Thousands of miles with the wind

The last ray of the setting sun was hidden, reflected on the wide dragon bed through the window.Gu Siyuan's face appeared in Zhong Liran's eyes under such a soft and beautiful twilight.

Zhong Liran took a handkerchief, wiped the sweat from his forehead, frowned and looked at Gu Siyuan who was lying on the bed.She looked at it for a long time, went to the bed and sat down, reached out and pushed Gu Siyuan who was sleeping soundly on the bed, and softly called: "Gu Siyuan... Gu Siyuan..."

Gu Siyuan fell into a deep sleep, and Zhong Liran called her at least dozens of times before she woke up vaguely from her sleep.Opening his eyes in a daze, Gu Siyuan sat on the bed supporting the heavy phoenix crown.

Zhong Liran looked at her, frowned and said, "Why are you so disheveled, what if you let the censor know that you have paid for it?"

Gu Siyuan was a little awake, narrowed his eyes and carefully looked at the half-grown child in front of him, and said with a light smile: "The censor won't know." She just woke up, her voice was hoarse, which made people itch .Zhong Liran felt a little uncomfortable, so don't look away from her.

Gu Siyuan twisted his neck slightly, stretched his waist slightly, and asked, "Your Majesty left the dinner? What time is it?"

"The regent and aunt are entertaining the ministers, so I'll be back first." Zhong Liran saw that she was dressed in a complicated way, and kindly said: "It's time for you to get up and wash up." She said, pointing to Gu Siyuan He said, "Aren't you tired of wearing this? Let the maids come in and take it off for you."

Gu Siyuan was a little surprised, and asked: "Is it possible? Didn't you say that it will be done until midnight?"

Zhong Liran didn't care, pointed to the snow-white tunic he was wearing, and said to her: "I have removed the crown, what else is there to do. Besides, the ancestors said to wait until midnight, but you early After sleeping, what rules are there?"

Gu Siyuan thought about it, this is true.So he nodded and called the maids in.

The maids who had been waiting outside the hall filed in, lit up all the branch lamps around the hall, and then helped Gu Siyuan to sit in front of the vanity mirror, and gently removed the phoenix crown on her head.

Zhong Liran stood behind Gu Siyuan in a middle coat, watching the maids remove her headgear.She was a little curious, and then reached out to pick off the jewelry on Gu Siyuan's head, but accidentally pulled her hair.

Gu Siyuan hissed lightly in pain, and the left and right maids pleaded guilty.Gu Siyuan waved his hand, indicating that he was fine, turned his head to look at the little emperor who was not helpful, and said with a light smile: "Your Majesty, will you help me remove the headdress?"

Zhong Liran was startled and nodded.So Gu Siyuan backed away from the left and right sides, gave a slight salute to Zhong Liran, and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty."

So Zhong Liran approached and approached Gu Siyuan.Gu Siyuan, who was sitting on the chair, was finally a little shorter than Zhong Liran. Zhong Liran bowed slightly, gently removed the ornaments from Gu Siyuan, and placed them on the table one by one.

The fresh tea scent lingered all over his body, Zhong Liran sniffed, inhaling the scent of Gu Siyuan's body.She took off the jewelry, looked at Gu Siyuan's well-made jet-black bun, and her gaze fell on her face with makeup.Zhong Liran frowned, and said stiffly: "Face makeup...Do you want to remove the makeup too?"

Gu Siyuan smiled and nodded, "Please trouble Your Majesty too."

Zhong Liran raised his eyebrows, but still said with a straight face: "It's a small matter." She said, and called the maid who brought the water over.The maids poured hot water to clean their faces, and a bath bean for removing makeup melted in it.Zhong Liran dipped the face-washing veil into hot water, wrung it carefully, and then slowly covered Gu Siyuan's face.

Gu Siyuan closed her eyes, feeling the warm handkerchief rubbing against the corner of her forehead, brushing her long eyebrows, and then squeezed into a small piece to slowly wipe the corners of her eyes.

Zhong Liran was not proficient in his movements, so he was very slow.She wiped Gu Siyuan's face slowly and carefully, over and over again, happily playing with her favorite things like a playful child.Thinking of this, Gu Siyuan couldn't help but smile.

