My name is Chang An, your name is Gu Li

"I'm sorry, Li'er. This is my fault." Fang Yi sighed and said, "This is your life and your happiness. I won't interfere."

"Li'er, you really do love him, and he has really never treated you unfairly or let you down. This is naturally the best..."

Gu Li looked at Fang Yi's strange expression, and his dissatisfaction was replaced by doubt. Fang Yi let out a long breath, stood up, and said:

"Li'er, you are married now, and it is not appropriate for me to stay alone with you in a room. I'll take my leave first." Fang Yi nodded slightly to Gu Li and left the room.

Gu Li just watched Fang Yi leave with a frown on his face.

Fang Yi returned to the house, and Brother Fu had just packed their luggage. When he saw his son coming back, he came forward and asked, "Sir, where have you been?"

"Where else can we go? Of course, we should go to find Li'er." Fang Yi said as he sat down at the low table.

"But sir, please at least call me along. If you are alone in a room with Madam Gu, I'm afraid people will gossip about you." Brother Fu said worriedly.

"What are you afraid of? I just said a few simple words." Fang Yi's face showed fatigue.

"Sir, what should we do next? Are we going to go back to Yangzhou like this?"

Fang Yi shook his head and said, "There's no rush to go back. We still have to stay here and do some things."

"Do something..." Brother Fu was stunned for a moment, then seemed to have thought of something extraordinary, and asked tentatively: "Sir, do you want to take Madam Gu away?"

"What are you thinking about?" Fang Yi waved his hand and said, "I can't take her away. Li'er is now devoted to Chang Yonghe. Moreover, she is already pregnant. If I take her away, won't the child be fatherless when she is born?"

"Then what are you planning to do, sir?" Brother Fu didn't understand at all.

"I need to confirm whether Chang Yonghe can really be good to Li'er." Fang Yi cast his eyes on Brother Fu at this time, "I don't care what those people say, I only want what I see."

"I told Chang Yonghe that I wanted to compete fairly this morning and tested him, but he was very calm and didn't seem to be worried that I would really beat him."

"Could it be that Chang Yonghe saw what you were thinking, young master?"

Fang Yi shook his head and said, "I don't know, but whether he knows or not, what you and I talked about today cannot be known by anyone, not even Li'er."

Brother Fu nodded quickly: "Yes, sir."

But in fact, apart from the master and servant, there was another person who knew about this, and that was Chang Qi, who was watching them on the roof.

Until she heard the sound of the door opening, and heard Fang Yi say: "I'm going out for a while, you just wait here."

Chang Qi then turned around and left, ending the monitoring. She dropped down from the eaves, looked around, and then walked towards the backyard where she and Chang Qi lived.

Chang Qi noticed her sister coming back and asked, "How is it? Did they do anything bad?"

"No." Chang Qi shook his head, "But he said something else, something related to the young master."

"They said they wanted to test you, to see if you can be good to Sanniang. Should we tell you?"

Chang Qi shook her head and said, "No need. Since it is a test, if I tell you, wouldn't this so-called test be useless?"

"Come back and work for a while. There are still a lot of clothes to make."

After saying that, Chang Qi was pulled over by Chang Qi and started knitting clothes with her.

……

Fang Yi arrived at the door and happened to see Chang An coming back. When the other party saw him, he smiled and asked:

"Mr. Fang, are you going out?"

"That's right." Fang Yi nodded, "You just came back?"

"Exactly."

Chang An also nodded slightly, then called a servant over and said, "Go find Huaiqin and ask her to prepare a set of clothes for me and prepare a bathroom. I need to take a bath."

Fang Yi asked with some confusion: "Why are you taking a bath?"

"I just went to worship my ancestors, and I smell like incense smoke. Gu Niang is pregnant now, and I was afraid that she couldn't stand the smell, so I wanted to wash before going to see her." Chang An explained.

"By the way, where is Mr. Fang going?"

"I'm going for a walk outside. I haven't been back to Chang'an for a long time, and I want to see what's different." Fang Yi replied.

At this moment, Huaiqin came over with clothes in her arms, and Changan said to Fangyi, "Excuse me."

After saying that, Chang An followed Huai Qin and left, and Fang Yi also turned around and walked out of the mansion.

……

When Chang An returned to the house, Gu Li asked unhappily, "Chang Lang, why does it take so long to take a bath?"

But Chang An did not respond to him, nor did he make any sound, which caused her to look up in confusion - at this time, Chang An was standing at the door, holding a bowl in both hands, looking at her with a smile.

"Your Changlang has to do what he promised Gu Niang." Chang An stepped forward and said, "After taking a bath, I also cooked a bowl of egg noodles for Gu Niang, so I was a little late."

Gu Li then laughed. Chang An put the noodles on the table. She followed him happily and climbed directly into his arms.

