Chapter 75:

Gu Jing really thinks so. In his eyes, the father is Mingjun, and Daqi is a prosperous and prosperous world. However, the first emperor's faintness in his later years made Daqi a mess, and the people are not living.
Even if the father has the heart, it is inevitable that he has more heart but not enough energy.
Gu Jing took two deep breaths, calmed down a bit, and said in a serious tone: "Of course, father and son are not so stupid. The design drawing for Yeluluan is fake."
The emperor raised his eyebrows slightly in surprise. This is something he didn't expect.
Seeing the emperor's intentions moved, Gu Jing continued: "Father Emperor Mingjian, maybe the sons are not thoughtful enough in some aspects, but the sons never betray Daqi's heart."
"The drawing of the compound bow was given to Erchen on the initiative by Yingluo, saying that she knew that Erchen was in peace talks with Beiyan. This drawing can allow Yeluluan to agree to the terms of the peace negotiation as soon as possible."
"Erchen feels wrong, but I thought Yelvluan had said before that if Daqi was willing to donate the design drawing of the compound bow, he could give Daqi a thousand Turkic horses. That's why he thought."
"Kerchen also knows that compound bows are of great importance and they must never fall into the hands of the Beiyan people, so Erchen gave Yelvluan a fake drawing."
The emperor looked at Gu Jing in silence, slowly turning his jade pull finger, noncommittal.
Gu Jing took out a drawing from his arms and presented it with both hands. Zhou Xin took the drawing and forwarded it to the emperor.
Gu Jing squatted his head heavily at the emperor, "Emperor father, although my son wants to sign a peace agreement with Beiyan as soon as possible, I hope the two countries can truce, but they will never betray Daqi."
The emperor took the design drawing of the compound bow, but didn't look at it, and directly passed it to Gu Zezhi, looking at him with questioning eyes.
Since Gu Zezhi laid out this round, of course he wouldn't really let Yeluluan get the real blueprint. The blueprint of the Prince Thai Mansion was originally tampered with.
Gu Zezhi glanced at the drawing in his hand. It was a drawing he drew by himself, and he would naturally not admit it was wrong. But it's just that the drawings are correct.
Gu Jing noticed the eye exchange between Gu Zezhi and the emperor, and secretly relieved, knowing that the saddest hurdle had passed, and a cold sweat broke out on the back of his neck.
"Father, although the peace talks between the sons and the ministers are unfavorable, they really did not betray Daqi." Gu Jing emphasized again, "the peace between the two countries is hard-won, and the sons and ministers always believe that no more fights!"
The emperor watched Gu Jing hesitated to speak, but did not say after all, and his thin lips pressed slightly.
After a while, the emperor said: "You go back to the palace and self-examination."
This sentence is tantamount to taking off all the errands on Gu Jing.
"Yes, Father Emperor." At this moment, Gu Jing didn't dare to say a word, and after kowtow to the emperor again, he got up and retreated.
When he bowed and withdrew, the hands hidden in his sleeves were still trembling slightly, and his heart tightened.
In the imperial study room, only the emperor, Gu Zezhi and Gu Ju were left.
The emperor began to slowly turn the jade pull finger again, and after a while, he sighed, "It's a pity."
Gu Zezhi knew what the emperor was saying, so he slightly chinked his head.
What a pity.
Da Qi's foundation is too thin.
Since the first emperor’s old age, Daqi has been full of defects. The treasury is empty and chaotic. In addition, Beiyan and Xidi have infringed on the border of Daqi for years. Now Daqi is just showing that he is barely glamorous, or otherwise. Taking advantage of this great victory in northern Xinjiang, it is time to take advantage of the victory to pursue it, maybe they can really let them win Beiyan and avoid the disaster in the north.
The emperor sighed lightly again, his body has been poor for many years, and his energy has been weak.
At the beginning of his ascension, he also tried his best, but he was powerless. It took ten years to get Da Qi Kankan out of the predicament of almost subjugating the country, but the internal and external troubles continued.
Regardless of whether Gu Jing was just trying to exonerate himself, there is one sentence that he did not make a mistake. Da Qi has no strength to fight anymore.
