Rebirth with my ex-husband

Chapter 84

At the end of the Yin hour, the sky was still dark, and it had rained for the past few days, so there were no stars at night, and the weather was wet and cold.

It's cold outside and warm inside, perfect for lying in bed and sleeping until dawn.

Su Yun vaguely heard a sound, opened her eyes slightly, and with blurry vision, she saw Gu Shixing putting on his clothes.

He opened and closed his eyelids a few times before he suddenly remembered that Gu Shixing had a big court meeting today and he had to get up an hour earlier.

He knew there was a court meeting, yet he still acted so recklessly last night. How could he have any sense of propriety at all?

Thinking of applying essential oil all over his body yesterday, Su Yun's face turned red and even his sleepiness went away a little.

He coughed a few times and muttered, "There is a court meeting today. You were still making a fuss last night and had no self-control. What if you delay the important work?"

He pretended to be calm, but his voice was still hoarse.

As she was muttering, she got up from the bed. When she lifted the quilt, she shrank her neck slightly because of the cold and wanted to shrink back into the bed instantly.

Gu Shixing was wearing court clothes. Seeing her cute behavior, he smiled and whispered, "I can do it myself. You can continue to sleep."

Su Yun shook his head. The court dress was more complicated than the official uniform he usually wore, and it would take him a lot longer to put it on.

She got out of bed, put on her shawl, and went forward to help.

She had applied rose essential oil last night, and even after washing, the faint rose scent still lingered on her body.

As she straightened his shirt, the aroma became more fragrant.

If there were no grand court meeting, Gu Shixing thought, he would probably be too attached to this gentle place to leave.

"Ayun." He called softly.

Su Yun said "Hmm?" and when she raised her head, he suddenly held her face and kissed her.

The kiss was lingering and made Su Yun gasp for breath.

After a moment, he left her lips and looked at him with her dark eyes lowered, her eyes as gentle as water.

Su Yun's vision was a little dazed, but looking at his pair of gentle black eyes, her heart beat faster.

After getting married again, she let go of her prejudice and began to accept him. She gradually saw his good side and was slowly attracted by it.

He is attentive beneath his coldness. He is gentle and silent. He handles things calmly and calmly.

Su Yun never responded to him directly.

Maybe it was because the kiss just now was very lingering, or maybe it was because the quiet atmosphere now made her feel at ease, so she put her arm around his shoulders, kissed his lips, and then, without waiting for his reaction, whispered in his ear: "I'll wait for you to come back home."

He slid down, took a half step back, and had a smile on his face.

After she had finished tidying up, she said, "The big court meeting will take at least one or two hours. You should have breakfast first, and don't go hungry."

Gu Shixing nodded: "I will go to have breakfast by myself. It's still early, you can rest for a while."

Su Yun yawned, said “hmm”, and then said: “I’ll take you to the door and then go to sleep.”

After sending him to the door, Gu Shixing stopped outside the door, turned around and said to his wife, "Go back and rest."

Having said that, he turned and walked towards the corridor.

Gu Shixing recalled his wife's behavior just now, with the corners of his mouth slightly curved, and a warm current seemed to flow through his heart. Even though the wind was cold and the water was chilly now, his body still felt warm.

Su Yun watched Gu Shixing leave before closing the door. She then touched her lips, which seemed to still have his scent, smiled lightly, and turned back into the house.

He returned to the bed, took off his short cape, and was about to lie back on the bed, but out of the corner of his eye he caught sight of the Buddhist beads on the small table outside the bed.

After staring at it for a moment, he picked it up from the coffee table and looked at it carefully.

After looking at it for a long time, she couldn't see any clues except that it was rounder than ordinary Bodhi beads.

But if this bead really has something, what would happen if she kept wearing it?

Thinking of this, Su Yun's heart shuddered. He suddenly stood up with the Buddhist beads in his hand and walked towards the dressing table.

He stopped at the dressing table, opened the drawer, and put the Buddhist beads into it.

