Princess, he is rich enough to rival the country

On this side, Wen Qingxiao looked at the remaining chess games on the chessboard and was speechless. On the other side, as soon as Gu Yanshu walked out of the newspaper office, he saw Qin Lu who came to pick him up.

Hastily stepped forward and looked at Qin Lu with a smile on his eyes:

"Why did the prince come in person? How long have you been waiting?"

"Just after coming out of the palace, I heard that the princess is still at the newspaper office, so I dropped in on the way, and my king has just arrived."

Qin Lu stretched out his hand, roughly arranged Gu Yanshu's clothes that were a little messy due to his actions, and answered in a low voice.

Gu Yanshu frowned subconsciously inward:

"Why did you stay in the palace for so long today? The matter in Shaocheng is troublesome?"

"It's not too troublesome, it's just a lot of trivial matters."

Qin Lu tilted his head slightly, motioning for Gu Yanshu to get on the carriage first.

The street is indeed not a place to talk, Gu Yanshu followed Qin Lu's movements, turned around and got into the carriage first.

After Qin Lu sat down, he told Gu Yanshu about the situation in Shaocheng.

Indeed, as Qin Lu said, it is not troublesome, but there are many trivial matters.

Now Shaocheng has gathered many victims whose houses were crushed by the snow, and many victims were infected with the wind and cold because they had nowhere to shelter from the cold.

The court is responsible for the food and lodging of these victims, as well as the diagnosis and treatment of the sick victims.

Of course, the most difficult thing is to rebuild houses for these victims.

It's the Chinese New Year, and it's still snowing in Shaocheng. It's not easy to rebuild a house.

Yesterday was just a discussion about the general direction of disaster relief and the person in charge, but today it was about the details.

"The main thing is that the elder brother needs to handle it."

Don't look at the fact that today's morning is a whole day, but after careful calculation, it actually has little to do with Qin Lu.

Hearing Qin Lu's last words, Gu Yanshu's slightly tense expression finally loosened a lot:

That's right, the matter of Shaocheng still needs the eldest prince to worry more.

At this time, Qin Lu asked about Gu Yanshu's situation again:

"Where is the princess? Is the newspaper going smoothly?"

Gu Yanshu heard what Qin Lu wanted to ask with a single ear, and smiled kissingly:

"It's much smoother than expected. It's just that I just talked with Qing Xiaoshou, so I forgot the time and was delayed a little."

"Princess likes to play chess? Why have you never heard of it?"

Qin Lu was really surprised when he heard the words. Although he and Gu Yanshu had not been married for a long time, they had been married for some time. This was the first time he heard that Gu Yanshu could play chess.

Even Qin Lu has heard of Wen Qingxiao's chess skills.

Since Gu Yanshu can play chess with him until he forgets, at least he can have a good relationship with Wen Qingxiao, and his chess skills should be good.

"The mansion was busy a few days ago, and the prince knew it too."

Gu Yanshu didn't even think about it, so he gave Qin Lufei a slightly reproachful look:

"Besides, I told the prince, will the prince be able to accompany me?"

It's not that Gu Yanshu looked down on the people in Prince Li's mansion, apart from those in Young Master Gu's mansion in Cheng Enhou's mansion, because the master was too dandy, the servants were also idiots.

In other courtyards, the bookboys or big maids around the master basically played the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting roughly.

But Prince Li's Mansion is different.

There are many people practicing martial arts in Prince Li's mansion, and many of them have retreated from the battlefield with Qin Lu.

It may be okay to go into battle and kill the enemy, but this romantic, chess, calligraphy and painting is really blind, and I don't understand it at all.

Don't talk about others, just talk about Xingren. It is said that before he helped Qin Lu take care of the inner courtyard, he didn't even know a few words.

It is said that the slave Master Xiao, from the perspective of the servants in Prince Li's mansion, Qin Lu does not look like a person who is good at chess.

However, what Gu Yanshu did not expect was that Qin Lu gave him an answer that was completely beyond his expectations:

"If the princess likes it, the king will naturally accompany her."

Although he was very surprised by Qin Lu's answer, how could Gu Yanshu refuse such an opportunity?

"In that case, after returning to the mansion, the prince will talk with me, how about it?"

"After dinner later, the king will accompany you."

Qin Lu didn't even think about it, so he nodded and agreed.

