It is said that I was cannon fodder

Gu Jinyu left from Concubine Zhen's Palace and joined Qi Ran.

Qi Ran held his hand and said with concern: "Did she make things difficult for you?"

The emperor purposely separated them to talk, and after Gu Jinyu bid farewell to the emperor, he went directly to Concubine Zhen's palace, so Qi Ran asked this question.

He shook his head, "It's just to reassure the emperor, it's just a formality."

Even though he cared for Concubine Zhen a little because of the original owner, the moment Zhenfei chose Gu Mingyu, this kind of affection fell apart.

He shook the token in his hand, and there was a hint of sarcasm in his eyes: "This is the reward I got this time, allowing me to travel unimpeded in the palace, but according to the emperor's fear of you, there may be some things I don't know about it." Restrictions. In addition, the emperor intends to designate me as the princess protecting the country, which means that your credit will be credited to me."

Qi Ran has no objection to this, "That's good, it will save you some trouble in the future."

Gu Jinyu hummed softly, there would be such a reward, the emperor didn't want to reward Qi Ran on the one hand, and on the other hand he felt that he couldn't make a big storm.

Both of them knew this, but Qi Ran didn't mention it. Although he was not happy that outsiders underestimated his baby, he also knew that it would be safer for Gu Jinyu.

The rewards for Gu Jinyu and Qi Ran came down the next day. Some were happy, some gloated, some were jealous, and some were aggrieved, but this did not affect the result at all.

After this incident, Jing'an Prince's Mansion became quiet all of a sudden, but the court was not calm. Naturally, someone must take responsibility for such a big incident in Pingyang County.

The emperor had dealt with a group of people earlier, and after King Jing'an brought back some letters to prove it, there was another disturbance in the court.

The governor of Pingyang County has some relationship with Concubine Lan's mother's family for three generations, and he naturally moves closer to the second prince in his daily activities. Unfortunately, this person is too greedy, and he is also cunning. So much so that he was the only one who fell, implicating many officials who supported the second prince.

Naturally, the members of the Four Princes Party would not miss this opportunity to pull more people off their horses, but the other party was not a vegetarian either, and the two parties came and went, which exposed many problems.

Originally, the second prince's party was at a disadvantage, but thanks to Gu Jinyu who gave Meng Yun the handle, he directly exposed Meng Yun's identity to the emperor.

The dignified prince married a man to be his side concubine. The emperor was furious. He wanted to punish Meng Yun and the Duke of Qi for the crime of deceiving the king. It was the concubine Zhen and the Duke of Ning who interceded to calm the emperor's anger.

But the death penalty can be avoided, and the living crime cannot be escaped. Meng Yun was sentenced to exile. Nian was unaware of this in Duke Qi's mansion, so he was dealt with lightly and demoted Duke Qi to Marquis of Qi.Even Gu Mingyu was dismissed, fined for one year, and banned for half a year.

This is because of Qi Ran's intercession. Originally, Gu Mingyu was going to be banned for one year.Of course, this is not out of good intentions. There cannot be only one voice in the court, and the battle for the throne does not allow one party to dominate.

From the current point of view, when the fourth prince Gu Mingyu fell, only the second prince could be worthy of the position. As for the emperor's suspicious temperament, how could he tolerate it?

Qi Ran's move was just following the trend.

If it weren't for the fact that there are only two adult princes in the royal family, Gu Mingyu would have been imprisoned for committing such a mistake. The emperor's mind and the way of balance are the key to saving Gu Mingyu.

Of course, Gu Jinyu also didn't want to see the second prince dominate. Dog eat dog and both sides suffer is the situation he wants.

In the middle of the night, the Fourth Prince's Mansion.

"I said earlier that this man will definitely drag the emperor down, but the emperor just won't listen to my advice." Gu Jinyu sat at the table openly, as if he was the master here. cover up his sarcasm.

After many days, seeing his brother again, Gu Mingyu could hardly control his anger and hatred.

"It was you who killed me?! You pretended to be magnanimous and kind in front of the concubine mother, but you killed me behind your back. You are really a 'good brother' of my highness!"

Gu Jinyu's smile remained unchanged: "I also very much doubt whether the emperor's brain has been bitten by a dog. If I hadn't pleaded with King Jing'an, you would have stayed here twice as long. When you go out, I am afraid that the second brother will Already in power."

Hearing his cold voice, the anger in Gu Mingyu's chest stagnated, and there was a bit of hesitation in his eyes.

"Forget it, anyway, I am a villain in the eyes of the emperor. I came here today not to reconcile with the emperor, but to help the emperor one last time for the sake of my mother and concubine."

Before he could answer, Gu Jinyu ordered: "Bring him up."

The guard outside the door dragged a thin figure in, and then pushed towards Gu Mingyu.

The man fell to the ground as soft as cotton, revealing a face covered by black hair.

After seeing the man's face clearly, Gu Mingyu rushed forward, "Yun'er! Yun'er! Wake up! Yun'er, what's wrong with you?"

"When I found him, he was not in a good condition, so I gave him some sleeping pills, but he still couldn't wake up for a while. After waking up, Brother Huang had to comfort him, after all, he suffered such treatment. "Gu Jinyu pointed out something.

Gu Mingyu froze, "What treatment?"

Gu Jinyu glanced at Meng Yun's bare neck, "Brother Huang can understand by himself that he has suffered a lot. Since Brother Huang loves him, don't despise him in the future. After all, a large part of his suffering is because of his suffering." Brother you."

