Chapter 64 Chapter 64 The pretty boy does business.
==Chapter 64==
Xie Zhujing walked up to Gu Yushi carrying a lunch box, as if they were ordinary colleagues, and asked:
"Is Gu Shidu back on duty?"
Illness comes like a mountain falling, and goes like a thread being pulled.
During the days that Gu Yushi was ill, Emperor Wenyuan sent the imperial physician to see him for three consecutive days. Now, everyone in the court knew that Lord Gu was deeply trusted by the emperor.
Gu Yushi ignored him, glanced at the food box in his hand, and walked straight into the Hanlin Academy.
Xie Zhujing didn't care. He walked side by side with him. He smiled with an unclear look in his eyes:
"It was a coincidence that Gu Shidu fell ill. My young lady and I had just gotten engaged that day. I figured it would be time to invite Gu Shidu to the wedding soon."
Gu Yushi suddenly stopped and looked at Xie Zhujing coldly:
"When did you become so talkative?"
He didn't hide it at all, and commented harshly, "It's annoying."
Gu Yushi glanced at the food box that Xie Zhujing was holding deliberately, and said something harsh and piercing:
"Stolen goods should be hidden, not flaunted."
The smile on Xie Zhujing's face faded a little.
Stolen?
He thought so in his heart and whispered: "Steal?"
The tone was inexplicable, yet there was an inexplicable sense of danger.
Gu Yushi seemed not to notice, he refused to give in and stared at Xie Zhujing:
"Isn't it?"
"If it weren't for..." Gu Yushi paused and attributed everything to, "She and I missed a step, and Minister Xie thought it was your turn?"
After he finished speaking, Gu Yushi looked at Xie Zhujing deeply, said nothing more, and turned away.
The smile on Xie Zhujing's face completely disappeared.
He unconsciously murmured, "A loser dares to show off."
It's really disgusting that he speaks in such a matter-of-fact tone.
Before Gu Yushi could sit down, he was asked to leave by the eunuch Li in front of the emperor. Xie Zhujing arrived a step too late, and Gu Yushi was no longer in the hall.
Zhang Zeling was usually unruly. Seeing Xie Zhujing actually carrying a lunch box in, he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows and ask:
"What did Minister Xie take?"
Xie Zhujing glanced at the empty seat in the hall and said calmly, "It's something my fiancée sent me."
The hall was quiet for a moment, and Wu Ping'an squinted his eyes as he flipped through the files, looking so immersed in them that he couldn't hear any outside sounds.
Zhang Zeling gave a wry smile, and couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth.
He asked what it was, but didn't ask who sent it.
When did Xie Zhujing learn to answer questions that are not asked?
He waited quietly for a moment and saw that Xie Zhujing had no intention of opening the food box to let them see it.
Zhang Zeling couldn't help but choke.
Well, do your duty well.
In the imperial study.
Emperor Wenyuan glanced at the man who had returned to duty after several days. He saw that he had lost a lot of weight in just a few days. He couldn't help but sneer:
"Do you feel better after all this trouble?"
He didn't remember hearing any news about the Feng family's little girl visiting the Gu family.
Mess around.
Gu Yushi didn't want to talk about this, so he changed the subject subtly: "I heard Cheng Runze is back."
Don't bring up things that are not related to the topic.
As soon as Cheng Runze came back, he demoted his two sons, which certainly made Emperor Wenyuan unhappy.
Emperor Wenyuan's face darkened, and he picked up the cake that had just been presented to him and threw it at him. Before he could curse, he saw Gu Yushi raise his hand to catch the cake and bow his head respectfully:
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for the reward."
Emperor Wenyuan's curse words were stuck in his throat. He waved his hand in disgust and said, "Get lost."
He is still so smart, which shows that he has sorted out his emotions.
A woman's crying sound was heard outside. Gu Yushi glanced outside. When he came, he saw the imperial concubine kneeling outside the palace. The imperial concubine had always been favored by the emperor. Now that her own son was demoted, she naturally came to plead for mercy.
The atmosphere in the hall suddenly changed, and the expression on Emperor Wenyuan's face became unfathomable. He suddenly chuckled, his tone intriguing:
"This person is indeed different from others."
Gu Yushi didn't think about what Emperor Wenyuan meant by this, after all, it was their royal family's own business.
Emperor Wenyuan tilted his head to look at Eunuch Li and asked, "What is the Queen doing?"
Eunuch Li breathed a little lighter, lowered his head and said respectfully:
"I heard that after the news spread, the Empress took off her hairpin and went into the small Buddhist temple."
Gu Yushi lowered his eyes and said nothing.
Emperor Wenyuan was in a trance, as if lost in memories: "When the imperial concubine entered the palace, she won my heart. At one point, I favored her more than the empress."
What the women in the harem fight for is favor and status, and their ultimate goal is the position of queen, or even the title of queen mother.
What they have always been fighting for is power and status, and the glory they can bring to the family behind them.
To some extent, they were no different from the officials of the previous dynasty. They were all vying to please the emperor, because all the glory, wealth, money, power and influence in this world were in his hands.
Emperor Wenyuan never thought of letting the imperial concubine take the position of empress.
This made the imperial concubine cry sadly for a while, but he only needed to be cold to her for a few days and she would naturally wake up.
Emperor Wenyuan suddenly said:
"Empress..."
"She and I are considered a young couple. She has always been calm and worthy of the Qiao family's reputation. I am very satisfied with her."
Mentioning the imperial concubine means doting, and mentioning the queen means satisfaction.
Gu Yushi didn't bother to think about what Emperor Wenyuan meant. He just mentioned it out of the blue: "What about Empress Yuan?"
These two are the real young couple.
