Gu Nanjin's expression froze a little more, and he smiled calmly and said, "Ninth Uncle, my father may have encountered an emergency. Please follow me to the side hall to rest for a while."
Having said this, he felt unhappy and thought to himself: I don't know who is stirring up trouble in front of the emperor again. Is this to intimidate the Ninth Uncle?
Gu Jue stood with his hands behind his back, the sky was light and the wind was blowing. His frost-white cloak fluttered wildly and made a rustling sound.
He nodded slightly and said calmly, "I would be disrespectful to refuse your kindness, Your Highness."
Gu Nanjin breathed a sigh of relief and held out his hand as if to ask for permission, "Uncle, please."
Gu Nanjin personally led Gu Jue to the East Side Hall and sat down, and ordered his personal eunuch, "Why don't you serve tea?"
As he spoke, he winked, signaling the eunuch to find out what the emperor was doing.
Gu Nanjin was a man of many talents. He talked about the changes in the capital over the past few years and the northern lands. He also asked about the wars with the Red Di. He said with respect, "It was because of the emperor's uncle's invincibility and his fame that these barbarians were convinced."
Gu Jue had a smile on his lips and answered every question with a gentle look, and it seemed that he was not unhappy about being neglected by the emperor.
Gu Nanjin was already talking until his mouth was dry. He glanced in the direction of the leaking pot several times, trying his best to think of a topic. Suddenly, his eyes fell on the scabbard beside Gu Jue, and he said something to make conversation, "Uncle, this sachet is very unique."
Gu Jue followed his gaze and noticed that there was a purple sachet hanging on the hilt of his sword, with an exquisitely broken branch of white plum embroidered on it.
This scent bag...
Gu Jue immediately remembered that this was the sachet that hit his shoulder when he entered the city just now. He remembered that the owner of the sachet had a pair of beautiful phoenix eyes.
Those slightly red eyes seemed to have just cried, and when they looked at him, there seemed to be an extremely strong emotion surging in them.
Could it be that one of her family members died in the North?
Gu Jue casually picked up the sachet hanging on the hilt of the sword, and a faint fragrance rushed into his nostrils. It was a scent like that of plum blossoms falling in the snow, cool and elegant.
It turned out to be his favorite taste.
Gu Jue raised his eyebrows, took the sachet in his hand and played with it for a while, then stood up suddenly and said, "Since the emperor is busy with government affairs, I will take my leave first."
"Ninth Uncle!" Gu Nanjin also stood up and said with an apologetic smile, "Father will be here soon. Please wait a moment, uncle. I will go over to check on him now. Father may have been delayed by something important. There will be a palace banquet tonight, specially for you, uncle."
"Don't bother the prince." Gu Jue's cold voice flowed quietly like a spring, and the smile on his handsome face was gentle, but also imposing. "When the emperor is free, the prince will come again."
He casually brushed off his robes, his movements nonchalant, and uttered two words: "No hurry."
As he spoke, he walked out of the side hall with big strides. His steps were steady, causing his cloak to flutter, and he exuded a sense of wantonness and arrogance.
Gu Nanjin wanted to stop him, but failed and could only watch Gu Jue walk away.
He never expected that the Ninth Prince would actually leave as he said!
Gu Nanjin's face turned pale and his thin lips were tightly pursed.
He took people to the Shili Pavilion outside the city to welcome Gu Jue early this morning. He didn't know who in the palace had gossiped in front of his father and encouraged him to make such a stupid decision.
Prince Gu Jue has made great achievements in battle. Even if your father is worried that he might become too powerful with military power, he shouldn't have given him a warning as soon as he returned to the capital.
To put it bluntly, if the Prince of Chen accepted this display of power, it would be fine.
If not, how to turn things around? !
If the Prince of Chen walks away like this, the only ones who will lose face are his father and the Crown Prince...
besides--
What did the Ninth Prince mean by "no rush"? !
Gu Nanjin paced back and forth in the side hall anxiously, and suddenly thought of something:
Tiger talisman!
