Queen Wang knew what was the reason, so she didn't ask any more, she just told Gu Wuyou in a low voice, "Go, come back after you finish talking, I'll let the kitchen cook your favorite dishes."
"it is good."
Gu Wuyou nodded and bowed again, and then followed Dean out. When he went out, he heard his aunt ask Changping, "What are you thinking?"
"...Ah," Chang Ping, who was used to being careless in the past, was obviously a little shy this time, "It's nothing."
this girl...
Gu Wuyou shook his head amusingly, and now he has his own little secret.
The imperial palace at this time.
Xiao Dingyuan and Li Qinyuan were sitting facing each other and playing chess. The chess game had already passed halfway, but the outcome was still undecided. There were a few pear trees planted outside the half-open Xuan window, but it was not the season, the pear blossoms had not bloomed, not even the leaves, and they were bare. Some desolation is born.
I don't know how many people suggested that these pear trees should be cut down and replaced by some in season, but Xiao Dingyuan rejected them.
In fact, Xiao Dingyuan doesn't remember what year and month the pear tree was planted. It seems that the day he moved to this imperial palace and became the emperor, these pear trees were already there. He remembered that he always disliked pear trees. But somehow, every time someone else proposed to cut down, he was always reluctant.
Can't say why.
Hei Zi fell in his hand, and Bai Zi on the opposite side followed closely behind, unwilling to forgive, Xiao Dingyuan couldn't help laughing, "You are pressing step by step, and you don't give me a chance to breathe."
Li Qinyuan laughed and joked, "You asked me to do it well, but I don't dare to deceive you."
"You kid—" Xiao Dingyuan smiled, "It's much more interesting than your father."
He seemed to be just gossiping, and while continuing to play chess, he said casually: "If I told your father what I said just now, he would definitely say with a straight face, 'playing chess is like fighting a war, how can an enemy army come before us and still won't fight back? reason'."
"Your chess is very similar to him. Did he teach you?"
In the past, when Li Qinyuan heard people talking about Li Censhen, he was very annoyed, but now he is probably in a different mood, and he actually knew that Haosheng said, "He taught him." Teach chess carefully.
Even though many years have passed and the father and son have become enemies, there are some things hidden in the subconscious that have never been forgotten.
Not only his chess skills, but also his riding and shooting...
"Do you know what happened over the Turks?" Xiao Dingyuan suddenly mentioned this to someone.
This is a matter of the imperial court, and it is a matter of military affairs. No matter what, it is impossible to tell him in white clothes who have no official position. Li Qinyuan didn't understand what Xiao Dingyuan meant for a while, and looked up at him. The man opposite looked as usual, still still Observing the chess game, it seems that it is really just gossip.
He pursed his lips and said, "On the way back, I heard people mentioning that the ten-year deadline is approaching, and the first prince and second prince of the Turks are fighting endlessly."
Xiao Dingyuan nodded, "What do you think?"
"Although I have never had any contact with the Turks, I also know that this eldest prince is a generous person. If he ascends the throne, he can keep the Great Zhou and the Turks safe for decades, but if it is the second prince..." He slenderly pointed. Jian gently rubbed the chess piece in his hand, and his voice became lighter, "If he ascends the throne, I am afraid that we and Turks will eventually have a battle."
Xiao Dingyuan dropped the chess piece in his hand, looked at Li Qinyuan, studied it for a long time, but didn't say anything about it, but changed the topic, "When the affairs on the Turkic side are over, I plan to let your father retire."
Li Qinyuan was stunned for a moment, and there was a rare stunned expression on his face.
"Your father, I, and Ding Guogong are friends who have been friends since childhood. In these years, he has given a lot to me and Da Zhou. I hope that he can live a stable life in the next few decades. ." Xiao Dingyuan sighed, looking at the dazed expression of the young man on the opposite side, and said, "When your mother passed away, he suffered a lot of injuries on the battlefield, and because he was in a hurry to come back, he couldn't get a good treatment, leaving behind an old disease that cannot be cured. , A while ago, I wanted him to stay in Beijing, but you know his temperament."
"what did you say?"
Li Qinyuan's face was pale, and the chess piece in his hand could not be grasped and fell on the chess game for a while, messing up a good game, he hoarsely, with urgency, asked, "What old disease, what can't be cured, he..."
"You don't know?" Xiao Dingyuan was surprised, thinking of Li Censhen's temperament and the relationship between their father and son, and shook his head again, "He is really..." Looking at the pale face of the young man, he sighed He continued, "As long as his old illness is recuperating, it's fine, but if he keeps fighting, I'm afraid... That's why I thought about waiting for this time to end, no matter what, I'll keep him in the capital and won't allow him to go again. ."
