The queen originally wanted to ask An Huajin about the emperor's thoughts on her marrying Chu Yan, but now after listening to her words, she felt that there was no need to ask. Even if it was her own son, the queen could not unconscionably say that he was younger than Gu Qing.
It's better.
Gu Qingyan's kindness is known to the whole world.
"I'm afraid your Majesty won't give up." The queen also really loves An Huajin, and she wants to kiss her. It's natural for her niece to become her daughter-in-law. Even if it doesn't work out, she is still her biological niece, so she can accept it. "Although your majesty has made up his mind,
But there is a saying that is right. You are still young and it is a matter of your whole life. You really need to think about it carefully to avoid regrets in the future."
An Huajin hugged the queen and said warmly, "What my aunt said is that my aunt is the best to me."
The queen smiled and stretched out her hand to touch her eyebrows, "Let's have lunch before leaving the palace today."
An Huajin nodded happily, "Listen to Auntie."
The aunt and nephew chatted for a while, and someone outside reported, "The Seventh Prince is here."
The queen looked out and said with a smile, "He hasn't come to have lunch with me for many days. Now that he comes here at this time, he must have planned to have lunch with me today. It's not easy."
An Huajin was not awkward at all, he just muttered in a low voice, "Looking at the dull face of my seventh cousin, I can save myself a bowl of rice."
This can be considered an indirect statement.
The Queen laughed out loud, "Your seventh cousin was not like this when he was a child. He was a very lively child, but he was taken by His Majesty to teach him. After he was seven or eight years old, he understood many things, and also understood that His Majesty did not like him.
I will gradually stop laughing."
As she said that, she also sighed and became melancholy, "It's because I am a useless mother. I have exhausted all my energy to secure my position in the middle palace. Naturally, I don't have much time to care about him. Later, he left the palace and established a house to stand on his own. When he met
He didn't tell me many difficult things. Gradually, even I couldn't figure out his thoughts, and he became less and less cute."
"It's not my fault, our Nanyang Prince's Palace has been through hardships all these years." An Huajin comforted, "Even if grandpa is gone in the future, as long as I am here and as long as the Nanyang Army is here, I will help my seventh cousin. Don't worry, aunt.
Seven Cousins will get better and better."
"Yes, I believe it." The queen also felt warm in her heart.
When Chu Yan entered the inner hall, he saw his aunt and nephew sitting next to each other and talking. In his memory, his mother was dignified and virtuous. Even his biological daughter Chu Xiyun did not see them sitting in rows and talking intimately.
Whispering, it was An Huajin, a young girl who entered the palace for the first time three years ago. When she came to Fengqi Palace, she was right next to his mother, stepmother, aunt and nephew, who seemed to have endless things to say.
He greeted the Queen expressionlessly, "Hello, Queen Mother!"
The queen nodded, "Why are you free to come here today?"
Chu Yan then looked at An Huajin and said, "There is something I want to ask my cousin."
An Huajin looked like he didn't want to see Chu Yan, but he had to face him without giving him face. As before, he said, "Seventh cousin, tell me!"
Chu Yan sat down and said, "My father told me that he would send people to escort the military pay to Nanyang in the past two days. Did you recommend Jiang Yunyi?"
An Huajin sat up straight, "Yes, when His Majesty asked me, I recommended him."
"Why?"
Anhua Jin smiled, "Why doesn't the seventh cousin know?"
Chu Yan pursed her lips.
An Huajin snorted, "Actually, I would like my seventh cousin to visit Nanyang. You haven't been to Nanyang since you were born, right? But if I recommend your seventh cousin, His Majesty may have other ideas.
I simply recommended Jiang Yunyi, and he escorted the soldiers to Nanyang. He will go to Nanyang for you to have a look, which is not much different from yours."
The queen understood somewhat and was surprised, "Jiang Yunyi is..."
An Huajin said in a low voice, "My seventh cousin was there three years ago. Three years ago, my seventh cousin had a private meeting with Jiang Yunyi in the cold palace. He was afraid that I would find out. The seventh cousin knew that I was lost and couldn't be found.
Fengqi Palace ignored me and left. Later Jiang Yunyi showed me the way."
The queen knew that Chu Yan and An Huajin didn't like each other when they first met three years ago, and they didn't know what was going on. It turned out that this was the case. She was angry and laughed, "How can a man talk about a private meeting? You are like this
Child!"
An Huajin stuck out his tongue, "I'm not wrong."
The queen didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
Chu Yan's expression was not very good, but he still said, "Father, I'm going to take the ministers of the Ministry of War, Lu Heng, Jiang Yunyi, and the commander of the Imperial Guard, He Lan, to escort the soldiers and pay them to Nanyang in two days."
An Huajin nodded, "These three are well chosen, so there will be no problems."
It was almost noon, and the queen ordered people to prepare a meal.
As soon as Nanny He went out, she turned around and came back, whispering, "Master Gu Qi sent someone to send a message and asked the young princess if she could come out of the palace together?"
An Huajin looked at the queen, a little embarrassed, "I told him to leave the palace together earlier, but now I have promised my aunt to stay here for lunch."
