Chapter 16: Goodbye Gong Huan
The sky was dark and hazy, the snow stopped, the icy cold wind blew, the carriage stopped in the snow of the Hegong with carved beams and rusty pillars, and the two wheels sank into the snow, leaving deep traces of the wheels running over. Red lanterns are hung high under the eaves, and the cylindrical window lattices are all with red stickers.
"Yun Yin, come in, this courtyard is where you will end up in the future." Linlang stood at the door of the room and waved her hand to enter.
Mu Yunqi stepped on the snow, looked around, walked to her side to look into the room, and then followed her into the house.
The candles in the room are lit, the room is full of the fragrance left by the sandalwood incense, the table is soft, the screen table and chairs are antique, exquisite and luxurious.
"Thank you, Miss Linlang." Mu Yunqi looked at her and chuckled.
"You don't need to say thank you, you can move around the whole courtyard on your own, and the room next to it can be used by your maidservant." She smiled slightly, reassuring her restraints.
Mu Yunqi nodded and watched her retreat away.
"You each find a room, and rest first." She said to Lan Gu.
The three of them left the room, and closed the door with their hands, leaving her alone in the room.
The current situation made her at a loss, and she didn't know what Haoyue Palace's intentions were in intervening to rescue. The road ahead is vast, as if there is no end in sight, only without stopping.
The next morning, the sky was gray, and small snowflakes fell on the snow that had melted a lot on the eaves.
Mu Yunqi walked out of the door in white clothes, she looked up at the sky on the eaves, and was slightly surprised by the scenery in the courtyard.
The courtyard is readily available, it is said that the courtyard is actually more like a palace building, the eaves of the carved tree of Danying are carved under the fence jade, the garden is covered by snow, and it does not hide its delicate and delicate at all.
She walked out of the courtyard, and there was a plum garden outside the courtyard, and the plum blossoms were in full bloom, blooming with extreme beauty. With a light step, she walked into the Merlin and strolled through it with a mesmerizing smile on her face.
There are plum trees, peach trees, and pear trees in the forest, and only plum blossoms are proudly placed in the treetops at this time, dotting the white vastness of heaven and earth.
The snow-capped mountains in the distance of Haoyue Palace are towering into the clouds, surrounded by mountains, and the smoke and waves are vast.
For several days, except for Linlang who came every day to greet what he needed, everything was as calm as water. She couldn't figure out what the meaning of Haoyue Palace was, so she had to deal with it indifferently now.
"Xiao Yin, Xiao Yin...."Gong Ran's voice came from outside the courtyard, and in a moment, he had stepped behind her, with a smile on his face.
"Xiao Yin?" She asked, seated in front of the yellow mirror, looking at his shadowy body from the mirror.
"The palace master has returned." He smiled and said with a smile that Mu Yunqi would go and see him.
She nodded knowingly, got up slowly, raised her head, and motioned for him to lead the way.
The snow on the road has not melted, the accumulation is deep, and the cold wind is blowing, and it is bitterly cold. She and Gong Ran were thinking a lot behind her, and their hearts turned a thousand times.
The melodious sound of the piano wafts in the ice and snow, a woman in the hexagonal stone pavilion sits in the pavilion and strokes the strings elegantly, and a handsome and elegant man on the stone table looks at each other with a smile.
The mansha hanging under the carved eaves of the stone pavilion fluttered in the cold wind, and the clear and beautiful sound spread from the pavilion to Mu Yunqi's ears, she felt familiar in her heart, and looked at the back of the man in the pavilion with a slight distraction.
"Xiao Yin, what's wrong?" Gong Ran looked back.
"It's fine." The woman shook her head and stepped in to follow, smiling.
The sound of the piano in the stone pavilion stopped suddenly, the woman sat upright and looked down at the two people walking in the distance, and the man stood facing the plum blossoms outside the railing.
"Second brother." Gong Ran stepped up the stone steps and looked up at the man at the pavilion gate.
"Yunyin girl, don't come unharmed." He turned and said softly, a meaningful smile tugging at the corner of his mouth.
Mu Yunqi suddenly raised her eyes to look, the person in front of her matched the face in her thoughts, and her eyes flashed with disbelief, making her stunned in place.
"Second brother, do you know Xiao Yin?"
Gong Ran's voice brought her back to her senses, and she immediately lowered her head, her face pale. There were already ups and downs in her heart, and there were many strange things about his appearance that day, but she deliberately avoided it.
Pressing the coldness in her heart, she raised a smile that did not reach the bottom of her eyes, and said gently: "It turns out that Gonghuan Gongzi is the palace master of Haoyue Palace, and he was rude before. She gave a gentle salute, and her face smiled softly, so that people could not see the traces hidden under the beautiful face.
Gong Huan turned around and sat down, picking his eyes and motioning for her to go.
She fanned her eyelashes slightly, and then walked into the stone pavilion and sat down on the stone bench.
Gong Ran hesitated in place, with doubts on his face, he sat next to Mu Yunqi, his eyes looked at her with doubt, her eyes were cold, and there was no wave.
"Miss Yunyin, do you have any plans now?" Gong Huan looked at her and asked straight to the point.
She stared at him and said, "The palace master might as well speak up." ”
"The NATO mourning has passed, and the next thing is the enthronement celebration, and the envoys of many countries have come to congratulate each other, so they should not have time to take care of your whereabouts, so Gong Ran will escort you to the border." He said aloud, a smile on his lips.
"Border?" She asked, raising her voice.
"Mu Yunche Garrison."
"Really?" She asked, not quite convinced.
"You think this seat is like a joke?" He couldn't help but laugh.
Mu Yunqi was full of suspicion, staring at him silently, looking at his face, as if he wanted to see something.
"This seat is entrusted by Mu Yunche."
