Contract Prince

After dealing with Han Junzhi's matter, it was already the fourth watch.The wind was blowing a little anxiously, Gu Yunjing rubbed his palms, and couldn't help breathing on them.Rubbing her palms, she walked towards the wedding room.

Xiao Muxue went back to her room after watching the excitement.When Gu Yunjing pushed the door and walked in, he met Xiao Muxue's quiet eyes.

Gu Yunjing took off the cloak, and asked softly: "Has the sixth princess not rested yet?"

"I want to have a good talk with you." Xiao Muxue's tone was not as cold as before.

Gu Yunjing smiled slightly, surprise flashed across her eyes, "Didn't Your Highness talk to me before?"

"I talked to you before because of myself." She stared at the handsome young man with a particularly serious expression, "I'm talking to you now because of the present prince."

"Oh." Gu Yunjing raised his eyebrows, "What do you want to talk about, Your Highness?"

Xiao Muxue said in a calm manner: "The crown prince's decline is known to everyone in the court. Judging by Father's movements, he may abolish the crown prince at any time. So, I hope you can help the crown prince."

Gu Yunjing spread her hands, "Princess thinks highly of me, how can Yunjing be able to help His Highness the Crown Prince when she is sick and weak?"

The last thing Gu Yunjing wanted to do in this life was to participate in the royal struggle. If it wasn't for a marriage decree that tied her and Xiao Muxue together, Gu Yunjing planned to persuade his father to resign as Marshal after he returned from the Western Expedition. Retired and returned home.On the other hand, he plans to go back to Wangyou Valley to live a comfortable life drunk and rested in the breeze.

Even though the Zhenyuan Hou Mansion is married to the royal family now, Gu Yunjing still doesn't want the Gu family to have anything to do with the struggle for imperial power.Marrying the princess is forced by the emperor's order, and no one can force it to help the prince.

Xiao Muxue knew that Gu Yunjing was tactfully refusing, she sighed, "It's for the prince, why not for the common people?"

"Nowadays, the court is in chaos, and the intrigue among powerful ministers is becoming more and more intense. The emperor listens to slander, and reuses the mediocre ones, so that the loyal and good ministers dare not speak out."

"King Zhao Xiao Cong fell in love with his father and won his favor. In addition, his uncle Hussar General Qin She worked for him in private. King Zhao has formed a dominance in the court."

"Although the prince is virtuous, there are very few people he can rely on." Speaking of Xiao Zhan, Xiao Muxue's quiet eyes dimmed instantly.

"The crown prince was out of favor, and this time he offended his father because of the enshrinement of Zen. The people on King Zhao's side made a big fuss about it, and several important ministers scrambled to impeach the crown prince. The Imperial Study Room has already received a lot of memorials about the abolition of the crown prince." .”

"King Zhao is ruthless by nature. If he is a prince, he will ascend the throne and become emperor in the future. Wouldn't it be the common people who will suffer?"

She looked at Gu Yunjing earnestly, with a look of pleading in her eyes, and said word by word: "You are the prince of Zhenyuan, and you are also the court consort, can you really just stand by and ignore the chaos of the court?"

Gu Yunjing admired Xiao Muxue very much, but at the same time felt that she couldn't see through her.The reason why I admire her is that Xiao Muxue, a princess who grew up in the harem and was loved by thousands of people, does not have the delicateness of her daughter's family, but has a feeling of worrying about the world, which is very rare.

The reason why she couldn't see through her was that not long ago, Xiao Muxue took Han Jun to elope.But in just ten days, her knowledge has more than doubled compared to before.

Who can see through the needles in a woman's heart?Gu Yunjing shook his head and smiled.

She looked at Xiao Muxue and said with emotion: "His Royal Highness really cares about the country and the people. If you were a man, you would be a hero among men."

"Your Highness's words are very reasonable, but it's a pity that my ability is really limited. It is already a great blessing from God to be able to survive Yun Jing's illness. I just want to stay away from the imperial court and spend the rest of my life in peace, and I never ask for help The Lord of the Ming Dynasty built the meritorious deeds of all ages."

