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1
The day after the road passed, I packed my bags, led a small white horse, and left the road without turning my head.
Qian Yuzhu chased out and scolded: "Jiang Folding Yu, you slut, my son's bones are not cold, but as a wife, you are going to leave your husband's house without saying a word." ”
"Jiang Folding Yu, you don't keep the way of women!"
"Report to the official, I want to report to the official, I want to sue Jiang Folding Yu for murdering her husband!"
The street where Lu Jia was located was not remote, and there were many people around in a short time, and I didn't bother to pay attention to the hysterical old woman, and I drove all the way to the west with my horse, and the horses sped away, and the pedestrians retreated.
I felt as if I had gone back to ten years ago, ten years ago, the carefree and happy Third Lady of North Carolina, Jiang Folding Yu.
The little white horse stopped in front of the bamboo house, I turned over and dismounted, and the horse skillfully walked into the stable, grinding with the dark horse's ears, and I also straightened my clothes and entered the bamboo house.
The man in the room was half leaning on the soft collapse, one hand supporting the upper body, the other holding the folding fan, the clothes were half undone, squinting at me, the corners of his mouth showing a smile, and said: "Congratulations, finally free." ”
I suppressed the reluctance in my eyes, grinned, took off my robe and approached him, climbed in his ear and whispered softly: "Thanks to Your Highness's clever means, I can save Yu'er from water and fire." ”
As he spoke, gently holding his earlobes, he took a heavy breath and pulled me into his arms to hold my lips, and I responded carefully to the kiss, even with some flattery, until the underwear faded and I was left with only a white belly pocket, but he suddenly pushed me away.
I lowered my eyebrows, thinking that I was not doing well enough, and I did not die to stick to him, but he picked up the folding fan and pressed it against my chin, with some unclear meaning in his eyes, and said coldly: "Jiang Folding Yu, do you remember that you are a county lord?" ”
The county lord should be generally reserved, not like a dusty woman to please men.
But what am I left with except this body?
"Jiang An's palace is long gone, and I am no longer a county lord." I lifted my head, tears in my eyes, trying to make myself look miserable.
"Your Highness, is this disgusting Yu'er and not the perfect body?"
The folding fan that was between his jaws was finally removed, and he reached out and picked up the clothes that had fallen on the ground and threw them on me, got up and walked outside, saying, "Dressed up, follow me back to Yongzhao Garden today." ”
I breathed a sigh of relief, my stiff body finally relaxed, and the tears that had been in my eyes also flowed down the wings of my nose and dripped on the collapse of the fox skin.
Gu Yan, you really know me very well.
After her husband died of illness, she became a notorious widow, but the handsome prince was bent on asking for a wife at this time
2
I am Daddy's youngest daughter and his most beloved child, and I remember when Daddy was admitted to the capital, he happily lifted me up and smiled: "Oh, we Yu'er will also be the lord of the county!" ”
At that time, I was only ten years old, and I only felt very strange about the identity of the county lord, but I gradually learned in the conversation between my father and my brothers that today's saints were grateful for the pain of my father's half-life guarding the border, and wanted to make him a prince with a different surname, take him to the capital for retirement, and the eldest brother and second brother continued to stay in the military camp, take care of the border people, and guard the peace of the border.
Suddenly, I was a little reluctant to separate, and the eldest brother came to touch my head and said with relief: "Yu Er, every New Year we will go to the capital to see you." ”
So that year, we went all the way south into the capital city without wind and sand and lone wolf beasts, but I didn't know that this capital seemed to be stable and peaceful, but poisonous snakes were always hidden in the shadows.
When I was thirteen years old, I went to the palace with my father to a banquet, and the children of each family at the banquet showed their talents, and I watched it with relish, but I didn't know which adult stood up and said: "The small county lord of the Jiang'an Palace has also come to the capital for three years, I have not seen the posture of the small county lord, how about taking this opportunity to let everyone open their eyes?" ”
After saying that, it was one voice after another that invited me to the stage to show my talents, but where would I have any talents, the only thing I could get my hands on was equestrianism, which could not be displayed in this golden palace.
Daddy hurriedly got up and respectfully performed a salute to the saint on the high platform, and said: "Holy Lord, forgive me, Yu'er grew up in the desert since childhood, and has been fighting with the courtiers since she was a child, where will there be any talent, and please raise your hands high and don't let the little girl be ugly." ”
Later, after a long time, I understood how they didn't know that I had never been as spoiled as a noble girl in the capital, and they obviously wanted to make me ugly, but I was stupid at that time, and I swore to stand up and say: "I can't sing and dance, and when it comes to hunting, I will perform an equestrian performance for everyone." ”
Someone in the audience laughed secretly, or Shengshang coughed lightly: "The Mid-Autumn Festival moon is full, the good times are good, and you can drink a cup with the secretaries of state, and pay tribute to this prosperous and good year." ”
What are they laughing at? It turned out that the noble ladies of the capital had always been very polite, never touching the art of riding and shooting, and would not do anything to be proud of when they danced with knives and guns to ride horses and shoot arrows.
I gradually became less and less happy, the saint pointed out an aunt to come to the palace, said to teach me etiquette rules, my aunt is very fierce, always holding a long ring ruler staring at me, asking me to walk back and forth in the house with tea on my head, the tea spilled a little and then hit my palm with the ring ruler, I was in pain and tears came straight out, but she said fiercely: "Don't cry, cry and fight again!" ”
So I bit my lip to prevent myself from making a sound, but the tears fell to the ground without a fight, and my aunt raised the ring ruler, and finally fell into the palm of my hand, I let out a breath, obediently went to pour another cup of tea and put it on my head, and walked carefully.
At night, I lay in my father's arms and cried loudly: "I want to go home, Daddy, I think big brother and second brother." ”
That year's hunting, I finally failed to get on the horse to show equestrianism, wearing a large sleeved brown skirt sat in the tent waiting for Daddy to return, my aunt said that the county lord should have the appearance of a county lord, quiet and well-behaved to be pleasing.
My aunt stayed in the palace for a whole year before returning to the palace, and I also learned to learn about the book in front of people, and I had everyone's bridesmaid style at meals and sittings, and there were no jokes at the major banquets, but I always felt very tired, more tired than running around in the desert for a day.
3
When I was fifteen years old, bad news came from the border, the second brother was ambushed by the enemy during the patrol, unfortunately killed, I cried so much that I cried heartily, obviously there is still a month to go to the New Year, obviously there is still a month they should come to the capital to reunite.
Daddy and Shengshang asked for their lives, we went all the way north from the capital, non-stop back to the border, the second brother was already lying in the black coffin, the eldest brother said, let us meet with him for the last time to bury the second brother, I never thought that this year's reunion will be yin and yang.
The second brother was buried next to my mother-in-law, the snow fell very much on the day of the burial, the carriage and horse walked hard, I had red eyes, my heart felt empty, I and my mother-in-law had never met, she gave birth to me and left, so I had no impression of the death of my relatives before.
When I was a child, I often quarreled with my second brother over some trivial matters, and no one spared anyone, and I had some regrets, but if I had been more sensible, more obedient, and more kind to him, how good it would have been!
The border is unstable, the enemy army is constantly attacking, but my father and I have to leave for Beijing, on the second day of the Chinese New Year, my father and I set off to leave, the eldest brother stood on the city wall to watch us, I shouted loudly: "Big brother, you must be safe and secure, you must take care!" ”
That's how I live under the protection of my brother and father, and I can't see the dangers of this world, and I can't tell the difference between true and false good and evil.
After returning to Beijing, Daddy became more and more self-cultivated, planted a full courtyard in the garden of the royal palace, and never went out if he could not get rid of the feast.
He wanted to kiss his mother, and the eldest brother said that his mother's favorite thing was the moon flower.
That year passed very slowly, my father and I planted flowers and wine in our own yard, he became the most idle prince in the whole capital, if it were not for the death of the eldest brother, I think we would have lived in such a plain life in the capital.
