Iron Armored Emperor

Zhu Beihe's health was in decline, otherwise, Gu Lie would not have specially sent Di Qiye to see him.

Gu Lie felt a little regretful, he shouldn't let Zhu Beihe preside over the trial at his will, if he had known this before, he should have let Lan Yanzhi block this side alone.

But Zhu Beihe was in high spirits a while ago, he must handle this important case well, even Mr. Zhang couldn't find anything unusual, so Gu Lie let go.

Thinking about it now, it's like returning to the past.

In his previous life, Zhu Beihe served as the Minister of Dali Temple for 20 years, but finally resigned because of a stubborn illness, and died of illness three years after resigning.

Now it's only 15 years of Chu Chu, Zhu Beihe is already tired and sick, Gu Lie suspects that it has something to do with that closed-door contemplation, although he doesn't regret it, but it is full of mixed feelings.If he said this, it would be to make his general angry, so Gu Lie just thought about it himself, and didn't mention it to Di Qiye who was unusually silent.

Mr. Zhang went to Zhu Mansion himself, and sighed to Gu Lie when he came back.

So Gu Lie hurriedly followed the agreement and sent Gu Zhao to Zhu's Mansion to visit.

Before leaving, Gu Lie warned Gu Zhao: "If Beihe is not satisfied with you, the widow will not give you a marriage. It's up to you."

So Gu Zhao felt apprehensive, but with a calm expression on his face, he went to Zhu's Mansion under the escort of Rong Sui laughing and laughing.

In Zhu's mansion, it is not like outsiders speculated that it is so gloomy.

Outsiders don't know about Zhu Beihe's physical condition, but the family members are very familiar with it. A while ago, Zhu Beihe's abnormal mental state, even Mr. Zhang couldn't see the fault, but the four members of Zhu's family were like a mirror in their hearts. of.

The thing that Zhu Beihe doesn't regret the most in his life, the first is to join forces with Gu Lie, and the second is to separate his family.

His parents favored the next generation. If he hadn't realized that the eldest son had been raised in a wrong way, even if Mr. Zhu Yong offered to help him that day, Zhu Beihe wouldn't be so determined to separate the family. He is a dutiful son after all.

The eldest son was working in a local area, and he harbored resentment towards his father, who refused to support him. Zhu Beihe had been ill for more than half a year, and so far he hadn't heard a single word from him. Although Zhu Beihe was heartbroken, he had expected it and was not surprised.

The second son, Zhu Hanjiang, is a good boy, but he has seen too much human affection from his eccentric grandparents since he was a child, and he is a little too sensitive and self-respecting, but he is also a good boy. He works under Yan Fagu's hands, and I don't know if he is being coaxed by his old buddies. In short, he always praised his son as smart and kind, Zhu Beihe was also proud in his heart.

The youngest daughter, Zhu Yanhu, has a similar temperament to her second brother, but more gentle. The siblings also look alike, like their mothers.The little girl who looks like snowy pear blossoms has to be strong in her bones and has a kind heart. Zhu Beihe loves this little girl the most.

There is also his first wife, who has been with him for many years, and has endured hardships and hardships with him, a sullen person. The deep love that cannot be explained in a few words, Zhu Beihe will always remember it in his heart.

Now that his backbone is about to collapse, he really can't rest assured.

However, his wife and children are extremely considerate and sensible people, they don't even shed tears easily in front of him, it really makes Zhu Beihe feel distressed and sad.

When Gu Zhao came in, his servants came to report, Zhu Beihe thought about it, and said to his wife and two children: "The crown prince is the king, we are the ministers, you should pick me up for me."

There was nothing wrong with these words, the three of them went to the front hall to meet him, and Zhu Yanhu set up a screen in front of him.

Seeing this posture, Gu Zhao hurriedly helped him up, waived the gift, and said in a gentle tone: "My father sent me to visit Uncle Zhu, but I am bothering Aunt Zhu, brother Zhu, and younger sister to bother you, it's Zhao's fault." .”

