Princess, he is rich enough to rival the country

It can be said that the imperial decree of Li Chu was like boiling water falling into a boiling oil pan, and it immediately stirred up waves in the court.

The vacant position of the crown prince has always been a heart disease in the hearts of Tianqi's courtiers. This heart disease has become more and more serious after the eldest prince failed to force the palace.

Many people even felt that the eldest prince would make such an absurd move, which had a lot to do with the emperor's delay in establishing a crown prince.

Therefore, after the eldest prince left Beijing, the voices of the imperial court hoping that the emperor would confirm the crown prince as soon as possible became stronger and stronger, almost reaching the point where they would give advice every day.

Even though the ministers were urging, in many people's minds, they felt that this matter was still going to grind, and even many civil servants were ready to fight a protracted war.

Who knew that the emperor would suddenly issue such an imperial decree before they could amplify their moves?

After being surprised, the first reaction of many ministers who came back to their senses was to look at Qin Lu who was standing at the front of the line——

The emperor made a decree to establish a heir, but the crown prince is not King Li. I don't know how King Li will react?

Don't go down the old path of the First Prince directly in the last moment of anger, right?

"Father is wise."

Just when the ministers were guessing in their hearts, Qin Lu's voice came from the front, with an indifferent look that didn't even move his brows, as if he knew the emperor's decision a long time ago.

No matter what King Li thinks in his heart, his current attitude at least shows that on the bright side, King Li will not tear himself apart with the emperor because of this matter.

Thinking of this, the ministers were determined, and hurriedly followed, expressing their attitude to the emperor:

"The emperor is wise, long live my emperor..."

The minister who was worried in his heart that Qin Lu and the emperor would be torn apart because of the position of the crown prince would never have imagined that today's imperial decree to establish the crown prince was actually facilitated by Qin Lu.

As for the reason?

Naturally, it was because the vacancy of the crown prince had affected his normal life with the princess.

After the palace change, the court was calm for a while.

In those few days, even people without eyes could tell that the emperor was in a bad mood.

Therefore, the courtiers who usually confront each other because of some trivial matters, all of them have their tails between their tails.

I am afraid that if I am not careful, I will touch His Majesty's minefield.

The atmosphere in the court hall also became unusually harmonious.

However, this kind of harmony only lasted until the eldest prince left Beijing.

Then, the courtiers, who had just settled down, argued endlessly over the matter of the crown prince.

Because Qin Lu expressed his attitude of advancing and retreating with the princess early in the morning, he became a small outsider in the quarrel between the court and China.

As for the generals under Qin Lu's command?

Gu Yanshu had already accepted this Princess Li when he was bothering to plan for their prince.

Not to mention that after the accident in Yizhou, Gu Yanshu traveled thousands of miles, and even took care of Qin Lu who was seriously ill regardless of the danger of his life, which made Princess Li's status greatly improved in the hearts of everyone.

Everyone calmly accepted the decision of their lord and concubine to advance and retreat together.

His own prince had no hope, so he naturally became less interested in urging the emperor to establish a crown prince.

Youdao is nothing to do with yourself. In this "war to urge the crown prince", Li Wang's lineage not only became the most leisurely person, but even when other courtiers advised him, he would occasionally watch a play .

Just when Qin Lu thought that such a peaceful and leisurely life would last until he and Gu Yanshu left Beijing, a few short-sighted people bumped into him.

I don't know whether it's because of urgent medical treatment or other reasons, after urging the emperor to establish a crown prince to no avail, someone actually approached Gu Yanshu directly, saying that he hoped that he could ask him to step down.

Asked why, it is even more dumbfounding.

It turned out that in the eyes of some ministers, the reason why the emperor was reluctant to establish a crown prince was because he preferred King Li more in his heart, but he also had concerns because of Princess Li.

After all, the king of a country cannot be without heirs, and the mother of a country cannot be a man.

As long as Gu Yanshu can withdraw voluntarily and provide a step between the emperor and King Li, all problems can be easily solved.

The words that these ministers should have said almost didn't make Gu Yan bookish.