The border was completely chaotic, the Qiang people attacked the city of Beizhou at night, the eldest brother led the army to resist the enemy, but he was hit by several arrows and fell into the hands of the Qiang people, and even the corpse could not stay in Dayu.
When the summoned palace had finished speaking, Daddy fainted and fell to the ground, and I hurriedly ordered the people to ask the doctor to stay at his bed day and night.
"Daddy, Yu'er is the only one of your relatives."
It was my sixteenth birthday, my brother had died, my father was sick, and I knelt helplessly against the moon, begging god for mercy and making my father get better soon.
Daddy was sick for half a month, and after waking up, he changed his imperial clothes and entered the palace, he wanted to ask for orders to lead the northern expedition, to avenge the death of his two sons, and to return Dayu a Haiyan Heqing.
But Shengshang did not allow it, and Shengshang said that he was old and had just recovered from a serious illness, so he should recuperate in the capital and fight on the battlefield.
A seamless remark made the father who was not good at words dumbfounded, and even ordered people to prepare a carriage to send his father back to the palace, and after a few days, the saint said in the court that the little county lord of the Jiang King's Mansion had reached the marriageable age, and in the future, the holy lord would also prepare a rich dowry for me and arrange the wedding for me in the princess's ceremony.
That is, at that time, everyone thought that My Father was a favorite of the Saint, and when I married me, I married the power of the Jiang An King's Palace, married the favor of the Holy Lord, and there was an endless stream of people who proposed to me, and I was hidden in the backyard by my father, and every day I saw that he was anxious to deal with those people.
Lu Jingnian was an exception, he was a little crazy, overturned the courtyard wall of the palace, came to see me in the backyard, at that time I was playing with guns in the courtyard where the moon flowers were planted, wearing a dark colored power suit, with my hair tied very high, watching the arrival of the uninvited guest, a set of marksmanship was not finished, the spear was like a dragon, waving straight at him, but looking at his appearance as a nobleman, the tip of the gun still stopped on his chest.
"Who are you?" My tone was not good, and my eyes were fierce.
The person in front of him seemed to be red-faced and coughed twice before he asked, "You... Are you Ginger Folding Yu? ”
I frowned, "I asked you first." ”
"I am the eldest son of the Zhongshu Lu family, and the road has been through the years."
Zhongshu Province is in charge of the surname Lu, and I have some impressions that he is a high official.
"Trespassing into Jiang An's palace, Lu Gongzi is afraid that it is not in accordance with the rules, please leave quickly." I collected my gun and summoned the doorman to lead me out of the house, but he left a sentence when he left:
"Jiang Folding Yu, I will come to marry you."
At that time, I didn't think how crazy Lu Jingnian was, but climbing the wall, I also liked it when I was young, I didn't take his words to heart, anyway, his family came to mention his father and father would not agree, I thought it was just a small episode, but I didn't expect the future with him, a variety of entanglements, difficult to cut.
The matchmaker of the Lu family came three times, and the ceremony he brought was heavier than the first, and even Lu Jingnian's father was still openly asking the saint to marry, so the saint also summoned his father to the palace to discuss.
Before leaving, My father comforted me: "It's okay, Yu'er doesn't want to marry, Daddy won't let Yu'er get married." ”
I didn't know what my father went through when he entered the palace that day, I just felt that my father was very tired, too tired to speak, and it took several days to gradually get better, but he still rubbed my head and said to me: "It's all right, Yu'er, don't be afraid of anything." ”
Since then, there have still been people who have proposed relatives, but gradually there have been many fewer, and the royal palace seems to have restored its former tranquility.
4
I hate that the Mid-Autumn Festival began when I was seventeen years old.
The Mid-Autumn Festival banquet is the imperial banquet that Daddy can't get rid of, every year is some repeated songs and dances, I watched it dozing straight, halfway Daddy got up to change clothes, after a long time did not see back, but at this time a palace girl came to tell me that Daddy drank too much in the ear room, told me to go and see.
I was simple and unsuspecting at that time, only worried about whether My father was okay, so I followed her all the way to the ear room of the side temple, but I just went in, she withdrew to lock the door from the outside, I realized that it was not right, the faint moonlight was scattered on the ground, the doors and windows were sealed all around, and there was a strange fragrance in the room, and I found that when I wanted to go to the screen to suck, my body had unconsciously softened.
I was not dead-hearted, I tried my best to knock on the door, I wanted to shout loudly, but my voice became soft, and just at this moment, a candle lit up in the originally dark room, and I looked back, and the road that stood in the light was like a poisonous snake.
"Today's county lord seems to be more beautiful." He chuckled and walked toward me step by step.
I grabbed the dagger in my waist with my backhand and swung it at him at the moment he approached me, but I didn't want to be weak now, and the original fatal knife was easily avoided by him, and I looked at him with some incredulity: "Road has passed, despicable villain!" ”
"If you dare to do anything to me, my father will definitely kill you!"
"Do you want my life?" But King Jiang An now has no real power, so what will he take for my life? He said lightly, but as soon as he reached out and snatched the dagger from my hand, my consciousness gradually became uncontrollable, and I heard him say, "Look at the little face of the county lord, it is so tempting!" ”
As soon as the words stopped, I felt like I was being picked up by the waist, I tried to open my eyes, my body trembled unceasingly, and opened my mouth: "After years of time, you let me go, please, you don't touch me." ”
"Don't touch? Well, I won't touch you. ”
My body was light and heavy on the bed, and I only prayed in my heart that My father would come to save me, but my hand uncontrollably wanted to pull the collar open, grabbing something randomly, and suddenly felt a chill, and my body involuntarily leaned over, and my heart was hot and dry, and I had to take a big breath to breathe.
"Jiang Folding Yu, I didn't touch you, you leaned over yourself!"
Before I lost consciousness, I only heard Lu Jingnian say such a sentence.
When I woke up the next day, I was in my room, and my father was sitting in front of my bed, his eyes were a little red and swollen, and I opened my mouth, but my throat hurt.
While pouring water for me, Daddy said, "The Holy Father has already decreed marriage, Yu'er, I'm sorry, but Daddy didn't protect you." ”
I vaguely guessed the cause and effect, but I could not resist the intense grief, and buried my head in the quilt, not willing to make a sound at all.
Lu Jingnian was a madman, and I should have known it as early as when he entered the palace by ignoring the etiquette law, but his father was not crazy, and the saint was not crazy, and what they wanted from beginning to end was the military power in the hands of his father.
They have already proposed to their relatives as an excuse to force Daddy to take the initiative to hand over military power, and what holy relatives prepare as bait, and the princess's ceremony is also bait, are just putting pressure on Daddy.
But Daddy gave them everything, they still don't want to let me go, it should be said, after years of road, they still don't want to let me go.
I was tied up in a palanquin, tied to a church where I had been praying for years, tied up to hear him say how much he loved me.
His love is possessiveness, the madness of learning that his father will not go to the Jiang An Palace to propose to him, and he wants to get my selfishness at all costs.
That's why he set up a situation to lead me to the side hall, and only then will he deliberately let things be exposed, deliberately exchanging my reputation for my father's promise to marry him.
How crazy he is, how much I hate him.
5
I met Gu Yan before I married Lu Jingnian, the late autumn rain in the capital, I knocked Lu Jingnian arranged to watch my guards, climbed the wall out of the palace, Daddy said, Yu Er escape, how far can you escape, never return to the capital.
I braved the heavy rain to run out of the city, but a carriage rushed out, I jumped up, the carriage sped past me, and when I landed, the horse hissed and stopped, and the owner of the carriage opened the curtain and shouted to me: "Hey, Ginger, where are you going?" ”
My body couldn't help but stiffen, subconsciously thinking that it was a road passing year, but when I looked back, I saw a handsome face that didn't look like a man.
