When Gu Yan uttered his voice, everyone who had been arguing together was attracted by the voice and looked in the direction of the two of them.Qiuluo was stunned for a moment, but she immediately came back to her senses and knelt down to salute: "This servant has seen the prince and concubine."
The people around finally realized who the person in front of them was, and they all bowed to the two of them.
"Everyone get up." Gu Yan responded, and asked Qiu Luo, "What are you doing here?"
Qiuluo looked dodgy, and stammered: "I... this slave girl is out shopping today, so I'll drop by... to buy a storybook for Qiutang."
"Buy a script?" Gu Yan looked at her suspiciously, but said nothing.
Gu Yan turned his head to look at the boss who had been arguing with Qiuluo, and said, "My king and my concubine are passing by here, just wanting to listen to some books, what are you making such a fuss about?"
The boss dodged his expression for a moment, and said with a smile: "My lord doesn't know something. I originally said it well, but this girl insisted on coming over to stop me, so..."
"you--"
Gu Yan glanced at Qiuluo, and Qiuluo shut up resentfully.Gu Yan said again: "This girl is from my family, I will take her down to discipline her, and the store owner should not care about her as a little girl."
"It's natural..."
"However, this king thinks that since the store is open for the business of storybooks, it would be dishonest to tamper with it without permission. What's more," Gu Yan looked up at him, with a little coldness in his eyes, and said lightly, "You wait for such a fake storybook to be performed. , aren’t you afraid that this king will punish you for slandering the prince?”
When the boss heard this, he fell to his knees in fright: "Your Majesty will make amends, the grassroots would never dare to do this."
Gu Yan kept silent with a cold face, Ye Zi couldn't stand it anymore, tugged at Gu Yan's sleeves, and gave the steps right in time: "Okay, my lord, don't get angry. It's not a big deal, just let them change it back."
Hearing what Ye Zi said, the boss hurriedly said, "Yes, Cao Min will order someone to change it back, so it will be changed."
After hearing the boss's reply, Qiuluo was obviously relieved, and the corners of her mouth curled up slightly.Gu Yan tilted his head to look at her, but said nothing.
After such a commotion, Ye Zi was not in the mood to listen to any more storytelling, so she dragged Gu Yan back to the palace.
The next day, Gu Yan sent someone to take Pei Ge into the palace, and removed all the imperial physicians around Emperor Jinghe, and did not allow anyone to visit him for fear of contagion.
Emperor Jinghe couldn't leave the bedroom, other than that, everything went on as usual, but Gu Yan's interference was naturally unavoidable.
All the memorials had to be delivered to Gu Yan by a special person every day, and they would be presented to Emperor Jinghe only after they were confirmed to be correct.For a moment, Gu Yan actually held all the government affairs in his hands invisibly.
Pei Ge followed the instructions of the caretaker Yan, and made a decoction for Emperor Jinghe day and night to alleviate the toxicity, and Emperor Jinghe's illness was indeed gradually controlled.However, no antidote can be found, and this still only treats the symptoms but not the root cause.
Now, there is only one person who may have the antidote in his hands, and that is Concubine Yu.
But before Emperor Jinghe sent someone to force Concubine Yu to hand over the orchid seeds, a message came.
Concubine Yu suddenly fell insane, her thoughts were chaotic, and she couldn't even speak.
When Emperor Jinghe heard the news while he was ill, he vomited a mouthful of black blood in a hurry. Pei Ge poured him several bowls of soup and medicine, and managed to save his life.
Gu Yan stood at the head of the bed, looking at the drooping old man who had rapidly aged and weakened in the past few days, his eyes were calm and calm: "Your Majesty is seriously ill now, please take care of your health, and you must not be overjoyed."
Emperor Jinghe looked at him panting, with a perceptible hatred in his eyes: "Great Concubine Yu... did you harm her?"
"What nonsense is your Majesty talking about?" Gu Yan smiled slightly, "I have no grievances with Concubine Yu, how could I harm her."
Emperor Jinghe said: "You...you want to harm me."
"It's getting late, Your Majesty should rest early to avoid further deterioration of the condition." Gu Yan said, "Grand Concubine Yu is currently staying in the palace to recuperate. If the condition improves, I will send someone to inform Your Majesty immediately."
"you--"
Gu Yan glanced at him indifferently, and said: "Although Dr. Pei has superb medical skills, he is not a miracle doctor of living dead flesh and bones. If your majesty is always so worried, I am afraid that the gods will not be able to save your life."
Gu Yan wanted to leave after saying this, but Emperor Jinghe suddenly raised his voice to call him.
"Gu Zicheng!" Emperor Jinghe sat up reluctantly, his voice hoarse, "You think I don't know what you are doing? In the past few days, you have manipulated the government and the public, and replaced all those who disobeyed you. What do you want to do? Plot rebellion and usurp the throne ?!"
Gu Yan paused slightly, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty was too worried. I asked those adults to resign from their original posts because they neglected their duties and held high positions without doing anything. I have presented the evidence to Your Majesty. If Your Majesty doesn't see it clearly, I'll go and look for it for you again?"
"You don't have to act like this." Emperor Jinghe said, "I know that you are hanging on my life like this because you want to get the throne."
"I tell you, you are dreaming. I will never pass on the throne to you no matter what. This throne will only be given to the prince. If you have the ability, you can fight with him and let the world know that the dignified Prince Rui is actually forming a party for personal gain. A rebel."
