marriage contract

Gu Cheng read the letters in the wooden box one by one, and his face became more and more serious.

Chu Junyi sat aside and watched quietly, with no expression on his face and no emotion in his eyes.

These letters should have been shown to Gu Chengzhi on the day he came back, but in the end they reunited after a long absence, only joy remained, and other things were left behind.

In the past few years, Chu Junyi has also thought about what to do about this matter, but after much deliberation, there is no result.

He couldn't shake the matter of the Chu family alone, let alone the battle between Prince Yu and the throne.

Sometimes he also thinks that if he reconciles, at least he can keep Gu Chengzhi. With the emperor's trust in Gu Chengzhi, he will definitely be washed whiter than snow after reconciling.

But...Chu Junyi is reluctant...he has only loved such a person in his two lifetimes, and if he misses it, he will never meet again...

So, it is up to Gu Chengzhi to decide whether to leave or stay, no matter what he chooses...

Chu Junyi sighed softly, only to feel that his head hurt even more, his breathing became a little heavy, and his body began to feel limp and weak again.

Well, he has not fully recovered from his illness, and it seems that he has relapsed after such a toss.

However, Chu Junyi did not leave, but leaned on the pillow, his eyes were still fixed on Gu Chengzhi, but his head was a little drowsy, but he didn't feel sleepy at all.

No matter how many letters there are, there will be times when he has finished reading them. Gu Chengzhi held those letters, his expression was really unreadable.

The Chu family has always been unreliable, he knew this, but he never thought that the Chu family could be so unreliable.

Is the battle for the throne so easy to intervene? !

The first emperor, the emperor, and the crown prince were all the eldest sons of the empress, the orthodox heirs to the throne. Even if Prince Yu had three heads and six arms, he could not do the law and etiquette, let alone grab the throne.

What kind of presence did the Chu family come out looking for? !

Do you want to go to the underworld to report collectively because you think your life is too long? !

Gu Chengzhi really didn't know what to say. He was about to ask Chu Junyi about these letters, but he saw Chu Junyi leaning on the pillow, his expression was a little bit wrong.

Stretching out his hand to caress his face, it was hot under his palm, Gu Chengzhi immediately became anxious, picked up the man and rushed to the bedside, stuffed Chu Junyi into the quilt, wrapped it up, and then rushed out to let someone decoct the medicine .

This series of actions was urgent and fast, and by the time Chu Junyi reacted, Gu Chengzhi had already disappeared.

Chu Junyi pursed his lips, slightly closed his eyes, and felt mixed feelings in his heart.

After ordering the servants, when Gu Chengzhi came back, his complexion was not very good, and he sat on the bedside and began to criticize Chu Junyi.

After Gu Chengzhi finished speaking, Chu Junyi pointed to another wooden box next to the Kang table and asked him to take a look.

Gu Chengzhi wanted him to rest, but Chu Junyi had almost slept all day, and he really couldn't sleep.

I took the wooden box, maybe it should be said to be a small wooden box, and there are volumes of books inside, with numbers on the covers.

Gu Chengzhi glanced at Chu Junyi, and then flipped through a book, which was filled with Chu Junyi's handwriting.

At this time, Chu Junyi also began to talk about those letters, how he found them, how he took them out, and the three shops left by Master Chu, and how Lu Qin and others were still there. Staring at Prince Yu.

And these books are what he read and copied from the mansion newspaper, those things that year, and some things he can see, regardless of whether it is useful or not, he copied them anyway.

Gu Chengzhi put the wooden box aside, took Chu Junyi's hand, and held it tightly.

No wonder, no wonder those who returned to Beijing said that Chu Junyi had changed a lot. He could already see it when he came back yesterday. He thought it was the result of years of separation and training. Who would have thought...

Just thinking about it, Gu Chengzhi felt very distressed. These letters were like hot potatoes. After reading them, he would understand how big a sword was hanging above his head.

But Chu Junyi can't say, these things must rot in his stomach, he keeps these secrets alone, no one helps him, everything can only be done by himself.