He saw me stunned and said, "Get in the car!" ”
The sound of "getting in the car" was like a command, like someone who had always been condescending was calling a homeless kitten.
I rolled over on the carriage, ignoring the fact that the rain would wet the brocade-wrapped seat, and asked, "Who is Your Excellency?" How do I know my identity? ”
"I'm the ninth oldest in the family, you can call me Gu Jiu, as for you, I've seen you a few times, and I'm very impressed."
I suddenly realized, and hurriedly saw the ceremony: "It turned out to be Your Highness the Ninth Highness, and the courtesans did not know, I hope That Your Highness will forgive me." ”
Gu Jiu, Gu Jue, the current Ninth Prince.
"How come the little county lord is still more polite, how, with such a big rain, the little county lord is ready to escape marriage?"
I looked up, and my heart immediately became alert, but I didn't want him to continue: "Actually, I can help you and help you get rid of Lu Jingnian completely." ”
"Of course, you can also choose to continue to flee, but your father now has no real power in his hands, and if you leave, you will disobey the Holy Will, have you ever thought about his situation?"
I was poked in the heart by him, as if I saw a life-saving straw, I knelt down and begged: "Please Your Highness save me, I am willing to be a cow and a horse for Your Highness, in order to repay Your Highness's great kindness." ”
"I don't want you to be a cow and a horse, I just want you to serve me when you're done." The corners of his mouth smirked, peach blossom eyes could not see the joy and anger, reached out to trim my sideburns of the hair, as if admiring a piece of jewelry, sighed: "The night of the Mid-Autumn Festival was not coincidental, I saw the county lord and the road passing things, that posture is beautiful, let Gu Mou never forget." ”
I shivered, but squeezed out a smile and said, "As long as Your Highness commands, Yu Er is willing to serve Your Highness for life." ”
I went back to the palace, and according to what Gu Jue said, as long as I listened to him well, he would overthrow the Lu Mansion and return my freedom.
Therefore, I endured disgust and unwillingness, pretended to be a flattering appearance for Lu Jingnian, and became Gu Jue's eyeliner in the Lu Mansion, passing on the news to him, blowing pillow side wind to Lu Jingnian, helping him destroy the Lu family and ruining the Lu Jingnian.
But my father died, in the second year of my marriage to Lu Jingnian, he was sick for a long time, and he lacked skills, and since then, I have no relatives in this world.
At that time, I thought that it was better to live in such pain than to die, and I almost wanted to find short-sightedness, and I was partial to the side and told me that my father and brother's death had hidden feelings, and I wanted to live well, so that I would have the opportunity to find out the truth and avenge them.
In the same year, Lu Zhangling was dismissed from his post for suspected bribery, the Lu family was in danger, but Lu Jingnian's temper became more and more irritable, he was drunk and scolded every day, and the servants in the courtyard were miserable, Gu Jue gave me a small white horse at that time, the white horse recognized the road, and riding it would take me to find Gu Jue.
Half a year later, Lu Zhangling was exiled, the Lu family's property was confiscated, and the Lu family's mansion, which originally occupied three streets, was also confiscated into the official palace, and we lived in the small courtyard where Lu Zhangling's brother was kind enough to give alms, and the life of the golden clothes and jade food was instantly impoverished, and the body of the road that had been drunk all day long was also as bad as dead wood.
I stood outside the house, watching his mother busy taking care of him, listening to several doctors say that he had returned to heaven and lack of skills, and there was an indescribable pleasure in his heart, and at this time, they understood that I had been delicate and lovely for two years, and all the love between husband and wife was an appearance.
I didn't mean to kill him, but he was paranoid and conceited, and I only said one sentence: "After years of road, I have only disgusted you from beginning to end." He vomited blood in a hurry, and his mother called him urgently at his side, but he finally swallowed.
6
He did everything Gu Yan promised me, and I obediently followed him back to Yongzhao Garden.
Yongzhao Garden in the suburbs, the garden into the eyes is a bamboo forest, through the bamboo forest is full of lotus flowers, I followed Behind Gu Jue, when walking across the wooden bridge there will be a "crunching sound", there are koi jumping out of the water to startle me, almost bumped into Gu Jue in front.
This is the mansion given to him by the Holy Lord outside the palace, and he is not favored among the many princes, so the mansion is also very remote, fortunately far from the downtown, it is the peace and tranquility that has been built.
Gu Yan had a deceased wife, if it is accurate, it is not his wife, it is a folk woman he knows, they love each other, and they are privately determined for life, but unfortunately, the matter was revealed, and the holy people ordered the execution of the woman, this is a secret, but in the Yongzhao Garden, all this is not a secret.
There are several women hidden in the golden house here, and I heard that I have some resemblance to the girl, and I heard that I am the same.
I met my great-aunt here, the one who taught me the rules in the palace, I learned that she was Gu Jue's grandmother, Gu Jue's birth mother went early, he was fostered in the Guifei Palace, and later the guifei had her own children and had no time to distract herself from taking care of him, and it was the great-aunt who raised him in a thoughtful way.
At night, after bathing, I wore only a light veil, and crept into Gu Jue's room, and when he saw me, he only froze for a moment and then sneered and asked, "What are you here to do?" ”
I bowed down and saluted and replied, "Yu'er has come to serve Your Highness." ”
He came over and looked at me condescendingly, I was a little timid, and I mustered up enough courage to stand up, and the thin shirt on my shoulder fell with it, and I lowered my brow to make a robe for him, and he did not say or move, I thought he had acquiesced.
Until he pinched my chin and took a breath of cool air in pain, I heard him say with anger: "Jiang Fold yu, you are enough." ”
"I know that you have gone to great lengths to ask me to help you find out the cause of your father's death, you don't have to think about it, I just casually said that your father's death file is clearly written in the file, and there is no hidden feeling."
With that, he loosened his hand, and I staggered a few steps and nearly fell to the ground.
I clenched my fists, but my mouth said lightly, "Your Highness was willing to save Yu Er in the first place, it was a great favor, how could Yu Er have other luxuries?" ”
Then he bowed down and said, "Since Your Highness doesn't need Yu'er to serve today, Yu'er will retire first." ”
The wind was a little cool on the early summer night, so I wrapped my light shirt around trying to resist some of the chill and walked step by step toward my room.
I didn't know when the incense was burning in the house, I propped up the window, lay on the bed, and before long, my eyelids couldn't stand up to close together, and when I woke up the next day, it was about the most peaceful sleep I had slept in the past two years.
When I finished freshening up and getting dressed, Gu Yan was no longer in the garden, and her great-aunt said that he had entered the palace to invite the noble concubine to go to peace.
There were not many attendants in the Yongzhao Garden, Xu was ordered by Gu Jue, they called me Lady Yu, and there were xiang girls and Hui girls living in the east of the garden, and there was a kite girl in the west, and there was an empty one in the south, which was said to be the house where the Tao Zhizhi girl who had lived with Gu Jue for life lived.
When Gu Jue came back, it was raining lightly, he was drunk, it was the small house next to the prince who sent him back, I and my great-aunt went to the door to pick him up, he was even a little unstable, the two small houses were one left and one right, I followed behind him to hold an umbrella for him, sent him back to the house, and the two small houses only left and right held him up.
But when he left the house, I saw his eyes that had been closed open, and I was a little drunk, and I was stunned, and I heard him command: "Go and prepare hot water, I will take a bath." ”
I turned back to God and replied, "Yes." ”
Only two steps away, I heard him say, "Go and change your clothes first." ”
I touched the wet hem of my skirt, realized that the rain had already wet my back and lower skirt when I was holding the umbrella for him, and went back to the house to change my clothes without hesitation.
I thought gu yan would ask me to wait for him to bathe, but he didn't want me to prepare hot water and he told me to retreat.
Maybe what he said to me in the carriage was just a joke, and he still has a Tao girl in his heart.
I gradually let go of the mustard in my heart, sat down against the door frame, listened to the rain, and actually dozed off.
