in the sound of swallows

Chapter 174 You Are Not Here

Shen Guiwu teamed up with Gu Chaonan and Yuwen Changqing to drive Wenshoushan to Zhengzhou. It was reported that Wenshoushan fled to the south. Shen Guiwu wanted to chase him, but Gu Chaonan took him directly to the Chenghuang Temple in Zhengzhou and caught one by one. Yes, Wenshoushan was sent back to the capital.With more than one hundred thousand remnants unable to return to heaven, the Wen family army, which had been arrogant for many years, began to discuss surrender.

On the way back to the capital, Yuwen Changqing couldn't help but think, the emperor should be enjoying the joy of reunion with Concubine Yan after many years of separation, right?That shameless emperor rushed into the capital before the situation stabilized, and now he probably should have his wife and children in his arms.

However, when they returned to Beijing, that is, ten days after Gu Chaobei had entered Beijing, the place Yuwen Changqing was taken by Zhuiyun was not the imperial palace, but the Gu residence.

When the Gu family left the capital with the emperor, the house had been empty for three years, and there was dust everywhere, but the north courtyard was very clean and had been cleaned.

Gu Chaobei didn't wear a military uniform or a dragon robe, he just wore the white embroidered robe from back then, and sat in the main room in a daze.

"The emperor?" Yuwen Changqing frowned and looked at him: "Why did you come here?"

Zhuiyun added in a low voice, "I didn't come here, but I have always been here."

Gu Chaobei raised the corners of his mouth, lowered his eyes and remained silent.

He ran into the capital in such a hurry because he wanted to go to the palace to see her.All the explanations owed to her can now be made up.It's been three years, and I don't know what his Yan'er has become, and whether he will always be blaming him.And his son, who should be more than three years old, hasn't seen him yet...

His heart was in a state of confusion, and he had already reached the gate of the palace, but he didn't dare to go any further.

It was snowing lightly in the capital, and it was very quiet.People from the imperial court were cleaning up the corpses after the battle in the city, and there were ministers coming and going at the gate of the palace. Everyone who saw him would run into the palace like a ghost, probably to sue him.

But there was no response from the palace, Yan'er didn't come out to pick him up, and didn't even bring him a word.

Are you still angry?
In the past three years, he has grown a lot, he knows what love is, and he also knows the taste of lovesickness.Now he should be in high spirits to take back his own world.But for some reason, thinking that there was her in the palace, he dared not go in.

He chose to live in the Gu Mansion, and settled the remaining matters first, and then... went to see her.

"Brother Huang is just so worthless." Duan Wen said with his hands on his hips, "So desperately asking for help from various princes, life and death were at stake on the battlefield a few times, I should have seen any big scenes, but now I am scared like this."

Duanwen accompanied the emperor all the way here. After all, they are brothers and sisters. Duanwen still feels sorry for his imperial brother. For such a long time, he has planned strategies and even raised food and grass by himself.I have very little time to sleep, only two or three hours a day, and I am often awakened by nightmares.

In the past three years, Brother Huang has not had a single woman by his side. With his flirtatious personality, many people put all kinds of beauties on him.In all fairness, there are many people who look better than Shen Guiyan.

However, the emperor did not leave any of them behind. He was constantly processing official documents, arranging troops, arranging food and grass, and discussing state affairs with veterans every day.I fell ill several times, and Duanwen almost couldn't stand it anymore.

Now that we are here, what else is there to dawdle in?
"I can't stand it anymore. If you don't go, I'll go." Flicking his sleeves, he was about to go out, but Yuwen Changqing dragged her to the flower bed outside the door.

"Princess, don't be impulsive."

"How can this be impulsive?" Duanwen stared: "From my point of view, Brother Huang had no choice but to leave the capital. Concubine Yan Gui is not such an unreasonable person, so what is there to be afraid of?"

Yu Wenchang laughed softly: "The princess doesn't understand."

You don't understand!Duanwen was so angry that he shook off him and went out. She was supposed to get married, but because of the three years of delay by the emperor, she almost couldn't get married now. She followed Yuwen Changqing in and out every day in military uniform... Who the hell? don't know?

He went out to ride a horse and went straight to the palace. The guards in the palace saw her and no one came to stop her.Duanwen rode directly into the palace, grabbed a palace servant and asked, "Where is Concubine Yan Gui?"

The palace man trembled with fright, looked at her carefully for a long time, recognized her as the princess, and then replied in a low voice: "It's in the imperial garden."

Duanwen turned his horse's head and went to the imperial garden.

Nothing in this palace has changed, it is still as prosperous as before, and some palaces have even been renovated.Shen Guiyan has been enjoying the blessings in the deep palace. She has never seen the time when the emperor's brother was hit by two arrows, and she has never seen the scene of corpses strewn all over the battlefield. She is the happiest, why didn't she take the initiative to go? Pick up the emperor?
Duanwen was a little resentful, and even felt worthless for his imperial brother.

However, the horse stopped at the gate of the Royal Garden, and when she went in and saw Shen Guiyan, she couldn't ask any questions she had prepared.

