The boat was driving slowly on the river, and Dai Ruyan hummed a tune that was very pleasant to the ears.
Gong Yu rubbed Dai Ruyan's clothes, and quietly wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes.
The heartbeat beside the ear has been very slow all the time, as if Dai Ruyan has already lost all fluctuations in everything.
Even though Dai Ruyan is like this, her arms are still open to Gong Yu unconditionally. Gong Yu naturally imagined all kinds of possibilities for the wound on her neck.
Although it was the most impossible, but remembering that Ruyan looked at her defensively at that time, Gong Yu believed that maybe the real highness Gong Yu had borrowed this body.
And she hated Dai Ruyan, so much that she wanted to kill Dai Ruyan.
But when she woke up, Dai Ruyan was still full of hope.
What a tormenting thing this must be, being hurt over and over again, and expecting and waiting over and over again.
In the dark night, there are always people who have no sleep, and there are always people who sleep peacefully.
Three days later, the ship docked at the east pier of the capital, and the capital was still as prosperous as before. Gong Yu leaned against the shore and saw His Highness the Sixth Highness and Qin Hua who came with the guards from a distance.
The boat slowed down slowly, Dai Ruyan looked sideways at Gong Yu and said with a smile: "You shouldn't be seasick now, right?"
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Gong Yu helplessly looked at Dai Ruyan's words full of jokes, and said helplessly: "Ayan, you really turned bad."
"Others are watching." Dai Ruyan signaled Gong Yu to keep holding on to her hand.
"Ok."
"Good boy, it's only a month or two." Dai Ruyan pressed Gong Yu's palm lightly with his fingertips and said in a low voice: "Besides, I have already written the marriage letter, and I will ask my father to hand it over when you go to court tomorrow. "
Gong Yu grabbed Dai Ruyan's hand and said: "Then tomorrow I will go to Ayan with the marriage decree."
"Okay." Dai Ruyan smiled and let go of her hand, smoothing Li Gongyu's drooping robe with her fingertips, and then opened a little distance.
When the two went ashore, His Highness the Sixth Highness stepped forward to look at Gong Yu and said, "I heard about Xiao Jiutu's illness, why are you still so pale now?"
Gong Yu stood aside in a dignified manner, not forgetting that she was still in a bad state of spirit, and said solemnly: "I'm worrying Brother Liuhuang."
"It's okay, it's just that the emperor is sick in bed at the moment, and the hall is full of gunpowder smoke, so Xiao Jiu has to be careful."
The two chatted for a few words, and then the Sixth Highness said to Dai Ruyan: "I'm going to trouble Miss Dai this way."
"Your Highness the Sixth Highness is being polite."
"I heard that the Dai girl stopped by to spend New Year's Eve with her grandmother in Changzhou, but I didn't expect that the Dai girl did not return to the Shangyuan Festival banquet. There are many nobles in the capital who are looking forward to the Dai girl's appearance."
His Highness the Sixth Highness talked and laughed freely, and what he said to Dai Ruyan was also very measured. Compared with those young masters beside him, he was indeed much more dangerous.
It's no wonder that the emperor prefers the sixth highness who is as gentle as jade, not to mention his outstanding talent, at least for now, there has been no trouble like the third highness and the fourth highness.
"Your Highness?"
Qin Hua on the side called out a few times before Gong Yu regained his composure, looked sideways at Qin Hua and asked, "What's the matter?"
"The way you look at Miss Dai is too obvious."
"is it?"
Qin Hua nodded in response: "There are many people at the dock, and I have something to discuss with His Highness."
Seeing Qin Hua's serious look, Gong Yu stepped aside and asked, "What's the matter?"
"It's about investigating the Sixth Highness's mother and concubine." Qin Hua folded his hands in his sleeve pockets and said in a low voice.
"Is there something strange about this?"
Qin Hua nodded solemnly.
Gong Yu also became serious, looking slightly sideways at the Sixth Highness who was still of the same generation.
People in this city really can't judge people by their cover.
Several people dispersed, originally Gong Yu wanted to stay with Ruyan of the same generation, but she didn't want His Royal Highness to be very enthusiastic, so she had no choice but to go back to the residence alone.
When the sedan chair stopped, Gong Yu came out and saw the old housekeeper approaching, and said, "Your Highness has seen a lot of slimming."
"I heard that I was seriously ill on the way home. This old slave is very worried."
It was like this until entering the pavilion, the old housekeeper who kept talking was finally busy arranging food.
Gong Yu looked at Qin Hua while sipping tea and said, "Before Mr. Qin says anything, let me guess whether the cause of death of the six emperors, brothers, mothers and concubines is not simple?"
"Why do you think so, Your Highness?"
"I heard that Sixth Brother, who was outstanding in talent back then, attracted the relatives of many official girls in the capital, and even many court ministers offered to marry him, but Sixth Brother never agreed to a marriage."
Qin Hua picked up the tea and asked puzzledly, "How does Your Highness judge based on this matter alone?"
"Of course this is not enough. Later I heard that a senior official in the court wanted to marry his beloved daughter to His Highness the Sixth Highness as his wife. The Emperor Father was very satisfied and issued an imperial decree to grant the marriage, but I heard that the Sixth Emperor Brother was unwilling and even asked the Emperor Father for mercy. But the father didn't agree." Gong Yu paused and asked while holding the tea:
"Mr. Qin, why do you think the Sixth Brother would reject this marriage that is beneficial to the regime?"
The pavilion was quiet for a moment, Qin Hua put down the teacup and said very seriously: "Your Highness is smart, so naturally you should know that the sixth highness His Highness has loved for many years is Miss Dai."
"I know" Gong Yu took another sip of tea, turned his head to look at the bright sunlight outside and said, "Brother Liuhuang hides very deeply, he has spent so many years to make his father trust him, and he is famous in the capital."
"The Sixth Highness's concubine's mother and concubine died of an illness. I sent people to investigate the maids in front of His Royal Highness's mother and concubine, but found that those close maids had long since disappeared."
Gong Yu put down her teacup, stretched out her hand to take a piece of pastry and ate it, and said, "Because of father's permission, brother Liu Huang came up with a clever and vicious plan. If his mother and concubine died suddenly, and brother Liu Huang also got sick or If you are too sad, your body is not as good as before, and you have to keep your filial piety even if you vomit blood, then your father may soften your heart."
Qin Hua frowned and said, "This is just speculation. After all, it's been a long time, and the witnesses and physical evidence from that year have long been destroyed."
"Not necessarily." Gong Yu ate half of the pastry in his hand, poured a cup of tea and said, "Maybe the physical evidence can be destroyed, but unless all the witnesses are dead, there will definitely be fish that slip through the net."
"The minister will send people to continue to investigate. I heard that His Highness was quite close to His Sixth Highness back then. Did you notice something was wrong at that time?"
Gong Yu hesitated drinking tea and replied: "It's been a long time, and I don't remember most of them."
"However, how did Mr. Qin know that I am close to brother Liuhuang?"
Qin Hua held the folding fan in his hand and said, "Your Highness, have you forgotten that when His Highness Sixth Highness' mother and concubine were critically ill, many people were infected in the palace, but His Highness also contracted a serious disease, and it is said that His Highness recovered after half a year of recuperation."
"Is there such a thing?"
Gong Yu looked at Qin Hua in surprise, and then covered up: "Maybe it's because I was in poor health when I was young, so I probably can't remember anything, maybe I forgot."
However, His Royal Highness and concubine lived in the palace, if someone hadn't poisoned her or deliberately infected her, it wouldn't have happened so suddenly.
But Zhen Gongyu also got sick back then, and Gong Yu inexplicably felt a chill down her back.
Can't help but wonder if this real palace jade is in the same group as His Highness the Sixth Prince?
No wonder His Royal Highness the Sixth Highness kept asking him about his health, so that Gong Yu sometimes thought that his relationship with him was just so-so.
The more troublesome thing now is that Gong Yu is a little unsure whether her identity has been exposed due to the reason that His Highness the Sixth Highness seems to have never taken action against her.
If it is exposed, it may be the most direct crit next.
A princess turning into a prince is something that can kill people. Besides, if Zhen Gongyu and His Highness the Sixth Highness had murdered the Sixth Highness's mother and concubine together, then relying on the Sixth Highness, who is an outwardly honest gentleman, is actually ruthless in secret. Don't be the first to kill yourself first.
Thinking of this, Gong Yu felt inexplicably that this real Gong Yu was also a ruthless talent, and in order not to expose her suspicions, she also contracted the disease.
Qin Hua's eyes fell on Gong Yu's face whose expression changed very quickly, and he raised his hand to sip his tea and said, "What is Your Highness thinking?"
