Minglan gathered up her green squirrel coat with gold and silver tangled flowers, and sat in a half-pavilion hall with doors and windows open on all sides. In the middle of the room was a copper stove with the word "Fu" on it, and the charcoal fire was burning brightly.
Wang, there is a small copper kettle with a long mouth and a bat pattern placed on the barrel stove on one side, which is boiling water.
Minglan chewed on a fat melon and had to admit that Ms. Hualan had really good intentions.
This is a hall that is open on all sides, built in a small pond. In summer, the doors and windows on all four sides are removed to form a pavilion. It is surrounded by water on three sides, and the passage on one side is vast. There is no hiding place within a hundred steps, and there is absolutely no one.
If you can eavesdrop, you can see clearly what the people in the hall are doing wherever you look.
And as of now, it seems that this place has been cleared out a long time ago. Except for the maid who led her in, Minglan didn't see anyone else, and the maid who led the way also disappeared.
Minglan waited for the upcoming situation with a mentality of "the wind is rustling and the water is cold"; when Minglan bit the fourteenth melon, a tall figure came from a distance, Minglan's eyelids
I jumped a few times and continued to eat melon.
Great, she also has something to ask him.
After a while, the man braved the wind, frost and cold and walked into the hall against the light. He walked with his head held high. He was seven or eight steps away from Minglan. He held a fist with his bare hands and said with a smile: "Long time no see."
Minglan narrowed her eyes slightly. Today, Gu Tingye wore a rain-stained sky-blue brocade cotton robe, with white fox armpit hair around the collar and cuffs. The brocade-covered robe was covered with brocaded dark patterns, and his waist was tied with a thick brocade belt inlaid with dark silver and jade.
He was wearing a black fur cloak. This kind of thick fur cloak had to be worn by tall and burly men to look good. Civil servants like Sheng Hong couldn't hold up such momentum, and were weighed down by the clothes.
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Minglan stood up, bowed her hands respectfully and returned the greeting, with a smile on her face: "Second cousin, long time no see."
Then, Minglan was very happy to see Gu Tingye's lips twitching; Gu Tingye stopped talking, stretched out his hand to pull off his big cloak and put it aside casually, turned around and walked to sit down on a chair opposite Minglan. The two were about five or six steps apart, facing each other.
And sit.
Gu Tingye looked at Minglan, and then at the empty tea bowl on the small table in front of him. Seeing that Minglan didn't seem to have any intention of renting it to him, he took the teapot and drank a cup of boiling water, and then said in a deep voice: "You and I are about to
Now that you're married, don't scream indiscriminately from now on."
Minglan clenched her fists and tried to hold back her anger. Although the man in front of her was smiling, he spoke slowly and lowly. There was blood in his eyes under his long eyelids, the kind of man who was born in a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood.
Murderous aura is hard to conceal.
Minglan endured it for a long time and then said slowly and calmly: "Minglan didn't understand what my second cousin said at all. Minglan has been raised by the old lady since she was a child, and the old lady didn't even mention the marriage."
Gu Tingye frowned and said, "Marriage is an important matter decided by parents."
Minglan said: "Then Minglan will wait for her parents to speak."
There was a moment of silence in the hall. Gu Tingye stared at Minglan. Minglan turned to look at the scenery outside. Gu Tingye raised an eyebrow. Under the side light, the clothes on his eyebrows reflected a light blue color. He said quietly: "Are you angry?"
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Minglan started laughing: "It's okay, it's okay. ~"
Gu Tingye took a deep breath: "I told you on the Huaiyin River that I don't want to listen to perfunctory lies."
Minglan immediately shut her mouth like a river clam.
Seeing Minglan's tight little face, Gu Tingye felt a headache, so he had to calm down slightly: "I know you are angry, but you have to talk openly about everything. There is no way to hold back and be angry. Treat each other with sincerity.
That’s the truth.”
Gu Tingye persuaded earnestly, and his tone was like an adult coaxing a child. Seeing that the problem could not be solved by coaxing, Minglan almost laughed three times, then turned around and said with a smile: "Tell the truth to those who tell the truth.
Treat each other with sincerity; telling the truth to someone who doesn't tell the truth will hurt your brain; Governor Gu thinks Minglan looks a little stupid?"
Gu Tingye smiled slightly when he heard Minglan changed his name. Hearing her teasing tone, he felt itchy in his heart and said, "Of course you're not stupid." He glanced at Minglan's fingers on the table, the shiny black wood.