Gu Yandao: "Your Majesty doesn't seem to understand that if I really want to win the throne, the world might have changed hands long ago."
"Then what exactly do you want to do?"
Gu Yan looked back at him: "You will know soon, don't worry, just wait slowly."
After Gu Yan finished speaking, he opened the door and left Emperor Jinghe's bedroom.The moonlight in the sky is just right, and a few stars are dotted in the night sky, making the moonlight even clearer.
The weather has gradually cooled down in the past few days. As soon as Gu Yan walked out of the bedroom, a eunuch immediately presented him with a fox fur cloak.Gu Yan wrapped his plain white cloak tightly, stepped out of the palace gate slowly, and saw the carriage of Prince Rui's Mansion parked at the gate from a distance.
Gu Yan lifted the curtain of the car, and Ye Zi was curled up on the seat in the carriage, fast asleep.
There was no warm fragrance in the carriage, and I didn't feel it during the day, but it was a little cold at night.Ye Zi only wore a thin coat, curled up on the cushion as if afraid of the cold, but slept soundly.
Gu Yan walked up lightly, took off the cloak and covered him.
In the past few days, Gu Yan was busy with government affairs, so he couldn't help but care less about Ye Zi.Fortunately, this person didn't know what kind of fun he had found recently. Every day after Gu Yan left the palace, he took the two maidservants out and usually didn't come back until evening.
Busy as much as Gu Yan.
Gu Yan has no doubts about Ye Zi now, as long as he doesn't encounter any danger, he will still wander outside.
The carriage wobbled back, and after a while, Ye Zi woke up.
Gu Yan was sitting at the table, drinking tea while admiring the sleeping face of his little princess. Seeing that he had woken up, he smiled at him: "We will be home soon, go back to the room and sleep again."
Ye Zi seemed to be in a daze, she blinked ignorantly, her expression was dazed, and she didn't wake up for a while.
Gu Yan was aroused by his cute appearance, and leaned over to kiss the other party lightly on the lips: "Aifei, if you don't wake up, I will take advantage of others."
Ye Zi's eyes gradually regained clarity, and just as he wanted to get up, Gu Yan held down the ends of his cloak and pressed him against the soft seat.
Ye Zi couldn't move for a moment, and opened his mouth: "Zi Cheng, what are you doing..."
"Hush." Gu Yan's heart moved, and he lowered his head and kissed him deeply.
Ye Zi was soon out of breath by his kiss, and pushed Gu Yan's chest feebly.
Gu Yan let go of him, smiled lightly and said, "It's been so long, why can't you breathe?"
Ye Zi's cheeks were flushed by his kiss, half of her face was retracted into the cloak, and she said angrily, "I came to take you back home with good intentions, how could you avenge your kindness and laugh at me?"
Gu Yan raised his eyebrows to look at him: "Where is kindness and revenge, isn't this a reward?"
As soon as he said this, Ye Zi didn't know what to think, and the tips of his ears became redder.
Before he was sure of Gu Yan's intentions, he had used this method to trick Gu Yan into kissing him, pestering him for rewards every day, but one time was not enough, and sometimes he would ask him for several times in different ways.
Ye Zi was complacent at the time, but thinking about it now, he is full of regrets.
Gu Yan wrapped the man in his arms with a cloak, restrained Ye Zi's hands and feet to prevent him from escaping, and pecked him lightly on the face: "Why did you think of picking me up outside the palace gate today? Know how to wear more."
After he said this, Ye Zi remembered the business and hurriedly said, "I'm here to look for you, but the head guard said that you are at Emperor Jinghe's place. I can't get in, so I can only wait outside."
"Looking for me?" Gu Yan asked, "What happened?"
Just as Ye Zi was about to answer, the carriage they were riding in shook slightly and stopped.
Prince Rui's Mansion has arrived.
Ye Zi hurriedly took advantage of Gu Yan's unawareness, broke free from his arms, and pulled Gu Yan out of the carriage.Ye Zi pulled Gu Yan all the way back to the courtyard where the two lived, but when he stepped into the courtyard, Gu Yan was startled.
The yard has obviously been carefully arranged, and the vines are entangled with unique patterns on the wall. The peach tree in the yard seems to be blown away by the wind overnight, and it bears pale pink flowers that do not belong to this season.A few birds perched on the branches, chirping crisply.
All the spring that shouldn't appear at this moment miraculously reappeared in this ordinary courtyard.
"This……"
It was rare for Gu Yan to lose his mind for a moment, Ye Zi pulled him under the peach tree, and the stone table under the tree was full of delicacies.
Ye Zi proudly said, "How about it, do you like it?"
Gu Yan calmed down a little, and asked, "You did all of this?"
"Yes." Ye Zi pursed her lips and said with a smile, "Zi Cheng, don't you remember that today is your birthday?"
The word birthday is too far away from Gu Yan.
When he was very young, the first emperor would celebrate his birthday every year and bring him a bowl of longevity noodles.But after the late emperor passed away, Gu Yan gradually stopped celebrating his birthday, and in this life, he didn't care much about it.
Unexpectedly, this person actually remembered.
Ye Zi took Gu Yan's hand, and pulled him to sit down by the stone table: "I knew you didn't remember, you are busy with those messy things all day long, can you treat yourself a little bit better?" .”
Gu Yan smiled lightly and shook his head, "Ai Fei taught me the lesson."
Ye Zi pushed the longevity noodles on the table in front of him, and said, "Taste how it tastes, I've learned it for a long time."
