Chapter 303: 303 trump card (first update)
Chapter 303 303 trump card (first update)
Chu Qianchen felt in her heart that what the queen had done was really bad. It was no wonder that when she saw the eldest princesses talking about this matter today, they all looked sad and indignant.
The little black cat lying in front of Chu Qianchen has also successfully been stroked. Under Chu Qianchen's strokes, it slept like a round cat cake, and its eyes narrowed into slits. The four white claws are hidden.
Chu Qianchen touched the cat's ears twice and seemed to think of something, "I heard that the prince-in-law is the queen's cousin, her aunt's youngest son, and his surname is..." Chu Qianchen searched his memory, but couldn't remember it for a moment. .
Gu Jue moved his eyebrows.
In order to honor the late emperor, Jingle somewhat delayed her marriage. She got married two years ago, when Gu Jue was still in the North. Gu Jue actually didn't know the identity of Jingle's consort and other consorts.
But because Chu Qianchen mentioned the queen's aunt, Gu Jue thought of something and said casually: "The surname is Lu."
"By the way, my surname is Lu." Chu Qianchen said, stroking his palms.
Today, Princess Li and the eldest princesses casually said a few words while lamenting, and Chu Qianchen only listened to them.
The queen's maiden name is "Song", and this consort Lu is the youngest son of the queen's aunt.
As the youngest son, he could not inherit the title, and he could not even enter the Imperial Academy because he was not good at literature or martial arts. The queen's aunt went to ask the queen to look after her youngest son.
A queen went to the emperor to argue for her cousin. The emperor didn't think much of Jingle, the emperor's sister, and left everything to the queen to arrange. The marriage was completed under the leadership of the queen.
Chu Qianchen also remembered that Jingle was whipped by the consort before, so he sighed again: "No wonder the queen is not willing to take care of it."
The untouched cat opened its eyes, yawned lazily, stretched out its paws and patted Chu Qianchen's hand twice in dissatisfaction.
Chu Qianchen obediently smoothed her cat's fur again. The cat made a milky "meowing" sound and closed its eyes again.
"Today Princess Li invited a singer from the Jiaofang Division to sing, and she sang very beautifully!"
While Chu Qianchen played with the cat, Gu Jue played with her hair. He curled up a strand of shiny black hair with his slender fingers and curled it again and again carelessly.
"If you like it, can you invite someone to come to the palace to sing tomorrow?" He asked her with a smile.
"Okay." Chu Qianchen nodded, "That singer's voice is really nice, like an oriole coming out of the valley, but the song she sings is too old. My prince will also listen to it with me tomorrow."
"Are you going out tomorrow?" Gu Jue's other hand gently rested on her slender waist, with only a round, fluffy "cat cake" between them.
The cat was squeezed by the two people, so it adjusted its sleeping position, hugging its two hind legs and turning its body into an oval pancake.
Chu Qianchen shook his head, "I won't go out tomorrow, and I won't go out the day after tomorrow, but I will enter the palace the day after tomorrow."
Gu Jue: "..."
Gu Jue squeezed her tender palm and said, "If you don't want to go out in the future, don't go out."
What he meant was that she didn't have to force herself to entertain the princess, the eldest princess and other female family members.
He hoped that she could be unrestrained with him and do what she wanted...without staying up late, of course.
Chu Qianchen couldn't help but moved closer to him and responded crisply: "Okay."
Anyway, she has recognized all the eldest princesses of the royal family, princesses of the clan, princesses, county lords, etc., the ladies of the noble family, and the prince's wife, and that is enough.
She wants to accompany the prince in the palace!
"Meow!"
After being squeezed repeatedly, the black cat finally couldn't bear it and jumped out from between the two of them, leaped to the other end of the Arhat's bed, squatted there, looked at the two slimy two-legged beasts with contempt, and seemed to be , are you finished yet?
There was silence in the room.
Then, Chu Qianchen burst out laughing, his laughter clear and bright.
The black cat licked its paws and turned away.
Chu Qianchen laughed so happily that he buried his head in Gu Jue's arms and said, "The day after tomorrow is the hairpin gift given to the third princess."
Next, she will go out less often, but she still has to go to the palace the day after tomorrow. She has not seen the Queen Mother for some days, so she has the opportunity to enter the palace.