There were white, fat and tender little fingers on the top with transparent pink sleeves. He couldn't help but cough slightly and said seriously, "You accuse me of being untrue. Where do you start?"
Minglan glared: "Let's start with Governor Gu's marriage proposal."
Gu Tingye looked solemnly and looked at Minglan intently. His eyes were deep and dark, which made Minglan's heart go crazy. However, she had seen a serial murderer in the criminal court, so how could she withstand such a frightening gaze?
After watching for a long time, Gu Tingye slowly said: "Have you guessed it?"
His voice was calm, but he could not hide his commanding tone.
Minglan nodded and said, "You are not the kind of person who would do well without fish or shrimp."
At first, Minglan thought that Gu Tingye was going for Ru Lan, his legitimate daughter, but who knew that the muzzle of the gun was turned and it turned into herself. Minglan didn't believe a word of Sheng Hong's story. Although she hadn't met her a few times, she still couldn't believe it.
Every time she encountered Gu Tingye's marriage dispute, she knew intuitively that Gu Tingye would not just marry a daughter to the Sheng family. He must know which one he wanted to marry.
Gu Tingye pondered for a moment, looking at Minglan with a rather complicated look. After a while, he slowly said: "It starts with you throwing mud." "Ah?" Minglan was confused, "What are you talking about?"
What?"
"Don't you want to know when I started to make plans for you?" Gu Tingye repeated with a smile in his eyes: "I tell you, it started when you threw mud at your sister."
Minglan's face was covered with sleeves, and she stood up slapping the table. A few veins popped up on her forehead, and she almost shouted: "Who asked you this!!"
"Oh, you don't want to know this." Gu Tingye leaned sideways on the chair, covered his mouth with the back of his hand, and laughed softly. Only at this time did he lose some of his killer aura and show a bit of dignity.
The nobility of the noble family.
Minglan tried her best to adjust her breath and slowly let the dizziness on her face fade away. The most taboo thing about the battle between the two armies was getting angry. Calm down, calm down... After finally settling down, Minglan stared at Gu Tingye and said quietly: "You...
Did you want to marry me from the beginning?"
Gu Tingye nodded slowly and firmly.
Minglan couldn't help shouting: "Then just go and propose marriage? What are you doing out here causing so much trouble?" It almost cost the lives of Little Magpie and Ru Lan.
Gu Tingye asked back: "Are you willing?"
Minglan's tone was choked, she paused, and then quickly said: "It's not up to me to say anything about marriage, as long as my parents agree. (·~)"
Gu Tingye asked again: "Is your old lady willing?"
Minglan was choked for breath again, her face was a little embarrassed, and she was speechless for a moment.
Gu Tingye picked up the tea bowl and took a sip. He held the saucer firmly with three slender fingers and placed it on the table before saying: "It is not easy to get married, but it is too difficult to reject a marriage. Qi Dafei, seniority
There is something wrong... any excuse can be used, not to mention that I have always been misbehaving. Your old lady has a bad temper and refuses to do it, and neither does your father."
Minglan couldn't help but laugh a little, and said with a slight smile: "You know yourself quite well."
Unexpectedly, Gu Tingye was quite thick-skinned and could not hear Minglan's sarcasm at all. He said seriously: "It's important for people to know themselves. I still have this benefit."
Unable to ridicule him, Minglan was secretly depressed and hummed: "It took a lot of effort."
"It's okay, it's okay." Gu Tingye imitated Minglan's tone and also said haha.
Minglan thought of He Hongwen and felt that it would be better to explain it once today, otherwise there will be endless troubles. After hesitating for a long time, she finally gritted her teeth and said: "Then...then do you know...do you know about the He family? My grandmother has...
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"I know." Gu Tingye quickly interrupted Minglan's words, his face was calm, but his tone was quite unhappy.
"You know...?!" Minglan said in disbelief, "Then you still...still...come to propose marriage?!"
Gu Tingye said confidently: "So what? It's your family's business who you marry your daughter to, and it's my family's business whether to propose marriage; as for the He family..." There seemed to be a bit of disdain on his cold face, and he said resolutely, "You didn't
fate."
Minglan laughed angrily, finally straightened up, and sneered three times: "Ha, ha, ha! Yue Lao's sleeve thread shop is owned by your family. If you say there is no fate, then there is no fate?!"