However, what Qin Lu didn't know was that the calculation in Gu Yanshu's heart was crackling:

If Qin Lu's chess skills are good, then naturally it couldn't be better.

After all, it's hard to find an opponent, Gu Yanshu and Wen Qingxiao had just been engaged in a fight, and then it stopped abruptly, and now they still have something to say in their hearts.

If Qin Lu hadn't come to pick him up in person just now, Gu Yanshu would have chosen to fight Wen Qingxiao on the chessboard for a few more rounds.

If Qin Lu is good at chess, it can just make up for Gu Yanshu's unsatisfied heart addiction because of forcibly stopping the chess game.

Of course, it doesn't matter if Qin Lu's chess skills are not good.

After all, on this small chessboard, you can do many things when you come and go.

Thinking of this, Gu Yanshu couldn't wait any longer.

Seeing Gu Yanshu's rare childish expression, Qin Lu also had a smile in his eyes.

Here Gu Yanshu and Qin Lu chatted from poetry to personal philosophy.

On the other side, the eldest prince himself was a bit devastated.

The matter of Shaocheng, a discerning person can see that it is a good opportunity to make meritorious deeds.

The Second Prince and Hubu Shilang who were selected as the person in charge of disaster relief this time belonged to his First Prince, which was well known by everyone in the government and the public.

The meritorious service made by these two people, doesn't it mean that the eldest prince made the meritorious service?

During this period of time, he could not lift his head under the pressure of Prince Li's Mansion. A few days ago, he was reprimanded because of Xiao Qingcai, and the eldest prince who was put on a table by Gu Yanshu at the palace banquet finally seemed to see an opportunity.

Immediately, he didn't dare to delay at all, and directly summoned the second prince, fourth prince, and a group of officials and staff under his command to the study to discuss the disaster relief in Shaocheng.

Everyone in the First Prince's camp also knew that this was a rare opportunity to overwhelm Prince Li's mansion, so naturally they put all their energy into giving advice to the First Prince.

This discussion lasted all night, and by the time the regulations were sorted out and everyone left, it was already the hour of today.

Originally, the eldest prince and the others were still thinking of taking a rest during the Chinese New Year, so at least they could take a rest first.

As a result, they had just laid down here, before the quilt was even covered, and someone from the palace sent the news that the morning court would be held as usual today.

Helpless, the First Prince and the others could only get up quickly, washed their faces with cold water, and then went to the palace with their spirits up.

Unexpectedly, when he just arrived at the palace, he saw the red-faced King Li, even with a straight face, he couldn't hide the smug face.

However, the fifth prince seemed to be deliberately trying to make them unhappy, and kept surrounding King Li asking how yesterday's New Year's Eve was.

That Prince Li who had always been taciturn and didn't say a single word for a long time, seemed to have taken the wrong medicine today, he knew everything about the fifth prince and said everything.

First, he talked about how the princess arranged the house properly, and then said that he and the princess made dumplings last night.

He said that making dumplings was not enough, and that the princess loved him so much that she secretly put the dumpling wrapped in copper coins into his bowl, hoping that he would have a smooth sailing in the coming year.

After finally finishing the dumplings, the two started to send red envelopes in the mansion again, and then watched the fireworks together.

It's okay to watch the fireworks, and the two still watch the new year together.

Especially when it came to the fact that Princess Li was so sleepy that she couldn't keep her eyes open, and she still didn't want to let him watch the new year alone, and she had to be with her, His Royal Highness Li Wang's frosty face was full of unconcealable pride.

The eldest prince just stood aside and listened for a while, but he almost didn't fall down in anger!

Thinking of him working hard last night, he was so busy until midnight that he didn't dare close his eyes, and even the New Year's Eve dinner was dealt with by eating a few dumplings hastily.

In the end, King Li was making dumplings and watching fireworks with his princess. Are you happy?

Afterwards, the whole day, the notes were discussed about the disaster relief in Shaocheng, which was closely related to him, and the eldest prince didn't even dare to take a small errand.

Originally he stayed up all night, but now he is highly concentrated. By the time the court meeting ended, the First Prince was physically and mentally exhausted.

But today, the emperor of Chaohui gave a lot of instructions on disaster relief in Shaocheng.

In other words, the current eldest prince still cannot rest, and has to continue to discuss with his subordinates how to carry out the emperor's instructions.

