Chapter 16: Death in the Clouds

As soon as the morning dawned, the person who laughed at me for being stupid last night came with an astonishing news - Yunzhong, the son of the prime minister, died!

At that time, the emperor's decree on marriage had not yet been issued.

I'm sitting in a corner of the capital. The morning sun shone on the surface of the stream, sparkling so brightly that I almost couldn't open my eyes.

The boy with a fair face and long eyelashes, here, he said—

"I found out a long time ago, and I come here when I'm upset."

"This fish is called the red sunfish, and when the sun is red on the surface of the water, they rush out to form a line. It is said that they spit blisters to summon the red sun to come home. ”

"That's when I remembered to go home."

"Don't be angry, in case you get angry, my favorite will be missing."

I closed my eyes and tried not to let the tears linger. What I didn't understand before, I actually understand it a little at this moment. The boy who was still standing in the moonlight yesterday, those eyes that were always smiling, will never be there again.

I heard that Yunzhong was reprimanded by the prime minister after returning home, and then locked himself in the study. When the prime minister kicked the door open, the room was full of white books and papers, which read: I will no longer be the son of the prime minister in the next life. Everyone was startled, but the body lying on top of white was already cold.

I buried my head in the crook of my leg.

He said that I was the first person he really liked, but I ......?

Why not? Why didn't you promise him at the time, if I did, wouldn't he have died? I don't know, I don't know anything.

"Fool, it turns out that you are not a liar!"

"Who said you were stupid, but you weren't stupid at all."

Which of your words to me is true? Actually, it's stupid. How could I not be stupid? In the clouds, didn't you find out that if I wasn't stupid, why didn't I discover your inner thoughts earlier? If I'm not stupid, how could I have made such an excuse to hurt you last night? In fact, the marriage contract is already in name only, and I was planning to run away.

I'm angry, angry at the person who didn't even lift his eyes, and you don't want to marry her, I don't want you to marry, you have fulfilled my selfishness, and I, I still blame you. I'm stupid, stupid, and sad to see you, I don't even know a word to say. Actually, you are also stupid, if you fight with the emperor again, maybe it will be different? Or, from the moment you said yes, you started to give up?

The red sunfish came out, as if it were yesterday...... However, there is one less person around.

As soon as I walked to the door of Su Mansion, I was pulled into a corner by a person. Fu'er? I looked at her strangely.

"Why are your eyes red? By the way, don't worry about this for now, Su Fu, don't go back for the time being. There was an anxious look on her face.

I wiped my eyes again and wondered, "Why?" ”

She looked around and suddenly lowered her voice: "General Murong's daughter is here." ”

General Murong?

It sounds familiar, by the way, it's the person who said that the taste in the clouds is unique that day. Now I'm even more weird, but what does his daughter have to do with me?

Fu'er looked at me and said curiously, "Don't you know? Murong Lizhu, the daughter of General Murong, haven't you seen her at the banquet? ”

I was shocked, it was her!

Such a weak woman is actually the daughter of General Murong! I remember that General Murong also said something at that time that "providence makes people" to provoke my troubles.

"So, what are you doing in a daze? Hurry up and hide. ”

"Hide? Why hide? "We have no grievances, what am I hiding from her.

"Do you really don't know or if you don't know, now it's rumored inside and out, it's because you rejected Lord Yun's proposal that Master Yun can't think of committing suicide, and she must have come to you to settle accounts." Fu'er said in a tone that sounded both pity and mockery.

I forgot that she was still the one who was going to be married to Yunzhong. Before the decree was given, the bridegroom had died, and I suddenly began to beg her.

"There are some things that can be hidden, and some things that cannot be avoided." Am I not guilty of death in the clouds? If you ask me to settle accounts, then forget it.

Fu'er looked at me with a strange gaze and forgot to stop me.

"Suddenly, I noticed that you were different."

"Different?"

"Oh, I can't tell, it's just not the same anyway." She said seriously.

I was stunned, grew up? Is this complimenting me? But I feel a little awkward. I'm called Yu Ran, I'm not very smart, could it be that she really thinks of me as a fool? I glanced at her, and I wanted to say a few words for myself, but it didn't matter much when I thought about it, so I forgot it.

When I saw Murong Lizhu, she was in a daze.

On a stone bench in the courtyard, there was a woman in pink light veil, and there was no one behind her, only herself. Occasionally, fallen leaves blew onto the stone table in front of her, and they did not alarm her in the slightest. She sat still, like a windless lake.

That stone bench was cold, I sat on it.

"Murong Lizhu?" I hesitated, thinking that she was, but it was not the same as last night.

Last night, she was full of aura, but today she is like a peach blossom barbecued by the scorching sun, dim.

She turned her head, her eyes gradually focused on me, and quietly began to look at me, her eyes were unpredictable, and suddenly smiled, "You are just Yuran, I couldn't meet you last night, no wonder." So saying, he bowed to me.

I think I'm not the only one who is stupid, even Fu'er is going to have her eyes wide this time. Shouldn't she have come to ask me about my teacher as outsiders have rumored? Why did you apologize first?

"You don't think I'm here to ask you about your sin, the people of the Murong family won't be so rude." She sighed, turned her gaze into the distance, and withdrew it again, "I just want to know, why did he kill himself?" ”

Why did you commit suicide?

Can I say that he doesn't like the family affairs that his father arranged for him? Can I say that he just wants to marry someone he likes? Can I say that I rejected him with a half-lie?

And I, can I say that?

"I don't know about this." When I said this calmly, I felt as if I had changed and become less like me, and this realization made me panic. I don't know what I'm running away from, only that I can't say that.

"Actually, I know if you don't say it." Her expression suddenly became sad, and she murmured, "Is it so difficult to marry me?" I love him with all my heart. If I had known this would be the case, I would have preferred not to propose......"

That light gauze-like figure walked farther and farther, as if it could disappear as soon as the wind blew.

I looked up at the sky - it looked like it was going to rain