Gu Tingye laughed loudly. After the laughter subsided, he looked deeply into Minglan's eyes and said slowly: "Fate is half given by God and half is your own blessing. You are a smart man and know it very well.
I'm right, you are indeed not destined."
Minglan stopped laughing and her heart sank.
She and He Hongwen had known each other for a long time, and the old lady had also had the intention of getting married for a long time. After returning to the capital from Youyang for the first time, Old Madam Sheng checked He Hongwen's talents and talents while looking around.
After careful comparison among the young men, they still felt that He Hongwen was the best, and the He family also agreed. Seeing that both parties were satisfied, Mrs. Sheng planned to arrange the marriage for Minglan first, but who knew that at the end of autumn that year?
, the "Shenchen Incident" broke out, and immediately there was chaos in the capital, many people were killed, and marriages were delayed.
Then, the eldest lady was critically ill, and Mrs. Sheng went to Youyang to visit, and the marriage was delayed again; then, Minglan also went to Youyang, originally planning to return to Beijing after the eldest lady's funeral, but Jing Tan
The rebellion broke out, and the chaos spread across several governor's offices for thousands of miles. It was not until May of the second year of Chongde that he could return to Beijing.
However, as soon as he returned to Beijing, he encountered a scandal involving Cao's cousin. The old lady was so angry that the marriage was delayed again. Then, after twists and turns, it has been delayed for half a year. And then, Gu Tingye took over the plan of Cheng Yajin.
Fight your way in.
As for regrets, Minglan felt that most of the time it was God's will. As for not regrets, if He Hongwen had been more straightforward and set the etiquette earlier, Gu Tingye would not be able to jump up and down; after the constant quarrels between her and He Hongwen,
In the calculation of Qi, perhaps the fate between them has been exhausted.
Thinking of this, Minglan felt slightly sad - wait a moment, her heart suddenly moved, she raised her head suddenly, looked at the man in front of her, and said suspiciously: "How do you know so well? You...could it be...you also tampered with the He family? Then Cao Cao
Home!"
There is one thing that Minglan has thought about for a long time, but has not thought about it deeply. Liangzhou is located in the northwest. Even if Pegasus delivers the amnesty report, it will take four or five months to reach Liangzhou. With a family like the Cao family,
Of course, they don’t have much money, so they have to walk at least twice as long to return to the capital. However, the Cao family can hardly return to the capital in less than a year, unless...
Gu Tingye did not deny it and said calmly: "That's right. The Caobang water transport went down the river. I asked the Shi brothers to send them back to the capital by ship."
This time Minglan didn't even have the energy to get angry, she just stared at him with her mouth open. Gu Tingye frowned and asked: "Do you hope that after you get engaged to the He family, or even after you get married, the Cao family will come to look for trouble again?!" He said without any shame.
, "The sooner the pustules are opened, the better. You have to thank me for this."
Minglan sat down slumped, her mind in confusion, she looked out the window, then at Gu Tingye, and said dumbly: "Thank you."
Gu Tingye replied with a smile: "You're welcome."
The girl's skin is already very white, and she doesn't like makeup, so she only applies a thin layer of balm. The winter sunlight shines into the hall, which makes her skin as fragile as white rice paper, as if it will break if touched.
, a few strands of crow-feather-like jet-black hair were scattered softly on the temples, as beautiful and bright as a bud growing out of a clump.
And those eyes, those eyes, Gu Tingye looked at her quietly. It seemed that he had fallen in love with these eyes a long time ago. They were dark and dark, as quiet as a clear spring, but with a strange flame.
It seemed to be anger, it seemed to be disappointment, the alternation of light and dark, and the unpredictable changes made him thrilling and frightened, not to mention other things.
Minglan's mind turned over and over again, and after thinking for a long time, the first thing was done, the next thing is important, she corrected her attitude again, turned her head and smiled at Gu Tingye: "Thank you very much, Commander-in-Chief, for your kind words; but... it's still early
That's all. I'm afraid I won't be a good wife. She will be neither virtuous nor docile, and will have countless bad habits. I also ask the Governor to think carefully."
Gu Tingye raised his lips and smiled: "Now that the matter is over, everyone has already known about Gu Sheng's marriage. Your sister still has someone named Wen to marry, but what about you? Don't say that you would rather give in to the He family!"
Minglan's anger surged, and all kinds of grievances could no longer be endured. She stood up and sneered: "If I dare to marry you, I just fell into a honey vat. There is nothing wrong with everything!"