After putting away the Buddhist beads, he turned around and sat down beside the bed.

Sitting on the couch, Su Yun was in a state of confusion.

If in case it was just an ordinary Buddhist string and she just left it there, wouldn't that hurt Gu Shixing's feelings?

After all, this was the amulet he had worn for more than ten years. When he gave it to her, he wanted it to protect her safety and also wanted to give her a token of love.

Even if there was something special about that Buddhist string, it also brought her back to four years ago, didn't it?

If this is the case, this Buddhist string of beads can be considered a lucky item.

Thinking of this, Su Yun stood up and took out the Buddhist beads again, put them back on his wrist, and wrapped them around three times.

He glanced at the Buddhist beads, then went into bed, covered himself with thick bedding, stroked the beads carefully, and looked at the ceiling of the tent.

I don't know how long it was before I gradually fell asleep.

*

The grand court meeting is different from ordinary court meetings. Today, all officials of the seventh rank and above in Jindu will attend the court.

Li Ji, who had been under house arrest, was able to attend the court meeting on New Year's Eve.

The court meeting was over and everyone left the palace.

Outside the palace gate, Li Ji's carriage blocked Gu Shixing's carriage.

The attendant beside Li Ji stepped forward, bowed to Gu Shixing, and said, "Master Gu, my prince wants to talk to you."

Gu Shixing's expression was indifferent. He raised his eyes to look at the carriage in front of him, and his eyes were cold.

He withdrew his gaze and asked indifferently, "Where shall we talk?"

Li Ji's followers responded: "It's the 9th hour, Tianxiang Tower, Tianzi Elegant Room."

The Si hour is still one hour away from now, so I can go back and change into casual clothes.

Gu Shixing said "hmm" and got on the carriage.

After the carriage left, Mo Tai outside the carriage asked, "Prince, is Prince Jing planning to do something bad again?"

Gu Shixing pondered for a moment and said, "He is in troubled times and will not take risks."

"Then why bother to meet him? It would be better for you to just refuse directly," Mo Tai muttered.

When Gu Shixing met Li Ji, he just wanted to know - does he regret it?

Because of his thought, Ayun's life was almost ruined and he spent four years in darkness.

Now they have returned, avoiding the sorrow and darkness, but Li Ji has been demoted to a fiefdom thousands of miles away from Jindu. The palace is in turmoil, and his biological mother has been demoted from a noble concubine to a concubine.

Did he regret it after these things happened?

Gu Shixing returned to the Marquis' Mansion and Qinglan Garden. Su Yun was not there. He thought she was in her mother's yard.

Gu Shixing didn't wait for her to come back. He changed into casual clothes and left the mansion.

When they arrived at Tianxiang Tower, Li Ji's entourage was already waiting outside the building. When they saw Gu Shixing, they hurried forward to greet him.

"Your Highness is already waiting upstairs. Please come upstairs, Prince Gu."

It was not yet mealtime, so there were not many people in Tianxiang Tower. I went up to the second floor. The second floor had been cleared out, which was obviously arranged by Li Ji.

As Li Ji's entourage arrived at the Tianzihao private room and opened the door, they saw Li Ji wearing a purple cloak with his back to the door, standing in front of the window with his hands behind his back, looking at the hustle and bustle of the street.

Gu Shixing approached from outside with a calm expression.

Mo Tai tried to go in but was stopped by his followers.

Gu Shixing turned his face slightly and ordered, "Wait outside."

He turned around and entered the private room, and the door closed.

Li Ji then turned around and looked at Gu Shixing. Their eyes met, and both of them had indifferent expressions, without any discernible change in their moods.

After a few breaths, Li Ji finally spoke: "Sit down."

As he spoke, he walked to the table and sat down first.

Gu Shixing also walked to the table, sat opposite him, lifted his cloak and sat down.

Li Ji looked up, then lowered his eyes, turned over two cups, poured seven-tenths of hot tea into each, and pushed one cup to Gu Shixing's table.