It's just that before he could react, these people were rushed over by Qin Lu who heard the news from nowhere and cleaned them up himself.

Even after marrying Gu Yanshu, Qin Lu's temper became much milder, but if he really annoyed Qin Lu, the means would not be acceptable to ordinary people.

I don't know that it was Qin Lu who punished the minister who came to the door, and achieved the effect of killing chickens and monkeys.

It was because after a long time that Qin Lu shot again, everyone realized that the tiger in the cultivation of health and rest was still a tiger and would not become a house cat.

After one time, no one dared to talk nonsense in front of Gu Yanshu.

For Gu Yanshu, this incident was just an episode in his life, he didn't even take it to heart.

If you really want Gu Yanshu to think about this matter——

"My prince is quite handsome when he gets angry at the crown and turns to Lan Yan."

Gu Yanshu rubbed his chin, recalling how his little deer drove those ministers out of the palace with a dark face a few days ago, so he couldn't help laughing in a low voice.

Looking at Gu Yanshu's smiling face, Wen Qingxiao didn't even know how to answer the question for a moment:

For this matter, King Li even went directly to the Holy One to finalize the position of the seventh prince's heir apparent, but Princess Li only had one sentence: "My lord is quite handsome when he is so angry at the crown"?

Xu Shi understood Wen Qingxiao's inner thoughts, Gu Yanshu smiled slightly, and said:

"You do not understand."

Wen Qingxiao really didn't understand.

Perhaps it was because he had tasted the warmth and coldness of human relationships in the harem in his early years, or perhaps it was because he shouldered great responsibilities at a young age, Qin Lu matured much earlier than his peers, and his emotions were also much more restrained.

Even in front of Gu Yanshu, Qin Lu rarely experienced major emotional fluctuations.

Gu Yanshu also tried to make Qin Lu relax like an ordinary man in his early twenties, but all had little effect.

Unexpectedly, those ministers who didn't have good eyesight did this by accident. How could Gu Yanshu be unhappy?

Wen Qingxiao really didn't understand, but it didn't stop Wen Qingxiao from seeing the familiar sweet smile on Gu Yanshu's face, wishing he could go back to covering his mouth where he was asking questions half a quarter of an hour ago:

Knowing how Princess Li would react when she mentioned his lord, why does he still talk so cheaply?

Fortunately, Gu Yanshu also knew how to accept as soon as he was good. After a while, he suppressed the smile on his face, and looked at Wen Qingxiao with a serious face:

"I invited you here today, mainly to apologize to you and the Wen family."

"Why did Your Highness say that?" Wen Qingxiao looked at Gu Yanshu with a little doubt.

"It's still a matter for the crown prince..."

Gu Yanshu didn't finish his sentence, but he knew that Wen Qingxiao would definitely understand what he meant.

In order to compete for this position, Gu Yanshu single-handedly won over the Wen family who had always stood in a neutral position, and at the same time made a promise.

However, now that the plan has changed, Gu Yanshu feels a little sorry for the Wen family due to emotion and reason.

"Your Highness doesn't need to be like this." Sure enough, Wen Qingxiao understood Gu Yanshu's unfinished words after a while, and hurriedly replied, "Your Highness has already helped the Wen family a lot."

When Gu Yanshu wooed the Wen family, he gave the Wen family enough respect.

Later, I did not give less benefits to the Wen family. Let alone other things, Wen Qingxiao's fourth brother, who was working in the household department at this time, had already sat in the position of Shangshu at a young age. Even if you look at Tianqi's century-old history, it is extremely rare. exist.

Based on this alone, the Wen family has already received great favor from Prince Li's residence, so why would they complain?

Not to mention that now that the line of the eldest prince has fallen, the position of the Wen family is naturally not that important.

Seeing that Wen Qingxiao said these words without any reluctance, Gu Yanshu's expression also relaxed:

This half-way diversion was indeed because he and Qin Lu were not authentic enough, and now he naturally needs to give an explanation to the Wen family, knowing that the Wen family doesn't mind, Gu Yanshu is relieved.

