106 Extra 1 Jade Button Fate

The first time Gu Huaiqing met Jingchen was in a restaurant in Pingjiang City.

Jing Shao sent him a message saying that King Rui would come to Pingjiang to see him in the near future, so he had another reason not to go back. Anyway, he had the capable Huai Prime Minister to handle all government affairs for him, and if he could go back a day late, it would be an extra day.

That sunny day, Gu Huaiqing went to the wine shop he frequented by the Qingshui River for a drink, and saw that his favorite seat by the window had already been taken. He frowned displeased, grabbed the waiter and threw a piece of silver over: "Ask the people there to move."

The waiter held the silver in embarrassment. This young man was a regular visitor, but the one sitting now was also well-dressed and could not afford to offend him at first sight. He felt a little embarrassed for a moment and weighed the silver in his hand. It was really heavy. He gritted his teeth and said, He threw the cloth over his shoulder and walked over.

Jingchen was sitting alone on the table by the window, looking at the Qingshui River outside and observing the bustling scene in Pingjiang City. The guards were sitting next to him and did not dare to disturb him. At this moment, the waiter suddenly came over.

"Sir, I'm so sorry. This small seat was previously reserved for that gentleman. Can you please move to the next table?" The waiter pointed to Gu Huaiqing not far away.

The guard over there was very unhappy after hearing this, and was about to stand up to argue, but was stopped by Jingchen's eyes. Jingchen followed the waiter's hand and looked over, and saw a man wearing a snow-white coat standing not far away. He had a handsome face and noble temperament, not like an ordinary rich man.

When the man looked over, Gu Huaiqing was also looking at him. He was handsome and handsome, not angry but powerful. More importantly, he looked exactly like Jing Shao! Gu Huaiqing was stunned for a moment, and immediately walked over quickly: "Waiter, I asked you to find a seat by the window. It's just that there is no toilet. How can you ask someone to move your seat!"

The waiter stared at Gu Huaiqing dumbfounded. Seeing that he had no intention of asking for the money back, he hurriedly followed his words and said a few words.

"I bumped into you. I hope you will forgive me." Gu Huaiqing smiled and cupped her hands towards Jingchen.

Jingchen glanced at him, and he could clearly see the twists and turns, but he didn't know why the man changed his mind, so he responded calmly: "It doesn't matter."

Gu Huaiqing looked at the person in front of him. He looked similar to Jing Shao, but his temperament was completely different. That calm and noble temperament would unconsciously attract people's attention to him, but it made people dare not look directly at him. See. Although he roughly guessed the identity of this person, Jingchen didn't know who he was. Thinking of this, Gu Huaiqing suddenly had a fun idea.

The King of Huainan has always been a romantic and uninhibited man, and he can't help but tease a beautiful woman when he meets her. Because of his good looks, few people will treat her with a cold face, except of course Jing Shao, who only knows how to shake his fist. So, Gu Huaiqing, who was planning to eat and drink, consciously sat down opposite Jingchen and said with a smile: "Meeting each other means we are destined. I'm looking at the young master's waist..." As he said that, he glanced at Jingchen's waist, thinking about him. There will definitely be something like a sword. I am good at treasures, and I have something to talk about when appreciating them. After looking around, I was speechless. Jingchen didn’t have a sword on his waist!

"What?" Jingchen frowned, feeling that this man was a little baffled.

"Uh... the jade button is pretty good," Gu Huaiqing was glared at by the person opposite, and her brain suddenly became knotted, so she said it smoothly, "Can you let me have a look?"

Jingchen's face suddenly turned dark.

All this is the beginning of evil fate.

But now Emperor Sheng Yuan was looking at the Taizu's Notes in his hand and felt a huge headache.

Although it is said to be a handbook, there are very few things in it about governing the country. Most of them are small things that Taizu accidentally jotted down on a whim, but most of them are about the Huainan fiefdom.

Taizu said that he and the three rebel kings conquered the world together, but he was the closest to Gu Xi. The two became sworn brothers and often slept together. Among them, Taizu spent a whole page describing Gu Xi's beauty, which made Jingchen's mouth twitch. He didn't expect that Taizu, who was regarded as a god by future generations, also had such a good time. What happened later is full of laments. The folk customs in the previous dynasty were not like this. Men were not allowed to marry men. Taizu set up the Dachen Law and insisted on including the list of marryable men. However, no matter how hard he tried, the King of Huainan finally failed. Marry Taizu.

