The first male queen [crossing]

February [-] Flower Festival.

Whether it is in Xuanji Country or this place, the Flower Festival is the most important festival after the early spring. Whether you are staying in your boudoir or marrying as a wife, you have to go out for an outing to worship the God of Flowers and pray for blessings.

The unmarried ones ask the Flower God for marriage, and the married ones ask the Flower God for their lin'er. In short, each gets what he needs.

"Brother Gu, if you were in your hometown, would the Huachao Festival be this lively?"

Among the endless crowd on the street, Lu Qingxuan looked at the dazzling array of items, and at Gu Junci walking beside him, he couldn't help but asked aloud.

Gu Junci walked with folded arms, but felt that his feet were a little sore, so he called Lu Qingxuan to sit down in the tea house on the side of the street, watching the pedestrians coming and going, Gu Junci smiled and said: "Well, it's very lively , but the more lively one is the Shangsi Festival.”

In Gu Junci's impression, the memories before the age of 13 are all in the palace, not to mention the Flower Festival, even the cold food Qingming, the farthest place he went to was only the Taimiao.

After the age of 13, he followed his uncle to practice in the army. At that time, he was often outside the palace. Only then did he have the opportunity to meet more people and live the free life he wanted. He never thought about the throne.

However, some people still regard him as a stone on the road to the throne, and he must be eradicated to be considered clean.

This may be the so-called crime of being pregnant.

Gu Junci smiled, and drank the tea poured by the owner of the teahouse. It was clearly made from the most common tea leaves, but in Gu Junci's mouth, it was several times more fragrant than the tribute tea in the palace.

"By the way, isn't the princess going out today? How can you still accompany me out to play?" Lu Qingxuan finally got to the point with a question.

Gu Junci put down the tea bowl, raised his lips and said with a smile: "This is in Langya. Besides, there are people from the Wang family protecting her, so naturally I don't need me. Brother Lu, don't you really understand? The princess doesn't want my guards." , but want me to be a shield to block Xie Suiyun's arrow."

Only then did Lu Qingxuan suddenly realize that he smiled, but just after two laughs, the smile on his face froze. Gu Junci followed his gaze in surprise, and the expression on his face froze instantly:

"Yes, don't talk about people in broad daylight, once you say it, you will be right."

Xie Suiyun in the crowd walked like a tiger, because of his cold face and expensive clothes, ordinary people hardly dared to approach him.

The originally crowded street became even more crowded, but Xie Suiyun's side was unusually relaxed.

He also seemed to have seen Gu Junci sitting in the teahouse by the roadside, and walked over without thinking, "Why are you here?"

Gu Junci raised his head and looked at him: "Beiyuan Xiumu, I'm naturally here, aren't you too?"

Xie Suiyun said coldly: "You know that's not what I'm talking about."

Gu Junci hurriedly motioned him to sit down, and then called someone to pour a bowl of tea for him, and then said: "Princess said, this is in the Wang family of Langya, so I don't have to follow, after all, there are two people from the Xiao family in Lanling. The son is following."

Xie Suiyun was stunned: "Xiao Yuan and the others?"

Gu Junci nodded: "The girl from the Xiao family is also in Lanling, so don't worry, nothing will happen."

Lu Qingxuan also hurriedly echoed: "Yes, brother Gu and I went to the mansion early in the morning, she really said so."

Xie Suiyun's face was gloomy, and he didn't know what he thought of, he got up and walked towards the crowd, Gu Jun called out, quickly took out the money and paid for the tea, then pulled Lu Qingxuan and followed Xie Suiyun's footsteps.

"Brother Gu, Brother Gu, why are we following him?" Lu Qingxuan's feet felt windy, but he was not a martial arts practitioner, and he was tired after walking for a long time, but he still tried to keep up with Gu Junci's footsteps.

"Save people." Gu Junci stopped, turned around and said seriously: "Do you know the grievances between the Xie and Xiao families?"

Lu Qingxuan thought for a while, then nodded: "I heard from my father that, because of this, although my father has the title of Wei Guogong, he has never been powerful in the court."

Gu Junci pointed to the back of Xie Suiyun, who could no longer see anyone: "Xie Suiyun likes the princess, but the princess is with the people of the Xiao family, the princess is close to me, Xie Suiyun wants to tear me apart, let alone they thank you The enemy of the family, hurry up, Xie Suiyun might do something later."

Only then did Lu Qingxuan suddenly realize, imagining what kind of scene it would be like when Xie Suiyun fought with the two young masters of the Xiao family, when he thought about it, he felt that something was wrong, so he quickly called Gu Junci to go after Xie Suiyun.

The crowd in the Temple of Flowers was surging, and Lu Qingxuan and Gu Junci stood at the highest point of the Temple of Flowers, looking at the bustling crowd, and looked helpless.

Lu Qingxuan looked sideways at the people around him: "Why is Xie Suiyun walking so fast?"

Gu Junci also sighed, looked into Lu Qingxuan's eyes doubtfully, and asked, "What did the Duke tell you?"

Lu Qingxuan: "What?"

Gu Junci: "Thank you for the grievances of the Xiao family."

Lu Qingxuan suddenly realized, and then put his clothes on and sat on the stone bench next to him, looking around for no one, he leaned in front of Gu Junci, and whispered: "I dare not tell you because Xie Suiyun is not here."