I don't know when I fell asleep, when I woke up, Gu Yan stood with his back to me, Xu was unintentional, he blocked some cold wind with water vapor for me.
"Your Highness." I called, I wanted to get up but felt a little sore in my knees, and after trying hard, I finally sat on the ground and smiled awkwardly: "Yu'er is rude." ”
Gu Yan turned back, his hair was scattered, like ink spread on his chest, looking a little lazy, those beautiful peach blossom eyes looked surprisingly gentle, but the opening was endlessly cold: "Jiang Folding Yu, you are not my person, and you don't need to come to this kind of thing." ”
I pinched my knees, stood up on the door frame, I was taller than an ordinary woman, and I could almost look at Gu Yan, but usually I talked to him with my eyebrows down, and now I looked up, as if I had momentum, and said: "Yu Er is voluntary, Yu Er wants to follow His Highness and accompany His Highness." ”
Saying this firmly, I seemed to see a hint of movement in Gu Yan's eyes that had never wavered.
Maybe I did look a lot like his deceased sweetheart.
Thinking like this, I actually felt a sour nose, so I lowered my head to grab Gu Yan's cuffs, lowered my voice, and said, "Your Highness will let Yu Er follow Your Highness." ”
I want to follow him, and I want him to take me with me at all feasts, not to be thrown like a vase in this garden of eternal illumination.
Gu Yan did not answer me, I did not look up to see his expression at this moment, only felt a light sigh, and then he flicked my hand, walked into the back room, came, and turned his back to me and said: "It is late at night, first go back to the house to rest." ”
7
Gu Yan was still soft-hearted in the end, except for entering the palace, I was by his side almost all the time, and gradually some people knew that there was a favored concubine around the Ninth Prince, but unfortunately, he always covered his face with a veil, and no one could see the real face.
On the third day of the first month of June, the tenth princess was married, and the horse was the eldest grandson of the General's family in Zhenbei, and when I followed Gu Yan to the banquet, the bride had just entered the door, and the banquet in the front hall was opened, and I was extra cautious, carefully recording every step I took in the General's Mansion.
Since the death of my father and brother, the military power of the Jiang family army in Beizhou has been passed to this town of The Northern General's Palace, the year before, the old general's daughter entered the palace and became a favorite concubine, this year the grandson of the old general married a princess, and every marriage of the royal family is a careful consideration of the pros and cons, two marriages in succession, even if I no longer understand the twists and turns under the imperial city, my heart is also covered with doubts.
The same is the military general, the general's palace display pattern is much more elegant than the Jiang family at that time, the rare grass in the front yard is dazzling, there is also a stage behind the second door, there are male guests who covet the wine table, fist-to-fist drinking and laughing, female guests go to the courtyard behind the second door to listen to the play, bustling and lively.
Gu Yan was pulled by several princes to drink, I silently withdrew, I don't know if it was an illusion, Gu Jue intentionally or unintentionally looked at me several times, as if he knew what I was thinking.
I didn't want to think too much, avoided the crowd and walked to the backyard, different from the bustle of the front yard, the backyard was quiet as if no one was there, I vaguely sensed that something was wrong, but I didn't want to stop there, the study of the General's Mansion was close at hand, I wanted to push the door in, but I was pulled by someone, and a few stumbles hid behind the rockery.
It was Gu Yan, and I turned back to face his slender peach blossom eyes, which seemed to have anger.
He smelled of alcohol on his clothes, and before I could explain, I saw three or two masked men in power suits sneaking into the study quietly, and when they had closed the door, Gu Yan pulled me out of the room.
We didn't go back to the banquet, from the backyard directly over the wall out of the General's Mansion, Gu Yan walked in front and did not speak, I knew that he must be angry, his heart was full of words, but the words came to his mouth but he swallowed back timidly.
Gu Yan walked all the way to the outside of the city, but it was not the way to Yongzhao Garden, I was very confused but did not dare to say more, until he led me to a desolate forest, a foul smell followed, into the eyes of Sensen's white bones and rotting corpses.
This is the evil that outsiders in Kyoto avoid talking about, the rotten mud that is tolerated by the world at the feet of tianzi, the lone ghost who has nowhere to find a home, and the pedestrian who does not know his name.
It is called mass graves.
"Jiang Zhiyu, how come I didn't realize you were so stupid before?" Gu Yan pushed me forward, and I was frightened by the shock in front of me, my legs were a little weak, and I grabbed his sleeve and did not dare to let go.
"If I don't look for you today, your destination will be this mass grave." Gu Yan pointed to the front, his voice was a little cold, pulling me back, I no longer wanted to look at the wasteland of this corpse, buried my head in Gu Jue's chest, and my body couldn't help but tremble a little.
Gu Yan put his hand on my shoulder, his voice was a little soft, but between his words he still said with a thorn: "The king has worked hard to save your life, not to let you die without a brain, if you really want to die, you can end it yourself here, and you don't have to bother others to do it." ”
I calmed down a little, he was right, if he hadn't arrived in time, I might have been caught and executed as an assassin, but I had no other way, I had no other way but to seize every opportunity to spy on the hazy truth.
"Your Highness..." I called out to him with some crying: "Please ask Your Highness for guidance, how can Yu Er know the original commission of that year?" ”
"Is the truth that important? Is it more important than ann to live in this world? ”
"For me, it's more important than my life."
"But if you know the truth, you can't avenge your loved ones at all, and you can only go after this life with pain?"
"If the father and brother die in vain, Yu'er will not be able to sleep and eat."
Gu Yan was silent for a long time, turned around and walked outside the forest, I hurried to catch up, facing the moonlight, stepping on his slender shadow.
A long time later, in the middle of the summer night, I remembered today, and suddenly realized that it was not only this secret truth that was worth paying for in this world.
8
On the day the Ninth Imperial Concubine entered the palace, I fainted under the plum tree in the Perch Pavilion, counting the hours, and at this moment Gu Yan should have picked up the scale pole to pick up the bride's hijab.
The snow fell like goose feathers, when Gu Yan hurriedly pushed the door in, there was still a layer of white on his shoulders, I looked at his anxious eyes, but I felt a little funny, until he walked up to me, the anxiety in his eyes turned into anger, and he said lightly: "Jiang Fold yu, is your brain broken?" ”
Only then did I hide my smile, lowered my eyebrows and asked knowingly, "Why didn't Your Highness accompany the bride on the wedding night and come to my roost pavilion to do something?" ”
He was not at ease, reached out for me to take a pulse, only to realize that I was just pretending to be dizzy and invited him to come to see me.
"You know that I am just playing a trick on her..." Before Gu Yan could say anything, I got up and wrapped my arms around his waist and said in a trembling voice, "But I just want you to accompany me." ”
A few years ago, Gu Jue's Great Victory in the Battle of Beizhou returned to the pilgrimage, and the saint was very happy, in addition to the generous reward, he also gave him a marriage, and married Ouyang Tong, the daughter of the new governor of the government.
At that time, I was just recovering from a serious injury, I didn't know what the situation was in the outside world, and it was difficult to see Gu Jue's side during the day, and only when I pretended to sleep at night, I often heard him say in my ear that he couldn't stand me.
In fact, he has nothing to do with me, and with my unsightly identity alone, it is impossible to marry him in this life.
After Lu Jingnian's death that year, Lu Jingnian went to court rawly, but in the end it was only the widow of a criminal minister, and Gu Xiao made a point around, and the matter was not resolved.
There are also people who want to inquire about my whereabouts, after all, my father and brother have military merits, the Jiang Wangfu has declined, and the only bloodline of my Jiang family has disappeared out of thin air, which makes people feel strange, but after years of investigation without results, now some people mention the Jiang Wangfu, but it is just a loyal minister.
Yes, my father has been loyal to the country for more than forty years, and the two brothers have been killed on the battlefield, and a word of loyalty is only light and not heavy.
