Gu Hongjian suddenly remembered the day of Lin Size's wedding.
On the day of Lin Size's wedding, from the Pingsheng Hall to the Chengxi Palace, the outer wall to the inner wall was covered with a long red carpet, and the usually cold and solemn palace exuded a joy from the inside to the outside.
As the only female official in the court, Gu Hongjian was naturally responsible for pulling He Fangning from Pingsheng Hall to Chengxi Palace. He Fangning sat in the sedan chair while Gu Hongjian rode a horse. , There was a big red flower on the horse's head, which gave her the illusion that she was marrying a wife for a while.
Everyone in the world, including Gu Hongjian, thought that there would be no woman in Lin Size's harem.
However, he suddenly wanted to take a concubine, and she was only the daughter of a farmer in a small village near the capital, which made many people puzzled.
Gu Hongjian was naturally the most incomprehensible.
They just finished arguing, Gu Hong saw Ben was waiting, waiting for the time to dilute everything, and the two slowly reconciled.
But Lin Size suddenly announced that he wanted to take a concubine.
Gu Hongjian once thought that Lin Size was trying to piss her off, but slowly, seeing the festive red in the palace, she realized that Lin Size was serious.
And she didn't even have any way to stop it.
Gu Hongjian had never seen He Fangning before, but she only knew that her brows and eyes were calm, and the emperor took pity on her quiet temperament, and had the intention of not abandoning her for life, so she got a "condensation" before she was favored. The title, such a grace, can be described as the first time after the founding of the country.
Unstoppable...
It was so funny, but Gu Hongjian couldn't smile.
She didn't even dare to think about how much the word "Ning" was related to the word "Ning".
"Master Gu, when you enter the Chengxi Palace, you have to get off the sedan chair and get off the horse. Please help Concubine Ning."
Gu Hong saw that she was still immersed in her own thoughts and did not return to her senses. Eunuch Jiang, who was on the side, suddenly spoke. Gu Hong saw that she had regained her senses and raised her head, but she saw that the palace gate was already in front of her. Entering this door, Lin Size was inside, civil and military. Baiguan is inside, and Concubine Ning is also inside.
She is the only one who should not enter this door.
Seeing dismounting, Gu Hong said to He Fangning who was inside through the sedan chair: "Concubine Ning, please get out of the sedan chair."
There was no reaction inside, and it took a long time to stretch out a hand leisurely, with snow-white skin and round and smooth nails, Gu Hong saw it for a while before reaching out to catch her.
Gu Hongjian's hand was full of scars because he was holding a knife at the beginning, and because he was holding a pen all the year round, there were still many calluses on his hand. Comparing the two, it was really worth it.
He Fangning was supported by her and got out of the sedan chair, and stepped onto the long red blanket unhurriedly. Gu Hongjian took her and carefully led her forward until she walked out of the door. Gu Hongjian said: " Get your feet up and step over the gate."
He Fangning paused, followed suit, and then whispered, "You actually reminded me... I thought you would hate me."
Gu Hongjian did not expect that she would suddenly say this, and was stunned for a while.
He Fangning's voice was very pleasant, like a yellow warbler out of the valley, soft and gentle, Gu Hong smiled and said, "Hate you? No need."
"Sir Lin is really confident." He Fangning also laughed lightly, her voice was just right, so that Gu Hong could hear it, but she would not teach others to listen.
Gu Hongjian originally planned to stop this conversation, but He Fangning continued: "The emperor's love for me must have never been seen by Mr. Gu, or else he wouldn't put me in such a low regard."
"The maiden thinks this way, she must have never seen the emperor's indulgence towards me back then." Gu Hongjian didn't want to fight with her, but when she mentioned this, Gu Hongjian couldn't help but say a few words.
This is not showing off. To be honest, if you add the two words at the beginning, there is nothing to show off.
She just wanted to tell He Fangning that Lin Size treated the people in front of her very well.
So good that you thought he would be good to you for the rest of his life.
But after all, there was a touch of white moonlight in his heart.
When Gu Hong saw that she was not afraid to block the moonlight, Lin Size pushed her away without hesitation and replaced her with another person.
