I thought that when Yuan Bao came back in the evening, he would bring a letter back, but Li Cheng came back by himself.
Qiu Ju looked around at the door for a while, and finally saw the carriage coming back, Yuan Bao jumped off the shaft quickly, and then reached out to open the curtain next to it, and saw Li Chengze coming down from inside. He turned around and ran back to the inner courtyard, and hurried to inform the master.
"Grandma, uncle is back!"
Gu Qingci was making flowers and piles of yarn on the kang to play, when he heard this, he was taken aback, "What, your husband is back?" While talking, he had already got off the kang with his shoes on.
"It's not wrong, the servant is really looking at it."
Gu Qingci straightened her clothes, raised her eyes to look outside, and said to the servant girl: "It's getting dark, Yu Chuan goes to hold the lamp."
In fact, there is still a while before dark, and it gets dark late in summer, but the master ordered, and the servants must do as they said. It becomes even brighter.
Gu Qingci lifted the corner of her skirt and walked out, but within a few steps, she saw Li Chengze coming out from the screen wall.
A sweet smile immediately appeared on her face, and she approached and pulled people into the room together.
Only then did he ask: "Why did Xianggong come back today? It's not too late. Could it be that something is going to happen?"
Li Cheng poured himself a cup of tea, drank a couple of sips, put down the teacup, and said slowly: "It's a long story, and it's indeed something to do. I'm afraid I won't be going back to the academy when I come back this time."
Gu Qingci was taken aback, thinking that there was something wrong with his studies, his face showed a little nervousness.
Li Cheng gave her a calm look, then turned to Yuzhu and Yuchuan and said, "You two go outside and watch, don't let others approach."
The two servant girls nodded, then went out, and closed the door behind them.
Gu Qingci thought wildly for a while, and said anxiously: "Speak quickly, my husband, I'm worried to death."
Li Cheng stroked his thoughts and words, and then he followed the people one by one.
But it turned out that it was an imperial decree issued by the government, and it was all caused by that scroll of parchment map.
Everyone wanted to know the secret of the sheepskin scroll, so after a period of time, Daye and Yan Kingdom finally reached an agreement, and decided that the two sides would jointly select some people to go to that place according to the description in the small sheepskin scroll.
Everyone knew that it might be an underground palace, a real treasure.
If it is found and dug out, no one dares to guess what is inside.
But it is undeniable that everyone is curious about that unknown place.
Because Li Cheng was the one who unlocked the mechanism, the emperor naturally wanted him to go with him. Who knows if there will be something similar to that mechanism in the process of searching? The Yan people also agree with this very much, and agree that Li Chengze must be selected as the entourage.
Because this matter should not be publicized too much, the emperor specially sent his personal servants and guards of the Forbidden Palace to Fengtai Academy to convey his thoughts.
In addition to Li Chengze, the person in charge of this matter, the emperor, ordered the third and fifth princes personally, and four more confidant ministers went there together, and sent 300 imperial guards to accompany them for protection.
As for Yan Kingdom, Prince Qing and Princess Liuyue were going to go, and the rest of the staff was similar to Daye's.
There are so many people traveling this time, it is inevitable that people cannot be avoided, the emperor has already thought of other excuses, and the hidden intention is to go treasure hunting.
Li Chengze has been involved in this matter since he unlocked the mechanism, and he can't refuse now. The emperor didn't ask him to discuss with him, but directly ordered orders. Under the feudal imperial power system, who would dare to disobey the holy will
Li Cheng couldn't do it for his own sake.
Gu Qingci briefly explained the reason of the matter, Gu Qingci was stunned for a long time.
After a while, she said in a hurry: "Xianggong wants to go out? Or go out with the two princes? How long do you have to go out? When will you return?"
Li Cheng sighed, then stroked Gu Qingci's hair, and said: "There is no certainty about this matter, the emperor can't give a certainty, but I'm afraid the days will not be short, I only know that the roll of sheepskin The place depicted on the scroll was said by those who knew it to be the Julien Mountains, and this time we will go there first."
Gu Qingci hadn't read any geography books, and didn't know where the Julien Mountains were, so his expression became more irritable, which was also caused by the discomfort in his heart when he heard this for a while.
She barely cried, barely holding back.
Li Cheng saw her like this, but he could only harden his heart and say: "From the capital to the Julien Mountains, if so many people go together, if the carriage goes fast, it may take more than a month."
"It will take a month to go... It will take a month to come back. I don't know how long it will take to find the secret room and underground palace when I arrive at the Julien Mountains. How long will it take to come back?" Gu Qingci murmured to himself with his head half down. , the tone reveals grievance and frustration.
The reason why Li Chengze told Gu Qingci everything was that he didn't hide anything from her, he just knew that his trip would take a long time.
According to Gu Qingci's temperament, she would definitely not accept it so calmly, it would be better if she was willing to make a fuss...
Li Cheng guessed right, Gu Qingci was very smart, she didn't make trouble at all, she just looked pitiful and sad, so Li Cheng had no choice but to coax her back and forth.
Gu Qingci remained silent, apparently still unhappy.
