Chapter 52 Forgotten in the rivers and lakes
In the blink of an eye, 7749 days have passed, Zhao Guogong's coffin has been put into the ground, the funeral has been completed, only Guo Xi's children need to go home to keep filial piety, Guo Yan and other children and nephews only wear plain clothes in accordance with etiquette for three months.
Life gradually returned to normal, and on this day, the weather was fine, and Princess Shengping personally brought many things to the East Palace to visit Nianyun.
When the mother and daughter saw each other, they said a lot of thoughtful things for the first time, and the princess talked about those tricks in the palace and told her to beware one by one.
When it comes to getting along with sisters-in-law, Nianyun actually doesn't have concubines, and Li Chun's brothers are still young, but the prince's concubines are difficult to deal with.
Princess Shengping asked about the county lord of Deyang, Nianyun didn't think much about it, and said with a smile: "That girl is also a good girl, she looks a little weird, but I don't know how transparent she is in major matters, and what she says is reasonable, no wonder the saint likes her!" ”
Princess Shengping paused with the hand that was bringing the tea to her lips, "Do you think she is good too?" ”
Nian Yun was slightly stunned, and suddenly understood what his mother said, and asked tentatively, "But is there anything to say from the East Palace?" ”
Princess Shengping nodded, "Fu'er is not young, she only knows how to fight cocks and horses, and she is not in shape." Since you got married, I can't worry about him the most. ”
Nian Yun hesitated, with the temperament of the third brother, how could he honestly obey the family's arrangement? He didn't know if his mother knew about the matter with Xue Chuer. Chang'er is also a good girl, don't be self-defeating.
She paused for a moment and asked, "Does the third brother still go out to play often these times?" ”
Princess Shengping shook her head: "Not during this time, I have been staying in my room to copy scriptures, but I have been much more restrained." It's no wonder that Zhao Guogong treats him very differently when he is there, and he is a little filial. ”
After thinking about it, he said: "There are some uninteresting people outside, I think it is a kind of kaki dancer from which school, and every once in a while I call people to look for them, and they are all beaten out by me. ”
Nianyun sighed in her heart, the Guo family's funeral was done beautifully, Xue Chu'er would not be unaware, but if she didn't come to the door for several months, she would inevitably be a little cranky. Mother just called out without saying a word, and I don't know what misunderstanding will happen in the future.
Nianyun then said: "Mother didn't ask what was going on, so she beat people out, as if our Guo family was unreasonable......
Princess Shengping said: "What can happen?" I don't have a good person when I look at that group of kabuki dancers, if your third uncle hadn't wandered outside to provoke the Wei clan and angered Long Yan, why would he have spent half his life at home, so that the Guo family is so up-to-no! ”
It turned out that her mother still looked down on Aunt Wei. Nian Yun was unhappy in her heart, so she had to avoid this topic, "What is said in the East Palace, does the third brother know about it?" ”
Princess Shengping said: "If his character is good, what is he willing to be a man!" It's just that Wang Liangdi mentioned this matter to me a few days ago, although our two families are right, I can't figure it out, since you have married to the East Palace and the covenant has been fulfilled, why should they marry their daughter into our family? ”
Nianyun said: "I know a little bit about this matter, it has nothing to do with the family, I'm afraid it's Chang'er's own will." ”
Princess Shengping suddenly realized that Wang Liangdi only had such a daughter under her knees, if it was the Lord of Deyang's own will, it would be reasonable. When she promised her daughter to the East Palace, didn't she also obey her daughter's own wishes!
Chang'er is really a little bold, a daughter's family bravely said what she wanted in her heart, worked hard to fight for it, and recklessly did it.
But Nianyun felt inappropriate in her heart after all, she had to marry into the East Palace at the beginning, but she hoped that Guo Jun could marry a woman she liked. Even if the person who wants to marry Guo Li is Chang'er, she doesn't want to achieve a bad relationship.
Nianyun said: "I still have to ask the third brother what he means, right?" ”
Princess Shengping said: "What does he refuse!" If he likes it in the future, I will allow him to take it back, I am a dignified princess of the Tang Dynasty, and your father has not accepted a few concubines to serve there! ”
It's a shame that she is ashamed to say that her father's concubines are all old people in the house, and they are all not outstanding in appearance, and their temperament is soft and easy to handle, and they haven't given birth to a child.
When her father was young and vigorous, he also quarreled with her, and even once hit his mother, and made trouble in front of the first emperor, Guo Ziyi was afraid that the first emperor would be guilty, so he tied Guo Yu to the front of the emperor, and finally the first emperor said "not deaf or stupid, not to be a Weng aunt" turned a big thing into a small matter.
Although her mother apologized to the elders of the Guo family afterwards, her strong character has never changed, and if her father really has another woman he likes, the woman's life does not know how sad it is.
Nianyun didn't want Guo Jun to live like this for the rest of his life.
I'm afraid that Xue Chu'er is not a fuel-efficient lamp, once Chang'er is really forced to the third brother, Chang'er has the support of the East Palace, and the third brother may have to wronged himself, wouldn't he miss the life of the three of them!
