Chu Qianchen nodded repeatedly.

How could she be so reserved!

Chef Tian’s cooking has always been to her liking. The lotus root season is coming soon, so she has to ask him to cook more sweet and sour lotus roots.

In addition, the crucian carp in milk soup he made had a milky white and mellow soup, the fish meat was fresh and tender, melted in the mouth, and had no fishy smell at all.

With the fish soup, she can eat an extra bowl of rice.

Seeing that the little girl was very comfortable, Gu Jue curled his lips, with a faint smile appearing at the corners of his mouth.

He stepped over the threshold and walked out of the bridal chamber. An old lady with gray hair and kind eyes was waiting outside.

"Madam Cai, please serve the princess here." Gu Jue stopped for a moment when he walked past Madam Cai.

"Yes, Your Highness." Nanny Cai responded quickly, her eyes narrowed with laughter.

Madam Cai had served Gu Jue since he was a child. When he left the palace to build a mansion, she followed him out. She was an elder and a confidant of his. Before, every time Chu Qianchen came to the palace, the person who received her was mostly Madam Cai.

Gu Jue walked confidently towards the outer courtyard.

He heard from Cheng Linhua that the emperor had set up a banquet in the palace to entertain guests on his behalf today. Wuhejialou did not enter the palace but came to the palace specially to congratulate him. It should not be as simple as just "congratulations".

Looking at the empty door, Chu Qianchen breathed a sigh of relief and patted his chest.

Amber entered the room at this time, and seeing Chu Qianchen looking at her, she asked seriously, "The prince is not angry, right?"

Amber thought about how Gu Jue seemed to be smiling when he left just now, and answered affirmatively: "Not angry."

Only then did Chu Qianchen have the mind to look around.

In her previous life, she didn’t live in the palace for long. After the prince passed away, she never came back here again... After a long, long time, Qin Yao led his troops to attack the imperial city and gave her the Prince Chen’s Palace. However, by then, everything had changed and people had changed. Coming back was just a waste of sadness.

When she lived in the palace before, she lived in the outer courtyard, Yiyu Courtyard in the northeast corner, just like Yunzhan and the others.

The inner courtyard of the palace had never been inhabited, so she came in and took a walk around. She realized that this was the main courtyard, which had never been lived in in her previous life.

The new house was decorated very festively. Red was everywhere you looked: the red quilt, red bed curtains, red-glazed plum vase, bright red roses... and the pair of burning bright red dragon and phoenix candles on the desk.

The candle flame crackled a few times, and two clusters of bright red flames swayed slightly occasionally.

Bang!

Her heartbeat suddenly quickened, and she felt an indescribable feeling in her heart.

She was apparently very relaxed and at ease before, but suddenly, she felt awkward.

"Madam Cai, ask the kitchen to make me a bowl of noodles."

She gave an order casually and quickly diverted her thoughts, wondering what exactly was the purpose of Uhagalou coming to see the prince.

At this moment, Gu Jue had already arrived at the Shaohua Hall in the outer courtyard. Wuhejialou was in the hall, with his back to him, looking up at a painting hanging on the wall.

It was a tragic and majestic ink painting.

In the distance was a city in ruins, in the near was a field of corpses and broken blades and swords. In the center stood a sturdy soldier holding a spear, looking up at the gray sky, with messy hair blowing in his face, revealing a mole on his forehead.

A poem in the upper left corner reveals the protagonist of the painting.

This painting depicts Rong Xiang, a famous general from the previous dynasty.

Rong Xiang became famous at a young age. He served in the army for decades and participated in hundreds of battles without ever being defeated.

A hundred years ago, the Red Di invaded and marched southwards to seize the three states of Wei. Rong Xiang led his troops to the north and gradually recovered the lost territory, but his achievements were so great that the emperor of Wei Dynasty wanted to make peace.

At that time, someone in the court leaked military secrets, and Rong Xiang was falsely accused of collaborating with the enemy. The emperor ordered an imperial envoy to bring Rong Xiang back to the court.

Rong Xiang, against all odds, insisted on returning to the court, but ended up being falsely imprisoned and beheaded in public. The famous general died at the age of forty.

The Wei Dynasty was on the verge of collapse and was about to fall...

Gu Jue walked slowly to Jialou's side and heard him praise: "The brushwork is vigorous and unrestrained, and the words are about to burst out. It's a good painting."

"Thank you for your compliment." Gu Jue said with a smile.

Jialuo was still wearing a white monk's robe. When the two stood together, his snow-white attire formed a sharp contrast with Gu Jue's bright red auspicious robe.

