Chapter 227: Fate is born and fate is still free
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Jiang Xiange lived in the Gu Mansion, but her situation was not much better, she was still obsessed and didn't know anything about the world.
Gu Qingxuan specially asked Tang Bo to explain to the people in the house, obey Tang Huan's instructions, meet all the needs of Jiang Xiange, and also asked Zhang Shengyue, Tang Zhiqian and other doctors who had a good relationship with Gu Jiang's family to come to Gu Mansion to treat Jiang Xiange. However, everyone knows that Jiang Xiange's illness is not a cure, the blood hole on her forehead will always heal gradually, and the wounds in her heart may not be healed.
Gu Qinghuan didn't explain to anyone the specific reason why he killed Yang Rongan, even Gu Qingning and Gu Qingxuan only knew that it was because Yang Rongan hurt Jiang Xiange, what happened, none of them knew, they could guess that it would provoke Jiang Xiange to the point of committing suicide by hitting the pillar, it must be a very terrible and serious thing.
The Gu family is busy with business, and they are all in the house, Gu Qingxuan goes to see her when he is free, but he doesn't bother much, Gu Qingning is busy every day, and he comes to see her whenever he is free, Gu Qingfeng is idle, and often comes to accompany her, Gu Qinghuan is afraid that He Luoke will mind, although he has a memory in his heart, he doesn't come often, but He Luoke comes the most.
When the Gu family sisters and brothers came, she didn't pay much attention to them and didn't react, He Luoke seemed to make her more acceptable. In addition to wanting to see her, He Luoke is also busy with three things, so he pays more attention to himself and wants to help them take care of Jiang Xiange.
When she helped Jiang Xiange change her clothes, she saw some old scars on her body, and asked Tang Huan, but Tang Huan always concealed it as if she had concealed it, and only confessed after being questioned by her, Yang Rongan was violent to Jiang Xiange several times.
Even He Luoke was deeply shocked, if it weren't for seeing these scars, she couldn't imagine that Yang Rongan, who was polite and elegant and delicate, would do something to such a beauty, not to mention that this was still his wife......
She began to understand Gu Qinghuan......
In order to help Jiang Xiange recover, He Luoke felt that the Gu family should know about these situations, and in the Gu Mansion, she went to her father-in-law Gu Qingxuan and tactfully told him that Jiang Xiange had been brutalized by Yang Rongan.
Gu Qingxuan only said one sentence: "He's dead, what else can I do with him?"
At this time, Yang Rongan was not yet twenty-seven, and the third division and the two departments of the household began to investigate Yang Longxing, Yang Longxing was suspended, and he concentrated on handling his son's funeral at home and finding a way to save himself.
Steward Zhang of the Yang Mansion was instructed by Mrs. Yang to come to the Gu Mansion and said that he wanted to take Jiang Xiange back to the Yang family, after all, Jiang Xiange was the daughter-in-law of the Yang family, Yang Rongan's wife, and her husband was in mourning, so she had to show up.
In Sangu's absence, He Luoke refused to let go, and the Yang family was in a stalemate, Tang Bo rushed to the Yushitai to ask Gu Qingxuan, Gu Qingxuan left a hall and waited for him to discuss the political reform regulations The minister rushed home.
Mrs. Yang also came to the Gu Mansion, took out the majesty of her mother-in-law, and asked the Yang family to forcibly take Jiang Xiange away, and He Luoke argued with her in front of the gate of the Gu Mansion.
Gu Qingxuan's carriage stopped at the door, he got out of the carriage and glanced at the Yang family who were dragging Jiang Xiange, those people were frightened by his eyes and immediately withdrew their hands.
When He Luoke saw him come forward, he had no scruples and made a move against the Yang family.
"Luoke, what is this for? Stop, the Gu family has never been rude, since you are married to the Gu family, you should know the etiquette, what do you say about making trouble in front of the gate?" Gu Qingxuan walked over and trained He Luoke first.
He Luoke stopped unconvinced, and complained: "But the family, they want to take her away......"
Gu Qingxuan walked towards Mrs. Yang and said, "They want to take the daughter-in-law of the Yang family away, why not?"
"Family, no......" He Luoke was anxious.
Mrs. Yang breathed a sigh of relief when she heard this, saluted Gu Qingxuan, and said sneeringly: "It seems that the Gu family is still reasonable." β
Gu Qingxuan smiled and nodded politely: "Yes, the Gu family has always been reasonable. So Mrs. Yang, you can take your daughter-in-law away, but you can't take Xian Ge away, because she is no longer your daughter-in-law. β
Mrs. Yang was shocked and confused: "What?"