"Eat it while it's hot. Why do you need me to hug you?" Chang An was left in tears by her behavior.

"Chang Lang smells so good after taking a bath..." Gu Li nudged herself in his arms, sniffing the scent of Chang An like a kitten, then she put her hand in front of Chang An and asked:

"Chang Lang, come and smell me and see if I smell good."

Chang An smiled and took her little hand, put it to his nose and sniffed it gently, saying, "It smells good, what's wrong?"

"Chang Lang, tell me the truth, is it real fragrance or fake fragrance?" Gu Li didn't quite believe it.

"It smells so good. Mother Gu always smells so good." Chang An said.

"That's good." Gu Li then crawled out of Chang An's arms contentedly, then picked up the chopsticks and started eating noodles.

"Is it delicious?" Chang An asked.

Gu Li nodded, then picked up a large handful of noodles with chopsticks, put the bowl underneath, put it close to Chang An's mouth, and said, "Chang Lang, eat too."

"Okay, I'll try it too..."

......

Fang Yi didn't know how long he had been wandering around the streets before he arrived at the entrance of Pingkangfang. He calculated the time and found that the restaurant was about to open, so he walked in directly.

As soon as you walk in, you can see that there are many singing girls and dancing girls on the brothels in some places, making coquettish gestures, as if to attract customers. What's more, some of them even shouted at Fang Yi:

"Sir, would you like to come up and have a drink?"

Fang Yi wanted to keep walking, but he seemed to have thought of something, so he stopped and asked, "Madam, can I ask you something?"

After saying this, he took out a piece of silver from his purse and threw it in. The singing girl immediately smiled happily, which made the other singing girls jealous. They replied, "This gentleman, please speak."

"Do you know Chang Yonghe?"

Chang Yonghe? The newly appointed Grand Marquis, the singing girl was stunned for a moment, then exchanged a glance with the other singing girls around her - this man looked unfamiliar, and he asked about others as soon as he arrived.

"I'm a friend of Chang Yonghe. I want to host a banquet for him today. I wonder which restaurant is his favorite?"

When they heard that it was a friend, the singing girls were relieved and replied, "Zhang Nansu from Pingkangfang. He is a good friend of the Nansu High School's courtesan Su Meng, and he also loves to go to her Xinluan Restaurant."

"Thank you." Fang Yi nodded slightly to express his gratitude and left.

"Friends? Chang Yonghe is friends with that courtesan?" After hearing what the singer said, Fang Yi immediately felt something was wrong and went straight to Nanqu in Pingkangfang.

Arriving in front of the Xinluan Restaurant, he looked up at the restaurant. The Xinluan Restaurant was three stories high, with red pillars and red walls, and looked very impressive. And compared to the restaurants and brothels he saw on the road, there were no singing girls or dancing girls outside this restaurant.

He took a deep breath, touched his purse, and walked in.

Unlike the deserted outside, Xinluan Restaurant was bustling. Although it had only just opened, most of the seats were already full. At this time, Mother Su came forward and greeted them warmly:

"Is this gentleman here to drink?"

"Great, is there a better location?" Fang Yi was really curious about what Chang Yonghe would do in this place.

"Of course there is," Mother Su said with a smile, then she called a maid and said, "Take this young man to the second floor and find a good seat."

"Yes."

Fang Yi followed the maid up to the second floor and was seated. After he simply ordered some dishes and wine, the maid left.

After sitting there for a while, I heard a shout from downstairs -

"Madam Su Meng!"

"Madam Su Meng!"

Fang Yi's eyes were drawn down, and he saw a woman in red holding a pipa, slowly walking up to the stage. As the courtesan of Xinluan Restaurant, she would naturally be the first to perform on stage.

Su Meng stood on the stage, bowed to all the guests upstairs and downstairs, then sat down and slowly plucked the strings of the pipa.

Fang Yi sat upstairs, looking at Su Meng in the audience and listening to her pipa music - it must be said that this courtesan Su Meng was not only beautiful, but also a pipa music seemed to be able to move people's hearts.

Just then the maid came up with some wine, and Fang Yi asked, "Can I ask Madam Su Meng to drink a few glasses with me?"

The maid looked at Fang Yi and asked, "Is this gentleman's first time at Xinluan Restaurant?"

"Not bad. What's wrong?"

The maid immediately laughed and explained, "Then this gentleman doesn't know. The one downstairs is the courtesan of our restaurant. If you want to drink with her, you need to compose a poem."

"What poem?"

In the Tang Dynasty, these courtesans had high standards and often had their own poems, and only by reciprocating their poems could they meet.

"This poem is called "Impromptu Poem for the Guests of the New Luan", and it was written by Ding Kanghou, the most talented man in Chang'an. Unless Madam Su Meng agrees, no matter who it is, they must recite the poem before they can drink together."