In the years when I was the county lord in the capital, I gradually learned that Daddy was in charge of the 100,000-strong army in Beizhou and had achieved a lot of military achievements, and he had long been jealous of Shengshang, and Shengshang's canonization of Daddy as king seemed to be a reward, but in fact, he wanted to keep Daddy away from the army and gradually empty the real power in his hands, and many antecedents made me have to suspect that the death of my brother was the death of Shengshang for the power of the army.
Until later, Gu Yan could not stand my senseless suspicions, brought the evidence to me, and gave me the truth that I could not face directly.
Gu Jue's birth mother was a singer, brought back from Xuzhou during the southern tour of the saint, her identity was low and no one helped, although she was born beautiful, it was difficult to survive the open guns and dark arrows in the palace, and she died when Gu Jue was four years old.
Gu Yan was also often bullied by his brothers and sisters when he was studying in Guozi, and the most fiercely bullied was the eldest son of the Saint, the current prince. The prince was arrogant, and in the study of the state, he often confronted the master, and whenever the master punished the prince for copying poetry, he would force Gu Jue to replace it, and Gu Yan also imitated the prince's handwriting at that time to achieve divine enlightenment, which was difficult for ordinary people to distinguish.
Later, the prince sneaked out of the palace and was almost known by the saint, it was Gu Jue who took the initiative to confess his sins for him and received punishment, and the prince often took Gu Jue with him, in the eyes of others, Gu Jue and the prince grew up together since they were young, and their feelings were very good, only Gu Jue knew, and the prince took him nothing more than waiting for him to be punished, and Gu Jue was in front of him.
Whoever is in the royal family, he can never hide from the situation of brothers fighting for the throne, there are many princes under the knees of the saints, these princes gradually grow up, and the brotherly blood flowing under the skin cannot stop the desire for a high position in the heart after all.
Although Shengshang had already established a prince, there were not many ministers in the court who supported the third prince and the eighth prince, and as for Gu Jue, he was already a loyal princeling henchman.
Among the princes, the most inconspicuous is the ninth prince Gu Jue, everyone only thinks that he has no great ambitions and is bent on doing things for the prince, but he does not know that he is born anti-bone, hates the injustice of the world the most, hides for many years, and also wants to fight for a way out for himself.
He has always known the truth, knowing that my second brother was assassinated by the dark guards around General Zhenbei, knowing that my eldest brother obviously found out the truth and wanted to come to the capital with evidence to seek justice, but he was beheaded by General Zhenbei and the Qiang people, and he also knew that my father was overly worried, and he was still poisoned and trapped in Beijing.
Because all this is done by the prince, the three princes have outstanding political achievements, the saints have been praised continuously in the dprk, the mother of the eight princes is the daughter of Xiangguo, there are many protégés of Xiangguo, and there are many echoes in the dprk, and the natural support of the eight princes is also endless, but the prince's political performance is not as good as that of the three princes, and the family lineage of the mother's family is inferior to that of the eight princes, so naturally it needs the blessing of military power.
When my father entered Beijing, the seventeen-year-old prince met him privately, but his father only wanted to be a pure courtier, and had no intention of partisanship, so he politely refused the prince, and the prince did not die, and even said that he wanted to grant me the position of princess, and my father never agreed, and from then on, the prince moved the idea of replacing the Jiang family's military power.
Tan Zaishang, who was still a General of Zhongwu at that time, became the best candidate in the heart of the prince, and once the matter was completed, Tan Zaishang would be named a general from Yipin Zhenbei, holding the military power of 100,000 troops, this piece of fat meat, ask anyone who is not impressed.
So, they woven a big net, mutilated the two brothers of Zhen ShouBei Prefecture, and killed my father who was recuperating in Beijing, so that I would never have relatives again.
In the year of his brother's death, Gu Yan was eighteen years old, and according to him, when he learned of my eldest brother's death, Gu Yan asked him to contact Tan Zaishang for the first time, and their next target was Lu Jingnian's father.
Lu Zhangling was the most powerful supporter of the Three Princes and One Party, and it was also a coincidence that Gu Yan met me on that rainy night, gave me a target, and also used me to obtain those inaccessible informants from the Lu family.
After Tan zaishang was sealed, he found that my father was secretly investigating the matter of Beizhou, and he was afraid that the matter would be exposed, so he drugged his father and let his father die quietly in the palace.
Gu Yan let me know the truth of the matter, but also let me no longer fully trust him, I once held a hairpin against his chest and asked him if he had participated in the murder of my father and brother, he looked at the hairpin that had been inserted into his body, his eyes were determined, and answered me: "Never." ”
I sat paralyzed on the ground, tears fell like a broken line, locked myself in the house without eating or drinking for two days, and finally couldn't stand it and fell down, when I woke up again, I snuggled up to Gu Jue and asked him: "Is Your Highness willing to help Yu'er?" ”
"You want revenge?"
"Yu'er can't let her father and brother die in an unclear way." I looked at him with tears in my eyes and asked, "If Your Highness had become the crown prince, he would not have let his loyal subjects die in vain, right?" ”
He was affectionate to me, and I knew it when I questioned him with a hairpin and he was indifferent, whether the friendship came from his dead sweetheart or when he really touched my heart, it was a good means for me to use him.
9
General Zhenbei went to Beizhou to take up his post, but the war situation in Beizhou became more and more tragic, Gu Yan went to ask for orders, willing to escort grain and grass to Beizhou to help, the prince naturally supported him, after all, if something happened to General Zhenbei, his years of planning would also fail.
Therefore, I dressed up as a man, carried a red gun, put on armor, and became Gu Jue's personal bodyguard, and went with him to Beizhou.
I am familiar with Beizhou, helped Gu Jue plan the route, dodged the Night Attack of the Qiang, and successfully arrived at the battlefield, although the general of Zhenbei was brave, he was still old in the end, he was very the battlefield, and now he was injured and recuperating, although the grain and grass were transported, the war was still tight, the border had been broken through two cities, and soon the enemy army would attack the place where the large army was encamped, but now the main general was injured, and the news had just reached the middle of Beijing, and the burden of leading the army suddenly fell on Gu Jue's shoulders.
After arriving in Beizhou, Gu Yan was almost inseparable from me, he was afraid that he would not be able to look at me, let me act impulsively and cut Tan Zaishang, on the way to come I did think about how to assassinate Tan Zaishang, but when I arrived at the border, I watched the people not talk about life, watching the former Jiang Family Army now suffer heavy casualties, I calmed down, the overall situation is undecided, if the Lord will die, there will be great confusion in the military, and the border war will be even more difficult to put down.
What's more, the culprit is still in Beijing, and I must be the enemy of the sword, and I must not act impulsively.
On the third day of arriving in Beizhou, Gu Yan and Tan Zaishang and several deputy generals discussed the strategy of battle, and all the deputy generals advocated continuing to retreat, camping south of the Wei River, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and waiting for the will of Beijing to make a decision, but Gu Yan proposed that he should lead his troops north to retake Dayu City, and I was a little surprised by his move, after all, although he was a prince, he had never had the experience of leading troops to battle, and I don't know why such a bold idea is.
It wasn't until he returned to the tent at night that he told me that my brother and mother were still in the city and that he was going to take me back to meet them.
I didn't hold back the tears, yes, the graves of the second brother and mother-in-law are in Yuancheng, if Yuancheng is taken by the Qiang people from now on, they will never be able to return to Dayu.
I don't know how Gu Yan finally persuaded Tan Zaishang and those deputy generals, late that night, Gu Jue took more than a hundred people north to attack the Qiang camp at night, Xu Washu Qiang people could not imagine that Dayu would fight back, this night attack actually defeated their large camp of a thousand people and half of the grain and grass, for the Zhenbei army that was defeated and retreated, it was undoubtedly good news, and the army actually had some different evaluations of the ninth prince from the capital.