Gu Qingxuan took out a document from his cuff, handed it to Mrs. Yang, and said, "This is a letter of resignation, signed a month ago, and with the approval and seal of the Yin Mansion, she has nothing to do with your family for a long time." β
Mrs. Yang, who was dressed in mourning clothes, trembled with anger, and suddenly had no demeanor, and yelled at Gu Qingxuan: "How is it possible? If Rong An had divorced her a month ago, how could we not know?"
"Nope. Gu Qingxuan shook his head and said proudly: "Please Mrs. Yang carefully read and leave the book, it's not Yang Rong'an who has taken a break from Jiang Xiange, but Jiang Xiange who has taken a leave of absence from your son!"
"Ridiculous! You are talking nonsense! How can such a thing happen?" Mrs. Yang was overstimulated, and her face twitched.
"Don't Mrs. Yang know what it means to 'make something out of nothing'?"
Gu Qingxuan withdrew the book from her hand and looked at her directly, his face and tone instantly turned cold.
"This is made up by you, we will never admit it!" Madame Yang said angrily.
Gu Qingxuan had already swept past her, walked towards Jiang Xiange, and helped her straighten out her torn cloak, seeing that her eyes were full of pity, and when she looked at Mrs. Yang in a blink of an eye, she was as cold and hard and sharp as a skate, "You can not admit it, as long as the government recognizes it." β
He also instructed Tang Huan: "Take Miss Xian Ge to go in and rest, and no outsiders are allowed to disturb you in the future." β
Tang Huan came back to his senses, his face was full of joy, nodded, and then helped Jiang Xiange to return to the Gu family's mansion.
Mrs. Yang glared at Gu Qingxuan angrily, like a tiger at the end of her rope, eager to fight with him, "Gu Qingxuan!
Gu Qingxuan only nodded slightly, even smiled, and finally said to her: "The only son of the Yang family is newly mourned, and Gu deeply regrets it. Recently, Mrs. Yang has been working hard for white things, but Gu still has to remind him, since he has done white things, let's prepare a few more coffins by the way, after all, you Yang family has a lot of people, don't wait for the time to raid the family and destroy the family. β
He understated the death date of the Yang family with a few words in an ordinary tone.
Mrs. Yang was so angry that she was so distraught that she didn't mention it in one breath, and she fainted, and the Yang family hurriedly rushed over to help her, put her in the carriage, and left in a hurry.
Gu Qingxuan turned around and walked to the house, saw his daughter-in-law He Luoke on the side staying there, and smiled at her, "Luoke, I still have to reiterate to you, you have to remember that the Gu family is reasonable and never rude." β
He Luoke nodded and followed him into the house: "Yes, the Gu family is very reasonable...... The Gu family has never been rude. β
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Seeing that He Luoke was arguing with the Yang family for defending Jiang Xiange, Tang Huan began to believe that she was really good to Jiang Xiange, so as long as she could say what she asked, Tang Huan would tell her honestly.
"That night...... You really don't know what's going on?How could your young lady commit suicide by hitting a pillar for no reason?" After coaxing Jiang Xiange to sleep, He Luoke pulled Tang Huan to chat again.
Tang Huan recalled: "It's not for nothing...... In fact, in the days before that, the young lady and the aunt ...... No, it's Yang Gongzi, something is wrong, but Miss didn't do anything, and she didn't say anything when she asked her...... She is always like this, she says everything very well, and she doesn't let people know what is in her heart at all...... Then that night, I heard them arguing outside, I didn't hear what they were arguing about, for a while, only Yang Gongzi's voice, smashing things and screaming...... Later, the young lady screamed, and I thought that he was going to hit the young lady again, so I wanted to break in, but when I broke in, I saw that the young lady had already hit the pillar with the broken 'green qi'...... We quickly found someone to heal her......"
He Luoke listened, imagining the situation that night, and seemed to suddenly grasp the point, muttering: "...... She didn't make much trouble before, and it wasn't until Yang Rongan smashed her piano that she became excited...... In the end, she just hugged the piano and hit the post? She cares so much about that piano......
Tang Huan responded: "Yes, Miss has always loved the qin like her life, not to mention that the qin has been with her for more than ten years, and when she saw that the qin was smashed, she was greatly stimulated, so she couldn't think about it......"
He Luoke fell into deep thought, and felt that Tang Huan's speculation was not accurate enough, "With a temperament like Sister Xiange, she can even endure her husband beating and scolding her, if she just smashes a piano, she will not be forced to a dead end, unless it touches on something she really cares about, that piano...... That piano...... Is it that important?"
She read and read, and suddenly looked up and asked, "Do you know who sent her that qin?"
Tang Huan replied: "'Luqi' is a birthday gift from Master Gu to Miss. β
"Lord Gu, which Lord Gu?" He Luoke immediately became alert.