Everyone said that Emperor Wenyuan was deeply in love with the late empress, so he was particularly loving and attentive to the late crown prince. After the late empress passed away, he even took the late crown prince to his side to take care of him.
However, Emperor Wenyuan's answer made Gu Yushi look up:
"The late queen? I don't remember."
Gu Yushi felt a chill in his heart.
When she was still a prince, she managed his household chores, made friends with the ladies of various families, and took care of the inner chambers. Later, in order to give birth to a legitimate son for him, she died of complications during childbirth. She died in her prime years, before she was about to see the dawn.
But doing so only earned him one sentence, which he no longer remembered.
Emperor Wenyuan's voice was calm, ordinary, and incredibly cold:
"The court affairs are busy, and the harem is constantly entering. I don't even have time to visit those around me, let alone those who have passed away."
He suddenly looked up at Gu Yu with an inexplicable expression:
"People's hearts are fickle, and matters of the heart are even more so."
He seemed to be reminding Gu Yu, but also seemed to be admonishing Gu Yu: "Don't be stubborn."
"No matter who you are, one day you will find that they are nothing more than that."
He could not remember the face of the late queen, but vaguely remembered how gentle and graceful the queen was when she entered the palace. He and the queen also had a tender and sweet relationship, but so what? Later, when the imperial concubine entered the palace, he still felt happy for her. However, decades later, these emotions had long faded away.
Gu Yushi did not comment on Emperor Wenyuan's words. He only knew:
"I only want her."
Emperor Wenyuan was so angry that he almost laughed. It seemed like all he said was in vain?
"What if she marries someone else? Will you never marry again?"
Before he finished speaking, he heard Gu Yushi's calm reply: "Then don't marry."
Emperor Wenyuan frowned instantly: "Ridiculous! Marrying a wife, having children, and continuing the bloodline are important matters in life. How can you be so absurd!"
Gu Yushi's voice was calm:
"The imperial physician said that Ah Ci's health has gradually improved. When he comes of age, I will arrange for him to marry a wife. He will leave a bloodline for the Gu family."
Emperor Wenyuan's heart skipped a beat as he suddenly remembered the request Gu Yushi had made to him before - asking the head of the Imperial Hospital to treat his brother's illness.
So he had already made the decision at that time?
What Gu Yushi didn't say was that as early as in his previous life, when Feng Wenyu was diagnosed that he would no longer have children in the future, he had accepted that the Gu family would have no bloodline left.
This time, he even made arrangements in advance, thinking he had done his best.
Emperor Wenyuan said coldly: "I will pretend that you never said anything today."
If you say in front of the emperor that you will not marry anyone except one person, and then fail to do so in the future, what is the difference between that and deceiving the emperor?
Emperor Wenyuan pointed at the door with a headache:
"Get out."
Gu Yushi bowed and said, "I'll take my leave."
After Gu Yushi left, the imperial study was quiet for a moment, with only the imperial concubine's crying and begging sounds outside.
The cries continued to be heard, begging him to Kane. Emperor Wenyuan was silent for a long time, and then he spoke:
"The former dynasty has important places, let the imperial concubine go back."
Eunuch Li said in embarrassment: "If the imperial concubine doesn't leave..."
Emperor Wenyuan lowered his eyes again and went to work at his desk without even looking up:
"Then tell her that Showa is also of marriageable age."
The Second Prince is not the only child she has. Is she willing to give up everything for the Second Prince?
Eunuch Li was stunned into silence. Princess Zhaohe was the emperor's most beloved princess. He didn't dare to speak anymore. His back bent a little more and he retreated.
After a moment, the concubine's voice was heard from outside, she couldn't believe it and was very sad: "Your Majesty——"
Return to peace.
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After Feng Wenyu delivered the lychees to Xie Zhujing, she did not rush back home, but went to the market. She wanted to find some new things at Jinxiufang.
The carriage stopped at the market town.
Feng Wenyu and Jinshu entered Jinxiufang together. Inside, the shopkeeper Fang Niang was scolding the workers. When she heard footsteps, Fang Niang looked up and said in surprise:
"Miss Feng hasn't been here for a long time."
Feng Wenyu was a little curious: "What happened?"
When Fang Niang heard her ask, she couldn't help but sigh:
"I hired this worker to entertain my guests, but she keeps running away every other day. I'm reprimanding her right now. If she keeps going like this, I won't tolerate it."
After saying this, Fang Niang continued indignantly, "If it was something important, it would be fine, but she had to go to the streets of the market to see a pretty boy."
"I don't know what this is. What kind of gigolo is this? Can he really get a decent salary?"
Feng Wenyu was stunned for a moment: "Huh?"
Pretty boy?
Fang Niang explained to her:
"There was a man writing letters for people on a street stall in the market. He relied on his good looks and the fact that his family had fallen on hard times, which attracted many young girls who felt sorry for him and wrote letters to him whenever they had time."
After saying this, Fang Niang glared at the workers in the shop with a look of disapproval: "You haven't even had the wages to warm up yet, and you're already giving them away to a man."
"Does this quench my thirst or satisfy my hunger?"
When Feng Wenyu came out of Jinxiufang, the word "gigolo" was all in her mind. She looked up and easily found the so-called stall.
Surrounded by a group of little girls, each of them looked embarrassed.
Feng Wenyu also became a little curious. She took two steps forward, and when she saw the stall owner, she couldn't help but be a little surprised.
Jinshu was also surprised. She whispered, "This Mr. Shen is indeed good-looking."
He has a good appearance, is well-educated, and sits there neatly all day long. It's no wonder that these girls would be curious about him.
Jinshu glanced at the girl and asked in a low voice:
“Miss, let’s not disturb Mr. Shen from doing business, okay?”
Do business.
As soon as these three words came out, Feng Wenyu's face couldn't help but look a little strange.
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