Since the Mid-Autumn Palace Banquet last year, the eldest princess has been living a very low-key life, fearing to get involved in a fight of swords and blood. She is smart, and the prince consort is also smart, so how many things have happened,
Many lintels have fallen down in both the government and the public, but the eldest princess’s residence is really safe and sound because of its cleverness.
Now that His Highness has ascended the throne, the eldest princess does not dare to slack off.
On this day, unexpectedly, Gu Qingyan visited the door of the eldest princess' mansion.
When the eldest princess heard that the housekeeper had come to report, she was stunned for a while, "You said it was Mr. Gu who came to visit? He wants to see me?"
"Yes." The butler nodded.
The eldest princess immediately stood up. Gu Qingyan's current status was ten times higher than before. She did not dare to delay and hurried to the living room.
After meeting the eldest princess, Gu Qingyan stood up to greet her and smiled, "I'm sorry for coming here to bother the princess."
The eldest princess shook her head and looked at Gu Qingyan curiously, "Master Gu came to see me for something important?"
Gu Qingyan smiled, "It is about His Majesty's harem, and no one is in charge. After much thought, I have found that the princess is the most suitable person to take care of this matter, so I would like to ask the princess to come forward and take charge of it."
The eldest princess suddenly understood. It stands to reason that when His Majesty ascended the throne, he wanted to select concubines and expand the harem. This matter should be handled by the Queen Mother. However, the Queen Mother reconciled with the late emperor and went to Nanyang. This matter really only belongs to His Majesty.
The aunt is suitable.
The eldest princess happily agreed, "Since it is what I should do due to my status, I am naturally bound to do it."
Gu Qingyan nodded, "Then I will ask the Ministry of Rites to cooperate with the eldest princess."
The eldest princess nodded.
She probably knows all the girls of the right age in the capital. It is easy to make a list. The final decision maker is naturally the emperor himself, so it is not difficult.
After Gu Qingyan handed over this matter to the eldest princess, he finally stopped being pestered by the courtiers, because they all turned to the eldest princess to control the situation.
The emperor had no plans to choose a concubine immediately, and there was still a war on the front line. There was no way for him to think about such things. Therefore, when the eldest princess cooperated with the Ministry of Rites and presented the list to him half a month later, he rejected it and said, "Auntie,
Let’s keep the roster for now! I’ll make a decision after the war is over.”
The eldest princess also felt that the courtiers were too impatient, and belatedly realized that Gu Qingyan was impatient with the courtiers' annoyance, so he carried her out. She had been really annoyed recently. She nodded after hearing this, "The choice of the queen.
I want Your Majesty to think carefully about it. You can decide later, but you can’t select a group of beauties to enter the palace to serve Your Majesty first!"
In these years, the people who have not been served by the eldest prince have now become His Majesty and have to be arranged.
Chu Xian shook his head, "Let's wait until after the war."
When the eldest princess saw that the emperor had no interest in the harem, she thought that it was a good thing that she was better than her late brother and not greedy for women. Your Majesty was young, so she was not in a hurry to wait, so she had to give up.
The courtiers were secretly waiting for the queen to be chosen. Unexpectedly, His Majesty was not in a hurry and had to wait patiently until the war was over.
In the blink of an eye, April has arrived, and peach and apricot blossoms are blooming all over the mountains and fields.
On the front line, An Huajin and Wang Anzhi had captured ten cities in Nan Qi and Nan Liang.
On Anhuajin's side, there were 300,000 Nanyang troops brought back by Chu Yan and Anping, and on Wang Anzhi's side, there were 300,000 Mobei troops brought by King Zhenbei and Su Han. In this way, the military strength was greatly increased, but due to Qi
The Liang coalition forces withdrew, and the two countries concentrated on facing Da Chu's counterattack, and the war became increasingly fierce.
In the blink of an eye, May came, and both sides captured the twelfth city.
Ever since An Huajin and Wang Anzhi started their counterattack, neither of them had ever lost a battle, and the court had been receiving good news.
The two armies were invincible, which really made people feel happy. Every time they received the battle report, everyone in the Chu court and the public were happy and excited.
Another month later, the new emperor received three battle reports from Wang Anzhi and captured three Southern Qi cities, but none of them came from An Huajin.
This was so unusual that the new emperor didn't pay attention to it at first, and neither did Gu Qingyan, but it continued like this for a month, making the new emperor realize that something was wrong, and the smile disappeared from Gu Qingyan's face.
On this day, he went to the palace to ask for an order, "Your Majesty, I ask for orders to go to the front line to see the little princess."
He wondered if something had happened to An Huajin.
The new emperor looked at him, "Why don't we wait? Maybe the little princess has some tricks to lure the enemy? After all, she once captured four cities in a row."
Gu Qingyan shook his head, "My intuition is wrong. Not only have I not received her battle report, I have not received a letter from her for a month."
In the past six months, no matter how busy she was, she would still send him two or three letters every month.
The new emperor couldn't sit still after hearing this, "Do you think something happened to the little princess?"
