Chapter 323 auspicious time

   Chapter 323 Auspicious Time

   Gradually, the rain became heavier, from a drizzle to a bit of a drizzle, and then to a little bit again.

  The spring rain continued all night, and it continued to fall until the next morning.

   It has been raining for the next few days, intermittently, and the weather is overcast.

  Chu You realized for the first time why there was no way to ask for help.

  The Empress Dowager was placed under house arrest. Those aristocratic families did not help him, and even his cousin Yuan Zhe was unwilling to come forward. Chu You was almost unable to move.

   Once upon a time, Chu You knew that the family was a double-edged sword and could be his help. If he couldn’t hold it back, he would let the family stand above the king and dictatorial power just like the previous dynasty.

   It is precisely because of this that Emperor Taizu will weaken and suppress the family.

  Chu You has always been confident that he can control the family and make it work for him.

   But now, he is deeply aware of the terribleness of this double-edged sword.

   To the aristocratic family, he is just a clay statue of Bodhisattva with the blood of the family, and they will only offer him up high above, instead of treating him as a real monarch.

   Today’s Chu You is like an eagle with broken wings, powerless, and can only try to get people to inquire about Gu Yunxuan’s news.

   However, when Gu Yunchang was in the imperial prison of Beizhen Fusi, Chu You tried every means, but still got nothing, and got no news about Gu Yunchang at all.

   In desperation, Chu You remembered Fang Mingfeng’s words for an unknown number of times: “If you can’t do it right, send someone to tell me, I have a solution.”

  This time, he hesitated.

   “Boom!”

  Chu You suddenly hit the window sill with a heavy punch. His usual dark eyes were a little cloudy at the moment, and his once firm belief seemed to be torn apart in just a few days.

   The raindrops floated in from the window, and the water droplets dripped on the table, vaguely reflecting the bright face of the girl.

  嫆er!

  Chu You reached out to grab it, but caught a ball of air.

   “hu-hu-”

   The moist air he inhaled into his lungs seemed to get stuck there, making him feel breathless.

   The next moment, the personal servant walked in cautiously, swallowed his saliva, and asked for instructions, “My lord, I wonder if you will go to Tianhe Garden tomorrow?”

  Tomorrow is the National Day, and the whole country celebrates together. Tomorrow morning, all civil and military officials will go to the Royal Palace Tianhe Garden on the outskirts of Beijing to have a banquet and celebrate the festival with the emperor.

   Chu You, who had been sitting for a long time, suddenly opened his eyes, and shot his eyes darkly at the servant, and blurted out, “Someone, drag him out to this king and beat him!”

   The personal servant was startled, and knelt down with a “thump”.

   As soon as the voice fell, the two palace guards heard the sound, clasped their fists, took their orders, and rudely dragged the servant out.

   The bodyguard shivered and hurriedly begged for mercy: “Your Highness, spare your life!”

   “My lord, please spare the servant.”

   The screams of the inner servants quickly disappeared, and the entire Prince Kang’s Mansion was immersed in a depressing atmosphere, without any festive celebrations approaching.

   The rest of the capital is not.

  As the National Day is approaching, the capital is full of joy and lanterns everywhere, as lively as the New Year.

Since the founding of the Dajing Dynasty, Emperor Taizu has set a plan for the National Day, and everyone in the country, from the powerful to the commoners, can take a day off. Looking forward to the holiday.

  The gate of Gu Mansion was also hung with two red lanterns like Beppu. Early in the morning, the patriarch and several clan elders were welcomed.

  Because Gu Jian’s family was imprisoned, in the past few days, everyone in the clan has been trembling with fear.

The patriarch and several clan elders have been to Gu’s mansion several times, but every time Gu Yuan is not there. Finally, last night, Gu Yuan finally returned to the mansion. He came here early in the morning to block Gu Yuan, thinking Let Gu Yuan help you find out what happened to Gu Jian’s alleged treason case.

   What they are worried about is that if Gu Jian’s house is really suspected of rebellion, it will bring disaster to the nine clans, and even the Gu clan will be implicated by him.

