It is said that I was cannon fodder

All the concubines of the emperor were imprisoned in the cold palace. It is said that although these people had a hard life, they were still normal people after all, until Concubine Wan was imprisoned.

She was thrown into the cold palace for murdering the emperor's heir. At that time, she was already pregnant, but she didn't even know it. Not long after she was put into the cold palace, her child died.

From that day on, she went crazy, either screaming loudly, or cursing the queen very viciously, sometimes so crazy that even the emperor scolded her.

The Leng Palace is located in a remote place, and the palace servants were bribed, so it is up to other people to spread any news. Later, one winter, Concubine Wan hanged herself at the gate of the Leng Palace.

After that, ghosts began to haunt the Leng Palace, and the remaining concubines in the Leng Palace also became crazy women, and the palace servants in the Leng Palace were also dead and crazy.

Since then, the cold palace has become more and more deserted, and the truth of the matter has been lost in the dust of history.

But no matter what, those women are also the emperor's concubines, and it's unreasonable to imprison Gu Mingyou here. The emperor seems to have been angered by Gu Jinyu's actions, so he made this decision in a fit of anger.

Gu Mingyou was rudely thrown on the cold and hard ground, he subconsciously closed his eyes, but the expected pain did not come, instead he heard the sound of footsteps fading away.

After a while, Fang Fang opened his eyes in confusion, and there was no one around.

It was late at night, those crazy concubines had had enough trouble during the day, and now they were all asleep, and the palace servants who were sent to the cold palace obviously would not devote themselves to vigil.

Gu Mingyou originally thought that these guards would break his legs and wake up those lunatics to humiliate and tease him, but he didn't expect that they would just lock him in.

But he quickly realized that those guards didn't care about the emperor's orders. Obviously, his good brother didn't have the leisure to torture him, or he was in a good mood, so he let him go mercifully.

Gu Mingyou smiled self-deprecatingly, but there was deep hatred in his eyes. He never thought that he would be played around by Gu Jinyu.

It's no wonder that after Gu Jinyu learned that it was Gu Mingyu who designed him to marry King Jing'an, he would take revenge on the latter crazily. If Gu Mingyu was also cruel, it was a pity that he made a wrong move. Not only did he fail to gain, but he also made an enemy for himself.

Gu Jinyu was even more amazing. For the sake of power, he was willing to sacrifice himself to King Jing'an. Most importantly, he succeeded.

Gu Mingyou was full of jealousy and hatred in his heart, and he still had a trace of regret. He had also recruited King Jing'an many times, but unfortunately the latter didn't bother to talk to him at all. What if... what if he used a beauty trick back then?

He thought to himself, if he could really get that position, the momentary humiliation would not be so unbearable, and at worst, he would get rid of King Jing'an in the future. In this case, no one would know about this matter except himself.

The more Gu Mingyou thought about it, the more beautiful it became, until a gust of cold wind blew by, the dry branches trembled, and the snowballs on the branches fell and hit his face, then he woke up from his dream.

His face turned black in an instant, and he didn't know whether he was annoyed that his dream was broken, or he was ashamed of his unrealistic fantasy just now.

Gu Mingyou stood up and shook off the snow, looked around, chose a direction seemingly at random, pushed open the door, and the wooden door made an old sound.

It seemed that no one had entered this room for a long time. As soon as the door was opened, there was a burst of dust. Gu Mingyou coughed a few times and walked in.

There are even spider webs in the room, and one can tell that the palace people here are very perfunctory.

Gu Mingyou didn't care either, he bypassed the dilapidated screen, looked into the inner room, there was a quilt with a big hole on the bed, he endured the nausea, lifted the quilt and lay down on it, wrapped himself tightly, Then he closed his eyes and seemed to fall asleep.

After an unknown amount of time, Gu Mingyou rolled over from the bed and sat up, quietly opened a window on one side, and rolled out from there.He opened the door of the next room lightly, without making any sound.

He groped around in the room for a while, but he didn't know where to press it. The bed in the inner room flipped up lightly, revealing a secret passage.

This secret passage is an emergency escape passage, only the emperors of the past dynasties knew about it, and outsiders would never have imagined that such a passage used as a retreat was actually built in the cold palace.

Gu Mingyou's eyes brightened a little, he was just playing with the emperor in Chengqian Palace, just to come here.

The emperor is now being watched closely, and the people around him have also been replaced. The only person he can trust is Gu Mingyou. As long as the latter can escape and make public what Gu Jinyu and the others did, then there is still a chance.

Gu Mingyou nimbly jumped into the passage, the dilapidated bed was closed again, and the room returned to silence.

A luminous pearl was placed in the secret passage, the light was soft and did not look dark, Gu Mingyou followed the emperor's instructions, and as time passed, he finally reached the end of the secret passage.

He stopped and took a deep breath, a burst of joy welled up in his heart, he pressed the mechanism on the wall, and a burst of fresh air poured in.

This secret passageway was set up in a remote area outside Chang'an City, and it stands to reason that there would be no one there, but Gu Mingyou was still extremely careful, not afraid of anything but just in case.

But after he emerged, he realized that everything he had done was just a joke.

"Second prince, please go back." Han Zhong smiled so much that he showed his big white teeth. He looked simple and honest, but in fact he had a dark heart, otherwise he wouldn't have been arranged by Qi Ran in this block.

As soon as his words fell, the hundreds of elite soldiers guarding the vicinity raised their bows and arrows and pointed at Gu Mingyou one after another. As long as he took another step outside, he would shoot him into a briquette posture.

……

Just after the new year, a major event broke out in Chang'an City.

For the sake of the throne, Daxi's second prince, Gu Mingyou, did not hesitate to collude with the enemy country and poison the emperor, but when the plan failed, he sent people to assassinate him. Afterwards, he wanted to put all the blame on King Jing'an.

Fortunately, the fifth prince was very clever and saw through the plot of the second prince, so Daxi did not fall into the trap of the enemy.

After the incident was completely exposed, Gu Mingyou not only did not know how to repent, but even put all his eggs in one basket, intending to put the emperor to death.

The toxin in the emperor's body had not been completely dissolved, and he was so stimulated by Gu Mingyou. Although he saved his life, his body was not as good as before, so the throne was given to the fifth prince.

The rumors spread wildly, and people with good intentions even thought of Gu Mingyu, who was crazy about the third prince of the Jin Kingdom, and boldly guessed that Gu Mingyou was also fascinated by the blue face, and joked that the third prince of the Jin Kingdom was a disaster for the blue face, who was worse than the confidante of the Jin Kingdom. A beautiful woman is more attractive.

The more it spread, the more mysterious it became, and the more it spread, the more plausible it was, so much so that while the people of Daxi hated Jin Guo for resorting to indiscriminate methods, they also wondered what the third prince of Jin Kingdom looked like, and made the two princes of Daxi bow down for it.

There were also those who shouted to kill the third prince of the Kingdom of Jin, saying that it was to prevent the surviving fifth prince from being fooled by him.

This incident directly led to later when Gu Jinyu announced that Qi Ran was going to be the queen, the people were very happy instead, thinking that rather than being abducted by outsiders, it would be better to choose in their own vegetable garden.

However, that's another story.

After everyone's gossip, they finally remembered the important point, the sky above their heads was about to change.

Some people wondered who the Fifth Prince was, and why he appeared suddenly, but this didn't make them wonder for long, and soon rumors about the Fifth Prince's life experience spread.

This fifth prince is Gu Jinyu, the Princess Protector whom Da Xi conferred some time ago, and now the Princess of Jing'an. As early as when this fifth prince was born, he was joined by a dragon, and he is the son of destiny.

The emperor was afraid that the enemy would harm her, so he raised her as a daughter. In order to cultivate the fifth prince, he even sent her to King Jing'an.

"Ridiculous!" Lan Dongchen's beard trembled, both angry and frightened, "How could the second prince rebel? This is framed! The son of destiny is even more nonsense!"

"Father, this incident broke out suddenly. His Majesty did not go to court for several days, and the second prince did not show up again. It seemed strange. But the palace has already started to organize the enthronement ceremony of the fifth prince. Although the Minister of Rites is old-fashioned, But he is the most loyal to the emperor, there may be hidden secrets in it, I think we have to find a way out sooner."

Lan Zhiyuan is naughty, seeing that the tree of the second prince is about to fall completely, he naturally wants to jump to another evergreen tree before everything collapses.

Lan Dongchen didn't criticize his son, but just sighed: "Although the second prince was not born to your sister, he was raised by her side after all. Even if we want to surrender, we have to be trusted by others."

Lan Zhiyuan said disapprovingly: "Father, my son thinks this is our advantage. Now that the fifth prince is about to ascend the throne, and the second prince is being labeled as a traitor, no one dares to say anything on the surface, but how many people are secretly thinking about it?" Whispering? At this time, as long as my sister is willing to testify, the second prince not only murdered the emperor, but also threatened her to help him, and after my sister refused, he sent someone to keep an eye on her and not allow her to tip off the news."

The more Lan Zhiyuan said, the brighter his eyes became, "By the way, didn't Shou'an catch Prince Jin halfway? Let's just say that my sister was forced to reveal all this to Shou'an. But she was afraid that Shou'an would Being harmed by the second prince, he didn't say much, which led to Shou'an's misjudgment."

Lan Dongchen listened, pondered for a while, and felt that it was feasible. The father and son discussed some details carefully to make complete preparations.

But when they finally passed the words to Concubine Lan, Qi Ran had already done the aftermath.

If he had known that Gu Jinyu wanted to be on the throne, he naturally wanted to let him ascend the throne without any stains. What Gu Mingyou did and didn't do was all connected by him, and he managed it from top to bottom. Whoever investigates will only find out that Gu Mingyou has long been plotting against him.

Afterwards, a large number of refined weapons, gold and silver treasures, and a standard dragon robe were found from the second prince's mansion. In the second prince's villa, an elite soldier was also found, with a number of three thousand.

Under such circumstances, Concubine Lan and the Lan family stood up to testify against the second prince, which was just the icing on the cake.

Gu Mingyou could not escape the crime of death, Qi Ran used the name of the emperor to give him a glass of poisoned wine, which was considered a decent way to die.

Not only that, under Qi Ran's arrangement, Gu Jinyu discovered gold mines in the east, west, and south directions in the first three days of his ascension.

According to the news that came, the rocks in that place collapsed suddenly, revealing the golden color inside, which also adds evidence to Gu Jinyu's destiny.

With Qi Ran deliberately arranging manpower to exaggerate, Gu Jinyu's reputation increased, but he himself was free, and only had to deal with Qi Ran.

The next day was Gu Jinyu's enthronement ceremony. Qi Ran has been uncharacteristically lately and has become more and more obsessive, looking like he wants to tear him apart.

Gu Jinyu reached out to caress his back, but it was stained with sweat. He didn't like the sticky feeling, so he pushed him, "Go take a bath."

Qi Ran paused, knowing that he was happy, resisted the feeling of weakness in his legs, and hugged him up.

There is a specially built hot spring pool at the back of the hall, surrounded by water mist, which looks like a fairyland on earth.

The two of them entered the water, and the stickiness disappeared. Gu Jinyu sighed comfortably as he enjoyed Qi Ran's service.

But soon, he sensed something was wrong, and grabbed Qi Ran's rebellious hand.

"Why, don't you believe me?" He was aware that something was wrong with the person next to his pillow, but he didn't feel threatened before, so he let him go.

"No, I'm just worried that I'm not good enough." Qi Ran's brows and eyes were stained with worry. As an emperor, but he wanted to marry a man as a queen, he could foresee how much resistance there would be.

One year, two years may be enough, but the longer it takes, those courtiers must ask the emperor to marry a concubine.Maybe thousands of years later, there will still be many unfavorable remarks about Gu Jinyu left in the historical records. He cherishes him, so he hopes that all aspects will be considered.

"After you ascend the throne and straighten out the court, I will take command and go out to conquer the whole world, and take Jiangshan as my hire..."

"Ok?"

"Well, take Jiangshan as my dowry, please marry me."

"If I don't... um!" All the unfinished words were blocked by the lingering kiss, leaving only the room full of spring.