As a result, the eldest prince had just cheered up, when he saw Qin Lu leaving the palace with ease all over his body.

Comparing the two, the eldest prince even began to doubt whether it was right or wrong to take Shaocheng's disaster relief on his shoulders.

Fortunately, the First Prince knew which was more important, and adjusted his mood in the shortest possible time.

In the end, he secretly said in his heart, "We'll see who is more proud when the matter in Shaocheng is over," and he put all his energy into the matter in front of him.

Tonight, for the eldest prince, it was still a sleepless night.

While the eldest prince was conscientiously discussing with the officials how to handle Shaocheng's errands well, Qin Lu and Gu Yanshu had already set the chessboard.

I saw that the chessboard placed between Gu Yanshu and Qin Lu had already been filled with chess pieces, but at this moment, Gu Yanshu was holding a chess piece between his fingers, and was looking at the chess game in front of him seriously.

Obviously, he didn't have much idea about where the next chess piece should be placed.

On the other hand, Qin Lu had a relatively relaxed expression on his face, as if he was certain of winning the game.

Suddenly, Gu Yanshu's eyes that were patrolling back and forth on the chessboard stopped, looking at a vacancy on the chessboard, Gu Yanshu smiled slightly.

Reaching out to put the chess piece in his hand, Gu Yanshu looked up at Qin Lu with a smile in his eyes:

"My lord, you lost!"

Qin Lu lowered his eyes, looked at the shogi game carefully, and then looked at the position where Gu Yanshu just played.

Indeed, with one move of this chess piece, the entire chess game was reversed in an instant.

Qin Lu, who originally had the upper hand, was directly cut off from all means of survival.

After being slightly dazed, Qin Lu quickly accepted this fact:

"I didn't expect the princess to be so powerful. This king lost."

Gu Yanshu smiled lightly, and accepted Qin Lu's compliment:

"My lord is not bad either."

These words are not Gu Yanshu's flattery, Qin Lu's chess skills are indeed much better than Gu Yanshu thought.

From the endgame on the current chessboard, it can be seen that the situation between the two sides is going to be very tight.

If Gu Yanshu hadn't made a wrong move in the last move, the current situation on the chessboard would be directly reversed.

Since he became a Go master, except for playing against professional players, Gu Yanshu has rarely been pushed so hard by his opponents.

Looking down at the chess game in front of him, Gu Yanshu still had some thoughts:

"If I had known that Wang Ye is so skilled at chess, I should really have pulled Wang Ye to play a few games."

When it is rare to see Gu Yanshu so annoyed, Qin Lu actually finds it a little rare and cute:

"It's not too late to know, Wangfei likes it, and this king will often play chess with Wangfei in the future."

"My lord is right," Gu Yanshu nodded repeatedly, agreeing with Qin Lu's words, but at the same time he was a little puzzled, "How did your lord manage to practice such a superb chess skill?"

Judging from Gu Yanshu's understanding of Qin Lu during this period of time, although Qin Lu is not completely ignorant of the piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry and songs that literati like, he is definitely not proficient.

How come it is unique to "chess" and has something special?

"In the past, this king was really not proficient in playing chess. It was only later that I accidentally discovered that there were many things to understand between playing chess and arranging troops, and then I slowly got the hang of it. It was at that time that my chess skills suddenly improved a lot. Big progress."

Qin Lu looked down at the chess game, as if thinking of something, looked up at Gu Yanshu:

"Where is the princess? Why is the chess skill so superb?"

From movable type printing to glass, to small gadgets such as soap and soap, to telescopes and floor heating, Qin Lu was not unaware of the strangeness of Gu Yanshu.

In the process of getting along, Qin Lu didn't fail to see that Gu Yanshu and the rumors were two completely opposite people.

Before the big wedding, Qin Lu had already investigated the situation of Cheng Enhou's mansion thoroughly.

Gu Yanshu is a legitimate son, and it may be difficult to make a living under the hands of his aunt who is Buddha-mouthed and snake-hearted, but there is still a big brother who can be his backer, and it is not at all the point where he needs to hide his clumsiness to survive.

What's more, even if it is Tibetan clumsiness, it is impossible for ten years to be the same as one day without leaking any flaws.

Since the marriage was bestowed, Gu Yanshu seemed to be a different person, and there was hardly any resemblance on his body.

