Chapter 145 Officially Certified Prince of Zhenbei (5k)
Xiao Yinghao had already taken off her silver armor and resumed her princess attire.
This Shura who had killed generals and captured flags on the battlefield was now dressed in gorgeous clothes, and was even more graceful and eye-catching than the most delicate peony in the imperial city.
The gorgeous scarlet long skirt has wide sleeves layered together, and a peacock embroidered with gold thread spirals up from the hem of the skirt. Its tail feathers wrap around the slender waist, supporting the fullness and undulation of the chest, and finally resting on the delicate collarbone.
Above the collarbone, a small mole is dotted on the snow-white and delicate skin. The flowing texture makes it particularly attractive, as if waiting for someone to pick it.
The red and gold hairpins fell from her temples, swirling with light, and the pale blue veins on the sides of her slender neck were also clearly illuminated. At this moment, her thin skin showed a fragile feeling as if it could be easily grasped.
On the beautiful face, a pair of phoenix eyes flew back, with a touch of bright red at the corners of the eyes, as sharp as a knife, looking down on the heroes of the world as if they were dust.
These are the beautiful eyes of the "God of War", the eldest princess of the dynasty. No enemy soldier dares to look directly at them.
At this moment, she was looking at Gu Fangchen with a smile, sizing up his handsome face with great interest, and it was hard to tell whether the look in her eyes expressed dissatisfaction or satisfaction.
Gu Fangchen was startled.
He didn't expect Xiao Yinghao to come back today!
Although Qiu Andao turned the tide of the battle, it was also a fact that the White Dragon Army lost tens of thousands of men. It would take time to reorganize the troops and clean up the mess.
In theory, Xiao Yinghao should have continued to stay at Qiu'an Road, but he actually came back early...
Also, what's with her attitude?
Gu Fangchen had changed his appearance at that time, and Xiao Yinghao was trapped in the Blood River Repentance Formation the entire time, so he should have had no chance to find out who did it.
Although from a big picture perspective, he undoubtedly did his best at the time.
But judging from the results, 70,000 White Dragon soldiers were killed, and the fire stone mine's protective formation was also sucked dry by him, which was equivalent to destroying it.
Rebuilding it would require a lot of resources.
From the perspective of the White Dragon Army leader, it's inevitable that he'd feel overpowered and completely toyed with...
More importantly, he also used Xiao Ying's reputation as a good son-in-law.
Although erecting chastity arches was not popular in the Wei Dynasty, and it was even quite popular to marry widows, after all, it represented good fertility, but such things were ultimately just rumors.
Gu Fangchen took advantage of Xiao Ying's ignorance to act recklessly.
If Xiao Yinghao knew about this, she would come to settle the score later, which would be terrible...
Gu Fangchen's mind raced, and he had already figured out how to deal with it——
Respond to all changes with constancy.
Even if Xiao Yinghao has suspicions, he probably has no evidence at the moment.
Since he is still a playboy now, he should just continue to be a playboy.
This is exactly the opposite image of the "prince consort" who is a powerful figure on the battlefield, and it is also Xiao Ying's character, the kind of person he hates the most.
As everyone knows, there are only two types of people who can catch Xiao Ying's eye.
First, he has made contributions to the country.
The second is to reach the pinnacle of spiritual practice.
On the contrary, it is naturally the "worm" that she has never even bothered to pay attention to in her life.
Gu Fangchen's original self was simply the opposite of these two perfectly tailor-made ones.
Fully embroidered straw-covered pillow.
Gu Fangchen immediately put away his fan with a snap, coughed twice, recalled some of his original memories, looked at the princess, revealed a very wicked and exaggerated smile, and saluted:
"Greetings to the Princess. I've long heard of her stunning beauty, the most stunning of all beauties. I've long admired her, but unfortunately, I never got to see her when I accompanied my mother to the palace... Now that I've seen her today, I can see she's truly as beautiful as her reputation!"
As he spoke, he secretly looked at the other person with a look of amazement in his eyes.
Of course, not towards the chest... That would not only disgust the other person, but would be courting death.
He stared specifically at the small mole on the collarbone and the fair, slender neck, his expression obscure, revealing the qualities of a sex enthusiast.
There is no doubt that these two places are the sexiest parts of Xiao Yinghao's body because of the sense of fragility that is different from her aggressive and beautiful face.
If such a strong woman, who is almost at the pinnacle of power, could one day voluntarily reveal her most vulnerable parts to someone and let him manipulate her at will.
