beauty heart thorn

Chapter 148

The first rain in winter fell in the middle of the night, before dawn, the first snow fell in Ruizhou City since the beginning of winter.

When I woke up in the morning, the courtyard was completely white, and the fire that had been burning all night made the house extremely warm.

After eating breakfast, Gu Mingzhu suddenly became interested in eating the dumplings made by her mother herself, and wanted to go back to the mansion with great interest. Just as she was ordering people to prepare the carriage, Chu Qiu hurriedly came outside the door.

Gu Mingzhu, who was wearing a red cloak, was particularly eye-catching in the snow. When she heard the movement at the door, she told Chun'er, "Go."

Chun'er went to find the guards to set up the carriage.

Chu Qiu came to him, with a heavy expression on his face: "Miss something serious happened! News came from Dangzhou... Madam... Madam, she died of illness!"

"What?" Gu Mingzhu was stunned in place, obviously not expecting the news: "Why? Didn't the doctor in the routine examination say that he was in good health? Did Ah Jue know? What about others?"

Mother Xu's health has not been very good, and she has been raising her in Dangzhou for a year. Xu Jue wanted to pick her up several times. She always said that she was used to living in Dangzhou. After a few times, the two of them saw her attitude Resolute, he dismissed the idea.

Chu Qiu nodded heavily: "The news of Hongyelou's dress."

Gu Mingzhu staggered, Chu Qiu hurried to help her up, worried: "Miss..."

Gu Mingzhu couldn't help but panic, Xie Jing is Xu Jue's last blood relative in this world, if she...

Gu Mingzhu didn't dare to think about it, and asked again: "Where is A Jue?"

Chu Qiu said: "In the imperial study."

When Gu Mingzhu rushed to the imperial study room, the two ministers from the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Punishment were withdrawing, their faces were not very good-looking, obviously they had been reprimanded, and when they saw Gu Mingzhu, they hurriedly saluted: "I have seen the empress."

Gu Mingzhu's heart was filled with anxiety, and she calmly said, "Excuse me."

After she finished speaking, she didn't care about anything else. Chu Qiu helped her up the steps. When she reached the door, she let go of Chu Qiu's hand, took a deep breath, and stepped into the study.

On the desk, Xu Jue was lowering his head, and he didn't raise his head when he heard the movement: "Didn't I say that no one will see you without me!"

A notebook suddenly fell over: "Get out!"

The zhezi naturally had no strength, it fluttered on the snow hood, and fell to Gu Mingzhu's feet. She bent down and picked it up slowly, pretending to be relaxed, "Why are you so angry?"

Xu Jue's expression relaxed, and he raised his head in an instant: "Wanwan?"

Xu Jue didn't expect that the person who came was Gu Mingzhu, she had never been to the front hall except for the final ceremony.

Xu Jue got up from the book case, walked to Gu Mingzhu's side in a few steps, and checked anxiously: "Why did you hurt from the fall?"

Gu Mingzhu said: "What can a book hurt?"

Xu Jue supported the man and said, "If you have something to do, you just ask me to order someone to call. Why did you come here by yourself with a big belly?"

He helped her to sit down beside the chair, while he squatted in front of her: "What's wrong?"

Gu Mingzhu was mourning in her heart, and she couldn't even squeeze out a comforting smile on her face. She only felt her throat was dry and uncomfortable. After a long while, she said with difficulty: "... News from Dangzhou."

Xu Jue warmed her hands angrily, and asked, "What news?"

Gu Mingzhu's heart was as heavy as a heavy stone, and she couldn't bear to look at him: "...Mother... died of illness."

The palms were tightened so painfully, Xu Jue's eyes were obviously taken aback.

This moment seems to be extraordinarily long, but it is only a moment.

Xu Jue didn't speak, he maintained a half-squatting posture, the sky was covered with snowflakes outside the imperial study room, and the faint sound of the fire in the room made one's heart skip a beat.

Gu Mingzhu's eyes were sad, and tears fell on the back of his hand: "Ah Jue..."

Xu Jue didn't cry, he fell into silence and kept this posture, Gu Mingzhu called him over and over again.

Ah Jue...

A Jue.

The voice is so gentle, and so pity.

Xu Jue gently wiped away the tears on the back of his hand, her lips were pale, and she whispered, "Don't cry."

Gu Mingzhu burst into tears immediately, bent down and hugged him: "A Jue, the child and I will never leave you!"

Xu Jue has never shed a tear in his 22 years. He has been tough since he was a child. He started to train horses when he was three years old. When he was seven years old, he was able to gallop and soar on horseback. Zhang Yang's wantonness is so enviable, such a person even suppresses grief in his heart.

He supported Gu Mingzhu, those hot tears seemed to be shed for him, but also seemed to hurt for him. The husband and wife are one, so she was in so much pain that it was hard to add.

Xu Jue put down all the matters at hand and rushed to Dangzhou. On the way, the news of Dangzhou reached Ruizhou.

He no longer cared about these minutiae, and faced Xie Jing's cold body silently by himself, he seemed to have lost everything at that moment.

His mother left too, and he was the only one left in the Xu family.

In a trance, Gu Mingzhu's words sounded in his ears.

My children and I will never leave you.

He caught a glimmer of life in this quagmire.

After Xu Jue ascended the throne, Xie Jing refused the Queen Mother's gift, and lived in the house bought by Gu Mingzhu in Dangzhou in the name of her mother, keeping everything simple for the funeral.

It's really cold this winter!
On the day of the burial, the streets of Dangzhou were full of silence, and the whole country mourned together.

When leaving, Huanhuan stepped forward hesitantly: "... Your Majesty."

Xu Jue's expression was cold, and it was difficult for him to express any other expression these days: "What's the matter?"

Huanhuan was silent for a moment, seemed to be hesitating, and then said after a while: "I...I suspect...the death of the old lady is strange."
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In Ruizhou city.

Gu Mingzhu's palace was as warm as spring, with a pillow on her waist and back, hot tea on her left hand, booklets on her right, and officials from the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Punishment waiting under the desk.

Gu Mingzhu read it carefully, she read it very slowly, and when she stopped at a certain place, her lips curled into a smile, but it was not gentle: "Is the Ministry of Punishment an idler? Eh? Shi Qin, if you are old and useless, why don't you How about resigning from office and returning to your hometown to farm the land?"

Shi Qin, whose name was called, plopped on his knees in an instant: "Weichen... Weichen..."

Can't tell why.

Gu Mingzhu said with a cold face: "A corruption case has already been closed, and there are so many winding tails in it. You have been an official for too long, and the tiger's head is plucked?"

"There is also the Ministry of Officials... What? You live in Shifu at night, right? Two people are living longer than the other, and they dare to ask for mercy! You can see for yourself what nonsense is written!" Zhezi said loudly Throwing it in front of the official department, the official followed suit and knelt down, and then heard Gu Mingzhu's cool voice: "Did you fall into the water when you wrote this book, and your brain was full of water, right? Do you want me?" Give you a shake?"

The words were extremely ugly, and the two were so ashamed that they could hardly lift their heads.

Looking at the two of them, Gu Mingzhu became very angry, and finally understood why Xu Jue always got angry when he met them.

How did these two stupid guys get into this officialdom?

(End of this chapter)