The monks are holy and pure, like the snow on the mountain top.

The groom is elegant and graceful, like the scorching sun in June.

It's like a painter has painted winter scenery and summer colors together in one painting.

"Your Highness," Jialou held a bead in one hand, performed a one-handed Buddhist salute, and smiled faintly, "So this painting was made by Your Highness."

Gu Jue returned the greeting, "My young and clumsy work, I am sorry to make you laugh at me, Master."

When he was young and read this history with his tutor, he was indignant for Rong Xiang and confidently swore to his father that if it were him, he would be able to lead the troops to recover the lost territories and drive out the Tartar humiliation.

At that time, although he painted this picture and knew that victory on the battlefield was achieved at the cost of blood and lives, he could not truly understand what it meant to achieve success at the cost of countless lives.

The servant served tea to the two of them gently, and all the followers brought by Jialuo were waiting in the corridor.

Jialou asked with a smile: "If Your Highness was General Rong, what would you do?"

He looked at Gu Jue, who was only three feet away from him, and sized up his complexion.

The graceful and elegant young man had a faint smile on his lips, looking calm and unhurried, and the slight dark shadow under his eyes revealed a bit of fatigue.

Obviously, Gu Jue was not as seriously ill as the rumors said.

Therefore, this marriage should be a trap set by Prince Chen just as he guessed.

It seems that his trip was not in vain and he will gain something.

Gu Jue raised his hand and gestured, and told the servant, "Prepare the pens, ink, and cinnabar."

The servant quickly prepared pen and ink, took down the painting on the wall and spread it flat on the table.

Gu Jue dipped a little cinnabar in his brush and calmly drew a few strokes on the eastern sky.

The originally gloomy ink painting suddenly became colorful.

The rising sun shines on the ruined city in the east, adding a touch of vitality to this tragic painting. The corpses scattered all over the ground have saved the lives of the common people.

Do your job when you are in your position.

Since he is the commander of an army, he must be responsible to the soldiers and the people.

If it were him, he would cut open the abscess, remove the rotten flesh, scrape the bone to cure the poison. Otherwise, the only thing that awaits that country that has already been riddled with holes is destruction.

We should learn from past experience.

Gu Jue put down his pen and asked, "What will the Great Prince Wuhe do?"

He suddenly changed from "Mage" to "Grand Prince Wuhe", and when their eyes met, the atmosphere changed subtly.

The servant looked back and forth at the two men, feeling that they were talking about painting, yet also not talking about painting.

Jialou smiled again, "If I don't go to hell, who will?"

Gu Jue stared at the white-robed monk in front of him for a moment, and then he stretched out his hand to ask for a seat. "Excuse my impoliteness, Master, please take a seat."

The two sat down and talked calmly.

Outside the hall, Yunzhan, who was hiding in a side room, looked at the two people in the hall from afar through the window, pacing back and forth in confusion.

Prince Nanhao suddenly came to visit without notice. Could he really come to congratulate them? It was not until an incense stick later that Gu Jue and Jia Lou walked out of the main hall. Jia Lou had a scroll of painting in his hand, and Gu Jue also received a gift from Jia Lou.

Yunzhan quickly walked over to him, "Your Majesty."

"Prepare a vegetarian meal for the master." Gu Jue ordered.

Yunzhan naturally agreed and led Jialou and his group to a quiet hall, intending to set up a separate table for them.

He also couldn't imagine putting this otherworldly monk in a lively banquet.

The sun gradually set, and Prince Chen's Palace became more and more lively.

On this side, Yun Zhan led Jia Lou and his group just walked over, and on the other side, Cheng Linhua, the chief official of the palace, hurried over to ask Gu Jue: "Your Majesty, many guests have arrived..."

Cheng Linhua didn't know in advance that Gu Jue would be able to rush back to the capital today, so originally only close friends from Prince Chen's Mansion were invited to today's wedding banquet. But now because Gu Jue went to the Yongding Marquis' Mansion in person to pick up the bride, it caused a lot of commotion, and after hearing about it, many guests hurried to the palace to congratulate him.

"Welcome guests." Gu Jue said concisely, with a meaningful smile on the corner of his lips.

There was a hint of defiance and arrogance in this shallow smile.

Cheng Linhua smiled knowingly and responded with great energy.

In order to show his favor to the prince, the emperor issued an edict early on, and today the palace will hold a wedding banquet for Prince Chen. However, some people did not go to the palace banquet, but came to Prince Chen's mansion instead.

Of course Prince Chen’s Mansion has to welcome guests!

