The gauze lantern next to it made a slight crackling sound, and the flames jumped rapidly, reflecting the faces of the emperor and Chu Yi and his son light and dark.

The eunuch quickly took off the silver gauze lampshade outside and carefully trimmed the wick with scissors.

Chu Yi stretched out his fingers and teased the parrot twice before continuing: "I remember Gu Ce. When I was a child, I saw him several times in the palace. Gu Ce was a person who would rather break than bend."

Gu Ce always stayed in Yangzhou for many years during his lifetime, and only returned to Beijing to meet the saints during congratulations and performances.

When Chu Yi was six years old, he met Gu Ce for the first time. At that time, Gu Ce was only in his early twenties, with a jade-like face and a cold and cold appearance.

A young eunuch said in Chu Yi's ear with emotion that everyone in the world praised Gu Ce as "capped like snow on the mountain, as bright as the moon among the clouds", which is true.

At that time, the Seventh Emperor Uncle shot an arrow in the palace. The arrow was missed and almost shot him. The arrow was caught by Gu Ce and only shot a few strands of hair on Chu Yi's temples.

If Gu Ce hadn't taken the action, although the arrow was not fatal, it would have scratched Chu Yi's face.

The Seventh Emperor Uncle had no guilt and even said that Gu Ce had the best archery skills in the world. He had two hundred steps to penetrate the willow, so he asked Gu Ce to shoot an arrow and he took a look.

The late emperor ordered Gu Ce to shoot the willow, but Gu Ce took the initiative to blindfold his eyes, but an arrow shot at the Seventh Emperor Uncle, and also shot a few strands of hair on the Seventh Emperor Uncle's temples.

The late emperor was furious, but he had no choice but to do anything to Gu Ce, because the arrow that Gu Ce shot blindfolded almost 300 steps through the willow, which attracted cheers from the hall, everyone praised it, and congratulated the late emperor on obtaining this good general.

In that scene where thousands of people were waiting for the concerted efforts, it was difficult for the late emperor to punish Gu Ce.

Chu Yi remembers the six-year-old incident, and he also remembers the ten-year-old incident.

When he was ten years old, the Yue Kingdom invaded. The late emperor wanted to negotiate peace with the Yue Kingdom, but someone in the court suggested sending the proton to the Yue Kingdom to show his sincerity.

Even though Chu Yi was not old at that time, he knew that the proton sent to Yue Kingdom would be him, so he was very concerned about the battle situation between the two countries at that time.

At that time, Duke Wei and Gu Ce and other nobles were all in charge of the battle, but Gu Ce did not wait for reinforcements to surrender to Yue Kingdom, and Yue Kingdom occupied Yangzhou, which was quite unstoppable.

The main war factions such as Duke Wei were slapped in the face. The noble families led by the Yuan family and the Wang family were even more arrogant and also brought a group of fence-bearing soldiers to the camp of the main faction.

The peace faction thus gained the upper hand.

Duke Wei and others were eventually outnumbered and could only watch the late emperor issue an order to negotiate peace.

After that, the late emperor formally proposed a peace talks with Yue State, compensated Yue State for a 10,000 taels of gold, 20,000 good horses, and the Huangshuiyang sea east of Dajing territory, and sent him as a proton to Yue State.

Before that battle, Dajing and Yue were equally strong, and they were evenly matched. After this battle, Dajing was at a disadvantage.

And he went there for eight years.

Whether at that time or in the next eight years, he had repeatedly pondered the "Battle of Yangzhou" in the late night...

Chu Yi didn't move for a long time, and looked down at the two words "Gu Ce" on the memorial.

The candlelight next to him reflected in his dark pupils, shining with unknown light.

"Ji?" The colorful parrot was unwilling to be lonely. Chu Yi didn't move, so he took the initiative to rub his cheeks on his hand.

Chu Yi's thick and slender eyelashes trembled. Looking at the lively and noisy little guy, he suddenly thought that Gu Yanfei's cat named Qingguang also rubbed against him like this.

His fingers moved again, touching the parrot's small and soft head, with a gentle movement, just like he teased the kitten that day.

The emperor watched this scene with great interest, but unexpectedly his son likes to tease birds.

"Father, just like Gu Jian wished." Chu Yi suddenly said meaningfully.

"Everyone listens to you!" the emperor said without thinking, with a kind smile and indulging indulgence.

The eunuch who had finished trimming the wicks put the silver gauze back on the lampshade, and his attitude towards the emperor was not surprising.

When facing the eldest prince, the emperor has always been easy to talk to. As long as the eldest prince says it, the emperor will respond, and he wishes that the world will be handed over to the eldest prince immediately.

If most of the ministers in the court had strongly opposed it, the emperor would have long been appointed as the crown prince.

Occasionally, the emperor would also tell himself with emotion that he just wanted to be a leisurely emperor who would play with birds and dogs.

Chu Yi smiled slightly and said, "I want to go to the Ministry of War."

This time, before the emperor could speak, the parrot learned to speak again, "Listen to you!"

The parrot's voice was still so loud and so straightforward, which made Chu Yi chuckle. Even the emperor was stunned and laughed loudly.

Since Chu Yi returned to Beijing in October, the emperor has mentioned to him that the six ministries were allowed to choose, and he would go wherever he wanted to go. But Chu Yi never agreed and only decided now.

The emperor was in a good mood and personally fed the colorful parrot and ate some colorful millet.

