Traitor Concubine Growth Manual

Chapter 129

The prince stepped into the Yuanxi Hall at noon, and just approached the courtyard when he heard a burst of laughter from the main hall, probably because Chu Yan said something interesting, which made Zhao Ronghua laugh.

Gu Qi's footsteps suddenly paused, Chu Yan's laughter was very familiar, but the other voice was already a little strange.

He asked himself, when was the last time he heard his mother laugh like this?
...even he himself can't tell.

Shaking his head at the little eunuch guarding outside the palace gate, the other party understood, and immediately closed his mouth as he was about to open his mouth to inform.

Gu Qi just stood in front of the door, looking at the scene in the hall.

Chu Yan held Zhao Ronghua's hand intimately, and sat together beside the wooden table. There were several plates of pastries on the wooden table. Gu Qi glanced at it and saw that it was Chu Yan's favorite food. It must be Zhao Ronghua who saw her coming. Yes, I specially ordered the people in Yuanxi Hall to go down and prepare.

At this time, I don't know what Chu Yan said, Zhao Ronghua smiled until his eyes were filled with crescent moons, and while patting Chu Yan's hand, he said: "You, you are so old that you still look like a child..."

The tone is full of pampering and love.

This is a lonely woman who has never won the heart of her husband, and is as estranged from her only son as a stranger.In the past twenty years, she and her son have even been like enemies, confronting each other when they meet, each with their own concerns in their hearts.

Gu Qi looked at her smile from a distance, and felt it was very strange, not only such a bright smile, but also those shallow lines that appeared at the corners of her eyes and forehead at some point.

She is old, and she is no longer the domineering Zhao Ronghua of the past.

It was still Chu Yan who had sharp eyes and found Gu Qi standing at the door. She was taken aback for a moment, then smiled and pointed at Zhao Ronghua, so they both turned their heads and looked at the people outside the door.

Gu Qi raised his leg and stepped across the threshold, met Zhao Ronghua's eyes with complicated emotions, and said softly: "Mother, my son is here to see you."

Zhao Ronghua was taken aback by this son's words, his eyes were filled with helplessness, and then he stood up with a smile on his face, and responded repeatedly: "Hey, hey! It's good, it's good!"

She seemed to be a little incoherent with excitement, turned around and ordered the palace servants to serve dishes, and then asked Gu Qi: "I've been busy all morning, are you hungry? Sit down and eat, today I have someone make a table of princes." You must eat enough of the dishes that His Highness and the Crown Princess love to eat."

Chu Yan smiled and got up and took her hand: "Don't worry so much next time, aunt. We are so busy. Your Highness and I have grown fat. Don't lose weight, otherwise we will not dare to come here in the future." gone."

She laughed and joked, and slowly clenched Zhao Ronghua with her right hand, as if giving her strength and courage, asking her to accept the prince's sudden change calmly.

She even saw that Zhao Ronghua's eyes were a little red, and the hand she held was trembling slightly.

Gu Qi didn't seem to notice these small details, but just smiled lightly: "Okay, my son has been busy all morning, and it took a lot of effort to talk to those ministers, and I just happened to be hungry."

The three of them walked to the big round table and took their seats. Gu Qi looked at the dishes on the table and felt a complex and slightly sour emotion in his heart.

Braised lion's head in brown sauce, stewed chicken with mushrooms, assorted fire, hibiscus eggs... those dishes that he had been looking forward to all day when he was a child, are all in front of his eyes now, and she still remembers the things he loved before he was six years old, and he has not forgotten any of them.

He only said that at that time Zhao Ronghua was only thinking about how to become a decent prince, and never cared about these details, but it turned out that she remembered everything in her heart, exactly.

Zhao Ronghua seemed to be hesitant, but he didn't bring any food for him. He just ate the food in his own bowl with a smile on his face... How long has it been since the mother and son had a good meal together?She couldn't remember either.

Chu Yan saw the silence of the mother and son, so she lightly touched Gu Qi with her foot. Gu Qi glanced at her indiscriminately, and received her hint, asking him to bring food for Zhao Ronghua.

He smiled, shook his head helplessly, and the next moment he reached out and picked up a lion's head and put it into Zhao Ronghua's bowl: "Mother, concubine, try this, it tastes good."

Zhao Ronghua was flattered and nodded repeatedly: "Okay, okay."

She lowered her head to eat, and the corners of her eyes were wet. Gu Qi was very good at observing words and expressions, so he naturally noticed it. Suddenly, his heart tightened, and a kind of bitterness crossed his heart.

He has always been a good prince and a good emperor in the future in everyone's eyes, but today he found that he is useless to this extent. Just eating a meal and a dish can make Zhao Ronghua happy like this, then Just how failed was his son?
Chu Yan sighed in a timely manner: "Ah, when I arrive at Auntie's place, His Royal Highness no longer sees me as a princess, and the food even forgets about me. It's really sad."

Zhao Ronghua hid the tears very well, quickly picked up a chopsticks of stewed mushroom chicken for her, and said with a smile: "Silly boy, how old are you, and you still eat my aunt's jealousy?"

"How old is my aunt's child." Chu Yan blinked, then pushed the bowl towards Gu Qi again, "Your Highness, although it is a scar to mend, it is better to make up for it than to be indifferent."

Gu Qi also laughed, picked up the silver spoon and scooped up the hibiscus egg and gave it to her: "Is this the way to go?"

"Okay." Chu Yan smiled openly.

"They are all about to be mothers, and they still have such a childlike heart." Zhao Ronghua laughed at her, but gradually calmed down in such a warm and relaxed scene. This is the real family, not the name of indifference in the royal family loved ones.