Gu Chengzhi's heart hurts, it's not a normal pain in his heart, he would rather Chu Junyi be like before, just ignore things if he doesn't like to take care of things, anyway, he is there for everything.

"Haven't you ever thought about reconciling?" Chu Junyi saw his expression and asked softly.

"Heli?" Gu Chengzhi was stunned for a moment, then understood what he meant, and said angrily, "What do you think of me?! Am I the kind of person who will leave you alone?!"

"You're not, I've always known." Chu Junyi never doubted his intentions or his character, but he still wanted to say these words: "I'm the one who hurt you."

Gu Chengzhi's expression was really ugly, he stared at Chu Junyi for a long time without saying a word.

As soon as Chu Junyi said a few words, the medicine ordered just now was boiled and delivered. Gu Chengzhi went to take the medicine with a livid face, and then sent his servants to leave.

The soup was very hot, so Gu Chengzhi didn't pass it to Chu Junyi directly, but put it on the bedside table, with a pot of water and two cups on it.

The room was quiet, neither of them spoke, the medicine on the cabinet was still steaming, Chu Junyi stared at the bowl of medicine, while Gu Chengzhi stared at Chu Junyi.

When the medicine cooled down a bit, Chu Junyi stood up, took the medicine bowl and drank it in one gulp, and finally rinsed his mouth with water.

However, after drinking the medicine, Chu Junyi did not lie down, but threw himself into Gu Chengzhi's arms.

Gu Chengzhi was startled, quickly picked up the quilt, wrapped Chu Junyi up, and then reprimanded him: "Nonsense!"

Chu Junyi smiled lowly, and asked softly: "If someone from the Gu family was involved in the rebellion, what would you do?"

Gu Chengzhi was silent for a moment, but Chu Junyi asked again before he could answer: "Do you want me to die with you, or do you want to make peace with me and set me free?"

Even Gu Chengzhi himself didn't know how to answer this option. If there was such a day, he wanted to let Chu Junyi go, but he felt unwilling, and wondered if he would be reluctant to let go.

He already knew what Chu Junyi wanted to say. In the final analysis, Chu Junyi just felt sorry for him and hurt him.

If the Gu family had such a day, he would think so too.

"If there is such a day..." Gu Chengzhi took a deep breath, and then slowly exhaled, "Let's see your choice."

If Chu Junyi wants to live and die with him, he will do his best to protect him; if Chu Junyi wants to leave, he will let him go free.

"Okay, then let's be mandarin ducks with the same fate." Chu Junyi rested his forehead on Gu Chengzhi's shoulder, his eyes were astringent, but a smile still crept onto his face unconsciously.

"Well, we are also the fate of mandarin ducks." Gu Chengzhi hugged him tightly, and there was a smile in his eyes.

Chu Junyi smiled for a while, and suddenly retorted: "No, mandarin ducks are male and female, what kind of mandarin ducks are we two elders?"

Gu Chengzhi raised his eyebrows and smiled without saying a word.

"Same fate Yuanyuan... Tsk tsk, that sounds really awkward." Chu Junyi said with a smile.

"Don't care about the mandarin duck or the mandarin mandarin duck, the most important thing is to heal your illness first." Gu Chengzhi kissed his lips, "The matter hasn't reached such a serious level, there will always be room for maneuver, don't even think about it." There are so many, and I’m still here.”

And I'm here, these words pierced straight into the bottom of Chu Junyi's heart, numb and itchy, and ripples appeared in the originally peaceful state of mind.

In fact, Chu Junyi hadn't been so vulnerable for a long time. He had to bear everything that happened in the past few years by himself, and behind him were Brother Qi and Nanny Bai.

He can't back down, and he can't fall down. Tribulation and experience can force people to grow.

I don't know if it was because of the high fever or because Gu Chengzhi was by his side. At this moment, Chu Junyi only felt that he was much weaker than usual, his body was limp and weak, and his heart was extremely soft.

"I can't sleep." Chu Junyi smiled and glanced at Gu Chengzhi. This glance was so captivating that Gu Chengzhi was stunned.

"Who did you learn from?!" Gu Chengzhi said angrily when he came back to his senses.