"It's a pity..." the emperor couldn't help saying it again.
Gu Zezhi said warmly: "The emperor, wait for Daqi to recover and heal, then fight again."
The emperor was startled and looked at Gu Zezhi subconsciously.
Gu Zezhi stood with his hand in his hand, and there was a sharp aura between his beautiful and gentle eyebrows, like a sharp sword out of its sheath, shimmering with chill.
A smile slowly escaped from the corner of the emperor's mouth, and his expression became open-minded.
The emperor stroked his palms with a smile and said, "Then I will wait for you to open up territory for Daqi."
Gu Yu also learned from the emperor to stroke his palms, and nodded heavily.
"The emperor," Gu Zezhi smiled and arched his hands, "Da Qi still has Yu Fuyun."
"Good point!" The emperor laughed heartily.
Yes, Da Qi has Yu Fuyun and Gu Zezhi...
The emperor's previous gloom was swept away, his eyes looked lovingly at Gu Ju, and he asked patiently: "Yuan, what do you understand?"
Gu Ju jumped down from the chair and said to the emperor steadfastly: "Back to the emperor, you can't just look at the success or failure in front of you."
The emperor smiled encouragingly, and asked, "What else?"
Gu Yu, who had just turned six, spoke with a soft milky voice, but he was already organized, and said: "Beijing took the initiative to donate Turkic horses. We shouldn’t just see how good the Turkic horses are. , We should also think deeply about their intention to give horses."
The emperor listened with a smile, his eyes flickering.
At first, when he heard that Beiyan was willing to donate five hundred Turkic horses, the emperor could not stop his excitement.
These Turkic horses are too important for Daqi to improve Daqi’s horses, but Gu Zezhi poured cold water on him: "Turkic horses are important and important in Beiyan, Daqi and Beiyan Yan is a world feud, Yeluluan promised five hundred Turkic horses so easily, there must be fraud."
The emperor felt that what Gu Zezhi had said was reasonable, and he also kept his heart.
However, he originally thought that Beiyan would bestow some bad horses to Daqi, but he never thought that Yeluluan would use such a vicious trick as Ma Wen.
After all, the temptation of Turkic horses is too great. If it weren't for Gu Zezhi's reminder, maybe they would really have fallen into Beiyan's plan.
Then, the horses of Northern Xinjiang are at stake!
After thinking about it, the emperor was afraid for a while. After drinking two sips of tea, his mood stabilized.
After putting down the tea cup, the emperor looked at Gu Zezhi again and asked curiously: "Zezhi, you knew it was horse plague?"
Gu Zezhi shook his head and replied truthfully: "The minister does not know, but the minister does not have the ability to predict."
His eyebrows are smiling, like a breeze blowing over the willow branches, the clouds are light and breezy.
The emperor looked at him, somewhat unable to guess whether his words were true or false.
Gu Zezhi is clearly not a young man, but he is far more agile than ordinary people. Taking one step and thinking ten steps is more mysterious than an unknown prophet.
"I know, I know!" Gu Ju raised his hand excitedly, his eyes gleaming, "This is called planning ahead."
"That's why General Yu went to Northern Xinjiang, right!"
Gu Yu looked at the emperor with scorching eyes, his small face lightened, as if it was written with the words "Come and praise me".
This is what he wants to understand!
The emperor laughed again, boasting as he wished: "Yuan'er is so smart."
Gu Yu smiled, and a pair of shallow dimples appeared on the round face, with a touch of embarrassment.
The emperor called Gu Ju to him, rubbed the top of his soft hair, and then sent him away, letting him go to the study first.
Gu Yu obediently left with a small servant.
The emperor looked at Gu Ju's back, and suddenly asked Gu Zezhi in a low voice: "Zezhi, what do you think of Ju'er?"
The curtain was knocked up and down again, and Gu Ju went out.
Gu Zezhi: "Heart-hearted, thoughtful, just get through."
This was praise, but the emperor's expression became more solemn.
