Sui Qiu Yilan's learning of martial arts was not going well.
Deng Yi spent a lot of energy just to deal with Gu Yan - but Qiu Yilan showed up as a cousin out of nowhere and guarded him like a thief.
Finally, the cousin promised to teach him martial arts in person, but after he actually started learning, Deng Yi sadly discovered that he had underestimated his fiancée's talent in martial arts, but overestimated his own qualifications in this area.
According to Ruan Qingyan, if he wants to achieve success in his studies, he should not expect it in ten or eight years. The Ruan family heir made no secret of it: "If Gu Yan is used as a benchmark, if you want to succeed in ten or eight years, not only will he still be defenseless against you, but you will also have to use poison, and of course the most important thing is luck! "
Ten years and eight years later...
Deng Yi smiled mockingly to himself. Gu Yan had always liked the new and disliked the old. Although he was different to his cousin, wasn't his appearance also something that few others could match
If he had been abandoned by then, he wouldn't even be able to get close to this cousin...
"Why bother to get into trouble?" Ruan Qingyan looked at him and smiled meaningfully, "You are not a martial artist, but can revenge only be achieved through force?"
"I didn't..." He instinctively wanted to deny.
"I hope you are not the only one who dies." Ruan Qingyan just smiled, "Think about it carefully!"
Ruan Qingyan, who has been on the road to revenge for many years and has a clear goal, can see at a glance the confused thoughts of the rookie who has just embarked on this road.
So he waited patiently for several years before he asked Qiu Nie, who had "taken refuge" in the Gu family, to formally send an invitation: "Mr. Leshan, whom the Kuang family and his son trusted the most, was none other than our former Guardian Zuo of Tianya. This The lives of the father and son are no longer their own. With the Kuang family’s fall, what future will the Gu family have if they want to avenge their father?”
Deng Yi simply agreed - not only did he choose to avenge his father after repeated thinking over the past few years, but also because he understood that after knowing Mr. Leshan's true identity, if he had not made his position clear yet , Qiunie will definitely silence her immediately!
He doesn't want to die.
At least he didn't want to die until he saw Gu Yan die.
The next thing happened naturally. As Gu Yan's most "loved" cousin, he also grew up in the Guangyang Palace since childhood. King Guangyang was a mediocre man, and all the power in the palace was in the hands of Gu Yan. The other heirs of the palace did not dare to compete with Gu Yan. In this case, Deng Yi, who was deeply trusted by Gu Yan, could do too much.
For example, Lian Gu Yan himself, who persuaded Queen Mother Gu to kill her son, probably only realized it after he was imprisoned. The reason why he forced Queen Mother Gu so brazenly was ultimately because of Deng Yi's reminders in those days, intentionally or unintentionally, right
Qiu Nie, who seemed to be suddenly asked by him to attack the emperor, was actually prepared.
Otherwise, how could he have escaped Gu Yan's silence
But Deng Yi's experience of falling into his hands and being at his mercy since he was a child blinded his vigilance.
According to Deng Yi's original thinking, if the Gu family fell, then he would definitely not be able to escape - he never thought about escaping.
Over the years, he has lived under the influence of others in the palace, half as a guest and half as a concubine. At least on the surface, he has no future at all.
There might be hope of changing his appearance if he were a different person, but he was born with a gorgeous appearance that even women would be ashamed of. No matter how he changed, how could he hide his identity
So when he betrayed Gu Yan, he was mentally prepared to be buried with him.
Unexpectedly, Qiu Nie knocked Gu Yan unconscious before anything happened to him and forcibly took him out of the Guangyang Palace.
Unexpectedly, Gu Yan not only did not drag him into trouble before his death, but also tried his best to deal with the aftermath for him.
Deng Yi doesn't know how he feels
"I asked my brother to bring you out. You were already at a disadvantage, so why did you have to seek life and death for Gu Yan?!" He originally thought that Qiu Nie had some purpose in kidnapping him. For example, he had Who would have thought of a place for a hobby like Gu Yan's to settle down, but the girl named Zhuoqian jumped over to talk to him, "It's not like you can't live without pursuing an official career... As long as you don't work as an official and don't work hard, When something big happens, who would know that you are the nephew of the Prince of Guangyang? The most I can say is that you are born with beauty and misfortune!"
Mei Xue was happy to lend a hand to her prospective sister-in-law's occasional kindness: "If you really can't think of where to go, why not help me first?"
He stayed with the prospective sisters-in-law like this for several years.
In those few years, he lived a very busy life, but he had no sense of fulfillment and only felt at a loss.
It even feels boring occasionally.
Mainly because he doesn't know what else he can do in his life
It's not the purpose of survival, it's the life he really wants to live...
Zhuoqian said that if he didn't become an official, he could live a good life.
But apart from reading, he was not good at anything else.
Although he was qualified to work as a bookkeeper for Meixue, the environment in which he had grown up and the education he had received since childhood made him feel no sense of accomplishment in his ability.
If things go on like this...
What's the point of living
After all, he did not come from a poor background. Even if he was down and out, it was impossible to say that he would be satisfied if he had enough to eat.
Moreover, it is a pity that his talent in schoolwork was wasted like this - the reason why he cheated Gu Yan was because of his father's hatred and the humiliation of being his lover. He was harmed by him, but he still had no qualifications but still looked up to him in front of others. If you don't get up and ruin your career in this life, you are the same.
