Chapter 197 Xianglin bravely knocked on the door and asked in a low voice: "Master, can you lie down?"
"Come in.
Xianglin said "ouch" in his heart.
He originally thought that he should keep his voice quieter, and if the young prince didn't speak out, he would use the excuse that the prince had rested and dismissed Li Daichun for the time being.
This is good, but my expectations were completely dashed.
Xianglin had no choice but to walk into the room.
He lowered his head, not daring to look around, and said: "The cousin of the Li family is here.
She said she has something to ask you.
Do you want to go out and see her?"
Regardless of whether Gu Zaili was in the room or not, it was inconvenient to invite Li Daichun in.
Rong Yuanyou drank two cups of sobering tea and felt much more awake.
He felt very regretful about having the rashness to invite Gu Zaili here.
Hearing this, he didn’t think much about it.
"I'm going to see my cousin to see what's going on."
He didn't dare to look into Zai Li's eyes and hurriedly got up and walked out, feeling a bit like he was running away.
When he walked out of the door, the cool wind blew him sober again.
"What's the matter, cousin?"
Rong Yuanyou stood at the bottom of the stone steps, keeping a distance from Li Daichun.
"I'll give you a picture of the crane."
Li Daichun glanced at Cui'e.
Cui'e held up the long brocade box and handed it to Xiang Lin.
"Thank you very much, cousin."
Rong Yuanyou said.
"Cousin, why do you need to be polite to Daichun?"
Li Daichun smiled softly.
She paused and then said warmly: "I have a cousin in Beijing who often exchanges letters and tells interesting stories about the two places.
This time my cousin mentioned Princess Sheng'an in her letter to me."
Only then did Rong Yuanyou take a serious look at Li Daichun.
"Cousin, we are childhood sweethearts."
Li Daichun paused, swallowed the word "childhood sweethearts" and changed his words, "We have known each other since we were children and grew up together.
I heard that my cousin was interested in Princess Sheng'an, and Daichun got some of Princess Sheng'an.
Of course, I thought about the news and came to tell my cousin.
"Listen to my cousin."
Rong Yuanyou interrupted her: "I know everything about her, cousin, there is no need to say anything."
Li Daichun was stunned for a moment, but she didn't expect that her cousin would not allow her to continue speaking.
A trace of embarrassment appeared on her face, and she hurriedly said: "Cousin, please don't misunderstand Dai Chun.
This time Dai Chun came to the house with her mother precisely because she was disturbed by her marriage.
I was worried about my marriage, so I knew about marriage.
If the matter is important, I will naturally consider it more.
It would be really sad if my cousin misunderstood my good intentions."
She lowered her eyelashes, and the corners of her eyes were a little red.
"My cousin is overly concerned.
I don't mean to blame you harshly.
I am telling the truth.
I really don't want or need to hear those rumors."
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Li Daichun said anxiously: "My cousin only knows that she has been married once, but does he know that she has had an abortion?"
Rong Yuanyou paused before turning around.
Li Daichun then said: "If a woman's body has had an abortion, it is very likely that she will not be able to get pregnant again in this life.
My cousin knows that the Rong family does not have the tradition of taking concubines and raising aunts.
If the cousin is infertile, then this child..."
"Cousin" Rong Yuanyou's face darkened.
Before he could reprimand him, he heard the door behind him being pushed open.
He turned around and saw Gu Zaili appearing at the door.
Li Daichun stayed there, staring blankly at Gu Zaili at the door, and didn't react for a long time.
When someone heard her gossiping behind her back, she suddenly became embarrassed and her cheeks turned red.
Wait, why is Princess Sheng'an in her cousin's room?
After the initial embarrassment, Li Daichun came back to his senses and couldn't help but draw a question mark in his heart.
Rong Yuanyou's heart tightened, worried that Gu Zaili would feel uncomfortable after hearing this, so he hurriedly walked to her in a few steps.
"You" was so clumsy that he didn't know how to comfort him for a moment.
With a smile on his face, Gu Zaili stood on the stone steps, looking condescendingly at the gentle and harmless little girl below.
He chuckled and said, "The girl from the Li family actually knows my belly better than this princess."
"I, I, I just, just unintentionally" Li Daichun stammered.
Gu Zaili sneered and said again: "The Li family girl knows so much about women's abortion, childbirth and other matters.
Has she ever given birth or had an abortion?"
"You, how can you insult my innocence?"
Li Daichun's eyes and face were both red, and he looked at Rong Yuanyou for help, but saw Rong Yuanyou lowering his head, not knowing what he was thinking.
