Chapter 231

The fall of the Zhu family brought a burst of hustle and bustle, and when the hustle and bustle gradually fell silent, Da Zhou stepped into another winter.

With the cold wind from the north sweeping through the southern parts of the Yangtze River, the temperature plummeted, people changed into winter clothes, and a few days later, the first winter snow hit, and the city was full of vegetarians.

In the Gu family's study, a few pots of charcoal burned quietly, making the room warm, and the snowflakes fluttered on the window lattice, adding a bit of vitality to the quiet study.

Footsteps sounded outside, someone pushed the door in, and the snow outside the door rushed in with the wind, instantly turning into water vapor.

"Brother, everything is packed..."Gu Banniang gently shook the snowflakes on the cloak, looked at Gu Hai and said with a smile, "If the schedule is set, I will order the carriage and horses....."

Gu Hai put down the book in his hand, looked at his sister and smiled, and said hello.

Gu Hai's case was cleared, and he was still reinstated, and the court sympathized with his imprisonment and allowed him to take a break for the New Year, but Gu Hai remembered all the things in Lizhou, so he could set off when he was ready.

"This time, our family can celebrate the New Year together..."Gu Banniang said with a smile, with full of expectations, the meaning of the New Year is very important to everyone and every family, but it is even more important to their family.

One year represents life and the preciousness of life.

Gu Hai didn't speak, he was silent for a moment, and said with some hesitation: "Eighteen Niang, you really don't plan to ....."

It stands to reason that Gu Bainiang's qualifications to enter the palace were gone the moment she was taken away by the Criminal Department, but now the situation is that the Ministry of Rites not only did not clearly send a clear edict to disqualify herself from marrying since then, but instead sent a notice to enter the palace.

Of course, Gu Banniang has already retracted her fame through Gu Haihai's book, but she has not replied for a long time.

Gu Bainiang smiled and nodded, her eyes turned to the door, and the wind swept the snow flakes indiscriminately.

"Oh yes, brother, I'm here to talk to you, I'm going to go out....." She changed the subject.

"Where to go? On this snowy day..."Gu Hai frowned.

"Go and tell Ling Yuan a farewell...."Gu Banniang said, smiling.

The matter of the Zhu family is over, although Lingyuan is still a bandit, but finally no one is staring at this anymore, so Gu Bainiang found a place outside the city and built a mound for him.

The mound stood near the West Lake, which was a place where cemeteries were concentrated, and Gu Bainiang felt that Lingyuan had lived alone, and she didn't want him to be cold and lonely when he died.

The snow fell unhurriedly, making this originally somewhat gloomy place become covered in silver, adding a bit of coldness.

Refusing to be followed by the maid, Gu Bainiang asked her to stay by the car, and walked to Lingyuan's tomb with an umbrella and a basket.

There is no surname on the tombstone, only the simple word Lingyuan, and there is no person who erects the tombstone, which looks particularly bleak.

Gu Bainiang slowly squatted down, put the umbrella aside, picked up the snow with her hands, swept out a clearing, and slowly arranged the offerings in the basket.

"Come, let's have a drink," she poured two glasses of wine, muttering to herself, "Speaking of which, we've never had a drink together.....

As he spoke, he drank it all, then spilled another cup in front of the tomb, and then poured another cup.

"I can't drink more, my health is not good..."She smiled, looked at the tombstone, and seemed to be sitting opposite Lingyuan, "You are not happy when I drink it..... you drink it for me...."

As she spoke, she slowly poured both glasses of wine onto the ground, and then looked at the snow-covered ground.

The snow kept falling, and soon she was covered in a blanket of clothes, and although the maids on the side were anxious, they did not dare to come.

Gu Bainiang looked at the tombstone again, and tears slowly slid down, "If you can't live, you have a chance to start over....... because we can't live well......"

Her voice became more and more choked, and at last she could not cry, and she stopped talking, but took out two red ropes from the placket of her clothes, one with a piece of jade tied to it, and the other a small Buddha carved from wood.

She reached out and untied the piece of jade, and slowly dug a pit in the grave with her hands, and buried it in it.

"This is what I sent you, and I haven't had time to give it to you yet....." She muttered, watching as the snowflakes quickly covered the churned new earth.

Quietly looked at the tombstone for a while.

"I'm leaving...."She reached out and stroked the surface of the monument and stood up, because she had been squatting for too long, and her body couldn't help but shake.