Gu Yan took a sip according to his words, and raised his eyes to look at him: "During this period of time, you always leave early and return late, is this just preparing for these?"
"Yeah, I found someone to learn these things on purpose. After studying for several days, I wanted to give you a surprise. How does it taste?" Ye Zi looked at him expectantly. If there was a tail behind him, at this time Definitely shaking wildly.
Gu Yan thought about it slowly for a while on purpose, and said thoughtfully: "It's probably better than me."
"Only better than you?" Ye Zi frowned, "My lord, I didn't say that, just because of your level of cooking porridge that can destroy the entire kitchen, you dare to say that I'm only better than you? Teach me All the chefs said I was talented and wanted to take me in as an apprentice."
"That can't be done." Gu Yan raised his eyebrows and said solemnly, "Which chef is so bold that he even proposes to Princess Rui? The things you cook can only be given to me, not to others."
Ye Zi pouted.
Although Gu Yan's words were intended as a joke, the jealousy in them was not at all lacking.Having been with him for so long, Ye Zi had already figured out his innate ability to be jealous anytime, anywhere, and when he saw that the situation was not right, he immediately shut up and stopped talking.
The two didn't speak any more, and sat down to eat quietly.
The night wind blew the peach blossoms down one after another, Gu Yan looked up at him, and a peach blossom happened to fall in Ye Zi's hair.He held up the petal with his fingertips and asked, "How did you do it?"
Ye Zi took a sip of tea and said with a smile, "I'm pretty good."
"...Actually, I just wanted to give it a try, but I didn't expect it to go so smoothly. After pouring a few drops of fairy dew, I really urged it to bloom."
Ye Zi stood up and stroked the trunk of the peach tree: "But even if the flowers bloom, they can only last for one night, and they will return to their original shape tomorrow."
Gu Yan got up and walked over, hugging him from behind: "Your fairy dew is so precious, why waste it so much for me?"
Ye Zi tilted his head, with a smile in his eyes: "I've heard before that the ancients gave peach branches as a gift of affection. Zicheng, you are so kind to me. You have given me so much, and I don't care. know what to give you..."
"I gave you so many peach blossoms, you will never forget me, and you will always miss me. And..." Ye Zi paused, tilted his head and kissed Gu Yan's side face, "It's just fairy dew, How can you be so precious."
The corners of Gu Yan's mouth raised slightly, as if someone had poured honey into his heart, it was sweet and warm.
He couldn't help but lift Ye Zi's head up and kissed her deeply.Ye Zi was quickly kissed by him so that she couldn't stand still, she turned around, leaned against the trunk of the peach tree and panted a few times: "Zi, Zi Cheng..."
Gu Yan paused for a moment, and kept a little distance away, as if thinking of something: "So you waited for me until I fell asleep today, because the celestial dew wasted too much?"
Ye Zi was so dazed by his kiss, she didn't understand why Gu Yan suddenly mentioned this, and replied honestly: "Yeah, why—"
Before he finished speaking, Gu Yan suddenly hugged him horizontally.
Gu Yan pushed open the door of the bedroom, put Ye Zirou on the bed, and leaned on him: "If that's the case, why don't you make it up for my husband?"
In the early morning of the next day, the sun shone into the room through the window, Ye Zi murmured softly as if afraid of light, shrank his furry head into Gu Yan's embrace.
Someone knocked lightly on the door suddenly, and Gu Yan suddenly opened his eyes.
He didn't bother Ye Zi, stood up cautiously, put on a robe and went out.
In the courtyard, Si Wei was standing in the courtyard, looking anxious.
The early morning wind brought some chills, Gu Yan closed his neckline and asked, "What's wrong?"
Si Wei said: "Prince Jing...reversed."
The peach blossoms from last night really disappeared without a trace, replaced by golden fallen leaves all over the courtyard.Gu Yan stared at the fallen leaves all over the ground, with a calm expression, as if he was not surprised: "I see."
Si Wei's eyes were rarely impatient: "Master, are you still not doing anything? If King Jing calls, then the world will—"
"not the right time yet."
"But……"
"Si Wei." Gu Yan raised his eyes to look at him, and said, "You have resentment in your heart. Emperor Jinghe ruined your home, made you lose your loved ones, and you hate him. I understand all of this. However, a little intolerance can lead to great conspiracy , you have endured it for so long, why rush at this moment."
"...When have I let you down what you want?"
After hearing his words, the anxiety in Si Wei's eyes suddenly disappeared, replaced by another emotion of surprise and joy.
Si Wei asked: "Master, what do you mean..."
Gu Yan didn't say any more, but calmly said: "Go down first, I know what to do."
"Yes."
Si Wei left the courtyard, Gu Yan sighed softly, and turned back to the house.He took off his coat and put it on the hanger, just as he was about to return to the bed, he saw that Ye Zi had already opened his eyes.
Gu Yan sat down beside the bed: "I woke you up?"
"No." Ye Zi shook his head, "What are you going out for, who came just now?"
"It's Si Wei." Gu Yan said, "He came to tell me that the Sixth Emperor Uncle raised his troops last night."
Ye Zi was stunned for a moment: "So fast..."
Gu Yan smiled: "Yeah, I didn't expect it to be so fast. I just ordered people to spread the news that Emperor Jinghe was critically ill a few days ago. Calculated, it probably didn't take more than two days for the news to spread to the sixth emperor's uncle's fief." .He didn't disappoint me at all."
