The misfortune shook the furry hair.
Well, His Majesty seems very angry.
only--
"You did not give him face, but you flattered him!"
Huoshui plucked up the courage and said something "fair".
"Praise for killing?"
Gu Qingcheng raised his eyebrows, oh, this little retard has become smarter.
Huoshui: ...Of course.
It is no longer the retarded little creature it once was, but the most intelligent assistant around His Majesty.
After following His Majesty for so many years, even I have been nurtured to have an IQ.
"Isn't that just flattering!"
Huoshui thought of His Majesty's actions and couldn't help crying tears of sympathy for Chen Duan.
"You are so 'sensible', you can be called a model of a good wife."
"It's just an engagement. Before you officially became Princess Liang, you gave up a lot of your family wealth, not only to give Prince Liang food and salary, but also to give him the horseshoe, a sacred weapon in the army, and even concocted a miracle just for him!"
Huoshui waggled his fingers and counted all the things his Majesty did.
"You are 'infatuated' with Chen Duan and have no reservations. You are like a love brain falling in love."
"Who are you? You are the daughter of the Gu family of Wu County, a dignified clan. You are talented, intelligent, and beautiful!"
Such a beautiful woman of noble birth, extremely intelligent, and the most beautiful woman in the world, yet she devotes herself to it like an infatuated little woman. She can be called a model of "backward support". How can that man endure it?
"As for Chen Duan, he is just a second-married man from a commoner family. He is not even from a poor family, but he can make the Gu family's daughter so 'admired'. How can he not get lost after a long time?"
Chen Duan had been flattered by His Majesty for a long time and was so complacent and carried away that he completely forgot who his last name was.
"So, he believes that you have a deep and unswerving love for him!"
"Even if he fails you, as long as there is a 'last resort' reason, you will understand!"
"After all, you are his good wife. You know the general situation and take into account the overall situation."
As he talked, Huoshui began to sympathize with Chen Duan.
"From the beginning, Chen Duan fell into your gentle trap!"
Gu Qingcheng sneered, "Trap? What did I do to him? Is it wrong for me to be sincere to him?"
Disaster:...
Well, I was so excited that I actually forgot about His Majesty's temper.
It quickly shut up and shook its head wildly: That's right! Your Majesty, how could you be wrong?
However, yes, that is the scariest thing.
Your Majesty is simply calculating people's hearts to the extreme.
Her sincere dedication made Chen Duan dizzy and lost his basic judgment.
No, the "backlash" is coming.
Chen Duan actually regarded His Majesty as a lover who disregarded dignity and gave up everything for the sake of love.
"You want me to voluntarily give up my position so that he can marry Wang's daughter? In order to consolidate his throne?"
Gu Qingcheng put the letter on the table and said coldly: "I knew he would recruit a large number of people into the harem for profit, but I didn't expect that he would do it so brilliantly?"
Demoting his wife to be a concubine?
Haha, who does he think he is?
Emperor Guangwu?
"Unfortunately, even if he is Emperor Guangwu, I am not Yin Lihua."
"What else can you say that in his heart, I will always be his wife——"
Pure bullshit!
If you love her, marry her with three matchmakers and six beauties, and let her stand by your side legitimately.
The wife in my heart?
Who can see it?
Will the law and rituals be recognized?
When you need to prove it, how do you prove it and dig out your heart?
The most important thing is that she, Gu Qing, is not a poor woman with a declining family background. She has a huge Gu family behind her.
She herself was able to provide Chen Duan with a steady stream of food, silver, and more assistance.
In short, she still has enough value!
However, Chen Duan also had the idea of making Wang's daughter the queen just to win the support of Wang Xie and other established families.
Of course, the 30,000 troops under Wang's command also played a vital role.
However, compared with Gu Qing, Wang's advantage is not that big.
However, Chen Duan still promised the queen's position to the Wang family.
There is no other reason. He is too "confident" in Gu Qing and firmly believes that this stupid woman will endure and give in for him!
Huoshui: ...That’s why I said he was praised and killed.
They have all lost their basic judgment.
Your Majesty, she is not an infatuated woman, but an imperial flower who makes men into slaves!
The most important thing is that His Majesty's plan is a conspiracy.
She really gave her sincerity, not to mention Chen Duan, even Zhou Shao and other Chen Duan's confidants knew it.
Therefore, if His Majesty falls out with Chen Duan, everyone will understand——
The Gu girl is so true and sincere, even if you Chen Duan doesn't cherish her, you can't trample on her like this.
Let the dignified daughter of the Gu family be your concubine?
You have such a big face!
Even if Gu's daughter is crazy about love, her family, her relatives, and even her pride as a Gu's daughter cannot allow her to do such a disgraceful thing.
Even if you are the emperor, you will not be so humiliating.
These days, the aristocratic family is indeed gradually declining, but the Gu family is still a first-class aristocratic family in Jiankang.
It is impossible for a daughter of the Gu family to be a concubine, even if she is a concubine.
Not to mention the legitimate daughter.
Moreover, everyone in the world knows that Chen Duan and the Gu family entered into a marriage contract not because of lust, but because of the alliance of the interests of the two families.