The maid was so frightened that she hurriedly ran over to help her.

"It's okay, let's go." Gu Bainiang signaled that she was fine, cleaned up with the maid, and returned to the carriage with a walk.

The carriage walked slowly, and Gu Hai in the car had already asked someone to prepare a charcoal stove, a hand stove, etc. to keep warm, and soon eased up, and the maid took a dry hand towel to help her wipe the snowflakes on her head and body.

The carriage, which was not fast, suddenly stopped.

"Miss.." The nursing home outside the car whispered from the window, "Someone is coming...."

Someone coming? Gu Bainiang frowned, lifted the curtain, but saw a long figure standing in front of him in the middle of the road, he was wearing a purple coat, standing with his hands in his hands, tilting his head slightly, and waiting silently.

Gu Bainiang was startled, and was busy getting out of the car to bow down, but a guard on the side had already raised his hand to stop her movements.

"Have you seen the Ten Views of West Lake?" No mistakes, no word skipping. King Wenjun waited for her to approach and asked.

Gu Bainiang shook her head.

"I don't either..."King Wenjun smiled, "It seems that we are really ordinary people, and we have never seen a good and beautiful ....."

"Your Highness's golden body...."Gu Banniang lowered her head and said.

"Let's go." King Wenjun didn't wait for her to finish, and turned to go first.

Gu Bainiang didn't speak again, and followed with her steps.

This place is close to the white causeway, to the east, you can faintly see the broken bridge, to here, you will see people coming and going, it is very lively.

"The victory of the West Lake, the clear lake is not as good as the rain lake, the rain lake is not as good as the moon lake, and the moon lake is not as good as the snow lake....." King Wenjun exclaimed, "It's really extraordinary.....

The guards scattered, inadvertently cutting off a space around them.

"Yes.." Gu Bainiang replied in a low voice, her eyes swept over the beautiful scenery that made people feel refreshed, "It's so beautiful...."

King Wenjun didn't speak again, the two of them walked one after the other and walked on the snow, the Subai causeway was like jade, the lake on both sides was like a mirror, there were pleasure boats nearby, and the snowy mountains were empty in the distance.

"Won't I ever have the opportunity to enjoy such a beautiful scenery like this in the future..... I don't know how long it took to walk, Wenjun Wang suddenly sighed with a smile.

"Your Highness's longevity is boundless, and the rivers and mountains are infinite..."Gu Bainiang lowered her eyes and said in a low voice, "Don't say such a thing...."

"I'm blessed again?" King Wenjun smiled and looked sideways at her.

Gu Bainiang's figure was stunned, and she wanted to kneel down.

"Let's talk well..."King Wenjun stretched out his hand to stop her.

His hand held Gu Bainiang's wrist, lingered for a moment, and slowly withdrew it.

"Do you want to?" He asked faintly.

"Gu Xiang, this life can be like this, thanks to the ...... given by the master Liu Gong" Gu Bainiang said slowly in a low voice, how to get acquainted with Liu Gong, how to learn from the teacher.

"Gu Xiang was wrong in his previous life, and he will repay his kindness in this life...."She raised her head, and for the first time did not avoid King Wenjun's eyes, "I can only repay my love in the next life...."

"Allow you to make medicine, and allow you to accept apprentices..."King Wenjun looked at her and said slowly.

Gu Banniang's body shook slightly.

"Gu Xiang, I just want to have someone by my side, just like when I was sick..."King Wenjun sighed lightly and said, "It's okay for the danger, but not at this time..."

Gu Bainiang looked at him, bit her lip, and finally lowered her head slowly.

"Your Highness... Gu Xiang is not worthy..."She said astringently, "Gu Xiang... I only want to accompany His Royal Highness, and it will always be that Gu Xiang......"

That Gu Xiang, supple, kind, loyal....

That Gu Xiang, at that time, took off all the disguises and all the precautions.....

At this time, Gu Xiang's heart was full of holes, layers of precautions, and everything was calculated, she couldn't stop, she couldn't help herself, and she couldn't control her anger.....

"Gu Xiang...."He looked at her, seemed to sigh, and seemed to smile, "You... Don't believe me? ”

Don't believe I can give you days without calculation and without precautions.

"Don't dare..."Gu Banniang lowered her head and said.

"Gu Xiang, think about it, although you didn't believe me, did I disappoint you?" King Wenjun said lightly.

