Rebirth after waste

Chapter 141

Gu Yunxian stood there motionless as if he had been immobilized, staring blankly at him.Eyes like Kunlun jade, eyebrows like ink landscape paintings, this face is so beautiful, enough to make all the women in the world fall in love.

What did the little ladies of Yudu say?The sum of all the beautiful rivers and mountains in the world is no more charming than his demeanor.

"I made that lantern for you." Cui Shuo looked at her and said slowly, "You probably saw it when you were at my house last time."

Because I saw it, I left without saying a word, not even saying goodbye to him.

"At that time, you said that you wanted a big boat, where you could live with your relatives and live happily. I couldn't give you a real big boat, so I made that lantern. But even a lantern, I Still can't send it to you."

Gu Yunxian thought of the green bamboos in the inner courtyard of Cui Mansion, the rippling blue waves, and the exquisite lantern like a lotus flower blooming on the water. Since that night, she has been dreaming frequently, which touched her heart.

That's just a ridiculous guess.She thought that she would never have the chance to verify it in her life, but now, he just mercilessly pointed it out in front of her.

Cui Shuo looked at her shocked expressionless face, feeling sad and happy in his heart.These words have been hidden in his heart for too many years, and together with those secret past events, they have been sealed in the most inconspicuous corner, and he dare not let anyone know.

Only when I dream back at midnight will I go back to the past and see each other who are still free.

In the 25th year of Linqing, the whole world knew that Empress Gu's distant niece was about to marry into the East Palace and become the crown princess.

At the same time, another marriage was equally notable.The handsome Cui Liulang of the Qinghe Cui family will marry Wei Wuniang, the daughter of the Wei family of Chen Jun, in April.

In the eyes of outsiders, the beauty of a man and woman, and the beauty of the moon, but for the person concerned, there is only unspeakable helplessness and bitterness.

That New Year, Cui Shuo did not go home, and stayed alone in Yudu.At that time, Gu Sanlang had already received kindness and was released as an official. He no longer had any close friends in Yu, and he was truly alone.

During the Shangyuan Festival, Yudu is full of lights and lively as usual.Cui Shuo sat at home, listening to the commotion outside, suddenly felt how ridiculous the world was.In his heart, there is already a desert of thousands of miles, but outside it is "the sound of the phoenix flute, the light of the jade pot, and the dance of fish and dragons all night."

With a wry smile, he simply left the house and joined the bustling crowd.

That year's Longjiang Pool was no different from previous years.The young girls with cloudy temples and beautiful faces, holding their own river lanterns and flower notes in their hands, laughed and gathered together, talking about their little daughter's thoughts.

He didn't want to attract others' attention, so he imitated those knight-errants and put on a black gauze hat.

There were many small stalls selling river lanterns by the pool. He stood in front of one of the stalls, picked up one and looked at it for a while, only to realize that he was really inexplicable tonight.

He didn't come here in previous years, but why did he go crazy this year?

"Third sister, look at this lotus lantern, isn't it beautiful?"

"Is this one?" A familiar voice, gentle and soft, but instantly touched his heartstrings, "It's very beautiful."

He moved his stiff neck, turned his head a little to the left, and saw the face that haunted him.

I haven't seen her in two years, she has grown a little taller, and her facial features are not as immature as before.Fair skin, slender eyebrows and eyes, bright red lips pursed into a shallow smile, looking extremely happy.

She smiled and said to the girl beside her: "Second sister, don't you like lotus lanterns the most? Can you see this one?"

She spoke in a friendly tone, but the girl didn't appreciate it very much, "Yun Ruo obviously looked at this lamp first, but what kind of favor do you use it for? It's as if you gave it to me."

Gu Yunxian's initiative to show his favor was pushed back like this, and his face suddenly became embarrassing.

The girl named Yun Ruo who spoke at first hurriedly came up to smooth things over, "Then Er Niang, consider this lotus lantern as mys for you. Third sister, hurry up and pick out a lantern for yourself too. "

She nodded and chose seriously.

Gu Erniang waited for a while, then dragged Gu Yunruo's hand impatiently, and said, "It's really troublesome! It's just a lamp, and it's worth looking at it like this? Yunruo, come with me to the next door. Eldest sister can't come tonight, I'm going to put one for her too."