It was also this night raid that established gu Jue's prestige, and in the following days, he led his troops to raid the Qiang army day by day, and even fortified the Qiang army on the way to march, winning many battles, and even Tan Zaishang looked at him with admiration and felt that he had the talent to lead troops.
It's just that they couldn't guess that the guards around Gu Jue were Miss Jiang Jiasan, who was incomparably familiar with Beizhou.
Ten days later, Gu Yan led an army of 30,000 people north to take Yuancheng, and I followed him on horseback and went to the battlefield for the first time, only to realize how difficult it was for my father and brother to lick blood on the battlefield in those years.
That battle lasted for three months, we besieged the Qiang people in Yuancheng, cut off their sources of grain and grass, but at this time, the holy will came from Beijing, saying that it was to negotiate peace with the Qiang people, I was unwilling in my heart, but Gu Yan silently put away the holy will, he said, will definitely take me back to Yuancheng, so that my second brother and mother are still in the territory of Dayu.
Finally, half a month later, the wall city was destroyed, the Qiang army fell, and the matter of the holy will could no longer be concealed.
However, Gu Yan finally disobeyed the Holy Will, he knew that if he did not make a battle merit, he would eventually be unable to escape his heavy responsibilities after returning to Beijing, and he was afraid that it would be difficult to turn around, so he was determined to lead the army to the north again, not only to regain the original territory of Dayu, but also to suppress the Qiang people fiercely and let the Northern Prefecture return to tranquility.
Qiang people always say that after my father General Jiang left Beizhou, no one could defend the gate of the Great Yu Kingdom in the northern region, but now, Gu Yan led his troops to come, and his arrogance did not lose to General Jiang at all, and the Qiang people were defeated and retreated, which had the meaning of singing as a god.
The last battle with the Qiang people was in the desert, Gu Jue and I led eight thousand elite soldiers to pursue the Qiang army, but unexpectedly encountered quicksand, the horses were trapped in the sand and it was difficult to break out, when we were at a loss, the Qiang army suddenly appeared, we knew that it was a plan, this desert terrain Qiang people are the most familiar, they deliberately led us to come, just to kill Gu Jue here.
In that battle, we abandoned our horses, stepped on the back of the horse to borrow strength to get rid of the quicksand, but the Qiang people finally fought with us on horseback, leaving us at a disadvantage, I am good at guns, Fang has the strength of a battle, Gu Yan is the best at really riding and shooting, on the back of the horse, a hundred shots, people are frightened, presumably it is for this, Qiang people will set up this plan, so that Gu Jue's arrow method can not be used to the extreme.
I wielded a spear, trying to take a good horse for Gu Mao, Gu Yan could only pull out the long sword in his waist and fight with the Qiang army on the horse, my long gun pointed directly at the leader of the Qiang army, and the wisps of thorns were dodged by him.
Gu Yan also took off his horse at this time, pulled the bow and shot it to this side, I knew his target, a shot was swung only to distract the general's attention, three arrows fired in unison, only to hear a hiss, the general's horse threw him down heavily, I looked for an opportunity, a shot stabbed into his chest, his eyes widened, it was always difficult to believe that he died in my hands like this.
It's just that I didn't have time to be happy, I turned around and saw a cold arrow shooting at Gu Jue, I waved my gun to stop it, but I didn't know that there was a bow and arrow shooting behind me, I stopped the bow and arrow that shot at Gu Jue, but I couldn't dodge the bow and arrow through my armor, deep into my back, when I was in pain, there was a Qiang army swinging a knife at me, I couldn't dodge, and I was stabbed twice.
I shot out of order, my consciousness was a little blurred, I only felt Gu Yan fish me on the back of the horse, and said to me fiercely: "Jiang Fold yu, you are not allowed to be in trouble." ”
By the time I woke up again, the Qiang people had already handed over a letter of peace with Da Yu Xiu for a hundred years, and they would not infringe on each other, and Gu Yan was undoubtedly meritorious.
My injury was in the back, gu Yan in order not to let me expose my identity, personally took care of me in everything, and even read medical skills for me, learned to diagnose the pulse, he said, I almost can't wake up again.
Somehow, I heard that there was no wave in my heart, and even thought that dying in the north was worth it, and I was willing to be reunited with my brother and mother, thinking about it, and I felt that my father was alone in the capital, but it was also pitiful, and I even laughed out loud unconsciously.
For the rest of my life, I looked at Gu Yan as if a hundred years had passed, and even for a moment I thought that if I was stationed in Beizhou with him, I should be happy and happy.
10
I was seriously injured, it was not advisable to be tired of boating, Gu Jue sent Vice Admiral Sun to return to Beijing first, he accompanied me all the way to recuperate, all the way back to Beijing slowly, along the way the scenery is also seen, the food is also tasted, it is like a tour of the mountains and rivers.
When it was time to wait for the capital, it was already winter, Gu Jue was afraid of my cold, and the charcoal fire in the house was burning vigorously every day, I opened the window to breathe, Gu Yan also said that I did not care about my body, I looked at him with a serious face, I could not bear to go against him, shallow sighed, then closed the window, obediently lay on the bed to cultivate.
After two years in the northern realm, when he returned, Gu Jue had become a hot figure in the court, and even the prince had a defensive heart for him, and Ouyang Tong, who was married by the Saint, was the daughter of the Ouyang clan, the birth mother of the eighth prince, and Gu Jue married him, as if Gu Jue had betrayed the prince and sided with the eighth prince.
However, the next day, there was a rumor that His Highness the Ninth Highness did not sleep in the imperial concubine's house on the wedding night, but accompanied the concubine in the Perch Pavilion.
After Gu Yan went to the court, Ouyang Tong came to the Qi Qiao Pavilion, and my great-aunt wanted to refuse for me, but I put on a fox fur, walked out of the door, and performed a kneeling salute to Ouyang Tong, coughing while saying: "Concubines see the Imperial Concubine, the Imperial Concubine Wanfu." ”
Xu was my colorless countenance that made her feel compassionate, and she actually bent down to help me up, and said politely: "I knew that my sister was unwell, and the palace should prepare some supplements to come again, so I visited suddenly, and I hope that my sister will forgive me." ”
"Niangniang is polite, it is not a concubine, Niangniang entered the house, it should have been a concubine to go to ask for peace, how can it be better to bother Niangniang's dignified steps." I was polite and polite in my words, I couldn't fault it, and no matter how harsh she was, she couldn't embarrass me for half a point.
Ouyang Tong was only seventeen years old, listening to her calling me by her sister, I was really embarrassed in my heart, and I was thinking about how to send this big Buddha away, so I listened to her: "I heard that there are several other ladies living in this Yongzhao Garden, but I don't know where they are, when I first entered the palace, I still want to bother my sister to accompany me and lead the way, at the moment, it seems that my sister is still raising her body first, so I asked this aunt to go with me, how?" ”
I looked at my great-aunt and knew that this Ninth Imperial Concubine would not succeed in suppressing me, so I thought of making things difficult for others and taking my great-aunt away, and I was afraid that I would want to set my life on, and I would be able to handle it in the future.
Great-aunt is Gu Jue's nursing mother, in the house is not ordinary, this Ouyang Tong raised in the deep boudoir, the city government is not deep, only heard that Gu Jue has a wife raised in the house, but did not think that if he first came, he only thought about what kind of consequences would be if he first came.
Great-aunt gave me a reassuring look to follow Ouyang Tong, in fact, two years ago I knew that the girls living in Yongzhao Garden were actually the sisters of a juggling team when Gu Jue's birth mother was a singer in Xuzhou, the juggling team dispersed, they were homeless, it was Gu Yan who took them to live in Yongzhao Garden.
Great-aunt came back after lunch, I heard that Ouyang Tong went to visit one by one, but all of them ate the closed door soup, I laughed secretly, those ladies can be her mother at an old age, she is so reckless to go, she must suffer losses.
