The little black cat lying in front of Chu Qianchen had also successfully asked for the caress. With Chu Qianchen's touch, it slept like a round cat cake, its eyes narrowed into slits, and its four white paws were hidden.

Chu Qianchen touched the cat's ears twice and seemed to have thought of something, "I heard that the prince consort is the queen's cousin, the youngest son of her aunt, and his surname is..." Chu Qianchen searched his memory but couldn't remember it for a moment.

Gu Jue twitched his eyebrows.

Jingle had delayed her marriage somewhat in order to observe mourning for the late emperor. She got married two years ago when Gu Jue was still in the north. Gu Jue was actually not clear about the identities and origins of Jingle's husband and other husbands.

However, because Chu Qianchen mentioned the Queen's great aunt, Gu Jue remembered something and said casually, "The surname is Lu."

"By the way, his surname is Lu." Chu Qianchen clapped his hands.

Today, the Princess of Li and several princesses casually said a few words while sighing, and Chu Qianchen just listened.

The Queen's maiden name was "Song", and this Prince Consort Lu was the youngest son of the Queen's aunt.

As the youngest son, he could not inherit the title, and he was neither good at literature nor martial arts, so he could not even enter the Imperial College. The empress's aunt went to ask the empress to help choose a suitable son for him.

The empress went to the emperor to plead for her cousin. The emperor did not think much of his sister Jingle, so he left everything to the empress to arrange. The marriage was arranged under the empress's leadership.

Chu Qianchen also remembered that Jingle had been whipped by her husband before, so he sighed again: "No wonder the queen is unwilling to intervene."

The cat, which was not being touched, opened its eyes, yawned lazily, and slapped Chu Qianchen's hand twice with its paw in dissatisfaction.

Chu Qianchen obediently went to stroke her cat's fur again. The cat made a babyish "meow" sound and closed its eyes again.

"Today, the Princess of Li invited a singing girl from the Jiaofang Bureau to sing. She sang beautifully!"

While Chu Qianchen was playing with the cat, Gu Jue was playing with her hair. His slender fingers curled up a strand of shiny black hair, and he casually curled it again and again.

"If you like, can you invite her to sing at the palace tomorrow?" he asked her with a smile.

"Okay." Chu Qianchen nodded. "The singing girl's voice is really beautiful, like a yellow oriole singing out of the valley, but the song she sang is too old. Tomorrow, Your Majesty will come and listen to it with me."

"Are you going out tomorrow?" Gu Jue's other hand gently rested on her slender waist, with only a round, fluffy "cat pancake" between them.

The cat was squeezed by the two people, so it adjusted its sleeping position, hugging its two hind legs and turning its body into an oval pancake.

Chu Qianchen shook his head and said, "I won't go out tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, but I will go to the palace the day after tomorrow."

Gu Jue: “…”

Gu Jue pinched her soft palm and said, "If you don't want to go out in the future, don't go out."

What he meant was that she didn't have to force herself to entertain the Princess of Li, the eldest princesses and other female relatives.

He hoped that she could be free with him and do whatever she wanted... but of course not stay up late.

Chu Qianchen couldn't help but move closer to him and responded crisply, "Okay."

Anyway, she has already recognized all the eldest princesses of the royal family, the princesses, county ladies, wives of noble families, and wives of princes, and that is enough.

She wants to stay with the prince in the palace!

"Meow!"

The black cat, who had been squeezed repeatedly, finally couldn't stand it anymore and jumped out from between the two people. He flew to the other end of the Luohan bed and squatted there, looking at the two sticky two-legged beasts with contempt, as if to ask, are you guys done yet? The room was silent.

Then, Chu Qianchen burst into laughter, his laughter was clear and bright.

The black cat licked its paw and turned its back.

Chu Qianchen laughed so happily that he buried his head in Gu Jue's arms and said, "The day after tomorrow is the third princess' coming-of-age ceremony."

Next, she will go out less, but she still has to go to the palace the day after tomorrow. She hasn't seen the empress dowager for some time, so this is a good opportunity to enter the palace.

Chu Qianchen lowered his eyes, played with the hair hanging on his chest, and said with a meaningful smile: "It should be very lively then."

