"Haha, the lord has woken up?"

A woman's charming and deep voice sounded.

Gu Xun turned around and saw that Mingzhu was lying half beside the bed wearing a dark gauze dress and looking at him with a smile.

He had long noticed that there was someone around him, so he was not surprised. He put his arms around Mingzhu and said with a smile, "It's rare to see you here."

"Huh!" Mingzhu chuckled with squinting eyes, and responded without any anger, "Who wants me to be unloved?"

"The master doesn't want to see me when he comes back, so I will have to come to see you."

Gu Xun rolled his eyes, "Just say what you say, don't be weird."

Mingzhu rolled her eyes and asked, "Do you dare to say that you are not partial?"

Gu Xun twitched the corner of his mouth, but he really didn't have the nerve to refute.

Duan Shui is a skill, and when done well, it can be called an art. Unfortunately, Gu Xun is not a master of this art. He cannot play it as an art, and his technical level is even inferior.

Not to mention Jing Sala and the others, even the two daughters Ayan and Qianlong, he dare not say that they have leveled the waters - sometimes he prefers the younger girl, and thinks Qianlong is extremely cute, and sometimes he thinks that Qianlong is too cute.

Pay more attention to your eldest daughter. She is in poor health and sensitive, and she is not your biological child.

"Let's get down to business." Gu Xun forcibly changed the subject, "Is it troublesome to lock up your shop?"

"Is it troublesome?" Mingzhu straightened up and sat up, twisted her waist and hips, crossed her legs, and replied angrily, "Stop the questioning tone at the end, it must be troublesome!"

"In the Guanzhong area alone, there are more than twenty shops in Anxiang Pavilion!"

Gu Xun never cared about these things and was unfazed by this, "Aren't there just twenty?"

"If you count your ten employees in one shop, the total is less than 200 people. My entire large truck can almost be loaded in one truck."

In modern society, there are hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands of chain stores. Anxiang Pavilion only has one hundred stores in the entire empire. It is too small, so Gu Xun naturally doesn't take it seriously.

Mingzhu became even more angry when she heard this, rolled her eyes and asked, "Are you not planning to buy these shops at all?"

"Otherwise?" Gu Xun pursed his lips and asked blankly, "Can I still keep it?"

"You..." Mingzhu saw that Gu Xun really didn't care at all. She wanted to curse a few words but couldn't say it in the end. She could only roll her eyes and complain, "It's really a bastard who doesn't feel sorry for me... Anxiang Pavilion, but I don't care.

It was built bit by bit.”

"Don't give yourself too much credit!" Gu Xun's eyelids dropped. He first explained the issue of seniority clearly, and then comforted Mingzhu and said, "As for your Anxiang Pavilion... you can come back in a few years. By then,

I promise it will be bigger."

"Right now, let's do one less thing rather than one more thing."

Mingzhu blinked and smiled, sat back lazily, and replied calmly, "Master Imperial Master is so ruthless. When have I ever caused you trouble in all these years?"

"If you say no, then there won't be." Gu Xun is very skillful in dealing with this. Anyway, he just says the right thing to everyone and that's it.

There is no point in trying to reason with your woman on such a trivial matter, just obey.

Besides, from a factual point of view, Mingzhu's words... are not wrong.

Her identity is very special, and her relationship with Gu Xun is also relatively sensitive, so she has always been very low-key and steady in her behavior. In addition, she is very scheming, and she has never been in trouble.

In this regard, not even Zi Nu can match her, only Jing Shao, who has always lived in seclusion, can surpass her.

Mingzhu smiled and leaned into Gu Xun's arms.

Although Gu Xun's formula of bowing his head and being soft is almost perfunctory, Mingzhu is still very useful.

She doesn't dislike men bowing their heads to her, but Gu Xun... is different. Just like if Ying Zheng, the First Emperor, bows his head to a woman, it will be difficult for the other party to control her.

"Is there anything else you have to do tonight?" Mingzhu smiled sweetly and stretched out her arms to hug Gu Xun's neck.

"Uh..." Gu Xun hesitated for a moment and then replied, "I'll be fine."

The implication is that something has happened, but considering that the beauty is in my arms, I can postpone it.

It's not that Gu Xun is greedy for sensuality. They are an old married couple and they are not that addicted. It's just that Mingzhu asked for it, and he certainly can't refuse...unless he is really powerless.

Hearing this, Mingzhu smiled again, then pushed Gu Xun away, stood up, straightened her clothes, then put on a cloak that was enough to cover her whole body, and walked towards the door:

"Since the elder has something to do, let's go and get down to business. Little girl, I still have to deal with those insignificant shops."

Gu Xun bared his teeth but didn't complain. He watched Mingzhu leave and stood up.

Of course Mingzhu didn't leave to deal with matters at the shop - no matter how urgent the matter was, she wouldn't have to do it overnight.

She left just because this was Zilanxuan's boat and Zinu's 'territory'.

If it were in Anxiang Pavilion, Mingzhu would definitely not leave.

Gu Xun didn't care about this. After sorting out his scattered clothes, he went out directly from the window.

The sky is good tonight, the moon is bright and the stars are sparse, and the view is very clear even without additional light sources.

