My name is Chang An, your name is Gu Li

After Chang An took Gu Li away, Li Ying still felt a little unsatisfied, so he said, "Chang Yonghe is not only a genius, but I didn't expect he has such a tender side."

"Wang Mojie, what is your relationship with him?"

"You are my good teacher and helpful friend. At the same time, Brother Yonghe is my confidant."

"Have you ever competed in poetry?"

"In October this year, I had a poetry competition with Brother Yonghe in the East Market," Wang Wei replied.

"Oh? What's the result?" Li Ying became interested again and asked.

"Of course, Brother Yonghe has won over me," Wang Wei said with a smile, "Brother Yonghe is not only talented, but also has a much broader mind and ambition than me. No matter how long it takes, I will never be able to catch up with him."

"Can you explain it in detail and tell me what you know about Chang Yonghe?" Li Ying said with interest.

"At that time, I had nothing to do, so I went to the East Market to stroll around. It happened that a new cloth shop had just opened, and they said that poems could be exchanged for new cloth. I wanted to write a poem in exchange for a new dress for my childhood sweetheart in my hometown, and as a result, I happened to meet Brother Yonghe and his wife Gu." Wang Wei said.

"I had heard about Brother Yonghe's five poems about urging people to get ready before, and was impressed by his talent. So I thought about going up to him and discussing his talent with him, and Brother Yonghe agreed very readily."

"When I wrote the poem, I thought of how I had submitted my essays everywhere but received no recommendation. I also thought of the flatterers who tried to curry favor with the nobles. I was worried about my lack of talent and was depressed. So I wrote a poem called "Ode to Xi Shi". This poem is how I express my dissatisfaction." Wang Wei suddenly straightened his chest and continued:

"But Brother Yonghe seemed to have a unique insight. He actually saw the resentment in my heart and wrote a poem to encourage me. Brother Yonghe was able to directly see my mood and wrote a poem to encourage me. Now those two poems are hanging in Li's Cloth Shop in the East Market."

"Later, one day, because I was planning to participate in the next spring imperial examination, I went to ask him for advice on scriptures and articles. After asking, he told me that he would introduce me to his teacher, Prime Minister Song."

After hearing this, Li Ying couldn't help but admire him: "Indeed, Chang Yonghe's talent and vision are extraordinary. Moreover, he recommended you to Prime Minister Song, which is a great favor."

"Then can you tell me more about what you know about Chang Yonghe?" Li Ying stretched out his hand and gestured to talk while walking.

"Of course I know something..."

At this time, Chang An, who was sitting in the room writing something, suddenly sneezed and thought to himself, "I remember that I didn't attract anyone's hatred, right? Who is scolding me?"

Just thinking about this, he sneezed twice more. After hearing him sneeze several times in a row, Gu Li came up to him with some concern, reached out and touched his forehead, then touched his hand, and then asked: "Chang Lang, do you have a cold?"

"Probably not. It's probably because someone is saying bad things about me behind my back." Chang An shook his head and said.

"Ah, you will sneeze if someone says something bad about you behind your back?" Gu Li obviously had never heard of this saying, but he still said, "Then I will pay attention next time and see if anyone says something bad about Chang Lang again. I will have someone teach him a lesson."

Chang An smiled and comforted him, "It's okay. If someone says something bad about me behind my back, doesn't it mean that your Chang Lang has a good reputation? This is a good thing."

"Oh, okay then." Gu Li said, and then asked: "Where are we going to play this afternoon?"

Chang An thought for a moment and said, "I don't know, where does Gu Niang want to go?"

"I don't know either." Gu Li said, and then thought about it carefully, but he really couldn't think of any place to go, "I don't know."

"Then why don't we take Mother Gu to the mountain again?" Chang An suggested.

"But is there anything else fun on the mountain? What if there are wild animals if we go up further?" Gu Li frowned and said, "It's very dangerous. Let's go to another place?"

"Then let's go listen to some popular lectures?" Chang An suggested again.

"But listening to vulgar lectures is so boring. I just sit there for an hour and I can't understand what the master is saying." Gu Li once again rejected Chang An's proposal.

"Then take a walk around the temple?"

"That's so boring. Apart from some masters and pilgrims, what else is there to do in the temple?"

Chang An felt a little amused at this moment, and raised his eyebrows and said, "Isn't my mother Gu never picky? Why is she so picky now?"

"No." Gu Li pouted again to express his grievance.

Chang An pulled her into his arms and threatened fiercely, "Mother Gu, are you sure you are not being picky?"

"Really not..." Gu Li blinked and said pitifully.

"Then I have decided where we are going this afternoon!" Chang An said, "We are going to take a walk around the back hill this afternoon. Do you have any objections, Aunt Gu?"

"Chang Lang is mean to me, but I don't mind." Gu Li looked pitiful.

"Mother Gu, you act like Chang Lang is bullying you," Chang An said with amusement. "If this gets out, people will say bad things about your Chang Lang again. Mother Gu, don't you feel bad?"

As he said that, Chang An stretched out his claws and grabbed Gu Li's waist. She was so scared that she quickly reached out and held Chang An's hand tightly, preventing him from taking any further action.

"Chang Lang, don't be like this... Gu Niang is afraid..."

Gu Li shook her head, her eyes seemed so weak that tears would drip out. At this time, she saw the scroll on the table again and asked, "What is Chang Lang going to do with this?"

"This thing is not for Madam Gu. I want to give it to Brother Mo Jie." Chang An glanced at the scroll on the table and said.

