He hurried out of the gate, and soon saw a woman in spring clothes, wearing a white veil, waiting quietly outside the gate.
Chen Chuxiu said happily, "Miss Yaoyue, why are you here?"
The woman seemed to have something on her mind, and she came back to her senses after he yelled, stepped forward to be gentle and blessed, and then took off her veil.
"I didn't go to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing, so I came to find Mr. Chen as a last resort. My identity is difficult to enter the elegant hall, so I put on a veil, so I don't think anyone will find out that it will tarnish the reputation of the Chen family."
Chen Chuxiu dragged her into the door, "What nonsense are you talking about? You are an innocent daughter's family. If you have something to do, you come here openly. How can you tarnish the reputation of our house? I'm afraid you won't come , you come here in person, it is too late for me to welcome you."
After finishing speaking, he suddenly realized that he was impolite, so he quickly let go of his hands and cupped his hands to make amends, "I'm sorry, I was too excited just now. Please come inside, Miss Yaoyue, let's sit down and talk slowly if we have something to say."
Yaoyue grabbed his sleeve instead, "Young Master Chen, let's stand here and talk, we don't need to go in for tea. I heard that the situation in Guhou's Mansion is very bad. You are Mr. Chen Ge's son, you must understand The situation isn't it?"
It turned out that she was in such a hurry because she came here for the affairs of the Marquis Gu's mansion.
Chen Chuxiu frowned slightly, knowing that the person she cared about was still Gu Jiuge, "Yes, Guhou's mansion is not very good. Some people falsely accused Guhou of colluding with Xikun and collaborating with the enemy and treason, and forged evidence. His Majesty ordered Dali Temple to assist in the investigation , but replaced the Minister of Dali Temple with a member of Yin Shuo's party who has a grudge against Guhou's mansion, and the situation is even worse than before."
"Collaboration with the enemy and treason? How is this possible?"
Yaoyue shook her head vigorously, "This is absolutely impossible. Even an ignorant and weak girl like me knows that this must be framed. Why doesn't Your Majesty know? Why does he allow others to frame Gu Houye?"
Yaoyue's face froze, "Could it be that His Majesty's original intention was to have the Guhou Mansion...
"Hush! You can't say that!"
Chen Chuxiu covered her mouth and looked around, but luckily the surrounding area was open and no one was walking around.
He took Yaoyue's hand, "It's better not to talk here, I can't guarantee that our house is clean and there will be no eyeliner from certain people. Let's go to a quiet place and talk, you come with me!"
Chen Chuxiu dragged her all the way to a remote courtyard in the mansion, the courtyard was very quiet, it looked unusually decorated, it didn't look like an uninhabited place.
Yaoyue asked in surprise, "What kind of place is this?"
Chen Chuxiu smiled slightly, "This is my yard. Everyone knows that I am a dandy. I am usually difficult to serve, and I don't like servants to gather here. So it is safest to speak here, without worrying about being overheard."
Yaoyue said: "I know Mr. Chen is not a dandy, just like the last time you bullied Ms. Yin, you were actually venting your anger on me. You are a person full of sense of justice who draws your sword to help when you see injustice."
Chen Chuxiu was happier than anything else when he heard this, and hurriedly said, "Am I as good as you say? Then why don't you like me?"
Yaoyue was taken aback, and his hands were tightly grasped by him, "It's not that you don't understand how I treat you. If I'm really good in your heart, you can marry me, okay?"
Yaoyue blushed subconsciously, lowered her head, and looked up again after a while, "You said marry me, didn't you accept me?"
"Yes, as long as you agree, I will marry you as my wife, and I will never accept a concubine in the future!"
Chen Chuxiu's words are so convincing that Yaoyue has no choice but to be shocked.
She originally thought that with Chen Chuxiu's background, even if she liked her, she would only be a concubine at most, and it would be impossible to marry her as a regular wife, and when he said this, she would justifiably reject him.
I don't want him to value himself so much in his heart, not only wanting to marry himself as his wife, but also promise never to take a concubine...
"Mr. Chen, let's not talk about what's there and what's not. Let's talk about the topic, okay?"
