It had been two years since Gou Yue came down from the mountain. The child was getting married, and she was not allowed to go there. She had promised him, how could she go back on her promise.

Besides, she had other plans, and it was boring to be in the mountains all day long. She had been with the birds and beasts for two years. Her mother and A Yuan were both buried behind the mountains, and she often went back to visit them.

She remembered that Liangzhu was the first place.

The emperor is about to get married, and Liangzhu is busy at this time. She, an idler, should go and join in the fun.

When Fang arrived outside Liangzhu City, a group of people came to greet them, led by a woman wearing a half-face mask.

Gou Yue recognized her as Yuanyi's attendant Zhan Yuan. She wore a half-face mask because Yuanyi was in danger in the north a few years ago. She rushed to rescue her at all costs, but was seriously injured on the side of her face by the rebel tribesmen. Later, The scars on his face remained.

Zhan Yuan dismounted and knelt in front of the Gou Yue horse, "My subordinates pay homage to General Taran."

She smiled and said, "I told you not to kneel down and worship me. Have you forgotten? Do you want me to get off my horse and help you?"

"Subordinate..."

She stood up and said, "This subordinate will lead the way for the general."

"Who asked you to call me this? Call me aunt."

"...Aunt." She hesitated.

"Is it Yuanyi?"

"Your Majesty didn't say anything."

"Who is that, your master Jin Ge?"

She didn't answer, it looked like it was her.

"In the future, it will be Taigou Yue, not Taran. Just remember it."

"Yes."

"How long until your Majesty's wedding?"

The two of them rode horses and walked all the way to the city, "There's still half a month left."

"I made it in time," she said.

Gou Yue's voice changed, "How did you know that I would arrive today and wait here?"

Zhan Yuan didn't know whether to say it or not, but she always knew Gou Yue's temper and didn't want to upset her. "Auntie has been on the mountain. I wonder if your Majesty sent people to station at the foot of the mountain. Didn't aunt notice it in the mountain?"

Gou Yue chuckled, "It turned out to be his person, I thought..."

"Who does aunt think you are?"

"It's nothing." She thought Ji Pu was worried about her, so she sent extra people to protect her at the foot of the mountain.

I arrived at the palace in the evening. It was a family banquet, and the Queen Mother was also here.

Mo Du collapsed and after Yuanyi ascended the throne, the Queen Mother naturally became the Queen Mother.

In just a few years, she actually had a lot of gray hair on her temples.

Han Cheng sat aside and helped her up, "The Queen Mother, please slow down."

The old lady was in good spirits. Gou Yue stepped forward, bowed, and bowed her head on the ground, "Greetings to the Empress Dowager."

She pushed Han Cheng's hand away, walked up to Gou Yue and tried to beat her, "I told you to come back to the palace, but you didn't listen. You were exposed to the wind and rain outside, and you will suffer a lot."

Gou Yue supported her and returned to the chair, carefully saying, "It's not like the Empress Dowager doesn't know that I never like living in the palace."

Han Cheng didn't expect that she would come back this time, and he looked complicated for a moment. She had already broken up with Gou Yue, and Gou Yue had long known that she had sent people to kill her and burn Wen Yuanzhi.

On the one hand, he is afraid of her, and on the other hand, he hates her, but he is still a little happy. Seeing old friends whom he has not seen for many years always makes his heart a little turbulent. Moreover, there were four of them at the time, but now the capitals of Modu and Wenyuan are gone, and there are only two of them. .

"The Queen Mother, long time no see." She took the initiative to greet Han Cheng.

Han Cheng didn't expect her to speak. After holding back for a moment, he still reluctantly said, "Well, Yuanzhi didn't come back with you?"

Gou Yue raised her head slightly, then slowly looked at her and smiled, "He has always been in poor health, so he couldn't come here, so he asked me to ask how my empress is."

Han Cheng nodded, "Tell him to... take care of himself."

"I would like to express my condolences to the Queen Mother for A Yuan."

Yuanyi's voice reached several people, "Auntie, I miss you very much."

Gou Yue looked at the people on the seat, all of them were angry.

