Qingchuan History

Chapter 518
At the beginning of mourning in the Hegong Palace, the news of Prince Ruan Jijiu's illness and death has already been announced to the world. Everyone in the Fuxi Nuan Pavilion has changed their attire, and the plain white clothes make the Yin Palace even more deserted.

"The 300-year-old palace, after all, is filled with the atmosphere of the setting sun and the west sinking." Ji Wanling sat beside Gu Xinglang, said very softly.

Gu Xing looked at the beams and pillars in the pavilion with wide eyes, and the smell of rotten wood was dizzy from the rainy weather, "It's more exquisite than I thought. It's old and 300 years old."

Ji Wanling smiled, "I remember reading the relevant records of the Yin Palace at that time. You said that the palace must be dark, and you didn't like it very much."

About eight or nine years old.After the lectures, Ji Huan would always go to the Wanlan Hall to face the saint, and Ji Wanling would continue to wait with Gu Xinglang until his father came to pick him up. The two of them sometimes flipped through idle books, sometimes played chess, or talked about recent interesting events. The topic is not lacking in games.

Gu Xinglang also laughed, "There is still a discrepancy between the book and the facts. What's more," he paused, and suddenly wanted to visit Yuju, "Aiwujiwu."

Murong Xun and Ruan Moxi were on the other side, and the conversation here was not heard by a third person.Gu Chunfeng couldn't sit still, he was not sure about the real purpose of entering the Yin Palace, and it was not easy to ask Gu Xinglang, when he looked back and saw that the two monarchs in the pavilion were accompanied by beauties, he felt that things in the world were always not as expected:

The two who should be with each other are only busy with themselves, and they just don't like the one who is by their side at the moment.

——Who knows, the monarch should have been surrounded by flowers, maybe people will also enjoy it.

Especially Gu Xinglang.

Thinking of this, she was a little annoyed, and quickly walked up to the two who were talking and laughing at Yanyan, and said to Ji Wanling:

"It's too boring, I want to go out for a stroll, let's go together."

Ji Wanling was slightly taken aback, "It's not right. Don't say that we are guests, we can't walk around without the owner's permission. Now that the crown prince has just died, and the palace is busy, even if you are visiting under the banner of a state guest, it is still impolite."

How could Gu Chunfeng win Ji Wanling by reasoning about etiquette, so he had to go to the other side to find the master to make a decision.Ruan Moxi was peeling oranges for Murong Xun, carefully picking out the petals and feeding them to his mouth, he was startled when he heard this,
"The prince's elder brother has a new funeral, I'm afraid I'm going to help take care of it later, so I'm going out now—" She was quite embarrassed and fell silent.

"It's a rare visit. Since His Highness Chunfeng has spoken, within the limits of etiquette, Mo Xi, you can also show your kindness as a landlord." Murong Xun said.

Ruan Moxi looked back at Murong Xun quite unexpectedly, "Listen to your majesty." She stood up, "Then I will take Mrs. Yu and His Highness Chunfeng for a walk, and watch the progress of the funeral ceremony along the way."

Sure enough, Murong Xun got up after the three of them went out.

Gu Xinglang smiled and watched him walk over.

"It's rare to see Brother Murong playing tricks on you."

"If you have something to say to Brother Gu, you have to ask the female relatives to avoid it first, it's not considered playing tricks."

He sat down nearby and shared a case with Gu Xinglang. "Lack of wine."

"The prince's new funeral, it's not appropriate to ask for wine."

Murong Xun nodded and poured himself a cup of tea, "I have a question I want to discuss with Brother Gu."

coming.The matter on the border is still the bottom line of Qi State, and it is no coincidence that the two armies of Yingwei have disputes at the critical point.Gu Xinglang had predicted that he might come to chat, but he didn't expect it to be here and now.

"It is reasonable to say that it should be much better than before." He heard the other party say, "But it is still indifferent. It is a big step, but it seems to be standing still, and it seems to be a step back."

Gu Xinglang was sure that he caught every word, but he didn't understand a single word. "What?"

Does it mean that it was so easy to start a fight on the border, but it failed to push the situation, and it was about to be extinguished by Ruan Zhong's inspector's order, and then the crown prince's murder took over the master?

Murong Xun had a dark face and coughed, "Didn't we discuss it in Pengxi Mountain at the end of spring?"

