The solitary penny glowed dimly in Wanchun's jade-white palm. There were even faint oil stains on the copper coin, which seemed to have been left by Gu Qing's hand scratching the flesh just now.

Wan Chun was so disgusted that goosebumps appeared on his arms. He almost wanted to throw it out and wash his hands a hundred times.

"You only give one penny of the folk's happy money?" Wan Chun asked, holding back the disgust in his heart.

Gu Qing said honestly: "Not necessarily. All the money I have has been distributed outside, and only this penny is left. To be honest, the arrival of Her Royal Highness the Princess has made my already not wealthy family even worse..."

Wan Chun was stunned for a moment, then suddenly burst into laughter.

"Stretch your hand over here." Wan Chun ordered.

Gu Qing reached out his hand hesitantly.

Wan Chun pulled his sleeve, wiped the penny stained with oily flowers clean with his sleeve, then put it into his belt, and said arrogantly: "I reluctantly accept your happy gift."

Gu Qing suddenly missed his previous life. At least the princess in the previous life would never dare to be so arrogant when collecting money, otherwise not only would she be complained, but her mother would also deduct the money.

Therefore, we must look at history dialectically. Although the traditional virtue of polygamy and multiple concubines no longer exists, the times are progressing after all. For example, in the profession of princess, as the times change, they have become more and more humble.

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Can you imagine the princess who is kneeling and toasting? She is treated like a father.

"Were you injured in the wildfire the night before?" Wanchun asked after a moment of silence.

"Thank you for your concern, Your Highness. I am fine." Gu Qing thought for a moment and then added: "I would also like to thank Your Highness for turning the tide, resolutely taking over the imperial army, and quickly extinguishing the mountain fire. Otherwise, Your Majesty and I will have unpredictable consequences."

Wan Chun pursed his lips and smiled and said: "I am just doing my duty as a minister. I can only follow the rules when putting out fires. But you, Gu County Marquis, are quite extraordinary. You were caught in a mountain fire that was certain to kill you, but you actually reversed the situation and saved the lives of your father and the emperor."

Everyone is asking for life. If it weren't for you, today's Tang Dynasty would have been turned upside down. Your contribution is not only to save the country, but to save the country from collapse. My father only made you a county prince, which is already a injustice to you.

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Gu Qing smiled awkwardly, feeling a little surprised.

Did this princess drink honey water? Her little mouth is so sweet, and her rainbow farts are even more extreme than those of the eunuchs who congratulated her. I'm afraid I can't spend even a penny.

After the business exchange was over, Gu Qing and Wan Chun fell into an awkward silence.

Although the two have met many times, they are actually not familiar with each other. Strictly speaking, they still have a small grudge.

Today's Wanchun is a bit strange. Usually when I see him, he always looks angry, but today he is extremely polite, and his tone of voice is also different. Today's Wanchun finally looks a bit like a princess of the Tang Dynasty.

Dignified temperament.

After a short silence, Wan Chun stood up and said: "Okay, I just stopped by to see you and express my gratitude to you. After all, you saved my father, so I will leave now."

Gu Qing breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly stood up to see him off.

Wan Chun took two steps, then suddenly turned around and said, "Let's pack up. Maybe my father and the imperial concubine will return to Chang'an tomorrow."

Gu Qing was stunned: "So fast?"

Wan Chun curled his lips and said: "The prince came to Huaqing Palace yesterday and knelt in front of Yichun Pavilion for two hours. His legs were almost useless before my father asked him to help him to rest. The fire was set strangely the night before.

Without finding out, my former father couldn't stay in Huaqing Palace any longer. Besides, tomorrow a distinguished guest from Chang'an will come to Beijing to pay homage to my father, so my father decided to wait for him at Xingqing Palace."

Gu Qingqi asked: "Which distinguished guest is worthy of Your Majesty personally returning to Chang'an to wait for him?"

Wanchun said softly: "Pinglu, Fan Yang, Jiedushi of the three towns in Hedong, and Anlu Mountain."

Gu Qing was shocked and said: "Who?"

"An Lushan."

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Early the next morning, Li Longji decided to set off back to Chang'an.

Gu Qing was still riding in his low-key blue-covered carriage, sitting in the carriage as sinking as water.

Li Longji returned to Chang'an in a hurry this time. In the past, he took refuge from the cold in Huaqing Palace every year, and would not return to Chang'an until the spring of the next year. He stayed in Huaqing Palace for almost the entire winter, but this time he only stayed for a few days before returning to Chang'an.

Maybe the mountain fire made Li Longji lose his sense of security towards Huaqing Palace, but Gu Qing felt that the more important thing was that he wanted to go back to see An Lushan.

From Li Longji's decision, we can see how important An Lushan is in his heart.

It may not be easy to defeat this barbarian in the future.

The safest way is to gain greater trust from Li Longji, strive for his own holy family to surpass An Lushan, and then fight openly and secretly with An Lushan in the court, forcing An Lushan to hastily rebel, or be exposed before he has time to rebel.

, was noticed by Li Longji.

Judging from Li Longji's temperament, which is accustomed to playing with balancing skills, he should be very happy to see his subordinates fighting with each other. As long as Gu Qing behaves like a submissive chess piece, Li Longji will become more and more serious.

Use him.

After all, who in power wouldn't like a chess piece that saved his life and listened to his words? What's more, this chess piece has unpredictable abilities and can live up to expectations no matter where it is placed on the chessboard.

Sitting in the rickety carriage, Gu Qing felt something in his heart, and suddenly asked himself questions and answers from his soul.

"Why am I so good?"

