The Cannon Fodder and Villain’s Happy Ending

Everyone saw Qin Di suddenly leave the seat, including Cheng Jiaban on the stage.

The people in Cheng's class were a little overwhelmed, wondering if they should sing another play.

The princess was almost mad.

It should be said that in today's three-fold play, Concubine Shizi was not at ease in her heart, and was full of anger.

There was silence for a while, and an old lady with gray hair comforted: "Don't be annoyed, Concubine Shizi, anyway, the third lady won't stay in Western Xinjiang for a long time."

Others also echoed, saying a lot of good things.

However, no matter how much they talked, Concubine Shizi did not relieve her hatred at all.

When the troupe sang another show, she ran out of excuses and left Jiuyinlou, leaving only the second lady, fourth lady and Concubine Shisun to entertain guests, and even the noon seat was useless.

There is no princess in Duanwang's mansion, and the prince's concubine can't complain to the father-in-law. She can only report to Gu Chenzhi when Gu Chenzhi comes back in the evening, adding fuel to the things that happened in Jiuyinlou today.

"Master Shizi, I have never seen such an outrageous person before!"

"Then the Qin family has lost all face of Duan Wangfu. Why did the emperor point such a wild girl to the third brother?"

Concubine Shizi complained to Gu Chenzhi incessantly, feeling extremely wronged.

Gu Chenzhi: "..."

Gu Chenzhi, who was sitting by the window, didn't look very good either.

Ever since Gu Zezhi returned to Luo'an City, he always felt uneasy in his heart, and a question has been circling in his heart——

What is Gu Zezhi coming back for?

So far, for the past few days, the couple have been traveling in and out of the city without doing anything out of the ordinary.

Gu Zezhi looked the same as before, always pretending to be gentle and refined, but his new wife was extremely arrogant.

He didn't believe that they came back to serve softly. He had never seen anyone serving softly with such arrogance.

It's not really for the sake of toasting a cup of tea to the father!

Concubine Shizi was still complaining: "Prince, the concubine is someone who even has a daughter-in-law, and she is about to become a grandmother, but she was slapped in the face by such a wild girl in public, so how can you convince the concubine in the future?"

Gu Chenzhi was impatient, but his tone was still gentle, and interrupted the princess: "I asked you to inquire, have you heard?"

Empress Dowager: "..."

Concubine Shizi seemed to be strangled by her throat, unable to speak, her expression was stiff, and she couldn't look directly into Gu Chenzhi's eyes.

She specially entertained these ladies today, and invited Qin Di to listen to the play together. In fact, it was not that she really wanted to introduce Qin Di to these ladies, but because of the prince's instructions, the prince asked her to tell Qin Di some words.

Originally, she was thinking of giving Qin Di a showdown first. Anyway, since the banquet was going on for a long time, it was inevitable that the female relatives would talk about the capital, the emperor and the queen mother. of.

As a result, as soon as Qin Di entered the Jiuyin Building, he deliberately angered her and made the situation stiff.

Later, when she was watching the play, she also put down her figure and wanted to test Qin Di, but Qin Di kept perfunctory her "oh oh", and even ran on her again and again with loquats.

How could Concubine Shi Zi be able to endure these idleness, she was so angry that she didn't even bother to eat lunch, and she completely forgot the explanation of Shi Zi.

Gu Chenyi looked at her expression, and he didn't know what was going on, and his face instantly turned cold.

The surrounding temperature plummeted, as if it had suddenly entered the cold autumn.

"It's useless."

Gu Chenzhi scolded coldly.

Empress Dowager: "..."

Concubine Shi shrank her body, her eyes were apprehensive, and she was so glad that she had driven all the servants out ahead of time.

After being married for 20 years, she also has some understanding of the prince.

Although the prince has always been kind to her, she knows even more that the prince can't get a grain of sand into his eyes.

Gu Chenzhi made a fist with his right hand, and knocked irritably on the coffee table several times.

His third brother is cunning. He tried several times, but he didn't get a clue from Gu Zezhi's mouth, so he moved his mind to Qin Di.

Judging from what happened on the day of the tea ceremony, Qin Di was self-willed and reckless, but he was stubborn, so he spoke openly.

Otherwise, who would be so arrogant in front of so many relatives of the husband's family when serving tea!

Therefore, he instructed Concubine Shizi to test Qin Di, but he didn't expect Concubine Shizi to be so useless, and she didn't find anything.

