Gu Chen and Xiaohuan didn't go far away, only to see Xiaohuan look around, and then fell to his knees with a thud, which frightened Gu Chen, Gu Chen asked in a panic:

"Xiaohuan, what are you doing here? Hurry up, what's going on, is it my mother? Is something happening to my mother? ”

"No, young master, I beg your forgiveness for deceiving you, in fact, it is not the old lady who is looking for you, it is yes yes" young lady. ”

"What, young lady? How do you know about the young lady! Hello big daring you little ring! ”

"Young Master, in the forbidden area, I met the young lady."

"What, forbidden area? You dare to run to the forbidden area of the house without permission, how can you let me forgive you? You! You! Say! Tell me what the hell did you do there? ”

"Young master, please calm your anger, listen to me, it was this morning that I accompanied the old lady to the temple to worship incense and came back, the old lady suddenly asked me to go to the forbidden area to visit the people in the room, and gave me a piece of silver to prevent me from making a noise, at first I didn't dare to go, for fear of violating the rules of the house, but I didn't dare to disobey the old lady's order! I had no choice but to go there, and after saying hello to the caretaker at the door, I slipped in. ”

"What, Mother-sama? Have you seen her all? Did she tell you anything? What happened to her! Is she okay? ”

"Back to the young master's words, after I went in, I only heard the ticking of the clock on the second floor, I went down the stairs and went in, there was no light on inside, it was too dark, after I went up, I vaguely saw a person crawling by the window, to be precise, it was a woman, she heard my footsteps and just said these words:

"I'm the young lady, go and call your young master, otherwise I'll jump from here, go quickly!"

So, I hurried over, I was so scared, I didn't know that there was a "young lady", the old lady was still waiting for me to reply! I came to tell you about it secretly! ”

"Xiaohuan, you must not make a noise about this matter, especially if you don't let Midnight know, I will ensure that you have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of your life."

"Xiaohuan knows that it is Xiaohuan's honor to be able to do things for the young master." After speaking, Xiaohuan, who was secretly happy in his heart, turned around and fled.

Gu Chen walked to the back garden in three steps and two steps, he knew that this catastrophe was his destiny, he couldn't escape from it, even so, he hoped that this day would come slowly, but not all the things you don't want to see won't happen.

When Gu Chen came to the gate of the forbidden area, he asked the few guards to retreat. Yes, he hadn't come to see her for a while, and the locust tree outside the door was getting thicker and thicker, blocking the sunlight of the whole building, and the darkness inside the house reminded him of the horror movies his mother told him when he was a child, and he couldn't help but speed up his pace, just wanting to see her as soon as possible. He went up to the second floor and startled him violently,

There was not a trace of light in the room, and the smell of rotting and damp things in the air was permeating the air, and Gu Chen's scalp was numb and his hair stood upside down! Slowly, he began to feel his legs tremble and even no longer be able to move forward.

Gu Chen endured the stairs and cautiously groped forward, and suddenly saw a woman lying by the window with a pale complexion, but with light makeup, seeing Gu Chen, the woman smiled, and the clothes on her arms fluttered in the wind, but this hideous smile made Gu Chen gasp! Even though he had waist-length black hair, he still couldn't hide the musty smell from the cellar, which was even more suffocating!

That's right, this musty woman is the young lady!

"Wan'er, why are you lying here, come, Wan'er, good, let's go in and lie on the bed." Gu Chen couldn't bear to say these words, only to feel that his mind was blank at the moment, and he just wanted to leave this place quickly.

"Chen~ You are finally willing to come to see me, for so many years, in addition to the maids who come to bring me food every day, I am accompanied by the locust tree outside, the leaves fall and open, open and fall, I count the annual fireworks order to know that it has been twelve autumns, but I can't wait for my husband's once! I thought, wait, wait, husband must be in the early dynasty, right? In the companion of the king, right? Are you eating? You're accompanying the old lady, right? Every day, I turn my eyebrows into the same way you did when you first saw me, and I thought that when my husband comes back, my shy and heavy makeup will definitely keep him! ”

"Wan'er, I beg you, please don't say it again, you're better, why didn't you tell me earlier, I'll take you out."

Don't look at Gu Chen's calm talking, in fact, his heart has become a mess, he can't even imagine how he has survived as a "person" in such an environment for the past twelve years! He didn't know what he was going to do, how he was going to tell the midnight who was waiting for him to go out to see a doctor. He is not like other gentlemen, three wives and four concubines, for Gu Chen, he is disloyal and unfaithful, and the young lady at the beginning is not what he wants!

At this time, he suddenly found Ai Ziye, who was already crying silently behind him.

"Midnight, why are you here? Midnight, you calm down, you listen to me, you listen to me explain to you, things are not what you think. ”

"No, eldest young master, today I violated the rules of the house, I offended the young lady, I will ask the old lady for the crime!"

After saying that, she turned around and fled, she didn't want what she saw to be not true, but she was kind and just chose to swallow all the bitter water silently, she didn't even have the courage to argue, what did you let her compare to their 12 years. Midnight ran all the way back, she didn't want people to see her now, she didn't want to!

