Fengmou Jiangshan

Chapter 168 Change of Mind
Xianglin covered her face with her hands, and the suppressed cry came out from between her fingers.She has never, never been so confused and desperate!

When I returned to Zichen Palace, the night was already dark. Suying saw her from the outer corridor of Zichen Palace and smiled and said, "Sister Xianglin, where did you go just now? Your Majesty still asked!"

"I——" Xiang Lin, who had recovered her mood, was startled slightly, remembering her red and swollen eyes and obvious tear stains, and hesitated: "I just went for a walk in the imperial garden, and now my legs and feet are a little sore , you reply to His Majesty, I will come back after I return to my room and wash my face!"

"No need," Suying glanced at the hall, and whispered to Xianglin with a soft smile: "Su's side husband is here, and His Majesty is in the study with him, so why not ask someone to wait on you! Sister Xianglin's legs are sore It hurts, let's go back early and rest, if His Majesty asks later, my sister will return to Ming Dynasty with His Majesty." Gu Qinghua has always treated Xianglin more generously than others, and Suying and others all know it.

Xianglin thought for a while and forced a smile, nodded and said, "Then there will be sister Lao Suying!"

"Sister, don't say that! You're spoiling my sister!" Suying smiled sweetly.

Xianglin patted her hand lightly, and left.I couldn't help turning my head and glanced at the hall, feeling a sense of loss welling up in my heart, and I couldn't help feeling sad again: Her life is much better than mine!Forget it, since her roots are not here, the responsibilities in her heart can naturally be swept away, and there is nothing wrong with this!
After Xianglin left, Su Jun thought for a while in wonder, and a flash of inspiration flashed by like lightning. He was suddenly shocked, and understood Gu Qinghua's convoluted thoughts.She was not being arrogant and unreasonable, but she was unwilling to take the risk of losing him, even if the risk was only one in ten thousand.

Su Jun's heart relaxed, but he let out a long sigh again. There was joy, pity, regret, and pain in his heart. After thinking for a while, he finally stepped out of Chengqing Palace and walked towards Zichen Palace.

Gu Qinghua's face was sullen all afternoon, and the court ladies and eunuchs all held their breaths and did not dare to pant, for fear of being punished if they touched her scales. When they saw Su Jun coming in, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.Liu Zhongming came up to lead the way with a friendly smile, as if he had seen his ancestor: "Su side husband, you are here! Your Majesty is in the study!"

Su Jun nodded and smiled, and was about to ask him to inform, Liu Zhongming hurriedly laughed and said: "If you go in directly, you know that His Majesty doesn't like to be disturbed when he is in the study, except for Xianglin, you are the only one. You can go in, minions—hehe!"

"Why?" Su Jun raised his eyebrows, and joked, "Afraid of getting hit by a board?"

"How can it be!" Liu Zhongming said with a smile, "Your Majesty is generous and never punishes his servants indiscriminately." What's more, with you here, no matter how much His Majesty's anger can be set on us.Liu Zhongming quietly added a sentence in his heart.

He led Su Jun to the door of the imperial study and stopped in his tracks. He refused to move even if he was killed. He just bowed slightly and looked at Su Jun with a polite smile.

Su Jun couldn't say anything more, so he smiled and pushed the door gently to go in.Gu Qinghua was sitting behind the imperial case, holding a pen in one hand, and gently stroking the paper in front of him with the other, contemplating it, as if he didn't notice Su Jun coming in.Under the faint candlelight, the corners of the mouth were tightly pursed and the outline was sharp, and the facial features were covered with a layer of light shadow under the projection of the light.

Su Jun's heart softened all of a sudden, he sighed silently, and walked towards her gently.

Gu Qinghua seemed to be slightly taken aback, but still turned a deaf ear to nothing.Su Jun put his hand lightly on her shoulder and squeezed it hard, but he still didn't speak.Gu Qinghua kept his sitting posture, but also remained silent, not even changing the posture of holding the pen.

"Your Majesty," Su Jun said softly, his deep voice still intimidating, he smiled lowly above her head, "Are you still angry with your husband?"

Gu Qinghua's eyebrows twitched, and he said lightly: "I only do what I like to do, why bother? It's you," Gu Qinghua brushed off the hands on his shoulders, stared at him with his face up and said: "What are you doing here again?" Thinking of the quarrel in the afternoon, her anger rose again, all her heart was put on him for nothing!

Su Jun simply held her hands and said with a smile: "If the minister wants to make peace, will your majesty accept it?"

Gu Qinghua was taken aback, she didn't expect why his attitude changed so quickly, she stared at him suspiciously from top to bottom, turned her face away and said awkwardly: "You——you didn't take the wrong medicine, right? You are narrow, don't trust you enough, and say what you don't like to hear, and you make peace instead?"

"Your Majesty," Su Jun sighed, and said, "It's my servant who misunderstood you! In fact, what you said is quite right. Two people should be honest with each other, and all difficulties and hardships should be shared together. Self-righteous concealment and Commitment will only cause greater pain and harm to each other, and it will be even more regrettable to regret for a lifetime! But they are the parents of the minister, Your Majesty, can you understand the mood of the minister?"

Gu Qinghua's expression relaxed, and the contours of her facial features softened a bit. She moved aside, gently shook Su Jun's hand and pulled him to sit down together. "I'm sorry," Gu Qinghua lowered his eyes and said, "I made a slip of the tongue for a while, and I shouldn't have said those words in front of you!" The ancients valued filial piety above everything else, and she didn't say anything about her parents. She really went too far!

