beauty heart thorn

Chapter 54 The Temple
The next day.

Gu Mingzhu was woken up.

When the first ray of sunlight shines on the Jiming Temple in the morning, the bells on the mountain never stop.

She tossed and turned on the bed until she confirmed that the clock would not stop at half past one, and then resigned herself to getting up.

Pushing open the door, a fresh fragrance of mountain breeze came to her face, sweeping away her resentment of being forced to get up.

At the same time, under the steps of the mountain temple, Gu Xiurong and the little servant Qiongwu were coming with food boxes.

By the time they saw Gu Mingzhu and the others, the sky had already brightened, and the clouds and mists in the mountains began to dissipate.

The two are eating fast.

Qiong Wu looked at the two sitting together from a distance, vaguely felt that something was wrong, and said: "Master, when did miss get so familiar with Xu Shizi?"

Gu Xiurong smiled and said: "Of course we should be familiar with each other. It's not a bad thing for Mingzhu to have an older brother like A Jue."

Gu Xiurong walked forward: "Ah Jue."

The people in the booth turned their heads at the same time.

"Brother?" Qiong Wu scratched his head wonderingly, before he had time to grasp the strange feeling that passed by, he hurriedly followed Gu Xiurong's pace.

Gu Mingzhu stepped forward first, and went to pick up the food box with a smile: "Brother."

Gu Xiurong said: "I brought you some food."

He sat down beside Xu Jue, and the two looked at each other with a smile, Xu Jue said, "What's the delay?"

Gu Xiurong said: "I met Prime Minister Zuo on the road yesterday and was delayed by an hour."

"Li Yi? What did you talk about?"

Gu Xiurong said: "I chatted about some things, and I also talked about the recent Jiangling incident."

Xu Jue put down his teacup, thought for a while, and said, "Li Yi is highly trusted by the emperor, and he is also the tutor of the fifth prince. Since he is willing to take the initiative to chat, it seems that he is quite optimistic about you."

Gu Xiurong thought about it and said: "Now the court is chaotic and everyone has too much time to take care of themselves. I heard that yesterday in the imperial study, the emperor discussed with several ministers to build a Changyin palace in Luocheng."

Gu Mingzhu was pouring tea for Gu Xiurong, when he heard this, he paused and spilled the tea on his hands.

Xu Jue's eyes dimmed, and he took the teacup naturally, poured tea for Gu Xiurong again, and looked at him: "Changyin Palace?"

Gu Xiurong said: "Luocheng is surrounded by mountains and rivers, it is a good place to escape the heat in summer."

Xu Jue was silent for a while, and said after a while: "Building a palace is a waste of money and people. If the treasury is empty, how can there be extra money to build a palace?"

Gu Xiurong said: "Therefore, some officials proposed to increase the household tax."

Xu Jue's face darkened: "Increase the household tax? Today's household tax has already overwhelmed ordinary people, and dare to raise it? Who raised it?"

"Left phase."

"Li Yi?" Xu Jue frowned: "Could it be that he is old and confused?"

Xu Jue stood up abruptly, as if he wanted to leave.

Gu Mingzhu was startled, she didn't care that Gu Xiurong was beside her, she stretched out her hand to pull him: "What are you going to do?"

"I'm going to ask Li Yi! Has he been sitting in the position of Prime Minister for a long time, forgetting that many people still live in hardship! Increase the household tax? Thanks to him for coming up with this idea!"

Gu Xiurong also stood up and said: "It's too late, the emperor has already agreed, just yesterday evening."

Xu Jue looked cold and angry: "What a bastard! He is destroying himself!"

"This matter has been decreed to Feng Zhen of the Ministry of Industry, and construction will start in Los Angeles immediately."

Gu Mingzhu had already let go of him, but she didn't say a word, and her face was not much better than Xu Jue's.

Because, in history, the construction of the Changyin Palace heralds the main replacement of the new generation of Kyushu, and it also means that Yun Zhao's identity will be ahead of the world.

History is ahead of time and chaotic, but whether it is chaos or ahead of time, all signs show that all these are pushing Yun Zhao to the position of Ninth Five-Year Supreme.

