The first male queen [crossing]

Because it was the queen's funeral, the whole New Year's Eve was very deserted.Especially in the palace and courtiers' mansion, no banquets are allowed, let alone silk and bamboo performances.

Therefore, at the beginning of the new year, the capital is not as lively as in previous years.

But Gu Junci is more concerned about Xiao Yuan, how much he cares about his mother, Gu Junci is the clearest, now that the queen has died, Xiao Yuan's appearance is normal, but he still cares somewhat in his heart.

However, as soon as March arrived, the Dali Temple and the Ministry of War received a report, suing Xiao Yuan's general Huo Situ for accepting bribes.

As soon as this statement came out, it immediately caused an uproar in the court, everyone said that now that King Qing is so powerful, his generals would accept bribes, and the target was directed at the Tiance Mansion in charge of Xiao Yuan.

In Tiance Mansion, Xiao Yuan was able to appoint and dismiss officials on his own without having to report, it was like a small imperial court in the Liang Dynasty.

At the same time, some people fanned the flames, saying that it is said that King Qing, who only knows how to lead the army to control the world, does not know that the king who sits in the palace controls the world, which made Xiao Boxu furious in the court. Defending Xiao Yuan was defined by Xiao Boxu as a party of King Qing, who was demoted to a lower level, or exiled with anger.

Fortunately, Dali Temple later found out that the person who sued Huo Situ was a framer and cleared him of the crime, but in Xiao Boxu's eyes, this was also Dali Temple's favor for King Qing, even if Huo Situ was innocent, Xiao Boxu would not Still made an order to deprive Huo Situ of all the titles of Lords and send them back to his original place.

On the day Huo Situ left the capital, Xiao Yuan, Gu Junci and several other people under his command set up a gazebo at Shili Pavilion outside the city to see him off.

The spring breeze is warm, blowing the leaves and rustling, and the warm sunlight envelopes everyone who guards the Ten Mile Pavilion.

Huo Situ is still unmarried, and now he returns to his hometown alone, with one man and one horse, with two bundles and his usual weapon on his back.

Perhaps because of being in prison for a few days, the whole person lost his former spirit and was a little depressed.

"Brother Huo." Xiao Yuan bowed to him, unable to conceal his apology in words, "It was because I was incompetent, or I couldn't keep you."

Huo Situ smiled brightly, looked around, and his gaze stayed on several former comrades in arms behind Xiao Yuan, and then said: "When I was in prison, His Highness the Second Highness worked for me in many ways, that can still be called incompetent, I am now In such a situation, it can only be said that the people behind the scenes struck too hard and strangled His Majesty by seven inches, knowing that you will definitely not disobey His Majesty."

Gu Junci hurriedly said: "Brother Huo, don't worry, we will meet again one day."

Huo Situ's smile was a little more sad, and even a little bitter. Looking at the road he was going to take, he couldn't help sighing: "Back then, we brothers went to the battlefield with high spirits, but who would have expected that we would have such an ending today? , the cunning rabbit is dead, the lackey is cooking, Second Highness, please take care of it, and protect yourself."

Xiao Yuan looked dignified and bowed deeply.

Thousands of miles away, when there is finally a parting, the majestic and eight-foot men are brave enough to kill on the battlefield one by one, and they should be iron-blooded men, but their eyes are red when they cherish their mouths.

Huo Situ held back his tears, clasped his fists vigorously and saluted his former friends, and then rode away without looking back, the sound of horseshoes aroused a cloud of dust and smoke.

"Did Your Majesty really believe those slanderous rumors?" Yang Junfang roared angrily.

Daoist lightly stroked his beard and said, "Your Majesty doesn't believe it, but he really minds."

There was also a lot of worry in Yan Huai's eyes: "After the empress died, the situation in the court has obviously changed, and it seems that your majesty is no longer the majesty you used to be."

Gu Jun resigned: "Brother Huo is right in his words. If the cunning rabbit dies, the lackeys will cook. Now the country is stable, and if there is no more war, we will have no place to use our talents. Naturally, we don't have any worries."

Yu Shiyao clenched his fists and said: "What the hell is the reason? If you kill the donkey, don't we people just let others slaughter us?"

Xiao Yuan looked at the road where Huo Situ had already disappeared from his back, his eyes were dark but became more and more determined, as if he was thinking about something.

"Ah Yuan, without the protection of the empress, I know you are also embarrassed, but for this group of brothers, what should we do." Gu Junci said.

Xiao Yuan calmly said: "Father is concerned that the people only know King Qing who leads the army to control the world, but not the king who sits in the palace and rules the world. These words mean that without us, there would be no such stable country. This is a compliment. It is also a sharp knife for killing people, after all, the emperor is still in power, and it is presumptuous for the people to say so."

"But what the common people said is correct, it is indeed you, the Second Highness, who brought peace to the world." Wu Yaoqin was a little puzzled.

