This year, as in previous years, she made mooncakes early, prepared pastries and tea fruits, and prepared everything for the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet of the two families.

But her father told her that the Gu family couldn't celebrate the holiday with them.

Jiang Hechuan also told her that the Gu family sisters and brothers had set up a bureau in Jiangyue Tower tonight, and they had to go to the Jin Palace's mansion for a banquet, and they had to let their father and daughter help keep an eye on it.

Father told me that this is related to Gu Qinghuan's career, and it is a very important section, so she naturally doesn't dare to be sloppy. Later, Jiang Hechuan was entertaining other distinguished guests downstairs, and she paid special attention to the largest private room on the third floor.

In the middle of the night, she listened to the sound downstairs gradually evacuated, it was the guests who left after the banquet, and then the staggered sound in the private room also stopped. She walked out of the pavilion and watched a man in a second-class official uniform drunk and unconscious, and the other officials said goodbye to him, and then he was helped by the attendants into the guest room downstairs.

That is, the goal of the Gu family's sisters and brothers, Zheng Zhiyang, the secretary of the ministry.

After nightfall, there were few people in Jiangyue Building, and there was no light in the lobby, and the steward took people to sweep and clean up all rooms in each building. She went down and wanted to look on the fourth floor to see what was happening in the room.

Walking down, on the stairs, I saw Yang Rong'an, who I hadn't seen for a long time, sitting on the side of the corridor on the third floor and pouring himself a drink, so he walked towards him and stopped in front of him, "Yang Gongzi, it's late at night, it's time to go home, let's drink less wine." ”

Yang Rongan looked up and saw her, his expression was sudden, at this time he was drunk and smoky, the strength of the wine and the heaviness of his heart, he was already confused: "String song...... Miss String Song...... Is it really you? You're still willing to ignore me, you're still willing to talk to me? That's good......"

Jiang Xiange's heart was also sour, Yang Rong'an was also a good person, what did he do wrong? He was not wrong about anything...... It's just that you shouldn't come to this Jiangyue Tower, you shouldn't fall in love with Qinyin, and you shouldn't be her bosom friend......

"Young Master Yang, you have always been a bosom friend in Xiange, how can I ignore you? I also hope that you will live a better life and stop bothering yourself because of me. She persuaded sincerely.

These words entered his ears, like silk swirling, beautiful and warm, he looked at her, revealing a hard smile: "Miss Xiange, do you know how difficult it is to let go of you?"

He pointed to the wound on his forehead and said: "Look here, it was Qing Huan who beat me, because I proposed to you, he can fight with me, how much Qing Huan cares about you, he is desperate for you, in order to marry you, he can give up everything." In fact...... I can too, but I don't want Qinghuan to suffer, and I don't want you to bother you...... I just want to thank you, you still treat me as a friend, you and Qinghuan...... It's all friends I don't want to lose......"

Honest and sparse, a good Yang Gongzi.

She really admired Yang Rongan like this, but she also began to feel scared, afraid of what he said about Gu Qinghuan.

Qinghuan is too obsessed......

She's too obsessed......

Yang Rongan was very drunk, Jiang Xiange persuaded him to go to the guest room to rest, and the two stood on the corridor, but they didn't know that on the fence on the fourth floor above their heads, there was a person.

A black shadow fell violently from their side, accompanied by a terrible scream, smashing to the ground on the first floor, their bodies upside down, their heads falling to the ground first, and they fell into a blur of flesh and blood in the lobby on the first floor of Jiang Yue Building.

That's, Zheng Zhiyang.

"Ahh

Jiang Xiange screamed in horror, as if he was so frightened that his soul and seven souls were scattered, he didn't dare to look at the miserable situation downstairs, but he couldn't help but look at it......

In the moment after the tragedy, Yang Rongan didn't care about her own fright, but only hugged her in panic, protected her face, and didn't let her look at the terrifying situation below.

"String song, don't be afraid, it's okay, it's okay......"

……

That night, not long after this, she came to the Gu Mansion, and came here to bring them two news, one is that Zheng Zhiyang died due to poison mania in Jiangyue Tower, and the other is that she is going to get married.

When she told Gu Qinghuan about the latter, Gu Qinghuan was not as noisy and sad as she feared.

He just took a step back pausedly, no longer happy, his eyes glazed, looked at her, and asked very calmly, "Why...... Why? Yang Rong'an? Didn't you reject him before? Why are you willing to marry him again?"