Qin Lu was not without doubts about these situations, but because of Gu Yanshu's magnanimity and his unreserved plans for Prince Li's Mansion, Qin Lu swallowed it back every time the words came to his lips.

But today, Gu Yanshu started the conversation first, Qin Lu couldn't hold back in the end, and asked this slightly probing question.

How could Gu Yanshu fail to understand Qin Lu's implication?The hands that fiddled with the chess pieces paused slightly:

"Because I have been interested in it since I was a child, and after a long time, my chess skills will naturally become superb."

After Gu Yanshu finished speaking, the room suddenly fell into silence.

Gu Yanshu looked down at the chess game in front of him, not knowing what he was thinking.

Qin Lu, on the other hand, looked at the person sitting in front of him with an unpredictable expression, his eyes were filled with unseen emotions.

The two remained like this, relatively silent, as if they were competing with each other.

I don't know how long it has passed, it seems to have passed for a long time, and it seems to be just a blink of an eye.

In the end, it was Qin Lu who was defeated first, sighed slightly, and reached out to take out the pawn in Gu Yanshu's hand that he had pinched for a long time:

"Besides playing chess, what other things does the princess have been interested in since she was a child?"

"My lord?" Gu Yanshu raised his eyes subconsciously, looking at Qin Lu with surprise.

Gu Yanshu has personally seen how powerful the intelligence network of Prince Li's Mansion is.

Apart from the palace and other specific places, is there anything that Prince Li's mansion can't find?

For a lord's family like Cheng Enhou's Mansion, which has long been defeated, if Prince Li's Mansion wanted to check, they could even know how many sets of underwear there were in the Hou's Mansion, and what kind of fabric and color they were.

According to Qin Lu's temperament, he might have checked Young Master Gu thoroughly before getting married.

If he had checked it, Qin Lu would definitely know that Young Master Gu had no interest in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting since he was a child.

What he said just now clearly told Qin Lu that he was not Young Master Gu of Cheng Enhou's Mansion.

Since Qin Lu had already become suspicious, and even asked, why did he choose to pretend that he didn't hear it, and gently expose it?

"Why? Apart from playing chess, you have no other interests?"

Qin Lu didn't seem to see the shock in Gu Yanshu's heart, and raised his eyebrows slightly:

"Or don't you want to tell me now? It's okay. When the princess wants to talk about it in the future, tell me again. How about it?"

Upon hearing this, Gu Yanshu understood:

Qin Lu knew better than anyone else, but because he saw his embarrassment, he pretended not to know anything.

But whether it was the matter of time travel or the resurrection of the dead, Gu Yanshu didn't know how to talk to Qin Lu.

In the end, Gu Yanshu could only choose to nod slightly:

"it is good."

Qin Lu smiled slightly at Gu Yanshu, reached out and rubbed Gu Yanshu's head, and said softly:

"It's getting late today, let's take a shower and rest."

If it was usual, seeing Qin Lu's eye-catching smile and hearing such a gentle voice, Gu Yanshu would have flirted with him.

But now, Gu Yanshu only chose to remain silent, and followed Qin Lu's intentions, turned around and walked into the bathroom at the back.

That night, Gu Yanshu rarely suffered from insomnia.

Reason told Gu Yanshu that the matter of time travel and resurrection should be kept firmly in the bottom of my heart, and then this secret should be brought into the coffin.

After all, it is not my race, so its heart must be different.Since ancient times, it has been the instinct of human beings to agree to fight against differences.

But feelings told Gu Yanshu that since Qin Lu had already become suspicious, this matter would definitely become a knot in his heart.

If it is not dealt with properly, he and Qin Lu will only drift apart in the future.

Thinking of this, Gu Yanshu turned his head slightly and looked at the person lying beside him.

The moonlight is not clear today, so Gu Yanshu can only roughly see the outline of Qin Lu in the dark.

But even with a rough outline, Gu Yanshu can roughly see Qin Lu's slender and thick eyelashes, a tall nose bridge, and lips that are neither thick nor thin.

Originally, it was just a whim, but even when returning home in the Three Dynasties, she could easily say "If you are ruthless, I will give up" decisively in front of Gu Yanli.

However, it is only a few short months now, as long as I think that I will be separated from the people around me one day, my heart will stab one after another.

I don't know where the love comes from, and the love is deep.

At this moment, Gu Yanshu seemed to have finally understood the meaning of this sentence that he thought was a little hypocritical before.

