The chaos gradually cleared the clouds, and it was still pitch black, like a corner under the night sky, like deep eyes in the night, besieging her.

She stumbled along, only to feel that her body was weak and weak, as if she had just gone through a fierce struggle, her brocade dress was soaked with sweat, her loose hair was sticking to her cheeks, it was very hot, very tired, there were ten thousand small drums beating in her heart, her heart palpitated, her heart ached, and she could not suppress it......

Why is this happening? Who can save me?

No, she couldn't stop, there was still a glimmer of light in front of her, but there was a bottomless darkness behind her, and she knew that as soon as she stopped, she would be swallowed up by the darkness......

She dragged her tired body and walked forward with difficulty, and finally came to the light.

She saw two people she knew very well, two people closest to her, who were half-dressed and obsessed there......

Right in front of her, unabashedly.

She shouted bitterly: "Don't! Don't! Lu Yuanze, let me go! Gu Qingning, you can't do this!"

She could feel that she was also very painful, but she couldn't resist it......

Lu Yuanze is still as good-looking as she remembers, her picturesque face and gentle smile make her feel very fond of it, and she can't help but fall into the tenderness and sweetness he gave, and she can't extricate herself.

They heard the shouting, stopped moving, and all sat up, looking blankly at this side. Lu Yuanze, who was dressed in white, was behind him, hugged his shoulder, kissed his neck, and looked at her: "Qingning, why deceive yourself? ”

The self in his arms, also dressed in white, was smiling, and said to her: "Come, don't deceive yourself, you can't get out, you can never get out, you look at this person, can you forget him? Are you willing to let him die? Don't you want him? Do you dare to say that you don't feel sorry for him?"

Approaching that little by little, she felt her heartbeat slow down, and a chill rose from the bottom of her heart......

Lu Yuanze's appearance changed, he was no longer tender, but became ruthless, he grabbed her neck from behind, making her hideous, twisted and painful, her eyes were still looking at this side: "Qingning, return my life! How can you kill me? You should come and accompany me! You should be damned too! I'll take you away now!"

She held out her hand to herself: "Save me, save me, I don't want to do this, I don't want to die!"

There was an extra sharp dagger in the outstretched hand.

walked over, took the dagger, looked at himself who was gradually unable to breathe, and looked at Lu Yuanze, who was crazy with hatred......

This time, she didn't get scared anymore, she picked up the dagger and stabbed it down.

This time, instead of stabbing Lu Yuanze, he went straight into his heart.

She watched as the blood splattered from her chest, staining her thin white clothes red and flowing down her hands, but she didn't let go, she continued to push harder, harder......

In the dark, she looked at herself, watching her eyes widen in Lu Yuanze's arms, spitting blood, but she no longer struggled, but smiled.

The corners of Lu Yuanze's lips also flowed blood, his white clothes were stained red with blood, I don't know if it was his blood or his own blood, the bright red kept spreading, spreading, boundless......

Then, she finally let go and watched Lu Yuanze disappear indifferently.

And he collapsed in a pool of blood and closed his eyes.

She killed herself with her own hands.

……

When I woke up, the sky was already light, and my heart was calm and calm.

She no longer felt panic and pain, she was extremely calm in her heart, she was all gone, and from this day on, she had never had such a nightmare again.

Just like every ordinary day, she got up, got dressed up, put on her official uniform, went to the main dining room to sit down, had breakfast with her family, and then went to the court together.

When they went this time, the three of them rode in the same carriage, and Gu Qingxuan asked Gu Qinghuan on the road: "Fang Liang's impeachment excerpt has gone to the political hall, what are you going to do?"

Gu Qinghuan was a little angry: "He is still embarrassed to participate in me? In the matter of the rectification of the imperial examination, how much the Ministry of Officials has dragged our Ministry of Rites back, and I don't even bother to settle accounts with him, he actually grabbed the little eunuch pension that his uncle Fang Chang's tongue did not receive? I still don't approve it, this eunuch pension is unreasonable, even if it makes trouble with the emperor, I will say so!"

Gu Qingxuan said: "Qinghuan, don't be angry with patronage, you will be angry with yourself if you are angry with the villain, and you will go to the emperor? Fang Liang is so stubborn at the moment, and he embarrasses you everywhere, just because there is someone behind him, and you don't want to think about how to move him, and you are still talking about the regulations of the imperial court here." ”

Gu Qinghuan sighed annoyedly, "But father, how can I move him?" He deliberately handed this fold to the political affairs hall, just to give me a good look and make trouble for me, I'm afraid this time he really joined forces with Yin Jiheng......"

