beauty heart thorn

After returning to the palace with Zhou Yan in September, they went to the back garden.

It was getting dark.

In the garden, Chun'er had already started ordering dinner, and Gu Mingzhu was cleaning her hands, took the dry towel handed over by Chun'er, wiped off the excess water, and asked, "Ah Jue is still busy?"

Chun'er lowered her head slightly: "I have already invited you, but the front hall is still discussing matters."

Gu Mingzhu nodded slightly, thought for a while, and asked, "Who is there?"

"Both the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Households are here. I heard that it is about the drought in the region and the epidemic disease at the border."

Gu Mingzhu said again: "Wang Jian is there?"

"Here I am."

Gu Mingzhu walked to the table and looked at the dishes on the table. She didn't have a good appetite. She ate a lot of oranges in the afternoon, and she was not hungry now. She walked to the door, just in time for Zhou Yan to follow Jiuyue.

The little girl was limping, obviously injured.

Zhou Yan looked up and saw her at the door, and smiled suddenly: "Sister."

She supported Jiuyue's arm, barely jumped forward twice, and Chun'er stepped forward to support her.

Gu Mingzhu frowned suspiciously: "What's going on? What's wrong with your leg?"

Zhou Yan said honestly: "I suffered a slight injury, but it's alright now."

Gu Mingzhu looked down at her leg, and found no obvious bloodstains or wounds. She guessed for a while and asked, "Twisted?"

Zhou Yan didn't want to say that it was caused by arguing with Wang Qingru, and it seemed that he was ignorant to complain like this, so he replied, "Mmm..."

She looked into the house and said, "Can I eat?"

Gu Mingzhu smiled and said, "Hungry?"

Zhou Yan nodded: "I'm very hungry..."

Gu Mingzhu said with a smile: "Then don't wait, let's eat first."

She took Zhou Yan to the seat and asked Jiuyue to sit down as well. At first, Jiuyue refused. After Gu Mingzhu called out twice, seeing that he was indifferent, she couldn't help but asked: "Jiuyue, is it my own? Afraid to share a table with me?"

Jiuyue's status is special, he grew up with Xu Jue since he was a child, nominally master and servant, but in fact the two are like brothers, and Gu Mingzhu and him had a lot of interactions when they were in Jiangling, so he knew that he was not a rigid person.

Seeing that the delay could not be held in Jiuyue, he sat down disrespectfully and said, "Then thank you, master, for granting the seat."

The three of them were about to move their chopsticks when the attendants outside came to remind them: "Master, the front hall is gone."

As soon as the voice fell, footsteps came from outside, and there was also a faint voice, which didn't sound like a person.

Zhou Yantong Jiuyue immediately got up and stood aside.

Gu Mingzhu filled a bowl of soup by himself, Wang Jian followed Xu Jue into the door, saw Gu Mingzhu on the table, and saluted, "I have seen the empress."

Gu Mingzhu's lips curved into a smile: "Master Wang."

Wang Jian bowed his body, but he couldn't get up without her approval.

Gu Mingzhu glanced at him, and after a while, said unhurriedly: "Excuse me."

Wang Jian stood up respectfully: "Thank you, Madam."

Gu Mingzhu said: "Sit."

Wang Jian didn't dare to delay, so he sat down at the next seat, waiting for Gu Mingzhu to speak.

But Gu Mingzhu said: "It's getting dark, Master Wang, let's have dinner together."

Wang Jian nodded slightly: "My lady is so kind, it is a great honor for me to be an official."

Xu Jue had already moved his chopsticks, and seeing Zhou Yan standing aside, he couldn't help asking, "Ah Yan?"

Zhou Yan smiled and said, "Brother, I dare not do it."

Xu Jue raised her brows slightly, put down her chopsticks, and looked at her: "What happened today?"

Zhou Yan smiled sheepishly, but did not answer. Zhou Yan thought to himself, since her sister asked Wang Jian to come behind on purpose, she wanted to talk about the two days, but she spoke first and became the one who complained. Let's go downhill first.

