beauty heart thorn

Chapter 76 Banquet

After a few more rounds, everyone more or less played their cards, only Gu Xiurong played another card with his brow furrowed.

Chu Xiao suddenly laughed and said, "Thank you, General Gu, for the reward, just eat chicken."

After a few laps, I lost hundreds of taels of silver.

Gu Xiurong shook his head helplessly: "These thirteen cards are really difficult to play."

Gu Mingzhu moved closer, and it was another round of cards.

Suddenly a voice came from the door: "Sorry everyone, I'm late."

Several people looked at it.

At the door, Qi Feng and Xu Jue were walking in together.

Both tables stood up.

Ge Baoxue stepped forward: "I met Xu Shizi."

Xu Jue was wearing ordinary clothes, and smiled faintly: "I met Mr. Qi at the door, and I know that all the brothers of the imperial army are here tonight, so you come here uninvited. The commander-in-chief doesn't mind having one more person."

Ge Baoxue laughed and said: "Your Majesty is too polite, enough wine tonight."

After exchanging pleasantries, Xu Jue stood behind Gu Xiurong.

Gu Mingzhu looked down at the card.

After taking out money again, Xu Jue couldn't help laughing and said, "Xiu Rong, I think you want to do something today."

Ge Bao learned to be interested: "Oh? The prince also understands this?"

"I know a thing or two. In the early years, the prisoners of Fanbang used to play with these things."

Ge Baoxue laughed: "Xiu Rong, Xiu Rong, you really can't do it. Let Xu Shizi play two games. If you keep losing like this, you will probably be in trouble tonight."

They all knew that the two had a good relationship, so they said with a smile that Xu Jue was here, and also wanted to have a warm relationship with this eldest son who was not very close to others on weekdays.

Gu Xiurong stood up feeling relieved: "Okay, let A Jue come for me, I have to drink some wine to sober up."

The crowd laughed again.

Xu Jue sat down in Gu Xiurong's seat.

Gu Mingzhu hooked her lips and smiled silently.

Cen Jian Gu Mingzhu looked at the cards for a long time, touched them and said, "Madam, do you want to try?"

Gu Mingzhu glanced at him.

Everyone here knows everything. When did Cen Shen take the initiative to chat with the girl? Ge Baoxue said, "Yes, right, right, it's boring to watch from the sidelines. The girl also came together. This kid won the most tonight." , the girl put water on him."

Cen Shen had already stood up.

Gu Mingzhu was a little bit hard to get off the tiger, and it was not easy to touch her face, so she sat down.

Cen Shen sat down behind her.

It was Gu Mingzhu's first time playing, so he played very seriously.

Ge Baoxue and the others chatted casually: "Why do you have time to come outside today?"

Xu Jue smiled and said: "It's also a coincidence. I just came out of the palace and I haven't eaten dinner yet. I'm a tricky person. I don't want to let go of the unpalatable ones. I left the distance and came to the Thirteen Gardens. What a coincidence, at the gate. Then I met Master Qi."

Qi Feng, who was sitting next to him and clinking glasses with Gu Xiurong, laughed when he heard the words: "It's really a coincidence, I have a predestined relationship with the prince."

He raised his head and drank the wine in the glass, poured a new one, and walked straight to Xu Jue: "My lord, just because of this fate, you and I have to have a drink."

Xu Jue was very talkative today, took the wine and said, "It's disrespectful."

The friendship between the two seems to have become closer because of this glass of wine.

His corner of the eye glanced at Gu Mingzhu, Gu Mingzhu nodded slightly, and Qi Feng nodded, it was considered polite.

Gu Mingzhu played a card.

Ge Baoxue continued the topic just now, and said: "The son came out of the palace so late? How is the emperor's dragon body today?"

Xu Jue said: "The decoction has been changed several times, but there is no improvement."

Ge Baoxue sighed softly: "The prince is seriously ill and there is no cure, and the emperor's illness is urgent, which is not a good omen."

Xu Jue said: "There is a great commander sitting in the palace, why not be afraid."

Ge Baoxue said: "Your Majesty loves me, I have handed over the paper for the introduction for a few days, and I will keep it at home from tomorrow. It is really a relapse of an old injury, so I have to listen to Madam."