  Gu Yuan agreed without a word, and sent all the clan members away in a good voice.

   As for whether to ask or not to ask, no one else knows anyway.

After   Gu Yuan sent the clan people away, he hurriedly went to work. Now that he has been transferred to Jinwuwei, the errand is not easy, and he can only return to the palace in two or three days.

  The day before the National Day, the mansion was very lively, and the clothes and jewelry ordered by Gu Yunzhen were continuously delivered to the mansion.

   Sisters Gu Yunzhen and Gu Yanfei called the shots, and gave the servants in the house an extra half month’s salary and extra spring clothes.

This is a gift that has not been received in previous years. For this reason, the housekeepers and servants in the house are all grateful. There is no shadow in the house because of the second room being arrested and sent to prison. They all look forward to the early National Day. .

  Gu Yanfei is also looking forward to it.

   On the day of National Day, Gu Yanfei woke up very early in the morning. He woke up energetically in the middle of the morning. Under the service of Juan Bi, he put on a new green lotus-colored beard with lapel collar and a double bun.

   She didn’t like wearing cumbersome gold ornaments and beaded flowers, so she only wore the side-hoofed lily hairpin that Chu Yi gave, with two lilac-colored silk flowers on the temples, which were as vivid as flowers.

  Gu Yanfei thought that he had woken up early, but he was still one step behind Gu Yunzhen.

   When she came to the door of Waiyi, Gu Yunzhen had already got into the carriage and waved to her through the carriage window with a smile on her face.

“Big sister.” Gu Yanfei stepped on the horse stool and was about to get on the carriage. At this moment, a short and fat old woman ran over here panting, and said in high spirits, “Second girl, big girl. Your Royal Highness has come down.”

  The old lady smiled so much that her eyes were narrowed into slits, and there was quite a bit of joy with pride.

Gu Yanfei didn’t know that Chu Yi would come, so she couldn’t help but be stunned for a moment. She raised her eyes and saw that outside the gate, a handsome young man in a white coat with a moon-white lapel appeared riding a white horse. He was bathed in the bright sun. Under the brilliance, the robe was moved slightly by the morning wind, and it was as beautiful as a heavenly man.

  The young man got off his horse, stepped over the high threshold, and walked towards her in a slow and slow manner.

  Gu Yunzhen pursed his lips and smiled, and said with a smile, “Second sister, let’s go.”

  Gu Yanfei did not hesitate at all, and trotted towards Chu Yi with light small steps.

“How did you come?”

   An ordinary question, but with a coquettish meaning that she didn’t even notice, the ending sounded slightly.

  When she walked towards him briskly, the bangs on her forehead trembled, and her silky black hair glowed golden in the sunlight.

  Chu Yi looked at her with a smile on her face, her obsidian-like eyes overflowing with brilliance, more dazzling and moving than the rising sun.

  He raised his hand and rubbed the top of her hair calmly, and said as a matter of course: “Of course I’m here to pick you up.”

   Gu Yanfei smiled sweetly, her eyes happily curved into the shape of a crescent moon.

   “Then…” She originally planned to take a carriage to Tianhe Garden with Gu Yunzhen, but temporarily changed her mind, “I accompany you on horseback?”

   “Okay.” Chu Yi smiled lightly, “I’ll take you to play later.”

   Said to ride a horse, and after a while, Gu Yanfei rode her sweaty horse and set off from the Gu residence, walking side by side with Chu Yi, while Gu Yunzhen sat in the carriage at the back.

   Their convoy was not eye-catching, plus the dozen or so Luan Yiwei guards who guarded Chu Yi, no more than 20 people, and did not attract much attention along the way.

   A line of chariots and horses galloped through the streets of the capital. When they arrived near the West Gate, the chariots and horses on the streets became more and more dense.

  Xichengmen is the only way to go from the capital to Tianhe Garden, so the carriages and horses of various prefectures pass through here.

  These chariots and horses gathered outside the west city like a river flowing into the sea, rendezvoused with the emperor’s ceremonial guard, surrounded by dragons all the way to the west, and set off in the direction of Tianhe Garden.