"I'm thinking my situation is a little bit cloudy right now."
"The Sixth Highness is not deliberately embarrassing His Highness right now. I think it is safe for the time being. It's just that the girl of that generation has never been to the house since His Highness sent troops to restrain her. I think there may be other arrangements."
Gong Yu looked at Qin Hua puzzled and asked, "Although Mr. Qin doesn't know Dai Sister, he seems to be wary of Dai Sister."
Qin Hua said with a relaxed smile, "Your Highness is doubting the minister?"
"It's not so much suspicion as confusion. Mr. Qin and I often mention sister Dai to make me be careful, and the words are all on guard."
"Miss Dai is a beautiful woman in the capital city. Not to mention her talent and beauty, she is a courtier's daughter based on the power of the Dai family alone, but she still enjoys the treatment that the royal family should have." Qin Hua said with a gloomy expression:
"But does Your Highness think that Miss Dai is still in her boudoir this year, Fang Nineteen, just because the Dai family hasn't established who to support as the Crown Prince of the Palace Kingdom?"
Gong Yu straightened her back and listened seriously: "What does Mr. Qin mean?"
Seeing this, Qin Hua couldn't help smiling again and said: "Although Your Highness is smart, he doesn't know that even a high-ranking minister in this capital may fall to the bottom of the valley. Wait until it gets complicated."
"The reason is not the Dai family, but the Dai girl is no longer under the control of the Dai family. On the contrary, the sharp knife in the Dai girl's hand can even approach the heart of the Dai family, so the Dai family has to postpone it again and again."
Gong Yu was puzzled and said: "Of course I know that Sister Dai is amazing. Mr. Qin is still doing what he said before, just because he suspects that Sister Dai's use of the machine is impure?"
"Your Highness, do you know how far you need to go to let powerful officials know the word "powerful" in this capital?" Qin Hua asked back.
"Naturally, there must be strategies and means."
Qin Hua shook his head and said, "It is necessary to have a unique strategy and sufficiently vicious methods."
"In the early years, I inquired about the influence of Miss Dai for His Royal Highness, but found that there was no trace of it. Even the personal guards sent by His Royal Highness disappeared strangely."
Gong Yu asked vigilantly: "Why did Brother Dahuang want to check on Sister?"
"Naturally, I want to control." Qin Hua said hesitantly: "Your Highness is naturally not inferior to other Highnesses in courage and strategy, but his temperament is sometimes too extreme, especially when he cares about the affairs of Miss Dai."
"That's why they were sent to investigate at the beginning. There were only a few missing guards. When they were finally found, they had already been thrown into the mass grave."
After finishing speaking, Qin Hua frowned slightly and said, "Your Highness can never imagine how tragic the death of those guards was."
It was rare for Gong Yu to see such a fearful expression in Qin Hua's eyes, so she couldn't help asking curiously: "Did those guards get any important news?"
"Absolutely not."
"Because after the guards reported to me that they hadn't noticed anything unusual about Miss Dai, I realized that Miss Dai might have discovered that His Highness was watching her, so I hurriedly asked them to give up."
Qin Hua pursed his lips tightly and said, "But I didn't expect them to disappear that night."
Gong Yu didn't ask any more questions, she drank her tea alone, while the cicada nestled on the branch outside was hissing non-stop.
No one spoke in the pavilion for a moment, the old butler led the servants to put the food on the low table and said: "Just now I sent someone to bring you rouge and sour plums on behalf of the girl."
"Try it, Your Highness?"
"Okay." Gong Yu reached out to take one, put it in her mouth and frowned.
This sour taste really makes people unable to eat a second one.
The old housekeeper smiled and said: "This sour plum is mostly made of sour plum soup, it is very sour when eaten alone."
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Then why not remind me?
Gong Yu took a few sips of tea, Qin Hua asked puzzled: "It's understandable to send sour plums on behalf of the girl, but why do you want to send rouge?"
This question is a bit tricky.
"I... don't know, I'll ask sister Dai some other day." Gong Yu avoided her eyes with guilt, thinking that she couldn't say that she asked Dai Ruyan for it.
Qin Hua didn't seem to ask any more questions, just reached out and took a sour plum, and he was able to eat it with a calm expression.
Gong Yu looked surprised and felt very sour, quickly drank tea and said: "Mr. Qin, don't be cautious, if you like it, you can take some back."
"Thank you, Your Highness."
I didn't expect Mr. Qin's taste to be very unusual.
Gong Yu, who was already hungry, picked up fresh and tender chicken and ate it, while Qin Hua on the side reported the purchase of equipment and other equipment outside the capital.
"I'm going to court tomorrow to ask for marriage." Gong Yu said slowly while drinking soup.
Qin Hua frowned and said, "Your Highness's move is inappropriate."
Gong Yu responded with a soup bowl in her hand: "I know, maybe marriage will become the trigger for everyone to kill me."
"But Emperor Father is currently sick in bed. Although His Royal Highness supervises the country, he has no real power. This is my only chance to marry my acting sister."
"His Highness has made up his mind?"
"Yes."
Qin Hua clenched the cup in his hand and said, "Then His Highness wants to bring the general fire into the capital?"
Gong Yu nodded in response: "Yes, so this is the most critical step."
"Your Highness, you should know that if you really marry Miss Dai, you will be under the restraint of Dai's family. If you are not careful in the future, the palace and the royal family will be in danger."
"Mr. Qin must have confidence." Gong Yu took a sip of the hot soup and said, "Besides, it's better to start with the immediate matter than to worry about the time."
"After all, if the father dies, the opportunity will be fleeting. Is there a faster way to gain power than marrying the surrogate sister at this moment?"
Qin Hua was slightly taken aback, looked at Gong Yu and said, "Is Your Highness using Miss Dai?"
what?
Did you say something extraordinary just now?
"However, this is also good, as long as Your Highness is not bewitched by the acting lady, then the government affairs of the court will be better than being influenced by the acting lady." Qin Huaman thought carefully.
Seeing this, Gong Yu asked, "Does Mr. Qin think that everyone marrying a substitute sister has a purpose?"
Qin Hua nodded and said: "The power in Miss Dai's hands is very attractive, the more powerful she is, the more attracted she is. Miss Dai herself knows this well."
Well, since everyone thinks so, let them think so.
The left and right are married first, and the province's Dai Ruyan is always missed by others.
In the early morning of the next day, Gong Yu put on a beautiful red robe. Her skin color was already fair, and she was much paler due to the injury.
Although the whole person looks like a sick and weak son, with thick brows and thick red robes, Gong Yu looks quite handsome and eye-catching.
The clatter of horseshoes sounded in the streets of the capital, and Gong Yu felt a little nervous for no reason, although this was not the first time.
On the way, I met a lot of officials, seeing Gong Yu's festive attire, I couldn't help talking about it, after all, the emperor is seriously ill now, and the atmosphere in the court is also very strange.
Gong Yu didn't bother, anyway, he was still a fool in the eyes of everyone.
I just didn't expect that when I was approaching the capital, I would meet Dai's father and son by accident. Gong Yu stepped forward and shouted brightly: "Father-in-law, you are well!"
The loud voice attracted the attention of the crowd, and all the strange officials looked over.
"This Ninth Highness is probably crazy."
"That's not true. The last time the Prime Minister was rejected because of his marriage, his face was still gloomy."
"I really don't know how to look at my face."
Of course, Gong Yu has no time to care about these things, because Prime Minister Dai didn't want to talk to Gong Yu at all, instead, Dai Lang who was at the side stepped forward and said: "It's the time to go to court, His Highness the Ninth Prince should be more careful."
Gong Yu pretended to be disappointed and replied: "Good brother!"
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Dai Lang looked at Gong Yu in surprise, as if looking into it, and then whispered helplessly:
"At present, the marriage is undecided, His Highness Ninth Prince does not need to call his elder brother, and besides, there are only monarchs and ministers above the court, His Highness Ninth Highness, please don't mess with the court plan."
"Thank you brother for your advice."
After Gong Yu finished naughty, she ran away.
Only Dai Lang was left looking at Gong Yu's silhouette inquiringly, his eyes were full of hostility instead of the gentleness before.
After such a commotion, Gong Yu walking on the palace road became a hot spot.
It's just that Gong Yu didn't have the heart to think about it, because just now Gong Yu saw that there was indeed something in the sleeve pocket of that generation of prime ministers.
Maybe it was the marriage letter written by Dai Ruyan.
When meeting His Highness the Sixth Highness, the smile on Gong Yu's face immediately disappeared.
The whole person was very calm, but His Highness the Sixth Highness was very confused.
Entering the hall, Gong Yu saw the Grand Highness, Gong Quan, who hadn't seen each other for nearly half a year, and the emperor's brother looked much better than when he was grounded.
