"Your Majesty, the Emperor has arrived."
As soon as Ling Mama finished speaking, Jiang Yu took a moment to react before realizing that the emperor Ling Mama was referring to was Gu Qingyan, and she smiled.
"Mother." Gu Qingyan's unusually happy voice rang out, and Jiang Yu stood up and walked towards the entrance of Zhaoning Palace. "Why are you so happy today?"
The next second, Gu Lin's figure appeared in Jiang Yu's eyes.
"You went into the palace last night and haven't left?" Jiang Yu asked naturally, as if there was no ill will between her and Gu Lin.
Gu Lin quickly realized what was going on, "This little guy has nightmares and can't sleep at night, I'll go to the palace to keep him company."
After saying that, Gu Lin rolled up his sleeves and headed towards the small kitchen. "What do you want to eat? I'll make it for you."
Gu Qingyan glanced at Jiang Yu, then turned to look at Gu Lin. Had his mother and father... made up?
A hint of joy quietly appeared on Gu Qingyan's face. "I want to eat boiled shrimp, and... Four Happiness Meatballs."
"good."
It wasn't until Gu Lin walked into the kitchen that Gu Qingyan finally realized what was happening. "Mother, didn't the small kitchen prepare breakfast in advance?"
Why should Father cook for us personally?
"Your father wants to cook for us, mother and son, so you don't want to eat it?" Jiang Yu's lips curved into a smile, and her eyes shone with an astonishing brightness, instantly smoothing out Gu Qingyan's inner irritation.
"I want to too."
Gu Qingyan smiled, his smile revealing adorable little parentheses at the corners of his mouth.
“Father has been fighting wars outside all this time, so he can only make do with what he can. He can’t possibly cook for himself after he ascends the throne,” Gu Qingyan analyzed in the courtyard, his head shaking as he did so that even Granny Ling’s eyes narrowed with laughter.
Qin Wei's eyes flickered slightly. Were the Empress Dowager and the Emperor putting on an act for the Emperor?
The effect was truly immediate.
Gu Heng spent a full hour preparing this breakfast, but Gu Qingyan showed no impatience whatsoever. He even went to the small kitchen halfway through, rubbing his stomach and complaining that Gu Lin was taking too long.
Seeing Gu Lin's doting smile, Gu Qingyan ran back to the courtyard, satisfied.
"You, you can already smell the fragrance, but you still have to rush me."
Jiang Yu looked up at Gu Qingyan and said, "If you want to eat this in the future, I'll have your father make it for you every day."
Is it really possible?
"Of course."
Jiang Yu straightened her back. "With Mother Empress here, are you still afraid he won't make it for you?"
Laughter and cheerful voices filled the courtyard of Zhaoning Palace. Gu Qingyan cast aside all his emotions and truly became a child loved by his parents.
At the dining table, Jiang Yu waved away the palace servants who wanted to serve her, and the family of three dined like an ordinary family.
"Mmm...delicious..."
Gu Qingyan picked up a large mouthful for himself, and then picked up two mouthfuls each for Jiang Yu and Gu Lin. "Father's cooking is really good."
“Ayu, look at this kid, he looks like he hasn’t eaten enough.”
Under Gu Qingyan's gaze, Gu Lin took the shrimp from Jiang Yu's plate, peeled them one by one, and put them back on Jiang Yu's plate. Then he reached out and tapped Gu Qingyan's head, "If you want to eat, peel them yourself."
Gu Qingyan loudly protested the injustice, but his face was beaming with a bright smile.
He is so happy.
......
After finishing his meal, Gu Qingyan reluctantly left Zhaoning Palace. There were still many memorials in Taihe Hall that Gu Qingyan needed to read, and Master Meng was also waiting to give Gu Qingyan a lesson.
After Gu Qingyan left, the smile on Jiang Yu's face slowly faded.
"Ayu, you've realized it too?"
Gu Lin's eyes were obscure. He knew that A Yu had thought of it too, ever since she had smiled and spoken to him.
"When I saw Ayan forcefully make Gu Qingfeng and Gu Qingyao leave the palace and even settle them there, I already guessed what was going on." Jiang Yu's eyes reddened. She thought for a long time about how to help Ayan get out of this mess, but to no avail.
This is the only solution available.
That's what Ayan wanted most.
“Ayan is a stubborn and earnest child.” Jiang Yu’s voice seemed to hide endless sorrow. “The things in the past life are complicated. Gu Qingling and the others are guilty and deserve to die, but if you follow Ayan’s personality, he will blame everyone except me, including himself.”
She was reborn with a heart full of hatred, and naturally she wanted to take revenge for every wrong done to her. But she couldn't bear to see the child in her previous life who was pierced by a thousand arrows while trying to collect her body, and who would never have peace in this life because of her.
Gu Lin groaned, a sharp pain shooting through his heart.
No one knows a child better than their mother, and Ayu could sense any change in Ayan immediately.
“Gu Lin, let’s... visit each other more often, just for the sake of the child.” Jiang Yu looked at Gu Lin. “My child can’t live without me, and he can’t live without his father either.”
Gu Lin nodded, a wry smile on his face, so A Yu herself... still hadn't accepted him.
“Ayan was very happy just now.” Jiang Yu’s eyes were full of Gu Qingyan. “I haven’t seen him this happy since he came back from Daning. He will be going to Lingzhou in a few days. You must protect him.”
"Don't worry, if anyone wants to harm Ayan, they'll have to step over my dead body first."
On the other side, in Daning.
"Prime Minister." Ling Ku rushed to the Prime Minister's residence, his face as sour as a pot of charcoal.
"What happened? Why are you in such a hurry?" Zhuo Yi smiled warmly, placing a piece on the chessboard where the black and white pieces were locked in a fierce battle.
"The rebellious king is up to his old tricks again."
Zhuo Yi also put away the warm smile on his face. Ever since the king ascended the throne, the rebel king had shaved his head and claimed that he wanted to enter the Buddhist order. He had also used the secret passage in the palace to escape without a trace.
Over the years, several waves of rebels waving the banner of the rebellious king have been wiped out every year, but there has never been any news of the rebellious king.
Explain in detail.
"Prime Minister, a string of Buddhist prayer beads suddenly appeared at the gate of Yong Sheng Temple this morning."
After Gu Lin ascended the throne, he forcefully moved the memorial tablets of the Daning royal family to Yongsheng Temple in the suburbs of Beijing, saying it would make it easier for the people to worship.
"What does the appearance of Buddhist beads signify?" Zhuo Yi quickly realized, "The ruler governs the country well and cares for the people, which is why Buddhist beads have appeared in this important Buddhist place. This is Heaven's affirmation of the ruler."
Ling Ku was stunned for a moment, then realized what was happening, clasped his hands in a fist salute to Zhuo Yi, and strode away.
Behind him, Zhuo Yi's expression gradually turned serious.
The rebel king's decision to shave his head and become a monk seemed like a desperate act, but in reality, it prevented the king from killing him. Having suffered a humiliating defeat at the hands of the rebel king years before, the king had thoroughly investigated and uncovered every secret passage in the palace over the past decade.
But the monarch's status...
Once the people learn that the king also has blood of the Great Ning royal family, the rebel king will seize the opportunity to reappear...
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