After wiping again and again, the little emperor felt that he had finally washed Gu Siyuan's face as clean as peeling an egg, so he showed a satisfied look.So the little emperor withdrew his hands, coughed lightly and said, "Gu Siyuan, it's alright, you can go to the bathroom to wash up."

Seeing that she was happy, Gu Siyuan nodded and said hello.

The servants stepped forward and helped Gu Siyuan remove the bun.The long hair was like a waterfall, spread on the bright red phoenix robe, and fell straight to the waist.Zhong Liran raised his head slightly, looked at Gu Siyuan's soft eyebrows, and clearly remembered Gu Siyuan's appearance when he was 16 years old.

The cumbersome phoenix robe was taken off, revealing Gu Siyuan's thin body wrapped in a snow-white jacket.Zhong Liran tilted his head to look at her, and suddenly said: "Gu Siyuan..."

"Huh?" Gu Siyuan lowered his eyes, looked at her furrowed brows, and asked softly, "What's wrong?"

"Do you want to take a bath together?" Zhong Liran asked calmly, looking directly into her eyes.

Gu Siyuan was stunned for a moment, met Zhong Liran's hopeful gaze, and said softly: "Yes." They are about nine years apart, and they grew up together since they were young, and it is normal for them to take a bath together.

Zhong Liran's eyes lit up, he led Gu Siyuan to the west pavilion of the inner hall, and said, "Then let's hurry up, the water is getting cold." Gu Siyuan felt a little helpless, and followed her to the bathroom in the west pavilion.

The bathroom set up in the Chen Palace occupies about one-third of the area, and the floor is covered with a layer of white and clean marble.The bathroom room is divided into two spaces by a screen. Outside the screen is the changing area, and inside the screen is the bathroom.

The bathroom is equipped with a bathtub that can accommodate four people soaking, and next to the bathtub is a place for washing.The palace is built next to the Taibai Mountains, and there are hot springs flowing through the palace.So the craftsmen made copper pipes to lead the hot spring water flowing through the palace to the bath room of the palace for the use of the emperor, which is very convenient.

Zhong Liran led Gu Siyuan into the bathroom, took off his clothes and put them neatly on the shelf, without taking off the crown on his head, he entered the bathroom and carefully immersed himself in the pool water.

The warm water spread all over his body, and the little emperor leaned against the bath after a tiring day, narrowing his eyes slightly.Gu Siyuan followed behind her, slowly took off all the clothes on her body, and then walked in naked.

Zhong Liran, who squinted his eyes slightly, heard the movement, and said to her, "You can wash your hair over there." Gu Siyuan nodded, walked to a place where you can wash, and sat on the pony made of stone with his back facing her.

The craftsmen installed a copper pipe switch for hot spring water to flow out here, and a small stone tank was placed under the switch.At this time, the stone jar was filled with water, and a piece of melon floated in the jar.

This is midsummer, and the water in the tank still has residual heat.But Gu Siyuan still turned on the copper pipe switch to let the hot spring water flow down.Sitting on a stone bench, she brushed all her long black hair to her left chest, held her hair in one hand, and scooped warm water from a melon ladle in the other and slowly washed it down from the top of her head.

With the sound of water pattering, Zhong Liran opened his eyes and turned to look at Gu Siyuan.

The girl with excellent eyesight clearly saw an extremely beautiful back.The snow-white skin, slender waist, and the looming touch of spring make people's eyes shine.

Zhong Liran looked at it for a while, then suddenly asked: "Do you need maids to come in and serve you?"

Gu Siyuan shook his head, combing his slender black hair slowly.Seeing this, Zhong Liran got up from the pool, stepped on the steps, and walked behind Gu Siyuan on the marble slabs engraved with patterns.

She bent down, took off the soap on the shelf, applied it on the top of Gu Siyuan's head, and said softly, "Then I will help you."

Zhong Liran carefully lifted Gu Siyuan's long hair, put it on the top in a ball, and slowly rubbed her hair.The little emperor was very patient in this matter, and after a lot of tossing, he helped her wash it.

