"But what if I can do it?" Gu Yanwei looked at the person in front of him, "What if I can do it differently from other emperors?"
Shen Qingqiu didn't want to answer such an unrealistic question, so she said, "You are drunk. Let's talk when you are sober." Before Gu Yanwei could say anything, she had already left here.
Gu Yanwei just looked at her back and then sighed softly.
He could see that Qiu'er was... just timid. She looked braver than anyone else, and indeed, she was brave in other aspects, but when it came to love, she was a complete coward.
Gu Yanwei curled his lips. No matter what, today he knew that Qiu'er had him in her heart.
But there is still a huge gap between the two of them, and she doesn't dare to give her whole heart to him. She can only blame herself for this, as it is really difficult for her to ask him to do something now... Well, at this point, he is already very happy.
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"Sir, what's going on?" The daughter was sent back by the emperor again, so County Magistrate Zhao hurried to the governor's house to ask.
Cheng Futai himself is currently preoccupied with the lawsuit. "To be honest, I am completely in the dark. If the Emperor didn't like your daughter, why would he bring her to his residence? If he really liked her, the Empress would have just agreed to welcome her into the palace. Why did she send her away instead?"
"Have you asked Miss Zhao? Does she know what's going on?"
County Magistrate Zhao felt the same way when he heard this. The cooked duck flew away from his mouth. "I asked her what the rules were with the emperor, and the girl just cried and said nothing!" Yesterday he was still dreaming of being a royal relative, but today he had nothing. County Magistrate Zhao closed his eyes. Such a gap was really hard to accept.
Just then, Tu Jiu came over.
They both knew that Tu Jiu had always been with the emperor, so they waved their hands and asked, "Master Tu, what's the matter?"
Tu Jiu glanced at the county magistrate and threw the imperial edict to him, "The emperor personally granted marriage to your daughter, please thank him."
The county magistrate's eyes widened for a moment, "Your Majesty, grant me a marriage?"
What's going on? Before he could ask, Tu Jiu had already turned and left.
Logically speaking, Cheng Futai should not have read the imperial edict to the Zhao family. But Cheng Futai was right beside him, staring at the imperial edict in his hand with burning eyes. He hadn't even seen the details of his daughter's entry into the palace, so even if County Magistrate Zhao didn't want to show it to him, he couldn't offend him.
He just spread the imperial edict on the table beside him and said, "Master Cheng, please."
The two read on together. The imperial edict was written simply, but it was actually an imperial edict granting a marriage between Zhao Shiqing and an unknown candidate who had just passed the imperial examination this year. Cheng Futai looked at the name for a long time, but couldn't remember who the important person in the family was, so he lost interest.
Seeing that County Magistrate Zhao looked shocked, he comforted him, "Since the emperor personally granted the marriage, it seems that he values this young man. Lord Zhao, don't let your imagination run wild."
With Zhao Shiqing's beauty, even if she couldn't enter the palace, she could still get a favored concubine by going to a prince's or a marquis's mansion. But with the imperial decree granting her marriage, her path to success was effectively cut off.
No matter how good the marriage granted by the emperor is, he is not a royal relative. Does he have the ability to sit on the position of prime minister?
County Magistrate Zhao was naturally feeling extremely miserable.
Here, Cheng Futai asked a few questions with concern and then stopped caring. Anyway, he couldn't enter the palace, so he had to think of other ways to please the emperor.
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Compared to Gu Yanwei, Gu Yong's life is not so good nowadays.
The fact that his daughter and son-in-law did not return to the capital for a long time directly led to chaos in the court. Even the barbarians outside the Great Wall could not sit still and harassed them repeatedly. Gu Yanwei wanted to solve the evil spirits in the court and solve the problems outside the Great Wall at the same time. He asked the people in Hangzhou County to block all the news, so that others would think that he was still unable to return to the palace because of the chaos.
It was also a cover for Gu Cheng, making Gu Cheng think that he really had no other options and was forced outside and unable to return to the palace.