That was the most intoxicating moment when she completely surrendered and blossomed.
And this is the look that Xiao Yinghao hates the most——
It's not just out of disgust for playboys, but also because as a top practitioner, he is wary of vital parts.
What's more, the other party is a weak person who doesn't know his own limitations and a playboy with a bad reputation.
Gu Fangchen's current appearance is almost the same as when his original self went to Qinlou and Chuguan to have fun.
No one mentioned Xiao Yinghao's outstanding military achievements, but only talked about her stunning appearance.
Treating the eldest princess in this way is undoubtedly blasphemy.
Gu Fangchen was already prepared to walk away in anger.
But Xiao Yinghao just raised his eyebrows and said lightly:
"Have you been fascinated by this for a long time? Haha, you are really lying."
She reached out and placed her hand on the hilt of the long sword hanging at her waist, tapped it lightly with her slender jade fingers, narrowed her eyes, and said with a smile:
"I heard that the prince once said that most women who practice martial arts have thick skin and flesh, and their bodies are as hard as stone, so they are not worth looking at at all."
Gu Fangchen: “…”
Is the original person so ignorant of life and death?
He thought about it and realized that his original self must have said something similar when he was flirting with a famous prostitute.
No, how come Xiao Ying knows such private matters?
Theoretically, Xiao Yinghao, who doesn't care about anyone, should not pay attention to such gossip at all.
So... that is to say, she may have recently investigated all of Gu Fangchen's experiences and information.
Gu Fangchen twitched the corners of his mouth.
It's over. This level of suspicion is not just ordinary suspicion, it's extreme suspicion!
He thought back to his actions at Qiu'an Road and didn't think he had left any flaws...
Unless someone at the time could see through his disguise and discover his true face, it would be impossible for anyone to associate it with him.
How could a playboy be able to form a White Dragon Army?
He was determined.
Xiao Ying was most likely deceiving him!
Gu Fangchen immediately denied it with a serious face:
"Youth is ignorance, absolutely ignorance!"
Then he waved his fan, puffed out his chest, and said with a grin:
"Now I think that women who practice martial arts are the best. Ordinary women are too weak and will cry out in pain at the slightest touch. But if they are martial artists, no matter how they manipulate them..."
He stopped talking immediately, pretending to be careless for a moment, and changed the subject guiltily:
"By the way, the princess just asked me what story I was telling. Actually, it was just a small accident that happened on the road."
He also told Gu Yuandao's little story again.
Xiao Yinghao listened quietly, looking at him without blinking, the smile on her lips deepened, and she felt full of oppression.
The more Gu Fangchen spoke, the stiffer his expression became, and cold sweat began to break out on his forehead.
He's been acting this hard. With Xiao Ying's good character, she should have been angry a long time ago...
But Xiao Yinghao's words just now did have a hint of anger in them. However, the reason for her anger was clearly not right.
After Gu Fangchen finished speaking, Xiao Yinghao nodded and clapped his hands, saying:
"I see. It's indeed a wonderful story."
She glanced at Gu Yuandao and sneered:
"I'm still a disciple of a saint, what could be so special about me? It turns out I'm just like this. Even if I possess great righteousness, it can't suppress a mere 'Buddha's Hand Pulling Silk'."
"When I was ten, I could already identify thousands of poisons and tell the corresponding solutions. How could a top scholar like me be so shallow?"
Xiao Ying looked at Gu Yuye beside her and said calmly:
"After all, he was raised in a small rural area and was not properly educated. He is full of nonsense but lacks practical ability. The King of Zhenbei must train him more in the future."
Gu Yuye's eyes instantly became extremely sinister and cold, he clenched his fists and said in a deep voice:
"Your Highness, the Princess is too kind. I am simply too gentle and kind-hearted to understand these sinister and despicable things."
"Oh? With such a temperament, if you are so indecisive in the future, how can you serve the people in the court? It would be better for you to study. If you are forced to join the court by the prince, it would be really pitiful."
"The princess is wrong. Don't you know that a tyrannical government is more ferocious than a tiger? If you are violent and cruel to your subordinates, you will probably be stabbed in the back by your own people in the future and die without a burial place!"
The two men were at loggerheads, fighting back and forth, with blood drawn on every blow, and the injuries they inflicted were real.
Gu Fangchen was amazed by what he saw.
When it comes to hitting someone's sore spot, the old rival is still the best!
