First Lady of the Crown Prince

Chapter 825 Bawangjiao is here! (two updates)

 Gu Jiao came out of Fengyuan and caught a glimpse of a small figure peeking behind a big tree.

Gu Jiao walked over and said, "Qingkong?"

Xiao Jingkong was stunned for a moment, scratched his head and walked out: "Ah, I was discovered."

 Gu Jiao touched his little head: "Are you waiting for me?"

 “Hmm…Yeah!” Xiao Jingkong hesitated for a moment and nodded seriously.

He raised his young face and looked at Gu Jiao with big eyes. His thick and curled eyelashes made him look like a little eyelash wizard.

“Jiaojiao, are you going to fight again?”

 He asked with distress and reluctance, "Why do you always have to go to war?"

Gu Jiao didn’t know how to answer this question.

  She squatted down on one knee in front of him, and suddenly found that Xiao Qingkong had finally grown taller. She could easily see the top of his head from this position before, but now she was really at eye level with him.

 Can watch you grow up.

very nice.

Gu Jiao took a leaf that fell on his shoulder and said softly: "Everyone has something they should do. It is their duty to save lives and heal the wounded, and to protect the country and the people."

Xiao Jingkong seemed to understand. After thinking about it, he clenched his fists and said, "Then my duty must be to protect Jiaojiao! I want to learn martial arts! I want to grow up! It's me who will fight in the future! Jiaojiao doesn't have to go." Got it!"

Gu Jiao touched his little head and said with a smile: "War is not fun."

Xiao Jingkong frowned and said, "But fighting is very hard, and I don't want Jiaojiao to have to work hard!"

Gu Jiao said: "I don't work hard."

Xiao Jingkong couldn't bear to part with her, and was so aggrieved that he almost cried.

Gu Jiao hugged him for a long time before coaxing him back to the house to sleep.

 After the little one fell asleep, Gu Jiao took a carriage to the Imperial Master's Palace.

 In the purple bamboo forest, the Imperial Master was sitting in the main room playing chess.

 The crown prince and the Han family were overthrown, and the fake king's case came to light. Naturally, the Imperial Master's Palace was restored to innocence and the blockade was lifted.

Mr. Meng has left, and the National Preceptor is playing chess with himself.

The disciple who was originally on duty went to do something. Ye Qing sat aside Zhi, respectfully waiting for his master to send him.

 “No more games.” The Imperial Master suddenly put the chess pieces in his hands back into the chess box.

 Ye Qing hurriedly moved over, sorted the black and white chess pieces, and packed the chessboard.

At this moment, Yu He’s report came from outside the courtyard: “Master, Mr. Xiao is here.”

 “Let him come in.” said the Master.

Gu Jiao entered the small bamboo house.

It was already getting late now, and a feather fan colored glaze lamp was hung on the corridor. The transparency of this colored glaze is almost the same as that of the glass in previous generations, and at first glance it far surpasses the craftsmanship of Liang Guo.

“When did you hang it up? It’s so beautiful.” Gu Jiao said.

“It was hung up during the Moon Worship Festival.” Ye Qing invited Gu Jiao into the room, “I usually hang it up until the end of the month and then take it down.”

Moon Worshiping Festival, also known as Mid-Autumn Festival, the custom of Dayan is to admire the moon and hang lanterns.

Gu Jiao sat down opposite the Imperial Preceptor: "I have worked so hard in this world, the Imperial Preceptor, yet you still celebrate such a folk festival."

The Imperial Master glanced at her speechlessly.

 “Play a game of chess with me.” He decided not to argue with her.

 “Okay.”

 Because I have misunderstood you for so long, I will play a game with you.

Ye Qing took out the neatly tidied chessboard and rearranged it, and then went to make a pot of fruit tea.

Fruit tea has its own fruity fragrance, but it is not too sweet, which is very suitable for Gu Jiao's appetite.

 “You are in charge of black.” said the Master of the State.

"Okay." Gu Jiao did not refuse, holding black first. She placed a piece on the small eye in the upper right corner of the chessboard.

The Imperial Master looked at the chess piece and looked dazed for a moment.

"Why can't you get off?" Gu Jiao blinked and asked, "You can't do it, can you?"

“Who said I can’t do it anymore?” The Imperial Master coldly picked up a white piece and dropped it on the chessboard.

"I'm here to get the small medicine box." Gu Jiao said, "I want to say goodbye to you by the way."

 During these days, Gu Changqing has been hiding in the custody room secretly practicing the pirated secrets of dead soldiers. Gu Jiao turned a blind eye and kept the small medicine box in the secret room.

