Chapter 2 Solve the young people's affairs by themselves
Chapter 2 Young people solve their own problems
An hour later, Qinzheng Hall of the Imperial Palace.
Gu Chenzhou, the son of Marquis Pingyang, returned from going south to deal with the case of Prince An's rebellion. The emperor was discussing rewards for his merits.
Gu Chenzhou has outstanding appearance and good moral character. He is a leader among the children of aristocratic families in the capital. Li Huang was rescued by him when he was young. Since then, he has been secretly attracted to him and has been obsessed with him for many years.
Under the protection of Li Huang, the Pingyang Marquis Mansion has grown step by step from a down-and-out aristocrat with no real power to where it is now, full of glory.
This time, the evidence for Prince An's rebellion is conclusive. All he has to do is go and capture Prince An and his son, which will be a great achievement. Originally, such a good job was not for a young man like Gu Chenzhou who had neither military merit nor title. The son of an aristocratic family, but the emperor couldn't stand Li Huang's coquettish pleading, so he gave this incredible good thing to Gu Chenzhou.
When Li Huang arrived, he heard the old emperor's angry voice coming from the palace: "What did you say? You don't want to marry my Li Huang?"
"Yes. Weichen has always regarded the eldest princess as his sister."
"What I want is a consort, not a wild son! I ask you again, will you marry Li Huang?"
"The humble minister has his own heart and cannot marry another eldest princess. Your Majesty, please punish me!"
"Gu Chenzhou, you know very well how Li Huang has treated you over the years, and now you tell me that your heart belongs to you? How do you want my Li Huang to deal with himself?"
"Wei Chen is willing to die to apologize!"
"Presumptuous! Do you think I dare not?"
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Outside the palace, even though he had been mentally prepared, Li Huang still felt chilled when Gu Chenzhou said these words himself.
Before he left Beijing, he could still remember the scene when he and Li Chuchu fell into the water at the same time.
The biting lake water rolled into her lungs like a knife. She struggled desperately, but the thick clothes on her body held her down.
Just as she was about to sink, a familiar figure jumped into the lake.
However, just when she thought Gu Chenzhou would save her, he picked up Li Chuchu who was floating in the water without hesitation.
The lake water that day was bone-chillingly cold.
Since that day, she had been feeling groggy and sick, and had those messy dreams every day. But she vaguely knew in her heart that everything in her dreams was true.
Thinking of this, Li Huang gathered his emotions, walked into the palace, and said in a cold voice: "Prince Gu doesn't want to marry, but has he ever asked me if I want to marry?"
In the palace, both the emperor and Gu Chenzhou were shocked. The emperor quickly suppressed the anger on his face and greeted him with a kind face.
"My dear daughter, you just caught the cold a few days ago, why are you still wearing such thin clothes? If you catch a cold, how can you recover from this disease?"
Li Huang only wore a purple palace dress, without makeup, and her face was still a little pale after illness.
The moment Gu Chenzhou raised his eyes and saw Li Huang, his expression became solemn for a moment. Then he lowered his eyes and bowed to Li Huang in a polite manner.
However, Li Huang seemed not to notice. He helped the emperor to the dragon chair and said coquettishly: "Father, how about leaving the matter of Prince Gu to your daughter?"
The emperor's face instantly darkened, "This bastard has let you down so much, why do you still want to be soft-hearted?"
In the past, every time Gu Chenzhou disobeyed or committed any of the following offenses, it was his precious daughter who protected him. Normally, that was all, but today this bastard wanted to break his precious daughter's heart! How could he be so merciful!
Seeing the emperor's displeasure, Li Huang tugged on his sleeves and said coquettishly: "Father, don't worry, my daughter just wants to settle this matter. Lest people think that my royal princess can't get married, which will confuse the royal family." shame."
"really?"
"I'll use your New Year's money this year as a guarantee. Everything I've said is true."
Although the emperor was a little surprised, he still nodded and said helplessly: "That's all, you young people can handle your own affairs."
After receiving the emperor's permission, Li Huang straightened his sleeves and walked up to Gu Chenzhou.
She had never looked at Gu Chenzhou in a condescending manner, but now she looked at him like this. It was shameful that she had even avoided Gu Chenzhou's courtesy in the past and allowed him to call her by her name in front of outsiders. This made outsiders think that Gu Chenzhou
He is already a quasi-consort.
Now that he refuses to marry in public, in the future he will only have a reputation as a man of indifference to the rich and powerful in front of the literati. But she, the majestic princess, is despised and refuses to marry, and she cannot escape the infamy.
