famous eldest daughter

Chapter 1006 Xiao Yan
After about a stick of incense, the voice of a servant saluting outside was heard, "Master Marquis!"

As soon as the voice came out, the Emperor, Gu Yuqing, Abbot Taihong and Gu Zemu all turned to look in the direction of the gate.

Gu Yuqing's heart rose in her throat.

Did father bring Brother Yan here?
Long time no see...

The excitement in her heart made Gu Yuqing's fingertips feel cold, and her palms were slippery with cold sweat. Her eyes were staring at the door for a moment, and her heart was about to jump out of her throat.

"Creak"... The door to the imperial study room was pushed open, and the sound of two different footsteps came in immediately wrapped in the cold wind.

Gu Yuqing saw the emperor who was sitting next to Xiao Yu tremble all over. As the footsteps approached, he stood up and took two steps forward. He stared at the direction of the sound and his lips pursed into a thin line. Strong line.

Presumably after the case of Concubine Mei came to light, the emperor regretted his actions back then and missed Xiao Yan to death!

The prince who had been personally ordered to be killed by him had to appear in front of him alive again, and it was still like this...

Gu Yuqing glanced at the emperor and saw her father walking in. Behind him was a young man with his head lowered and his eyes lowered. He was tall and tall, but because he lowered his head, he couldn't see his face clearly.

Gu Yuqing's eyes suddenly moistened, and she looked past her father at Xiao Yan behind him.

And the emperor...

Looking at the side of the emperor, Gu Yuqing felt that he suddenly had thick hair and looked old. Even though he was dressed in bright yellow brocade, he no longer exuded the majesty of an emperor. He looked like an ordinary old man, with the loneliness of his wife and children. desolate.

First, Xiao Yu was on the verge of life and death due to poisoning, and then Xiao Yan appeared. How could the emperor withstand such a huge emotional impact for a while?

Standing opposite each other, the emperor looked past Gu Zhen and looked directly at Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan knelt down and saluted, "I am a sinner of unfilial piety. Please bow before Your Majesty."

He was not called Father.

The emperor was about to move forward with his feet, but he suddenly trembled violently, froze suddenly, and stood there in a daze, looking down at his son who was saluting him.

Gu Yuqing saw a large tear flashing from the corner of his wrinkled eyes, rolling down along the wrinkles on his face, and falling on the bright yellow brocade on his body, spreading thickly and full of sadness.

The drooping hands were tightly clenched into fists. I don’t know what kind of emotion I was restraining, whether it was yearning or anger, or regret and repentance...

The voice came out, but it didn't have the ups and downs on his face. It was so calm that people were surprised, "Get up and talk."

Xiao Yan, who was kneeling on the ground, immediately thanked him and stood up. His movements were clean and neat, but cold and unfamiliar. He still lowered his head and lowered his eyes, standing behind Gu Zhen.

Gu Zemu didn't know why or Xiao Yan's identity, so he stood quietly beside Gu Yuqing, looking at everything in front of him, his eyes bright and dark.

But now everyone's attention is on Xiao Yan, and no one notices anything strange about him.

The emperor's eyes were fixed on Xiao Yan, his throat moved a few times, and finally he opened his mouth, "Raise your head and speak."

After not seeing each other for several years, Xiao Yan entered the palace again and saw the emperor again. Xiao Yan was actually calm and without any tremors. At least, no one could feel it.

After receiving the emperor's order, he immediately raised his head, but his eyes were still slightly lowered.

The moment she saw Xiao Yan's facial features, Gu Yuqing couldn't help but exclaimed. Xiao Yan was only eight years older than Xiao Yu, but his current appearance... looked like he was more than 28 years older than Xiao Yu.

Gu Yuqing's already mournful heart suddenly tightened even more tightly.

What kind of suffering and suffering did this person have to endure to make time pass by so quickly.

After all, Xiao Yan is still less than thirty!

Not only Gu Yuqing was shocked, but even the emperor was shocked. He suddenly raised his hand to touch his chest, his legs gave out, he stumbled backwards, and fell down on Xiao Yu's bed, staring at Xiao Yan blankly, " How could it be, how could you..."

The emperor was muttering to himself, but Xiao Yan just stood there with an indifferent expression and did not answer.

But his lowered eyes moved slightly, and he looked towards the emperor. In the exposed eyes, Gu Yuqing saw the cold hatred as deep as a deep pool, directed towards the emperor. In a flash, he lowered his eyes again, with a calm expression on his face.

Gu Yuqing's head was buzzing because of the hatred in his eyes that was as hot as fire and as cold as ice.

Rao her two lives as a human being, she has gone through storms, but the atmosphere in the imperial study room at this time still makes her breathless, and she dare not think carefully about the treacherous waves behind those eyes.

At this time, Gu Zemu finally put away the complicated expression in his eyes, turned to Gu Yuqing and whispered: "Who is this?"

"The emperor's eldest son, Xiao Yan."

The complex expression in Gu Zemu's eyes that had just been put away suddenly became sharp and sharp when he looked at Xiao Yan, with a piercing scrutiny.

However, it just passed by in a flash, and in a blink of an eye, regardless of Xiao Yan's state of mind and the emperor's mood, he said, "Your Majesty, is this the person who is going to exchange blood for the Fourth Highness? If so, I will start to exchange blood. Please stay away for the time being. This operation will take six hours, and the observation after the operation will take twelve hours. We cannot afford to delay it."

On the way here, Gu Zhen had already told Xiao Yan that Xiao Yu was poisoned and needed a blood transfusion.

Because he met the emperor for the first time, the hatred that had been accumulated in his heart for several years was released, overwhelming all his emotions. When he heard Gu Zemu's words, he looked over at the bed where the emperor was sitting.

Seeing Xiao Yu's face as white as paper and bloodless lips, his heart trembled fiercely, and he blurted out in a questioning voice, "Why can't you even protect him!"

This accusation was naturally directed at the emperor.

You can't protect our mother and son, even Concubine Hui and her son, can't you protect her now?
The emperor was so shocked by Xiao Yan's vicissitudes of life that he felt heart-wrenching and uncomfortable. When Xiao Yan spoke, there was strong resentment and blame. The emperor's heart felt more and more like someone had cut it with a blunt knife tied with a hemp rope.

He was speechless in response to Xiao Yan's accusation.

Of course, he could show his majesty as a monarch and glare at Xiao Yan. After all, he should have been dead long ago.

But...how could he do it.

Gu Zhen told him that when he ordered Xiao Yan to be killed, Gu Zhen secretly saved Xiao Yan's life because he was afraid that he would regret it later. At that moment, in his heart, in addition to anger, there was also deep joy... Really What a secret joy!
His Yan'er turned out to be still alive.

But no matter how happy he is, he won't show it on his face. After all, what Gu Zhen did back then was a serious crime of deceiving the emperor. He is the emperor, so he should be angry and furious.

It can be seen that the moment he saw Xiao Yan, the anger that should have been justified disappeared in an instant. He just wanted to hold this son who was almost beheaded by him in his arms.

Xiao Yan's extremely vicissitudes of life floated in front of him. What floated was not the vicissitudes of life, but the thick guilt and uneasiness in his heart.

It was him...it was he who caused his son to become like this.

Xiao Yan, the son he was most proud of, was originally such a beautiful person, and he used to admire him so much... But now, everything was gone.

(End of this chapter)