Gu Shixing stretched out his hand, put two fingers together, and pushed the cup with tea aside. His face was expressionless, and he said coldly: "Your Highness Prince Jing, please say what you want to say. Forget the tea."

He glanced at the tea and then looked back at Li Ji, "After all, I don't know if there will be any aphrodisiacs like love fragrance in this tea."

Upon hearing this, Li Ji's face darkened slightly. He picked up the tea, stared at the person opposite him, and drank the tea in one gulp.

After drinking, take away the cup, turn the cup over, and place the mouth of the cup downwards, empty of tea.

After putting down the cup, Li Ji said with a sullen face: "Master Gu and your wife, if you have any grudges, just come to me and don't use the princess anymore."

Gu Shixing raised his eyes to look at Li Ji, staring at him quietly for a moment before speaking calmly, "I heard that His Royal Highness Prince Jing always favored the deceased concubine, but now he has turned his favor to Princess Jing?"

Li Ji said coldly: "How this prince feels seems to have nothing to do with Master Gu."

Gu Shixing lowered his eyes and said in a cold voice: "I respect my wife. My wife and the princess are on good terms. I will not stop them, unless..."

He raised his pale eyes and looked at Li Ji opposite him: "Unless Your Highness asks Princess Jing to stop having any contact with my wife."

"Master Gu, are you saying that I don't respect my wife?" Li Ji narrowed his eyes slightly, his gaze sharp.

Gu Shixing did not avoid Li Ji's sharp gaze, but looked at him calmly.

After staring at each other for a while, Li Ji exhaled and asked coldly, "I have lost all my father's favor, and I am now assigned to Lingnan. I am about to leave Jindu. What else do you two want?!"

At the end, he said, "I can satisfy you with gold, silver and treasures, but don't think of having any intentions towards the princess."

Gu Shixing wanted to see if Li Ji regretted it.

Looking at Li Ji, who was becoming anxious and no longer as gentle and calm as before, he already had the answer in his heart.

He has no regrets, but he has already tasted the consequences.

He knew the answer, and there was no need to stay.

Gu Shixing said calmly: "Your Highness said that my wife took advantage of the princess, but my wife really helped the princess, didn't she?"

After saying this, Gu Shixing stood up, bowed slightly to Li Ji, and said, "I believe Your Highness has nothing else to say, so I will take my leave now."

Without waiting for Li Ji to speak, Gu Shixing turned around, walked to the door, pushed it open and walked out.

Li Ji sat in the same place without getting up. He glanced at the cup of tea that had not been touched, leaned over, picked up the already cold tea, and drank it all in one gulp.

Both what Su said and what Gu Shixing said were correct.

Perhaps Su did have a purpose in approaching the princess, but the princess did save the fetus in her womb and half of her life because of her.

Li Ji asked Doctor Fu and learned that the princess had already suffered from a miscarriage, which left her with a chronic illness and made her unfit for pregnancy. If she had a miscarriage due to the medicine, she would have died as well.

After this, he secretly went to see the concubine who had not yet been sentenced to death.

In the prison, before he could ask anything, she questioned him instead - why could he promise to give her the position of principal wife before they got married, but not now? !

If he doesn't give it to her, then she will find a way to sit on it herself. Only when Xie Yiran is gone will she have a chance.

The viciousness in the words made Li Ji feel at that moment that he was really short-sighted.

The concubine also said that it was at this time that his biological mother, Concubine De, extended an olive branch to her, and she just took it. In terms of cruelty, she was no match for his mother.

The reason she didn't give up his mother was because his mother held the lives of her family in her hands.

When Li Ji came out of prison, he had not slept for two days and had not eaten a single grain of rice.

He had doubted his mother, but when he heard the concubine admit it, his mood changed.

His biological mother wanted to harm his wife and son just to push him into that position, but she never expected that it would all be in vain in the end.

Once we go to Lingnan, there will be no chance to fight for it again.