No wonder that every time he came back in the past few years, he was covered with a strong smell of medicine.
No wonder when he came back that year, his face was so ugly...
No wonder he fainted right after his mother was buried...
turn out to be…
Li Qinyuan's expression was pale and his eyes became divergent. Sitting on the soft slump, the lines of his shoulders and back were tense, and his hand on the tea table unknowingly clenched into a fist. Only then did he murmur: "He won't listen..."
That man had long planned to dedicate his life to Da Zhou.
"So it's up to you." Seeing the young man looking over with a dull expression, Xiao Dingyuan smiled and patted his shoulder, "He will listen to your words."
"mine… ?"
A self-deprecating smile appeared on Li Qinyuan's face. Just as he was about to speak, De'an said, "Your Majesty, the Leping County Master is here."
Xiao Dingyuan smiled and said, "Let her in."
Fearing that Manman was worried, Li Qinyuan also quickly adjusted the expression on the bottom. When Gu Wuyou came in, his expression was no different, but he still underestimated Gu Wuyou's understanding of him. No matter how well he disguised himself, Gu Wuyou still saw the strangeness that flashed across his face.
For the time being, pressing down the doubts in his heart, Gu Wuyou bowed to Xiao Dingyuan.
"Get up." Xiao Dingyuan looked at her and smiled: "I already know what happened in Hankou before. You did a good job, but what reward do you want?"
Gu Wuyou hurriedly said: "I just mentioned it and didn't do anything, how can I get your reward for no reason?"
Xiao Dingyuan laughed when he heard this, "Looking at it, he really grew up." He turned his head and said to Li Qinyuan, "To put it in the past, this girl must have asked me for a reward, just like that child in Changping, but now it is I also know humility.”
How could Gu Wuyou think that he would demolish his own platform like this, especially in front of Li Qinyuan, when he saw Li Qinyuan's warm and smiling eyes, he couldn't help but say with embarrassment, "...Uncle."
"The point of acting like a spoiled child hasn't changed." In the end, it was because of her daughter's thin skin, and she stopped joking with her, but said: "When I was hunting, I thought about giving Qilang a marriage, and now you two are more affectionate than Jin Jian. , I will not be that wicked person, and I will follow your wishes."
"Dean." He called out.
"Hey—" Dean came over holding the imperial edict that he had prepared for a long time.
Li Qinyuan got up quickly, and the two knelt together in front of Xiao Dingyuan. When De'an finished reading the will of marriage, Li Qinyuan's heart finally settled down. He turned to look at Gu Wuyou, who happened to meet her. Turning their heads, the two smiled at each other.
Relying on the long sleeves of his robe, he quietly shook her hand.
Then he put his hands on the top of his head, took the imperial decree, and kowtowed, "Thank you, Your Majesty."
Gu Wuyou also kowtowed, "Thank you, Your Majesty."
Xiao Dingyuan looked at the pair of young children below, and in a trance, he seemed to have returned to the situation decades ago when he and Wang shi received the decree and thanked him in front of the father. What kind of mood did he feel at that time? He has lost some memory.
Probably not as cheerful as Li Qinyuan.
At that time, he still had one person hidden in his heart, the biological mother of King Jin, his cousin, the late Concubine Chen... He asked to marry the direct daughter of the royal family of Langya for this ninety-five supreme chair, but in the end he was unwilling.
But what about Wang
His queen, his wife, the only wife in his life.
How is she feeling
He seemed to see that in the dusty years, the woman's reddish cheeks, excited eyes, full of love, when she turned her head to look at him, there was no hidden joy on her face.
She is happy.
At least, at that time, she was really happy.
But that kind of smile is too short-lived, like Vedo's short-lived flowers, fleeting.
Xiao Dingyuan can't remember the last time his queen laughed, let alone the last time she smiled at him, and when was it...
"Your Majesty." Seeing him in a trance, De'an called him softly, Xiao Dingyuan's divergent eyes retracted, and he smiled at them: "...Get up." Then he said to Li Qinyuan, "You go and talk to the crown prince about the horses. , he has been waiting for you for a long time."
"Yes!"
"Manman, you..." Before Xiao Dingyuan could finish speaking, Gu Wuyou suggested, "Aunt let me go over for lunch, uncle, would you like to go with me?"
"Zhen..." Thinking of the Queen's temperament, if he goes there, I'm afraid she won't be happy again, Xiao Dingyuan smiled, a little disappointed, but his voice was still gentle, "No, if you finally come to the palace, just accompany you. Talk to your aunt."
