The winding path leads to a secluded place, and the flowers and trees are intoxicating.
After saving Xiao Changying, she couldn't leave until he woke up. Even if the local officials were invited, they would not let her go.
Originally, seeing that the sun was shining brightly and not feeling tired at all, I sat for a while in the small pavilion in the garden.
Then she heard that the family of the owner of the manor wanted to see her, and Hongyu reported: "Princess, Madam Ma and Miss Ma want to see you, saying that they have something important to report to you."
"Bring them in." Shen Xihe actually didn't have much hope for the important matter they mentioned.
By living here, she naturally revealed her identity. The owner of this manor was just a wealthy man with some money who wanted to show off in front of her. But since she was living in someone else's house, why not satisfy her minor requests
Soon three people were brought in by Hongyu. Shen Xihe's eyes swept across and stopped on that slender figure.
He was wearing a coarse cloth robe, with his long hair casually draped over his back. He had one hand behind his back and walked steadily. His fair skin was no longer as white as it used to be, but now had a wheat-colored hue. He had shed his gorgeous clothes and was no longer adorned with gold and jade, but he was still the Xie Yunhuai who was once famous in Kyoto.
The stones contain jade and the mountains shine, the water contains pearls and the rivers are charming;
The name Xie Yunhuai becomes extraordinary because of him.
Xie Yunhuai, the eldest son of Duke Weiguo, the head of the Eight Great Nobles, was a man of profound talent, elegant demeanor, noble temperament, and refined manners.
All of Emperor Youning's princes are talented in both civil and military affairs, and are both handsome and talented. Xie Yunhuai grew up with this group of princes and studied in the imperial school together, but he is the only one who can share their brilliance and is a dazzling star that can hardly be obscured or ignored among the crowd.
He was also Gu Qingzhi's fiancé and the only man Gu Qingzhi cared about.
One is a young man who is famous in the imperial capital and is the idol of young girls in the boudoir; the other is one of the nine beauties in Kyoto, a model of noble lady praised by the world.
They had been engaged since childhood, and should have been a perfect match made in heaven, but unfortunately they were not destined to be together.
This usually gentle and non-confrontational young man, after his mother died in the Duke of Weiguo's mansion with hatred, angrily exposed his father's murder of his wife. At the banquet for his father's remarriage, he cut his hair in front of all the guests and never again became a member of the Xie family.
That year, Xie Yunhuai was fourteen years old and Gu Qingzhi was thirteen years old, and they had just started discussing marriage.
Afterwards, he personally took the blame and knelt in front of the Gu family's gate, presenting tokens from both families to cancel the engagement.
Prime Minister Gu's kind words of persuasion were futile and he was still willing to marry his precious daughter to him. However, he bluntly said that he wanted to travel around the mountains and rivers and live in the open air from then on. He was afraid of disappointing his daughter and insisted on breaking off the engagement. He even left without even meeting Gu Qingzhi.
It was this incident that made Gu Qingzhi, who had already had no expectations of men, even more cold-hearted.
A man always has what he cares about most: parents, brothers and sisters, beautiful women, wealth, a smooth career, power, and freedom... Throwing away all of these, there is the silly woman who devotes everything to him.
Six years have passed in the blink of an eye. The young man who was once as tall and handsome as a bamboo has traveled through mountains, rivers and fields for many years and has traveled through rugged terrain, but his every move still shows the demeanor and elegance of a nobleman from an aristocratic family.
"A foolish woman and her daughter come to pay their respects to the princess." While Shen Xihe was lost in thought, the three of them had already approached, led by Madam Ma in paying their respects.