Thousands of miles with the wind

Eight

The autumn rain is drizzling, fluttering and falling from the dark sky.The silky rain melted on the eaves and turned into flowing mist, shuttling through the empty palace.Along with the wind, they floated on the halberds held by the golden-robed guards standing on both sides of the palace wall, and slowly sent the coolness to the chariot in the middle of the team.

Zhong Liran held an umbrella to shield Gu Siyuan from the slanting wind and drizzle, and sent Gu Siyuan to the car, and told him carefully, "When you get home, don't just read books, spend time with your parents."

It was the seventh day of August, and Gu Siyuan had just celebrated his 27th birthday, so it was a rare holiday for him to visit his relatives and go home.In the early morning of this day, Zhong Liran dispatched the guard of honor of the Golden Robe Guards to escort Gu Siyuan home.

It just happened that the first autumn rain fell, and the weather was a little bit cool. Gu Siyuan, who had delicate makeup, was wrapped in a cloak and felt a little bit cool.She nodded, raised her hand to straighten Zhong Liran's skirt, and said with a smile, "Got it."

"I asked Lan Cai to follow you, remember to eat, don't read too late at night, did you hear me?"

Gu Siyuan looked up at her with soft eyes, and said helplessly, "Your Majesty, I'm only going home for five days, and the time is not long, so I can't make a big change. Besides, there is Lan Cai following, so you don't have to worry."

Zhong Liran snorted coldly, stretched out his hand to push her, and said, "Let's go quickly, don't make your parents wait." Gu Siyuan smiled, reached out his hand to stop Zhong Liran's waist, and hugged her firmly, He said softly, "Then I will go back. I will miss Your Majesty in the few days when I go home."

Zhong Liran muttered, "I don't need you to think about it." But he raised his hand, hugged her into his arms, took a deep breath, and was not willing to let go after a while.

The two hugged each other under the umbrella, after a while Gu Siyuan raised his head from her shoulder and let go of her embrace, "Then I'll be leaving. Your Majesty, see you later."

The cool wind flowed into Zhong Liran's chest from the gap, making her whole body cold.She waved her hand to signal Gu Siyuan to leave.Gu Siyuan turned around and boarded the carriage.Holding an umbrella, Zhong Liran watched the guards riding horses in front give an order, and the two guards in gold robes turned around neatly and took a step towards the deep mist.

The wheels rolled and turned, and they drove to the misty land in a short while.Zhong Liran opened his umbrella and watched Gu Siyuan go away, never waiting for the other party to look back from the window.She sighed, thinking that Gu Siyuan is really a heartless woman.

Zhong Liran didn't look back until the queen's guard of honor drove out of the long palace road, and holding an umbrella, he walked back to Chen Palace through the drizzle and breeze.

The flowing mist shuttled through the palace, rendering the surroundings extremely cold and dark, and branch lamps were lit around the palace.Zhong Liran finished revising the memorial as before, and when it was lunch time, when the servants came to remind the emperor to eat, she thought about it and led the people to Weiyang Palace.

After the emperor arrived, the Empress Dowager Li Ran was preparing to eat, when Zhong Liran saw an extra set of bowls and chopsticks on the dining table.After saluting, Zhong Liran took his seat and said to his grandmother, "Grandmother is really good at predicting things, how did she know that her grandson will come today?"

Li Ran smiled and said to her, "It's not that grandma is so good at planning things. It's because Sisi told grandma yesterday that she's going home today. It's not good for you to eat alone. I know you will definitely come to grandma."

After saying that, Li Ran said angrily, "Little heartless, I didn't know to find my grandmother until my queen went back."

Zhong Liran was very well-behaved in front of Li Ran, and smiled shyly when he heard the words, "Yes, yes, yes, it is my grandson who has no conscience and neglected grandma. Thank you grandma for taking in my grandson, so that my grandson does not starve."

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Li Ran said, picked up a chopstick of braised pork, and told her, "Eat more, look at you, you have lost weight recently."

Although Zhong Liran was busy with political affairs, he also came to see Li Ran for several days in January.Not to mention Gu Siyuan, the affairs of the harem are simple, and she has nothing to deal with, so she comes to accompany Li Ran almost every day.Li Ran naturally knew that it wasn't that Gu Siyuan treated Zhong Liran badly, but that Zhong Liran was too busy with state affairs, so he became thinner and thinner.

Li Ran sighed, and said to Zhong Liran, "Don't worry about state affairs all day long, there are ministers who will do things for you. You are still young, so it's okay to take a few days off. Grandma is really worried about working so hard all day long. you."

Zhong Liran picked up a chopstick of rice, and said slowly, "Grandmother, don't worry, grandson is in good health." As she said this, she suddenly thought of something, and said to Li Ran, "By the way, grandma, brother Wan and sister Ning will go to the spring next year. The land is sealed, why not hold a family banquet in the Mid-Autumn Festival this year and invite them into the palace."

Li Ran was very happy, and said, "Of course, let your aunt Huang bring the three children of her family. They are now in their teens, and they can make up a table to play mahjong." Finally, Li Ran said, "Your aunt and grandmother Also call over, Da Si Ming and your aunt plus Sisi and Shao Si Ming, let them sit at the same table, we will not fight with them. The group of supervisors are so good at calculation, Sisi is lucky, they can't count Sure, that way you won’t suffer.”

Li Ran's wishful thinking was resounding, and Zhong Liran smiled when he heard the words, and nodded in agreement.The two chatted about some family matters, Zhong Liran stayed in Weiyang Palace for a while, got up and left.