Ye Zi turned over and rolled to the side of the bed, hugging Gu Yan's waist tightly: "How did Emperor Jinghe react?"
"He probably doesn't know yet." Gu Yan said, "Si Wei always sends me news quickly. It may take a few hours for the news to spread throughout Chang'an City and the court. I will go to the palace in a while, Let the general calm down first."
Ye Zi chuckled lightly, and said, "Don't provoke Emperor Jinghe anymore, if he is really pissed off..."
Gu Yan answered: "Let him die like this, isn't it too cheap for him?"
Ye Zi was silent for a moment, then asked again: "What are your plans next?"
"Wait and see for the time being." Gu Yan said, "I have intervened in the government for the past few days, only to realize that things are far more difficult than I imagined. No matter how useless Emperor Jinghe is, he is also the king of a country, and he is not so easily dragged down."
"That……"
Gu Yan curled his lips: "So, Uncle Huang came very timely."
He didn't say any more, he lay down again with his arms around Ye Zi, and lazily said: "Lie down with me for a while, since such a big incident happened, the palace might be in chaos for a while."
Ye Zi responded softly, leaned on Gu Yan and lay down, but she didn't feel much sleepiness, and stared at Gu Yan with bright eyes.
Gu Yan pinched his face and said with a smile, "Aren't you tired? Or do you want to do it again early in the morning?"
Ye Zi still felt a little unacceptable when he remembered last night, he trembled all over, and said in a muffled voice, "No, you almost killed me last night."
Gu Yan deliberately said: "Who said last night that he would give me himself as a gift, and that I would do anything to you?"
Ye Zi's ears hidden under the quilt turned red quietly, and he said nervously, "How can you take what you say on the bed seriously?"
Gu Yan rubbed Ye Zi's waist with his hand, and asked dangerously, "So...you lied to me?"
Ye Zi flinched, and didn't dare to answer any more, she obediently lay in his arms and closed her eyes, pretending to be asleep.
Later, Gu Yan entered the palace.
Sure enough, the court was in a mess because of King Jing's rebellion. Everyone talked about each other, but they couldn't come up with a proper countermeasure for a while.Gu Yan was tired of hearing it, and couldn't help but stop talking.Just when everyone didn't know what to do, Prince Gu Xun stepped forward.
Gu Xun wants to ask himself to lead the army to fight.
Since the crown prince succeeded to the throne, Emperor Jinghe has been bedridden, and most of the government affairs are in the hands of Gu Yan, so Gu Yan doesn't have much chance to stand out.However, Gu Xing always took a nonchalant attitude towards this, keeping his ears to the outside world, and didn't feel that there was anything wrong with Gu Yan's control of the government.
The prince had been absent for more than half a month, and he suddenly made such a request, which surprised the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty.
After the dynasty was over, Gu Jun met Emperor Jinghe with the consent of Prince Rui.
Gu Xun only stayed in the bedroom for a stick of incense, and there was no one in the bedroom, no one knew what happened to them in the bedroom.It's just that when Gu Xun opened the door and left the bedroom, he was already holding the imperial edict written by Emperor Jinghe himself.
Order the prince to lead his troops to go out in three days to arrest the rebels.
On the eve of the last day of the expedition, Ye Zi met Gu Xing and Little Gray Que at Prince Rui's Mansion.
The little gray bird's transforming technique seemed to have exhausted all its spiritual power, and after transforming back to its original form, it has been a long time since it was able to return to its human form.It dragged its more rounded body, lying on Ye Zi's shoulder and weeping.
"Little Yezi...I miss you so much..." Little Gray Sparrow was sobbing, which made Ye Zi feel a little at a loss.
Ye Zi pursed her lips and advised, "Que'er, don't do this, it's not like we won't be able to see each other again."
The little gray bird cried out of breath: "Yes, but Ah Xun said... Ah Xun said that it will take a long time to fight the war, and I am reluctant to leave you for so long."
Ye Zi was helpless: "This..."
Here Ye Zi coaxed the little gray sparrow in every possible way, and on the other end, Gu Xing and Gu Yan stood in the courtyard, looking back in the direction of the two.
Gu Yan said: "His Royal Highness, has it really been decided?"
"Yes." Gu Jun said, "Tomorrow I will lead the troops to fight, and during this period, I will trouble my cousin with the affairs of Chang'an City."
"It's natural."
Gu Xun nodded, seeing that the little gray sparrow was still entangled with Ye Zi and refused to leave, he couldn't help frowning.He walked over in two or three steps, grasping the small ball tightly in his palm: "Okay, it's time to go back to the palace."
The little gray bird was caught by his two fingers and couldn't move. It kicked its little paw a few times: "I haven't finished talking with Xiao Yezi, I..."
"What can I say, you are a bird, if you really miss him, why don't you just fly back anytime?"
"It seems like this... Then can I fly back every seven days?"
"……cannot."
"It doesn't matter what you say, how can you treat your husband like this!"
"..."
One person and one bird argued and left the palace, Ye Zi looked at the backs of the two of them thoughtfully, and said in confusion: "It's not that there are no generals available in the court, if it's not possible, they can be dispatched from the northwest, why did the crown prince lead the troops to fight in person? "
Gu Yan sighed softly, and thoughtfully said: "I guess..."
His words were not finished.
The next day, Crown Prince Gu Jun led the troops into battle, heading south all the way.
Ten days later, the army led by the prince formally confronted King Jing, which hurt King Jing's spirit in one fell swoop, and the war fell into a stalemate.