She didn't know how to answer for a while, and she was concerned about the situation of Guhou's mansion in her heart, and her heart was only tied to Gu Jiuge.
Chen Chuxiu was slightly disappointed, and let go of her hand, "In your heart, Second Young Master Gu is the serious matter, what is my affection? Compared with his safety, I am naturally just 'something'."
Yaoyue hurriedly said: "No, that's not the case! I came here today to beg Mr. Chen. I know that your father, Chen Ge, is the second assistant of the cabinet. He must have a way to clean up the stigma of Guhou's mansion, right? I know The situation in Guhou Mansion is very bad, and the resourceful prince is not in the imperial capital, they are very dangerous!"
The sourness in Chen Chuxiu's chest was almost overflowing, after all he was a man of blood, and he couldn't see the girl he liked caring about other men in front of him.
Then he said angrily: "My father was mad again because of His Majesty's absurd behavior, and just now he was clamoring to seek death, and finally persuaded him. You think highly of our Chen family, even if I promise to help you, there is nothing we father and son can do. .not to mention..."
He glanced at Yaoyue jealously, "Why should I help my rival in love? What's the point of this?"
Yaoyue was taken aback for a moment, not thinking of her feelings for Gu Jiuge, but made Chen Chuxiu unwilling to help Gu Hou's mansion, she suddenly fell into self-blame, "Mr. Chen, I know you are a good person with justice in your heart, you will not Seeing that Gu Hou's mansion is being wronged for nothing, right? Please help me, okay?"
Seeing her being wronged and crying, Chen Chuxiu couldn't bear it, so he just gritted his teeth to hold on.
He was afraid that Yaoyue would shed another tear, and he would not be able to help but ignore everything, and he would agree to whatever she said.
There is no invitation to the moon.
She seemed to realize something, and knelt down to Chen Chuxiu, "As long as Mr. Chen agrees to help me to help Guhou's mansion, I am willing to agree to Mr. Chen. Not to mention the status of the wife, she is a concubine, a slave, and I am at your disposal."
Chen Chuxiu frowned, and hurriedly stepped forward to help, "What are you talking about? Do you regard me as a villain who takes advantage of others' danger?"
He helplessly wiped Yaoyue's tears, and said again: "If I really use this kind of thing to force you to marry me, then I will never be able to catch up with the second young master Gu in my life. I just said that I was jealous, you Don't worry about it. Let me tell you the truth, in fact, my father has never given up helping the Guhou Mansion, it's just... I just said that we can't do anything, and it's true."
Yaoyue's eyes were blank, "If even Mr. Chen Ge can't help Guhou's mansion, who else can help? Who should I go to for help, and what should I do?"
Chen Chuxiu supported her limp body, "Don't worry, I promise you will try my best to help Gu Hou's mansion, and my father is also obliged. You go back and stay at home first, and you are not allowed to go anywhere. I will not allow you to ask for anything. Man, do you hear me?"
Yaoyue opened her mouth and wanted to say something, but Chen Chuxiu covered her mouth, "I know what you want to say, don't worry, I will send someone to inform you in time if there is any news, so that you won't be worried ,OK?"
Only then did Yaoyue burst into laughter, nodded vigorously, got up and gave him a blessing, "Thank you, I knew you were a good person, and you will definitely help me."
nice guy
Chen Chuxiu smiled wryly: "A good man is a good man, he is only one step away from a beloved man, isn't he?"
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The spring is bright and beautiful, it is the time of the year when flowers are good, and the garden of Guhou Mansion has become a sea of flowers and brocades.
The people walking through the flowers were not in the mood to appreciate the beautiful scenery in front of them, they hurriedly squeezed a piece of paper in their hands, and rushed to the upper room in a hurry.
"Master Hou, someone is here at Dali Temple, this is a summons order!"
Qi An was very anxious, "Master, what should we do now? The attitude of the people from Dali Temple is not good, as if they have already convicted our Guhou Mansion."
"Hmph, Dali Siqing has replaced that Liu Zhen, how could he have a good attitude?"
Gu Jiuge and others rushed over upon hearing the sound, all with serious expressions, "Father, you must not go, who knows if Liu Zhen will take advantage of the past to avenge her personal revenge?"
