Chapter 724: Being pushed to the forefront, making the other party a target with a legitimate reason
The rare tranquility of the Duke Zhenguo's Mansion.
Until a servant's announcement broke the silence.
"Miss, Mr. Qian, the Crown Prince is here."
Gu Qingchen paused what he was doing, raised his head, and looked at Qian Zhenyun.
Why is he here?
Qian Zhenyun frowned slightly, stood up with his uninjured arm, and went to greet him.
Zhao Chen'an was wearing a moon-white casual suit today, with a golden crown tied up his hair. He looked less majestic than in the court and more gentle like a young master from a noble family.
But that innate nobility could not be concealed.
He was followed by only a personal eunuch, who was carrying a few food boxes.
"I heard that you were injured, so I came here specially to see you." Zhao Chenan's eyes swept over Qian Zhenyun's arm in a sling, and then fell on Gu Qingchen who was not far away.
The purpose of his trip is self-evident.
Qian Zhenyun saluted sideways and said, "Thank you for your concern, Your Highness. It's just a minor injury, nothing serious."
Zhao Chenan nodded and walked straight towards Gu Qingchen.
"Qingchen, I haven't seen you for a few days. Why do you look thinner?"
Gu Qingchen stood up, brushed off the grass debris on her skirt, and replied indifferently, "Thank you for your concern, Your Highness. I'm fine."
Zhao Chenan had long been accustomed to her distant attitude and was not annoyed.
He sat down at the stone table and signaled the eunuch to put out the contents of the food box.
"Here are some new snacks made by the imperial kitchen. Please try them."
Gu Qingchen didn't even glance at it.
Zhao Chenan looked at her stubborn expression and the smile on his face faded a little.
"Are you still angry about Jiahe?" He took the initiative to bring up the topic, "I know you've been wronged."
"Unfair?" Gu Qingchen twitched his lips as if he had heard some ridiculous joke. "Why should I feel wronged? The one who should feel wronged is Princess Jiahe."
She looked up at Zhao Chenan with a hint of provocation in her eyes.
"I'm a princess, but you've seen her naked body and even held her in your arms, and yet I still don't have a title."
"Your Highness, if you have time to care about me here, why not go to the Yongding Palace and ask for marriage? At least marry her and don't let others stab you in the back."
These words were harsh and piercing.
Qian Zhenyun stood aside, lowered his eyes silently, but the corners of his mouth curled up almost imperceptibly.
Zhao Chenan's hand holding the teacup paused in the air for a moment.
He put down the teacup and looked at Gu Qingchen, the gentle disguise in his eyes finally gone.
"Jia He...at most, she is just a concubine."
This is a matter of course.
It seems that being able to become a concubine is already a great blessing from heaven.
Gu Qingchen rolled his eyes in anger, and simply pulled out a chair and sat down, looking at him.
"Your Highness, do you mean that there is someone else who can take the position of the principal wife? You are truly philanthropic."
"Gu Qingchen!" Zhao Chen'an's voice sank, carrying a warning tone. "You should know that my father, the emperor, and my mother have always wanted you to be my Crown Princess. This is not just my wish, but also the wish of the royal family."
He liked the way she was free and unrestrained and lived freely and boldly.
He thought that in the entire capital, only Gu Qingchen from the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion was worthy of standing by his side.
But liking someone does not mean indulging them.
The Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion was unwilling, and she herself always kept her distance.
But it doesn't matter.
He is the crown prince, the future monarch. In this world, there is no one he cannot win, and no thing he cannot accomplish.
"Don't." Gu Qingchen immediately raised his hand and made a gesture to stop him.
"Your Highness, please don't. I, Gu Qingchen, have a bad temper and a small mind, and I am not worthy of such a great blessing. You should leave the position of principal wife to those gentle and virtuous ladies from noble families."
Zhao Chenan looked at her avoiding him as much as possible, and finally couldn't hold back his anger that he had suppressed for a long time.
He took a deep breath, as if he had exhausted all his patience.
"I didn't come here today to argue with you about this." He brought the subject back to the topic. "I came here to ask you to apologize to Jia He."
All expressions on Gu Qingchen's face disappeared. She stood up slowly, her eyes fixed on Zhao Chenan.
"You, what did you say?" Her voice was soft, but as cold as ice.
"I told you to go and apologize to Jiahe." Zhao Chenan repeated in a firm tone.
"This matter has caused a great uproar in the city, and someone has to take a step back. You are the legitimate daughter of the Duke of Zhenguo and the future Crown Princess, so you should be tolerant and tolerant."
"Fuck your attitude!" Gu Qingchen finally exploded.
She kicked over the stool beside her, and it made a harsh sound on the ground.
"Zhao Chen'an, is your brain stuck in a door?! She was the one who provoked me first, and she fell into the water on her own. You want me to apologize to her? What gives you the right?!"
She had seen shameless people, but she had never seen anyone so shameless!
"Because I am the prince!" Zhao Chenan also stood up.
The atmosphere between the two was tense and ready to explode.
Qian Zhenyun, who had been silent all this time, moved.
He walked to Gu Qingchen, protected her behind him, looked up and looked directly at Zhao Chenan, his voice was not loud, but extremely clear.
"Your Highness, it was Princess Jiahe who provoked this matter first."
He didn't say anything extra, just stated the most basic fact.
But the fact that he stood beside Gu Qingchen itself was a most resolute attitude.
Zhao Chenan's gaze shot towards Qian Zhenyun like a knife.
"GongGong, are you going to disobey me for her too?"
Qian Zhenyun did not retreat, but just looked back at him calmly.
Zhao Chenan looked at the two people confronting each other in front of him and suddenly smiled, his smile full of cold sarcasm.
"Good, very good." He nodded. "Do you think this is just a quarrel between children?"
He suppressed all his anger, sat down again, picked up the cup of cold tea, and blew on it slowly.
"Prince Yongding's memorial was delivered to the emperor's desk early yesterday morning."
Gu Qingchen's heart suddenly sank.
"The memorial said that his daughter fell into the water and was humiliated at a palace banquet and almost died. He asked the emperor to severely punish the murderer and give his daughter justice." Zhao Chen'an put down the teacup and looked up at her.
"In the court, officials from Prince Yongding's faction all seconded the proposal. Now, in the mouths of the entire court, you, Gu Qingchen, have become a shrew who relies on favor, is arrogant and rude, and has no respect for the emperor."
"The entire Zhenguogong Mansion has been dragged down by you."
Every word he said was like a huge rock, hitting Gu Qingchen's heart so hard that she could hardly breathe.
"Now, do you still feel that I have wronged you by asking you to apologize?"
It turned out that this was no longer a grudge between her and Princess Jiahe.
This was an open conspiracy between the Prince of Yongding's Mansion and the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion.
And she was the one who was pushed to the forefront and became the target for the other party to attack.
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