Gu Qingxuan glanced at him impatiently, took out a letter from his sleeve, and threw it into his arms, it was nothing else, it was Fang Liang's impeachment recital.

"Father......" Gu Qinghuan was at a loss.

Gu Qingxuan snorted and said contemptuously: "He wants to join forces with Yin Jiheng, Yin Jiheng still doesn't look down on him, Yin Jiheng just uses him to make a stumbling block for us, his purpose is not only to suppress us and prevent us from progressing, but also to deter us, so that our Gu family obediently obeys him and does things for him, so, no, a slap, a sugar, Fang Liang's fold is handed over to the political affairs hall, and he will bring this fold to your father and me." Last time I asked him to discipline his son, this time he wants to pay tribute to me. ”

Gu Qinghuan suddenly didn't know whether to relax or get angry, holding the fold, looking at the words on it, he felt disgusted: "This Fang Liang really treats himself as a sharp blade......

"Don't worry about the square beams. ”

When they were discussing, Gu Qingning had been in a daze, and this sentence suddenly came out at this moment, and he didn't continue to say it.

Seeing her elbows propped up by the car window, one hand on her cheeks, staring out, without any emotion, the father and son were a little inexplicable.

They knew that Gu Qingning had been a little wrong these days, and they were used to her like this, Gu Qinghuan shook his head helplessly and smiled: "Father, my sister is immersed in her world again and can't extricate herself." ”

Gu Qingxuan also seemed to be a little helpless, and persuaded hard: "Qingning, if you have anything on your mind, you might as well tell your father? The family will always come up with ideas for you, this is not a solution, now is your critical period......

Gu Qingning turned his head to look at them, with a light smile on his face, his expression was as usual, and said: "Now is not only a critical period for me, but also a critical period for our Gu family, and it is the best time for Qinghuan to be promoted." ”

Her eyes flashed with wisdom, revealing a radiant look, which made them suddenly brightened, and Gu Qinghuan deeply felt that his sister was back.

"Qingning, what do you mean?" Gu Qingxuan asked.

She began to analyze rationally: "In the past half a year, the speed of the three of us has been too fast, think about how many levels can be promoted in a year by the hundreds of officials? Father, you are now the third rank of the imperial history of the middle of the world, and you control the imperial history platform, and it will be too eye-catching to go forward, and now is the time when Yin Jiheng is in full swing, he doesn't know how much he is afraid of you, so you have to slow down a little and lay the foundation of the new deal first." I have to endure even more, Yin Jiheng moved a Liu Yingsu to press on me, just because he wants to help Yin Shaochu beware of me, I have to calm down and follow them, or take meritorious service as the first priority, the credit is big enough, why worry about not being promoted in the future?"

Listening to her words, Gu Qingxuan's heart was much more stable, and he praised: "Okay, Qingning, you finally know how to calm down and forbear." ”

Gu Qingning smiled and nodded: "On the surface, we want to reassure Yin Jiheng about us, but secretly, we should start dealing with the Yin family." ”

"Sister, do you already have a way to deal with the Yin family?" Gu Qinghuan asked.

She said: "I just saw the situation of the hundreds of officials rushing to the court outside, and I suddenly had a plan, but we still need to think about it in the long run, let's discuss it together tonight." ”

Gu Qinghuan admitted: "Okay! I must go home early tonight!"

Gu Qingxuan looked at him with a smile, and also felt happy in his heart, and asked Gu Qingning again: "What do you mean when you said that this is a good time for Qinghuan to be promoted?"

Gu Qingning smiled even brighter, put his hand on Gu Qinghuan's shoulder, and said, "Qinghuan, have you ever wanted to go to the ministry to mix up an official and a half-job?"

Gu Qinghuan was puzzled, and was inexplicable: "What kind of job is the ministry?"

She replied, "Erpin Shangshu." ”

……

On August 15, the moon is full of the sky, and the heavens and the earth are reunited, but the moon never grows round, and people do not gather for long.

In this year's Mid-Autumn Festival, the Gu family did not spend it with the Jiang family, because the King of Jin invited them, and their family of four will go to the palace in the evening to enjoy the moon and celebrate the festival with the father and daughter of King Jin.

It was the first time to go to the future father-in-law's house as a guest with such a neat formation, Gu Qingfeng was serious and nervous. He and Gu Qingxuan were preparing gifts in the mansion, and they were busy for a day, and they didn't see Gu Qingning and Gu Qinghuan coming home at dusk.

