Gu Xiyu actually didn't know what the Crown Prince Yu Chi Lan wanted to do.
When the Fourth Prince's Mansion came, he thought it was as predicted by the system that the mission target had come to the door.
The housekeeper was in charge of the reception. At that time, he was drinking tea and chatting with Murong Qingwan and the others in the hall when he saw him hurried in to report to Yuchirong: "Fourth Highness, it's from the Prince's place, he said that there is something important to do with him. You talk and need to see you."
This time, I saw a big thing directly.
He and Murong Qingwan's plan to follow Yuchi Lan back has been kept secret, but he didn't expect to let the prince know so soon. Judging from the attitude of the attendants who came to talk, he was holding a semi-coercive intention to ask the Fourth Prince to hand over people.
"Our highness said that the princess who secretly hid Dayan Lai by the fourth highness is suspected of disobeying the decree and disobeying His Majesty's intention. The princess is obviously not dead, but you hid her without authorization and tried to conceal the truth. It is really inappropriate. Please also please. The Fourth Highness returns the person."
Yuchi Rong replied, "Princess Dayan's relationship is with the Third Highness. If you really want to please people, then he should be the one who seeks it out. What does it have to do with your prince?"
"His Royal Highness has withdrawn this marriage from His Majesty. Strictly speaking, this person is indeed no longer under his jurisdiction. The Fourth Highness may not be clear when he has been away from Beijing for a long time. All investigations and tracking after the disappearance of the Princess have always been the responsibility of His Royal Highness. Now that there is news again, the prince has to send the princess to the palace safe and sound, which will also help stabilize the tension between us and the wild goose."
"Although the wild geese are just a small country, the dogs will jump over the wall when they are anxious. They are now affiliates of our distant country. If this person is sent to us, they still need to take good care of them. Are you right?"
It is estimated that these words were explained by Yuchi Lan, and the representatives who came to lobby calmly said them, and their attitude was very insistent. Blame Yu Chirong, Gu Xiyu and the others just returned to the capital. Originally, he thought that since the palace had already announced the death of Princess Dayan, he didn't want to take the initiative to report. people.
Unlike being escorted by the family, this time, neither wearing a wedding dress nor wearing a red hijab, it might be a bit risky to have Gu Xiyu replace him rashly.
In the hall, Murong Qingwan couldn't sit still, she slapped the sword in her hand on the table, and said to Gu Xiyu with a tone ready to go to battle: "Brother Huang, you have suffered a lot during this period because of my status. , what they want is me, and I will accompany them on this trip if it's a big deal."
"In any case, it is the Imperial Palace. The people in the Fourth Prince's Mansion can all testify that I left with the Prince's people. If something really happens, they can testify for me. I don't believe that His Royal Highness will do anything to me. !"
Gu Xiyu, who had been raised in a remote and remote place like Zhaizi, had a much better look now, and his spirit was much better than before, and his words were no longer as vain as before: "Forget it."
"The prince's attitude is so determined to find you to enter the palace, and he must be thinking about something. If you meet the emperor and ask about the disappearance during this trip, it is difficult for you to answer. Moreover, you have cooperated with the fourth prince for a long time, and you have become more friendly with each other. There is a tacit understanding, and if there is an accident, I know how to deal with the follow-up situation. Your emperor brother and I have no other special abilities except for healthy limbs. Entering the palace for you... Maybe I can do more things."
Gu Xiyu thought that the Great Demon King might be in the palace. As the third prince, it is said that he spends most of the time in the palace. This is a good opportunity to meet him. It's just that he couldn't tell Murong Qingwan and the others about the execution of the mission. He could only stop Murong Qingwan from revealing her identity and asked to see the prince on her behalf because he was worried about Murong Qingwan and the need to deal with the emperor's various interrogations.
Before leaving, he left the village owner to him. It is said that the jade he stole from Yuchiyan was handed over to Yuchirong.
He was worried that if he entered the palace, he would still not be able to meet directly with Yuchi Yan. As the fourth prince, Yuchi Rong was the only person he could count on now: "Just give this to him and say that I will explain it to you."
If Yuchi Yan was really the village owner he met outside, he shouldn't be indifferent. To be conservative, if he is really not the owner of the village, he will be suspicious and come to see him when he sees this lost belongings
Gu Xiyu thought so.
He was a little worried that the prince might not even know the identities and backgrounds of him and Murong Qingwan in advance, but when he quickly put on his makeup and changed his clothes to go out, no one under the prince noticed anything unusual.
Mainly, they also brought the survivors of the original welcome team. The other party had seen the figure of the 'Princess' and recognized it through his body bones. He nodded and said, "It is indeed the person we received at the beginning."
So, Gu Xiyu was taken all the way to the palace, and sat in the magnificent palace for a long time under the gaze of many palace servants.