It's just that now it's good, they all know that this newly entered imperial concubine is not welcomed by His Highness the Ninth Highness, and even the concubines in the palace don't pay attention to her, presumably Gu Yan entered the palace, and it is inevitable that he will be taught a lesson by the holy ear.
In early spring, I often saw Ouyang Tong standing outside Gu Yan's study with a food box, and I greeted her and entered the study.
Gu Yan's study has never allowed people to enter casually, but I am an exception, Ouyang Tong saw me coming and going freely, I was afraid that I had already hated my teeth in my heart, but on the surface she greeted me with a kind attitude, until the fourth time, she could no longer bear it, invited me to her courtyard, and asked me in a branchy manner: "Why does Your Highness often invite Sister Yu to the study to wait in recent days?" ”
Her implication was: Why does Your Highness put me a concubine and ask you to wait for you every day?
I had long been waiting for her to take the initiative to come to me, and I did not want to go around the bend with her, and said bluntly: "Concubines know what Niangniang wants in her heart, but she respects Her Highness as she has the same heart, but Niangniang needs to understand that your cousin is the imperial concubine today, and the eighth prince has not yet married, but you have promised to the Ninth Highness, with your identity, how can Your Highness believe you?" ”
On the second day of the new marriage, whether it was knocking on the concubines, or making soup to please Gu Jue on the day, all of them were the actions taught to her by her family, and she was a little girl who had never been in the world, but she had just become a good bridge for Gu Jue to win over the Ouyang family.
Ouyang Tong was a little flustered, she couldn't imagine that she was married to Gu Jue, and she would involve so many people in the meantime, tightly squeezing the silk spar in her hand, biting her lip, and said: "My grandfather, never let me do anything sorry for His Highness, only teach me to live a peaceful life with His Highness." ”
I smiled and said, "Niangniang's mind is simple, I am afraid that she will be used by people with hearts, but the concubines and Her Highness are willing to believe Niangniang, but on the side of the lords who participate in politics, if they do not make some expressions, I am afraid it will be difficult to convince Her Highness." ”
Ouyang Tongcheng was not deep, but she was also a wise person, and she understood that if she wanted to sit firmly in the seat of the Ninth Imperial Princess, then her father must show loyalty to Gu Jue.
Before leaving, Ouyang Tong grabbed my hand and said sincerely, "Please tell Your Highness that my grandfather is a shu out, the family was not close to the imperial concubine in the early years, and has not been in contact for many years, and my father is even more dedicated to the people, and has not tried to help the eighth prince to do things." ”
I clapped her hands and said, "Niangniang is assured, the concubine will tell Her Highness the truth." ”
After this incident, Gu Yan also often went to sit with Ouyang Tong after the lower dynasty, and this frost-like relationship between husband and wife seemed to have spring rain opening up and gradually eased up.
11
When the love is deep, I call Gu Jue "Nine Brothers".
Furong tent is warm, night and night spring supper, Gu Yan told me that he wants a me and his child.
I smiled at him and said, there will be, we will have children, we will grow old with white heads.
It's just that whenever he touched the scar on my back, there was always some throbbing, and the movements were soft, kissing the corners of my eyes, and the eyes were as gentle as the moonlight, I hummed out loud, and asked him softly: "Brother Nine, when will Yu'er be able to avenge her father and brother?" ”
It took him a long time to reply, "Soon, it will be successful." ”
He didn't see the smile on the corner of my mouth, or the tears that fell from my side.
The Eighth Prince was seriously injured in the autumn hunt, his legs were disabled, he was depressed all day, his temper became more and more grumpy, Xiang Guo was old, and after the wind and cold did not heal in late autumn, he actually had signs of a stroke, and for a time the Eight Princes and a party in the court were leaderless, and there were many political discords in the court, and half a year later, Xiang Guo was seriously ill and could not be cured, so he resigned from the holy country and moved his family south to raise his family.
Since the autumn, Gu Yan often returned late at night, and when he was drunk at night, I pretended to be unwell and pushed the work of taking care of him to Ouyang Tong.
The red plum in the perching pavilion bloomed early, and it was just in winter when the branches were full of buds, and I smiled and told my great-aunt that in seven or eight days, we would be able to roast the charcoal fire and admire the plums under the eaves.
It was also the day when the plum blossoms first bloomed, Gu Yan rushed into my house with a prescription, drove out all the people in the courtyard, squeezed my wrist and asked me: "Jiang Folding Yu, what medicine are you drinking?" ”
I was dragged a little painfully, and I had tears in my eyes before I asked him, "Your Highness knows?" ”
"Why, exactly, do you want to drink this medicine?" His voice was a little hoarse, and the hand holding the prescription was squeezed to the bone, and he should be very heartbroken.
The tears in my eyes fell at the right time, and I buried my head in his shoulder before I said, "Does Your Highness know?" My body has long been unable to have children, as early as the Road family, I drank a bowl of this medicine after having sex with Lu Jingnian, the doctor said, even if I have a child, it is difficult to give birth, I do not want His Highness to be sad, so I will continue to drink this medicine, I am afraid that when I have a child and lose it, it will cause His Highness to be sad. ”
I was moved, my voice was choking, Gu Yan finally released my wrist, gently wrapped around me, as if begging: "Yu'er, don't drink any more medicine, I ask the best doctor under the heavens to show you, we will definitely have our own children." ”
I suppressed my body trembling and replied, "Yu'er listens to Your Highness." ”
That whole winter, the Qi Qiao Pavilion was filled with a strong smell of medicine, and all kinds of mountain treasure tonics appeared on my dinner table continuously, and when it came to spring, my entire waist was rounded, and Gu Jue touched my waist and quipped: "This is better." ”
In early spring, the weather warmed up, and the three princes sealed the king of Zhou and went to the fiefdom of Jizhou, and the situation in the dprk and China suddenly became clear.
Jizhou is remote, and the three princes are afraid that it will be difficult to return to Beijing in this life, and gradually rumors have spread that the three princes were sent to Jizhou because they killed the eighth prince during the hunt last autumn.
It's just that this is a royal secret after all, and the rumors were quickly stopped, but the prince, who was proud of the spring breeze, often feasted on the courtiers in the restaurant, Gu Yan served in the official department, busy with the matter of this summer's examination, and had not feasted with the prince for a long time.
I knew that this prince would soon be folded in the hands of his ninth brother, whom he despised the most.
The praying mantis catches cicadas, and the yellow finch is behind, and Gu Yan has always played the identity of this yellow finch very well.
Just like he seems to be doing things for the prince, in fact, he has long secretly enlisted the power of the prince's subordinates with his own subordinates, he is extremely clever, so clever that I am afraid several times that I will not be able to deceive him.
Gu Jue followed the prince since he was a child, advised him, confessed his mistakes and blocked the punishment for him, instigated him to put a dark needle on the saddle of the eighth prince on the autumn hunt, and helped him to shift the blame to the third prince after the fact, and finally, Gu Jue could still pick himself clean.
To this last step, the group of courtiers has written a letter to impeach the prince for personal gaining and raising private soldiers.
When the crown prince was imprisoned in the Eastern Palace, Gu Yan came to me and asked, "Yu'er, you can take revenge immediately, are you happy?" ”
I took his hand and smiled, "Yu'er is happy, and she is also happy for Your Highness, who can finally become a prince." ”
"When I ascend the throne smoothly, Yu'er will be my empress."
"Then Your Highness may say that he is well and will not repent."
"A gentleman's word, a horse is difficult to chase."
"Nine brothers, ten horses are difficult to chase!"
12
Shengshang was sick, Gu Yan was ordered to go to the palace to serve the sick, and I secretly went to the East Palace.
The prince was imprisoned for more than a month, the East Palace was not as beautiful as it was at the beginning, there were only a few palace people and maids, I sneaked in from the side door, easily bypassed the guards, when I saw the prince, his appearance in addition to the chinese clothes on his body, was not as good as the beggar who asked for food outside the capital.