But He Fangning obviously misunderstood Gu Hongjian's meaning, and her tone was somewhat resentful: "If the emperor loves you, how could it be possible for you to only work hard in the temple and be criticized by others?"
Gu Hongjian was silent for a moment, and did not explain that she refused to enter the harem at first, but pretended to be surprised: "Why do you think I think the emperor loves me?"
Having said this, Gu Hongjian felt a little funny again, and said: "If the maiden doesn't mind, let me say one more thing - the emperor will not love you either. So, while the emperor is treating you well, you..."
The road was a little long, and for some reason, a gust of wind suddenly blew by. Gu Hong saw that before he could finish speaking, He Fangning's red hood was lifted by the gust of wind. She seemed to be a little surprised, and she slightly rounded her eyes and looked at Gu Hong sees this side.
The eyes met, and Gu Hong saw for the first time He Fangning's eyebrows, eyes, nose, and lips.
She suddenly couldn't help laughing: "Concubine Ning, I take back what I just said, the emperor loves you, and will love you forever."
He Fangning was extremely surprised, but Gu Hongjian didn't explain anymore and sent her in. The Chengxi Palace was very noisy, with red walls and green tiles, and the lights were glazed. Gu Hong saw that she was only a shadow, but she had to silently endure everyone's attention. In desperation, Gu Hongjian ignored the rules and left.
No one stopped her.
Gu Hongjian walked out tiredly, rubbing her brows, but she was stopped before she took a few steps.
It was Zuo Ninghao.
Zuo Ninghao only found out a few days ago that his sister's death had something to do with him. The whole person was sluggish for several days. Now, Gu Hongjian was probably sluggish because Lin Size was about to get married, so the whole person regained some vigor.
Gu Hongjian raised her eyes to see him, and felt even more tired, and said, "Lord Zuo, what are you doing?"
Zuo Ninghao said, "First of all, I want to thank you."
Gu Hongjian raised his eyebrows: "Oh?"
Zuo Ninghao said, "Thank you for telling me that my sister's death has something to do with me. Otherwise, I must still be kept in the dark."
"Oh... no thanks." Seeing that her face was thick anyway, Gu Hong simply nodded.
Zuo Ninghao probably also felt that she was too shameless. He glanced at her aggrievedly, and then said, "Secondly, I came to see your good show. The emperor is married, you must be very, very uncomfortable."
Gu Hong was amused when she saw that, knowing that he was here to make trouble, she did not expect him to be so direct.
So Gu Hongjian also said very directly: "Childish."
Zuo Ninghao was half dead, but still said, "Actually, I'm really disappointed in you, when I didn't know anything, I thought you, as a woman, have such abilities, which is quite admirable. Unexpectedly…”
Gu Hong said: "Oh~ you used to worship me?"
Zuo Ninghao blushed: "Bah! You only listen to what you like when you listen to others, right?!"
Gu Hongjian mocked: "Yes."
After that, she didn't wait for Zuo Ninghao to say anything, and said casually: "For the incident of indirectly killing your sister, I asked myself to be responsible, but I don't have all the responsibility. Lin Size wants to blame me, I can't help it, you have to blame me, But I don't want to recognize each other. After all, we are each other, right? Well, if you have time to talk nonsense with me here, you might as well find a way to take a look at Concubine Ning, and if you see her, you can miss her. Look at your sister."
After speaking, Zuo Ninghao left by himself, ignoring the shocked Zuo Ninghao.
She walked very fast, but was very weak. Occasionally, people passing by on the road saw that she did not stay in the Chengxi Palace but came out. They all bowed to her with surprised but expected expressions. Gu Hong saw that she had walked for a long time. She just stopped, pointed her toes, and flew over the eaves. From where she was, she could vaguely see the light reflected in the Chengxi Hall.
Gu Hongjian remembered the winter solstice that year when she first met Lin Size. She was like this when she was young. Standing alone in the cold wind, she watched the radiance of the Spring Banquet from a distance. Lin Size, like her, was in the Being bullied outside, even worse than her.
As time passed, Lin Size had entered the hall and became the center of laughter, but she was still isolated from them.