The meal was very pleasant. The mother and son who were a bit dull at first finally relaxed under Chu Yan's witty words. In the end, it was Zhao Ronghua who personally sent the two out of Yuanxi Hall.

There was a reluctant nostalgia in her eyes, Gu Qi could see it clearly, and while turning around to let her not send any more, he seemed to say casually: "The cook in Yuanxi Palace is very good, my son likes it very much, I am afraid that he will be in the future." I've been bothering my concubine a lot, I don't know if my concubine will dislike her son for being too edible."

Zhao Ronghua was taken aback, and hurriedly said: "No, no, if Your Highness likes it, you can come anytime from now on. It's too late for me to be happy, so why would you hate it?"

On the way back to the palace, in order to digest food, the two walked slowly, Chu Yan smiled and said nothing, she could see that she was in a good mood, Gu Qi glanced at her, knowing where her good mood came from .

Finally, he shook his head and changed the subject: "I heard that the maid from Tinglan Palace has been interrogated this morning?"

Chu Yan restrained her smile and nodded: "The little eunuch in Changchun Pavilion who helped deliver the goods out of the palace confessed that Su Yue did go to Changchun Pavilion to ask him to help deliver the goods out of the palace, not to poison, everything It's all clear, but it's just an ordinary theft case, it's not a big deal."

Gu Qi glanced at her, and said lightly: "The little eunuch is honest, he confessed as soon as he asked, which is really unexpected."

Chu Yan suddenly understood what he meant, she raised the corners of her lips and smiled, took His Royal Highness's hand, and said with a smile: "Yes, he is a frank person, so I want him to enter Yong'an Palace, help Chongshan do some work in the outer courtyard."

"Cunning." Gu Qi didn't say much, just uttered two words, and squinted at Chu Yan.

Chu Yan pretended not to understand: "Didn't His Highness just say that he was honest? How come he has become cunning now?"

Seeing that she obviously refused to accept her account, Gu Qi was too lazy to go around with her, just shook his head, and said as he walked: "If you help Concubine Mu, aunt and nephew so much today, you can predict that you won't be bitten back in the future. One bite? People in this palace are not so simple, if you become Mr. Dong Guo, then don’t come to me crying.”

Chu Yan's heart softened, she leaned over and secretly kissed him on the face, it turned out that this guy is still caring about her up to now, rather than complaining about her meddling, meddling in the affairs of the Queen Mother and Concubine Mu for no reason.

Gu Qi squinted at her: "Why is that?"

"Reward." She said confidently.

"Reward me for not pursuing your majestic princess, put down your body and find a little eunuch to help an insignificant person to confess?"

Chu Yan smiled innocently, and shook her head: "This is to reward you for being not only a good prince, a good husband, but also a good son."

Gu Qi was speechless for a while, and after a long time he smiled wryly and stretched out his hand to flick Chu Yan's forehead: "It's really cunning."

His princess is indeed the most capable girl in the world who can change the subject and stop people from talking. She only hopes that the child in her womb will not be so cunning in the future, otherwise the mother and the next generation will be so cunning. How to deal with being a husband and a father at the same time?

Thinking of this, he was still a little rejoiced, who was the emperor in the past, Sangong Liuyuan, Fendai Sanqian?He was just such a pillow person who cared about him, and he was already complaining too much and couldn't handle it. Wouldn't it be dead if he fought again?

It is not a good job for him to enjoy the blessings of all people, and it is enough to keep such a one.

During this period of time, life has been safe and joyful without any danger, but it is a pity that the two sentences of the mountain rain is about to come and the building is full of wind and the storm is always calm are finally fulfilled by the second sentence.

Counting from the day when the relationship between Gu Qi's mother and son eased up, it seemed that the stable days would come to an end in less than five days.

Suddenly there was an urgent report from the border, saying that the Rouran tribe outside the Xuan Dynasty and the Xijiang, which had been defeated a while ago, had somehow united the front and suddenly launched a fierce attack on the Xuan Dynasty. General Yunhui and the talented third prince of Xijiang all appeared on the battlefield, obviously intending to give Xuanchao a good look.

As soon as Gu Qi heard the news, he got up overnight, approved a piece of clothes, and rushed to the Huayan Hall with a solemn expression. He summoned Qin Yuanshan, Xiao Che and others overnight. Mu Qingzhuo, Zhao Wu, etc. were among the powerful officials, and Zhuo Ding'an, the general of Dingyuan in the capital, also entered the palace.

This time, the war seems to be more thrilling than before. It seems that the Xuan Dynasty, which has been stable for a long time, is about to usher in another precarious era of war.

News from the border is still coming in, saying that the enemy army is in a state of invincibility. Under the leadership of the fierce general, they have overcome all obstacles and have broken through the border city.

Xiao Che and Prince Gong pleaded for orders one after another, willing to go to the battlefield to defend the dignity of the Xuan Dynasty, but Zhuo Ding'an's expression was rather solemn, and he remained silent for a long time.He is the most powerful general in the Xuan Dynasty, leading the Xuan Dynasty army to countless victories, and he also has WeChat in the army.

Gu Qi thought about it quickly and calmly, even if the new forces he cultivated were to go to the battlefield, Zhuo Ding'an must be the main general.

Zhuo Ding'an's heart was struggling between ice and fire.

If it was him before, it would not be a pity even if he died on the battlefield. Anyway, there is no one or anything worth looking forward to in his life, but now... now that there is one more person in the mansion, he once thought he was alive again, He became the high-spirited eldest son of the Zhuo family before.

Unexpectedly, so soon, his peaceful and quiet time was over again.

(End of this chapter)