A green canopy carriage passed in front of the brand-new and luxurious high-rise main gate of Xiangguo Mansion, Gu Qingning lifted the curtain and glanced at it, and ordered: "Uncle Tang, stop here." Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo”

The coachman couldn't help but ask suspiciously: "Miss, aren't you usually under the back door?"

She shook her head, smiled wryly, and said to herself: "No, not again." ”

"Qingning ......" Shen Lanxi looked at her, with a little guilt in her eyes, and took her hand: "It's okay, mother will go in with you." ”

She said, "No need, mother, you can wait for me in the carriage, if you come forward to hurt your face, your daughter must not be humiliated with you." ”

Gu Qingning got out of the car alone, walked straight up the high steps, and when he arrived at the gate of the Lu family, he was stopped by the porter: "Miss, this is Xiangguo's mansion, there is no name to worship, and outsiders cannot trespass." ”

Her eyes were cold, she looked at the porter, took out the name card and handed it to him, and said with a smile: "My name is Gu Qingning, the eldest lady of the household department Shangshu, you recognize this name card." I want to see Mr. Lu, and I want you to go in and spread the word. ”

The porter nodded stupidly, and hurriedly let his subordinates enter the mansion to spread the word, but in fact, he secretly despised it in his heart, an official lady showed her head like this, and she also went to the mansion alone with her own name, which was really undignified.

But after a while, someone hurriedly came and said respectfully: "Please invite Miss Gu to enter the mansion, the eldest prince is already waiting for you." ”

The first emperor of Great Qi did not like his courtiers to have too close relationships in private, and he had set up many eyes and ears to monitor the minister's mansion, also to prevent the courtiers from forming a party for personal gain, not to mention that Gu Qingxuan and Lu Yuanzhi were plotting to collude with each other to support the forces, so the two families rarely interacted in the open, and it was also for this reason that the marriage contract of the children of the two families had never been announced.

The courtyard of the Lu family's wealthy family is deep, how deep, so deep that she walked from a child to an adult, and then from the back door to the front yard, a place equivalent to her second home, even the gatekeeper never knew her, and she fantasized about becoming the mistress of this house, how ridiculous?

Entering the inner mansion, she came to the outside of the Dongyuan study, and the person who brought her in had become a familiar Dongyuan steward, and when she saw her, she was unspeakable, she just ignored it, and said sarcastically: "Why didn't Steward Zhang inform your second lady first?"

Steward Zhang smiled embarrassedly: "Miss Gu, don't care, last time it happened to be known by the second miss, who wants to ......"

She snorted, raised her hand and motioned for him to step back, she pushed the door herself, and stepped directly into Lu Yuanze's study.

In the study, the boy with a huge body and a long face like a crown of jade paced back and forth, losing his graceful demeanor, and his eyebrows were full of helplessness, seeing her come in, he didn't dare to look her in the eyes, and eagerly closed the door, and asked, "Qingning, why did you come in directly from the main entrance?"

"When the new emperor ascends the throne, everything has changed, hasn't it?" she smiled at him, "Besides, if not, will you still see me?"

Lu Yuanze's face froze, and he said weakly: "Qingning...... What is that? How could I not see you?"

She kept smiling, approaching him step by step, staring straight into his eyes, the two were close to each other, and she asked, "If you see me, what will the county lord of Chengshuo do?"

Lu Yuanze turned his head: "You know everything...... I'm sorry, Qingning, but I lost you...... It was my father's decision, and I couldn't resist my father's ......"

She said calmly: "Do you remember? It was also your father's decision to make a marriage contract for you and me? I don't want to ask if this is your intention, I just want to ask, where did your Lu family put our Gu family in such a breach of the contract?"

He was defeated by her coldness, and began to panic, trembling and pressing her shoulders: "Qingning, I'm sorry for you, but I am the eldest son in the family, and if I want to fight for the position of the son of this world, I can't disobey my father...... Qingning, I won't ignore you, I want to keep your Gu family, and the marriage contract between you and me can be maintained......"

"How do you keep it going, let me be your concubine?" she scoffed.

Lu Yuanze couldn't help but shake his head: "No, no, how can I make you a concubine?" I mean...... You can marry Yuan Cheng, although he is a concubine, he is still the son of Xiangguo, so that we can not meet day and night as a family? It is also beneficial for your family, I will persuade my father and let my father agree......"

