I dare not

The author has something to say: The third child: I can hold you, let me do it.

At night, Gu Qiao was sitting under the lamp drawing his erotic pictures, when he heard a soft sound from the window, he quickly picked up a book and covered the paper.

Looking up, she saw the Third Highness dressed in black jumping in from the window. Gu Qiao was helpless, "I'm the only one in the house, you want to jump out of the window, what's wrong?"

Xiang Zenan said mysteriously: "I went to Guoguang Temple and found something."

"what?"

Xiang Zenan took out a book from his pocket. The cover looked like a Buddhist scripture. It was very thick, as if it had been disassembled and bound again.

Gu Qiao opened the pages, and her eyes widened as soon as she turned to the first page, "This...this is..."

Xiang Zenan tapped the book with his knuckles, "Li Detang's account book is actually hidden in the Guoguang Temple, no wonder I couldn't find it before."

"Then how did you find it?"

Xiang Zenan grinned: "I threatened him a little."

Gu Qiao looked suspiciously at his smiling face, "What did you threaten him with?"

"It's just a small matter." Xiang Zenan didn't say that he beat Li Xiaodong half to death, and changed the subject: "You read this first before talking about it."

Li Detang's account book not only records in detail when and how much gold was sent to whom, but also retains the correspondence at that time.It was a long way from Lianzhou to the capital, so it was a routine practice to hide the gold in the caravan of a big business house and bring it back to Beijing.Among them is a Dexiang cloth shop that is particularly eye-catching. In the past seven years, this little-known cloth shop has continuously sent gold from Lianzhou to the capital, and then secretly sent it to the residences of He Fangzhi and other court officials. superior.

"Is he also inside?" Gu Qiao saw a name that surprised him, "I always thought that Zhou Mian was a neutral faction, and several times he even spoke for me in court."

"I have five prime ministers, only Ouyang Chigong's name is not among them."

"Well," Gu Qiao said lightly, "because what he is looking for is not money."

Gu Qiao flipped through the pages one by one, the more frightened she became.More than half of the officials in Beijing have received gold, and none of the three provinces and six ministries were spared.And the most frightening thing is that even the deputy commander of the Imperial City Imperial Army is among them!

He raised his head blankly, "If this is really a strict investigation, the entire court will be paralyzed."

Xiang Zenan pulled up a stool and sat down next to him, "So now I need you——Which people can stay here, who need to be dealt with immediately, and who need to settle accounts after the autumn, you can draw up a plan for me. A list."

Gu Qiao turned to look at him, "You mean, don't hand over this account book?"

Xiang Zenan smiled meaningfully: "Sometimes letting them know what we have is more useful than taking it out directly."

Gu Qiao stared at his smirk for a moment.

How can it feel so scary?How could this person still have the slightest trace of that little fool back then...

Taking advantage of his daze, Xiang Zenan quickly kissed him on the lips, "Thank you, Gu Shiyi."

Gu Qiao pushed him away with complicated emotions, "I'm not familiar with many people here, I'm afraid I need to ask someone to help."

"Who?"

"Tang Zhimin, Lord Tang Buque."

Tang Zhimin was praised by Gu Qiao as the number one admonisher of Hao Kingdom in a book, this itch was really scratched in the right place.Tang Buque, who will retire in less than three years, is very satisfied.

These days, the third prince has also received a lot of information from Tang Buque, but Gu Qiao is not sure if such a big secret can be shared with him.

Xiang Zenan thought for a while and put away the account book, "I'll go to him, and after he gives me the list, you can check it again and pick out the inappropriate ones."

"Will he help you hide the truth from the emperor?" Gu Qiao worried, "After all, this is deceiving the emperor."

Xiang Zenan didn't answer this question, but instead said: "I don't know what's going on these days, my father's spirit is getting worse day by day, and I fell asleep at the court meeting this morning."

Ever since the Spring Festival, the emperor has been sick, and he hasn't recovered from the hospital for a long time.Once the emperor's health was in trouble, rumors about the establishment of the crown prince would become louder and louder in the court, and Tang Zhimin had to think about himself.

Gu Qiao nodded and said, "Alright, are you going now?"

Xiang Zenan rested his head on his right hand and stared at Gu Qiao's face, "I'm not going now, I just want to sit with you for a while."

Gu Qiao supported the table and stood up, "I'm going to sleep."

"Aren't you writing just now? Why are you going to sleep when I come?"

Gu Qiao pressed her hands on the book with a guilty conscience, and said, "But I'm sleepy now."

It was fine if he didn't do this action, but this action caught Xiang Zenan's attention, "What were you writing just now?"

"It's nothing, just write some poetry."

"Then why are you blushing? Is it for me?"

After speaking, she reached out to take it, but Gu Qiao held it down with both hands, "No way!"

The more he didn't show it, the more curious he became. Xiang Zenan sighed and pretended, "Okay, then I'm leaving."

"Well," Gu Qiao nodded, "Your Highness, go slowly."

Xiang Zenan turned around and walked to the door. Taking advantage of Gu Qiao's inattention, he made a little effort on his feet. Gu Qiao saw a black shadow flashing in front of his eyes, and the paper in his hand was snatched away.