Xiao Yinghao and Gu Yuye have been political enemies for many years, and they are always right in poking at each other's most taboo points.
Both of them were military generals with large troops under their command, and were used by Emperor Yong'an to check and balance each other. Over the years, they both wanted to kill each other.
This time, Xiao Ying was trapped because Gu Yuye had planted people in the White Dragon Army, causing military intelligence to be leaked.
Xiao Yinghao sneered:
“If you don’t have a kind heart, no matter how much you do good and generous, you will ultimately be nothing more than a monkey in human form.”
"I just hope that the saint's name will not be used as a shield by some people to desecrate him again and again."
After all, Gu Yuandao has failed at the moment, and he himself is a big piece of evidence.
If Xiao Ying keeps holding on to this point, it will be enough to embarrass Gu Yuye.
Fortunately, at this moment, Xiao Qiu came up and said with a smile:
"Princess, Prince, His Majesty has been waiting for this banquet for a long time. Please calm down for a moment and take your seats in the hall first."
Gu Yuye flicked his sleeves, snorted coldly, and suppressed the anger in his heart.
Xiao Yinghao and Gu Fangchen were invited in first by Xiao Qiu.
Gu Yuye's gaze swept between Gu Fangchen and Xiao Yinghao with a serious look. Thinking of the attitude between the two just now, he narrowed his eyes and walked towards the Ziji Palace.
The most important step in his entire previous plan was the change in the battle situation in Qiu Andao.
If Qiu Andao had developed the situation as he had expected without any unexpected problems, Xiao Yinghao would still be trapped and the White Dragon Army would still be defeated and retreat.
Then, at this moment, he would never be so absurd and aggrieved to give in to the imperial edict, watching Gu Fangchen bully his own son, and then he would have to sit firmly on the throne of the prince again in front of all the dignitaries!
It was Qiu Andao's arrangement that gave him the confidence to recognize Gu Yuandao directly in public at the Ziji Palace.
Once the war situation with Qingman becomes unstable, Emperor Yong'an will have no choice but to entrust him with important tasks no matter how much he fears him.
At the same time, he could not interfere with the matter of their recognition as father and son.
Only then can we proceed to the next step.
And Gu Fangchen wasn't even in their consideration...
But now, Qiu Andao's battle situation was completely disrupted because of the eldest princess's husband who suddenly appeared.
According to the detailed battle reports that Gu Yuye received later, the prince consort suddenly appeared, killed the traitor, deployed the army, and flooded the Qingman, which was simply like divine help.
What is even more incredible is that after this battle without a main general and with a huge disparity in strength, although the White Dragon Army also suffered heavy casualties, for some unknown reason, the strength of thousands of people who remained suddenly improved dramatically overnight.
Among them, there were more than a hundred people who reached the sixth level!
You should know that originally in the White Dragon Army, there were only the eldest princess's twelve personal guards, with sixth-grade strength. The rest were four hundred seventh-grade, more than a thousand eighth-grade, ten thousand ninth-grade, and the rest were all ordinary people who were not of any rank.
Now the number has increased from twelve to more than one hundred. Even if more people died, they were directly compensated.
What's more, there are a lot of people who were suddenly promoted from the ninth rank or even ordinary people!
It can be called a miracle!
So much so that there is now a legend in Qiu Andao that the prince consort is actually a god who has descended from heaven to earth and has come to help the Wei Dynasty.
All kinds of bizarre statements have emerged one after another, and the only thing missing is to build a shrine for this person.
And because of the rapid reversal of the battle situation, the eldest princess broke through the Blood River Repentance formation ahead of time, which made the Battle of Qiu'an Road end even faster, far exceeding the original estimate of the protracted war.
The Qingman army, which had originally pressed into Qiu'an Road, retreated thousands of miles after this battle, and the original pressure from the White Dragon Army disappeared.
As Gu Yuye had expected, his plan to follow orders and turn the tide, and at the same time damage Xiao Ying's reputation, naturally fell through.
Everything was just because of that prince consort who shouldn't have existed!
Gu Yuye actually had doubts about this person's identity in his heart -
This so-called "prince consort" may be Gu Fangchen!
Emperor Yong'an told him personally that he knew this person and was even very familiar with him. Moreover, the time when Gu Fangchen disappeared from the Qionglin Banquet basically coincided with the time when that person suddenly appeared in Qiu'an Road.
When the "Six Star Gods" located Gu Fangchen's position, they also discovered that he was on Qiu'an Road.
