"My lord, my lord, are you up?" The boy continued to knock on the door. Gu Tingyu opened the door, looked at his boy and said, "Is something wrong?"
"Your Majesty, the princess has fainted and is calling for a doctor now," the servant said.
"Tell father that I will be there soon." Gu Tingyu ordered.
He dressed neatly and quickly left the palace with his people.
When Gu Tingyu arrived, the princess was leaning weakly on the bed. Although the princess was a delicate lady, her face was pale at the moment. She was wearing a loose dress and looked extremely weak.
"Mother, my son is late." Gu Tingyu quickly knelt down and said.
The princess shook her head and said, "My child, please get up."
"Thank you, concubine." Gu Tingyu stood up quickly and said, "I know that concubine doesn't want me to marry an equal wife, but concubine, I don't care about these things. I only want you, concubine, and other women have nothing to do with me.
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"Oh, you..." The princess sighed and said, "I'm just worried about you, worried that you will regret it in the future."
"My son, I will never regret it."
"Sigh... I know that trying to persuade you is useless." The princess shook her head, sighed, and said, "In that case, you can make your own decision. I'm just a concubine, and I'm not worthy of standing at the same level as you."
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After the princess finished speaking, she was about to go out. Before leaving, she turned back to Gu Tingyu and said: "Tingyu, if you really love that girl, then get the wedding done as soon as possible to avoid long nights and dreams. When the time comes, if you meet
With a suitable one, my concubine won’t be too sad. After all, my concubine has lived long enough. She is not afraid of being alone. I am only afraid that you will be wronged. Tingyu, promise my concubine to take good care of your health.”
"Don't worry, concubine, I won't let you down."
"Yes." The princess nodded, and then said: "Tingyu, my mother hopes that you can treat her well in the future."
"yes."
Gu Tingyu agreed and then sent his mother and concubine away.
Gu Tingyu walked into Leng Shuang's room. He saw Leng Shuang still kneeling on the ground. He frowned, walked up to her, and asked, "Why are you still kneeling here? Get up."
Leng Shuang raised her eyes and glanced at Gu Tingyu, and then said slowly: "I don't dare."
Gu Tingyu frowned and said, "You get up first."
Leng Shuang hesitated for a while, then slowly stood up. Gu Tingyu came over and pulled Leng Shuang up.
Leng Shuang's face was a little pale, and her forehead was covered with beads of sweat.
"Why are you sweating so much in such a hot weather?"
As Gu Tingyu spoke, he grabbed Leng Shuang's hand, put his hand on her pulse, and then breathed a sigh of relief: "Fortunately, you are okay, otherwise, you would have killed me."
Leng Shuang was stunned for a moment and did not resist, letting Gu Tingyu hold her wrist.
"You have a good rest, I will come and have dinner with you in the evening." Gu Tingyu said.
After Gu Tingyu finished speaking, he left, leaving Leng Shuang standing there blankly.
After Gu Tingyu left, Leng Shuang suddenly woke up.
She lowered her head, raised the corners of her mouth, and murmured: "It seems that I have to speed up."
"Husband."
As soon as Gu Tingyu stepped into his study, he was surrounded by a group of officials. Gu Tingyu said impatiently: "I made it very clear yesterday. This kind of thing does not need to be discussed. I will not marry a concubine.
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"Your Majesty, we know you don't like Leng Shuang, but Leng Shuang is indeed one of the top four beauties in the capital, and she is the prime minister's daughter. Marrying her will definitely help your career, not to mention she is pregnant now.
, we should accept her as our concubine."
Gu Tingyu's eyes fell on Leng Shuang's belly.
"I understand, I will consider it," Gu Tingyu said.
In the past few months, Gu Tingyu has also known how powerful this woman is. She is the prime minister's daughter, and she is also his childhood sweetheart. However, she is related to Leng Shuang.
He won't let go of any of them.
He doesn't like Leng Shuang, but he doesn't allow others to bully her. Even if those people are her family members, he doesn't allow them to hurt her.
Gu Tingyu returned to his yard and heard crying coming from inside the house.
"Your Majesty, you are back." The butler came over.
"How is she?"
"I just drank the medicine and I'm resting inside now," the housekeeper said.
Gu Tingyu hummed and said, "Go and help her up, then bring a cup of ginseng soup in."
The housekeeper responded quickly and walked out.
Gu Tingyu pushed the door open and entered.
There was a strong medicinal smell inside the house.
When Leng Shuang saw Gu Tingyu come in, she immediately stood up and shouted: "Your Majesty."
"Well," Gu Tingyu sat down, stretched out his hand to pinch the bridge of his nose, and then said, "Is your condition better?"
"My slave is much better now. Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty." Leng Shuang said.
"That's good. This morning, I proposed to depose the crown prince's concubine. You can be safe." Gu Tingyu said.