Now that Gu Changqing has left, it's time for her to take the small medicine box and go on an expedition.

The Imperial Master snorted: "It's rare that you come to say farewell to me."

Gu Jiao dropped a black mark: "Why don't you clarify?"

 The Master’s hand holding the chess pieces paused.

This question was asked in a confused manner, and Ye Qing was confused, but after a brief consideration, the Imperial Master understood what Gu Jiao was referring to.

 “That’s not necessary,” he said.

The tragedy of the Xuanyuan family has already happened. Not just a word of information leaked by me can save so many lives of the Xuanyuan family.

What's more, it was indeed his oversight back then that actually allowed a Jin scholar to sneak into the Imperial Master's Hall and become his most trusted disciple.

The Imperial Master did not ask her how she knew the truth. After leaving her behind, he said calmly: "Tianshan Pass and Yanmen Pass are not far apart. The armies from Jin and Liang may have a chance to encounter each other. You Watch out for Gongsun Yu of the Jin Kingdom and Chu Feipeng of the Liang Kingdom. These two are both great generals with great military exploits."

 In the dream, the Seventh Son of Xuanyuan, Taoist Master Qingfeng, and Mu Qingchen were all killed by Gongsun Yu!

As for Chu Feipeng, he was also a tough opponent. It was he who led a large army to encircle and suppress the Black Wind Cavalry who were trapped in Liangshan. The Black Wind Cavalry fought to the last person, and finally all died under the arrows of the Chu family army.

Even if the National Preceptor didn’t say anything, she would still pay special attention to them.

The National Preceptor said it, which proves that the National Preceptor is sincerely thinking about her.

 “I’ll pay attention.” Gu Jiao said.

Master Imperial Master is used to seeing her choke people to death, but suddenly she behaves so well, which makes people don't know what to do.

 “You lost.” Gu Jiao said looking at the chessboard.

Ye Qing was slightly startled, and stretched his neck to look at the two chessboards.

The national teacher really lost.

 Ye Qing was even more surprised.

 The master's chess skills are very exquisite. Mr. Meng is invincible and he actually lost to Xiao Liulang.

 Judging from the fighting situation on the chessboard, there is no situation where the master gives up his son.

 So Xiao Liulang's chess skills are really superb.

Ye Qing looked at his master again. There was no surprise in his eyes, as if it was expected.

 Master...Have you ever played chess with Xiao Liulang? Or is it that the master learned about Xiao Liulang's chess skills from Mr. Meng?

 Ye Qing could not understand the relationship between Master and Xiao Liulang more and more.

 Sometimes, he would have the illusion that they had known each other for a long time.

Gu Jiao stood up: "Okay, the chess game is over. It's time for me to leave. The safety of Shengdu is at the Lao Guoshi Palace."

 The Imperial Master said calmly: "Okay."

 This is the third purpose of her coming to the Palace of the Imperial Preceptor, to ask the Imperial Preceptor to promise to protect the overall situation of the capital.

 Everyone has left, and Shengdu has become an empty shell.

 The Imperial Master and Xuanyuan Li are good friends, and the Imperial Master's Hall was founded by the Shadow Lord of the Xuanyuan family. No one can tell how loyal the Imperial Master is to the monarch in his heart.

 So Gu Jiao needs a personal guarantee from him.

The Imperial Master looked at Gu Jiao for a moment: "I will guard Shengdu and wait for your return."

Gu Jiao raised her fingers gracefully and stepped into the boundless night.

The autumn wind blows into the purple bamboo forest, and the glazed lanterns on the porch rotate and sway gently.

In the study room, the portrait of the general wearing black armor and holding a red tassel gun was blown away with a bang.

 Only this time, the person in the portrait has a face.

 …

After coming out of the Imperial Master's Palace, Gu Jiao went back to the Duke's Mansion. After packing her things, she had to go to the military camp. She would set off with the army tomorrow morning.

An Guogong was waiting for her at the gate of Fengyuan, and Gu Yan and Gu Xiaoshun were also peeking at her in the house.

Duke An Guo came to say goodbye to Gu Jiao. Gu Jiao was about to go to the battlefield, and he was leaving too. On the surface, he was going for peace talks, but in fact, he was going to protect his aunt and uncle, and by the way, he also met Xiao Heng's biological father.

 He has to see what kind of person his future in-laws are.

—He had heard it all from Gu Chengfeng’s mouth. Xiao Heng married her under the identity of another person, so strictly speaking, the marriage was not counted.

