The bustling palace is full of festive atmosphere.
The servants started to get busy, and everyone ran to cook.
In the backyard, Gu Shu sat on the main seat, looking at Gu Yun and Feng Mingming in front of him, his heart trembled slightly.
This is his son. He has guarded the border for more than ten years and finally knows what his son has grown into.
"father!"
Gu Yun finally shouted. At this moment, he was in a complicated mood, with tears welling up in his eyes.
This mood is very subtle, I can't tell what it feels like.
Ever since he was a child, he couldn't remember what the other person looked like, but when he saw it, he thought it was just like that.
There are many kinds of rumors, and he has fantasized about them many times.
"Okay, okay!"
Gu Yun stood up slowly, stepped forward and patted Gu Yun's shoulder. He, who was not good at words, only said these three words.
Then he turned his attention to Feng Mingming.
"I've obviously met the prince."
Feng Mingming looked at each other with a smile.
"We meet again!" Gu Shu didn't know what to say.
He was very curious about this girl, and at first he imagined that if she was his daughter-in-law, it would be perfect.
But now after seeing each other, my mood is indescribably complicated.
"When you said you were looking for someone, it was my son Gu Yun who you were looking for?"
Feng Mingming nodded slightly and said: "I have been exchanging letters with him for more than ten years. It was his coming-of-age ceremony a few days ago, so..."
"More than ten years?" Gu Shu was slightly stunned.
Childhood sweethearts, childhood sweethearts?
It’s a bit hard to explain, but I feel like everything is normal.
Especially when you look at your son and the other person standing together, why do they match each other so well?
At this time, the food had been served one after another. Looking at the unfamiliar food and smelling the familiar fragrance, he didn't know why, but he felt an indescribable discomfort.
When has the border been like this for so many years?
"Eat first. After traveling for so long, you haven't eaten yet."
Not only did they not eat, but after listening to the princess's words, the guards who had returned with him could no longer hold back and began to move.
Not only is there meat, but there is also wine.
On the border, drinking is a luxury. Because of the regulations, it is good to have one drink throughout the year.
But today, not only can they drink, but they can also drink freely.
Someone was pouring wine, and someone was serving food.
"tasty!"
“Homemade food is still delicious.”
The ancient arts were like reincarnations of starving ghosts, and they kept praising them.
After three rounds of drinking, everyone was drunk, including the shadow who was drinking with the guards.
"I'm telling you, I have a share of credit for these meals. Although I couldn't go to the border with you, I'm not bad either.
If you want to eat it from now on, just come to me directly and I will cook it for you."
"What's wrong? It's been so long, and you've become a cook?"
"What's a cook? I can also make wine."
"Oh, that's incredible!"
"By the way, why are you the only ones? Where are the others? Why didn't they come back this time?"
The more he drank, the more he talked, but Shadow's questions silenced the guards.
"I can't come back, I'll stay at the border forever."
Shadow was stunned for a moment, then fell silent.
The guards on the table who were still very hot all fell silent at the same time, as if the air suddenly stopped and there was no sound.
When Gu Yun heard this, he turned his attention to their table.
"Dad, when you come back this time, you won't leave again, right?"
"Leave?" Gu Yun chuckled: "I can't leave. Dad plans to retire in this royal city."
"Your Majesty, he..."
"We won't talk about him today. We are happy and have nothing to do with him."
With that said, Gu Shu stood up, picked up a jar of wine, and poured it on the ground facing the same direction as when he returned.
He said nothing, but the other guards followed him in a very tacit understanding.
A toast to those who died.
This meal lasted from noon to evening.
When everyone left, only this family, Feng Mingming, her maid Yan'er, and Huanxin who never left were left.
When Gu Shu drank too much, he talked too much.
"Yun'er, come with me to meet His Majesty tomorrow."
"Dad, I'm not going!"
"you……"
"I know what you want to say. If you want to go, I won't go. We agreed before that we would travel around the mainland after my adult ceremony."
"Traveling to the mainland, how to travel? What do you use to travel?
There are wars happening on the border every day, and people are dying every day. How can you travel like this?"
Gu Yun stood up and said, "You promised me."
"That was before, but things are different now."
"You are going back on your word."
"I'm your dad!"
As soon as they talked too much, they started to quarrel, and neither of them was convinced by the other.
After arguing and arguing, the situation went awry, which made Feng Mingming and the princess on the side start to worry.
The princess tugged at the corner of the prince's clothes, and Feng Mingming held Gu Yun's hand regardless of the occasion.
However, the stubborn Gu Yun was not moved at all and said: "Not only will I go, but I also don't recommend you to go.
Now everyone in the royal city wants to find something to do with you, and they want you to die right now.
If you go to the court, they will definitely attack you."
"Then you have to go!"
"Do you think you can fight against the entire court? Let me tell you the truth, Hong Zhi has long been suspicious of you.
Once there is suspicion between the monarch and his ministers, as long as you say something wrong, he will take action against you."
"you……"
Gu Yun took a deep breath, let go of Feng Mingming's hand, and said angrily: "You are out there fighting for him through life and death, and on the surface he is protecting you, but in fact?
He has had problems with you since the time the engagement was broken off. This time when you came back from the border, no one in the city came to pick you up. Doesn’t that explain everything?
The reason why he didn't touch you was because he felt that my grandfather was still alive and they didn't dare to do so because they had some scruples.
But coming to the palace this time has completely made him give up on you.
Don't think that I stay in the palace all day and don't know anything. As long as you dare to go to the court, I guarantee that in your situation, you will definitely quarrel with the people in the court.
At that time, it will only aggravate his suspicion, and he may even arrest you on the spot."
After listening to Gu Yun's words, Gu Shu couldn't say a word for a long time, and even the princess stopped trying to persuade him.
It was said that Gu Shu didn't understand his son, but the princess was different.
This was the first time she had seen her son analyze the problem so thoroughly.
She doesn't care about anything all day long, and she doesn't ask about anything. She actually knows everything, and she knows it better than anyone else.
"He is afraid of you. When an emperor becomes afraid of his subjects, no matter how loyal you are, he will find a way to get rid of you."