marriage contract

The next morning, Gu's mansion welcomed a distinguished guest—Eunuch Zhu, the eunuch of the Qianqing Palace.

"Master Gu, you don't need to be too polite. Miscellaneous people are here to invite Mr. Gu. The emperor announces that Mr. Gu will come to the palace to meet you." Eunuch Zhu greeted Mr. Gu with a smile, and then asked: "Gu Is the third master in the mansion?"

"This, this, my father-in-law doesn't know... the third child, the third child is sick and can't get out of bed, so, so..." Elder Gu really didn't want Gu Chengzhi to enter the palace, he just wanted to be with Gu Chengzhi. Send people away before Chengzhi comes.

"Ill?" Eunuch Zhu glanced at Elder Gu with a half-smile, and the sight of him almost made him sweat.

"Lord Zhu, I've been waiting for a long time." Gu Chengzhi walked into the courtyard, bowed his hands to Eunuch Zhu, without even looking at Elder Gu.

"Where is it?" Eunuch Zhu returned a salute, and seeing that he was wearing a dark uniform, he felt even more satisfied, and said, "It's good that Mr. Gu is in good health. Your Majesty misses Mr. Third very much. Today, I'm going to do something special." Let the miscellaneous family come to Gu's mansion to spread the word, and let the third master enter the palace to face the saint."

Gu Chengzhi nodded and said: "Master Lao Zhu came here on purpose, Gu has packed up and can enter the palace at any time."

Eunuch Zhu nodded and said with a smile: "Then let's go, and save the emperor from waiting for a long time."

Gu Chengzhi made a gesture of invitation, and then walked out together with Eunuch Zhu.

"Eunuch Zhu!" Seeing that they were leaving, Mr. Gu subconsciously wanted to persuade them to stay, but he didn't know what to say after he stopped them, and finally said: "Well, Chengzhi entered the palace this time, please trouble Eunuch Zhu to take care of him." .”

Eunuch Zhu twitched the corners of his mouth, "Master Gu is too worried. It is the emperor's intention that the third master will enter the palace. If it is about taking care of him, it is also what the emperor wants to take care of."

Yesterday the emperor was furious in Qianqing Palace, he was not there at that time, but what happened at that time has spread throughout the palace, how could he not know.

I thought that Mr. Gu, who has been an official for so many years, can still understand the most basic winks. Now it seems that the emperor is not blamed for being so angry. Just judging from what he said just now, I know that what happened yesterday is nothing at all. Let him have a long memory.

Master Gu's face was a little stiff, and the corners of his mouth were raised to show a smile that was uglier than crying, "That's true, that's true, the emperor values ​​sincerity, that's his blessing. Eunuch Zhu, go slowly, Eunuch Zhu, go slowly... "

"..." Eunuch Zhu felt that he had overestimated Mr. Gu's IQ just now, how did this kind of idiot live to such an old age!

"Master Zhu, hurry up and enter the palace, the emperor may be in a hurry." Gu Chengzhi looked at Master Gu's stupidity with cold eyes, and was fair to Mr. Zhu.

"Yes, the emperor may be in a hurry. Yesterday, the emperor drank 4 cups of tea before waiting for Mr. Gu, but he was so mentally unable to sleep at night. Today, let the emperor drink a few cups of tea less and sleep well at night. Get a good night's sleep." Eunuch Zhu said with a smile, but the corner of his eyes was looking at Mr. Gu.

Gu Chengzhi's "Master Zhu" made him feel refreshed, even if it was just a job to save face, he had to be willing to do it.Mr. Gu kept calling "father-in-law" and "father-in-law", and even called him with his last name, which made him feel like a "pig man" in an instant.If you say that this person is really afraid of comparison, compared with Gu Sanye, Gu Elder Master instantly becomes a scumbag.