Gu Yunruo couldn't resist and was dragged away by Gu Erniang.Seeing them leave, Gu Yunxian breathed a sigh of relief, looking very relaxed.

The owner who sells the river lamp has been listening to the conversations of the beautiful girls with interest. Seeing that savage girl leave now, he opened his mouth and said to Gu Yunxian: "Young lady, do you like it? Which one do you like?"

Gu Yunxian was holding a peach-shaped lantern in his hand, and smiled embarrassedly when he heard the words, "I, I didn't think about it..."

The boss laughed, "Looking at the young lady like this, it must be because you don't like these lamps?"

Gu Yunxian was stunned, "It's not that I don't like it all, it's just..."

"Little lady, you don't need to save face." The boss waved his hand, "If you don't like it, you don't like it. There's nothing wrong with it."

His tone was open-minded, and Gu Yunxian also smiled relievedly, "Actually, boss, your lamps are very beautiful, much more delicate than others. I don't think they are bad, I just..." After a pause, she still said I said in my heart, "Actually, I don't think these lights are very interesting. If they float away, they will drift away, and I won't be able to see them in the future. I hope that one day, I can build a big boat and go down the river, just like this river lamp. And I live happily on the boat with my... relatives." The voice behind was getting lower and lower, as if talking to himself.

After listening to her words carefully, the boss expressed his opinion, "Young lady's idea is very interesting. But to repair a big boat, it will cost a lot of money."

Gu Yunxian smiled helplessly, "That's right. So I just thought about it."

The boss laughed, "Little lady, don't give up, the future is not sure. Maybe your future husband will treat you well and realize this wish for you."

In the bright lights, Cui Shuo saw Gu Yunxian's cheeks flushed suddenly.

"Come, come, I saw the young lady just now and smiled when she saw this lamp, I guess it can barely catch your eyes." The boss handed a lamp to Gu Yunxian, "This is a gift from a certain lady." The gift of the little lady, I wish your wishes will be fulfilled as soon as possible!"

Gu Yunxian was a little surprised, and quickly declined.

"Small lady, don't be so polite." The boss said, "We also pay attention to eye contact in business. When someone sees a little lady, he feels kind. This lamp is just a small gadget, which represents a little heart. The little lady said Take it."

Speaking of this, Gu Yunxian had no choice but to accept it.

At that time, Cui Shuo only thought that the boss was bold and generous, but when he became good friends with him later, he realized that this man could not control himself when he saw a beautiful woman, and often did such things.

After speaking a few more words, the two women came back with more lamps.Gu Yunxian nodded slightly at the boss, and said goodbye in a low voice.

Cui Shuo watched helplessly as her slim figure walked further and further away, before finally disappearing into the crowd.He wanted to follow, but his steps seemed to be nailed to the ground, and he couldn't move.

He suddenly understood why he came here tonight.This was the last Lantern Festival before she got married, and he had heard early in the morning that the queen had allowed her to return to her family for the New Year, so it was very likely that she would come out to watch the lanterns with the sisters in the clan.

It turned out that subconsciously, he came out tonight just to meet her by chance.

Everything is just because of her.

"On the Lantern Festival in the 25th year of Linqing, I heard everything you and Tong Yi said next to me." His voice was low and hoarse, "It's just that you didn't know I was there."

Gu Yunxian took a step back, feeling that he could barely stand.

"I don't understand..." she murmured.

Yes, she doesn't understand.Ever since this guess surfaced in her mind, another confusion has been haunting her.In her memory, there has never been such a person as Cui Shuo.When she knew him, he was already a famous talent all over the world, Tan Lang who was sought after by Yudu girls.

She never remembered what intersection she had with him, why...

Cui Shuo looked at her with dazed eyes, and smiled softly when he heard the words, "In the winter of 22 Linqing, you suffered from snow blindness, but were forced to perform "Moon Shadow in the Cold Pool". At that time, I promised to teach You play the piano."

Gu Yunxian's expression froze instantly.

Many scattered memories flowed out along with his words.

