First Lady of the Crown Prince

Chapter 757 Who is Yinyin? (first update)

Gu Jiao stayed to have dinner with An Guogong at noon.

Duke An Guo had a good appetite. In addition to drinking a little porridge as usual, he also ate a few bites of the vegetables Gu Jiao gave him.

 Gu Jiao gave him food to test his chewing function. He had some difficulty chewing. If Gu Jiao hadn't given him the food, he would have been too lazy to eat.

“I will eat this way every time I eat from now on,” Gu Jiao said.

 Don’t just drink porridge, you must exercise your oral muscles.

“My eldest brother doesn’t know how to—” Before Mr. Jing could finish his words, he saw Mr. Guo’s fingertips writing the word “good” on the armrest.

 Er Master Jing: “…”

 After dinner, Duke An Guo asked Gu Jiao to visit the armory in the small courtyard.

There are all kinds of weapons here, some of them belong to his wife Xuanyuan Zi, and some of them were given to Jingyinyin by Xuanyuan Li.

Duke An Guo couldn't laugh or cry every time he received weapons from his father-in-law. Yin Yin was a girl, so why did he give her these knives and guns?

“You don’t understand, if this kid follows me, he will definitely become a general in the future!”

"But Yinyin is only one year old. Father-in-law, even if you want to train her, do you still have to wait until she is older? Ah Zi only started practicing martial arts when she was four years old."

 Xuanyuan Zi, the wife of An Guogong, and the daughter of Xuanyuan Li.

Whenever this happens, Xuanyuan Li will hold the confused little Yinyin in his arms, as if he is afraid of being snatched away, and hum: "How can Ah Zi compare with Yinyin? Yinyin is the most like Grandpa!" Yin needs to practice martial arts!"

Xuanyuan Li would come and steal the children every now and then.

Only An Guogong woke up and Yinyin was not in bed. Xuanyuan Li must have sneaked in and picked her up in the middle of the night.

 “Big brother, big brother!”

 Er Master Jing waved his finger in front of An Guogong's eyes.

 An Guogong came back to his senses and glanced at Gu Jiao with a sly look. Gu Jiao happened to be looking at him as well, with a confused look on her face.

There was a hint of apology in his eyes, and he dipped his fingertips in water and wrote on the armrest: "Thinking of something from the past."

Jing Erye said: "Xiao Liulang wants to ask you, can he choose the weapons here at will or what?"

 An Guogong wrote extremely arrogantly: "I'll give it all to you."

Jing Erye feels wronged.

 He has been coveting his sister-in-law's bow for many years, but his eldest brother never even offered it to him.

Gu Jiao took the weapons to the yard and tried them one by one.

 An Guogong sat in the wheelchair on the corridor and looked at her for a moment, like a parent watching his children playing with toys, his eyes full of smiles.

Second Master Jing came over, glanced at Gu Jiao who was drawing a bow and arrow in the yard, and whispered: "Brother, it's dangerous for her to go to the selection. Do you want to persuade her? It's not easy to meet someone who is right for you. If something goes wrong, no one will accompany you again."

Jing Erye is not stupid. His eldest brother looks at Xiao Liulang as if he were his own child. His eldest brother really wants to be a father.

 The pain of losing a child is enough once.

From the moment the imperial advisor came to him, An Guogong already understood what he was about to face and what he would endure in the future.

 He likes this child very much, and of course he hopes she can stay with him all the time.

 But he couldn't cut off her wings for his own peace of mind.

She wanted to fly, so he held her up, lifted her above his head, and let her fly farther and wider into the sky.

 He will be frightened, but he will never stop her.

Gu Jiao stayed in the yard until evening before going home. She picked up a bow, which was exactly the one that Mr. Jing had been coveting for many years.

On the way to send her back to the Imperial Master's Palace, Mr. Jing looked at her like a resentful little daughter-in-law.

 …

Gu Jiao is now one of the people who can enter the Guoshi Palace by just showing her face. She leads the Black Wind King to the Qilin Palace.

Having walked halfway, Yu He seemed to be specifically looking for her, and his eyes lit up when he saw her: "Mr. Xiao!"

 He strode toward Gu Jiao.

When he arrived, he suddenly remembered the indescribable scene he encountered in Qilin Hall that day. A touch of embarrassment appeared in his heart, and he said with a smile: "Master Xiao...is back..."

 Gu Jiao is very open-minded, but it seems that Yu He is the one who was caught doing bad things.

 “What do you want from me?” Gu Jiao asked.