This torment lasted for a long time, and Gu Siyuan was very fortunate that it was midsummer, otherwise, the two of them would have caught cold after such a toss.

After wiping his hair, Gu Siyuan pushed Zhong Liran back to the bathtub.The two of them soaked in hot water, and immediately showed a relaxed expression.

Seeing that Zhong Liran was still wearing a crown, Gu Siyuan waved to her and called: "Your Majesty, come here." Zhong Liran moved to her side and found a comfortable position in her arms.

At this time, Gu Siyuan realized that Zhong Liran had really grown up a lot.The people who could not block her sight before now filled her entire field of vision.

Gu Siyuan, who pulled up his long hair, reached out and removed the silver crown that tied Zhong Liran's hair, and put it aside.Holding water in one hand, she wet Zhong Liran's half-length hair while saying: "Your Majesty has really grown a lot taller."

It felt good to relax his scalp, Zhong Liran narrowed his eyes slightly and did not speak.Gu Siyuan soaped her, massaged her scalp, and asked, "Does Your Majesty feel comfortable?"

Zhong Liran narrowed his eyes slightly, nodded, and looked very much like a kitten that was well groomed.Seeing that she liked it, Gu Siyuan smiled and pressed her again.

After a while, she held water to rinse Zhong Liran.After Zhong Liran washed his hair, he looked refreshed.Soaking in the warm spring water, she fell back and nestled into Gu Siyuan's arms.

Gu Siyuan was taken aback, and held her in his arms helplessly.The warm and soft embrace made Zhong Liran relax. She squinted her eyes slightly, and suddenly remembered an old event many years ago.

She thought about it, and said, "Gu Siyuan, do you still remember, when you were 16 years old, the governor of Zhongzhou, Gufu proposed marriage to your grandmother?"

Gu Siyuan stretched out his hand, rubbed her neck carefully, and said casually: "I remember, what's the matter, Your Majesty?"

Zhong Liran looked up at her with starry eyes: "Then do you remember what I said at that time?"

Gu Siyuan thought about it, but found that he would not be able to remember for a while.Zhong Liran expected it to be so, and said coldly: "At that time, I asked you to wait for me to be crowned, and then marry me. Look, you are indeed married to me now."

Seeing the smile in her eyes, Gu Siyuan smiled, reached out his hand helplessly, touched her head and said, "Yes."

But Zhong Liran didn't say what Zhongzhou Governor said after he proposed marriage, but after Zhongzhou King's funeral.

Gu Siyuan clearly remembered that what the child said at the beginning was - Sisi, let's get engaged.

Even then, they were the closest people to each other.

The author has something to say: Calm down, these two will not fall in love so early.

Mai Mai has complicated feelings for Gu Siyuan, like a sister like a mother, but it is also his first love.Gu Siyuan regarded her as a partner, sister, and didn't think too much about it.This big marriage is actually equivalent to a contract marriage.For Maimai, Gu Siyuan is willing to be an ornament on her road to power. (Because she actually wants to spend her days idle, after all, she is a woman who is not doing business)

The period when Mai Mai was in power happened to be the end of Chu State.

It is about 200 years from Shuo's time.

At the end of the Chu Kingdom, Rio was set to be the Little Ice Age in the parallel world, so there were many disasters, such as severe droughts, floods and freezing periods.McMahon was at the beginning of this period, so there were many natural disasters and cholera.So Maimai kept thinking about how to increase food production so that the common people would be fed and clothed (this is why she was made the farming emperor)

And the state of Chu accepted by Shuo happened to be at the end of the Little Ice River, and it was directly tossed and destroyed. (Because Xiang Dongliu said that ice disasters and floods broke out very frequently, Chu State was actually exhausted.)

And Xuan Jingchen's Qing Kingdom, after the weakening of the belief in the gods, will quickly enter the industrial age, and eventually a constitutional monarchy will be established.

(This is probably the rough world view and development history in the connection between these two stories. Although I wrote it blindly, I still fiddled with it, and don’t pursue the details.)

All in all, let's talk about a sweet love for such a hard-working Mai Mai!