Of course, there are people who are much better, and there are naturally people who have a bad complexion, such as the Fourth Highness, but the flesh is not missing at all, but it feels more and more fat.
Most of the things discussed in the court were about trivial matters. After all, the current situation was relatively stable. There was no flood or drought this year, and the harvest was barely passable.
But after a while, the hall became quiet, and even the hall seemed to be much more lazy than before.
Apparently the emperor was seriously ill, and the crown prince was always a little bit overwhelmed by the veterans, so Gong Yu stared straight at the prime minister.
I thought to myself that no one is talking about this, why hasn't this generation of prime minister handed over the marriage letter?
I really want to die of anxiety!
Gong Yu just watched eagerly, until the generation of prime ministers noticed Gong Yu's eager gaze, but only glanced at it lightly, and then continued to ignore it.
amount……
This old man definitely did it on purpose, right?
Gong Quan, the Grand Highness above, said: "If there is nothing wrong, all the ministers should retreat."
"The minister has played." Seeing that the prime minister finally stepped forward, he called out sonorously.
The hall was very quiet, Gong Yu only felt that her heart was going to pop out.
"What do you want to play on behalf of the Prime Minister?"
"The minister's daughter and His Highness the Ninth Prince already have a marriage certificate, and I am hereby enclosing it to you, hoping to choose a good day to get married."
There was a lot of discussion in the court hall, but Gong Yu didn't expect that the first one to make a sound was not the Grand Highness Gong Quan sitting there, but the old and vigorous Taifu.
"Nonsense!" Tai Tuo looked at the Prime Minister and said, "Your Majesty is still ill, how can you arrange the marriage at this time?"
"Then according to what the Grand Tutor said, if His Majesty does not wake up for a day and is not allowed to eat, then the courtiers should also not be able to eat or drink?"
"you……"
Although the prime minister of this generation is a civil servant, but he always has a murderous look on his body, Gong Yu looks a little scared.
Fortunately, the Grand Tutor could not refute, and the hall was at an impasse for a while, Gong Yu ran forward with her robe in her hands, kowtowed loudly and shouted: "I beg my father to grant my son a marriage!"
Immediately, all the officials were startled again, and the Grand Highness Gong Quan who was sitting on top was also caught off guard.
The Taifu smiled and said: "Prime Minister, are you sure you want to marry your beloved daughter to the stupid Ninth Prince?"
"If the Grand Tutor hadn't blocked the marriage at the beginning, why did His Highness the Ninth Prince fall into such a foolish state?" The Prime Minister said to the Tai Tuo with a cold look.
The Taifu's face turned livid when he was told, and he didn't speak.
Then I didn't expect that generation of prime ministers to lift up his robes and knelt down and said: "The old minister's beloved daughter wants to marry His Highness Ninth Prince with all her heart, and I hope it will be done!"
When the voice fell, most of the people in the hall immediately knelt down, Gong Yu glanced slightly sideways and found that apart from the Fourth Highness, the Taifu and his sons, the rest even the Sixth Highness knelt down together.
The scene was really astonishing, Gong Yu secretly cheered in her heart, this time it will definitely be done!
"Hey, have you heard that the matter between His Highness Ninth Prince and Miss Dai's family is over."
"Yes, the imperial edict was issued this morning."
"Isn't that right? I heard that Dai's family took the initiative to submit the marriage letter. The Ninth Highness is stupid, but why does the Dai's girl still want to marry?"
"You don't understand this. There was a lot of trouble in the court this morning. Now that the current sage is seriously ill, maybe the Dai family wants to find a good Ninth Prince."
"We ordinary people probably don't understand the official affairs, but I heard that although the Ninth Highness is stupid, and there is a big difference in age from the Dai girl, but he looks handsome anyway, better than us rough old men, isn't it?"
This remark immediately aroused the laughter of all the people in the tea shed.
However, when various rumors were circulating in the capital, at this moment Gong Yu rushed to Dai Ruyan's courtyard on horseback with an imperial decree in his arms.
Nearly half a year later, the trees around the courtyard are already full of branches and leaves, which is completely different from the withered and lonely feeling in winter.
"Your Highness Ninth Prince is here." The servant said as he led Gong Yu's horse.
Gong Yu smiled happily and said, "Is Sister Dai here?"
The servant replied, "Yes."
After saying a few words like this, Gong Yu entered the courtyard familiarly, and when she met some maidservants, most of them just bowed and then retreated.
The courtyard is very quiet, except for a few birdsong, there are no other sounds.
The wind blowing from the lake was very comfortable, relieving Gong Yu from the sweltering heat of riding a horse all the way, but the excitement hidden in her heart could not be calmed down no matter what.
Entering the hall, Dai Ruyan was not sitting in the hall in the past, but Gong Yu had no choice but to go around to the pavilion by the lake.
Simply where the person is at this time, Gong Yu quickly walked through the circuitous building and walked around to the pavilion.
The green curtain hangs down, slightly blocking the beauty's grace in the pavilion, Gong Yuwei stretches out his hand and gently lifts the green curtain, but there are many green curtains in the pavilion, fluttering slightly with the wind, at that time showing Dai Ruyan's frown and smile, It was like scratching Gong Yu's heart hard.
But because she didn't want to disturb this rare order, Gong Yu even slowed down her breathing and approached slowly.
I saw Biyu walking over with a bright red cloth in her hands and said with a smile: "The pavilion is not big, His Highness the Ninth Prince walks more slowly, I'm afraid my girl should worry about something going on."
Gong Yu was said to scratch the back of her neck and responded: "I'm afraid I'll disturb you."
Fortunately, Biyu seemed to be in a good mood today, so she didn't talk to Gongyu anymore, but left the pavilion.
"Aren't you coming in yet?" Dai Ruyan turned his head slightly and said softly to Gong Yu who was separated by a green curtain.
Gong Yu was slightly taken aback, opened the green curtain and approached, and saw the handkerchief embroidered on the side.
"What is this embroidered?" Gong Yu curiously picked it up and looked at it.
"It's just random embroidery."
After speaking, Dai Ruyan put all these unfinished works into the box beside her.
Gong Yu sat aside, took a sip of tea, and then smiled while holding the imperial decree: "This is the imperial decree for marriage."
"Ok, I know."
"Aren't you curious, Ayan?"
"The imperial edicts are similar on the left and right sides, why are you curious?" Dai Ruyan sipped her tea, looked at Gong Yu, suddenly raised her arm and lightly tapped Gong Yu's forehead and said, "How did this hurt?"
what?
Gong Yu asked without knowing it: "What hurt?"
Dai Ruyan pressed Gong Yu's forehead lightly with his fingertips and said, "No response yet?"
"Hey, it really hurts."
"stupid."
amount……
Why is Dai Ruyan getting more and more fierce?
Gong Yu held Dai Ruyan's hand and pressed his forehead and said, "Ayan rubbed it for me and it won't hurt."
Unexpectedly, before the words finished, Dai Ruyan pressed it again, then let go of his hand and said, "Who wants to rub it for you?"
"Ayan, don't you love me anymore?"
"Tell me how you hurt your forehead?"
hurt?
In fact, Gong Yu went out after taking a good look in the mirror early in the morning.
Gong Yu reached out to touch it by herself, but before she could react for a while, she got up and wanted to look for the bronze mirror.
But I turned around and didn't see the bronze mirror, so I had to go to the basin to take a blurry picture, but I didn't see anything wrong, so I sat down again and said, "Ayan, I really can't remember up"
Dai Ruyan held a round fan in his hand, leaned on the railing lazily, looked at Gong Yu and said: "The injury is on the forehead, if it wasn't hit by someone with a heavy object, then Xiao Jiu knocked on the head stupidly. "
Knock to the head?
Gong Yu suddenly remembered that she kowtowed suddenly at His Majesty the previous time, and she could only blame herself for being too excited at that time.
"Remember?" Dai Ruyan asked, watching the change of Gong Yu's expression.
"Well, I remembered." Gong Yu smiled a little embarrassedly: "I really accidentally knocked my head."
Dai Ruyan, holding a round fan in her slender hand, patted Gong Yu's forehead and said helplessly:
"You really forgot about the pain when your scar healed, why don't you have a long memory?"
Or the reason for the incense in the pavilion, Gong Yu only felt that the round fan was also very fragrant, sniffed lightly and said with a smile:
"It's all because the stone bricks in the hall are too hard."
"Has the incense in Ayan's kiosk changed again?"
"Well, I added some refreshing herbs to it as summer approached."
"This smells very fragrant, is there any spice added in it?" Gong Yu obsessively held Dai Ruyan's hand, rubbing against it like a small animal.