Moreover, over the past month, because the emperor issued an edict to grant the marriage, the news that the prince was "ill" spread throughout the capital. The emperor has repeatedly suppressed the Prince Chen's Mansion, and now it is the turn of the Prince Chen's Mansion to respond!

At Cheng Linhua's signal, the palace opened its doors and all guests were treated with courtesy.

As a result, some people who thought they could not enter the palace at all came to the banquet hall in a daze, and the banquet that originally had only three tables was suddenly expanded to ten tables.

The guests all knew each other, and after three rounds of drinks, everyone relaxed and started talking and laughing in a very casual manner.

An old general, with a red face and smell of alcohol, smiled and said to Ming Xiyang beside him: "Ming Xiyang, where is the prince?"

"Your Highness is here to welcome the bride in person today, so I guess he has recovered from his illness. Why is he not here? I want to toast you a glass!"

Ming Xiyang's cheeks were flushed from drinking too, and he said carelessly: "This is a wedding for good luck, of course it's just a drink."

"I used to think that Taoist Xuan Jing was just seeking fame, but I didn't expect that he actually had some skills."

Ming Xiyang was in a good mood today, and he raised his head and drank another glass of wine. A few days ago, he was also worried about the prince's illness, and he visited the palace several times, but was refused by the palace. Now he is finally relieved.

Some attentive people around seemed to be drinking and eating, but they were actually listening with their ears perked up.

They came to Prince Chen's Mansion today with a wait-and-see attitude. As long as Prince Chen is fine, Prince Chen's Mansion will remain standing. However, it is hard to say what will happen in the future.

When the ministers are strong, the ruler is weak.

Besides, the Prince of Chen is only a young man, while the Emperor is already forty. In a few years, the Emperor will only get worse...

These guests actually had no appetite. After all, if they took a wrong step, it would not only endanger themselves, but also the entire family.

Ming Xiyang was a rough person and was drunk, so he didn't pay any attention to these people.

Yun Zhan had already received Su Mubai's instructions, and said with a smile: "General Ming, don't worry, the prince is fine. Today, the eldest prince Wuhe of Nanhao came to congratulate, and the prince is accompanying him."

"As long as the prince is in good health," Ming Xiyang felt relieved. He loudly called for the servant to pour him some wine, and started a drinking contest with the old general who had just spoken to him.

The other guests nearby also heard that Uhagalou had come to the palace. Some of them ignored it, while others had a sudden thought and exchanged glances with each other.

A square-faced young man put his arm around Yunzhan's shoulder and said with a smile, "Yunzhan, I heard that the eldest prince of Nanhao was assassinated in Furong Garden before. You know, he is in such danger in our Daqi, why doesn't he return to Nanhao?"

When it came to the topic of assassination, more people pricked up their ears. Some even stopped their wine glasses in mid-air, wondering why Wuhejialou came to find King Chen.

Yunzhan shrugged and said casually, "Isn't His Royal Highness the Crown Prince still investigating the assassination attempt? He said he wanted to give an explanation to the First Prince Nanhao?"

He seemed to mean that the person who left Wuhejialou in Da Qi was Crown Prince Gu Nanjin.

The square-faced young man didn't believe it at all and thought that Yun Zhan was really tight-lipped.

He still had a smile on his face and continued to drink, play finger-guessing games, and joke with Yunzhan and others.

During the banquet, everyone was drinking and chatting happily.

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Until the hour of You, everyone saw Gu Jue personally escorting Wuhejialou and his group out of the mansion.

The two of them seemed to be chatting happily together, which inevitably caused a commotion among the guests. Everyone had different expressions and their imaginations ran wild.

After seeing Jialou off, Gu Jue came to the table and said some polite words like "I'm sorry", "Everyone drink as much as you can", "Don't go home until you're drunk", etc., and punished himself with a glass of water wine.

He only drank this one glass from beginning to end. Others who dared to persuade others to drink did not dare to say a word to Gu Jue.

Everyone drank three cups to congratulate Gu Jue on his wedding.

Afterwards, Gu Jue went to the outer study, took a bath and changed his clothes, leaving Cheng Linhua and the others in the banquet hall to entertain the guests.

Another half hour passed, and the banquet was over. Cheng Linhua and others were busy seeing the guests off.

As the sun set, the palace gradually became quiet.

When Gu Jue came out of the bathroom, his hair, still damp, was half loose.

His hair is as black as ink, his eyebrows are sharp, his eyes are bright, his nose is delicate and his lips are thin.

Handsome, elegant, and refined.

His attire was very casual, with only a red shirt and a red ribbon in his hair. It was simple, but it made him look aloof and cool.