As expected, the court began to fall into chaos and the parties began to fight.
Gu Yong took this opportunity to send troops northward. He didn't care about the disputes in the court. He only needed to hold the military power and then drive the barbarians out of the country. Gu Yong was an invincible general. Now that the court was busy with internal strife, it would not be possible to reduce his military power. His generals would win every battle along the way.
But it's a pity that these guys who can only fight among themselves have no ambition at all. He has already led his army to the north, but those evil spirits under Gu Cheng are still thinking about peace talks! "These bastards!" Gu Cheng's deputy general said fiercely.
It was like a bunch of farmers who had worked so hard to grow their crops from seedlings, but when they were about to inspect them, a vulture came down from the sky and took them all away. In order to get credit, Gu Yong had already conquered the barbarians, but he specially sent a civil official to negotiate peace! Isn't this just looking for trouble?
"My Lord, what are you going to do?"
Gu Yong held the sword in his hand, "Let's retreat."
"They are obviously killing the donkey after it has served its purpose," not only the deputy general said so, many people were unwilling to do so, "If we go back like this, and those barbarians come back, what will happen to the local people?" Moreover, this land was also won by them through fighting, and no one would be happy if it was given to those good-for-nothings for nothing.
"We are soldiers of the imperial court, so of course we have to obey the imperial court." Gu Yong raised his eyes, his eyes dry from the wind and sand. The person behind him wanted to speak, so he held out his hand, "But there is a saying that goes, when a general is on the battlefield, he is not subject to military orders. If the imperial court asks us to withdraw, we will withdraw, take all our soldiers and generals, and retreat one step back."
Negotiating peace is the court's business, and Gu Yong refuses to agree!
"My Lord!" Upon hearing what Gu Yong said, the soldiers behind him naturally became excited.
But the deputy general also said: "My Lord, it is not appropriate for us to openly disobey orders like this. We must find a compromise, otherwise if those people find a reason to attack us, we will have a headache."
Unexpectedly, Gu Yong just smiled and said, "Who said I disobeyed orders?"
"Disobedience depends on whose orders you are disobeying. You and I are both obeying the emperor's orders, so how can it be considered disobedience?"
Gu Yanwei said: "As soldiers, we just need to focus on fighting. If they want to fight, let them fight. When we really get rid of them in the future, we will make sure that none of them can escape!"
"yes!"
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Now that Gu Yong had made contact with Gu Yanwei, he was not afraid of anything and marched all the way to the Xiongnu territory.
The court has been in chaos these years. It's all the fault of the late emperor. He is in charge of the government, but in fact everyone is in charge of their own affairs. Whoever has the most troops and soldiers will be obeyed. Gu Yong had the intention of rebellion in the early years, and the private soldiers of the Marquis' Mansion were almost 100,000.
Compared to the millions of lions before the imperial court, it was certainly not a lot of people, but it was definitely not something that could be underestimated. Before deciding to enter the Xiongnu territory, he sent a letter to the local guards.
The local guards wrote back to them and arranged for them to live in the house.
The garrison was ten miles away, and all the generals were arranged in a large mansion with ten entrances and ten exits not far from the government office. This was originally a mansion built for a royal nobleman when he traveled in Guandu many years ago. Now it is spacious enough for these generals to live in.
"Lord Gu, please come in."
The guard looked to be in his thirties, very elegant. Gu Yong held his helmet in his hand, and the generals behind him followed him closely. The guard respectfully led them in, and then introduced the rooms one by one, "My Lord, please take a look. If you are dissatisfied with anything, ask the servants to clean it up."
"Don't be so picky. This house is great." Gu Yong waved his hand and said ok, then bowed to the guard, "Thank you very much."
"You're welcome, General."
How could the guard dare to accept such a gift from a marquis? He quickly returned the gift and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, you are all heroes of the court. If you need anything, just tell me. You can rest for the time being. I will not disturb you any more."