She lowered her eyes, "Before, it was because I didn't think it through, but now I ......"

Her wandering gaze fell on the other Gu family members standing in front of her, and a broken crystal light flashed in her gloomy eyes, leaving only a wry smile of unknown meaning: "I figured it out, born as a woman, I have to marry after all, and Rong An ...... He is the person I should marry the most, he is the most suitable...... He's the only one I can marry......"

Gu Qinghuan looked at her, listened to her words, pursed his lips tightly, suddenly laughed, and nodded: "Yes, yes, Rong An is fine...... He's the best ...... for you."

Turning solemnly, "Xian Ge, is this really your heartfelt will?"

Her hesitation flickered with her gaze without a trace, and no one could catch it, only to see her nodding, "Yes, that's what I want." ”

"Good. He always smiled, generously took her shoulder, and hugged her hard: "Okay, Xiange, I bless you, I wish you, you and Rong An will have a good life in the future." ”

When he let go of her, he was so light-hearted.

Jiang Xiange felt a little relaxed, but fortunately it didn't make him sad, too, today's Gu Qinghuan is no longer just an impulsive and irritable scholar boy who has just started to fall in love, he has entered the officialdom, matured, and become a ruthless officialdom outsider and inside, learning to be tactful, learning to weigh the pros and cons, and learning to handle the severity.

Maybe he also understands that his feelings for her are not so deep and incomparable.

He kept saying, good, good, good, he smiled at her, kept laughing, and then walked away lightly: "I drank a little too much tonight, I'm drunk, Xian Ge, I won't accompany you, you go and share this great news with my father and sister, I'll go to sleep first." ”

He walked away, and Jiang Xiange looked at his back with a sad expression.

Facing Gu Qinghuan, her heart was very heavy, but she knew that it would be even heavier next......

She walked to the other three members of the Gu family, stopped in front of Gu Qingxuan, lowered her cheeks slightly, spoke, and called the most ordinary voice: "Uncle......"

Just now, the three of them watched here, and they didn't hear what they said clearly, only to see Gu Qinghuan smiling and hugging, thinking that it was a good thing, Gu Qingxuan asked: "Xiange, what's wrong? Why did you come here so late?"

She felt that her lips didn't know what was wrong, she couldn't say a word completely, she had prepared so long before she came, she had already said it just now, why was it still so difficult?

It was so difficult that she couldn't help but deal with it with her habitual evasive attitude, and she said, "Oh...... I'm here to deliver news, uncle...... Something big happened, Zheng Zhiyang, the secretary of the ministry, fell from the building and died in our Jiangyue Tower, and at this time, Jiangyue Tower has been blocked by the people of Chang'an Lingyin Mansion. ”

This was really unexpected for them, and they didn't know the blessing or the bad for a while.

But thinking that Gu Qingfeng was still there, they couldn't show anything, Gu Qingxuan and Gu Qingning looked at each other, then looked at Jiang Xiange, and said, "It's really bad that this kind of thing happened...... However, Xiange, don't be afraid, go back and tell your father, your uncle will deal with it, and you Jiangyuelou will be fine. ”

Jiang Xiange really responded unharmed: "Okay, my uncle knows about this, and my father and I can rest assured, and then Xiange will go back." ”

Gu Qingxuan said: "Well, it's late, and I won't leave you much, you came by carriage, right?" Eh, I'm still a little worried, in this way, my uncle asked Qinghuan to accompany you back, and it just so happened that he could also go to Jiangyue Tower to help your father stabilize the group of people in Ling Yin's Mansion first......

She shook her head, put on her cloak and thin hat, and turned around: "No need, uncle, don't worry, it was Consul Zhang who sent me, nothing will happen." The people of Ling Yin's Mansion didn't embarrass us, so we didn't have to bother Qinghuan to take a trip. ”

She was not an outsider, and there was no need to procrastinate, so they sent her out, but they didn't know that she had been talking and stopping.

Before she got into the carriage, Gu Qingfeng muttered, "It's strange, is this what Sister Xiange told her brother about......? Why was my brother so happy just now?"

Jiang Xiange turned his head and looked at Gu Qingxuan, the water in his eyes was covered under the shadow, and it seemed that he naturally picked up Gu Qingfeng's words, and said the most difficult thing to confide in in the most relaxed appearance: "I didn't tell him this, he was happy because, I told him that I was going to get married, and I would marry Yang Rongan Yang Gongzi, so he was happy for me......"