Cheng Linhua, Yunzhan, Xue Fengyan and others had been waiting there for a long time. They reported what happened at the banquet one by one. Finally, Cheng Linhua said, "The guests have all left."

Cheng Linhua was thinking that tomorrow morning was the day for the couple to celebrate their marriage. Logically, the newlyweds would have to go to the palace to pay respects and recognize their relatives. He wanted to ask Gu Jue if he had any plans, but before he could say anything, a servant came in quietly and reported, "Your Majesty, Commander Su came to apologize and is kneeling outside."

Gu Jue raised his sword-like eyebrows and smiled faintly.

Cheng Linhua and others were shocked when they saw this.

Today, Gu Jue just returned to the capital at around 3:00 p.m. Cheng Linhua and the others were also surprised to see Gu Jue return.

According to the date calculation, they thought Gu Jue would arrive at the earliest tomorrow or the day after tomorrow.

They felt bad at the time, and now, they could only tell Gu Jue that the bridal sedan from the Ministry of Internal Affairs had already set off.

They were waiting for Gu Jue to reprimand them, but Gu Jue did not ask any questions and only ordered Cheng Linhua to prepare a wedding procession immediately. He changed into the groom's wedding clothes and personally led people to the Marquis' Mansion to welcome the bride.

They originally thought they had escaped, but it turned out that the prince was waiting to settle the score with them later.

Xue Fengyan cursed Su Mubai in his heart for being cunning. He knelt down without saying a word, and didn't even bother to call them. He gave Tang Yuchu an envious look. It was good for him to go to the northwest and get out of this matter.

Tang Yuchu was originally feeling miserable. This trip to the northwest almost made him turn gray with fatigue. Only now did he feel that the hard work was worth it. Now it was finally his turn to watch the show!

Xue Fengyan pulled Yunzhan's sleeve and winked at him, meaning, is it too late for them to kneel now? Gu Jue said nothing, and glanced over coldly. Cheng Linhua, Xue Fengyan and others all stood up, put their hands behind their backs to admit their mistakes, and stood in a row.

Only the servant with the red ribbon tied around his waist felt awkward and in a dilemma.

Fortunately, Gu Jue finally spoke: "Let Su Mubai come in."

He sent a pigeon from the northwest to ask Su Mubai to delay the wedding date. He hurried all the way and returned to the capital a day earlier today. As a result, when he entered the city, he heard that Prince Chen was getting married today.

He immediately guessed that this was most likely Su Mubai's idea. Even if others had the intention, they might not have the guts to act on their own, but with Su Mubai taking the lead, it was different.

Su Mubai's intention was obvious, and even if Gu Jue didn't ask, he could guess it.

More importantly,

Things have come to this point, and if he cancels the marriage at this last minute, it will cause too much harm to Chu Qianchen.

He didn't want to delay her, but he didn't want her to suffer unnecessary criticism and contempt because of him.

At that moment, Gu Jue didn't bother to settle accounts with Su Mubai and the others, and rushed to the Marquis' Mansion to welcome the bride.

Since he wants to marry her, he should give her the honor she deserves! At this time, Su Mubai came in with the servant, stood beside Cheng Linhua, bowed without looking away, and honestly admitted his guilt: "Your Majesty, I am wrong!"

Gu Jue: “…”

Gu Jue's eyes flickered as he looked at Su Mubai expressionlessly.

Su Mubai has been under his command for many years. He dared to hand over the capital to Su Mubai, so he naturally knew what kind of person he was.

Su Mubai is best at understanding people's minds and finding new ways to deal with people. He often uses any means necessary to achieve his goals.

The emperor's decree granting marriage did come suddenly and unexpectedly. This was a situation he had never anticipated before leaving the capital.

But is there really no other way to deal with this matter? Gu Jue didn't believe that Su Mubai was really powerless. He was not such a passive person.

The whole thing seemed like Su Mubai had no choice but to go with the flow, but from Jue's point of view, it was actually Su Mubai who acted on his own and dragged Cheng Linhua and the others into the troubled waters to divert his own attention.

Gu Jue stared at Su Mubai steadily, and tapped the knuckles of his right hand twice casually on the coffee table.

His eyes were calm, neither surprised nor angry, neither happy nor sad.

Su Mubai's heart skipped a beat and he sighed secretly: The prince finally knew about it.

He had known for a long time that if he acted so presumptuously, the prince would never laugh it off when he returned, but he still held on to a little bit of luck, hoping that he could just let it go.

To be honest, when he saw the prince coming back early today, he was afraid that the marriage would be ruined, which would be troublesome.