Thinking of this, she twitched her lips, suppressed the coldness in her heart and said, "Since Prince Gu already has someone he likes in his heart, I'd better make my words clear today."
"I did love you." As soon as she said this, Gu Chenzhou raised his head, but there was not much joy on his face. Instead, his brows were furrowed, looking very distressed.
Li Huang glanced at him and continued: "But that was before. Now you have your heart, and I only have the friendship of a monarch and a minister for you. I also ask Prince Gu to abide by the duties of a monarch and a minister in the future."
At this moment, Gu Chenzhou's face was full of shock.
He thought that Li Huang would be as messy as before, but now the way Li Huang looked at her was cold, unfamiliar, and condescending.
This was the first time he saw such a look. For a moment, Gu Chenzhou felt inexplicably depressed. He opened his mouth and said hoarsely: "Wei Chen understands."
Li Huang was not surprised by Gu Chenzhou's answer. Over the years, she had taken care of Gu Chenzhou everywhere, even to the entire Hou family.
From small rewards to large positions in the court, as long as she could get involved, she wished they could all be given to Gu Chenzhou.
This is so ridiculous that in Gu Chenzhou's eyes, he might even think that she is being unfair!
"Now that the relationship between you and me has been made clear, I would like to ask Prince Gu to return the mansion that I once gave you, as well as my warrant and other things, so as to avoid misunderstanding by outsiders and making your sweetheart uncomfortable."
As soon as Li Huang said these words, Gu Chenzhou suddenly raised his head and looked at her in disbelief, "What did the princess say?"
"I said, please Prince Gu, please return the things I gave you as a gift! Since there is only the friendship between monarch and minister, leaving some things with Prince Gu will inevitably lead to misunderstanding."
"Ordinary objects should be returned, but the residence of Pingyang Marquis Mansion was a gift from His Majesty himself..."
"The Marquis Mansion's residence is supposed to be a royal palace. I was confused for a moment and asked my father to give this residence to you. Now that I think about it, it is really inappropriate. How can Pingyang Marquis Mansion deserve to live there?"
The emperor looked on stunned!
She truly deserves to be his daughter. His precious daughter back then was ruthless and domineering!
Gu Chenzhou took a deep breath and said, "Please princess, please be accommodating. Even if you move out of the mansion, it will be difficult to find a suitable residence in a short period of time. Besides, Wei Chen's grandmother is used to living there. She may not be able to adapt to a new residence in the cold winter."
"That's your business."
Li Huang glanced at Gu Chenzhou and felt inexplicably disgusted.
In the past, she treated Gu Shen Zhou like a pearl, and she would do her best to satisfy him as long as he wanted it.
But when she thought of the indifference and disdain that Gu Chenzhou and everyone in the Hou family had shown over the years, she felt ironic.
No one can relate to the feeling of feeding a dog with a sincere heart more than she does.
Gu Chenzhou frowned, and after thinking carefully, he tried to negotiate: "Your Highness, even if I can find a suitable mansion today, it will still take a certain amount of time to clean it up and move in..."
"Is it possible that Prince Gu wants to regret it?"
Going back on your word is cheating!
Gu Chenzhou was in a state of confusion at the moment. He really didn't like Li Huang being obsessed with him, but now that she really wanted to cut off the relationship with him, he had mixed emotions and was indescribably depressed.
After a long while, after weighing the pros and cons, Gu Chenzhou said, "I beg Your Highness to grant me a few days of grace and allow Wei Chen to return to his residence for resettlement."
"Three days."
"..."
"Why, Prince Gu is in trouble?"
Li Huang looked at Gu Chenzhou with a half-smile.
Some people, accustomed to others' contributions, take everything for granted. Once this contribution disappears, that person will feel dissatisfied and always feel that they have been let down.
Gu Chenzhou looks like this now.
But when he caught a glimpse of the emperor's angry face, he had no choice but to suppress his emotions, lowered his head respectfully, and replied with one word: "Yes."
The emperor was afraid that his precious daughter would regret it, so he hurriedly winked at the eunuch waiting outside the palace and asked people to get rid of this annoying guy.
The great eunuch stepped forward with kind eyes and said indifferently: "Prince Gu, please."
Gu Chenzhou took a deep breath, bowed to the emperor and Li Huang, and turned to leave.
The word anger is written all over his back.
After the person disappeared from sight, the emperor hummed: "If you hadn't forced me to do it in the first place, how could this kid be worthy of you with his qualifications?"
At this point, he let out a long sigh, "Wang An, that bastard! If he hadn't been treasonous, that boy from his family would be a good match for you! What a pity..."
Li Huang's heart skipped a beat, Prince An... Mo Jingzhan?