After saying this, she immediately turned her face and entered the canopy without any pause, in order not to let the stunned Gu family see her wanton tears, and urged Consul Zhang to drive faster.

The Gu family was stunned, Gu Qingning thought for a moment, and her first reaction was not to stop her car to ask her about the problem, but suddenly became excited and panicked, turned around and threw herself straight into the door, shouting: "Qinghuan! Qinghuan ......"

When they rushed to Gu Qinghuan's room like crazy, the smell of blood in the room was already strong......

Gu Qinghuan fell on the bookcase, his left hand hanging down on the side of the desk, and an extremely deep cut could be seen on his wrist, flesh and bones were exposed, and blood kept pouring out from the broken tendons, forming a huge lake around him, impregnating the white blades on the ground......

……

At the moment when he saw Gu Qinghuan cut his pulse and commit suicide, Gu Qingning hated Jiang Xiange to death.

No, it can be said that all the Gu family members hate Jiang Xiange to death.

But they hated Gu Qinghuan even more, hating him for that person, abandoning everything in this world, including their dearest family members.

This was another night for the Gu family, and the red of Gu Qinghuan's blood pierced the eyes and hearts of each of them.

Running in a panic, the chickens and dogs were restless, and after a long time, Gu Qinghuan woke up.

When Gu Qingfeng and Gu Qingning saw him open his eyes, they immediately cried into tears.

He is not yet conscious, he realizes that he is not dead, he is still staying in this world, it seems to have a sad color, he doesn't feel the pain, but it is difficult to accept, this is a death-seeking, his heartbeat is still there, and the heartache is still there.

He looked at his grief-stricken family and wept. Gu Qingning took his right hand and spoke to him.

With all the strength he had left, he asked his sister with difficulty, "...... Why not me?"

He wanted to ask, why isn't Jiang Xiange's so-called person who can marry? Even if she just marries someone for the sake of marrying, shouldn't she be her choice?

She knew how much he loved her, and she should know that there was no one in the world who could give her happiness more than him......

But she still didn't choose him......

He once thought that he had a little place in her heart, who would have thought that after so many years of obsession, it was still vain in the end.

"Qinghuan, Qinghuan, don't be like this, don't ......" Gu Qingning choked up in distress.

He closed his eyes, his breath was faint, he knew that he couldn't die, he just wanted to escape the world, he didn't want to accept it all.

He received a hard punch in the face, and bruises immediately appeared on the cheekbones of his pale cheeks.

He was stimulated by this sudden and intense pain, and he had to open his eyes again and see Gu Qingxuan's angry face clearly.

Gu Qingxuan yelled at him: "Bastard! coward!" scolding his fist as if he was about to greet him in the face, the frightened Gu Qingning and Gu Qingfeng hurriedly rushed over to stop him.

Although their father has always been strict, he has almost never done anything to them since he was a child, and now he is beating Gu Qinghuan when he is at his weakest, which shows that he is already angry and out of control.

"Father......" Gu Qinghuan not only didn't blame him for beating himself, but also felt sad, "Father, I'm sorry, I know I shouldn't be ...... like this"

Gu Qingxuan roared at him, "You can die, of course you can die! Anyway, I, Gu Qingxuan, are not only your son! I don't care if you live or die! But Gu Qinghuan! Are you worthy of yourself? Are you willing? If you really take your own life, it is equivalent to living this life without accomplishing anything, and you will end your own life in such a hurry, and you are most sorry for yourself!"

……

The matter of the Gu family did not go out of the mansion, and after dawn, Gu Qinghuan, as usual, got up early with his family to prepare to go to the court.

After all, they still have big things to face today.

In fact, no one in the Gu family slept this night, only when he was half-asleep, he was considered to have rested for a while, and Gu Qingning and Gu Qingfeng almost did not leave his bed.

And Gu Qingxuan, in the study, sat in front of the black and white chess pieces all night.

After Gu Qinghuan woke up, when he said that he was going to get up and go to the court, Gu Qingning hesitated and was a little uneasy, but he still agreed. The sister and brother carefully helped him clean up, he drank the medicine, supported his weak body, came to the study, bowed to Gu Qingxuan, said nothing else, only knocked three times.