In the imperial study room, there was another moment of silence, until the curtain stopped, the emperor asked again: "Is it suitable for the prince?"
One of Gu Zepai calmly stared at the emperor, calmly said:
"The second prince is ambitious, but his eyesight is short-sighted; the third prince is mild-tempered and lacks independent opinions; the fourth prince is young and frail, and is raised by a woman..."
The emperor's eldest sons are thin, and the fifth prince died early when he was five years old, and then the youngest sixth prince Gu Bi.
"The Sixth Prince is small, but being small also has small benefits..."
Gu Zezhi stopped talking and didn't continue.
In fact, the emperor is the emperor who knows the advantages and disadvantages of several princes.
The country does not establish a young master. Gu Ju's young age is a shortcoming as well as an advantage. He is a blank paper when he is young and easier to teach.
Moreover, Gu Yu is a smart, inferior to the other, with a clear mind. Although he does not act vigorously and decisively for the emperor, he is not the kind of overlord who opens up territories, but he has a benevolent heart, saves others by himself, Being modest and studious, you should be able to keep it.
And now Daqi also needs a ZTE master!
The emperor was silent, looking down and thinking.
The courtiers have quarreled many times over the issue of "establishing a protagonist without establishing a long-term son" and "standing a long-term son without establishing a child". Basically, they talked about "prostitutes and non-prostitutes", but Gu Zezhi is different. He is Analyzed from the personalities and abilities of several princes.
The emperor thought for a long time, and finally didn't say anything, just made Gu Zezhi retreat.
In the imperial study room, only Zhou Xin stayed to serve the emperor with tea.
Outside the window, the spring breeze gently moved the branches and leaves, and the faint rustle made the room extremely quiet, and the mottled and messy light and shadow cast on the emperor's face, making his face deep and complicated.
It was quiet inside and outside the house.
In the early morning of the next day, as soon as the emperor spoke, he announced several things directly:
"Yu Fuyun led his army to take the three cities of Beimeng City, Tuli City, Lenta City and Lenta River.
"Daqi and Beiyan have reached a peace talk, and Wang Jilin, the left servant of the Ministry of Rites, will be sent to Beiyan with the two envoys of Beiyan as his envoy, and he will send the two countries' peace to King Yan.
"To marry the second prince Beiyan and the third princess Changning and Princess Yingluo."
"Established the sixth prince Gu Ju as the prince."
Every word of the emperor resounded in everyone's ears like a thunder in the sky. Everything in these words was of great importance, even if they were separated, it was enough to shock the court.
There was an uproar in the Jinluan Temple.
The ministers showed that they were stunned by the previous three things, and there were countless doubts in their hearts, such as when Yu Fuyun went to northern Xinjiang, such as the two countries and the terms in the book, such as how the emperor would let the three princesses Make peace with Princess Yingluo...
But these doubts are not as shocking as the emperor's last words, the emperor unexpectedly planned to make the sixth prince the prince!
After a brief shock, the officials came back to their senses, with different expressions, some were surprised, some were disapproving, some were noncommittal, and some immediately stood out from the queue and expressed their opposition:
"The emperor, the six princes are young. It is true that the country does not establish a young master, so the emperor should think twice before acting."
"The emperor, Zuo Shangshu said it is true. The sixth prince is six years old, it is really difficult for him to be a big responsibility."
"The minister seconded."
Among these opposing courtiers, some simply felt that the emperor, the prince, was too sloppy to stand up, but some supported the second prince. The second prince was busy with the Beiyan peace talks recently. Now that the peace talks have been completed, the second prince has been condemned to shut the palace for self-examination. He must have made a big mistake in the peace talks.
Now the second prince is in an obvious disadvantage, but the emperor wants to establish a prince and has to delay the past anyway.
What's more, the Daqi Dynasty emphasized the superiority of the capable. Among the previous generations of emperors, four of the emperors had passed their prostitutes to sit on the throne.
The emperor sat on the high Jinluang Palace without changing his face, neither frightened nor angry, nor stunned or angry.
Until these courtiers had finished speaking, the emperor in front asked indifferently: "Are I going to die?"
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"..."