Yu Fu frowned slightly, thinking of Liu Ruyi who was executed at the palace banquet on New Year's Eve, she was a bargaining chip used by Ning Chengzhi to blackmail him, and he refused to compromise, so Liu Ruyi was executed innocently.
She said: "Yin Shuo transferred Liu Zhen to the position of Minister of Dali Temple just to let him avenge himself against our Guhou Mansion. Liu Zhen's revenge cannot be attributed to the Guhou Mansion, but to me. General , let me go to Dali Temple for you!"
Everyone wanted to stop them, Gu Huaijiang said: "No, it's not just as simple as avenging public and private revenge."
"Father, what does this mean?"
Gu Huaijiang glanced at Qi An, Qi An bowed and said: "The prince's eyeliner outside the prime minister's residence has confirmed that this Liu Zhen has been very close to Yin Shoufu since the New Year's Eve palace banquet, and he has become his henchman. It's useless even if Miss goes, Liu Zhen was instructed by Yin Shoufu, she won't let our Guhou Mansion go easily."
"That's how it is."
Gu Jiuge said: "Father, the Marquis Gu's Mansion has never done anything to collude with the enemy and treason the country, and they can't find any definite evidence. At most, it's just fabricated and vague evidence. There's no need for my father to go there in person. Let the children act on their behalf." Father, let's go for questioning!"
Gu Hanmo also said: "Let me go! The second elder brother has to take care of the general affairs of the mansion, let me go for my father!"
Gu Jiuge said anxiously: "You can't, Liu Zhen must have prepared a bunch of fake evidence waiting to frame our Guhou Mansion. You are not good at words, how can you confront Bo in court with them?"
Gu Hanmo thought about it, so he stopped arguing. Gu Wenqing said: "Second brother and third brother, don't go, let me go! Even if I can't argue with them and they are arrested, at least you are still in Guhou's mansion. Help father. If you are stuck in it and can't get out, isn't father missing a lot of help? Brother has already left, father can't live without you!"
Gu Huaijiang said: "Okay, you don't have to argue anymore, for the sake of father's own innocence, naturally you have to wash it off yourself."
Gu Jiuge quickly stopped in front of him and knelt down, "Father, please don't worry, please listen to my son!"
Gu Huaijiang frowned, and after a while he said in a deep voice, "Okay, tell me."
"Father, the child wants to go instead of you. It's definitely not a moment of whim. Father, think about it, you are the pillar of Gu Hou's mansion and the backbone of the Gu family army. If you are trapped in it and can't come back, the Gu family army will be a piece of loose sand. We will lose completely. But if the child goes, even if something happens, the mansion still has father in charge. You must be in the mansion, this is the best choice to protect our entire mansion and army!"
Gu Huaijiang became silent, he knew that what Gu Jiuge said was reasonable, as the general of the armed forces, he should listen to Gu Jiuge's suggestion from the overall situation.
But as a father, he couldn't let his son take risks for him.
The fact that Gu Shubai was far away at the border had already made him anxious, and he didn't want Gu Jiuge to be imprisoned as well.
Everyone also fell silent, no matter if Gu Huaijiang or Gu Jiuge were to go, there would be unforeseen dangers, they didn't know how to choose.
The authorities are obsessed, but the bystanders are clear. Yuehu knew that he was needed at this moment, so he stepped forward and said: "Master Gu, let the second son go. You know that this is the best choice, and the second son has someone to replace you." He is powerful, and smart and eloquent enough to deal with people with ulterior motives. You are a general, and you should know that a little intolerance can lead to great chaos. Now if you insist on stopping the second son, you will risk the lives of the rest of your sons and Yufu I don't care about it."
A word awakened the dreamer, Gu Huaijiang sighed heavily, "I have fought in the battlefield for many years, but I never thought that one day, I would use those military tactics in the court of the imperial capital. The battlefield here is far better than the battlefield at the border. It's even more dangerous."
Gu Jiuge knew that he agreed, so in order to avoid his regret, he immediately got up and said goodbye and ran outside.
