"I'm only nine years old, what do I know? I just thought it was scary, and then I thought that everything about you was fake, and you didn't really care about anyone else, at least not my big brother. Do you know that the eldest brother fell once, although his leg was not disabled later, but every time it was cloudy and rainy, his leg would hurt so much, and the eldest brother told me that it felt like countless ants gnawing at his bones...... He was so in pain that he couldn't walk, he couldn't get out of bed, but he never complained about you, and we didn't tell you...... Gu Qingning, you don't care at all, do you? You still pretend to like him so much and be so intimate with him...... Gu Qingning, you're disgusting!"

Hearing her speak, Gu Qingning was also drawn into distant memories......

But Gu Qingning didn't say anything, didn't explain, didn't refute, didn't respond.

"But the eldest brother is also pretending...... He's been pretending that he doesn't care about you...... But he can't......"

"The emperor assigned him a marriage and asked him to marry the county lord......"

Gu Qingning turned his head suddenly, and finally reacted, as if he had been poked hard in the heart, and suddenly woke up.

"Father commanded him to break with you and renounce your marriage...... He begged for a long time...... He even went to the palace to beg his sister, begged His Majesty, and told His Majesty that he had made a marriage contract with you...... What can this change? His father punished him for thinking in the ancestral hall for half a month...... You come to him, I can only stop you...... Because I know that he doesn't know how to face you...... I'm also afraid that he will do things against his father, and that he will do something against the will again......"

Gu Qingning...... We don't have a choice...... You said...... What else can we do?"

Gu Qingning was stunned for a long time, and suddenly didn't know where he was, "So...... It wasn't your father who voluntarily gave up the marriage with the Gu family...... It's Your Majesty......"

[Chapter 196: Undirty and Impure is Void]

Before Lu Yuansi lost his breath, they rushed to the Yang Mansion, and Gu Qingning asked people to go in to report and briefly explain the situation.

Jiang Xiange came out, Yang Rongan followed her, she was very uneasy, but at this time, she couldn't take care of anything else. Jiang Xiange didn't talk to Gu Qingning, and directly skipped her and got into the carriage and met with Lu Yuansi.

It was another snowy day, and they finally met again.

Lu Yuansi burst into tears, kept vomiting blood, and couldn't stop crying: "Are you ...... You are ......"

Jiang Xiange was really shocked to see her like this, her heart ached, she didn't think that she would be able to see Lu Yuansi, for this girl, she always had a different kind of feelings, not deep, but reluctant, she always only hoped that she could live well, but why did it turn out like this?

She hugged Lu Yuansi and let her lean on her shoulder, and tears flowed down her eyes: "I'm Jiang Xian, I'm Jiang Xian, Yuansi, Yuansi......"

Lu Yuansi snuggled up to her, the blood at the corner of his mouth soaked Jiang Xiange's cloak, he no longer had the strength to speak, and the signs of life disappeared little by little on her, but at this moment, he was happy from the bottom of his heart and smiled. The wind is dignified, the snow is falling, the night is quieter and deeper, the whole city sleeps, the belated snow makes this prosperous Chang'an change color, the city tower is like a jade cluster, the city is full of silver makeup, a few lights are cast on the snow, one by one with silver light, gorgeous and deep.

The snow in the sky is drifting, and the old country is changed.

The people of Chang'an have not stopped, and the road to life is boundless.

Chang'an is still that Chang'an, or the imperial capital of the prosperous era, but she is no longer her.

She also loved Chang'an, loved its morning bell and dusk drum, loved its palace painting boat, loved the Shangyuan lantern year after year, and loved the bright moon day after day......

My favorite is the snowy day in Chang'an.

"That's good, Kang Hyun...... Jiang Xian, it's snowing again, you can send me home......"

……

Gu Qingning went home and went to the main house to see Gu Qingxuan.

During this period of time, Gu Qingxuan had rested very early, and the lights in the main house had been turned off early at this time, but not tonight.

Gu Qinghuan had been waiting for her to come back, and stopped her as soon as he entered the door, hearing her say that she had really killed Lu Yuansi, he was very frightened and on the verge of collapse, "Sister, how can you ...... What now?"

"He doesn't want Lu Yuansi to die, and I want Lu Yuansi to die, it's a big deal that I will pay him for his life, don't worry, I will always give him an explanation." ”

There has never been anyone who is the absolute protagonist, no one who can't be defeated, how can a person who has weaknesses and flaws from the beginning be the final winner?

Yes, that's it, she gave up, and Gu Qingning came to her end.