Gu Junci nodded and leaned towards him.

Lu Qingxuan cleared his throat, and then said: "This matter is related to the secret of His Majesty's ascension to the throne today, so I don't quite understand what my father said, but I am smart, and I have heard different people say that after I sort it out, I will I understand clearly."

Gu Junci looked at him directly: "Say the key point."

Lu Qingxuan smiled slightly, and then told the events of the year in detail.

More than ten years ago, the prince at that time was still the elder brother of the current emperor. At that time, the late emperor was seriously ill, and the princes were supposed to take turns to attend to the sick. Unexpectedly, the prince would stay behind closed doors all day, not even the people in the East Palace. Know what he's doing.

On the contrary, the current emperor, the former His Royal Highness King Xiang served him wholeheartedly and won a good reputation.

However, when the late emperor's condition had just recovered, someone reported the late prince's tricks to the court, saying that the late prince practiced witchcraft in the East Palace.

Originally, the prince was dissatisfied with the prince because he did not serve the late emperor, but because of family affection, he still called the prince into the palace to ask the reason.

It is impossible to imagine that at this time, people from the East Palace entered the palace with the evidence of his practice of witchcraft. The private dragon robe, and the witchcraft curse that made the late emperor seriously ill, etc., all made the late emperor furious. Then he asked someone to push the prince out and behead him.

At this time, when Liang Guogong was visiting the palace, he bumped into someone from the East Palace who came to deliver evidence, and then heard that the late emperor wanted to execute the late prince, so he risked his life to stop it.

The mother of Liang Guogong and the late emperor's empress were sisters of the same mother. In addition, Liang Guogong showed his talents after he became the duke, and won the favor of the late empress and the late emperor.

Especially the first empress, who once asked him to assist the crown prince with all his heart, so when the late emperor got the evidence to execute the crown prince, he stepped forward to protect it, and moved it with emotion and reason, so that the late emperor calmed down his anger and avoided the death of the crown prince. The death penalty of the former crown prince was demoted to common people and exiled to the north.

However, because of doubts about this matter, the prince was imprisoned in the East Palace before being exiled.

Afterwards, in order to prove the innocence of the late prince, Liang Guogong approached the ministers who supported the late prince to speak to the late emperor, asking for a thorough investigation of the matter.

But at this time, the crown prince who was imprisoned in the East Palace reported that he had hanged himself, and even left a suicide note to curse the late emperor, saying that the poison of a tiger does not eat its offspring, but it is unfair for the late emperor to treat his own son like this.

Therefore, the first emperor, who had calmed down, was furious, and all the people in the East Palace were punished and sent to Yeting Palace as slaves.

Liang Guogong had already found out that there was something wrong with the report at that time, but when he just arrived at the gate of the palace, he heard the imperial decree that the first prince hanged himself and the people in the East Palace were punished as slaves, which made this clue even more solid.

Afterwards, Liang Guogong secretly sent someone to investigate, and he found out that not only was someone else framing the accusation, but even the crown prince hanged himself, it was someone else who planned this series of framing and framing. , Xie Ziyin.

At that time, Xie Zichong, Xie Suiyun's father, had just inherited the status of the head of the Xie family not long ago, and had no influence in the court.

At that time, Xie Ziyin was just a guard of the Eastern Palace, without any rights or background. If he said that he framed the prince of the dynasty by himself, no one would believe him, but no matter how Liang Guogong interrogated him, he just refused to admit that he was instructed by others , all by him alone.

Even when the first emperor went to him, he took all the responsibility for all the crimes, no one instructed, no one instructed, it was all done by himself.

The first emperor didn't believe it, and even let Liang Guogong continue to investigate the matter secretly. As for Xie Ziyin, the first emperor sentenced Xie Ziyin to five horses to make up for the death of the first prince.

When Liang Guogong found detailed clues and entered the palace to tell the late emperor, it was reported that the late emperor suddenly died of an emergency, leaving only the will of His Royal Highness King Xiang, and did not mention anything else.

Gu Junci's expression was solemn, and he said after a long time: "So because of this, the Xie and Xiao families formed a relationship?"

Lu Qingxuan nodded: "Even on the way to Beijing to attend the funeral for the late emperor, he rescued Liang Guogong's family who were being hunted down, and only then did he learn the whole story."

Gu Junci sighed softly, his brows were furrowed, and the brother who had set up an ambush on the road repeatedly appeared in his mind, and his almost crazy performance towards the throne made him feel chills down his spine.

This is the frightening thing about the throne. It can make brothers whose blood is thicker than water face each other with swords and kill each other. They are clearly a compatriot of the same mother, but they will still kill the killer without mercy.

Lu Qingxuan looked at Gu Junci's slightly changed expression, and couldn't help saying: "Brother Gu, what's wrong with you?"

Gu Junci smiled and shook his head: "It's okay, I just remembered something about me, how is it, have you seen the princess?"

Lu Qingxuan looked back at the entire Flower Temple again, and finally saw the princess who came out in front of the temple. Beside her were Xiao Yuan and his elder brother, Wang Funian and his brother, and another girl.

Gu Jun said hastily: "Go, go there."