Gu Changqing returned to Ding'an Marquis Mansion.

Gu Chengfeng and Gu Chenglin went to the back mountain to pick fruits, and he went back to his room.

He sat down beside the bed.

Without outsiders, there was finally a hint of expression on his face that had not changed for thousands of years. He frowned and untied his clothes.

His neck, shoulders, and even the back of his hands and wrists were full of shocking scratches. Blood beads were oozing out in some places. The blood beads dried up and stuck to his clothes. When he peeled off, he gasped for a while.

"Oh! Prince!"

The servant hugged the clothes he had just taken off the clothes line and saw the scratches on Gu Changqing's neck at a glance. He was shocked and asked, "Which little hoof did it!"

Gu Changqing's eyes turned cold and he pulled his clothes up: "Will you knock on the door when you come in?"

The servant said embarrassedly: "I don't know if you've returned! I'm still here just now, so I went out to collect some clothes. Who would have thought that the prince would come back... Then again, what's the matter with your injury? Which girl did it? Is it outside the mansion or our mansion?"

He dared not talk about Xiaoduzi again.

"Don't do your business." Gu Changqing stood up lightly and hung the sword around his waist on the shelf.

"Oh." The servant came to the bed and folded the clothes one by one, put them in the cabinet without folding them.

"Why is it a woman?" Gu Changqing suddenly spoke.

The servant said, "Is this more important? It's so tickling at first glance. Who can keep nails on a man?"

Gu Changqing's eyes moved: "Don't talk nonsense."

The servant muttered, "The prince will not let the young ones say it, just don't let the young ones say it."

Gu Changqing stood in front of the sword frame, and the scratched part of his body felt a faint pain, which was different from the sharp and direct pain of the sword injury. This pain was strange and unfamiliar.

Her appearance of her medicine in the carriage flashed through her mind, and Gu Changqing closed her eyes.

The servant's eyes flashed and he asked carefully: "But prince, why did you suddenly figure it out?"

Gu Changqing was puzzled: "Why did you suddenly figure out what?"

The servant smiled embarrassedly: "I'm not hiding the prince. The prince hasn't been close to women these years. He doesn't even have a maid in the yard, and he is unwilling to discuss marriage. The young people... are all guessing... Does the prince like men?"

Gu Changqing's face turned dark: "Go out!"

The servant trembled and went out in disappointment.

Then he went to inform the old Marquis and Mrs. Gu - his princess got enlightened, and his princess touched a woman!

After several hours of treatment, Prince An's injuries were finally stabilized at night.

After watching him take the medicine, the doctor left.

Grand Tutor Zhuang came to Prince An's room. His face was not very good-looking, neither of them spoke, and the atmosphere was a bit solemn.

Master Zhuang said: "I will ask you one last time, did you really do it?"

Prince An said: "It's me, and my grandfather asked this again and again."

Grand Tutor Zhuang regretted that his grandson was the one he valued the most. He placed his hope for the prosperity of the next century on him, but he destroyed his future and made such a mistake.

He suppressed his anger and said heavily: "You are not a girl from a small family on the street today, and can be dispossed with a sum of money or a little power. He is the daughter of the Ding'an Marquis' Mansion. Even if he was the wrong adopted daughter since childhood, he was still included in the genealogy and became a clan citizen, not to mention that the old Ding'an Marquis and Gu Changqing are highly valued by His Majesty. It is impossible to deny this account. You have to give her a title."

Prince An lay weakly on the bed, saying with a heart of silence: "Assign to my grandfather."

Anyway, it’s not her, so what’s the difference between marrying Miss Yuan or Miss Gu?

The next day, the Grand Tutor Zhuang sent a housekeeper from Zhuang Mansion to the Marquis of Ding'an to tell the old Marquis and Mrs. Gu about his purpose.

"My master said that he would let the prince take Miss Gu as his concubine."

As soon as these words were said, Mrs. Gu was happy. The status of Ding'an Hou Mansion in the capital was their rank that they could marry the banker. Even the position of concubine was not considered as a humiliation of Gu Jinyu.

The old marquis's face darkened: "This is what your banker gave to An Hou Mansion! Humph, you are bullying Ding'an Hou Mansion without the Gu family army and military power, so you can let you bully and slaughter, right?"

The housekeeper smiled faintly: "What did Mr. Gu say? The Grand Tutor has no intention of being disrespectful to the Ding'an Marquis Mansion. It's just that the capital has spread. Miss Gu is not the biological flesh and blood of Mr. Gu and Mrs. Gu, but she was raised in the Marquis Mansion by her husband. I'm bluntly saying that my young master is a prince personally named by His Majesty. He has been a hostage for the prince in Chen State for ten years and has made great contributions to Zhao State. His concubine is not a rural farmer.

Can a daughter be the one who is a family girl? Not to mention that not long ago, Miss Gu made a big lie. I heard that Miss Gu had made contributions to the bellows first, stole the mortar and then transformed the bellows privately, which harmed countless craftsmen in the Ministry of Works, causing huge losses to the Ministry of Works. To be honest, Miss Gu had no blood relationship with Prince Ding'an, so the old Marquis would be willing to let the prince marry a woman of Miss Gu's character as his wife?"

"How can that evil girl be worthy of Changqing!" Mrs. Gu spoke uncontrollably.

As soon as she finished speaking, she received a cold look from the old marquis.

She realized that she was saying the wrong thing, and her eyes flashed and picked up the teacup to drink tea.