Gu Qingfeng complained to Gu Qingxuan: "Brother and sister, what's the situation? Didn't you say that you only went to socialize and toast a few glasses of wine and came back? Why is there no one at this time?"

Gu Qingxuan was not in a hurry, and asked Uncle Tang to send the gifts to the carriage first, and then sat there calmly drinking tea and reading official documents, and comforted Gu Qingfeng and said: "What are you anxious about......?

Gu Qingfeng smiled proudly, squatted next to him, and poured tea for Gu Qingxuan: "It's better to be a father." ”

Gu Qingxuan looked at his obedient appearance, his expression moved slightly, and he sighed: "Eh, what if it's not good for you? You will soon be the son-in-law of the prince, and you will become a member of someone else's family, and when the time comes, the old father will not be able to stammer." ”

"Father, what are you talking about? It seems that you want to marry me off, I am a wife, not a concubine. What kind of palace is not the palace, the county lord is your daughter-in-law when she marries, and she wants to honor your old man with me. Gu Qingfeng said flatteringly.

Gu Qingxuan waved his hand and said, "What about the old man, your father is not old, so you don't need to be filial, as long as you don't get angry with me." ”

He couldn't help his petty father, "Father, you are not old, you are the youngest, you will always be twenty-five, okay? Don't worry, I'm not as bad as my brothers and sisters, I'm obedient, how can I make you angry?"

Hearing a noise outside, Gu Qingxuan looked up and said, "Look, those two bad Cao Cao are back, quickly pack up and get ready to leave." ”

Seeing that Gu Qingning and Gu Qinghuan hurried home, Gu Qingfeng asked them to quickly pack up and prepare to go to the palace, the two of them still smelled of alcohol, and they ran to their respective rooms to change their clothes without touching the ground.

After they came out, they entered the main hall to talk to Gu Qingxuan, and they all looked happy.

Gu Qingxuan saw that they knew that things were properly arranged, and asked, "You are not here tonight, nothing will happen, right?"

Gu Qingning said: "No, we left Zhongli behind, he has always been familiar with those people, he is used to eating, drinking and having fun with them, he will greet us more than us, I don't want him to help us get drunk Fang Liang tonight, he promised us that he can definitely bring down Zheng Zhiyang." ”

Gu Qinghuan clasped his hands and muttered there: "Zheng Shangshu is much worse than Fang Liang tonight, Fang Liang is just drunk, and what about him, spirits, five stones scattered with green incense, sister, you are really ruthless, woo hoo mourn my Lord Shangshu!"

Gu Qingning poked him, "You also learned Zhongli's tricks? If Zhongli hadn't mentioned to me that he had this vice, I wouldn't have thought that he would be so unbearable under the official command of a serious person, and it would be nothing if it fell into our hands for our use." ”

Thinking of this, recalling what he had seen at the banquet just now, Gu Qinghuan was very indignant, and instantly changed his attitude: "Yes, he also deserves it, a second-class member of the court, with bad conduct and corrupt style...... There are also Fang Liang and other officials and villains, who of them do not have bad habits? Eating, drinking, prostitution, gambling, corruption and perversion of the law, all of them are proficient, but they can't do anything in business, and it is really a waste of official food for the court to raise such people!"

It's not to find any high-sounding excuses for their conspiracy and calculations, this is Gu Qinghuan's sincere condemnation, he really hates this kind of officialdom chaos more than anyone else.

Gu Qingning said: "Isn't it right? Let you replace him and rectify this officialdom well." They all say that in the officialdom, we must understand the general trend and obey the overall situation, but the current officialdom is no longer the difference between good and bad, but it greatly affects our actions, it is useless to conform to the so-called general trend, only to be the person who leads the general trend, can it be possible. ”

She was impassioned, but not extreme, and had her own opinions and structures, which made Gu Qingxuan really feel gratified. In the past few days, whether it is her obedience and forbearance to Liu Yingsu, or her various calculations against Zheng Zhiyang behind her back, have shown her talent and ability to be a "chess player".

Tonight, Zheng Zhiyang and his colleagues drank heavily in Jiangyue Tower, and they will definitely smoke Wushi San, an addict like him can't leave that thing for a day, and then he will stay overnight in Jiangyue Tower as a habit, and he will return home to the court after he wakes up.

And tonight, his room will be lit with the green incense that Gu Qingning asked Jiang Hechuan to arrange in advance, inhaling Wushi San is nothing, as long as it is not excessive, there will be no very violent reaction, at most it is difficult to stop, but when the five stone powder in his body encounters the confusing Qing Ming incense, the problem is no longer simple.