Tang Huan thought that she suspected that the piano was given by Gu Qinghuan, she reacted a lot, Tang Huan was a little flustered, and hurriedly explained: "Young lady, don't worry, it's not Gu Gongzi, it's Doctor Gu! That was given to Miss Gu on her tenth birthday." β
"Family......" He Luoke still chuckled, and suddenly felt shocked, and an intuition in his heart that he didn't dare to accept arose spontaneously.
Tang Huan is too familiar with the Gu family and the Jiang family, so she has become accustomed to some things as a common thing, because she is closer, it is easier to see clearly.
But He Luoke is not, she is an outsider who has just joined the Gu family, she has terrible intuition, she dares to guess......
She didn't ask any more, let Tang Huan retreat, and when it got dark, she went back to her small home.
Fang Liang did not fall into Gu Qinghuan's trap, Gu Qinghuan had to change the regulations of the officials according to the original plan, because of Gu Qingxuan's support, they brought a large amount of silver from the merchant circle, which could just be used as the support for the official reform, and the household department had no objections, and the court supported his proposition.
But Gu Qinghuan was still angry about framing Fang Liangcheng, his mood was weird, He Luoke didn't want to bother him, so he didn't tell him about Jiang Xiange, he went to bed early, and He Luoke really didn't close his eyes all night.
On the second day, it was the imperial court's rest, and Gu Qingxuan rarely took a break, but he disappeared early in the morning.
He Luoke came to Gu Mansion and wanted to say hello to Gu Qingxuan first, but heard Uncle Tang say that he was not there.
And Jiang Xiange was not there, he took Jiang Xiange out for a walk.
"Sister Xian Ge is willing to go out?" asked this, and she felt stupid.
Uncle Tang was puzzled: "Yes, the adults said that it was not good for her to be bored in the house every day, so he persuaded her to go out for a walk, and she went out with the adults." β
He Luoke nodded thoughtfully, and then smiled at Uncle Tang: "Uncle Tang, you grew up watching Sister Xiange, right?
Tang Bo said: "This is natural, Miss Xiange grew up with Miss Xiange and their son, and adults love her too, just like their own daughter, Miss Xiange has a gentler personality than Miss Xian Ge, and she is also considerate of people, so adults are more spoiled by her than Miss Miss, I have long thought that if Miss Xiange can marry in and be the daughter-in-law of the Gu family......
Saying that, Tang Bo realized that he had lost his words in front of He Luoke, smiled awkwardly, and did not continue.
He Luoke listened, but she didn't feel anything, she deliberately asked Tang Bo this, just to find more evidence to prove her conjecture, so she whispered: "She doesn't want to be the 'daughter-in-law' of the Gu family......"
When Uncle Tang heard her words, he felt a little yin and yang, and he didn't feel good in his heart, and as a subordinate, he couldn't say anything, so he could only continue to laugh awkwardly and retreat.
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ββ¦β¦ When you were young, those few never made people worry-free, Qinghuan was better, but Qingfeng was the most noisy, Qingning thought about one set is another, and the temperament was very strong, just you were good, obedient, sensible, uncle thought, our family is such a good string song, it is best never to grow up, because when you grow up, you will get married, if you marry, who in the world can match the string song? No matter how good a person is, he can't deserve it...... But in a blink of an eye you have all grown up, and you have your own family, and you want to give you what you want, and you always want to give you what you want, instead of imposing our will on you, but...... Eh, you're so worrying again......"
Today, the warm sun is shining, and before noon, Gu Qingxuan and Jiang Xiange took a slow walk on the ridge on the outskirts of Nancheng, away from the noise of the city, and basked in the sun in this green place. He spoke to her, and she followed her, not speaking, looking at him.
Since he became the imperial historian and began to preside over the political reform, he rarely had time to farm outside the southern city, and it was rare to have such a leisurely situation.
"Remember, when you were a child, you and Qingning also liked to run out of the city, she always took you to pick some flowers and plants, you always brought a big handful of beautiful flowers back, and Qingning was very willful, the flowers and plants she picked were strangely shaped, some of them were still poisonous, and they made red spots all over the body, itchy and painful, it took a long time, okay, she doesn't have a long memory, and she has to come out to pick flowers randomly, the more she doesn't let her touch anything, the more she has to touch something......
"She thought it was what she wanted......"
Gu Qingxuan was almost talking to himself all the time, speaking of this, he actually heard Jiang Xiange's voice, he turned around in surprise, stopped to look at her, her expression was not so sluggish, and whispered stupidly, over and over again: "She thought it was what she wanted......"
