Li Xiangji let out a long sigh and slowly closed his eyes: "Have you sent anyone to examine Chen Zhizhou's body?"

"The imperial doctors have gone over to check, and indeed, the person is dead..." The young eunuch said and stepped aside.

At this point, everyone in the city knows about it...

Chen Zhizhou committed suicide by taking poison due to the grief over the loss of his wife.

Can--

The Chen family packed up their belongings overnight. The elderly Mrs. Chen moved as quickly as the wind. She called out to the people around her, "Hurry up! What are you guys taking so long for?"

Several carriages were already filled to the brim.

Gu Qing leaned against Chen Zhizhou's arms. Ever since she became pregnant, her body had become increasingly tense. She felt sleepy after just a few movements...

The night was quiet and lonely. Chen's father had already bribed the officials to leave the city, and now they were ready to go.

"Qing'er, wait until we get back to the countryside, and grandma will cook you her most famous dishes. Child, if you want it, we will take good care of ourselves and keep it. If you don't want it, we will..." Old Lady Chen, who got into the carriage from outside, muttered to herself incessantly.

Chen Zhizhou clasped Gu Qing's wrist tightly in his palm with his big hand. His eyes were deep. "I always feel that there is something going on."

Leaving the city went more smoothly than they had imagined.

Not only was there no one to obstruct, but even the carriage was not checked.

The more this happens, the more unusual it seems.

After passing Baili Pavilion, Chen Zhizhou lifted the curtain and poked his head out to take a look outside the carriage.

Gu Qing slowly raised her head and glanced out the car window following his line of sight. It would have been fine if she hadn't looked, but the scenery in front of her startled her!

This is not the way back to the country!

This place is not near Bailiting!

"Stop the car!" Chen Zhizhou subconsciously placed one hand tightly on the long sword at his waist, and he shouted loudly.

The carriage slowly stopped, and on the stone tablet in front of it was a line of eye-catching large characters: Nanshangang.

This is……

Directly in front of them a carriage was lying across the road.

"Zhou'er!" Chen's mother and his wife looked at Chen Zhizhou nervously.

Chen Zhizhou sighed as if relieved. He turned his head to glance at Gu Qing who was sitting in the carriage and whispered to her, "Qing'er, sit here now. I'll be back soon."

Can……

The identity of the person in front of me is self-evident.

That was the carriage Li Xiangji used when he was a prince!

The faked death of the couple is undoubtedly a crime of deceiving the emperor!

In the carriage, Li Xiangji had a gloomy face, but when he saw Chen Zhizhou, he couldn't help but burst out laughing: "You didn't know I had such extraordinary abilities and could even possess a dead body and revive the dead?"

"Chen Zhizhou acknowledges his guilt and hopes Your Majesty will forgive him. No matter how Your Majesty blames me, I hope Your Majesty can spare the life of this guilty minister's wife and children..."

Chen Zhizhou knelt in front of Li Xiangji's carriage and spoke in a powerful and orderly manner.

All the people in the Chen family rushed out of the carriage and knelt in front of Li Xiangji's carriage.

Father Chen's eyes were red, and he spoke in a slightly hoarse voice, "Your Majesty, please consider Zhou'er's previous meritorious service in protecting you at Anguo Temple and spare us a chance to live... Zhou'er has no other wishes, he only wants to be with Qing'er for the rest of his life. Our Chen family has been a family of uncouth people for generations..."

"So, if I keep you here today, or punish you arbitrarily, it will be my fault?" A cold and magnetic male voice came from the carriage.

Gu Qing had previously been speculating. After all, Li Xiangji was now the new emperor. Even if he had guessed that Chen Zhizhou had faked his death, he couldn't condescend to leave the palace...

It wasn't until she saw the man getting off the carriage that her heart trembled.

It’s really Li Xiangji!

Li Xiangji looked at Chen Zhizhou with a smile, raised his hand, and pretended to blame him, but after stretching out his hand, he stopped what he was doing.

"The guilty minister Chen Zhizhou obeys your orders!"

The man in front of him no longer had the gentle, elegant and handsome demeanor he had shown in front of everyone before.

He carries a majestic aura, as if he is the emperor descending!

Is this what happens to everyone who sits in that position?

Gu Qing was stunned for a moment...

Chen Zhizhou subconsciously turned his head and looked in Gu Qing's direction. He clenched his fist with a hint of resentment. If he had known this would happen, he should have waited a little longer...

But Qing'er was still pregnant and her body was so weak.

He was afraid that if Gu Qing stayed in the capital for one more day, he would think of the sad things that happened that day.

Gu's mother had shaved her head and become a nun, living in a nunnery, fasting and chanting Buddhist scriptures every day. She was given the name Jingkong, and she had long since detached herself from the mundane world...

As for when Gu Qing and Chen Zhizhou went to visit her earlier, her mother just smiled faintly, and the word "donor" to Gu Qing was enough to prove that she had really let go of everything a long time ago.

"This place is only more than 2,000 miles away from the frontier. When you go there, the sky is high and the sea is vast. You can do whatever you want with your wife and children. There are no red tapes like in the capital..." Li Xiangji said slowly with a smile on his lips.

Gu Qing, who was just distracted, suddenly realized what Li Xiangji meant.

"Your Majesty—" Gu Qing widened his eyes and stared at Li Xiangji in a daze.

The entire Chen family was in an uproar.

"The Third Young Master was actually appointed as the Border Guarding General by His Majesty!" Cui Ru cheered and took Gu Qing's hand!

Chen Zhizhou, however, looked at Li Xiangji with a gloomy expression and said in a low voice, "How can your Majesty explain this to all the civil and military officials? After all, I am already dead."

"That's easy. I've already issued an edict to all civil and military officials at noon today, telling them to open the coffin yourself when you were buried." Li Xiangji's face remained smiling as he spoke. He raised his hand and gently patted Chen Zhizhou's shoulder: "I haven't even secured my throne yet, and you're thinking of escaping?"

Chen Zhizhou subconsciously turned his head to glance at Gu Qing...

He was still worried.

Li Xiangji waved to Gu Qing, Chen's mother, and the others, signaling them to stand up. "From now on, Gu Qing will be my adopted sister, a county lady. If you treat Gu Qing badly, she can write a memorial to me at any time. Don't blame me for not respecting you, the great general, then."

Li Xiangji not only absolved the Chen family of the crime of deceiving the emperor, but also helped Gu Qing change his surname to his mother's.

Moreover, Gu Qing is now the princess of the county!

The Chen family was also given generous titles, and the master of the Chen family was posthumously honored with a rich temple in the Imperial Ancestral Temple!

What an honor this is!

This is enough to show how much Li Xiangji values ​​Chen Zhizhou!

If the Chen family still refuses, then they would be a bit ungrateful...

Gu Qing had tears of excitement in her eyes. She held Chen Zhizhou's arm tightly, and the two of them interlocked their fingers and knelt down and kowtowed to express their gratitude again!