The news that Princess Changping Xiao Wuxia was given marriage to Shen Shao, the deputy imperial envoy of the imperial court, spread throughout the capital within a few days.
Shen Shao, as a newcomer in the dynasty and a close associate of His Majesty, has now been given marriage as the only princess of the dynasty. For a time, he is very famous in the capital... When Shen Shao's father was guilty and His Majesty was deprived of his official position, the whole Shen family also poured down. On the other hand, everyone felt that the Shen family would not be able to get up again.
nature-
This Yuqian son, who used to be named Guanjinghua, has also become mud on the ground, and anyone can step on it.
But who could have imagined that Shen Shao did not fall as everyone imagined, he continued to gain fame and became the champion of the new division in the seventeenth year of the Qing Jubilee. During the few years of his grandfather's work, he went from a small magistrate to a step by step. Up to now, he has become the second-in-command of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.
Now he has become the son-in-law of the emperor.
In the future, I am afraid that this obscure Shen family will also occupy a place in the circle of nobles in the capital.
When Gu Yu knew about these things, it was already the third day after the marriage.
The academy students have been preparing for exams in the past few days. Xu Funian did not let her go to the academy to invigilate her because of her poor health. She knew that she was in a unstable mood recently, and she did not force it. , I was thinking that my grandmother's candied fruit was almost finished, so I went out the door...
"Go back and bring some to Manman. I saw that she liked it last time."
"By the way, I'll go to the candy shop next to her later. She used to like that shop's candy the most, and she had to buy a lot every time she went out."
Qiuyue responded one by one, and smiled again: "The princess will be happy to see you later."
She was looking forward to the master to go out for more walks. Since the master came back with the purse a few days ago, the whole person has become dull again, just like when she and Shen Gongzi separated that year, and it is different from what she said, just alone I was bored, I finally looked happier today.
Gu Yu also smiled, "If you say she's happy, I'll look at her happy."
Such a free-spirited and unrestrained temperament is something she has been thinking about all her life but has never been able to achieve.
Maybe it's because she couldn't do it, so she liked her little cousin very much. Every time she saw her, she felt happy, and she picked a few more and said to Qiuyue, "That's all."
"Yes."
Qiuyue smiled and went to pay.
Just as the two were about to leave after paying the money, a few people walked in outside, saying as they walked, "Sir Shen is really lucky to be able to marry Princess Changping as his wife."
"I think Princess Changping is very fortunate. Looking at the entire capital, who can compare to this Lord Shen? He was born in the first class of the new division, and now he is only twenty-two, and he is already the second-in-command of the Supreme Court, the right-hand man of the emperor, and after that. In a few years, I'm afraid that I will still have to be appointed as a prince and a chancellor."
"That Princess Changping can marry such a good husband, it is really good fortune."
Neither of them noticed the two masters and servants in the room, they were talking to themselves, but Qiuyue, who had a blank face after listening to these words, looked at Gu Yu at a loss, seeing her expression slightly startled, Holding her arm worriedly, she whispered nervously, "Master, are you alright?"
Gu Ting's eyelashes moved slightly, the expression on his face was restrained, and he said with a smile: "What can I do, let's go."
She said as she walked out.
Seeing her like this, Qiuyue became even more worried, and blamed herself a little in her heart. Why didn't she ask about it in the past few days, if she knew about the marriage of Lord Shen, why would she not let her master come out.
Following Gu Chu on the carriage, he was still a little uneasy, and said in a low voice... "I haven't heard of this since I stayed in the house for the past few days."
"Um."
Gu Yu's expression did not change, and she just slowly said, "It should be that grandmother got the wind, so she shut up first." She shook her head helplessly. No wonder she looked so ugly when she went to her grandmother a few days ago.
If my grandmother didn't get up early to go to the temple today, I'm afraid she would have to stop her from going out.
In fact, why is it necessary
No matter how you block it, things have already happened, and she will know about it one day, not to mention... She knew it a long time ago.
Qiuyue asked softly, "Aren't you uncomfortable?"
Are you uncomfortable? She couldn't tell what was uncomfortable for a long time, maybe the day she separated from Shen Shao, her heart was already dead... A very light smile appeared on her face, "I have passed him, he can have a relationship with him. This marriage, I am happy for him."
"Master..."
Qiuyue pursed her lips, but in the end she didn't say anything, "Then are we going back to the mansion now, or..."
Instead, she doesn't want her master to see Fifth Young Lady now.
The Fifth Young Lady and Princess Changping are cousins, and she will definitely talk about this when she sees her master later.
