Chapter 112: Proud of Living a Life of Freeloaders
When Gu Chenran changed his clothes and went out, Lu Jian felt that the prince seemed particularly handsome today, giving people a happy feeling.
He is good-looking, but he always has a blank expression on his face, looks distant and unapproachable, and people subconsciously ignore his appearance.
But today, he looked so happy that his already superior appearance became even more dazzling.
As Lu Jian was pushing him out, one minister even looked at Gu Chenran and didn't see the road clearly, and bumped directly into a minister in front of him.
Gu Chenran made a lot of jokes wherever he went.
The minister who bumped into someone while walking was laughed at and sighed: "No, why didn't I realize that the prince's appearance was so stunning before?"
This is also what everyone thinks.
A well-informed and gossipy minister said, "You probably don't know this. I heard from the old generation that the Prince's biological mother is a saint girl sent from Xiyue to marry. She is extremely beautiful.
Originally, the emperor did not want to accept the marriage proposal from Xiyue and wanted to annex Xiyue directly. It was only after he saw their saint girl and was amazed by her beauty that he agreed to the marriage proposal.
Just think about how beautiful this is. If the mother is so beautiful, how bad can the son she gave birth to be? ”
Another minister who also had the inside scoop added: "I heard that the saint was also favored by the emperor for a while. She was a princess from a small country and her treatment in all aspects was no worse than that of the legitimate daughters sent to the palace by the ministers.
Unfortunately, the saint's health was too poor. She became pregnant with the prince the first year she entered the palace, but passed away the second year without even being named a concubine. ”
"You probably don't know this. I heard that the Saint of Xiyue Country was cursed. Otherwise, why did she have such a tragic fate? Why did the Prince of Chen, who was so smart and excellent since childhood, have an accident when he was eight years old?"
I don't know which minister who was so nosy suddenly lowered his voice and said this.
Everyone tried to follow the sound to find out who said this, but they couldn't find it.
Maybe that person knew he had said something wrong, so he hid himself.
No matter how gossipy the ministers were, they knew that the discussion had ended here and if they continued, something bad would happen.
The affairs of the royal family are not something they can discuss.
As luck would have it, their discussion was overheard by Wen Ling who was passing by.
Wen Ling stopped and thought about something.
It seemed as if Gu Chenran had never mentioned her biological mother to her. The more she listened to this curse of the Western Yue Kingdom, the stranger it sounded.
Today, the men formed a team to go into the mountains to hunt, and even the emperor went.
Even someone like Gu Chenran, who had difficulty walking, had to sit in the simple carriage and go over to see.
The hunting ground not only has the complex terrain of the mountains, but also relatively open grasslands. On the grasslands, there are some pheasants, rabbits, and even wild foxes for sheep to graze. They are all available for hunting, and any kills are counted as prey.
Originally, no one wanted to team up with Gu Chenran because he had difficulty walking and could not make any contribution to the team. He would be a burden to the team.
The Third Prince and many others were waiting to see Gu Chenran’s joke, to see what he, a prince, would do if no one was willing to team up with him.
Unexpectedly, Marquis Pingyang and Marquis Zhennan, two marquises who obtained their titles by leading troops, actually vied with each other to invite Gu Chenran to join their team.
The two old marquises, whose combined age was over 120 years old, argued so fiercely and almost came to blows in order to get Gu Chenran to join their team.
In the end, in order to be a pair with Gu Chenran, these two old marquises who used to fight each other whenever they met during the royal hunts in previous years actually formed a team...
Even the emperor was dumbfounded. He asked curiously, "How come I don't know? When did you become so close to Xiao Si?"
The old marquis, who had almost fought to the point of redness just now, now said in unison, "My wife at home told me to do that!"
It turned out to be the two marquis' wives who had warned them before they went out today, fearing that Gu Chenran would make a fool of himself today because he had no one to form a team with. For example, they wanted Gu Chenran to join their team, otherwise he would not be allowed to go back to the tent to sleep tonight.
Pingyang Hou looked innocent and helpless. He said to the emperor, "Your Majesty, I can't do anything. Princess Chen saved our family's life. If it weren't for Princess Chen bringing back news about my daughter Yuanyuan, my wife might not have survived. Prince Chen is Princess Chen's husband. My wife asked me to take care of her. If I don't... I can't go home at night, so I can only come here to squeeze in with Your Majesty."
The Marquis of Zhennan also bowed and said, "The same goes for me, your humble servant!"
The emperor was simply at a loss whether to laugh or cry. After all, it turned out that the Prince of Chen was only blessed by the Princess of Chen.
Prince Chen sat in a wheelchair with a smile on his face and his chin raised high, with an expression that said, "I am proud of myself for living off my wife."
The emperor almost couldn't bear to look at her proud and conceited look.
At the same time, those villains who wanted to take the opportunity to sow discord with the emperor, saying why the Prince of Chen specifically made friends with military generals who had military power, didn't know what to say at this time.
The emperor led everyone to the designated hunting ground.
The women stood in the outermost tent and watched them leave.
Being watched by so many female relatives, the men all puffed out their chests. They all rode tall horses, looking dignified and majestic, and very impressive.
But there was one person in the crowd who particularly caught people's attention. That person was Prince Chen, who was sitting on a special cart and being pulled forward by a horse.
It's true, everyone was riding horses, but he was the only one sitting in a carriage. He really looked like the boss, and the princes walking beside him were his followers.
Especially his criminally handsome face with a smug smile was very eye-catching and dazzling.
It's hard for anyone not to notice him.
There was even a young lady among the female relatives who whispered, "In fact, I think the Prince of Chen is the most handsome man in the whole capital, if his leg is not broken..."
She stopped talking here.
Many people subconsciously nodded in agreement.
Indeed, if the Prince's leg was not broken, he would be a very handsome and noble young man in the world.
But if his leg hadn't been broken, Wen Ling wouldn't have picked him up.
Wen Ling glanced at the lady who was speaking, and the love and regret in her eyes could not be concealed.
She suddenly wanted to laugh. Everyone wants to have a perfect lover, but they don’t think about it. If that person is so perfect, why would he be with you?
Expecting 100% return without any effort is just wishful thinking.
If you hold on to this mentality, then you will always have to watch others have good things, and the things you have will always be regrets.
The princess whispered to comfort Wen Ling: "Don't listen to them. I think it's good for a man to have useless legs. At least he won't run around. If I could go back in time, I would probably break that man's legs, all three of them."
Wen Ling thought of the former prince consort who had a mistress outside, and immediately understood what the princess meant...
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