The emperor's short five words made the whole house stand silently.
Who dares to answer? !
As the emperor said, he is still alive, and the prince is just the prince, what is the young lord? !
However, even so, many courtiers still felt wrong.
After all, the age of the sixth prince is too young, and people who are "younger and older may not be better" are not uncommon in history. Now that the prince is established, if the sixth prince feels that the sixth prince is wrong and then abolish the prince, it will lead to the The turmoil in the hall will make the future new prince and the sixth prince brothers have a grudge!
So, seven or eight courtiers jumped out:
"The health of the emperor's dragon is a blessing to me. The matter of establishing a prince should not be urgent. Why should we consider the long-term plan?"
"Master Chen said that is quite true. His Royal Highness is young, so it's better to wait for your Royal Highness to grow up in a few years, and it won't be too late to establish a prince!"
"..."
The temple of Jinluan was a mess.
The matter of setting up a prince is related to the lifeblood of the country. Even if some officials had important things to do, they are now hiding the zhezi. Compared with the matter of setting up a prince, other things are nothing.
The morning of this day did not end until noon.
Not only the chaos in front of the court, but also the harem.
In Fengluan Palace, Xu Anbi and Changning knelt in front of Queen Wei. Changning cried with pear blossoms and rain, crystal tears rolled down his eyes like broken pearls, and his cheeks were slightly pale.
Qin Jiu was also there, sitting on the armchair beside him, silently watching Xu Anbi and Changning mother and daughter.
Xu Anbi and Changning came to see Queen Wei more than an hour ago. Queen Wei refused to see her. The mother and daughter were kneeling outside Fengluan Palace, crying all the time, and the maids refused to leave no matter how they persuaded them.
At that time, Qin Jiu was accompanied by Queen Wei for breakfast. Because Queen Wei was still taking care of her body, she was spared the concubine and the princes and princesses during this period of time, and got up late.
The two had only had breakfast at the beginning of the day, and Qin Jiao missed a bowl of porridge due to the trouble between Xu Anbi and his daughter.
After eating and eating, Queen Wei did not let Xu Anbi and her daughter come in until a cup of tea. The mother and daughter knelt and cried as soon as they came in, crying until now.
Qin Zhuo looked at the mother and daughter with interest, thinking that they were both biological mothers and daughters. Both of them cried very beautifully. Their eyes were red, and the pupils were misty after being washed with tears. They were not embarrassed, but they looked charming. Beauty is weak, with a pitiful sense of beauty.
Empress Wei ignored Xu An'an and Changning at all, and smiled and talked with Qin Jiao in a notebook.
Xu Anbi and Changning, who were kneeling on the side, wiped their tears with a kerchief, while quietly looking at Queen Wei with the corner of their eyes.
They wanted to wait for the Queen to ask, but they heard Queen Wei chatting with Qin Jiao on her own. They talked from "The Peony Pavilion" to "Mu Guiying in Command", and then they talked about a bell and drums. I just handed it a notebook.
Xu Anbi: "..."
Xu Anbi wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes with the kerchief again, her eyes flickering.
There is really no way, Xu Anbi could only take the initiative to speak, and said to Changning: "Changning, you are still ill, does it matter to your body? Can the decoction be taken on time?"
"The mother concubine knows that you are filial, and she prays for the Queen's empress to copy the "Ksitigarbha Sutra" every day, but you have to do your best..."
What Xu Anbi meant in his words was that Changning was all about praying for Queen Wei, so he was sick.
Queen Wei still didn't ask much, as if she hadn't heard of it.
Changning choked a few times, resisting tears and said: "Mother concubine, the son is fine, so the mother and concubine worry about the son."
"Changning, your child has been like this since he was a child. You can support everything by yourself..."
As Xu Anbi spoke, she started to sob again and wiped tears from the corners of her eyes with a kerchief.
"Since I'm sick, go back and let the imperial doctor see, don't delay the wedding." At this time, Empress Wei finally spoke, and the face of Grace was calm.
When it came to the last two words of "marriage", his voice was cold, almost falling out of ice.
