This incident in Annan Kingdom is a disaster for many people.

For example, the Minister of War, Jiang Liang, the Marquis of Yuanping; the Zhang family who had a relationship with the commander; and other military officers who recommended the commander at the time.

None of them escaped the emperor's scolding.

For others, it is an opportunity, such as Gu Yantao.

Gu Yantao's power has never been able to penetrate the Ministry of War. Without military strength as a backing, no matter how prominent it is in the court, it seems thin.

Being with the king is like a tiger. If the emperor crosses the river and destroys the bridge one day, Gu Yantao will not even have room for resistance.

But he was a scholar, and the military officers ignored him at all and could not buy people's hearts.

And this time, it's a good opportunity.

But he was incapable of showing off.

Although he knew that the King of Luyang had 60,000 guards, he did not dare to use it. First, Gu Jinzhi and King of Luyang had not yet married, and the relationship between the Gu family and King of Luyang was not very reliable; second, the Empress Dowager attached too much importance to the King of Luyang and was careless.

I offended the Queen Mother.

Once you are not good at making good use of it, you will lose all your efforts and even Gu Jinzhi's marriage will be involved, which is not worth the loss.

The emperor is a filial son, and the empress dowager must not be offended.

Now, Gu Jinzhi actually took the initiative to talk about this matter, which made Gu Yantao overjoyed.

He always felt that because the third wife was close to the old man, she always maintained a different attitude towards Gu Yantao and the Gu family and never wanted to help.

This time, the old man actually became kind-hearted.

Gu Yantao remembered the last time the eldest wife said that the old man arranged a good show and asked Xiang Liang for a life-saving talisman.

Is the old man about to die and be kind?

In the last incident, Gu Yantao also suspected that the old man had no intention.

But what Gu Jinzhi said today made Gu Yantao believe it.

"We can't tell the emperor about the matter of the royal guards..." Gu Yantao smiled and said to Gu Jinzhi, "It's better to ask the prince to tell him."

Gu Jinzhi thought for a while and said, "But what does the prince know? He went to say it, and the emperor also knew it was our family's meaning. It's better for the uncle to say it."

Gu Yantao tskated: "After all, don't break this layer of window paper. The emperor may not be unwilling to see this situation, but I am afraid that the empress dowager will not be able to bear it. Let the prince tell you, at least the empress dowager knows that the prince is willing. The emperor is also

I won’t make things difficult for the Queen Mother. I will beat the drums again…”

Gu Jinzhi said oh and said yes.

Then Gu Yantao asked her to sit down and taught her how to act bit by bit.

How to let the King of Luyang enter the palace, tell the emperor this meaning, and then vaguely take it out of the Gu family, but not to involve the Gu family.

Gu Yantao's wishful thinking is that if you make contributions in the future, the emperor will not forget that the Gu family will give advice here; if you accidentally cause trouble, it will not be that the Gu family will be criticized, and the King of Luyang will be in the middle.

He saw Gu Jinyi agreeing and was in a very good mood.

He repeatedly reminded Gu Jinzhi before letting him go.

After coming out of the old house and sitting in the carriage, Zhu Zhongjun asked Gu Jinzhi: "What do you say about your uncle?"

"Same as we expected." Gu Jinzhi said. "He knew there was a sweet spot here, so he agreed without thinking. We just need to act according to the plan..."

Zhu Zhongjun smiled.

"Don't worry, I can't forget your Gu family. As long as I still have some power in the future, I will not let your Gu family suffer." Zhu Zhongjun said.

Gu Jinzhi couldn't help but laugh: "Are you promised the benefits so quickly?"

Zhu Zhongjun's expression calmed down and glared at her.

He just forgot about his love and confessed his love to her. When he arrived at her, he became a promise of benefits, which made Zhu Zhongjun very unhappy.

It seems that there is no emotional mix, just interests...

"Let's talk about it when things are done." Gu Jinzhi said with a smile.

Zhu Zhongjun didn't say anything more.

His tender and sweet words can be misunderstood by Gu Jinzhi. It is very boring, and he is too lazy to say it anymore.

The two of them remained silent all the way and arrived at home.

The next day, Zhu Zhongjun and Gu Jinzhi were about to enter the palace again.

Song Pan'er became suspicious this time.