What exactly happened during this period is unknown, but Taizu finally wrote it in the handwritten note, warning the descendants who saw the handwritten note not to take the initiative to invade the Huainan fiefdom, and to withdraw from the feudal vassal, they must marry the King of Huainan as their queen, and Listed various rules willfully.

Jingchen closed the note and sighed softly. Taizu was talking about marrying a male wife, but over the years the laws have been continuously improved, and an unwritten rule has been formed among the people that a concubine should marry a male wife. This has led to the situation today. The reason why emperors of all dynasties failed to regain Huainan was that, firstly, the king of Huainan had to be willing to marry him, which might lead to war; secondly, if he had to marry the king of Huainan, all the officials from Huainan had to join the court, which was also a major threat to the imperial power.

"Report to your Majesty, King Cheng asks for an audience." The chief eunuch reported.

"Let him in." Jingchen rubbed his brows.

"Brother, I see you, Your Majesty. My Emperor..." Jing Shao knelt down and saluted, but was interrupted by Jing Chen before he could finish his words.

"What's the matter?" Jingchen waved his hand to let him get up, and the eunuchs retreated knowingly.

"Brother," Jing Shao got up consciously, moved closer to his brother, and glanced at the yellowed booklet in Jing Chen's hand, "What exactly was written in Taizu's handwriting?" The more Jing Shao thought about it in the past two years, the more he felt. Taizu must have a spirit in heaven. When he destroyed Huainan, he was suddenly framed by many people and finally died in Fengyue Mountain. In this life, he did not fight seriously, but Emperor Hongzheng insisted on withdrawing the vassal, and Taizu took it away early. go. So he especially wanted to know what Taizu said in his handwriting.

Jing Chen pressed the letter under his palm and didn't show it to him: "What are you doing here?"

"Oh, Gu Huaiqing came to Beijing and insisted on staying in my house." Seeing that his brother's eyes suddenly changed, Jing Shao thought he had said something wrong, and shrank his neck and said seriously, "I am here to report that the King of Huainan came with the Taizu's legacy and asked to see the emperor."

The Taizu's legacy was a life-saving talisman that the Taizu wrote personally before his death and gave to the King of Huainan. It is said that the first generation of the King of Huainan fell to the ground and cried when he received the legacy, and followed the Taizu a few days later.

The news that the King of Huainan came to Beijing with the Taizu's legacy quickly spread throughout the capital.

There was a lot of discussion in the court, and everyone was guessing what the Taizu's legacy was. Jing Chen vaguely guessed what it was, but when Gu Huaiqing read it out in front of the whole court, he still felt the veins on his forehead throbbing.

Gu Huaiqing stood in the center of the court, looking up at the handsome emperor sitting high on the dragon throne, waiting for him to speak with a smile.

The court was so quiet that you could hear a silver needle drop, because the Taizu's legacy was too shocking!

"Since there is such a legacy, I will follow the Taizu's intention," Jing Chen's face remained unchanged, and his eyes looked at Gu Huaiqing deeply, "You can continue to guard Huainan, and taxes and tributes will remain the same."

Gu Huaiqing's eyes flashed with disappointment, but the emperor's reaction was also within his expectations. He immediately knelt down to thank him: "I will do my best to guard Huainan for my emperor."

In the third year of Shengyuan, the King of Huainan read out the Taizu's legacy in the court, returned to the main city of Danyang in April, and invaded Jiangzhou in May.

"Your Majesty, the King of Huainan relied on the Taizu's legacy to do whatever he wanted in Jiangnan, and Huainan is 800 miles away from Beijing, and it is really dangerous to keep it!" The Minister of War said with a bitter face.

"Your Majesty, the treasury has been in deficit after the wars in the past few years. Now that the situation has been settled, it is time to rest and recuperate. It is really not appropriate to go to war again." The Minister of Revenue also chimed in.

Jing Chen sat behind the desk in the imperial study, listening to the discussion of several important officials with an expressionless face. He was very upset and glared at a certain prince who was sitting next to him drinking tea.

Jing Shao was secretly stuffing snacks into his mouth, and was almost choked by his brother's glare. He quickly drank a big sip of water.

