Traitor Concubine Growth Manual

Chapter 74

The more you go to the edge of the Mo River, the more people there are.

Girls came in twos and threes to set off lanterns, while young people watched from afar, joining in the fun, or drinking some wine in the wine shop on the side.

There are also many people selling lanterns. There are lantern stalls every few steps on the riverside. The vendors are busy attracting customers, and they are overwhelmed. This is a good opportunity to make money once a month.

Because there were too many pedestrians, it was almost to the point of crowding each other and walking was difficult, so Gu Qi had to drag Chu Yan to the river.

Surrounded by countless laughing crowds, there are countless bright lanterns floating in the river.

Those little lotus flowers bloomed in the flowing water, winding down with the water waves, decorating the entire Mohe River like a galaxy.

The two had never seen such a scene before, and they fell silent in the noisy crowd, only shocked by the beautiful scenery in front of them.

An eight or nine-year-old girl bent down and gently placed the lantern in her hand on the water, then turned her head and said to the woman behind her with a smile, "Mother, the river god will hear my wish." ?"

"Of course." The woman patted her head and smiled softly and kindly.

Gu Qi turned his head to look at Chuyan, the corners of his lips curled up, "Don't move here, I'm going to buy lanterns."

He squeezed out of the crowd and walked to the stall where he bought lanterns.

Chu Yan stood there and waited patiently, but she was a little amused in her heart.

This situation seems to be a fairy tale, but the prince treated her so tenderly and cared for her, almost giving people the illusion that this is the so-called end of time.

She looked up at the real vast galaxy, but she didn't know what she would look like ten years later.

By that time, the prince will probably have grown up and become a decisive emperor in the Golden Luan Hall... Will she get her wish and fight a bloody path in the harem and become the eternal moon?

After waiting for quite a while, Gu Qi didn't come back. Chu Yan turned her head and looked around, but she didn't see him in the crowd.

Could it be that he lived in the deep palace for a long time and couldn't buy things?

She walked hesitantly through the crowd, trying to check the surrounding stalls.

After Gu Qi bought the lanterns, when he returned to the original place, he suddenly found that Chu Yan was gone, and his heart tightened.

He looked around in place, where is her shadow?
He hurriedly asked the woman who was still standing by the river with the girl, "Excuse me, where did the girl who was standing here go?"

The woman shook her head, "I didn't notice."

Gu Qi panicked and hurried through the crowd to look for Chu Yan.

The crowd was coming and going, but he kept looking around, but he didn't see where she was anyway.

But at this time it seems to have arrived at an auspicious time. With the cheers of the crowd, fireworks were set off above the Mo River, and everyone looked up to watch this grand celebration. Fading stunning impression.

One after another, the roar rang through his ears, and Gu Qi looked up subconsciously. The vast night sky was dotted with gorgeous fireworks, but he had no intention of watching.

Where's Chu Yan?
where is she?

So at such a magnificent moment, everyone stopped to watch the night sky, and he was the only one anxiously walking through the crowd.

Finally, when he turned around again, he suddenly saw Chu Yan standing on the bridge looking up at the night sky.

She was wearing a light green embroidered skirt, and her slender back seemed to be submerged by the crowd.

The white jade hairpin pinned in her hair is shining in the brilliance of sparks, and she is like an independent green lotus, quietly blooming with the sky full of stars and thousands of lanterns.

Chu Yan wanted to stand tall and see far away, so she finally squeezed to the head of the bridge. At this moment, fireworks were set off in the sky. She looked up and suddenly remembered the things before her rebirth.

There is a central square near her home, where countless people gather to countdown to the New Year's Eve.

At that time, everyone, regardless of age or status, excitedly looked at the time on the big screen and shouted together.

Three, two, one, zero—the new year is here, and at the same time, the grand fireworks rushed into the night sky, and the boiling crowd collectively burst into warm cheers, and everyone's smiles were filled with joy.

Before her parents passed away, Chu Yan lived like this every year.

At this moment, the fireworks in the sky are far less colorful than the modern ones, and even a little rough, but Chu Yan suddenly thought of her parents in such a scene, and remembered the one who was far away from her. era.

Surrounded by unfamiliar people, the so-called relatives are just the unfamiliar and indifferent faces of the Zhao family.

She suddenly felt an unprecedented smallness. To put it mildly, it was called loneliness.

When Gu Qi walked through the crowd to hold her hand, Chu Yan turned her head suddenly.

And what caught his eyes was a bewildered face, panic and fear shone in those calm and calm eyes, as if someone had abandoned her.

She called out in a daze, "Your Highness..."

Before he finished speaking, Gu Qi embraced her without any hesitation, and his firm embrace imprisoned her like a fortress, dispelling all hesitation.

He also heaved a sigh of relief, and a hanging heart finally fell down.

"Got you."

The tone of relief, the joy of regaining what was lost.

He heard his own heartbeat resounding so strongly through his chest.

And Chu Yan was embraced by him, she lost her mind for a moment, then raised her head and smiled at him, her eyes shining like stars, "No matter when and where, will His Highness find me so easily in the crowd?"

