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Chapter 237: No More Than 3 (11)

Outside the cold palace west of the imperial palace.

The eunuch on duty outside the cold palace today was Shunde. He was holding a lantern and walked carefully outside the cold palace.

He looked around nervously, praying in his heart that he would not see the Seventh Prince who looked like Yama Luo.

Rumor has it that the Seventh Prince, Tu Mingyuan, was born with purple bruises all over his body, like a reincarnated evil spirit. That's why he was abandoned and ignored by the current emperor.

There are also rumors that ever since the seventh prince Tu Mingyuan came to the cold palace, shrill screams can be heard coming from the cold palace late at night.

Thinking of this, Shunde couldn't help but despise himself. It was not worth it to take over the duty for a few taels of silver. He would never do such a thing again.

When Shunde walked to the gate of the cold palace, he wanted to walk past without looking around, but a dark shadow flashed by in the corner of his eye, and Shunde subconsciously turned his head to look.

Under the cold moonlight, a black cat with green eyes jumped onto the eaves and roared at Shunde.

Shunde was so scared that he jumped on the spot and screamed.

Shunde took the lantern and ran away, wishing he had two more legs so he could run faster.

When the black cat saw Shunde running away, it turned around and landed lightly on the ground.

The four paws stepped on Leng Gongchen's old floor tiles, stepped on the weeds growing from the cracks in the tiles, and then stopped on the steps.

The black cat stuck out its tongue, raised one of its front paws and licked it, then continued up the steps, entered the hall, and finally came to the feet of a young man.

The young man standing in the shadows bent down and picked up the black cat. He was wearing patched gray and white clothes. His large, bony hands stroked the black cat's back, and the cat purred contentedly.

"Ah... well-behaved cat, so good." The young man's voice was low and hoarse, with a hint of abstinence.

Then the young man's gaze shifted to outside the hall. He looked at the weeds crawling on the ground and remained silent for a long time.

"Looks like I need to go out for a while." The young man seemed to be talking to himself. He hugged the black cat, turned around and walked towards the darkness until he disappeared.

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Three days later, Gu Chang received a letter from Zhang Lingyan.

The letter said that Zhang Lingyan had found a suitable supplier in Sangluo City, and the other party agreed to sell Yun Lingjin to Zhang Lingyan.

After reading the letter, Gu Chang folded the paper.

The reason why the supplier agreed to do this business with Zhang Lingyan was because Gu Chang mortgaged Wansi Pavilion and had Gu Chang's guarantee.

I think Zhang Lingyan will return to Tiandu City soon.

In the past few days, Gu Chang inquired about the news that Nie Qianyuan wanted to open a fabric shop, but unexpectedly learned that Nie Qianyuan and Nie Qingxue had a disagreement.

Nie Qingxue wants to open a clothing store because her target customers are women in Tiandu City, while Nie Yuanyuan wants to sell fabrics to various clothing stores in Tiandu City.

That's why the two of them have a disagreement.

In addition, Prince Duan also sent an invitation to Gu Chang, inviting him to dinner at Mingfu Restaurant.

Gu Chang felt that eating was very challenging for him because he couldn't eat.

So Gu Chang could only use the excuse that he was sick at home and couldn't go and declined.

But Prince Duan did not give up. The next day he continued to invite Gu Chang out to appreciate the flowers.

When Gu Chang saw this, he became suspicious. Why were two men going to appreciate the flowers?

So Gu Chang declined again, saying that he was still sick and couldn't go out.

Prince Duan seemed to know that Gu Chang was avoiding him. On the fourth day, which was today, he sent another invitation, inviting Gu Chang to have tea at Xiaoyao Teahouse. He also said that Xiaoyao Teahouse recently had new tea that could cure Gu Chang's illness.

If you refuse Prince Duan again, it would be a disrespect to the prince, and there is no such thing as a third time.

Gu Chang had no choice but to agree.

So today Gu Chang brought Tian Yu and Yin Li to the outside of Xiaoyao Teahouse.

This time, the waiter obviously knew that Gu Chang was coming, and enthusiastically took Gu Chang to the door of the private room that Prince Duan had reserved for many years.

When Gu Chang approached the private room, he realized that there was more than just Prince Duan inside.