He was already good-looking, and was raised by Gu Lie to be a princely demeanor that should not be underestimated. He is neither humble nor overbearing, and he is not overbearing. Now he wants to show his closeness, and he is deliberately homely in his address. I wish Madam grateful for the grace , Eyes turned red immediately: "Your Majesty takes care of everything every day, and he still cares about my master, the grace of God is mighty."

Gu Zhao said solemnly: "Uncle Zhu is a pillar of the court and the eldest brother who accompanied the father in the army. If the father didn't remember him, who would he be? Please also ask Aunt Zhu to lead the way. Zhao came here on orders, so he should live a good life." It’s time to visit Uncle Zhu.”

Mrs. Zhu hid her tears, she had a good impression of the prince, she already treated her as her own nephew, and took her to the side hall where Zhu Beihe recuperated.

When Zhu Yanhu saw him through the screen, he felt that the prince was really good-looking and extraordinary, so he stared at Gu Zhao unknowingly until he seemed to meet Gu Zhao's gaze through the screen. Downcast.

Back in the side hall, Zhu Yanhu didn't go the same way with his elder brother, but came around from the backyard, with a screen still erected in front of him, when he entered the door, Gu Zhao was talking to Zhu Beihe respectfully.

Zhu Beihe was never dissatisfied with Gu Zhao himself. Now that he is thinking about taking the exam, the more he asks, the more he feels that this prince is a good one. He is knowledgeable, broad-minded, and polite in words and deeds. Excellent heir.

Listening to this, Mrs. Zhu felt strange, why her husband-in-law met the prince and kept asking questions like a teacher meeting a student. She thought of a possibility in her mind, and immediately opened her eyes wide, her palms sweating.

Zhu Hanjiang's heart skipped a beat, and when he looked at Gu Zhao again, he narrowed his eyes.

Zhu Beihe is already at this time, and he can't find a young man who is more reassuring than Gu Zhao, so he simply became cruel, and said to Gu Zhao: "Your Highness, I ask you to send a message to His Majesty, just say, this matter, The minister agreed."

Zhu Hanjiang was in a hurry: "Father!"

Zhu Beihe closed his eyes, as if he didn't hear.

Gu Zhao lifted his robe, and knelt down on Zhu Beihe's sick bed: "Zhao will definitely live up to your trust in this life."

Gu Zhao got up, saluted Mrs. Zhu, Zhu Hanjiang, and Zhu Yanhu behind the screen, and said in a gentle voice: "You must have something private to say. Zhao is sincere, and so is Father. If Uncle Zhu asked me to bring it, I will keep it for a day." , If you want to change, I have no fate, Brother Zhu, come to the Prince's Mansion to find me and tell me. On the father's side, I will say it. I will leave first."

After listening to his words, Mrs. Zhu was full of doubts and immediately dispelled three points. Even Zhu Beihe couldn't help being moved.

Just as he was about to salute and see off the guests, Gu Zhao seemed to have just remembered, nodded to the guards who followed him, and then turned around and said to Zhu Beihe: "Zhao came to the door for the first time, and brought some small gifts, which are not valuable. This is etiquette, please wish Uncle the decision to accept it."

It has reached this point, there is no need not to accept the gift, so Zhu Beihe nodded.

Jinwei came in with several gift boxes, but Gu Zhao put them down without saying a word. He left the side hall to Zhu's family and left by himself. He was very polite and didn't even look behind the screen.

Zhu Beihe shook his wife's hand and asked, "What do you think?"

Mrs. Zhu couldn't help but her eyes turned red: "He is a good boy, but is it too high?"

This is exactly the hidden worry in Zhu Beihe's heart. At this time, he can only comfort his wife: "It all depends on character and temperament. This one has no choice."

Mrs. Zhu thought about it, and it was true that her daughter's lifelong event had a good answer. She felt relieved, and she didn't want to embarrass Zhu Beihe. She nodded and said, "The master arranged it very well."

Thinking about it this way, Mrs. Zhu went to the table to see what Gu Zhao brought as a meeting gift, but she saw that it was supplements from the imperial hospital, pens, inks, papers and inkstones and other practical things, which were also suitable for the family style of Zhu's house, so she added more affection to Gu Zhao. points of favor.

