Tangled

Chapter 17
Gu Tingshu didn't answer Mu Chengze's words. After leaving the East Palace, he headed towards Zhenghe Hall.

As if knowing that he would come, Emperor Yuan stood in front of the window, as if he had been waiting for him for a long time.

Gu Tingshu went in and made a salute, then stepped aside, and the Emperor Yuan kept silent, so he would never make the slightest movement.

"Ashu, you and the prince have been acting up a lot lately!" The two of them were in a stalemate. After all, Emperor Yuan was getting older and his character was not as good as before, so he opened his mouth first.

It was a temptation when he opened his mouth. He has tried so many times, and he still enjoys it.

Gu Tingshu bowed his head and replied: "Your Majesty is afraid that he was deceived by others. The crown prince and ministers have kept themselves safe and never made any small moves."

Looking at his expressionless face, Emperor Yuan snorted coldly, "If you can be regarded as safe and secure, then all the subjects in the world will be honest."

Back then, because he was ashamed of his mother, he wanted to let him have a life of worry-free life, but he was too competitive, and his literary talent and martial arts were higher than all the young people.

Accompanying the crown prince all these years to gain a firm foothold in the city of Kyoto, with remarkable means, it can be regarded as being squeezed into the Vanity Fair.

But once he entered the Yuelichang, he wanted to retreat in the future, and there was no way to retreat.

"Ashu, your mother passed away early, she only has a son like you, remember to protect yourself."

Emperor Yuan always treated him as Mao Dun, and wanted him to leave the Vanity Fair, but he was named a marquis again.

He wanted him to protect himself, but let him block the prince's gun time and time again.

Seeing that he didn't respond to his words, Emperor Yuan sighed, "That's all, I always say these things, I think you are tired of hearing it."

"I invited you here this time to ask you how you feel about the Shen family's daughter? You can also be regarded as childhood sweethearts. If you like her, I will give you a marriage."

"Her identity does not match you well, but the important thing is that you like her."

He is also 23. When he was his age, he already had more than a dozen wives and concubines in the backyard.

Over the years, he has rewarded him openly and secretly, and his subordinates have flattered and sent at least twenty or thirty beauties, but he remained calm and sent them all back.

If he hadn't seen him make Prince Gong's mansion go crazy because of Shen Qiqi, I would have thought he was not a womanizer.

Prince Gong's taking a concubine was not a big deal at first, but with Gu Tingshu's presence, the people in the capital city received the news.

Although Emperor Yuan was in the deep palace, he got the news faster than outside the palace. Almost as soon as the incident happened, Mi Han was sent to his desk.

Gu Ting was not surprised that he knew, and shook his head to reject his proposal.

"The relatives of Shen Qi's family are still there, Your Majesty should not bother with this."

What this means is that he is meddling in his own business.

Even though he knew his temperament, Emperor Yuan was still angry.

He is probably the only one in this world who dares to run on him so blatantly.

If it wasn't for the fear that he would be too aloof and would die alone in the future, why would he come out to hate him.

"Although the two of you say that you are in love, it's just that you are the Marquis of Zhenbei, and her parents died early, so your status is too different."

"Only by my decree, no one will dare to chew the root of her tongue."

He talked more and more nonsense, although Shen Qi grew up in the Hou's Mansion, but usually he never went out of the house, and the number of times he met her was very few, how could they be in love with each other.

Furthermore, even though Shen Qi's parents died young, he was born in the Shen family of Jiangzhou, and the Shen family's reputation was a hundred times more famous than himself a hundred years ago.

If it wasn't for Taizu's death and not being able to retire, most of the officials in the capital city are probably from the Shen family.

"If Your Majesty has that kind of leisure, why don't you think about how to take back Quanzhou. I don't need to worry about the matter of my humble minister."

When the first emperor was in power, the Xiongnu invaded and Quanzhou fell. Today, more than [-] years later, Quanzhou is still in the hands of the Xiongnu.

Now that he mentioned it so carelessly, it was as if he had stabbed Emperor Yuan's chest with a knife.

Emperor Yuan was so angry that he picked up the inkstone and wanted to throw it at him. After thinking about it, he changed to a brush. When he threw it, he knew that he would not hide, so he turned it to the side.

"You are ready to piss me off. If you piss me off, you will be able to go to heaven when the crown prince ascends the throne."

He was so angry that he couldn't choose what to say, Gu Ting glanced at him and poured a cup of tea.

"Don't worry so much when you're old, you get angry all day long, your body can't stand it."

Originally, he wanted to take the tea he brought over, but his mouth was unforgiving, and Emperor Yuan turned back angrily.

Sitting behind the desk, panting for a few breaths, Emperor Yuan patted the table and followed him.

"Forget it, since you don't appreciate it, then I won't dislike you anymore. When do you want to get married, you can ask me for an imperial edict."

This conniving attitude does not mean that father and son are better than father and son.

Director Gao was not surprised by the way the two got along, he just stood quietly in the corner, like a transparent person, if Emperor Yuan hadn't called him, he would have thought that there was no such person in the house.

"Director Gao, go and see what clothes and accessories are suitable for little girls in my warehouse, and pick out a few boxes for Zhenbeihou to take back."

"The few scrolls that my son sent from Jiangzhou before, let's also send them along. She should like Jiangzhou's landscape paintings."

After finishing speaking, he turned to Gu Tingshu again, "I have time to visit the queen, she asked about you a few days ago, and said that it was a spring outing, and I want you to choose someone you like."

Seeing the older child since childhood, and saving the prince's life several times, even if it was not her own, the empress loves him no less than the prince.

If you go to the Queen's Palace again, you have to stay there to eat, Gu Tingshu shook his head, "Go with the prince in a few days."

He didn't want to go, and Emperor Yuan didn't force him, and waved him back.

Manager Gao came out together, and saluted Gu Tingshu, "Master Hou, wait a moment, this servant is going to get the clothes and jewelry rewarded by the emperor."

The Emperor Yuan's private treasury had no fewer items than the state treasury. In these years, the only one who allowed him to open a private treasury was the Marquis of Zhenbei, except for the Empress and Princess Suyang.

Manager Gao didn't dare to be fooled, so he picked out some of the most expensive things, packed them into three big boxes, and the wheels were crushed when they were transported back.

After all the people left, Emperor Yuan tapped the table with his fingers, and a black shadow appeared out of thin air, kneeling in the corner like a ghost.

"Go to Jiangzhou to see what Shen's actions are."

The news that Prince Gong wanted to accept the daughter of the Shen family as a concubine should have spread to Jiangzhou. He wanted to see what the legendary Shen family did after the Shen family's daughter was humiliated.

He is old, and he won't sit on the throne for long. Since the dynasty is about to change, all those who are lurking in the water to watch the excitement have to come out and swirl a few times.

Wanting to hide and laugh at the power struggle, and then reap the benefits of the fisherman, there is no such good thing in this world.

The black shadow came and went, like a breeze blowing past Wuhen, Emperor Yuan played with the dragon pattern jade pendant on his waist, and chuckled for a while.

In the future, this capital city will not be so peaceful.

(End of this chapter)