Dai Ruyan pinched Gong Yu's nose lightly with her fingertips and said, "I'm still talking serious things to you."
Gong Yu looked at Dai Ruyan and said, "I'm talking serious things to Ayan too."
"But Ayan didn't even look at the imperial decree of giving marriage. I feel chilly in my heart."
"Giving a marriage is just the first step, and there are still things to arrange in the future." Dai Ruyan said while unscrewing a small porcelain bottle and dipped some medicinal wine on his fingertips.
The smell was a bit pungent, before Gong Yu could ask, Dai Ruyan rubbed Gong Yu's forehead with fingertips and said, "Don't move."
Gong Yu had no choice but to sit aside obediently, reached out and took out the jade pendant and asked, "I'd better return this jade pendant to A Yan."
"Why?"
"I've been thinking about it for several days and I haven't seen a trick."
Dai Ruyan paused slightly with her fingertips, then washed her hands in the basin beside her, held a handkerchief to wipe her hands and said, "So you give up?"
"No." Gong Yu said with a smile: "Anyway, the imperial decree has been issued, and the marriage certificate is also available, and Ayan can't escape."
"If I want to run, Xiao Jiu can't catch up."
"I know."
Gong Yuman looked at Dai Ruyan seriously and said: "Ayan wants to marry me because she likes me, if she doesn't like me and still wants to marry me, then I feel even more sad."
Dai Ruyan looked at the serious Gong Yu with a smile in his eyes, stretched out his hand to pass the pastry and said with a smile: "Why are you so serious all of a sudden?"
"Sweet dates are added to this pastry, but it's sweet, Xiao Jiu, try it?"
"I'm serious." Gong Yu replied, and then opened her mouth to eat the pastry delivered by Ruyan.
The sweet dates are a bit sweet and greasy, but the softness of this pastry really suits Gong Yu's appetite.
Gong Yu began to read: "This pastry is different from the ones eaten in the capital."
Dai Ruyan handed over another piece and asked, "Is it delicious?"
"Mmm, it's delicious." Gong Yu responded with a big mouthful of pastry.
"Eat slowly." Dai Ruyan looked at Gong Yu's bulging cheeks tenderly, and said helplessly, "I know you like these, so I specially invited someone to invite a famous pastry chef from Changzhou. It’s also good to make some new cakes for the guests during the wedding banquet.”
"Ayan has thought so carefully?"
"The wedding date is too close, but there are too many small things to deal with about the wedding. If you don't arrange it earlier, Xiao Jiu will definitely have a headache."
"I still think it's a month away." Gong Yu shook her head and said, "I don't have a headache, I'm happy."
"Stupid." Dai Ruyan wiped the corner of Gong Yu's mouth with a handkerchief in his hand and said, "Your mansion has not been arranged yet, and you have to draw up a list of guests for the banquet, and the wedding room..."
I saw that Dai Ruyan stopped talking suddenly, her thin lips were slightly pursed and she remained silent, but her cheeks were already flushed, and when her eyes blinked lightly showing a rare daughter's shyness, Gong Yu was really stunned.
The heart was beating fast, Gong Yu didn't even bat an eye, she leaned slightly closer and kissed the soft lips.
Dai Ruyan blinked lightly at Gong Yu, her eyes were clear but full of tenderness.
The warm breeze from the lakeside caressed gently, but it couldn't relieve the hotness in Gong Yu's heart. Gong Yu gently held Dai Ruyan Chui's hand that was put aside with her fingertips, and wanted to get closer.
But Dai Ruyan's fingertips lightly pressed her lips, Gong Yu looked at Dai Ruyan incomprehensibly.
Seeing that the light in front of her eyes was blocked, Dai Ruyan approached and touched the corner of Gong Yu's lips, her warm breath fell on her face.
It is rare for Dai Ruyan to take the initiative suddenly, Gong Yu blinked in a daze, still a little bit unresponsive.
Most of the time, Dai Ruyan's intimacy is very light, too gentle, but this is somewhat different from Dai Ruyan who is occasionally domineering on weekdays.
When the distance was opened, Gong Yu was breathing slowly, and Dai Ruyan's fingertips were caressing the corner of Gong Yu's mouth, her cheeks were slightly red, and the thin hair next to her ear was slightly shaken by the wind.
Gong Yu stared blankly, the Dai Ruyan in front of her was very beautiful, very different from the usual gentle and cold Dai Ruyan, she couldn't help whispering:
"Ayan..."
"I'm here."
Dai Ruyan stretched out his hand and rolled up the broken hair next to his ear, and said with a smile: "Xiao Jiu's robe today looks like a young bridegroom."
Small……
Gong Yu looked at this custom-made robe, the size was just right, where did it look too small?
"Does Yan like it?"
"Well, I like it."
Dai Ruyan lightly touched the texture of Gong Yu's robe with her fingertips and said in a low voice: "Xiao Jiu is very fair and tender, this big red robe makes Xiao Jiu's complexion even fairer and more attractive. It made many girls look around."
"It's nothing." Gong Yu reached out and took another piece of pastry and ate it, "I rode a horse and galloped all the way here. It's sunny outside, how can a girl come out at will?"
Dai Ruyan smiled and did not respond, but Gong Yu didn't understand how funny this was?
Eating the cakes on her own, Gong Yu realized that the dish was only four yuan, it was delicious but it couldn't fill her stomach.
"Ayan, do you still have this pastry?"
"Do you still want to eat?"
"In order to change into this cumbersome robe this morning, I only drank half a bowl of porridge before rushing to court."
Dai Ruyan withdrew her fingertips from Gong Yu's robe, and turned to call out: "Bi Yu, go prepare some food."
"Yes, ma'am."
The food came to the table after a while, Gong Yu wondered why the food was served so fast, Dai Ruyan saw Gong Yu's confusion and said, "I haven't eaten yet."
"It's already late, why isn't Ah Yan eating?"
Gong Yu stretched out her hand to hold soup and handed it to Dai Ruyan, and then she also filled a small portion of fish soup and drank it.
"The weather is lacking in heat, and naturally we don't eat much, so we postponed it for a few hours."
Dai Ruyan sips the soup, seeing Gong Yu roll up the wide sleeve robe, revealing the slender arms holding the bowl, or because of the sleeve robe, Gong Yu always looks very thin.
"This fish soup is nourishing, it's good for you to drink more."
"Well, this fish soup is delicious." Gong Yu nodded in response.
The sunlight outside became more and more glaring, and the wind blowing through the green curtain gradually became sultry.
Gong Yu was very hungry and ate quickly, but she didn't expect that when two bowls of fish soup were in her belly and the second bowl of rice was filled, Dai Ruyan only drank half of the first bowl of fish soup in her hand.
"Ayan, don't you need to eat?"
Dai Ruyan responded with a wooden spoon in his hand: "It's hot at noon, and drinking some fish soup is enough to fill you up."
amount……
Is this to cultivate immortality?
Gong Yu wanted to persuade her, but she didn't know how to persuade her. After all, since she knew Dai Ruyan, she hadn't seen her eat anything.
Thinking of Gong Yu in this way, she reflected on herself, now that the second bowl of rice has almost bottomed out, it is time to stop.
Otherwise, they are all girls, and they seem to eat a little too much, so they still have to pay attention to their image in front of their subjects.
"Why don't you eat?" Dai Ruyan asked when Gong Yu put down the bowl and chopsticks.
Gong Yu wiped her mouth with a handkerchief beside her and said, "I'm full."
Dai Ruyan looked at the food and said: "In the past, Xiao Jiu could always finish the food on this table, isn't he hungry today?"
"Why are you eating less?"
Has the image of a foodie been discovered by Dai Ruyan?
Gong Yu said with a guilty conscience: "Maybe it's because I ate several pieces of pastries just now."
Fortunately, this argument was also reasonable, so Dai Ruyan didn't mention it again, and slowly drank the last fish soup, and the maidservants came in to clean up the dishes.
After the maid left the pavilion, Gong Yu got up and looked at the lake, and saw Dai Ruyan sitting beside the steps near the water with tea in his hand.
"Before I saw Jasper holding a red cloth, what was that for?"
Dai Ruyan caressed the surface of the water with his palm and said: "The wedding dress has been made, I just proposed some modifications, so I chose some other materials."
"Wedding dress?" Gong Yu approached curiously and asked, "Does it look good?"
"What looks good?"
"Ayan must look good in her wedding dress, right?"
Dai Ruyan smiled, then looked at the wide lake and responded softly: "I think it should be beautiful."
Gong Yu sat beside him and couldn't stop staring at Dai Ruyan, his eyes flicked to the corners of Dai Ruyan's eyes, and he couldn't help smiling silly.
like this morning hall
Gong Yu rubbed Dai Ruyan's clothes, and quietly wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes.