If you say Gu Haisheng, then I will be born, I believe you....

You say you can save me, I believe you....

Gu Bainiang's tears dripped down, she was desperate at the beginning, so she had to desperately bump into it, and there was no hope of survival, but he raised his hand and let it go.

"I know...," she replied in a low voice, so she was grateful, so she gave up ignoring and watching coldly, and also went to take risks to concoct dragon and tiger soup.

"Gu Xiang.. King Wenjun's voice fell, and he slowly stretched out his hand in front of her.

"Gu Xiang can't be disloyal, unrighteous and unfilial...."Gu Banniang lowered her head and lowered her body, her voice was already choked, "Gu Xiang doesn't want to be ashamed in front of His Royal Highness......"

The snow slowly fell, sprinkled one after another, and soon spread a layer of white in the palm of King Wenjun's hand.

She lowered her head, but she didn't see the look of self-deprecation and pity on King Wenjun's face.

King Wenjun smiled slowly and shook off the snow in his hand.

"Okay, you can be as good as you say....." He smiled and said, "You... Go for it...."

Gu Banniang's tears rained down, "Your Highness Xie...."

But the man in front of him did not leave.

"You go first...."King Wenjun's voice gently floated from the top of his head, "It's rare to have a leisurely time, enjoy the scenery well....."

Gu Bainiang bit her lip and choked, once again bowed deeply, and after a long time, she got up, turned around and walked away.

"Your Highness..."Huang Nei's attendant walked over from the side, holding an umbrella, and choked up.

King Wenjun withdrew his gaze from the vast snowy scene, and when he saw his swollen eyes and tears, he burst out laughing.

"Look at your appearance...."King Wenjun scolded with a smile, "Lone wants to laugh when he sees you crying...."

"Your Royal Highness...."Huang Neishou immediately shed two lines of tears aggrievedly, "The old slave is sad....."

"You're sad.," King Wenjun smiled.

"The old slave is sad for His Highness...."Huang Neishou wiped his face with his sleeve as if angry, and said indignantly.

King Wenjun smiled, did not speak, exhaled lightly, and set his eyes on the snow scene again.

"The old slave just doesn't understand, she's doing this....how can there be such a thing...."Huang Neishou sniffed and said indignantly, while shedding tears again.

King Wenjun smiled lightly, "You don't understand....."

His voice was quiet, and when he heard it in Huang Nei's ears, he only felt lonely.

"Your Highness understands?" Huang asked with a frowning face.

King Wenjun didn't speak, just quietly watched the snow falling silently from the sky.

"Yes, I understand....." He seemed to say to himself, "I met her too late....."

Huang Neishou was puzzled when he heard this, was it late? Late? Didn't they know each other very early? Besides, what does it matter if it's late?

Does it mean that Gu Niangzi worshipped the teacher, so she couldn't turn her back, so it was too late?

But that's not right... Huang Neishou was puzzled, and when he was about to ask, he raised his eyes to see the expression of King Wenjun, but he still sighed and did not speak again.

Since they all understood, why should he, an outsider, bother, just worry about it.......

A few days later the snow stopped, and just as it was dawn, three wagons left the city gates.

"This house has been sold, it seems that I don't plan to come back..."Gu Yu dismounted and said, taking the wine glass handed by Gu Hai.

"It's not because it's because I repaid your love, I can't afford to pay it back if I don't sell the house..."Gu Banniang said with a smile, also holding a wine glass in her hand.

"Will you pay it back if you sell the house?" No mistakes, no word skipping. Gu Yu said lightly and drank it all.

Gu Hai smiled and drank it all.

"Take care..."He nodded and reached out to pat Gu Yu on the shoulder.

Gu Yu frowned and took a step away, "You don't have to say this to me..."

Gu Hai laughed, and reached out to pat him on the shoulder, "Okay, I'll say it for myself for you."

"Let's go." Gu Yu didn't dodge this time, and said lightly.

Gu Hai nodded, and saw Gu Bainiang on the side slowly finishing her wine, and hurriedly reached out to take her wine glass.

"You can't drink ..... have fun," he said angrily.

Gu Bainiang grinned and shook his arm, "Brother, I'll just have a drink..."

"One cup won't do..."Gu Hai glared.

Looking at the two brothers and sisters who were full of warmth and laughter, Gu Yu frowned and coughed.