Qin Jiu had heard from Empress Wei that the emperor had given Yeluluan, Changning and Yingluo the marriage, and his expression was subtle.
Originally, the emperor didn't want to be married. Qin Jiu could see this, and he also heard Empress Wei mentioned it personally.
What's more, according to Empress Wei, Yeluluan will "live" in the capital in the future, so that he can leave the house without incident. This clearly means that he will be imprisoned for life.
After several months of getting along with each other, Qin Jiu knew a little bit about the emperor's uncle. He is used to being gentle with others, and he is so gentle that he doesn't look like a superior emperor.
Therefore, this paper gifted marriage was obviously because the emperor was so tired of Changning that she was married to Yeluluan.
Qin Jiao's eyes flashed, and a speculation faintly emerged in his heart: The reason why the Queen's aunt had a sudden asthma attack is really related to Changning!
Hearing Queen Wei mentioned the "marriage period", Chang Ning's face was pale again, even paler than a piece of white paper, and her thin and delicate body shook violently, almost not falling down.
"Changning!" Xu Anbi exclaimed, and rushed to hold Changning in his arms, tears raining down, like a dead daughter.
Xu Anbing patted Chang Ning's back comfortably, and once again pleaded with Empress Wei: "Empress, Chang Ning is the one you watched to grow up. She has always been filial to you. She had a fever because of a knife wound two days ago, and she has been thinking about it. I pray for you..."
"Empress, mother, forgive my concubine to say something courageously, Changning is weak and can't bear the pain of marrying Yan Guo."
Xu Anbi said sadly, eyes flushed.
She really felt sorry for her daughter, and she couldn't help but blame Queen Wei for being cruel.
Also, who made her Changning not crawl out of the Queen's belly, Changning cut meat for the Queen, and prayed for blessings, but the Queen did not have a trace of love for her...
The corner of Queen Wei's lips curled up with a sneer, her eyes sharply looked at the mother and daughter who were kneeling on the ground, and she said in a mocking tone: "filial piety, just deliberately scattered the catkins in the place where the palace passed by?"
Xu Anbi and Changning froze as if they had been slapped. Both mother and daughter forgot to cry and looked up at Queen Wei in disbelief.
How did the queen know? !
Qin Jiu secretly said: Sure enough!
"Come here." Queen Wei raised her hand and made a gesture.
The door curtain was immediately kicked up from the outside, Xiao Kouzi walked in front, and behind it were two other servants escorting a Qingyi court lady, and a group of people filed in and came to Queen Wei.
"Empress Empress, Mingfang and Li Rende have brought." Xiao Kouzi said to Queen Wei.
The expressions of Xu Anbi and Changning changed, and their eyes fell on the court lady Mingfang.
Mingfang is a court lady in Changning Palace.
Mingfang stumbled on her knees, her face paled, her whole body trembling, shaking like a leftover leaf in the wind and rain.
Queen Wei nodded slightly, and Xiao Kouzi said to a square face beside her, "Li Rende, you say first!"
Li Rende also bowed to Empress Wei, and said tremblingly: "On the first day of the first day of the new year, before the Queen Empress went for a walk in the Royal Garden, the minion saw Mingfang from a distance carrying a basket through the Yuanxiang Water Pavilion and climbing the rockery next to it. At that time, the minion thought Mingfang was going to pick the flowers, and he didn't care."
Xiao Kouzi took a bamboo basket from another round-faced waiter behind him, and presented the basket to You Bai, and said: "This basket was found in Mingfang's house. There are remnants of catkins."
In just a few words, Mingfang's body shook more severely.
"Queen Empress for your life." She kowtows to Queen Wei, her forehead banging, and within a few clicks, her forehead is red and swollen. "It was the third princess who ordered the servants to do this."
Xu Anbi's face was extremely ugly.
There are both personal and physical evidence, and there is no room for rebuttal.
In other words, the emperor has already believed it, and it is useless if they say more!
Empress Wei's eyes were colder, and she looked down at Xu Anbi and Changning who were kneeling on the ground. The sarcasm in the corners of her mouth became stronger, "So this is filial piety!"