Gu Xun took advantage of the moonlight and leisurely rushed towards the east of Xianyang.

He wants to go to Lishan Mountain to meet the head of the Yin and Yang family, Donghuang Taiyi.

The two of them met very rarely, and the last time they met was a long time ago.

The mirage was about to disappear, and Gu Xun was about to completely withdraw from Xianyang, the center of the empire. He felt that it was time for him to meet Donghuang Taiyi again.

At midnight, most areas in Xianyang are dead silent, but the Lishan area is a rare lively place - strictly speaking, it is not called lively, it can only be said that there is a lot of movement.

The construction of Ying Zheng's Mausoleum of the First Emperor is almost completed, and we are working overtime on the last part.

This is a huge project that has involved hundreds of thousands of civilians and hundreds of thousands of prisoners, so the noise is naturally huge.

Fortunately, the entire Lishan Mountain area is large enough, and the "bustling" of the Imperial Mausoleum will not affect the deserted Jiugong, the divine capital of the Yin-Yang Family headquarters on the other side.

Coming at night, what Gu Xun saw was a dead silence, and the entire Nine Palaces of the Divine City lay dormant quietly in the dark night.

Although he had a bad relationship with the Yin Yang family, Gu Xun did not choose to be a bad visitor and just knock on the door. Otherwise, there would be no need to come at night.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! He quietly entered the Nine Palaces of the Divine Capital.

I don’t know if it’s because the high-level officials such as Moon God Star Soul have gone to Songhai. At this time, the Nine Palaces in the Divine Capital not only look deserted from the outside, but the situation inside is also like a deserted building.

If it weren't for the cobwebs, Gu Xun would have doubted Dong Taiyi's relocation of the headquarters.

Of course, it doesn't mean that there's really no one inside, but it's really... too sporadic.

Gu Xun followed the route in his memory and went straight to the Star Observation Hall.

He didn't know if Donghuang Taiyi was there at this point, but he also didn't know where Donghuang Taiyi would be if he wasn't in the Star Observation Hall.

Simply go to a familiar place to take a look first, and then consider looking elsewhere if it's not there.

And Gu Xun's luck is very good, Donghuang Taiyi happens to be in the Star Observation Hall... maybe it's not a coincidence?

Gu Xun doesn't care about this, as long as the person is here.

Previously, he was still worried that Donghuang Taiyi would run away... Given the current situation in Xianyang, the probability of Donghuang Taiyi running away is indeed very high.

Ying Zheng was away on his eastward patrol, and the Yin Yang family's team was also gone. It happened that Gu Xun returned to Xianyang alone...

Anyway, if it were Gu Xun who was Donghuang Taiyi, it would be difficult for him not to run away.

Once here, Gu Xun had no intention of concealing his traces anymore, so he directly opened the door and strode into the Star Observation Hall.

The Star Observation Hall is as it always is, as if you are in the starry sky and stepping on nothingness.

Donghuang Taiyi, shrouded in a wide gold-rimmed black robe, turned his back to Gu Xun, looking up at the 'starry sky' above his head.

"It's already midnight, Headmaster Donghuang still hasn't slept yet?"

It was obvious that he was here to disturb people's dreams in the middle of the night. Gu Xun's question seemed as if Donghuang Taiyi was the one who deserved to be harassed in the middle of the night.

After hearing this, Donghuang Taiyi slowly turned around. He looked... well, nothing could be seen. Anyway, he was probably very calm and not afraid of Gu Xun's arrival.

"Isn't the Imperial Master also asleep? I still have time to come to this lonely and uninhabited Lishan Mountain." Not only was he not afraid, Donghuang Taiyi also had a strong attitude and returned the sentence to Gu Xun simply.

Gu Xun smiled and didn't care about it.

He is indeed dissatisfied with the Yin Yang family and Donghuang Taiyi, but this is not a matter of a day or two, and he will not suddenly become hot-headed and insist on killing Donghuang Taiyi.

After all, the demons created by the Yin Yang family are just one thing, and there are no additional waves. Unlike Ying Zheng, his whole work is one wave after another, always leaving you with one wave after another.

"I'm just curious." Gu Xun asked while pacing back and forth, seeming to observe the stars in the starry sky with great interest, "The mirage is about to arrive, the guardians on the left and right, and the five elders are all in the mirage.

Yes, why didn't Master Donghuang go to 'reunion' with them?"

"Because there is no need for me to go." When it came down to it, Donghuang Taiyi seemed to be very 'well-behaved' and gave the answer simply, "The matter of seeking immortality and medicine is handled by Elder Yunzhongjun, Moon God Star Soul

Assistance is enough.”

"Just because it's not necessary?" Gu Xun asked with a sneer.

"The Imperial Master doesn't believe it?" Donghuang Taiyi asked in return.

However, Gu Xun reminded him calmly, "Next, I will travel far away, and I will basically not be concerned with the affairs of the world."

"If Headmaster Donghuang can't give me a reassuring reason, I'm afraid I'll have to find a way to reassure myself."

Gu Xun made it very clear that he would disappear for a while.

And as soon as he disappeared, he lost the person who checked Donghuang Tai - although Ying Zheng was capable, for the sake of longevity, he was naturally passive and may not be reliable.
To be continued...