Gu Wuyou felt a little pity, but he couldn't say anything.
He bowed his bow to the person, and when he was about to leave, he glanced at Li Qinyuan, saw that he gave her a reassuring smile, and said nothing, lowered his eyes and retreated.
After having lunch with my aunt, I talked to Changping again.
Gu Wuyou then bid farewell.
Changping was naturally reluctant, and held her arm and talked for a long time, all wanting her to stay.
"My uncle just got married, and my family doesn't know it yet. If I stay in the palace, I don't know what the chaos will be like outside," Gu Wuyou coaxed softly, "I will enter the palace after the outside affairs are settled. play with you."
"The mother said that a married woman is not the same as when she was a girl at home."
Chang Ping said a little glumly, lowered his head, and while walking, he gently kicked the stones on the path, "You can't always be with me in the future, you have to take care of your husband and raise your children."
Suddenly I heard the husband, the child...
Gu Wuyou's face couldn't help but turn a little red, but he still held her hand and said, "It's true that being a wife can't be as relaxed as being a girl, but we are relatives, no matter when you come to me, as long as I'm here, always by your side."
"and-"
She smiled and stroked Changping's head, "It won't be long before we Changping get married. When you get outside the palace, we will have more opportunities to meet."
"cousin!"
Changping blushed suddenly, stopped, stomped his feet, and said angrily, "You really want to be someone's daughter-in-law now. Speaking of this, I'm not ashamed at all."
Gu Wuyou said with a funny smile: "Men should be married and women should be married, what's there to be ashamed of."
When Changping and Shen Shao got married in the previous life, she was not in the capital. She only found out when the two settled down and Changping sent a letter... After counting the time, it was almost the same, and she looked shy again. , couldn't help asking: "Do you have someone you like?"
"I… "
Just as Chang Ping was about to speak, he saw a person walking by not far away, most of his shyness disappeared, and his face became extremely dark.
Gu Wuyou looked at Han, "What's wrong?"
Following her gaze, Gu Wuyou saw a familiar figure.
Cho Seung Woo…
He was wearing a court dress of the sixth grade, wearing an official hat, and holding a booklet in which the emperor's speeches were written in honor, he was slowly walking towards this side from the palace road not far away.
They haven't seen each other for more than half a year since they parted at the academy last time.
He looked a lot different. Zhao Chengyou, who used to see everyone with a three-point smile and was gentle to everyone, now has no smile on his face.
Such Zhao Chengyou made her feel very strange.
What happened in the past six months to make Zhao Chengyou take off that layer of disguise in front of people
Seemingly aware that someone was looking at him, Zhao Chengyou opened his eyes and looked over. When he saw Gu Wuyou's figure, he paused for a moment, his long and thick eyelashes trembled for a moment, those eyes seemed to penetrate the barrier of time. , saw Gu Wuyou in the previous life.
- "Zhao Chengyou, you don't love me at all, you are with me just for the power behind me."
- "Zhao Chengyou, you lied to me so hard..."
- "Zhao Chengyou, let it go, I don't love you anymore."
That sentence after sentence was like an unbreakable magic sound, piercing into his ears fiercely, making him restless in the day and sleepless at night.
He remembered the bright girl in the previous life, the girl who liked to call him "Brother Chengyou", and called him "Husband" with a blushing face on the wedding night, but in the end, because of his indulgence, his ignorance, and his stupidity, Let that bright soul be damaged in the twenty-sixth year of Qingxi.
He couldn't forget the blood on the spot, couldn't forget her weak lying on the bed, grabbing the hem of his clothes, crying and saying, "Save my child, save him..."
He couldn't even forget the sadness on her face when she woke up and found out that she could no longer be pregnant.
At that moment, Zhao Chengyou knew that he was wrong, that he was wrong.
He thought that he was a chess player and that everyone was his pawn. If he wanted the pawns, he only needed to control them and let him get the corresponding rewards, but he forgot that Gu Wuyou was a human being, not what he thought. chess pieces.
She was the one who grew up with him and witnessed all the darkness and light in his life.
She is the only person in the world who can let him not have to disguise or cover up, and is willing to share all the glory with her.
He wants to be nice to her.
He wanted to tell her "we'll do it all over again"...
He will never lie to her again, never hurt her again, he will put her in his heart and make up for all his debts.
But she...
Don't let him.
There seemed to be water light in Zhao Chengyou's eyes.
"Cousin, let's go!" Changping has always disliked Zhao Chengyou. In the past, it was because of the divorce, but now it was because he had engaged Wang Zhao again. The more she thought about it, the more disgusting she became, and she didn't like it very much. Wang Zhao also disliked it even more.
