"Get up, get up."

Someone was gently shaking Gu Yue's shoulders.

Gu Yue tried hard to open his eyes and saw a woman's face.

He had no memory of this, but opened his mouth and shouted naturally, "Mom."

Gu Yue sat up from the bed. This was a children's room with a complete set of white and blue furniture. The gentle woman took clothes from the end of the bed and urged: "Hurry up and change your clothes, baby. Mom will take you to school today."

Gu Yue took the clothes from his mother's hand. He put on the blue and white school uniform, which was brand new and clean, and had a very fragrant smell.

Outside the bedroom door, there was a table. There were white plates on the table, the morning news was playing on the TV, and a man in a shirt was sitting at the table. Gu Yue opened his mouth and called him naturally, "Dad."

The man nodded and seemed to be smiling.

On the plate were two fragrant fried eggs with red ketchup. Gu Yue felt very hungry, so he ate the two fried eggs cleanly, licking the yellowed edges of the eggs with the remaining ketchup into his mouth. Then his mother handed him a dark blue schoolbag, which was heavy with books and a pencil case with multiple layers of mechanisms.

Gu Yue put on his schoolbag, changed into a pair of sneakers, and went out with his mother.

They walked down the stairs to an old residential area in the center of the city. The woman's hands were dry and warm. They walked hand in hand along the road with tall sycamore trees, and various students with schoolbags on their backs ran and jumped by.

The morning sunshine is beautiful and the breeze is cool.

The mother's mouth opened and closed, and Gu Yue responded with something. But he couldn't hear the content of the conversation. All he could hear were the birds singing and the laughter and screams of elementary school students. He frowned impatiently and tried to focus his eyes on the woman's mouth.

What is she saying?

Slowly they walked to the school gate.

The atmosphere around them suddenly became quiet and old. In the middle of two very tall brick walls was a red-painted rusty iron door, which was open. A kind-looking old man was waiting in front of the door, smiling and waving at Gu Yue.

Gu Yue had an indescribable feeling.

He didn't want to go into the school, but his mother let go of his hand. He finally heard what his mother said: "I'm going to work, you are in school, you have to behave well."

Gu Yue turned his head and saw his mother's back gradually getting farther away, forming a very long shadow that stretched out in his field of vision.

"Gu Yue." The old man walked over and extended his hand to Gu Yue.

An old man's hand, with calluses from years of writing, his beard and eyebrows were white, and he looked at him with a pair of cloudy, gentle eyes.

Gu Yue held his hand and they walked into the iron gate.

Tears welled up in my eyes and I couldn't stop them.

……

“…Gu Dashi!”

Gu Xu slapped Gu Yue on the vest.

He woke up suddenly, took a deep breath, and sat up from the kang bed.

I slept so well...my back and waist ache.

"What did you dream about? Why are you crying like this?" Gu Xu handed him a handkerchief.

Gu Yue then realized that his face was wet and hot. He touched his eyes for no apparent reason and found that his eyelashes were also wet. He wiped his face with a towel in embarrassment, got off the bed, and washed his face thoroughly in the basin by the wall.

"So?" Gu Xu was very curious when he saw that he didn't answer.

"Let me think about it." Gu Yue recalled carefully, and it seemed that he had dreamed about the dean. What was the content? It seemed that he didn't want to go to school?

What is the relationship between going to school and the dean?

"I seemed to have dreamed about my... mother." Gu Yue scratched his head. How could he have parents? No wonder he couldn't see the woman's face clearly.

Gu Xu stared at him.

The fox spirit's mother...is also a fox spirit? Or is she the offspring of a male fox spirit and a human woman?

We should not speculate about other people's privacy. But seeing him crying like this, maybe... his mother passed away early?

Gu Xu squeezed Gu Yue's hand soothingly.

"Oh, what time is it now?" Gu Yue didn't think about the meaning of the dream, after all, he had traveled through time. It was still sunny outside, so he probably didn't sleep too long.

"It's already past noon the next day." Gu Xu said helplessly, "You slept too long. This is not good. Go eat something. I've prepared something and put it on the table."

"What?!" Gu Yue was shocked.

It seems that he is really tired. He has been writing until midnight in the past few months and getting up at six in the morning. It is really a bit too much. Gu Yue hurried to the main room to eat. There were two side dishes and a large bowl of white rice on the table.

"Drink some water first." Gu Xu brought over a pot of tea.

The last time I slept until the afternoon was the last time!

No. In college.

Gu Yue could tell at a glance that the dishes were made by Gu Xu. It was because Gu Dashi often asked Gu Xu to cook before, so he was very familiar with the tastes and dishes.

But I feel much more at ease now.

Gu Xu said: "The palace is going to hold a Mid-Autumn Festival family banquet, probably some time before the Mid-Autumn Festival. When King Yin sets out, we will start."

"Is it safe? We don't have many people. If it's really dangerous, let the prince's people do it." Gu Yue said, "It would be bad if our own people were injured or died."

"If we let the prince do this, I'm afraid he won't return the contract to us obediently." Gu Xu said.

"That's right... If this thing can control me, it can also control you." Gu Yue suddenly wilted. "Although he is not the real boss, it is easy to make something of this matter. Is it possible that we can only use our own people? I am really worried."

"They are all very skilled." Gu Xu did not want his men to put themselves in danger, so he squinted his eyes and thought for a while, and suddenly an idea came to him.

"I have an idea." Gu Xu smiled.

"What method?" Gu Yue asked excitedly.

"Just wait. For this matter, we just have to wait for the contract to arrive." Gu Xu said, and hurriedly got up and went out.

……

The East Palace a few days later.

"A letter from Gu Xu?" Qin Zhaoyue took the envelope from Jingcun's hand. "He would contact me on his own initiative. It's really rare."

"Why does he have such inexplicable hostility towards Your Highness?" Jingcun asked.

"Hostile? Not necessarily. People like him, like Gu Shen and my father, are suspicious of everything, cautious and difficult to approach. I don't know how Gu Dashi did it." Qin Zhaoyue smiled.

He lowered his head and read the letter carefully. It was a long letter.

Jing Cun waited aside for a while.

Qin Zhaoyue frowned and closed the letter.

"how?"

Qin Zhaoyue said: "He said that he would give me full authority to replace the contract paper, and also attached a detailed plan process."

"This..." Jingcun was stunned, "Isn't he afraid that His Highness will use this contract to threaten him?"

"..." Qin Zhaoyue frowned and said nothing.

"He wants to rob the things halfway?" Jingcun guessed again.

"He didn't use his own people, so I guess he wasn't completely sure about this matter." Qin Zhaoyue said, "He couldn't even kidnap our people."

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