Seeing Gu Chenzhi's appearance, Concubine Shizi felt even more uneasy, and said cautiously: "Prince, I will ask tomorrow... Keeping it will not miss the matter of Shizi again."

The answer to her was silence.

Outside the window, the setting sun was low, about to fall completely, and the sky in the west was bright red like blood.

Afraid of attracting Gu Chenzhi's disgust, Concubine Shizi was about to speak again, but was stopped by Gu Chenzhi raising her hand.

"no need."

Gu Chenzhi said in a deep voice.

Empress Dowager: "..."

Gu Chenzhi's pupils also seemed to be stained with the red of the setting sun, and said slowly, "I was wrong, the third younger brother and sister are also cunning."

"She's not impulsive."

Qin Di's actions in Jiuyinlou were clearly deliberately suppressing Concubine Shizi, so that Concubine Shizi couldn't ask anything.

compare with……

Gu Chenzhi's eyelashes trembled slightly, and he quickly glanced at Concubine Shizi with a hint of disgust in his pupils.

It's stupid in comparison!

If it weren't for him being a concubine, how could his father choose such a direct wife for him back then?

Thinking of the past, Gu Chenzhi's eyes became darker and darker.

His eyes slowly moved to the right, looking in the direction of Zhaohui Garden through the window.

Doesn't it mean that Qin Di is just a girl raised in the countryside?

How could she have such insight? Could it be that Gu Zezhi taught her beforehand?

Qin Di, who was remembered by others, felt that his nose was a little itchy, rubbed his nose and said to Gu Zezhi who was behind him, "It must be the imperial concubine who is scolding me!"

Qin Di has also told Gu Zezhi vividly about the Nine Sounds Tower.

She was in a good mood. She smiled so neatly that she showed a row of neatly braided jade teeth. She fell back, leaned in Gu Zezhi's arms, and asked boastfully, "Am I great?"

Gu Zezhi: "Great."

Qin Di: "Then should you reward me?"

Gu Zezhi: "Yes."

Qin Di said with satisfaction: "Remember first."

After a pause, she continued the previous topic: "Princess Shizi is doing such a big scene, what are you trying to find out about?"

Concubine Shizi's intentions can be seen at a glance, otherwise why would she dare to talk to herself.

Qin Di said: "No wonder the mother said that the concubine in this world is a belly."

"If she wants to inquire, just inquire, and she has to give me a slap first, so how can I suffer?"

"Guess what my mother said to me before coming to Xijiang?"

Before they set off for the Western Border, Mrs. Xiao specially mentioned Qin Di, including the temperament of several concubines such as the first wife and the second lady.

"You can't suffer from anything you eat."

The way of Gu Ze.

Qin Di burst out laughing loudly, "Mother Mo Ruozi!"

After she had laughed enough, Gu Zezhi gently pushed her back, she sat up straight again, and asked Gu Zezhi to braid her.

Living in this era, women have many inconveniences. For example, long hair is one of them. The body and skin are affected by their parents, so unless they have to, they cannot cut their hair.

She spends a lot of time combing her hair every morning, and what's even more annoying is that this bun is pushed up on the top of her head for a day, and at night, it makes her scalp hurt, and the more hair she has, the more she suffers.

Whenever it was dusk, she couldn't wait to take off her hair bun and braid it casually.

Today this job was robbed by Gu Zezhi.

Qin Di looked at him through the Linghua mirror with a little sweetness in his heart.

His fingers are slender, nimble and agile, no matter what he does, writing, playing chess, painting, carving, making tea, etc., is very pleasing to the eye, and he is braiding her at this moment, and the same is true.

To be honest, it's better than her!

Qin Di covered his mouth and snickered, and asked, "Then will she come to me again?"

Gu Zezhi made a braid for her, and tied a purple silk sash at the end of her hair.

He raised his eyes and looked at Qin Di in the mirror, saw the eagerness in her eyes, and shook his head, "No."

"..." Qin Di pursed her lips and was disappointed. In fact, she thought it was quite funny.

Disappointment was only fleeting.

Soon, she regained her spirits and asked, "Zezhi, where are we going to play tomorrow?"

The corners of Gu Zezhi's lips twitched, and there was a quirk in his dark phoenix eyes.

Knowing that he was like Qin Di, he knew it immediately, and his eyes were shining like jewels, "Jin... What good idea do you have?"

Qin Di almost said the word "golden thigh", and secretly thought that it was dangerous.

Gu Zezhi raised his right eyebrow, always feeling that this girl was weird.