Gu Yu seemed to have no idea what she was worried about, and still smiled: "Go, I have bought everything, so of course I will go." And the same person instructed, "Wait until that candy store, you go down to buy some, don't forget. "
"… Yes."
I know that Gu Yu is here.
Gu Wuyou was naturally happy, and even though the sun was still shining outside, he went out to greet people in person, and when he saw Hongshuang greet people from a distance, he couldn't bear it anymore, so he went straight to greet them and shouted happily, "Second sister. !"
"Why did you come out?" Gu Yu held her arm and said helplessly: "I didn't tell you not to come, and I'm not afraid of being exposed to the sun."
"It's okay, just a little while."
Gu Wuyou took Gu Yu's arm and walked into the house, laughing with her as he walked, "Hong Shuang said you were here just now, but it made me so happy."
Gu Yu looked at her with a smile: "Today, my grandmother went to the temple to pray. I went out for a walk when I had nothing to do at home. I also brought you some candied fruit and candy, which you can eat when you stay at home on weekdays."
Gu Wuyou glanced at the things that Qiuyue was holding in her hand, which were several shops she often bought, her brows were curved, and her smile became more and more happier, "I wanted to send someone out to buy some, but I didn't expect the second sister to give them away. coming."
The sun was shining outside, and she was afraid that Gu Tiao's body would not be able to bear it, so she rushed into the house to meet people.
The room was cool and cool. Gu Wuyou enjoyed it the most, and Li Qinyuan took care of her. She bought ice early in the house and put it in the cellar, chiseled a few pots every day, and then fanned by the fan... As long as it wasn't always Hit the curtain, and the heat outside will not be able to get in.
It was the first time for Gu Yu to come here. He glanced at the decoration in the room, held Gu Wuyou's hand, and said sincerely, "Qilang treats you very well."
Hearing this, Gu Wuyou's face couldn't help but turn a little red, but he didn't deny it, and replied, "He treated me very well." Then he asked people to prepare cakes and fruit tea, "I asked the kitchen to prepare sour plums today. The tangerine peel and sweet-scented osmanthus soup, put it in the ice box to cool, and it is estimated that the temperature is just right now."
"Exactly, I'm thirsty all the way." Gu Yu smiled.
Hongshuang ordered someone to get the sour plum soup, and Gu Wuyou took Gu Yu's arm and said, "Second sister, you can stay with me for a while today, and leave after dinner..." In front of acquaintances, it is easy to act like a spoiled child, "Why don't you just live with me, we haven't slept and talked together for a long time."
Thinking this method is good, her watery Xing'er eyes lit up.
Seeing her like this, Gu Yu couldn't help laughing. He stroked her head and said softly, "It's okay to have dinner, just stay here. I'm afraid Qilang won't let me into the house in the future."
"Dare he?!"
Gu Wuyou raised his eyebrows, his little face was too delicate.
But I also knew that the second sister was not used to living outside, so she didn't say much, just instructed Bai Lu, "Let the kitchen prepare more dishes."
Bai Lu smiled naturally.
The two sisters were talking in the room, mostly Gu Wuyou said, Gu Yu listened... Before dinner, Lin Qing came to speak on Li Qinyuan's behalf. Suburban camp has a lot of things to do, so she has to come back later, let her have dinner first, and don't have to wait for him.
"We eat our own, who wants to wait for him."
That's what he said, but Gu Wuyou still felt sorry for Li Qinyuan in the end. Just after he finished speaking, he said to Bai Lu, "Let the kitchen mix up some dishes, warm them up on the stove, and bring them over when he returns."
"You-"
Gu Yu smiled and reached out to tap her forehead.
Gu Wuyou blushed, and without arguing, he held her arm and acted coquettishly.
After dinner, Li Qinyuan has not come back.
Gu Yu originally wanted to accompany Manman until someone came back, but seeing that it was getting late, he was afraid that his grandmother would be worried, so he offered to leave... Although Gu Wuyou was reluctant, he was also afraid that it would be too dark and the night road would be difficult. Sending people out was stopped by Gu Yu, "I just go out by myself. In this weather, there are many mosquitoes outside, and your skin is the most delicate. Don't be bitten."
"That-"
Gu Wuyou instructed Bai Lu, "You take the lantern and send the second sister out."
Bai Lu should have said yes, but Gu Yu did not refuse. The sisters talked again, and Gu Yu went out. Gu Wuyou stood at the entrance of the curtain, watching people turn out of the yard, and then Hong Shuang helped them back.
Before reaching the door, Gu Yu stopped, touched his sleeve, and frowned.
Qiuyue asked, "Master, what's wrong?"
Gu Yu said in a low voice, "The veil that I embroidered a few days ago disappeared."
