Traitor Concubine Growth Manual

Chapter 27

Chu Yan has not seen the crown prince since the imperial edict came down.

She went to the embroidery room every day as usual, but everyone looked at her differently, including awe, envy, jealousy, and evasive strange eyes.

For more than ten days in a row, she just performed her duties conscientiously, even if she chose to ignore those probing gazes, there was still a corner of her heart hanging in the air anxiously, trying to guess what that person in Yong'an Palace was doing now .

It's ridiculous to say that when she was nothing before, she still dared to make some pastries and give them to him.Now that she has become a princess, she has an honest reason to visit him, but she doesn't have the courage.

That's right, he simply avoided marrying her. Now that the nightmare has come true, she doesn't even know what face she should use to meet him.

Even if she repeatedly told herself that she wasn't the one who forced him to become a concubine, what a guilty conscience?

But the fantasy scene of him getting angry at her always appeared in her mind, which made her timid, and she dared not approach Yong'an Palace for a long time.

It was Zhao Ronghua who played a key role in the meeting between the two.

When Chu Yan got up early again to go to the embroidery room, Zhao Ronghua suddenly got up early too, and sat in the main hall, waiting for her to eat together.

Chu Yan was a little surprised, looked at the still dark sky outside, and turned to ask her, "Auntie, why did you get up so early today? It's not dawn yet, why don't you sleep more?"

Zhao Ronghua's health has not been very good, he keeps coughing, and it is the same at night, because his throat is uncomfortable, he often coughs non-stop in the middle of the night, and cannot sleep well.Chu Yan thought that she had finally fallen asleep, so she should sleep a little longer.

Unexpectedly, the person behind the table glared at Chu Yan angrily, "I won't get up, I'm afraid you'll hide in the embroidery room early! How long has it been since you've been a princess? You count on your fingers, and it's ten It's been two days, and this is how you become a princess?"

Chu Yan helplessly called out, "Auntie!"

"Do you still know that I am your aunt?" Zhao Ronghua pouted towards the chair beside him, "Sit down!"

Chu Yan had no choice but to move over slowly and take a seat.

Zhao Ronghua scolded her head and face, "Tell me, it's so easy to become the crown prince, and I haven't seen the crown prince for a whole twelve days, what kind of crown princess is this? Don't talk about you, if it's another girl, she will do everything she can. Going to make eye contact, Hongyan asks for a letter, it's good to come to you, and you don't show a face, is it sure that the crown prince will miss you wholeheartedly?"

"Auntie!" Chu Yan yelled again, interrupting her endless rant, "It's just that the imperial edict has been issued, and the wedding hasn't even taken place yet, so it's just a few strokes away, so it can't be considered an official princess. What's more? Besides, the invasion of Western Xinjiang and the urgent frontier, His Royal Highness must be very anxious at the moment. In addition, grandfather went to support General Zhuo a few days ago. Now the reinforcements have just arrived, and the situation there is still unclear. How could he Have time to see me?"

"The more you are at this time, the more you should be by his side, this is his good wife!" Zhao Ronghua still had something to say.

Chu Yan smiled wryly and shook her head, her voice was low, "It's more like this, I'm afraid he won't want to see me..."

What do you see her doing?Always remind yourself that Duke Ding is using her to threaten him?

Isn't that which pot is not opened and which pot is lifted?

"What did you say?" Zhao Ronghua looked at her in confusion.

Chu Yan sighed, picked up the chopsticks and put a crystal crab roe bun into Zhao Ronghua's bowl, "Okay, okay, I'll go to Yong'an Palace in a while, so aunt is satisfied?"

Zhao Ronghua then showed a smile, picked up the chopsticks slowly, and gave her an annoyed look, "That's right!"

Literal?Like what?

Anyway, her current situation was too embarrassing, Chu Yan comforted herself, no matter how bad it was, it couldn't be worse.