Gu Yunjing's handsome face was full of sadness: "my father has been a soldier all his life, and being a marquis looks very beautiful on the surface, but who knows the sadness behind it, your majesty's fear of my father has never weakened. If it wasn't The border is not stable, I'm afraid my father will end up as a cunning rabbit and a running dog."

She sighed and said: "Actually, my father's greatest wish is to go back to the mountains and forests, but he is too attached to love, and he can't let it go after all. When the first emperor was dying, he asked my father to help His Majesty well. These years, he fought north and south and fought for Xiao Guo. Even though His Majesty treats him worse every day, my father's loyalty will last forever. If there is no stability at the border, my father will not be dismissed and returned to the field. No matter how much Your Majesty suspects him, he will still throw his head and shed blood. "

This is why Gu Yunjing repeatedly tried to persuade Gu Wei to disarm and return to the farm but failed.

The loyalty of the Gu family is not only admired by the empress, but also by Xiao Muxue, she said in a firm and deep voice, "Master Hou is loyal, if one day the father really wants to move the Zhenyuan Houfu, Mu Xue will definitely risk his life to persuade him! "

Gu Yunjing raised his sleeves, held his hand and said, "Thank you. The princess protects the prince so much, I will teach you a way."

Xiao Muxue's eyes flashed: "What way?"

Gu Yunjing raised four slender fingers, and said calmly: "Four words, go with the situation."

"Your Majesty is very happy, but he is not confused. Her Majesty the Princess only knows that His Majesty has persecuted loyal ministers, but she doesn't know the details."

"Shangshu Yang Yi of the Ministry of War is a loyal minister, and Shangshu Zhao Pei of the Ministry of Rites is a loyal minister. It's a pity that they are loyal to the crown prince instead of His Majesty. What do such ministers do if they don't kill them?"

Gu Yunjing rubbed the bottom of the cup, smiled sadly, and continued: "You all know that the prince is in decline, and you all want to help the prince, but you don't know that this is actually harming him. Your majesty took the important ministers around the prince with the knife. He must not forget that there is still a Junfu."

"The prince has both ability and political integrity, and he is indeed the best candidate to govern the country. Don't you know that? No, your majesty has clear eyes, so why do you still neglect him? Because the prince's sharpness is too strong, far surpassing the Holy Majesty."

"At this juncture, if the crown prince doesn't know how to hold back his edge and keeps trying to win over important ministers in the court, then it is really possible that he will be abolished."

Gu Yunjing looked at the red candle that was about to run out, and said with a little regret: "The empress is in the middle of the game, and I guess she can't understand the situation. What she needs to do most at this time is not to help the prince, but to let him avoid it. When there are disputes in the court, it is best to keep a deaf ear to any court affairs."

"So, the Empress really shouldn't have married you to me."

Xiao Muxue's expression was greatly moved, even though she was a shrewd president in her previous life, she is willing to worship Gu Yunjing's detailed analysis at this moment.This sickly young man seldom went out of the house, so he didn't expect him to analyze the situation in the government and the opposition so thoroughly.

Xiao Muxue's eyes trembled, and she asked: "Since you know that it is a bad choice for your mother to marry me to you, why didn't you explain the situation to her?"

Gu Yunjing replied indifferently: "When I know that the imperial decree has been issued, can I still take it back? Besides, Your Majesty loves you like a treasure. Hearing that you love me, he must promise you to me."

Gu Yunjing drank all the wine in the glass, swung the empty glass, as if he was reprimanding or talking to himself: "It's really thanks to the princess that I can be a son-in-law. "

Xiao Muxue knew that Gu Yunjing's last words were very sarcastic, so she turned her head away and stopped talking.Xiao Muxue knew that her actions had hurt Gu Yunjing, but she couldn't make up her mind to apologize.Gu Yunjing didn't answer it, and it didn't matter if he didn't answer it, so he simply remained silent.

The long night is coming to an end, and the two have their own concerns.