work."

Although we didn't spend much time together, the horse ran a few steps, stopped in place, turned around, looked at him, and kept wagging its tail.

Gu Qiao turned around and walked out of the village, but just as he took a step, the horse reluctantly followed behind and wanted to catch up.Gu Qiao frowned, and without turning his head, he threw the knife, and with a sound of cracking, it passed along the horse's neck.

It was frightened, let out a long hiss, turned around and ran away!

After hearing the sound of hoofbeats going away behind him, Gu Qiao took a deep breath and strode towards Qingyuan City without fear.

He really didn't know if he could make such a bold plan!

Seeing that he was getting closer and closer to the city gate, he clenched his fists so hard that his palms were almost sweaty. No one probably knew how nervous he was at the moment.

"My lord!"

Under the majestic and solemn city gate, there were two rows of guards standing. They were wearing armor and seemed to be chatting, but when they saw Gu Qiao, they were suddenly startled, and then quickly straightened their backs, without looking sideways, or even reacting. Gu Qiao was alone.

Under the pitch-black sky, Gu Qiao was wearing a pure white brocade shirt with a face like white jade. After glancing at them, he casually pointed to a guard: "You, come here."

The guard was stunned for a moment, and then he was overjoyed. Hou, who ran three steps and two steps at the same time, stood beside Gu Qiao, and said respectfully: "What is the order of the lord?" Pass him, he was so excited that his hands and feet trembled a little.

The night was dark and the wind was high, and the blood-red torch reflected on Gu Qiao's face, as if it was covered with a layer of red light. He smiled faintly: "Bring the sedan chair for the king."

The Prince's Mansion is where Nan's family lived, while Nansu's office was in the Shogunate. The sedan chair walked slowly, Gu Qiao took a deep breath, and gently comforted the little guy in his belly with his hands.

The sedan chair hadn't arrived yet, but the news had already arrived. As soon as the curtain was lifted, Gu Qiao saw an official on duty hastily crossed the threshold, before he had time to put on his clothes. Upon seeing him, he saluted respectfully: "My lord."

Gu Qiao got off the sedan chair, gave a faint "hmm", with a gentle and calm expression, and walked in with the soldiers.

"My lord, aren't you...?"

The person who was clearly still in Ansheng appeared in front of him at this moment, the official was a little puzzled after all, and followed Gu Qiao carefully.

Gu Qiao glanced at him, but did not explain. After all, how could a prince explain the truth to his subordinates in this world?He quickly looked around the environment, fearing that he would go the wrong way, crossed the meeting hall, and walked into the rear hall. He didn't sit down until he saw a bottle of gongan in the hall, and said, "You wait at the door first, and I will be here later." The king will call you again."

The officials didn't dare to disagree, and retreated respectfully outside the door.

At this time, the soldiers also wanted to retreat, but they heard Gu Qiao say, "You stay here."

The soldier was stunned for a moment, and then he was so excited that he directly gave a military salute: "Listen to the order!" He faintly felt that a fortune had fallen on his head, and whether he could catch it or not would depend on his performance.

Gu Qiao looked around at the surrounding shelves, and saw that they were full of official documents and brocade silks, all of which should have been reviewed. He slowly lowered his eyes, picked up a few volumes from the case, and glanced at the contents, It is important to remember the name and official position of the submitter.

Then, he got up and went to the shelf again, and focused on looking through the recent documents. He eliminated those names that appeared repeatedly, because he was not sure who was Nan Su's confidant and knew of his existence.

After repeated comparison and thinking, he put down the document, turned his head and said: "Get Chen Shi and me, immediately, immediately."

The house was silent, and occasionally a jackdaw flapped its wings and flew past the window, passing the light and shadow from the candle.

The deputy in charge of Qingyuan's finances soon came to the shogunate. After a report, Gu Qiao looked up at him and said softly: "Immediately order [-] but send the grain and grass to Ansheng. I don't care what method you use." , Tomorrow morning, I will see chariots and horses leaving the city."

The food and grass that was sent earlier was held back by Nan Su, Chen Shi didn't know about it, he frowned tightly, calculated the consumption level, only felt startled, and then said: "My lord, then I will go to the king first..."

"Don't look for him, this is a direct order from this king to you."

Gu Qiao rested his arms on the case, clasped his fingers tightly, and said, "The people of Ansheng and Wufuguan are struggling to survive now, and the usual procedures are left behind for now. If you delay for a moment, one more Dayan soldier will die. Don't dawdle any longer. Yes, you go."

Chen Shi's heart trembled, and he was about to answer, when he heard a kind call from outside: "Su'er!"

Gu Qiao raised her eyes and saw that under the night, Mrs. Zeng came with a few maidservants.

Obviously, the news of his entry into the city was not only sent to the shogunate, but also to the Zeng family.

The moment the two eyes met, Mrs. Zeng sized him up, and the cold light in his eyes flickered, then he smiled and said, "We've all gone back to Qingyuan, why didn't we go home? Could it be that Gongwen is closer than mother?"

When Nan Su was standing in the sun, Gu Qiao could only stand in the shadows, but now he was sitting in the position of King Tuozhen, who should restrain his edge?

Gu Qiao looked at the woman with whom he had been communicating with for 18 years, stood up, stepped forward, gently held her hand, and called out with a smile, "Mother."

Mother, stay safe.

The moment their skins touched, it seemed as if a vast vicissitudes of time had flowed between them.

Gu Qiao looked at Zeng with a smile, squeezed Zeng's brow slightly with a little force, but also smiled and said: "My dear Suer, my mother just received your letter yesterday, why did you come back today?" ? But it’s good to come back, mother misses you so much.”

After finishing speaking, she took his hand and tiptoed slightly, as if she wanted to stick to his ear.

Seeing this, Gu Qiao bent down very considerately, only to hear the uncontrollable anger in the woman's voice, almost bursting out: "I really didn't expect that you would dare to sit on my bed with tassels on. In the position of son, Gu Qiao, have you eaten the heart of a bear and the guts of a leopard?"