After Gu Tingyu returned to the room, he lay directly on the bed and covered his face with his hands.
His heart was as painful as a knife. He knew he shouldn't be so cruel to force Leng Shuang, but...
He can't lose! He must win!
Gu Tingyu took a deep breath, opened his eyes and sat up.
At this time, there was a knock on the door outside, and then Mrs. Gu opened the door and walked in.
"Gu Tingyu stood up and then reached out to support Mrs. Gu.
Your Majesty, the negotiations with the Emperor are almost in progress. When can you go to see the Emperor?" the steward asked.
Gu Tingyu was silent for a moment and said, "I'll go right away."
"Gu Tingyu, do you really plan to marry that woman?" Mrs. Gu asked, "You are the most outstanding child of our Gu family."
"Mom, who am I, your son?" Gu Tingyu patted his mother on the shoulder and said, "How could I let myself suffer? Don't worry."
"Okay, but you must remember not to wrong yourself, otherwise I won't be able to spare that vixen." Mrs. Gu warned.
"Yeah, I understand." Gu Tingyu agreed.
Mrs. Gu gave a few more instructions and then left.
After Gu Tingyu changed his clothes, he went straight to the palace.
As soon as he reached the entrance of the palace, he was stopped by someone, "Master, the emperor has important matters to deal with now, please wait a moment."
Gu Tingyu looked at the eunuch, nodded, and said, "I understand."
Gu Tingyu sat in the palace and waited until four or five o'clock in the afternoon before he finally arrived at Gu Jingyuan.
Gu Jingyuan's face was very ugly. When he saw Gu Tingyu, he immediately pulled him towards the study.
Gu Tingyu asked in confusion: "Brother Emperor, what do you want from me?"
"What do you have the nerve to ask me about?" Gu Jingyuan threw away Gu Tingyu's arm angrily and said, "I have warned you long ago that your father's death was mysterious, but instead of paying attention, you went even harder to investigate his father's death.
The cause of death was also mixed up with Leng Shuang, do you dislike your longevity?"
Gu Tingyu was stunned and said, "I didn't hide it on purpose, I just..."
"You didn't mean it?" Gu Jingyuan widened his eyes and said, "I think you did it on purpose! Do you know how dangerous a place it is? Why didn't you listen to my dissuasion?"
"I just……"
Gu Jingyuan interrupted him without any explanation and said, "I'm warning you, if you dare to provoke those messy women, I will definitely kill her!"
Gu Tingyu lowered his eyes, hiding the emotions in his eyes, and said, "I understand."
Gu Jingyuan saw that he was well-behaved and said with satisfaction: "There is no way to improve if you know your mistakes. Tingyu, you must think carefully before doing anything in the future. Although you are a national hero now, you are still young after all, and you can easily be taken advantage of."
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"I understand," Gu Tingyu said calmly, "Brother Emperor, you must be tired. Go back and rest quickly."
"You too, go to bed early, we have to go to the palace to attend the banquet tomorrow!"
Gu Tingyu nodded, and then watched Gu Jingyuan leave.
Gu Tingyu sighed, then walked to the bedroom, picked up the wine glass on the table, drank a few sips of wine, and then lay down on the bed.
Early the next morning, after Gu Tingyu washed up, he took people to the place where the emperor held the dinner party.
This dinner was of high standard. In addition to court officials and civil and military officials, other nobles were invited, including princes, princesses, and the wives and children of some courtiers.
This banquet was specially held to celebrate the emperor's birthday. Gu Tingyu was wearing a long white coat1 and looked very handsome and handsome, especially in the spotlight. He walked by as if a god had descended, causing a burst of exclamations from around him.
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Gu Tingyu walked to the banquet hall and walked straight towards the emperor.
The emperor was sitting there. When he saw Gu Tingyu, he smiled and then
He signaled to the guard next to him.
Gu Tingyu walked up to the emperor, knelt down on one knee, then clasped his fists and said, "My brother Gu Tingyu is here to see the emperor."
"Without courtesy," the emperor raised his hand to indicate that he was standing flat, "I have heard that you won this competition, and the result of this competition is that you won."
Gu Tingyu smiled, then took out a banknote from his pocket and handed it to the eunuch next to him, and then said: "Your Majesty, I am just lucky."
The emperor smiled, then glanced at Gu Tingyu, and said, "No matter what, you have brought glory to the country, so I will give you this reward."
The emperor said, handed the gold medal in his hand to Gu Tingyu, and said: "This gold medal represents power. Whoever owns this gold medal can command all the troops in the capital. In addition, I have an imperial edict to announce that from today on, you are
The new commander of the Forbidden Army, this is a token left to you by your father, I hope you can inherit his legacy."
When Gu Tingyu saw the gold medal, his expression suddenly changed. He hurriedly looked up at the emperor, "What did you say?"
