Fengmou Jiangshan

Chapter 179 Questioning
Mu Tiannan very democratically invited the emperor's husband, Shao Qing, to discuss with him, pretended to "ask" Gu Qinghua for instructions, and then passed on Gu Qinghua's oral order, telling the prince to go out of the city with the Ministry of Rites, and welcome the second princess back to the capital according to the princess guard of honor , because the princess mansion is no longer there, and the sisters have not seen each other for many years, the second princess is specially given to live in the palace and accompany her, who can bring 100 entourages and soldiers.The rest were stationed outside the city, and the officials of the post station were responsible for food and daily life.

Prince Li and others thought about Gu Qinghua's attitude towards the second princess during the southern tour, and also thought that it would be a good thing for the second princess to live in the palace at least to be able to compete with Mu Tiannan, so they had no objection.

The Ministry of Rituals got busy preparing all kinds of guards of honor. It took a full day and midnight. The next day, Fang led the guard of honor with bright flags and drove a canopy Qingluan chariot pulled by six pure white horses. Prince Li led the civil and military officials. , marched out of the city to meet the second princess.

Gu Qingshuang is ten years older than Gu Qinghua, and she is already in her thirties this year. Years of rich, noble, and leisurely life make her look five or six years younger than her actual age. She is a young and beautiful woman in full bloom.Her skin is slightly dark, her facial features are well-defined, her eyes are black and bright like fine black jade, her forehead is wide, and her thin lips are tightly pressed, silently telling the arrogance and majesty of her master.

Prince Li hadn't seen her for more than ten years, and more than half of the courtiers didn't know the second princess at all.Seeing each other suddenly at this moment, except for Prince Li who was at a loss, the rest were all kinds of thoughts, bowed their heads silently, knelt down to salute step by step, and said: "See the second princess, the princess is a thousand years old, a thousand years old!"

Gu Qingshuang raised her long eyebrows at her temples, and swept the corners of her eyes sharply, with a faint smile on her lips, she waved her hand and said: "My lords are at peace! I have come back in a hurry, and disturbed my lords' cleanliness!" Gu Qingshuang smile.

Everyone's hearts were moved, they didn't know if Gu Qingshuang's words had any hidden meanings, their hearts tensed, they hurriedly kowtowed again, thanked the princess, and got up one by one.

"Uncle Huang, I haven't seen you for many years, but you haven't changed much, and your body is still in good health!" Gu Qingshuang looked at Prince Li without any scruples, and greeted with a smile.

Prince Li looked up at Gu Qingshuang, who combed her temples, wore six pairs of phoenix-headed gold hairpins, and wore an orange-red wide-sleeved gold-embroidered Zhai Fengru skirt. , swallowed her saliva, and murmured: "Second princess..." The charming woman who was proud, confident, high-spirited, and desperate for her feelings back then is still proud and confident, still high-spirited, but she is no longer the same as before!Time has added something else here, something called "vicissitudes".

Gu Qingshuang gave a "giggle" smile, waved his sleeves freely, and raised his chin lightly: "Let's go, go back to the palace! I haven't come back for many years! I really can't wait!"

"Yes, the second princess!" Prince Li hurriedly collected his mood and agreed respectfully, he gestured to Yu Shi, and Yu Shi looked at the eunuch in charge of ceremonies. With a melodious voice, Gu Qingshuang raised her head proudly, and with the support of her personal maid, she boarded the ornately decorated imperial chariot.

"Princess drives—"

Following a long summons, the imperial chariot started slowly, Gu Qingshuang glanced at the blue sky, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth coldly.

Back in the palace, Shao Qing and Mu Tiannan personally led Shang Gong Ju and other respectable female officials and eunuch leaders to greet them at the inner palace gate. Gu Qingshuang got off the car outside the palace gate and changed to a soft sedan chair.Seeing the two imperial wives, she only ordered the maid to lift the curtain of the sedan chair and nodded slightly to them and did not get out of the sedan chair. Her eyes slipped away, and her gaze stayed on Shao Qing, looking at him and smiling, "Where is your Majesty? But Are you busy?"

Shao Qing glanced at Mu Tiannan coldly, and said to Gu Qingshuang sarcastically, "I want to report to the Second Princess, Mu Fangfu said that His Majesty was shocked a few days ago and is now recuperating in bed."

"Oh?" A smile flashed across Gu Qingshuang's eyes, he gently stroked his beautifully manicured nails painted with Dan Kou and played with Mu Tiannan: "Is there such a thing?"

Embarrassed and angry, Mu Tiannan reluctantly smiled and said: "I'm telling the second princess, it's hard to explain it all, please go back to the bedroom to rest first, I will report this in detail later."

Gu Qingshuang smiled and said nothing, lightly ordered "get up the sedan chair", motioned to put down the curtain, and walked away.She is a majestic princess, holding a heavy army and an independent local tyrant, how can she put two royal husbands who are expensive by their wives in her eyes?
Shao Qing was fine, but Mu Tiannan was very angry, he didn't want him to let go of his anger, a maid beside Gu Qingshuang turned her head and ran back, bowed her knees slightly symbolically and blessed them both, Said: "The second princess invites the two royal husbands to talk!"

Mu Tiannan was about to hit a nail that was neither soft nor hard, but Shao Qing suddenly said in front of him: "The second princess has orders, I will obey them naturally, girl, please, we will come soon!"

The maid nodded slightly, turned around and ran to catch up, her actions were clean and neat, quite heroic.

