marriage contract

The atmosphere in Qianqing Palace was a bit dignified, the emperor closed his eyes and rubbed his brows, Jin Rong had a helpless expression on his face, while Gu Chengzhi stood aside with his head down. "He's a man!" The emperor was almost confused by this stupid boy. There are so many women who don't want to choose a man. It's really... unreasonable!

"Chengzhi knows." Gu Chengzhi's attitude was respectful.

"How do you live with a man?! And..." The emperor felt even more distressed when he thought of this, "If you don't get married and have a second wife, you will never be born again!"

Gu Chengzhi whispered: "We're married." He is now married.

The emperor was too choked to speak.

Yes, Gu Chengzhi is married, but it's because he is married that he won't have children!

Gu Chengzhi pursed his lower lip, and knelt down on the ground, "Your Majesty, in a few years, Chengzhi wants to choose a son from the Gu family to adopt..."

When the emperor heard that he was going to be adopted, his face softened a little, but he still didn't look good. He rubbed the center of his brows twice, and then he waved his sleeves like chasing flies, "Go down."

"Yes." Gu Chengzhi felt relieved, knowing that the emperor didn't intend to take care of it, but the matter of adoption in the future can be regarded as a clear path, if the Gu family disagrees, it is estimated that the emperor will bring Mr. Gu to talk about life.

Looking at Gu Chengzhi's tall and straight figure like a green pine, the emperor was a little relieved and a little helpless. You said this is a good child, why is he so stubborn? !

Gu Chengzhi pondered for a while before saying: "Your Majesty, I am sincere to him."

"Go away!" The emperor glared at him.

"Yes, Chengzhi will leave." Gu Chengzhi smiled, knocked his head on the ground, then got up and left.

Jin Rong coughed dryly, and said softly: "Father, my son and minister have also retired."

The emperor glanced at him, waved his hand, and asked him to go out too.

When Jin Rong left, the emperor sat for a while, shaking his head and sighing.

It can only be said that Gu Chengzhi is really the son of Master Gu Er, and he is exactly the same in his treatment of feelings.

Their feelings are also serious and dedicated.

When Mr. Gu Er mentioned his wife before, he seemed to be satisfied with the whole world, which made him look sideways.

And his son, when he mentioned his sweetheart, the affection he showed made him feel as if he saw the continuation of Master Gu Er.

Liking men is really nothing in the eyes of the emperor, and Jin Lu has never cared about playing with men every year.

But it's a headache not to have concubines and not to have children. Children without blood are not a good thing after all.

But in this regard, Gu Chengzhi is probably like the second master Gu. Before that, the second master Gu never wanted to have a room or a concubine, and he wholeheartedly guarded the second wife Gu alone.

Thinking of this, the emperor sighed again.

He doesn't even care about the affairs of his son's room. Jin Rong has never had a child in those years, and he didn't say that he must put people in his room. How can he still manage the affairs of Gu Chengzhi's room? !

Left and right Gu Chengzhi can still think about adopting, so that he won't be so obsessed that he will die childless in the future, it is good that the incense of the second wife of the Gu family can be passed on.

As for the rest, the emperor doesn't care about it anymore, just let him do as he pleases.

As soon as Jin Rong came out of the Qianqing Palace, he saw Gu Chengzhi walking in front, stopped him, gave him a wink, and Gu Chengzhi followed Jin Rong to the East Palace.

When he arrived at the East Palace, it was the boundary of Jin Rong, so he didn't have so many scruples about speaking.

But Jin Rong looked at Gu Chengzhi but didn't know what to say. His thoughts and choices were already mentioned in Qianqing Palace just now, and he just wanted to be with Chu Junyi.

Jin Rong sighed, and only asked, "Is it worth it?"

"It's worth it." Gu Chengzhi smiled lightly and said, "I like him."

"What about him?" Jin Rong asked him.

"We are in love with each other, so naturally he is the same." Gu Chengzhi felt his cheeks burn a little, and then suppressed that feeling.

Chu Junyi likes him, he knows that.

But saying this sentence to others made him feel his blood boil, his heart was full, as if it was about to overflow.

Jin Rong nodded, as long as Gu Chengzhi's intentions are not disappointed, "The Gu family will not agree so readily to the matter of adoption."