In the afternoon, it began to rain lightly, pattering from the leaden sky.Zhong Liran held an umbrella by himself, walked past the palace of Weiyang Palace, and stopped when he came to the corridor in front of Chen Palace.

She put away the umbrella and handed it to the attendant who followed her. She stood under the corridor and stared at the blooming golden osmanthus in the yard.The rain wets the soft sweet-scented osmanthus, and the heavy petals fall to the ground with the wind.With his hands behind his back, Zhong Liran stood on the porch, looking at the golden osmanthus tree that was drenched in the rain, against the wetness of his shoulders and the wetness of his shoes.

She thought of a day not long ago, in such a gloomy weather, Gu Siyuan, who was always lazy, had a hard time getting out of the house, and led his servants here to pick osmanthus.

The sky was dark and gray over the palace.A ray of cold light spilled from the gap in the gray cloud and landed on the branches of the laurel tree.The sweet-scented osmanthus that has not yet fully bloomed is weak and moving against the light.Gu Siyuan stood under the flowers, stretched out his white and delicate hands, carefully picked off the sweet-scented osmanthus, and put it in the flower basket of the maid beside him very piously.The sweet-scented osmanthus was accumulated little by little, filled half a basket, and finally presented to the kitchen, where it turned into a sweet and delicious sweet-scented osmanthus cake.

The sweet smell seemed to still remain between Zhong Liran's lips and teeth, making Zhong Liran think of the lingering kiss a few days ago.She frowned suddenly, and suddenly remembered that Gu Siyuan hadn't kissed her this morning.So Zhong Liran glanced at Jingui whose tree was swaying in the rain, turned around and returned to the hall.

The hall was dark, Zhong Liran lit a lamp to review the memorial, the light rain outside the window didn't know when it would stop, and it didn't know when it started to rain heavily.After Zhong Liran finished replying to the memorial, he raised his eyes and glanced out of the rainy window, and walked into the study after thinking about it.

Gu Siyuan likes to read, especially on rainy days.

She often said that it is good to read when there are thunders in the spring rains, it is good to read in the silence around the majestic summer rains, and it is good to read when the autumn rains are cool and refreshing.Reading in slanting wind and drizzle, reading in heavy rain, reading in thunderstorm, all in all, it is good to read in rain.

In a dark room, light a lamp and hold a book, the mind and soul are extremely peaceful.

Thinking so, Zhong Liran walked into the study, came to Gu Siyuan's desk, and saw the collection of words she had edited.The name of the collection of ci is "Hua Chao", and it is written very neatly and beautifully.Zhong Liran carefully picked up the book, sat on Gu Siyuan's seat, lit a lamp and read it carefully.

The wind and rain outside the hall were turbulent, Zhong Liran held the book and read it slowly.After turning two pages, Zhong Liran saw a poem, which reads:

"Manchugong has a slender waist and is only about [-] years old. He has just been caught in a romantic affair, and he has a double bun. He is a beginner with strict makeup, and he cuts his figure like a picture. He is timid and ashamed of affection.

How coquettish.Competing against Nai's heart, he will not pity his good son-in-law first.It's late at night, and if you don't want to, you will get into the mandarin quilt.With Xie Luoshang, Yingying stands on her back with a silver scorpion, but says you but sleep first. "

The poem is written about a girl who has just reached the age of [-]. She just got married when she didn't understand the romantic affairs.

Zhong Liran thought of Gu Siyuan for no reason. When she got married, she had already grown up for a long time, and she was a woman who was far more mature than her.But sometimes when sharing the bed with her, she would say shyly, "You just sleep first."

Zhong Liran stretched out his hand to poke the line, and after a knowing smile, he felt a little melancholy.Thinking in his heart that he didn't know what happened to Gu Siyuan, so he put down the collection of words in his hand, but he couldn't read it anymore.

The autumn rain stopped in the evening, and after Zhong Liran took a bath, he ate dinner alone and went to study in the study.When it was time to fall asleep at night, she lay down alone, and ordered her servants to light up the lamp sockets in every part of the palace.

The night was long and the wind was howling, Zhong Liran hugged the quilt in his arms, tossing and turning it was difficult to fall asleep.Without the familiar person in her arms, she felt uneasy and couldn't sleep well no matter what.

After an unknown amount of time, she simply got up, put on a robe and walked to the study room, asking the servant to light the lamp and continue reading the book.It was late at night, and Zhong Liran read a book for a while wearing his outer robe, then picked up a pen and wrote a line of small characters on the paper.

Her mind was in a mess, and after much deliberation, she wrote four lines of characters: "Guan Guan Jujiu, in the continent of the river, a fair lady, a gentleman is a good man."

This is an ancient poem she learned long before her wedding, and it is also a ballad sung by the people of Chu.So on the day of Nazheng, she asked Si Ming, the superintendent of Tiansi, to sing this song to offer Gu Siyuan a job.Now for this woman, she is "sleeping and thinking about clothes, tossing and turning." It seems like a prophecy.

Zhong Liran thought to himself, everything in the world is foreshadowed, and gains and losses are all predetermined.

For her own ambition, she set up a trick to marry Gu Siyuan, and now it is common for her to hand over her infatuation to the other party.Thinking of this, Zhong Liran took a deep breath, covered his eyes with one hand, and let out a long sigh.

The light wind shrugged the lights, reflecting the tears in Zhong Liran's eyes.Until now, she had to admit that she really missed Gu Siyuan too much.