"Hey, you guys did it on purpose, didn't you? No mistakes, not a few words," he asked.

Gu Hai smiled, turned around and stretched out his hand again, "You too, officialdom socialize, eat less wine....."

Gu Yu took a step aside, and Gu Hai's hand fell short.

"Take care." Gu Hai laughed and arched his hand.

Gu Yu nodded, watching the brother and sister turn around and leave.

"Young Master Fisher.. Come to Lizhou when you have time..."Cao Shi nodded at him and said softly.

Gu Yu nodded slightly, did not speak, watched Gu Hai help Cao Shi to get into the car, the mother and son laughed, the warmth between his eyebrows overflowed, and he only felt a colic in his heart, and then it was empty.

Some things, after all, are missing a corner of the heart and difficult to make up.

Gu Bainiang suddenly stopped, said a word to Gu Hai, and walked over again.

Gu Yu looked at the girl who walked in front of him and smiled.

"It's really jealous and hateful...."Gu Yu smiled.

What he said was headless and disorderly, but Gu Bainiang understood.

"Is that because of this?" No mistakes, no word skipping. Gu Bainiang smiled, "So why don't you look at us well?" ”

"What? Can't you? "No mistakes, no skipping words. Gu Yu raised his eyebrows and said.

Gu Banniang smiled, "Of course you can... But..."

She paused slightly, took a step forward, and reached out to hug Gu Yu.

Gu Yu was stunned for a moment, his body stiffened, obviously surprised.

"Brother.. There will also be people who are jealous of you to the point of hatred..."Gu Bainiang was a head shorter than him, gently touched his forehead in front of him, and said in a low voice, "... Because you also have a sister and brother who will protect you with their lives....."

Seeing that the carriage gradually turned into a black spot in the sky, Gu Yu stood in place for a long time.

“？ She really didn't enter the palace...."Gu Luo'er was shocked when she heard this, her hands in front of her trembled uncontrollably, and then laughed, "I knew she couldn't enter ..... this cheap maid....."

Gu Yu sneered and stood up, "Cousin, don't you understand me?" ”

Gu Luo'er smiled and looked at Gu Yu.

"It's not that she can't enter, but, she won't enter..."Gu Yu said, getting up and walking out.

"Nonsense" Gu Luo'er sneered, "How could she not want to enter if she has a swollen face and is fat?"

Gu Yu stopped his feet, turned to look at her and smiled.

"There is a kind of person in this world who will never leave his fate to someone else....." He said lightly, "However, people like you, I'm afraid you'll never understand....."

After speaking, he didn't stop and strode away, leaving Gu Luo'er in the hall with a blue face and a heaving chest.

He would never leave his fate to someone else.......

A woman's coquettish smile outside interrupted Gu Luo'er's thoughts, and she raised her head and frowned.

"Who's making noise there," she cried, her voice full of anger.

"Madame is here...."A bewitching woman outside the door whispered, looking at her with slanted eyes, "I thought you and the master went to my aunt's house for a banquet....."

The obvious irony in her words was that the relationship between Gu Luo'er and her husband had been very stiff recently, and she was not even allowed to attend such a gathering between relatives and friends, which pierced Gu Luo'er's heart, and she slapped the table and stood up.

"Someone, slap the mouth," she shouted.

Although Gu Luo'er had a bad relationship with her husband, this did not prevent her status as the head of the house, and several mothers-in-law immediately poured out and held the woman down.

"Where is wrong with me for hitting me? Madame, you are angry with me," cried the woman angrily.

"By? If I beat you as a concubine, do you still need a certificate? "No mistakes, no skipping words. Gu Luo'er sneered, "What if I sold you?" ”

As soon as she said that, she waved her hand, and immediately raised her hand to hit it, and suddenly the woman's cry sounded.

"This is dry" There was a pause outside the door, which made the scene of chickens flying and dogs jumping suddenly quiet.

The third prince of Baoding, who had a drunken face on his face, strode forward, his eyes sweeping over the chaotic crowd.

"Master..."The concubine broke free from her mother-in-law, ran over a few steps and knelt in front of him crying pear blossom with rain.

"Is this done?" The third prince of Baoding Hou frowned and looked at Gu Luo'er with a little displeasure.

"No, the concubine is not sensible, I'll teach you a lesson." Gu Luo'er said lightly.

