flstandardbreds Chapter 153: Southern Tour
Chapter 153: Southern Tour
More importantly, the person they recommended was indeed a capable individual, which made the Minister of War feel much better. Before this, he had thought Shangguan Mufeng was someone who knew nothing.
After this matter was over, everyone here had finished their turn, and then Gan Luo looked at the National Protection Army.
General Su walked up to Gan Luo and gave him a private salute.
"Your Highness, why have you come to such a place? Is it because of this Young Master Shangguan?"
After General Su finished speaking, he turned his gaze to Lin Fengmian. He had heard rumors about Lin Fengmian and Gan Luo these past few days. Although the rumors were very subtle, General Su was, after all, staying in the palace.
"Besides this matter, I came to the palace to see how General Su is training his men."
Seeing how well these soldiers had trained, Gan Luo was quite satisfied.
On the other side, Gan Yanling had already gone to the Imperial Study to draft the imperial edict.
“Little Jiang Zi, yet you invited the princess into the palace.”
Xiao Jiangzi is a personal eunuch recently recruited by Gan Yanling.
After all, Jiang Yu, as the chief eunuch of the Imperial Household Department, is naturally quite busy on weekdays. Now that he has taken in this young eunuch, it can be considered as relieving Jiang Yu's pressure.
Gan Luo and General Su were discussing how to train the soldiers when a palace eunuch arrived. The eunuch respectfully bowed to Gan Luo and then invited him to the Imperial Study.
Gan Luo originally wanted to bring Lin Fengmian along, but General Su said he wanted to do something with Lin Fengmian.
"Your Highness, please don't worry too much about me. I will definitely not make things difficult for Guard Lin. I just want to spar with Guard Lin and his companion, since Guard Lin is highly skilled in martial arts."
Gan Luo didn't think much of it and followed the little eunuch into the palace. After Gan Luo left, General Su walked up to Lin Fengmian.
"Because the rumors about Her Highness the Princess and her companion are spreading like wildfire in the palace, I urge Guard Lin to consider Her Highness's reputation and maintain a certain distance from her in the future."
Because no matter what, this princess is ultimately a woman, and she will eventually get married.
More importantly, the woman's innocence is extremely important; if her innocence is proven...
"Your Highness and I are completely innocent, and nothing has happened. General, you are overthinking it."
Looking back on the time I spent with Gan Luo these past few days, there was indeed some intimacy between us. As a princess, it would be inappropriate for Gan Luo to continue like this.
Moreover, Lin Fengmian hoped that Gan Luo could marry a good husband.
Although Lin Fengmian wanted to marry Gan Luo, he understood his own status and knew he had no way of marrying her.
As soon as Gan Luo entered the Imperial Study, Gan Yanling put down the memorial in his hand and walked up to Gan Luo: "Your Majesty has something you would like to discuss with you. I wonder what Your Majesty thinks about arranging for Young Master Shangguan to go south?"
"Shangguan Mufeng has only just been granted an official position, and it is somewhat inappropriate to send him south. Moreover, shouldn't His Majesty personally go on this trip? Why is it that he has to send an official instead?"
Gan Luo really didn't know what Gan Yanling was up to, and for some reason, Gan Luo always felt that Gan Yanling wanted to suppress her.
Despite being siblings, they were scheming against each other. Gan Luo couldn't understand what his younger brother was thinking.
When the time is right, Gan Luo will naturally return all of these powers to himself. He has no interest in the so-called throne and only hopes that the country can be stable.
“Tomorrow, envoys from a neighboring country will come to the palace to pay tribute. They will stay here for at least half a month. If that happens, it will delay their journey south. That is why I plan to send officials there.”
"Since His Majesty intends to send officials, I have someone to recommend me. I would recommend the Prime Minister, since the Prime Minister's status is relatively high in the court, isn't it?"
Gan Yanling felt that Gan Luo's words made a lot of sense, and he decided to summon the Prime Minister to his presence for a proper discussion.
Gan Luo then left the Imperial Study, saying he was a little sleepy and needed to return to the Princess's residence.
When Gan Luo found Lin Fengmian, his expression changed. He wondered what the two had been talking about. Then, Gan Luo used his mind-reading ability and found that Lin Fengmian had no thoughts at all.
Was Lin Fengmian lost in thought? Gan Luo walked up to Lin Fengmian and waved his hand in front of him, bringing Lin Fengmian back to his senses.
"Did General Su say something to you?"
"Your Highness is overthinking it. What will General Su say?"
General Su walked up to Gan Luo and Lin Fengmian, and couldn't help but start praising Lin Fengmian.
"Young Master Lin's strength is indeed extraordinary; I admire him greatly."
"I am a little tired. I will come to see you again in a few days."
Gan Luo and Lin Fengmian then headed towards the Princess's residence, and unexpectedly found lanterns for sale in the market.
Gan Luo couldn't help but take a few more glances, but Lin Fengmian noticed.
Lin Fengmian quietly bought them all.
"It has been a long time since I walked back to the princess's residence like this. Walking back like this now feels quite special."
Hearing Gan Luo say this, Lin Fengmian echoed Gan Luo's words from the side.
"Does Your Highness want Young Master Shangguan to have an official position in the court because you want him to marry the princess of the neighboring country?"
"That's exactly right. Since they like each other, I will naturally help them be together. Besides, Young Master Shangguan was my favorite male concubine before, so how could I possibly mistreat Shangguan Mufeng?"
Lin Fengmian thought Gan Luo's words made a lot of sense.
He couldn't help but wonder if he would one day be like that... But then he thought again, Lin Fengmian was Gan Luo's personal bodyguard, and moreover, Lin Fengmian was a shadow guard in the Shadow Hall. He would only have one master in his life and would only accompany his master by his side.
It seems unlikely that Lin Fengmian will suffer the same fate as Shangguan Mufeng. She will definitely not be expelled from the princess's residence. Otherwise, Lin Fengmian would not know where to go.