When the prince of no descendants found out that he had a baby, he went crazy

Chapter 187 Chapter 186 An An Gets the Dragon Pattern Pendant

An An looked at the jade pendant with a domineering dragon head carved on it in her hand and was reluctant to let it go for a moment.

When the people around Xiao Junlin saw him give this jade pendant to a child so easily, they all flashed with astonishment in their eyes.

That was something that represented Prince Li's status, yet his master just gave it away like that, and it was a little child at that.

Gu Hua could tell from the expressions of these people that this jade pendant was not simple, but seeing that her own child liked it and she was happy that the man gave it as a gift, she just let them do as they pleased.

"The Emperor let you take the child back to the palace so easily?"

Xiao Junlin was happy that Gu Hua nodded and agreed to let An An accept the jade pendant, acknowledging that he was no one else to them and their son.

Hearing Gu Hua's question, he turned sideways and looked at her.

Then, with a hint of sarcasm and disdain in the corners of his mouth, he said in a low voice: "He doesn't want me to take the child back so easily."

“However, the father and son of the Huo family who were sent by him to quell the rebellion were two idiots who only knew how to grab credit and plunder local money.

In the past few years, Xiao Junmo sent them out, but not only did they fail to quell the rebellion.

Moreover, there are many forces that are growing rapidly and are poised to attack the capital. Otherwise, how could he have agreed so readily to let me take the three children back to the palace?"

"He wants you to stabilize his kingdom for him."

Gu Hua's eyes were deep, and he saw through the core of the problem and told the truth: "Since ancient times, when the cunning rabbit dies, the running dog is cooked. Aren't you worried?"

"He has wanted to do this for a long time." Xiao Junlin sneered sarcastically, "As long as he has the ability."

Except for that time when he was injured and Xiao Junmo took the opportunity to successfully poison him, Xiao Junlin has never suffered any loss in front of this cousin in all these years.

The royal family secretly has an army to protect the dragon.

Could it be that the Black Guards and the Jibei Army in his Prince's Palace are just decorations?

If Prince Li's Mansion had no ability to protect itself, Xiao Junmo would have killed him long ago, having been wary of him for many years.

……

Since the three children have been sent to the palace.

On the second day, Xiao Junlin received an imperial edict issued by the emperor, ordering him to lead his men to quell the rebellion within three days.

Originally, Xiao Junmo had hoped that Xiao Junlin would bring back the personal guards he had taken to Shuzhou, and go to various places to sacrifice their lives and shed their blood to quell the rebellion for him.

But when he learned that Xiao Junlin only brought back 500 people, the emperor almost collapsed with anger.

Now there is no silver in the treasury.

Due to the disasters in the past three years, the grain in warehouses across the country was either looted or secretly sold at high prices by local officials and unscrupulous businessmen. Not much grain could be transported to the granaries in the capital.

Sending troops is a costly and food-intensive matter, and even when suppressing a rebellion, there is no precedent of letting soldiers eat dirt.

This thwarted Xiao Junmo's plan to ask the people supported by the palace to work for him. He could only transfer 4,500 soldiers from the few soldiers in the camp outside the capital to make up a total of 5,000 soldiers for Xiao Junlin to set out to quell the rebellion.

"Are you kidding?" Gu Hua looked at Xiao Junlin with a conscienceless smile, "I heard that in some places there are tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of rebels. Did the emperor ask you to take these few people with you to deliver food to them?"

Xiao Junlin sat down calmly, not angry at the fact that the emperor asked him to lead such a small group of people to quell the rebellion. He said calmly: "Anyway, my death won't be a problem for him, and he can also get rid of me, the thorn in his side that he has been afraid of for many years.

If I really let him bring too many people, I'm afraid he won't be able to sleep well at night, worrying that I will turn around and seize his throne."

"That's right." Gu Hua agreed with Xiao Junlin's point of view. Xiao Junlin suddenly looked at Gu Hua seriously and said, "I will lead the troops away this time. No matter whether these children are mine or not, I'm afraid that person will not let me take them away easily."

"Not only will they not let me take them away, but they will also most likely take the three children back to the palace on the pretext of taking care of them."

Gu Hua also understood whether the emperor was incompetent or not. The capital was his base camp. If he confronted him head-on here, it would be difficult for him to escape unscathed with his child.

If you want to leave the capital safely and smoothly, you may have to think of other ways.

night.

"Brother Jiu, should we really just try to stop him? Just to show that we are still alive." The palace's black guard Long Shi asked eagerly as he watched the black shadow slip into Gu Hua's yard.

Long Jiu, who was hiding in the darkness, didn't even move his eyes, and whispered: "Since that guy returned to the capital, this guy is not the first time to come to our palace.

The prince knows who he is and won't let anyone stop him. You are just looking for something to do so you try to stop him."

When Gu Hua heard Mu Yu, who came to report the news to her, mention that some places had already been plagued by plague due to the disaster, her eyes flickered.

Mu Yu then talked about the news that came from Yan Minghua, who was ordered to go to Wanping Mansion to help Madam Xi before Gu Hua left the capital for exile.

Even though Wanping was close to the capital, as refugees and rebels approached, the shops there were affected and business was almost going out of business.

"Tell them to pack up and leave Wanping for Shuzhou as soon as possible, and wait for me there."

Gu Hua thought of a way to take the children away from the capital.

But she also understood that once she fled with her child, neither the emperor nor the eldest princess, who wanted to kill them and their child at that moment, would let go and would hunt them down and kill them.

In order to protect himself, Gu Hua has decided to take the children back to Shuzhou and get rid of the disobedient people there.

Gu Hua thought it was not impossible to let a few children inherit their father's fiefdom in advance.

Wait until Mu Yu leaves.

Gu Hua thought about it and decided to go to Xiao Junlin's yard.

When Ye Ping saw her, he led Gu Hua to his master's study without even notifying her, "Master, the master of the Gu family is here."

"Let her in." The man's voice came out in a low voice with a hint of fatigue.

Gu Hua walked in and saw a little red bloodshot in the man's eyes, and asked, "Why are you so tired?"

"Oh! How can I not be tired?" Xiao Junlin laughed sarcastically, "Did you think that the four thousand people he gave me to quell the riot was a bit excessive?"

"Yes." Gu Hua thought that the forces in various places had been left to grow very strong due to the inaction of the court in recent years. They were simply not something that a few thousand soldiers could deal with.

Xiao Junlin pointed at the chair, meaning Gu Hua to come over, and poured her a cup of tea personally.

Then he continued, "That's because you haven't seen that my good cousin has assigned me more than 4,000 soldiers who are simply the worst soldiers in the camp outside the capital.

They are either old, logistics soldiers, or a bunch of lazy soldiers. Taking these people to the battlefield is no different from suicide."

Gu Hua took a sip of tea and said sincerely: "The emperor really hates you so much that he won't die!"

Xiao Junlin raised his thin lips and revealed a sarcastic smile. He felt the same way.

"You came to see me so late, is there something wrong?" Xiao Junlin looked at Gu Hua with a soft look in his eyes, and said with some expectation: "Are you worried about me?!"

Gu Hua rolled his eyes at him. How come she didn't realize that this man also had a narcissistic side...