As for the marriage between the two, the two families need to discuss it carefully.

The two of them didn't say too many hurtful words to say goodbye. Gu Jiao told him some things to pay attention to when he was recovering on the road, and he also told Gu Jiao to take care when he went there.

Gu Jiao said: "I will, I'm still waiting to see you stand up."

 A smile flashed in Duke An Guofu's eyes, and he wrote on the armrest: "Definitely."

I will definitely stand up and see you get married in a glorious way.

 So you must come back safely.

 …

 Neither Gu Yan nor Gu Xiaoshun wanted to leave.

The two young men said they would stay in Shengdu and wait for Gu Jiao to finish the battle and return to Zhao Kingdom together.

Gu Jiao disagreed: "I'm gone, your brother-in-law is gone, and your aunt and uncle are also gone. Who will take care of you? Not to mention Master Nan and Master Lu. It's already very difficult for them to come here. It can't be done anymore. Trouble them."

Gu Yan said: "We can take care of ourselves!"

For the first time, Gu Xiaoshun refused to listen to his sister: "That's right! We are adults!"

Gu Jiao pinched their faces and said, "Sir? Their hairs haven't even grown yet, huh."

Gu Yan: "I'm only half a day younger than you!"

Gu Jiao has made up her mind. The three young men must follow their aunt and uncle back to Zhao Kingdom.

Gu Yan said with a depressed look: "It's okay if you don't let us stay. At least bring this with you."

 After saying that, he took out a machine box and put it on the table.

 “There’s also mine.” Gu Xiaoshun took out his own.

These are the life-saving hidden weapons that Master Lu made for the two of them. Last time they secretly placed them beside Gu Jiao's pillow, but Gu Jiao put them back.

Gu Jiao narrowed her eyes and looked at the two of them: "You two have learned how to negotiate. Who taught you the skills of negotiation?"

If they had asked her to accept this from the beginning, she would definitely not agree.

 But they made a more extreme request first, which made this small request seem insignificant in comparison.

Gu Yan raised his eyebrows and snorted: "No one taught me. I am self-taught and have extraordinary talents."

The corner of Gu Jiao's mouth twitched. It seems that these days, you two have been eavesdropping on us doing bad things. You have learned all these little tricks!

 Gu Jiao finally accepted it.

 Because only in this way can they feel a little more at ease.

 After packing her things, Gu Jiao went to her aunt's house for the last time.

 Auntie is asleep.

Gu Jiao did not wake her up, walked over and gently placed a jar of pickled preserves on her aunt's table.

Then she came to the bedside and whispered in the ear of her sleeping aunt: "You can only eat three pills a day, don't eat too much. I will be back after you finish them all."

 The night in August was a little cool.

Gu Jiao pulled the quilt over her aunt and tiptoed out of the house.

The armor made a friction sound, and she quickly held it down, looked back at her aunt, breathed a sigh of relief, turned around and closed the door.

 In the darkness, Queen Mother Zhuang slowly opened her eyes.

 Her eyes were red.

　　A tear fell and she closed her eyes as if nothing had happened.

 …

At Yin time, Black Wind Camp began to pull out its camp.

 50,000 cavalry are about to embark on their journey to the west.

The imperial edict to go out was issued only three days ago, but Gu Jiao sent the order to prepare to break camp ten days in advance, so everything was already prepared. Among all the armies, Heifeng Camp was the most unhurried and orderly.

When Gu Jiao came to her tent, Master Hu had been waiting for her. When he saw her coming, Master Hu walked over with small steps.

Even though the weather got cooler, he still didn’t throw away the cattail leaf fan in his hand.

He raised his hands in a salute and said, "Sir, the six commanders have just come to report that the three major battalions have been assembled and are ready for your orders at any time."

Gu Jiao said: "Take me to see it."

Master Hu said hurriedly: "Yes."

 All training grounds are occupied by war horses and cavalry. The vanguard battalion has 10,000 troops, the charge battalion has 25,000 troops, and the reserve battalion has 15,000 troops.

 The reserve battalion mainly includes baggage, logistics, medical and spare Black Wind Cavalry.

This time due to the disparity in strength, even some Black Wind Riders under the age of three were brought along, with the youngest just over two and a half years old.

The horse trainer’s face turned dark when he saw Gu Jiao approaching.

 Obviously, he was very opposed to this arrangement.

Master Hu coughed slightly and explained: "There is no way, the baggage is too heavy. In order to ensure the combat effectiveness of the adult horses to the greatest extent, these small horses have to pull the food and grass."