She asked Gu Jinzhi seriously: "Is the Queen Mother in bad health? Or is it our Queen?"

Judging from her appearance, she couldn't find out the result and refused to let Gu Jinzhi go.

Gu Jinzhi had to push the matter to Concubine De and said, "...When I left yesterday, the empress said she was not very happy. I took her pulse and didn't see anything, but she was worried and asked me to go again today.

Look."

Seeing that she answered so simply, Song Pan'er was a little unbelievable, and she was obviously hiding it just now.

Since that's the case, why didn't you say it just now?

But there is no flaw found.

Looking at her daughter's watery eyes and looking at herself, Song Paner softened her heart and said nothing, letting Gu Jinzhi and Zhu Zhongjun go out.

The Empress Dowager received a report from the palace servant and was also very surprised.

She thought something happened to Zhu Zhongjun, and immediately became worried.

Unexpectedly, Gu Jinzhi and Zhu Zhongjun handed over the sign to meet the empress dowager, but went to Qianqing Palace first.

The Empress Dowager suddenly felt uneasy, wondering if the emperor asked them to come, what was going on?

She hurriedly called Chang Shun, the eunuch of Kunning Palace to go to Qianqing Palace to inquire about the situation: "...If the emperor says something about the prince, you can pass on the words of the Ai family and let the prince come to Kunning Palace."

She was afraid that the emperor stopped Zhu Zhongjun halfway.

Chang Shun hurriedly said, and turned around and came to Qianqing Palace.

In the main hall of Qianqing Palace, the emperor was discussing the military use of Annan Kingdom with the people in the cabinet.

When the emperor heard that Zhu Zhongjun was coming, he thought of his guess yesterday and Gu Yantao’s hint just now, and knew that Gu Yantao had secretly tampered with Zhu Zhongjun.

The emperor calmly arranged the five cabinet masters in the cabinet and met Zhu Zhongjun in the side hall.

"Brother Emperor, I...I heard that there is a great disaster in the country...Luzhou has always been rich...I...I want to send the guards as reinforcements to Annan Kingdom to Anguo as soon as possible to resolve the worries of the emperor.

Zhu Zhongjun stammered and said stammeringly.

He spoke very slowly, like an endorsement.

And between the lines, it is not his usual way of expression.

The emperor knew it very well.

"...Xiaoqi and Gu Ge Lao said that this is great, so I dare to come and talk to the emperor." Zhu Zhongjun said again, pointing out the Gu family.

Gu Jinzhi hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, the folk girl doesn't understand these things very well. It's the prince's meaning. I asked my uncle for advice. The uncle said that the prince is kind and we dared to say it."

Gu Jinzhi picked himself out first.

The emperor kept listening silently, and laughed twice at this moment.

He said to Zhu Zhongjun and Gu Jinzhi: "What are you doing when you kneel down? Get up..."

Then he asked someone to bring a chair for them to sit.

"Zhongjun, why did you suddenly think of adding the escorts of the royal palace as reinforcements?" The emperor asked Zhu Zhongjun with a smile after all the glooms of the past few days.

Zhu Zhongjun hurriedly said, "It was Xiaoqi who taught me!"

He picked himself up in an instant...

The emperor laughed.

It can be seen that they have no good answer to this question.

Gu Jinzhi quickly knelt down and explained that she was also heard about it.

No need to guess, it must be Gu Yantao's idea, the emperor thought.

"It's approved!" the emperor said happily, "Zhongjun is for the country and the people. I remember it in my heart. When the affairs of Annan Kingdom are calm, I will reward Zhongjun very much..."

When Zhu Zhongjun heard that there was reward, he was immediately overjoyed and looked at the emperor.

He thought the emperor would reward him now, which made the emperor laugh and cry.

"The second princess is fun, I want a child too." Zhu Zhongjun said immediately. "But the queen said, I can't take it out for fun. Only Xiaoqi gave birth to a child. I can take it back for fun. Brother, please let Xiaoqi give birth to me. Children play..."

He took the opportunity to mention his marriage.

Gu Jinzhi has to say that Zhu Zhongjun is indeed a person who can get into trouble.

The emperor did not show any unhappy expression this time.

He thought for a while and said, "I will agree to Zhongjun after a few days!"
To be continued...