He couldn't act rashly, he could only chat with the system silently in his heart.
"Didn't you say you want to see the emperor? What did they bring you to the Prince's Palace?" The mechanical voice of the intelligent system should not have any emotion, but Gu Xiyu felt that it was injustice for him from this sentence, and even a little bit. An angry tone.
Gu Xiyu replied, "I don't know either, isn't there any information about the original plot in the database? Has Murong Qingwan experienced this plot?"
The system may have gone through the information, and it took a long time to answer him, and he said it a little stumblingly and a little unfamiliar: "The prince and Murong Qingwan in the original plot did have an intersection, but since it's... the big heroine's world, this is called the record in the database. , said that there are branch lines between her and many people that need to be dealt with, and it is not impossible that one-way feelings are involved."
"Originally, Murong Qingwan had a few contacts with the prince before gradually attracting his attention. Now that you have never had any contact with him, how could he be interested in you out of nowhere?" The intelligent system's tone It sounds really dissatisfied to the extreme, as if I wish I could just abandon the identity of the system, and I will beat the prince when I come out and pick up the prince.
Gu Xiyu couldn't help laughing. He lowered his eyes and was silent for a moment, then replied, "Don't worry, he shouldn't be able to take me for a while."
After a pause, he said again, "It would be better if Yu Chi Yan could be more sensible and take the initiative to see me."
Just after finishing this topic with the system, a eunuch came outside the hall, and his attitude was quite respectful: "Please go to the imperial study with the servant, your majesty said that he would like to see you."
Naturally, Gu Xiyu couldn't disobey the emperor's order, he didn't say anything, got up and left with him.
Different from the distance from the bedroom to the study in the big mansion in the modern world, this prince's palace is actually quite a distance away from the royal study. Gu Xiyu dragged this broken body and walked with the eunuch who bowed his head in front of him until his legs began to hurt a little, and finally came to the imperial study where the emperor worked.
His breathing was a little chaotic, he straightened his back and waited for the report outside, and when he opened his mouth to breathe a little mist spewed out a light mist in this cold weather.
When the sun went out, Gu Xiyu didn't expect it would take so long, and he didn't prepare a thick cotton cloak. It is even less likely that the people in the palace will prepare any cold-proof clothes for the 'princess' from this small place.
Fortunately, there was no dawdling in the imperial study, and the person who was guarding outside the room came out and invited him in not long after entering.
In the room, in addition to the majestic old emperor with a slightly long gray beard and a solemn expression behind the desk, there was also a man wearing an apricot-colored robe standing underneath. The other party turned sideways when he came in, and his eyes were clearly walking back and forth on him, as if he was looking carefully.
The man was probably in his thirties, and looking at the embroidery on his chest that looked like a dragon and a python, Gu Xiyu guessed that he should be the legendary prince Yuchi Lan, the man who brought him into the palace.
When Gu Xiyu was staring at him, he felt a little nervous. Mainly, these princes and princes are not people who are easy to deceive, and they are very worried that their identities will be seen through by him at a glance.
Yuchi Lan stared at him for a long time, the emotions in his eyes were more complicated, he couldn't tell what was mixed in, there might be a little surprise, but he didn't show a questioning expression.
Thanks to the original body's slightly feminine appearance, after disguising it could not be seen to violate the harmony, the old emperor was not suspicious, and greeted him and asked: "You are the princess from the goose? I don't know if you have any proof. ?"
Naturally, there is such a thing. After all, the journey to welcome relatives is far away, and no one can guarantee whether there will be any accidents, or if someone outside the palace pretends to be a princess, so when Gu Xiyu and Murong Qingwan left with the relatives, they were carrying wild geese. A special token used by the palace to prove their identity. At that time, after the mountain bandit and Murong Qingwan separated, he even handed over these important items to her for safekeeping. He had already asked her for it before going out.
The eunuch next to the old emperor took the token he handed out and presented it to the emperor.
After confirming his identity, the old emperor tried his best to release a somewhat gentle tone: "Some unpleasant things happened on the way to pick you up to Yaoguo a while ago, I am here to apologize to you on behalf of Yaoguo. , After the shock and compensation, I ordered someone to arrange it and sent it to you."
"I once sent people from the palace to dig three feet into the ground to find your traces, but it was like a stone sinking into the sea, and there was no news for a long time. I almost thought you were killed. During this time, I must have worked hard for you."