"cousin" Rong Yuanyou raised his head to look at her and said, "Thank you Miss Li Er for your kindness, but I won't accept this painting of a crane."
He looked at Xianglin, who quickly stepped forward and handed the brocade box in his arms back to Cui'e.
Miss Li Er "Cousin" Li Daichun's lips trembled slightly, and he turned around and ran away aggrievedly.
"Stop."
Gu Zaili folded his arms and called out to her.
Li Daichun stopped, turned around, and looked at Gu Zaili with teary eyes.
"Has the princess allowed you to leave?"
Li Daichun's tears rolled down her face, and she cried so hard that it rained down from her eyes.
She cried, knelt down and saluted, and choked with sobs she said, "Dai Chun was disrespectful.
The princess is magnanimous and spared me this time."
Gu Zaili looked at her crying face and felt disgusted.
Not even bothering to punish him, he turned around and walked to the backyard and back to his guest room.
Li Daichun waited for her to turn around and walk away, and then bowed slightly to Rong Yuanyou: "It's Daichun who has no sense of propriety and has made the princess disgusted.
I hope my cousin can persuade the princess more and don't get angry because of the rumors Daichun heard." body."
Rong Yuanyou nodded distantly, said no more, turned around and chased after Gu Zaili.
Li Daichun lowered his head, wiped his tears with a handkerchief, and walked out of Rong Yuanyou's yard crying.
"Girl, why are you so condescending?
Although she is a princess, she came to Xiangxi alone.
She doesn't look like a princess, so she is afraid of what she will do."
Li Daichun's eyes were still full of tears, but she smiled.
She glanced at Cui'e with an inexplicable expression and said leisurely: "You know what, I didn't cry for her."
Cui'e's eyes rolled around twice, and she suddenly understood.
Her master was crying to the young prince.
He is so smart.
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Rong Yuanyou followed him to the backyard, and did not follow the guest room rashly.
He only stopped in the courtyard.
After Gu Zaili entered the room, only one door was closed.
She sat at the tea table and poured tea, letting the cool wind flow in through the open doors and windows.
It's not that she deliberately opened the door because Rong Yuanyou came with her, but she really likes the wind in Xiangxi and likes the breeze to wander by with the doors and windows wide open.
Rong Yuanyou looked at Gu Zaili's side through the open door.
He opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but he didn't know where to start.
After being silent for a long time, he spoke: "I want to say that if you are willing to marry me, it doesn't matter whether you have any children or not, I don't care.
But then I thought, if you don't like me, the possibility of marrying me is very low.
Say this The words are a bit ungrateful."
Rong Yuanyou's voice was muffled.
Gu Zaili turned his head and glanced at Rong Yuanyou, who had his head lowered, and asked, "I'm completely sober."
Rong Yuanyou nodded.
"Would you like to come in for tea?"
Rong Yuanyou shook his head and said in a low voice: "I wanted to say don't be unhappy because of other people's gossip, but you don't seem to need my advice.
You live an open-minded life and don't care about other people's opinions.
Well, I've finished what I want to say."
He lowered his head and turned away emotionally.
He suddenly realized that he couldn't give Gu Zaili anything, and she didn't even need comfort.
Rong Yuanyou had just returned to the front yard, but before he returned to his room, he met Mrs.
Rong who sent someone to look for him.
He arrived at Mrs.
Rong's room.
Mrs.
Rong and Rong Guanyin sat face to face on the Arhat bed, playing chess on the small table.
"Mother is looking for me."
Mrs.
Rong didn't look up and asked, "Have you persuaded Sheng An?"
"No" Rong Yuanyou became even more depressed.
Mrs.
Rong glanced at him with disgust and said, "I'll give you another year.
If you still can't marry Princess Sheng'an after one year, then give me a hard time and find another girl to start a family with."
"Mother" "Why?"
Mrs.
Rong raised her eyebrows, "I give you another year and it's not enough."
She threw the white chess piece in her hand into the chess bowl and said angrily: "Don't worry, don't affect your sister's marriage.
Seventeen is nothing to a man, but it is quite old to a woman.
If you don't start a family, How will your sister get married?"
"Guanyin" Rong Yuanyou looked at his sister as if asking for help.
"Brother, don't look at me.
It's better for my mother to think about me.
If you ask me, one year is too long, only half a year is enough.
My sister looks at other people having sex and having two couples in three years.
My sister also wants to find a good wife as soon as possible.
Langjun, brother, don’t delay.”
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Mrs.
Rong looked at her daughter and frowned: "She is shameless and speaks without restraint."
