The old east wind comes to dream

After Chu Lan left the East Palace that day, the prince stared at her back in a daze for a long time.

In the end, he covered his face, and the suppressed mournful cry came from the empty hall.

When Chu Lan returned to Prince Yu's Mansion, Gu Zizhan was already waiting for her in the study.

They only need to look at each other to know their thoughts.

Without saying a word, Gu Zizhan stepped forward and gently hugged Chu Lan into his arms.From the time they decided to successfully push the prince to that position, there was no turning back.

After a long time, Chu Lan said in a low voice: "Your Highness is right. The fundamental purpose of me forcing him is to protect ourselves. But now, what else can we do?"

This night, no one can sleep.

Three days later, at the Great Court Meeting, Emperor Tianshun issued an edict to marry An Guogong.

Marrying the granddaughter of Lian Shizhi, the great general of Longqiwei, to Fu You, the grandson of Fu Huai, the Duke of An, as his wife, and choosing a date for the marriage, the whole hall was in an uproar.

Gu Zizhan and Chu Lan knew that the prince still trusted them and would still protect them.

Only this time, it was Fu You who was implicated innocently.

In the end, innocent people were dragged into this chaos.

Since the edict was issued, for several days, Fu You went to Zhixiu Tower to get drunk every day.

Every day, Gu Zizhan would accompany him and send him back to An Guogong's mansion after he got drunk.

Many times after getting drunk, Fu You began to recite allegories, and while muttering to himself, Gu Zizhan could always hear the word "Zihua".He often talks to himself, scolding himself for not being able to be self-sufficient and brilliant, but now, he can no longer be unrestrained and unrestrained.

Fu You is getting thinner now, and a young man in his 20s has started to grow a beard on his face, making him even more depressed.Drunk and confused, he looked at Gu Zizhan and murmured with a smile: "Brother Zizhan, you haven't changed in all these years."

Gu Zizhan drank the wine in his glass, leaned on the side of the table, lowered his head and sighed: "How can there be no change? A friend, you are drunk."

Fu You still smiled, "Yes, there is a change. At that time, when you returned to the Imperial College, I almost didn't recognize you. You said you, how did you become a good person? If it wasn't like this, I I really dare not let my little cousin marry you."

Gu Zizhan didn't answer him, but only smiled slightly, "I have changed a lot since then."

But Fu You suddenly became anxious, grabbed Gu Zizhan's sleeve, and interrupted her: "No, no! Don't change, I beg you!" After saying that, tears fell down his face.He wiped away his tears fiercely, and smiled, amidst the weirdness, his eyes were filled with despondency.

"You won't change, and neither will my little cousin! In this world, I only have you two close friends! I'm already going to change, if you change too, what else can I believe in?" ? What else can I rely on!"

"I used to be changed because of him! Now, I can no longer hold on to this intention..."

"When I grow up, I have to learn to support others."

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Just before the New Year's Eve, Gu Zizhan was officially appointed as the fifth-rank Dali Temple Master. At this point, she also has the qualifications to participate in the Dachaohui.

In the main hall, Gu Zizhan followed Yan Junchi and Xing Kang, standing on the side of the civil servants.She was very wary of Xing Kang in her heart, and she couldn't help but pay more attention when she saw Xing Shaoqing who was proud of herself.

However, Xing Kang treated Gu Zizhan as if nothing had happened, and the intimacy in his conversation was even better than in the past.This made Gu Zizhan quite terrified.

This winter has been extremely cold.

There was heavy snowfall in the northern border, and many people died of cold and hunger.The Rong people in the north also took the opportunity to harass the frontier and conquered three cities, making the lives of the people even worse.At the court meeting in the past few days, this matter was mostly discussed.

It is not long since Dazhao established the country, but after the swords and guns were put into the warehouse, since the Tai/Zu, he has been wary of generals.The status of military commanders naturally gradually declined, because many generals of the main war faction had the right to speak in the court, which was firmly suppressed by the civilian officials of the main peace faction.

Today is the last great court meeting before the year, and the debate in the court hall still revolves around the matter of the northern border.

Emperor Tianshun looked at the courtiers who were quarreling below, and got angry several times.

The prince sat at the side, quietly watching the people in the hall, without saying a word.Gu Zizhan looked at him and felt that the prince's body seemed to be a little thinner.

When he returned home and saw Chu Lan, Gu Zizhan naturally told her what happened today.

Chu Lan smiled slightly, took out a secret report from the table, and handed it to Gu Zizhan.

Gu Zizhan joked with a smile: "Tsk tsk, look at my housekeeper, now our family's money and power depend on you, old man."

Chu Lan glanced at her, rolled her eyes, pinched her chin with her slender fingers, and pulled her closer to him.

Gu Zizhan raised his face, with a smirk on his face, and leaned forward hehe.But Chu Lan looked at her carefully, then let go of her hand suddenly, pushed her away again, and said very seriously: "In the future, you should smile less."

Gu Zizhan was stunned and blinked: "Why?"

Chu Lan glanced at her sideways, her tone still serious: "Laugh too much and grow old quickly. I see that you have wrinkles at the corners of your eyes now."

Gu Zizhan was so frightened that she immediately jumped up, and she put down the secret report casually. She leaned in front of a bronze mirror and squeezed her eyes to look around, then lowered her eyebrows, and wailed, "I can't see clearly this bronze mirror. Ah Lan Alan, do I really have wrinkles? What should I do, I am aging so fast, what should we do if we go out together in the future and are treated as an old married couple!"