This time, she came to see her father as a farewell.

This time, Gu Qingxuan seemed to feel something, and didn't let Yang Xiaoning stop her at the door, and directly opened the door for her to enter.

When she entered the room, she saw her father, whom she had not seen for many days, who still seemed to be very weak and coughed very much, and when she came in, he did not open his eyes, and listened to her, and kept coughing.

"Why?"

Gu Qingning told him what she had done and her determination, and after that, he inevitably asked this.

Gu Qingning knelt in front of his father's sickbed, his face down and silent.

Gu Qingxuan got up, and his already hoarse voice began to tremble at this time, "Qingning, what kind of secret is it? As for letting you lose Lu Qian, an important chess piece, you have to risk your own life? The absurd thing is that this is not to keep the secret! Since it will eventually be leaked, why do you have to pay such a heavy price?"

She remained silent.

Gu Qingxuan couldn't hold it anymore, Gu Qingning's silence challenged the bottom line of his patience, "Qingning! Tell me! Father orders you!"

Gu Qingning could only say: "But father, you said that you promised your mother that you would never ask......

"Sure enough, it was the Luoyang incident......"

Gu Qingxuan's emotions were suppressed, and he ended the temptation, and only said, "But Qingning...... I already know it......"

Gu Qingning was stunned in her heart, looked up in amazement, and saw Gu Qingxuan take out a letter and throw it at her.

She was flustered, and hurriedly picked it up to see that it was Yin Chengyuan who sent a letter to Gu Fu today, telling Gu Qingxuan that Gu Qingning had exchanged with him, transferred Lu Yuansi and took the confession, and gave them Lu Qian's confession accordingly, and also canceled the review of Lu Qian, and he also told the cause and effect of this matter, including the secret of Gu Qingning that he heard from Lu Yuansi.

Gu Qingning glanced at the content on the paper, his heart was as cold as ice, and he suddenly lost all his thoughts, and fell to the ground, not even daring to raise his head to bear Gu Qingxuan's gaze.

Gu Qingxuan coughed and pounded the bed, his anger steaming and uncontrollable, "They are showing off! How could someone surnamed Yin let go of this opportunity? They are angry with me with this! Qingning! Qingning! Such a big matter, such a scandal, how can you keep it a secret from your father! So that someone will take the handle and lose your own life! You are really confused! Confused, you are confused!"

Gu Qingning tore up the letter like crazy, she really collapsed, and finally raised her head: "What if I say it? Father! Could it be that if I told you earlier, you would have a better way? No? The result is still like this! I still have to bear your contempt early! You must feel very embarrassed now, right? It's really your shame to have such a daughter, isn't it?"

Gu Qingxuan angrily threw himself on the side of the couch and slapped her in the face.

"Gu Qingning, you have simply disappointed me......!

The hurried knock on the door interrupted the tense moment of the father and daughter in the house, it was Gu Qinghuan, who shouted outside: "Sister, sister, someone is in the palace! Your Majesty has summoned you to enter the palace immediately!"

"Qingning ......" Gu Qingxuan's mood changed, and he wanted to say something.

She didn't listen at all, covered her beaten face, lowered her head and stood up, and retreated, "Father, don't worry, I'm going to die soon, and I and those shames will disappear......"

Gu Qingning walked out of the bedroom of the main house, her eyes were blank, there were no tears on her face, she put on the felt hat on her cloak, covered the red marks on her face, and stepped into the heavy snow in the wind.

……

The person who wants to save Lu Yuansi's life is the current emperor.

Before Lu Yuansi was convicted by the Criminal Department, Gu Qingning was announced to the palace to face the saint, the emperor summoned her alone, and told her very clearly, he knew what crime Lu Yuansi had committed, but he had compassion, he even said very frankly that he had feelings for the Lu family, he felt that he owed something to the former queen Lu Yuanye, and now that the Lu family has been destroyed, it is rare that Lu Yuanye has a sister who survived, he couldn't bear to watch Lu Yuansi also die, let her think of a way to save Lu Yuansi's life.

However, she did not do so.

Therefore, Gu Qingning didn't just kill Lu Yuansi, she blatantly disobeyed the holy will.

She expected that she would die, but she didn't expect the emperor to get the news so quickly and summon her to the palace that night - to see her in the dormitory, which can be seen to be angry.

Father-in-law De led her in, bowed to her, and worshipped her, and then the other palace people followed Father-in-law out of the dormitory and closed the door.