One of the boxes was a bit messy. It contained the top-grade Sujing rouge powder from a time-honored brand in Beijing, grasshoppers and grasshoppers, and Furuizhai's wolf hair. It looked like it was for Zhu Yanhu.

Mrs. Zhu was amused, and guessed that Gu Zhao had never given anything to the girl, so she asked the maid to send it behind the screen, but she heard her daughter say "ah" in surprise.

"What's wrong?" Mrs. Zhu hurriedly asked.

Zhu Yanhu is smart and sensitive, so she doesn't understand what her parents are talking about just now. She was stunned when she suddenly learned that the marriage with the prince was fixed, so when she opened the gift box, she was shocked and lost her voice.

Everything in it, except the straw woven grasshopper, is what she is used to and loves to use, and even the wolf hair, which she was not willing to buy after looking at it for a long time that day.

How could this not startle her.

Zhu Yanhu quickly said: "It's nothing. When I saw this grasshopper, I thought it was a real insect, and I was shocked for a moment."

Both Zhu Beihe and Mrs. Zhu laughed.

Zhu Hanjiang, who was reluctant to part with his younger sister, was sulking and said unconvinced: "I have always said that Lan Yanzhi is good. The people of Lanfu are simple, and they are not as restrained as the deep palace compound. Why is it suddenly decided, he is."

The side hall was full of family members, and they didn't speak clearly, so Zhu Beihe didn't reprimand his son, but Mrs. Zhu retorted: "Master Xiaolan is very good, otherwise your father and I would treat him as a son? But he is better than you. My younger sister is still like a beauty lantern, and you have to take care of it carefully, can you take care of your younger sister for the rest of your life?"

Having said that, the more Mrs. Zhu thought about it, the more she felt that Gu Zhao was suitable, and she was already thinking about the dowry for her daughter.

Zhu Hanjiang just couldn't bear to let his sister say that marriage is the fate of his parents, not to mention that his father is not in good health, so Zhu Hanjiang didn't say any more, he was still not convinced and reluctant.

Zhu Beihe calmed down a bit, then looked at the screen and asked, "Yanhu, what do you think?"

Zhu Yanhu was out of his mind, and was suddenly asked by his father. He had a mouth addiction when he was a child for some reason, and he opened his mouth and said, "Da."

Now, Zhu Beihe, Mrs. Zhu and Zhu Hanjiang all laughed.

It seems that it is not disliked.

That's good.

Gu Zhao went to Zhu's mansion again after the decree of marriage was issued.

In fact, only three days have passed.

In the past three days, Jinyi guards ran back and forth between Zhu's mansion and Miyagi. Gu Lie wanted to give the Zhu family more dignity, so he was always concerned about what the Zhu family wanted, and the guards became messenger pigeons.

As for the wedding date, according to the intention of both parties, it is as early as possible, to give Zhu Beihe a lot of joy, and not to be afraid of ten thousand, but just in case.

When he came to the door again, Gu Zhao's performance was still beyond reproach, and even Zhu Hanjiang had nothing to say.

This time I have something to say, it is Zhu Yanhu.

She recently remembered the first time she met when she was young when she was teased by her parents and elder brothers for several days. She couldn't remember what Gu Zhao said at that time, after all, she was only three years old, but she remembered that Gu Zhao was angry because she stared at His Majesty and Dingguo Hou.

But what she wanted to say was not because of the quarrel when she was young, but because of the gift that Gu Zhao gave that day.

"Father, mother," Zhu Yanhu begged his parents, "My daughter wants to have a word with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

It was the first time seeing that Zhu Yanhu was warm to people, and the matchmaker had already been appointed, so Zhu Beihe and his wife looked at each other and agreed.

It was the first time for Gu Zhao to face the person he liked. Until he followed Zhu Yanhu to the small garden, he never thought that he would have a Hongmen banquet in Zhu's mansion.

Zhu Yanhu looked at the prince's gentle eyebrows, avoided his eyes, and said firmly: "The things you bought prove that you sent someone to follow me. Why?"

Gu Zhao smiled.

First of all, she is comparable to Gu Zhao, you and me, just like his parents, so Gu Zhao likes it even more; second, she is really very smart.

"I didn't send anyone to follow you."