There was a bottle of wine on the desk, and the porcelain pieces scattered on the ground were mostly the blue glaze burned the previous year, I stepped on the porcelain pieces, and the prince seemed to be relieved, squinting his eyes up and down to look at me, and then lowered his head, and muffled: "Get out, you are not allowed to enter the room of the palace!" ”
I walked over to him, bent down, and asked him, "Does Your Royal Highness the Crown Prince remember the Jiang King's Mansion?" ”
"What Jiang Wangfu?" You, get out of this palace! His voice was a little hoarse, and when he spoke, his mouth was full of wine.
"It doesn't matter if you don't remember, drink this bottle of wine, and Your Highness will be able to go underground to meet them." As I spoke, I picked up the wine bottle on the table, poured the first powder into it, shook it well, and looked directly into his eyes, saying: "Your Highness should remember, Jiang Wangxing, the chief military commander of the Jiang family in Beizhou, Jiang Ze, the grand duke of the Jiang family, and Jiang Rong, the second son, remember that they all died because of you!" ”
He finally remembered something, his face showed panic, and he looked at the wine bottle in my hand, shook his head and stepped back weakly, and said in his mouth: "Not the palace, no, it is the idea of the Ninth Brother and Tan Zaishang, not the palace, not the palace that harms them!" ”
I stepped forward and kicked him in the chest, and he slammed into the pillar with such force that I was about to shout, so I grabbed him by the chin and poured the wine into his throat, and when the wine was almost full, I drew out a white silk and wrapped it around his neck until he was no longer lifeless.
I let out a long breath, but when I stood up again, my legs were a little weak, and when I walked out of the house, the prince had been hung on the beam by me, and as soon as the prince was killed, he lost my hand.
Out of the East Palace, I went to the gate of the Jiang King's Mansion, at this time this mansion has been hung with a plaque of zengfu, it is said that a rich merchant bought it, for many years living in simplicity, very mysterious.
I prostrated myself deeply into the house, lying on the ground, unwilling to get up for a long time.
Father, daughter is soon, and will soon be able to avenge you.
The next day, when the news came out that the crown prince had hanged himself in the Eastern Palace, Shengshang was angry and fainted, and the investigation of the case fell to Gu Jue.
The case is simple, but the case was closed in three days, because tan Zaishang, the old department of the prince, was killed in retaliation for the prince's murder of him, and after the case was closed, the prince was still buried by the prince, and the Tan family was imprisoned, and the autumn was beheaded.
Gu Yan was busy for three days without closing his eyes, and only when he returned to the palace did he come to the Qi Pavilion, and he asked me: "Why do you want to do it without permission?" ”
I turned my head to the side and asked, "Doesn't Your Highness think that this two birds with one stone is brilliant?" ”
When I killed the prince, I deliberately left evidence, whether it was to crush the porcelain pieces, poison and then use white aya, all in order to lead the spearhead to the Tan family, Gu Yan understood my thoughts, even if the evidence was insufficient and there were many doubts, he would also sit on the Tan family's charges.
But I knew that if I didn't do it, he wouldn't attack the Tan family so easily, he was bent on the throne, and how could he kill the Tan family, who still had use value?
Gu Yan looked exhausted, sitting on a chair, closing his eyes and rubbing his eyebrows, I don't know if he blamed me, but I knew that my hypocrisy towards him was coming to an end.
After such a stalemate for a long time, I slowly said, "Presumably, your highness will soon be able to crown the crown prince!" I walked over to him and said softly, "Your Highness is tired, so go to rest first, and Yu'er should prepare wine and dishes first, so I should congratulate Your Highness in advance." ”
For a long time, Gu Yan responded with a deep "Hmm", and I helped him into the back room, took care of him sleeping, and then slowly went to the dining room.
13
The moon is sunny, the silver light sprinkled in the lotus pond reflects the stars in the sky, the breeze blows, and the veil in the pavilion floats, which is a good scenery.
There were more than ten good dishes on the stone table, a pot of good wine, I wore a white dress, sat on the railing to feed the fish, when Gu Jue came, the great-aunt just brought the fish soup up.
Gu Jue sat down, and my great-aunt also retired, so I filled Gu Jue with a bowl of fish soup and said, "Your Highness's favorite drink is good when it is hot." ”
Gu Yan smiled and quipped, "Yu'er is becoming more virtuous." ”
I laughed, filled my glass with wine, and asked him, "Does Your Highness still think I am like her?" ”
Gu Yan was stunned and asked, "Like whom?" ”
"In the southern courtyard, the taozhi girl who loves her wife Taozhi."
Gu Yan put the bowl down, but there was a deeper smile on his face, and he said to me: "It turns out that Yu'er is vinegar, I have no dead wife, that girl was once the prince's sweetheart, after the father was angry, he hid people in my house, after the girl died, the prince also carved a tablet in that courtyard, and often came to pay tribute every year." ”
For some reason, when I heard the truth, I felt some pain in my heart, and asked him: "If it is not because of the Taozhi girl, then why are you, why are you emotional to me?" ”
Gu Yan got up and walked over to me, took my hand, his eyes were affectionate and determined, and replied: "I am emotional for you, I have never had anything to do with others, I love you, just because you are Jiang Folding Yu, worthy of my deep love of Jiang Folding Yu." ”
I suddenly felt heartache and looked to the north, afraid to look back at Xiang Gu.
How can this be? How could he really fall in love with me?
Thinking of my dead father and brother, I couldn't help but cry, Gu Yan was a little flustered, wanted to hug me, I pushed him away with some helplessness, and asked: "Gu Jue, if you had known that you would fall in love with me, would you still kill my father and brother?" ”
"Have you ever felt a little guilty about the Jiang family?"
"Have you almost forgotten that it was you who imitated the secret letter written by the prince, that you had secret contact with Tan Zaishang, and that it had always been your hands, stained with the blood of my father and brother."
"All of you are not innocent, you have killed my family, and I want you to pay your blood debts!"
In my questioning, Gu Jue's eyes changed from surprise to fear, he may not have thought that I knew him so well, when he showed me the evidence, I noticed that something was wrong, and later in the day and night, I deliberately pondered his handwriting thoroughly, only to find that it was different, like a cocoon, and found evidence that he deceived me.
"Yu'er you..." Gu Yan said before he spoke, he spewed out a mouthful of blood from his mouth, he stepped on the blood in his eyes, reached out and grabbed the corner of my skirt, struggled for half a moment, and then said with difficulty: "It's me..... I can't stand you. ”
When I saw him like this, I didn't know why the sting in my chest was getting heavier, and I looked at the fish soup left in Gu Yan's bowl, and I was about to pick up the bowl to drink it, but I don't know why he suddenly had the strength to push me away and overturned all the wine and dishes on the table.
Gu Jue reached out and hugged me, but his body fell straight to the ground, my legs were weak, and he fell to the ground with him, he grabbed my hand tightly, and said: "Yu'er, don't die, you want to live, you have to hate me all the time, you have to live well, don't, don't forget me." ”
Gu Yan's eyes gradually scattered, I used a lead machine to scatter, when killing the fish, the fish was in the flesh, the amount was enough, half a quarter of an hour can kill people, but I somehow regretted it.
Try to restrain the love that surges in your heart, and tell yourself with the only reason you have left, that this is an enemy, an enemy that you absolutely cannot fall in love with.
"Yu'er, I never regret loving you."
This was the last sentence gu yan said to me before he died, but I only slowly said it after he died: "Gu Jue, I was also emotional." ”
Life is a love obsession, and this hatred is not related to the wind and the moon.
I rode on the little white horse that Gu Jue gave me, all the way north, when the pursuing soldiers arrived, I had already arrived in Beizhou, my home was in Beizhou, and I also wanted my love for Gu Jue to stay in Beizhou.
If there is an afterlife, can I not be Jiang Folding Yu, can you not be Gu Yan, we meet again, and love each other again. (Original title: "Hate anger")
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