Gu Qi buried her face in his arms, and said in a clear and firm voice, "It will."

But suddenly, he seemed to think of something again, his complexion suddenly became heavy and pale, almost with difficulty, his hand slowly fell on Chu Yan's back, it was so hot that he could feel it even through thin clothes. Iron her skin.

Amidst the crowd, Chu Yan heard an obscure and slow voice above her head, "Chu Yan, if one day I do something wrong to you, will you still believe me?"

Chu Yan's heart skipped a beat, and she innocently raised her head and laughed at him, "What nonsense is your Highness talking about?"

Her eyes were as clear as a baby's, without distracting thoughts, she seemed to trust him and cling to him completely.

Gu Qi suddenly felt a little breathless, but he didn't know where to start, so he smiled and said with a complicated expression, "You have to trust me, no matter what happens in the future, here—" He took her hand On the heaving and powerful chest, "Only you."

Chu Yan smiled like a flower, "I believe it."

...that's weird.

Lu Shi said it well, don't trust men, only yourself should be trusted.

Gods block and kill gods, Buddhas block and kill Buddhas—although this line is overused, it always has its truth.

On the road of attack from the traitorous concubine to the traitorous queen, she will overcome obstacles without hesitation, rain or shine.

After returning to the palace, Gu Qi suddenly became busier than before because of a few days' delay in political affairs.

There was a thick pile of memorials in the study, and the ministers who had something to do in the early court played one after another.

The etiquette officer opened the booklet and read the drafting method one by one.

Qin Yuanshan reported the preparations he had made these days, meticulously.

Mu Qingzhuo stood there with a leisurely expression, without saying a word.

Uncharacteristically, Zhao Wu did not change his face, but stood there calmly, not getting angry from the beginning to the end.

There was nothing unusual about the courtiers. After all, the draft was an ancestral system, and everything was done according to the rules set by the ancestors. No one thought about what was wrong.

Only Gu Qi, who was sitting on the dragon chair, had deep and turbulent emotions in his eyes. After listening to everyone's speech, he just looked at everyone indifferently.

Wan Xi whispered behind him, "Your Highness?"

Only then did he slowly close the booklet on the table that was exactly the same as the one in the hands of the ceremony officer, and said unhurriedly, "Ms. Chaohua just passed away a few days ago, and the matter of the draft is a bit out of date at the moment. I'm afraid it needs to be postponed." Later."

Everyone was taken aback.

Shen Junfeng glanced at Mu Qingzhuo's slightly frowned brows, and cupped his hands calmly, "Your Highness, the time for the draft has been set, and the officials below are all ready, as long as His Highness orders, everything will go smoothly Proceed. The death of Mrs. Chaohua is certainly a heartache for the Crown Princess and even His Royal Highness, but the ancestral system cannot be violated, and His Highness should think twice."

Mr. Pan from the Ministry of Officials also stood up, "Your Highness, the draft is a major event for the country, and it is also a happy event for the country. In my opinion, it is precisely because of the death of Mrs. Chaohua that the palace needs more happy events to cheer people up and wash away the depression. His Highness had already postponed the day of the draft because of the busy government affairs, and it has been delayed for several years. Now that the government is stable and the country is good, it is time for His Highness to spread branches and leaves for the Xuan Dynasty, this is the foundation of the country!"

Many people echoed these words, and not everyone who echoed them was in the same camp as Mu Qingzhuo, most of them also followed the ancestral system, hoping to draft drafts and expand the harem as soon as possible, so as to consolidate the foundation of the royal family.

Gu Qi's eyes narrowed slightly, and some emotions were well restrained by him, but his heart was in a mess.

Chao Gang cannot be moved, and Chu Yan cannot be held back.

What should he do?
At this moment, Chongshan suddenly walked in from the side door, stood behind the pillar and waved to Wanxi with a cautious expression.

Wanxi was taken aback, and then walked down quietly.

Chongshan handed him a note and said in a low voice, "Eunuch Wan, this is from His Highness the Crown Princess to His Highness the Crown Prince, and I hope you will pass it on to His Highness."

Wanxi's heart moved, she glanced at the prince's unrecognizable face, then glanced at the dignified atmosphere in the hall, finally nodded towards Zhongshan, turned around and went back behind Gu Qi, and then clung to his ear side said something.

He also quietly placed the note in Gu Qi's palm.

Gu Qi looked down at the note in his palm, on which were written two short lines in delicate and elegant handwriting:
Above the temple, government affairs are the most important; inside Yong'an Palace, it is better not to forget.

His eyes suddenly froze, and his palms closed suddenly, squeezing the note tightly into a ball.

I can't tell if I'm shocked or bewildered.

She actually guessed the meaning of what he said under the fireworks last night!
She guessed that he was going to be drafted, guessed that he was shaken, guessed that he would reject the proposal of holding a draft ceremony in the court today, and also guessed how he would struggle when he was in such a dilemma.

So she asked someone to send this note to tell him, as he said, no matter how the government is or what the harem is, as long as there is her in Yong'an Palace, as long as his promise is true.

(End of this chapter)