But there are two points that Gu Yuye is not 100% sure about.
First of all, this person knows the White Dragon Army Formation.
This was something that tens of thousands of people witnessed at the time. Even if Gu Yuye didn't believe it in his heart, there was no possibility of it being faked.
Tens of thousands of White Dragon Army soldiers were witnesses, and after the White Dragon Army formed a formation, the momentum was so huge that the entire Qiu'an Road could see the Life Fire Flag burning the entire sky.
As a saint known for his military skills, Gu Yuye knew military formations very well.
Cultivation can be achieved quickly.
But no matter how you arrange the military formations, it is impossible to accomplish it quickly!
If one is connected to the consciousness of tens of thousands of people at the same time, without sufficient cultivation to support the strength of the soul, he will lose his mind in an instant due to the massive amount of information and become a fool.
Even if he managed to hold on, it would be impossible to command so smoothly.
A normal person would often think hard for a long time even before playing a game of chess.
The computing power required for the military formation is to think about the placement of tens of thousands of chess pieces at the same time.
Without a strong spirit and training, it is absolutely impossible to master the art of war overnight.
Judging from the battle reports sent to him, this person's overall command style is orthodox, but every step of his response is in accordance with the "Huabiao Bingshu" - the most widely circulated basic book on military strategy.
Not out of the ordinary, but sophisticated.
Whether it is judging the enemy situation or controlling the White Dragon Army, he is very familiar with it, and he advances and retreats in moderation and is quite calm.
This is definitely not an effect that can be achieved in a short period of time.
Therefore, this person must be good at military tactics and a veteran in this field.
Secondly, it is a miracle that has become a legend of an immortal descending to earth.
If Gu Fangchen really has such divine power that can improve the cultivation of so many people, why would he be in such a tug of war with me?
You can even rebel directly!
Gu Yuye was always undecided about the identity of the "prince consort".
But at this moment, the eldest princess's sudden return and her familiar attitude instantly swept away all the hesitation in Gu Yuye's heart.
He was absolutely certain that Gu Fangchen was definitely the so-called "prince consort"!
Gu Yuye's judgment was not arbitrary.
Before this, Gu Fangchen and Xiao Ying were good friends, but they had never even met each other.
——Xiao Yinghao was cold and arrogant, and even looked down on those young talents, not to mention the playboy who was a complete mess. In addition, he was often away fighting outside, so Gu Fangchen had no chance to see her at all.
But Xiao Yinghao, who was so cold and arrogant, actually smiled at Gu Fangchen!
You know, with Xiao Ying's good personality, she only smiles a few times a year, and most of the time it's a sneer or a sneer.
And if she smiled, someone would be in trouble.
Gu Yuye stood with his hands behind his back, his eyes flickering, and he raised his head to glance at the plaque on the Ziji Hall.
If the prince consort is really Gu Fangchen, things will be easier...
The son-in-law of a royal family is not allowed to hold an official position with real power.
In this way, it is impossible for Gu Fangchen to sit on the position of the crown prince.
At the very least, it means that Gu Fangchen will never be able to get in touch with the core of power again.
In the Wei Dynasty, the will of all living beings can only be concentrated on an individual if it is recognized by the court, just like the birth of those pseudo third-rank officials.
If the name is not right, the words will not be smooth. As long as Gu Fangchen does not have an official position recognized by the court, anything he does will not be able to gather the wishes of all living beings.
Once it condenses, it is equivalent to stealing the country's destiny!
In this case, he would naturally not be a match for Gu Yuandao.
…
Following Xiao Qiu's roll call.
Gu Fangchen stepped into the Ziji Palace and faced everyone's shocked or disbelieving gazes.
From this moment on, the only officially recognized Prince of Zhenbei is "Gu Fangchen"!
He walked up the central staircase, raised the imperial edict in his hand with a smile, shook it, and said loudly:
"Fortunately, I have fulfilled my mission and brought good news to His Majesty!"
Emperor Yong'an said with a smile:
"Not bad, not bad... Good boy, you didn't disappoint me."
He looked around, pointed randomly, and said:
"There are not many seats left. You can sit there."
In an instant, Prince Xiao Sheng's pupils constricted and he almost stood up.
The empty seat belonged to no one else but the third prince, Xiao Shen, who was still practicing in the Galan Temple and had not returned yet!
What does it mean that my father let Gu Fangchen sit in this position?
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