The heartbeat beside the ear has been very slow all the time, as if Dai Ruyan has already lost all fluctuations in everything.
Even though Dai Ruyan is like this, her arms are still open to Gong Yu unconditionally. Gong Yu naturally imagined all kinds of possibilities for the wound on her neck.
Although it was the most impossible, but remembering that Ruyan looked at her defensively at that time, Gong Yu believed that maybe the real highness Gong Yu had borrowed this body.
And she hated Dai Ruyan, so much that she wanted to kill Dai Ruyan.
But when she woke up, Dai Ruyan was still full of hope.
What a tormenting thing this must be, being hurt over and over again, and expecting and waiting over and over again.
In the dark night, there are always people who have no sleep, and there are always people who sleep peacefully.
Three days later, the ship docked at the east pier of the capital, and the capital was still as prosperous as before. Gong Yu leaned against the shore and saw His Highness the Sixth Highness and Qin Hua who came with the guards from a distance.
The boat slowed down slowly, Dai Ruyan looked sideways at Gong Yu and said with a smile: "You shouldn't be seasick now, right?"
amount……
Gong Yu helplessly looked at Dai Ruyan's words full of jokes, and said helplessly: "Ayan, you really turned bad."
"Others are watching." Dai Ruyan signaled Gong Yu to keep holding on to her hand.
"Ok."
"Good boy, it's only a month or two." Dai Ruyan pressed Gong Yu's palm lightly with his fingertips and said in a low voice: "Besides, I have already written the marriage letter, and I will ask my father to hand it over when you go to court tomorrow. "
Gong Yu grabbed Dai Ruyan's hand and said: "Then tomorrow I will go to Ayan with the marriage decree."
"Okay." Dai Ruyan smiled and let go of her hand, smoothing Li Gongyu's drooping robe with her fingertips, and then opened a little distance.
When the two went ashore, His Highness the Sixth Highness stepped forward to look at Gong Yu and said, "I heard about Xiao Jiutu's illness, why are you still so pale now?"
Gong Yu stood aside in a dignified manner, not forgetting that she was still in a bad state of spirit, and said solemnly: "I'm worrying Brother Liuhuang."
"It's okay, it's just that the emperor is sick in bed at the moment, and the hall is full of gunpowder smoke, so Xiao Jiu has to be careful."
The two chatted for a few words, and then the Sixth Highness said to Dai Ruyan: "I'm going to trouble Miss Dai this way."
"Your Highness the Sixth Highness is being polite."
"I heard that the Dai girl stopped by to spend New Year's Eve with her grandmother in Changzhou, but I didn't expect that the Dai girl did not return to the Shangyuan Festival banquet. There are many nobles in the capital who are looking forward to the Dai girl's appearance."
His Highness the Sixth Highness talked and laughed freely, and what he said to Dai Ruyan was also very measured. Compared with those young masters beside him, he was indeed much more dangerous.
It's no wonder that the emperor prefers the sixth highness who is as gentle as jade, not to mention his outstanding talent, at least for now, there has been no trouble like the third highness and the fourth highness.
"Your Highness?"
Qin Hua on the side called out a few times before Gong Yu regained his composure, looked sideways at Qin Hua and asked, "What's the matter?"
"The way you look at Miss Dai is too obvious."
"is it?"
Qin Hua nodded in response: "There are many people at the dock, and I have something to discuss with His Highness."
Seeing Qin Hua's serious look, Gong Yu stepped aside and asked, "What's the matter?"
"It's about investigating the Sixth Highness's mother and concubine." Qin Hua folded his hands in his sleeve pockets and said in a low voice.
"Is there something strange about this?"
Qin Hua nodded solemnly.
Gong Yu also became serious, looking slightly sideways at the Sixth Highness who was still of the same generation.
People in this city really can't judge people by their cover.
Several people dispersed, originally Gong Yu wanted to stay with Ruyan of the same generation, but she didn't want His Royal Highness to be very enthusiastic, so she had no choice but to go back to the residence alone.
When the sedan chair stopped, Gong Yu came out and saw the old housekeeper approaching, and said, "Your Highness has seen a lot of slimming."
"I heard that I was seriously ill on the way home. This old slave is very worried."
It was like this until entering the pavilion, the old housekeeper who kept talking was finally busy arranging food.
Gong Yu looked at Qin Hua while sipping tea and said, "Before Mr. Qin says anything, let me guess whether the cause of death of the six emperors, brothers, mothers and concubines is not simple?"
"Why do you think so, Your Highness?"
"I heard that Sixth Brother, who was outstanding in talent back then, attracted the relatives of many official girls in the capital, and even many court ministers offered to marry him, but Sixth Brother never agreed to a marriage."
Qin Hua picked up the tea and asked puzzledly, "How does Your Highness judge based on this matter alone?"
"Of course this is not enough. Later I heard that a senior official in the court wanted to marry his beloved daughter to His Highness the Sixth Highness as his wife. The Emperor Father was very satisfied and issued an imperial decree to grant the marriage, but I heard that the Sixth Emperor Brother was unwilling and even asked the Emperor Father for mercy. But the father didn't agree." Gong Yu paused and asked while holding the tea:
"Mr. Qin, why do you think the Sixth Brother would reject this marriage that is beneficial to the regime?"
The pavilion was quiet for a moment, Qin Hua put down the teacup and said very seriously: "Your Highness is smart, so naturally you should know that the sixth highness His Highness has loved for many years is Miss Dai."
"I know" Gong Yu took another sip of tea, turned his head to look at the bright sunlight outside and said, "Brother Liuhuang hides very deeply, he has spent so many years to make his father trust him, and he is famous in the capital."
"The Sixth Highness's concubine's mother and concubine died of an illness. I sent people to investigate the maids in front of His Royal Highness's mother and concubine, but found that those close maids had long since disappeared."
Gong Yu put down her teacup, stretched out her hand to take a piece of pastry and ate it, and said, "Because of father's permission, brother Liu Huang came up with a clever and vicious plan. If his mother and concubine died suddenly, and brother Liu Huang also got sick or If you are too sad, your body is not as good as before, and you have to keep your filial piety even if you vomit blood, then your father may soften your heart."
Qin Hua frowned and said, "This is just speculation. After all, it's been a long time, and the witnesses and physical evidence from that year have long been destroyed."
"Not necessarily." Gong Yu ate half of the pastry in his hand, poured a cup of tea and said, "Maybe the physical evidence can be destroyed, but unless all the witnesses are dead, there will definitely be fish that slip through the net."
"The minister will send people to continue to investigate. I heard that His Highness was quite close to His Sixth Highness back then. Did you notice something was wrong at that time?"
Gong Yu hesitated drinking tea and replied: "It's been a long time, and I don't remember most of them."
"However, how did Mr. Qin know that I am close to brother Liuhuang?"
Qin Hua held the folding fan in his hand and said, "Your Highness, have you forgotten that when His Highness Sixth Highness' mother and concubine were critically ill, many people were infected in the palace, but His Highness also contracted a serious disease, and it is said that His Highness recovered after half a year of recuperation."
"Is there such a thing?"
Gong Yu looked at Qin Hua in surprise, and then covered up: "Maybe it's because I was in poor health when I was young, so I probably can't remember anything, maybe I forgot."
However, His Royal Highness and concubine lived in the palace, if someone hadn't poisoned her or deliberately infected her, it wouldn't have happened so suddenly.
But Zhen Gongyu also got sick back then, and Gong Yu inexplicably felt a chill down her back.
Can't help but wonder if this real palace jade is in the same group as His Highness the Sixth Prince?
No wonder His Royal Highness the Sixth Highness kept asking him about his health, so that Gong Yu sometimes thought that his relationship with him was just so-so.
The more troublesome thing now is that Gong Yu is a little unsure whether her identity has been exposed due to the reason that His Highness the Sixth Highness seems to have never taken action against her.
If it is exposed, it may be the most direct crit next.
A princess turning into a prince is something that can kill people. Besides, if Zhen Gongyu and His Highness the Sixth Highness had murdered the Sixth Highness's mother and concubine together, then relying on the Sixth Highness, who is an outwardly honest gentleman, is actually ruthless in secret. Don't be the first to kill yourself first.
Thinking of this, Gong Yu felt inexplicably that this real Gong Yu was also a ruthless talent, and in order not to expose her suspicions, she also contracted the disease.
Qin Hua's eyes fell on Gong Yu's face whose expression changed very quickly, and he raised his hand to sip his tea and said, "What is Your Highness thinking?"
"I'm thinking my situation is a little bit cloudy right now."
