Chapter 840 The Truth - Twenty Years Ago
The ministers would never admit that they had no choice but to agree because they were afraid of Yun Yichen.
Thus, for the first time since the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty, there were two princes, and the identities of the two princes were particularly sensitive.
The morning court session lasted a long time, and it wasn't until the afternoon that ministers finally began to emerge one after another.
After leaving the palace, Yun Yichen and Xu Yunzhi went straight to the Marquis's residence, where Gu Yingjie and Gu Shuyan were already waiting inside the main hall.
After being away from home for so long, the first thing Gu Shuyan did upon returning was to come to the Marquis's residence to pick up her son.
After not seeing her for over a month, the three- or four-month-old baby had grown quite a bit healthier, leading everyone to believe that the child, having not seen his mother for so long, would have forgotten Gu Shuyan.
However, once Gu Shuyan took the child, she refused to let anyone else hold him.
So, Gu Shuyan had no choice but to carry him to see Gu Jin.
The main hall had been cleared of all irrelevant people by the time Gu Jin returned, leaving only his personal guards to stand watch over him.
As soon as Yun Yichen and his group arrived, guards immediately led them inside.
"Go ahead, what do you want to ask?"
As soon as everyone finished their greetings, Gu Jin sat in the main seat and began to speak.
He had known for twenty years that this day would eventually come, so when he saw Gu Renjie disguised as a guard following Yun Yichen, he knew that what was coming had finally arrived.
“Father-in-law, I know you don’t want to talk about what happened back then, but we still want to know what happened back then.”
More than twenty years have passed, and everything has changed. They were eager to know why they had endured so much hardship and bided their time for so many years.
Everyone talks about tracing back to the source. Seeing the determined looks in their eyes, Gu Jin slowly began to recall.
That was during the reign of the old emperor. At that time, the states of Wei and Jin were both sent as envoys to the Great Zhou, intending to use marriage alliances to maintain peace on the borders.
"Brother, what do you think of the capital of the Great Zhou Dynasty compared to our capital?"
Inside the carriage, Princess Baiyun playfully lifted the curtain to gaze out.
"In terms of the market, they are almost the same, but in terms of national strength and resources, we are slightly better."
Looking at the throngs of people and the ornaments on the table, Bai Xu finally made a fair comparison.
"I don't know what my father was thinking, that he would send me here for a political marriage."
Princess Baiyun was initially drawn to the lively scene on the street, but upon hearing Bai Xu's words, she immediately pouted and looked dissatisfied.
No one knew his younger sister's personality better than Crown Prince Bai Xu. Seeing that she was unhappy, he couldn't help but laugh and say, "Who told you that there aren't any men in our country that you can stand? Besides, I heard that the Emperor of Great Zhou has nine sons. When the time comes, whichever one you like, I'll help you talk to the Emperor of Great Zhou."
Princess Baiyun, who was initially unhappy, immediately took Bai Xu's hand upon hearing this and said coquettishly, "I knew my brother was the best to me."
The carriage continued forward and eventually stopped in front of an inn.
"Master, we've arrived."
Bai Xu's guard, Zhong Yi, spoke from outside. Upon hearing this, Bai Xu jumped down from the carriage and slowly helped Bai Yun down.
At that moment, in the restaurant across from the inn, two men were leaning against the window looking at the carriage.
"Since Your Highness is so accurate in guessing who these two are, why don't you guess what the relationship is between them?"
The person addressed as Your Highness carefully examined the two's attire, and upon seeing the man help the woman, immediately replied without hesitation, "We are engaged."
"I think they look like siblings."
“How can siblings act like this, personally helping each other down from the carriage? This is unreasonable.”
In the Great Zhou Dynasty, boys and girls were not allowed to sit together after the age of eight. If these two were children from ordinary families, it would be fine, since family environment can determine whether or not they observe etiquette.
However, judging from their attire, these two were clearly not ordinary people. Since they were children of a wealthy family, they should have paid attention to etiquette. If they were not unmarried, how could they have made such intimate gestures in public?
"We'll find out who's right and who's wrong just by asking."
Prince Bai Xu and Princess Bai Yun were unaware of the conversation upstairs. They had already checked into the inn and had their rooms booked. Just as they were about to go out to find a place to try the food of the Great Zhou Dynasty, Zhong Yi came to report that someone was looking for them.
Prince Bai Xu was slightly taken aback. This was clearly their first time in the Great Zhou, and they had never known anyone from the Great Zhou before. Why would someone be looking for him?
Where is he/she?
Although Prince Bai Xu found it strange, he still had someone call in the person who was looking for him.
"Young master, my master would like to invite you to have a cup of tea. Would you do me the honor of joining us?"
The speaker was none other than Arong, the Seventh Prince's guard.
Ah Rong spoke politely, and there was no intention to use his status as the Seventh Prince to intimidate anyone. Bai Xu had a good impression of Ah Rong, and although it was somewhat impolite to invite him so abruptly, he gladly agreed to go with Ah Rong to meet his "young master".
As Bai Xu was speaking, he was about to take Princess Baiyun to meet the other party. Arong glanced at Princess Baiyun and wanted to stop her. After all, it was a bit inappropriate to suddenly meet an outsider in the Great Zhou Dynasty. But the person had already put their arm around Prince Bai Xu's arm, so what could he say?
After a moment's hesitation, Ah Rong led the two into the restaurant.
Seeing the two's intimate actions, the Seventh Prince gave Gu Jin a look, "See? I told you they were engaged! Have you ever seen any siblings act like this?"
"Your Highness, let's wait for the two of them to come up before discussing the matter further!"
Gu Jin's gaze swept across the two faces, and he still disagreed with the Seventh Prince's words.
Soon there was a knock on the door of the private room. The Seventh Prince responded, and then Ah Rong pushed the door open from the outside.
The two nodded to Ah Rong and slowly entered the private room. As soon as they looked up, they saw two young gentlemen.
"May I ask which young master wishes to see me?"
From the moment Bai and Xu met, they had been smiling the whole time, showing no displeasure at their impetuous request.
Seeing the other party's excellent manners, the Seventh Prince glanced at Gu Jin with pride before humbly stepping forward and saying, "Actually, I saw your extraordinary demeanor from upstairs just now and wanted to befriend you. I hope you won't blame me for being impetuous?"
The Seventh Prince naturally couldn't reveal his and Gu Jin's guesses, so he made up an excuse for himself.
Prince Bai Xu smiled slightly upon hearing this, "It is my good fortune to be valued by you, young master."
Bai Xu's manners were excellent, especially his every move, which unconsciously left the two of them stunned.
After a long pause, Gu Jin stammered, "It's fate that we met. If you don't mind, young master, why don't you stay and have a simple meal together?"
The two hadn't been at the restaurant for long. They had originally planned to eat there, but somehow they ended up playing a guessing game, and they always managed to guess the Seventh Prince correctly.
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