Chapter 392 You Have to Listen to Me

When Gu Yuanjia heard this, he laughed out loud, "What did you say?"

Having a man as a mistress is unheard of and unseen.

It's the most ridiculous thing in the world!

Yuzhu paused. In fact, she felt that asking Gu Yuanjia to do this was a bit humiliating to Master Gu, but the words had already been spoken, and there was absolutely no reason to take them back.

So Yuzhu spoke again: "I said - you can be with me, but you have to be my concubine."

Gu Yuanjia's eyes showed disbelief.

He couldn't believe that Yuzhu, who was always gentle, could say such words.

Yuzhu was hurt by his gaze and immediately asked, "Why? Your noble family is so lucky to have me as a concubine, but you can't be my mistress?"

Gu Yuanjia didn't answer the question directly, but just asked her: "Who taught you this? Was it the princess?"

"Don't bring my sister into this! This is my own idea!"

Yuzhu is very grateful to Sister Chunzhi. If her sister were still alive, she would never be able to get along with Gu Yuanjia on an equal footing in her life.

Not to mention saying such words to Gu Yuanjia.

Gu Yuanjia laughed instead of getting angry, "Your idea is to delay the divorce from that Ji girl and then make me your concubine?"

Without waiting for Yuzhu to speak, he asked again: "What do you want Ji to think? How will Nian'er cope with the future?"

Yuzhu said without hesitation, "I won't let my cousin know, nor will I let Nian'er know. No one else can know about this except you and me."

"You mean... you and I can only have an affair?"

Gu Yuanjia has always been an eloquent man, but in front of Yuzhu, his eloquence is useless.

Why didn't he realize before that Yuzhu was such an unconventional person?

"If you want to call it an affair, then it is an affair."

Yuzhu's face actually flushed when she said this, but she had finally mustered up the courage to counterattack Gu Yuanjia, and she absolutely could not fail because of panic.

She said, "If you want to be with me, you have to listen to me."

"You can't force me to divorce."

"We can't let Nian'er see any clues."

"You can't suddenly approach me in public, you can't push me, you can't behave in any way that's beyond what normal friends should do."

Yuzhu said several "no"s and finally said, "If you can't do it, then give up this idea as soon as possible."

"Good...very good."

Gu Yuanjia looked at Yuzhu deeply for a long time, then turned away.

The afternoon sun shone across the courtyard, casting a chaotic shadow of the trees. Yuzhu watched Master Gu disappear through the shadows and soon left her sight.

Yuzhu breathed a sigh of relief.

This time, Gu Yuanjia should completely give up the idea of ​​being with her.

Mr. Gu is such a proud man.

How could he possibly bow down and become a mistress for an ordinary woman?

After Yuzhu breathed a sigh of relief, she felt a little angry.

Why does everyone in this world think that it is natural for a woman of a poor background to become someone's concubine?

Why can men have so much pride and character?

No one could give Yuzhu an answer.

She only knew that she had finally said what she wanted to say.

At this time, Nian'er woke up in a daze and called out "Mother..."

"Mother is here."

Yuzhu hurried to the bedside and helped Nian'er smooth out her wrinkled clothes.

No matter what happens, as long as she sees Nian'er, she feels that life is still beautiful.

For the next two days, Gu Yuanjia did not appear in front of Yuzhu again.

Even if they were in the same Chang'an Palace, the palace was so big, one was in the front yard and the other in the back yard, it would be difficult to meet each other without making a special trip.

On the third day, the envoy Liu Yan returned to Beijing and went to the palace to meet the emperor as soon as possible.

The emperor summoned Liu Yan to the imperial study.

Liu Tanhua was exhausted from the journey, and even the most handsome man would become a little rougher after the hardships of Beili.

When the emperor first saw Liu Yan, he didn't recognize him, "Lord Liu?"

"Your Highness, I, Liu Yan, pay my respects to His Majesty."

Liu Yan bowed and saluted, just like before.

The emperor saw that he had a straight posture and even saluted in a more elegant manner than others, and then he confirmed that this was Liu Tanhua.

"Lord Liu, you've traveled a long way and have worked hard. This marriage between Daxing and Beili has gone smoothly, thanks to you, Lord Liu."

As the emperor spoke, he brought up the incident of Sun Liangji's death at the hands of the Beili rebels, saying that the civil strife in Beili came suddenly and asked him what else he had encountered in Beili.

Liu Yan said, "I dare not take credit for it. The peace between our two countries now all depends on the princess saving the seventeenth prince of Beili. The seventeenth prince succeeded to the position of Great Chanyu, so naturally he will be more friendly to our Daxing."

He told the emperor a lot about the civil unrest in Beili, and even talked about the death of Sun Liangji.

After the princess and the queen disappeared, General Sun failed to get the antidote in time and died at the hands of the rebel army when the poison took effect.

Liu Yan and Huo Zheng didn't want the princess to know about this, worried that she would think Sun Liangji died because of her.

In fact, from a big picture perspective, Sun Liangji's death in Beili is far more beneficial to them than his returning to Daxing alive.

If a disloyal person who cannot stand on the same front with them returns to Daxing alive and reports to the emperor that Prince Chang'an and his wife appeared in Beili, then no matter how Beili tries to cover up for Prince Chang'an and his wife, it will be useless.

Now that Sun Liangji has died in Beili, Liu Yan, the envoy who escorted the bride, returned to the capital with a group of soldiers who had been subdued. No matter what the emperor asked, their answers were all the same.

Just like now, the emperor received a secret report saying that there were rumors that the Prince of Chang'an and his wife appeared in Beili territory, but there was no evidence.

The emperor could only hint to Liu Yan to tell him about the people and things he encountered in Beili.

Liu Yanming knew what the emperor wanted to hear, but he spoke seriously about the civil strife in Beili, the three major tribes, and how the new Khan and the princess lived in harmony.

He was a gifted writer, and his description of Beili's affairs flowed eloquently. The emperor listened for a long time but didn't hear what he wanted to hear, so he had to interrupt: "Lord Liu."

Liu Yan raised his eyes, looking at the emperor with clear eyes, "Is what I said not detailed enough? Then I will go back and write it into a book and present it to the emperor for his perusal."

"Liu Yan." The emperor called out Liu Tanhua's full name. "Do you really not know what I'm asking?"

Liu Tanhua said solemnly, "What the emperor can personally inquire about is naturally the diplomatic relations between the two countries and the future of millions of people."

The emperor choked.

Liu Tanhua's words made the emperor, who was only interested in knowing whether Huo Zheng had gone to Beili in disobedience, feel a little ashamed.

"What I'm most concerned about is naturally the diplomatic relations between our two countries and the future of our people." The emperor immediately tried to excuse himself, but then he turned to Liu Yan, "But I received a secret report that the Prince of Chang'an and his wife secretly infiltrated Beili territory and nearly provoked a conflict between our two countries. You were in Beili at the time. Please tell me the truth about this matter."

Liu Yan said, "There are indeed rumors that the Prince of Chang'an and his wife appeared in Beili."

"Oh." The emperor asked, "Then you met Prince Chang'an in Beili?"

"I saw it..." Liu Yan paused, "It's fake."