So a few years later, when someone used his identity as Qiu Yilan's fiancé to set up a trap, he followed Mei Xue's suggestion and resigned without any objection - he was tired of this kind of life for more than a day.
But he didn't expect that after leaving, he would indirectly develop a relationship with his former fiancée. Although it was not from Qiu Yilan's instruction, she was just a young maid beside her who knew nothing about the dispute back then and was emboldened by her mistress's pampering. Out of the girl's curiosity and sympathy, as well as her admiration for his beauty, she tirelessly tried to help him.
It's just that the maid obviously didn't understand how taboo Deng Yi was about others treating him differently because of his appearance, regardless of gender.
So he finally decided to leave the capital.
As the only surviving man from the Guangyang Prince's faction, even though his surname was not Gu, and even though he had tricked Gu Yan, in the early years of the Qin Dynasty, he was still unable to move freely.
He could only wait patiently.
Waiting until the seventh year of Jianjia, Emperor Jianjia decided to abdicate to the crown prince due to his poor health, and the crown prince Qiu Yilan was about to be enthroned as queen. Indeed, no contact between Deng Yi and the remnants of the Gu family was found over the years, and The remnants of the Gu family have long been wiped out, leaving nothing behind.
The person responsible for tracking him felt that since the higher-ups were not planning to kill the former fiancé of the Queen-to-be, it would be better to send him away. But in private... Once word gets out, I'm afraid the Emperor and His Majesty will not look good?"
"That's right!" His boss agreed after thinking about it, "Then let him go far away and let the old people in Beijing forget those past events!"
He finally embarked on the road to leave Beijing.
At the inn in Gyeonggi Province, he happened to meet Empress Dowager Rui and her party who were returning to Beijing. Empress Dowager Rui, who was only thirty years old, had hair on her temples.
He looked at the noble man whom he was not familiar with from a distance, and his mood, which had been accustomed to being indifferent, suddenly became full of waves.
In fact, this had nothing to do with Queen Mother Rui. It was just that at this moment, he happened to meet someone he knew, and it just brought back the ups and downs of these years.
"Who are you? Dare to spy on my master here?" He was so absorbed in his thoughts that he kept looking at Queen Mother Rui, so that the guards escorting Queen Mother Rui rushed over to expel her - but after seeing his appearance clearly, even though the guard was a man , his tone inevitably softened, and he kindly reminded, "Your Majesty, it's better to go elsewhere. My master's status is extraordinary, and not just anyone can be scornful of... Especially one of the nobles accompanying me is a bit impatient. She is not here this moment, otherwise..."
Deng Yi, who was awakened, looked at the unfamiliar scenery and unfamiliar guards around him. His eyes showed sadness for a moment, but then turned calm again - he didn't say anything, just cupped his hands and drifted away.
This happened in the seventh year of Jianjia.
It was already the twenty-fifth year of Chongheng that the capital heard news about Deng Yi again.
Yi Wangchen, the number one scholar appointed by Emperor Chongheng in the palace examination, was summoned privately. When Emperor Chongheng asked euphemistically whether he was going to get married, he cautiously replied: "My father once said that it is not suitable for a humble minister to marry a noble girl, so I order him to do so." Wei Chen hired a girl from a poor family in the same hometown early. Although she has not been married, she already has a reputation. "
"Who is your father?" Emperor Chongheng felt very sorry - his eldest granddaughter, Prince Jiang Jinglang's eldest daughter, had just reached the age of getting married. This granddaughter was lively and cute, and he and Empress Qiu liked it very much, so the emperor and empress decided to choose her personally. A good one.
Yi Wangchen was young, talented and handsome. He was like the Marquis of Dingxi in his youth. And judging from the fact that he had never been to Huajieliuxiang after entering Beijing, he was not a dissolute person. Emperor Chongheng originally thought he had found a good husband for his granddaughter, but he didn't expect that he had already made an engagement.
He himself had snatched Deng Yi's fiancée back then, but he didn't think of snatching it again for his granddaughter at this time. He just asked casually, not wanting Yi Wangchen to answer: "My father Yi Deng..."
"Yi Deng?" It had been so long that Emperor Chongheng hadn't reacted at this time. After Yi Wangchen resigned, he suddenly realized on the way back to the harem, "Could it be... Deng Yi?!"
Yi Wangchen is not as handsome as Deng Yi when he was a boy, but when he thinks of Deng Yi's words and recalls carefully, he can still find many shadows of the indifferent young man in his silhouette.
"I didn't expect that he would have the number one scholar under his knee. This can make up for a lot of regrets in his life, right?" Emperor Chongheng smiled and didn't mention Yi Wangchen as a county horse - it was not that he minded that Deng Yi was his queen's fiancé. , since Deng Yi reversed his surname and refused to allow his son to marry a nobleman in the capital, he obviously did not want to be disturbed by the capital, so why should Yi Wangchen attract attention
"I'm here to tell you, shut up all your speculations about Yi Wangchen's life experience and appearance!"
If you are a top scholar, why should you be burdened by the past
It is already the twenty-fifth year of Chongheng - the love, hatred, old age, illness and death of those years have all been buried in the dust of time - now is March, the month of fragrant flowers. There are countless colorful flowers to enjoy, why bother to push through the dense flowers? Branches and leaves, to trace the mud and insects inside