Yu He gritted his teeth and got down to business: "Ah, it's my master. The master said that your horse is in the recovery stage and you need to pay more attention to feeding it. He asked someone to get some concentrated feed and asked you if you want to take a look. "

Gu Jiao doesn't have much experience in raising horses, so she should ask more tutors for advice.

Yu He took Gu Jiao to the purple bamboo forest.

Yu He couldn't look at Gu Jiao right now. He always thought of Gu Jiao and Xiao Heng in the room unconsciously. How could a man like the emperor's grandson, who was as immortal as jade, like men?

 Ahem.

 Can’t think about it anymore.

Perhaps in order to resolve the embarrassment, Yu He said without any words: "I think you are quite good at raising horses, and Xiao Shiyi is pretty good at raising horses."

Horse King has only been here for a day, and Yu He already knows his name is Xiao Shiyi.

Yu He asked: "How do you usually feed me?"

Gu Jiao said: "Just, feed it casually?"

Yu He said with a smile: "What are you feeding?"

Gu Jiao thought for a while: "Grass? Sometimes I also give you some carrots."

Yu He’s lips twitched. Are you sure you are raising horses, not donkeys?

Yu He continued to look for words: "By the way, I heard from senior brother that you were promoted, and I haven't congratulated you yet."

 Gu Jiao: "Yeah."

I was chatted to death all day.

Yu He couldn't find a topic to talk about. He endured the huge embarrassment alone and took Gu Jiao to the courtyard of the Imperial Master.

 The imperial master went to pick out the purple bamboos. Yu He asked Gu Jiao to sit in the main room for a while while the Black Wind King strolled in the forest.

Yu He treated Gu Jiao to the special wine of the Guoshi Palace.

Gu Jiao took a sip and said, "It's so sweet."

Yu He smiled and said: "This is the sweet-scented osmanthus wine brewed by my master. There is only one jar a year, and most people can't drink it."

By this time, Gu Jiao had finished the glass. She was slightly startled: "Is it wine?"

Yu He nodded: "Yes, but it's not astringent at all, right? The wine my master brews is-"

　　Bang!

Gu Jiao hit her head on the table and passed out drunk!

 Yu He: “…”

 “Mr. Xiao, Mr. Xiao, Mr. Xiao!”

Yu He screamed for a long time, but Gu Jiao still had no response. Yu He was confused, "What kind of drinker do you have? If you are so good at martial arts, shouldn't you be able to drink a thousand cups without getting drunk or drink ten thousand cups? Why can't you be drunk with just one cup?" Got down? It's over. Master will come back later, how can I explain to him?"

The Imperial Master came back from cutting two bamboos and saw Gu Jiao lying on the table drunk and unconscious.

Like a child who made a mistake, Yu He stood up, lowered his head, and said in panic: "I'm sorry, Master, I... I gave Mr. Xiao a little sweet-scented osmanthus brew."

The Imperial Master frowned: "Did you give her wine?"

Yu He opened his mouth: "I..."

The state teacher has always been emotional, but now he is a little displeased: "She can't drink."

Yu He’s head dropped even lower: “…Yes, I know I was wrong.”

The sweet-scented osmanthus wine was placed on the table. He thought it was for the master to entertain Xiao Liulang.

The Imperial Master gently placed the bamboo on the ground, came behind Gu Jiao, bent down and picked up Gu Jiao, and carried her to the back room.

Yu He's eyes almost popped out.

His master never even hugged his senior brother, but he actually hugged Xiao Liulang!

　Have you brought it into the back room?

 The Imperial Master put the person on the bamboo bed and asked the disciples in Zizhulin to make sobering soup.

Yu He had never seen such a national master before. By the time he reached the state of his master, he had already lost all his joy and anger and was not disturbed by the world.

 But just now, he saw emotions in his master's eyes.

 “You retreat.” The national preceptor said to He.

"...Yes." Yu He cupped his hands and stepped back without looking away.

 He was still puzzled until he left the yard.

What is the relationship between this man named Xiao Liulang and Master?

 Why does Master frequently make exceptions for him?

 …

 Gu Jiao has too much stamina. At first, Gu Jiao just fell asleep drunk, but later she started to dream wildly.

 She first dreamed that when she was eight years old, she was taken back to the organization by a boy wearing military boots.

Sixteen-year-old boy is the youngest godfather in the organization and the most cold-blooded killer.

 She was the first child he brought back, but he was the coldest and most inhumane to her.

 He always punished her.

 In the middle of the night, she was often the only one running laps on the training ground.