Zhou Yan didn't answer, but Gu Mingzhu said: "I don't know why, I went out in the afternoon and came back, limping, I haven't had time to ask."

Gu Mingzhu's eyes also fell on Zhou Yan, and she seemed a little angry: "Go out and cause trouble again?"

Zhou Yan pouted: "No..."

"Looking at your appearance, you know that you are causing trouble again. Tell me, why are you causing trouble again?"

Zhou Yan pursed her lips and lowered her head, not answering.

Jiuyue on the side said: "Master, don't blame Ah Yan, she knows that you have not had a good appetite recently, and you want to eat De Shengchang's food, so she took the servants out, who would have thought that you would fight with someone in De Shengchang?" , and injured his knee."

Gu Mingzhu looked at the two of them: "Fight with someone? What a joke! She is a princess, who in Ming Dynasty is so brave enough to fight the princess?"

When Jiuyue heard this, she couldn't help but look at Wang Jian on the table, and smiled inexplicably: "It's a coincidence, those two claimed to be the young lady and young master of the Wang family."

"Oh?" Gu Mingzhu looked at Wang Jian in surprise: "Miss and young master of the Wang family? Absurd! Mr. Wang is such a high-minded person, how could the young lady and young master of the family be like that!"

Wang Jian nodded in agreement.

Jiuyue Su said: "I thought so too, so I brought him back and waited for the master's release."

Gu Mingzhu seemed to be very interested, and said, "Oh? Where is the person? Come up and have a look. I'm curious, whose son or miss would dare to provoke the royal family openly. The family style is so unhealthy. In time, will it be possible for me to Dare to fight."

The corners of Xu Jue's lips smiled imperceptibly, then he quickly frowned and remained silent.

Jiuyue said: "Yes!"

He took two steps outside and said, "Bring the thief here!"

Soon someone pushed Wang Xiuyuan and Wang Qingru inside. As soon as the two entered, they were forced to kneel on the ground, suffering from being tied up and gagged so that they could not speak out.

There was no emotion on Gu Mingzhu's face, she looked at the people on the ground and said, "It's these two people?"

Jiuyue cupped her hands and said: "Master, these two are the ones who openly fought in Deshengchang."

Gu Mingzhu glanced over the two of them, her eyes were indifferent, she paused for a moment, and said, "If you despise me, Mrs. Gu, and the princess so much, drag it down and die."

As soon as the words fell, Wang Jian suddenly got up and knelt down on his knees: "Please calm down..."

Gu Mingzhu said in surprise: "Master Wang? What do you mean?"

She glanced at the two people on the ground in surprise: "Could it be that Mr. Wang knows these two daring thieves?"

Wang Jian cupped his hands, bent his waist, and lowered his head: "Mother, forgive me, these two people are my unfilial son and unfilial daughter! It's because of my lax discipline, my family's bad manners, implicating Jing and the princess, and my minister's guilt. !"

Gu Mingzhu was silent for a moment, and said leisurely: "My lord, I didn't expect that these two people are actually members of your Wang family. My lord worked so hard for the drought, but the young master and the young lady are doing mischief at the feet of the emperor in Ruizhou city. I'm sorry Blind."

Wang Jian had already guessed that today's summons was not simple, but he didn't expect so many things to happen this afternoon, so he immediately bowed and kowtowed: "It's the humble minister who doesn't discipline well, please punish me, but please be merciful and forgive him." One life, my minister...Wang Jian is willing to step down from the Six Departments as a warning!"

Zhou Yan looked at Jiuyue uneasily, she didn't expect things to develop in this direction, she probably knew Wang Jian's weight, it was the time when the court relied heavily on him, if he resigned, it would be a big change!

Wang Xiuyuan and Wang Qingru stared wide-eyed for a moment, Wang Xiuyuan was okay, Wang Qingru looked at his persevering father in disbelief, but he also had the same thoughts as Zhou Yan, feeling that he had made a big mistake.

Gu Mingzhu looked at Wang Jian on the ground indifferently, she paused for a moment, her tone was cool: "Master Wang... Are you threatening me?"