The housekeeper knew that he had won the situation and would not repeat it again. He bowed with meaning: "If the old marquis and the old lady have no objection to this marriage, the young man will go back and report to the Taifu."

Mrs. Gu opened her mouth and said something, but was hit by the old marquis with a cold look and she fell silent in an instant.

The housekeeper left proudly.

In fact, I still feel unhappy. The concubine? Is that infamous woman Gu Jinyu worthy of it?

It's still cheaper for her!

"Master..." Mrs. Gu realized that she had just said something wrong and had lost the situation. She didn't dare to complain about anything at this moment. She just said, "Actually, that child Jinyu is still intentional. Although she has made many mistakes, she has made reforms. She also went to Ci Youzhuang some time ago. There were masters and Concubine Shu supporting her. I think even if she was a concubine, the people in the Zhuang family would not treat her harshly."

The old marquis could not accept the title of concubine.

He never thought of using his own children to cling to anyone, but he had a principle - the daughter of the Gu family would rather marry a commoner than a concubine.

The concubine sounds nobler than the concubine's wife, but she is not a good wife after all.

The old marquis went to Gu Jinyu's yard.

Gu Jinyu was resting in the room, with a pale complexion and a haggard expression.

The old marquis asked her: "Let me ask you, if I can suppress this matter, would you like to marry someone else?"

Gu Jinyu knelt down in front of the old marquis, and said with red eyes: "Jinyu has a skin-friendship with the prince, how can he still have the face to marry someone else? If the dealer doesn't recognize him, Jinyu just goes to the temple to shave his head and be a sister-in-law..."

The old marquis frowned and sighed.

No matter how much he doesn't love her, he won't let anyone put the face of the Hou Mansion on the ground and trample on it.

Besides, to put it bluntly, it was the banker's fault. They bullied people and did not want to be responsible. Instead, they forced the Gu family's daughter into the temple to be a sister-in-law. That's not the reason.

The old marquis immediately entered the palace, but was told that the emperor had left the palace and took Eunuch He out.

"When will Your Majesty come back?" At the main entrance of the palace, the old marquis asked Eunuch Wei.

Eunuch Wei said: "I don't know either. Is the old marquis asking His Majesty for urgent matters?"

It was too urgent to say that the old marquis was worried that the Grand Tutor Zhuang would communicate with Empress Dowager Zhuang in advance, so he asked Empress Dowager Zhuang to depose Gu Jinyu as his concubine, so he would say that it would be too late.

The old marquis said: "There is indeed an urgent matter."

"Ah..." Eunuch Wei pondered for a moment, and said, "Your Majesty's whereabouts are not convenient for me to inform you. If the old marquis can trust the slave, the slave is willing to convey it on behalf of the old marquis."

That's all.

The old marquis bowed: "It's a blessing to Eunuch Wei."

An hour later, a carriage was parked outside the temple.

Eunuch Wei walked out of the carriage.

The emperor was feeding Concubine Jing to the Zen room and drinking medicine.

Concubine Jing sat at the head of the bed, covered with a thin layer of mattress.

"I'll do it myself," she said, "It's not a serious illness, it's just a little cold, why should you come?"

The emperor frowned and said, "If I hadn't arranged someone to secretly protect my mother's mother, I would have thought that my mother would have been sick. My mother used to fool me like this, and she hid everything from me."

Concubine Jing smiled calmly and said, "As aged, people always have minor problems, how can they be the same as when they were young? Your Majesty is the king of a country, and he has a lot of trouble every day. There is no need to mobilize many people for this small matter."

The emperor snorted: "Who said it? I look at the Queen Mother's body, and it's three points stronger than before!"

Concubine Jing was slightly stunned, obviously not expecting that the emperor would suddenly mention the empress dowager.

She smiled and said, "The Empress Dowager is a blessing for Zhaoguo. Your Majesty has been doing well all the time and has worked hard to govern the country over the years. The Empress Dowager has also shared a lot of his burdens for Your Majesty."

The emperor snorted: "Mother's mother doesn't have to speak for her."

Concubine Jing smiled and said, "I'm not talking for her. I'm just like her. I've known each other for so many years, how can I not understand her temperament? She has a knife-like mouth, and is strong and unforgivable. Her heart is towards His Majesty."

The emperor said coldly: "If she really goes to me, she should hand over the power of the government and live a peaceful and stable life in Renshou Palace."

"It's OK, I won't say it anymore, the medicine is cold." Concubine Jing took the medicine bowl and started drinking the medicine.

The emperor was guarding her quietly, and suddenly his eyes fell on the wooden hairpin above Concubine Jing's head, and frowned slightly, saying, "Although the mother is eating vegetarian food and chanting Buddha's name, her life is too hard, and she doesn't even have a decent hairpin. Unlike the Queen Mother, she has a tall crown and wide belt, surrounded by pearls, and is extremely luxurious!"

Concubine Jing opened her mouth, but she wanted to speak but stopped.

She continued to drink medicine.

The emperor glanced at the bare table and asked Madam Cai who was serving her, "Is there no candied fruit in the house?"

Madam Cai smiled awkwardly: "The Concubine won't eat this."

The emperor snorted coldly: "Mother's mother is so hard-working. There are not many candied fruits in Renshou Palace!"

Concubine Jing's eye feathers trembled. She finished the medicine in one breath, handed the empty bowl to Mama Cai and took it down. She wiped the corner of her mouth with a veil and said with a funny look: "Your Majesty always mentions the Empress Dowager today."

The emperor choked: "Do I have it?"
To be continued...