The first male queen [crossing]

The wind in the capital has always turned very fast.

As soon as the crown prince's decree was promulgated, most of the courtiers in the court almost leveled the threshold of Liang Guogong's mansion. Everyone said that the Lanling Xiao family led the army to defend Chang'an City, and even supported the crown prince to ascend the throne. The emperor's confidant and important minister.

Especially since the crown prince was already weak, the power in the court would naturally fall into the hands of Xiao Boxu and his son, so they had to hug their thighs in advance.

However, the enthronement decree has only just come down three days, and two days before the enthronement ceremony, news came from the East Palace that the crown prince had died.

For a while, people in the capital began to panic again, and even many courtiers gathered in the Duke's mansion to discuss with Xiao Boxu what to do.

Under the corridor, Gu Junci stood beside Xiao Yuan, looking at the courtyard with him, Xiao Boxu who sent a group of colleagues out of the house, Gu Junci said:

"Ah Yuan, the crown prince is dead right now, and there is no one in charge, why don't you plan to support the Duke as the emperor right now, we are seriously ill, and seeing the grand occasion of the past few days, no one will object. "

Xiao Yuan looked calm, holding the belt that Gu Junci had given him before: "No, it's not the time yet."

Gu Junci was puzzled: "Why?"

Xiao Yuan said: "There is also a new emperor in Luoyang. Although it seems that the father's family is in power in the court at the moment, you have forgotten that there are still many royalists in Chang'an, especially those relatives of the emperor. First of all, they don't It will make an outsider the emperor, so the timing is not ripe yet."

Gu Junci stared sideways at Xiao Yuan's side face, and said with a light smile: "That's true, although we have heavy troops in our hands, if they resist at that time, although they can be suppressed with heavy troops, after all, the new emperor of Luoyang is still there, that one It’s the same spirit with them, so if they don’t keep it together, they will switch to Luoyang, and we may lose the hearts of the people.”

Looking back, Xiao Yuan happened to meet Gu Junci's eyes, seeing him immediately withdraw his gaze, which made him flustered, but he still pretended as if nothing had happened:

"Well, that's right, but Jun Ci, why don't you look at me?"

Gu Junci deliberately shifted his eyes to other places: "What's so interesting, I... I'm just used to looking at whoever I'm talking to."

"You're talking to me now, so why don't you look at me." Xiao Yuan said.

Gu Junci pursed his lips, unable to think of any good rebuttal words for a while.

Xiao Yuan pursed his lips and smiled: "I actually really want to know, you can become king and lead the army by following the princess, why do you follow me?"

Gu Junci was a little guilty when he was asked, of course he wanted to become the king and lead the army alone, but if so, he would have to become rivals with Xiao Yuan, after all the princess doesn't trust them, if they get too close, I'm afraid the princess won't satisfy.

At that time, the person who can promote him to the top will naturally be able to pull him down.

So after thinking about it, he felt that it was safer to follow Xiao Yuan, which was the most conservative idea.

As for the others, in fact, he just didn't want to leave Xiao Yuan.

In the past, I felt that I was not from here after all, and I was used to being brave by myself, but since the death of King Linyang and the loss of relatives, Gu Junci couldn't bear to leave Xiao Yuan anymore.

"If you think I'm in the way, you can just speak up." Gu Junci hurriedly threw the conversation back to Xiao Yuan.

Xiao Yuan carefully smacked the meaning of these words, and the corners of his lips raised slightly: "I don't mean that, you have to be by my side, if you can, I will give you more than the princess, Feng Houbai Xiang, as long as you are willing, I will give it to you."

Gu Junci felt a little sweet in his heart, even though the corners of his mouth were very restrained, he still couldn't help but rise up. In the end, he only left a sentence to go to the barracks to have a look, and then hurried away, not caring what Xiao Yuan was behind him. expression.

On the first day of the first month of winter, Chang'an City ushered in the first snow since the beginning of winter. The white snow covered the houses and blended with the sky.

After following Xiao Yuan's suggestion, Xiao Boxu led the courtiers to support the crown prince's youngest son, who was only five years old, as the emperor, and ordered Xiao Boxu to be the regent. Command the armed forces to quell the rebellion.

And Gu Junci, because of the recommendation of the princess, was named a first-rank hussar general, led the Jing'an army, and cooperated with Xiao Yuan to take charge of the three military forces, and put down the rebellion in the world.

All the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty fell to the ground to congratulate the new king on his enthronement, congratulate the regent and the two generals.

When Gu Junci saluted the emperor, he secretly looked up at the five-year-old baby sitting on the dragon chair. He clearly still looked innocent and ignorant, but he had to wear an ill-fitting dragon robe and a heavy crown, which weighed heavily on him. He just sat slumped on the dragon chair, not knowing where to look.

Especially those red eyes, it seems that they have cried before going to court.

After the court was over, he heard the congratulations from all the officials and walked out of the Xuanzheng Hall. As soon as he stepped down the steps, he saw the nun guarding outside the Xuanzheng Hall.

Gu Junci met, it was the one next to the princess.

Gu Junci looked sideways at Xiao Yuan, as if asking for his approval.

Xiao Yuan closed his eyes and nodded, signaling him to hurry over, Gu Junci felt relieved and walked towards the nanny.

But what was unexpected was that she didn't go to Zhaoyang Palace this time, but was taken directly to Ganlu Palace, the emperor's bedroom, by the nanny.

On the high platform in front of the hall, the princess in plain green clothes was wearing a cloak and holding a hand stove in her hand. Seeing Gu Junci walking from the courtyard, she looked towards him.