Half a month later, the prince's army fell into an ambush set up by King Jing, and the whole army was wiped out. The prince's whereabouts are unknown.
The people around finally realized who the person in front of them was, and they all bowed to the two of them.
"Everyone get up." Gu Yan responded, and asked Qiu Luo, "What are you doing here?"
Qiuluo looked dodgy, and stammered: "I... this slave girl is out shopping today, so I'll drop by... to buy a storybook for Qiutang."
"Buy a script?" Gu Yan looked at her suspiciously, but said nothing.
Gu Yan turned his head to look at the boss who had been arguing with Qiuluo, and said, "My king and my concubine are passing by here, just wanting to listen to some books, what are you making such a fuss about?"
The boss dodged his expression for a moment, and said with a smile: "My lord doesn't know something. I originally said it well, but this girl insisted on coming over to stop me, so..."
"you--"
Gu Yan glanced at Qiuluo, and Qiuluo shut up resentfully.Gu Yan said again: "This girl is from my family, I will take her down to discipline her, and the store owner should not care about her as a little girl."
"It's natural..."
"However, this king thinks that since the store is open for the business of storybooks, it would be dishonest to tamper with it without permission. What's more," Gu Yan looked up at him, with a little coldness in his eyes, and said lightly, "You wait for such a fake storybook to be performed. , aren’t you afraid that this king will punish you for slandering the prince?”
When the boss heard this, he fell to his knees in fright: "Your Majesty will make amends, the grassroots would never dare to do this."
Gu Yan kept silent with a cold face, Ye Zi couldn't stand it anymore, tugged at Gu Yan's sleeves, and gave the steps right in time: "Okay, my lord, don't get angry. It's not a big deal, just let them change it back."
Hearing what Ye Zi said, the boss hurriedly said, "Yes, Cao Min will order someone to change it back, so it will be changed."
After hearing the boss's reply, Qiuluo was obviously relieved, and the corners of her mouth curled up slightly.Gu Yan tilted his head to look at her, but said nothing.
After such a commotion, Ye Zi was not in the mood to listen to any more storytelling, so she dragged Gu Yan back to the palace.
The next day, Gu Yan sent someone to take Pei Ge into the palace, and removed all the imperial physicians around Emperor Jinghe, and did not allow anyone to visit him for fear of contagion.
Emperor Jinghe couldn't leave the bedroom, other than that, everything went on as usual, but Gu Yan's interference was naturally unavoidable.
All the memorials had to be delivered to Gu Yan by a special person every day, and they would be presented to Emperor Jinghe only after they were confirmed to be correct.For a moment, Gu Yan actually held all the government affairs in his hands invisibly.
Pei Ge followed the instructions of the caretaker Yan, and made a decoction for Emperor Jinghe day and night to alleviate the toxicity, and Emperor Jinghe's illness was indeed gradually controlled.However, no antidote can be found, and this still only treats the symptoms but not the root cause.
Now, there is only one person who may have the antidote in his hands, and that is Concubine Yu.
But before Emperor Jinghe sent someone to force Concubine Yu to hand over the orchid seeds, a message came.
Concubine Yu suddenly fell insane, her thoughts were chaotic, and she couldn't even speak.
When Emperor Jinghe heard the news while he was ill, he vomited a mouthful of black blood in a hurry. Pei Ge poured him several bowls of soup and medicine, and managed to save his life.
Gu Yan stood at the head of the bed, looking at the drooping old man who had rapidly aged and weakened in the past few days, his eyes were calm and calm: "Your Majesty is seriously ill now, please take care of your health, and you must not be overjoyed."
Emperor Jinghe looked at him panting, with a perceptible hatred in his eyes: "Great Concubine Yu... did you harm her?"
"What nonsense is your Majesty talking about?" Gu Yan smiled slightly, "I have no grievances with Concubine Yu, how could I harm her."
Emperor Jinghe said: "You...you want to harm me."
"It's getting late, Your Majesty should rest early to avoid further deterioration of the condition." Gu Yan said, "Grand Concubine Yu is currently staying in the palace to recuperate. If the condition improves, I will send someone to inform Your Majesty immediately."
"you--"
Gu Yan glanced at him indifferently, and said: "Although Dr. Pei has superb medical skills, he is not a miracle doctor of living dead flesh and bones. If your majesty is always so worried, I am afraid that the gods will not be able to save your life."
Gu Yan wanted to leave after saying this, but Emperor Jinghe suddenly raised his voice to call him.
"Gu Zicheng!" Emperor Jinghe sat up reluctantly, his voice hoarse, "You think I don't know what you are doing? In the past few days, you have manipulated the government and the public, and replaced all those who disobeyed you. What do you want to do? Plot rebellion and usurp the throne ?!"
Gu Yan paused slightly, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty was too worried. I asked those adults to resign from their original posts because they neglected their duties and held high positions without doing anything. I have presented the evidence to Your Majesty. If Your Majesty doesn't see it clearly, I'll go and look for it for you again?"
"You don't have to act like this." Emperor Jinghe said, "I know that you are hanging on my life like this because you want to get the throne."
"I tell you, you are dreaming. I will never pass on the throne to you no matter what. This throne will only be given to the prince. If you have the ability, you can fight with him and let the world know that the dignified Prince Rui is actually forming a party for personal gain. A rebel."
Gu Yandao: "Your Majesty doesn't seem to understand that if I really want to win the throne, the world might have changed hands long ago."
"Then what exactly do you want to do?"
