Chapter 156 "It turns out to be Governor Dou.
Why is Lord Governor here in the middle of the night?"
Changsheng became alert.
Dou Hongyan said: "It's not that our family wants to see the princess, but that the master has something to do and wants to see Princess Shengyi.
The master's chariot is nearby.
Please get out of the car and meet the princess."
Dou Hongyan’s master Gu Jianli frowned, and she gently pushed open one of the two doors of the carriage, and the night breeze from outside immediately came in.
Seeing her, Dou Hongyan immediately made a gesture of invitation.
Ji Xia said anxiously: "Lord Governor, this is not according to the rules in the middle of the night.
Our lady is about to go home.
Why don't I go back to the house with you?
I can cook a cup of hot tea for Your Majesty and Lord Governor to ward off the cold."
Your Majesty thinks it's too far, so let's turn back and go back to the palace.
The prince hasn't rested yet."
Dou Hongyan glanced at Ji Xia, raised the corner of his mouth with a smile, and said: "The people around the princess are thoughtful.
But the master is a ninety-five-year-old man and is busy with state affairs.
It's just a matter of taking him aside to say a few words.
Wait.
I have to rush back to the palace next time, whether I go to Ji's Mansion or Prince Wuxian's Mansion, I'm afraid I'll be delayed if I miss the morning meeting."
Ji Xia didn't know what to do, so she looked back at Gu Jianli, waiting for her intention.
Gu Jianli was very suspicious as to why Ji Lan, who was cautious by nature, left the palace in the middle of the night.
Was he going to do other things and met her Che Luan on the way, or was he planning to go to Prince Wuxian's Mansion to look for her?
Gu Jianli narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at Che Luan who was surrounded by guards in the distance.
There are not many guards, so Ji Lan should travel quietly this time.
Gu Jianli couldn't guess why Ji Lan wanted to see her.
Could it be that he wanted to kidnap her and threaten her father to help?
But if he wanted to kidnap her, why would he come out of the palace to meet her in person?
The rumors spread by Ji Yan have indeed affected Ji Lan's prestige.
As a personal witness to Ji Lan's accession to the throne, it is wrong for Ji Lan to silence her or use her to take the blame.
If Ji Lan wanted to get rid of her, she would have been eliminated long ago. , not to mention that there is no need for him to come out of the palace in person and ask to see him.
Thinking of this, Gu Jianli suddenly didn't feel so worried anymore.
"Princess, please."
Dou Hongyan bent down and urged again.
Gu Jianli retracted his thoughts, handed his hand to Ji Xia, and was helped out of the carriage.
Ji Xia naturally followed Gu Jianli closely, and even Changsheng jumped out of the carriage, approached Gu Jianli, lowered his voice and whispered: "If there is any danger, Changsheng still has the ability to take you alone."
Chang Sheng had to be nervous.
Ji Wujing deliberately kept him here.
If something went wrong with Gu Jianli, his ten lives would not be enough to compensate.
After passing through a piece of dry grass, Gu Jianli walked up to Ji Lan Che Luan and bowed respectfully.
The door of the carriage was pushed open from the inside, revealing Ji Lan's slightly haggard face.
His eyes, which were always smiling and gentle, were also full of fatigue.
When he saw Gu Jianli, there was a little sparkle in his eyes.
He got off the carriage and said, "I have a few words to say to you alone.
Everyone else should step aside."
Dou Hongyan quietly retreated a certain distance with his guards.
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Ji Xia and Changsheng did not move.
Ji Lan was not in a hurry, chuckled lightly and said, "It's just a few words, and I don't invite the princess to get into the carriage to be alone with her.
There is no need to avoid it."
Gu Jianli asked Ji Xia and Changsheng to keep some distance away.
The official road is very wide, and the grass on both sides has become a large dry land in winter, but the sight is very wide.
Ji Xia, Changsheng and the guards brought by Ji Lan retreated to a distance where they could see but could not hear the conversation between the two people.