As a mother, she naturally wants to favor her son, and when the time comes, she will not be able to get out of trouble. Nianyun groaned: "Mother, don't be busy agreeing first, I still want to ask the third brother about this matter in person." ”
Princess Shengping knew that she had always been stubborn in Guo Yan's affairs, but she had to mediate in this matter, so she patted the back of her hand: "Okay, you do things safely, it's up to you to talk to Jin'er!" ”
After the first seven days of Zhao Guogong, Guo Yan waited for Nianyun to return to the East Palace, and then he breathed a sigh of relief, and the sorrow that he had deliberately suppressed for several days came from all over the world, naturally he had no intention of having fun, and he even restrained his heart, and only locked himself in the house to copy the scriptures.
Although Xue Chu'er is a person in the party, it is rare to meet a young and family child like Guo Jun, so he is also a little sincere.
Seeing that he hadn't shown up for several days, he muttered in his heart, only worried that he liked the new and hated the old and went elsewhere. I sent someone to inquire again, and it turned out that a Guogong immortal of the Guo family had passed away, and it was naturally not good for the nephews in the family to go to Pingkang again, so they let go of their hearts a little.
More than a month has passed in a blink of an eye, and Zhao Guogong's funeral has ended, but Guo Yan still did not show up, Xue Chu'er gradually became uneasy in her heart, and sent the little girl to the princess's mansion to inquire three times and twice, but for some reason, she was kicked out.
It wasn't until after 7749 that the funeral was over, and there was still no news, so Xue Chu'er had no choice but to discourage the idea of marrying into the princess's mansion, and forced a smile to greet the other guests.
Because of Princess Shengping's words, Nian Yun was thinking about going back to the princess's mansion to find Guo Jun, but he didn't expect Guo Jun to come to the door by himself.
Li Chun did not return to the court, this time Guo Yan was waiting for her in the Chongwen Palace, and the maid of the Chongwen Hall had already recognized him, so she had already seen the seat and cooked fragrant tea.
Nian Yun walked in and sat down across from him.
"Third brother, mother said that you have been praying for the third uncle at home recently?"
Guo Yan nodded: "When I pick up the book and read it, I always can't calm down, so I just copy a few volumes of the "Dizang Sutra" and "Diamond Sutra". ”
Nian Yun smiled: "In this way, Chu'er is afraid that he will not be able to see his brother for two months, right?" ”
Guo Yan bowed his head slightly: "Probably." ”
originally planned to find an opportunity to ask the third uncle to help mediate, but after such an accident, Nianyun knew that his mother would not agree to the third brother Ming Media marrying Xue Chuer. This makes things even harder.
A lifetime and a couple is the hope of every pair of people who love each other, and she dare not persuade Guo Jun to marry Li Chang first, and then take Xue Chuer as a concubine.
She thought for a while and said to Guo Yan: "Third brother, otherwise, you can take Chu'er away first." After three or five years, my father and mother's anger has disappeared, so naturally I don't care. ”
A trace of gentle sadness crossed Guo Yan's eyes, and the Jiangnan was like smoke and rain.
He reached out and scratched Nian Yun's nose, "Then why didn't you leave with King Shu in the first place?" ”
"Me?" Nianyun smiled, "It's about me who empathized and didn't fall in love, I fell in love with Chun." ”
Guo Yan smiled: "How do you know that I am not a person who likes the new and hates the old, maybe I am also in love with Li Chang!" ”
It seemed that he didn't have to bother thinking about how to talk to him, he already knew.
Nianyun said: "You are different from me, I am a little woman, I have no power to restrain the chicken, how dare I make a desperate bet and abandon my grandmother's family?" You are a man, as long as you don't kill people and set fires, you are not a big rebel. ”
He reached out and stroked Nian Yun's hair: "But I don't worry about leaving my sister alone in the imperial city." ”
He said that in Nianyun's heart, from her point of view, she really hoped that Guo Yan would always accompany her all the way.
Nian Yun thought for a while and asked, "Then are you willing to marry Li Chang?" ”
Guo Yan looked at her and smiled: "If you want me to marry her, I will marry." ”
Nian Yun pouted and said, "It's you who marry, not me!" ”
Guo Yan just smiled gently: "I always want to marry a woman." For me, it's the same for any noble girl in Chang'an City. If marrying this woman happens to make my sister a little happier, it's not a bad thing. ”
"But Chu'er ......"
Guo Yan's eyebrows were shrouded in deep melancholy: "The third uncle is a precedent put there, he mistook Mrs. Wei's life, and Mrs. Wei may also mislead his life." If I had known such an ending, I think that for the third uncle, it would be better not to meet the city. ”
Nian Yun understood what he was thinking, he didn't want to follow the old path of the third uncle and Mrs. Wei again, and while the relationship was not deep at this time, he just let it go. If it is difficult to be together, it is better to forget each other in the rivers and lakes. Taking advantage of Chu'er's current worth, he can also find another lover.
"You know Chang'er likes you, but if you don't love Chang'er, maybe Chang'er doesn't need you to give her affection......"
The corners of Guo Yan's mouth pursed a smile: "Don't worry, if she marries me, she will be my wife." ”
This is Guo Yan's promise.
She hesitated a little: "So, you agree with your mother's proposal to the East Palace?" ”
Guo Yan looked into her eyes and nodded with a smile.
Nian Yun didn't expect Guo Yan to say so briskly, she hardly made any effort to persuade. So there was a faint sour feeling in her heart, and she understood that the third brother had said that he would protect her, and this was his action.