The heroine Jiangshan

Chapter 182 Out of the fortress
When Yun Ruochen saw Gu Che and Zhao Xuan again, it was already the Dragon Boat Festival.

The Dragon Boat Festival celebrations in the palace this year are quite grand, especially the dragon boat fight, where all the children of the rich and powerful in the capital are organized to compete on the river in the suburbs of Beijing.

Gu Che was one of the dragon boat riders. As the Duke of the State, Zhao Xuan didn't have to get off the boat himself, but he still had to come to watch the ceremony.

Although the treasury was still so empty, the holding of this event was still approved by most courtiers.

The new emperor has just ascended the throne for a year or two, and he still has to work hard to create a peaceful, stable, prosperous and prosperous world, although everyone knows that the world is neither peaceful nor stable...prosperity is even more distant.

But if you have the conditions, you have to do it, and if you don’t have the conditions, you have to do it if you create the conditions!
This sentence is of course Yun Ruochen's inner complaint, she clearly said this: "Now that the world is at peace, Father, you should have fun with the people."

The implication is, father, you need to show your presence in front of the common people more, don't always squat in the corner of the forgotten palace and let those powerful officials dangle around and look at people with their nostrils.

There are no secrets in the palace.

Yun Ruochen joked and chatted with the emperor on weekdays, and the bosses outside were all paying attention.It is really depressing to find that Princess Huarong is getting more and more difficult to deal with.

Originally, she wanted to restrict her actions by manipulating her marriage, but she took the initiative to solve the matter.

Even if someone secretly wants to deal with that young boy who sells tofu, but the tofu shop is closed, and he is hidden somewhere by the clan's house, so he is being raised to prepare for marriage—although the marriage will be a long time later , From now on, protect him, it can be seen that the princess has become wary of the veterans.

The bosses had long suspected that the princess was responsible for the frequent accidents of those low-level officials a few days ago, and now they are even more certain.

It's not easy, she's only in her teens and she's so troublesome, if she's a few years older...

Another thing that made the bosses vigilant was the close contacts between the princess and Chu Qingbo, Zhao Xuan and others.

Chu Qingbo has a great influence among the Xinke Scholars.

He himself is the head of the Qionghua Society, the spiritual leader of the southeast students, and now he has won the number one prize.In the past few months, those new scholars have been moving closer to him, and even some neutral young officials have begun to associate with them.

At the same time, the business of Beishang, which has always been stable, has been in trouble recently for some reason.The big shopkeepers were very busy, but the bosses were still calm-doing business was really never their business, they were only responsible for fighting for the rights of the Northern Merchants in the court.

At this time, no one has connected the business problems of Beishang with Yun Ruochen.When they really react...that will be a long time later.

Bring the time back to the Dragon Boat Festival in the second year of Yongjia, the moment when Yun Ruochen and Gu Che met.

"Ache, what is that painted on your face?"

Yun Ruochen came all the way when he saw Gu Che lining up by the river, and when he got a closer look, he found that Gu Che's face was painted with oil paint. It was some strange totem.

In these years, it was the first time for her to participate in such a large-scale dragon boat race, and she was surprised to see everything.

Gu Che's first feeling in his heart was that he was very lucky. With such a colorful face, she must not be able to see that his expression is unnatural, right?
"I'm the drummer of the Praetorian Guards. Face painting is a tradition."

"That's it... so weird."

Yun Ruochen wrinkled his nose and showed a bright smile: "Then work hard!"

"Ah."

Gu Che subconsciously puffed out his chest and patted it: "Look at me!"

It was not good for Yun Ruochen to stay here for a long time, so he turned and left.Ji Jianing, who was following behind her, hurriedly whispered to Gu Che, "Young Master Gu, I wish you the best of luck" and then left.

It was only after they walked away that Gu Che's tense muscles relaxed a little.

I was so nervous just now.

During this period of time, he deliberately avoided her, so she must be aware of it.But she still took the initiative to come over and say hello to herself.

Yun Ruochen's mood was not as relaxed as it appeared in front of Gu Che.

It's just that she is better at controlling her emotions than Gu Che.

Ever since she made the plan to make Ye Shenyan the son-in-law, she has been waiting for Gu Che and Zhao Xuan.

Will they come for her?The restrained Zhao Xuan might not, but Gu Che's outburst...

From Ye Shenyan's mouth, he learned that Gu Che had gone to look for him, and he didn't appear to be losing his mind.However, neither Gu Che nor Zhao Xuan appeared in front of her again.

For such a result, Yun Ruochen breathed a sigh of relief, but also felt lost.

They like her, she understands very well, why doesn't she have a crush on them?

However, a long time ago, her heart was involuntarily given to that impossible object.She has struggled, given up, and persuaded herself countless times to stop thinking about Nie Shen...

In the end, it still couldn't be done.

She still loves him, even more than before.

He appeared in her dreams time and time again, always in that scene, under the moonlight, in the hot spring, with all the pretense removed.

Do you need a reason to love someone, do you need a reason, don't you need a reason?