Chu Qianchen lowered his eyes and played with the hair hanging on his chest. He smiled meaningfully and said, "It should be very lively by then."
The wedding date set by Qi and Hao was the beginning of the coming spring, and the wedding procession was originally scheduled to leave at the beginning of the twelfth lunar month, but the queen said she wanted to personally host the hairpin ceremony for the three princesses.
Logically speaking, he should be busy preparing for the third princess's wedding now, but the emperor pressed the dowry list planned by the Ministry of Rites for the third princess.
Chu Qianchen heard Princess Li and Princess Rui talk about it a few days ago. The Ministry of Rites was going crazy. If the emperor didn't approve it, there would be no time to prepare the dowry for the third princess.
Moreover, so far, the candidates for the two concubines seem to have been decided, but the imperial edict has not yet been issued.
"Yes." Gu Jue lowered his eyes and watched Chu Qianchen carefully combing his hair with his fingers. "Gu Lang must have regretted it." He regretted that he had agreed to marry the third princess to the Hao Kingdom.
Gu Jue's tone was careless, as if he was talking about something insignificant.
Chu Qianchen smiled so hard that his eyes curled up and his pupils were surprisingly bright. He sighed happily: "Thanks to Chu Qianhuang."
If Chu Qianhuang hadn't played this trick, they would have had to put more thought into it.
As Chu Qianchen said this, he compared his hair with Gu Jue's.
His hair was thicker and thicker than hers, but not as dark as hers. It had a silky sheen, which was much better than the dry ends when he had just returned to Beijing from the North.
Chu Qianchen pursed his lips and smiled happily, and couldn't help but think of Yueying's pitiful appearance with dull fur when he was just delivered to Jishi Hall. Look, Yueying is now smooth and smooth due to her care.
She also raised the prince very well!
Chu Qianchen laughed so happily that he said sternly: "Your Majesty, I won't go anywhere tomorrow. I will stay in the house and listen to some songs with you."
The two had a good conversation, but in the end, Gu Jue was called away early in the morning.
It was not until the afternoon that Gu Jue returned to the palace again. Chu Qianchen was about to show him the trick he had made for him today. Before he could say anything, someone came to Wuhejia Tower to ask for an audience.
Chu Qianchen: "..."
Chu Qianchen's little face dimmed a bit, and he thought to himself: This monk really has no eyesight!
Gu Jue stood up from the Arhat bed, and Chu Qianchen also stood up. He originally wanted to help Gu Jue straighten his clothes. Unexpectedly, she had just helped Gu Jue straighten the collar of her clothes when her right wrist was pinched by Gu Jue's fingers.
Gu Jue said: "Let's go together."
Chu Qianchen disliked the cold weather, but after hearing what Gu Jue said, he obediently agreed.
The couple held hands and went to Shaohua Hall.
Wuhejialou was waiting for them in the main hall. He was still wearing monk clothes as white as snow, not stained by dust, and seemed to be whiter than the white snow outside the window.
After being raised for more than two months, his injuries were basically healed. Except for his cheeks and figure, which were still a little thinner, he had basically returned to the way he was before the injury. The Zhilan Yushu looked as if it would take the wind and leave at any time.
It's just that external and internal injuries can be treated and slowly healed, but some things can never go back to what they were before.
He carries a heavy burden of hatred between his country and his family, and his future is uncertain, enough to crush anyone. However, Uhagalou's descriptions are always so calm.
"Prince Chen, Princess Chen."
Wuhejialou gave a Buddhist salute to the two of them.
After the three of them greeted each other, they sat down in front of a tea table. Next to the tea table were a small red clay stove and a teapot.
Garuda's attendant Chiangrai stood behind him, like a statue. After experiencing a catastrophe, the fifteen-year-old boy was forced to grow up a lot, and he was completely different from before.
Gu Jue stroked his cuffs with one hand, and put the tea powder into the tea cup with a spoon with the other hand, moving slowly and slowly.
The teapot on the stove was making a slight noise, and the water was boiling like fish eyes.
Wuhejialou took out a piece of tissue paper from the sleeves of his broad monk robe, unfolded it, and placed it on the tea table.
This is a drawing of a long bow.
