Gu Zhi considered faking her death, but if it were discovered, her entire family would be executed.
"I'd like to see if that little prince dares to make the choice!"
When Su Deng saw Gu Zhi, she was dressed in red in the backyard of the General's Mansion. She was bright and beautiful, and had a heroic and valiant air. She cut off the head of a straw man with a single sword stroke.
A piece of paper was pasted on the face of the straw man.
The note had two words written on it:
Crown Prince.
She was three years older than the Crown Prince.
"My Gu family has 300,000 troops, can't we rebel?"
"Bullshit Crown Princess! I don't care!"
"That damned crown prince already had a maidservant when he was thirteen, and he has four or five concubines in the Eastern Palace. He wants me to marry him? What the hell does he want?"
"Ancestors!"
As her insults grew increasingly vile, the general's wife rushed over to stop her, saying, "Be careful someone doesn't hear us."
If someone were to impeach him, the emperor would not dare to touch the Gu family, and General Gu would have to go to the border to fight again.
"Go to hell!" Gu Zhi chopped the straw man to pieces, seemingly relieved, then turned to see Su Deng, "Who are you?"
Madam Gu explained the matter.
Gu Zhi frowned after hearing this, and began to curse again, "What kind of bullshit Taoist master is this? An emperor is so superstitious that he thinks everyone is going to rebel. When Liu Suan was born, he was named Liu Zhijin, such a nice name, but they had to change it to Liu Suan, which made the Liu family too intimidated to even give him a proper nickname..."
"They even separated the mother and child, giving them a facade of favor while actually keeping them under house arrest, using their child to control the Liu family, leaving Aunt Zheng in tears and melancholy every day..."
"He even uses marriage to control a group of ministers, and he has to consult divination for everything. That's all he's capable of. An emperor like him is doomed sooner or later. He's just..."
"Grandma! That's enough, please stop!"
Madam Gu turned pale with fright at her outspokenness and quickly covered her mouth, saying, "It's one thing if it's just normal times, but that's the Emperor! Do you want the Gu family to be ruined?"
Su Deng watched this scene: "..."
This young lady from the general's family is quite wild.
Surprisingly, she kind of liked it.
Gu Zhi was indeed a woman of strong character, but she also knew what was important. She would only utter those outrageous words at home or in private when no one was around, and she would never say them in public.
She was seething with anger, and after thinking it over, she couldn't stand it any longer. She called out to Su Deng, "Why wait for the day of the imperial concubine selection? Come on, I'll take you to the palace today."
The emperor was wary of the Gu family, which is why he secretly chose her as the crown princess, even though she was several years older than the crown prince.
In addition, the Empress Dowager had instructed her to visit the palace more often.
We don't usually talk about it.
With the day of the imperial concubine selection approaching, the palace knows that the Gu family does not want Gu Zhi to become the crown princess, and Gu Zhi herself is also unwilling, so they have given her many rewards to appease her.
If Gu Zhi wants to enter the palace, she only needs to say that she is there to pay her respects to the Empress Dowager, and she will be allowed to go. As for bringing a maid, no one can interfere.
Before setting off, Gu Zhi pulled Su Deng in front of the dressing mirror and pulled out a bunch of rouge and powder. "Your face is prettier than the most beautiful woman in the capital. That crown prince is a lecher. There aren't many good people in the palace. Cover your face so it doesn't get stained with dog poop."
Su Deng: "..."
Su Deng twitched her lips slightly, then used some face powder to cover her face. She looked neither ugly nor pretty, just ordinary, the kind of person no one would recognize if thrown into a crowd.
Gu Zhi usually rides a horse when she goes out, but today, seeing Su Deng's frail figure, she changed to a carriage.
On the way, Su Deng asked her, "Was Liu Suan's name Liu Zhijin before?"
Gu Zhi nodded, "That was the name his grandfather gave him before he was born, a name that could be used for both boys and girls. After he was born, the emperor bestowed a name upon him. The Liu family subtly mentioned the meaning of the name Zhijin, but before they could say anything more, the emperor frowned."
"Guess what he said? He said, 'It seems that the name I bestowed is not as good as the one given by Minister Liu's father. I am the emperor, but I cannot compare to your father...' Listen to this bullshit he spouted?"
Even now, if the Liu family still insists on not accepting the imperial decree and changing the name he bestowed, it means they don't respect him and consider him less important than their grandfather.
On one hand, he claimed he lacked literary talent, while on the other hand, he kept repeating "I am the emperor of a dynasty."
"After all this, how could the Liu family dare to protest? They don't even dare to use Zhijin as a nickname anymore."
The Liu family not only dared not protest, but also had to be grateful to him for bestowing the name upon them.
As Gu Zhi spoke, she became angry again, "No way, if I can't deal with this damn emperor, I have to catch that damn crown prince and beat him up!"
Su Deng: "..."
After thinking for a moment, Gu Zhi instructed the coachman, "Go to the Imperial Academy first."
“The students at the Imperial Academy haven’t finished school yet. If we’re lucky, we should run into Liu Zhijin,” Gu Zhi said to Su Deng. “When that happens, just tell Aunt Zheng anything she wants you to relay.”
Su Deng: "...Okay."
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