  This huge team ran out of galloping horses and the momentum was like a rainbow.

   Among the young masters and girls accompanying him today, there are many noble and noble military commanders, and many heroic girls also choose to travel on horseback like Gu Yanfei.

Wei Jiaoniang, Lu Qin, Fan Mushuang and other girls also chose to ride horses like Gu Yanfei. They raced there when they had nothing to do. Whoever arrived at Tianhe Garden first in the race, but they were running, but Wei Jiaoniang found Gu Yanfei. gone.

   Not only did Gu Yanfei disappear, but another person also disappeared.

   “…Abducted.” Wei Jiao Niang whispered softly.

Lu Qin next to    didn’t hear it clearly and asked curiously, “What was kidnapped?”

   Wei Jiao Niang smiled mysteriously, she caught her belly and rode her horse past Lu Qin, Lu Qin was in a hurry, shouting “You are too cunning”, and hurriedly ran after her.

   Gu Yanfei, who was kidnapped, followed Chu Yi away from the large troops on the official road and turned into another unmanned trail.

  This trail is just enough for two horses to go side by side, and the two ride their horses leisurely.

  The weather at the end of February is just right. The spring breeze is blowing in the suburbs.

   This is a good weather for outing.

   “Aren’t we going to Tianhe Garden?” Gu Yanfei casually broke a wild flower from a branch by the roadside while riding a horse, playing with it carelessly.

   She thought that Chu Yi said that he was going to take her out to play in Tianhe Garden, but she didn’t want to, before a cup of tea, he suddenly asked her to follow him along this path.

   “Go.” Chu Yi walked side by side with her, smiling slightly, the beautiful Ruifeng’s eyes seemed to have the temperature of spring, warm and intoxicating, “I’ll take you to a place first.”

  Compared to Gu Yanfei’s leisure and unrestrainedness, his riding posture is so elegant, and his graceful and noble demeanor seems to be engraved in his bones.

  Gu Yanfei likes to look at Chu Yi, no matter what he does… No, even if he does nothing, he still looks good.

   She also likes to see him smile, and hopes that when he is with her, he can always smile like this, as happy as this moment.

   Save others by himself, he should also like to see her smile.

   “Yeah!” Gu Yanfei smiled brightly, and a bright smile couldn’t stop flowing from the corners of his lips and eyes.

  The two rode all the way to the west, speeding on the winding and uninhabited trail.

  Gu Yanfei’s sweaty horse is like a bird released from a cage, enjoying himself as much as he can, running faster and faster…

  Chu Yi’s white horse is also a good horse that travels thousands of miles a day, never falling behind.

   An hour later, the two arrived at a beautiful mountain forest, and the horses stopped at the foot of the mountain.

  Chu Yi asked Gu Yanfei to dismount, and Gu Yanfei helped his men to dismount.

“Be careful.”

   His hands were clean and warm, wrapped around Gu Yanfei’s little hands, and the warm air pressed against her palm.

  The mountain road was not easy to walk, so he reminded her from time to time to be careful with her feet.

  Gu Yanfei followed him obediently. After walking for a while, he heard the faint ding-dong sound of spring water.

   After passing through a green wild bamboo forest, the two of them saw a stream gushing down along the rocky crevice of the mountain stream.

  The creek is crystal clear, gurgling, glistening in the bright sunlight, occasionally spewing, splashing with water flowers, strings of water droplets, and a few green bamboo leaves floating in the crystal clear stream…

   “Huihui!”

  The sweaty horse that followed behind Gu Yanfei happily ran to the stream and drank water on his own.

   “This spring seems to be good.” Gu Yanfei raised his eyebrows, took Chu Yi’s hand and took a few steps upstream, “Hongyu is very picky.”

  Gu Yanfei pulled Chu Yi and squatted by the stream, put his palms together and took a handful of spring water, then brought it to his lips and took two sips.

  The spring water is sweet and refreshing.

   She curled her lips happily, looked sideways at him, “It’s sweet, you can drink it too.”