Qin Di was a little guilty when he saw him, so she stood up from the dressing table and said in a hurry, "I'll give it to you too..." Halfway through the sentence, she felt that it didn't seem right for her to braid him, so she changed her words again. , "Shampoo your hair!"

She thought it was a great idea. He combed her hair, and she shampooed his hair.

only--

After half an hour, she regretted it.

The idea sucks, she shouldn't have been in the clean room with him.

The water splashed on the ground made her unable to face Du Ruo's delicate eyes.

Until the next morning, the floor of the clean room was still wet. Qin Di almost couldn't wait to pull Gu Zezhi out the door. The two were riding out to play today. barracks.

"Is the Luo'an City Camp in front?"

Qin Di looked forward with great interest.

The tents of the sky are densely distributed at the foot of the mountain, rising and falling like waves, but they are scattered.

The Luo'an City Camp is the stronghold of the Western Xinjiang army. It is heavily guarded. The two sentry towers are towering high, and the red military flags are blown by the wind.

Qin Di stood more than a hundred feet away, and already felt an invisible pressure.

Suddenly, there was a sound of horse hooves coming from the rear, getting closer and closer, accompanied by the man's surprised voice: "Third brother, third brother and sister."

Gu Zezhi slowly turned the horse's head, raised his eyes to meet Gu Chenzhi, who was five or six feet away, and nodded slightly: "Sir."

Gu Chenzhi, who was wearing a black cloak, rode on a black horse. The black cloak made his face pale.

Of course he didn't come alone, and there were four palace guards behind him.

Gu Chenzhi put his fist on his lips, coughed twice, and greeted with a smile: "Third brother, you bring the third brother and sister out to relax?"

He looked at Gu Zezhi with a gentle smile, but his heart was full of vigilance.

Gu Zezhi smiled and said dotingly, "I'm afraid she'll be bored in the palace."

With a thoughtful look, he looked at Qin Di and smiled.

Between the eyes of the couple, they are tender and full of tacit understanding.

The chief guard behind Gu Chenzhi looked at this scene with disdain, and felt that the third master is really a son and a daughter now, which is not comparable to the majesty of the prince.

Gu Chen looked at Gu Zezhi and Qin Di, the curvature of his lips deepened, he was more than a round older than Gu Zezhi, he could almost be his father, and he had a mature and steady elder brother like a father.

He reminded earnestly: "Third brother, the third younger sister is a woman and cannot enter the barracks."

Gu Zezhi explained: "Sir, we just stopped by here."

"Cough cough."

Gu Chenzhi coughed several more times, and a flush appeared on his face.

Gu Zezhi asked with concern: "Has the prince contracted a cold recently?"

"The prince has to take care of himself, but can something happen?"

"My father said that the prince is the backbone of Xijiang."

Gu Zezhi spoke with sincerity.

If these words hadn't come from Gu Zezhi's mouth, Gu Chenzhi would have believed it.

But now he only felt that Gu Zezhi seemed to have something in his words, and it was not comfortable to hear it.

Gu Zezhi didn't say any more, and bowed his hands to Gu Chenzhi, "Prince, let's say goodbye first."

After Gu Zezhi left, Qin Di was naturally a husband and wife, and he didn't say a word to Gu Chenzhi from beginning to end, as if she was not the one who made the concubine so angry yesterday.

The couple rode their horses away, and the oncoming spring breeze blew their cloaks and danced with the wind, showing a bit of sass.

Gu Chenzhi stared at Gu Zezhi's retreating back, and his intentions became even more incomprehensible.

Of course, he wouldn't believe that Gu Zezhi came here by the way. There are no green mountains and green waters, and there are no temples and Taoist temples around. What are they doing here?

Does it blow sand?

Gu Zezhi came to the barracks, and pretended to bring Qin Di with him.

Was it because he was there that he didn't go in; if he didn't come today, would he have entered the military camp?

Gu Chenzhi's thin lips pursed into a straight line, and his eyes became more and more sinister.

His throat was itchy, he covered his mouth with a handkerchief and coughed again.

"Cough cough cough..."

This time, he coughed so hard that he couldn't control himself.

When he removed the veil, his pupils shrank, and he found that the veil was stained with a pool of bright red blood.

"Master Shi, you're not feeling well, why don't you..." The chief guard looked at Gu Chenzhi worriedly.

Gu Chenzhi has been infected with the cold for more than half a month. Perhaps because of overwork, the cold has not been well maintained.

