Chapter 691: Proposal (1)

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

In the next few days, the streets and alleys were discussing the matter of Kang Wang forcing him to leave the throne. They treated this matter as a topic after tea.

The citizens of the capital were still in an extremely excited mood.

The servants of the Gu Mansion were no exception. For a moment, they criticized Kang Wang for being bold, and for a moment, they praised the Emperor for being wise and mighty. For a moment, they were glad that Li Yunrong had long changed her surname back to Li. They praised their Eldest Young Master for being neutral in this incident.

Gu Yuan had been following beside Chu Yi these days. Only seven days later did he have the time to return to the residence. The residence was in an uproar, and he couldn’t wait to release firecrackers at the entrance to celebrate.

The first thing Gu Yunzhen said when she saw Gu Yuan was,

“Big Brother, you… have grown taller!”

Gu Yunzhen sized up Gu Yuan. She had clearly not seen Gu Yuan for more than ten days, but the young man in front of her made her feel a strange sense of unfamiliarity. He was unfamiliar and familiar.

Today, Gu Yuan was wearing a lake-blue willow leaf with dark patterns. There was a black silk sash around his waist. He was tall and thin, and his cold face was less sharp than a young man’s, but more tenacious.

Compared to last year, Gu Yuan had indeed grown taller, but in fact, what Gu Yunzhen really wanted to say just now was that Gu Yuan looked more like Gu Ce, be it his appearance or aura.

How good! The corners of Gu Yunzhen’s eyes turned slightly sour. She felt a little absent-minded, as if she had seen her dead uncle again.

“Big Brother has indeed grown taller!” Gu Yanfei nodded seriously, her eyes shining.

Compared to Gu Yuan, who was unable to move freely in his previous life, the current Gu Yuan was too good!

Gu Yanfei turned around with a smile and asked Gu Yunzhen, “Sister, should we measure the size of Big Brother’s summer shirt again?”

“That’s right.” Gu Yunzhen nodded and hurriedly instructed the maidservant to find someone from the sewing room to take Gu Yuan’s measurements.

“…” Gu Yuan actually felt that the robe could be half an inch long or half an inch short, but he tactfully shut his mouth.

In the past, when his mother was handling the butler’s internal affairs, his father never interrupted.

Gu Yuan thought of something, and his expression turned serious. He asked Gu Yunzhen with concern, “Zhen’er, I heard that Third Uncle’s mother contracted a cold a few days ago. Is she feeling better?”

“She’s fine.” Gu Yunzhen hurriedly said, “My mother just didn’t sleep well the past few nights, so she felt a little cold. Yanfei prescribed some medicine for her. I’ve also given her some calming incense these two nights. She’s fine now.”

For Madam Yan and Gu Yunzhen, the incident on the day of the forced abdication, or the day the 45 funeral bells sounded, made them nervous for a while.

After that, Gu Yuan sent someone to guard the Gu Mansion and let them stay in the residence in peace.

When the news of Kang Wang forcing him to leave the imperial mausoleum came in the afternoon, everything had already been settled. The capital was also under Gu Yuan’s control.

For Gu Yunzhen, what happened that day was actually not urgent or real. It was as if a storm had suddenly attacked and ended…

Third Madam Yan was a heavy-hearted person. After that, she was awakened by nightmares for a few nights consecutively, which was why she accidentally caught a cold.

Compared to them, the ones who were really in danger were Gu Yuan and Gu Yanfei.

Gu Yunzhen pursed her lips and couldn’t help but ask curiously, “Big Brother, everyone is saying that you and the Eldest Prince used a spell to shrink the ground and rush back to the capital from Yuzhou that day. Is that true?”

“…” Gu Yuan raised his eyebrows in shock.

Gu Yanfei laughed out loud. Her laughter was clear.

Gu Yunzhen also knew the answer after hearing Gu Yanfei laugh. She raised the teacup in embarrassment and used the tea to hide her embarrassment.

Gu Yuan smiled in amusement. In any case, the dust had already settled, so there was nothing he couldn’t tell Gu Yunzhen.

He organized his thoughts and said concisely, “The Eldest Prince and 1 didn’t go to Yuzhou. After leaving the capital for 200 miles, we came back in disguise…”

Gu Yuan roughly explained the entire incident.

After the battle in Yangzhou nine years ago, Chu You used nine years to dismantle the Huben Army and hide it bit by bit in the three major camps and the top 12 guards. Apart from himself, no one knew where the Tiger Army was.

The Tiger Army was Chu You’s trump card.

It wasn’t until this forced abdication that Chu You mobilized the Tiger Army from various places and turned it into a whole.

After Gu Yuan and Chu Yi secretly returned to the capital, they had been paying attention to Chu You’s movements. On April 15, the two of them separated. Chu Yi secretly followed the emperor to the imperial mausoleum, while Gu Yuan stayed in the capital.

Chu You’s target was the Emperor. The majority of the Tiger Army followed beside him. He felt that there was nothing to be afraid of in the capital, so he only left a thousand soldiers of the Tiger Army for Empress Dowager Yuan to command..