But now the marriage has been arranged and the miracle doctor has been brought back.

He had no objection whether the prince wanted to beat him or scold him.

The prince had saved his life. For the prince, he could do anything. A little punishment was nothing.

Besides, those involved may be confused, but those who are on the sidelines can see things more clearly. This marriage is very suitable.

However, at this time, it is better to "confess and be lenient" to let the prince calm down.

Su Mubai said honestly: "After the emperor issued the imperial decree to grant the marriage, our best strategy should have been to arouse his suspicion and make him go back on his word, but I thought this marriage was a good one, so I deliberately asked Tang Yuchu to go to the northwest."

What?! Tang Yuchu, who originally thought it had nothing to do with him, also widened his eyes and sat up straight from leaning on the back of the chair.

He had traveled thousands of miles and ran back and forth for a month, exhausted like a dog, and yet he was tricked by Su Mubai, the nine-tailed fox?! Yun Zhan, Cheng Linhua and the others were also stunned.

Before, Su Mubai kept saying that marriage was a matter of great importance to the prince's life, so he had to write a letter to ask the prince's opinion. The best way was to postpone the marriage until a month later so that he could make plans.

They also felt that it would be a bad idea to disobey the emperor's order of marriage, and were afraid that the emperor would suddenly rush to the palace again on a whim, so they thought it would be better to let Tang Yuchu go to the northwest and let the prince come back to take charge of the situation.

However, after hearing what Su Mubai said, they realized that they were all fooled by Su Mubai's exaggeration.

Su Mubai still stared at Gu Jue and continued, "When Tang Yuchu went to the northwest, I had already thought that the prince might not be able to return to the capital immediately, but I didn't expect that Tang Yuchu didn't find you immediately. At that time, I felt that this marriage was God's will."

At this time, the eyes of Yun Zhan, Cheng Linhua and others looking at Su Mubai had become dangerous.

Gu Jue tapped his knuckles on the coffee table twice again, as if urging him.

Su Mubai, who felt that he had confessed a lot, did not dare to avoid the important issues and could only bite the bullet and continue: "A few days ago, after receiving the pigeon letter from the prince, I specially asked Xue Fengyan to invite the Princess Chu... to come over, and analyzed the pros and cons to her, deliberately making it sound serious."

"The princess is worried about the prince, so she said that the wedding date will remain as planned."

Speaking of this, Su Mubai felt that he was also to blame.

Chu Qianchen made this choice voluntarily. She was just like him, putting the prince first in everything. If he hadn't been sure that she was born and raised in the capital, and the prince had been in the north for so many years, he would have almost doubted when the prince had ever been a hero to save a beautiful girl.

However, things have developed to this point. Even if he said that Chu Qianchen jumped into the pit he dug voluntarily and consciously, I am afraid that the prince will not believe it.

An extremely subtle feeling arose in Su Mubai's heart.

He hasn't suffered any unspeakable loss for many years.

Well, their princess is really interesting.

Su Mubai was immersed in his own thoughts, while Cheng Linhua and others were staring at him with burning eyes.

This Su Mubai is indeed a cunning person! He deserves to be beaten!

Cheng Linhua and the others were thinking in sync. If Gu Jue hadn't been there, Yun Zhan and Tang Yuchu would probably have rushed up with their fists raised.

Su Mubai came back to his senses, cleared his throat and said, "Your Majesty, I have finished speaking."

After he confessed his guilt, he lowered his eyes and looked like he was waiting to be dealt with.

Gu Jue said calmly: "Look at me."

Su Mubai followed the command and raised his head. He made eye contact with Gu Jue with a calm expression.

Gu Jue continued, "Su Mubai, why did I keep you in the capital?"

"What did you do again?"

"You act on your own initiative and pretend to obey, but you think you haven't done anything wrong?"

Gu Jue understood Su Mubai. Su Mubai did not think that he was wrong. Or rather, to him, right or wrong did not matter. He would only weigh the pros and cons and choose a path that was more beneficial to the Prince Chen's Mansion.

Because Su Mubai felt that this marriage would be beneficial to him, he pretended to obey and secretly went with the flow to make the marriage happen.

The air suddenly turned cold, as if we had crossed midsummer and suddenly entered cold autumn.

Although Gu Jue's expression was calm and his tone was neither light nor heavy as usual, everyone present knew that he was angry, angrier than Su Mubai had expected.

The others' anger came and went quickly, knowing that Su Mubai was a little cunning, but everything he did was for the prince.

Cheng Linhua and the others were silent and did not dare to plead for Su Mubai.

(End of this chapter)