Li Cheng pinched her face and said, "Can the official be considerate of my husband this time?"
Gu Qingci twisted her handkerchief, bowed her head and pondered for a long time, when she heard Li Chengze talking to her, she raised her head reluctantly, opened her mouth and said, "Why don't you take me with you, Mr. Xianggong."
Li Cheng hesitated for a while, and then said in a deep voice: "Guanguan, this is not going out for fun, how can it be a joke? And I don't know what will happen in the future, so how can I take you with me? What's more, on the way It must be hard, you can't bear it."
Li Cheng had a headache.
Gu Qingci quickly grabbed his hand and said: "I'm not afraid of those, I just want to go with my husband, or if you leave me alone at home, don't worry about how long it will take for my husband to come back, I don't want it!"
"If you think our house is boring, you can go back and live in the mansion for a while. I don't worry if my mother-in-law is with me, okay?"
Gu Qingci buried her face in the man's chest all of a sudden, said no in a low voice, and then begged with blinking eyes, "Sir, let me follow you, just treat me like a maid, I'll be by your side I can still take care of you, and I have to walk such a long way, let alone alone."
Li Chengze really laughed now, it's a fantasy that Sixth Miss Gu would take care of others, if she is really allowed to follow, I'm afraid it's almost as good as taking care of this little girl by herself.
Li Chengze coaxed him thousands of times with good words, but Gu Qingci was very stubborn, and he wanted to follow ten thousand and ten thousand times.
He was really helpless, "This matter is for the royal family, it's inconvenient to bring you a woman." Li Cheng could only explain it this way.
Gu Qingci didn't believe it, and retorted: "Then there are two princes, they must bring maids to serve them."
Li Chengze: "You are not a maid, you are my wife."
"Could it be that you don't take me with you if you want to take the maid?"
"Don't talk back." Li Cheng looked into her eyes, "You still don't know what kind of person your husband is?"
Li Cheng let Gu Qingci act coquettishly and cling to her for a long time, but he didn't let go.
He decided to hang around for a while, let her figure it out by herself, then got up and went to the east courtyard, and he had to talk to the old lady about it, after all, he had to go out for a long time, ranging from three to five months to half a year. not sure.
But the real reason can't be said directly, only the excuse that the emperor will make it public in the future is to send the third and fifth princes to Dasi Kingdom. The area is not large, it is a subsidiary state of Daye, and to the north of it is Yan Kingdom, the Yulian Mountains is the most marginal area of Daye, it is already out of the jurisdiction of Daye, there are few people there, but Yan Kingdom and Daye The central city of Si Kingdom is not very far from it.
For this, the Holy Majesty also specially wrote a handwritten letter for them to take with them. When the time comes, they will go to see His Majesty of a Da Si Kingdom. It just so happens that His Majesty will hold a big birthday this year, which is very suitable.
When she heard that her grandson was going to go so far away, the old lady was reluctant at first, "My dear grandson, but you must go?"
It is an honor for several lifetimes to be selected for a job assigned by the government, but it is human nature for the old lady to be reluctant to part with her grandson.
As for why Li Chengze was chosen by the emperor, the old lady didn't think too much about it, because Li Chengze's words had blurred her conception before, and Li Cheng said that there were hundreds of people in the embassy this time, and she was not very eye-catching. The Sun family would naturally guess that it was probably because of the support of the Mingde Hou Mansion that the grandson was brought in.
Li Chengze was talking here, and Mrs. Bai was also there. She was also Li Chengze's mother anyway, so she naturally had to inform her about her trip.
Li Cheng didn't think much of it just now, but now that he looked at the Bai family, Li Cheng couldn't help but think too much.
This person Bai has counted against Gu Qingci several times, and he has been full of malice towards her from the beginning to the end. He does not know how long he has been away, but he is afraid that Gu Qingci will not be able to hold back and will find Bai's way.
Li Chengze hadn't wavered after being dragged and entangled by Gu Qingci for so long, now that he saw Bai Shi, he began to consider whether he should take that girl out with him.
It's really not that Li Cheng thinks too much.
Do you know what Li Cheng was thinking when Li Cheng told the old lady about this matter
Her first thought was not whether her son would be dangerous or not, but Li Cheng would not be able to return for three to five months. Then Gu Qingci was not without support, her chance had come.
The man is not at home, and Gu Qingci has not raised a child, how can he be tough
Just such a thought immediately stimulated Bai's excitement.
Until she heard Sun's deep voice, she suddenly withdrew her thoughts.
"I'm talking to you! Ze'er has to go out for so long, you mother is not only distressed, but still thinking about it!"
Fearing that she would be noticed just now by showing her face, Bai's heart skipped a beat, so she quickly made up for it, saying: "I was distracted when I first heard it. If I didn't know that this was the emperor's order, how could I be willing to let my son Go to such a far place." After speaking, the expression on his face became really uncomfortable, and at the end he wiped the corners of his eyes with his cuff.
The old lady snorted and was too lazy to argue with her, she just said: "With all this time, it's better to prepare more things that should be brought on the road!"
Bai: "What mother said is that the daughter-in-law is thinking about going."