Rong Guanyin narrowed her eyes and smiled, dropped the sunspot in her hand and said, "Mother, let's continue."
Mrs.
Rong pinched a chess piece from the chess bowl and muttered: "There is no future."
Rong Yuanyou was there, hesitating whether to leave or not, when Mrs.
Rong's mother Su entered the room.
"Madam, Young Master Zhou is here."
"Who is the Zhou family?"
"It's the Zhou family from Shuichang Island, the one who made a baby kiss with the second girl from the Li family."
Rong Guanyin was surprised: "My cousin hid in our house, and the Zhou family came to the door to beg for help.
Are they here to arrest people or to cause trouble?"
"I said that I went to the Li family early in the morning and learned that the mother and daughter of the Li family came to our house.
The young master of the Zhou family came directly to see the cousin of the Li family.
He didn't mention our family.
He has already sent a letter to Mrs.
Li's family."
Mrs.
Rong frowned: "After all, we are in our house.
Let's take a look.
It's really troublesome."
Mrs.
Li refused to meet her, and Zhou Yingting started making trouble at the courtyard gate.
After all, he was a guest at the Xiangxi Duke's Mansion, and it would not look good if he made a fuss, so Mrs.
Li had no choice but to invite the person into Wei Ruiyuan.
Wei Ruiyuan is usually idle.
If guests come to the house, they will stay there.
When Mrs.
Rong rushed to Wei Ruiyuan with Rong Yuanyou and Rong Guanyin, it didn't take long for Zhou Yingting to enter the yard.
"What are you doing here?
This is Xiangxi Duke's Mansion.
You are so bold.
Could you be trying to rob someone?"
Mrs.
Li was furious.
Li Daichun hid behind her mother, lowering her head aggrievedly, her eyes red.
Especially when she saw Rong Yuanyou coming, she looked even more pitiful.
Zhou Yingting smelled of alcohol.
He sneered and took out from his sleeve the contract between the Li and Zhou families that had agreed on the baby's marriage.
He tore it in half and threw it in the faces of the Li family's mother and daughter.
"Back then, your Li family was too poor to survive and got involved in a murder case.
You went to my Zhou family to borrow money and connections.
If you still couldn't pay the money, you called me brothers and came to have a baby kiss and kiss each other.
Damn, look at my Zhou family.
Broken and disowned."
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Mrs.
Li's eyes flickered.
Li Daichun took a step forward and pointed at Zhou Yingting with shame and anger: "How can we ask for help from a poor fisherman like you, the Zhou family, when you spray blood on us?"
She covered her face and cried, feeling extremely wronged.
"Cry, cry, cry, why are you crying?
What did our Zhou family do to your Li family?
Even if the marriage is canceled, it will be a big deal.
What can our Zhou family say?
We rely on your family, but your Li family is so loud that the whole world thinks it is our family.
What's wrong with you is just being ungrateful, this is the end.
If you use my Zhou family as a stepping stone to pretend to be pitiful, you can take the opportunity to get into a good family.
Look at your virtues and pretend to be a lady, you are not as upright as a brothel girl, put your dirty heart back into your belly, and all the women in the world will die.
Absolutely, I, Zhou Yingting, won’t want anything from you.”
After Zhou Yingting spoke vulgarly, the entire courtyard fell silent.
After Zhou Yingting finished saying what he wanted to say, he turned around and walked out.
When he walked past the Rong family at the entrance of the courtyard, he stopped, looked at them, and said: "Dignified Lord Xiangxi, don't treat poor relatives who are worse than cats and dogs.
Calling them all home is really ruining their innocence.”
"Oh, okay" Rong Guanyin looked at him blankly and responded stutteringly.
As early as when Zhou Yingting denounced the Li family's mother and daughter, she was dumbfounded, her mind went blank, and she couldn't help but reply.
Zhou Yingting said it casually, but he didn't expect Rong Guanyin to respond, so he was stunned for a moment.
Mrs.
Rong coughed lightly, and Rong Guanyin came to her senses and quickly lowered her head.
Mrs.
Rong tilted her head and ordered the servant beside her to escort Zhou Yingting out of the house.
On the way out, Zhou Yingting asked the servant: "Is your little princess married?"
The boy glared at him: "This is not something you can ask."
Zhou Yingting smiled playfully and didn't ask any more questions, but in his heart he was thinking about how to get the little princess into his hands.
Mrs.
Rong sent someone to investigate the Zhou family's affairs that day.
"The Zhou family was originally the richest family in Shuichang Island.
Mr.