She entered the table, with a kite waiting behind her, "Auntie, have a drink."

"I'm too drunk, are you trying to get me drunk?"

Of course Zhan Yuan knew, "Your Majesty changed the dew wine, it is very light and not intoxicating."

"He does have a heart."

"Where is Shen Sang?"

Zhan Yuan said, "General Shen has been in the court, and... Master Ji is also there."

She touched her nose and asked, "Is Master Ji's throat feeling better now?"

"It's getting better, but it's still not cured. Master Shen has seen many famous doctors."

Gou Yue sighed, "The palace is busy with things and I can't help. I will leave the palace to see him tomorrow."

"Shall I accompany my aunt?"

"Is the emperor willing for you to leave the palace?"

Zhan Yuan nodded, "Your Majesty has never forced me to stay."

The Empress Dowager called Taran, and Gou Yue reacted slowly, "Yes, the Empress Dowager is here."

"If you don't pay attention to me after calling you several times, your ears are worse than an old man like me."

Gou Yue said, "The Empress Dowager has a good ear, so naturally she can hear clearly better than me."

"I mean, come and recognize these beloved concubines in Yuanyi."

Gou Yue glanced at it for a few times. The woman with lop-eared hair and curled hair looked like Ruozhi. The one sitting in the middle was a Yan woman. She knew the woman sitting on the other side, a woman from the Royal Court of Northern Chu and also a Yuan woman. A daughter from a nearby branch of the family.

"Reporting to the Empress Dowager, Gou Yue has never seen these empresses before."

"You haven't seen the one on the other end?"

"It looks familiar, I just can't remember it," she said.

Yuan Yi said, "Auntie forgot, it's Yuan Lu."

"Genro?" It seemed like she was the younger sister of Makino's kid.

She hadn't gone down the mountain for a long time, so naturally she didn't know the news about the imperial city.

Zhan Yuan whispered behind her, "They are Concubine Yao, Concubine Shu and Concubine Wu who will soon be crowned queen."

"Who is behind the seal?"

"She is a woman from the Queen Mother Han clan."

Gou Yueming asked, "Where's that girl Ruozhi?"

"She is a girl selected by the Ruozhi royal family. The little princess of the Ruozhi royal family is too young to be sent for marriage, so this is a beauty sent by King Ruozhi. It is said that she is the most beautiful girl in Ruozhi."

Three women, three parties of influence. Yuan Lu is on the side of the Northern Chu royal court, and the Ruozhi woman is a tool for the Ruozhi people to please Yuanyi. Yuanyi accepts it, and no longer cares about the Ruozhi people raising an army. As for the future wedding of the queen, The position represents the power of the Yan people.

The old balance is broken, and a new one appears again. The emperor can never do whatever he wants. If he wants to wear the crown, he must bear its weight.

Yuanyi had only been in power for a short time, and it took Modu many years to gradually become comfortable in maintaining this balance.

Just, alas.

None of the three people he wanted.

She looked at the little girl behind her and shook her head slightly.

When he left the palace the next day, Yuanyi said something in Zhanyuan's ear, which made her laugh. Seeing the two people getting close, Gou Yue couldn't help but curl her lips. Back in Beichu, Yuanyi was stationed in Wangting. They It's the same, they haven't changed over the years.

Zhan Yuan rides beside Gou Yue, taking his time.

"Can you tell me what happened in Liangzhu these years?"

"What does aunt want to know?"

"Well...is it difficult for Yuanyi?"

Zhan Yuan said, "It's okay, what I saw is okay. Lord Shen is there to help you in the court, and there is the Queen Mother in the harem. Although they have never been granted the title of Queen Mother, your Majesty's three concubines respect each other and have never had any disagreements."

Gou Yue originally thought that she was stupid enough in the palace, but she didn't expect that this little girl was even stupider than herself. Each of the three concubines was not easy to deal with. During the banquet, the three of them were quarreling with each other. Some were restrained, while Mian was There is a needle hidden in it, some people are enthusiastic and live like a ball of fire, and some people are smart and their answers are flawless.Judging from the way Yuan Yi faced them, it was obvious that he must have a big head.