There was also another young man with black hair and wearing old gray and white clothes.

"Gui Yan, this is His Royal Highness the Seventh Prince." This time, Tu Weizhi stood up and introduced the young man's identity to Gu Chang.

Gu Chang, "..." Huh? No? Meeting the Seventh Prince so easily?

"Greetings to Your Highness. Greetings to Your Highness Prince Duan." Gu Chang saluted the two of them as usual.

Tu Mingyuan seemed to have an eye problem; he wore a white veil covering his eyes as he sat upright in his seat. His skin was extremely white, like mutton-fat jade, his nose was high, and his lips were pale pink.

This is quite different from what Gu Chang imagined the Seventh Prince to be. At least Gu Chang thought the Seventh Prince would be a domineering-looking man.

But the Tu Mingyuan in front of him seemed very gentle, like a modest young man.

"Mr. Gu, there's no need to be so polite. Weizhi, you all should sit down. It's rare for me to come out today, so you all should relax." Tu Mingyuan's voice was soft, his pronunciation was clear, and his tone was gentle.

Tu Weizhi stretched out his hand, motioning Gu Chang to sit opposite Tu Mingyuan, and then he sat down next to Tu Mingyuan.

"Your Highness, look, I heard that a man who looks like Master Wuya has come to Tiandu City. Isn't this very interesting?" Tu Weizhi smiled slightly and waved to the servant standing beside him to come over and pour tea.

Tu Mingyuan: "Weizhi, you've forgotten again that I can't see."

Tu Weizhi was slightly stunned. "Look at my poor memory. Your Highness, please don't blame me."

After he finished speaking, he turned to look at Gu Chang, "Gui Yan, I invited you here today. First, I want to introduce you to His Highness. His Highness has been looking for a suitable birthday gift for the Queen. I heard you came from Sangluo City, so I wanted to ask if you have any Yun Lingjin. Second, it's this Spring Rain Tea, which is perfect for someone like you who's sick."

Gu Chang readily accepted the approach of someone as outgoing as Tu Weizhi.

Anyway, his goal is the Deer Hunting Festival in August, and it would be best if he could have a good relationship with these two people.

"Thank you very much, Your Highness." Gu Chang said in a gentle voice, "It just so happened that I asked Manager Zhang of Lingsi Pavilion to bring back a batch of Yunling Brocade."

"Very good, very good! What do you think, Your Highness?" Tu Weizhi looked at Tu Mingyuan with a smile.

Tu Mingyuan curled his lips slightly, "In that case, thank you very much, Master Gu." As he spoke, he took out a blue lotus and double fish jade pendant from his bosom, "I don't have much valuables, only this blue lotus and double fish jade pendant, which is a legacy left by my biological mother. I will give this jade pendant to Master Gu as a thank you gift."

Gu Chang quickly refused, "Since it is a relic of your mother's, you must cherish it. I am giving your Highness Yun Lingjin, and I do not need your Highness to give me a thank you gift. Just consider it as a voluntary gift from me."

"Your Highness, Guiyan is right, and I am not inviting him here for tea. You and I are brothers, and we can be said to be one. It is also Your Highness who is inviting Guiyan to tea." Tu Weizhi echoed.

"This..." Tu Mingyuan hesitated, and saw Tu Weizhi directly stuffed the Green Lotus and Pisces jade pendant in his hand into his arms.

"That's good." Tu Weizhi laughed again.

Gu Chang looked at the two of them. The text did not say that Prince Duan and the Seventh Prince had such a good relationship.

Could it be that the Seventh Prince became the emperor with the help of Prince Duan?

"It would be great if Master Wuya could leave Guangyuan Temple. Three such equally aloof and extraordinary people standing together would definitely be very eye-catching." Tu Weizhi suddenly said this.

Tu Mingyuan took over the conversation, "Weizhi, you can't be disrespectful to the master and Master Gu."

Gu Chang: He is just a commoner now. It is normal for the prince to be disrespectful to a commoner.

System: The Seventh Prince looks like a good person.

Gu Chang: We have just started, so we can’t just look at the surface.

System: Smimasai, Wadasi is wrong.

The August Deer Hunt Festival is coming.