People from Dali Temple waited in front of the gate of Marquis Gu's mansion, but they couldn't wait for the news from inside. They almost wanted to break in and grab someone, but the soldiers of Marquis Gu's mansion were all skilled in martial arts, so there was no possibility of breaking in.
The leader shouted to the soldiers: "We are from Dali Temple. We have been ordered to interrogate the suspects. What's the matter with hanging us here?"
The soldier ignored him, still standing straight, without even looking at him.
The man was furious, "Do you still have the king's law in the Marquis Gu's mansion?"
"Shut up! The Guhou Mansion is something that lowly people like you can criticize?"
Gu Jiuge came out from the door, and reprimanded the visitor in a high-spirited manner, "The late emperor personally conferred the title of first-rank general and granted the golden order, and the plaque on the gate of Guhou's mansion was written by the late emperor himself, how can you allow yourself to be presumptuous here?!"
The visitor was intimidated, and he stepped forward after a while and said, "This is the Second Young Master, right? Second Young Master, don't embarrass us, we are ordered to come here with Master Liu's summons... to ask Lord Gu to come to the mansion for questioning." Yes, please let the second son go in and report."
Gu Jiuge sneered, "Hmph, is it Master Liu Zhenliu who didn't discipline his daughter well and made her embarrass her in the Golden Palace? What kind of a person is he? Even if he is the Minister of Dali Temple, what qualifications does he have to summon the first-rank Marquis? , he deserves it too?"
The person who came was robbed by Gu Jiuge, with an embarrassed smile on his face.
Gu Jiuge doesn't even look down on their chief official, Dali Siqing, so how can he take a liking to them little fellows
The face of the visitor immediately became respectful, "Second Young Master, there is no way to do this. Your Majesty ordered Dali Temple to assist Yushitai to thoroughly investigate the matter of Master Gu's collusion with Xikun. The younger ones are just following orders."
"Did Your Majesty ask you to summon Gu Hou?"
"Forehead… "
Several visitors looked at each other in blank dismay, "That's not true, it was our Master Liu's idea to summon Gu Hou."
Gu Jiuge smiled, "Very well, I'll go with you. My father's status is precious, and Liu Zhen can't summon him if he wants to. But if I, Guhou's mansion, don't go alone, it will seem like a guilty conscience. So , I will go with you, so that you can do business."
The leader hurriedly said: "Second Young Master, I'm afraid this is inappropriate? Our Lord Liu wants Lord Gu, you..."
Gu Jiuge narrowed his eyes, "What? I am a fourth-rank Xiaoqi general, and I have wronged you, Master Liu? Let me tell you, I will go back on my word at any time, so that none of you can take it away. You better take advantage of me now. Happy, let's go quickly, it will be too late in a while."
The few people thought about it, and it was better to take Gu Jiuge back to do business, than to go back empty-handed. He is in charge of the court, and it is not too much to go to answer Gu Hou's place.
He said: "Then the second young master please!"
Gu Jiuge got on their horses and rode away.
Yu Fu and others watched him leave with their own eyes, but they couldn't stop him, feeling disappointed.
Yuehu patted her on the shoulder, "Don't worry, Second Young Master is a smart man, if a good guy doesn't suffer from immediate losses, he will be fine."
"Um."
Yufu nodded, "I've already gone, it's useless to think about it. I should go to accompany the general now, lest he hurt his body because of worries. By the way, let's see what I can do. In the current situation, my identity will It is much easier to show up than the identity of the Guhou Mansion."
Yuehu said proudly: "If there is anything Immortal Valley can do, just ask. Master is in retreat, and Immortal Valley is now my decision. I can do whatever I want!"
The two teachers and sisters looked at each other and smiled, and were about to go to the upper room, when they suddenly heard the sound of horseshoes coming from outside the door, they hurriedly turned their heads to look.
Seeing a dusty soldier rolling down from his horse, Yu Fu and the two hurriedly stepped forward to check. The soldier held up a letter with difficulty, "Miss, the border gate has issued an emergency military report, and the major general died in battle..."
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Old Chen Ge: I will assist!
Yin Shuo: I will assist!
Ning Chengzhi: It's useless to have any support, you can't handle my adc.
Yin Shuo sneered, I was actually sent by the other side...