Both Fusu and Zhongli had told Gu Qingning that when Qing Ming Xiang met Han Dansan, it was a mutual restraint and an antidote, and the side effect was to make people trance, and when Qing Ming Xiang met Wushi San, it was a mutual birth, a poison, and it would definitely cause madness.

When the time comes, he will go crazy, and if he wants to investigate, he can only find out that he has smoked Wushi San, and no one will think that there is anything wrong with the incense in the guest room, after all, there are not a few people who have gone crazy or died due to poisoning, and Qing Mingxiang just pushed him.

If he goes crazy, the matter of taking the five poisons will be revealed, which is a serious crime, no matter whether he will get better in the future, he will not be able to be this official......

……

The Gu family went to the Jin Wangfu by car with gifts, and the Jin King was very face-saving, after all, it was the future in-laws, and it was not very enthusiastic. No one mentions the past, just like marrying his daughter for the first time, he is kind to his in-laws and family, and he does not lose his noble demeanor.

The two families enjoy the moon and feast together, and during the festival, people are full of joy and joy when they are happy.

After the banquet dispersed, they admired the moon in the palace of the king of Jin, the prince and Gu Qingxuan were still drinking and discussing the wedding ceremony and other matters, and Gu Qingfeng chatted with Jun Tong in the water pavilion. Jun Tong was very happy today, she talked a lot to Gu Qingning on the table, and she was very happy that she was about to become a member of the Gu family.

Gu Qinghuan was also infected by this joyful atmosphere, and kept sighing that his younger brother Qingfeng was about to start a family so soon. At the banquet, the king of Jin joked that he was preempted by his younger brother and let him marry earlier.

He poured himself a drink under the porch, and the wine of the palace made him intoxicated, but unfortunately he still couldn't forget his worries.

Gu Qingning went over, sat down next to him, and looked at a pair of little couples in the water pavilion with him, she was happy in her heart, and asked him: "Qinghuan, if you become a Shangshu, you will be able to open a mansion and start a business, do you want my sister to help you ask Xian Ge if you want to be Mrs. Shangshu?"

Gu Qinghuan just smiled bitterly, after drinking, he became particularly transparent, and seemed to know the answer, a smile, a glass of wine, made Gu Qingning suddenly sad.

"Sister, I have dreamed of being a big official since I was a child, and I have made a difference in officialdom like my father...... What do you think I'm doing right now?"

Gu Qingning nodded and said: "You have done a good job, you will be the youngest Shangshu, and you are also the fastest promoted officialdom miracle, you have great talent, your fame is early, and there will be greater achievements in the future, my younger brother Qinghuan has a bright future, I believe that it is more determined than believing in myself." ”

Gu Qinghuan raised his eyes, there was a sparkle in his eyes, "But, why is she unwilling to marry me?"

"Qinghuan, don't think like this, Xian Ge will not decide whether to marry you because of your official position, she just wants to follow her heart's wishes...... Or if I can't make a heart to you at this time, you should be patient, wait, there is always hope......"

"Okay, I'll wait, I'll wait forever, I believe...... Hopeful......"

……

He was half drunk and half awake, and when he said goodbye to the prince with his family, and returned home by car, he was already drowsy, huddled in the corner of the carriage and whispered drunk, and read the name of the string song inarticulately......

Or the Mid-Autumn Festival, the full moon people gather to become destined, or the heavens thank him for this piece of infatuation, this memory is not forgotten, and the call is really responded.

The Gu family returned to the house, and when they entered the house, they listened to Tang Bodao's Jiangxian song.

The vision was a little blurry, and gradually saw the shadow standing outside the main hall, wearing a lotus white cloak, independent under the moon, with a large back, as if moving with the wind.

Leaning on Gu Qingfeng's shoulder, he immediately regained his senses and saw clearly, it was Jiang Xiange, the string song he was thinking about.

Everyone else stopped in place, quieted down, and only pushed him forward, Gu Qingning whispered: "Why are you still stunned? Go quickly, go and ask her if she is willing to be your Mrs. Shangshu." ”

He plucked up his courage, smiled and walked behind her: "String Song ......"

Jiang Xiange looked back, looked at him, and glanced at the Gu family behind him, his expression seemed to be lonely, his eyes were slightly cold, he turned his head not to look at him directly, and after a moment of silence, he spoke: "Qinghuan...... I'm getting married. ”

"I have promised to marry Yang Rongan. ”