beauty heart thorn

Chapter 16 The Past and the Future

Xu Jue looked at her quietly.

Gu Mingzhu pondered for a while, and said: "This trip is in a hurry, when I come back next time, I will definitely come to visit you."

His expression darkened, there had been news that Gu Ruyan had been in Jiangling for two days, and Yun Zhao followed him busy, very attentive.

It seems that their wedding date is about to be fixed, how could there be another time.

"Okay." Xu Jue said.

Gu Mingzhu thought over and over again, and then said: "How is brother these days?"

It has been half a year since her brother left home, and she only came back half a year ago. From the previous life to the present, the two have not seen each other for almost three years. Although they know that they can't inquire about the affairs of the military camp, it is impossible for a younger sister not to care about her elder brother.

Xu Jue said: "Very good. He has made great contributions. He has been in the army for three years. It is time to go back."

Gu Mingzhu said with a smile: "It would be even better if I can catch up with the [-]th of next month. For my father's [-]th birthday, I invited the famous Spring Garden troupe to Gusu to have a good time."

"Uncle Gu's [-]th birthday next month? It should be lively. I'm busy with work, so I probably won't be able to go."

"I will pass on the good wishes to my father and son."

After paying the bill, Xu Jue sent her back to the Tongfu Inn, and the two said goodbye.

Looking through the window on the second floor of the inn, I saw people on the street from afar.

Why does Haoerlang, the son of Prince Dingbei who has a strong color in history and who has attracted the admiration of countless girls, like her alone?
Gu Mingzhu thought to herself.

She didn't have much communication with Xu Jue in her previous life. The first meeting in Yangzhou was the first meeting, and the second meeting was her brother's engagement. In the seventh year of her marriage to Yun Zhao, she was 23 years old, the emperor recognized Yun Zhao back to the royal family in spring, and in winter Yun Zhao became the new emperor in the midst of the three sons fighting for the heir apparent.

She was imprisoned in the mansion one month before Yun Zhao took the throne, and then the news of her brother's death came, she had a miscarriage in depression, the Gu family was sealed off, and she was the only one left in this world.

In this despair, she was getting thinner day after day, but she didn't want to have something more desperate waiting for her.

On the day Yun Zhao came to the throne, the world was amnesty, perhaps the news was too exciting, and the guards in the palace were much more relaxed than usual.

She met Xu Jue.

The man was dressed in black, with sharp eyebrows and eyes, and with an absolute murderous aura, he led her all the way out of the palace.

But Jiangling is already under Yunzhao's world.

Thousands of arrows pierced the heart.

Before dying, he said he was willing!
Such a person is destined to die.

……

Thinking of the past, Gu Mingzhu felt a dull pain in her heart, she couldn't help closing her eyes, and the bottom of her heart was soon overwhelmed with monstrous hatred.

The fingertips are married, childhood sweethearts, and the end result is a will: remember the past, and bestow the whole body.

The son of a disused concubine in the cold palace, who lived incognito in Yun's family, ascended to the throne of God, seven years!How much did the Gu family help him?I have worked so hard for his great cause, but in exchange for a special gift of the whole body!
How could she not hate?
How could you not hate it!
Gu Mingzhu's eyes were scarlet, as if she had been bewitched.

Old Master Yun is so far-sighted, he knew Yun Zhao's identity a long time ago, and arranged for him to marry the Gu family.He knew that his father loved his mother deeply and would never take concubines. The future daughter would definitely be the prostitute of the Gu family, and would be favored by the family, and would definitely help Yunzhao in his great cause in the future.

Mr. Yun expected it right. Before the wedding, Yun Zhao told her all the mystery of his identity. He also said that he felt that his mother and concubine died for a reason, and wanted to find out the truth. Love, hurt what he hurts, so she naturally supported him with all her strength. Later, she practiced martial arts, played tricks, and spent all her energy on his affairs.

She knows all about Yun Zhao's actions in the past seven years. The Yun family is a hereditary marquis. Unlike the Xu family, the Yun family only has a corresponding salary and land, but no real power.Yunzhao stood out from Chunwei four years ago and served as different magistrates successively. At the age of 21, he was finally transferred back to Jiangling to serve as Minister of Dali Temple, the third rank!

It's this year!

If I remember correctly, the Ministry of Rites' appointment announcement has been released, and the Yun family must be very lively now.

And their wedding date was originally in July this year!

Brother's appointment, in April.

Gu Mingzhu has not done anything until now, just waiting for April.

She wants to make sure that her brother's letter of appointment is signed, and then go to Jiangling, where there are her enemies!
There was a knock on the door, and soon the man's voice: "Girl."

As the old things settled down, Gu Mingzhu calmed down her frenzied mood, and then said: "What's the matter?"

"Just now, a young man in blue asked me to give you something."

Young man in blue?

It's Xu Jue.

Gu Mingzhu opened the door, and the clerk handed over a wooden box, with a lifelike pear blossom engraved on the top-quality mahogany material, which was beautiful and delicate.

Gu Mingzhu thanked her, closed the door, opened it, and was startled again.

Candied fruit!

A whole box of preserves!

She likes to eat sweets, and her favorite snack on weekdays is candied fruit.

He really knows what she likes!

Gu Mingzhu pinched one and stuffed it into her mouth. It was very sweet in the mouth, the kind of sweetness she liked.

It was a bit bitter, it was the pain in his heart, it was the love he didn't let her know until he died.

Someone actually liked her for so many years!
Such an amazing person, would actually like her such an elm?

Gu Mingzhu sighed, full of emotions.

This night is destined to be sleepless.

The next day, Gu Mingzhu took a servant to visit the Gu family's shop in Licheng early in the morning.

The cloth shop in Licheng was operating normally, but the Gu family's restaurant here only had two or three tables sparsely seated at lunch time.

The servant named Ah San came out of the restaurant with a food box and said, "Miss, I ordered a few signature dishes, miss to try."

The two found a gazebo, and Ah San put the dishes on the table, looking good.

Gu Mingzhu picked up a piece of shredded bamboo shoots, which tasted okay, and tried a few other dishes, which were neither delicious nor unpalatable.

Chun'er kept her mouth very tricky, put down her chopsticks, and asked, "How much did it cost?"

Ah San said: "More than 30 taels."

Gu Mingzhu's face darkened: "More than 30 taels? Four dishes?"

Gu's restaurant has never set such an expensive price for dishes!

Dad said at the beginning that food is the most important thing for the people, and the business related to food must take into account the spending ability of ordinary people. Ordinary people order four signature dishes in a restaurant, at most only a dozen taels, and the taste is also excellent. Nothing like these four courses.

Ah San lowered her hand and said, "Miss, before I left, I spent an extra ten taels to get some news."

"Say."

"The four dishes cost more than 30 taels, and the younger one was also suspicious. He spent money to buy news for the second. The second said that the restaurant's business was still very good last year. It is much worse, but the price has not changed, the price is expensive and unpalatable, and soon no one cares about it.”

Gu Mingzhu tapped the stone table slowly with her knuckles: "Did you say why you didn't do it?"

"It was said that Guan Da was molesting the cook in the back kitchen, and he was caught straight away." Ah San paused, and said, "But Xiao Er secretly told me that someone must have deliberately set this up."

Someone is making trouble at the Pingjing Cloth Shop, and there is something strange about the Licheng Restaurant...

Gu Mingzhu rubbed between her eyebrows: "Have you found out where Guan Da lives?"

"I live in an alley in Dongcheng District, Licheng."

"Go and have a look."

(End of this chapter)