"This drawing was given to Andaman by Miss Chu." Uhagalou said calmly, "Andaman gave this drawing to one of his subordinates named Lange and asked him if he could use this drawing Make the bow."
"I once saved the lives of the entire Lange family."
But few people knew about it, so Andaman took Lange with him.
Gu Jue nodded slightly and didn't ask any more questions. After all, Wuhejialou had been the eldest prince of the Hao Kingdom for so many years, and was deeply valued by Emperor Xian Hao. His foundation was not weak, and he had many people, both covertly and covertly.
Gu Jue put down the tea spoon, picked up the drawing instead, and looked carefully at the strangely shaped bow on the drawing.
Chu Qianchen took over the follow-up tacitly, picked up the teapot, and began to slowly pour the hot water from the teapot into the tea cup.
Use a spoon to mix the paste, then whisk it with a tea spoon.
After a while, white snow foam floated on the tea surface, like sparse stars and a pale moon.
Chu Qianchen lowered his eyebrows and smiled, completely ignoring what they were saying or doing.
Her movements were elegant and smooth, exuding a gentle and calm aura, as if even the passage of time had slowed down.
Chu Qianchen ordered three cups of tea, no more and no less, just one cup for each person.
At this time, Gu Jue also finished reading the drawing and raised his head with deep eyes.
He has been in the army for many years, and he can tell at a glance that the strange-looking bow on the drawing is a new type of bow that has never appeared before. He has seen many types of bows before, including bows from the distant western country of Persia, but this This bow is very different from other bows.
Chu Qianchen also leaned over and took a look, but it was just a glance without going into details.
She didn't know much about weapons such as bows, swords, knives, and crossbows, and she couldn't see the mystery of this drawing. However, since it was made by Chu Qianhuang, and it could also get Andaman and Wu He If Garuda values it, then there must be something clever about it.
Chu Qianchen carefully picked up a tea cup in front of him, admired the tea soup, smelled its fragrance, and then took a sip of the tea soup to taste its taste.
She looks calm on the surface, but in reality her thoughts are racing.
She knew that after Chu Qianhuang found that there was no way to get through Gu Jin and Shen Wan, she would definitely use another trump card to persuade the Andaman Prince. Otherwise, how could she let the dignified Prince of Hao Kingdom treat her as a boudoir woman? Take a good look!
However, Chu Qianchen didn't expect that Chu Qianhuang's trump card would be so interesting!
After catgut and "Fu Shui", Chu Qianhuang came up with another "something" that was refreshing to her.
interesting.
How many more such "things" are hidden in Chu Qianhuang's body?
Chu Qianchen took another sip of tea. It was slightly bitter in the mouth, fragrant, sweet, heavy, and smooth at the same time. What he tasted was the nature of tea, and his mind wandered.
Uhagalou slowly turned the bead with one hand and said in a gentle voice: "This drawing blurs some key details. Andaman has already seen the actual bow and tried the bow himself. He asked again. Can Lange reproduce this bow based on the drawings and his instructions?"
Uhagalou pointed to the drawing and repeated what Lange said about the bow, and finally said: "Andaman is sending people around to find out which shop made that bow."
Unfortunately, this is the capital of Daqi, and the people of Andaman are bound to do things with restraint and hesitation. Naturally, it is not as convenient as in the Hao Kingdom to find out information, and they dare not make too much noise.
"What do you think of this bow?" Wuhejialou asked Gu Jue.
Gu Jue was also sipping tea. He leisurely put down the tea cup in his hand and said four words lightly: "It's interesting, I even took out the real thing."
The last half of Gu Jue's sentence seemed to be whispered to himself, with a hint of interest in his plain tone, and he became a little interested in this kind of bow.
It's just a little bit of interest.
Gu Jue gave a high five, and Jingfeng, who was guarding outside the hall, walked in and took orders.
Gu Jue ordered: "Go and find Pei Linye quietly and ask him to send someone to the craftsmen's shops to ask if anyone has built anything strange in the past two months."
It has been some time since Pei Linye was transferred to Jinyiwei as deputy commander, enough time for him to place people in Jinyiwei.
Actually, I'm too lazy to divide it into chapters because I have to think of an extra chapter name, but not dividing it into chapters seems to mean less updates? ? sad.
(End of chapter)