Three days later, the news of the engagement between Prince Jade and the Shen family's legitimate daughter spread throughout Qianjing.
As the emperor's most beloved son besides the prince, the second prince, the only one among all the emperor's sons who was named prince, was originally a calm and unfazed person and showed no interest in that position. Except for the prince, others, Even the emperor felt that he was an extremely docile son.
However, such a docile son actually married the only legitimate daughter of General Shen, who commanded an army of 400,000 men. Could this ambition be any more obvious?
The emperor also has some organizations that specialize in collecting information. After the emperor found out what happened on the day of the princess's birthday, the suspicious emperor naturally thought that Prince Jade might have deliberately planned to marry Shen Rou. After all, he married the girl when he was drunk. Sleeping, and then pretending to be framed, this kind of drama is not unexpected by the emperor.
In the imperial study room, the emperor was slamming the tea cup in his hand to the ground. Prince Jade had never been interested in court affairs and had been traveling abroad all year round. He didn't even know a few ministers in the court.
Although the concubine was domineering, she never interfered with matters in the court and only made some harmless little tempers in the harem, which made the emperor feel that such a concubine was more real.
However, when something about Prince Jade suddenly exceeded the emperor's expectation, the emperor's suspicion was like a charcoal fire dormant in the ashes. When the wind blew, it burned brightly, even stronger than before.
Therefore, Prince Jade, who was indifferent to fame and fortune and was exiled to the world without caring about worldly affairs, became one word in the eyes of the emperor: pretending.
"Check! Check it for me! Look at the friends Prince Jade has made in these years of traveling around the world, where he went, and what he did. Don't let go of any of it!" The emperor said with a gloomy face.
The emperor's order in the royal study quickly reached Yun Yi's ears. Standing next to Yun Yi was the prince. The prince looked at the snow that was getting heavier outside the window and said quietly: "I really envy Brother Yun's ability. Even what happened in my father’s study room can be known clearly.”
Yun Yi folded his hands, his cold face was a little pale, and the laziness on his face was no longer there. He just said lightly: "This world is fair. Whatever you want to gain, you will definitely lose something. Sometimes, knowing too many secrets is not a good idea." I like it, and if it hadn’t been for the fact that... the second prince dared to have my idea, I wouldn’t have paid attention to what the emperor of Da Qian said.”
The prince smiled slightly. Somehow, he always felt that Yun Yi's sudden move to deal with Huangfu Yu must be related to the girl named Gu Li, but he didn't know what the relationship was.
When Gu Li returned to the Gu family in Qingniu Village, she unexpectedly found that her brothers were there. She didn't know how she knew it, but she just felt that there were the breaths of several brothers in the air. Except for the eldest brother Gu Chen, all the others were there. exist.
She was frightened by this discovery. Although in her previous life she could rely on some clues to identify animals in the jungle or lurking humans, she could sense who was in the room just by smell. This was the first time Second-rate.
"Second brother, you are the strongest. Tell me, do you want to save Xiaorou?" Gu Li's voice was interrupted by Gu Li's somewhat impatient voice.
"Lao Wu, please calm down. No matter how powerful I am, I am just the guest of the prince. Can I be as powerful as General Shen? Why don't you think about it? Why doesn't General Shen take action?" Gu Lun's voice was as cold as ever, which made Gu Li Choked.
But soon, Gu Li's suppressed angry voice came over: "I'm also very surprised, why General Shen knew that Xiaorou didn't want to marry the second prince, but still insisted on letting Xiaorou marry the second prince. If she is the princess, That’s all, she’s still a concubine, which sounds nice, but in the final analysis, she’s just a concubine. When will a girl from our Gu family become a concubine?”
"Second child, fifth child, please don't argue for now. I think there must be something hidden about this matter, but we don't know it. We need to know more information." The fourth child, Gu Yuan, said with a little caution in his voice. Too many mistakes are made due to lack of understanding and we need to investigate.”
"Investigation? What is the investigation? Xiaorou said very clearly that it was General Shen who sold his daughter for glory and insisted that she marry Prince Jade. Now she is also locked in the room by General Shen. The maid next to her risked her life to bring her here. Write a letter, begging us to rescue her, why are you still hesitating, do you want to wait until Prince Jade marries her into the prince's palace before you go to rescue her?"
Gu Li's voice was almost roaring. If he had Gu Lun's ability, he would probably have rescued Shen Rou a long time ago, and there would be no need to talk nonsense here with these guys who forget about the old sister after they have a new sister.