"Smack!"

Gu Qingning slapped him over, his palms trembled too hard, he glared at him in disbelief, gritted his teeth and said, "I'm pregnant!"

The words "what ......" shook his heart more than the slap, his face was red and white, almost speechless, step by step, and he shook his head lightly.

She looked at this person, and the anger on her face gradually disappeared, and turned into ridicule, not laughing at him, but laughing at herself, how could she be so stupid? Because of such a person, she has delayed herself for so many years, poured her heart and soul into such a person, so many years, and buried her future with innocence, all because of such a person......

"Qingning ......" he finally spoke, tears streaming down his face, and hugged her in panic, "I, can't ...... Qingning ...... We can't keep this child...... If the father knows about ......"

She didn't speak, she wasn't surprised, she let him hold herself and cry, he knelt on the ground, hugged her waist, and pressed his face against her lower abdomen: "Qingning, you know, I can't, I can't, I'm sorry for you...... I beg you to ......"

She pushed him away, bent over his jaw, forced him to look at her, and said unhurriedly, "I know." Lu Yuanze, what are you afraid of? Afraid that I will poke things out? Afraid that I will pester you? No, no. ”

He gradually regained his senses, stood up, and looked at her suspiciously: "You...... What do you want?"

The two looked at each other, and Gu Qingning smiled: "It seems that you know me better than I imagined." If your father wants to deal with our Gu family, can you help us? I'm afraid it can't, right? I don't expect you, I just want to return the original draft of the Guanghe Palace sample I drew for you, that is my hard work, and I can't draw a second copy. ”

"But Qing Ning ......" he was anxious, and wanted to say something, but he stopped, hesitated for a while, and then nodded depressedly: "Okay." ”

He turned and walked to the inner room, took out a scroll wrapped in golden silk, and handed it to her: "I'm afraid that no one in the entire Ministry of Works can make a better pattern than this...... So far, I don't have the face to beg you to help me again, I just want to thank you, Qingning, if you hadn't been supporting me all the time, I wouldn't have been able to do the position of a waiter in the Ministry of Works...... Originally, I was expecting to be promoted to Shangshu with this drawing, but I was too greedy......"

"No, without me, you can also get a high position, without this pattern, you can't build the best palace for the emperor, and it is also a matter of time for you to become a scholar, because you are the son of Lu Yuanzhi, he is now in power, so what's the harm in giving you a second-grade scholar?"

Gu Qingning opened the scroll and looked at it, sure enough, it was the original work from her own hand, she put it away, and wanted to leave. Lu Yuanze looked at her resolute back, with tears in his eyes, and said, "Qingning, you must know that I have no choice." It's true that I'm the son of Xiangguo, but I'm just the son of Xiangguo, and this official position and power are all given by my father, and they don't belong to me! I don't have my own position of power, I don't have the right to resist, I don't have the right to choose!"

"If I had, I would never ...... like this"

She didn't look back, pushed open the door, the cold wind hit, and her eyes were still red for a moment, but she didn't stay.

Not long after Gu Qingning left, a figure walked out of the corner of the corridor outside the study, entered the door, and faced Lu Yuanze.

Lu Yuanze had already dressed and behaved, sitting alone and losing his mind, and was still shocked when he saw her suddenly appear: "Yuansi, Yuansi, when did you come over?"

Lu Yuansi is Lu Yuanzhi's youngest daughter, twenty-nine years old, although she was born to a concubine, she was favored since she was a child, and she is closest to her eldest brother Lu Yuanze, she is arrogant and arrogant by nature, and has always been at odds with Gu Qingning, the friction between the two has not been less, she is the happiest one to learn that the Lu family is going to break off the marriage contract with the Gu family, in order to prevent Gu Qingning from pestering her brother, she also specially instructed the steward to let her know as soon as she saw Gu Qingning, she came forward to stop her, but she didn't expect Gu Qingning to come in directly from the main gate this time, so she didn't have time to stop.

"I didn't want her to pester my eldest brother, so I deliberately rushed over to bombard her away, so I ...... It's been here a long time ago, and I've heard what you say......"