In his last life, he had the Gu family, and married Li Ruyue in. In this life, he had the Qi family, and Li Ruyue...

Li Ruyue's liking for Yun Zhao was not something that was airtight.

Gu Mingzhu filled a cup of tea with a sullen face.

Among the messy messages here, I suddenly thought of Xu Jue's father, the current king of Dingbei, Xu Wei.

In the previous life, the news of the construction of Changyin Palace was a big blow to Xu Wei, who was already seriously ill. He was stimulated by this, and passed away within a few days.

If the construction of Changyin Palace is going to start now, then Xu Wei will die soon...

Gu Mingzhu suddenly raised her head to look at Xu Jue, who was standing aside, talking to Gu Xiurong about Changyin Palace.

"It cannot be built..." Gu Mingzhu said involuntarily.

The two looked at her.

Gu Mingzhu's expression was full of mourning, and she said again: "The Changyin Palace cannot be built..."

Gu Xiurong said solemnly: "Don't talk nonsense, you can't build such words, it's not something you, a girl, should say."

To blatantly refute the emperor's words, ten heads of the Gu family are not enough to cut off!

Gu Mingzhu couldn't stay any longer, she stood up and went back to the house without looking back.

After closing the door, in the room, Gu Mingzhu took a deep breath and forced herself to calm down.

She sat down slowly at the table.

How to do?
Xu Wei, he is Xu Jue's father!
After Xu Wei died of illness, his wife also died with Xu Wei.

Xu Jue lost his parents overnight, what a blow it would be to him!
In this world, he no longer has close relatives.

Let the emperor withdraw his order to build the Changyin Palace?
Lichao's extravagance in his later years has reached the point of arbitrariness. He pushed the entire Dali country onto the turbulent waves.

He can't take it back!

Gu Mingzhu thought to herself.

There was a knock on the door outside, which interrupted Gu Mingzhu's thoughts, and then Gu Xiurong's voice sounded: "Sister."

Gu Mingzhu took a breath, got up and opened the door.

Gu Xiurong and Xu Jue stood at the door.

Seeing that her eyes were a little red, Gu Xiurong said in surprise: "Angry? Brother didn't mean to hurt you on purpose, but in Jiangling, you have to be cautious in your words and deeds. You can't say what you said today. If someone with a heart hears it and uses it to make a big fuss, then the Gu family will It's over."

Gu Mingzhu shook her head: "I'm not angry, I just think it's not right."

What a kid.

Gu Xiurong shook his head helplessly, and said, "Stop talking about this, let's go and catch fish."

It's still hot today, but the back hill of Jiming Temple feels cool and refreshing.

The crystal-clear lake curved around several rocks, and under the shade of a huge tree, the three of them caught a few fish.

Qiong Wu had picked up a pile of dry firewood and was lighting a fire to prepare the fish.

Gu Xiurong lay comfortably under the shade of the tree, talking with Xu Jue, but unconsciously fell silent.

Xu Jue turned her head and saw that Gu Xiurong had fallen asleep.

Qiong Wu hurriedly explained: "Young master didn't go to bed until the middle of the night last night. He got up early and didn't sleep well."

Xu Jue shook his head, looking for Mingzhu.

Gu Mingzhu was sitting on the rock by the stream, wearing a straw tree hat that Gu Xiurong made for her on her head, she took off her shoes and socks, and swung her feet in the water.

Sensing someone coming from behind, she turned her head and found that it was Xu Jue. She couldn't help asking, "Why are you here?"

Xu Jue took off his shoes and socks, rolled up his sleeves and jumped into the water. The stream did not reach his thighs.

Xu Jue stretched out his hand towards her: "Don't worry, Xiu Rong is asleep. There are pearl fish behind here, I'll take you to have a look."

Gu Mingzhu quickly looked in Gu Xiurong's direction, and saw that Gu Xiurong was indeed not moving on the rock, and Qiong Wu was concentrating on grilling fish. She took his extended hand, and Xu Jue easily carried him on his back.

(End of this chapter)