He understood what she meant, his eyes became deep, he smiled lightly, and said: "Actually, she is not wrong, she just wants to get what she wants, but she doesn't know that it is not suitable for her." Flowers are like brocade, but charming eyes, who knows that it is a poisonous weed, or Fanglan? If you pick the wrong one, you will pick the wrong one, and the pain is only for a while. β
They continued to walk forward, passing a lotus pond, in early summer, the pink lotus first bloomed, the wind passed through the fragrance, she stopped in front of this pond. Gu Qingxuan turned around and saw that she had stopped, looking at the lotus flower that bloomed best in the pond.
"Do you want it? Uncle will pick it for you. With that, he took off his shoes and socks, pulled up his trousers, tied the hem of his shirt, and prepared to go down to the lotus pond.
But she shook her head: "No, the pond may sleep very deeply......"
He said bluntly, "If you don't go down and take a look, how do you know how deep it is?"
"There are stones in the mud that will pierce you, and there are insects that will bite you and it hurts......"
He smiled, had already removed the grass and trees by the pond, and stepped down: "If you don't go down and try, how do you know if it will hurt?"
Jiang Xiange stood by the pond, watching him go to the depths of the lotus pond step by step, opening up the layers of lotus leaves, water droplets sprinkled on him, his feet sinking into the mud, getting deeper and deeper, but he was still able to take the next step, without scruples, without fear, to pick the lotus in the pond.
His figure floated in a lotus leaf, like a green *** he was far away.
The warm sun shone on the pond water, shining on the sweat on his forehead, reflecting colorful light, this scene was too charming.
She finally had a complete consciousness, remembering where she was, what she was doing, she looked at the person in the pond, it was him, gave her a guqin, jumped off Weiyang Lake for her, and picked lotus flowers for her.
There's such a person, he's good, you just can't have it.
It's such a life, it's not good, you have to live it.
In the blink of an eye, tears fell, like water droplets on lotus leaves, sliding from the face, the cheeks were comparable to the first child of Hanlian, the beautiful jade was dizzy, beautiful and vulgar, rare in the world, but the corners of the mouth were smiling, so there was both the color of Chu Chu, and there was also a happy face, I don't know whether it was joy, sadness, laughter, and sorrow.
He picked the flower, turned around again, and walked step by step to the shore, his clothes and trousers were all wet with mud, and he didn't mind, he was tired and panting, and he smiled softly.
Near the shore, he stood in the lotus pond, holding up the lotus flower in front of Jiang Xiange, with a young man-like satisfied smile on his face, "Look, what my uncle said can be picked is what I can pick." β
She squatted down, lowered her face and sniffed the lotus fragrance, and her face was flowery, and it was difficult to distinguish for a while.
The fragrance enters the nose, wakes up a summer, and the rich grass and trees and the boundless sun are in front of you.
She took the flower from him, guarded it carefully, and sighed, "If you pick the flower, you won't live." β
Gu Qingxuan knew that she was particularly sensitive at this time, and it was inevitable that she would be sad and sad, so she comforted: "It's okay, it will be opened again next year anyway." β
"But it's open, and it's not this one. β
"It doesn't matter, no one cares if it's this one, only whether it's beautiful or not. β
"Are you too?"
"Of course, because I'm going to pick the most beautiful ones and give them to the strings. β
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In the evening, they returned home with the flower, and He Luoke found that Jiang Xiange could laugh, and he began to be able to listen to people's words, although he was still timid, as if in a dream, it was enough to make people happy.
After dinner, she talked to her in Jiang Xiangge's room, and Jiang Xiange kept propping her elbows on the table, looking at the lotus flower in the water altar.
When Gu Qingxuan came back, he was covered in mud, and he could guess how this flower came about, He Luoke looked at her and sighed infinitely in his heart.
A little later, someone rode to Gu's mansion, and Gu Qingxuanlai knocked on Jiang Xiange's door.
He Luoke went to open the door and saw Gu Qingxuan with a happy face, holding something in his arms.
After he came in, he walked up to Jiang Xiange, removed the water altar on the case, vacated the place, and put down a long object.
"Xiange, your 'Luqi' is back. β
Lifting the white cloth, the piano reappeared in front of her eyes.
The body has broken lines, painted with new paint, and the broken parts have been patched up little by little, pieced together, trimmed, and close to completion.
Although it has been scarred, as long as the person who plays the piano is still the same one, then this piano is still 'Luqi'.
When night fell, He Luoke stayed until late and didn't leave, because she also wanted to listen to Jiang Xian sing and play the piano.
The light of the new moon, the brilliance in the courtyard flows, she sits alone under the moon, the body of the piano gradually rises, the music moves, the voice is like a complaint, more and more passionate, not pathos, not an accusation, just the power of rejuvenation.
He Luoke didn't know that this piece was called "Breaking the Array", she only knew that the heart of the person who played the piano was afraid that the sound of the piano would be difficult to tell, even if she could sue, would the person who listened to the piano understand?