late night song

Chapter 170 The Gift of Heaven and Earth
Gu Yuchu didn't go to the piano hall for a long time. When he went back, the building was already empty.The piano hall was in chaos, with obvious signs of fighting.

She was so shocked that she searched the whole courtyard, and finally found the crescent moon mark that Shu Yuan had left on the wall of the backyard, and then she felt relieved.

She knew that it was Lejia Pengkang who had started to take action. It was the New Year's Day now, so it would be a mistake to scare the snake, so she had to return to Yuquan Palace and spend the time together with Lan Ye.

It's just that during the New Year's Eve vigil, she was too lazy to look at the loving relationship between Lejia Pengkang and Lan Ye, so she went back to rest on the pretext that she was tired.

But she still kept an eye on it, quietly hid outside the door, and eavesdropped for a while, but all she heard was interesting stories about the courtiers' backyards. It was really freezing outside in the cold winter, so she had no choice but to walk away without interest. .

Not long after, the eunuch came into the room with hot dumplings. Lejia Pengkang understood the eunuch's eyes.

"Princess Ran Qi will also send it over."

The eunuch resigned respectfully, and there were only two of them left guarding the silver charcoal, red gold brazier.

Lan Ye happily ate the calla lily, snake meat, silver bean sprouts dumplings with pork belly and chicken soup. The delicious taste made people forget all the unsatisfactory things in an instant.

"Sister, I really can't bear to celebrate this new year." Lejia Pengkang put down his sapphire silver chopsticks with eyes full of cherishment and reluctance.

"What's going on? I'm afraid I'm getting old." Lan Ye said jokingly while drinking soup and looking at him.

"It would be great if I could grow up faster, then I could protect my sister and prevent you from getting married." He felt a little sad.

When he said this, Lanye's eyes dimmed unconsciously. In this world, even the emperor could not do whatever he wanted, let alone herself.For a moment, she felt sorry for her brother and lamented her own fate.

"Don't worry, sister is waiting for you to take me back." She endured the tightness in her chest and tried to comfort her.

"Yes." Lejia Pengkang nodded naively, like a cute, gentle rabbit with droopy ears.

"But..." He hesitated to speak.

"what happened?"

"It's nothing." He shook his head again.

"Today is New Year's Eve. If you have any worries, you can't leave them until the New Year."

Lanye put down his chopsticks and poked the little country leader's arm with his finger. Kekejia Pengkang still smiled and shook his head.

"If you think I am your sister, don't hide it from me."

Lejia Pengkang pursed his lips, pondered for a while, and said, "Sister went to Beiling. I'm afraid I won't be able to keep Sister Xiaochu here."

"You're worried about Dong Qi, aren't you?" Lan Ye frowned slightly.

"Well, in the final analysis, Hehe is a small and weak country. It can only survive by marrying a princess. I am so useless." Lejia Pengkang sighed and smashed a plate of dumplings with his chopsticks in frustration.

"Kangkang." Lanye put his hand on his shoulder and assured, "Your sister Xiaochu will definitely get married. Don't worry about this."

Le Jiapeng Kang looked at her intently for a long time, then suddenly wiped away the sadness on his face and changed the topic: "Hey, you're celebrating the New Year, don't say such depressing words."

He raised the luminous gold cup and congratulated: "I wish my sister to have meat to eat, wine to drink, a happy life, and a free and unrestrained life every month."

"Then I wish Kangkang will be ten years old in three years, everything will go well and he will get what he wishes for." Lanye laughed and raised his head to drink the wine in the glass.

After New Year's Eve, the festival passed quickly, and the fourteenth day of the first lunar month was almost here.The Beiling wedding delegation also arrived in Qiongzhou, and Ling Ziyu and others settled in Hehe Palace.

On the eve of the wedding, Gu Yuchu stayed by Lanye's side, watching her aunt and mother-in-law busy dressing up the princess, with mixed feelings in her heart.

The blue leaves under the red makeup and gold crown are really beautiful, and the sea blue wedding dress is eye-catching with gold threads. However, the bride's dull eyes betray the resistance and helplessness in her heart.