"Is there still a need to learn?" Chu Junyi smiled slightly, and his thin lips began to move down along Gu Chengzhi's cheeks.

"Don't make trouble!" Gu Chengzhi held him in his arms, but before he could say the following, Chu Junyi held his Adam's apple, and Gu Chengzhi became dumb for an instant.

With a smile in his eyes, Chu Junyi sucked and kissed himself, and stuck out his hand from the quilt, without any thought of stopping.

Gu Chengzhi grabbed Chu Junyi's wrist, took a deep breath, and said in a hoarse voice, "You are still sick, sleep well."

"No." Chu Junyi raised his head and kissed his chin, still breathing hot air, "I can't sleep, don't you want me?"

Gu Chengzhi's Adam's apple twitched, his body was tense, he pushed Chu Junyi back on the bed, and said in a nasty voice, "Sleep! I'm not such a beast!" After speaking, he got up and went to the table to drink water to moisten his throat.

But Chu Junyi didn't intend to just let it go, he really wanted to indulge, and he probably wouldn't do such a thing when he recovered from his illness, but now he just wanted to do as he wanted.

"You beast, I don't mind." Chu Junyi's voice was soft and soft, reaching Gu Chengzhi's ears, making his heart itch.

Gu Chengzhi frowned, and was about to refute his words, but when he turned around, he froze in place.

The lights in the room were dim, and the beauty under the lights was even more ambiguous. Chu Junyi's long hair shawls his shoulders, his belt has long since disappeared, his clothes are loosely draped over his body, and the clothes slip off his shoulders. His fair skin is even more radiant under the light. And the traces that Gu Chengzhi left on him last night are still faintly visible.

Chu Junyi half propped up his body, the smile on his lips gradually deepened, a pair of beautiful and seductive peach blossom eyes showed his true colors, seemingly drunk but not drunk, dreamy and blurred, his eyes were slightly raised, full of bewitching meaning, let People's minds are turbulent, unable to extricate themselves.

Gu Chengzhi only felt that his throat was extremely dry. The half pot of water he drank just now was in vain. His heart was beating violently, as if it would jump out in the next second.

He should look away and tell him to sleep well, but he couldn't say anything when the words came to his mouth.

"I want you." Chu Junyi pursed his thin lips lightly, the corners of his lips turned up slightly, the charm on his face subsided, his chin slightly lifted, his eyes looked straight at Gu Chengzhi, "Do you want me?"

Gu Chengzhi nodded unconsciously, then quickly shook his head, but his body still walked over involuntarily.

Chu Junyi waited until Gu Chengzhi approached, then propped himself up, put his arms around Gu Chengzhi's waist, looked up at him, his expression was full of innocence, "You want me."

It's not a man who can hold back at this time, Gu Chengzhi wants to control, but Chu Junyi is fanning the flames, even if he has diamond-like perseverance, he is now ruined to scum.

However, even if Gu Chengzhi's rationality is far away, he still remembers that Chu Junyi is sick, and the nonsense is over.

At this moment, Chu Junyi really had no strength, and lay softly in Gu Chengzhi's arms, refusing to move no matter what.

"Who did you learn from?" Gu Chengzhi's mood was complicated. He had just made a beast, and he felt a little bit overwhelmed psychologically, but he had to say the feeling... No wonder there was the phrase "the spring night is short", even he They all thought for a moment that they would die on Chu Junyi's body.

"I didn't learn..." Chu Junyi replied vaguely.

"Do you think I'm stupid?" Gu Chengzhi stretched out his hand to help him rub his waist, and said angrily, "If you don't learn, I can..."

"Say it, why don't you say it?" Chu Junyi smiled softly, his voice slightly hoarse.

"Let me ask you, that thing is not a serious way, how can you learn it?!" Gu Chengzhi asked with a frown, and his hands exerted a little force.

With Gu Chengzhi's concentration, even if Chu Junyi was naked, he shouldn't have lost control like that, and now that he thinks about it, he can find something is wrong.

At that time, his mind was a little confused, and there was only such a person left with his eyes full. This must be the reason for Chu Junyi, and that kind of charm. It is impossible for people who have not learned it to be so blatant.