Gu Yan looked back at him: "You will know soon, don't worry, just wait slowly."
After Gu Yan finished speaking, he opened the door and left Emperor Jinghe's bedroom.The moonlight in the sky is just right, and a few stars are dotted in the night sky, making the moonlight even clearer.
The weather has gradually cooled down in the past few days. As soon as Gu Yan walked out of the bedroom, a eunuch immediately presented him with a fox fur cloak.Gu Yan wrapped his plain white cloak tightly, stepped out of the palace gate slowly, and saw the carriage of Prince Rui's Mansion parked at the gate from a distance.
Gu Yan lifted the curtain of the car, and Ye Zi was curled up on the seat in the carriage, fast asleep.
There was no warm fragrance in the carriage, and I didn't feel it during the day, but it was a little cold at night.Ye Zi only wore a thin coat, curled up on the cushion as if afraid of the cold, but slept soundly.
Gu Yan walked up lightly, took off the cloak and covered him.
In the past few days, Gu Yan was busy with government affairs, so he couldn't help but care less about Ye Zi.Fortunately, this person didn't know what kind of fun he had found recently. Every day after Gu Yan left the palace, he took the two maidservants out and usually didn't come back until evening.
Busy as much as Gu Yan.
Gu Yan has no doubts about Ye Zi now, as long as he doesn't encounter any danger, he will still wander outside.
The carriage wobbled back, and after a while, Ye Zi woke up.
Gu Yan was sitting at the table, drinking tea while admiring the sleeping face of his little princess. Seeing that he had woken up, he smiled at him: "We will be home soon, go back to the room and sleep again."
Ye Zi seemed to be in a daze, she blinked ignorantly, her expression was dazed, and she didn't wake up for a while.
Gu Yan was aroused by his cute appearance, and leaned over to kiss the other party lightly on the lips: "Aifei, if you don't wake up, I will take advantage of others."
Ye Zi's eyes gradually regained clarity, and just as he wanted to get up, Gu Yan held down the ends of his cloak and pressed him against the soft seat.
Ye Zi couldn't move for a moment, and opened his mouth: "Zi Cheng, what are you doing..."
"Hush." Gu Yan's heart moved, and he lowered his head and kissed him deeply.
Ye Zi was soon out of breath by his kiss, and pushed Gu Yan's chest feebly.
Gu Yan let go of him, smiled lightly and said, "It's been so long, why can't you breathe?"
Ye Zi's cheeks were flushed by his kiss, half of her face was retracted into the cloak, and she said angrily, "I came to take you back home with good intentions, how could you avenge your kindness and laugh at me?"
Gu Yan raised his eyebrows to look at him: "Where is kindness and revenge, isn't this a reward?"
As soon as he said this, Ye Zi didn't know what to think, and the tips of his ears became redder.
Before he was sure of Gu Yan's intentions, he had used this method to trick Gu Yan into kissing him, pestering him for rewards every day, but one time was not enough, and sometimes he would ask him for several times in different ways.
Ye Zi was complacent at the time, but thinking about it now, he is full of regrets.
Gu Yan wrapped the man in his arms with a cloak, restrained Ye Zi's hands and feet to prevent him from escaping, and pecked him lightly on the face: "Why did you think of picking me up outside the palace gate today? Know how to wear more."
After he said this, Ye Zi remembered the business and hurriedly said, "I'm here to look for you, but the head guard said that you are at Emperor Jinghe's place. I can't get in, so I can only wait outside."
"Looking for me?" Gu Yan asked, "What happened?"
Just as Ye Zi was about to answer, the carriage they were riding in shook slightly and stopped.
Prince Rui's Mansion has arrived.
Ye Zi hurriedly took advantage of Gu Yan's unawareness, broke free from his arms, and pulled Gu Yan out of the carriage.Ye Zi pulled Gu Yan all the way back to the courtyard where the two lived, but when he stepped into the courtyard, Gu Yan was startled.
The yard has obviously been carefully arranged, and the vines are entangled with unique patterns on the wall. The peach tree in the yard seems to be blown away by the wind overnight, and it bears pale pink flowers that do not belong to this season.A few birds perched on the branches, chirping crisply.
All the spring that shouldn't appear at this moment miraculously reappeared in this ordinary courtyard.
"This……"
It was rare for Gu Yan to lose his mind for a moment, Ye Zi pulled him under the peach tree, and the stone table under the tree was full of delicacies.
Ye Zi proudly said, "How about it, do you like it?"
Gu Yan calmed down a little, and asked, "You did all of this?"
"Yes." Ye Zi pursed her lips and said with a smile, "Zi Cheng, don't you remember that today is your birthday?"
The word birthday is too far away from Gu Yan.
When he was very young, the first emperor would celebrate his birthday every year and bring him a bowl of longevity noodles.But after the late emperor passed away, Gu Yan gradually stopped celebrating his birthday, and in this life, he didn't care much about it.
Unexpectedly, this person actually remembered.
Ye Zi took Gu Yan's hand, and pulled him to sit down by the stone table: "I knew you didn't remember, you are busy with those messy things all day long, can you treat yourself a little bit better?" .”
Gu Yan smiled lightly and shook his head, "Ai Fei taught me the lesson."
Ye Zi pushed the longevity noodles on the table in front of him, and said, "Taste how it tastes, I've learned it for a long time."
Gu Yan took a sip according to his words, and raised his eyes to look at him: "During this period of time, you always leave early and return late, is this just preparing for these?"