Chu Lan raised her eyebrows, "That's just right, it's finally commensurate with an old man like me."

Only then did Gu Zizhan come to his senses, he clicked his tongue a few times, then patted his mouth a few times, rubbed his head against Chu Lan, and began to act coquettishly: "It's all because of my stinky mouth, hahahaha, you are not an old man, you are Haitang, I It's pear blossoms!"

Chu Lan had never been able to do anything with her, and she felt a little amused, so she pushed her away deliberately with a straight face, and gave her a look, "Slick!" Then she pointed to the secret report on the table, "Be serious, read this first."

Gu Zizhan blinked and picked up the secret report.Chu Lan was on the side, gently smoothing the folds of her neckline.

Gradually, Gu Zizhan frowned.

This is really, not good news.

The northern border is really going to be chaotic.

Due to the successive funerals in the East Palace this year, the royal family banquets over the years have also been cancelled, and the annual ceremony issued by Emperor Tianshun is much simpler than in previous years.

At the age of thirty, Chu Lan went to the palace to check the pulse of the queen and other female relatives.

In the past year, not only did the relationship between Emperor Tianshun and the prince become tense, but even the emperor and empress had many disputes over the prince's affairs.Although Chu Lan often met the queen, she still noticed that she was getting old day by day, and her expression was full of exhaustion.It was only when facing Chu Lan that the queen's brows and eyes revealed a bit of relief.

The queen is fine, but she is just too worried and angry.Chu Lan prescribed some medicines to clear the fire for her, and then sat aside to talk with her.

The queen looked at Chu Lan with a kind smile on her face, "Well, speaking of it, the biggest regret of my aunt in this life is that she doesn't have a daughter. It would be great if she could have a girl like Youer by her side."

Chu Lan smiled slightly, "Your Majesty was joking."

The queen lowered her eyelashes slightly, and sighed softly: "Oh, since Yu'er is gone, my Hekun Palace has lost the excitement of the past, and there is only a dead silence. Those female relatives outside the palace only say that I am sad How dare you go to the palace often because you are afraid of bad luck? Fortunately, I can still see you from time to time. Seeing that you are doing well, my aunt feels better."

Chu Lan also lowered her eyebrows, and gently persuaded: "Auntie, thinking about it hurts your body. You should let go of these past events, otherwise, if Yu'er knows, she will definitely be reluctant to let you be so sad."

The queen nodded, turned her face away and gently wiped away the moisture from the corners of her eyes, and when she looked at Chu Lan, she smiled again. "I understand. Look, how wonderful it is to have a daughter who knows the cold and the hot!" Then he joked: "But if you are really my daughter, you will definitely not be able to marry your good husband."

The smile on the eyebrows deepened, and the queen continued: "I see, Ah Che has treated you very well. She took a rest today. No, she will accompany you into the palace again. Isn't she still waiting in the Hekun Palace now?" What about others? I know all these things." Suddenly, she sighed, "Oh, for us women, it is the most rare thing for us women to have a husband who knows how to love others."

When mentioning Gu Zizhan, Chu Lan couldn't help but put on a slight smile on his face, the tenderness in his eyes made the queen envious.It is said that young couples come to accompany each other when they get old, but now, when they are old, why are they getting more and more divorced?

Seeing her gloomy expression again, Chu Lan wanted to say something to comfort her, but she didn't know what to say for a while, and she was afraid that if she said too much, it would make the queen even more sad.The queen naturally saw what she was thinking, patted the back of her hand, shook her head and sighed: "You don't have to worry about my aunt, everyone has their own destiny, I have lived most of my life, there is nothing I can't understand Now that there is some good news in the East Palace, I don’t have anything to worry about anymore. As for the messy things in the previous dynasty, I’ll leave them to the men! It’s just that you need Ah Che to help you more Help me."

Chu Lan also followed her words and said, "Don't worry, Zi Zhan respects brother as much as I do."

The queen smiled, "I'm relieved."

When Chu Lan came out of Hekun Palace, she saw Gu Zizhan waiting aside.

She was tall and tall, with a snow-white beard in this wind and snow. Not only was her demeanor not compared to the surrounding snow scene, but it made her stand out from the world, proud and inviolable.

Seeing Chu Lan, Gu Zizhan smiled brightly.Suddenly, all the noise in the world disappeared, just like the warm sun, the ice and snow melted, and everything recovered.

She stepped forward quickly and came to meet Chu Lan.Chu Lan was stunned by the radiance of her body for a moment, and did not take the initiative to reach out her hand until someone came in front of her, and took Gu Zizhan's somewhat cold fingertips.

Gu Zizhan smiled and held her back, clasping his fingers tightly with her.With smiles and warmth in his eyes, he took Chu Lan and said, "Let's go, let's go home."

For some reason, Chu Lan almost burst into tears for a moment.However, he was more determined in his heart, no matter how the world changed, this person's mind towards him would never change in any way.It turns out that this feeling of dependence is so beautiful.

The queen stood in the hall, watching the two figures who left side by side from afar.The love between these two is pure and clean.

Many past events flooded her heart, and she didn't know whether it was the ruthlessness of the years or the fickleness of people's hearts.Or is it that the mutual acquaintance she once thought, was just wishful thinking and a last resort from the very beginning!Maybe, the warmth and sharing weal and woe in the past is true, but after all these years, everyone has changed.

Back in the dormitory, looking at her aging face in the mirror, the empress felt that these years were ruthlessly shocking!