Gu Wuyou nodded and replied "Okay".
She let Changping lead her out, and when she passed Zhao Chengyou, she seemed to see the broken light in his eyes... She felt a little strange about Zhao Chengyou today, but she didn't want to think deeply.
Around her, she was about to marry Li Qinyuan.
As for him and Wang Zhao, if they meet each other on New Years and holidays, she is willing to nod and say hello to him, but it's better not to meet them.
"It's disgusting!" When he was far away, Changping couldn't help but spit out, Gu Wuyou looked at her and said with a smile, "Why did he provoke you?"
"Cousin still doesn't know about him and Wang Zhao. Bah, neither of them is good. Wang Zhao also knows that he has made a marriage with you before, so he has to come forward." It was her fault that she couldn't help but spat again.
Gu Wuyou didn't think much about it, he just thought that fate was really amazing.
Seeing her bulging face, she just coaxed softly: "Okay, there's no need to be angry for an unworthy life, but..." She paused, thinking of the Zhao Chengyou she saw earlier, she couldn't help but say it One sentence, "This Zhao Shizi doesn't seem to be the same as before."
Chang Ping didn't feel anything about this, and he just curled his lips when he heard the words, "Who knows what happened to him, anyway, since the Yongan Marquis failed, he has become like this, and the father even praised him as a filial son."
how can that be possible
Zhao Chengyou and the Marquis of Yongan have always been against each other.
However, when the Marquis of Yong'an died in the previous life, Zhao Chengyou held her and drank wine all night, and when he was confused, he also talked about Marquis Yong'an, "Manman, you know? Don't like my mother, why marry her, why give birth to me again?"
"... You said, why can't he hug me and treat me better? I'm his son too."
"Pretty!"
A familiar voice not far away made her withdraw from her memory. She followed the sound and saw Li Qinyuan walking towards her. He had a smile on his face, and he had a smile on his face that could soothe all her unease. When you get to him, you won't be afraid anymore.
He couldn't help but walk towards him.
"cousin!"
Chang Ping stomped his feet in anger when he saw her movements.
"Ah..." Gu Wuyou then remembered that her little cousin was still there, stopped and looked at her a little embarrassedly.
"Humph!"
Chang Ping looked at her angrily, but when Li Qinyuan came to him, he immediately defended Gu Wuyou, like his mother's family, "Hey, treat my cousin better in the future, if you let me know that you bullied her, I will , I'll settle the bill with you!"
Li Qinyuan raised his eyebrows, glanced at Gu Wuyou, whose cheeks were slightly red, and then said softly, "Of course I won't bully her."
Seeing their relationship with their concubine, there are still outsiders, so they don't care, they flatten their mouths, then hold Gu Wuyou's hand, and say in a reluctant tone: "Then you will come again next time. Me." With Gu Wuyou's assurance, she let go.
The palace servant said, "Princess, let's go back too."
"Um."
Chang Ping nodded, and after walking two steps, he realized that he still had something to say to his cousin just now. With a sigh, he turned his head to look, but found that the two had long gone... She actually didn't like Li Qinyuan, and felt that this People used to have such a bad reputation. Although they have done a few good things now, it is not enough to have a cousin.
But this will look at the figure of the two leaving, and look at Li Qinyuan's long arms and legs, but in order to accommodate his cousin's deliberately slow pace.
She suddenly felt that this person was not bad, at least for her cousin.
Think of this.
Chang Ping snorted softly, finally happy, "Let's go."
It wasn't until she saw Zhao Chengyou who was still standing on the palace road and didn't know what he was thinking, and then his face sank, "What are you looking at? My cousin can also be seen by you, you..." Before she finished speaking, she saw A pair of sombre eyes with no emotion at all.
Ever since she was a child, when did she ever see such fierce eyes, she was so frightened that she retreated one after another.
But looking at it again, those eyes became calm as water again, as if she just stared at it.
Zhao Chengyou bowed his hands to her without being humble or arrogant, and then he didn't say much, leaving only the sentence "Your Majesty is still waiting for Wei Chen", then turned around and walked towards the imperial palace.
"What's the matter with you?"
"You," Changping grabbed the palace servant's sleeve, his face was pale, and even his voice became stuttering, "Did you see? Zhao Chengyou's eyes just now..."
"what?"
The palace servant was puzzled and glanced at Zhao Chengyou's figure, "What's wrong with Mr. Zhao's eyes?"
Chang Ping opened his mouth to speak, but seeing the stunned expression of the palace servant, he let go of his hand in anger. Could it be that she was really wrong