beauty heart thorn

Chapter 57
When she returned to the mansion, Yueyan was helping Chun'er cook in the kitchen.

Her abnormality attracted the attention of many people in Diu Taoyuan.

Yue Yan didn't take it seriously, and entered with a food tray: "Miss, cold tea."

Gu Mingzhu said grace, looked up at her, then lowered her head: "Let it go."

Yueyan put it down as she said, and backed out.

This silence continued into the night.

Gu Mingzhu pushed open the window, and there was a person standing under the courtyard corridor.

Yueyan stood beside the vermilion lacquered pillar, with his hands behind his back, his back was dim, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

Chun'er whispered: "Miss, there is something wrong with Yueyan today."

Gu Mingzhu said: "If it's not right, it's right."

She spread the book on her lap: "If she is too right, I will wonder if she has betrayed."

"Ah?" Chun'er looked puzzled.

Gu Mingzhu said: "Go and do your work."

Chun'er went out.

Gu Mingzhu loves to figure out other people's thoughts, but right now, the woman's back is a bit bleak for no reason, like a lonely tree in late autumn, chilling.

What is she thinking?
Gu Mingzhu thought.

Are you analyzing her?Still weighing whether to stay?

Yueyan sighed softly, turned and entered the room.

Gu Mingzhu withdrew her gaze, put the open book away, and looked at her: "Yueyan."

Yueyan raised her eyes: "Miss."

Gu Mingzhu got up: "Second Uncle, there is indeed a shortage of manpower, if you want to..."

Yue Yan said: "I don't want to."

She took a deep breath and fixed her eyes on Gu Mingzhu: "I won't go back to Kyushu."

Gu Mingzhu said: "Do you know what this means?"

"You can do whatever you want."

Gu Mingzhu remained silent.

She walked from the table to Yueyan, thinking about it: "You have helped me a lot, I shouldn't have dragged you into this muddy water."

"Miss." Yue Yan smiled lightly: "I am not a boudoir, and you also know my past. Back then, you asked me what I wanted from you."

Her eyes were a little cold: "I admit that I did have a plan when I approached you. I saw that you are loved by the Gu family. You are young and have a marriage contract with Yun Zhao. I thought that working under you would make you go to hell for me. membership."

"But on the way, I think you are very strange. A 16-year-old girl has such courage and courage, but also vaguely mysterious. I don't think you are as arrogant and domineering as the rumors say."

"When you were in Pingjing, you gave me full authority to investigate the Pingjing store, which surprised me even more. You seemed to trust me very much. Later, when I tried to stay, you kicked me away."

Yueyan said: "You are very alert."

Gu Mingzhu looked at her as if she was looking at herself.

The most uncomfortable thing in this world is to look at the former self, with nowhere to go.

"Miss, I can now answer your original question."

Yueyan looked serious: "I stay with Miss now for my own sake, for one day to reverse the case for the Huang family. My parents were unjustly beheaded, my elder brother died of illness on the way to exile, and the Huang family ceased to exist overnight. Dissatisfied!"

Her voice trembled: "I don't accept this way of heaven! Why do they kill people if they want to, and set fire if they want to! Under those ugly faces, there are extremely dirty hearts hidden. They talk and laugh, but they want to kill people. My own life, I want to decide for myself!"

Gu Mingzhu said: "Have you figured it out?"

"very clear."

"Okay." Gu Mingzhu said: "Since you have thought it through clearly, let's get down to business."

Gu Mingzhu sat down at the table and said, "Let's talk about Changyin Palace."

"The palace that the emperor wants to build in Los Angeles?"

Gu Mingzhu nodded: "That's right. The emperor wanted to cultivate a palace, but the treasury was empty and he couldn't afford it, so he focused on the household tax."

Yueyan thought for a while, and was a little incredulous: "...he wants to increase the household tax?"

"Yes, the decree has reached the Ministry of Industry, and it is estimated that it will start within two days."

Yueyan pursed her lips slightly, and said in thought: "I'm afraid that people will resent this kind of waste."

Gu Mingzhu said: "It won't be long before this Jiangling will be in turmoil. Due to my identity, I have many restrictions on my actions. When this period passes, we will go to the east."

Yue Yan probably also knew about the situation in the east, thinking about Gu Mingzhu's messy involvement, he thought about it: "Miss is going to the east, what should I do?"

Gu Mingzhu was silent.

Yueyan's question was straightforward, which stumped her directly.

Gu Mingzhu was silent for a while, and said, "How did you see that?"

Yueyan smiled knowingly: "Miss always treats him differently than others."

Gu Mingzhu propped her chin on her elbows, and said thoughtfully: "Is it so obvious?"

"It seems obvious to me."

Gu Mingzhu smiled, but did not speak.

Yueyan said again: "Since Miss decided to go to the East, she must not go under the name of Gu Mingzhu. Has Miss already thought of a plan?"

Gu Mingzhu looked a little hesitant.

"What are you worried about, miss? Worried about your son?"

Gu Mingzhu exhaled deeply, and said helplessly, "It's hard for me to answer your question."

Yueyan said: "Miss is at the cardamom, and I met such an astonishing man as Xu Shizi. It is understandable to fall in love, but you should also know that the loyalty of Shizi is engraved in his bones. One day, if he knows what you have done , what should you do? What should he do?"

Of course Gu Mingzhu knew.

Yue Yan pondered for a moment, and then said: "Miss must have heard many stories about him, the son of the Xu family, capable of literature and martial arts, and the backbone of the Northwest soldiers, this kind of high-spirited young man, with a haughty temper, sharp eyes, Can he really abandon the reputation of the Xu family for many years and bear the charge of being a traitor?"

Gu Mingzhu muttered: "Rebellious officials and thieves..."

Yes, the things she is doing now, in the end, are against the court, and it is not an exaggeration to say that she is a traitor.

"You can't have both, you have to choose something."

Gu Mingzhu rubbed the center of her brows, a little irritable: "Let's talk about it later."

Yueyan said: "Okay, let's talk about Changyin Palace. The emperor wants to increase the household tax and build a palace. What does the lady want to do with this?"

Gu Mingzhu pondered, and said: "Prince De's and Prince Rui's personal grievances have reached the point where they can't wait to get rid of each other quickly. If we want to completely muddy this pool of water, we need a fierce fire."

In this silent silence, the two reached a tacit agreement.

Yue Yan's eyes were heavy and his expression was solemn: "The civil unrest in the three states has already made the emperor feel dissatisfied with Prince Rui. If they continue to provoke, even if the two kings do not abolish, it will be difficult for them to do anything."

"I'm afraid he himself is already dissatisfied with this. If you help him, he should thank me."

Yue Yan laughed lightly, thought for a while, and said, "It's too ostentatious to do something in Jiangling City."

"I have countermeasures."

Yue Yan looked at her.

There was a narrow light in the girl's eyes, she was like an executioner looking down on the thing in the cage, talking and laughing happily, discussing a crime that could be enough to beheaded.

Yueyan was in deep thought.

She was already very knowledgeable, so she vaguely guessed something, but she didn't ask any more questions. Seeing that Gu Mingzhu had finished speaking, she got up and said, "Then I will wait for Miss to order."

(End of this chapter)