Gu Tingye also stood up quickly, and his tall and slender figure took a few steps forward. The shadow that followed shrouded Minglan's whole body. Minglan couldn't bear to take even half a step back. Gu Tingye smiled proudly and said loudly: "I
I don’t dare to say that marrying me is a great thing, but I dare to point my finger at the sky and say that after marrying me, you will never be wronged or depressed again!”
Minglan became even angrier and sneered again and again: "General Gu, don't think too much. Minglan has grown up in fine clothes and fine food. She has never been aggrieved and depressed, and she has never asked others to act as a hero to save me from the fire and water!"
Gu Tingye was not angry either. He just stared at Minglan quietly with his deep eyes and said word by word: "No, you lied. You have always been depressed. You are still feeling wronged even today. You look down on those concubines."
It’s a stinky rule, but you have to follow it. You are obviously excellent at everything, but you always have to be humble and don’t dare to stand out at all! That’s why I picked the He family who is neither good nor bad!"
Minglan was furious. She had no idea that her eyes were red. She just sneered loudly: "Surprise?! Everyone in this world has to accept their fate. Don't accept your fate?! Humph! The fourth prince of the late emperor did not accept his fate. What's the result? A cup of poison.
Wine! The Sixth Prince did not accept his fate, so he was demoted to an ordinary clan! King Jing and Tan Wang did not accept their fate, and now their heads are missing!... You grown men are like this, let alone a little girl like me! What do I have!
If you don’t want to understand, how can you live?”
She doesn't like embroidery, there are tiny wounds on her fingers, she doesn't like Wang's Aunt Lin and Mo Lan, she doesn't like having to laugh when she's unhappy, she doesn't like pretending to be cute and well-behaved in front of annoying people, she doesn't like anything new
She had to let others choose her clothes and good things first, and she had to pretend to be stupid if she didn't like any grievances... There were many things she didn't like, but she had to pretend to like them all!
What can I do? She has to live!
Gu Tingye took a step forward without giving in at all, pressing forward step by step: "Yes, you understand it too well! You are smart, you are transparent, you have seen everything clearly, so you don't dare to take a step beyond the bounds. But you
But you can't calm down in your heart; you are angry, you are unwilling, but you are helpless, you are wronged, you are depressed, but you can only pretend to be stupid, perfunctory everywhere, always be careful, forcing yourself to be an impeccable sixth girl of the Sheng family
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Minglan was trembling all over, whether from anger or fear. Her vest was covered in cold sweat, and her fingers dug deeply into her palms. It was like an old wound that had been scarred and was being uncovered again. The bloody wound had never been seen before.
To recover, she wanted to scream, she wanted to cry, so everything was stuck in her throat, and she stood there, in a dilemma, letting her eyes become wet and hot.
Ten years in an ancient boudoir, half a lifetime of dreaming about her past life, she has been pretending for too long, acting too into the show, she has forgotten how to really cry, how to curse wantonly, and she has forgotten that she is not Sheng Minglan, she
It turns out to be, Yao Yiyi.
Gu Tingye saw Minglan's face covered with tears, and felt inexplicably sour in his heart. He took another step forward, straightened his body, deeply clasped his fists and cupped his hands, raised his head, and said in a clear voice with a bit of hoarseness, but the words were clear: "I admire you."
You have been with me for a long time, and I would like to take you as my wife, and entrust you with my husband, so that I can have a long line of heirs for the rest of your life!"
With tears in her eyes, Minglan only saw Gu Tingye's serious and sincere face, and she was at a loss for a moment.
Gu Tingye looked directly at Minglan with his expectant eyes, scorching and bright: "I dare not say that I want you to live a life like a fairy, but as long as I am here, I will never let you be wronged! I am the best among men.
My dear, you can be the oldest among women!"
Every word is sonorous and has a ringing sound.
Minglan was startled, and before she knew it, her face became cold. She stretched out her hand to touch it, and it was filled with tears.
Because she is awake, she suffers, because she understands, she is bleak. There is always despair at the end of hope. She dare not hope, dare not expect. When everyone is awake, I am drunk alone. I am just wearing shackles, stepping on the tip of a knife, and walking through with a silly smile.
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This damn ancient time!
The author has something to say: Monday is closed, as everyone knows.
The third volume of the novel is finished with one or two chapters, plus two additional chapters.