"Your Majesty, what do you want to say alone?"
Gu Jianli asked.
Ji Lan opened her mouth, but suddenly she didn't know where to start.
He looked at Gu Jianli standing opposite, and his heart suddenly became confused.
In the memory, the brave and intelligent little girl seemed to have grown up that night, and the charm of a woman was outlined in her eyebrows, but she was still the same, and no other woman in the world could compare with her.
Ever since Batur appeared with Gu Jianli's portrait in the morning, Ji Lan had been angry and irritable all day long.
He couldn't be calm or calm.
He was not at all like the calm and calm person he usually was.
When the time came, he impulsively wanted to leave the palace and go to Prince Wuxian's Mansion to see her.
Until she met Gu Jianli at this time, and saw the real her standing in front of her, no longer the same person in her dream a year ago before the fire, Ji Lan suddenly felt at ease.
Ji Lan felt inexplicably regretful.
He often warned himself that the country was the most important thing, and he should not indulge in the land of beauties, let alone ruin the overall situation of the world because of a woman.
Overly suppressed emotions accumulate in the heart, and once the rain comes, they will flourish.
Ji Lan didn't speak for a long time, and Gu Jianli didn't speak either.
She quietly lowered her eyes and waited.
At this time, she no longer guessed why Ji Lan was looking for her, but instead thought about the current situation in the court.
Another quarter of an hour later, Gu Jianli raised his eyes to look at Ji Lan and said in a warm voice: "Your Majesty is diligent in his work, so he should take care of his dragon body.
It's late at night, so it's time to go back to the palace to rest."
"Diligence" Ji Lan laughed to herself, "What's the use of diligence."
Gu Jianli was slightly surprised.
Gu Jianli felt that Ji Lan was indeed better than Ji Yan in terms of personal ability.
Ji Lan was considered a wise king in the year after he ascended the throne.
Tax cuts and road construction were all visible benefits to the people.
But the struggle for power in the royal family is not about personal ability.
The power behind Ji Yan is indeed not comparable to Ji Lan.
Gu Jianli fell silent.
"That's all.
It's cold in the night, go back."
Ji Lan said.
Gu Jianli was even more surprised.
However, she didn't ask any further questions.
She knelt down and saluted, then turned around.
However, when she had just taken two steps, she was stopped by Ji Lan.
"Gu Jianli."
Gu Jianli paused and felt a strange feeling in his heart.
There seemed to be something wrong with Ji Lan's name for her.
She turned around without changing her eyebrows, pretending to be dumbfounded and asked: "What orders does your Majesty have?"
Ji Lan gently raised the corners of her lips, smiled, and said softly: "I pride myself on being deep-minded and cold-blooded.
I live selfishly for power and status.
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I have lived in intrigues every day since I was a child.
I have never been able to touch a single word of love. .
A single thought of love is as light as duckweed and as heavy as a mountain."
Gu Jianli was shocked and horrified.
Astonishment flashed in her eyes, and she quickly suppressed it.
Her heart beat nervously a few minutes faster.
She forced herself to calm down and continued to pretend to be dumbfounded, pretending not to understand.
Ji Lan slowly walked towards Gu Jianli.
One step, two steps When he took the third step, Gu Jianli took a step back.
A faint smile appeared on Ji Lan's lips, and he stopped, stopped moving forward, and asked sadly: "What do you think I should do?"
How to answer this Gu Jianli's lowered eyelashes covered the nervousness and fear in her eyes.
"Are you afraid?
Why are you afraid that I will do something wrong to you?"
Ji Lan chuckled with a hint of mockery, and he said with disdain, "Well, I have known how to fight for favor since I was a child in the deep palace, and later I fought for power and gain.
I am even more greedy to fight for the world, but I have never fought for a woman.
I always think that men who are addicted to women are useless, and I have vowed since I was a child not to indulge in beauty."