Of course Zhu Yanhu didn't believe it.

Gu Zhao explained: "That wolf hair, I saw you on the street that day, and you hesitated in front of it for a long time, so I knew you wanted it."

"Uncle Yan Fagu taught me to weave grasshoppers. At that time, the world was uncertain, and the Chu army was still in the Qinzhou camp. I haven't played for a long time, and I am already unfamiliar."

"The rest, I found out from the servants of Zhufu's comprador. Otherwise, how do I know what you like? How can I give you something that suits your wishes?"

Zhu Yanhu faintly frightened him with his proper appearance, but Zhu Yanhu liked his expression when he talked about grasshoppers. When he mixed it up, Zhu Yanhu didn't know what to say.

"Grasshopper, I like it very much," Zhu Yanhu clenched his fists to encourage himself, "But you don't need to buy those other things."

Gu Zhao was puzzled and said, "I like you, so naturally I have to consider everything for you and give you everything you want. Why don't you need it?"

The strong emotion in these words made Zhu Yanhu take a step back.

At this time, she suddenly remembered Gu Zhao's life experience. He lost his mother when he was young, unlike her own parents and elders. He grew up alone, so he paid special attention to His Majesty, so he was so angry when he stared at His Majesty.

Thinking of this, Zhu Yanhu's heart softened, but he still insisted: "In this world, no one can get what they want. You act like a doting parent. Spoiling people. That's not the way to get along."

Obviously His Majesty is not coddled with the Crown Prince, how did Gu Zhao acquire this temperament of worrying about his parents without a teacher?

Where did she expect it to be, this is exactly what she has heard and seen, and it is inherited from father to son.

At this moment, Gu Zhao was extremely satisfied with his ideal person.

He smiled softly and agreed, "Okay."

Zhu Yanhu was relieved, but at this time she recalled what she said, not only to the prince, you come and go, but also so straightforward, and even being told by Gu Zhao that she likes it, she felt a little embarrassed.

"Then, I, my servant, will take my leave first." Zhu Yanhu curtseyed and wanted to run away.

Gu Zhao said, "Yanhu Lake stay."

After being called by Gu Zhao's name, Zhu Yanhu's cheeks flushed, but he tried to remain calm: "Please speak, Your Highness."

"Just now, facing Yanhu, I remembered an old event. I don't know if Yanhu can remember it."

Zhu Yanhu hung his heart and pretended not to know: "I don't know what His Highness said?"

Then she saw the prince with gentle eyebrows, looked at her, and opened her mouth with a "da".

Zhu Yanhu's cheeks were hot, and he turned and ran.

Standing in the small garden of Zhu's family under the scorching sun in early summer, Gu Zhao laughed out loud at the fleeing figure.

The capital is excited about the news of the prince's upcoming wedding, and the palace is also very busy for the prince's wedding.

However, some people are busy and some are worried.

On this day, Lan Yanzhi entrusted Zhuo Junlang with a letter to ask His Majesty for a funeral.

The grandfather of the Lan family passed away in a dream.The Lan family's ancestral home was in the capital, so Lan Yanzhi insisted on letting his grandfather go to Beijing, not only to let his grandfather return to his hometown, but also to spend more time with his grandfather at the last moment.Now that his grandfather passed away, his tomb was built next to his parents' grave in Qiantang, so Lan Yanzhi wanted to bring the coffin back to Qiantang after he died.

If Lan Yanzhi hadn't known about Zhu Beihe's physical condition, Ding You's thoughts would have been moved by Lan Yanzhi. Even though his grandfather was not his parents, Ding You was unnecessary, but Lan Yanzhi was brought up by his grandfather alone, so how could he not be heartbroken.Now Dali Temple can't do without him, and it's the limit to carry the coffin back to Qiantang.

After hearing the news, Di Qiye went to express his condolences, but was held by Lan Yanzhi and wept bitterly.

He was so sad that Di Qiye couldn't bear to push him away.

Grandfather is Lan Yanzhi's remaining close relative, the only family member, and they live together in this world. Now, grandfather is gone.

Di Qiye suddenly thought, was this situation what Gu Lie wanted him to think about?