The second floor is half empty.
It was my grandmother's decision to take the books away when the house was searched. For the sake of future generations, she took away mostly historical books, but she did not take away many of the notes left by the ancestors of the Hua family.
The purpose of Hua Zhi's trip was to get Hua Jingyan's notes.
She was very familiar with the way the books were placed in this library. She took out a few books without searching, flipped through them and handed them over, "See if there are any records about the Chaoli tribe."
Hua Jingyan was born into a scholarly family that secretly survived even under the heavy pressure of Chao Li Kingdom. He was gifted and intelligent, and finally resolutely gave up writing to join the army. Hua Jingyan played a great role in Gu Ningpei's invincibility and his ambition to dominate the world.
Everyone knows that Hua Jingyan is a smart man, but Hua Zhi feels that he is actually a bit lazy. He reads books and drinks tea every day. If he can have a few good friends to recite poems and enjoy the romantic life, that would be his dream. This can be seen from the notes he left behind.
There are a total of twenty-eight notebooks, twenty-three of which are collections of poems and essays, the rest are miscellaneous notes and travel notes, and only one of them is barely connected to the past. He was probably very idle when he wrote this notebook, and the handwriting is a bit sloppy. He commented on the strengths and weaknesses of his former biggest enemy one by one, and talked about several battles he had personally experienced. Not only did he talk about the strategies he had used to repel the enemy, he also wrote down one, two, and three strategies that could defeat the enemy, as well as some minor details that he wrote casually, which now seem to be able to play a role.
The prince smiled, "After all, this trip was not in vain."
Hua Zhi habitually smoothed out every accidentally folded corner and put the other notes back. This small action made the prince feel a little uncomfortable. The Taifu was such a book lover, how sad he must have been when he saw the books all over the floor when he entered the library.
Hua Zhi glanced around and picked up the remaining book, "Let's go back."
In Hualin Lane, a figure had been waiting there for a long time. When he saw a few people coming out, he walked out from the shadow of the carriage.
Shaoyao ran over, "Brother Yan."
Hua Zhi looked at Lai Fu calmly as he put the seal back on before turning back. She did not dodge the man's gaze, but just glanced at him and looked away again, "It's getting late, Your Highness should go back."
The prince originally wanted to send the tutor back to the Hua family before returning to the palace, but since the prince was here, he didn't need to worry about it. "Teacher, don't worry, I have secret guards following me and I'm safe."
Hua Zhi nodded and motioned Shaoyao to go back with her. She did not trust the secret guards, only her own people.
Although Shaoyao wanted to stick to Huahua, she knew she couldn't do that at this moment, so she rubbed against Huahua for a while before following her away.
Hua Bailin looked back and forth between the two of them, touched his nose, lowered his head and acted like a wooden stake. Even for the sake of his elder sister's reputation, he had no choice but to avoid it.
Gu Yanxi came over and put the cloak in his hand on Hua Zhi without saying a word. From the perfect length, it was clear that she came prepared.
"The capital is not completely safe either. I am worried."
Hua Zhi tightened the book in her hand, still feeling angry, but she couldn't bear to see him being so cautious in front of her.
She got on the carriage in silence, and Hua Zhi lifted the curtain to look at the people outside, "Get in."
Gu Yanxi's eyes lit up and he got on in three or two steps. Hua Bailin sat on the carriage and smiled at the coachman Chen Qing who saluted him.
The quiet night made the sound of the wheels rolling particularly loud. Hua Zhi still disliked the carriage that faithfully reflected the road conditions outside, so her carriage was always padded with layer upon layer of cushions. Now that she was not sitting in the Hua family's carriage, she still felt soft. She knew that the man was considerate and did not want to let her down in such matters.
Leaning against the inner wall of the carriage, Hua Zhi handed over the book in her hand, "This is all I found."
Gu Yanxi was happy and sad, with a heart full of love and helplessness. She wanted to express herself but didn't know where to start, and she felt that whatever she said would be too insignificant.
"Don't be estranged from the Queen Mother. If it were me, I would probably do something worse than her."
Gu Yanxi lowered his head and looked at the booklet with unclear handwriting, his eyes were obscure and inexplicable. He wanted to say that he was not estranged from his grandmother, but in fact, apart from the routine greetings every day, he never said a single extra word to her.
Everyone had no choice, but what was Azhi to blame
"It has always been easier to share adversity than prosperity. Now is just the beginning."
"Why not hate?"
"How do you know I don't hate you?" Hua Zhi raised her lips in a cold arc, "Do I want everyone in the world to know my hatred?"
Gu Yanxi shook her head gently, "That's not hatred. Other people's hatred is more powerful than yours."
"Strength is strength when it is used in the right place. Otherwise, it can only be called a waste of strength. Have I ever wasted my strength? After being confiscated and exiled, the Hua family is still a family trusted by students all over the world. The reputation of men, women, young and old has not been damaged at all. I was appointed as the Grand Tutor for a woman. The prince is my student. The Queen Mother feels ashamed of me. As for you, you almost gave me your life. Every bit of my strength has brought me rich rewards."
But it has also exhausted all your strength. Gu Yanxi helped the person over and leaned her against his shoulder. However, when the wheel rolled over a stone, she was still bumped a little, as if he had always wanted to protect her from the wind and rain and to save her from the pain of bumps, but in the end it only made her sink deeper and suffer more.
All of this happened because of him, and even his heartache seemed to have ill intentions.
Looking down at Ahzhi who was dozing with her eyes closed, Gu Yanxi swallowed the bitterness in his heart along with the unfinished words.
The carriage stopped, Hua Zhi got off, gathered the cloak on her shoulders and said, "You copy a copy of the notes, and the original book must be sent back."
"I see."
Hua Zhi walked into the door without looking back, her back straight, looking very stubborn.
Hua Bolin bowed politely and said jokingly in a low voice: "I'm afraid my elder sister is not going to invite the prince in this time. Please go back."
Gu Yanxi flicked his forehead and said, "You've learned all those fake ways after being in the palace for a few days."
Hua Bailin laughed but had no intention of changing his name back to that. There were some things he should pay attention to as there were too many people eyeing the Hua family.
Gu Yanxi had obviously thought of this, so she stopped insisting, "Come in, you have to go to the palace tomorrow morning, take good care of your elder sister."
Hua Bolin looked at the notebook he brought out from the library and asked hesitantly, "Are you really going to replace General Sun?"
Gu Yanxi was not surprised that he had guessed it. Berlin was always smart. "Can you find another candidate?"
Hua Bailin accompanied the prince in the palace to study the military generals thoroughly, so he knew what the current situation of the military generals was. It was because of this that he felt so heavy-hearted. Daqing couldn't even find a trustworthy general now.
"Okay, you don't need to worry about these things for now, go in."