Chu Junyi snorted, feeling his waist was going numb, and said in a muffled voice: "I didn't learn it on purpose, and I didn't know it at the time."

"Be clear." Gu Chengzhi continued to ask.

Chu Junyi groaned twice before telling the story.

It turned out that after Chu Junyi knew what Lu Qin and Qian Jin were doing, he began to think about the piano hall again.

The business of the piano hall is not as good as that of the other two shops, but the third master Chu must have his intentions in keeping the piano hall.

Chu Junyi asked Nanny Bai, but Nanny Bai only lived in the piano hall for a few years, but never participated in the affairs, because she was afraid of causing trouble to Master Chu.

If Nanny Bai didn't know, Chu Junyi had to find out by himself.

During that time, Chu Junyi ran to the piano hall frequently, and finally found an attic on the top floor of the piano hall. The door leading to the attic was very hidden, and it took him a lot of effort to find it.

There are windows on all sides of the attic, but it is difficult to find it from the outside, and there are several cabinets and seats in the attic, and there is also a soft couch.

Chu Junyi turned the attic upside down, and found nothing useful, but found a few books. At first, he thought it was left to him by Mr. Chu San, but after reading it, he didn't think so. Anyway, he had some books. I don't understand.

And among those few books, the only book that Chu Junyi could understand was something like a picture book.

"I didn't know at first, but I just read it anyway, and I didn't realize something was wrong until I finished half of the book..." Chu Junyi said sullenly: "That book is for teaching that, and I didn't want to learn it..."

"Then what happened just now?" It's not that Gu Chengzhi made a fuss out of a molehill. To be able to charm him, his skills must be quite high.

"I don't know...and I didn't find out what was wrong." Chu Junyi said helplessly: "Bai Nanny and Song Guo have been with me for a long time, so they don't feel anything, but I'm going out that day, Xue But Hu asked me... Anyway, I knew it at that time, and I don't understand the specific situation, so I will be fine if I control it intentionally."

Gu Chengzhi frowned, thought for a while and felt that there was indeed something wrong with the book, so he asked, "Then what happened to you just now?"

"I just want to try it on you, so don't think too much about it. Even Xue Hu can't be seduced by my idea. That's why it works because you like me." Chu Junyi suddenly laughed.

"Have you tried Xue Hu?!" Gu Chengzhi immediately said angrily.

Chu Junyi was speechless for a moment: "That's not the point..."

"This is not the point, so what is the point?!" Gu Chengzhi was about to explode, "What if?! What if it is useful to Xue Hu?!"

"..." Chu Junyi said honestly, "I was holding a wooden stick..."

"Even if you take a kitchen knife, you can't hurt Xue Hu!" Gu Chengzhi said angrily.

"I was wrong..." Chu Junyi sincerely admitted his mistake.

Gu Chengzhi still felt resentful, and really wanted to go out and find Xue Hu to challenge him one-on-one. He had never seen it before, so why let Xue Hu see it!

"Those books are all in the small study, you..." Chu Junyi wanted to let him read, but before he finished speaking, Gu Chengzhi directly interrupted him.

"Sleep in your sleep, I'll talk about something tomorrow." Gu Chengzhi said with a frown.

Chu Junyi was silent for a moment, and then said: "I want to take a bath..." Neither of them took a bath.

Gu Chengzhi glanced at him, wrapped him up tightly, and got up to ask for water.

After asking for water, taking a bath, and changing the bedding, Gu Chengzhi felt extremely tired when he carried Chu Junyi back to the bed after washing.

The servants all knew that Chu Junyi was ill, and whenever he asked for water, they all looked at him like animals...

"Sleep!" Gu Chengzhi turned off the lights, and lay down with Chu Junyi in his arms.

Chu Junyi responded in a low voice, closed his eyes and soon fell asleep.

Chu Junyi's high fever turned into a low fever, and Gu Chengzhi was read by Nanny Bai for two days...

The books found in the attic of the piano hall were also dug out. Gu Chengzhi looked at them and found that they were all records of martial arts.

Among them was a book about the art of charm. Gu Chengzhi flipped through it, but Chu Junyi kept staring at Gu Chengzhi.