The two-and-a-half-year-old horse is already ready for work, but this trip is not ordinary work, but a journey of thousands of miles, full of unknown dangers.

 They may go and never come back.

The baby horses were very excited and jumped behind the horse king. They were so young that they still didn’t know what was waiting for them.

Gu Jiao took a deep look at the ponies jumping around and said, "The horses under three years old will stay."

 Horse King: “…!”

The horse trainer glanced at Gu Jiao in surprise.

Gu Jiao seemed not to notice his look, patted Ma Wang on the neck, and turned around to inspect other battalions.

 She could feel the strange looks that everyone was looking at her. Even if she took the position of commander-in-chief, she was not really accepted by them.

 They never listened to her orders because they respected her, it was just their bounden duty to obey orders.

It was already nine o'clock when Gu Jiao finished her inspection.

 After autumn, the night light fades not so bad, and the sky is still pitch black.

Gu Jiao and Black Wind King stood at the mouth of the howling cool wind. She patted the armor on Black Wind King's horse and asked softly: "Are you ready, boss?"

 The sixteen-year-old Black Wind King is full of energy and fighting spirit.

The war horses on the training ground felt the fighting spirit of the Black Wind King, as if they had been summoned to infinite fighting spirit in an instant, their eyes and breathing were different.

 The cavalrymen looked at their mounts in astonishment.

 Such a situation... has never happened.

However, this is not the most shocking thing.

 I saw the newly appointed Commander Xiao in front taking something from the Black Wind King's saddle and extending his hand to Master Hu who was standing aside.

 “Bring the flagpole.”

Gu Jiao said.

 “Hey, hey! Yes!”

Master Hu hurriedly held the prepared empty flagpole over with both hands, "Sir, here, you mentioned it to me last time, I have already prepared it."

 He actually doesn’t understand what the adults want the flagpole for?

Hasn’t the banner of Dayan been carried by the cavalry of the vanguard battalion long ago?

The next second, Gu Jiao unfolded the cloth in her hand with a snap!

 No, that’s not cloth!

 It is a flag!

 Black border and white background, in the middle is an eagle soaring in the sky!

 “The flying eagle...is the flying eagle flag!”

 In the cavalry camp, someone couldn't help but exclaimed.

The flying eagle was originally the emblem of the Black Wind Camp, and later gradually evolved into the emblem of the entire Xuanyuan family, and the flying eagle flag also became the handsome flag of the Xuanyuan family.

 Since the Xuanyuan family was destroyed, all the flying eagle flags have also been destroyed.

Gu Jiao put the flag on the flagpole, held the flagpole with both hands, and jumped onto the horse neatly.

 She didn't say a single unnecessary word, she just carried the Xuanyuan family's flag with firm eyes.

The eyes of all the old members of the Xuanyuan family were all wet.

 A sixty-year-old veteran was sitting on a horse and suddenly burst into tears.

 “Wen Renchong is leaving, what are you looking at!”

 Outside the reserve camp, a soldier reminded Wen Renchong who was staring at a certain place in a daze.

 Wen Renchong did not answer.

 He stared blankly at the young man on the horse.

 The young man’s shoulders are still very young, but he resolutely carries the banner of the Xuanyuan family.

He has shouldered a burden that he should not have to bear at this age. He has to defend the country that the Xuanyuan family has protected with their blood.

 And what are you doing!

 Wen Renchong, what are you doing!

"Wen Renchong, stand up, don't lose to me, I'm only sixteen, don't you feel ashamed to lose to me!"

“Wen Renchong, I, Xuanyuan Sheng, am not liked by everyone, you’d better not betray my trust!”

　　"Do you have **** eyes when I hear people are charging at you? The arrows are already hitting your head! Don't you know how to hide?"

 "Wenren Chong...fight out...don't...die here..."

Wen Renchong's memory ran rampant, and for a moment he couldn't tell the difference between Xuanyuan Sheng and the young man on the horse.

The Xuanyuan family's handsome flag fluttered in the wind under the sky, making a hunting and vibrating sound.

Gu Jiao said sternly: "All Black Wind Riders listen to your orders, we will go out with the princess to fight against the thieves! We don't know the risks of going here, life or death is uncertain. Those who don't want to go can stay! I will never punish you!"

 No one is left!

Gu Jiao withdrew her gaze, raised the flag in her hand high, her eyes full of murderous intent: "Let's go!"

  This paragraph is a bit difficult to write. Kawen is so stuck that he feels bald, has insomnia, and doubts his life.

How about two monthly passes to cheer me up~

 (End of this chapter)