Zhou was a kind-hearted man.
He spread his money to help the poor.
Whenever someone came to him, he would always help as much as he could.
When it comes to Mr.
Zhou, everyone They are all called great virtuous people, but they come later.
The old lady here got a strange disease and spent all her money on the treatment.
The people who Mr.
Zhou had helped rarely came to help.
As for the young master of the Zhou family, he had grown up in luxury.
Young Master, you are a bit dandy."
Mrs.
Rong said: "I see that what he said today is reasonable and aboveboard."
"That's natural.
I heard that Mr.
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Zhou's talent and knowledge were outstanding compared to others when he was young, but I don't know why he didn't go to the imperial examination in Beijing and stayed on Shuichang Island to live a debauched life."
Rong Yuanyou suddenly said: "So I remembered that Mr.
Zhou once built two schools in several villages in Jinji Mountain for children from poor families to study for free.
Now that I think about it, it must be Shuichang This Zhou family on the island.”
Mrs.
Rong pondered for a moment and said: "Yuan You, you go to the county governor's house tomorrow and ask him to find a job for Young Master Zhou."
Rong Yuanyou agreed.
Rong Guanyin lamented: "Now I truly understand why you can't accept one-sided words."
As for the Li family's mother and daughter, they also knew that they had caused a shameful scene, and left in despair before the Rong family could drive them away.
Another month passed, and a letter came from Beijing that it was time to take action against Xifan.
The war began.
During the march and fighting, no matter where Gu Zaili went, Rong Yuanyou always followed her.
Gu Jingyuan, who stayed in Xifan, restrained Batur, and troops and horses were mobilized from the capital to support him.
Coupled with the original troops and horses in Xiangxi, the expedition was generally smooth, and it would only be a matter of time before Batur and the surrounding small tribes from the surrounding countries were completely captured. things.
Gu Zaili rode on his horse and led the army forward.
She turned her head to look at Rong Yuanyou beside her and asked with a smile: "My dear prince, you have been unhappy all the way.
In fact, you don't agree with women leading the army."
Rong Yuanyou looked into Gu Zaili's eyes and shook his head: "No, women have never given way to men.
There are many female generals in history.
I don't disapprove of women going to the battlefield, I only praise them.
It's just that I don't want you to go to the battlefield. " Gu Zaili raised his eyebrows.
"The wind and sand are too strong, the armor is cold and hard, you have to sleep in the open air, and you have to fight with swords and guns.
I don't want you to endure hardships and I don't want you to be in danger."
Rong Yuanyou forced a smile again, "But as long as you like it, I'll be with you."
Gu Zaili turned his head and looked ahead with squinted eyes.
She asked herself why she didn't agree to Rong Yuanyou.
There seems to be no reason not to agree with him.
But the problem also lies here.
She also couldn't find a reason to agree to him.
Things in the world are not black and white, and relationships between people are not just about likes and dislikes.
What's more, there are degrees of liking.
If she had not experienced so much, if she were sixteen years old now, she would definitely marry him happily with her longing for the future and stay together forever.
Time has passed, and she is no longer the gentle girl who was kind and beautiful in her heart.
Born in Nirvana, her heart is wrapped in armor.
She also asked herself whether to marry him or not to marry her.
For her, how would her life change?
What would she gain?
She was satisfied with her free life now.
After thinking about it, if she married him, it would only be two months.
This word is troublesome.
Everything was going smoothly, but he didn't want to run into trouble when he attacked Danan and was ambushed.
The expedition went smoothly, and the soldiers unknowingly began to underestimate the enemy.
So, when this team of three thousand people reacted, they were besieged by Danan in a small city.
The food and grass are exhausted and they cannot attack.
While Gu Zaili was waiting for the support of the army from another part of Xiangxigong, he ordered his soldiers to dig secret passages day and night in order to quietly escape from the trapped city.
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Reinforcements had not arrived, and the secret passage had not been opened.
The enemy in Dannan could not attack for a long time and did not want to give a chance, so they took advantage of the howling north wind and set off a large fire.
The fire was raging and smoke billowing, forcing three thousand soldiers to come out to fight.
If they still hid, If you refuse to come out of the city, you will be burned alive by the fire.
"This is to force us out of the city.
It's better to rush out and fight."
Vice General Zhao held his hand with murderous intent in his eyes.
Rong Yuanyou said: "I will lead a group of people to the west gate of the city to pretend to attack.
You stay in the city and step up the digging of the secret passage."
"It's better to go with General Zhao.
He has more experience.
The enemy is also more afraid of his reputation."