Gu Mingyu followed his line of sight to look over, the ambiguous red marks made his pupils shrink, he lifted Meng Yun's collar and looked, there were more marks inside.His heart was surging, and for a moment he couldn't tell whether it was the anger of being betrayed or the distress for his lover's suffering.

Gu Jinyu didn't stay any longer, and left with her own people, waiting to see how the two of them would match up in the future.

This Meng Yun is worthy of being the designated protagonist. Even though he was exiled, he still relied on his own body to climb up to the leader of the officers and soldiers in charge of the escort, and he lived a pretty good life.

Gu Jinyu sent someone to replace him, and brought him back to the fourth prince's residence. The red marks all over his body, coupled with his specious words, were enough to leave a lump in Gu Mingyu's heart.

While Gu Jinyu was waiting to watch the show, his reputation gradually spread.

During his stay in Pingyang County, he did not do nothing. He taught the people to grow some drought-resistant crops, slightly improved farm tools and planting methods, and even focused on improving spiritual education-opening a girls' school.

It's not that no one stopped it at the time, but he used it as an excuse to appease the people. In addition, Qi Ran, who was able to stop him on the surface, obeyed him, and others were even more unable to stop him. This female school let him run it. .

Afterwards, the emperor hurriedly called them back to the imperial city, and the people who took over Pingyang County were from the second prince's faction. They couldn't figure out which side Gu Jinyu was on, so they suppressed the news, and even Gu Jinyu asked Qi Ran to take the initiative. handle.

But these good methods cannot be suppressed. They spread from Pingyang County to the neighboring lands. After this drought, Gu Jinyu's name has also left traces in the hearts of many people.

When the emperor heard the news, he was more surprised than happy. Gu Jinyu never took the initiative to mention such a big matter to him.

The emperor mentioned this matter when he summoned Gu Jinyu, but the latter acted even more surprised than him.

"I'm terrified. I grew up in the court and never had any experience with farming. How would I know how to plant? I've never even touched those heavy agricultural tools, let alone know how to improve them."

Gu Jinyu said awkwardly: "The only thing I did in the rumors was to establish a women's school. Pingyang County suffered such a catastrophe. When I heard about the serious disaster, there was even a tragedy of eating mothers and wives. Those women even I never resisted. My son felt compassionate and wanted to do something for those poor women, so he set up a women's school on his own initiative."

When the emperor heard the words, his eyes fell on him, with a sharp scrutiny, as if he was judging whether what he said was true.It wasn't that he suspected that Gu Jinyu was the person who rectified the farming affairs, but he just wanted to find out whether he knew about it.

Gu Jinyu had been stared at for a long time, and there was a bit of nervousness and uneasiness in his eyebrows, but there was no weakness or shortness of breath.

After a long time, the emperor looked away and sent him to visit his mother and concubine.

Gu Jinyu lowered her head and pretended to be docile as she left the Hall of Mental Cultivation, just in time to meet Chu Yechen who had been summoned.

"I've seen Princess Ninghua." Chu Yechen laughed, but he didn't know whether it was intentional or not, he didn't call him Princess Jing'an.

Gu Jinyu saluted back, pretending not to see the deep meaning in his eyes.

The prime minister may have guessed something, but he is obviously not a well-behaved, honest and loyal minister, otherwise his words and deeds on the boat that day would have been heard by the emperor, so now he is not very worried.

As he expected, when the emperor asked about this matter, Chu Yechen did not reveal his true thoughts, but instead pushed the matter to Qi Ran.

Although when he heard the news, he had no doubt that this was something Gu Jinyu could do.

There is only one strange woman who dares to say that she has intentions for the world.

This princess has the same pride as a man, and she has endured it for more than ten years before she showed a corner. To be honest, he was looking forward to it, and even hoped that she would really take that step.

Gu Jinyu didn't know what Chu Yechen was thinking, he was heading to Zhaoyang Palace where Concubine Zhen lived, even if he didn't want to go, but the emperor opened his mouth, he didn't want to tear himself apart with the emperor yet, of course he had to go there.

Halfway there, I ran into the second prince, Gu Mingyou.

"Fifth Emperor Sister is so talented, I never thought that you also dabble in farming, but you are much better than our brothers."

Gu Ming smiled and praised, there was no one guarding him, it was obvious that he was waiting here deliberately.

Gu Jinyu waved her hand, and asked the servant girl to watch from a distance, before replying: "I don't have the ability, Brother Second Emperor flatters me too much."

"Oh? So..."

"Brother Er Huang can understand some things in his heart, why should he say it out loud?" Gu Jinyu interrupted him.

Gu Mingyou changed the subject wisely, "I heard that fifth emperor sister, you visited the fourth emperor some time ago, I wonder if the fourth emperor is okay?"

Gu Jinyu didn't care about his temptation, and said with a smile: "Of course it's good. Although I'm confined in the mansion, but with my lover by my side, Brother Sihuang must be happy in his heart."

Gu Mingyou understood what he meant, his eyes lit up, and he was about to speak when he heard Gu Jinyu say: "Although power is good, it's too much to go too far. I think the second brother should understand this truth."

His slightly cool voice was like a handful of icy springs, extinguishing most of Gu Mingyou's fiery eyes.

The emperor allows the princes to fight, but he will not allow one side to dominate, so as not to threaten himself.

Seeing that he understood what he meant, the corners of Gu Jinyu's mouth turned up slightly, and he pointed out again: "The envoy of the Kingdom of Jin has been delayed for so long, and it's time to arrive."