In any case, this is good news. It shows His Majesty the Emperor's favor for Prince Duan's Palace and his love for Gu Changting. Although he is sad that his brother died young for the country, but for Gu Changting's holy heart, the Prince's

Was the title given to you so easily?

After everyone thanked him, Xue Yan said to Gu Changting: "Master, oh no, I should call you Prince. Prince, the Emperor asked you to come to the palace in the afternoon to discuss important matters."

Gu Changting held the imperial edict in his hand, nodded and said: "Okay, I understand, thank you for your hard work, father-in-law."

"What's the hard work for the miscellaneous family? It's my prince who needs to express his condolences. The emperor is old now, and the only people he can rely on are the prince, the fifth prince, and you. Especially this time, Prince Duanqin died in the battle, and Northern Hungary

The iron hooves are raging on the border, and the emperor is feeling sad and worried. He has not been able to eat well or sleep well these days. I am afraid that I will have to rely more on the prince in the future. You must not fall down."

"Yes, my father died in battle, I will definitely inherit his legacy, assist the emperor with all my heart, and take care of your worries."

Duanqin Prince's Mansion and the royal family are considered close relatives, so there is naturally some sincerity in these words, but they are not all polite remarks.

At noon, Gu Changting had lunch at Xin Nian's Qingliang Courtyard. After the two of them finished eating, Xin Nian helped him change into the palace clothes and asked: "The emperor wants to discuss something important with you at this time. I don't know what it will be."

?You think to yourself, cope with it if you can, and don't push yourself to do difficult things. You are not feeling well these days, I can see it."

"It should be about commanding the camp on the outskirts of Beijing. Previously, King Nanping resigned due to illness. After the emperor inspected the camp on the outskirts of Beijing, he seemed to intend to hand over the command to me. However, after returning to Beijing, he received the news that his father had died in battle.

, after being delayed for more than a month, we probably need to renegotiate the candidate for leadership. "

Xin Nian was speechless: "There are 200,000 people in the camp on the outskirts of the capital, but it has the heavy responsibility of defending the capital. It is full of elite soldiers and generals. The emperor actually wants to hand over the command to you? No wonder you attacked the prince, I don't care.

I know, it turns out that Prince Duan has been rumored to be favored by the Holy Spirit, but he actually underestimated you. This favor is no less generous than that of a prince."

Gu Changting smiled bitterly and said: "Yes! Your Majesty does regard me as your own. It is difficult to repay this kindness even if your body is shattered. So... you will know how difficult it is for me."

Xin Nian nodded and sighed: "Others only see your beauty, but don't know your situation. It's hard to repay your kindness, but you can't live up to it. Alas! This prince's title is really not that good."

Gu Changting stretched out his hand to lick her hair on the temples, and said softly: "Ten thousand taels of gold are easy to come by, but a close friend is hard to find. I never expected that after we have been separated for several years, you actually know my difficulties. This is worth it, no matter what

The road ahead is filled with obstacles, but I am not alone at last."

Xin Nian looked at him intently and said softly: "I dare not say anything else, but in this life, I will share weal and woe with you and never leave you."

"Okay." Gu Changting nodded heavily: "Then I will go to the palace."

"Go ahead and come back early."

Xin Nian walked him to the door, watched him leave, then turned around and went back to the room. He saw Xinghua next to her with a pursed smile and said: "I listened to what grandma and grandpa said, it was really touching. So this is love as deep as the sea?"

? Strangely, throughout the ages, countless infatuated men and women have committed life and death to each other just for the word of love."

"How can you be so evil? It's just a matter of marrying a chicken and following the chicken, marrying a dog and following the dog. I am already his in this life."

Xin Nian said calmly. After saying this, Xinghua stuck out her tongue and whispered: "My slave is making trouble. I thought my aunt would be annoyed if I said this. In the past, you would never hear such words."

"At this moment and that moment, I left the Qingliang Pavilion, and there was nothing I couldn't hear."

Xin Nian smiled, and suddenly heard Xinghua whisper again: "Auntie, I really feel that I have a deep love for you. You said, if Miss Yao suddenly comes to the palace at this moment, I should treat her...at most...

Is this the case for you?"

Miss Yao? Yao Yutong?

Xin Nian was stunned and couldn't help but stop. Recalling that beautiful and cold face, she shook her head: "How could it be? Don't you know? The more you don't get something, the more you miss it.

The longer the time goes by, the figure in my heart becomes the moon in the sky. The more distant it is, the more I yearn for it. "

Xinghua curled her lips and whispered, "That's not necessarily the case. I haven't seen my aunt miss Mr. Tan so much."

Xin Nian rolled his eyes at her: "You are getting more and more bold, and you dare to say anything. The situation between Tan Feng and I is different from that of Gu Changting and Yao Yutong. If you don't understand, don't talk nonsense."

"Yes." Xinghua nodded, stretched out her hand to caress her heart, and said to herself: I don't blame my aunt for saying that I am becoming more and more bold. This is indeed bold, but my aunt is becoming more and more peaceful now, and she has not scolded me.

Just as I was thinking about it, I heard a timid voice behind me saying: "Xin... Aunt Xin."

"Um?"

Xin Nian and Xinghua turned around at the same time, and saw a slim girl standing outside the courtyard gate. Because she lowered her head, she couldn't see her appearance clearly. Although the clothes she was wearing were not unusual, they didn't look like they were worn by a girl, but they weren't Gu's either.

There are several daughters from Changting, but apart from them, where else are there...

Thinking of this, Xin Nian's heart suddenly moved, and he called tentatively: "Is it the third girl?"

"Isn't it? The third girl doesn't look like this." Xinghua looked at Xin Nian in confusion: "We just met the third girl in the morning."

"It's the third girl from Aunt Qin's courtyard."

Only then did Xinghua suddenly realize that she saw Xin Nian coming forward and asked with a smile: "Why is the third girl here?"

"Aunt..."

Gu Yunxiang couldn't help but look up, but quickly lowered his head again, choking and saying: "My mother... no, Aunt Qin... she... she is afraid that she is not alive, I... I don't know who to look for

?I have to ask you, are you...are you preparing a coffin for her? You can't...you can't not even have a coffin, right? She...is also my father's concubine after all..."

Xin Nian was stunned. Aunt Qin and this third girl used to be invisible people in the house, not to mention that these days they are busy with the funeral of the old prince. Who would care about them?

Xin Nian had previously ordered the kitchen to deliver some light and easy-to-digest food to the courtyard, so it shouldn't be rushed. However, she had never come into contact with the mother and daughter not long after entering the backyard. She mentioned it casually at the time and never thought of it later.

, who would have expected that the first time I met this third girl, I would hear such sad news.

"This...how is it okay? It's going to die? This...what's wrong with Aunt Qin? Have you asked a doctor? Why has no one ever mentioned it?"

Xin Nian felt a twinge of pain in his heart: The palace had just finished a funeral. Could it be that Aunt Qin would follow in the footsteps of the old prince? This is too tragic.
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