When parrots eat some, they become quiet, and the bird's heads are moving.

Chu Yi looked at it burying his head to eat and thought to himself: Since she likes that cat, she should also like parrots...

Just as he was thinking, the emperor's gentle voice came from his ears: "Do you want to raise a parrot in the first day of the New Year?"

Chu Yi stared at the parrot for a while, and finally shook his head.

Not suitable.

The parrot in the cage was not suitable for her.

Thinking of the elegant and free girl, Chu Yi's lips were raised, and his eyes were a little brighter.

The emperor was not disappointed when his son refused, and thought to himself: if he didn't raise a parrot on the first day of the lunar calendar, he could raise another parrot to make a pair.

Thinking of this, the emperor moved his heart, put his fist on his lips, cleared his throat and said, "Quyi, although Chu You is your uncle, he is about the same age as you, and his marriage is settled..."

"You are eighteen years old, not young anymore. Are there any girls you like?"

The emperor leaned over and looked at Chu Yi with a bright look, hoping that he would give him a name now.

The eunuch had no doubt that as long as the eldest prince could give his name, the emperor could write a marriage imperial edict at the moment.

"..." Chu Yi's eyelashes swayed gently twice, and a beautiful smile appeared on his lips, which set off his bright eyes, so beautiful that it made people feel palpitations.

He didn't say a word, but just fisted his right hand and gently knocked on the imperial desk, meaning that the emperor could write notes.

"Okay, okay." The emperor naturally understood the meaning of his son's movement and said repeatedly, with a little joy coming to the corners of his eyes and eyebrows.

"Okay, okay!"

Amid the parrot's repeated and noisy screams, the eunuch went out with the note written by the emperor and personally went to the Ministry of War.

The emperor personally issued an order, and the Ministry of War naturally did not dare to neglect it, so a new order was issued immediately.

So that night, Gu Yuan received this transfer order from the Ministry of War.

He was transferred from Shenji Camp to Luanyi Guard and promoted to the fourth-rank Pacification envoy.

The Luanyi Guard is definitely a beautiful person. The emperor is close to him and is responsible for the emperor's travel ceremonial guards and guards. The importance of his duties can be seen.

Moreover, Gu Yuan has been promoted from the fifth grade to the fourth grade this time. This level is extremely critical, which is equivalent to crossing the distance from "soldier" to "general" at one time.

This is a huge joy for anyone.

However, Gu Yuan, who received the order of transfer, couldn't laugh at all, and was even a little disappointed.

Over the years, he has been determined to pursue his father's pace and be able to fight on the battlefield. Although Luanyiwei is glamorous, he has to revolve around the emperor, which is equivalent to being trapped in this small place in the capital.

He wanted to go to the battlefield to kill the enemy and open up territory.

At this moment, the sky was completely dark, and the night was as dark as ink. The full moon on the fifteenth lunar month hangs high in the night sky, and the silver moonlight adds coldness to this already cold night.

At some point, snowflakes like willow catkins fell from the sky, and a few snowflakes fell on Gu Yuan's cheeks and eyelashes.

Gu Yuan was completely unconscious of the cold, a little depressed, a little wilted.

He took this new "hot" and "heavy" order and walked back dejectedly.

After turning around, Gu Yanfei stood smiling and more than ten feet away in front of him.

In the vast wind and snow, Gu Yanfei was wearing a thick big red rabbit-wool cloak, which made her face look smaller and smaller.

"Sister," Gu Yuan hurriedly walked towards Gu Yanfei, raised his hand and put on the hood of the cloak for her. "The winter in the capital is much colder than in Huaibei, be careful of catching a cold."

"Show me." Gu Yanfei stretched out his hand at him, looking as if he was taken for granted.

She wanted it, and Gu Yuan gave it.

Gu Yanfei took the order and looked at it from beginning to end. His thick eyelashes flashed, and the corners of his lips bent a curve that seemed to be there and there was a bright smile.

If it is said that the transfer of the eldest brother from Jiuxiao Camp to Shenji Camp was the work of Duke Wei, then the only people who can transfer him to Luanyi Guard are the emperor or... the eldest prince Chu Yi.

interesting.

If this was really what Chu Yi did, then the eldest brother should have stayed in Luanyiwei for a short time. Chu Yi would not keep a tiger as a cat in a wealthy nest.

After thinking about it, she didn't say anything about it. After returning the transfer order to Gu Yuan, she just said: "Brother, let's go to the martial arts venue."

Gu Yuan looked at Gu Yanfei in confusion.

Gu Yanfei pointed in a direction with a smile, his eyes shining brightly against the snowflakes, and he said loudly: "Let's take the bow."

"Brother, you have changed your errand in front of the emperor now, and you have to get a good bow."

Without waiting for Gu Yuan to understand the relationship, Gu Yanfei had already skillfully pinched Gu Yuan's cuffs and strode forward.

Gu Yuan followed Gu Yan forward honestly, and the brother and sister went to the martial arts venue again.

The martial arts venue at night is quiet and empty, and at first glance, there is no one else except a sleepy night watchman.

There were only a few lanterns lit in the martial arts venue, and the light was dim.

The brother and sister crossed the martial arts venue and walked clearly towards the Zhengqi Hall next to the west of the martial arts venue. From a distance, they saw that the door of the Zhengqi Hall was closed and the door was locked.

However, Gu Yanfei didn't care at all and kicked forward with his right foot neatly.
Chapter completed!