Mu Tiannan gave Shao Qing a hard look, but Shao Qing ignored him, glanced at the female officer and eunuch who was welcoming the second princess, and ordered, "Let's all disperse!" Then he took his own people to Gu Qingshuang I went to Qingque Palace where I stayed.Mu Tiannan followed behind with a gloomy face.

The Suzaku Palace was the bedroom where the second princess lived in the past. After Gu Qinghua ascended the throne, in order to show his friendly attitude to Gu Qingshuang, he ordered people to greatly repair it, and specially sent four eunuchs to take care of the daily maintenance, so there was no need for much Even if you clean it up, you can live there.

When Gu Qingshuang stepped into this former bedroom, all the furnishings were the same as in the past, but a bit more gorgeous than before. Although he was an arrogant and stubborn person, he couldn't help softening at the bottom of his heart. Hall, caressing the carved window lattice and sighed softly.

Looking at Shao Qing and Mu Tiannan who came in, Gu Qingshuang couldn't help but sighed with a smile: "I didn't expect Your Majesty to still remember me, I'm really ashamed!"

"Your Majesty does often talk about the princess, sisters of the same line, how can your majesty forget the princess so easily!" Mu Tiannan could only answer with a smile.

However, Gu Qingshuang raised his eyebrows, looked at him with a half-smile and said, "You know Your Majesty quite well!" Without waiting for Mu Tiannan to speak, he raised his hand and said, "Sit down!" After finishing speaking, he winked , a maid stepped forward to take the entourage brought by Shao Qing and Mu Tiannan to the side hall to rest.

The door of Qingque Palace was gently closed from the outside, and Shao Qing and Mu Tiannan felt a "thud" in their hearts.

"Take these two down!" Gu Qingshuang's expression darkened, and he sneered coldly.

"Yes, princess!" The seven or eight maids who had already been hidden behind the curtain rushed forward, and in the blink of an eye, Shao Qing and Mu Tiannan were locked up with their hands behind each other.

Shao Qing was slightly startled, subconsciously struggled a few times before giving up, and let Gu Qingshuang's men hold him; Mu Tiannan was also startled, just as he was about to struggle vigorously, he regained consciousness and relaxed his muscles, looked up at Gu Qingshuang in astonishment. Said: "Second princess, this is—"

"What happened to Your Majesty? Mu Hongru rebelled, did he hurt Your Majesty?" Gu Qingshuang's face was frosty, and his words were even more stern.

However, Mu Tiannan's heart relaxed, he made a look of hesitating to speak, and glanced at Shao Qing from the corner of his eyes without saying a word.Shao Qing is the emperor's husband, so naturally he should speak first.The second princess seemed to be a little disgusted when she opened her mouth several times.

Shao Qing was originally silent, but seeing that Mu Tiannan had also shut up, and Gu Qingshuang's eyes were burning on him again, he could only reluctantly say: "That traitor Mu Hongru suddenly rebelled on New Year's Eve, and now together with His henchmen have been exterminated. But your majesty, your majesty—the whereabouts are still unknown!"

"What did you say!" Gu Qingshuang was greatly surprised, she stared at Shao Qing and said calmly, "Why did I hear that His Majesty is recuperating in Zichen Palace?"

Shao Qing glanced at Mu Tiannan, and said in a sarcastic tone, "That's a smoke bomb released by my side husband to appease people's hearts."

"Presumptuous!" Gu Qingshuang yelled angrily: "You, a little concubine of the emperor, dare to meddle in the country's political affairs, and His Majesty disappeared. What a big deal. How dare you hide the news in private? You are so brave!"

"Second Princess, calm down!" Mu Tiannan regretted and said urgently: "There is nothing I can do about it! Mu Hongru has just been punished, if news of His Majesty's whereabouts is spread, the people's hearts will be in chaos, and there will be no one in the capital." But those who are in control of the situation, if someone takes this opportunity to take risks and cause some troubles, the situation will be unmanageable. Your Majesty, Your Majesty trusts me deeply, and I dare not live up to His Majesty's trust, so I have no choice but to make a bad move. It is falsely rumored that His Majesty was frightened and rested in bed to stabilize everyone's hearts, while at the same time, he sent people to secretly inquire about His Majesty's whereabouts, as long as you find His Majesty, everything will be solved!"

Gu Qingshuang snorted coldly, her tone was no longer as harsh as before, and suddenly asked coldly: "What if you can't find His Majesty? You plan to keep it a secret forever!"

"No, it won't!" Mu Tiannan's body couldn't help trembling, his pupils shrank suddenly, revealing a ray of fear, and he said in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty is blessed, everything will be fine...... Many days have passed, if, if something really happened to His Majesty, someone must have discovered it long ago..."

Seeing the panic on his face, Gu Qingshuang showed his true feelings, and made no secret of his concern for Gu Qinghua, but his heart was a little slow, but his tone was still cold: "There is some truth in what you said, since you have hidden it, you might as well continue to hide it." That's right! Your Majesty's whereabouts are about to be stepped up! A country cannot live without a king, and if it drags on for a while, it will not be able to stop the suspicion of the people!"

"Yes, the second princess!" Mu Tiannan's tense nerves relaxed slightly, he thought for a while and then tried again: "Since the second princess returns to the palace, there is someone who can take charge of the overall situation, even if, even if it is announced that His Majesty's disappearance News, it's okay..."

"What?" Gu Qingshuang looked at him with a half smile but not a smile: "Are these words testing my palace? If my palace intervenes in politics, what will those courtiers think in their hearts!"

(End of this chapter)