Gu Xinglang's mind was racing.At the end of spring in Pengxi Mountain, many things were discussed, such as closing the pavilion to close the suspicious group, the way to be a king, whether martial arts is good or not.

Which thing is a big step forward?The closure of the pavilion is about to end, and it is not standing still, let alone regressing.

The way of the king.He briefly recalled the opponent's performance this time, but he didn't think it was more appropriate for him to take a big step and stand still.

Martial arts is even more unreasonable.

Ruojiruodi is also a strange word.He couldn't help turning his face to look at him, Murong Xun took a sip of tea,

"Recently, things have become more and more wrong. I often have inexplicable cold faces and lose my temper. Except for the current situation in the court, I hardly gossip with me."

Gu Xinglang was stunned for another two moments, enlightened, unexpected.It's a big step forward, is it clear?He was quite impressed: "Congratulations."

"I did something wrong, Brother Gu."

Gu Xinglang still couldn't believe that under such circumstances, he sent the girls out just to chat about Jingting songs. He looked outside the gate of the Nuan Pavilion, made sure that there was no palace person, and coughed dryly:
"There's nothing wrong with this kind of thing. As long as she wants to—"

"She doesn't want to."

Gu Xinglang choked for a long while. "Brother Murong," he searched for words, "this, no matter how you like it, you have to do it step by step and force it—Mr. Jing is stubborn, so he will naturally be angry."

Even a cold face has a mild temper.With Jing Tingge's temper, he didn't kill him?

Murong Xun was also more ruthless than he thought.

"No. She said yes, but she didn't want to. It's only recently that I've become more aware."

Since the beginning of the correspondence last winter, talking about girls with him, or rather listening to his intentional or unintentional mentions of court songs, has become a common practice between the two of them.Gu Xinglang completely pulled out of the situational arrangement in his head, and said earnestly:

"That's your fault. You know she doesn't want to, so you should be patient and continue to wait. After waiting for so many years, is this year still missing?" You paused, "Is it this year?"

"Summer." Murong Xun replied casually.

The action was very fast, Gu Xinglang secretly raised his eyebrows.But what kind of situation is it that he says he is willing but he is unwilling in his heart? He really can't think of it, and he has never encountered it.

"After all, she is your counselor, worthy of your monarch and minister. If this kind of thing happens, I'm afraid it will be very sad for you. Just pretend that nothing happened, and treat her like a monarch and minister. When she gets better and soft-hearted——"

"Her willingness was also forced by me. Now that I think about it, that willingness is also a test to see if I will put her in a difficult situation regardless of the overall situation. Few people in the world appreciate her and respect her talent, and more people regard her as a villain. Because of stereotypes and prejudices, she relies on her beauty to get things done, and the rumors are ugly, you must have heard of them, Brother Gu."

"I don't hear much." Gu Xinglang replied pertinently, "Of course, it may be because I have seen her before, so I don't think so from the bottom of my heart."

Murong Xun nodded subconsciously, "But because I didn't think about it for a while, this matter is settled now, and she can't clean up even if she jumped into the Yellow River."

Gu Xinglang was silent. "Anyone else know?"

"No. She and I have something to say first, and it must be kept absolutely secret."

Confused.Gu Xinglang also found it tricky, "I realized that I have disappointed her, so I can't continue to make mistakes. Don't do anything wrong before you give her a title—"

"I can give her a title at any time, but she doesn't want it."

"It's the same thing. Until she's ready, control yourself. Remember what I said to Ruan Yu today when I was the most happy building. If you make a mistake, you will make a mistake. Try your best to save it. Even if you can't save it right now, there will always be a chance to make up for it in the future. You If you know what she wants, then help her get it, you are the king, and you are most likely to help her get it. This is the greatest sincerity."

Murong Xun was quite educated, so he asked after a long while, "Is this how you captured Ruan Xueyin?"

Gu Xinglang was stunned, "That's not it." Then he was arrogant, "She liked me in the first place, and she took it at first sight."

Murong Xun didn't have time to distinguish the truth from the falsehood, the girls walked in through the threshold.Ruan Moxi quickly walked up to the two of them, and said, "The funeral will be held in the East Palace, and it should be ready in a few hours. The worship of the two kings can be held tomorrow morning."

(End of this chapter)