  Chu Yi let out a “hmm”, held her palm from below with his left hand, leaned over and took a sip from the palm of her dipping water.

   When he leaned over, Gu Yanfei could smell the incense smell like snow falling on bamboo leaves, elegant and light.

   His lips brushed against her palm inadvertently, and the hot breath from his nose sprayed onto her skin, itchy and warm.

   “Very sweet.” Chu Yi looked up at her and smiled.

   His voice was warm and a little hoarse, as if he was bewitching her.

The sun shines mottled light and shadow on his face through the gap between the bamboo leaves. The two are very close, and their faces are only half a foot apart. Gu Yanfei can clearly see that his handsome eyebrows are filled with a kind of pure joy. Pleasure.

  When the wind blew, a few strands of hair on his temples gently caressed her ears, itching a little.

  Gu Yanfei subconsciously picked up those naughty strands of hair, but saw that he leaned his head towards her and approached her for a few minutes. The two of them were almost rubbing their noses.

  Her eyelashes trembled slightly, as if rubbing against his eyelashes.

   pounding!

   Her heart was beating so fast, like a drum, her eyelashes trembled again, her gaze moved down, and landed on his lips, which were dripping with drops of water.

  The wet lips are especially rosy in the sun, like a delicate flower that has been watered by rain and dew.

   It looks like it’s very rammed…

The thought of    made her heart tremble, and she almost wanted to do what she wanted, but he leaned over quickly, his eyes dark and fiery.

   For a moment, Gu Yanfei thought he would kiss her.

   But he didn’t.

   He just wrapped his arms around her, and his strong arms wrapped tightly around her slender waist, tightening it little by little.

   He made no further movement, just hugged her and buried his cheeks deeply into her soft and fragrant neck.

  The hot breath was sprayed behind her ears and neck.

   is terrifying and heart-pounding.

  Gu Yanfei’s mind was blank, his heartbeat was numb.

   “Soon.” His voice was low and dense, as if he was restraining something, and his Adam’s apple rolled visibly.

   What’s coming soon? Gu Yanfei wanted to ask, but felt something soft and warm gently touch her right ear…

   Then he released her and stepped back.

  Gu Yanfei was still a little stunned, he forgot the question and covered his hot right ear in a daze.

   A layer of beautiful pale pink appeared on her fair and jade-like ears, which gradually turned red, and a rouge-like blush spread from her ears to her neck and cheeks, making her whole person look as delicate as a peach blossom in full bloom.

  Chu Yi lowered his head and washed his face with spring water, and then filled a few bags of spring water in a water bladder.

   When Gu Yanfei calmed down, those water bladders were already filled up, Gu Yanfei’s heart moved, and he felt as if he was prepared.

   She pinched his cuff and asked, “Did you bring me here on purpose to ‘play’?”

Chu Yi nodded: “I discovered this place by accident when I was driving to Tianhe Garden when I was six years old, and when I was playing nearby. Later, every year I came to Tianhe Garden, I would come here to get some spring water and go back to make tea. ”

   “I haven’t been here for years.”

   It’s been nine years.

  Chu Yi looked around with a little nostalgia. Before he came today, he wasn’t sure that the mountain spring was still there.

   The water on his face was not yet dry, and there were still some water droplets on his skin, eyelashes, temples, and eyebrows, and the water droplets reflected a crystal-like light in the sun.

   At this moment, he is somewhat uninhibited, which is very different from his usual elegant and self-controlled appearance.

  Gu Yanfei looked at his handsome profile, her heart swayed slightly, she tugged his sleeves a little tighter, and suddenly raised her head and leaned over, and quickly kissed his ear.

   A soft kiss, like a feather scratching his ear naughtily.

   “We’ll come together again next year.” Gu Yanfei squeezed his cuff and shook it, watching his white jade earlobes turn redder and brighter without blinking.

   seemed to have discovered some interesting little secret, she smiled happily.

   After a while, Chu Yi turned to look at her with deep and soft eyes.

“it is good.”

The word    is concise and to the point, but it has a fatal temptation, which seems to encourage her to be a little more presumptuous.