Daoist leader sighed: "Great achievements overwhelm the master, since ancient times it has not been a good omen."

Xiao Yuan closed his eyes and pondered for a while, then looked back at his brothers who had fought with him for many years, and finally said seriously: "We must keep you."

Gu Junci was a little puzzled, but in the next moment, Xiao Yuan grabbed his wrist and took his hand:

"Let's go back to Chang'an City. The battlefield of the imperial court is also extremely dangerous, and you need to fight for your life."

Everyone did not understand the meaning of Xiao Yuan's words, but they still understood that the current court was very unfavorable to Xiao Yuan. After all, there used to be a queen empress, and even His Majesty would not treat Xiao Yuan well. Now that the queen is dead, there is no People can no longer protect Xiao Yuan, so he can only fight hard.

Gu Jun understood the words, so he strengthened his determination to stay by Xiao Yuan's side. If there is any difficulty, the two of them will bear it together.

In May of the sixth year of Yuanshuo, only two months after Huo Situ was framed for accepting bribes, the Jingzhao Yamen received another case. It was still the general Yang Junfang, who was under the command of King Qing, who killed someone by rubbing his hands in the street and was detained in the Jingzhao Yamen. , the blood on his body is not dry yet.

The Yin of the Jingzhao Mansion naturally took Yang Junfang into prison immediately, turned around and went to the palace, and told Xiao Boxu about the matter, Xiao Boxu was so angry that he threw the memorial on the spot.

And after Xiao Jue got the news, he naturally went to the East Palace non-stop. Prince Xiao Yan was also at a loss when he heard this:

"This Yang Junfang is so impatient, he actually killed people in the street."

Xiao Jue proudly said: "They are just people with big brains and bad brains. I didn't like the two of them when I was in Lanling, but now they are better. They committed crimes one after another and were kicked out of the capital. I think How arrogant is Xiao Yuan!"

Xiao Yan frowned, always feeling that something was wrong: "That's not right, come here, pass on the Crown Princess!"

The servant waiting outside the hall had just taken two steps when she was stopped by the oncoming crown princess. She was dignified and elegant. She stepped into the hall, looked at the dignified Xiao Yan, and couldn't help laughing mockingly:

"You are really promising. Now that something happened to Yang Junfang, isn't it just what you want? If we don't need us to take action, he would make a mistake and seek death. Who else can we blame? Even God is helping you, isn't it?"

Xiao Yan looked at the smiling eyes of the Crown Princess, then nodded and said: "Yes, the Crown Princess is smart, but if she showed her skills a little, this Huo Situ was kicked out of the capital, and now this Yang Junfang committed suicide by killing people in the street, huh , It’s really satisfying.”

The concubine sat down on the chair with a flick of her sleeves, and looked up at the two of them: "You guys, you just can't hold your breath. The mother and queen passed away, and Xiao Yuan's backer is gone. What's wrong with this father is just what you said. Forget it, we don't need to intervene in Yang Junfang's affairs right now, and let the people under Xiao Yuan mess up their own way."

"Sister-in-law is smart." Xiao Jue also quickly praised the Crown Princess' methods.

But although the princess was smiling, there were other emotions in her eyes, and she seemed to be thinking about other things in her heart.

In the main hall of King Qing's Mansion, Yan Huai and the others were discussing about Yang Junfang's imprisonment, but they couldn't reach a conclusion.

In the end, led by Yan Huai, several people went to the gate of the palace and knelt down to beg Xiao Boxu, wanting to intercede for Yang Junfang, but knelt for a day and a night, Xiao Boxu didn't call them, but Xiao Yuan called them into Prince Qing's mansion.

Not knowing what to say, he left Prince Qing's Mansion when it was dark.

When Jingzhao Yin's Mansion went to investigate the body of the murdered man again, they found that the body was missing, and unexpectedly appeared on the street the next day.

The fact that Yang Junfang accidentally killed someone because of a quarrel is also unfounded, so Yang Junfang should be released.

Unexpectedly, on the second day after Yang Junfang was released from prison, he submitted a memorial to the emperor to resign and go back to seclusion. Because of Huo Yang's affairs, Xiao Boxu had no patience with Xiao Yuan, so he didn't ask Xiao Yuan's intentions, so he followed This meant Yang Junfang's resignation and return to his hometown.

And one month later, Yan Huai and Xu Yanqing also asked to resign and return to their hometowns. Xiao Boxu agreed to them one by one, retained their titles, and sent them back to their original places.

The torrential rain in summer is always accompanied by lightning and thunder. Xiao Yuan and Gu Junci stood side by side on the city tower, looking at the road outside Chang'an city. They walked many times.

The high-spirited soldiers led the expedition, and the victorious ones triumphed, as if it was just yesterday.

"Just let them go like this, don't you regret it?" Gu Junci looked at Xiao Yuan's appearance and asked.

Xiao Yuan's breathing was a little heavy, and his eyes didn't blink for a moment, and he said: "They are not suitable for the battlefield of the imperial court. Only in this way can their glory and lives be preserved."