It's a pity that Gu Chengzhi flipped through the entire book, but there was no hint of charm...

But Chu Junyi really couldn't imagine what it would be like if Gu Chengzhi's expression was alluring...

On the other side of Xue Hu, after all, Gu Chengzhi found a reason to drag him to the competition, which made Xue Hu confused.

After Chu Junyi found out, he apologized silently in his heart, and then pretended he didn't know anything. If Xue Hu found out, Gu Chengzhi might drag him down for a second round of discussions...

Gu Chengzhi stayed at home for a few days, and was soon summoned by the emperor.

After comforting Chu Junyi a few words, Gu Chengzhi entered the palace with the little eunuch who delivered the decree.

Chu Junyi knew that the emperor would not attack now, so he was not so worried.

When Gu Chengzhi brought his troops back to Beijing, the first thing he did was to enter the palace to face the saint, but at that time there were still other people around him, and the emperor followed the normal procedure.

Since the position of second-rank deputy general has been removed, and the military power has been handed over to the emperor, Gu Chengzhi now only waits for the emperor to arrange an official position for him, and before the decree is issued, he only intends to stay at home with Chu Junyi.

Before the expedition, they were in love with each other, but the battle lasted for several years.

The relationship between each other did not fade, but converged to the bottom of my heart, allowing the relationship to ferment slowly, and the more fragrant and mellower it became.

When they met again many years later, the feelings that had been dormant for several years burst out instantly, surging and out of control.

When the emperor saw Gu Chengzhi, he first teased: "If I don't call you, you won't remember to go to the palace to see me?"

Gu Chengzhi hurriedly knelt down to apologize, confessing his guilt solemnly, and the emperor grinned when he saw it.

"Get up, act like I don't know, you just want to have sex with your family, and you don't even leave the door." The emperor snorted coldly.

"The emperor is wise." Gu Chengzhi complimented.

The corner of the emperor's mouth twitched, and then he said: "Okay, you're almost done resting at home, don't always think about being lazy, and then stay honestly in the Imperial Academy, and let you go out in two years."

Gu Chengzhi knelt down to thank the emperor, and said a few words with the emperor before he was waved away by the emperor.

After leaving Qianqing Palace, the eunuch next to Jin Rong came to invite him, but Gu Chengzhi did not leave the palace, but went directly to the East Palace to meet Jin Rong.

Jin Rong was also very happy to see Gu Chengzhi, and after asking a few words, he talked about the letters and account that Chu Junyi handed over to Jin Lu.

Gu Chengzhi also understood what Jin Rong was looking for him to do, but he didn't know what the emperor was thinking.

Jin Rong was able to call him into the East Palace, the emperor must have known about it, maybe the emperor ordered him to do so.

"It's quite calm." Jin Rong said with a smile.

Gu Chengzhi smiled bitterly and said, "The prince is joking."

He had read all the things that Chu Junyi had sorted out. It was Mr. Chu who helped Prince Yu, and Mr. Chu probably knew about it, but he didn't know whether Mr. Chu and the others knew.

Then there is the emperor's side, Prince Yu is definitely being guarded by the emperor, and the emperor probably knows about the Chu family's affairs. As for the crime to be convicted, it depends on the emperor's will.

"You don't have to worry too much, the emperor knows in his heart that you can always be kept." Jin Rong said casually while drinking tea.

Gu Chengzhi's eyes lit up, and he lowered his head and said, "The emperor is wise."

"Master Chu San is indeed a wonderful person, it's a pity..." Jin Rong said regretfully.

Gu Chengzhi listened without saying a word.

In fact, it is enough to have this sentence. The emperor said that the Chu family was treason, that is treason, and it is normal to punish the Jiu Clan at that time.

If the emperor said that the Chu family did not commit treason, then it would be a trivial matter whether the family was ransacked or sent to prison, and the main responsibility would be on the old lady Chu, not to mention that they had already separated, so even if it would be affected, it would not be a big deal.

As for Jin Rong's words, perhaps this is the effort that Master Chu San made to protect Chu Junyi.