The Gu family has the entire Lingnan as a "dowry". If they still can't get the position of queen——
Tsk tsk, the Gu family's daughter and the entire Gu family will become the laughingstock of the world!
Huoshui's guess was correct. At almost the same time that Gu Qingcheng received Jiankang's letter, Zhou Shao also met someone sent by Chen Duan in a tent.
"What? You said His Majesty wants to make General Wang's eldest daughter his queen?"
Zhou Shao couldn't believe his ears.
He opened his eyes wide, looked at the person, and then looked down at the letter in his hand, feeling ridiculous.
Why are you still having nightmares in broad daylight?
Could it be that the lord is stupid?
His fiancée is the third wife of the Gu family.
It cannot be said that everyone knows about this matter, but everyone who needs to know knows it.
Especially in the past few months, when the master is away, Jiangbian relies on the female monarch to take charge of the overall situation.
That day, they repulsed Yuwen's troops and attacked all the way, capturing three county towns including Heyang and Heyin.
The land that once belonged to the Southern Dynasty was restored.
The confrontation between the North and the South was also reversed because of the female monarch.
Moreover, occupying Heyang, Heyin and other cities was like a sharp knife piercing the Northern Dynasty.
As long as you gain a firm foothold, you can continue to push north.
Perhaps, the great cause of unification can really be accomplished in the hands of the female monarch.
"My queen, not only helped my lord defend Jiangling, but she also contributed to the expansion of territory!"
Such achievements, even if reunification cannot be completed in the future, are destined to leave a mark in the annals of history.
For such meritorious deeds, my lord did not express his gratitude or reward him, but he actually paid it back——
Zhou Shao really wanted to rush to Jiankang, so he grabbed Chen Duan by the lapel and shook him hard.
He wants to shake the water out of the lord's head!
He wanted to ask his lord himself: Chen Duan, are you fucking crazy?
After humiliating a meritorious person like this, do you still want the world to return to its heart?
Even if Gu Sanniang is a woman, even if she is your legitimate fiancée, you can't treat her like this.
This is an act of treachery.
Even if his wife, who has devoted all her life to him, can betray him, who would dare to take refuge in him?
The key point is that Gu's daughter is not an ordinary "first wife", but a "partner" with a huge Lingnan.
We haven't even unified the world yet, and are we starting to hide everything?
So cold, so treacherous...
Zhou Shao himself didn't realize that his "butt" was crooked.
If he was still Chen Duan's adviser, then he would plan for Chen Duan wholeheartedly.
Even if you disagree in your heart and feel that Chen Duan is unkind, you will find various excuses for him - he who achieves great things does not stick to trivial matters.
Gu's daughter did pay a lot, but she was still a woman after all.
Besides, the lord didn't give up completely, he just didn't give her the title of queen.
Except for one less position, the lord can give her his sincerity.
After the north and south are unified, maybe the lord can follow Emperor Guangwu's example and make Gu's daughter the queen again!
In this way, a good story can be accomplished.
...This is what Chen Duan's counselor should think.
However, Zhou Shao had no intention of helping Chen Duan to quibble at this moment.
The reason is simple. His heart has turned towards Gu Qingcheng.
How wonderful the queen is!
In addition to guarding Jiangling and expanding territory, she also performed very well in rectifying military affairs.
The less than 2,000 defenders left by Chen Duan were quickly expanded to 20,000 in just three months.
There were more people and horses, but there was no shortage of food and grass supplies.
The queen used her own money to keep every soldier fed and clothed.
After occupying Heyang, Heyin and other cities, it can also stabilize the people's sentiments immediately and allow several cities to quickly settle down.
He can lead troops and is good at governing local areas...
The key is that Nujun also recruited Jiang Chi, a well-known domestic figure, as a counselor.
That's Jiang Chi.
One moment, he was hired as a Sima by the Yuwen clan, and the next moment, he became the first person to be employed by the queen.
Seeing that Jiang Chi was willing to join a woman, Zhou Shao and other counselors felt that the last grudge in their hearts disappeared——
The celebrity Jiang Chi can recognize a woman as his "lord", so what do they, the unknown little people, have to care about?
Furthermore, they were originally meant to stay and assist the female monarch.
Now, the most that can be done is to turn the "female queen" into the lord.
Maybe his butt was already crooked, and Zhou Shao was subconsciously "wary" of Chen Duan.
For example, three months have passed since the incident about the small porcelain vase, but Zhou Shao and others have not even reported a single word to Chen Duan.
Seeing Chen Duan's letter at this moment, Zhou Shao felt that besides being ridiculous, he also felt faintly happy——
"If Chen Duan knew that the master still had such an 'artifact', would he still do the stupid thing of 'degrading his wife as a concubine'?"
General Wang's thirty thousand troops were nothing compared to the earth-shattering little porcelain vase.
You know, even the Yuwen clan of the Northern Dynasty, with such fierce cavalry, was defeated by the small porcelain bottle and fled.
Wang's troops and horses, haha, are completely incomparable to Yuwen's!
"Ms. Chen, you are short-sighted, treacherous, and really useless!"
Originally there was still a trace of hesitation in his heart, but at this moment, Zhou Shao was completely determined...
(End of chapter)