On that cold snowy day, when she first arrived in Yudu, she was both afraid and new to everything.Because no one reminded her in advance, her eyes were burned by the snow, and she could only spend time outside alone wrapped in gauze, and she lived very lonely every day.One day, a young master suddenly appeared and watched her play with sparrows with a smile on his face.She found out, and asked with some displeasure who was peeping at her.He told her that his third cousin who was very kind to her was a guest.

At that time, she just thought his voice was so nice.

"It's you..." She gently parted her pink lips.

"Yes, it's me." Cui Shuo looked at her, his voice trembling uncontrollably, "I'm sorry, I encountered some things that day, so I was late."

Her mind seemed to be frozen by the cold weather, unable to think, she could only follow his words and ask those insignificant things: "But, the third cousin said that you are sick..."

"He was afraid that you would be angry with me, so he made up an excuse for me." Cui Shuo said, "Actually, I'm not sick. I know, you waited for me in the snow that day for a long time. I didn't miss the appointment on purpose."

She remembered that afternoon, she stood holding the piano in the cold wind, waiting for the son with a nice voice to appear.That was the first kindness she felt besides the third cousin since she came to Yudu for so long.

She thought that the person who spoke so calmly and indifferently must be a gentleman who kept his word and would not miss an appointment with a little girl like her.But she waited for two full hours, until the maid came to tell her to go back, but he still didn't show up.

At that moment, only she knew how disappointed she was.

"Then why didn't you come?" She was silent for a moment, but still asked the question in her heart.

It was a trivial matter many years ago, but she stubbornly asked the reason.Seeing her like this, Cui Shuo suddenly laughed.

Tears flickered faintly in his eyes.

"You are asking me this now, which means that you have always remembered this matter in your heart, right? You have always remembered me for so many years." He said in a hoarse voice, not knowing whether he was happy or sad, "I didn't come because that day There are people in my family. They force me to marry another woman, but I... don't want to."

After he finished speaking, he took a step closer to Gu Yunxian, his voice was palpitatingly tense, "Do you know why I don't want to?"

Gu Yunxian looked into his eyes and suddenly felt a burst of fear.

The answer was ready to come out, but she didn't dare to face it.She thought of the emperor, she had been in love with him for many years, but he knew nothing about it.Then, maybe somewhere she didn't know, there were also people who were dreaming of her.

No, she doesn't want to know this.She couldn't bear such a heavy affection.

She turned around, wanting to leave.But he was keenly aware of her intentions and grabbed her hand.

In the cold wind, the hands of both of them were equally cold.

"Yunniang..." Cui Shuo looked at her jade-like profile, and finally called out the title that he had silently said countless times in his heart, "Do you know?"

Bright moon, palace, desolate and cold wind.This place seems to have suddenly become a stage, where gatherings and partings that shouldn't happen in the world are staged, and every sentence is shrouded in a layer of unreal light and shadow.

"I want to marry you." Cui Shuo's eyes were full of unrepentant affection and ridicule of the impermanence of the world, "I've even taken care of my clan, and I'm going to propose marriage after the first month. But unexpectedly, it's still too late One step. Once you entered the palace, you never came out again."

Gu Yunxian closed his eyes, a tear rolled down his cheek.

Finally, I heard it.

What she once had, what she once missed, all spread out in front of her at this moment, and there was no longer any concealment.

She remembered the first time she heard about Wei Ci and Cui Shuo many years ago.Back then she had felt jealous.The couple she had longed for in her dream for a lifetime, but she couldn't get it, but was got by another woman.

But it turned out that such affection, which is hard to find in the world, had already happened in her life before she knew it.

From the beginning to the end, all she wanted was someone who loved her wholeheartedly, a simple and solid relationship.If she had known Cui Shuo's intentions first, she would have fallen in love with him.At that time, they were truly two-hearted and unswerving.

Almost, she could get what she couldn't ask for in two lifetimes, and live the life she really wanted.

"Why?" she murmured, "Why are we late?"

Why……

The exclamation overflowing from the woman's throat suddenly sounded like a thunderclap in the silent open space.

The two turned their heads in response, only to see Yin Fansu covering his mouth with his right hand in the shadow of a clump of green bamboo not far away, staring at them in amazement with his eyes wide open.

And next to her was the silent emperor in a crown suit.

His face was half hidden in the darkness, and he couldn't see anything clearly.

(End of this chapter)