The two left the yard together, and before leaving, Eunuch Zhu said lightly: "By the way, the emperor has ordered that when you come to the Gu mansion this time, everything that happened and everything you said must be repeated to the emperor. , Mr. Gu, you... just take care of yourself." Then he ignored his bluish and white complexion.

When Gu Chengzhi arrived at Qianqing Palace, the emperor was looking at a painting at the table, seeing him coming in, he said directly: "Come here, help me take a look."

Hearing what the emperor said, Gu Chengzhi would not be disappointed and insisted on kneeling down to salute. He walked to the emperor's side, and when he saw the painting on the table, his right hand immediately clenched into a fist, and his lips were tightly pursed.

The emperor didn't care about his reaction, he just looked at the painting for a while and asked, "What do you think of this painting?"

"Of course it's good." Gu Chengzhi also stared at the painting for a long time, and finally said softly.

"Yes, this painting is naturally good." The emperor sighed softly, rolled up the scroll and stuffed it into Gu Cheng's hand, "Huai Ren has been thinking about this painting for a long time, and I said at the time that I will take this painting when he comes back." Give it to him, it's a pity..." The thing was brought back by Gu Chengzhi, but the person stayed outside forever.

Gu Chengzhi stared blankly at the painting in his hand, feeling angry and depressed at the same time, but he couldn't vent it.

Master Gu's name is Huairen, if you are acquainted with each other, most of them call each other Biaozi, but the emperor and Master Gu have known each other since they were young, and they hadn't taken Biaozi at that time, so they could only be called by their first names.Later, I took the name of Biao, and because it was named for more than ten years, I have long been used to it and have not changed it.

The emperor sat on the heated kang, looked at Gu Chengzhi who was in a daze, and felt a little more sad in his heart.

Elder Gu Ge had taught him, and he had known the brothers of the Gu family since he was a child. Although he was closer in age to Master Gu, he had a special affinity with Master Gu.

Fate is really strange. Master Gu Er didn't meet him many times, but every time he met a confidant.

Many of Master Gu's ideas coincided with his, so when he was in high school, he was even more happy.This is a capable minister, a capable minister who can help him govern the country!

After he ascended the throne as the emperor, the two of them cooperated happily. Master Gu understood and agreed with his philosophy of governing the country, and even his son was a good young man with all talents in civil and military affairs.

But now... Second Master Gu is gone, and he didn't even keep his only son...

Gu Chengzhi was stunned for a while, then he came back to his senses, turned around and saw that the emperor was looking at him with sadness in his eyes, he called softly: "The emperor."

The emperor blinked, put back the emotions in his eyes, and looked at Gu Cheng again with a little love, "I have sent people to Nanxing Mountain and asked them to bring back Daoist Hegui. The hexagram I don't believe it, but now that the rumors are raging, it's better to strangle it from the source."

Gu Chengzhi thought for a while, then nodded and said, "That's fine." If Taoist He Gui can overthrow the previous hexagram, that's good, if he still insists on that hexagram...

"He will change his mind." The emperor said very calmly, he could naturally think of things that Gu Chengzhi could think of, no matter what method he used, he would make him change his mind.

Gu Chengzhi smiled lightly and bowed, and said: "Then thank you, Your Majesty."

"You!" The emperor smiled when he saw him like this, but suddenly asked after laughing: "Have you ever blamed me?"

"Why did the emperor say that?" Gu Chengzhi was really surprised, but when he saw the emperor's expression, he understood that the emperor really regarded the second master Gu as a friend, but now the second master Gu is dead...

"The emperor is worrying too much." When Gu Chengzhi faced the Gu family, there would be anger that could not be vented in his chest, but he would not face the emperor, "The emperor has never been sorry for my father or me, so naturally he can't say anything. No wonder. Loyalty to the king and patriotism, this is what my grandfather taught by precept and example when he was alive. My father never blamed you, never before, and never in the future. Naturally, I am the same, otherwise I would not go to the border, even if I fought If I die there, I will only feel that I am worthy of my grandfather, my father, and you!"

