Chapter 263: 263 marriage (second update)
Chapter 263 Chapter 263 Marriage (second update)
Chu Qianchen's eyes lit up instantly, and he sped up and got into the car.
Sure enough, what came into view was a familiar tall figure leaning leisurely on the carriage, holding a volume in his right hand.
The man was wearing a bamboo-moon-colored straight t-shirt. Half of his face showed a smooth and full forehead, a high and straight nose bridge, and a casual and lazy posture.
If the same gesture were made by Chu Yunyi or Qin Yao, it would look dandy and frivolous, but in Gu Jue's body, there is a kind of leisurely elegance.
Chu Qianchen often felt that if Gu Jue was not King Chen, he would be one of the famous Wei and Jin Dynasty celebrities who traveled all over the country alone and on a horse.
He has always been an independent person, unrestrained, carefree and free-spirited.
Just looking at him, Chu Qianchen couldn't help but smile brightly and called out: "Your Majesty, how long have you been waiting for me?"
She knew it was him.
He came to pick her up!
"Soon." Gu Jue said softly, his cold eyes filled with warmth the moment he saw her.
Chu Qianchen couldn't wait to sit next to him and looked up and down at his clothes.
This bamboo-moon-colored t-shirt was made by Chu Qianchen himself. It was just the right size, and its cool tone made Gu Jue's fair skin stand out.
The more Chu Qianchen looked at it, the more he felt that Gu Jue was really good-looking everywhere, and suddenly he wanted to dress him up again.
But it was almost November now, and winter clothes were in a hurry, so she would make him spring clothes, which were much simpler than winter clothes.
She happily made a decision in her heart and boasted triumphantly: "My craftsmanship is so good!"
As she spoke, she smoothed his collar smoothly, and the pad of her little finger accidentally touched his neck...
Gu Jue's neck trembled slightly, then he grabbed her right hand and rubbed her cold fingers, "Is it cold?"
Chu Qianchen wanted to say something about not being cold, but when the words came to his lips, they inexplicably turned into: "A little bit."
Gu Jue took out a cloisonné enamel gourd pattern sleeve stove from his wide cuff and stuffed it into her hand.
The sleeve stove was warm, and her cold hands were immediately warmed by the ironing, which warmed her heart.
Chu Qianchen smiled even more happily, "I like the prince the most!"
There is no better person than him in this world.
The bright eyes smiled like a pair of crescent moons, and flicked on someone's heart like feathers.
There were ripples going round and round.
Gu Jue's thin lips moved slightly, and he wanted to say something, but Chu Qianchen had already grabbed his hand and covered it on the sleeve stove, "My lord, your hand is too cold, you need to warm it."
"..." What Gu Jue was about to say suddenly couldn't.
Whatever, his little girl is still too young.
No rush.
Gu Jue thought to himself, and put his hand on the back of her cold hand, so that her palm was pressed against the sleeve stove, and he was pressed against her hand.
She couldn't escape anyway.
Looking at this scene, Amber was still hesitating whether she should get on the carriage and serve tea to the two masters, but she suddenly changed her mind, put down the potted plant in her hand, and put her right foot on the footstool. He took it back and silently closed the carriage door for his masters.
She herself put away the footstool and sat down next to the coachman.
After a while, the red wheelbarrow began to drive forward along Chang'an Avenue.
There were not many pedestrians walking on the street, the carriage was quiet and peaceful, and the scent of turnips filled the air faintly.
Seeing Chu Qianchen laughing non-stop, Gu Jue's lips curled up slightly and asked, "Is the flower viewing party fun?"
Chu Qianchen thought about what happened in the palace and felt that to a certain extent, it was indeed quite fun.
She nodded and said, "It's fun!"
As long as it’s fun. Gu Jue's eyes were soft and he thought to himself: She should go out and play more. He was much more "lively" when he was her age.
"How about I take you horse riding another day?" Gu Jue suggested.
Chu Qianchen nodded hurriedly, as if he was afraid that he would regret it.
Gu Jue often felt that even if he sold her, she would count the money for him.
However, he couldn't bear it.
Gu Jue covered her little hand more tightly. The back of her hand became warm, and the palm of his hand also became warmer.
Chu Qianchen followed his example and leaned lazily against the wall of the carriage. Gu Jue put a big red pillow on her lower back to make her lean more comfortable.
Chu Qianchen got up very early this morning. When his whole body relaxed and softened, he felt sleepy and his head almost rested on his shoulder.
"I gave the Queen Mother acupuncture today. She fell asleep and I came out." She yawned lazily and said, "The Queen Mother is in good health."
She leaned on his shoulder and looked up at him with her little face, blinking her phoenix eyes that were hooked inwards and outwards, with pink makeup.
He said "hmm" softly.
Chu Qianchen adjusted his posture slightly and asked again: "My lord, do you recognize the family named Yuan? It seems..."
She tried hard to recall what Yuan Zhitong said in her memory, "By the way, he is the former Chief Envoy of Qingzhou. He just returned to Beijing to report on his duties."
Gu Jue thought for a while and asked, "Yuan Youjie?" "Yes, yes! It's him." Chu Qianchen nodded, and his curled eyelashes flickered twice.
As he glanced at her, his little daughter's delicate look was revealed. Gu Jue knew clearly and definitely that she would only show such a look in front of him.
Gu Jue's eyes narrowed slightly, and his heart seemed to tremble slightly.
Once, he thought that his heart had been trained to be indestructible on the battlefield, but when he met her, he realized that he was wrong.