On the one hand, he has to fight wits and courage with the old ministers in the court, and when he returns to the harem, he has to face these three forces.

"Which one do you think His Majesty likes best?"

"The one who will be crowned queen," she said. "Why?"

"His Majesty said that he is most agreeable in her palace and has the best rapport with her."

Gou Yue said deliberately, "Yuan Lu should be your cousin, what about her?"

"Your Majesty is afraid of her."

Gou Yue couldn't help but laugh, "I'm afraid of her. How can I say this?"

"She has the most violent temper, and her appearance is pretty, but she is like a flower with thorns. One time, His Majesty didn't know what he said to her. She was so angry that she grabbed a plate and smashed it on His Majesty's head, causing such a big mess. .”

"Yuan Yi's kung fu is getting worse every day, hahahahahahaha..." She laughed so hard that she couldn't hold the reins.

"No, aunt, Yuan Lu grew up in the grassland when he was a child. He is proficient in horse riding and archery. He also learned martial arts from a famous master. He is no worse than your Majesty."

"And another one?"

"Princess Ruozhi? She is actually..."

"how?"

"She was the first concubine to be pregnant. Later, she had a miscarriage for some unknown reason. The imperial doctor came to check her pulse and said that she had a fundamental injury and might not be able to get pregnant in the future." Zhan Yuan lamented.

The moon is over but the palace is silent. The palace only seems to be calm, but in fact there is a turbulent undercurrent underneath, and the harem and the front are closely intertwined.

This Princess Ruozhi would never be able to give birth to the eldest son under any circumstances, and no one wanted to see her being the first to give birth to a child.

"When she first entered the palace, she was very lively. She said Liangzhu was so beautiful and full of birds singing and flowers fragrant. It was much more interesting than Ruozhi. Later, after the miscarriage, she became less talkative and often sat in the palace for several hours."

Gou Yue thought of the indifferent look on the face of that little girl who had traveled thousands of miles to come and get married. She thought that she was also full of beautiful fantasies about this place at the beginning.

"What about you?" Gou Yue suddenly asked.

"Me? What's wrong with me?"

"Are you going to stay in the palace forever?"

Zhan Yuan said decisively, "Of course not. Since I have served His Majesty faithfully for many years, the Empress Dowager allowed me to return to Beichu after Your Majesty's wedding."

She was a little happy for Zhan Yuan, but was it really that easy to leave? "Have you made an agreement with your tribe?"

"Well, as I said, my father promised me a marriage, but I don't like men who are weaker than me. I told my father that I will only be with a warrior who can defeat me."

Gou Yue said, "Then you have endless choices of husbands."

Zhan Yuan was a little embarrassed, "Auntie, my martial arts is not that bad. If...if you weren't in a hurry this time, could you teach me a few moves?"

"Of course." Gou Yue got off her horse and stood in front of Ji Mansion, looking up at the plaque.

Zhan Yuan ran over and locked the door, handed over the letter, turned around and blinked at Gou Yue, with eyes like a little fox.

It didn't take long for someone to run out.

Who is it if it’s not Ji Pu?
He has grown some beard and looks more stable than before.

"Master Ji, tsk tsk, how come you have become so old after not seeing each other for several years?"

Ji Pu wanted to put his arm around her shoulders, but when he saw Zhan Yuan on one side, he raised his hand and said, "We are waiting for you, please."

Hearing his hoarse voice, Gou Yue said, "Isn't your throat feeling better?"

"If not, can you hear me?" he asked.

The two of them entered the house, and Zhan Yuan followed Gou Yue, never leaving.

"How long have you been here?"

Gou Yue said, "I just came here yesterday. I entered the palace as soon as I came. I came out to find you today. How about it? It's interesting."

He nodded, "Fortunately."

"What's the blessing?"

"Fortunately, you are still willing to go down the mountain, otherwise I thought I would never see you again in my life."

"What you said is that I can stay on the mountain if I want to, and go down the mountain if I want to. I am very free. The sky is high and I can fly." Gou Yue said.