   Gu Yanfei felt hot flashes on her face, turned her face away, and thought to herself: If she is a king, she is probably a foolish king who is beautiful and destructive to the country.

   She took another handful of water from the stream with her palm, lowered her head and took a few sips, and patted her flushed cheeks with the spring water.

   He took out a silver pocket watch from his sleeve, opened the case, looked at the time, and said, “It’s almost time, we should go.”

  The two led their horses and continued on their way.

   The person leading the way was still Chu Yi, and the two walked through this lush mountain forest for another stick of incense kung fu. The front suddenly became clear, and they saw a majestic palace standing in the northwest.

  Gu Yanfei blinked and blinked again, only to be sure that the two of them had arrived at Tianhe Garden.

  Tianhe Garden is located in the Yanshan area on the western outskirts of the capital. It was a royal garden built in the previous dynasty. After the founding of the country, Emperor Taizu continued to serve as the royal palace of this dynasty after some repairs.

  Tianhe Garden covers an area of ​​more than 1,000 acres and is magnificent and magnificent.

   After a while, there was the sound of rumbling horses’ hooves from the other direction, gradually approaching, and the dark convoy appeared on the other side of the road.

  Wei Jiaoniang, Lu Qin, Lu Si, Fan Beiran, and dozens of other young ladies were at the front of the convoy, riding their horses towards this side.

   “I thought I was number one.” Wei Jiao Niang rushed in the direction of Gu Yanfei and said, “Yan Fei, how did you and the eldest prince get together so quickly, did you take a shortcut?”

   “It’s a shortcut.” Gu Yanfei nodded calmly, squinting at Chu Yi next to him, remembering how he looked when he took out his pocket watch and said “it’s almost time”.

  Chu Yi smiled slightly, like a spring breeze turning into rain, gentle and harmless.

  Gu Yanfei snickered in his heart, in a good mood, and his eyes curled up with a smile: This guy has a bright appearance and a light cloud, but deep down, his desire to win is too strong.

   The tacit agreement between the two of them also fell into the eyes of the emperor in the dragon chariot.

  The emperor looked at Chu Yi and Gu Yanfei from a distance, and laughed so hard that he was extremely satisfied: his son is really capable.

  The emperor took out a pocket watch with a silver casing, looked at the time, and happily summoned Zhao Rang, the eunuch, and gave a few orders, Zhao Rang nodded again and again.

   It is only noon now, and the sun is at its brightest and warmest.

  The convoys of everyone stopped one after another outside the main gate of Tianhe Garden, forming a long winding dragon.

  The palace staff began to welcome the other convoys into the garden in an orderly manner. The Gu family’s carriage only waited for a cup of tea before being led by Eunuch He personally to Gu Yanfei and Gu Yunzhen into the garden.

   “Miss Gu, Miss Gu, this way.” Eunuch He led the two with a smile.

  The scenery in Tianhe Garden in spring is beautiful. The surrounding pavilions, pavilions, Xuanxie bridges, rocks and amber, etc. are exquisite in pattern, both grand and elegant.

   Eunuch He led them in the garden for an unknown amount of time, Gu Yanfei didn’t remember the way at all, until a familiar female voice sounded in front:

“elder sister!”

  Gu Yanfei looked at the sound, and saw a splendid building with flying eaves and corners in front of it. In front of the magnificent palace, a little girl in a pink palace dress was sitting on a wheelchair, looking at Gu Yanfei and Gu Yunzhen with a smile.

   An Le smiled and waved at Gu Yanfei, smiling like a flower.

  Behind her, there were more than 20 palace maids dressed in a blue-blue palace attire.

   “An Le, when did you come?” Gu Yanfei asked in surprise. She didn’t see Anle’s Feng Ran today, and thought that Anle wasn’t here.

   “I came here early yesterday.” An Le showed a bright smile, grabbed Gu Yanfei’s hand, and said eagerly, “Let’s go in quickly, don’t miss the auspicious time.”

  Auspicious time? Gu Yanfei raised her eyebrows and thought to herself: Is there any happy event today?

   (end of this chapter)