Hearing Gu Chengze's words, Gu Heming groaned slightly, was in a cold sweat, and analyzed tentatively: "Could it be that the one who showed favor made people want to make a fuss about it?" ”

The Western Chu State governs the country with etiquette, and pays the most attention to etiquette and law, and Lichu is even more so.

The current emperor is in the heyday of the Spring and Autumn Period, and there are four adult princes under his knees, but none of these four are from the queen of the middle palace. It is said that the emperor has no son-in-law, and the eldest prince is a cripple, so that the chief is not established.

It is precisely because of this that the remaining princes can be described as secretly turbulent.

Although the Gu family is not in the officialdom, they are also imperial merchants, and they have been in Beijing for several generations, so they can be described as a mobile money bag. Several princes frequently showed favor, among them, the most promising three princes.

The Gu family originally remained neutral, but because Gu Jiu insisted on marrying Qin Zheng, the prince of the Ming Kingdom, the Gu family moved their minds.

How can a merchant support his daughter, unless they jump over the dragon gate, for example, to catch the prince.

It is precisely because of this that the Gu family has loosened their mouths, and the three princes know the elegance when they hear the string songs, and their interactions with the Gu family have become more and more frequent recently.

However, what Qin Zheng asked Gu Jiu to say today made them break out in a cold sweat.

They are not unaware of the cruelty of the royal dumping, but they have never thought that they will be targeted before it has even begun.

Gu Chengze sighed and said, "I'm afraid that this extravagance is an excuse on the surface, but in fact, I want to use this to remind us not to go too far." ”

After all, Gu Jiu is now married to Qin Zheng and married to his in-laws, so this interest is linked. If something happens, then no one can escape.

When Gu Heming heard this, he responded: "Actually, my son also had this idea before, but I didn't expect the son of the world to be so keen. In fact, it stands to reason that our Gu family is an imperial businessman, not an official family, so we don't have to compete for a high or low, and use such a risky way to get rich. ”

In his meaning, he actually wanted to stay away from the three princes, after all, the Holy Spring and Autumn Festival was at its peak today, and it was too early to stand in line now. Moreover, the Gu family is not as good as those famous families, if they don't stand in line, they are afraid that the new emperor will calculate the entire family, but they are just merchants, and there are people who are richer than them, so they just need to keep a low profile, and the possibility of being liquidated is very small.

After all, the royal talent doesn't look at them.

As for ordinary contacts, the Gu family is an imperial businessman, and it is understandable to interact with the official family, as long as they don't do anything wrong on weekdays and don't be caught, who will not be happy with them?

Gu Chengze pinched his temples, and after relieving the headache for a while, he nodded and said, "What you said is right, I was too aggressive for my father before, but fortunately, it's not too late now." ”

Hearing this, Gu Heming was naturally overjoyed, and asked tentatively: "Then the son will return the third prince euphemistically first?" ”

The Gu family has been in Beijing for a hundred years, and in the end there is some foundation, and it is not difficult to refuse, as long as you do it tactfully, it will not hurt the feelings of the three princes.

He has always been a mediocre person, not seeking wealth and wealth, and being safe is the most important.

What's more, who knows if it's a pretense to be rich and rich, and in the end it will make wedding dresses for others?

Gu Chengze pondered for a while, then nodded and said, "Just do what you want." ”

There are many ways to protect your daughter, and there is no need to wade into this troubled water.

The father and son settled the matter, and Gu Jiu at this time obviously didn't expect that she would save her family by mistake.

In the previous life, the Gu family's crime seemed to be caught because of extravagance, but in fact, it was because they stood on the wrong team and were caught, so they ended up ruined.

In this life, the father and brother rejected the third prince and withdrew from the whirlpool of power, looking at it on the surface, he lost the opportunity to go further, but in fact, he saved the Gu family.

Such a mistake seems to be determined in the dark.

……

On this day, she stayed at Gu's house until dusk before returning home.

Before leaving, Gu Nianlan was reluctant, Gu Jiu made a promise to pick her up early the next morning, and the little girl was extremely reluctant to let go of her sleeve.

After not wanting to go home, there were people in the Ninth Courtyard who came uninvited.

