Jin Xin still didn't understand what his look meant, so she asked again, "Which noble family is she? I can hire a matchmaker to intercede for you. Your marriage will be arranged by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, so it will be grand and grand."
"The person in my heart is a little maid from Suzhou City." He looked at Jin Xin steadily and said.
Jin Xin was stunned for a moment, not quite understanding what this meant. Then she thought of Concubine Shun and was stunned, "Don't say you are coveting the emperor's people?"
It's true that he is from the emperor, but doesn't she know it's her?
Gu Zhao wanted to tell her that she was the one in his heart, but he couldn't tell her and could only stare at her like this.
Being stared at by him like this, Jin Xin was stunned for a moment, woke up, panicked for a moment, and stood several steps away.
When Gu Zhao saw this, he quickly lowered his eyes, not daring to look any further.
Still remember. Last time he appeared next to her late at night and said some incomprehensible words. Even if he explained it later, when she met him, a naked man looking at a woman, Jin Xin knew what it meant no matter how stupid she was.
"General Gu, what do you mean?" Jin Xin asked coldly.
Gu Zhao closed his eyes, wanting to avoid the topic and turned around, but he was unwilling to do so.
"Your Majesty, I just don't want to get married. If the emperor is really worried about his great achievements and shocking the emperor, I can invite myself to the border tomorrow. I will never return to the capital without being summoned." Gu Zhao sighed.
Jin Xin didn't know how to persuade her.
After Gu Zhao finished speaking, he turned around and went out.
Jin Xin only felt that her mind was a little unclear. The look in Gu Zhao's eyes just now was clearly possessive.
After Gu Zhao went out, Cuigu dared to come in.
Jin Xin grabbed Cui Gu's hand and said with a trembling voice, "Go check Gu Zhao's origins and send someone to keep an eye on him."
How could I not be afraid.
Gu Zhao's excited reaction and the questioning look in his eyes just now were nothing like a minister speaking to a monarch.
If he really coveted him, wouldn't he be punished with death once the emperor found out?
Gu Zhao is so brave!
The more I think about it, the less I can calm down, and I feel uneasy.
The next day, news came out that Gu Zhao was going to guard the border, and the emperor agreed.
It's just June to start the journey.
Then there is no need to hold this lotus feast again.
Involuntarily, Jin Xin breathed a sigh of relief.
It's okay if he leaves, otherwise she doesn't know what to do.
Gu Zhao has a tough mind that cannot be persuaded by ordinary people.
A few days later, Cuigu found out about Gu Zhao’s past. Gu Zhao was from Suzhou. His family was poor when he was young. His parents sent him to a martial arts school to do odd jobs when he was only a few years old. He learned a lot at the age of thirteen and later went to work for a family. He worked as a guard and wandered around the world after he turned eighteen. A few years later, he entered the capital for the first time, participated in a martial arts competition, and won the first prize in martial arts.
After that, he was made things difficult by the Seventh Princess, and was assigned to the city gate as a city guard. He was favored by the emperor and mentioned to serve in the palace. Then he went to the battlefield, won military honors in one fell swoop, stood out, went to the battlefield one after another, and won two countries...
It seems like a normal life trajectory.
But Jin Xin noticed the experience in Suzhou City. He was also from Suzhou. Jin Xin knew about it, but never paid much attention to it.
At this time, Caihong came in, brought in a box, and said to Jin Xin, "Your Majesty, this is sent to this slave by the deputy general next to General Gu. He said that he asked your Majesty to open it when no one is around."
Jin Xin frowned and took the box. All the slaves around her left, except Cui Gu.
When the box was opened, it turned out to be his jade hairpin that was broken into two pieces.
"This is a hairpin that was missing in Sanjiang City." Jin Xin whispered.
Cui Gu hurriedly closed the box, but she was also extremely nervous, "Mother, I'm afraid General Gu is in love with you."
Jin Xin closed her eyes with complicated emotions, covering her heart, feeling very uneasy.
Gu Zhao, Gu Zhao, he actually...
"Mother, General Gu probably doesn't mean to overstep his bounds. You can tell by the way he invited himself to leave the capital. If he really wants to threaten you, he will definitely not return this hairpin to you." Cui Gu grabbed her hairpin. Hands to calm her down a little.
"Cuigu, what do you think I should do?" Jin Xin seemed to be grasping at a life-saving straw, hoping that Cuigu could give him an answer.
If Gu Zhao covets her, if he rebels against the military power in his hands, the world will be in chaos and she will become a disaster. What will happen to her children?
How would she explain it to her children?
If he dares to rebel, no matter whether he succeeds or not, both sides will suffer losses.
Cui Gu hurriedly hugged her, "Don't be afraid, Madam, things may not be as bad as you think. General Gu gave you this hairpin and planned to leave for the border. He must not have wanted to embarrass you. He did not express his feelings clearly. Just pretend you don’t know.”
"Will he rebel?"
"Why would he rebel? He is highly respected and would not destroy his future like this. If he really did this, no one in the world would recognize him. Moreover, General Gu is not that kind of person." Cui Gu's last sentence was based on her belief. It feels like first sleep.
Jin Xin sighed deeply, maybe.
"One more thing, the emperor said that the Tatar remnants will be handed over to the empress. They are in the prison. Is there anything else to say?"
Hearing the news about Helian Yucheng, Jin Xin frowned in disgust for the first time, "Let's take the lead in strangulation, it will dirty my ears."
For a little Tatar prince to dare to look at him like that, he was really looking for death.
But Jin Xin felt that the emperor didn't care at all about her being coveted.
Even if there is no love, his queen should be angry when someone teases her in front of her like this.
But he carried it over easily.
Anyway, she didn't care about the emperor's love, but Jin Xin felt quite uncomfortable after being disgusted for so long.
She thought about how only her grandfather and grandmother had valued her since she grew up. Even her mother had never loved her wholeheartedly. Jin Xin felt that she had never been properly cherished by anyone in her life.
"Yes, I'll tell someone to do it right now," Cuigu replied.
Jin Xin felt so tired that she took a nap again.
But when I woke up in the afternoon, news came that the emperor had granted marriage to the second daughter of the Duke of Zhongguo.
The imperial edict has been issued.
The wedding date is set in mid-September. After the wedding, you can set off to Wangyue Pass to guard.
At this time, in the general's mansion, Gu Zhao looked coldly at the bright yellow imperial edict on the table, his face terrifyingly gloomy.
He had decided to retreat to the border, but the emperor was still so worried about him.
During the years of fighting for him, there was no achievement that was not gained through life and death, fighting with one's life. When he was useful, he was said to be a divine soldier sent from heaven. Now that the war is over, he has to arrange for people to be around him.
There was also an imperial edict that granted him the honor of protecting the country. He could not attack the prince, but he had to hand over military power.
Let him choose.
He rises and falls secretly, trying to evade him.
He was now in a dilemma. The emperor rewarded himself so lavishly in the name of generous rewards. If he refused to hand over his military power, he would be suspected of treason.