The so-called King of Huainan invaded Jiangzhou, in fact, Gu Huaiqing swallowed another city in order to force a marriage, and then lay still; and the deficit in the treasury was the money Jing Shao spent on the war. He kept a lot of money privately, and later handed it over to Jing Chen honestly, and even Gu Huaiqing handed over his share. But these could not be said openly. Jingchen could only keep the money temporarily. If he put it directly into the national treasury, it would be clear evidence of Jingshao's guilt. So Jingchen had no choice but to glare at his brother to vent his anger.

"The queen has passed away, and the harem is without a master. Why doesn't the emperor agree to the King of Huainan..." Ma Zhuo said in a low voice.

Several old ministers looked at each other and dared not speak.

"Do you think so too?" Jingchen glanced at everyone.

"What Minister Ma said makes sense, but this matter still needs to be considered in the long run..." The Minister of the Ministry of Revenue responded in a low voice. No king of Huainan in the past was willing to marry into the palace. It was rare for someone to be willing to marry. If the Huainan fiefdom was taken, it would be a great thing for the benefit of future generations. However, the emperor was unwilling to marry, and they did not dare to say much. After all, the emperor had never taken a male concubine, and even since he left the palace and built a mansion, he had never favored a man. I guess he didn't like men... right?

After the ministers left, Jing Shao saw that his brother was in a bad mood, so he also slipped away, but Jing Chen grabbed his collar and dragged him to play chess with a bitter face.

Jing Shao had a headache looking at the black and white pieces on the board. He had never had any talent for music, chess, calligraphy and painting, let alone playing chess with his brother, and his fate was to be killed.

Jing Chen watched his brother wrinkling his nose and being killed, and his troubled heart gradually became happy: "You didn't say you would learn from Han Zhang, but you still haven't made any progress."

"Jun Qing always teases me and refuses to play with me properly." Jing Shao scratched his head, not knowing where to put the pieces next, so he just stuffed them in a random place. Sure enough, he was caught by his brother and ate several pieces in a row.

"Xiao Shao," Jing Chen looked at his brother who smiled when he mentioned the princess, "When Han Zhang was not yet a marquis, did you ever think of letting him go?"

"Ah?" Jing Shao was stunned holding the chess piece. Although he didn't know why his brother suddenly asked this, he still shook his head honestly, "I haven't thought about it."

"If he marries you, he will only be trapped in the small space of the inner house. Can you bear it?" Jing Chen didn't make another move, staring at Jing Shao straight. This was exactly what he couldn't figure out these days. He asked himself that he was not uninterested in Gu Huaiqing, but he didn't know whether he was greedy for his appearance or really moved. He just felt irritated when he thought that such a peerless person would be trapped in the harem and fight openly and secretly with a group of women.

Jing Shao heard the meaning of his brother's words and turned the black piece in his hand flexibly between his fingers: "I pity Jun Qing, but I know that I will never like anyone else except Jun Qing, and he may not be happy without me. As long as I can be with him, I will do my best to give him whatever he wants, and I will never let him feel wronged."

Jing Chen listened to his brother's words quietly, without making a move or speaking.

"Brother..." Jing Shao looked at his brother and finally couldn't help sighing. Before leaving, his own princess repeatedly warned him that he couldn't directly persuade his brother and Gu Huaiqing, because Jing Chen, as an emperor, must have considered it more thoroughly than him. Since ancient times, it has been impossible to have both the country and the beauty. Now there is such a good opportunity. He didn't know what his brother was hesitating about, but it turned out that he pityed Gu Huaiqing...

After his brother left, Jing Chen sat in the imperial garden, looking at the fallen flowers.

"Every generation of Huainan King is called Gu Huaiqing, so did you have another name when you were a child?" He asked this question by chance when he looked at the man's delicate face.

"Give me the jade button, and I will tell you the latest chapter." Gu Huaiqing in his memory smiled maliciously.

"Just don't tell me." He felt that his smile was very beautiful at that time, so he didn't care about his rudeness.

"Feng Xi," Gu Huaiqing grabbed his jade button and smiled so charmingly that the prince of Huainan should be named with Xi as the suffix, "When I was a child, I was called Feng Xi."