Gu Qiao: "..."

Xiang Zenan: "..."

Seeing him frowning tightly, Gu Qiao carefully looked at the erotic pictures she drew one by one, and wanted to hide in embarrassment.

"Gu, Qiao," Xiang Zenan gritted his teeth, "I've been worrying about you all day, why are you doing this?"

"No, that, I, uh..." Gu Qiao spoke incoherently, she didn't know how to explain it, she couldn't say that she wanted to make money...

Xiang Zenan pointed to the two people who were doing things in the picture, and said angrily: "Why is it a woman and a man?"

"Then what else?" Gu Qiao was a little guilty, and whispered: "Of course this kind of thing is a woman and a man..."

Xiang Zenan narrowed his eyes dangerously, "Really? Do you want to try?"

The picture he was holding in his hand was a woman being picked up by a man in the air and fucked from behind like a child peeing. Gu Qiao drew it after imitating the poses in the erotic book that Ouyang Zhiwen gave him.

He took a look, terribly, what a shame!He stammered, "No...don't want it, I might...can't hold it."

Xiang Zenan was obviously annoyed by his answer - today has been going back and forth from morning to night, and finally took some time to accompany him, but he is thinking about women?Still draw this kind of thing?

He thought that they had already confirmed their hearts with each other, but this person could still think of other people at this time.The never-before-seen frustration made him furious, he endured it, but couldn't hold it back, and lost his temper with Gu Qiao for the first time.He threw the papers on the ground and shouted at Gu Qiao: "Who else do you want to hug?!"

Gu Qiao was shocked by his yelling, and realized that he had misunderstood. Before Xiang Zenan turned and left, he took his hand: "It's not what you think."

Xiang Zenan turned his back to him, and he held his hand without speaking.

Gu Qiao sighed, and had no choice but to admit honestly: "This is for Sanhe Bookstore. Give me two taels of silver for a copy."

Xiang Zenan laughed angrily at his absurd reason, "Are you so short of money?"

Gu Qiao, however, looked serious. He let go of Xiang Zenan's hand, and took out the bank note sent by shopkeeper Xiao from the cabinet. "Look, I gave me the deposit."

A sixth-rank official's monthly salary is less than ten taels of silver, which is indeed not enough in this expensive capital.Xiang Zenan remembered that Wu Heng told him that Gu Zhiwei had given all the family savings to Wu Yong's wife before his death.For all these years, Gu Qiao must have suffered a lot for being dependent on others.Knowing that he likes to write story books, I thought it was just a hobby before, but now I realize that this may be his means of earning a living.

Gu Qiao was still explaining: "...I don't have to draw this, the main thing is that I always treat guests to dinner and drink recently, and I don't have time to write scripts, so the money will come sooner..." As she spoke, she felt guilty and anxious Looking at Xiang Zenan anxiously, "If you don't like it, I just don't draw women."

Xiang Zenan just lost his temper, and now he couldn't let go of his face to coax others, so he said fiercely, "You can't even draw a man!"

Gu Qiao stopped talking, and said after a while, "Then I'd better write the script."

"Couldn't you rely on me for writing any script?"

Gu Qiao looked at him, and smiled bitterly, "You and I are not a good match, if I still reach out to ask you for money, then what will I do?"

Xiang Zenan's anger that had just been extinguished was ignited by the words that he was not a good match, "What is not a good match?!"

Gu Qiao didn't coax him or explain this time, she stood with her head down, like a child who made a mistake but stubbornly refused to admit it.Xiang Zenan pinched his chin to make him look up, and asked each word with a pause: "What do you mean, it's not a good relationship?"

Gu Qiao was forced to look at him, with mist in his eyes, and replied with difficulty: "Since ancient times, the etiquette of monarchs and ministers, the principles of ethics, cannot be tolerated, and the peaches and sleeves are broken..."

Xiang Zenan glared at him, his hands were so hard that he wanted to crush his chin, he shook his lips, but he couldn't say anything.

Gu Qiao was very painful from being pinched by him, she raised her head to hide, and whispered: "Your Highness..."

Xiang Zenan let go of his hand, glanced at his pinched red chin, lowered his eyes and said: "So you think so, when you made false claims with me, you were in pain, right?"

"It's not hypocrisy," Gu Qiao said hastily, "My liking for Your Highness...is sincere."

This was the first time that Gu Qiao told Xiang Zenan that he liked him, but he couldn't be happy anymore.He raised the corner of his mouth, and said without warmth in his words: "Really? It's not a good match, you like it too?"

"Your Highness," Gu Qiao called him, and opened his mouth a few more times, as if he had made a lot of determination to say these words: "My subject, Gu Qiao, is willing to do my best to help Your Highness take the East Palace. If unfortunately you lose, you are willing Let's go to Huangquan together with His Highness; if you win, His Highness will be honored on the Ninth Five-Year Day, and you will be sent back to Lianzhou Sima."

Xiang Zenan stared at him, the dull pain in his heart climbed from his chest to his throat, making his eyes sour.Feeling that something was about to come out of his eyes, he immediately turned around and said without a doubt as he walked out: "I won't lose, and I won't let you go!"