Gu Qingxuan supported his numb body, went to help him get up, no longer cold, his eyes were the kindness and distress of a father, stroked the bruises on his face, carefully opened the wide sleeves of his official uniform, and saw that he was wrapped in a thick gauze bandage, and it seemed that he could still see the shocking blood-red wound from last night, and the green tendons on his forehead twitched.

"Qinghuan, you are well-read, have you ever read a good medical book? My father hasn't read it either, but last night, after Dr. Zhang treated your injury, he told his father that cutting your wrists generally can't kill people, unless you cut it very deeply, unless you lose blood for a long time...... You cut deeply, but not enough to be fatal, Dr. Zhang said, a wound like yours, bleeding will not flow again after a certain period of time, and the wound will coagulate, scab, and heal on its own......"

"Some injuries are not fatal, they just take time, and they heal themselves, and gradually, maybe you will forget that you have suffered this kind of injury...... So, let it be......"

Gu Qinghuan nodded, just as he swallowed all the hysteria last night, he learned to put all the pain aside and ignore it.

"I see, father. ”

……

Chang'an ordered the Yin Mansion to block Jiang Yuelou overnight, of course, Jiang Hechuan was one step ahead of them and eliminated all the suspicious evidence, so even if the people from the Criminal Department came to investigate, they could only find out that Zheng Zhiyang fell to his death because he had swallowed Wushi San's confusion.

Zheng Zhiyang's matter has been reported to the court early in the morning, but because the criminal department has not yet officially investigated, the cause of his death has not been officially confirmed, but rumors continue, and everyone expects that this is a matter of nine times out of ten.

In the final analysis, the cause of his death has nothing to do with the imperial court's election to succeed him, and his death has become a fact anyway.

At this juncture, the Ministry of Officials cannot be left unpaid, and the important task of rectifying the country cannot be suspended because of him alone.

Therefore, the court began to discuss the candidate to take over the secretary of the ministry, and Yin Jiheng recommended Fang Liang to be promoted directly, and Fang Liang thought that the position of Shangshu was a matter of course.

However, after the discussion, Gu Qinghuan, who was weak and silent, submitted his self-recommendation letter, and before the hundred officials, he spoke boldly and bluntly, and Mao recommended himself.

The self-recommendation letter was written by Gu Qingxuan overnight, although the number of words is not much, and it is not as brilliant as his writing, but the words are to the point, and every sentence is said to the emperor's heart, there are advances and retreats, and there are feelings and reasons.

All the people in the Yushitai recommended Gu Qinghuan, and the two national assistants of the political hall also recommended him, and the limelight fell to the Gu family at a critical moment. Behind this is the long-term struggle of the three considerations, as well as their determination to fight hard.

It is not difficult to seize the opportunity and win big benefits for yourself.

The difficult thing is to create opportunities for yourself and do your best to win in the end.

In the end, they won the game.

Gu Qinghuan is about to cross levels and departments, take over the position of the secretary of the ministry, and become the youngest second-grade member of Daqi.

Fang Liang, who was used to being a thorn in the head of the Gu family, could only watch Gu Qinghuan transform into his top boss like this.

……

After the dispersal of the dynasty, many people gathered around Gu Qinghuan to congratulate him, and also saw that he was unwell and not good at stalking, and finally walked out of the palace gate and came to his side, it was Yang Rongan.

"Congratulations, Qinghuan...... No, Gu Shangshu. He smiled and congratulated Gu Qinghuan sincerely, but he was a little weak in his heart, worried that Gu Qingxuan would be angry with him.

Gu Qinghuan looked at him, smiled, and raised his hand, he thought that Gu Qinghuan was going to do it with him again, so he hurriedly dodged, but Gu Qinghuan's hand just fell steadily and heavily on his shoulder and slapped it a few times.

"I also want to congratulate you, Lord Yang, who is about to marry a beautiful woman and conclude a good relationship. He said indifferently.

Yang Rongan was afraid that he would be displeased, and wanted to comfort him: "Qinghuan, don't be angry with me, okay......"

Gu Qinghuan interrupted him, looked pleased, and said naturally: "I'm angry, what's there to be angry about? I'm really happy for you." Rong An, you know that my family and the Jiang family are equal to a family, then you marry Xiange, which is equivalent to our family, this is a great thing, I am really happy, I will have a good relationship with Xiange in the future, otherwise my Gu family will be the first to make you look good!"

He said these words heartily and arrogantly, then let go of Yang Rongan and turned around by himself.

Within a few steps, he was in front of him, unconscious, and collapsed.

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