"I'm fine."

Gu Chenzhi interrupted the captain of the bodyguard and changed the subject, "Father, the king, came to the barracks today?"

The head guard nodded and said, "Yes."

Gu Chenzhi's eyes flickered, and he looked towards the direction of the military camp. At the same time, he calmly squeezed the blood-stained handkerchief in his hand.

In the past few months, his health has been getting worse and worse, but it is a small cold that has not healed for a long time. He has sought a lot of doctors before, and all of them said that he is in good health, but he has worked too hard. He needs to rest and recuperate. The prescriptions are also very common. They are all prescriptions for treating wind-cold, nourishing qi and nourishing blood, and eating them does not help at all.

Since Gu Zezhi came back, he couldn't sleep well almost every night, and his body became more and more wrong.

He has to find another famous doctor in private to take a good look...

As Gu Chenyi thought about it, he turned his horse's head and continued to gallop towards the barracks.

The captain of the guard and the other guards followed Gu Chenzhi into the barracks, running against Gu Zezhi and Qin Di.

Qin Di on the other end also heard the sound of horses' hooves behind, and looked back at the barracks.

Even though there was no one else around, she lowered her voice subconsciously: "Is this here on purpose to scare him?"

She had a cheerful smile on her face, just like a child who had succeeded in mischief. The bright smile showed a fox-like cunning, which made that beautiful little face more agile.

Gu Zezhi didn't even look back. He rode his horse leisurely and continued forward, saying, "A person who is suspicious will think a lot, and the more he thinks, the more he gets into the horns, and his heart is depressed."

"It's time for Jiu Hexiang in him to have a seizure..."

Gu Zezhi's smile was like spring breeze and rain, but the words that came out of his thin lips were cold and indifferent.

This man is so bad! Qin Di understood in seconds, and was too lazy to sympathize with Gu Chenzhi.

Thinking about the inexplicable death of Mrs. Xiao in the novel, and Gu Zezhi carrying the title of murdering his father and mother, Qin Di felt that Gu Chenzhi died a hundred times and it would be less of a problem.

Since Gu Chenzhi is looking for a dead end, don't blame Gu Zezhi for smothering him in the back.

Qin Di pulled the horse rope and let the horse get closer to Gu Zezhi, "Where are we going next?"

Gu Zezhi didn't speak, he held out a hand to her, Qin Di raised his eyebrows, and handed his right hand to him...

In the next moment, she only felt her upper right arm tighten, and her waist was wrapped by his other hand, and then she lightened, and Gu Zezhi was so easily dragged from her horse to him.

Qin Di didn't even have time to let out his exclamation, his back had already slammed into his chest.

His warm breath surrounded her.

Qin Di felt like he was riding a roller coaster, and his heart was up and down again and again, and he was still a little frightened.

"Scared me out of my heart, will you pay?"

She couldn't help but complain.

"pay."

His smiling voice came from his ears, warm and sweet.

She could clearly feel his chest vibrating slightly, and her heart softened for a while.

She relaxed quickly and asked in a low voice, "Is someone following?"

"It's okay."

He said in a low voice, kissing her on the head.

Qin Di made an "oh" and leaned lazily against his chest.

Just follow if she wants to, she doesn't mind showing off her affection.

The two rode a horse together and rode their horses leisurely.

In the next few days, Qin Di found that more people were staring at them. When she was in the palace, wherever she went, a group of maids and old ladies followed her. Even if she was feeding a fish in the pavilion, she could watch it. to the woman who cleans up the duckweed;

After she left the house, although she couldn't find it, she could ask Gu Zezhi. Gu Zezhi either used his eyes, or the small gesture of tugging at her hair and pinching her palm to tell her that she guessed right.

Gu Zezhi didn't care about being followed.

He doesn't care, and she doesn't care either.

The two still go out to play every day, and go shopping in the lake. Every day, they bring things to the palace in large and small bags, one by one, and they are happy to play and buy.

From time to time, Gu Zezhi would deliberately wander in front of Gu Chenzhi.

In just three short days, Qin Di "ran into" Gu Chenzhi three times, no, four times. She clearly noticed that Gu Chenzhi's face became paler, even his cheeks were slightly sunken, and there was a deep hole in his eye socket. Blue Shadow.

Qin Di enjoyed watching the play very happily. Whether it was outside the palace or inside the palace, she lived a very leisurely and comfortable life.

