Chapter 29: Impermanence
Wang Yuan calmed down and sighed: "It's okay if you don't want to see me, but Twelve Niang is your apprentice, you and her have been together for many years, and you actually said words that disregarded her life and death." I know that Twelve Niang left you to do things for the prince, and you are angry, but she is to avenge her parents, in exchange for you, shouldn't she avenge her parents? ”
Gongsun Lan said lightly: "It's not your turn to judge this matter, Wang Gongzi, you are too nosy." ”
Wang Yuan shook his head and said: "Everything can't lift the word reasonable, and the right and wrong of things can't escape the words of the world." Twelve Niang said that you are her only relative in this world, and in her eyes, you are her family, but you don't give her a chance to return to you at all. Even if her actions are a little extreme, they are understandable. What did you just say that I am also nosy to save people, could it be that Twelve Niang was really killed by Jin Wuwei, can you go and avenge her with peace of mind? ”
Gongsun Lan got up angrily and said coldly: "Presumptuous, no one dares to speak like this to my Gongsun Lan." Even when I was in the palace, the saint now respects me very much. Don't think that there is some relationship between you and Twelve Niang, I can tolerate your rudeness. ”
Wang Yuan sneered: "The mouth is on my face, I can say whatever I want, you can kill me, but you can't make me change my opinion of you." ”
Gongsun Lan's body shook, and she came to Wang Yuan's side in an instant, her cold fingers clasped Wang Yuan's throat, her beautiful face was white and scary, and she said coldly: "Ignorant boy, do you understand that people in the world are difficult and dangerous?" Twelve Niang's intervention in the court battle is a moth to a fire, do you really think the prince's promise to avenge his parents is true? Ignorance at its best. I am not angry that she left me, but I am angry that she has no knowledge and does not know the dangers. She's been in danger many times, and if I hadn't defended her secretly, she'd have died many times, you know? ”
Wang Yuan was stunned and said, "It turns out that you have secretly protected her many times?" ”
Gongsun Lan pushed Wang Yuan, Wang Yuan sat on the futon, and his buttocks were numb.
Gongsun Lan sat down slowly, recovered her emotions and said, "Li Linfu has been in power for more than ten years, and he has made countless enemies, but he is still standing, what is the reason?" That is the need for Li Linfu in the Holy Heavens today, so he supports Li Linfu. Since the crown prince entered the East Palace, he has secretly recruited his henchmen to expand his power, how can the emperor not know all this? The emperor was unwilling to intervene in person, so he used Li Linfu as a pawn to contain the crown prince. Li Heng was narrow-minded and thought that he could compete with Li Linfu, but he didn't know that he was just deceiving himself. ”
Wang Yuan exclaimed: "How do you know so much about the inside of the court? ”
Gongsun Lan sneered: "Didn't Twelve Niang tell you that I have been in the palace for many years? What kind of people and things have I not seen, and what kind of intrigues and tricks have I not seen? How many people want to win over and use my Gongsun Lan, how can I not know their purpose? Twelve Niang didn't understand my hard work, but thought that I didn't understand her feelings of avenging her parents, but I didn't know that I was defending him. ”
Wang Yuan smacked his lips and said, "Have you told Twelve Niang these words?" After saying that, she will naturally understand your hard work. ”
Gongsun Lan said: "What's the use of saying it? Revenge seemed to her to be a big deal, and what I said she only saw as an excuse to thwart her. Twelve Niang has been with me for nine years, and I know her well. ”
Wang Yuan said in a low voice: "That's not necessarily, maybe she will understand and listen to you." ”
Gongsun Lan looked at Wang Yuan coldly and said, "Then let me tell you, you are also killing yourself when you enter Li Shizhi's mansion as a guest, will you believe it?" I'm telling you, you think it's an opportunity, but you're actually digging your own grave, do you believe it? ”
Wang Yuan frowned and said, "Is it so serious? ”
Gongsun Lan sneered: "I persuaded you just now, do you believe it?" Until the day of great calamity, you will not believe the words of others. Everyone is like this, and no one is exempt from vulgarity, and they all think that they are the smartest people in the world. ”
Wang Yuan thought for a while and said, "I believe your words, I know that I may have embarked on a wrong path this time. ”
Gongsun Lan sighed and said, "But you still choose to go on, right?" ”
Wang Yuan looked at Gongsun Lan Qingli's face, nodded slowly, and said, "Yes, I chose to continue walking, I suddenly understood the mood of Twelve Niang just now." Sometimes for a certain purpose, we have to go down the wrong path, but we still have to go down. It's not that Twelve Niang doesn't understand, she can't stop. Avenging her parents is her only belief, and without this belief, she will live in torment. ”
Gongsun Lan's face changed several times, and she wanted to say something, but finally sighed slightly, and only said: "Drink tea, the tea is already cold, I shouldn't have told you these words today, and I don't know why I want to say this to you." ”
Wang Yuan silently drank the tea in the cup, got up and said, "I'm bothering Aunt Gongsun, I should go, the clothes of Twelve Niang are still here for you." ”
Gongsun Lan nodded slightly and said, "If you insist, then put it here." You're here to deliver these clothes? ”
Wang Yuan smiled: "Yes." ”
Gongsun Lan said lightly: "You probably thought she would come to me, I want to come and see her." It seems that you really like Twelve Niang? ”
Wang Yuan suddenly felt that this Gongsun Lan was a little cute when she spoke bluntly, maybe she had been in seclusion for a long time, or maybe she was simply a person who didn't want to beat around the bush and tell lies, so she spoke so directly. In fact, he did have this expectation, although he didn't know if he liked Li Xin'er or not, but he always wanted to see Li Xin'er and say goodbye in person.