She ignored Gu Junci's salute, but just looked at the court clothes on his body, with a smile on her lips, she said: "A man depends on his clothes and a horse depends on his saddle. General Gu's appearance in court clothes is really mighty."

Gu Junci looked at the Ganlu Hall, and couldn't help but wondered: "The princess called the minister, why?"

The princess said: "You should know that the position of General Hussars was appointed by me."

Gu Junci nodded: "I guessed it."

Princess Qian turned her head to signal that the servants and nuns who were serving in front of the hall all retreated into the hall, guarding the little emperor who was changing clothes in the sleeping hall.

The princess said: "It's a pity that I didn't become the king, but that's all I can do right now. General Gu, most of the people who are going up are the Lanling Xiao clan who are obedient to orders, and now they have got such a man again." Officials with more than ten thousand people are on the cusp, but they also control the government. His Majesty is still young, and they can be unscrupulous, but what if they refuse to return the power when His Majesty grows up in the future."

Gu Junci asked tentatively: "What does the princess want?"

The princess looked straight into Gu Junci's eyes, and said quietly: "Aren't you leading the army alone? I want you to rely on the soldiers and horses of this army to expand your power, and I will give you privileges. In addition, you must have more military achievements than Xiao Yuan, and it is best to be able to be on an equal footing with Xiao Boxu."

Gu Junci looked straight at the princess: "Princess, I think this matter..."

"Can't you do it? Have you forgotten what you promised my uncle?" said the princess.

Gu Junci squeezed his fist slightly, and said with a smile: "Princess, what I promised my adoptive father is to save your lives."

"Yes, but if the power of the Lanling Xiao Clan grows stronger and stronger, won't they have the heart to rebel? At that time, not to mention me, even His Majesty may recruit them. This Palace is just doing a rainy day. .”

Gu Junci looked into the eyes of the princess, nodded slightly and saluted him: "Don't worry, princess, I will do what I say, and I will definitely save the lives of your majesty and the princess."

Looking at Gu Junci's calm eyes, the princess really couldn't understand what he wanted.

It was clear that she remembered that Gu Junci wanted to be a person under one person and above ten thousand people a long time ago. Could it be that following the Lanling Xiao family would gain more than following the emperor?

She really couldn't figure it out.

Although there is a new king ascending the throne, many political matters have been sent to the Prince Regent's Mansion and handed over to Xiao Boxu.

Because it is a political matter that has been backlogged for a long time, it is indeed a bit difficult for Xiao Boxu to handle it alone. Compared with dealing with the local affairs of Lanling, Xiao Boxu is a bit overwhelmed in terms of state affairs.

The first two days I arrived were fine, I conscientiously reviewed the memorials and dealt with political affairs, but later I felt that it was a bit hard work, so I entrusted Xiao Yuan to do it for me.

However, on the tenth day, not only the backlog of political affairs were handled in an orderly manner, but the previous order was restored, and even the newly encountered problems were solved by Xiao Yuan without any effort.

In this way, Xiao Boxu assumed the title of Prince Regent for nothing, and Xiao Yuan was responsible for everything.

And after Gu Jun resigned from the Jing'an Army, he naturally had to go to the barracks to deal with military affairs, train soldiers, recruit soldiers and buy horses. With such a busy schedule, the two of them hadn't seen each other for more than ten days.

In the blink of an eye, it was the late winter month, the temperature dropped sharply, and it snowed heavily for several days.

On a rare day of rest and bathing, Xiao Yuan and Gu Junci were both at home, boiling tea in a copper pot, sitting in the pavilion by the pond, playing chess and admiring the snow scene, it was very pleasant.

"The coming year will be another bumper harvest year." Gu Jun resigned.

"If there is no war, that's true." Xiao Yuan replied, "It's your turn."

Gu Junci turned his head to look at the chessboard, and after carefully observing the chess game, he made a serious move: "It's been half a year since I left Lanling, aren't you worried?"

Xiao Yuan's expression was a bit solemn: "It would be a lie to say that I don't worry, but after all, this is what the elder brother asked himself, and he will guard Lanling well."

Gu Junci: "But have you forgotten that he lost Luoyang carelessly?"

After the child was born, Xiao Yuan looked calm: "Father believes in him, besides Lanling still has many soldiers and horses, as long as he is willing to correct himself and wait for the situation to stabilize, they can come to Chang'an."

The two of them were talking, when they suddenly saw the servant in the mansion running towards the gazebo in a panic, looking at his expression, even Gu Junci felt that something bad had happened.

"Second son, the master told you to go to the front hall quickly." The boy said anxiously.

Xiao Yuan frowned: "What happened to the government?"

The little servant hurriedly bowed and said in a panic: "It's not the government, it's...the eldest son and madam!"

Xiao Yuan looked surprised, and looked at Gu Junci, and just talked about them, but now something happened.

Gu Junci couldn't care less, if something really happened to Lanling, he would have someone to help.

However, when the two of them rushed to the front hall, they found that Xiao Yan and his family who were supposed to be in Lanling had all appeared in the main hall at this moment, with ragged clothes and dirty faces, as if they had escaped .

"What happened? How did this happen?" Xiao Yuan stood beside his wife, holding her hands tightly, with tears in his eyes, it was unbelievable.

"Second Brother, Second Brother, Lanling has fallen, and we escaped desperately." Xiao Yu looked at Xiao Yuan's appearance, and he didn't know whether it was because he was frightened by the war, or because he was frightened by seeing Xiao Yuan in such a state. Yes, she even cried out.