"Yeah, I found someone to learn these things on purpose. After studying for several days, I wanted to give you a surprise. How does it taste?" Ye Zi looked at him expectantly. If there was a tail behind him, at this time Definitely shaking wildly.
Gu Yan thought about it slowly for a while on purpose, and said thoughtfully: "It's probably better than me."
"Only better than you?" Ye Zi frowned, "My lord, I didn't say that, just because of your level of cooking porridge that can destroy the entire kitchen, you dare to say that I'm only better than you? Teach me All the chefs said I was talented and wanted to take me in as an apprentice."
"That can't be done." Gu Yan raised his eyebrows and said solemnly, "Which chef is so bold that he even proposes to Princess Rui? The things you cook can only be given to me, not to others."
Ye Zi pouted.
Although Gu Yan's words were intended as a joke, the jealousy in them was not at all lacking.Having been with him for so long, Ye Zi had already figured out his innate ability to be jealous anytime, anywhere, and when he saw that the situation was not right, he immediately shut up and stopped talking.
The two didn't speak any more, and sat down to eat quietly.
The night wind blew the peach blossoms down one after another, Gu Yan looked up at him, and a peach blossom happened to fall in Ye Zi's hair.He held up the petal with his fingertips and asked, "How did you do it?"
Ye Zi took a sip of tea and said with a smile, "I'm pretty good."
"...Actually, I just wanted to give it a try, but I didn't expect it to go so smoothly. After pouring a few drops of fairy dew, I really urged it to bloom."
Ye Zi stood up and stroked the trunk of the peach tree: "But even if the flowers bloom, they can only last for one night, and they will return to their original shape tomorrow."
Gu Yan got up and walked over, hugging him from behind: "Your fairy dew is so precious, why waste it so much for me?"
Ye Zi tilted his head, with a smile in his eyes: "I've heard before that the ancients gave peach branches as a gift of affection. Zicheng, you are so kind to me. You have given me so much, and I don't care. know what to give you..."
"I gave you so many peach blossoms, you will never forget me, and you will always miss me. And..." Ye Zi paused, tilted his head and kissed Gu Yan's side face, "It's just fairy dew, How can you be so precious."
The corners of Gu Yan's mouth raised slightly, as if someone had poured honey into his heart, it was sweet and warm.
He couldn't help but lift Ye Zi's head up and kissed her deeply.Ye Zi was quickly kissed by him so that she couldn't stand still, she turned around, leaned against the trunk of the peach tree and panted a few times: "Zi, Zi Cheng..."
Gu Yan paused for a moment, and kept a little distance away, as if thinking of something: "So you waited for me until I fell asleep today, because the celestial dew wasted too much?"
Ye Zi was so dazed by his kiss, she didn't understand why Gu Yan suddenly mentioned this, and replied honestly: "Yeah, why—"
Before he finished speaking, Gu Yan suddenly hugged him horizontally.
Gu Yan pushed open the door of the bedroom, put Ye Zirou on the bed, and leaned on him: "If that's the case, why don't you make it up for my husband?"
In the early morning of the next day, the sun shone into the room through the window, Ye Zi murmured softly as if afraid of light, shrank his furry head into Gu Yan's embrace.
Someone knocked lightly on the door suddenly, and Gu Yan suddenly opened his eyes.
He didn't bother Ye Zi, stood up cautiously, put on a robe and went out.
In the courtyard, Si Wei was standing in the courtyard, looking anxious.
The early morning wind brought some chills, Gu Yan closed his neckline and asked, "What's wrong?"
Si Wei said: "Prince Jing...reversed."
The peach blossoms from last night really disappeared without a trace, replaced by golden fallen leaves all over the courtyard.Gu Yan stared at the fallen leaves all over the ground, with a calm expression, as if he was not surprised: "I see."
Si Wei's eyes were rarely impatient: "Master, are you still not doing anything? If King Jing calls, then the world will—"
"not the right time yet."
"But……"
"Si Wei." Gu Yan raised his eyes to look at him, and said, "You have resentment in your heart. Emperor Jinghe ruined your home, made you lose your loved ones, and you hate him. I understand all of this. However, a little intolerance can lead to great conspiracy , you have endured it for so long, why rush at this moment."
"...When have I let you down what you want?"
After hearing his words, the anxiety in Si Wei's eyes suddenly disappeared, replaced by another emotion of surprise and joy.
Si Wei asked: "Master, what do you mean..."
Gu Yan didn't say any more, but calmly said: "Go down first, I know what to do."
"Yes."
Si Wei left the courtyard, Gu Yan sighed softly, and turned back to the house.He took off his coat and put it on the hanger, just as he was about to return to the bed, he saw that Ye Zi had already opened his eyes.
Gu Yan sat down beside the bed: "I woke you up?"
"No." Ye Zi shook his head, "What are you going out for, who came just now?"
"It's Si Wei." Gu Yan said, "He came to tell me that the Sixth Emperor Uncle raised his troops last night."
Ye Zi was stunned for a moment: "So fast..."
Gu Yan smiled: "Yeah, I didn't expect it to be so fast. I just ordered people to spread the news that Emperor Jinghe was critically ill a few days ago. Calculated, it probably didn't take more than two days for the news to spread to the sixth emperor's uncle's fief." .He didn't disappoint me at all."
Ye Zi turned over and rolled to the side of the bed, hugging Gu Yan's waist tightly: "How did Emperor Jinghe react?"