When she heard this, she suddenly brightened, raised the corners of her mouth and said softly, "How is the third brother now?" ”
"He must not be in a better place now." He whispered.
Mu Yunqi's face sank and nodded, his eyes swept towards him, but when he saw him looking at him with a smile, his heart trembled suddenly, and he immediately stared at the stone table with his eyelashes down, not daring to look at it again. seemed to realize that his behavior was inappropriate, and he was annoyed, and secretly comforted himself and smiled back.
"When are you leaving?"
"Five days later." Gong Ran took the conversation and replied.
"Okay, but my maid..."
"Xiao Yinmo doesn't want to bring the maid with you?" He asked in surprise.
Mu Yunqi waved his hand again and again, and said, "The border trip is extremely dangerous, I will not take them into danger." ”
"If you want to leave, you can stay, Haoyue Palace." Gong Huan said softly.
She got up and saluted lightly, and said with a smile between her eyebrows: "Thank you palace master." ”
Gong Ran got up and said, "Shouldn't it be me who Xiao Yin thanked me?" ”
"Why?"
"I'm the one who will protect you all the way in the future."
Mu Yunqi pursed his lips and said with a smile: "Who protects whom. After speaking, he walked out of the pavilion lightly, stepped on the snow and suddenly turned back and said, "Palace master, thank you, retire first." ”
Gong Ran followed and got up and chased after her.
Gong Huan looked at the disappearing backs of the two, his face darkened, and his expression was vague.
"If it weren't for Mu Yunche, I would have let her be buried here today." The stone pavilion woman said fiercely, looking at the back of the departing revealing yin and vicious.
Gong Huan glanced at her and said softly, "You go back as soon as possible, don't stay in NATO." ”
"Okay." She withdrew her gaze and looked at him with a face that grew to normal.
The majestic high wall is covered with snow in the deep courtyard, and the plum forest on the left is already white, and the plum branches and plum blossoms are sprinkled with snowflakes, which is very beautiful.
Gu Hanxuan stood on the window lattice, staring out the window with a lost gaze, his face was cold over the snow, revealing endless sadness.
Nighthawk fell from the eaves, stepped into the house, walked to the table and arched his hand: "Your Majesty, all the secret guards have been dispatched. ”
"Any news?" Gu Hanxuan said coldly.
Nighthawk immediately knelt down on one knee and said, "The emperor forgives the sin, and the crown princess has not been found yet." ”
"She's already a queen." He said calmly, with a coldness.
"Subordinate convicted."
"Don't let go of any suspicious person, take it back to the queen at all costs, and remember....." He paused before he said after a moment, "Don't hurt her in the slightest." He hid his pain, and his face was so dark and dark that he was suffocating and did not dare to look at it more.
"Subordinates receive orders." Nighthawk stepped back respectfully, a fine sweat welling up on his forehead. Even if the emperor doesn't ask her, no one dares to hurt her for half a point, and who in NATO doesn't know how much the emperor attaches importance to that woman. For the last words of the first emperor, he had many disputes with the queen mother, and he did not hesitate to end up in the name of unfilial piety, and he also wanted to make her the queen.
Gu Hanxuan looked at the snow in the sky, and his heart was like a knife. When I first met her that year, she was dancing under the snowflakes. On Chinese New Year's Eve, she played lightly in the snow under the snow. Why did you leave him such a beautiful picture, why did you give him a glimpse of it that year, and why did you leave him struggling in the abyss now, bearing the pain of his heart alone.
If you first see the beauty in the snow, why is it full of melancholy?
The lanterns are lit up under the mountains and valleys, and the lanterns flutter high at the end of the long corridor, and the bright colors under the eaves are also swaying with the lanterns.
The mahogany door was wide open, and a dim light streamed out of the room and shone on the doorway.
Mu Yunqi sat alone on the stone steps in front of the door, looking thoughtfully at the fine snowflakes covering the deep snow that had been piled up.
"Miss, why do you have to sit on the ground?" Lan Gu put the silver and white dragon on her, walked to the bottom of the stone steps and asked.
She pulled a bitter smile at the corners of her mouth and shook her head.
"Miss, there is no one to take care of you when you go to the border, you can't do this, it's cold outside the house, let's go inside." She looked at Mu Yunqi and said bitterly.
Mu Yunqi knew that she was worried about herself, and she was sad, so she got up and entered the house.
She sat down on a mahogany chair and looked at Lan Gu, and said leisurely: "In the future, you must be more careful, don't inquire about border news, so as not to be noticed and suspicious." The Mu family is now a traitor in NATO, you must think more about everything, and you must not be seen by others. ”
"The slave knows, and the young lady needs not worry. It's a shame that I want you to worry about the slaves, you should be a pampered young lady, but you will be alone and displaced in the future. The slave thought of this..... "She burst into tears, choked up until she could not speak."
Mu Yunqi got up and held her hand, and sighed: "My life should be like this, and I can't complain about others." ”
Lan Gu wiped away the tears on her face, looked at her and said solemnly: "The third young master can raise troops to attack the city in just a few months, and it must be inseparable from Haoyue Palace. ”
She nodded and said: "I know that the third brother's raising of troops must be fueled by the Haoyue Palace, but I don't know what the third brother will discuss with them, it's just that when I get to the border, I will naturally know everything." ”
Lan Gu nodded and said kindly: "Miss has been able to take charge on her own, and the slave is really happy." Tears rolled in her eyes as she spoke, and she lowered her head and forced it back.
Mu Yunqi smiled, and his heart wandered with melancholy and sentimentality. She didn't say that Gong Huan was the palace master of Haoyue Palace, one said that it was useless, and the other didn't want them to worry.
The lonely road is long, if you really want to say that there are any shortcomings, you have to sigh, and it is too late to go with it before seeing all the dust fall.