Chapter 240: 240 Keep it safe (first update)
Chapter 240 240 Keep it safe (first update)
That's right, this must be a carefully planned strategy by Gu Jue!
Even Yunzhan was sent to Xuanjia Camp to be on standby. If he couldn't help but take action against Prince Chen's Mansion or Xuanjia Camp this time, it is conceivable that Gu Jue would definitely take advantage of this and take advantage of him. Then he cut off a piece of blood and asked for his own land to pay compensation, and even placed people from Prince Chen's palace in the fifth army camp.
The emperor's eyebrows swelled deeply, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that this was the case.
Gu Jue has always been cunning. If someone from Nanhao were to assassinate Uhagalou, would he risk his life for Uhagalou? !
impossible.
The emperor tightened the jade ring on his thumb and looked in the direction of Shouning Palace with complicated eyes.
If Gu Jue's life and death were really unclear, the people in Prince Chen's Mansion would definitely send the Xuanjia Army's men south, but they didn't move.
This Chu Qianchen is a shrew, and she cannot be so weak and helpless. She is crying on purpose to show herself...
Thinking of the scene that happened when he summoned Chu Qianchen last time, the emperor's heart began to feel depressed again, and he hung there without breathing, forming a ball of depression.
He repeatedly combed through the existing clues and finally became convinced.
Just a little bit, he fell into Gu Jue's trick again!
The emperor gritted his teeth and said again: "This Gu Jue is really insidious and cunning!"
He looked like he wanted to eat his blood and his flesh, with veins popping out on his forehead and his chest rising and falling violently.
Everyone could see that the emperor was in an extremely bad mood at the moment.
Lu Siji, Eunuch Ni and others around him were all silent.
The air froze together.
"Boom!"
There were waves of deafening thunder in the distance, like war drums beating, approaching here, hitting everyone's hearts one after another.
Seeing that it was going to rain, the maids of Shouning Palace quickly closed the windows and lit two more lanterns.
After the windows were closed, the thunder became a little distant and less scary.
Chu Qianchen was sitting next to Queen Mother Yin, wiping away unnecessary tears with a handkerchief. Her small face was bathed in the golden light, and her skin seemed to be faintly glowing.
Queen Mother Yin took a sip of tea gracefully and said to Chu Qianchen with a straight face: "You are Princess Chen, how can you be so panicked when something happens? Doesn't this make your servants look down upon you?"
"Ajue has always been resourceful, so he will be fine."
At first glance, Queen Mother Yin's words seemed to have little confidence, as if she was trying to comfort herself.
"Mother, you are right." Chu Qianchen responded obediently.
Queen Mother Yin looked at the little girl and slightly curved her mouth. At this moment, she felt very peaceful.
An hour ago, when the sign delivered by Chu Qianchen was delivered to Shouning Palace, Empress Dowager Yin was surprised because she also knew that the empress had not allowed Chu Qianchen to visit her in the palace.
Queen Mother Yin knew something must have happened, so she followed the emperor's wishes and immediately summoned Chu Qianchen.
As a result, Chu Qianchen told her about Nanhao's coup as soon as he arrived, and he cried and said that there had been no news from Gu Jue for more than ten days...
Queen Mother Yin was naturally panicked at the moment, but while Chu Qianchen was crying, he quietly wrote the word "Don't worry" on his palm. Queen Mother Yin was relieved and continued to act worried, and put on a good show with Chu Qianchen.
Since the emperor let Chu Qianchen into the palace, it was definitely not out of kindness, but because he wanted to get some news from them.
"Mother, it's a good thing that you are here, otherwise I would really have no backbone." Chu Qianchen lowered his face and was still wiping the corners of his eyes with a handkerchief.
Her expression was soft and frail, like a cluster of wisteria flowers on the branches. As long as she touched it slightly, a few tears would fall like petals.
"You haven't eaten as much rice as the Yi family has eaten, and you still have a lot to learn." Queen Mother Yin continued to lecture, with a smile that couldn't be hidden in her gentle eyes.
Sometimes, she felt that she had lived decades longer than this girl for nothing.
The relationship between them is actually reversed. It should be said that this girl has become her backbone.
In the past, she was almost blind in this deep palace, like a canary trapped in a cage. However, after Chu Qianchen took away Lan Ruo and subdued Nanny Yan, she was now here. Shouning Palace opened a door, and she began to know some things happening outside, including Chu Lingxiao's affairs.
Chu Qianchen has obtained huge benefits for Gu Jue and Prince Chen's palace. There is no doubt that she is on Gu Jue's side.
Thinking about it, Queen Mother Yin's eyes became more loving, and she thought to herself: Yes, Gu Jue has already said that he trusts Chu Qianchen.
There are only a handful of people who can be trusted by his son wholeheartedly.
Since Gu Jue believed in Chu Qianchen, Queen Mother Yin naturally believed in Chu Qianchen as well.
This time, if it weren't for Chu Qianchen, when she learned the news that Gu Jue's whereabouts were unknown, she might have been confused and confused. Instead, it became the weakness of Prince Chen's Palace, and even gave the emperor an opportunity to attack Prince Chen's Palace.
But now, when the news of Chu Qianchen's trouble reaches the emperor's ears, the emperor may become "suspicious and thoughtful" again.