"The Sixth Highness is not deliberately embarrassing His Highness right now. I think it is safe for the time being. It's just that the girl of that generation has never been to the house since His Highness sent troops to restrain her. I think there may be other arrangements."
Gong Yu looked at Qin Hua puzzled and asked, "Although Mr. Qin doesn't know Dai Sister, he seems to be wary of Dai Sister."
Qin Hua said with a relaxed smile, "Your Highness is doubting the minister?"
"It's not so much suspicion as confusion. Mr. Qin and I often mention sister Dai to make me be careful, and the words are all on guard."
"Miss Dai is a beautiful woman in the capital city. Not to mention her talent and beauty, she is a courtier's daughter based on the power of the Dai family alone, but she still enjoys the treatment that the royal family should have." Qin Hua said with a gloomy expression:
"But does Your Highness think that Miss Dai is still in her boudoir this year, Fang Nineteen, just because the Dai family hasn't established who to support as the Crown Prince of the Palace Kingdom?"
Gong Yu straightened her back and listened seriously: "What does Mr. Qin mean?"
Seeing this, Qin Hua couldn't help smiling again and said: "Although Your Highness is smart, he doesn't know that even a high-ranking minister in this capital may fall to the bottom of the valley. Wait until it gets complicated."
"The reason is not the Dai family, but the Dai girl is no longer under the control of the Dai family. On the contrary, the sharp knife in the Dai girl's hand can even approach the heart of the Dai family, so the Dai family has to postpone it again and again."
Gong Yu was puzzled and said: "Of course I know that Sister Dai is amazing. Mr. Qin is still doing what he said before, just because he suspects that Sister Dai's use of the machine is impure?"
"Your Highness, do you know how far you need to go to let powerful officials know the word "powerful" in this capital?" Qin Hua asked back.
"Naturally, there must be strategies and means."
Qin Hua shook his head and said, "It is necessary to have a unique strategy and sufficiently vicious methods."
"In the early years, I inquired about the influence of Miss Dai for His Royal Highness, but found that there was no trace of it. Even the personal guards sent by His Royal Highness disappeared strangely."
Gong Yu asked vigilantly: "Why did Brother Dahuang want to check on Sister?"
"Naturally, I want to control." Qin Hua said hesitantly: "Your Highness is naturally not inferior to other Highnesses in courage and strategy, but his temperament is sometimes too extreme, especially when he cares about the affairs of Miss Dai."
"That's why they were sent to investigate at the beginning. There were only a few missing guards. When they were finally found, they had already been thrown into the mass grave."
After finishing speaking, Qin Hua frowned slightly and said, "Your Highness can never imagine how tragic the death of those guards was."
It was rare for Gong Yu to see such a fearful expression in Qin Hua's eyes, so she couldn't help asking curiously: "Did those guards get any important news?"
"Absolutely not."
"Because after the guards reported to me that they hadn't noticed anything unusual about Miss Dai, I realized that Miss Dai might have discovered that His Highness was watching her, so I hurriedly asked them to give up."
Qin Hua pursed his lips tightly and said, "But I didn't expect them to disappear that night."
Gong Yu didn't ask any more questions, she drank her tea alone, while the cicada nestled on the branch outside was hissing non-stop.
No one spoke in the pavilion for a moment, the old butler led the servants to put the food on the low table and said: "Just now I sent someone to bring you rouge and sour plums on behalf of the girl."
"Try it, Your Highness?"
"Okay." Gong Yu reached out to take one, put it in her mouth and frowned.
This sour taste really makes people unable to eat a second one.
The old housekeeper smiled and said: "This sour plum is mostly made of sour plum soup, it is very sour when eaten alone."
amount……
Then why not remind me?
Gong Yu took a few sips of tea, Qin Hua asked puzzled: "It's understandable to send sour plums on behalf of the girl, but why do you want to send rouge?"
This question is a bit tricky.
"I... don't know, I'll ask sister Dai some other day." Gong Yu avoided her eyes with guilt, thinking that she couldn't say that she asked Dai Ruyan for it.
Qin Hua didn't seem to ask any more questions, just reached out and took a sour plum, and he was able to eat it with a calm expression.
Gong Yu looked surprised and felt very sour, quickly drank tea and said: "Mr. Qin, don't be cautious, if you like it, you can take some back."
"Thank you, Your Highness."
I didn't expect Mr. Qin's taste to be very unusual.
Gong Yu, who was already hungry, picked up fresh and tender chicken and ate it, while Qin Hua on the side reported the purchase of equipment and other equipment outside the capital.
"I'm going to court tomorrow to ask for marriage." Gong Yu said slowly while drinking soup.
Qin Hua frowned and said, "Your Highness's move is inappropriate."
Gong Yu responded with a soup bowl in her hand: "I know, maybe marriage will become the trigger for everyone to kill me."
"But Emperor Father is currently sick in bed. Although His Royal Highness supervises the country, he has no real power. This is my only chance to marry my acting sister."
"His Highness has made up his mind?"
"Yes."
Qin Hua clenched the cup in his hand and said, "Then His Highness wants to bring the general fire into the capital?"
Gong Yu nodded in response: "Yes, so this is the most critical step."
"Your Highness, you should know that if you really marry Miss Dai, you will be under the restraint of Dai's family. If you are not careful in the future, the palace and the royal family will be in danger."
"Mr. Qin must have confidence." Gong Yu took a sip of the hot soup and said, "Besides, it's better to start with the immediate matter than to worry about the time."
"After all, if the father dies, the opportunity will be fleeting. Is there a faster way to gain power than marrying the surrogate sister at this moment?"
Qin Hua was slightly taken aback, looked at Gong Yu and said, "Is Your Highness using Miss Dai?"
what?
Did you say something extraordinary just now?
"However, this is also good, as long as Your Highness is not bewitched by the acting lady, then the government affairs of the court will be better than being influenced by the acting lady." Qin Huaman thought carefully.
Seeing this, Gong Yu asked, "Does Mr. Qin think that everyone marrying a substitute sister has a purpose?"
Qin Hua nodded and said: "The power in Miss Dai's hands is very attractive, the more powerful she is, the more attracted she is. Miss Dai herself knows this well."
Well, since everyone thinks so, let them think so.
The left and right are married first, and the province's Dai Ruyan is always missed by others.
In the early morning of the next day, Gong Yu put on a beautiful red robe. Her skin color was already fair, and she was much paler due to the injury.
Although the whole person looks like a sick and weak son, with thick brows and thick red robes, Gong Yu looks quite handsome and eye-catching.
The clatter of horseshoes sounded in the streets of the capital, and Gong Yu felt a little nervous for no reason, although this was not the first time.
On the way, I met a lot of officials, seeing Gong Yu's festive attire, I couldn't help talking about it, after all, the emperor is seriously ill now, and the atmosphere in the court is also very strange.
Gong Yu didn't bother, anyway, he was still a fool in the eyes of everyone.
I just didn't expect that when I was approaching the capital, I would meet Dai's father and son by accident. Gong Yu stepped forward and shouted brightly: "Father-in-law, you are well!"
The loud voice attracted the attention of the crowd, and all the strange officials looked over.
"This Ninth Highness is probably crazy."
"That's not true. The last time the Prime Minister was rejected because of his marriage, his face was still gloomy."
"I really don't know how to look at my face."
Of course, Gong Yu has no time to care about these things, because Prime Minister Dai didn't want to talk to Gong Yu at all, instead, Dai Lang who was at the side stepped forward and said: "It's the time to go to court, His Highness the Ninth Prince should be more careful."
Gong Yu pretended to be disappointed and replied: "Good brother!"
amount……
Dai Lang looked at Gong Yu in surprise, as if looking into it, and then whispered helplessly:
"At present, the marriage is undecided, His Highness Ninth Prince does not need to call his elder brother, and besides, there are only monarchs and ministers above the court, His Highness Ninth Highness, please don't mess with the court plan."
"Thank you brother for your advice."
After Gong Yu finished naughty, she ran away.
Only Dai Lang was left looking at Gong Yu's silhouette inquiringly, his eyes were full of hostility instead of the gentleness before.
After such a commotion, Gong Yu walking on the palace road became a hot spot.
It's just that Gong Yu didn't have the heart to think about it, because just now Gong Yu saw that there was indeed something in the sleeve pocket of that generation of prime ministers.
Maybe it was the marriage letter written by Dai Ruyan.
When meeting His Highness the Sixth Highness, the smile on Gong Yu's face immediately disappeared.
The whole person was very calm, but His Highness the Sixth Highness was very confused.
Entering the hall, Gong Yu saw the Grand Highness, Gong Quan, who hadn't seen each other for nearly half a year, and the emperor's brother looked much better than when he was grounded.
