famous eldest daughter

Chapter 404 Asymptotic
Gu Yuqing turned her head and looked toward the door.

For Xiao Ke, her memories of her previous life are really poor. The only deep impression is the legend of his invincibility in the future, and his brilliant achievements on the battlefield are close to that of his father today.

In this life... I wonder if Xiao Ke will have a chance to show off his extraordinary talents.

As the wooden door opened wide, a tall and straight figure of azure color fell into Gu Yuqing's eyes. He had handsome features and outstanding grace. He was only ten years old now, but he already walked with a majestic aura. He was usually ignored. I'm used to it, no one notices it, but now if I take a closer look, I can see that the momentum can no longer be underestimated.

When her eyes touched the pattern on the hem of Xiao Ke's clothes, the images flashed in her mind, Gu Yuqing's eyes trembled suddenly, her heart shrank slightly, and memories flooded in.

That day in Chenxiang Pavilion, she hid in the dark cabinet under the bed. Through the complicated hollow patterns on the cabinet door, the figure she saw suddenly broke in. The clothes she wore, the color and texture, were clearly the same as Xiao Ke's. This stone blue brocade coat is exactly the same.

Even the complicated branch patterns on the hem of the clothes are exactly the same.

Her gaze dropped to his shoes, which were half-covered by the hem of his clothes. As she watched him move forward step by step, Gu Yuqing's heavy breathing suddenly missed a beat.

It's him.

Holding the silk handkerchief, the joints were all blue and white. Gu Yuqing was sure that the uninvited guest who broke into Chenxiang Pavilion that day must be Xiao Ke.

With thoughts swirling around, Gu Yuqing speculated on Xiao Ke's motives for entering Chenxiang Pavilion that day.

That day, the small incense burner she left in front of the secret cabinet door was clearly picked up by Xiao Ke. As a result, when Chu Tiange came in, the incense burner rolled out of his arms.

An incense burner left Chu Tiange unable to defend himself, and his crime was nailed down by the appearance of the incense burner.

The memory became clearer and clearer, Gu Yuqing thought carefully... Xiao Ke, why on earth did he do that.

And... when he bent down to pick up the incense burner that day, the hem of the auspicious goose-yellow dress was clearly at his hand. From his position, as long as he raised his eyes slightly, he could see the things in the secret cabinet. There were clues, and Gu Yuqing was sure that he must have discovered it.

But he just did it from beginning to end.

Gu Yuqing was clearly in a hurry. When Xiao Ke pushed the door in at first, his steps were clearly full of panic. But when he hurried to the inner room and saw the situation inside the room, he breathed a sigh of relief. look.

Calm and calm, not even a trace of panic.

Even if he is not a compatriot of the same mother, Xiao Jingyu is still the first princess after all. Seeing Xiao Jingyu like that, he was indifferent, as if Xiao Jingyu was a stone statue.

What kind of mentality, what kind of determination, what kind of scheming is required for him to do this.

And what was the reason for his initial nervousness, worry and panic?

There were many doubts, disturbing thoughts, and long thoughts, but in fact it was just a blink of an eye. After a few steps, Xiao Ke stood firmly beside Xiao Yi and slightly behind him, bowing and saluting.

This small detail made Gu Yuqing look at Xiao Ke again, looking at him with complexity and confusion.

Over the years, he had lived so cautiously that he was so careful every step of the way. Even if he was answering in front of the emperor, he would never stand side by side with Xiao Yi, but would stand behind him to minimize his presence. feel.

Gu Yuqing even doubted whether Xiao Ke's being left out and ignored was intentional by His Majesty or simply by himself.

"What's the matter with you?" The emperor rubbed his brows and said absentmindedly.

Being able to let him in on such an occasion was already a great honor for him. The emperor had no intention of being kind to Xiao Yi, let alone him.

Xiao Ke lowered his eyebrows and bowed his head. When the emperor questioned him, he immediately said respectfully: "I learned that my father was kidnapped because of the kidnapping of Miss Gu from the Marquis Chinan Mansion, so I sent the second brother for questioning. I suddenly remembered It's an important matter, if I don't tell you the matter at this time, I will feel uneasy."

It was obviously a father-son conversation, but Gu Yuqing felt that Xiao Ke was very special to the emperor. Although the emperor's father was different from the father of an ordinary family, he was in the same blood line after all. People like Xiao Ke were not as good as those favored courtiers. close.

He had never paid attention to this before. At this time, because of doubts in his heart, Gu Yuqing observed Xiao Ke particularly carefully.

When the emperor heard this, his already frowned brows became even tighter. While he was breathing, he felt displeasure coming over his face. He glanced past Xiao Duo, glanced at him with a cold edge, and continued to rub his brows. , said: "What's the matter, tell me."

Xiao Ke's eyes moved slightly, but he still lowered his eyes, not raising his head to look at anyone, and said: "A few days ago, when the Prince of Nanyue came to envoy, one day the son-in-law paid his respects to his mother and returned to the palace. Passing by the Imperial Garden, I happened to overhear a conversation between the Second Emperor's brother and Mrs. He, the wife of Sir He, the Minister of War. I didn't notice anything strange at the time, but now that something like this happened, I thought about those words again and felt that It doesn’t taste good.”

Hearing his words implicating He Jingzhong, the emperor's eyes trembled, his eyes narrowed slightly, and a faint cold light burst out. He said "hmm", signaling Xiao Ke to continue.

Before Xiao Ke could open his mouth again, Xiao Duo pointed angrily at Xiao Ke and said angrily: "You are talking nonsense, when did I have a secret talk with Mrs. He in the imperial garden? Could it be that you also want to add insult to injury and come here to humiliate me? Even if you humiliate me, you won't gain anything at all, but you will be taken advantage of for nothing!"

Xiao Duo's words were unpleasant and his words were very intense. The emperor immediately became angry and said, "Shut up and let him finish."

Xiao Duo's aggressive aura was slightly reduced. He only glared at Xiao Ke with a threatening look. He frowned and turned around, "Father, I am wronged. I have never had a secret conversation with Mrs. He in the garden." What. Even though Mrs. He is Erchen's aunt, Erchen has always abided by the rules in the palace. Besides, if Erchen really wanted to have a secret talk with his aunt, he could visit He's house or directly summon his aunt to Erchen's residence. Why do you have to be eavesdropped in the imperial garden where people come and go?"

Xiao Duo's words can be described as sincere and well-founded.

His eyes passed over Xiao Duo and fell on Xiao Ke's face, which he rarely saw a few times a year. The emperor frowned, took a deep breath, and pointed at Xiao Ke, "You continue." Xiao Duo's words were not answered.

If Xiao Yi stood up and said something like this, Xiao Duo's defense would still be somewhat trustworthy.

But the person who spoke at this moment was Xiao Ke, who had no qualifications or capital to compete with Xiao Duo at all. His words, the emperor really wanted to hear what he was going to say.

"You have to know what the crime would be if you slandered your second emperor brother for no reason!"

Although he was thinking this in his heart, he couldn't help but blurt out some threatening words.

(End of this chapter)