In a private room on the second floor of the restaurant, Gu Xun and Yan Fei sat opposite each other, while the restaurant waiter stood beside them waiting for the guests to order.
Concubine Yan shook her head, "I've already eaten."
Gu Xun raised his eyebrows, but instead of being polite, he turned around and gave the same order.
It was probably not his first time here. The waiter responded in a familiar manner and left, leaving only a man and a woman alone in the room.
Gu Xun looked at Yan Fei's bright yellow sleeves, picked up the tea cup and asked with a smile, "Why, you came to see me specifically today, are you afraid that I will beat Yan Dan to death tomorrow?"
Concubine Yan's calm expression did not change because of Gu Xun's words, and she simply explained, "It was Lord Donghuang who asked me to come."
"Well..." Gu Xun leaned back slightly, "What does he mean?"
"He hopes that you will not do anything out of the ordinary." Concubine Yan responded in a serious tone.
"Ha!" These words made Gu Xun laugh and said sarcastically, "Don't you think Donghuang Taiyi has a long life?"
Concubine Yan's translucent gray-brown eyes stared fixedly at Gu Xun, who looked disdainful, and added, "This is what Lord Donghuang means, and it will also be what King Qin means."
Gu Xun replied calmly, "I know, otherwise I wouldn't be laughing at him here, but go directly to your headquarters and twist off his head."
Concubine Yan looked at Gu Xun with complicated emotions, hesitated to speak, and finally just said, "It seems you know more."
Gu Xunyi shrugged and said matter-of-factly, "I must know more than you, a chess piece that is being used."
Concubine Yan was not angry because she was regarded as a chess piece. She had understood this recently, and the dissatisfaction in her heart had long been suppressed in her heart. "The world is like a chess piece, and all living beings are chess pieces. I am like this, and so are others." p>
Gu Xun just curled his lips in disdain at this, but he had no intention of arguing with her about philosophy, and instead said, "About Yan Dan, you can let Donghuang Taiyi relax temporarily, I will not touch him, and I have no interest in touching him.
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"And I've said it a long time ago, the choice is yours. I won't take the initiative to help you make the choice... It will be the same if I destroy the other options."
"..." Concubine Yan was silent for a while, then replied after a long time, "I have no right to change Lord Donghuang's plan."
"No, of course you have the right." Gu Xun immediately denied Yan Fei's statement and emphasized again, "I said, the choice is yours. I will not interfere, let alone let others interfere."
"But even if it were you, wouldn't you still be restricted by King Qin?" Concubine Yan retorted, "Or do you have other ways?"
Gu Xun shook his head, "I really can't do anything about Ying Zheng's dream of immortality."
"In that case..."
Gu Xun interrupted Concubine Yan, "But I have never been restricted by Ying Zheng."
"Ying Zheng is very important to me, but that's all. I can shy away from him on unimportant things, but there are some things that I won't give in to."
"But..." Concubine Yan was particularly uneasy. She still wanted to persuade Gu Xun, but was interrupted again.
"Okay, no matter what, this is my business. It's not your turn to worry about it. You should take care of yourself first."
"..." After being interrupted many times, Concubine Yan knew that she could not persuade her, so she simply stopped and stood up and said, "Then I will take my leave."
Gu Xun waved his hand, "Don't worry, I want to ask you something."
Concubine Yan stopped and looked at Gu Xun, waiting for his next words.
"The granddaughter of the former great general Gongsun Yu, Gongsun Liji is also a target of your Yin and Yang family, right?"
Concubine Yan nodded without surprise.
Luna has already told Ying Zheng about this, so it is normal for Gu Xun to know.
"What's so special about her?" Gu Xun then asked the real question.
So far, he has not found out what is special about PY Gongsun's family, and he has no clue about his ancestral bloodline.
Concubine Yan frowned and shook her head, "I don't know about you either. Headmaster Donghuang didn't mention it, but I think it must be related to her bloodline."
Gu Xun pondered for a moment and continued to ask, "Will there be any records in the Yin Yang family's internal records and books?"
"Maybe there is, but the hope is not high. I have not seen any relevant records in my memory." Concubine Yan thought about it and gave an answer that was not good news.
She grew up in the Yin Yang family since she was a child, and has read a lot of ancient books and materials in the family. Even she has no impression of it, so she may not be able to gain anything, especially now... She has been suspected by Donghuang Taiyi, and she wants to find out the key information.
The probability is too low.
"Let's try it." Gu Xun breathed out and decided to let her check it out. Anyway, it wouldn't matter even if Donghuang Taiyi discovered it.
Concubine Yan did not hesitate to refuse, and nodded in agreement, "Okay."
After saying that, he left.
This time Gu Xun didn't stop him anymore, and looked at the tea cup on the table with his eyes in awe.
He had a headache at first about Concubine Yan, but later he thought about it and it didn't matter anymore.
What he said was very nice, Concubine Yan made her own choice in everything, but when the time came, what would happen, was it not just a matter of his thoughts?
Turning the other cheek has always been his specialty, and anyway... no one can stop him.
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That afternoon, Gu Xun’s new residence was the Imperial Prefect’s Mansion.
He had always felt that the location of this mansion was familiar to him when someone told him about it. This time he went to see it in person and realized that it was not familiar.
This was originally Lu Buwei’s Prime Minister’s Mansion.
After Lu Buwei was expelled back to the fiefdom of Henan, Ying Zheng deposed the post of Prime Minister. Naturally, there was no need to keep the Prime Minister's Mansion. He simply used it and transformed it into the Imperial Master's Mansion for Gu Xun to live in.
But he didn't just use the old mansion to deal with Gu Xun - although Lu Buwei's mansion was not bad in the first place, the entire mansion was basically completely renovated, almost all the buildings were overthrown and newly built, and the area was also expanded a lot. p>
The entire mansion faces south, with five courtyards in front and behind, and east-west courtyards on both sides. There are seven large courtyards in total. There are dozens and hundreds of rooms, large and small. Walking in it feels like walking through a maze.
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It feels like I've arrived at Jade Tiger's Lanxiu Villa again. If I don't take note of the route, I won't be able to get out.
Gu Xun was standing in the open space in front of the main courtyard in the center. Next to him was Zhang Han, who was wearing a black military uniform, and two birds, one black and one white.
"Zhang Han, please see the Imperial Master." Zhang Han was just called here by Gu Xun, and he still doesn't know what his fictitious boss wants to do with him.
Gu Xun did not rush to get to the point, but flicked his arm, pointed around the yard, frowned and asked, "Zhang Han, you said there are so many rooms, how many servants do I need to find to clean them?"
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"Uh..." Zhang Han now also understood that his boss was out of tune, and responded with a wry smile, "I don't know this junior general very well, but there must be dozens of people anyway."