The emperor can naturally tell whether these words are true or not. Gu Chengzhi, like his father, likes to say such plain but touching words.Hearing what Gu Chengzhi said now, he felt much more relaxed.

"A scholar dies for his confidant. Even if my father is not for the emperor, but only for the person who appreciates him, recognizes him as a friend, and allows him to express his ambitions, he will willingly go there. Therefore, the emperor does not have to responsibility." Gu Chengzhi knew what kind of person Gu Er Master was, and he naturally knew what he would think, so he never blamed the emperor.

He would blame only those who did something to Master Gu, only those who hurt the people he valued, and only those who wanted to drive him into the abyss.

Seeing what he said, the emperor was stunned for a moment, then closed his eyes, and opened them after waiting for a while, "Okay, you have stayed in the palace for a while, go back."

"Yes." Gu Chengzhi could see that the emperor's knots in his heart had been untied a lot, and he had to figure out the rest. He probably wanted to be alone for a while now.

Gu Chengzhi saluted and was about to leave, but he heard the emperor say: "Come and see me when you have time, the Gu family doesn't need to worry about them, I will take care of things for you."

"Yes, Chengzhi understands." Gu Chengzhi replied with a smile, and then left with the little eunuch.

After Gu Chengzhi left, the emperor looked at Eunuch Zhu, and Eunuch Zhu told what happened after he went to Gu's mansion.

After hearing this, the emperor sneered, "Idiot!"

Eunuch Zhu lowered his head and said nothing.

The little eunuch led Gu Chengzhi out, and said: "Third Master, don't worry, the emperor values ​​you very much."

Gu Chengzhi nodded with a smile. He also knew that the emperor valued him, but he did not forget that that person was the emperor.

The reason why the emperor is so angry this time is because of the second master Gu, and also because of him, but more of it is because the imperial power has been violated.

He did not deny that the emperor appreciated and valued him, but he was an emperor first, a superior second, and an elder who loved him dearly.

Master Gu Er went out to Beijing to help the emperor, but he was killed in the end. He would rather have someone travel thousands of miles to give things to his son than let someone take them back to Beijing. This is already very clear.

And the rumors that spread after the accident, the death of Mrs. Gu, and the divination of Taoist Hegui, everything challenged the emperor's nerves.

It can only be said that Mr. Gu really hit his back and stepped on the thunder. As soon as the emperor said that the hexagrams were not credible, he rushed up and slapped the emperor hard.The slap was so painful and hard that the emperor's face was swollen.

The emperor has never been the Holy Mother, he was slapped on the face by his courtiers, and he would be sorry for having held the throne for so many years if he didn't go back.As for why it is the Gu family and not the Chu family, it can only be said that the emperor is familiar with Mr. Gu, and it is the acquaintance who beats him the most.

Of course, Gu Chengzhi also thought about it, if the marriage really can't be resolved...then the emperor touched people from the Chu family, and he might get angry in the Chu family in the future, although he is not a character who will be angry, But the emperor still endured this tone for him.

The emperor treated him really well... Gu Chengzhi thought in his heart that he had already arrived outside the imperial city.

"Master Gu, go slowly, I'll be going back soon." The little eunuch smiled and saluted him.

Gu Chengzhi also nodded and said with a smile, "I'm sorry to bother you, father-in-law."

The little eunuch also nodded and turned back, still thinking in his heart: No wonder they all like to talk to Gu Sanye, this manner, this rule, even the tone of speech makes people feel comfortable.

After leaving the imperial city, Gu Chengzhi was suddenly at a loss for a moment. He didn't know where to go. He was like a small boat wandering in the water, but he still couldn't find the shore where he could dock.Home is not like home, relatives are not like relatives, where else can he go...

It was only a momentary loss of consciousness, Gu Chengzhi walked forward without stopping, there is always a way, there is always a way.