The fact that the grandfather used her to threaten the prince is related to the prince's face, so the Yong'an Palace unanimously declared that the prince is in love with her, the two are childhood sweethearts, and they are in love with each other. In addition, she was indeed close to the prince a few days ago. This kind of rhetoric sounds like it can be false.And Zhao Ronghua, because of his poor health, has been staying in Yuanxi Hall and never going out, so he doesn't know the inside story.

Chu Yan was afraid that she would be worried. Seeing that her health was getting worse year after year, and if her mood was also bad, her health might be even more worrying, so she kept it a secret and didn't tell her.Even the matter of Duke Dingguo leading his troops to the west to support General Zhuo, he just vaguely said that his grandfather was going to the border as an envoy, which was perfunctory.

Sighing, thinking of facing the prince later, she couldn't even swallow her favorite crystal crab roe bun, so she ate half of it hastily, and then drank some porridge indiscriminately, and ended her breakfast like this.

Every day on the northwestern border, urgent letters were sent to the palace. Gu Qi just sat in the empty study every day, facing those letters and a thick stack of memorials related to the war, without leaving home.

Qin Yuanshan begged to see him a few times, but he didn't see him behind closed doors. He only asked Wanxi to tell Qin Yuanshan that he was busy reviewing papers and reading war reports, so Qin Yuanshan had to return without success.

In fact, although the Xijiang people are brave and good at fighting, they are barbarians in the northwest after all, and they have no advantage at all in terms of numbers alone. The Xuan Dynasty has a vast land and abundant resources, and it is in a prosperous age. As long as the people are employed properly and the strategy is correct, even if it is quite satisfactory With a conservative strategy, the victory has already been set.

And Zhuo Ding'an's biography also said that last year, Western Xinjiang faced an unprecedented drought, and by this spring, it had already run out of ammunition and food, and a great famine broke out.I'm afraid this is also the reason why Xijiang harassed the border. Knowing that the battle would be lost, they wanted to take some food to make ends meet.

Gu Qi trapped himself in the room every day, watched the pile of detailed explanations of the war, and kept writing down new instructions, such as how to appease the people on the border, how to deal with casualties, how to treat the prisoners in Western Xinjiang, and so on.

In fact, he just needs time to think about how he should bid farewell to the previous situation of being controlled by others and establish his own government after the war is over.

Before his father left, he had said that he would be given a few years to make achievements, and when the time was right, he would be handed over to him, making him the real emperor of the Xuan Dynasty.

Gu Qi looked back at his former self. It seemed that he had governed the country with his heart and cared about the world, but he hadn't even mastered the most basic emperor skills, and he had no way to deal with these veterans. What kind of achievement is this?

He can't go on like this.

When he finally picked up his pen and was about to write a letter to his father who was far away in the south of the Yangtze River, Wanxi knocked on the door and sent a message, "Your Highness, the Crown Princess has arrived."

Crown Princess, these three words hit Gu Qi's heart like a heavy hammer, his hand stopped abruptly, and his eyes turned cold.

She is so courageous, how dare she come to see him?

"Come in."

Standing outside the door, Chu Yan thought she would have to wait forever for his answer, but those two words came out of the room so slowly, she could almost imagine his expressionless face and dark eyes. His eyes were full of defense and alienation.

That was the look she had seen on his face when she entered the palace for the first time when she was six years old. At that time, he regarded her as the greatest enemy in his life.

Wanxi opened the door, and Chu Yan could almost hear her slow heartbeat beating in her chest. She swallowed, and stepped into the study as if she was dying.

She had been here before, but that time things were very different.

"See His Royal Highness."

Chu Yan broke into Gu Qi's eyes so unexpectedly, still wearing light green clothes, it seems that all her dresses are of this color, even if the styles are different, the colors are so fresh and beautiful, just like a plant in spring green grass.

But Gu Qi was not moved by such green grass anymore, he fixed his eyes on her deeply, and said slowly, "What are you here for?"

Sure enough, what a terrible tone!

Chu Yan met his complex and gloomy eyes, thought for a long time but couldn't figure out how to answer him, so she could only answer truthfully, "My aunt asked me to come..."