Sometimes, she would laugh at herself and recite the sentence that was badly read in her previous life, and she could not sleep all night.

Not being able to love is a kind of unforgettable pain.She knew too well that she was afraid to face Gu Che and Zhao Xuan.But things always have to be resolved, they can't live a lifetime in a daze.

She decided to marry Ye Shenyan too quickly, maybe she was trying to make them give up as soon as possible.

From the looks of it now, Gu Che's spirits were not bad, so she was much relieved.Although she also knew that it might take some time for him to calm down.

Otherwise, he would not have signed up to participate in the recruitment of Beijiang Xinjun.

After the rebellion of King Dingcheng was put down last year, reinforcements from all over the country stayed near the capital for a short time and then returned to their bases.The degree of damage of each army is not the same. Roughly speaking, the casualties of the reinforcements in the northern border are heavier than those in the southeast.

At the beginning of this year, several papers came from Beijiang, asking for conscription.Not only ordinary soldiers must be recruited, but also a large number of officers.

The second and third sons of many military attache families in the capital signed up.The wars in northern Xinjiang are not too frequent now, and the grassland tribes are still fighting each other. In the past two years, northern Xinjiang has been quite quiet, otherwise northern Xinjiang would not have sent reinforcements to rescue him the year before last.

Going to northern Xinjiang can seek a family background, get promoted, and don't have to fight much. It's just that the living conditions are poor, which is quite attractive to many people.

But like Gu Che, who is already a high-ranking imperial guard in the palace, who is still on duty in Hetai Hall and directly subordinate to Guo Zheng, the commander of the imperial guards, also signed up to suffer hardships, which is very surprising.

"I'm from Northern Xinjiang, and now I'm just going back to a place I'm familiar with. I want to inherit my father's behest and guard Northern Xinjiang."

As soon as he uttered these aboveboard reasons, he was immediately praised by the court.

There are not many young people who are willing to endure hardships these days.An only son like Gu Che would basically not be drafted into the army. He had a bright future in the palace, but he just gave up like this. How rare!

I thought that Elder Gu would be worried about his grandson and would not let him go out to fight, but who knew that Elder Ge was just silent and silent again.

Elder Gu Ge's second son, Gu Che's father, died in Beijiang.Now that the only grandson is going to the frontier, Gu Ge shouldn't be happy to see him go, right?
Even the emperor asked his teacher in private: "Teacher, Ah Che wants to go to northern Xinjiang, what do you think?"

"Defending the family and the country is the self-awareness that a man in Daqing should have. Che'er has this awareness, and I am very happy."

"what?"

The emperor didn't know what to say, should he praise the Gu family for being upright and upright?
It was only after Yun Ruochen heard about this in the palace that he realized why Gu Che said to Ye Shenyan, "I'm leaving".

She once thought about whether she should try to persuade Gu Che?

She didn't do anything afterwards, just as Gu Che didn't come to question why she didn't choose him.

Growing up is such a cruel thing.

Among the closest friends, they no longer open up their hearts and communicate frankly. They can only hope for something called "tacit understanding", thinking that the other party may understand why they do what they do, and why they do that.

They are all choosing their own direction.Zhao Xuan chose to take on the responsibilities of Song Guogong's Zhao family, Gu Che chose to go to the frontier to temper himself, she...

The most suitable marriage partner is selected.

No one interferes with the other's decision.

All she can do is to say "Then work hard" to him on the Dragon Boat Festival!
"Jiang Ning, do you know?"

"Each of us is alone in this world."

"The more lively it is, the more you will be able to appreciate the desolation of this world... Ah, maybe you haven't reached such a time yet."

In the corner of the royal dragon boat, Yun Ruochen watched the thousands of sails racing on the river, and murmured to her disciple.She is the only one who can talk to her now.

Ji Jianing didn't answer, she knew that all the princess needed was a pair of good ears.

With the sound of light footsteps behind him, Yun Ruochen knew it was Zhao Xuan without turning around.

At this time, the dragon boat race on the river was at its most critical moment. The drummers on each dragon boat were beating their drums desperately to cheer up the dragon boaters, and the cheers on the shore were loud like thunder.

Everyone was paying attention to the dragon boat on the river, but no one noticed this side.

"Chen'er."

Zhao Xuan came to her side, although he hadn't seen her for some time, his attitude towards her was the same as before.

"Brother Xuan, you are here."

"That's right...Look, Ah Che's dragon boat is at the front."

"He's desperate."

"Well, he is determined to go to northern Xinjiang this time. Do you know?"

"know."

They chatted plainly, as if they were talking about today's weather, or the taste of zongzi for lunch.

"The new army will be assembled before autumn, shall we send him off?"

Yun Ruochen nodded: "Okay."

Shocking cheers broke out in the distance, and the dragon boat of the imperial guards was the first to cross the finish line and won a dragon ball.

Gu Che, who was holding a colored ball, was thrown into the air by his companions, shouting loudly to vent his joy of winning the championship.

Or maybe... he was venting some, other emotions.

Yun Ruochen lowered his eyes and looked away.

After all, she owed them.

(End of this chapter)