Gu Chen returned to the room with a tired body, he was going to pick Wan'er out in a few days, his conscience was deeply condemned! In the past, no matter how late he came back, there would always be someone waiting for him at the door of the room, but now he clearly knew that no one would treat him like this again, and Midnight would definitely not forgive him, definitely not.

"Midnight, midnight, the old lady asked you to come over, hurry up!"

"Oh, I see, thank you Xiaohuan!" Of course, Midnight knew that the old lady must have known something when she was looking for her, but it was the old lady who called her, and she had to go, even if there was a sea of swords and fires in front of her.

In fact, it was not an accident that Ai Ziye appeared in the forbidden area that night! It was Xiaohuan who told the young master Midnight that it might be dangerous, and she knew that Xiaohuan was also for her good.

"Old lady, are you looking for me?"

"Oh, it's midnight, come and sit"

"Uh... Well, I don't dare in the middle of the night, the old lady has something to say, and I will do it at midnight. ”

The old lady took away the other servants in the room and took out a bright jade bracelet from the box.

"Midnight, you have always been smart and clever, and you have done your best for our Gu family over the years, and your fathers have broken their hearts by following Mr. Gu, this is our family heirloom, and now I will hand it over to you, I hope you can join hands with Chen'er for a lifetime."

"Ah, what! Old lady, no, I don't dare, after all, I'm just a maid of the Gu family, I don't deserve to be with the young master, the Gu Mansion is also a gateway with a head and a face in the imperial court, how can I marry a maid as a wife! ”

In fact, Ai Ziye never wanted to be with the young master openly, "five sedan chairs, three kowtows" was the distant dream in her heart, but she couldn't be so selfish, she couldn't just think about herself, he had to think about the young master, for the sake of the "young lady" in the forbidden area, and even more for the entire Gu Mansion.

"Midnight, I know, you are a good girl, I put you to the young master's side, just waiting for this day, in fact, Chen'er and I mentioned you, I also think you are a good match, now, I finally waited, it must be my Gu family ancestors to accumulate virtue, so that this good karma, midnight, midnight, good child, another day you must accompany me to the temple to thank the gods, I have found someone to calculate your birthday, hehehe."

Looking at the pleasure in the old lady's heart, Ai Ziye didn't say anything anymore, she knew that the young master loved her, and that was enough, she didn't care what her reputation was, but she trusted the young master so much, and the young master hurt her like this!

"Midnight, I know, you have a knot, as for the person you saw in the back garden, I don't have to hide it from you, today I will tell you all, that is the only daughter of today's prince "Wan'er", in the early years she and Chen'er were married, and it was also a lady, and then contracted a cold, and its madness was no matter how many doctors she asked to cure her, after all, it was something that happened at home, and in desperation, she had to lie to the outside world that the young lady had a madness and died, so this matter was over, It's just that Chen'er felt ashamed of the filial piety and benevolence in her heart, so she gave her her favorite back garden since she was a child, and sent a few reliable subordinates to take care of it. This kind of thing is not easy to spread, after all, there are many people in the house, so it is called a forbidden area. ”

"Oh, it turned out to be the young lady, it can be seen that the young master, the young master has a deep affection for her!"

"No, in the middle of the night, Chen'er has never been close to her, since the time of beating their marriage, Master Gu is just trying to be in the court, Chen'er deliberately got drunk and ran to our room on the night of the big day, the young lady waited for a whole night, and then never went back to her room for various reasons, this young lady can be regarded as nominal."

"Now that the young lady has this strange disease, it is rare for the young master to have such a heart, old lady, I just want to be by the young master's side silently, it has nothing to ask for."

Ai Ziye realized that he had misunderstood the young master, and he couldn't tell how much regret he was now, but then again, the young master already had a wife, which was a fact that no one could change.

"Midnight, I didn't mistake you after all, you are indeed a good girl, I will be relieved to hand over Chen'er to you in the future, you won't live up to my trust, right?"

"Old lady, I will take care of the young master, but with the young lady here, I will never overstep! Today I came to ask the old lady for guilt, and that day I entered the forbidden area alone, and begged the old lady to punish her! ”

"Oh, hehe... Midnight, at that time, you were also thinking about Chen'er's safety, which is also a rare thought, and now that Wan'er has recovered from a serious illness, this forbidden area naturally does not exist, don't worry. ”

After thanking the old lady at midnight, he withdrew. Along the way, Midnight was thinking about how to explain to the young master that he would withdraw from this relationship that should not have been, when he happened to meet Gu Chen, who came back from the upper and lower dynasties.

"Young master, I handed over all the clothes I took to wash yesterday to the other maids, and I retired in midnight." She was afraid, she was afraid that such a thing would happen to her again, after all, the identity disparity was huge, and she didn't dare to climb high.

"Midnight, why do you have to do this? Is there any difficulty that we can face together? ”

"Young master, please pay attention to the proportions of your words, how dare you get the young master's mercy when you are a subordinate in the middle of the night, the young master will not forget the good midnight of the middle night, and in the future, he will do his best to serve the house as a cow and a horse."

Gu Chen knew that 12 years ago, the evil consequences planted by his father would finally bear it by himself, and over the years, even if he tried his best to make up for it, he still hurt three people in the end. Hongyan is not guilty, but I am guilty of Hongyan!