Gu Junci held his hand and said seriously: "Don't worry, I'll be with you."

Xiao Yuan's hands paused slightly, and he looked sideways at Gu Junci for a long time, until Gu Junci asked him with a smile, Xiao Yuan said:

"I thought I would give you stability and glory, but I didn't expect it to be such a thrilling battle in the end. Compared with your pure heart, I always feel that I owe you."

Gu Junci smiled and said: "What is owed or not? Didn't you say that? If we look into it carefully, we don't know who owes whom. Besides, I should bear such a storm when I am with you. Isn't that right. I, Gu Junci, am the proud son of heaven, I am not afraid of anything, these things will not trouble me."

Xiao Yuan nodded, looked back at the rain curtain again, and looked at the lightning in the sky, as if he had made up his mind, his eyes kept falling on Gu Junci's face.

Above the court, although the emperor did not expressly say that he would chill Xiao Yuan, since the beginning of the founding of the country, after all the generals who fought with the world resigned and left the capital, the people in the court knew that Xiao Yuan was in the court. What is the situation.

Indulging the Tiance Mansion, which commands the world's military officials, is nothing in the eyes of everyone now. Even if they go to a restaurant for a meal, the officials of the Tiance Mansion will be looked down upon.

At the beginning of July, the weather was still extremely hot like summer. King Qing was not sanctified in the court, so he simply handed over the matter of reviewing the memorials to Xiao Boxu, and Xiao Yuan kept complaining about illness, neither going to court nor handling military affairs. , it really gives people an illusion of losing power.

Gu Junci also didn't go back to the mansion for two consecutive days, and stayed in Prince Qing's mansion all day, either reading books or practicing swords, and almost forgot about the group of youngsters in his mansion.

"Your Highness, Mr. Pei is here."

In the backyard, Xiao Yuan, who was playing chess with Gu Junci, heard the boy at home say so, and quickly raised his head to look at him.

Gu Junci quickly waved his hand, Xiao Yuan got up immediately, followed the boy to the front yard, leaving Gu Junci alone in the pavilion to study the chess game in front of him.

Xiao Yuan was so powerful that he suppressed Gu Junci so hard that he didn't even know what to do.

Just as he was studying the chess game, he saw a man in military uniform appearing, and went straight to the study, but was stopped by Gu Junci:

"What is it, bring it here and let me have a look."

The soldier paused slightly: "Returning to my lord, this is an item that His Highness sent back to Lanling to pick it up. His Highness asked the younger one to put it in the study."

Gu Junci smiled and said: "Bring it here, His Highness and Young Master Pei are talking, put it here, I'll give it to him later."

The soldier was a little perplexed, but in the end he took it to Gu Junci. It was a plain package that seemed to contain a box, and there was a painting in the package, but there was nothing else.

After letting the soldiers leave, Gu Junci took out the painting and slowly opened it: "I heard that Ayu once said that Xiao Yuan's painting skills are superb, so I want to see what he painted and what kind of beauties he painted. .”

The scroll slowly slid down, and the figure of the person in the painting suddenly appeared in front of Gu Junci, but he was stunned when he saw it.

Isn't the person on the picture scroll exactly him!

He was still the same as when he first went to the battlefield, still young, full of vigor, and wide-open brows.

... "This is not the first time I've seen you. Didn't I tell you that you are the elder brother who walked out of the painting, and you are very beautiful."...

Xiao Yu's words suddenly appeared in his mind for some reason, and he suddenly laughed when he saw it. No wonder Xiao Yu said that at the beginning, it seems that Xiao Yuan was seen by him when he painted this painting.

Gu Junci was about to collect the paintings, but he saw the inscription on the lower right corner, which turned out to be the winter month of the eighth year of Jianye...

In the eighth year of Jianye, Xiao Yuan was only 12 years old at that time. How could a 12-year-old child meet him and draw his appearance?

The smile on Gu Junci's face froze, he quickly put away his words, and hurriedly opened the package at hand. There were traces of moths on the black carved box, which seemed to be quite old.

The time on that painting repeatedly appeared in Gu Junci's mind, and he always felt that something was wrong about it, so seeing the box at this moment made him a little timid, but he didn't know what he was afraid of.

He stabilized his mind and opened the moth-eaten box in front of him. What suddenly appeared was a bound book with three words written on it. From the handwriting, it could be seen that it was written by Xiao Yuan, and those three words Gu Junci's chest was suffocated at the sight of this word, and a trace of uneasiness slowly rose from his heart.

Xuanji map.

Gu Junci was fascinated by the three words, and after a long time, he picked up the book and opened the first page. It was still written in Xiao Yuan's immature handwriting.

The second page is the front page, and it is written on the head: Gu Junci, the God of War of the Xuanji Kingdom, is the first hero in the Xuanji map, the status of a prince, and great military exploits...