Gu Qi felt like he had been slapped loudly!

After twelve days, she came to see him, and when they met, she said these words!

What, to remind him how proud his mother was now that his vision had finally come true?Did he want to remind him how happy the Zhao family was with everything today?

He just looked at Chu Yan like this, as if he wanted to swallow her alive, and the pen in his hand was clasped onto the table with a loud "snap".

"Why, now do you want to be a well-behaved and sensible daughter of the Zhao family?" He almost said these words through gritted teeth, stood up abruptly, walked around the table and walked towards her, "Back then, you gave me ideas in the hall. , Who is the one who helped me get rid of Ding Guogong's forced marriage? Under the moonlit night, who asked me to make her a female official and said that she didn't want to marry me? But now, she can't wait to show off in front of me as the princess Yes, who is it?"

Every time he said a word, he took a step closer to Chu Yan, his clear and handsome face was full of murderous aura, which almost gave Chu Yan an illusion - did His Highness the Crown Prince go to the battlefield like his grandfather!Why does Mao look like he is killing devils? !
She took a few steps back in fear, but unexpectedly, she bumped into the bookcase and had no way to retreat.

Not so angry!Brother, can you be more sober and objective?

Which of his eyes could see that she was here to show off her might?Can you open your eyes wider when you're talking nonsense?
Chu Yan gritted her teeth, looked up at him quickly, and said back, "His Royal Highness said that, it is too unfair to me! Yes! I was the one who gave you the idea to help you avoid the forced marriage. I told you that you want to be a female official instead of a prince concubine." It's me, and it's me who is an eyesore in front of you now that I'm a princess, but you think I can control all of this?"

She simply admired this man to such an extent that she knew that everything was not her fault, and even blamed her failure on her head.

What, if you become a crown prince, you will be able to hold the shit pot indiscriminately, right?In her era, even the president had to give a reasonable reason to execute a criminal. If you want to sentence her to death so easily, you'd better give a better explanation!

He is just a young man who is facing a huge setback in his life for the first time. Thinking back to when she was frustrated in her career and lost the most important person around her, she can see clearly and understand why he can't face up to his own failure. ?

Chu Yan thought a lot, and finally looked up at him firmly, "His Royal Highness, I have a clear conscience, I have never thought of what I shouldn't have, and I have done everything I should do for you-against grandfather's wishes , Regardless of the interests of the Zhao family, if my aunt and grandfather know what I have done, maybe I will face the scene of betrayal, but I still did it, didn't I?" She looked into the dark eyes fearlessly. In his eyes, he looked capricious and desperate, just like Wei Meng who was holding a microphone and wantonly venting in KTV after losing her teacher.

"Now that things have come to this point, what do you want me to do? Is it my fault that there is chaos in western Xinjiang and disputes on the border? Is it my fault that the officials forced marriages and the family fights for power? Yes, my grandfather was An important minister in the court wants to retire me to the position of princess due to the chaos in Xijiang, but does this have anything to do with my personal wishes? Did I tell my grandfather that I would be a princess or did I force you to agree to marry me? Already?" Chu Yan asked Gu Qi a lot of questions in one breath, her delicate and elegant face was filled with a heroic spirit that did not smell of makeup.

Gu Qi's emotions have been in a tense state, and he never expected that this seemingly timid and weak woman would be able to talk back in front of him, and the more she spoke, the more excited she became, her attitude was extremely tough.

But every word she said was reasonable, and he did not allow him to refute.

In fact, how could Gu Qi not know that he was the one who was wronged?He just wanted to find an outlet to vent, but Chu Yan ran to catch the eye.

Seeing those two peach blossom-like red lips still opening and closing to say annoying words, the tight string in Gu Qi's mind finally broke with a snap.

He slammed forward and pressed Chu Yan hard on the bookcase with such amazing force that Chu Yan could almost feel the pain when his back collided with the spines of those books.

"Ah." She exclaimed, and was caught off guard by him, and her body was tightly pressed against him, with the bookcase behind her. This situation of being attacked made her panic and embarrassed.