"Your Majesty, as a monarch, it's not too much to say that," Su Jun smiled brightly, and his jade-like eyes showed the gentle luster of the past. He hooked the corner of his mouth and continued: "However, there is a You really shouldn't have done that!"

"Oh? Zhen, I would like to hear the details!" Gu Qinghua raised his eyebrows in surprise, and stared at him with half-annoyance.The sweet words that were waiting were so gentle that they didn't come, but they waited for the foreshadowing of a lesson.

"The two should be honest, but you are not honest with me. Is this a slap in the face?" Su Jun asked with a smile.

"Nonsense!" Gu Qinghua was stunned, and said decisively: "How can there be such a thing, I didn't!"

Su Jun snorted softly, and said, "Really? Otherwise, why didn't you say so when you didn't want him to leave?"

Gu Qinghua knew that he had figured out his own thoughts, so he couldn't help being embarrassed, his face became hot, and he lowered his head and spat: "Reluctance? I'm afraid that if something happens to General Su, I won't have anyone in my hands." Quality!"

Su Jun smiled with a "chi" obviously not believing her, knowing that she was thin-skinned, he didn't tease her anymore, he took her into his arms and hugged her tightly, and whispered for a while: "Your Majesty, no matter where you are, the subject is your hostage." .”

Gu Qinghua raised his head from his arms, looked at him and said: "I also believe that General Su will not have a different heart, but this matter is too strange! I must investigate to find out the truth! I am worried, what happened to General Su? There is a problem with the trusted subordinates!"

There was a flash in Su Jun's eyes, and he said solemnly: "You are right, this, this cannot be guaranteed. However, Prince Li is not familiar with the northern border, can he find it when he goes there?"

"I didn't expect him to investigate. If this matter needs to be investigated, General Su must investigate it himself." Gu Qinghua raised his chin lightly, staring forward and said: "But I believe that Uncle Huang can find out whether General Su has Question, that's enough!" If Su Yan has a problem, there is no need to check his subordinates, if Su Yan has no problem, Prince Li will inform Su Yan of the matter, and order him to investigate thoroughly.She sent two imperial envoys, one bright and one dark, to the northern border this time, and she didn't believe that they would get nothing.Of course, she didn't plan to tell Su Jun about the imperial envoy secretly.

Su Jun nodded lightly and felt relieved, then frowned again, and murmured: "Father's deployment is all veterans who have followed for many years, if there is a problem—" He shook his head and sighed: "I hope It's all just speculation!"

But Gu Qinghua stared at him suddenly, seeing that he raised his eyebrows uncomfortably and asked silently, "How do you know that I sent Uncle Huang to the northern border?" She only summoned Prince Li to discuss the matter in the afternoon, and planned to Tomorrow it will be announced in the court hall that the genius has just been dark for a while, how would Su Jun know?
"I knew you would ask!" She has always had a clear mind, and she is obedient and coquettish like a kitten when she is tender and affectionate, but the sharp claws hidden under the thick pads of the palm may stretch out at any time, and she is caught off guard. Give someone a look.

"Miss Xianglin went to my place to tell you," Su Jun sighed, "She knows you a little better than me!" Thinking of Xianglin's distraught state when he left, Su Jun felt a little uneasy in his heart.

"I just said, why haven't I seen her all night!" Gu Qinghua said with a smile: "So I went to your place, so to speak—" Gu Qinghua looked at him, half-closed phoenix eyes that seemed to be a smile but not a smile.

"She just asked me to think about what His Majesty said," Su Jun said, "I figured it out, so I came here to make peace."

The slight discomfort in Gu Qinghua's heart dissipated, and he let it go with a smile.

The gloomy mood was swept away, the unhappiness in the afternoon dissipated, and the two chatted for a while before washing and resting, and spent a very pleasant evening for each other.

On the second day at the court, Gu Qinghua ordered Prince Li to be the imperial envoy for patrolling the border, and ordered him to go north the next day to inspect the area of ​​the garrison of Su Yan, the general who guarded the border. The ministers were neither surprised nor surprised.

What is unexpected is that Gu Qinghua's will was issued too suddenly, without any warning in advance; what is not surprising is that Ge Shuguo just had an accident, although it was only a false alarm when it finally disappeared, Xiguo also It is necessary to show your attitude and send a big imperial envoy to inspect it, so as to teach the ambitious guys in Geshu Kingdom to understand the thoughts of the monarch and the court of Xi Kingdom, and not to think about using any crooked brains.

Only Cheng'en County King had a ghost in his heart, secretly raised his eyebrows to observe Gu Qinghua, and happened to meet her eyes several times and then looked away.This made him even more uneasy. He always felt that Gu Qinghua must have known something, and that the northern tour was aimed at him.Otherwise, how could it be such a coincidence that she sent an imperial envoy just after his son came back?

Gu Qinghua was more certain in his heart, just sneered secretly, and glanced at him seemingly intentionally or unintentionally, the more Duke Cheng En looked, the more bottomless he felt.

When King Cheng'en returned to the mansion, he hurriedly called Feng Shifu and Mu Zhen over to ask carefully if they had revealed anything along the way north.He lost more and more, he couldn't afford to lose anymore!From now on, every step of the way, he will plan carefully and carefully.

(End of this chapter)