At this moment, a child suddenly ran out. Ji Pu picked him up and said, "Look, this is my son."

Gou Yue was shocked, "You have a son?"

Ji Pu asked her to hold the child, "It's still young, only three years old."

She teased him and pinched his chubby face, "Are you already married?"

He never told her about taking a concubine in his early years, "It's Jinzhi, do you remember?"

"Who?"

"The little girl we met when we went to Dan Qingshou's place to paint."

"Is it her?" It felt like a lifetime ago.

"Mom!" The child broke away from Gou Yue's arms and ran behind the pillar.

She stepped forward to salute, but Gou Yue held her back, "You're welcome, I have to call you sister-in-law."

Ji Pu came closer and asked her, "How are you doing? Have you ordered her to leave?"

Jin Zhi smiled and said, "Everything has been arranged according to my instructions."

Seeing them whispering, Gou Yue couldn't help but ask, "What are the arrangements?"

Ji Pu said, "I still remember the dishes you like to eat and asked the house to cook them. You will stay here at noon, right?"

"I'm just here for a living, there's no reason to leave." She smiled.

The child took the kite given by the servant and ran around in the yard. "Mom, why can't I fly it?" He said in a sweet voice.

Upon seeing this, Jin Zhi stood up and said to Ji Pu, "I'll go take a look."

"it is good."

Gou Yue took out the dagger from her sleeve. On the battlefield, Ji Pu was surrounded by rebels, and an arrow passed through his shoulder. Arrow clusters, he was sweating profusely in pain, and threw a dagger to Gou Yue, "Here you go."

Gou Yue did not hesitate, heated the dagger red, looked at the wound, followed the military doctor's instructions, and treated his wound with a steady and firm hand. Later, she forgot to return the dagger to him.

"It's not something valuable, just take it."

Gou Yue looked at the dagger and said, "Iron is sharpened like clay. This dagger is the last dagger made by Lady Peach Blossom. It is given to you by Mo Du. It must be of great significance to you. It should be returned to its original owner."

The flowers in Liangzhu are in bloom at this time, and there are flowers everywhere. The moon is leaning on the back of the chair, raising its head to receive the sunlight, "It's so warm."

"If you like it, why don't you stay and don't go back?"

She smiled and said, "Stay, stay here?"

"Liangzhu is very good."

She said that was fine, "but I want to go further."

"Where are you going... He is no longer here. Do you want me to go with you?"

Gou Yue said no, "I remember every place. I don't need you to accompany me. I want to go alone."

"Where are you going?"

"To be honest, Liangzhu is the first place."

"What first place?" He didn't know.

"The first place I followed A Yuan." She said, "After I lost my memory, I followed him all the way from Liangzhu, so Liangzhu was the first place."

He sighed, "Life is short, you should live some days that you like."

She said, "I loved the days I spent with him, so I'm going to look for the traces he left behind."

"So, you found it in Liangzhu?"

Gou Yue opened the envelope, "Guess where I went before I came to you?"

"Don't tell me it's Wenfu."

"Smart." She opened the envelope, "That was the first time I saw the deposed Prime Minister Wenyuanzhi as Gou Yue."

She read the first letter word for word.

"The flowers outside the window have withered, but the flowers in my room have just begun to bloom. She dozed on the beam, and I suppressed her coughing and listened to her weak breathing at night. She woke up in the middle of the night. I have always been a light sleeper, so she Standing next to me, secretly watching me sleeping in the dark, I want to get up and call her..."

Liangzhu has now reached the season of flowers blooming again. When the flowers are in full bloom, she opens the first tracing handwritten letter, but the handwritten letter is written by Wen Yuanzhi, not her anymore.

The yellowed paper was pressed under the foot of the bed where Wen Yuanzhi slept, and the corners were folded. She picked up the paper and found that the ink was a little smudged.

The moment she reached out to take it, her whole body trembled, and she suddenly felt the urge to cry.

It seemed that he had predicted many years ago that she would come to this place and find this piece of paper many years later, and he hid the piece of paper just to play a hide-and-seek game with her.


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