The wedding date set by Qi and Hao was the beginning of next spring. Originally, the wedding procession was scheduled to set off at the beginning of the twelfth lunar month, but the queen said that she wanted to preside over the coming-of-age ceremony for the third princess in person.

Logically, he should be busy preparing for the third princess's marriage, but the emperor rejected the dowry list that the Ministry of Rites had prepared for the third princess.

A few days ago, Chu Qianchen heard from the Princess of Prince Li and the Princess of Prince Rui that the Ministry of Rites was going crazy with anxiety. If the Emperor didn't approve it, there would be no time to prepare the third princess' dowry.

Moreover, up to now, the candidates for the two concubines seem to have been decided, but the imperial edict has not yet been issued.

"Yeah." Gu Jue lowered his eyes and watched Chu Qianchen carefully combing his hair with his fingers, "Gu Lang must be regretting it." He regretted promising the third princess to marry the Hao Kingdom.

Gu Jue's tone was nonchalant, as if he was talking about something insignificant.

Chu Qianchen smiled with his eyes curved and his pupils surprisingly bright. He sighed happily: "It's all thanks to Chu Qianhuang."

If Chu Qianhuang hadn't played this trick, they would have to put in more effort.

As Chu Qianchen spoke, he compared his hair with Gu Jue's.

His hair was thicker and denser than hers, but not as dark as hers. It had a silky luster, which was much better than the dry hair he had when he first returned to Beijing from the north.

Chu Qianchen smiled happily, and couldn't help but think of Yueying's pitiful and dull appearance when she was just sent to Jishidi. Look, now Yueying has been taken care of by her and is so smooth and shiny.

She also took good care of the prince!

Chu Qianchen laughed so happily that he couldn't help but said seriously: "My Lord, I won't go anywhere tomorrow. I will stay in the mansion and listen to the little song with you."

The two were talking peacefully, but early in the morning, Gu Jue was called away.

It was not until the afternoon that Gu Jue returned to the palace. Chu Qianchen was about to show off to him the silk cord he had woven for him today, but before he could say anything, someone came to report that Wuhejialou wanted to see him.

Chu Qianchen: “…”

Chu Qianchen's face dimmed a little, and he thought: This monk really has no vision! Gu Jue stood up from the Arhat bed, and Chu Qianchen also stood up, originally wanting to help Gu Jue sort out his clothes.

Gu Jue said: "Let's go together."

Chu Qianchen disliked the cold weather, but after hearing what Gu Jue said, he obediently agreed.

The couple went to Shaohua Hall hand in hand.

Wuhejialou was waiting for them in the main hall. He was still wearing a monk's robe as white as snow, without a speck of dust on it. It seemed even whiter than the snow outside the window.

After more than two months of recuperation, his injuries were basically healed. Except for his cheeks and body being a little thin, he had basically recovered to his pre-injury appearance, as beautiful as a jade tree, as if he could fly away with the wind at any time.

It’s just that, while external and internal injuries can be treated and healed slowly, some things can never go back to the way they were before.

He carries a heavy burden of national hatred and family feuds on his shoulders, and his future is uncertain, which is enough to crush anyone. However, Uhajaro's appearance is always so calm.

"Prince Chen, Princess Chen."

Uhagaru performed a Buddhist salute to the two of them.

After the three of them greeted each other, they sat down in front of a tea table, next to which was a small red clay stove and a teapot.

Garuda's attendant Chiang Rai stood behind him like a statue. The fifteen-year-old boy was forced to grow up a lot after experiencing a catastrophe and became a completely different person.

Gu Jue stroked his sleeves with one hand and used the other hand to spoon the tea leaves into the teacup, his movements neither fast nor slow.

There was a slight sound coming from the teapot on the stove, and the water was boiling like fish eyes.

Wuhajialou took out a piece of silk paper from the sleeve of his wide monk's robe, unfolded it, and placed it on the tea table.

This is a drawing of a longbow.

"This blueprint was given to Andaman by Miss Chu," Uhagaru said calmly. "Andaman gave this blueprint to a subordinate of his named Lange and asked him if he could make a bow based on this blueprint."