After hearing this, Leng Shuang's heart skipped a beat.
The princess who deposed the prince?
The emperor has never expressed his position on this matter. Now he suddenly does it. What does this mean?
Are you testing yourself?
Thinking of this, Leng Shuang felt panic in her heart. She quickly lowered her head and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty. I don't understand what Your Majesty said."
Gu Tingyu smiled and said, "I don't know if you are pretending to be stupid or something. I said before that I will never marry a concubine."
"Your Majesty..." Leng Shuang wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't say it.
Gu Tingyu waved his hand and said, "Okay, what happened this time was because I was impulsive. I shouldn't let you take risks. You need to take good care of yourself first."
After Gu Tingyu left, Leng Shuang let out a breath.
She touched her belly, and then said to the baby in her belly: "Baby, we must honor our father well from now on, and we will never let him suffer."
"Yes, mother, I know."
As soon as Gu Tingyu left his yard, he met Mr. Lin.
Mrs. Lin has always sent people to watch Gu Tingyu's every move, especially when Gu Tingyu's first thing after coming back was to find the maid.
"Go and find out what happened to the woman named Leng Shuang?" Mrs. Lin felt a little confused.
"Mother." Gu Tingyu looked at Lin and said, "Mother, why did you stop me?"
"Tingyu, you are already twenty-three now. You can't keep putting it off like this. Our Gu family's ancestral teachings say that men must get married as soon as possible so that the Gu family will not be separated." Lin said earnestly: "Mother knows your
You have a stubborn temper, and if you persist in your stubbornness, it will be your mother who begs you, okay?"
"Mother..." Gu Tingyu said helplessly, "I don't want to marry Leng Shuang. Apart from her appearance, I won't marry her."
"No, Tingyu, mother knows that you are a good boy, but you can't rely on yourself all your life. You have to know that the fate of our entire Gu family is controlled by you, not just you.
On your body, Tingyu, you should understand what I mean." Lin said.
Gu Tingyu took a deep breath and said, "Mom, I'm not that material. I just want to live a normal life and don't want to get involved in power disputes."
"Tingyu..." Mrs. Lin was a little anxious.
"Mom, I'm tired, you should go to bed early," Gu Tingyu said, "The grandmothers around you are also quite old. I will hire some grandmothers to take care of you, so you can feel more at ease."
Lin was about to say something else, but Gu Tingyu interrupted her and said, "You should cultivate yourself well. When you are well, you can move to my courtyard."
After Gu Tingyu finished speaking, he turned and left.
"Hey...Tingyu..." Lin's heart
There is some disappointment in it.
Gu Tingyu came out of the study and asked the housekeeper to prepare a bathtub for him to take a bath.
Leng Shuang has been waiting in the house. She has been waiting for Gu Tingyu to come back. She hoped to hear his voice, but she never heard it.
"Girl, it's getting late, you should take a shower." Biyun walked into the room and said.
Leng Shuang sighed slightly, and then said, "Biyun, my stomach hurts, rub it for me."
"Yes." Biyun said quickly.
"Biyun, tell me, what does the prince mean today?" Leng Shuang asked.
Biyun shook her head, she couldn't figure it out either.
"I don't know, maybe I just want to compensate you."
Leng Shuang shook her head gently, and then said: "Maybe."
"Girl, since the prince said he would marry you as his wife, he will do what he said, so you can rest assured."
Leng Shuang didn't speak, just closed her eyes, and then fell asleep slowly.
Biyun looked at Leng Shuang like this and couldn't help but sigh and said: "Girl, you said that the prince is really good to you. Although he has a bad temper, at least he is good to you."
Leng Shuang opened her eyes and said calmly: "Biyun, some things are destined not to belong to me."
After Leng Shuang finished speaking, she fell asleep again.
Biyun shook his head and said nothing more. Instead, he took a towel and wiped Leng Shuang's body.
When Leng Shuang woke up, she found herself lying on the bed, surrounded by darkness. She suddenly woke up, looked around, and found that she had returned to her bedroom. She breathed a sigh of relief.
At this moment, the window was blown open by the wind.
Leng Shuang stood in front of the window, and then looked out the window. Outside the window, there were two dim lanterns hanging on the treetops, which looked lonely, very much like her situation at this time.
"Girl, are you awake?" Cuixiang walked in, looked at Leng Shuang and said, "The princess sent someone to deliver a letter, saying that there was a banquet at the palace, and she invited the madam and the eldest son. She asked the girl to clean up quickly."
"Banquet?" Leng Shuang frowned: "What banquet?"
"I don't know," Cuixiang said.
"Well, then hurry up and get my clothes." Leng Shuang said.
Leng Shuang changed her clothes and took a look at the food on the table. She had no appetite.