In February of the fourth year of Shengyuan, the queen passed away for one year, and the court officials asked to establish a new queen. In March, Emperor Shengyuan announced the decree to respect the teachings of Taizu, marry King Huainan Gu Huaiqing as the queen, and withdraw the fiefdom of Huainan. Emperor Shengyuan appreciated the talent of Huai Xiang and appointed him as the left prime minister.

Although Gu Huaiqing was considered the successor, the wedding was held in a grand manner because it was the legacy of Taizu and the Empress Yuan was brought from the palace. Ten miles of red carpet, universal celebration.

Jingchen pushed open the door of the inner room of Fengyi Palace, and looked at the person sitting in front of the red silk tent with slightly drunk eyes. The wedding dress similar to his own, embroidered with gorgeous golden phoenixes, set off the handsome face, making it even more charming.

Slowly walking over, picking up the wine cup on the table, Jingchen handed a cup over, but was not in a hurry to drink, just looking at him quietly: "Is it worth it?" Giving up everything, just for him, who was carrying the world on his back and destined not to devote all his energy to him, is it really worth it?

Gu Huaiqing shook the golden cup in his hand, stood up and held the emperor's arm: "On the wedding night, why is the emperor so unromantic."

Jingchen didn't ask any more questions, just held his arm and drank the wine in the cup.

Jing Chen embraced his newly married queen and laid on the wide bed. The candlelight shone through the red curtains on Gu Huaiqing's face, which looked a bit charming in the dimness. He stroked her soft black hair and sighed softly.

"Why is the emperor sighing?" Gu Huaiqing stretched out a slender finger and touched her lips, "Life is short, the emperor should not waste time."

Jing Chen slowly untied the belt embroidered with phoenix patterns, revealing his well-proportioned chest, and kissed it lightly: "Since you are willing to marry me, I will never let you down."

Gu Huaiqing curved her narrow eyes and waited quietly for her husband to strip off all his clothes, then turned over and pressed the emperor under her: "The emperor, take a rest, I will serve you."

"No," Jing Chen frowned, thinking that this was a bit inappropriate, and turned over to press Gu Huaiqing, "The queen turned over on top of me, how can it be?"

"Your Majesty, please forgive me," Gu Huaiqing said insincerely, and with a force, he pressed the person down again, "It's really that I miss the emperor day and night, and I can't stand this slow torture, so..." As he said this, one hand had slipped into the dragon robe.

The emperor got married and stopped court for three days.

During these three days, the emperor did not step out of Fengyi Palace. People in the palace talked about it, saying that this male queen seemed to be particularly favored. When the emperor was the second prince's wife, he did not like her so much.

A year later, Mu Hanzhang went to the imperial study to submit the memorials that he had handled for the emperor these days. Jing Shao, who had nothing to do, followed his own princess into the palace to watch the fun.

"Why is the emperor's sister-in-law not here?" Jing Shao looked around. Didn't his brother say that he could ask Gu Huaiqing to help review the memorials?

"The queen is a little tired, I asked him to rest in Fengyi Palace." Jing Chen looked at a few memorials expressionlessly, and felt that there was nothing wrong with Mu Hanzhang's handling, so he put them aside and picked up a new memorial to review.

Jing Shao understood instantly, exchanged a tacit look with his brother, and pulled his own princess away.

After everyone left, Queen Gu, wearing a phoenix robe, walked out from behind the screen. She approached the emperor with a shameless face and said flatteringly, "You are tired from sitting. Can I lean on you?"

Jing Chen turned a deaf ear and continued to review the memorials. The Queen Mother consciously came over and rubbed the emperor's waist slowly.

"If you do this again, I will lock you up in the cold palace tomorrow." Jing Chen snorted coldly, but his body unconsciously leaned on the person next to him.

"How can the emperor be so ruthless," Gu Huaiqing frowned and leaned on his shoulder aggrievedly, "I am pregnant now. If I go to that cold place, I am afraid that the child will not be saved."

Jing Chen rubbed his forehead with a headache and squeezed out a sentence from his teeth: "As the queen of a country, it is not decent to talk nonsense!"

"The emperor actually suspected me!" Gu Huaiqing's expression became more resentful, "I will prove my innocence to the emperor now." As she said that, she put her hand into the emperor's lapel.

"……roll!"