Contract Prince

Gu Yunjing once stayed in Wangyou Valley for more than ten years. In all fairness, Gu Zhong didn't spend as long with her as Caiyue.But in her heart, Gu Zhong is not her servant, but her relative.

Since returning to the Hou Mansion for a year, Gu Zhong has been by Gu Yunjing's side.Everything is under Gu Yunjing's command, no matter what difficulties he encounters, he stands in front of her and never backs down. He fully expresses his loyalty as a subordinate.

Gu Zhong wouldn't have died if it wasn't for going to Wanchunlou to investigate the case this time. Gu Yunjing blamed herself very much. If she could have predicted all this, she would definitely not let Gu Zhong accompany her there.

Unfortunately, all this is unpredictable.

Recalling Gu Zhong's voice, appearance, and appearance, and the moments when he was by her side, Gu Yunjing's eyes were itchy, his eyes were slightly red, and his voice choked up: "Where is Gu Zhong's body?"

At this time, there was no rule to finish the medicinal bath, so Gu Yunjing wanted to struggle to get up from the barrel.Xiao Muxue lightly pressed her shoulders, and sighed: "Gu Zhong and the others who are very close to the source of the explosion have no bones left. Many people who went to clean up picked up a lot of remains, but they can't be sure. Which of them belong to Gu Zhong."

"Because it is impossible to determine whether these remains belong to a specific person, Brother An gathered all these corpses together and built a big tombstone for them. It can be regarded as a memorial to them."

No matter which dynasty or generation, death without a whole body is a taboo and the most tragic.

Gu Yunjing tremblingly said: "Is the whole body gone? Where is that tombstone now?"

Xiao Muxue replied softly: "It's on the outskirts of the west district of Wangcheng. It's been cold and windy recently, and you're weak, so you shouldn't go out. We'll go to worship Gu Zhong again when the weather is clear."

More than a hundred strong soldiers died in the Wanchun Building. Although their ending was tragic, their status was still low.Most officials, big and small, would not take such cases of soldiers' deaths to heart, let alone put in so much effort to suggest a grave for them.

A large part of the reason why Xiao Zhan spent so much time mobilizing teachers and mobilizing people is because one of them is Gu Zhong.Xiao Zhan often visited Zhenyuanhou's Mansion, and over time, even Gu Zhong became so familiar with him.

Gu Zhong is Xiao Zhan's friend, and has an unusual relationship with Gu Yunjing as a master and servant. King An once ordered someone to build a magnificent tombstone for him.But in the end it was given up, because the bodies of these victims were all in one place, and there was no way to distinguish them.In the end, only so many large tombs could be built to hold the remains of all the victims.

Of course Gu Yunjing knew this truth, and said slowly: "His Royal Highness Wang An really has a heart."

Xiao Muxue sighed slightly: "Yun Jing, I know you're feeling bad, but you're not feeling sad now, what we need to do is to solve the case. Immediately catch Qu Feiqing and her followers, bring them to justice, and bring them to justice. Consolation to the souls of the dead."

The princess glanced at the son-in-law for a while, and then said: "Let this matter be up to me. After a while, you can calm down before going out, okay?"

Gu Yunjing was pulled back from the gate of hell by Yu Qingyou's mother and daughter with great difficulty.Xiao Muxue will not let her weak son-in-law take another heavy blow.

Although everyone may be very sad when they see that tombstone.If Gu Yunjing calmed down these few days, made preparations in advance, and then went to pay homage to Gu Zhong, the sadness in her heart might be weakened a lot invisibly.

In fact, relying on the friendship between Gu Zhong and her, Gu Yunjing couldn't wait a few days before going to pay homage to Gu Zhong, and now he wanted to dry himself off and run outside in the western suburbs of Wangcheng.But she still endured it. The impulse in her heart was not because her body was weak and the weather was cold, but because she knew that she couldn't just show up now.

Xiao Cong and the others must take advantage of her serious injury to plan something.If these people knew that she was awake, Zhao Wang and his ilk would definitely give up on this.Then Xiao Zhan had to look for a suitable opportunity if he wanted to eradicate them.Of course, Gu Yunjing would not let the opportunity to eliminate King Zhao's influence be lost in vain.

Gu Zhong's position in her heart is important, but not as important as Chao Gang, or his determination to assist Xiao Zhan in creating a peaceful and prosperous world.

Gu Yunjing caught the tears that were about to fall with her fingers, and nodded: "Okay, listen to you."

After about half an hour, the medicated bath was over.Xiao Muxue wiped Gu Yunjing's body dry with a towel, and when she touched the skinny shoulder of the son-in-law, her heart began to ache again.

