Kick out the general as soon as you are reborn

Yanyan cried, “Wuwuwu, I thought daddy didn’t want me anymore! I thought daddy really didn’t want me anymore! I feel so sad! Wuwuwuwu~”

Zhou Yanze hugged Yanyan and held her in his arms. "Don't cry, don't cry. It hurts me when you cry. Yue Zhang loves you so much that he won't marry you a stepmother. Just keep your heart at ease! Don't cry! He won't do that. If he wanted to marry, he would have married you a long time ago!"

Yanyan looked at him with red eyes from crying and said with sobs, "Really? Daddy didn't abandon me? Are you sure?"

Zhou Yanze immediately coaxed her, "Of course it's true, Yanyan, don't cry. Yue Zhang loves you so much that he won't marry a second wife. It's all written in the letter. Look, it's clearly written there that Yue Zhang will never marry a second wife." In this situation, even if Yue Zhang wants to marry, he can't be allowed to! His crying is heartbreaking! She's been married for so long and this is the only time she cries like this!

Yanyan said in a muffled voice, "Really? You are not lying to me!"

"No, how could I lie to you? Yue Zhang loves you the most. Don't let your imagination run wild! Just rest assured!" It seems that this matter needs someone to keep an eye on it, it must not be allowed to succeed!

Yanyan leaned on his shoulder and said, "Yanze, I believe you!"

Zhou Yanze was relieved and quickly took a candied haws for Yanyan. "Yanyan, try it. I just bought it."

Yanyan stopped crying when she looked at the candied haws. She took the candied haws and tried to eat them several times, but she couldn't take a bite.

Yanze smiled knowingly, took a round fan from the side and handed it to Yanyan, "We are a family, why do you care so much about these things!"

Yanyan then covered her face with a round fan in one hand and took a bite of the candied haws in the other hand without answering his question.

Yan Ze looked at Yan Yan's shining eyes, his lips curled slightly, thinking to himself, "Fortunately I bought some food, otherwise I wouldn't know how to comfort her. This Yue Zhang is the same. He is so old, but he is still looking for a second spring. He made Yan Yan cry! Can't he keep it from Yan Yan? Why did he have to tell her?"

The next day, the autumn wind was bleak and the red leaves were flying.

Duke Liu, accompanied by several guards and Butler Liu, rode out of the city gate on tall horses and headed towards the agreed lotus pond in the biting cold wind.

Duke Liu was wearing a black gilded suit and a wolfskin cape. He felt a little cold even on his horse and said in annoyance, "What was the princess thinking? The place she chose is too remote. What's there to see in the lotus pond in autumn? It's all dead branches and rotten leaves. Really! If it wasn't for the purpose of making things clear at once, there would be no need to make this trip! Alas!"

Butler Liu rode on the horse next to him, shrinking his neck. "It's better if you explain this matter all at once, so as not to introduce one from time to time. How annoying! It's annoying enough to make this trip."

Duke Liu held his cloak tightly to block the cold wind and walked towards the pond. "Okay, okay, it's good to take a walk, so that we don't waste time on this matter later. I don't have time to think about it now."

When he arrived at the agreed lotus pond, he didn't see the princess. Just as he was about to call for help, he saw the princess's husband, who was looking at him with a look of astonishment.

Duke Liu sneered, "I've heard a lot about you, Prince Consort! I've heard a lot about you!"

When Gu Beichen saw that it was Duke Liu who came, he felt like the sky was falling. Could it be that he discovered something? Why is he here? Where is Liu Yanyan? Why didn't she come? "Your Highness, I have heard of you for a long time. Please take a seat here."

Duke Liu did not want to pay attention to his expression. He led his people to the pavilion in the middle of the lake. Looking at the cold cakes on the table, his face was full of disgust. "Prince consort, where is the princess? Wasn't it the princess who scared the post? Does the princess have anything to tell you?"

Gu Beichen's forehead was sweating, his hands were out of control, and he racked his brains to think of an excuse. "The princess is busy and can't come over, so she asked me to come over. I hope the Duke will forgive me! Please forgive me, Duke!"

When Duke Liu heard that the princess was not coming, he relaxed and sat on the stool with his arms and legs stretched out. "It's good that the princess is not coming, so that some things will be difficult to say! I won't beat around the bush," he said, motioning to the people behind him to light a fire and grill meat!

"My Lord Consort is really a jerk. He came here early in the morning and put a few plates of cold cakes on the table. How stingy! How can he eat this in this weather?"

Gu Beichen was so embarrassed that he wanted to scratch his head. He coughed twice and then said, "Didn't I come in a hurry? I'm sorry to have embarrassed you!"

Duke Liu looked at him with dissatisfaction in his eyes and thought to himself, "Where did this consort come from? The real consort died in my hands, and now what is this thing! It makes me feel disgusted, and the more I look at it, the more it looks like Gu Beichen!"

He took out a pot of old wine and put it on the table. "Drink, drink. If you have anything to say, wait until you have drunk good wine and eaten good food before you talk!"

Gu Beichen nodded, took the wine pot respectfully, and poured wine for Duke Liu. His hands were shaking as he poured the wine. "Duke, drink more!"

Duke Liu took the wine pot and poured him a glass. "Your Highness, drink. How can a man be so timid when drinking? You should drink with big gulps!"

Gu Beichen's mouth twitched when he heard this. He was extremely annoyed. He didn't know what went wrong. Why did it come from Duke Liu? It was basically impossible for him to be caught by the people he brought with him! "Okay, drink more, Duke. I'll pour you some wine."

Duke Liu drank the wine in big gulps and stared at him quietly until he finished drinking it, then he drank the second glass.

Gu Beichen had no chance to drink less and could only accompany him with a bitter face.

Butler Zhou brought the freshly roasted meat to the table and said with a smile, "Your Highness, please try it. This is venison! It's very rare! Try it!"

Gu Beichen looked at the meat on the plate, which was covered in blood, and stepped back in disgust. "It's better for the Duke to eat it. I really can't eat it."

Duke Liu looked at him with disdain, as if he saw through him. Thinking that this might be the emperor's man, he did not expose him. "You need to work on your courage, my Lord Consort. Aren't you going to introduce me to a second wife? Who is she? Whose family? Tell me! Does that family like a rough guy like me?"

Gu Beichen's heart skipped a beat when he heard this. "She hasn't arrived yet. Isn't this to see your attitude first? After all, she is also a noble lady. It's inconvenient to reveal the news first, for fear of damaging her reputation!"

Duke Liu looked at his face seriously and said coldly, "Don't worry about these things in the future. I promised Nannan that she would be my only child for the rest of my life. Don't arrange such things next time, or I won't be as polite as today!"

Gu Beichen nodded fiercely and breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that he hadn't discovered anything! "Okay, Duke. I won't bother you again!"

After Duke Liu had made himself clear, he slowly ate the barbecue on the plate.

Gu Beichen was sweating profusely and was extremely nervous. It was not until he saw the Duke off to the horse that he collapsed to the ground with his hands and feet going limp.