When Qin Lu asked about it today, Gu Yanshu hadn't thought of prevaricating with words such as Huang Liang dreamed or walked before the gate of hell.

But Qin Lu never believed in ghosts and gods, let alone these absurd words.

Lying is even more likely than concealing to create a rift between the two...

Thinking of this, Gu Yanshu couldn't help leaning on the people around him, leaning on them again.

The distance between the two was close, Gu Yanshu's actions directly stuffed himself into Qin Lu's arms.

Feeling the heat around him, Gu Yanshu's heart seemed to finally calm down a little.

Just when Gu Yanshu was about to fall asleep in this position, he noticed Qin Lu moving.

The next moment, a muscular, vigorous and powerful arm was wrapped around his waist.

Just when Gu Yanshu was not sure whether Qin Lu was awake or not, he heard a familiar voice in the dark night:

"The king thought about it for a while. There is one thing that the king should probably say to the princess more directly and clearly."

Gu Yanshu was so far away from Qin Lu that he could even feel the vibration of Qin Lu's chest when he spoke.

Slowly leaning his face to Qin Lu's chest, Gu Yanshu asked softly:

"What?"

"The princess said yesterday that it was great to meet this king. Does the princess still remember my answer at that time?"

"En." Gu Yanshu nodded slightly.

Qin Lu's feelings are introverted, and it is rare to have a love talk with him once. Although what he said yesterday is not a love talk, Gu Yanshu still remembers it.

"It shouldn't have been said at the time."

Qin Lu's words immediately made Gu Yanshu tighten his grip on the cloth under his hand, but before Gu Yanshu couldn't take it anymore and got up to leave, he heard Qin Lu's next half sentence:

"I should have said at the time that it was my luck to meet the princess."

Gu Yanshu did not expect to be able to hear Qin Lu's confession-like words under such circumstances.

In a daze, he didn't even notice that the arm around his waist was slightly tightened compared to just now, which seemed to indicate the tension of the owner of the arm.

"It's not too late to tell the princess now."

After the first sentence was spoken, the following words seemed to go much smoother. Qin Lu seemed to have opened up the chatterbox:

"The concubine is the only one who cares about me wholeheartedly besides the concubine mother. I am very fortunate that the emperor granted me a marriage with the concubine. If not for this, the concubine and I might not have met in this life."

"I'm afraid that the princess will laugh at me when I say it. Sometimes, I'm even a little thankful that I have this face that the princess loves so much, so that the princess was willing to marry me."

When Qin Lu finished the first sentence, Gu Yanshu's heart, which had almost stopped beating, had regained its vitality.

Following Qin Lu's next few words, Gu Yanshu's heart beat faster and faster.

At this time, Gu Yanshu discovered that people who had never talked about love before were actually so provocative when they talked about love.

It is obviously just the simplest and most plain words, but they are more touching than the most beautiful words in the world.

Gu Yanshu, who was dazzled by the attack of love words, could barely hear what Qin Lu said at the end.

I only heard what Qin Lu said at the end, he shouldn't be pushed too hard, and asked inappropriate questions when he was unprepared, if Gu Yanshu didn't want to say it in the future, then he would never ask again.

"My lord really thinks so?"

Facing Gu Yanshu's question, Qin Lu gave an affirmative answer without even the slightest hesitation:

"As long as I know that the princess treats me wholeheartedly, that's enough, the rest is not important."

At this moment, Gu Yanshu finally understood why Qin Lu, who had always been introverted and emotionally introverted, hugged him and said such words.

Although he can't tell Qin Lu the secret in his heart, Gu Yanshu can afford other promises:

"As long as the prince lives up to him, I will always be devoted to the prince."

Qin Lu tightened his arms around Gu Yanshu slightly:

"That's enough, rest."

Gu Yanshu knew that according to Qin Lu's temperament, since he said such a thing, he would no longer have any grudges because of his difference from Young Master Gu.

When he realized this, his brain, which could not calm down no matter how tumbling, gradually became a little sleepy.

Not long after, Gu Yanshu closed his eyes and fell into a deep sleep.

After Gu Yanshu fell into a deep sleep, Qin Lu opened his eyes, looking down at Gu Yanshu's sleepy eyes.

After a while, he lowered his head slightly, and planted a barely audible kiss on Gu Yanshu's brow, then hugged him into his arms again, and slowly closed his eyes.