"Whether something happened to the little princess, or something happened to the Nanyang Army led by the little princess, in short, I must go and take a look." Gu Qingyan said.
The new emperor nodded and immediately agreed, "Okay, you go! Do you want me to allocate a team of people to you?"
"No need, I'll just take the secret guards with me." Gu Qingyan shook his head.
The new emperor nodded, "Be careful, but if you have news, send me a message immediately."
Gu Qingyan nodded.
On the same day, Gu Qingyan left the palace, led the secret guards, rode fast horses, and traveled lightly out of the city.
An Yining learned that Gu Qingyan had left Beijing. This time, he did not make a fuss and get angry at his uncle for leaving him. Instead, he was very worried about An Huajin. In the past month, he had not heard from his aunt. He also knew that and was very afraid of his uncle.
Something happened to my aunt.
After Gu Qingyan left the capital, he traveled day and night under the stars and the moon. It took him six days to reach Nanyang.
The last time he accompanied An Huajin to celebrate the New Year, he never settled in Nanyang. This time, he went directly to the Nanyang Prince's Mansion. He thought he would inquire about the news at the Nanyang Prince's Mansion first to see if the Nanyang Prince's Mansion knew what was going on at the front.<
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During the New Year, Xu Qingyan knew that Gu Qingyan had gone to the frontline army to accompany An Huajin to celebrate the New Year, but he had not settled in Nanyang, and he had never seen him. Today, he was also worried about the front line. Someone came to report that Lord Gu had come to Nanyang.
After being stunned for a while, he quickly went out.
Gu Qingyan was tired after six days and nights of driving, but he still maintained his elegant demeanor. After meeting Xu Qingyan, he bowed his hand to him and said, "Brother Xu, I'm Gu Qingyan."
This was the first time that Xu Qingyan met Gu Qingyan, and he secretly praised his Yuxiu Tsinghua University. When he saw him calling Brother Xu, he obviously knew him. He quickly returned the greeting, instead of calling Master Gu, he called him, "Brother Gu, why are you here?
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"I haven't received a letter from the little princess in nearly forty days. I'm very worried and came to have a look." Gu Qingyan got straight to the point, "Brother Xu, do you know what's going on? Has something happened to the little princess?"
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When Xu Qingyan saw that he was here for this purpose, he said directly, "I'm afraid something might have happened. I haven't received any news from the front line for twenty days. I sent someone to inquire a few days ago, but I haven't heard back yet. But
Soon."
Gu Qingyan pursed her lips, "So, something must have happened on the front line."
He turned around and left.
Xu Qingyan stopped him and said, "Brother Gu, I think you are tired and tired. You must have traveled all the way without rest, right? It's dark today, why not rest for the night and wait for my scouts. The news will definitely be sent back to the front line tomorrow at most."
News."
Gu Qingyan shook his head.
Xu Qingyan stopped him forcefully, "You can't go there without getting any news, especially since you don't look well now. It's better to rest for a night and regain some energy before going. In case nothing happens to Xiao An'er, you will die because of her."
If something goes wrong, how do you explain it to her?"
Gu Qingyan stopped, was silent for a moment, nodded in agreement, "Thank you, Brother Xu."
Seeing that he agreed, Xu Qingyan breathed a sigh of relief and welcomed him into the house.
The queen knew that Gu Qingyan was coming, so she also came out to see him, and spoke to him with a frown, "Qingyan noticed something was wrong ten days ago and immediately sent people there, but nothing was found out. A few days ago, he
The second group was sent out. I didn’t expect that the second group of people hadn’t come back yet, but you came here instead.”
"I also noticed something was wrong." Gu Qingyan's face tightened, "Where is the seventh cousin?"
"After he returned from Mobei with troops, he and Anping led troops to the front line on the second day." The queen said, "He has not received a letter for more than 20 days. I am afraid that something has really happened."
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"Xiao An'er captured twelve cities in Nanliang within half a year. Nanliang was retreating steadily. Logically speaking, there shouldn't be any big trouble." Xu Qingyan said, "I hope we scare ourselves."
Gu Qingyan pursed her lips.
After dinner, Xu Qingyan asked Gu Qingyan to take him to rest and wait for tomorrow's news.
So, that night, Gu Qingyan rested at the Nanyang Prince's Mansion. Xu Qingyan knew that he stayed in An Huajin's courtyard last time, so he did not prepare a guest room for him and let him rest directly in An Huajin's courtyard.<
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Since Chu Xiyun came to live with the queen, An Huajin's yard has never been occupied.
Gu Qingyan rested for the night and felt a little energetic early the next morning.
After breakfast, the scout sent by Xu Qingyan brought back the news. The man's face turned pale and he reported to Xu Qingyan, "Sir, the army of the little princess was surrounded by the mighty troops of Nan Qi and Nan Liang, and was trapped in Luoyan.
Mountain, has been trapped for twenty days."
"What?" Xu Qingyan's expression changed drastically.
This chapter has been completed!