He originally thought that he would be reprimanded or demoted by the emperor, but he did not expect that the emperor would give him such a big surprise.
"You heard that right. From now on, you are the commander of the Imperial Army. Do you know how important your position is?"
"Of course I know!" Gu Tingyu's tone suddenly became excited, "Of course I know!" He looked at the emperor excitedly, "Brother, I know that you have high expectations for me, but I have always had high expectations for the military camp since I was a child.
Not interested, I..."
Before Gu Tingyu finished speaking, the emperor waved his hand to stop him.
Gu Tingyu frowned, and the emperor interrupted him and said, "Tingyu, I have decided on this matter. You just do what I tell you. If you can't do it, then you are not worthy of being my imperial brother!"
"Brother Emperor..." Gu Tingyu wanted to say something else, but the emperor had no patience to listen to him anymore. He waved his hand and said, "I'm tired, let's go first."
Gu Tingyu looked at the emperor's back, gritted his teeth and clenched his fists, cursing in his heart: Damn Leng Shuang, just wait! When he ascends the throne, he will definitely cut Leng Shuang into pieces!
The emperor returned to the palace. He sat on a chair and rubbed his forehead, saying, "Third brother, you are indeed too impulsive this time."
Gu Tingyu lowered his head, and after a long while, he slowly said: "Brother, this is my fault. I was drunk last night."
Gu Tingyu didn't lie. He did drink a lot of wine last night, but that was not because he was heartbroken, but because those women disgusted him.
For so many years, he has been keeping his body as pure as jade, just waiting for Leng Shuang to appear.
He had fantasized countless times that one day, his princess could marry him, and they could fall in love and stay with each other, and then work together to build a kingdom that belonged to both of them.
However, when he met Leng Shuang, Leng Shuang was like his salvation, liberating him.
He really liked Leng Shuang very much, and he was willing to devote all his love to care for her and protect her. Unfortunately, she chose someone else instead of him.
He hated Leng Shuang and the man who took Leng Shuang away.
"Tingyu, I can't blame you for this matter. You just need to remember that there are thousands of women in this world, but the most important thing is your character and conduct. Only if you have dignified character can you take on important responsibilities." The emperor looked at Gu Tingyu.
He glanced at her and said, "I know you like Leng Shuang, but don't worry, Leng Shuang has been given a marriage to Prince An."
The emperor patted Gu Tingyu on the shoulder and said: "I know what you mean, and I also know that you want to help Leng Shuang, but I will not give her to you. Among my princes, you are the only fiancée, so be it.
If I am no longer here one day, I will betroth her to you."
Gu Tingyu was silent for a moment, and then said: "Okay, since the emperor said so, then I would rather obey him respectfully."
The emperor nodded happily and said: "I know that you still have some grudges in your heart, and I also know that you don't want to marry Leng Shuang. However, Leng Shuang has a stubborn temper, and no one can persuade her to do anything she believes in."
It doesn’t work, so you should just comply with her.”
After the emperor gave Gu Tingyu a few more instructions, he waved him away.
After Gu Tingyu left, the emperor called the chief eunuch and asked him to draft an order to promote Gu Tingyu to the commander of the imperial army.
"Your Majesty, are you not praising Gu Tingyu too much? Although he has made meritorious service in this imperial examination fraud case, can't he be promoted easily for this kind of thing? Besides, he has just entered the official career and his qualifications are still relatively young. I'm afraid...
..." The head eunuch said hesitantly, "Isn't this appropriate?"
The emperor looked at the chief eunuch and said, "What? I can still wrong him? If you look into what happened this time carefully, could it be that I can wrong him?"
"But, Your Majesty, you should also know that the current situation is too dangerous." The chief eunuch said, "Your Majesty, we'd better be more cautious. Your rash promotion of Gu Tingyu may make him feel confident."
Gu Tingyu's mother and uncle are both military marshals and hold a large amount of military power. If they really want to rebel, their troops will inevitably capture the capital.
Therefore, even if Gu Tingyu is a prince, even if he has a high prestige in the military, he still cannot ignore this pressure, let alone take it lightly.
The emperor nodded and said: "I know, I did this just to knock down the mountain and frighten the tiger."
He had sent people to investigate Gu Tingyu's background before, and knew that although he was a dandy, he had never acted recklessly by taking advantage of the relationship between the Gu family and his mother.
"You tell him that as long as he can produce evidence to my satisfaction, I will agree to his request." The emperor said, "As for the rest, I will not consider it for the time being."
The chief eunuch sighed and said, "Your Majesty, do you really want to do this? If others find out..."
"You know it, I have never done such a thing." The emperor snorted coldly and said, "This time he was too impulsive and actually killed the old fox's son. I can't let him continue to act like this.