The princess is coquettish and coquettish, conquering the emperor's master

"Brother, why are you now... how did you become like this?"

he questioned.

But I don't know how difficult it is for Xiao Yan to live in Chu State these years. He lived a life in Tingzhou where people were neither human nor ghost. As the imperial tutor, he has come to today step by step...

His past was a hell, a place of darkness, not the splendor and splendor that Xiao Chuji thought.

Xiao Yan's thin lips parted slightly: "Me? What has become?"

He didn't care at all what this younger brother thought of him, even if he thought he was hopeless, so what?
He is Xiao Yan, not Xiao Zhuochi!

Not more than ten years ago!

"You used to be so dazzling, such an angry horse in fresh clothes, you are the proudest eldest son of the father, but now you look at you, you have become such a ghost!"

Xiao Yan was silent and thoughtful.

It's not his fault to live like this, but Pei Tingwan's fault.

"Do you have anything else to say to me? If not, I'll go first."

Just as he was about to support the case and get up, Xiao Chuji quickly grabbed his wrist, he raised his eyelids in astonishment, and those pupils were filled with infinite nausea and disgust.

Xiao Yan quickly withdrew his hand, "Go away!"

Xiao Chuji's palm was empty, Suyi saw that something was wrong, so he drew his sword and pointed at Xiao Yan.

He glanced coldly, and there were countless bloodshot eyes underneath: "You want to kill me?"

Xiao Chuji's heart was startled suddenly, he glared at Suyi fiercely, and reprimanded: "Put it away!"

"Your Highness!"

"Don't you listen to Gu's words?"

Seeing that he was angry, Su Yi could only obediently put the sword back into the scabbard.

"Yes……"

Xiao Yan stood up with help from the table, straightened his robe, took out a handkerchief and wiped the place that Xiao Chuji touched just now with disgust.

The private room was so quiet, only the sound of ice water falling on the window sill could be heard from the icicle on the edge of the window.

Xiao Chuji looked up at the eldest brother who was once out of reach, as if this person was getting farther and farther away from him...

It was out of reach, and it is still out of reach.

The young man's face was pale, and his lips were slightly parted: "The queen mother said that she will wait for you to return triumphantly, present the throne with her own hands, and make you the only emperor in the whole world."

Xiao Yan threw down the silk handkerchief, his body was tall and straight, his black hair draped his shoulders to his waist, he was dignified and elegant.

"Xiao Chuji, I don't know what a queen mother is, let alone what an emperor is in the whole world. I only know one thing, and that is that I am a subject of Chu State and the only emperor teacher of Chu State."

He raised his foot to leave, but was stopped.

"Are you really going to draw a line with us? Are you not afraid that we will reveal your true identity?"

Xiao Yan was calm and composed, his brows stretched like a picture.

"Please."

As soon as the words fell, he opened the door directly and resolutely chose to leave.

Xiao Chuji was left alone in a daze, still unable to believe that this was his once superior imperial brother.

Maybe... more than ten years can really change a person.

Maybe he is no longer Xiao Zhuochi...

Su Yi complained: "Your Highness, His Royal Highness seems to have really changed..."

"You don't need to tell me, Gu also knows."

"Then what should we do now..."

"Wait quietly. If the little emperor is unwilling to marry Princess Xincheng, then we will take this opportunity to march south and kill her by surprise!"

"Yes!"

Xiao Yan had already sent back the city defense maps and frontier defense maps of various parts of Chu State back to Jin State. As long as he wanted to, the entire Chu State would be in his pocket.

……

Ci'an Palace.

Ever since Gu Qingyun moved to this Ci'an Palace, it has become more and more deserted. Countless concubines who had been in contact with each other in the past, and those who left the palace to guard the tomb, died due to rebellion.

On the contrary, I can only stand at the corner of the corridor and play with the birds every day, which is quite boring.

There was a person standing beside the vermilion gate of Ci'an Palace, that person was full of elegant temperament, deep and introverted, standing with his hands behind his back.

Seeing Meng Tingchuan, Wanzhou patted Gu Qingyun and pointed to the door, "Queen Mother, King Yong is here."

The bird teasing stick in Gu Qingyun's hand suddenly stopped and looked at Meng Tingchuan.

At this moment, she suddenly recalled the past. Many years ago, he also stood outside the door and waited quietly for her.

At that time, she was just the eldest lady of the Gu family, and he was His Royal Highness King Yong of the royal family.

Fast forward many years, the relationship between the two is very different, she is the empress dowager of a country, but he is the respected old King Yong.

"Go ask him in."

After finishing speaking, Gu Qingyun let go and entered the palace.

The outer hall of Ci'an Palace is painted with pepper, and directly above it is a mahogany carved and gold-painted seat, covered with a thick layer of Shu embroidery cushions.The two sides of this phoenix chair are much simpler, with a carpet on the floor, sandalwood beams on the top of the cloud, and a dazzling array of hanging sculptures on the ceiling, which is extremely magnificent.

She sat firmly on the phoenix chair, with a dignified and noble posture, which did not lose the empress dowager's fengyi.

Meng Tingchuan opened the tent and came in, the skylight flashed across her eyelashes, and then left quietly.

He bowed and saluted: "My ministers see the queen mother, and the queen mother is holy."

"King Yong doesn't need to be too polite."

"Thank you, Empress."

King Yong stood up straight and looked at her steadfastly. There was a lot of emotion in his eyes, but he couldn't express it.

"sit down."

"Yes."

He flipped up his robe and sat on the armchair, always behaved with care.

The eighteen-child jade bead in Gu Qingyun's hand moved slowly, it was clear that she was a mother who had given birth to a child, but her face was still maintained as bright as a pearl.

"Prince Yong has been in Beijing for more than a month, why didn't he come to see Ai's family?" Her breath was calm and calm, she didn't seem to ask a teacher for a crime.

And Meng Tingchuan's words were also very alienated.

"I don't have the queen mother to summon me, so I dare not break in easily, for fear of disturbing the inner palace."

Gu Qingyun pondered for a while, "That's right. If Ai's family doesn't summon you, I forgive you for not daring to come. You have been in Yizhou all these years, how are you doing?"

"Empress Dowager Lao is worried that everything is fine in Yizhou. This time I entered Beijing abruptly, and many things have not been done well. I may have to go back to Yizhou after a while."

"But you want to transfer your wife and concubine to Yujing?"

Meng Tingchuan raised his brows, and looked at Gu Qingyun deeply, his eyes were full of tenderness.

He said: "The empress dowager is indeed wise and powerful, she can guess right."

"So that's the case. It is said that the Ai family has never met Concubine Yong. When you have time, you should bring her to meet the Ai family, so as to relieve the boredom of the Ai family in the palace."

"I would like to respect the Queen Mother's edict, but Mother, knowing that he... is also very good, does the Queen Mother not want to see you?"

Gu Qingyun was startled when he heard this.

His words seemed to remind her of something.

But if you don't mention it, Gu Qingyun will almost forget the existence of this child.

An almost secret existence.

She had no choice but to pull out a wry smile, "I met Aijia a while ago, and Zhiyan was born exactly like you when you were young."

Meng Tingchuan looked at her sideways, his eyes were like a dark pool, bottomless.

"Yeah, he is very similar to your mother..."