When we returned to the Protector's Mansion, it was completely dark.
After Zhou Gu sent Princess Sheng'an back to her residence, he walked slowly back to his Shuanglin Garden.
The people sent by the Duke's wife were waiting at the gate of Shuanglinyuan. When Zhou Gu came back, they greeted him and said, "Fourth Young Master, my wife asked the younger one to come and wait for you. When you come back, let her know that she is safe."
Zhou Gu nodded and waved his hand, "Tell my mother, my grandmother is very powerful. I am unscathed. Let her rest early."
"Okay." The boy responded and left.
Zhou Gu entered the house.
He didn't feel sleepy, so he sat at the table, poured a cup of tea, and sat there.
Midnight took a look several times and saw that the lights in Zhou Gu's house were not turned off. His master was not sleeping, so naturally he couldn't go to sleep. He took a look at the sky and saw that it was getting late, so he couldn't help but lie down at Zhou Gu's door and poke his head around to ask. : "Sir, why don't you go to bed? Are you unable to sleep?"
Zhou Gu said "hmm".
Ziye opened the door and walked into the room, sitting down with Zhou Gu, "Are you because of what was just summoned by His Majesty?"
"no."
"And you are?"
Zhou Gu glanced at him and said, "I'm thinking about Su Rong."
Ziye opened his eyes wide. In just such a short time, the young master was already thinking about Miss Su Qi so much that he couldn't sleep?
Zhou Gu glared at him, "It's not what you think. I was thinking that she seems to have a reason for everything she does. At least, in the month I have known her, everything she has done with me has Everything has an element of temptation, so by giving me those extremely expensive clothes, are you also testing me? Or does it have other intentions? "
"Huh?" Ziye didn't understand. He couldn't follow the young master the whole time. Naturally, he didn't know what happened to the young master and Miss Su Qi during the long time he was responsible for stopping Princess Duanhua.
Zhou Gu twirled his fingertips and said, "Eighteen thousand gold, at least 180,000 taels."
He looked at Ziye, "Don't ordinary people have enough money to spend in three lifetimes?"
"Yes, yes!" Zi Ye's jaw dropped as early as when she heard Zhou Xi's words, and she still hasn't digested it yet. Now this matter is no longer a secret in the Duke Protector's Mansion, but Madam was afraid that it would be bad if it was publicized, so she beat up all the insiders in the Mansion and sealed their mouths.
"So, why did she give me so many clothes?" Zhou Gu asked himself. "Even if I don't know the true value of those clothes, as long as I wear them back, it will be impossible to hide this matter from my family. Does she want to tell Of all the people in the Protectorate's palace, although she has a low status, she is rich in wealth, will she not be able to catch up with me?"
Midnight scratched her head, "Didn't you ask Miss Seven directly?"
"I thought it was only ten thousand taels of silver at the time. Later, Xie Lin said that my private money was not enough to cover the cost of those clothes and fabrics. I thought it was only tens of thousands taels, which was not a big deal." Zhou Gu really thought this, although he The private money is not enough, but his family can provide him with security. Anyway, he still has the private property of the shop that he collected since he was a child, so he can always make up for it.
Ziye felt that the young master was right, but who made the seventh lady so generous? He asked: "Sir, does the seventh lady have a lot of money?"
"I don't know." When Zhou Guchu went to Jiangning County, he thought that Su Rong was a young concubine with little money. But later, as he got to know her more, he found that he seemed to have underestimated her ability. She was the best in the entire Jiangning County. She is very happy with her food. Wherever she goes, people buy her and say, "She must have a lot of money!"
What was rare was that there was no hint of wealth in her. If she hadn't taken him to the third floor herself, and if she hadn't given him so many clothes, he wouldn't have been surprised that his fiancée was rich.
"Miss Seventh is so amazing." Midnight admired her.
Zhou Gu thought of something else, and suddenly said: "Ask Zhou Xi, how much is the approximate value of the gift I brought to Jiangning County?"
Midnight got up immediately and hurried away.
Not long after, Midnight came back and said to Zhou Gu: "Sir, Manager Zhou said that if converted according to value, it would be about one hundred thousand taels."
Zhou Gu's face suddenly turned bad, "At first, she said she would give me ten sets of clothes."
Midnight didn't understand.
Zhou Gu added: "If we calculate based on the best materials, it would be one hundred thousand taels."
Midnight opened her eyes wide.