Seeing her like this, Gu Yuchu's worries were extremely heavy. Success or failure depended on this. If she couldn't see Lan Ye safely walk out of the Hehe border with her own eyes, she wouldn't be able to feel at ease at all.

"Xiaochu, am I good-looking?" Lanye asked, fiddling with the twenty or so lotus bells hanging from the golden crown. The tinkling sound brought Gu Yuchu back from his thoughts.

"nice."

"What are you thinking about? You're absent-minded." Lan Ye said angrily.

"Where is it? Everyone in the room is busy, and I don't know anything." Gu Yuchu felt guilty and took a red date from the wedding bed and stuffed it into his mouth.

"You go down first."

Lan Yeping retreated from the people waiting in the room, turned to look at her seriously, and said nothing.

"What's wrong with you? Haha." Gu Yuchu suddenly felt nervous and laughed twice awkwardly.

"Xiaochu, I have something to ask you."

"Yes. Tell me." She crossed her legs and supported her knees with her hands. Although the atmosphere was a bit awkward, she still listened carefully with her ears raised.

"What should I do if I miss you when I go to Beiling?"

"Hahaha, take this matter so seriously! This is not easy. If you miss me, I will go see you! In the worst case, I will also go to Yunjing." Hearing this, Gu Yuchu unconsciously relaxed. Take a big breath.

"Really?" Lan Ye pouted, seemingly not that happy.

"Of course it's true!" Gu Yuchu affirmed again.

"I don't want you to follow me, I want you to stay and help Kangkang."

"He doesn't need my help." Gu Yuchu's expression suddenly changed when he heard that Lan Ye was thinking about this brother for no reason.

"Then Dong Qi will marry..." Lan Ye hesitated before speaking.

Gu Yuchu took a deep breath and said perfunctorily: "There's no need to be so anxious about things in two years."

"Will you go back?" Lanye's eyebrows flashed slightly and he asked seriously, "Will you come back to Qi Lian?"

Gu Yuchu seemed to understand something, his eyes averted slightly, and he responded with a smile: "Haha, of course I will."

She knew in her heart that Lan Ye didn't believe her. This woman was focused solely on Lejia Pengkang's throne and Hehe's stability. She must be worried that if she refused to marry, she would put Hehe and the country in a very dangerous situation.

"Don't lie to me." Lan Ye looked at her suspiciously, with an indescribable color in his eyes.

Gu Yuchu nodded heavily, feeling sad.The good sisters who used to talk about everything gradually became wary and suspicious because of their selfishness.But she blamed herself more. After all, she was the one who contributed to the marriage. Even if it was to protect Lan Ye, would she forgive herself if she said it?

"You promised to marry back to Dongqi. This is your promise to me."

"Yi Zi." Gu Yuchu hesitated before speaking, "Are you really willing to do anything for Lejia Pengkang?"

"Of course, she is my brother. Just like you, you will give everything you have for Shu Yuan."

"Okay." She smiled bitterly, "Would you like to take a rest? There are still five hours left before you can perform the ritual of heaven and earth."

"Well, I want to sleep for a while." Lanye's face was indeed full of exhaustion. She had personally conducted the rehearsals for the past three days, and she had been worried for a long time because of Lejia Pengkang's uneasiness.

"Then I'll guard you." Gu Yuchu helped her hold the hem of her skirt that was mopping the floor, and helped her lean against the cushions.

"Xiaochu, I want to eat the sweet-scented osmanthus red mud cake from the store in the south of the city."

"Then I'll buy it for you as soon as it gets up."

"okay."

Half an hour later, the sky turned slightly white. When Gu Yu first saw Lan Ye sleeping, she tiptoed out of the Xi Palace and then out of the Yuquan Palace. However, she did not rush directly to the shop selling osmanthus red mud paste in the south of the city. In fact, It's still early in the morning.

She went around and around to escape the pursuit of the secret guards, and finally sneaked into the palace where Ling Ziyu was staying.

It is not difficult to find the place where the prince lives. It is the palace with the most red happy characters on it.