"I know." Gu Chengzhi said again: "When the eldest brother has more sons, I will talk to him directly. If he agrees, he can convince others."

"Uncle Gu... is indeed very capable." Jin Rong's expression was indifferent.

Recently, several people have said good things about Uncle Gu in front of him. Just looking at the things the Gu family has done, and allowing Uncle Gu to sneak into the circle, they must praise him for his good skills.

"My elder brother is indeed a capable person." Needless to say, his ability can bring him back to life after catching a bad hand.

However, Uncle Gu's attitude has always been to be friends with Gu Chengzhi. As long as Gu Chengzhi does not target the Gu family in the open, Uncle Gu will probably not stab the knife in private.

"But you have to be more careful in the future." Jin Rong changed the subject.

"Yes, I understand." Gu Chengzhi straightened his face.

Jin Lv married the concubine, the man was like a concubine for a normal man after marrying a wife, so there was still a censor who had nothing to do to play with him.

However, Gu Chengzhi planned to spend his whole life with Chu Junyi, and the chances of being bombarded in the future would never be less than Jin Lu's, so he had to be cautious.

Chu Junyi has been restless since Gu Chengzhi left. Yesterday the palace sent a message to let Gu Chengzhi enter the palace today. Gu Chengzhi guessed that it was probably Jin Lu who told Jin Rong about their affairs, and then Jin Rong sent them to the palace. The matter was told to the emperor.

Chu Junyi believed that Gu Chengzhi could withstand it, but he was still worried.

Looking at the account book one after another, Chu Junyi suddenly stopped, turned forward a few pages of the account book, read it carefully, and then took the next account book, opened it and read it carefully.

I had already read the account books of the last two months when I was at Chu's house. Chu Junyi had never seen the account books of these stores, so he naturally started to read the previous accounts.

Time passed quickly, and it was already afternoon when Gu Chengzhi came back, and Chu Junyi was about to finish reading the ledger.

"Have you eaten yet?" Gu Chengzhi asked casually after returning.

Chu Junyi's expression froze, and he looked at him innocently.

Gu Chengzhi narrowed his eyes, pinched his chin, and asked in a dangerous tone, "Have you had lunch yet?"

"Forgot..." Chu Junyi said pitifully.

Gu Chengzhi looked at him for a few seconds, gritted his teeth and dragged him out.

"It's time to have dinner later." Chu Junyi said bitterly.

"Yes, it's time to have dinner after waiting for an hour or two!" Gu Chengzhi said in a deep voice.

Chu Junyi stopped talking and resisted, and obediently let him drag him away to feed.

After returning to the room after dinner, Gu Chengzhi folded his arms and began the interrogation with a serious face.

"I really just forgot..." Chu Junyi leaned over to flatter him and said, "Don't be angry, I won't do this next time."

"What can make you forget to eat?!" Gu Chengzhi was unmoved.

"..." Chu Junyi said dryly, "The ledger..."

Gu Chengzhi narrowed his eyes slightly, looked at Chu Junyi so much that he could hardly lift his head, so he stretched out his hand to pinch his cheek.

Chu Junyi smiled happily, hugged his waist, and rubbed against the strength of his neck.

"I tried so hard to make you fatter, but you still don't eat!" Gu Chengzhi said bitterly.

"Just once, just once!" Chu Junyi couldn't help retorting, "I forgot just this one time!"

"Why don't you say who usually told you to eat?!" Gu Chengzhi put his arms around him, speaking helplessly.

Chu Junyi bowed his head and remained silent.

"Why is the ledger so pretty?" Gu Chengzhi kissed him on the cheek.

"Oh, that's right!" Chu Junyi also remembered this at this moment, he wanted to tell Gu Chengzhi just now.

Pulling Gu Chengzhi to the table, Chu Junyi picked up a ledger on the table, turned to a certain page, and handed it to Gu Chengzhi.

"It's a normal account." Gu Chengzhi glanced at it, but found nothing wrong.

"The account is very normal, but this account book, perhaps it should be said that it is the store corresponding to this account." Chu Junyi paused, "The steward left behind by my father said that these stores were given to me by my father, but I used to I've never seen it before, when we came back from our study tour, the accounts of these stores were mixed in other accounts."

Gu Chengzhi frowned slightly, and opened the ledger to read page by page.

