Chapter 61: Support
Gu Jinxi, who was standing beside him, saw his mother being bullied, and his little face immediately frowned.
Gu Jingchun was afraid that he would lose his temper and have a fit, so he quickly held his shoulders and gently comforted him.
Gu Jinxi has always been obedient, and seeing this, he calmed down.
Princess Rongyang smiled with satisfaction when she saw Gu Jingchun kneeling down obediently and bowing deeply.
"This country girl is different. Her bones are really soft."
Princess Rongyang's voice was tinged with sarcasm.
"Look at how she kneels, isn't she particularly beautiful?"
After she finished speaking, the women beside her also started laughing.
Gu Jingchun looked up and glanced at the women, recognizing some of them as the ones who used to follow Gu Yunjin.
I guess he is quite hostile towards her.
As for Princess Rongyang, she didn't know much, only that she was Shen Hechuan's sister.
Both Emperor Rongcheng and the Empress doted on her.
It can be said that she is the apple of everyone's eye.
This also cultivated her lawless character.
Princess Rongyang laughed enough, then looked at Gu Jingchun carefully and said "tsk" contemptuously.
"She's not that good looking, so why did the emperor promise her to Brother Ziqian?"
When Gu Jingchun heard this, he suddenly understood.
It turned out to be a love rival.
She couldn't help but secretly look at Princess Rongyang.
When Princess Rongyang saw the way she looked at her, she immediately widened her eyes.
"How dare you look at me!"
Gu Jingchun: "The princess is lovely and charming. I was stunned for a moment, but I didn't mean to offend you."
In fact, I am also curious, how could a little princess like her, who is loved by everyone, fall in love with a playboy like Luo Ziqian.
After all, Luo Ziqian's reputation in Tiandu is not good.
All the noble ladies in the city avoided him.
“You… hum…”
Princess Rongyang was choked by Gu Jingchun's words and her tone paused. Finally, she turned her head away with disdain.
But her slightly red ears still revealed her true thoughts.
After all, she is a little girl who likes compliments and praise.
Now that she was praised by Gu Jingchun, she felt embarrassed to scold her again.
The women beside her were afraid that Princess Rongyang would be fooled, so they quickly urged her, "Your Highness, please don't be fooled by her sweet words.
A woman like her, who is not presentable, is the best at coaxing people. I believe that Mr. Luo was also coaxed by her in this way."
When Princess Rongyang heard this, her face immediately frowned.
"Don't try your sweet talk here. You're a widow with a child, so why would you marry Brother Ziqian? You're simply bringing shame to Brother Ziqian."
Upon hearing this, Gu Jingchun refuted in a neither humble nor arrogant manner: "Your Highness, the marriage between me and Mr. Luo was granted by the Emperor himself. Are you questioning the Emperor's decision now?"
With just one sentence, the little princess blushed.
"You're talking nonsense. I'm clearly talking about you."
"But this marriage was granted by His Majesty. When you talk about my marriage, aren't you questioning His Majesty?"
Gu Jingchun didn't expect that this little princess was so naive.
Growing up in the imperial palace where people were eaten without leaving any bones, he still had such a simple personality. He must have been well protected.
It was also at this time that Luo Ziqian hurried over.
When he saw Gu Jingchun kneeling on the ground, he didn't care about anything else and immediately knelt down beside her.
"Your Highness, I wonder what Miss Gu has done wrong?
I am willing to take on all the responsibility, and please don't make things difficult for her, Princess!"
Princess Rongyang had secretly run out of the palace today. She was happy at first when she saw Luo Ziqian, but when she heard what he said, she immediately became unhappy and her face frowned again.
"Brother Ziqian is very protective of her now."
"She is my fiancée, and it is only natural for me to protect her."
After Luo Ziqian finished speaking, Princess Rongyang's expression became even worse.
"You...what if I just don't listen and insist on punishing her severely?"
As soon as he finished speaking, a chilling voice came over.
"Rong Yang."
These two simple words made Princess Rongyang tremble.
She paused for a moment, then slowly turned around.
When she saw the man in brocade clothes behind her, her smiling face suddenly drooped.
"elder brother……"
"What a coincidence, you're here to enjoy the flowers too!"
Shen Hechuan smiled faintly.
"Unfortunately, how could we see our Princess Rongyang showing off her power?"
"Tell me, if the Queen Mother knew that you had secretly run away from the palace, how would she punish you?"
Upon hearing this, Princess Rongyang's face wrinkled even more.
"Brother, just pretend you can't see it, okay?"
Shen Hechuan glanced in the direction of Gu Jingchun.
"There are people kneeling on the ground, how could I not see it?"
Upon hearing this, Princess Rongyang quickly stretched out her hand to signal Gu Jingchun, Luo Ziqian and others to stand up.
After several people stood up, she looked at Chen Hechuan again with a flattering expression.
But Shen Hechuan's gaze fell coldly on the women beside her.
"Is that alright?"
"I just feel that the palace is too boring and want to go out and have some fun! Besides, they are here to keep me company."
After Princess Rongyang finished speaking, Shen Hechuan looked at the women around her.
"Come here, write down the names of these women who are stirring up trouble and confusing right and wrong."
“They instigated Princess Rongyang to leave the palace without permission and instigated her to commit murder.
Send them all back to the mansion and discipline them strictly. They are not allowed to leave the house for a year. If they still fail to discipline me, I will send them to the Heavenly Prison next time and I will personally discipline them."
After Shen Hechuan finished speaking, several women immediately knelt down.
They all begged for mercy and admitted their mistakes.
Princess Rongyang wanted to plead for mercy upon seeing this, but when she met Chen Hechuan's cold eyes, she immediately held her temper back.
"Heaven's secret."
Shen Hechuan continued to give orders.
"Send the princess back to the palace and remind the Queen Mother that Rongyang was unable to distinguish right from wrong and was instigated by a traitor, which almost caused a disaster. She should discipline him strictly.
From now on, you must not leave the palace without my order."
Hearing this, the little princess was about to cry.
She wanted to rush over and beg for mercy, but Shen Hechuan did not give her a chance and immediately ordered his men to take her away.
After the group left.
Only four people were left here: Gu Jingchun, Luo Ziqian, Shen Hechuan and Gu Jinxi.
Luo Ziqian asked Gu Jingchun.
"How are you?"
"Did Rongyang give you any trouble?"
Gu Jingchun shook his head.
"No, thanks to you for coming in time."
She looked at Luo Ziqian, her voice gentle and her eyes filled with concern and gratitude.
Just as she was about to look at Luo Ziqian, she heard Shen Hechuan coughing.
Gu Jingchun couldn't help but pause, but Luo Ziqian suddenly held her hand.
"Jingchun, it's getting late, let me take you over there!
There's a huge peach orchard over there, it's really beautiful."
"But..." Gu Jingchun looked at Gu Jinxi.
Gu Jinxi was a smart little girl. Upon seeing this, she immediately held Chen Hechuan's hand.
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