Of course, there are people who are much better, and there are naturally people who have a bad complexion, such as the Fourth Highness, but the flesh is not missing at all, but it feels more and more fat.
Most of the things discussed in the court were about trivial matters. After all, the current situation was relatively stable. There was no flood or drought this year, and the harvest was barely passable.
But after a while, the hall became quiet, and even the hall seemed to be much more lazy than before.
Apparently the emperor was seriously ill, and the crown prince was always a little bit overwhelmed by the veterans, so Gong Yu stared straight at the prime minister.
I thought to myself that no one is talking about this, why hasn't this generation of prime minister handed over the marriage letter?
I really want to die of anxiety!
Gong Yu just watched eagerly, until the generation of prime ministers noticed Gong Yu's eager gaze, but only glanced at it lightly, and then continued to ignore it.
amount……
This old man definitely did it on purpose, right?
Gong Quan, the Grand Highness above, said: "If there is nothing wrong, all the ministers should retreat."
"The minister has played." Seeing that the prime minister finally stepped forward, he called out sonorously.
The hall was very quiet, Gong Yu only felt that her heart was going to pop out.
"What do you want to play on behalf of the Prime Minister?"
"The minister's daughter and His Highness the Ninth Prince already have a marriage certificate, and I am hereby enclosing it to you, hoping to choose a good day to get married."
There was a lot of discussion in the court hall, but Gong Yu didn't expect that the first one to make a sound was not the Grand Highness Gong Quan sitting there, but the old and vigorous Taifu.
"Nonsense!" Tai Tuo looked at the Prime Minister and said, "Your Majesty is still ill, how can you arrange the marriage at this time?"
"Then according to what the Grand Tutor said, if His Majesty does not wake up for a day and is not allowed to eat, then the courtiers should also not be able to eat or drink?"
"you……"
Although the prime minister of this generation is a civil servant, but he always has a murderous look on his body, Gong Yu looks a little scared.
Fortunately, the Grand Tutor could not refute, and the hall was at an impasse for a while, Gong Yu ran forward with her robe in her hands, kowtowed loudly and shouted: "I beg my father to grant my son a marriage!"
Immediately, all the officials were startled again, and the Grand Highness Gong Quan who was sitting on top was also caught off guard.
The Taifu smiled and said: "Prime Minister, are you sure you want to marry your beloved daughter to the stupid Ninth Prince?"
"If the Grand Tutor hadn't blocked the marriage at the beginning, why did His Highness the Ninth Prince fall into such a foolish state?" The Prime Minister said to the Tai Tuo with a cold look.
The Taifu's face turned livid when he was told, and he didn't speak.
Then I didn't expect that generation of prime ministers to lift up his robes and knelt down and said: "The old minister's beloved daughter wants to marry His Highness Ninth Prince with all her heart, and I hope it will be done!"
When the voice fell, most of the people in the hall immediately knelt down, Gong Yu glanced slightly sideways and found that apart from the Fourth Highness, the Taifu and his sons, the rest even the Sixth Highness knelt down together.
The scene was really astonishing, Gong Yu secretly cheered in her heart, this time it will definitely be done!
"Hey, have you heard that the matter between His Highness Ninth Prince and Miss Dai's family is over."
"Yes, the imperial edict was issued this morning."
"Isn't that right? I heard that Dai's family took the initiative to submit the marriage letter. The Ninth Highness is stupid, but why does the Dai's girl still want to marry?"
"You don't understand this. There was a lot of trouble in the court this morning. Now that the current sage is seriously ill, maybe the Dai family wants to find a good Ninth Prince."
"We ordinary people probably don't understand the official affairs, but I heard that although the Ninth Highness is stupid, and there is a big difference in age from the Dai girl, but he looks handsome anyway, better than us rough old men, isn't it?"
This remark immediately aroused the laughter of all the people in the tea shed.
However, when various rumors were circulating in the capital, at this moment Gong Yu rushed to Dai Ruyan's courtyard on horseback with an imperial decree in his arms.
Nearly half a year later, the trees around the courtyard are already full of branches and leaves, which is completely different from the withered and lonely feeling in winter.
"Your Highness Ninth Prince is here." The servant said as he led Gong Yu's horse.
Gong Yu smiled happily and said, "Is Sister Dai here?"
The servant replied, "Yes."
After saying a few words like this, Gong Yu entered the courtyard familiarly, and when she met some maidservants, most of them just bowed and then retreated.
The courtyard is very quiet, except for a few birdsong, there are no other sounds.
The wind blowing from the lake was very comfortable, relieving Gong Yu from the sweltering heat of riding a horse all the way, but the excitement hidden in her heart could not be calmed down no matter what.
Entering the hall, Dai Ruyan was not sitting in the hall in the past, but Gong Yu had no choice but to go around to the pavilion by the lake.
Simply where the person is at this time, Gong Yu quickly walked through the circuitous building and walked around to the pavilion.
The green curtain hangs down, slightly blocking the beauty's grace in the pavilion, Gong Yuwei stretches out his hand and gently lifts the green curtain, but there are many green curtains in the pavilion, fluttering slightly with the wind, at that time showing Dai Ruyan's frown and smile, It was like scratching Gong Yu's heart hard.
But because she didn't want to disturb this rare order, Gong Yu even slowed down her breathing and approached slowly.
I saw Biyu walking over with a bright red cloth in her hands and said with a smile: "The pavilion is not big, His Highness the Ninth Prince walks more slowly, I'm afraid my girl should worry about something going on."
Gong Yu was said to scratch the back of her neck and responded: "I'm afraid I'll disturb you."
Fortunately, Biyu seemed to be in a good mood today, so she didn't talk to Gongyu anymore, but left the pavilion.
"Aren't you coming in yet?" Dai Ruyan turned his head slightly and said softly to Gong Yu who was separated by a green curtain.
Gong Yu was slightly taken aback, opened the green curtain and approached, and saw the handkerchief embroidered on the side.
"What is this embroidered?" Gong Yu curiously picked it up and looked at it.
"It's just random embroidery."
After speaking, Dai Ruyan put all these unfinished works into the box beside her.
Gong Yu sat aside, took a sip of tea, and then smiled while holding the imperial decree: "This is the imperial decree for marriage."
"Ok, I know."
"Aren't you curious, Ayan?"
"The imperial edicts are similar on the left and right sides, why are you curious?" Dai Ruyan sipped her tea, looked at Gong Yu, suddenly raised her arm and lightly tapped Gong Yu's forehead and said, "How did this hurt?"
what?
Gong Yu asked without knowing it: "What hurt?"
Dai Ruyan pressed Gong Yu's forehead lightly with his fingertips and said, "No response yet?"
"Hey, it really hurts."
"stupid."
amount……
Why is Dai Ruyan getting more and more fierce?
Gong Yu held Dai Ruyan's hand and pressed his forehead and said, "Ayan rubbed it for me and it won't hurt."
Unexpectedly, before the words finished, Dai Ruyan pressed it again, then let go of his hand and said, "Who wants to rub it for you?"
"Ayan, don't you love me anymore?"
"Tell me how you hurt your forehead?"
hurt?
In fact, Gong Yu went out after taking a good look in the mirror early in the morning.
Gong Yu reached out to touch it by herself, but before she could react for a while, she got up and wanted to look for the bronze mirror.
But I turned around and didn't see the bronze mirror, so I had to go to the basin to take a blurry picture, but I didn't see anything wrong, so I sat down again and said, "Ayan, I really can't remember up"
Dai Ruyan held a round fan in his hand, leaned on the railing lazily, looked at Gong Yu and said: "The injury is on the forehead, if it wasn't hit by someone with a heavy object, then Xiao Jiu knocked on the head stupidly. "
Knock to the head?
Gong Yu suddenly remembered that she kowtowed suddenly at His Majesty the previous time, and she could only blame herself for being too excited at that time.
"Remember?" Dai Ruyan asked, watching the change of Gong Yu's expression.
"Well, I remembered." Gong Yu smiled a little embarrassedly: "I really accidentally knocked my head."
Dai Ruyan, holding a round fan in her slender hand, patted Gong Yu's forehead and said helplessly:
"You really forgot about the pain when your scar healed, why don't you have a long memory?"
Or the reason for the incense in the pavilion, Gong Yu only felt that the round fan was also very fragrant, sniffed lightly and said with a smile:
"It's all because the stone bricks in the hall are too hard."
"Has the incense in Ayan's kiosk changed again?"
"Well, I added some refreshing herbs to it as summer approached."
"This smells very fragrant, is there any spice added in it?" Gong Yu obsessively held Dai Ruyan's hand, rubbing against it like a small animal.