"..." Xu An-bi was speechless.
Just now, when Mingfang appeared, Changning knew that the situation was not good. At this moment, he was so shocked that he was completely blank in his mind and could not think.
She also has no other way to make this decision. After all, she is just a concubine. Although she is considered a superior princess in the eyes of others, in fact, she is still a concubine, and the queen can decide her marriage with just a word.
She didn't intend to harm the queen, but wanted to make the queen suffer a small illness and give her a chance to show her filial piety.
Obviously from childhood to adulthood, as long as she cried, some people would feel softened. She thought it was the same this time.
Obviously she has calculated everything, why did things develop to this point? !
Changning felt cold all over, feeling cold.
"Mother, Erchen... I know it's wrong!" Changning walked a few steps towards Empress Wei's knees anxiously, tears falling down her cheeks again, and pitifully begging for mercy, "You can spare Erchen, Erchen didn't intend to harm you. !"
That's right, isn't the queen good? She is not harmful! She just wanted to find a way out for herself!
Xu Anbi also cried and pleaded: "The empress, Changning really knows that she was wrong. Changning will listen to you in the future. She is weak and cannot marry a barbarous land like Beiyan."
Empress Wei raised her eyebrows, and said calmly: "Can't marry far away? It's a good thing, the second prince Yelu will stay in Beijing for a long time, and the emperor will give the mansion soon."
"As for Changning..."
Empress Wei's indifferent eyes fell on Changning's teary and hazy face, and I didn't feel any softness at all.
She still remembers how Changning calculated Xiao Jiu in the hunting palace last year. Fortunately, Xiao Jiu was clever enough to let her do the calculations.
Changning has too many thoughts, and staying in the palace is also a trouble.
Queen Wei said again: "Changning, don't go back to the palace after you get married, lest the catkins flutter and make my palace uncomfortable.
Changning: "!!!"
Changning's pupils shrank sharply, and he couldn't believe his ears, and his strength seemed to be taken away instantly.
Before coming to Fengluan Palace today, she had imagined that the worst case would be to have to kiss Beiyan.
However, she is also a princess in any way, and her status is higher than that of Yingluo. She is the royal family, and Yingluo can only be a concubine. Even if she marries Beiyan, she is also a prince and concubine, and may even become the queen of Beiyan in the future.
She didn't expect Yeluluan to stay in Beijing as a proton, and she would also be put under house arrest. Wouldn't it be the same as going to jail? !
Then isn't she going to be trapped in a square inch of land all her life, and can only see the square sky? !
A deep despair appeared in Changning's eyes, and her life would have ended before it even started! !
"..." Chang Ning's throat was tight, she wanted to talk, but she couldn't make a sound, a thick bitterness spread from the bottom of her throat.
"Queen Empress..."
Xu Anbi still wanted to intercede with her daughter. However, Queen Wei didn't want to talk to the mother and daughter anymore, and said to Xu Anbi: "As for you, demotion to third class, from today there is no order from the palace. , Don't come out."
If she was demoted to the third class, she would be a beauty, and Xu Anbing would be Xu Meiren in the future.
Queen Wei again ordered: "Little Kouzi, take the people down. The third princess should get married, and she will stay in her palace and prepare for marriage in the future."
Xiao Kouzi immediately took orders, so a few court ladies rudely helped Xu Meiren and Changning up from the ground and escorted them out of Fengluan Palace.
These court ladies were not polite at all, after all, anyone could tell that Xu Meiren's mother and daughter had been completely abandoned. In the palace, this kind of thing has long been strange.
There was a buzzing in Chang Ning's mind, and the whole person was muddled, and the maid dragged her out of the East Side Hall in a foolish manner.
When she left the main hall, she saw a familiar figure not far in front, her eyes narrowed slightly.
Princess Tai led Yingluo into the main hall of Fengluan Palace. Yingluo followed the Princess Tai in despair, her eyes trembled, and she didn't seem to see Changning at all.
boom!
Changning only felt like a flame exploded in her mind, and her anger instantly spread to her whole body, burning her with no sense.