Gu Zaili said.
Rong Yuanyou fell silent and took another look at General Zhao.
General Zhao was a general under his grandfather, and he had known General Zhao for a long time.
He naturally recognized General Zhao's ability in marching and fighting, and he even admitted that he lacked experience in marching for the first time and was completely inferior to General Zhao.
Yes, yes, he admits it all, completely admits it.
I knew what Gu Zaili said was true.
But I still felt a little uncomfortable.
He raised his eyes and saw Gu Zaili and General Zhao leaning together, pointing at the topographic map on the table to discuss the military situation.
Gu Zaili who walked to the door stopped and looked back at Rong Yuanyou, who had his head lowered: "Is there anything else, Your Majesty?"
Rong Yuanyou came to his senses and discovered that General Zhao had gone to Xicheng.
"No, it's okay."
Rong Yuanyou brushed away his discomfort, hurriedly picked up his sword and followed Gu Zaili to the secret passage.
General Zhao pretended to attack, and the remaining soldiers accelerated the progress of digging the secret passage.
The secret passage was finally opened, and Gu Zaili and his men quietly escaped through the secret passage.
However, to make matters worse, this secret passage was originally opened towards Luo Yucheng.
Luo Yucheng was originally Daji's city, but it was occupied by the Danan people when Gu Zaili was trapped.
As soon as they escaped from the secret passage, they were surrounded and killed by the Danan people.
Naturally, it was impossible to go back the way we came.
We could only fight our way out, but we were outnumbered.
Fighting and fleeing, the manpower is getting smaller and smaller.
Gu Zaili gave the order for everyone to disperse and hide their whereabouts, waiting for the army to come for reinforcements.
Fortunately, it was originally their city and they had a certain understanding of the terrain layout.
Rong Yuanyou held Gu Zaili's hand tightly and ran away.
People searching were everywhere.
Rong Yuanyou led Gu Zaili and fled into a street.
When the Dannan people attacked, they massacred the city bloody, leaving nine out of ten houses empty.
The originally lively and peaceful streets were empty.
Gu Zaili and Rong Yuanyou hid in one of the inconspicuous vacant farmhouses.
They ran for too long and when they stopped, they were out of breath.
However, not long after, Dannan soldiers came after him and searched from house to house.
Gu Zaili and Rong Yuanyou checked the farmhouse and hid in an inconspicuous and damp cellar.
They heard the footsteps of soldiers getting closer and closer in the distance, and heard soldiers searching house-to-house rushing into the farmyard.
The soldiers held it in their hands and poked it everywhere, searching for any possible hiding places.
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The two held their breath.
Their footsteps were getting closer and closer, and it seemed that they were about to search the area.
They didn't know if they would find the cellar.
Gu Zaili clenched the knife in his hand, and if he was discovered, he would fight to the death.
The other hand was suddenly held by Rong Yuanyou.
Gu Zaili turned his face to look at him.
The trumpet sound suddenly sounded, indicating that Ji Chao's army had arrived.
"Quickly retreat" The soldiers searching on the ground retreated in a hurry, not caring about searching and capturing Gu Zaili and Rong Yuanyou alive.
After narrowly escaping from death, Gu Zaili breathed a sigh of relief, his tense body softened, and he leaned against the damp and hard stone wall behind him.
Rong Yuanyou turned his head to look at Gu Zaili.
His eyes stayed on Gu Zaili's face for a long time, and he smiled slowly.
Gu Zaili felt Rong Yuanyou's gaze, and she turned to look at him.
Seemingly infected by his smile, she also laughed.
In the dark cellar, both of them looked shabby and miserable.
Rong Yuanyou looked into Gu Zaili's eyes and smiled.
He suddenly took a step towards Gu Zaili, put his elbow on the wall beside Gu Zaili's ear, and kissed him hard.
Gu Zaili's eyes suddenly opened wide, and he had never thought that Rong Yuanyou's temperament would do such a thing.
Rong Yuanyou staggered back and gasped twice.
He looked at Gu Zaili and said seriously: "I know it's wrong to do this.
You scolded me, hit me, or even stabbed me to death with the knife in your hand.
I don't regret it."
The hands hanging by his sides were shaking nervously, and he had to clench his fists in an effort to restrain the nervousness.
The tips of the ears are already red.
The author has something to say: There are still three or four extra chapters.
The plan is to have a Xinglan Xingluo, a protagonist chapter that is more like a final chapter, and we will talk about the rest.
But I have to take a short break due to a business trip, so I will be back for updates on the evening of the 6th
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