Ling Ziyu dressed up in joy and half-closed his eyes to rest. When he heard someone sneaking in from the window, he slowly opened his eyes and smiled unnoticed.

"You're here." He said without looking back.

Gu Yuchu leaned against the pillar of the cabinet and hesitated for a long time: "Ling Ziyu or Ling Buhuo?"

"Guess." The man smiled evilly.

"Ling Ziyu!" Gu Yuchu didn't hesitate at all. He stepped forward and grabbed his neck, fiercely. "I'm warning you, this marriage is just a formality. If you dare to bully Lan Ye, I won't spare you!"

"Haha, you are really awesome." The man looked at her with squinting eyes.

"Did you hear that?" Gu Yuchu continued to threaten, the force in his hand getting a little heavier.

"Let go." He drawled his voice and revealed his identity, "I am Ling Buhuo."

Gu Yuchu hesitated, and after studying the seriousness in his eyes, he slowly let go.

She was a little embarrassed and asked, "Why is it you?"

"You hope it's him?"

"Of course not. If I had known it was you, I wouldn't have done anything like this." Gu Yuchu muttered, crossing his arms, and then asked, "What? He refuses to come?"

"What's the difference between him coming and me coming."

Gu Yuchu thought it made sense. Compared to Ling Ziyu, he was indeed much calmer. Besides, they looked exactly the same, so only a ghost could recognize him.

"By the way, what happened at the piano hall?"

"Lejia Pengkang tried his best to find out the identities of Shu Yuan and I, but couldn't find any useful information, so he kept trying to catch them all, trying to cut off the contact between you and me."

"Where is my brother now?"

"He is arranging other retreat routes to ensure that you and Lan Ye are taken away from Hehe safely."

"I can't leave for the time being. I have to stay and stabilize Lejia Pengkang." Gu Yuchu frowned and expressed his worries.

"I know. We have arranged secret guards to ambush outside Yuquan Palace. They will cover you and retreat together. This is the signal guide. Take it."

Ling Buhuo held out a bamboo tube as short and thin as a thumb.

"Yes. Thank you." Gu Yuchu took it and put it in his waist pocket.This man thought so carefully so that she could have no worries, and she was extremely grateful in her heart.

"You're welcome. If Lanye doesn't go to Yunjing, I'm afraid you won't go either." Ling Buhuo was very direct and revealed his selfish motives straightforwardly.

"Um, it's getting late, I have to go back." Gu Yuchu pretended not to understand anything and quickly found an excuse to escape.

Ling Buhuo looked at her back climbing up the window and smiled bitterly.

Three hours later, at the second quarter of the day, it was the auspicious time chosen by the high priest.

Ling Buhuo led the wedding team from Zhengyang Gate in Hehe to Jiaotai Pavilion to pick up the princess waiting there.

After that, the two took a sedan chair together to the square in front of Wuji Hall, held hands and stepped up the 81 steps to worship heaven and earth together.

The chief priest presided over the marriage ceremony, and an ensemble of [-] people on each side played the harp and harp.

The bride and groom first shoot three arrows toward the sky, toward the ground, and into the distance with their hands; then they drink a bottle of water from the Linghe River together; and finally, they light up the Wen Ding, a symbol of the diplomatic relations between the two countries, to steam and cook quinoa minced meat.

It means that the world between the two countries is stable, and the husband and wife play the piano and the harp in harmony.

Gu Yuchu and Lejia Pengkang stood expressionlessly on both sides of the wide corridor covered with red silk, watching the joyful ceremony from a distance.

"Sister Xiaochu." He spoke first.

"What's the matter?" Gu Yuchu didn't look at him, and his tone was not friendly.

"Do you believe in fate?"

Gu Yuchu thought for a while and replied: "I believe in luck, but not fate."

"Really?" Lejia Pengkang smiled, with a sinister flash in his eyes, "It's very funny, I believe it."

Gu Yuchu then turned her head and looked at him. She had never expected that a boy under 16 years old would believe in fate.

(End of this chapter)