"I once saved the lives of the entire Lange clan."

However, almost no one knew about this, so Andaman brought Lange with him.

Gu Jue nodded slightly and didn't ask any more questions. Wuhejialou had been the eldest prince of the Hao Kingdom for so many years, and was highly valued by the previous Hao Emperor. He had a strong foundation and had many people both openly and secretly.

Gu Jue put down the tea spoon and picked up the blueprint instead, looking carefully at the peculiarly shaped bow on it.

Chu Qianchen took over the follow-up tacitly, picked up the teapot, and began to slowly pour the hot water in the teapot into the teacup.

Use a spoon to mix the paste, and then beat it with a tea whisk.

After a while, white snow foam appeared on the surface of the tea, like sparse stars and a faint moon.

Chu Qianchen lowered his eyebrows, with a smile on his lips, and didn't care what they were saying or doing.

Her movements were graceful and smooth, revealing a gentle and calm aura, and even the passage of time seemed to slow down.

Chu Qianchen ordered three cups of tea, no more, no less, just one cup for each person.

At this time, Gu Jue also finished reading the drawing, raised his head, and his eyes were deep.

He had been in the army for many years and could tell at a glance that the oddly shaped bow on the blueprint was a new type of bow that had never appeared before. He had seen many types of bows before, including bows from the distant western country of Persia, but this bow was very different from the others.

Chu Qianchen also leaned over to take a look, but just a glance without further investigation.

She didn't know much about weapons such as bows, swords, knives, and crossbows, and couldn't see the mystery of this blueprint. However, since it was made by Chu Qianhuang and was valued by Andaman and Uhagalou, it must have something brilliant about it.

Chu Qianchen carefully picked up a teacup in front of him, admired the tea, smelled its fragrance, then took a sip of the tea and savored its flavor.

She appears calm on the surface, but her thoughts are actually racing.

She knew that after Chu Qianhuang found that she couldn't get the approval of Gu Jin and Shen Wan, she would definitely pull out another trump card to persuade Prince Andaman. Otherwise, how could she make the Prince of Hao Kingdom look up to a girl like her?

However, Chu Qianchen did not expect that Chu Qianhuang's trump card would be so interesting! After the goat gut and the "Talisman Water", Chu Qianhuang took out another "thing" that refreshed him.

interesting.

How many such "things" does Chu Qianhuang have hidden on her body?

Chu Qianchen took another sip of tea. It tasted slightly bitter, fragrant, sweet, heavy and smooth. He was tasting the nature of tea, and his thoughts were wandering.

Uhagaru slowly turned the beads in one hand and said in a gentle voice, "This blueprint blurs some key details. Andaman has seen the real bow and tried it himself. He also asked Lange if he could replicate the bow according to the blueprint and his description."

Uhagaru pointed to the blueprint and repeated Lange's account of the bow, and finally said, "Andaman is sending people to find out which shop made the bow."

Unfortunately, this is the capital of Da Qi, and the people of Andaman are inevitably restricted in what they do and have to be cautious. It is naturally not as convenient for them to gather information as it is in Hao State, and they dare not make too much noise.

"What do you think of this bow?" Wuhejialou asked Gu Jue.

Gu Jue was also sipping tea. He leisurely put down the teacup in his hand and said four words lightly, "Interesting. They actually took out the real thing."

The last half of Gu Jue's sentence seemed to be whispered to himself, and there was a hint of interest in his plain tone, indicating that he had developed some interest in this kind of bow.

It's just a little interest.

Gu Jue clapped his hands lightly, and Jing Feng, who was guarding outside the hall, walked in to receive orders.

Gu Jue ordered, “Go find Pei Linye quietly and ask him to send people to those craftsmen’s shops to ask if anyone has come to make anything strange in the past two months.”

It has been some time since Pei Linye was transferred to Jinyiwei as deputy commander, which is enough time for him to place people in Jinyiwei.

Actually, I am too lazy to divide the chapters, because I have to think of an extra chapter title, but if there are no chapters, it seems that there will be fewer updates? ? Sad.

(End of this chapter)