"Oh." When Gu Li heard that it was not for him, he did not ask any more questions, but turned around and continued to play with Chang An.

At noon, Monk Liao Wen brought the two people's vegetarian meal and Gu Li's medicine. After the two of them had eaten and Gu Li had finished drinking the medicine, they prepared to go out.

When they were passing through the temple, they met Li Ying again, but Wang Wei was nowhere to be seen.

"Chang Yonghe!" Li Ying greeted Chang An excitedly as soon as he saw him.

"Second Young Master." The couple also bowed and greeted him. Li Ying could treat them as he pleased, but the two of them could not just deal with him perfunctorily.

"Where are you two going?" Li Ying asked.

"My wife seldom goes out on weekdays, so I plan to take this opportunity to take her to the back mountain for some sightseeing." Chang An replied.

"Then I will not bother you two any more. I wish you two a good time!"

"Thank you, Second Young Master."

Li Ying's reaction seemed to be a little different from that in the morning, which surprised Chang An a little. He was worried that the Crown Prince was planning to go with him.

But little did he know that Li Ying had already learned some things about Chang An from Wang Wei, including the not-so-unknown fact that he was "extremely protective of his wife". As Chang An's number one fan, he would naturally not be so tactless as to spoil the two's scenery.

Chang An took Gu Li and left Guanyin Temple through the side door, walking slowly up the mountain road.

There was a lot of snow on this mountain trail, much more than the one they took to the plum blossom forest. Gu Li hadn't taken a few steps when she suddenly felt her feet slip and she almost fell on the snow. Fortunately, Chang An was quick-witted and reached out one hand to wrap around Gu Li's waist, and the other hand to hold her shoulders, preventing her from falling.

Chang An helped her up, comforted her, and asked, "How are you? Are you not scared?"

"It's okay, just a little scary." Gu Li let out a breath and patted his chest.

After this happened, without waiting for Chang An to speak, Gu Li grabbed Chang An's arm with some fear, fearing that he would fall again, and Chang An also slowed down a little.

Although what happened just now was a bit depressing, it still did not affect Gu Li's mood to go out and play. She looked here and there, and if she hadn't held Chang An's arms with both hands, she might have reached out and touched around.

After walking for a while, Chang An saw some golden figures surging on the treetops, so he pulled his arm to attract Gu Li's attention.

"Mrs. Gu, look—" Chang An pointed at a few small figures on a tree not far away.

"Golden monkey! It's so beautiful." Gu Li said excitedly after seeing the one on the branch clearly.

"That's a golden monkey. In the whole Tang Dynasty, only the golden monkeys in Mount Zhongnan have the purest fur color." Chang An said, looking at Gu Li's slightly excited look, patted her head and said, "Don't go up and scare them. The female golden monkeys at this time are still pregnant with baby golden monkeys."

"Oh, okay then," Gu Li pursed her lips, took out a hand and touched her belly, "When will a little Chang Lang be born in Gu Niang's belly?"

Chang An heard this, touched her hair, and said with a smile: "Well, didn't Doctor Zhang say it won't take long? After New Year's Day, I will take Gu Niang to see a doctor again."

"Okay then." Gu Li breathed a sigh of relief and continued walking forward holding Chang An's arm.

As they continued to walk up the mountain road, Gu Li saw some pine trees with frost on their branches, and she was curious and wanted to go up to take a look. Chang An let her do it and walked slowly with her.

"This is called rime, and it's a very beautiful scene no matter where it is." Seeing her so excited, Chang An acted as the interpreter.

"It's really beautiful, just like the ice and snow on the branches blooming." said Gu Li.

"Of course, this kind of scene can't be seen everywhere. It can only appear in certain places in winter." Chang An said with a smile.

"I really want to see more, but I have to go back tomorrow." Gu Li said, with obvious regret in his tone.

Chang An comforted her gently, "There will be opportunities to come again in the future, don't be unhappy."

"Then let's not see it anymore. Let's go back." Gu Li said so, but Chang An seemed to be a little bit surprised. "Since we will come again next time, let's save the remaining scenery for next time. Otherwise, if we see them all at once, what will we see next time?"

"Okay, then I'll listen to Madam Gu."

Chang An smiled, and he and Gu Li were about to turn around and leave, but at this time Gu Li stumbled again and almost fell again. Seeing this, Chang An felt helpless about this "cunning" daughter-in-law.

There was no other way, so he loosened his arms, came to Gu Li, squatted slightly, and said, "Come up, I'll carry Gu Niang down the mountain."

"Ah, Chang Lang, are you going to carry me down the mountain?"

"Well, what happened?"

"Will you fall if you carry Chang Lang on your back?" Gu Li asked worriedly.

"Of course not. Gu Niang fell because she was wearing embroidered shoes. I don't wear embroidered shoes, so I won't fall." Chang An comforted her, "If you don't come up, I will leave Gu Niang on the mountain."

"No!" Gu Li was a little anxious again. He quickly leaned over Chang An's back and wrapped his arms around Chang An's neck. "Chang Lang, you scared me again."

Chang An hooked Gu Li's legs, stood up, and carried her on his back. Fearing that she would slip, he lifted her up again.

"I'm carrying my mother Gu back home."

Having said that, Chang An walked down the mountain along the path.

"Chang Lang, am I a little heavy?" Gu Li asked, looking at the deep footprints on the snow behind him.

"Of course it's heavy," Chang An turned his head slightly.

"I'm carrying everything I own, so it's not going to be heavy."