Chapter 13: The Swing
Zhao He, the granddaughter of the Ministry of Rites, is eighteen this year, she has already passed the house, but the elders in the family love her, allowing her to stay in the boudoir for a few more years.
When Zhao He led the army to Gu Qingzhang five years ago, he secretly ran to see him, and since then his heart has a home. When the news of Gu Qingzhang's disappearance came, she cried all night, never thinking that he would come back alive.
"Gu Hou Ye," the girl saluted with her skirt and smiled at him delicately, "Congratulations to Hou Ye on his successful arrival in Beijing." β
Gu Qingzhang had no impression of her, guessing that she was about a certain noble girl, and nodded politely.
Zhao He wanted to talk a few more words, but unexpectedly, a person suddenly ran out of breath, with a bitter face: "Master Hou, something happened, I'm afraid I want you to take a look." β
Gu Qingzhang was puzzled in his heart, his face was not obvious, and he bowed his head to signal: "Missing." β
Zhao He, who finally mustered up the courage to talk to him, could only look at his back with disappointment. The two of them turned all the way down the corridor and stopped where no one was, Gu Qingzhang spoke: "What's the matter?" β
It was Gua Er who came to him, Gua Er touched his round head and smiled cutely: "It's okay, it's okay." β
Gu Qingzhang: ?
"Ouch, my Hou Ye," Gua Er was excited by his cold eyes, and couldn't help but shudder, "Do you really know if you don't know?" There are a lot of noble ladies in the house today, do you really know why the county lord is angry? β
Gu Qingzhang was stunned, he only thought that he had done something wrong and made Lin Chonghan angry, but he didn't expect that there would be this reason.
He was rarely speechless: "I didn't think about ......"
Of course you didn't think about it, Gua Er complained in his heart, your two tricks are eager to stick to the county lord, how can you still care about other noble girls?
It's just that he still didn't say it in a funny way, for fear of being beaten by the angry Gu Houye.
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The courtyard that Gu Qingzhang bought is not small, there is even a garden in the backyard, there are patches of plum groves in it, the snow on the stone bench is swept up by the servants, and there is a small lake next to the woods, with a thin layer of ice on it.
After the dinner, everyone was introduced into the garden, which was very interesting to eat and enjoy the scenery.
Zhao He was enjoying the scenery with everyone, and suddenly noticed that the servant who came to call Hou Ye before was leading the way with his head down, and it was Lin Chonghan, the lord of Yongle County, who followed him.
Zhao He was keenly aware of the abnormality, and the ghost sent the gods, and she quietly followed.
Lin Chonghan followed Gua Er and went all the way around to a trail, the path was paved with pebbles, and there was a swing on the lawn on the side.
The swing and the lake were far away, and Gu Qingzhang leaned on the swing pillar, as if waiting for her here for a long time.
"Xiao Han," Gu Qingzhang beckoned to her, "You often pestered me when you were a child, asking me to put a swing for you." β
But both of them knew that this was not the case, the young Lin Chonghan stuck to Gu Qingzhang, shouting that Gu Qingzhang would marry her in the future, and he would also tie a big and good swing for himself.
Lin Chonghan was silent.
After hugging each other that night, the two tacitly retreated to a safe distance, as if they had chosen to forget about their youthful past. This is a rational choice that adults should make, but Lin Chonghan knows in his heart that neither Gu Qingzhang nor she can forget this past.
"Do you want to come and sit down?"
Lin Chonghan struggled for a moment, but still walked over and got on the swing. Gu Qingzhang didn't speak, just pushed the swing hard, the swing was pushed into the air, Lin Chonghan's cloak was blown up by the wind, and he looked at it stupidly, as if looking at his moon.
Riding on the swing was supposed to be laughter, but the two remained silent.
After waiting for the swing to stop back and forth, Gu Qingzhang suddenly spoke: "I won't marry someone else." β
Lin Chonghan looked back at him suddenly.
Zhao He, who was hiding behind the grass, covered his mouth, and was shocked by these words for a while, Gua Er, who was not far from her, rolled his eyes, and didn't know what to say, he and Hou Ye were both martial arts practitioners, so they naturally knew that there was a person hiding here.
But looking at Hou Ye's attitude, he is probably determined to let this girl know.
"You're crazy!"
Lin Chonghan understood what he meant, and she got up from the swing: "Gu Qingzhang, I am not married to someone else, but your own brother!" β
If Gu Qingzhang marries her again, she will be laughed at by the world when she spreads, pointing at her backbone and scolding; If Gu Qingzhang doesn't marry her, then he will die alone.
Lin Chonghan is not a boudoir girl after all, she deeply understands that she has no hope with him, but she doesn't care, as long as he can live, even if she marries someone else, she doesn't care.
Gu Qingzhang shook his head under her gaze, and he said a thousand words: "You can marry someone else, but I won't marry someone else." β
He didn't force Lin Chonghan to marry him, but he told Lin Chonghan that he would not marry her in his life.
A tear fell lightly on the grass, Lin Chonghan didn't realize the tears in the corner of her eyes, she didn't know what to say, she opened her mouth in a panic, and after a moment of vain, she still closed it.
Such a burning heart was dug out by Gu Qingzhang alive and placed naked in front of her, and the long-standing and no longer naΓ―ve Lin Chonghan was at a loss, she was afraid that no matter what she did, she would hurt the other party.
"...... you want"
She stumbled, wrapped in a cloak and fled from him.
After she left, Gu Qingzhang sat on the swing, looked at the lake and smiled slightly, he knew that he was getting closer and closer to her, because she was reluctant to say the sentence "I will not marry you again" from beginning to end.
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Lin Chonghan didn't stay in Gu Qingzhang's mansion for too long, and after the banquet, he went home early. Gu Qingzhang knew that she was upset, so he didn't force her further, but just told Gua Er to give her the snack box she bought a few days ago.
"Our Hou Ye has always remembered that you love to eat this snack," Gua Er smiled innocently, "Look...... You just accept it, otherwise Master Hou should scold the little one. β
Lin Chonghan stepped on the pedal with one foot, and was about to get into the carriage, when he heard the words and let the spring be accepted.
"Thank you for me."
Lin Chonghan got into the carriage, opened the dim sum box in the spring, and said in surprise: "Girl, there are a lot of dim sum in this box, and the slave maid looks at the girl's favorite food." β
In the evening, Gu Qingzhang's words were still echoing in his ears, and Lin Chonghan snuggled on the carriage in distraught: "What if you remember...... Look at what you like, I remember you didn't eat dinner. β
Kasuga grinned: "Miss Xie." β
Seeing that she was eating happily, Lin Chonghan was in a better mood, and she poured some tea for the spring and asked her to eat more slowly.
"Girl," Spring ate and ate, and suddenly put down the pastry in his hand thoughtfully, "The slave and maid were busy forgetting, and now they remembered that little cheap hoof, it was that Yu Qing, I heard that he was sold to Yanyu Building." β
Lin Chonghan took out the tea set, and the carriage swayed, which did not affect her to make another cup of tea for herself.
"That's her own fault."
Lin Chonghan scalded the teapot and took out the tea leaves, she continued while scraping the foam: "But I remember that she seems to have just had a miscarriage, and Gu Zhao really has no affection for her?" β
She poured out the tea and handed it a cup to Kasuga, who took it and tilted her head and said, "After all...... The children are not his, Gu Zhao can't tell how to hate her in his heart. β
The hot tea was steaming, and Lin Chonghan blew lightly: "You let people inquire." Dare to pretend to confuse the bloodline of the Hou Mansion, I always feel that she is a fisherman girl who does not dare to do this. β