"The most strange thing to me is that the owners of these shops are not my father." Chu Junyi added: "The boss is called Guan Qing."

"Do you know Guan Qing?" Gu Chengzhi asked.

"I don't know." A strange color flashed in Chu Junyi's eyes, "But I once found a box among my father's belongings, and the box was locked. A key. When I was recuperating in the Chu family, I suddenly thought of the box. The pattern of the key is the same as that of the box, and it contains Guan Qing's identity document."

Gu Chengzhi was a little surprised.

Chu Junyi turned the account book in Gu Chengzhi's hand to the last page. At the end of the account book, besides a red "read", there was also a row of small ink characters.

"This is my father's handwriting." Gu Cheng recognized who wrote this handwriting at a glance.

"Yes, it was written by my father." Chu Junyi nodded, "Father holds the identity document of 'Guan Qing', then he is Guan Qing, if I hold the identity document of 'Guan Qing', then I am Guan Qing Affection."

"But...why does father beat around the bush so much?" Gu Chengzhi asked suspiciously.

"I don't know." Chu Junyi shrugged.

Gu Chengzhi flipped through the ledger, his brows gradually furrowed, "All these?" He looked at the ledger stacked on the table.

"Yes, both of them." Chu Junyi handed him two more copies, "There are three in total, and the bosses are all concerned."

Of the three shops left by the third master Chu, one is a powder shop, rouge powder, hair oil and spices, and everything that can be used by the daughter's family can be bought here.

There is also a shop that sells preserved fruit snacks. There are many types recorded in the account, and the flow of people is not bad.

The last one is the piano hall, as the name suggests, it is a place for selling and repairing pianos.

Among the three stores, the one with the best income is the makeup store, and it is true that women earn the most money.

Gu Chengzhi put down the ledger with an indifferent expression.

Chu Junyi looked at the page he turned to.

Most of the big sellers in the powder shop are female relatives of high-ranking families in Beijing, and among them are several stewards of the Prince's Mansion.

The supply of the Prince's Mansion is purchased by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, but some personal favorites are mostly bought by the police. It is estimated that the makeup of this powder shop has caught the eyes of the female family members of the Prince's Mansion, and they will come to buy it about once a month or two.

"Are you unhappy?" Chu Junyi felt that Gu Chengzhi's mood was a bit strange.

Gu Chengzhi just glanced at him inexplicably.

"What's wrong with you?" Chu Junyi asked with a frown.

Gu Chengzhi hugged him and sighed softly.

"Gu Chengzhi!" Chu Junyi was a little annoyed.

"Jun Yi..." Gu Chengzhi's voice was soft and low.

Chu Junyi moved uncomfortably as if he had been shocked.

Gu Chengzhi sat down with Chu Junyi in his arms, and let Chu Junyi sit on his lap.

"I suspect that father's death has something to do with them." Gu Chengzhi leaned close to Chu Junyi's ear, his voice was so low that he could hardly hear him.

"What?!" Chu Junyi heard it, and was so startled that he almost jumped up.

Gu Chengzhi directly blocked his mouth.

Chu Junyi blinked and cooperated with the kiss.

When Chu Junyi was kissed to the point of confusion, Gu Chengzhi released him, and kissed him on the face with a little satisfaction.

Chu Junyi lay on Gu Chengzhi's body panting, and after a while, he asked in a low voice, "How do you know?"

Gu Chengzhi's gaze became extremely cold, and his voice was weak but could be heard clearly by Chu Junyi, "The emperor sent Master Ma San out of Beijing a few years ago just to stabilize the situation there. Dad went there to check things. Master Ma San sent someone to protect him, but on the return journey...many of the things found were related to those princes."

Chu Junyi was startled, but he didn't ask what the second master Gu was looking for. He shouldn't have asked about it.

"Jun Yi, go to that store to have a look tomorrow." Gu Chengzhi rubbed his face.

"Okay." Chu Junyi replied simply.

The powder shop is called Hongzhuang Fragrance Powder Shop, the name is simple and clear, it is divided into upper and lower floors, and there are many customers, and most of them are female customers.

Chu Junyi and Gu Cheng got off the carriage, but there was a restaurant in front of them. They looked at each other and smiled, and walked in side by side.