Gu Qingning knelt, lifted Lu Yuansi's confession above his head, and resolutely went to his death, "Lu Yuansi, a death row prisoner, fled and poisoned the county lord of Chengshuo, and the human and material evidence is all true, this is Lu Yuansi's confession signed and detained." Escaping from prison, murder, two crimes are punished together, and the death penalty is inescapable, and he has been sentenced to death by Weichen, and he will be punished at three o'clock today. ”

"I didn't expect Gu Shilang to not even give me face......"

Before that, he was ready to go to bed, and he had already put down his dragon robe, leaving only a crimson brocade undershirt, and a heavy robe to keep out the cold.

For Gu Qingning, he has always been the person who is the farthest away, no, not a person, it is a sign of unreachable imperial authority, an image, and he can't feel flesh and blood, this is the emperor in her eyes, she has always been in awe, until today he summoned her, told her his compassion, said that he couldn't bear it, she felt that he was real.

She said: "Weichen killed Lu Yuansi, disobeyed the holy will, and deserved death, please Your Majesty to surrender." ”

He looked at Gu Qingning, who was attached to the ground, the only female minister in the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military affairs, and knew that she had a heart of death.

No one dared to look directly at the face of the Son of Heaven, including Gu Qingning, so no one would know that the king of a country would also show a somewhat playful smile.

When she was in despair, he was unexpectedly relaxed and didn't care.

Without Gu Qingning's expected angry questioning, he stood up, walked in front of Gu Qingning, took the confession and glanced at it, and put it on the jade case.

Gu Qingning bowed his head and bowed, "Weichen is willing to be punished, please ask Your Majesty to surrender." ”

She felt a hand dragging her hands folded above her head, slowly lifting up, motioning for her to straighten up, and she couldn't help but tremble and shake her heart.

She straightened up, still kneeling, her back straight, and didn't dare to look up, until the hand was withdrawn, and she breathed a sigh of relief.

But the next moment made her even more nervous......

"Qingning...... At this time, I am facing down, can I call you Qingning?"

Gu Qingning's heart really trembled, this voice and tone made her even more overwhelmed, lost for a moment, she felt that she was surrounded by a huge fog, he, he who was high above, who was out of reach, became so ethereal, people couldn't see it clearly.

"Your Majesty...... Call this name...... It's a blessing for Weichen. She stammered visibly, but still didn't dare to be rude.

He smiled and reached out to put his hand on her shoulder: "Qingning, you really did something that made me very unhappy this time, do you know that no king can tolerate being disobeyed by his courtiers?"

"Weichen Guilty ......" Feeling the weight on her shoulders, Gu Qingning's whole body almost began to tremble, she closed her eyes and gritted her teeth, and endured it with difficulty.

"And how are you going to compensate me?" he asked leisurely.

Gu Qingning subconsciously sensed something, but she didn't want to face it, "I can only apologize for my sins with death......"

Two fingers on her lips startled her, she flashed back suddenly, raised her head and saw his face, still no one could see what his mood was, she lowered her head again, frightened.

"Don't say you're dead, I don't want you to die, and besides, are you really willing to give up your life? Are you willing to give up your official position? There are many ways to atone for sins in this world, you are a smart person, if you really want to forgive me and make me happy, there is always a way, right?" he said as he leaned over her, and finally attached it directly to her ear, and the breath lingered in her earlobe, making her face red.

Gu Qingning didn't tremble anymore, her heart didn't tremble, she only felt despair, different from the despair of dying, this despair was enough to crush her from her heart to the whole person.

"Does Your Majesty want to sleep with a micro-minister?"

She opened her eyes and saw clearly that the lights of this hall were brilliant, the stove was fragrant, the silk brocade on the dragon bed was embroidered with Luan Feng soaring, a wisp of imperial incense was in the nose, outside was heavy snow and cold wind, the hall was impermeable to the wind just like the spring warmth, the flower branch candlestick was scorching, such as the scorching sun......

How many women want to enter this palace, how many women want to climb onto the dragon bed?

Selling skin and flesh, a good fight, in exchange for life and glory and wealth, is there a more cost-effective deal?

Even Gu Qingning couldn't think of a reason to refuse.

"Would you like to, then?" he asked.

……

Ten years ago, in order to see the layout of Chang'an Avenue from a high place, she climbed to the roof of Lu's mansion and lay on it to draw a picture.

She has always known that she has seen Lu Yuanze sweat in pain many times, and he doesn't have to hide it from time to time in front of her. How could Lu Yuansi know that in fact, every time she saw his leg hurt and hurt, she would also feel distressed.