His heart was as soft as water, and even his voice was much softer: "The Yuan family's hometown is in Bingzhou. It has been a scholarly family for several generations, and the family has produced many Jinshi in the past generations."
"Yuan Youjie's great-great-grandfather once reached the position of Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs and was considered a capable minister. The Yuan family has been a bit poor in recent generations..."
"I remember that Yuan Youjie was appointed by the late emperor in the 13th year of Zhengde's reign. Counting the time, he has been serving as the chief envoy of Qingzhou for six years. It's time to move."
The Chief Envoy of Qingzhou was already a high-ranking official in the border areas, and Gu Jue was probably the only one who could calmly say something like, "The Yuan family has been a little bit worse over the past few generations."
Chu Qianchen nodded and said: "Yuan Youjie's wife, Tong, has an old relationship with the queen, and I heard that she is the queen's cousin. The queen just kept the girl from the Yuan family in the palace as a companion to the third princess."
The queen's move was a bit rough, and everyone could see that she didn't know where she got a niece of the queen mother. It was clearly Xiang Zhuang's sword dance, and she was targeting Pei Gong.
To put it bluntly, the Queen's "high regard" for Yuan Zhitong was directed at the Queen Mother.
Chu Qianchen spoke concisely and concisely, and without saying much, Gu Jue understood it and said casually: "The Queen is interested."
"Now that the queen is determined to win over the prince, I don't think she has any evil intentions towards the queen." After saying this, Chu Qianchen still frowned slightly.
In any case, as long as the Queen Mother Yin stayed in the palace for a day, the prince would always have another weakness that could be constrained.
If the Queen Mother was a concubine, the prince could exchange some benefits with the emperor and take the person out of the palace to support her. However, Queen Mother Yin was the queen mother and the emperor's stepmother. The emperor would never let the queen mother leave the palace.
This point is simply non-negotiable.
Gu Jue lowered his eyes, tapped his slender index finger gently, and said nothing for a while.
Chu Qianchen knew him best. He knew he was thinking at a glance and didn't disturb him.
Her hands had already been warmed, and she poured two cups of tea gently.
He drank one cup by himself and handed another cup to Gu Jue.
After Gu Jue took two sips of tea, he looked at Chu Qianchen who was holding the tea obediently.
At this moment, he had realized that the "fun" she said was probably not the kind of fun he had understood before.
"What did you do in the palace?" Gu Jue looked at her with a slightly subtle look.
Chu Qianchen blinked again and obediently started talking about listening to the opera in Changyin Pavilion, talking about her admiring flowers with the Queen Mother Yin, and then talking about Anle and Princess Changning throwing pots. In the middle, she couldn't help but mention that she and the Queen Mother wanted to make peace with each other. Gu Jue threw the pot to her together...
Gu Jue interrupted and said one word: "Okay."
They will play hut together tomorrow!
"Yes." Chu Qianchen smiled sweetly, nodded vigorously, and continued, ending with her accompanying Queen Mother Yin back to Shouning Palace.
Finally, she thought of something, pointed to the pot of cold orchids that Amber had just brought up, and said, "I also got this pot of flower king!"
Since this pot of cold orchids was rated as the King of Flowers by Queen Mother Yin, it was considered in her eyes, so the Queen had it sent to Shouning Palace, and Queen Mother Yin gave it to Chu Qianchen.
Gu Jue looked at the pot of cold orchid with purple-red flowers, and then at the orchid of the same color in Chu Qianchen's hair, and said with a smile: "The queen has such good taste!"
This flower looks really good on her.
At this time, the carriage turned to the right, and Chu Qianchen's body also fell slightly in the direction of Gu Jue.
The curtain on one side was blown up by the wind. The wind was a bit cold, and Chu Qianchen shrank subconsciously.
Gu Jue raised his hand to lower the curtains, but his eyes happened to be looking towards the inn outside the window. The post house was even more heavily guarded than usual, with twice as many guards as envoy Nan Hao and his entourage were temporarily staying in the post house.
Their carriage drove so fast that they left the posthouse behind in the blink of an eye.
Gu Jue pressed his hand to cover the curtains, and then changed the topic: "Just now, Andaman, the envoy of Nanhao, once again asked the emperor to marry the third princess on behalf of the prince of Hao Kingdom, and the emperor has agreed."
"The third princess should return to Nanhao with the envoy group."
Gu Jue's voice was calm and calm, just stating one thing.
Chu Qianchen: "..."
Chu Qianchen suddenly forgot to drink tea and opened his eyes slightly.
What she was thinking about was not the third princess, nor the marriage between the two countries, but Chu Qianhuang.
Chu Qianhuang wanted to go to Nanhao and was so persistent that she was crazy. Now that she was deprived of her status as a companion and lost this opportunity, what would Chu Qian do? !
The Queen just took away Chu Qianhuang's reading companion, apparently because Chu Qianhuang was rude to her, but Chu Qianchen knew that this was just an excuse for the Queen.
Even if nothing happened today, Chu Qianhuang would still be his companion.
Today is different from the past. Concubine Chu once supported the queen and the prince, but now she has ambitions. Concubine Chu and the second prince have become enemies of the queen.
Under such circumstances, no matter how much the third princess liked Chu Qianhuang, the queen could not tolerate Chu Qianhuang. How could she allow the girl from the Chu family to stay with the third princess, let alone accompany the third princess to marry? Nan Hao.
However, with how dedicated Chu Qianhuang is to Nan Hao, she probably won't give up.
(End of chapter)