Zhou Guteng stood up abruptly, turned his back and looked out the window, clenching his hands in his sleeves. It was already dark outside the window, and the dark clouds in the sky covered most of the bright moon, only revealing a faint moon-shaped outline. Just like Su Rong, although She has been with him for a month, but she is weird and weird, and she still can't see through it. Just like the moon today, it hangs high in the sky. It seems close, but it is actually far away. It is also obscured by clouds. It is vague and clear. It is the moon, but it is clear that the entire month cannot be seen.
Zhou Gu stared at it for a while, then suddenly sneered, "What a Su Rong! Did she deliberately bring back all the gifts I brought to congratulate her and her hairpin?"
He gritted his teeth, "Then why does she have so many of them now?"
He paused and said in a low voice, "Is it because of Jiang Sheng? When I confiscated Jiang Sheng's apology, she also confiscated it, but we all know that on the day of her wedding, Jiang Sheng would bring gifts to her door, and the gifts would never be light, and I I won’t want to…”
He remembered that the eldest lady had told him one by one what gifts the Jiang family had given her that day, and her face became even more ugly, "Jiang Sheng's apology amounted to about seventy or eighty thousand taels..."
He suddenly closed his eyes, "In total, isn't that the value of these clothes and fabrics?"
Midnight's breathing became light. Looking at Zhou Gu, he was speechless and did not dare to say a word.
Zhou Gu stood alone for a while, then turned around and asked Ziye, "If my guess is correct, she counted the congratulatory gifts and Jiang Sheng's apology together and returned them. What do you mean by her?"
Ziye didn't know either, so naturally she couldn't answer him.
Zhou Gu added: "She sent me out of the city and said she was reluctant to leave me, but I didn't see much reluctance. And she said she was not in a hurry to marry me."
He stared at Ziye and asked: "Tell me, does she not want to marry me? So, she doesn't want to taint me, or take advantage of me occupying the Duke Protector's Mansion?"
Ziye didn't dare to say yes, but he couldn't tell what was wrong. After a long while, he said cautiously: "Master, are you thinking of sending someone else wrong? Maybe the seventh lady just gave you clothes? I heard what Manager Zhou said At that time, Manager Zhou was inquiring about which embroidery workshop in Jiangning County was good, but Miss Seven found out about it. Miss Seven said she knew where the best place was, and she would buy it and put it on her body. She also said that she thought the color of your clothes was too dark. It’s single, because the eldest princess and your wife have always arranged for your wedding, and the seventh lady is your fiancée, so it makes sense for her to take care of it. Only then did Manager Zhou feel that the seventh lady was not an outsider, so he agreed."
"I'd rather it was my fault." Zhou Gu's expression was still bad, "Prepare pen, ink, paper and inkstone. I will write her a letter and ask her."
When Ziye heard this, he immediately started to move and quickly laid out paper and grinded ink.
Zhou Gu wrote as he was told. He didn't hesitate much when he picked up the pen and asked Su Rong directly. He finished the letter quickly, then sealed it with wax and handed it to Midnight, "Tomorrow morning, send it to Su Rong." she."
Midnight nodded.
After Zhou Gu finished writing the letter, he simply stopped thinking about it. He waved his hand to Midnight, turned off the light, and lay down on the bed to sleep.
Midnight collected the letter, closed the door, and quietly left. When she returned to her room, she took a deep breath, thinking that the sullen expression on the young master's face just now was too scary. Princess Duanhua should really see it, she must not dare to like the young master anymore. Compared to the cold and indifferent young master with a bored look on his face, the young master just now who was full of murderous intent was the one that even monsters and monsters dared not get close to.
Early the next morning, at dawn, they arranged for someone to send the letter out of the city at midnight.
At that time, the city gate had just opened, and the daily life had begun.
After Zhou Gu got up, he thought about it and took out the clothes Su Rong gave him from the cabinet. He put on a brand new suit and left the Protector's Mansion and went to the East Palace.
When he arrived at the East Palace, the prince had just come down from court. The chariot came to the entrance of the East Palace and bumped into him.
Zhou Gu turned over and dismounted, and Yan Huisheng also got off the carriage. Zhou Gu stepped forward to greet Yan Huisheng, "Your Highness the Crown Prince!"
Yan Huisheng looked at Zhou Gu. He was wearing brand new clothes, made of fine cloud brocade, moon white color, embroidered with auspicious cloud patterns, and bordered with gold thread. There was no sunshine today and it was a cloudy day, but he could still see the texture on the fine fabric. Ambilight.
Zhou Gu was already handsome, but now wearing such clothes made him look even more irresistible and romantic.
Yan Hui pursed her lips, smiled for a moment, and said, "Without courtesy, go in and talk."
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