This handkerchief is a personal item, although there is no embroidered name on it, it is not a good thing to be picked up by someone, Bai Lu saw that their master and servant looked bad, so she said softly: "Why don't you go back with me to look for sister Qiuyue? , it may fall in the house, but not necessarily."
Qiuyue glanced at Gu Yu, saw her nodding, she responded to Bai Lu's words, handed the lantern in her hand to Gu Yu, and said to her, "Go back to the carriage first, the slave will be back soon."
"it is good."
Gu Yu nodded, and then told the two maids: "If you don't find it, it's fine, it's not a big deal." After the two responded, they went to the concierge.
It's getting dark now, Gu Wuyou and Li Qinyuan don't like a lot of people serving them, and there aren't many people outside the courtyard... As Gu Yu walked all the way, he didn't even touch anyone, and the lantern in his hand flickered as he walked along. In a flash, fortunately, the stars and the moon are just right today, but it has illuminated a way forward for her.
Just before she turned off the trail, she heard hurried footsteps, as if coming towards her.
Without waiting for Gu Chu to turn around, she was grabbed by the wrist and dragged to the nearby woods. The lantern in her hand fell to the ground. She was dragged all over her body, and there was no chance for her to struggle... This sudden encounter made Gu Chu, who has always been calm, Also changed his face.
However, she was still calm, and quickly ruled out some bad possibilities, especially when she felt that the person holding her seemed to accommodate her, for fear that she would fall, walk slowly, and fear that she would hurt, so she did not dare to Use force.
She had a vague guess in her heart, and when she was pressed against a tree trunk, she looked at the person in front of her through the moonlight.
It was a face she would never forget until she died.
Shen Shao…
Shen Yuqian.
In the past, the single belonged to her Yuqian brother, now Princess Changping's fiancé.
After being stunned for a moment, Gu Yu began to struggle, for fear that others would hear her, she didn't even dare to raise her voice very loudly, as if she spit it out from her throat, "What are you doing now? Let me go! "
But Shen Shao didn't let go of her, instead he used a little more force than before.
He pressed the person against the sturdy tree trunk, pinched her waist with one hand, and grabbed her two wrists with the other hand, leaning forward to approach her, gasping for breath.
The sudden approach made the two of them get closer without much distance. Gu Yu even felt that each other's breaths were intertwined, like a dense net covering her head. She couldn't struggle, and she smelled a With a strong aroma of wine, he looked up and saw Shen Shao's blushing face.
She frowned and stopped struggling, "Are you drunk?"
Shen Shao didn't answer her, but stared at her. I don't know how long it took before he asked in a hoarse voice, "Gu Yu, have you ever loved me?"
It was as if someone had stabbed her heart for a while, and the stabbing made her internal organs hurt, and even for a moment, Gu Yu felt that her breathing became difficult. She looked at Shen Shao and wanted to recklessly reveal herself. I can think of his current identity and the person he is about to marry.
Finally, choose not to overdo it.
"...No." She replied hoarsely, her voice indifferent.
The two hands that restrained her movement relaxed for a moment, but soon, the man clenched it again. At this time, Shen Shao was like a gambler who had lost everything. He had red eyes and was eager to find an answer.
Or, the answer he hoped to get.
He pressed his forehead against Gu Yu's forehead, his voice almost broken, "Gu Yu."
"You prefer me, can you lie to me?"
"As long as you say you love me, I can resign immediately and take you away. I don't want to marry a princess, I just want you..." Shen Shaoyu choked up, "Gu Yu, I don't want anyone, I just want you."
"You lied to me."
With begging words rang in Gu Yu's ears, "Trick me, okay?"
This is not the first time Gu Yu has seen Shen Shao like this. In the year when the Shen family accident, Shen Shao also showed her such weakness, and even after she said that, he still refused to believe it... But That was a few years ago.
later,
She also met Shen Shao several times.
Shen Shao when the champion in high school was parading through the streets, Shen Shao when he left Beijing to take office, and Shen Shao who accompanied Qilang to welcome him when Manman got married, and... Shen Shao who sat high on the horse and stood in front of her and Han Ziqian.
He also changed from the resentment when he first saw her to indifferent and deserted.
She thought that they would be like this for the rest of their lives, and would never say a word again. Even if they met, they would only treat each other as a stranger... If she was fortunate enough to live a few more years, she might be able to wait until she and Shen Shao forget the past and meet each other. Time to say hello to each other.
But he never thought that Shen Shao, who looked indifferent when he looked at her a few days ago, would look at her with such an expression now.
Like a wounded beast, and like a gambler who has lost everything.
