Chapter 170 The Eighth Princess' Birthday
My grandfather also asked, "Could it be that after his sexual habits were exposed, he felt that his reputation was damaged and he felt ashamed, so he ran away from home?"
Gu Chenran shook his head: "Not really, the opinions in the capital have always been tolerant of men, at most everyone discusses his romantic nature, but what other impact can it have on him?
He is also a rare double-examination Jinshi among the children of aristocratic families. As long as he has outstanding abilities in the court, perhaps even his official career will not be affected. “
Grandfather choked and sighed, "That's true. But it's strange that this young master would run away from home and not even come back once after such a big change happened at home..."
Wen Ling didn't want to guess any more: "What exactly is going on? We'll know tomorrow when we go to the Eighth Princess's mansion to attend the birthday banquet and then visit the Duke Rong's mansion behind."
It would be good if she now had a rough idea of what was going on.
Grandfather was surprised: "You are going to attend the Eighth Princess' birthday banquet tomorrow? But tomorrow Chen Ran will leave with me to go to Fengzhou next door. It seems that an iron mine that has been privately occupied has been discovered there. The emperor secretly entrusted this matter to us. It is quite important."
Wen Ling had already eaten and drunk her fill. She took a sip of the refreshing flower wine and said, "Then let Chen Ran go with you. I'm attending the birthday party with the eldest princess anyway, so I have company. There's no need for Chen Ran to accompany me."
Gu Chenran was very sorry: "I'm sorry, I can't go with you this time."
Wen Ling looked puzzled: "What is there to apologize for? You are not born to accompany me to do this or that."
Gu Chenran sounded a little aggrieved: "But I want to be with you."
Wen Ling choked and subconsciously glanced at her grandfather.
I saw my grandfather concentrating on counting the tea leaves in his teacup, as if he heard nothing.
In fact, he was already very happy in his heart, and felt that if he continued like this, he would soon be able to have a great-grandson!
The next morning, when Wen Ling got up, she found that Gu Chenran had already gotten up and left.
Tingyin said, "The prince got up and left before dawn. He prepared breakfast for you before he left. He specifically told us not to wake you up and let you sleep until you wake up naturally."
Wen Ling was not surprised by this. After spending some time together, she had already discovered that Gu Chenran was an extremely attentive person.
The two of them complement each other perfectly. She is as bold as a tiger, while he is as meticulous as a hair.
Tingyin teased Wen Ling: "I heard from Lu Jian that this trip to Fengzhou to see the newly discovered iron ore is quite dangerous. It seems that a group of bandits have occupied the area.
The prince is bringing troops with him to Fengzhou this time, and he will probably be fighting bandits there. Aren’t you worried about the prince at all? “
Wen Ling shook her head: "There's nothing to worry about. I've prepared a talisman for him, and I've also calculated for him. He'll be lucky this time, and there won't be any danger."
"Okay." Tingyin sighed in her heart. Alas, this is the bad thing about the princess being too powerful. She can't even be teased at all.
The eighth princess’ birthday banquet was at noon, and after Wen Ling got up, washed and dressed, it was time to set off.
The eldest princess' carriage had already arrived at the gate of the palace, and Wen Ling happened to be riding in the eldest princess' carriage to go there together.
The two chatted all the way, and the eldest princess also vaguely revealed to Wen Ling that when the emperor chatted with her some time ago, he praised Gu Chenran very much and was very satisfied.
He also said that among so many princes, he was most satisfied with Gu Chenran, and he had the idea of making Gu Chenran the crown prince in the second half of this year.
After all, the emperor is old. Even though Wen Ling has helped his body recover a lot, he is still old, and ordinary people cannot fight against the passage of time.
Wen Ling was not surprised by this, because Gu Chenran was destined to be a true dragon emperor.
If it weren't for the evil heart of the Lord of the World and if Gu Chenran hadn't been controlled, he should have ascended the throne smoothly and would have brought at least fifty years of prosperity to the Great Yong Kingdom.
Seeing that Wen Ling did not show any surprise, the princess could not help but ask, "Don't you have anything to say about this? Now everyone outside is saying that you are a lucky star. Before you married Gu Chenran, he was still a useless prince. In just half a year, Gu Chenran not only recovered from his madness, but also recovered his legs and was reused by the emperor.
Because of you, two princes were crippled with one move. Oh no, it wasn't you who crippled them, it was because your two most competitive princes withdrew from the competition.
Because of your ability, you helped General Huo, the Marquis of Zhennan and the Marquis of Pingyang, solve their problems and attracted many followers to Gu Chenran.
So now people are saying that Gu Chenran is a gigolo and is clinging to you, a golden thigh.
Don’t you have any thoughts on this? Nothing to say? ! “
The eldest princess thought that if she were Wen Ling, she would be so happy to hear people outside say this.
Doesn't this prove that she is capable? !
Wen Ling's mouth twitched when she heard this: "When did these rumors start spreading outside? How come I didn't know anything about it?"
The princess smiled and patted Wen Ling: "If you weren't so out of touch with the news, I would have asked you to go out more often. Listening to these words is so interesting!"
Wen Ling: “…”
She tried to defend Gu Chenran: "In fact, it's not entirely because of me. Gu Chenran is very capable. He would have succeeded in the end with or without him."
This is the truth, the situation is just different with or without her in office.
The eldest princess laughed, with an "I know" expression on her face: "I know, I know, words cannot be said so directly, and one must more or less consider the man's self-esteem!"
Wen Ling: “…”
There's no way to respond to this. Continuing the conversation will only make things worse.
Fortunately, while they were talking, they arrived at the Eighth Princess's Mansion.
There was no need to wait for the eldest princess' carriage. As soon as it arrived at the door, there was a special person to meet it. The servants helped the eldest princess and Wen Ling get off the carriage and walk in through the main entrance.
The birthday gift that Wen Ling gave was a jade hairpin, which was infused with her spiritual power. It could keep people safe and immune to evil for at least ten years.
This kind of jade hairpin is rather difficult to make, and Wen Ling doesn't like to make such troublesome things.
So the fact that she gave such a gift was very sincere.
When the Eighth Princess heard that Wen Ling and the Eldest Princess were coming together, she ran out to greet them in person.
Just then, she saw that Wen Ling had given her a jade hairpin as a birthday gift, so she immediately asked someone to bring it to her and happily put it on her head.
The Eighth Princess smiled and said to Wen Ling, "Thank you, I like it very much! In fact, I have always heard about the jade hairpin you made, and I have wanted it for a long time, but I just didn't know how to ask you for it."
The eighth princess was quite embarrassed when she said this, and her round face turned red, but her eyes were bright and she looked very cute.
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