Gu Yunjing was thin, extremely thin.All she wore were long-sleeved gowns that were a little too big, and because the gowns covered her, her thin body didn't look so conspicuous.But now that she is facing Xiao Muxue all the time, Her Royal Highness is not only distressed but also distressed.

Xiao Muxue also looked at Gu Yunjing's body when the two of them were clouding Wushan.But at that time, I was distracted and infatuated, enjoying the whole process with my eyes closed, and didn't pay much attention to the problem of Gu Yunjing's thinness.

Until today, Xiao Muxue had the chance to appreciate Gu Yunjing's body.When she touched the slightly protruding bone on the son-in-law's back, her whole heart was pulled.

"Yun Jing, you are too thin, I will supervise you to eat more bowls of rice in the future."

Gu Yunjing said: "I'm not the kind of person who tends to get fat easily, no matter how much I eat, I'm afraid I will still look so thin.

She looked back at Xiao Muxue's frown, and said, "But I will try my best."

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At this time, a remote place in the backyard of the Hou Mansion.Sitting on the stone bench were Yu Qingyou and Shangguan Xiruo, mother and daughter.One of the two was worried, and the other had a serious expression.

Yu Qingyou spoke first: "Xi Ruo, mother has something to discuss with you."

The so-called mother-daughter bond.Shangguan Xiruo raised her eyes, and when her eyes collided with Yu Qingyou, she saw what her mother wanted to say?Yu Qingyou just wanted to talk about the matter between her and Gu Yunjing.

People have been in this process of continuous growth and change, and in this process, the most obvious changes are due to people's thinking and psychology.This is well reflected in Shangguan Xiruo.

As early as a few years ago, she was still a crying child, often pulling Gu Yunjing's clothes and begging her senior sister for various sculptures.If Gu Yunjing didn't give it, Shangguan Xiruo would cry directly. She was such an innocent and playful girl back then.

But since Gu Yunjing left Wangyou Valley and returned to the imperial city, Shangguan Xiruo suddenly grew up a lot.She is no longer that crying little girl, but a woman who puts herself in Gu Yunjing's shoes.

She was worried about Gu Yunjing's body, worried about the secret of Gu Yunjing's identity, and also worried about how she would get along with the princess?In short, Shangguan Xiruo thought about everything about Gu Yunjing and worried ten times.

Shangguan Xiruo loved Gu Yunjing very much. When he was young at that time, he didn't know that this feeling would be so strong. At that time, he only wanted to pursue the innocent and romantic youth life, and he didn't want to express this feeling.Now that she grows up, she realizes how deep her feelings for Gu Yunjing are.

Countless nights, in Wangyou Valley, in the bamboo forest, under the moonlight, she played the song "High Mountain and Flowing Water" that she once rescued with Gu Yunjing.

The melody is messy and tender, and it's just for one person.It's a pity that even if the sound of the music is as broken as Kunshan jade, Gu Yunjing will not come here after hearing the sound like in the past, sitting alone on a stone bench in a green shirt, setting up a guqin and playing.

If Shangguan Xi had no way to express his thoughts, he could only express his feelings to the sound of the piano, as well as his longing for Gu Yunjing.

She loves Gu Yunjing deeply. She used to think that there was no love between Gu Yunjing and Xiao Muxue, but only a paper contract. After the function of this paper contract was completed, she was confiding her heart to Gu Yunjing.

She always thought that this was something that could be practiced, but now that she came to the Hou Mansion, she realized that her wish would never come true, because Gu Yunjing and Xiao Muxue are very affectionate.

Although Shangguan Xiruo has not experienced rich ups and downs in love, but because the feelings for Gu Yunjing have been accumulated in her heart these years, her heart has become extremely sensitive, especially for things like feelings. She was in the room just now. The information conveyed between the brows of the two has been captured in the video.

At that moment, Shangguan Xiruo's heart was ashamed.But she still has to keep a forced smile in front of everyone, which is really hard.What she was facing now was her mother, and she didn't need to suppress the emotions in her heart, she just wanted to tell her mother all the thoughts in her heart.

Shangguan Xiruo said softly: "Mother, I know what you want to say, is it right that you want to talk about the matter between me and my senior sister?"

It is said that the confidant is Mo Ruomu, and Shangguan Xiruo's feelings for Gu Yunjing are seen by Yu Qingyou.She nodded, and there was a lot of love and distress in her eyes: "Xi Ruo, you can also see that Yun Jing and the princess are very affectionate.

"Mom, I think you should let go of the feelings in your heart. Yun Jing is not a dream you can pursue. Pursue a relationship that has no results, and you are the only one who gets hurt."

Shangguan Xiruo smiled bleakly: "Mother, can feelings really be let go easily? If so, my feelings will not be precious at all."