Afterwards, Gu Yanshu exchanged some information with Wen Qingxiao about the future development of the Wen family.

Speaking of the latter part, Wen Qingxiao didn't know why, but changed the subject and mentioned the business in the Western Territory:

"I heard that the princess will go to the western border with the prince to handle business matters?"

"Yes."

Gu Yanshu nodded. Although the two of them didn't publicize this matter, it's not a secret, but if you put in some effort, you can find out.

Knowing that Wen Qingxiao would not say irrelevant things for no reason, Gu Yanshu understood what Wen Qingxiao meant almost immediately:

"Sixth Young Master, don't you want to go with us?"

"The one who knows me is also the princess."

Wen Qingxiao smiled slightly, without denying it.

Before Gu Yanshu opened his mouth to refuse, Wen Qingxiao first expressed his thoughts:

"When Qing Xiao was young, he wanted to go out for a walk. After the scientific examination, he also let it go out, but later, by accident, he couldn't leave Beijing. Now the newspaper is on the right track, and my father is still on the road. Young and old, thoughts from the past come to my mind from time to time, and I hope the princess can come true."

Speaking of this, Wen Qingxiao seemed to have thought of something, paused, and then said again:

"Of course, Qingxiao also knows her current situation. If the prince and princess dislike her, Qingxiao..."

"What are you talking about? How can we despise you?"

Before Wen Qingxiao could finish speaking, Gu Yanshu directly interrupted his next words.

"The princess..." Wen Qingxiao's eyes lit up, and he quickly looked at Gu Yanshu expectantly.

"Since you've made up your mind, go with us."

Gu Yanshu replied without thinking.

After finishing speaking, seeing the smile on Wen Qingxiao's face, I realized that something seemed wrong:

Although this person complained about the accident and was decadent for a while, he never complained about his disability because of his leg. Why did he suddenly say something that he didn't like or didn't like?

Looking up again, he saw the triumphant expression flashing in Wen Qingxiao's eyes, what else might Gu Yanshu not understand?

Immediately looked at Wen Qingxiao who was raising his hand to drink tea:

"You trick me?"

"This concubine has wronged Qing Xiao," Wen Qingxiao replied without thinking, "Qing Xiao just wanted to say that if the concubine dislikes it, then Qing Xiao will go alone."

After finishing speaking, Wen Qingxiao still didn't forget to glance at Gu Yanshu, the meaning in his eyes was very obvious:

You didn't let me finish my sentence, so you interrupted hastily.

It has to be said that good-looking people do have an advantage. If others say such shameless words, Gu Yanshu will probably be laughed at directly.

However, the person who said this was Wen Qingxiao, seeing the innocence on this person's beautiful face, Gu Yanshu couldn't get angry.

Thinking about Wen Qingxiao's ability, if he really went with them, it would undoubtedly be even more powerful for Prince Li's mansion, so Gu Yanshu didn't care too much about Wen Qingxiao's little "calculation".

In the end, he only reminded in a gentle voice:

"The sixth son must hurry up and bid farewell to his father and brother at home."

The western border is imminent. Now that the crown prince has been decided, he and Qin Lu will set off in a few days. I am afraid there is no time to delay on other matters.

"Princess, please rest assured."

Wen Qingxiao also understands this truth. In fact, before bringing up this matter, Wen Qingxiao has already done the ideological work of his father and brother at home.

When Gu Yanshu heard the words, he didn't say anything more.

Facts have proved that Gu Yanshu's considerations are not superfluous.

When Qin Lu returned from the palace that day, he conveyed the emperor's meaning:

I hope that he and Gu Yanshu will leave for the west as soon as possible.

The two didn't delay too much, they packed their luggage that day, and set off directly the next day.

Unlike the last time Qin Lu went to Yizhou for disaster relief, neither Qin Lu nor Gu Yanshu made much publicity about this trip.

There were even many ministers in the capital who realized the fact that Gu Yanshu and Qin Lu were no longer in the capital after they discovered that the gate of Prince Li's mansion was closed.