Not only that, even his wife, every time he looked at her, he could clearly see the coldness and alienation in her eyes towards him.

Thinking of this, Li Ji was so upset that he drank a pot of water before getting up and leaving.

*

Gu Shixing and Su Yun said they wanted to go to Pu'an Temple.

The weather was fine these two days, so Gu Shixing went with her.

It had been drizzling for seven or eight days, and there was a muddy road in the mountains that was difficult to walk on. Even when the sky cleared up, not many people went to burn incense.

The old abbot of Pu'an Temple, Gu Shixing's master, will pass away on the first snow night of a year later.

Now that the old abbot is still alive, I can still ask him about the Buddhist strings.

After entering Pu'an Temple, Gu Shixing asked where the abbot was, and then asked Su Yun to wait for a moment while he went to visit him first.

Su Yun was waiting in the main hall, and soon a young monk came to invite him.

After entering the backyard of Pu'an Temple, he was led to a meditation room. The door was open and Gu Shixing was sitting on a cushion inside. Opposite him was a monk with a white beard.

The monk was about seventy or eighty years old and had a very kind face.

This was the first time Su Yun met the abbot of Pu'an Temple, who was also Gu Shixing's Buddhist master.

Su Yun entered the meditation room and bowed to the old abbot: "Greetings, Master Abbot."

The old host smiled and said, "Don't be polite, lady. Please take a seat."

Gu Shixing stood up and asked Su Yun to sit next to him.

There were only three people in the room. After the two of them knelt on the cushion, the old abbot said, "I heard from Xuan Yi that you wanted to ask about the Buddhist beads?"

Xuan Yi is the Buddhist name of Gu Shixing.

Su Yun nodded and said, "I wonder if the abbot could tell me everything about the Buddhist beads?"

As he said this, he took off the Buddhist beads on his wrist and placed them on the coffee table.

The old abbot picked up the Buddhist beads and looked at them carefully for a while, then put them back on the coffee table. He then raised his eyes to look at the two of them and said with a smile, "This Buddhist bead was also left by my master. It has been there for a hundred years. After a hundred years of burning incense and chanting sutras, it has also been stained with some Buddhist incense, which has not dissipated for a long time."

After hearing this, Su Yun finally understood why Gu Shixing only wore this Buddhist necklace during those years, but always exuded a faint Buddhist fragrance.

Su Yun glanced at Gu Shixing and asked him to ask about the Buddhist beads.

Gu Shixing thought about it for a while, then asked carefully: "Abbot, does this Buddhist string have any special abilities, or the ability to allow people to return to the past in a dream?"

The abbot was slightly surprised, then said with a smile: "I didn't know this Buddhist string had such a strange power."

Su Yun felt a little disappointed when he heard this.

But after a while, the old abbot said, "But it is better to keep wearing this Buddhist necklace. It has been burning incense and chanting sutras in the temple for a hundred years. It should be able to ward off evil spirits and avoid disasters, and even get rid of diseases."

At the end, he added meaningfully: "And who knows if there will be any adventures? After all, there are all kinds of wonders in the world." The old abbot looked at Gu Shixing and asked with a smile: "Xuan Yi, don't you think so?"

Gu Shixing nodded: "It is indeed as the abbot said, there are all kinds of strange things." For example, his and Ayun's situation.

The old abbot picked up the Buddhist beads and handed them back to Su Yun: "Female donor, please keep them. They may be useful to you in the future."

Su Yun looked at the Buddhist beads and was silent for a moment before reaching out to take them. He still thanked the old abbot: "Thank you, Abbot."

The two did not stay in Pu'an Temple for long. After asking the old abbot, they left.

Who would have thought that it would start raining again when we just reached the foot of the mountain. The rain was not heavy, but it was a bit heavy.

Because the weather was cold and it was raining, they had to consider Mo Tai and the guards who were driving the carriage, so they temporarily took shelter from the rain at the house at the foot of the mountain.