After she repeatedly slapped the princess in the face, the concubines and girls in the palace were all afraid of her. Even if Gu Zezhi was not there, everyone in the palace would be honest, or should be said, to avoid her. Not too late, for fear that if I say a few more words to her, the imperial concubine will turn her anger on them.

In this regard, Qin Di is very willing, and she is too lazy to socialize with these people who are pregnant with each other.

Eat and drink every day, look at the book is not fragrant?

Anyway, Qin Di knew that she and Gu Zezhi would not be staying in Luo'an City for a long time, so he didn't need to cultivate any relationship, as long as they didn't come to provoke her.

After walking around the prince for a few days, Gu Zezhi bid farewell to King Duan on March 23.

"This is going away?"

Duan Wang thought that Gu Zezhi would be leaving less than ten days after he came back, and he was a little reluctant.

The sky is clear blue outside, and the sun shines through the lush foliage and diamond lattice windows, casting mottled spots of light inside the house.

Gu Zezhi said: "Father, there may be changes in Yuzhou recently. It would be better for me to return to Beijing earlier."

King Duan couldn't help thinking of Fang Yuande, the uncle of Dongping, who had returned to Yuzhou a few days ago.

After speaking, he felt uneasy, and said again: "Zezhi, this king will send you a thousand people to send you back."

Although Yuzhou is not on the only road from Xijiang to the capital, if King Yu deliberately intercepts Gu Zezhi, he only needs to enter Jinzhou from Yuzhou. To be more realistic, this is a long way, and King Yu wants to get off the phone. Much is.

Gu Zezhi accepted King Duan's kindness, and asked with concern, "Father, do you have enough food, grass, and soldiers?"

"Don't worry, there hasn't been a major war in the western border recently. At most, some barbarian tribes have sporadically attacked the border, which is not a problem."

Anyway, Gu Zezhi was going back to Beijing, and it was impossible for him to interfere in the military affairs of the Western Xinjiang Army, so Duan Wang said something to him at will to reassure him.

"I think that Xidi was a big problem in the Western Xinjiang. He fought for years and damaged many veterans in the army, so that the generals in the army were not connected for a while."

"In the past two years, Xijiang has gradually eased up, and all those young generals can hold up one by one, like the youngest of Li Qing's family is not bad..."

Gu Zezhi moved his brows, "Are you talking about Li Hao who stripped people off and hung them on the city wall?"

Duan Wang thought of something, he laughed and said, "It's him!"

"This king remembers this absurd thing he did when he was fifteen years old?"

"This makes people not frivolous and insulting the young man! Now he is different. In the assessment of the previous day's army, among the three hundred soldiers of the sixth grade or above, he won the first name, and this king personally rewarded him."

Thinking of the scenes in the military camp that day, King Duan also seemed to be infected with a bit of blood, and said proudly: "If King Yu really has the heart of not being a minister and dares to act rashly, the Western Border is located in the rear of Yuzhou, and when the time comes, it will be outflanked by the imperial court. You can make King Yu suffer a big loss."

"Zezhi, there are the king and the prince here, don't worry."

Duan Wang proudly patted Gu Zezhi on the shoulder and asked, "When are you going to leave?"

Gu Zezhi said: "Three days later."

"It's too urgent. You always have to ask your daughter-in-law to tidy up and bring back some specialties."

King Yu made up his mind for Gu Zezhi, "You stay for two more days."

Gu Zezhi moved his brows, and seemed to say with a bit of a joke: "Father, the king, let me live for a few more days, will the prince be unhappy?"

"how come!"

Duan Wang said without thinking.

After speaking, Duan Wang frowned slightly, feeling that Gu Zezhi's misunderstanding of the prince was too deep.

Gu Zezhi said again: "Father, I don't want the prince to misunderstand anything. Father, please don't mention this to the prince..."

Duan Wang originally wanted to say a few more words to try to resolve the misunderstanding between their brothers, but after hearing what Gu Zezhi said, thinking that it is better to have less than one thing, he nodded and said, "Just as you wish."

Thinking that the three sons and three daughters-in-law were about to leave, Duan Wang was a little reluctant to part, and then he thought of the princess, and said, "Zezhi, your mother and concubine are in poor health, and there are many precious medicinal materials in the house. Let the steward open the warehouse, and you let your daughter-in-law choose."

Gu Zezhi responded with a smile.

Duan Wang was afraid of his son's stubbornness and refused to take his own things. Seeing him agree, he is in a better mood.

When Gu Chenzhi came in, he saw that the father and son were enjoying themselves.