Xu Jue smiled: "The commander-in-chief is teasing us, envious of the happiness of your wife and children."

Ge Baoxue burst out laughing, played a card and was about to speak.

Xu Jue smiled slightly and pushed the card: "I won, thank you Commander for the reward."

Ge Baoxue was very interested: "Come again."

After touching another card, Ge Bao said: "The emperor can't go to the early court, the papers in the imperial study are almost as high as the mountain, the matter in Dangzhou has not yet subsided, and there is another disturbance in Chizhou, which brought down the Duwei's mansion. The imperial court is ignored."

Xu Jue said, "They were all forced."

"Oh?" Ge Baoxue was surprised, he changed his mind, and then said: "Your Majesty also thinks that increasing household taxes is not a good idea."

Xu Jue didn't speak, and played cards.

Chu Xiao then said: "Indoor taxation is nominated by the emperor himself, no one can do anything about it."

It was Gu Mingzhu's turn to play cards.

Xu Jue said: "Whether there is a way or no way, this civil unrest is a fact, and the turmoil in various places is also a fact."

Both of them nodded their heads in agreement, and Ge Bao learned, "I'm afraid that the matter in Chizhou will not come to fruition."

Gu Mingzhu hesitated.

Seeing that she drew out a card and put it back, Cen was undecided, smiled, and whispered, "Girl, you can play the one on the far right."

The poker table is full of acquaintances, and she is Gu Xiurong's younger sister, so she has no scruples.

Gu Mingzhu listened to his words and played cards.

Xu Jue raised his eyebrows slightly, and said, "The emperor is unconscious, but the king mentioned this matter to me before leaving the palace. He wants to go to Chizhou to quell the civil strife."

"Prince Duan is going to Chizhou?" Both of them lowered their eyes when they heard the words.

"If the emperor is still awake in these two days, Prince Duan will set off on his own."

Suddenly Cen Shen smiled softly and said, "Look, this is coming."

Immediately, Gu Mingzhu happily pushed the card: "My lords, I have accepted it."

Xu Jue glanced at it calmly from the corner of his eye.

The few people didn't care too much about winning or losing this game, they took out the money and started a new round.

Chu Xiao pondered and said: "The prestige of King Duan is at its peak now, if the Chizhou incident can really be calmed down, then..."

He didn't say it explicitly, but everyone knew it.

The people who came today are all good friends in normal times, and everyone's words are not so taboo.

Qi Feng was sitting at another table drinking wine, and said, "His Royal Highness, Prince Duan, is courageous and resourceful, and he has a bit of the style of the Eastern Palace."

The cards are played casually.

Cen Shen moved closer, and softly raised Gu Mingzhu.

Even if she didn't look at it, she could still feel the occasional glances from the people above. Due to the large number of people, she just ignored it and won another round under Cen Shen's suggestion.

Several people watched the relationship between the two of them, they all had a tacit understanding, and they just pretended not to know that it was a new situation in a blink of an eye.

Xu Jue played slower this time, and said, "Master Qi, what do you think? Is it possible that His Highness Duan Wang will be the future Lord of the East Palace?"

Qi Feng turned his wine glass and looked.

He knew that Xu Jue and Li Zhao did not have much friendship. If it was true, the two sides had confronted each other. However, Gu Xiurong also explained afterwards that he had no personal relationship with Gu Mingzhu: "If you want me to say, Prince De is now losing his wings. , this result is really hard to say."

Xu Jue smiled: "Master Qi's eyes are vicious. When I look at His Highness Duan Wang, I also have a bit of an emperor."

"Oh? What does the prince think about Chizhou?"

Holding the card in his hand, Xu Jue smiled lightly and said, "As far as the current situation is concerned, King Duan must go. If he returns from Chizhou's meritorious service, then there is no need to guess anything."

Xu Jue pushed the card: "Everyone, take a look."

Everyone looked at his cards.

The cavalry chief of the Yubayashi Army took a closer look and was overjoyed: "Oh! This card color! This card of the son... wonderful!"

(End of this chapter)