The Queen smiled, "What's the matter? Just ask Yan'er to come to this palace for lunch as well."
An Huajin nodded, "Okay!"
After hearing this, Grandma He immediately sent someone to reply.
Chu Yan sat aside and had no opinion.
Not long after, Gu Qingyan came. At noon, the weather was hot. He didn't hold an umbrella, and a thin layer of sweat broke out on his forehead. After entering Fengqi Palace to pay tribute to the queen, he smiled at Anhuajin and asked, "I don't have any."
Bring a veil, did you bring it? Let me use it."
Anhua Jincai didn't believe that he didn't bring a handkerchief. This person loved cleanliness the most. She had seen with her own eyes that he had several clean handkerchiefs in his sleeves, ready for use throughout the day. But at this time, she would not point it out to him and immediately took them out.
She took out her clean veil and handed it to him.
Gu Qingyan took it, wiped the slight sweat on his forehead, and said warmly, "Did you bring an umbrella?"
"I'm not afraid of the sun. I'm naturally fair and my body temperature is cool, so I can't get tanned." She grew up in the Nanyang Army. If she was afraid of the sun, she wouldn't need to practice the military posture. She was telling the truth.
Gu Qingyan nodded, "But I'm afraid of the sun. When I leave the palace later, I have to walk a long way from Fengqi Palace to the palace gate. When I entered the palace, I didn't think about coming to Fengqi Palace to pick you up, and I didn't bring an umbrella.
, exposed all the way."
An Huajin heard the sound of the string and knew its elegant meaning. He turned to the queen and said, "Auntie, give us an umbrella later."
The queen smiled and said, "Okay, when you leave later, ask Grandma He to get it for you."
Chu Yan took a deep look at Gu Qingyan. She had never heard of him being afraid of the sun before.
Gu Qingyan looked at him calmly, not feeling at all how embarrassed a grown man was to be afraid of being exposed.
The queen frowned and said, "It has indeed not rained for more than a month today. His Majesty ordered the Qintian Prison to pray for rain. Why is there still no movement?"
"When Qin Tian Jian chose an auspicious day, he said it would be noon tomorrow." Chu Yan looked out at the sky and asked Gu Qingyan, "How long do you think it will take for Qin Tian Jian to ask for rain?"
Gu Qingyan shook his head, "This year doesn't look like a drought year, but I don't know how long it will rain."
"As long as it's not like a drought year." Chu Yan still believed Gu Qingyan's inference.
"It's not a drought year, maybe there will be floods." Gu Qingyan said calmly.
Chu Yan was startled, "With such a drought, how could there be waterlogging?"
"I just said maybe."
What Gu Qingyan said seemed like gossip, but Chu Yan couldn't listen to it as gossip. He frowned slightly, "Whether it's a severe drought or a flood, it's not a good thing."
"Yeah." Gu Qingyan nodded, "The weather this year is not normal."
After lunch, An Huajin and Gu Qingyan stood up and left. As expected, Granny He took two umbrellas and handed them to An Huajin.
An Huajin didn't want it, so he only gave a handful to Gu Qingyan.
Gu Qingyan took it, thanked Aunt He, held the umbrella in one hand, and pulled An Huajin under the umbrella with the other. They held one umbrella together and left Fengqi Palace.
An Huajin tilted his head and looked at him, "If you're like this, I might as well get another umbrella."
"How can it be the same if you hold an umbrella yourself and if I hold an umbrella for you? The former is working for yourself, while the latter is working for me." Gu Qingyan's voice was gentle and his color was pleasant, "Besides, if I hold the umbrella and you don't hold it, today
When we leave the palace, the joke about me being more squeamish than my daughter's family will spread tomorrow, which is not good. With your protection, it won't matter."
Hey, he's pretty decent, he knows he's squeamish!
An Huajin teased, "My aunt and seventh cousin already know about it, aren't you afraid that they will laugh at you?"
"Not afraid."
An Huajin looked at him with a speechless expression, "Actually, you don't have to do this in front of my aunt and seventh cousin. Neither of them has any idea of letting me marry my seventh cousin. It's just His Majesty."
It’s just an idea.”
"There are no absolutes in everything. It's better to cut off your thoughts at the root as early as possible." Gu Qingyan has a good reason.
Okay! If you look good, you have the final say.
An Huajin has nothing to say.
As they walked out of the palace, the scorching sun shone down, and the stone bricks in the palace were steaming and burning. The palace maids and eunuchs who came and went covered their faces with fans or sleeves. Gu Qingyan and Anhua
Jin is holding an umbrella, and it doesn’t look exaggerated at all.
An Huajin said as he walked, "How many days are left until the Dragon Boat Festival?"
"Three days."
"It is said that the Dragon Boat Festival in Beijing is very lively?" An Huajin wanted to see it, "Do you have any ideas where to take me to play?"
"Yes, how about I take you to watch a dragon boat race during the day and take a boat ride on the Quxiang River in the evening?" Gu Qingyan asked with a smile.