Dai Ruyan pinched Gong Yu's nose lightly with her fingertips and said, "I'm still talking serious things to you."
Gong Yu looked at Dai Ruyan and said, "I'm talking serious things to Ayan too."
"But Ayan didn't even look at the imperial decree of giving marriage. I feel chilly in my heart."
"Giving a marriage is just the first step, and there are still things to arrange in the future." Dai Ruyan said while unscrewing a small porcelain bottle and dipped some medicinal wine on his fingertips.
The smell was a bit pungent, before Gong Yu could ask, Dai Ruyan rubbed Gong Yu's forehead with fingertips and said, "Don't move."
Gong Yu had no choice but to sit aside obediently, reached out and took out the jade pendant and asked, "I'd better return this jade pendant to A Yan."
"Why?"
"I've been thinking about it for several days and I haven't seen a trick."
Dai Ruyan paused slightly with her fingertips, then washed her hands in the basin beside her, held a handkerchief to wipe her hands and said, "So you give up?"
"No." Gong Yu said with a smile: "Anyway, the imperial decree has been issued, and the marriage certificate is also available, and Ayan can't escape."
"If I want to run, Xiao Jiu can't catch up."
"I know."
Gong Yuman looked at Dai Ruyan seriously and said: "Ayan wants to marry me because she likes me, if she doesn't like me and still wants to marry me, then I feel even more sad."
Dai Ruyan looked at the serious Gong Yu with a smile in his eyes, stretched out his hand to pass the pastry and said with a smile: "Why are you so serious all of a sudden?"
"Sweet dates are added to this pastry, but it's sweet, Xiao Jiu, try it?"
"I'm serious." Gong Yu replied, and then opened her mouth to eat the pastry delivered by Ruyan.
The sweet dates are a bit sweet and greasy, but the softness of this pastry really suits Gong Yu's appetite.
Gong Yu began to read: "This pastry is different from the ones eaten in the capital."
Dai Ruyan handed over another piece and asked, "Is it delicious?"
"Mmm, it's delicious." Gong Yu responded with a big mouthful of pastry.
"Eat slowly." Dai Ruyan looked at Gong Yu's bulging cheeks tenderly, and said helplessly, "I know you like these, so I specially invited someone to invite a famous pastry chef from Changzhou. It’s also good to make some new cakes for the guests during the wedding banquet.”
"Ayan has thought so carefully?"
"The wedding date is too close, but there are too many small things to deal with about the wedding. If you don't arrange it earlier, Xiao Jiu will definitely have a headache."
"I still think it's a month away." Gong Yu shook her head and said, "I don't have a headache, I'm happy."
"Stupid." Dai Ruyan wiped the corner of Gong Yu's mouth with a handkerchief in his hand and said, "Your mansion has not been arranged yet, and you have to draw up a list of guests for the banquet, and the wedding room..."
I saw that Dai Ruyan stopped talking suddenly, her thin lips were slightly pursed and she remained silent, but her cheeks were already flushed, and when her eyes blinked lightly showing a rare daughter's shyness, Gong Yu was really stunned.
The heart was beating fast, Gong Yu didn't even bat an eye, she leaned slightly closer and kissed the soft lips.
Dai Ruyan blinked lightly at Gong Yu, her eyes were clear but full of tenderness.
The warm breeze from the lakeside caressed gently, but it couldn't relieve the hotness in Gong Yu's heart. Gong Yu gently held Dai Ruyan Chui's hand that was put aside with her fingertips, and wanted to get closer.
But Dai Ruyan's fingertips lightly pressed her lips, Gong Yu looked at Dai Ruyan incomprehensibly.
Seeing that the light in front of her eyes was blocked, Dai Ruyan approached and touched the corner of Gong Yu's lips, her warm breath fell on her face.
It is rare for Dai Ruyan to take the initiative suddenly, Gong Yu blinked in a daze, still a little bit unresponsive.
Most of the time, Dai Ruyan's intimacy is very light, too gentle, but this is somewhat different from Dai Ruyan who is occasionally domineering on weekdays.
When the distance was opened, Gong Yu was breathing slowly, and Dai Ruyan's fingertips were caressing the corner of Gong Yu's mouth, her cheeks were slightly red, and the thin hair next to her ear was slightly shaken by the wind.
Gong Yu stared blankly, the Dai Ruyan in front of her was very beautiful, very different from the usual gentle and cold Dai Ruyan, she couldn't help whispering:
"Ayan..."
"I'm here."
Dai Ruyan stretched out his hand and rolled up the broken hair next to his ear, and said with a smile: "Xiao Jiu's robe today looks like a young bridegroom."
Small……
Gong Yu looked at this custom-made robe, the size was just right, where did it look too small?
"Does Yan like it?"
"Well, I like it."
Dai Ruyan lightly touched the texture of Gong Yu's robe with her fingertips and said in a low voice: "Xiao Jiu is very fair and tender, this big red robe makes Xiao Jiu's complexion even fairer and more attractive. It made many girls look around."
"It's nothing." Gong Yu reached out and took another piece of pastry and ate it, "I rode a horse and galloped all the way here. It's sunny outside, how can a girl come out at will?"
Dai Ruyan smiled and did not respond, but Gong Yu didn't understand how funny this was?
Eating the cakes on her own, Gong Yu realized that the dish was only four yuan, it was delicious but it couldn't fill her stomach.
"Ayan, do you still have this pastry?"
"Do you still want to eat?"
"In order to change into this cumbersome robe this morning, I only drank half a bowl of porridge before rushing to court."
Dai Ruyan withdrew her fingertips from Gong Yu's robe, and turned to call out: "Bi Yu, go prepare some food."
"Yes, ma'am."
The food came to the table after a while, Gong Yu wondered why the food was served so fast, Dai Ruyan saw Gong Yu's confusion and said, "I haven't eaten yet."
"It's already late, why isn't Ah Yan eating?"
Gong Yu stretched out her hand to hold soup and handed it to Dai Ruyan, and then she also filled a small portion of fish soup and drank it.
"The weather is lacking in heat, and naturally we don't eat much, so we postponed it for a few hours."
Dai Ruyan sips the soup, seeing Gong Yu roll up the wide sleeve robe, revealing the slender arms holding the bowl, or because of the sleeve robe, Gong Yu always looks very thin.
"This fish soup is nourishing, it's good for you to drink more."
"Well, this fish soup is delicious." Gong Yu nodded in response.
The sunlight outside became more and more glaring, and the wind blowing through the green curtain gradually became sultry.
Gong Yu was very hungry and ate quickly, but she didn't expect that when two bowls of fish soup were in her belly and the second bowl of rice was filled, Dai Ruyan only drank half of the first bowl of fish soup in her hand.
"Ayan, don't you need to eat?"
Dai Ruyan responded with a wooden spoon in his hand: "It's hot at noon, and drinking some fish soup is enough to fill you up."
amount……
Is this to cultivate immortality?
Gong Yu wanted to persuade her, but she didn't know how to persuade her. After all, since she knew Dai Ruyan, she hadn't seen her eat anything.
Thinking of Gong Yu in this way, she reflected on herself, now that the second bowl of rice has almost bottomed out, it is time to stop.
Otherwise, they are all girls, and they seem to eat a little too much, so they still have to pay attention to their image in front of their subjects.
"Why don't you eat?" Dai Ruyan asked when Gong Yu put down the bowl and chopsticks.
Gong Yu wiped her mouth with a handkerchief beside her and said, "I'm full."
Dai Ruyan looked at the food and said: "In the past, Xiao Jiu could always finish the food on this table, isn't he hungry today?"
"Why are you eating less?"
Has the image of a foodie been discovered by Dai Ruyan?
Gong Yu said with a guilty conscience: "Maybe it's because I ate several pieces of pastries just now."
Fortunately, this argument was also reasonable, so Dai Ruyan didn't mention it again, and slowly drank the last fish soup, and the maidservants came in to clean up the dishes.
After the maid left the pavilion, Gong Yu got up and looked at the lake, and saw Dai Ruyan sitting beside the steps near the water with tea in his hand.
"Before I saw Jasper holding a red cloth, what was that for?"
Dai Ruyan caressed the surface of the water with his palm and said: "The wedding dress has been made, I just proposed some modifications, so I chose some other materials."
"Wedding dress?" Gong Yu approached curiously and asked, "Does it look good?"
"What looks good?"
"Ayan must look good in her wedding dress, right?"
Dai Ruyan smiled, then looked at the wide lake and responded softly: "I think it should be beautiful."
Gong Yu sat beside him and couldn't stop staring at Dai Ruyan, his eyes flicked to the corners of Dai Ruyan's eyes, and he couldn't help smiling silly.
like this morning hall
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