Ji Lan spoke softly, her voice as gentle as if she were casually chatting with an old friend.
Gu Jianli was worried, and the more he listened, the more worried he became.
She finally spoke warmly: "Your Majesty, it's getting late.
It's time for you to return to the palace."
Ji Lan raised her head slightly and looked at the stars on the dark night, and said lonelyly: "If one day I have to choose between country and beauty, I will definitely choose country.
But if the world is peaceful and the rebels are wiped out, I will use Feng Xi Give it to her, I don’t know if she wants it.”
Gu Jianli was shocked and didn't know how to answer the question.
In other words, I dare not reply hastily.
Ji Lan had no intention of harming Gu Jianli, but Gu Jianli didn't believe it.
Gu Jianli has a cautious and calm temperament, not to mention that she has witnessed Ji Lan's cruelty under Ji Lan's gentle smile, how could she not be wary of him?
A rapid clatter of horse hooves came from a distance.
Gu Jianli's heart strings were tense.
Hearing the sound of horse hooves, he couldn't help but turn his head and look.
In the darkness, the silhouette of a man on horseback could be faintly seen.
With just one glance, Gu Jianli recognized Ji Wujing.
At that moment, her eyes suddenly turned red.
Ji Lan followed Gu Jianli's line of sight and squinted her eyes.
When Ji Wujing got closer, she saw clearly that it was him.
"call" Ji Wujing pulled the reins of the horse, and the horse raised its front hooves high and stopped suddenly.
Ji Wujing jumped off the horse and strode towards Gu Jianli.
He naturally held Gu Jianli's hand and asked unhappily: "How come you are so far behind?
Why are you wasting your time?
You don't know that I am waiting for you in front but you came here to have a private meeting with others behind my back."
Ji Lan's eyes fell on the hands held by Ji Wujing and Gu Jianli.
"I don't have that, Your Majesty" Ji Wujing looked at Ji Lan in surprise.
Before he could speak, Ji Lan said first: "My dear, please don't misunderstand me.
There are so many pairs of eyes on the side.
A private meeting is really reluctant.
I just happened to meet the princess while passing by.
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Just ask the princess about her father."
He paused for a moment and ordered loudly: "Go back to the palace."
After saying that, he turned around and got into the carriage parked aside.
The guards waiting in the distance rushed over immediately and surrounded the carriage.
Dou Hongyan glanced at Ji Wujing warily and looked away.
"Your Majesty."
Ji Wujing drawled lazily.
He turned around while holding Gu Jianli's hand, and asked as he walked: "Would you rather ride back with me or take the car by yourself?"
"Ride with you."
Ji Wujing held her waist and put her on the horse's back, then he also got on it, sat behind her, put his arms around her waist, pulled the horse's reins, and rode.
Gu Jianli turned back to look at him and asked, "Why did you come back again?"
The horse ran very fast, blowing Gu Jianli's hair into a mess.
Ji Wujing took off his loose robe and put it directly on Gu Jianli's head.
He said impatiently: "Of course I guessed that you would rush back overnight to worry about you.
Why did I ask such a stupid question?"
"But" Gu Jianli couldn't see anything.
She pulled on the clothes covering her head, trying to pull them off.
"Shut up and don't bother me."
Ji Wujing patted the back of her hand to prevent her from pulling off her clothes.
He was irritable and wanted to run back.
Xingluo's biological mother shouldn't have appeared at this time, as her whereabouts would be too easily exposed.
Gu Jianli stopped pulling the clothes covering his head.
She relaxed her body and leaned lightly on Ji Wujing's chest, and belatedly found a layer of cold sweat on her back.
In the darkness, Gu Jianli slightly raised the corners of his lips.
She groped in front of her and found Ji Wujing's hand holding the horse's rein.
Her slender fingers curled up and held Ji Wujing's thumb in her palm.
Ji Wujing glanced down at her, held her cold hand in his backhand, and said casually in her ear: "It's okay." gd1806102: