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Gu Huaizhi entered the room and sat down on the desk.

He frowned.

Mu Hansheng has become a bit uglier in recent years, but this is not his fault, so he has to marry Zhou Yuan.

If this matter becomes a foregone conclusion, then I will have to complain every day when I return to Ling'an, disturbing his purity.

After all, he, Gu Huaizhi, married a delicate woman, while Mu Hansheng married a self-righteous fool. There are always differences between individuals.

Gu Huaizhi was silent and meditating.

It's time for Emperor Hui to shoot himself in the foot in front of all the civil and military officials.

After a while, Shi Shiran finally lifted up his clothes, took the writing brush, and wrote a line on the rice paper.

"Chang Su."

"exist."

Gu Huaizhi smiled in a low voice, but it gave him a bone-chilling chill.

"Send to the palace."

"yes."

Chang Su obeyed the order and respectfully stepped back. He met Sheng Qinan who had just entered.

Sheng Qinan walked inside and opened the heavy curtain.

"Brother, what's going on?"

Gu Huaizhi's eyes wandered around him casually.

Instead of answering, he asked: "Why are you here?"

Sheng Qinan stepped forward, not even fiddling with his Buddhist beads: "My father has cut off my expenses again, so money is a bit tight. Brother, help me quickly."

Gu Huaizhi leaned back and said indifferently: "My uncle asked someone to send a message this morning. Not to mention one tael, not even one penny is allowed to be given to you."

"Brother just helps me privately."

"No."

Sheng Qinan is angry, and brotherhood without material things is nothing more than a piece of loose sand.

He whispered: "You accidentally broke the big red glazed vase in my house a few years ago. It was an antique. I didn't care about it. Now you are unwilling to do this?"

Gu Huaizhi looked pitifully at Sheng Qinan who was so angry that he almost jumped.

Youyou said: "Do you dare to argue with me?"

Sheng Qinan choked.

Just listen to the man from Zhilan Yushu speaking slowly and infuriatingly.

"I smashed that vase on purpose."

Sheng Qinan:???What did you say!!!

Gu Huaizhi continued to say slowly: "Xiao Hui doesn't like that color."

Sheng Qinan:???

He doubted his ears.

He lost his voice and said: "You didn't like that dog, so you smashed it for me? I bought it with great difficulty! Did I let it see it? Brother, I am the younger brother who has been following you since childhood!"

Gu Huaizhi was so noisy that he had a headache.

"Who gave you this illusion?" He paused.

"Makes you think you can compete with Xiao Hui?"

Sheng Qinan took a deep breath. After all, he didn't dare to confront Gu Huaizhi.

Then, he could only angrily flick his sleeves, sit down on the chair on the right, and cross his legs.

"I don't care. If you don't give me money, I won't leave."

Gu Huaizhi was unmoved, turned around and took out the black-covered book on the table, and glanced at the lines casually.

Sheng Qinan: ...ridiculous!

He could only say miserably: "I went to eat at Yi Lin Restaurant this morning, and he was so useless that he wouldn't even let me get credit. If I hadn't bumped into Aunt Yi, I might have been dragged into working as a servant now.

I used my wages to offset the bill!"

Sheng Qinan: "I went to the General's Mansion and stole three rabbits."

Gu Huaizhi finally reacted and said angrily: "The Sheng family won't give you food?"

Sheng Qinan: "When my father sees me and scolds me every time, I can hide whenever I can. There is no peace in the Sheng family like being outside."

Gu Huaizhi sneered: "If I were your uncle, it would be easy to cut off your money."

Gu Huaizhi closed his eyes and stretched out his hand to rub his brow bones.

"If you want money, you can."

Sheng Qinan's eyes lit up, but he felt that Gu Huaizhi was not so kind.

I heard the other party ask calmly: "The emperor wants Mu Han to give birth to Princess Shang, why do you think so?"

Sheng Qinan:...he knew it.

But, Princess Shang?

Sheng Qinan stood up suddenly, all the miserable expression on his face disappeared, leaving only happiness and disbelief.

"He, Mu Hansheng, can do it. He wants to be the prince-in-law."

"The general's wife wanted to arrange a marriage for him, but now it happened that the general's palace complied with the emperor's wishes and prepared the wedding hall with lanterns and decorations. He might as well accept it."

Gu Huaizhi:......

He slowly turned the page of the book.

"roll."

Sheng Qinan: "Farewell."

He calmed down and sat down again. He picked up the teacup, held the tea lid with one hand and slowly wiped the cup body.

"In addition to the sixth princess, there are also thirteen princesses among those waiting to be married in the palace? Which daughter does the emperor intend to marry?"

"Zhou Yuan."

Sheng Qinan was stunned and spat out the tea that had just reached his mouth.

"puff."

Gu Huaizhi raised his head in disgust and stared at him in surprise.

Sheng Qinan's back felt cold, and he quickly took the handkerchief and wiped his mouth.

You can't blame him for this, he never thought that person would be Zhou Yuan from beginning to end.

"No! Zhou Yuan is older than me. Ever since the emperor wanted to give her to you but was rejected, it has been many years and she still hasn't gotten married?"

Isn’t this becoming an old girl?

This Emperor Hui is really good.

He had witnessed with his own eyes how bad Zhou Yuan's temper was. She was overbearing and arrogant and wanted everyone to support and flatter her.

If she married into the general's house, not to mention Mu Jiu pinching her all day long, the general's wife's broadsword would definitely not let him go.

Sheng Qinan could not help but sympathize with Mu Hansheng.

Gu Huaizhi reminded lightly: "Now the post of Minister of the Ministry of Justice is vacant."

Sheng Qinan paused and finally remembered the greatness of it.

He didn't even bother to drink tea anymore and finally got to the point.

"Zhou Yuan's maternal family is from the Xiao family in the south of the city. If I remember correctly, a son of the Xiao family was a disciple of the minister of Dali Temple, but there was a rift between them. Now he is working under the Minister of Justice. Although his achievements are mediocre, he is very good at bribing people around him.

, has a wide range of contacts.”

The Xiao family and the Chi family are incompatible with each other. Zhou Yuan's biological mother died young and was closely related to Queen Chi. The Xiao family has always been secretly resentful of Zhou Yuan's betrayal and motherhood.

The Xiao family will never have a relationship with the Chi family.

Sheng Qinan was shocked: "Brother, you mean that the emperor wants to use this marriage to promote the Xiao family?"

Gu Huaizhi finally gave him a straight look.

The Xiao family members were naturally not qualified enough, but if Emperor Hui mentioned this matter, very few of the officials would come to dissuade him.

There are three factions among them.

One faction wants to establish a relationship with the General's Mansion. If the marriage is successful, it will be a good deal in front of Mu Hansheng.
To be continued...