Of course, the actions of Gu Yanshu and Qin Lu did not escape the emperor's eyes.

"all gone?"

Hearing the feedback from his subordinates, the emperor paused for a moment while correcting the memorial.

"Yes."

"I know, let's go down."

The emperor waved his hand, but the expression on his face didn't change at all, as if he didn't care about Qin Lu's departure from Beijing.

Only the wolf hair hanging high above the memorial, which has not fallen for a long time, revealed the true thoughts in his heart.

Seeing that the emperor did not move for a long time, the prince finally couldn't hold back, and called out softly:

"His Majesty?"

It was obviously the softest voice, but it made the emperor's hand holding the wolf's hair tremble.

When he came back to his senses, the emperor didn't say anything to the concerned gaze of the prince. He just gently put down the pen in his hand and waved to the prince:

"You also step back, I want to be alone for a while."

Seeing the emperor's appearance, Wang Gonggong opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but in the end, he didn't say anything, just leaned slightly and said:

"Yes."

Afterwards, the prince retreated from the hall.

Before leaving the hall, Wang Gonggong couldn't hold back and looked up at the emperor again, and it was this glance that made Wang Gonggong's mind full of thoughts blank for a moment——

How long has it been since he saw such a fragile expression on His Majesty's face?

So before you know it, King Li's influence on His Majesty has reached such a level?

Not to mention that the prince did not expect it, even the emperor himself did not expect it.

Thinking of the expression on Qin Lu's face when he mentioned Gu Yanshu, and thinking of Qin Lu's resolute attitude when he came to the Imperial Study Room a few days ago to propose the establishment of a crown prince, and thinking of the hesitant expression on the Taifu's face when he mentioned the homework of the seventh prince a few hours ago look……

Even the emperor had to admit that he regretted it a bit.

There are many ways to test Qin Lu, why did he choose to give marriage in the first place?

"Looking forward and backward when doing things, not to mention lack of determination, but also like to take things for granted, when you exceed your expectations, you will only open your eyes and don't know how to remedy it. I don't think you will be able to achieve great things in your life!"

Unexpectedly, the emperor couldn't help but think of the evaluation his father gave him when he was young.

At that time, he was still very unconvinced, and even after he ascended the throne, he still brooded over these words.

However, at this time, the emperor also had to admit that his father was right.

Don't you just like to take things for granted?

When he first gave the marriage, he never thought that his third son and third daughter-in-law would be so happy that they would live and die together.

Later, it was a foregone conclusion, and he didn't know how to remedy it.

Asking him to get rid of Gu Yanshu directly, he was reluctant to part with this talent, and was afraid of turning against his son, so he lacked determination.

Let him accept it calmly, but he can't let go of the traditional rules, and finally got to the point where he is now at the same level.

If he knew Qin Lu's attitude from the beginning, he would accept it...

Thinking of this, the emperor didn't want to think about it anymore, because he knew that no matter how much he thought at this moment, it would be futile.

Even if he is willing to accept Gu Yanshu now, I am afraid that Qin Lu will not accept the position of heir.

The throne that everyone fought for in the past has become a hot potato in the hands of this couple.

Looking up at the glass windows, lampshades, tea sets, movable type printing on the table and models of waterwheel terraces in the room...

Only then did the emperor realize that before he knew it, the shadows of Prince Li's Mansion and Gu Yanshu had filled every corner around him.

Thinking of this, the emperor couldn't help laughing out loud, a little mocking and a little sad...

However, no matter what the emperor thinks in his heart, Qin Lu and Gu Yanshu at this moment have no way of knowing.

At this time, the two were facing the setting sun, riding together towards the west.

Not only Gu Yanshu's face was full of smiles, but even Qin Lu's face was relaxed like never before.

On the ground, the shadows of the two were gradually elongated by the setting sun, and finally merged into one. I am in you, and you are in me.

The author has something to say:

Cuckoo: The article that the little angels grandma followed has finally been updated. After so long, the author knew it was wrong.

Well, the main thing is that the main text ends here, and the extra episode is probably about the trade in the Western Territory.