Yes, the Ninth Prince still holds the tiger talisman in his hand!
Gu Nanjin clenched his fist and pounded hard on the square table, causing the teacups on it to bang. The eunuchs in the side hall all bowed their heads, not daring to breathe.
At this time, a slow and sharp male voice came from outside the palace: "Your Highness, the Emperor is still busy for a while, you first ..."
The chief eunuch Chen Su came again, leisurely swinging his whisk and stepping into the side hall.
Before he could finish his words, he stopped abruptly and stared blankly at Crown Prince Gu Nanjin in the side hall.
"Your Highness, where is Prince Chen?" Chen Su asked hurriedly.
Gu Nanjin replied expressionlessly: "The emperor's uncle has gone back."
"Going back?!" Chen Su widened his eyes in disbelief.
Whenever a general returns to the capital, he has to wait for the emperor to summon him. Now the emperor hasn't summoned him yet, but the prince dares to leave like this?! This is too bold, he has no respect for the emperor!
Gu Nanjin's face was as gloomy as water, and he said in a deep voice: "Eunuch Chen, go and tell me that I have something to ask to see my father."
Chen Su's face didn't look very good either. He quickly responded and went there in a hurry.
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Gu Nanjin sighed in frustration. The tiger talisman was still in the hands of the Ninth Prince, so he had to discuss with his father what to do.
The spring breeze of March blew into the side hall, bringing with it a slight chill, but Gu Nanjin felt extremely hot and raised his eyes to look outside the hall.
The bright sun hung high in the blue sky, casting a golden ray of sunlight, making the glazed tiles shine so brightly that it was impossible to look directly at them.
After Gu Jue left Wuying Palace, he went straight out of the palace without even a moment's delay.
In front of the palace gate, in addition to the imperial guards guarding the palace gate, there were two men standing upright in the bright sun, motionless.
Before Gu Jue entered the palace, he had ordered the one hundred elite black-armored soldiers he brought back today to return to Prince Chen's Mansion, leaving only these two men and three horses.
One of the two men was a young general in his twenties wearing black armor, handsome and bright; the other man was nearly thirty years old, wearing a gray robe, with an indifferent temperament. Although he was standing in the sun, he gave people a feeling that the night was as cold as water.
Seeing Gu Jue coming out of the palace gate, the two men immediately stepped forward and clasped their fists together.
"Your Majesty."
The young general in black armor had a loud voice and a heroic posture, while the man in gray remained silent.
The black horse with its four hooves stepping on the snow also followed and rubbed its neck against Gu Jue affectionately.
Gu Jue touched its slender neck, and the cloak behind him fluttered up and down in the wind.
"Your Highness, the palace banquet is over so soon?" The young general in black armor said jokingly, "This general and Mo Chen thought you would stay until sunset."
The Crown Prince had just said that there would be a palace banquet to welcome Prince Chen today, so they thought they would have to wait until at least before the palace gates were locked.
"The emperor is very busy." Gu Jue curled his lips and smiled. That smile was as casual as the breeze blowing through the branches, as if he was talking about something interesting.
Yun Zhan understood immediately, his eyes widened, and he blurted out in anger: "This is too much!"
Their prince fought in the north for several years and innumerable battles before he achieved this amazing feat. Now that the peace agreement between Da Qi and Chi Di has just been signed, the emperor is eager to take back the military power and is anxiously summoning the prince back to the capital. It's even more urgent than getting rid of him!
It was only the first day after returning to Beijing, and the Emperor gave the prince a warning?!
Who are you disgusting?
Are you bullying them because there is no one in the Northern Army? !
There was a cold light like lightning in Mo Chen's slender eyes, and a murderous aura emanated from his whole body. He was like a knife stained with blood, and looked towards the direction of the palace gate with a cold light.
When several imperial guards who were guarding the gate met his eyes which were as cold and ruthless as an ice pond, their hearts trembled suddenly, as if they had fallen into an icy cave, and their hands and feet felt cold.
(End of this chapter)