Chapter Forty-Nine: An Unexpected Invitation
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In the ancestral hall of the Gu Mansion, Gu Hanqing folded his hands, lowered his eyebrows and lowered his head, and was pious and respectful in front of the spiritual seat of the ancestors of the Gu family.
When he was a child, he suffered the death of both his parents, and from childhood to adulthood, whenever he encountered difficulties and dangers on the road, or when he was depressed, he would meditate silently in the ancestral hall alone, and talk to his ancestors in the air, in order to give him guidance.
Since he witnessed Cheng Jinzhi resolutely running to Gao Heng in front of the prison of the Criminal Department that day, he finally realized the feeling of losing his love, and finally understood that he was already an outsider in this relationship that he still had expectations.
No matter how he used external force to anesthetize himself, once he closed his eyes, he still saw the two of them working hand in hand, and the figures of Qin Se and Ming walked slowly, forcing him to have nowhere to hide.
Even though he has never been a person who holds grudges and is jealous, he is not a heartless person, but one side is a close friend, the other side is a beloved, and the matter has come to this, what else can he do?
"The ancestors are on top, and the descendants of Gu Hanqing have inherited the ancestral business, since they have inherited the ancestral industry, they have been working hard, not seeking ill-gotten gains, and not doing illegal things. Did Han Qing do wrong at the beginning, wrong love, wrong faith, wrong payment, so in the end he had to pay for the wrong things he did?"
Gu Hanqing's expression was melancholy, his eyes were full of compassion, and his heavy voice echoed in the empty ancestral hall, lingering, lost and bitter.
He closed his eyes slightly and sighed heavily.
"Young master, young master?"
At this time, there was a sudden summons from outside the door, Gu Hanqing turned his face and turned his head, and his tone was slightly reproachful: "Didn't I say that when I was in the ancestral hall, don't come to disturb me?"
"That's... It was His Royal Highness the Crown Prince who sent someone to deliver the message, asking the young master to go to Qinfangyuan in the west of the city to talk about it. ”
"Prince?"
Gu Hanqing couldn't help but tremble between his brows when he heard this. He has never had anything to do with the crown prince, and he has always been low-key after returning to Beijing. But even so, after all, the other party is the prince of the dynasty, the future king of a country, and he can't be easily offended, even if the other party is setting up a Hongmen banquet, he has to go.
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Qinfangyuan is the western suburbs of the Zhou Emperor to reward the prince, in addition to the prince in the East Palace, the prince will occasionally live here for a few days in his leisure time, self-cultivation, but more often, this place is also a good place to meet guests, hide people's eyes.
The reason why he did not visit the Gu Mansion in person was because he was afraid that his identity would be too ostentatious, so as not to tell the truth and cause unnecessary trouble.
At that time, he was watching fish and birds in the courtyard, and after hearing that Gu Hanqing had arrived, he restrained his expression and hurriedly sent someone to buy wine, showing the attitude of a hospitable host.
"The grass people see His Royal Highness the Prince, I don't know if His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is urgently summoned, what is the so-called matter?"
Gu Hanqing greeted him as if he was doing a routine thing, his tone was indifferent, and he didn't carve anything.
"Young Master Gu doesn't have to be polite, please take a seat. The prince smiled and made a gesture of false support, "In fact, this palace has long intended to get acquainted with the young master, but in the past, due to the presence of the third brother, there were many inconveniences, and now the young master is willing to visit, and the palace is very pleased." ”
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is serious, His Royal Highness is noble, and he is just a commoner, so he really doesn't dare to worry about His Highness, and how dare he mention the word acquaintance?"
The crown prince heard the polite refusal in Gu Hanqing's words, but he did not show any displeasure, but continued to laugh and said: "Why should Young Master Gu be too humble, everyone knows that your Gu family has a great cause and a great reputation, even the imperial court has to be taboo about it, as the head of the Gu family, you hold half of the wealth of the country, how can it be described by a mere commoner?"
Gu Han was indifferent, he didn't have the intention of listening to the prince's rhetoric, raised his eyes and said, "His Royal Highness the prince specially invited Gu to come, presumably not to say these nonsense words to Gu, right?"
The prince's eyes turned slightly, and he lifted the wine pot to pour wine into Gu Hanqing's cup, but he did not face his answer: "This is a special Wumiao wine from southern Xinjiang, many people don't like its taste, but this palace feels very unique, Gu Shaozhu might as well try it." ”
"Your Highness. ”
Gu Hanqing picked up the wine glass and took a sip, as soon as the tip of his tongue was stained with the wine, a long and delicate bitter feeling spread between his lips and teeth, making him subconsciously frown, and before he put the wine glass down, the prince took advantage of the situation and said: "Presumably, this glass of wine is the state of mind of Young Master Gu at the moment, right?"
Gu Hanqing was suddenly stunned, and by the time he wanted to cover it up, the prince sitting opposite had already seen all the changes in his expression.
"Young Master Gu, we don't say secret words, what happened between you and the third brother may not be known to outsiders, but this palace knows. ”
"I don't know what the prince is referring to?" Although Gu Hanqing was apprehensive in his heart, he still said quietly on his face, "Gu Mou and His Royal Highness King Yan have a very good personal relationship, and it is well known, so it is not enough at all. ”
"It may have been good in the past, but not now, right?" the prince smiled strangely, looked up at Gu Hanqing and said unhurriedly, "Since there was a woman between you. ”
Although the prince's words were like a dragonfly in water, they set off a storm in Gu Hanqing's heart. The affairs between him and Gao Heng and Cheng Jinzhi are little known, and now they will be mastered by the prince, which is really a bit unbelievable.
"I know, Young Master Gu, you must still be wondering how this palace learned about this. But how to know that it doesn't matter, the important thing is that Gu Shaozhu was snatched away from his former best friend like this, isn't there a trace of resentment and unwillingness in his heart?"
The prince deliberately accentuated his tone at the end, and every word was like a sharp sword hitting Gu Hanqing's heart, so that the fact that he originally wanted to hide in the depths of his heart, unwilling to be revealed, and unwilling to be admitted by him, was exposed at this moment.
Ask yourself, in the face of Gao Heng and Cheng Jinzhi's feelings, does he really have such a broad mind to be tolerant and considerate?
In the depths of his heart, is it really as the prince said, without the slightest resentment and unwillingness?
But at the same time, the prince's sinister heart has also been revealed. However, although this kind of blatant sowing discord is disgusting, it can inadvertently reflect the dark side that is sealed in the bottom of his heart, and Gu Hanqing can feel that some things that have been strongly suppressed by him have produced subtle changes.
But in front of the prince, he still had a calm face: "There is no love, how can you say that you have a knife to snatch love, is there anything wrong with His Royal Highness the Prince?"
"Gu Shaomaster, like a person drinking water, knows his own warmth and coldness. The prince stood up with a smile and whispered in his ear, "It doesn't matter if you deceive this palace, but you can deceive, your own heart?"