"Accept your fate, your excellence is destined by God."

"Okay."

The emperor's guard of honor walked for most of the day and finally returned to Chang'an.

After entering the city, Li Longji's honor guard entered Xingqing Palace directly, while Gu Qing said goodbye and went home.

As soon as the carriage stopped at the door of the house, Butler Xu, who had been waiting for a long time, rushed forward and helped Gu Qing out of the carriage with both hands attentively and flatteringly. As soon as Gu Qing stood still, he found that there were many people standing at the door. In addition to those from his own house,

In addition to the servants, there were also Li Twelve Niang, Li Guangbi, Zhang Jiuzhang, Hao Donglai, Shi Daxing and others. Zhang Huaijin didn’t know what mistake he had made, but Zhang Jiuzhang pinched the back of his neck with one hand, like a hunter carrying a bird.

The little rabbit was waving at him reluctantly.

Butler Xu took the lead and bowed to Gu Qing, shouting: "Welcome the Marquis back home!"

A group of servants lined up behind shouted in unison: "Welcome the Marquis back to the house!"

Gu Qing was startled, couldn't help but take a few steps back, and asked in shock: "What are you doing?"

Butler Xu smiled attentively and said: "Congratulations, Young Master, on being granted the title of Marquis of the County. This is a great joy for our family. From now on, our family will be a veritable Marquis' Mansion, and there should be no less pomp and ceremony."

After speaking, Butler Xu pointed to the plaque on the door lintel. Gu Qing suddenly discovered that his plaque had been replaced by "Qingcheng County Marquis' Mansion" at some point. It had gold characters on a black background and glowed dazzlingly in the winter sun, as if it had been installed.

A successful one.

Gu Qing only glanced at the plaque and stopped looking at it. He stepped forward to meet Li Twelfth Mother, Li Guangbi and others.

Zhang Huaijin finally broke free from Zhang Jiuzhang's clutches and quickly rushed to Gu Qing. He circled around him first, clicking his tongue.

"You've actually been granted the title of Marquis, tsk tsk, Brother Gu, you are so awesome."

Gu Qing said with a smile: "From now on, Sister Huaijin can walk sideways when she goes out. Tell me my name. As long as you bear the beating, I guarantee that you can go home alive every day."

Zhang Huaijin laughed, leaning forward and back without any manners, completely forgetting the etiquette that a woman should have, and opened her mouth so wide when she laughed that Gu Qing could even see her tonsils at a glance.

Zhang Jiuzhang, who was behind him, lost his composure and let out a loud roar.

Zhang Huaijin seemed to have had the power switch turned off, his laughter suddenly stopped, and then his expression quickly changed, as if he was a different person, lowering his head and lowering his eyelids, feeling shy in the cool breeze.

Gu Qing was shocked. Is this girl going to be a monster again?

"Brother Gu is joking, Brother Gu is so funny, hehe." Zhang Huaijin took out a white handkerchief from somewhere, lowered his head and covered his mouth with a chuckle, looking like a serious lady from a famous family in the Tang Dynasty.

Gu Qing sincerely praised: "Sister Huaijin pretends to be a lady, there is no trace of acting at all, it is so realistic."

"Brother Gu, don't be ridiculous. My sister is a lady, how could she ever pretend to be so?"

Gu Qing earnestly advised: "Sister Huaijin, forget it, it's too late. No matter how much you pretend to be a lady, you can't hide your dashing and heroic appearance. Stop pretending and let everyone live."

Zhang Huaijin was dumbfounded for a while, then suddenly stamped his feet bitterly, turned to Zhang Jiuzhang and said, "Second ancestor, you can't blame me for being rude. Brother Gu doesn't believe it at all. There's nothing I can do. It's too tiring to stop pretending!"

After saying this, Zhang Huaijin quickly ran through the door and dropped a few words at the end.

"Brother Gu, please hurry up and pack things up. I'll treat you to roast leg of lamb and drink grape wine tonight. We won't go home until we get drunk."

Everyone laughed, but Gu Qing showed a relaxed smile.

This is Zhang Huaijin. The appearance of being possessed by a ghost just now was so terrifying.

Zhang Jiuzhang was so angry that he wanted to teach Zhang Huaijin a lesson, but she ran away. Then he thought about it, Gu Qing and Zhang Huaijin were getting along quite harmoniously just now, and they saw that their relationship was becoming more and more compatible. If they allowed it to develop, they might be able to achieve good things.

Thinking of this, the anger on Zhang Jiuzhang's face gradually disappeared, and a smile appeared unconsciously.

Li Twelve Niang stepped forward and said with a smile: "I do want to congratulate you on being awarded the title of County Marquis. You are so lucky at such a young age. God has treated you well. God has compensated you for the hardships you endured when you were young.

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Gu Qing smiled and said: "Aunt Li, I don't believe in God. I earned my title and official position at the risk of my own life. God didn't help me."

Li Twelve Niang smiled and sighed: "You look very much like your father with your disrespect for ghosts and gods..."

Li Guangbi, who was standing next to him, snorted heavily and stepped forward: "I should be expected to pay you official courtesy, but I just don't want to do it. What a big kid, why did your official position become higher than mine overnight? You know what I am doing?

How many years did it take to sit in Zuo Lang's position?"

Gu Qing comforted him and said: "Uncle Li, please don't make trouble. My nephew has great talents and good luck. Naturally, he will be promoted to a higher rank much faster than you. Thinking about it this way, Uncle Li will accept this fact happily."

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Li Guangbi was furious: "If I beat you now, I don't believe you dare to use military law to deal with me..."
To be continued...