It was a few days after the Qingming Festival. Although the weather had begun to warm, the night was still very cold. Gu Hongjian was wearing a single shirt, but her heart was colder than her body.
She stood there and watched for a long time, until the minister gradually astigmatized and the lights went out, Gu Hongjian felt her eyes are sore, she raised her hand and rubbed her eyes, looking up at the stars twinkling in the sky.
It seems that the stars are not last night, why is the wind dew for midnight
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Lin Size woke up in the evening, and the first thing he said when he sat up was "Gu Hongjian".
He Fangning, who was sitting beside the bed, was a little embarrassed, but she still maintained a sad look on her face and said, "Your Majesty, Gu Shilang, she..."
She didn't finish her words, but it was enough to wake Lin Size up.
Lin Size stopped for a while, and said after a while, "You go out first."
He Fangning hesitated: "Your Majesty..."
"Go out." Lin Size repeated blankly.
He Fangning had no choice but to sigh and lead the servants away. Lin Size was the only one left in the entire palace. He sat on the bed, motionless.
Gu Hongjian floated slowly to his side and looked at him closely.
I saw Lin Size staring at the front, his face still expressionless, after a while, he closed his eyes.
Gu Hongjian looked at him in shock as the tears were clear under his eyes.
Lin Size... crying
This was the first time Gu Hongjian saw Lin Size cry.
Even when Zuo Ningyan died before, Lin Size didn't cry... Of course, maybe she did, but she didn't see it.
But before Gu Hongjian could recall what it meant, Lin Size opened his eyes again, wiped away his tears, and called Jiang Haifu in.
Jiang Haifu walked in cautiously. He couldn't stop wanting to see the expression on Lin Size's face at the moment, but he couldn't see any reason. Lin Size said, "After I passed out, what else did the messenger say?"
Jiang Haifu really didn't want to tell Gu Hongjian that even the corpse was gone, but he still bit the bullet and told the truth.
Sure enough, Lin Size's chest heaved and heaved a little bigger. He seemed to be trying his best to suppress all his emotions, and said, "Live to see people, and die to see corpses."
After that, he got up, put on his clothes, and sat down to write a letter. Gu Hongjian leaned over to take a look, but saw that he had asked Deputy General Wang to stay in Huzhou first, trying to find Gu Hongjian, but he himself would ask for it. Go to Huzhou.
Is he going to Huzhou? !
Gu Hongjian's eyes widened, watching Lin Size hand over the letter to Jiang Haifu and ask him to send someone to Huzhou.
Jiang Haifu probably guessed a little, and hesitated: "Your Majesty..."
Lin Size said lightly, "Go quickly."
Jiang Haifu did not dare to say anything more, so he took the letter and went out to find someone to send him off, while Lin Size sat in front of the case and pondered for a moment, coughed slightly, then stood up, Jiang Haifu hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, where are you going? "
Lin Size said, "The study."
Jiang Haifu said: "But Your Majesty, you are not in good health..."
Lin Size said, "It's not in the way... Cough."
Jiang Haifu was sweating anxiously, but luckily the two of them walked outside the hall and saw He Fangning, she didn't leave, and when Lin Size came out, she tentatively said, "Your Majesty...? Why did you get out of bed? ? Your face is still very bad... "
Lin Size said, "I'm fine."
However, the temperature has been getting lower and lower recently, and a gust of cold wind just happened to blow through. Lin Size's body trembled slightly, and his face turned pale again.
He Fangning was worried: "Your Majesty, I'll wait for you to recover if anything happens!"
Lin Size said impatiently, "I said I'm fine. Cough..."
Jiang Haifu hurriedly asked Xiao Mingzi to go to help Lin Size, but he did not follow immediately, but stood aside. Fortunately, Lin Size was probably also extremely disturbed, and did not notice this.
When Lin Size left, Jiang Haifu saluted He Fangning again and said, "Concubine Ning, you must persuade the emperor!"
He Fangning said: "You don't see the emperor and ignore me... I also want to persuade him to open up, but I don't know how to open it."
Jiang Haifu said: "Not this! Your Majesty, His Majesty is going to Huzhou..."