Queen Mother Yin turned to look at Nanny Yan, and pretended to order: "Why don't you go get a basin of hot water for the princess to apply on her eyes!"
Grandma Yan immediately retreated. "My daughter-in-law is unfilial, and my mother is also worried." Chu Qianchen smiled and took out a forehead wipe from his sleeve and presented it to Queen Mother Yin, "Mother, this is the forehead wipe embroidered by my daughter-in-law herself."
Queen Mother Yin accepted the wiping of her forehead and patted Chu Qianchen's hand meaningfully, "The Ai family 'understand' your intention."
Her words were a double entendre.
Chu Qianchen was only fourteen years old, and she knew how to treat Gu Jue best in this crisis situation. As a mother, she had been in the palace for so many years, so of course she couldn't hold her daughter-in-law back.
Queen Mother Yin couldn't help but sigh in her heart, it's good to have this girl.
Her Ajue, with her piercing eyes, chose the best princess for herself!
That's what she thought, but Empress Dowager Yin felt that she couldn't tell Gu Jue after he returned to Beijing, lest the boy get too proud.
After a while, Grandma Yan came back with a copper basin that was steaming white.
After performing a full set of acting, Jiang Yuan helped Chu Qianchen apply hot compress to his eyes.
When Chu Qianchen left Shouning Palace, the corners of his eyes were slightly red, and he looked like he had just cried bitterly.
Along the way, many eyes were cast on Chu Qianchen, some scrutinizing, some speculating, some surprising...
Chu Qianchen seemed to have lost his mind and was completely unaware of this. He just left the palace all the way and got on the Zhulun chariot of Prince Chen's mansion again.
The sky was still gloomy, with thunder roaring one after another.
When the door of the Zhulun Chariot was closed, Chu Qianchen's temperament changed instantly, from a weak and helpless little white rabbit to an eagle overlooking the world.
Jiang Yuan was already used to this. He calmly ordered the coachman to return to the palace, then poured tea and water for Chu Qianchen and got some snacks.
The carriage was on the road, and the carriage was shaking slightly. Chu Qianchen took off the heavy Jiuzhai crown on his head, and then leaned lazily on the carriage. His fair and slender fingers were on the side of his waist that was engraved with cloud patterns and phoenix beads. The mutton-fat white jade ring is caressed gently.
The prince said that the human mind is the easiest and most difficult thing to predict. Sometimes it is unfathomable, sometimes it is clear. The most terrifying thing is that a person has no desires or desires.
Fortunately, the emperor asked for something, and it was not small.
When a person only has one thing, he can go all out.
When a person has too much, he looks forward and backward, fearing to lose.
Next, she still had to be careful and cautious, so that she could go on steadily and help the prince to protect Prince Chen's Mansion and the capital.
While Chu Qianchen was thinking about it, he rubbed the lines on the ring with his fingertips, raised the corners of his mouth slightly, and gave a faint smile.
When the prince comes back, he will definitely praise her!
So, even if her "homework" is not completed, she can be forgiven, right?
While thinking, there was suddenly a loud and noisy sound outside the carriage.
Chu Qianchen was immersed in his own thoughts and hadn't reacted yet, but Jiang Yuan had already moved. He opened the curtain and looked outside. He raised his eyebrows with interest, adding a little bit of life to her usually dull face. the taste.
"Princess, this is Chu Lingxiao." Jiang Yuan said in a flat tone.
Chu Qianchen blinked and then remembered that today was September 25th, the day Chu Lingxiao was exiled.
"Park the carriage to the side of the road." Chu Qianchen ordered, and the coachman temporarily parked the carriage to the side of the road.
Chu Qianchen opened the curtains and walked out, and saw that there were many men, women, and children gathered on another street in front of him. They were all standing on both sides of the street, talking in all directions.
Their eyes were all looking in the same direction—
A team of **** officials.
The center of this team was Chu Lingxiao. He was wearing a dirty prison uniform, with heavy shackles on his neck and hands, and he was walking forward staggeringly.
There was a scar on his forehead, like a raised flesh-colored centipede entrenched there, which made his originally handsome face look more sinister. His lame left foot limped and looked awkward.
He was escorted by four tall and powerful officials in front and behind him.
The eight-hundred-mile wanderers will go to Qingzhou, and the three-thousand-mile wanderers will go to the wild lands of the northwest. Moreover, they will be recruited by the northwest army from time to time to suppress bandits.
In comparison, it is of course easier for the Eight Hundred Miles refugees, as the prisoners only need to open up wasteland in Qingzhou.
But for a pampered marquis like Chu Lingxiao, walking eight hundred miles in shackles was not easy, and opening up wasteland in Qingzhou was tantamount to killing him. I'm afraid he will only blame the Chu family for not saving him, and he will feel resentful towards the Chu family from then on.
A few dozen feet away behind Chu Lingxiao, Aunt Jiang, dressed in a green dress, followed not far away, escorted by four rough ladies.
The only person sentenced to exile by the Third Division was Chu Lingxiao. Aunt Jiang was not considered a criminal, so people from Duke Mu's Mansion escorted her along to prevent Aunt Jiang from running away on the road.
At this moment, Aunt Jiang has lost weight again, her hair is messy, and she wears a commoner's hairpin. She has lost five or six points of her former splendor, and she looks like a haggard peasant woman.
(End of chapter)