Gu Yong was impatient with the red tape and waved at him.
After sitting down, he wrote another letter to Gu Yanwei about the situation here.
Gu Yanwei also received a reply from Gu Yong. Seeing that he had handled everything well, he naturally felt relieved.
Shen Qingqiu also read the letter and said, "Those people are intent on muddying the waters while you're away."
Gu Yanwei raised his lips and said, "With my father-in-law in charge, they can't cause any trouble."
Shen Qingqiu said: "You mean, don't go back to the capital now."
"If we go back to the capital now, we won't have any fun." He pulled Shen Qingqiu's hand over, "Since we're here to have fun, why not take a good stroll here? As the saying goes, there's heaven above and Suzhou and Hangzhou below. We haven't had many of the authentic Suzhou and Hangzhou delicacies yet."
Shen Qingqiu was still the same as before. When he heard about eating, his eyes lit up slightly, "Okay."
Gu Yanwei smiled.
Shen Qingqiu added: "I heard that there is a snack street in the local area. Although the food sold there is not expensive, it is fresh. Let's go and have a look tomorrow." Shen Qingqiu is a new generation of people in the 21st century after all. She knows very well that the real delicacies are often hidden in those unknown alleys.
Gu Yanwei nodded, "You can go, but not tomorrow."
Shen Qingqiu didn't think much of it. He wasn't in a hurry anyway. "Do you have something to do tomorrow?"
Gu Yanwei said, "That's not the case. I have a friend getting married and I want to go. You can come with me."
Shen Qingqiu glanced at him suspiciously, "You have friends here?"
Gu Yanwei closed his folding fan and said, "Why, is it not possible?"
Shen Qingqiu didn't say no, but Gu Yanwei had been a sickly person since he was born. When they first met, he would gasp to death if he walked a few more steps. She didn't expect that he could have such a wide range of friends.
The next day, when he arrived at Zhao's house with him, Shen Qingqiu finally understood who that friend was.
"Miss Zhao is such a beauty, even I think she is beautiful, why did you grant her marriage so easily?" Shen Qingqiu asked teasingly.
Gu Yanwei chuckled: "There are three thousand rivers, but I only drink from one."
Shen Qingqiu clasped his hands together, "If you don't like this Miss Zhao, just reject her. Why bother agreeing to her and then arranging a marriage for her..." Shen Qingqiu recalled the appearance of Miss Zhao, who could be described as one in a million. With such a look, her family must have been waiting to get a rare treasure.
Not only did he use the person in front of him as a tool to test himself, but he also arranged a marriage for him casually. Wouldn't that family be upset to death?
Gu Yanwei said: "You are wrongly accusing me. Miss Zhao and I are mutually beneficial."
As he spoke, he mentioned what Zhao Shiqing said to him when they first met, "Since she helped me, I have to help her. If I really return her, I think she will just be sold out by her father again."
It turned out to be another father like Shen Bin. Shen Qingqiu frowned when he heard it, "If that's the case, why not let her break off her relationship with the Zhao family directly." Even if she is married now, she still has to stay with the Zhao family. If she is asked to do this, it's disgusting just thinking about it.
"Qiu'er, not all women in this world are like you. Miss Zhao took the initiative to tell me all this because she is desperate." As Gu Yanwei spoke, he felt that Shen Qingqiu was more and more special. Zhao Shiqing was considered to be particularly bold among women nowadays, but she still could not avoid the fate of being given away by County Magistrate Zhao.
But Qiu'er is different. Back then, Shen Bin wanted to make a profit from her, but who knew that the hot potato would end up burning a hole in the Shen family.
"When I heard you say this, I couldn't tell whether you were praising me or scolding me."
Gu Yanwei smiled: "You are praising my Qingqiu."
Shen Qingqiu blushed, "I don't want to bother with you." Ever since the last time they had a showdown, this person's personality had changed when it came to talking about love.
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