It is said that I was cannon fodder

By the time the emperor heard about the two of them, their charitable deeds had been widely circulated, but at this moment, the memorial of the governor of Pingyang County had not yet spread to Chang'an.

The emperor's face was dark, not only because of the audacity of the governor of Pingyang County, but also because Qi Ran's reputation increased again, especially the latter. No emperor could tolerate his subjects' reputation among the people being higher than his own.

But the matter is a foregone conclusion, even if he doesn't want to, he can only praise King Jing'an's actions, just to share the people's love for King Jing'an, so he focused on mentioning Gu Jinyu, at least to save the royal family's face.

Of course, Gu Mingyu felt the most unbelievable about this matter. Meng Yun mentioned the Pingyang County incident earlier through his dream. He didn't believe it, but he couldn't bear Meng Yun's soft words and asked him to go to Pingyang County to see the opportunity. act.

A few days ago, the other party received a letter from the other party, which stated that the people in Pingyang County had enough to eat and warm clothes, and everything was fine. Why did things change in just a few days?

In the early court, he almost lost his composure, but when he went to Zhenfei Palace, he couldn't help it anymore.

"It must be Gu Jinyu!" Gu Mingyu's expression was distorted. He didn't believe that Meng Yun would lie to him, and he didn't believe that Gu Jinyu happened to go to Pingyang County, so there was only one explanation, "He kidnapped Yun'er and took the credit for it." palm!"

"Shut up!" Concubine Zhen frowned, and reprimanded, "Do you still have Xiao Jin as a brother in your heart? Why are you wronging him like this for no reason? Xiao Jin is far away in Pingyang, and your side concubine is staying in four In the prince's mansion, how could he be taken away?"

"Yun'er, he..." Gu Mingyu froze suddenly, and suddenly remembered that it was not a fair thing for Meng Yun to go to Pingyang alone.

Concubine Zhen already realized something was wrong: "What happened to your side concubine?"

Seeing Gu Mingyu's eyes flickering, she said sharply, "What's going on?"

Gu Mingyu saw that he couldn't hide it, so he honestly explained the whole story, and finally concluded: "Yun'er originally intended to share my worries with all her heart, but the news that finally came out was quite different from the truth, which is enough to prove that Yun'er was kidnapped and threatened. And King Jing'an and the others just happened to appear in Pingyang County, how can there be such a coincidence in the world?"

Concubine Zhen was disappointed and said: "Have you ever thought about it, King Jing'an is already jealous of the emperor, and he took the credit, besides making the emperor more jealous, what's the use?"

"This..." Gu Mingyu paused, and Fang Li said confidently, "Gu Jinyu must be against me wholeheartedly. He has always disliked Yun'er, and he even threatened me before, asking me to reduce Yun'er to a concubine. With King Jing'an backing him up, he is even more unscrupulous."

"Enough!" Concubine Zhen was angry, "Concubine Mother is not confused yet! If you hadn't attacked Xiao Jin first, how could he have resented you? What's more, the relationship between your brothers was harmonious before, and since you married that Meng Empress Yun, on the contrary, separated the brotherhood between you, so it's no wonder that Xiaojin wanted to target her. Xiaojin still has affection for you, but you don't want to let him go, and even want to put him to death. Your heart is serious Is it so hard?"

Gu Mingyu's face froze, and he argued: "Mother Concubine, I didn't..."

"If I hadn't swept the head and tail for you last time, do you think you can sit here safely?" Concubine Zhen interrupted him, "Even Xiao Jin knew about it. You plotted against him repeatedly, but he never fought back." No. For you, Xiao Jin is completely disappointed in my mother and concubine, and now I don’t ask you brothers to be harmonious, I just ask you to have a little kindness in your heart, remember the past love, and let him live."

After being lectured by Concubine Zhen, Gu Mingyu really felt a tinge of guilt.And when he calmed down, he also remembered that if Gu Jinyu wanted to deal with him, he really didn't need to use such troublesome methods. He only needed to expose Meng Yun's identity, and the emperor would definitely despise him.

From what the concubine mother said, Gu Jinyu even knew that he had assassinated him, but he didn't say anything at all, and he treated him with kindness and tolerance.

And now that Gu Jinyu has married King Jing'an as his wife, even if he regains his status as a man, it will not threaten his status.

After thinking about it, Gu Mingyu's expression softened slightly, and he stopped holding on to Gu Jinyu, and began to seriously consider who was targeting him.

But Meng Yun, whom he trusted and believed that he would never betray him, had long been thinking about how to protect himself.

Shortly after Meng Yun was kidnapped by Fang Wei, he lost his body to him. Although he teamed up with his hidden guards to kill this person, it still couldn't change this fact, not to mention that in order to keep a secret, he actually used his body to win over the man who had a lot to do with him. The ambiguous secret guard put on one green hat after another for Gu Mingyu.

Meng Yun felt very guilty. He originally wanted to do favors to Pingyang County for Gu Mingyu, and at the same time earn a good name for himself. He would also have confidence in the future, but he never thought about it. Halfway through, he heard about King Jing'an and Gu Jinyu, and he hesitated , I dare not go to Pingyang County again.

And he couldn't help but have doubts about his choice. In the book, Gu Jinyu has been safely in front of Princess Ninghua in the palace, and it was a coincidence that the throne fell to him.

The eldest prince was established as the crown prince in his early years, but unfortunately he was weak, so he passed away within a few years, leaving only a posthumous son. When the emperor left him, the child was not yet young.

The second prince and the fourth prince fought endlessly, and in the end one died and the other was disabled, the sixth prince and the eighth prince died young, and the eleventh prince was still a child, and finally the throne fell to Gu Jinyu.