"But, this is what Xiaorou said. If she said it, it means what she said. Then what happened with Xiaomeng's disappearance before..." Gu Yan's voice stopped. There was no need to finish the sentence, because Shen Rou said that it was Gu Li who took the lead. The departure of Xiaomeng led everyone's thinking astray, so that everyone thought Xiaomeng and Gu Li were staying together, and they did not really search for Xiaomeng, which resulted in Xiaomeng being taken to Qianjing.
The fact that Gu Li risked half his life to rescue Xiao Meng has always been a hurdle that several big boys could not overcome. At that time, they were all helpless. Even Gu Lun, who was the best in martial arts, was defeated by Gu Li. Li stayed, and Gu Lun understood afterwards that with his own strength, he might really drag Gu Li down.
The expressions on several people's faces were different. None of them later asked Shen Rou why she lied, and Shen Rou didn't seem to intend to explain this incident, but it did happen, even if they I won’t say it, but the foundation of trust has been stained. It’s like a crack in a perfect mirror. The more ignored, the bigger the crack becomes.
After a long while, Gu Li said angrily: "I don't care what you think, I choose to believe Xiaorou. She just didn't see clearly that day. Don't veto her everything just because of her unintentional mistake. She won't use herself. Her marriage is a joke. Besides, no matter what the reason is, we can ask her after we rescue her. How can we guess it here?"
After Gu Li finished speaking, he stood up and walked towards the door. Of course, Gu Li was not an idiot. He decided to go to the general's mansion in person first and ask General Shen about the situation face to face. If it was like what Xiaorou said, he would not do anything. Taking Shen Rou away without hesitation, this eldest lady, was not appropriate.
"Lao Wu, please calm down. This matter needs to be considered in the long term."
Seeing Gu Li's impulsiveness, Gu Lun stepped forward and stretched out his hand to stop him, but Gu Liyou pushed him away rudely: "Let's think about it for a long time, think about it for a long time, and you don't even look at the time. Xiaorou has already said it in the letter. After three days, it’s the day when Xiaorou gets married, I can’t wait.”
Although Gu Lun was very skilled, he was not meant to deal with his brother. He was pushed by Gu Li and staggered. Fortunately, Gu Yan, who was on the side, stretched out his hand to help him, so he did not fall down.
A trace of guilt flashed in Gu Li's eyes, but he still turned around and opened the door resolutely. However, he did not go out because Gu Li was standing outside the door, looking at him lightly with those eyes that seemed to see everything. .
For some reason, Gu Li's original anger was immediately extinguished to the last spark when he saw these eyes. His eyes even seemed to dodge. The two of them just stood at the door, one inside the other door.
After a long time, Gu Li smiled and said, "Fifth brother, won't you let me in? It's a little cold outside!" She raised her head and saw snowflakes falling from the sky. Oh, it was snowing.
Gu Li didn't speak, and silently took a step aside. Gu Li walked into the room, then turned around and gently closed the small wooden door.
Several people in the room looked at her. Except for Gu Xiaomeng who was sleeping in the room and Gu Chen who might not have come back due to official business, the remaining brothers looked at her as if they were meeting Gu Li for the first time.
Gu Li looked around, looking at the expressions of several brothers with different expressions, and smiled: "I didn't mean it, but when I came back, I just didn't want my brothers to get involved in sister Shen Rou's affairs."
"You, why do you influence our actions?" The person who spoke was still Gu Li, who had a lot of opinions about Gu Li, but when he spoke, it was obvious that he felt a little lacking in confidence.
Gu Yuan smiled and said, "If sister Gu Li has any objections, she has to tell her a reason, right?"
"I came here just to make this matter clear to my brothers. I don't know what sister Shen Rou was thinking when she wrote to these brothers. Did she tell you in her letter how complicated her marriage was? ." Gu Li's face became solemn, and if you look carefully, you can still see a trace of anger in her eyes.
She was angry because Shen Rou clearly knew that if her brothers went to rescue her, it would be tantamount to resisting the decree. Not only would the brothers be dragged into the water, but the eldest brother would also be implicated. Shen Rou was really too selfish. .
"Complicated? What's complicated? Xiaorou has already explained the whole story clearly. His vain father asked her to marry Prince Jade as a concubine. Xiaorou is worthy of being the daughter of my Gu family. She won't obey even to death. , and was imprisoned by Shen Yuehai." Gu Li said first, telling the complete story of a wealthy daughter being traded away for her future by her cruel father.
"She had no choice but to ask for help from our brothers. You see, she also said that when she leaves the general's mansion, she will never go back to that impersonal home again." Gu Li took out Shen Rou's letter and said, Carefully identifying among the densely packed earthworm-like handwriting, it can be seen that Shen Rou worked very hard to write this letter.
"The origin of her marriage is not what she said." Gu Li glanced at the horrible letter and knew what Shen Rou had planned. She was really ruthless.