Yu Qingyou was a little surprised, she hurriedly asked: "Don't you think so?"

She thought that her daughter wanted to intervene between Gu Yunjing and Xiao Muxue. Although it is not advisable to take love by a sword, but if you really love to the bone, what is the advisable thing in the depths of your soul?Yu Qingyou felt that with her daughter in this state, it was hard to guarantee that she would not have such thoughts.

Yu Qingyou immediately dissuaded her, and said to herself: "Xi Ruo, listen to your mother, you must not go for love. This will only add to the pain of the three people.

"Your senior sister Yun Jing loves the princess to the bottom of her heart. Even if you use some disgraceful means to try to win her heart, mother thinks it's impossible. At that time, the relationship between you senior sisters will only be completely broken."

"Leaving aside this point, let's take a look at the princess. If Yunjing loves the princess from the bottom of his heart, then the princess loves Yunjing from the depths of his soul."

Shangguan Xiruo said: "Mother, but the princess doesn't know the real identity of the senior sister. If she knew, she would be furious and blame the senior sister. I want to fight hard, not all for myself, but also for the senior sister. What do you think? Can she really be with Her Royal Highness?"

When Yu Qingyou looked at the little hope in her daughter's eyes, she couldn't bear to tell her the truth of the matter, but in order to cut through the mess quickly and completely end the entanglements in the world, she still had to say it.

Yu Qingyou said: "Xi Ruo, you don't know something. The princess already knows Yun Jing's identity. She knows Yun Jing's identity, but she is still willing to fall in love with her. Isn't this love deep in the soul?"

Shangguan Xiruo's eyes darkened, and her hope was extinguished again.Clutching her chest lightly, her heart seemed to have been cut twice by a knife, and the pain made her want to cry.

Putting aside her own reasons, she really wanted to laugh, because the love between Gu Yunjing and Xiao Muxue is something worthy of blessing.

Shangguan Xiruo was mixed with joy and sorrow, and after a long time, she said: "It's good, senior sister no longer has to worry about her identity being revealed."

Yu Qingyou couldn't bear to ask: "So, Xiruo, do you know what mother means now? If the two of them don't love each other, you can fight for it again, but they are now a pair of loving lovers, so, mother I hope you can keep the emotions in your heart well. Even if you still love Yun Jing deeply, you can't express it deliberately."

The reason why Yu Qingyou said this was also for Gu Yunjing's sake.She is well aware of Gu Yunjing's personality, this apprentice is too kind, so kind that he can plan everything for others and ignore himself.She has a childhood sweetheart relationship with her daughter, and considering Gu Yunjing's personality, she will definitely not choose to hurt Shangguan Xiruo.

Yu Qingyou can imagine what kind of helpless and entangled situation Gu Yunjing would be in if he knew what his daughter wanted.Instead of this, it is better to let Shangguan Xiruo bury this secret in his heart and never reveal it.

In this way, it is good for everyone.Yu Qingyou knew that this was very cruel to Shangguan Xiruo, but what could she do?For a baby girl to fall in love with Gu Yunjing, perhaps she is a cruel person.

Fortunately, Shangguan Xiruo is used to it. In the past two years, she has kept her emotions tightly covered and never revealed them to anyone.Therefore, if Shangguan Xi can accept Yu Qingyou's cruelty.

There was obvious sadness on her bright face, and her clear and sweet voice suddenly became a little hoarse: "Mother, I know what to do. I know that Senior Sister and the princess have a deep relationship. I haven't thought about it, I want to I want to break them up, but one day, if one day I find a suitable opportunity, I will definitely express my heart to my senior sister. Because I don’t want to leave this world with regrets.”

Yu Qingyou took her daughter's hand, put it in her left palm, and shook it again and again, as if to convey strength and warmth to Shangguan Xiruo.With her right hand, she slowly wiped away the tears that fell in Shangguan Xiruo's eyes.

"Xi Ruo, mother knows that you are feeling uncomfortable, so just cry if you want to cry, don't hold back, it's not good to hold back your body."

When she was in Wangyou Valley, Yu Qingyou knew what was on Shangguan Xiruo's mind, but because it touched the pain in her daughter's heart after all, she didn't say it openly, and couldn't bear to say it.As for Shangguan Xiruo, he doesn't like to confide his emotions to her very much.

Therefore, Yu Qingyou had never taught Shangguan Xiruo how to deal with her emotional problems so earnestly like today.Now that today's words have been made clear for this part, my precious daughter doesn't need to hold back as deeply as before.If there is any discomfort and pain, just vent it out.

What Yu Qingyou didn't expect was that Shangguan Xiruo was really strong, so strong that she seemed to feel that her daughter had undergone a radical change, so she couldn't believe it.According to his previous temperament, Shangguan Xi would definitely cry and make a scene, even if he didn't cry and make a scene, he would hide in her arms and sob softly.