But now Meng Yun forced Gu Jinyu to marry King Jing'an, which seemed to cut off the possibility of him inheriting the throne, but King Jing'an's awakening has added a big change, and now it happened that they ran into the Pingyang County incident. Meng Yun had to think more.

Could it be that Gu Jinyu is really the son of destiny, even God is helping him?

The more Meng Yun thought about it, the more panicked he became, and he couldn't help asking his hidden guard for help, "Niangui, do you think the royal family can allow a married prince to ascend to the throne?"

Meng Niangui was given the surname and name by Meng Yun himself, and his heart was tied to him. Seeing him flustered, he immediately felt distressed: "Yun'er, the battle for the throne has always been cruel. If you are worried that the fourth prince will fail to win the throne, we You can take this opportunity to feign death and escape."

Meng Yun didn't wait for an answer, but when he heard such a sentence, he was a little moved, but after thinking for a moment, he shook his head, because he had some affection for Gu Mingyu, but also couldn't let go of his glory and wealth.

"You answer my question first."

Meng Niangui didn't know Gu Jinyu's identity. Seeing Meng Yun's persistence, he said, "If the royal family really has a prince to marry, it must be a scandal. The royal family has no time to cover it up. Maybe they will execute him in secret. How can they let him go to the palace?" where?"

Hearing this, Meng Yun's expression relaxed, this is ancient times, even if there is a good manly situation, the royal family definitely cannot tolerate the marriage of a prince.

He relaxed a little from the bottom of his heart, but he still didn't dare to go to Pingyang County to confront Gu Jinyu. He knew very well that earlier, Gu Jinyu wanted Gu Mingyu to cut his position. Now that he is alone, he might deal with it secretly. Yes, when he dies, he will have nowhere to redress his grievances.

Therefore, Meng Yunxiu, who learned about the situation in Pingyang County earlier than Gu Mingyu, sent a letter to Chang'an through the channel they agreed on.

As for why the news he learned was different from the actual situation, Meng Yun had already thought up an excuse to push all of this on Gu Jinyu and King Jing'an. Gu Jinyu insisted.

While these parties were calculating each other, Gu Jinyu couldn't help laughing at the information handed over.

"My mother and concubine haven't given up yet. Even though I said that I would not let Gu Mingyu go, she didn't take it seriously. Did she still have illusions after seeing me endure it many times? Gu Mingyu is even more ridiculous, and she doesn't think what she has done at all. If there is anything wrong, on the contrary, when I lose, I want to give me shit."

Seeing that there was no sadness between his brows, Qi Ran breathed a sigh of relief, and suggested, "Why don't I order someone to teach him a lesson, so that he doesn't keep jumping around?"

Gu Jinyu smiled slightly: "Why dirty our hands? Tell my second brother the news that the fourth prince's side concubine has left, and I believe he will work well."

Qi Ran naturally obeyed him, but he just made another note for Gu Mingyu in his heart. If he hadn't been folded into someone else's hands in the future, I'm afraid he wouldn't make Gu Mingyu feel better.

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"Ninghua did a good job this time, is there any reward you want?"

"Will the emperor agree to whatever the minister wants? If the minister wants to make peace with King Jing'an, can the emperor agree?" Gu Jinyu blinked and said very affectionately, pretending not to see the emperor's suddenly stiff face.

When the emperor heard the news about Pingyang County, he sent officials to relieve the disaster. Naturally, they could not continue to stay in Pingyang County, and were recalled to Chang'an in the name of commendation.

Qi Ran was already unsealable, and it seemed that he did not pay enough attention to rewarding only yellow and white things, so the focus of the emperor's rewards fell on Gu Jinyu.After all, she is also her own daughter. After awarding the reward, it will not be fulfilled, and it will avoid further strengthening King Jing'an's strength.

But the emperor didn't expect him to be so ignorant. If Ninghua and King Jing'an were separated at this juncture, how would people in the world view the royal family?

But it is undeniable that he was inexplicably relieved when he heard Ninghua's request. It seemed that his daughter was still not satisfied with this marriage.

Although he married his daughter, he didn't want his daughter to bend her elbows, especially since this daughter was still a pawn on which he had high hopes.

He was about to appease Ninghua, when he heard him hold back his grievances and said: "I was joking just now, but my father didn't hear about it. I didn't ask for other rewards. I feel deeply guilty for not delivering the news in time. The father is generous and doesn't care about his son, but his son is very ashamed."

Not long after the two got married, Gu Jinyu expressed his heart to him under the emperor's overt and secret urging, and reached a tacit understanding.He monitored King Jing'an on behalf of the emperor, and the emperor promised to give him the position of eldest princess in the future, allowing him to reconcile with King Jing'an, and facilitated his marriage with his cousin Song Xiaoran.

Talking about this deal, I feel a little ashamed of Song Xiaoran, but Gu Jinyu would never allow Concubine Zhen to use her nephew's marriage to win Gu Mingyu's contacts, and simply use the emperor to cut her off.

Before leaving Chang'an, Gu Jinyu passed on some half-truths and half-false news. It was because of this that the emperor could rest assured that they would leave Chang'an.

However, he was obviously reassured too early. After King Jing'an left with a small group of people, he disappeared. When he reappeared, he gave the emperor a big shock.

The emperor was dissatisfied and had some doubts, but it was not easy to immediately reprimand his daughter who had done meritorious service. Now that she said it, he felt a little bit of irony in his heart.

"This matter has nothing to do with you. King Jing'an is too cunning. It can be seen from this that he really has a heart of disobedience. Even his wife who is sleeping next to him is not at ease. Don't let Ninghua be deceived by his appearance."

"Thank you, Father, for your understanding, I understand."