"Mother and concubine are lying again." The little prince sat on the wooden wheelchair and looked at the woman in front of him unhappily: "Didn't the father come back soon? I still haven't seen him."

Shen Guiyan squatted in front of the wooden wheelchair, gently touched his head, smiled and said nothing, her eyes were full of bright things.In the blink of an eye, all those shiny things fell down.

Duanwen's anger dissipated, and he watched Shen Guiyan get up in surprise, pushing the wheelchair away.Isn't the little prince at the right age to run and dance?Why is it so quiet.

"Princess."

Just as he was about to go forward, someone grabbed his sleeve.Duanwen turned his head and saw the precious fan.

Bao Shan's eyes were red, and her eyes were full of alertness: "If the princess has something to say, talk to the servants first, don't bother the master. If she sees someone, the first thing she wants to see is definitely not you, the princess."

Duanwen frowned, followed Baoshan to the other side of the palace road, and said in a deep voice: "Since she wants to see Brother Huang, why does she know that Brother Huang is in the capital, but hides in the palace without making a sound?"

Bao Shan pursed his lips, and said in a somewhat unpleasant tone: "The emperor has already arrived in the capital, so why don't you go directly to the palace to see the master?"

"He's the emperor." Duanwen pursed his lips, feeling a little guilty.

"The emperor is also a man." Baoshan gritted his teeth: "At the beginning, I kept the master in the palace without saying a word. Participating in various ceremonies before going out, holding the prince in his arms and being placed on the stage like an offering, his body has not been well maintained, and he has fallen into a whole body of problems, does the emperor know?"

Duanwen was taken aback.

"I have been in the palace for three years. I wanted to guard the capital for the emperor. The master didn't want any face. Every time the dignified concubine went out of the palace to talk with the ministers in person, she was scolded for being unclean and vicious and invading the country. Finally, she was able to take charge of the political power. , but was assassinated several times and almost died, does the emperor know?"

Baoshan choked with sobs: "The prince was born with a disability, and his legs and feet could not walk. The master thought that the prince could cure his legs and feet, and searched all the precious medicinal materials that can be found in the world. He failed countless times, but he still smiled and encouraged the prince. Wait for him Just grow up. When the prince cries, she still has to laugh, and when everyone is helpless, she has to calm people's hearts. Over the years, the master's words have become less and less, and the slaves have never seen her smile sincerely again. After that, does the emperor know about these things?"

Duanwen opened his mouth, a little at a loss.Bao Shan sat down on the ground and cried, crying until tears and snot flowed all over his face, he didn't care: "The master is also very weak and needs protection. But for so many years, when he wakes up crying at night, the emperor is not there, and when he is attacked by the courtiers, the emperor is not there." Not here, the emperor was not there when I was worried about the prince. Waiting and looking forward, the emperor finally came back, why, why can't the emperor enter the palace to find the master?"

Just rely on the ridiculous self-esteem of the emperor?Or are you afraid that the master will blame him?

Duanwen's eyes were red, he pulled up the treasure fan in a hurry and said: "You...don't cry, I will go and tie the emperor's brother in so that he can confess his mistakes to Concubine Yan, okay?"

Bao Shan bit the back of his hand, tears kept falling.Duanwen was so restless that he couldn't stay for a moment, so he immediately left the palace and returned to Gu's residence.

Gu Chaobei was still in a daze in the room, Duanwen threw one end of the rope to Yuwen Changqing without saying a word, went in and tied the emperor tightly, threw it on Zhuiyun's back and said, "Enter the palace!"

Zhuiyun was very surprised, not because of Princess Duanwen's decision, but because Princess Duanwen, who was always like a strong woman, cried so much that her nose was red and she looked pitiful.

"Zhen..." Gu Chaobei frowned, trying to break free with some unease: "Zhen still..."

Not ready yet.

Duanwen didn't care about him so much, he drove the carriage, threw the emperor in and ran to the palace, sitting beside the emperor, weeping as he tied the rope on his body stronger.

"Brother Huang, if I were Concubine Yan, I might not have forgiven you a long time ago." She said.

Gu Chaobei's whole body was stiff.

"However, she is Shen Guiyan, the one you picked at the beginning. Since you have to come back after all kinds of hardships, then when you come back, go to Haosheng to apologize. Even if you are shameless, you can't do without your wife and children!"

The emperor was actually not that scared, that is, he owed someone to push him.

However, looking down at his clothes, and then at the oil stains on the clothes, the emperor struggled violently.

Yuwen Changqing was also in the carriage, and Duanwen cried out, "Suppress him!" Yuwen Changqing conscientiously pressed the emperor so that he could not move.

It was snowing again, Shen Guiyan sent the prince back to the palace, changed him into warmer clothes, and planned to go to the imperial study.

She didn't pay attention during the confinement period. Now her hands and feet are prone to pain and cold. When she walks on the wet ground wearing palace shoes, she will slip if she doesn't pay attention.

"Your Majesty, be careful!" the palace man behind shouted, and quickly came up to help her.

Warm hands grabbed her wrist and pulled her into a warm embrace with all his strength.Shen Guiyan was stunned, only a few flying snowflakes in front of her eyes.

(End of this chapter)