Chapter 624: By the way, dig a huge hole for the emperor.
"What?" Chu Ruohan opened her eyes wide in shock. "You sent him to the military camp? How come I didn't know?"
"He's happy with it." Gu Junze said as a matter of course, "That kid has been wild for a long time. Instead of being a playboy in the capital, it's better to go to the military camp and experience some hardships."
He paused, his tone darkening, "Gu Lu was able to grow so fast because he had no one to protect him since he was a child. He was forced to do so by the dirty deeds of the third house."
"But Brother Xuan is different. He has been protected so well by you and me that he doesn't know how high the sky is and how deep the earth is."
"He should also know that not everything in this world can be settled by relying on the name of the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion."
Chu Ruohan was silent.
Although Gu Junze's words were direct, they hit the nail on the head.
Xuan Ge'er really doesn't like books of sages. What he reads most on weekdays are military strategies and tricks from the underworld.
Gu Cheng'an had long been promoted from deputy general to general. It was better for Xuan'er to follow him than to do nothing in the capital.
She sighed, agreeing.
"Okay, I'm relieved about Xuan Ge'er. But what about Qingchen?"
When she thought of her daughter, Chu Ruohan frowned again.
"She's an absolute troublemaker, wilder than a monkey. If you leave her alone in the house, she'll tear the roof off!"
"Isn't there someone in the mansion?" Gu Junze said with a relaxed expression, "Ying Qing, Uncle Yue, Song Ruyan, Doctor Qian, who can't keep an eye on her?"
After hearing this, Chu Ruohan was so angry that she wanted to laugh.
"Come on!" She rolled her eyes at him unhappily. "Uncle Yue's family just had a new baby, and Yingqing has to take care of everything in the mansion all by herself. How can he have the time to keep an eye on her every day?"
"Doctor Qian's clinic is almost full, how can he have the time to take care of our daughter?"
"As for Song Ruyan..." Chu Ruohan sneered, "With her temper, plus your daughter's, believe it or not, if the two of them get together, they can cause a huge chaos in the capital within three days."
"By then, we will have not one troublemaker but two female demon kings in our mansion!"
Gu Junze listened to her complaints, but instead of feeling worried, he smiled.
"Isn't there still her uncle?"
"If all else fails," he slowly threw out his final trump card, "isn't there still the Emperor?"
Chu Ruohan was stunned.
Gu Junze continued, "Doesn't he keep saying that he wants Qingchen to be the Crown Princess?"
"It's just right. Let him adapt in advance, and let his son see what kind of person he will marry in the future."
"You can't just want benefits without taking responsibility, right?"
Chu Ruohan was completely speechless when she saw the self-righteous, even calculating expression on her husband's face.
She finally understood.
This guy doesn't want to travel, nor does he want to train Gu Lu simply.
He was clearly fed up with the children and wanted to get rid of the burden, and at the same time, he dug a huge hole for the emperor.
The next day, the sky was just beginning to brighten.
An inconspicuous blue cloth carriage drove out of the side door of the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion silently, blending in with the flow of carriages and people rushing out of the city early, without disturbing anyone.
When Gu Qingchen woke up, yawned, and was about to go to the main courtyard to act coquettishly with her mother, she found that the whole courtyard was quiet.
"Where is my mother?" she asked, grabbing a little maid.
The little maid trembled and bowed, "My dear Miss, the Duke and his wife... left early this morning."
"Going out? Where did you go?" Gu Qingchen frowned, having a bad feeling in his heart.
The maid pulled a letter from her sleeve and presented it with both hands: "The Duke left a letter saying... that he and his wife are going to visit, and asked you to stay well in the mansion and not cause any trouble."
Gu Qingchen snatched the letter and glanced at it quickly.
There were only a few words in the letter, written in her father's familiar, powerful style, but the content made her so angry that she almost jumped up on the spot.
"Take a walk? Go out!"
The girl's clear and angry voice rang out in the empty courtyard, startling the birds on the branches and causing them to fly away.
"They actually left me alone and ran away! This is too much!"
In the Bailu Academy, Master Li was speaking seriously, shaking his head.
There was only one person, slumped over the table, his fingers occasionally poking at the tiny, ant-like characters on the book in front of him.
Gu Qingchen was very unhappy today.
Very unhappy.
Her parents went on a long journey without taking her with them!
This is abandonment! This is betrayal!
After finally making it to the end of school, Qian Zhenyun and Lin Jiayou came over from the left and right.
"GongGong, look at her, she's been like this all morning." Qian Zhenyun nudged Lin Jiayou with his elbow.
Lin Jiayou looked at Gu Qingchen, who looked like he had lost all hope in life, and asked cautiously, "Qingchen, what's wrong with you?"
Gu Qingchen raised his eyelids, glanced at him lazily, and then fell back heavily with a muffled sound.
Qian Zhenyun lowered his voice and leaned close to Lin Jiayou's ear: "What else can I do? The Duke and his wife went on a long trip without her."
After hearing this, Lin Jiayou didn't think it was a big deal.
Adults have adult things to do. The Duke of Zhenguo is busy with all kinds of affairs. Isn't it normal for him not to bring a child with him when he goes out to work?
But seeing Gu Qingchen's expression, he couldn't bear it any longer. After thinking about it, he coaxed him, "If you want to go out and play, Gun Gun and I can accompany you!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Gu Qingchen, who was lying on the table like a puddle of mud, suddenly raised his head.
Two small flames seemed to be lit in her eyes in an instant, and she stared straight at Lin Jiayou.
"That's right!" She slammed the table and stood up suddenly, "We can go out by ourselves!"
The students around her were startled by her and looked at her sideways.
Gu Qingchen, however, didn't care at all. She paced on her own, becoming more and more excited as she spoke: "I haven't seen what the outside of the capital is like yet! The water towns in the south of the Yangtze River and the lonely smoke in the desert described in the books, I want to go and see them all!"
Qian Zhenyun slapped himself on the forehead and looked at Lin Jiayou in despair.
"What did you remind her?"
Lin Jiayou was also dumbfounded. He just wanted to visit the temple fair and watch acrobatics in the capital, so how did it turn into a long journey out of Beijing?
"That's not what I meant!" He waved his hands hastily. "Why don't we just walk around the capital? Go listen to a book, eat some candied haws..."
"What's the point?" Gu Qingchen interrupted him with a wave of her hand. At this moment, she was completely immersed in her grand plan.
"I'm tired of playing in the capital! It's settled, let's get out of the city!"
No one can stop her from moving forward.
Qian Zhenyun wanted to persuade him again: "Sister, calm down! Leaving the city is no small matter. Without a pass, you can't even get out of the city gate! Besides, it's so dangerous outside!"
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