This sentence obviously means a little inquiring about the process and status, Gu Xiyu listened to the emperor's words: "Thanks to Your Majesty's concern, the attack that day was really sudden, but the guards in the welcoming team did their best to escort me. Leave. Those gangsters are too rampant, pressing step by step, thanks to the cover of the maid who accompanied me to the remote country at the time, they can survive. "
Gu Xiyu did not specifically say how he escaped, nor did he directly say what happened when he was kidnapped. If the emperor was told that he had been taken captive to the cottage, he would definitely be suspicious of his 'innocence'. Even if it was really proved in the end, he would not be able to withstand rumors and rumors from outside, and it would affect Murong Qingwan's reputation at that time. . But he was not sure how much information the Crown Prince Yu Chi Lan had about him, especially Chen Wei in Luohe Village, who was still his cronie, must have informed him about it.
He guessed that the matter of his return with the Fourth Prince would be discovered so quickly, and it might also have something to do with Chen Wei. In this case, he definitely couldn't take the initiative to tell the emperor that he was not taken away, because he was not sure whether Yuchi Lan would come forward to expose him, so he could only answer vaguely.
"After that... I was lucky enough to meet His Royal Highness the Fourth Prince and his people, and he was able to help him to reach the imperial city smoothly. However, after entering the capital, I found that the palace had already made a final decision on my life and death, and I gave up on the marriage with the third prince. That's why I didn't report to the palace immediately, and please forgive me."
The emperor stroked his beard, then stopped and said, "It's okay, I understand."
"I'm looking for you to enter the palace today because I want to discuss this matter with you. Since you arrived at the palace safe and sound, you must continue the marriage that you agreed to with Dayan. After all, this is also a step backwards made by you in order to stop the war."
Gu Xiyu lowered his eyes and replied obediently, "It's natural."
He was with Yuchi Yan, so there was no problem with him.
Unexpectedly, the old emperor said next: "The third child asked me to withdraw from this marriage, but I didn't expect you to come back. It's a pity... It's a pity that my son has his own ideas since he was a child, and has a special hobby. You can't be wronged by the princess forcing you to give him to him."
"It just happened that the prince mentioned you to me a while ago, and I found someone to read the characters of the two of you and found that they were very compatible. If you combine it, it will be very beneficial to both parties. I thought that since the prince is interested, it should be regarded as compensation for you, and I decided to treat you Arrange for the prince to be his concubine."
At this age, the prince is naturally married to the concubine, and he is also the daughter of the prime minister. He is also somewhat related to the queen. It can be said that the background is very strong and has enough ability to support the prince to hold him to the throne. So for him, it doesn't matter if the concubine can help him or not.
Gu Xiyu was just a little stunned. He had agreed with his relatives that he was the Great Demon King, so why did he suddenly become a prince
The news came unexpectedly, and he was originally a 'trading item' sent to the door by the geese seeking peace. Even if the emperor of the distant country sounded kindly, he had no right to speak or choose when it came to the decision-making of his relatives. Can only accept.
When Gu Xiyu left the imperial study, it was already dark outside. The little eunuch who showed him the way was still waiting outside, and when he saw him, he still had a little rejection in his heart.
Originally looking forward to seeing the Great Demon King, the plan to perform the mission well was suddenly broken, and people still have to stay in the palace and cannot leave. Fortunately, he didn't need to stay in the Prince's East Palace directly before he officially passed the door. The emperor had ordered someone to arrange a courtyard in the palace for him, and it was estimated that he would have to live there temporarily these days.
"Although it's the prince's concubine, Qingwan, you say you are the princess of Dayan. Simple ceremonies and wedding banquets always have to be done. The date has been settled by Qin Tian, and it will be half a month later. What happened before, you should stay in the palace during this time."
Gu Xiyu stood alone outside the door of the imperial study. He didn't even hear the little eunuch calling him to guide him. The emperor's words were still lingering in his mind, intertwined with shock and confusion, making his head buzzing. .
A palace maid who had been standing by the pillars in the front corridor for an unknown time suddenly walked up to him, holding a red, thick-looking plush cloak in her arms.
She handed him the cloak for shelter from the cold, and she didn't say who sent it. She didn't even have a chance to ask him. She bowed slightly and turned away without changing her face.
The first thing Gu Xiyu thought of was the prince in the imperial study, and he was repelled for a while. There are many guards and palace servants around, and he can't directly throw the clothes in front of them. He can only hold it depressed and follow the little eunuch and leave, thinking that he will return to a place where others can't see it. just throw it away.
Save your bad luck.
"Have you finished meeting the emperor? How is the situation? Are they embarrassing you?"
Gu Xiyu replied unhappily, "It's not difficult, but my task is really twists and turns."
"What's the meaning of this?"
"The prince fell in love with the heroine for some reason. Anyway, it's been a long time. Now the emperor wants to promise me to the prince as his concubine."
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The more Gu Xiyu thought about it, the more angry he became: "Why do you think that fool Yu Chi Yan gave up this marriage? I think he is trying to cause trouble for me."
"… "
Yu Chi Yan, who had just returned to the palace and had not had a chance to see the 'Princess' for the time being, was also thinking about this issue.
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