Gu Yu felt unspeakable discomfort in her heart. Under the bright moonlight, she looked at the man in front of her, at his red eyes, and at the grievance in his eyes. She wanted to reach out and touch his face. let him not suffer...
But what she finally spit out was still so indifferent, so heartless, "Shen Shao, I have never loved you, never have."
- "Shen Shao, I don't think I love you, I never..."
The person he hated so much in his memory overlapped with the woman in front of him. Shen Shao's eyes were red like drops of blood. He looked at her slightly parted lips, for fear of hearing those words that made him uncomfortable again. Like crazy, kiss her.
The breath is hot and the action is strong.
Like a dying person seeking one last redemption.
Gu Yu seemed to be stunned. For a while, he forgot to struggle. The man who used to be shy when kissing her forehead is now like crazy...
As if to rub her whole body into blood.
"Well… "
Gu Yu finally recovered, she struggled desperately, but how could she compare the strength of a man? No matter how much she struggled, it was of no avail, instead it seemed to irritate him and toughened up.
"Bang, bang, bang—"
The breath was intertwined, and she could even hear each other's heartbeats.
"Hey, isn't this Second Miss's lantern? Why are you here?" Bai Lu's voice came from a distance, followed by Qiuyue and Bai Lu calling her.
Gu Yu's expression changed, and he struggled more and more.
You can't let people see them like this, especially Shen Shao... He has already been given a marriage, if people know that he did such a thing, even if the emperor favors him, he will not allow him!
Thinking of this, she was cruel, closed her eyes and bit his tongue.
Seeing that he was in pain and backed away, she gave him another shove, and then hurriedly ran outside.
After running far away, seeing that the man behind him was not catching up, Gu Yu slowed down, and while packing himself, he calmed his breath and walked out.
"Second miss, you're here..." Bai Lu was shouting just now, when she saw Gu Tiao walking out of the woods, she was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly greeted her, "Why are you there?" She glanced at Gu Tau again, and saw that her face was slightly pale. Bai, couldn't help but worry again: "Are you all right?"
"fine."
Gu Yu smiled reluctantly at the person, and after finding an excuse, he explained with the person, "I saw a few fireflies just now, I was afraid that the lights would scare them, but I didn't expect to delay the time and make you worry."
Qiuyue also greeted her, and before she had time to ask questions, she realized that her hands were shaking, and she was shocked, she knew what must have happened inside... She didn't reveal anything in front of Bai Lu, she made up her mind Mindfully, he said in a warm voice, "I've found the handkerchief, I'll help you go back here."
"Um."
Gu Tiao nodded, and he didn't have the strength to say anything else. He didn't let Bai Lu follow him, and only let Qiuyue help her away.
Bai Lu watched the master and servant leave, and was about to return to the master when she saw a dark shadow in the woods not far away. She was shocked and shouted sharply: "Who!" Just walked out, it was Shen Shao.
It was different from the drunken Shen Shao who was facing Gu Yu before.
At this time, his face was as deep as water, his eyes were clear, how could he look drunk
"Sir Shen?"
Bai Lu was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly went over to salute him, "Why are you here alone? Those little servants don't even know how to pass messages, so they should fight!"
Shen Shao looked at the figures of the master and servant leaving in the distance, and asked casually, "Where's Qilang?"
"Young master hasn't come back yet," Bai Lu said in a low voice, "Why don't you go to the flower hall to rest for a while, I guess the young master should come back in a while."
"No need."
Shen Shao said lightly: "Since he's not here, I'll go back first." After he finished speaking, he walked straight out, without any intention of staying.
Bai Lu looked at the figure he was leaving, frowned, and remembered the way the second young lady pretended to be calm when she came out of the woods, she was startled, and her face changed...
Uneasy back to the yard.
Hong Shuang was standing in the doorway, playing the net, when she heard the sound and raised her head, seeing her like this, she stopped the movement of her hand, and asked in a strange tone: "What's wrong with you?"
Bai Lu shook her head, didn't speak, hit the curtain and walked inside.
"You're back?" Gu Wuyou watched Bai Lu come in, then lowered his head and flipped through the booklet to ask her, "Second sister, have they gone back?"
"… gone back."
Bai Lu seemed to be hiding a big secret in her heart. Looking at Gu Wuyou, who was sitting on the soft couch, she hesitated whether to talk to others, but before she could speak, she heard the first person say: "Just right, come and help. Let me see, Changping will move outside after a while, what would be better for me to give her?"
"Yes… "
Bai Lu walked over and looked at the booklet, which was full of items carefully selected by the master, and thought of how happy the master was because of the marriage granted by Princess Changping in the past few days.
She pursed her lips, thought of the guess in her heart, hesitated for a while, and finally said nothing.