He Fangning took a breath and stared, "What?! Huzhou?! What did the emperor go to Huzhou for?!"
Jiang Fuhai said: "Gu Shilang's bones are gone, the emperor said, live to see people, die to see corpses..."
He Fangning said: "Then let someone find it! What's the use of him going by himself..."
Jiang Haifu said with a bitter face: "What can I say about the emperor... So isn't this coming to find you?"
He Fangning said hesitantly, "How can I speak to move him..."
"But there's really no one else except you..." Jiang Haifu frowned, "Anyway, you are the only empress in the palace, and the emperor loves you very much. You can still talk."
A trace of bitterness appeared on He Fangning's face: "Heh... you don't know anything."
"...Ah?" Jiang Haifu was puzzled.
He Fangning sighed and said, "Forget it, it's nothing. I know, I'll go to persuade the emperor in a while... You should go to the study and serve you first."
Jiang Haifu responded and trotted away.
And He Fangning stood outside the hall, looking at the direction Lin Size was leaving, she sat down on the stone chair, propped her forehead with her hands, and closed her eyes silently.
Gu Hongjian looked at He Fangning with some pity, but was not happy at all.
She originally thought that she would be very happy to see Lin Size, who was informed of her death, show even a little sadness for her.
She originally thought that she would be very proud of seeing He Fangning, who was even more saddened by Lin Si Ze's sadness.
But beyond her imagination, Lin Size's reaction was so big that she felt unreal. He passed out for her, cried for her, and even went to Huzhou for her.
On the other hand, He Fangning would definitely suffer even more.
But this was probably beyond what Gu Hongjian could accept.
She hated Lin Size. From that night in Wanshun's thirty-eighth year, when she knew that Lin Size liked Zuo Ningyan, she hated Lin Size. It had been a full ten years.
After all, she had loved Lin Size for twenty years.
Love and hate cannot be added or subtracted. When the two meet, they will only become stronger.
So if Lin Size grieves over her death, she will be happy, after all, it can prove that Lin Size still cares about her very much... Although this idea is really strange. But since they've all turned into ghosts, it's impossible to justify without verifying them.
However, Lin Size's current reaction made Gu Hongjian very unhappy.
Logically speaking, she shouldn't be that important. Who should he cry to see, who should he show despair, and who will go to Huzhou despite the pain and pain... Who should he show.
This guy, shouldn't he know that he has been watching it all the time.
She made him sad, but he could in turn continue to make her sad.
Before Gu Hongjian could still laugh and think, even if he was a ghost, he would not let Lin Size go.
In the end, it was because he was a ghost that he couldn't escape Lin Size.
And the way He Fangning looked at Lin Size made Gu Hongjian think of himself back then.
All he knew was that he stared at Lin Size in a daze, his eyes were full of him, but because of this, he ignored himself.
She wanted to see what Lin Size was going to do when she went to the study, and when she arrived, she realized that Lin Size was actually going to read the memorial that was left today, and called a few capable ministers, probably planning to tell her to go to Huzhou thing.
Gu Hong saw that Lin Size's face was getting paler and paler under the candlelight, and she was very worried. Seeing that when he was waiting for the minister to arrive, he kept lowering his head and coughing, and his heart became even more nervous.
Everyone is fine, let's stop this guy for a while.
Let him calm down.
Do not go to Huzhou.
He was not in good shape since he was a child, and now he is sick again. He ran to the place where the weather is cold and the plague is in Huzhou. No matter what, he has to go to half his life. If he is unlucky, he may explain it to There it is.
Lin Size was rummaging through the boxes and cabinets in the study. Gu Hongjian was still thinking about what he was looking for, but saw Lin Size suddenly stop and look at the brazier in the corner.
The ashes inside were still the picture scroll that Lin Size burned that day.
Gu Hongjian understood.
Lin Size probably remembered it too, walked over step by step, bent down to turn over the ashes, but it burned so thoroughly that nothing was left.
He only painted one portrait for Gu Hongjian, but that portrait was burned down by him.
How ironic.
Lin Si Ze closed his eyes in a slump and sat back in the chair, motionless.