"Aunt Gongsun, don't make fun of me, where do you like or dislike when you meet in Pingshui, it's just that after all, you know each other, if Twelve Niang can say goodbye to me in person, I will be very happy."
"I understand that Twelve Niang is too impulsive, even if she marries you, whether it is true or not, you can't be so childish. Twelve Niang is like this, sometimes she does things recklessly, and she doesn't know that it will hurt people's hearts. ”
Wang Yuan hurriedly waved his hand and said: "Twelve Niang is worried about my safety and wants to stay to protect me, but if I don't have a suitable identity, I can't stay by my side for a long time, so I made this decision." Speaking of which, the loss of reputation is much greater than that of Twelve Niang. ”
Gongsun Lan nodded and said: "It can be seen that you are an empathetic person, at least you can compare your heart with your heart, and Twelve Niang herself is not blessed." But when the twelve mothers left, don't you have the slightest nostalgia? ”
Wang Yuan sighed, looked at the twilight outside the house, and said softly: "People talk about fate, and meeting and separation are fate. Besides, in my current situation, how can I think too much? I think Twelve Niang is a very good woman, and I hope that your master and apprentice can get back together. I know you're going to call me nosy, I just think that you masters and apprentices are good people, and you shouldn't be alienated from each other and regret it in the future. ”
Gongsun Lanmei looked at Wang Yuan with bright eyes, and said with a smile: "It seems that you are really a different person, your words are like the words of a person who has experienced a lot, no wonder you can be favored by Li Shizhi." ”
Wang Yuan said with a smile: "My strengths are not only that, I can not only write poems, but also know the ancient songs you played outside the house just now, if I guess correctly, it is a combination of the two ancient songs "Mountains and Flowing Water" and "Ambush on All Sides". ”
Gongsun Lan said in surprise: "It seems that you are really a person with some ability." ”
Wang Yuan laughed and said: "Yes, I also think that I am an extraordinary person, but unfortunately the world doesn't think so, so I can only be reduced to Yong'an Fang." Now that I have an opportunity, how can I not prove myself and seek a better position. ”
Gongsun Lan nodded slightly and said: "Who doesn't have the heart to fight for fame and fortune, people go to high places, and water flows to low places, it's not wrong for you to think so; Everyone has a fate, I don't want to make more reviews, and others have no right to interfere with the path you choose, and you won't regret it in the future, but I hope you can get your wish. ”
Wang Yuan listened to Gongsun Lan's tone, and still seemed to be dissatisfied with his decision, both the master and apprentice proposed that it was inappropriate to follow and rely on Li Shizhi, which made Wang Yuan have to carefully consider whether this matter was feasible. I was about to ask a few more opinions on this matter, but suddenly found that the light in the room was already very dim, and Gongsun Lan's face was already very blurry, and suddenly remembered something, and exclaimed: "Oh no." ”
Gongsun Lan frowned and said, "What's wrong?" ”
Wang Yuan got up and stomped his feet and said: "Patronizing and talking, I forgot the hour, it's already sunset outside, and it will take at least half an hour to rush back to Yong'an Fang, which is really a big trouble." ”
As soon as the words fell, I heard the sound of drums in the far street, although in this pure plum garden, the drum was still harsh, it was the drum of Chang'an's night ban, the Wutong drum was only half an hour, Wang Yuan couldn't rush back to Yong'an Fang anyway.
Wang Yuan hurriedly said goodbye, and went out in a hurry, but Gongsun Lan stopped him.
"If you leave now, I'm afraid you won't be able to return to Yong'an Fang, if you are interrogated by Jin Wuwei, it will not be a fun thing. Since it's late, it's better to rest here, and after a while late at night, I'll send you back to Yong'an Fang. ”
Wang Yuan said: "How can you send me back?" ”
Gongsun Lan snorted lightly and said: "This Xu Gao Fang Wall can't stop me, and those Jin Wuwei on the street can't help me, let alone Chang'an City, it is the high wall of the palace, I can come and go freely, you can rest assured." ”
Wang Yuan raised his forehead and smiled: "I forgot your methods, Aunt Gongsun is the world's first sword dancer, and she is the world's first-class master who integrates sword dance into martial arts." ”
Gongsun Lan smiled, got up and lit the candles in the hall, and said, "Prince Wang sit down for a while." Then he got up and went into the wing.
Wang Yuan's heart was settled, bored left and right, got up to admire the two calligraphy and paintings on the wall in the house, looked east and west for a long time, listened to the sound of footsteps, and when he looked back, he saw Gongsun Lan change into a set of pale skirts, and the long hair that was originally casually draped was pulled into a high bun, revealing half of the snow-white neck, from a fairy in white to a young woman next door.
Gongsun Lan held a tray in her hand, and several plates of food were placed on it.
"Prince Wang, let's eat, I don't have wine and meat here, only vegetarian and light rice."
Wang Yuan hurriedly thanked him: "Why are you so bothered? ”
Gongsun Lan smiled and said, "You've already bothered, what's polite?" If I don't entertain you for dinner and starve to death to my son, won't my son reprimand me with righteousness and sternness? ”
Wang Yuan laughed and said: "I didn't expect that the world-famous Aunt Gongsun would hold such a grudge." ”
The food emitted a burst of fragrance, Wang Yuan gurgled in his stomach, so he sat down and started, a few plates of side dishes tasted very delicious, and when asked, they were all side dishes made by Gongsun Lan himself. There are pickled winter bamboo shoots dug out of the bamboo forest behind the house, there are lotus root slices stewed in the pond in front of the door, a plate of hot soup exudes a strange fragrance, under the introduction of Gongsun Lan, Wang Yuan knew that it was actually a condiment in the soup made of plum blossom petals, and he couldn't help but praise it secretly.