She wanted to ask him if he was crazy, but Gu Qiyin's cold and fierce eyes locked on her lips. The next second, he, who had no sense, moved close to her face, sealing her chattering mouth.

There is no rationality in his mind, only one thought is clamoring: tell her to stop, he doesn't want to hear a word from her anymore!
These days, his seemingly calm appearance still hides his wounded heart. He is the proud son of heaven, the sun that everyone looks up to, but he can't even handle the people under his feet, and he is controlled by others everywhere. , Such a disgrace made the young prince indignant and desperate.

But this woman came to provoke him recklessly, speaking those great truths self-righteously, and once again exposed his unhealed wounds to others.

Gu Qi is like a ruthless beast, almost fighting her with all his strength.

Has Chu Yan ever faced such a situation?No matter in modern times or in the Xuan Dynasty, no matter whether it is the boyfriends of the past or the men of this era, they all treat her politely.

It's not that she has never kissed before, but the kisses in the past were gentle and tender, how could they be so cruel like today?
She felt like a fish on a chopping board, with no future and could only be slaughtered.

Grievance and fear flooded her heart like a tide, she fixedly looked at the face that was close at hand, and looked into those unfathomable eyes, which were covered with fog.

Gu Qi's heart was still filled with those complicated and chaotic angers, and he wanted to invade her and torture her, as if he wanted to vent all the suffering and pain he had suffered these days on her, but suddenly he came into contact with Chu Yan's clear eyes gleaming with tears. At that time, he froze in place as if struck by lightning.

Those eyes were all too familiar to him.

When she entered the palace, she was held by Zhao Ronghua's hand, stood in Huayan Hall, raised her head timidly, and called the emperor crisply, but he looked at the little baby like a baby with cold eyes, thinking that she was the mother who took care of him. Prepare the princess.

When she was six years old, she saved him from death in Mingyang Zhai, looked up at him with tears in her eyes, covered her forehead hit by a brush, and called him brother prince, he was so irritated by her tears , who let her come here as a shield without authorization?
On the day when the ministers forced the marriage, she sat quietly among the crowd and advised him to avoid the forced marriage. Her eyes were full of wisdom and cunning, like the brightest star in the night sky.

Under the moonlit night, she looked at him with a smile, and wished him a long-cherished wish come true and a bright future.

He had seen all kinds of emotions in those eyes before, but today was the first time he saw grievance and despair, strangeness and fear in them.

They have always kept a close distance, but he feels that they have known each other for many years, but now, he made her cry.

Gu Qi froze in place, slightly away from her lips, and in the blink of an eye, the tears in those eyes slowly slid down, all the way down her curved cheeks, catching his sight.

Her lips were turned into a cinnabar-like bright red by his abuse, and a faint blush appeared on her face due to embarrassment and panic. Gu Qi didn't know that the soft and pitiful side of a woman is also the same for a man. This deadly temptation is now realized.

Probably Chu Yan's tears extinguished the anger in Gu Qi's chest, and made him finally regain some sense.

He asked himself, what had he done to her?
He vented his anger on her, vented on her, and... Then he belittled her and frightened her.

His eyes stayed on the slowly falling teardrop, and he felt that she was weak and helpless at this moment, as if she couldn't find her way home.

Suddenly there was an unexplained surge of emotion in his chest, as if someone was pulling his mind, and his heart ached.

He heard himself let out a long and helpless sigh from his chest, and then leaned close to her again, kissing the crystal clear teardrop.

Chu Yan tensed again from his touch, thinking that he was going to torture herself again, but this time, he just gently kissed the teardrop for her, his soft and warm lips were like feathers It passed over her cheek, bringing an unspeakable tremor.

Gu Qi held back her tears, then whispered in her ear, "...it really is salty."

Chu Yan, who was perplexed by his transformation, forgot to worry about herself, and with a bang, her cheeks were on fire.

He he he, he flirted with her? !
(End of this chapter)