 He was like a cheetah dormant in the darkness, making her afraid to be lazy.

 She was always exhausted, and then he carried her back like a sack.

 For the most dangerous tasks, he would never call anyone else.

 “Shadow, you go with me.”

She once suspected that he wanted to kill her through the mission.

 She and her companions in the organization were taken hostage. He saved his companions and left without even looking at her.

　　However, it was also that time that the companion he cared about was killed, but she survived without even getting a look from him.

At that moment, she seemed to understand something.

 “Wake up, drink some sobering soup and then go to sleep.”

　　It was as if the voice coming from the water surface was not very real and passed into Gu Jiao's mind.

The picture in the dream was shattered. She opened her eyes in a daze, looked at it, didn't react, closed her eyes and fell asleep again.

 She continued to dream again.

 But it is no longer the dream just now.

The weather was fine, and she came to a small yard full of lily of the valley flowers. A cluster of green bamboos was planted in the corner of the yard.

The breeze blew slowly, and the bamboo leaves and lilies of the valley danced in harmony.

 She recognized it. This was the yard she had been to in the afternoon.

 Why is she back again?

Where is the Duke?

As soon as the thought passed through her mind, she saw the door to the upper room was opened and someone stepped out, but it was not the Duke, but a pregnant woman.

She was wearing a purple battle suit, silver armor, and holding a long bow, as if she was going to war.

Young Duke An Guo came out and looked at her deeply, his eyes slightly red.

 She smiled and said, "Take good care of Yinyin, I'll be back soon."

 But you never came back—

 These words suddenly flashed through Gu Jiao's mind.

  She looked at the woman’s back as she walked out of the yard.

do not go.

 You will die on the battlefield.

Gu Jiao wanted to stop her.

 But her throat could not make a single sound.

 She tried hard a few times.

Suddenly, the little girl stumbled out of the room, and her childish voice pierced the sky: "Mother—"

Gu Jiao shuddered and opened her eyes.

 There is some sound left in my ears, I don’t know if it comes from myself or from a dream.

"you're awake."

The Imperial Master sat on the chair in front of the bed and looked at her calmly, "Do you want to drink hangover soup? Or don't use it?"

Gu Jiao looked around and found that this was a strange room. However, when she looked out the door and saw the familiar main room, she knew that she was still in a small bamboo house in the purple bamboo forest.

"No need, I'm awake." Gu Jiao sat up, her head still hurting a little, "What kind of wine did you make that has such a strong stamina?"

 “It’s because you have a bad ability to drink.” The Imperial Master said, “Ye Qing can drink a bottle without any problem.”

His drink was clear, and Gu Jiao was rare and silent.

 “Did you have a dream just now?” asked the National Preceptor.

When mentioning this, Gu Jiao frowned slightly. She had had a lot of dreams during these days and had forgotten them when she woke up. But this time, she didn't know if it was because of the alcohol, but she actually remembered the second half.

 “Yeah.” She didn’t deny it.

The Imperial Master placed the hangover soup on the bedside table beside him: "What did you dream about? You have such a big reaction?"

Gu Jiao looked at him strangely: "My reaction...is big?"

The Imperial Master glanced at her and said, "Forget it if you don't remember."

Gu Jiao suddenly said: "I dreamed about Duke An Guo when he was young, and his wife and children."

 She had seen Xuanyuan Zi's portrait in the library, so it was not surprising that she would dream about her appearance.

As for the content of the dream, maybe she had heard too much about the Xuanyuan family and made up a parting story in her own mind.

 But that child—

Wait a minute, there is no portrait of the Jing family’s children in the library. Those were the children in the portrait she had seen in the Imperial Master’s study!

That child is really Jing Yin Yin, or did she put the appearance of a random child on the Jing Yin Yin in the dream?

The Imperial Master felt the scrutiny from Gu Jiao: "Why are you looking at me like that?"

Gu Jiao asked: "Is the little girl in those paintings in your study Jing Yin Yin?"

The Imperial Preceptor didn’t seem too surprised: “Have you seen everything?”

Is this admission?

The Imperial Master nodded and sighed: "Yes, she is Jing Yin Yin."

Gu Jiao said seriously: "What is your relationship with Jingyinyin?"

The Imperial Master looked at Gu Jiao, his expression suddenly became solemn: "Do you really want to know?"

 Gu Jiao: "Yes."

The Imperial Master paused and said to Gu Jiao: "Okay, when you win this selection and become the commander of the Black Wind Cavalry, I will tell you everything."

 (End of this chapter)