Female Master: Why doesn’t my wife love me yet?

Chapter 126 Returning to Beijing

At present, Gu Qingyuan can only be sure that he will become weak if he is injured, but it is not clear whether he will be affected if he is injured.

However, seeing Chu Zhiyan's miserable appearance at this moment, she felt indescribably happy in her heart. When he took her away, he must have never thought that there would be a day when he would be at the mercy of others, right?

At this time, Chu Zhiyan's mouth was stuffed with a crumpled piece of cloth and he could not make any sound. The loser is the enemy, and he has already admitted defeat.

General Gu was worried that he would play some tricks again, such as tricking Gu Qingyuan into letting him go. After Gu Qingyuan stayed in front of him for a short time, General Gu asked someone to call Gu Qingyuan away.

Chu Zhiyan opened his eyes only after she walked away.

The men who were holding him whistled at him with smug smiles on their faces.

No matter how powerful you are, you will still lose to them.

But the ferocious expression that suddenly appeared on Chu Zhiyan's face scared them and he started cursing.

"It's already this late, who are you trying to scare?"

Having said that, they didn't dare to be as rude to him as they had just been.

Even those who wanted to tease him because of his appearance could only withdraw their hands in embarrassment.

They saw that the young master was fine when he touched him, and thought they could be the same as the young master.

The news of victory spread quickly, and when General Gu and his men were on their way back, before they even reached the capital, the people saw them and their faces lit up with joy, shouting, "We won the battle!"

They were always worried during these times.

Because I heard that the king of southern Xinjiang was extremely cruel and even used living people to make medicine, which was simply inhumane.

They were afraid that they would fall into the hands of the enemy, so it would be better to give them a quick death.

But now, with their General Dingguo, General Gu, taking action, everything is no problem.

Not only did they defeat the Southern Xinjiang Kingdom, but several other countries also sent letters of surrender and voluntarily ceded land to their Daning Kingdom.

The Queen was delighted with this and ordered a one-year tax exemption.

The people cheered even more.

Ten days later, the group returned to the capital safely. When they arrived at the city gate, people stood on both sides of the street to welcome them.

As soon as General Gu showed up on horseback, a commotion broke out in the city. If it weren't for the palace guards maintaining order on both sides of the street with spears, the streets would probably have been in chaos.

Gu Qingyuan sat on a chestnut mare with her head held high, looking quite proud of herself.

They called him "General Gu", so as "Little General Gu", why couldn't I also get some credit?

What's more, I also made contributions in this battle.

When the people from the Academy of Classics saw Gu Qingyuan, they squeezed forward and shouted Gu Qingyuan's name.

Especially Dingxiang, who had been the most attentive to her before, was like Gu Qingyuan's fan girl. She had such a loud voice that she couldn't help but cover her ears when Gu Qingyuan passed by her.

Gu Qingyuan glanced at her, and Dingxiang immediately stood up straight and winked at her.

Gu Qingyuan smiled and mouthed to her, "I'll come over when I'm free."

Dingxiang understood what she meant and nodded at her.

The carriage moved forward and stopped when it was about to reach the gate of the palace.

General Gu dismounted his horse and came before the empress.

"I have met His Majesty."

Gu Qingyuan also followed her mother's example and saluted the empress.

The Queen's eyes were filled with smiles as she quickly said, "Please stand up quickly. You have made an invaluable contribution this time. I have already prepared a celebration banquet for you."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Suddenly, the queen looked at Gu Qingyuan.

She still remembered her two daughters saying that Young Master Gu had an accident, but now seeing her standing here safely, she felt relieved for General Gu.

General Gu is devoted to his country and he only has this one daughter, so he must not allow anything to happen that affects her.

"By the way, Your Majesty, I have one more thing to report."

Then, in front of everyone's gaze, Chu Zhiyan was brought over.

The Queen frowned in confusion and asked, "Why do you keep this person?"

"He is truly despicable, tying his life to that of my daughter... If one dies, the other cannot live."

Otherwise, based on what he had done, General Gu would have cut him into pieces.

"I see."

The queen looked at the man who looked disheveled and no longer as glorious as before, but after seeing his appearance, she felt a little restless.

In the country where women are superior, she has seen many weak and docile men, but this is the first time she has seen a man with such an aggressive appearance as him.

Anyway, he is a prisoner now, and as long as he is not dead, he can be dealt with at will.

The queen ordered him to be thrown into prison, and then she and a group of people walked into the palace and came to the imperial garden where a banquet had already been set up.

The third and fourth princesses were imprisoned, and everyone was disgusted by their act of escaping from the battlefield.

When they arrived at the banquet, there was a round of greetings. Civil servants came up one after another to flatter General Gu and even wanted to introduce their sons to him.

"Hahaha, I've long seen that Young Master Gu is extraordinarily brave, and now I've heard that Young Master Gu also made an indelible contribution to this battle."

Gu Qingyuan curled the corners of his mouth and looked at the person who came with a forced smile.

This person is the Minister of War, Lord Ji, and also Ji Mingzhao's mother.

She nodded to Lord Ji as a greeting, but her words went in one ear and out the other.

Lord Ji added, "My bastard son is of low birth and acts rashly, he is not worthy of the young master."

"What do you mean, Master Ji?"

Gu Qingyuan couldn't stand hearing others belittle those around her, so she retorted, "It's not like he can decide one's birth. Besides, Master Ji has never cared about his own son, so how could he know that he was acting recklessly?"

She knows better than anyone whether Ji Mingzhao is a good person or not.

Lord Ji was obviously choked by Gu Qingyuan's words and felt a little embarrassed.

He wanted to introduce his other son to Gu Qingyuan by belittling Ji Mingzhao, but she was merciless to him and people around him cast inquiring glances at him.

"Haha, I was wrong."

Lord Ji poured himself a glass of wine to hide his embarrassment and pretended to be nonchalant.

"By the way, Young Master Gu seemed to be interested in my other son before. I wonder if he still..."

Gu Qingyuan thought about it, Lord Ji’s other son?

It seemed that when she was in the academy, she heard some gossip about Lord Ji's son.

Both the Lu family and the Wang family had their eyes on Mr. Ji's other son, Ji Yunzheng. However, Wang Rong from the Wang family used some means to have a relationship with Ji Yunzheng.

She thought the two had already gotten married, but she didn't expect that Lord Ji actually wanted to introduce this "brother" of Ji Mingzhao to her.