After the rebirth, I became the darling of the tyrant

Probably because Xiao Tingshen was so angry, the empress dowager issued a decree not long after, referring to marry Gu Chen's younger sister Gu Lian to Xiao Tingshen, and said, "It can be worthy of the mother's honor in the world", and she is respected as Queen Xiao Tingshen.

But when it came to the engagement date, even she had to grit her teeth and change the wedding date to three months later.Perhaps because of shortness of breath, the day happened to be the first day after three months.

Xiao Tingshen accepted this Yizhi very calmly.

However, as soon as he returned to Ganquan Palace, he ordered Wei Dequan to find a sturdy box, put Yizhi into the box, locked it, and handed over the key to Wei Dequan.The eunuch, who has always been slick, held the key, and for the first time there was a dazed expression on his face: "Your Majesty...?"

"Find a place to bury it." Xiao Tingshen turned around in the room, "You can lose the key anywhere, but don't let me know."

Wei Dequan couldn't understand what he meant for a while: "Your Majesty, this is..."

"Take it, take it, take it away." Xiao Ting impatiently waved his hands one after another, "Yun Ting will be back soon, don't let him see it, and don't let him know, take the things and go out through the back door."

Only then did Wei Dequan suddenly realize: Your Majesty is afraid that Mr. Gu will be unhappy when he sees the intention of marriage!But Your Majesty, this decree was issued to the imperial court in the six parts of the Ming Dynasty. As the official second-rank minister of the household department, how could Mr. Gu not know about this decree...?

But he dared to murmur these words in his heart, if he dared to say it out loud, Xiao Tingshen would definitely kick him over.He could only obey the order, silently picked up the box, stuffed the key in his sleeve, and took it out of the palace through the back door.

As soon as Wei Dequan left on the front foot, Gu Chen came in on the back foot.As soon as he came in, Xiao Tingshen was visibly nervous, and stopped circling in the room, and stood straight in front of the bookshelf.After Gu Chen came in, he went straight to his usual seat, with no expression of joy or anger on his face.He reached for a book and poured himself a cup of tea.

After turning over two pages of the book, he might feel that something was wrong. He raised his eyes and took a deep look at Xiao Ting inexplicably. He saw this man standing upright in front of the bookshelf. Although his face was as sullen as usual, he still showed a trace of imperceptible tension. The most obvious thing is that from the moment he entered the door, Xiao Tingshen's eyes were fixed on him, and he never left for a moment.Remember m in a second. biqiudu． com

He looked at himself inexplicably, he was neatly dressed and there was nothing wrong with it; then he raised his eyes and looked at Xiao Tingshen with both a smile and a smile: "What's wrong, Your Majesty?"

Xiao Tingshen was obviously taken aback by him: "...it's nothing, it's nothing."

Gu Chen blinked, a smile spread from the corner of his lips, and his tone was a bit teasing: "If it's okay, why is your majesty standing so far away? I thought your majesty..."

"what?"

"Do you think His Majesty has done something wrong behind his back?"

"I didn't!"

Gu Chen couldn't help being a little surprised that he denied it so quickly.He couldn't help looking Xiao Tingshen up and down again, thinking about what happened recently, it seemed that there was nothing wrong with it, but Xiao Tingshen's attitude...?

"What did Your Majesty really do?" Gu Chen couldn't help frowning slightly, "What did Your Majesty do?"

Xiao Ting remained silent.

Naturally, Gu Chen would not get angry with him, but he was indeed worried for a moment.He put down the book, with serious eyes: "Your Majesty, what happened? Don't worry me."

It was the first time he bluntly said that he was worried, and Xiao Tingshen was a little shaken.He persisted in resisting for a while, and then gave up under Gu Chen's gaze, and said in a low voice, "I have already ordered someone to throw out that Yizhi, you...don't be sad."

Gu Chen was stunned: "What Yizhi..."

However, he stopped in the middle of the conversation, and he suddenly remembered that today the Empress Dowager indeed made a decree to marry her. Could it be that Xiao Tingshen is because of this...?Because when he heard the news of the empress dowager's marriage proposal, he acted a little worried about his gains and losses, and he was extremely insecure. Afterwards, Gu Chen himself felt a little embarrassed.Could it be that Xiao Ting was deeply afraid that he would be depressed again, so he secretly threw Yizhi out behind his back?

Gu Chen was moved in his heart for a while, and couldn't laugh or cry for a while.He never thought that Xiao Tingshen would remember every moment of his emotional changes so clearly, and take his feelings into account so much - if it was in the past, Xiao Tingshen would never be like this.

He lowered his eyes and couldn't help chuckling.Perhaps it was because seeing him smile, Xiao Ting breathed a sigh of relief: "...Are you not unhappy?"

"There are still." Gu Chen said softly, "When I just received Yizhi, I was really unhappy. But later..."

"later?"

"I received a reply from my sister." Gu Chen said with a smile, "She said that no matter what happens, she and my mother will stand by my side."

Gu Chen received the decree when he was handling the accounts of Dajing this year in the household department.Although he had expected this, but inevitably, he still felt a sense of sadness from the bottom of his heart.

——Knowing it is one thing, but what mood is another.

Originally, he was really depressed when he came back, but then he received a letter from home.The letter was written by my younger sister, mixed with my mother's narration, and it wasn't very long, but it clearly expressed the family's attitude towards this matter—they all knew that the tension between Beijing and China was imminent, and Gu Chen had to take good care of herself, and they also understood that this was a temporary situation. There is nothing unacceptable about the delaying tactics.

At the end, the younger sister wrote: Mother and I are mentally prepared for anything to happen, and my brother takes care of himself.

Gu Chen folded this family letter and put it close to his chest. His originally depressed mood was instantly warmed by the ironing and carefulness.He knew he was not alone at this moment, his family was there.

And now...

Xiao Tingshen is also there.

As soon as Yi's decree was issued, it was immediately spread throughout the court and the public.There were also people who murmured behind their backs, saying that the relationship between Gu Chen and Xiao Tingshen was unclear, but in the end, it was his sister who the queen mother pointed out in marriage.

It’s good that Xiao Tingshen didn’t hear this kind of words. On the way to the Imperial Garden, he once heard two palace servants gossip like this, and he was furious on the spot—he didn’t get angry, but coldly ordered Wei Dequan to beat up the two palace servants individually. Fifty court sticks, expelled from the palace.

The fifty court sticks are different from the time when the stick blamed Jiang Chong. The executioner was really angry when he saw the emperor, and he didn't show mercy at all. out.After dealing with these two people, Xiao Tingshen gave another order coldly, no one is allowed to tell Gu Chen about this matter, and he is not allowed to say similar things in front of Gu Chen, otherwise he will not be lenient and will kill them all.

It was only at this time that he revealed a bit of the "ruthless and cruel" shadow that was rumored in the past.

After beating these two people, a palace official came to report that his biological mother, the Empress Dowager, had sent a letter from Ningcheng.Xiao Ting deeply knew that this must be related to this Yizhi, and felt uneasy for the first time in his heart - except when facing Gu Chen, he would only feel this way when facing his own mother.

He was not sure about his mother's attitude.

Although he has been fond of Gu Chen for a long time, and has been in love since the two of them were classmates, he has always concealed it in front of his mother.He didn't know how his mother would react to this matter. He could dismiss others, treat them indifferently, and shut them up simply and rudely, but he couldn't do this to his own mother.

...If mother knew about his feelings for Gu Chen...

...if his mother approves of him marrying Gu Chen's sister...

Xiao Tingshen did not reply to Ganquan Palace to open the letter, he was afraid that he would lose his composure in front of Gu Chen.So without saying a word, he beckoned, and a little eunuch presented the letter.

He picked up the letter as if it weighed more than a thousand catties.He hesitated for a long time before making up his mind and opened it.

Xiao Tingshen came back very late that day.

Gu Chen sat in the study of Ganquan Palace for almost two hours, inevitably a little restless.Since he lived in Oasis Palace, Xiao Tingshen came back every day at regular times, and never came back so late.Even if he still has government affairs to deal with, he will order the palace servants to carry the papers back to the study, or call the ministers to the study to discuss matters.

Gu Chen drank two pots of tea in the study, flipped through a book he had finished reading, and after pacing back and forth a few times, finally couldn't help but ask someone to see what happened to Xiao Tingshen.Before he could speak, the study door was pushed open, and Xiao Tingshen walked in.

Gu Chen smelled a faint smell of wine, not a very strong kind of wine, but more like the floating celadon they used to drink.He was a little strange, and asked, "What's wrong, Your Majesty?"

Xiao Ting glanced at him deeply: "My mother's queen has sent a letter from Ningcheng."

Gu Chen knew that it had something to do with the finger marriage, and was about to say something, but was suddenly stunned—Xiao Tingshen's mother must have known about the finger marriage, so what was her attitude?Does she agree?Does she want Xiao Tingshen to marry her younger sister?Did she know about him and Xiao Tingshen...?

Xiao Tingshen came home late, drank... all because of this letter?

Gu Chen suddenly felt dizzy uncontrollably, and he couldn't help but took two steps back before regaining his footing.He opened his mouth, but he didn't know what to say, as if he lost his ability to speak in an instant.

After a long time, he finally opened his mouth: "...What does the Empress Dowager mean?"

Xiao Ting smiled deeply at him, took out the letter and handed it to him: "Look."

Gu Chen hesitated for a moment before taking the letter.To keep it secret, Xu didn't write any handwriting on the envelope, and he couldn't see the slightest clue from the envelope.So he looked up at Xiao Tingshen, and then looked down at the letter.

That mood came back.

Worrying about gains and losses, feeling insecure, and extremely anxious.He didn't know what he was going to face, or even how he would react.He tried to think - if Xiao Tingshen's biological mother thinks that Xiao Tingshen should marry his sister...?

Then he felt suffocated for a while, and he couldn't continue to think about it anymore, his whole body was resisting from the inside out.

Xu Shi saw his struggle, Xiao Ting took a step closer to him, and lightly touched his forehead.

"Don't be afraid, Yunting," he said.

Gu Chen nodded, took a deep breath, and opened the letter.