The third prince of Baoding Hou sneered, "You still know that you are sensible and ignorant....." His eyes were full of mockery, and he looked at her from top to bottom, "I thought you didn't understand....."

In front of the public, these words were undoubtedly a resounding slap in the face of Gu Luo'er, her face instantly turned blue, and her figure flickered.

Everyone in the family knew that the relationship between the two had been very stiff recently, but they didn't expect it to be so stiff, and suddenly everyone's expressions looked at Gu Luo'er with deep meaning.

Countless eyes pierced into her body like cold needles, and Gu Luo'er only felt that her breathing was stagnant and her eardrums were buzzing.

Since she learned that when she was questioned in the Criminal Department, it was proved that Gu Bainiang had a great relationship with the bandits, the third son of Baoding Hou was furious, and the husband and wife who had never blushed after marriage quarreled for the first time, and then the Zhu family suddenly collapsed, and Pingyang Hou was implicated, and Gu Luoer also testified because of this, so that the third son of Baoding Hou was subjected to a lot of interrogation, and since then, the relationship between the husband and wife has taken a sharp turn for the worse.

The husband and wife haven't slept together for more than a month, but they just nodded and saw each other during dinner.

But Gu Luoer didn't expect that he would embarrass himself in front of so many people, and his eyes were dark for a while, and he almost fell down.

"Let's go..."The third prince of Baoding snorted, pulled up the concubine who was kneeling on the ground and was already frozen, and strode away.

Until this time, Gu Luo'er couldn't hold it anymore and sat on the chair with a pop.

"A woman like Er is just relying on her parents at home and her husband for marriage......"

"It depends on the words of the parents, and on the act of pleasing the husband's family....."

"Nothing is given by others, so how can you be proud and arrogant..."

"Have you ever thought that once you lose the protection of your parents and the favor of your husband's family, you can be helpless?"

The words sounded in her ears one after another, and Gu Banniang's faint eyes appeared in front of her.

"May you always be reliable...."

Her eyes darkened, and she finally passed out.

When I woke up again, the lights in the room were dim and silent.

Gu Luo'er remembered what had happened, and the hand on her side couldn't help but clench, and the sound of Suo Suo woke up the maid who was accompanying her on the bedside.

"Ma'am, are you awake?" they asked.

Gu Luo'er's gaze swept over the room, and there was the person they didn't want to see.

"Where's the master?" she asked, in a somewhat dry voice.

The maid hung her head, with a bit of dodge.

"The master invited the doctor, and the doctor said to let the lady recuperate....", she whispered.

"I asked where the master is?" Gu Luo'er interrupted her.

"Sir.. The lord is at Aunt Mei's ....." The maid hung her head no longer and made her sound like a mosquito and a fly.

Gu Luo'er closed her eyes and didn't speak again.

"I never wanted anyone to respect, nor did I want to compare with anyone, I just wanted to live, live like a human being......" Gu Bainiang's voice rang in her ears again.

Gu Luo'er's tears slowly flowed down, and the hands in the quilt were clenched tightly.

Yes, I am jealous of you, jealous madness, jealousy longing for you to disappear forever, jealous of how someone can be so arrogant and wanton to fight for what they want, and can be so free and decisive to leave what they don't want, in order to live like that for her

Gu Luo'er's hand thumped down heavily, making the maid kneeling beside the bed tremble in fright.

I don't know how long it took, Gu Luo'er took a deep breath and opened her eyes.

"Go and call Rou'er and Huazhi....." She said slowly.

Rou'er and Huazhi are the maids brought by Gu Luo'er from her mother's family, delicate and cute, beautiful and beautiful, and are deeply treated by Gu Luo'er, they are the first-class girls around them, but they never do the rough work done by other maids.

This kind of maid has a unified identity, that is, the concubine used by the master mother to entrap her husband and use it to fix her favor, and these candidates must be the close associates of the master mother.

"Yes.." The maid stepped back.

Not long after, two enchanting figures appeared outside the bead curtain outside the door.

Looking at the two figures that were getting closer, Gu Luo'er closed her eyes again, she thought that she would never use these two people in her life.....

Living is all about living, you can do it, I can do it, but you have your way of living, and I have my way of living.....

"Gu Xiang....I'll live well....I'll be able to... I will definitely be able to..."Gu Luo'er muttered, biting her lower lip tightly, slowly sat up, raised her arrogant chin slightly as always, and looked at the second daughter who was kneeling in front of her.

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