After hearing her gossip, all the civil and military officials went crazy.

Chapter 179 My name is Gu Shunan

[Guagua, is the male lead in this post normal or...?]

[Host, this is definitely normal! If this weren't a novel by Haitang, it would definitely be normal.]

Fang Lingchu rolled her eyes at the system.

[That's normal now, our Dragon Kingdom's most handsome third-ranked scholar! He's the male lead in this post, what am I supposed to say?]

By the way, this post should be a normal 1v1, right? It's not a 1v+ one, is it?

[Definitely not, host. The reason Gu Shunan became the male lead in the PO novel is because of the male and female leads in Zhou Guo's harem novel.]

After Gu Shunan finished speaking, he kept his head down and listened quietly to his story.

Upon hearing that other countries were involved, his eyes instantly turned icy cold.

His lips were as cold as ice, and the chill emanating from him rivaled that of the emperor above.

The emperor's expression was no better.

After all, Gu Shunan was personally promoted by him. Judging from Fang Lingchu's words, his beloved minister also had affairs of other countries on his mind!

Fang Ling's heart broke when she heard that it was related to the Zhou Kingdom again.

[Guagua, when will our country have the money and the soldiers to conquer the Zhou Kingdom?]

[Host, calm down. Things may not be going well for a while, but things are going well at your border lately, with only news of victories, which is already quite good.]

Okay, let's talk about the relationship between Gu Shunan and that womanizer!

[You've arrived, host.]

According to the original plot, Gu Shunan should be on his way to escort the second princess to a marriage alliance at this time.

The day before the marriage alliance.

The second princess looked at Gu Shunan kneeling before her and asked, "Gu Shunan, why did you send me to a marriage alliance? You shouldn't have gone."

Gu Shunan lowered his head, closed his eyes, and then said, "There's no such thing as 'should' or 'shouldn't.' You are a princess, and I am an envoy escorting you to your marriage. I promised to help you get married, and now I've fulfilled that promise!"

The second princess fell silent, recalling their first meeting.

She was eight years old at the time. While playing, she accidentally wandered into her brother, the Crown Prince's, Eastern Palace and got lost.

I searched for a long time but couldn't find a way out, and I was so anxious that I almost cried.

Just then, he appeared like a divine being descending from the heavens and reached out his hand to her.

"Who are you? Why are you crying here all by yourself?"

At that time, he passed the imperial examination with flying colors and was full of pride. He accepted the Crown Prince's invitation to attend a banquet at the Eastern Palace.

Wearing a silver-white dress embroidered with plum blossoms, a touch of red amidst the all-white, she looked as beautiful as a fairy from heaven.

The second princess was stunned when she saw it.

"Are you a celestial being? Have you come to take me to heaven?"

My eyes were filled with amazement and delight.

Gu Shunan looked at the little girl and smiled, then deliberately said, "Why don't you tell me which palace you belong to? I'll send you back, and next time I'll take you back to heaven, okay?"

Gu Shunan was originally very good-looking, but he didn't like to smile usually, so everyone usually thought of him as a high-and-mighty flower, an iceberg snow lotus.

I was already very good-looking, but this smile makes me even more so.

He completely captivated the second princess.

"Will you marry me when we return to heaven?"

Gu Shunan: ...

She's so young, and she already wants to get married.

Yes, so I'll take you home first.

“Okay, my name is Long Xihan. Consort Xian is my mother. I am 8 years old this year. What is your name?”

Gu Shunan stayed by her side, listening to her self-introduction, which was rather adorable.

"My name is Gu Shunan."

"I've got it. So remember to come and marry me!"

Gu Shunan simply took this sentence as a childhood revelation.

After seeing the person off, we arrived at the palace gate.

He saw that his father was already there waiting for him.

"Father."

"Well, let's go home."

"Okay." Both of them were aloof and reserved, so there wasn't much to say.

After a period of silence, Grand Tutor Gu finally spoke, "Do you know what position His Majesty intends to give you?"

"I don't know. These are questions His Majesty should be thinking about. Why should Father ask me?"

Grand Tutor Gu was displeased to see his son like this.

"blockhead"

Gu Shunan did not speak.

Anyway, his father never liked him since he was a child, and he was used to it.

After the second princess returned home, she kept telling Consort Xian that she had encountered a deity.

This amused the pregnant Consort Xian, making her laugh heartily.

However, after the emperor sent Gu Shunan to the south of the Yangtze River, the two never saw each other again.

They didn't meet again until three years later.

That was the emperor's birthday.

Gu Shunan happened to be back on his mission and attended the banquet.

When the second princess saw Gu Shunan, she almost called him "Fairy Brother".

But I didn't say it out loud.

Gu Shunan hadn't seen the little princess for three years; the one he'd only met once had suddenly grown up.

She looks like she's almost a grown woman.

During the banquet, the two also met in the Imperial Garden.

"Lord Gu, it's been a long time."

Gu Shunan looked at the person whose temperament and speech were completely different and nodded.

"Your Highness, it's been a long time."

They greeted each other, then fell silent.

The second princess stood beside her, unsure how to voice her doubts.

After a long pause, he finally asked, "Is Lord Gu usually very busy?"

"Things are quite busy, and there are many floods in the Jiangnan region."

"Yeah, isn't there even a little bit of time?"

When asked this question, the second princess lowered her head, feeling very nervous.

Gu Shunan took a hairpin out of his pocket and placed it on the stone next to him.

"You like lotus flowers, and I saw them when I came here, so I just brought them for you. The other things you asked me to bring have already been sent to Consort Xian."

Upon seeing the object, the second princess's eyes, which had previously been dull and lifeless, instantly lit up.

"Did you bring this specifically for me? Or does everyone have one?"

Gu Shunan had no way to respond to that.

"Princess, you should not write to me in the future; it will not be good for your reputation."

The second princess trembled slightly as she looked at the stone hairpin and listened to his words.

Forcing back her tears, she said, "Alright, I was young and ignorant, please forgive me, Lord Gu."

"It's been quite a while since we came out. Princess, you should go back soon. I'll be leaving now."

Before the second princess could reply, he had already disappeared.

The second princess was left alone to wait for the stone's hairpin.

Tears blurred her vision, and she almost made a sound soon after.

Even Gu Shunan, hiding behind the rock, had tears in her eyes.

At that moment, he also wanted to go over and hold her in his arms to comfort her.

But that won't work; the age and social status gap between them is too large.

Besides, what he's doing now puts his life in danger at any moment. How can he implicate the princess?
Gu Shunan eventually left.

The second princess cried for a while, then picked up the hairpin from the stone and placed it on her heart.

From now on, we'll be like strangers.

The second princess closed her eyes, and a tear fell onto the lotus flower on the hairpin, forming a water droplet.

(End of this chapter)