The man held a book and looked at it slowly, wearing a green shirt, which softened his face a little.

It's just that the tiredness on his face can't be hidden.

Gu Jiu stood outside the door, took a deep breath, and then entered the door and saluted: "Shizi." ”

Seeing her come back, Qin Zheng raised his head and answered, "I'm back." ”

Gu Jiu nodded and went to the inner room to change clothes.

She thought that Qin Zheng was looking for her, but when she came out after changing her clothes, she found out that he was just coming over for dinner.

Ugin fell west, and night rose.

The maid put the meals on the table, and all of them were what Gu Jiu liked to eat.

But there is an existence around him that cannot be ignored, Gu Jiu even eats some of the same taste as chewing wax.

The rules of the Ming Mansion are big, eating is silent, Qin Zheng eats very slowly, and there is no sound at all, even Gu Jiu feels that the sound of his chopsticks touching the plate is particularly harsh.

It was easy to wait until this meal was over, and before Gu Jiu could breathe a sigh of relief, he saw that Qin Zheng had already ordered his subordinates to fetch water and wash.

Gu Jiu then remembered that he was still newly married, and he was going to stay overnight.

In the past few days, except for the wedding night, he went to bed on the soft collapse, and then she was alone, and there was suddenly such a person at night, and she couldn't sleep a little over and over.

There was a screen between the two, and a thin visible figure was visible.

As if sensing her gaze, the man's voice came from behind the screen: "Something? ”

Gu Jiu came back to his senses at this time, and subconsciously shook his head and said, "It's okay." ”

Qin Zheng didn't know how to taste her emotions from these two words, and said lightly: "This month, I have wronged you." ”

It was clear that she was the one who was clamoring to marry at the beginning, but now that people have really entered the house, the wronged person has become her.

This little girl's temper is really a little unreasonable.

Hearing this, Gu Jiu was stunned for a moment, and then said, "You are wronged." ”

She thought that her emotions were well restrained, but she forgot that the other party was a Dali Siqing, and her eyes were comparable to fiery eyes, where could she hide her little emotions.

Therefore, Gu Jiu thought about it for a while, and added another sentence: "I really can't help you for causing trouble to the prince." ”

These words are polite and detached, and they don't sound like the tone of a newlywed Yan'er.

The man didn't even want to answer this time, and knocked on the screen directly, and Gu Jiu magically understood what the other party meant-

Go to bed.

It doesn't matter if he can fall asleep or not, but the two of them are only separated by a screen, but Gu Jiu can't sleep.

The candles were extinguished, but the lanterns under the cloister were still on. The moonlight outside the window mixed with candles shines in, and the figures in the room are faintly recognizable.

Gu Jiu closed her eyes for a while, and then she could hear Qin Zheng's long and deep breathing, but she didn't feel sleepy, and opened her eyes again.

Through the dim light, he looked at the screen that separated the two of them with some blankness.

There are all kinds of things in this life, which are simply different from the previous life.

In the month he got married in his previous life, he hardly came back to live, and even when he returned home, she was mostly punished.

At that time, she seemed to be wrong everywhere, the rules of the Ming Mansion were big, and the merchant girl was not sensible, and she could make mistakes every step of the way.

After all, she spent much more time in the ancestral hall and the small Buddha hall than in her own Guijiu Courtyard.

Even if you can see Qin Zheng occasionally, the other party also looks indifferent.

And in this short period of time, there will be a Jiang Lianzhi who can appear everywhere.

Half a year later, his mother-in-law died, and he kept filial piety for his mother and never stepped through her door for a year.

She was married to Qin Zheng for five years, and he mostly stayed in the outer courtyard, while she was trapped in this world for five years in the name of the wife of the prince of Mingguo.

She was wronged and resentful, but later, she couldn't withstand her infatuation.

All the things in his previous life made Gu Jiu's eyebrows frown again.

These thoughts passed through her mind for a moment, and she tried to control herself from thinking about them anymore. God has eyes, let her live a new life, not to let her indulge in the past and cannot extricate herself.

Later, Gu Jiu didn't know how he fell asleep.

It was clear that this man was sleeping on the side, which made her heart unstable, but after falling asleep at night, it was rare that she was not infected by nightmares.