"He probably doesn't know yet." Gu Yan said, "Si Wei always sends me news quickly. It may take a few hours for the news to spread throughout Chang'an City and the court. I will go to the palace in a while, Let the general calm down first."
Ye Zi chuckled lightly, and said, "Don't provoke Emperor Jinghe anymore, if he is really pissed off..."
Gu Yan answered: "Let him die like this, isn't it too cheap for him?"
Ye Zi was silent for a moment, then asked again: "What are your plans next?"
"Wait and see for the time being." Gu Yan said, "I have intervened in the government for the past few days, only to realize that things are far more difficult than I imagined. No matter how useless Emperor Jinghe is, he is also the king of a country, and he is not so easily dragged down."
"That……"
Gu Yan curled his lips: "So, Uncle Huang came very timely."
He didn't say any more, he lay down again with his arms around Ye Zi, and lazily said: "Lie down with me for a while, since such a big incident happened, the palace might be in chaos for a while."
Ye Zi responded softly, leaned on Gu Yan and lay down, but she didn't feel much sleepiness, and stared at Gu Yan with bright eyes.
Gu Yan pinched his face and said with a smile, "Aren't you tired? Or do you want to do it again early in the morning?"
Ye Zi still felt a little unacceptable when he remembered last night, he trembled all over, and said in a muffled voice, "No, you almost killed me last night."
Gu Yan deliberately said: "Who said last night that he would give me himself as a gift, and that I would do anything to you?"
Ye Zi's ears hidden under the quilt turned red quietly, and he said nervously, "How can you take what you say on the bed seriously?"
Gu Yan rubbed Ye Zi's waist with his hand, and asked dangerously, "So...you lied to me?"
Ye Zi flinched, and didn't dare to answer any more, she obediently lay in his arms and closed her eyes, pretending to be asleep.
Later, Gu Yan entered the palace.
Sure enough, the court was in a mess because of King Jing's rebellion. Everyone talked about each other, but they couldn't come up with a proper countermeasure for a while.Gu Yan was tired of hearing it, and couldn't help but stop talking.Just when everyone didn't know what to do, Prince Gu Xun stepped forward.
Gu Xun wants to ask himself to lead the army to fight.
Since the crown prince succeeded to the throne, Emperor Jinghe has been bedridden, and most of the government affairs are in the hands of Gu Yan, so Gu Yan doesn't have much chance to stand out.However, Gu Xing always took a nonchalant attitude towards this, keeping his ears to the outside world, and didn't feel that there was anything wrong with Gu Yan's control of the government.
The prince had been absent for more than half a month, and he suddenly made such a request, which surprised the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty.
After the dynasty was over, Gu Jun met Emperor Jinghe with the consent of Prince Rui.
Gu Xun only stayed in the bedroom for a stick of incense, and there was no one in the bedroom, no one knew what happened to them in the bedroom.It's just that when Gu Xun opened the door and left the bedroom, he was already holding the imperial edict written by Emperor Jinghe himself.
Order the prince to lead his troops to go out in three days to arrest the rebels.
On the eve of the last day of the expedition, Ye Zi met Gu Xing and Little Gray Que at Prince Rui's Mansion.
The little gray bird's transforming technique seemed to have exhausted all its spiritual power, and after transforming back to its original form, it has been a long time since it was able to return to its human form.It dragged its more rounded body, lying on Ye Zi's shoulder and weeping.
"Little Yezi...I miss you so much..." Little Gray Sparrow was sobbing, which made Ye Zi feel a little at a loss.
Ye Zi pursed her lips and advised, "Que'er, don't do this, it's not like we won't be able to see each other again."
The little gray bird cried out of breath: "Yes, but Ah Xun said... Ah Xun said that it will take a long time to fight the war, and I am reluctant to leave you for so long."
Ye Zi was helpless: "This..."
Here Ye Zi coaxed the little gray sparrow in every possible way, and on the other end, Gu Xing and Gu Yan stood in the courtyard, looking back in the direction of the two.
Gu Yan said: "His Royal Highness, has it really been decided?"
"Yes." Gu Jun said, "Tomorrow I will lead the troops to fight, and during this period, I will trouble my cousin with the affairs of Chang'an City."
"It's natural."
Gu Xun nodded, seeing that the little gray sparrow was still entangled with Ye Zi and refused to leave, he couldn't help frowning.He walked over in two or three steps, grasping the small ball tightly in his palm: "Okay, it's time to go back to the palace."
The little gray bird was caught by his two fingers and couldn't move. It kicked its little paw a few times: "I haven't finished talking with Xiao Yezi, I..."
"What can I say, you are a bird, if you really miss him, why don't you just fly back anytime?"
"It seems like this... Then can I fly back every seven days?"
"……cannot."
"It doesn't matter what you say, how can you treat your husband like this!"
"..."
One person and one bird argued and left the palace, Ye Zi looked at the backs of the two of them thoughtfully, and said in confusion: "It's not that there are no generals available in the court, if it's not possible, they can be dispatched from the northwest, why did the crown prince lead the troops to fight in person? "
Gu Yan sighed softly, and thoughtfully said: "I guess..."
His words were not finished.
The next day, Crown Prince Gu Jun led the troops into battle, heading south all the way.
Ten days later, the army led by the prince formally confronted King Jing, which hurt King Jing's spirit in one fell swoop, and the war fell into a stalemate.
Half a month later, the prince's army fell into an ambush set up by King Jing, and the whole army was wiped out. The prince's whereabouts are unknown.
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