Today, however, the baby girl is neither.She fixedly looked at Yu Qingyou and said, "Mother, I'm not a child anymore, so you don't have to worry. I'm fine, I'll take care of my relationship issues, and I won't make trouble for my senior sister and the princess. I won't let you do it for me." worry."

Shangguan Xiruo wiped away the tears that fell into his eyes with his hands, and smiled softly at Yu Qingyou.

Yu Qingyou said with great emotion: "Xi Ruo has really grown up."

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King Kang's Mansion.

After Xiao Lian returned to the mansion, he was still in a dull mood. He thought that Huangfu Yun could cure his father's illness, but he didn't expect that it was nothing in the end.

There was not much strange expression on Huangfu Yun's face, he was extremely indifferent, picked up the tea, and drank it leisurely.

Kang Wang always felt that his appearance was very strange, and there was clearly no discouragement on this man's face.Kang Wang cautiously and tentatively asked: Sir, do you have a way to save the father? "

Xiao Lian didn't know why he asked such a question, probably Huangfuyun's eyes and his expression gave him such courage.

Huangfu Yun sipped the tea and said: "This tea is really delicious. After more than 20 years, the taste of Tingxue in Huzhou has not changed. No, not only has it not changed, it seems to be getting better and better. The variety of this tea is newly cultivated now. Is it? Not bad, really good, much better than before."

Xiao Lian was taken aback for a moment, then looked at Huangfu Yun in shock and puzzlement.Huzhou Tingxue is a high-quality tea variety. The name is extremely elegant, and there are still many stories about the origin of this elegant name.

It is said that more than 20 years ago, the first emperor Xiao Zhen had many sons, sixteen in total.Among the sixteen sons, there may be those who are proficient in politics, or those who are good at fighting, or those who are elegant.

When it comes to Fengya, Xiao Huo, the thirteenth son of Xiao Zhen, belongs to it.It is said that this thirteenth master is extremely different,

He has no lofty ambitions, and some are just fighting birds and drinking tea in the attic.

This prince has a very good skin, and he hangs around every day, wearing a baggy golden yellow dress with a big cigarette bag hanging from the back.Another birdcage in his hand, standing half leaning on the threshold.He has exquisite eyebrows and eyes, and is very good-looking. He is a person who can vividly interpret the taste of a ruffian. He is ruffian without losing his elegance. This is Xiao Huo's characteristic.

He is proficient in tea ceremony and is very particular about drinking tea.It can be said that most of the methods of tasting tea and the knowledge of how to appreciate tea that have been passed down in ancient books are passed down by him.

He didn't fight or grab, and lived his own happy life every day, so he also got acquainted with a group of literati and inkmen, who often gathered in his Huzhou Pavilion with similar interests.Literati and poets cherish each other, talk about the past and the present together, and lie on the couch together to watch the snow and enjoy tea.Happy travel, good luck!

One day, outside the small pavilion in Huzhou, it snowed heavily.The prince just cultivated a kind of tea with good intentions, but he was suffering from no name. With the tea in his hand, he leaned slanted against the railing of the pavilion, when suddenly he saw snowflakes coming and blowing off his shoulders.The prince suddenly had an idea, so he named this kind of tea Huzhou Tingxue.

After all, people in Fengya cannot escape a tragic end. After Xiao Guan succeeded to the throne, he massacred his brothers, and Xiao Huo was one of them.Even if the prince had no other intentions and only wanted to live a happy life all day, Xiao Guan was very suspicious at that time, and even though Xiao Huo had no real power, he made friends with a group of literati.

Literati and poets value friendship and have extraordinary literary talents. Their verbal criticism is no less than the sword in the hands of generals.Xiao Guan was afraid that Xiao Huo would encourage them, so he took back Xiao Huo's mansion and rewarded it to a general with meritorious service.

The general is a martial artist, who doesn't understand elegance and sentiment, and felt that it was of little value to keep all the small pavilions in Huzhou, so he destroyed the small pavilions and turned them into martial arts training grounds.

So far, Thirteenth Master has never failed to make friends with literati and poets.Many ministers who were close to Xiao Huo did not end well, and this elegant thirteenth son of the emperor was implicated in the case of the former prince Xiao Tian, ​​and his head was in a different place.

Huzhou Tingxue is a delicious tea. This tea has been preserved, but because the name was given by Xiao Huo, Xiao Guan asked someone to change the name of the tea to Heaven and Earth.

Later, the name of this tea directly became a taboo, and few people would directly say the original name of the tea.

Therefore, Kang Wang was very shocked.

His voice trembled: "Sir, what did you just say?"