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Gu Zezhi naturally knew who that "he" was, and she replied: "I didn't see it, but I guessed it. 'He' laughed a little louder today when he heard the eldest princess mention that Mr. Ye. It's ridiculous that my father asked me to Du Qianyi must be chosen, but 'he' has already made up his mind."

"The eldest princess really loves you, otherwise she wouldn't suddenly change her attitude."

"Yeah," Gu Zezhi sighed, "She doesn't want to sacrifice my life to help that person's career. I am very grateful to her. But I have to understand in my heart that she helped me once, but she couldn't help me twice Three times. In the end, fate is irreversible!"

Meng Zhifei smiled lightly, held up her wine glass and raised it to her: "Let's encourage each other!"

Gu Zezhi turned her head and pursed her lips, picked up the wine glass and raised her head abruptly, and drank it down in one gulp.Meng Zhifei looked at her, sighed, and silently turned her eyes away.

When the father and daughter returned to the Gu Mansion, most of the lights in the house were turned off, only some courtyard lights were left shaking in the evening wind.

As soon as Gu Zezhi entered Gu's mansion, he went back to the room directly.

The candles were still burning there.Wan Liang leaned on the table and flipped the pages of the book, the candle light flickered slightly, creating a faint yellow light and shadow, her side face looked peaceful and gentle.

"It's so late, why haven't you slept yet?" Gu Zezhi asked while untying the knot of the shawl.

"Waiting for you." Wan Liang rubbed her eyes and replied.

Gu Zezhi's hand paused, and then resumed the action just now.She smiled and replied, "Next time it's so late, you can go to bed first."

"Is there a next time?" Wanliang turned her face to look at her, "Isn't your marriage already settled?"

"Ah," Gu Zezhi replied casually, "almost."

Wanliang looked up at her, then lowered her head again.The shadow of the moon was very thin, and the night was dark, making the room even darker.Almost all the people in Gu's mansion fell asleep, and the surroundings were silent, except for the remaining lamp oil making a "sizzling" sound in the candlelight.

Wanliang raised her head again, and said to Gu Zezhi: "Zezhi, I went to see sister Celan and the others at night. I'm afraid it will be a while... I will go back to Jiangcheng."

Gu Zezhi was stunned when he heard the words, and then turned around to look at her: "After a while...how long?"

Wanliang was silent for a moment, then replied softly: "Probably, after your happy days are settled."

"Really..." After Gu Zezhi finished speaking, he fell silent.Wanliang didn't speak anymore, just lowered her head.

In the end, Wanliang opened her mouth, and she said, "Which family is the marriage that the emperor ordered for you?"

"Ye family," Gu Zezhi poured out a cup of tea and held it in his hand, "An Guo Gongfu, Ye Weiting."

"Is that so." Wan Liang lowered her eyelids, hiding her overwhelming emotions.Sure enough, he is a son of a noble family, the kind who has a title of jade and gold, and is well-matched, young master.

Gu Zezhi didn't want to make fun of her today, and didn't want to ask Wanliang "Is it because you don't like me because you are unhappy today".She knew the answer herself, because she was also reluctant.

"Zezhi, you don't know how to embroider wedding clothes, right?" Wan Liang suddenly changed her smiling face, the flames of lamp oil should be in her eyes, like stars, "The bride has to make her own wedding clothes. If you know how to be a girl, then I will embroider!"

"I don't want it." After Gu Zezhi finished speaking, he felt that his tone was a little strangely cold, so he added, "Even if you embroider a real phoenix, I won't be happy if I marry it."

"That's what you're saying now, silly Zezhi," Wan Liang smiled softly, "After a long time, if that person is willing to treat you well, maybe he will slowly fall in love with you."

After finishing speaking, Wanliang's heart suddenly turned cold.I can't say why, but the coolness is sharp, almost piercing.

But this time, Gu Zezhi did not refute her words.

That night, Gu Zezhi squeezed into Wanliang's bed and fell asleep.The lamp oil was still burning, but the light and shadow were already faint.Wan Liang looked at the sleeping face of the person in front of her with the dying light of the fire.

Looking at her face, thinking about her.

Will that person really treat her well?If you treat her well, she may forget herself; if you treat her badly, she will suffer again.

Will she gradually fall in love with that person?Unknowingly, subtly, just like myself.

she……

Suddenly the lights went out.Wan Liang couldn't see anything.After staying in the dark for a while, Gu Zezhi's face became clear again, in her eyes or in her heart.

Wanliang suddenly thought happily that even if I don't see him again, I will always remember this person's voice and smile, which is something that no one can take away.

——However, the feeling of unwillingness and intolerance also intensified.I can't be reconciled, I can't be reconciled that Gu Zezhi, who I like so much, wants to marry someone else, someone who might not like her; I can't bear it, I can't bear it, I can't bear the fact that Gu Zezhi, who doesn't show weakness, will be regarded by others as an invulnerable conspirator who needs no pity.

Hearing her even breathing, Wan Liang couldn't help raising her hand, wanting to caress her cheek.But in the end it landed on the back of her white and greasy neck.

"Gu Zezhi," her voice was as soft as a feather, stirring the residual warmth of lamp oil in the dark night, "It would be great if you were like me."

At dawn, Gu Zezhi was still nestled in the quilt, as if rooted.Wanliang called her three times, and Gu Zezhi put on a piece of clothing once she called her, and then lay down again.

"Ze Zhi," Wan Liang shook her for the fourth time, "It's very late, if you don't go to greet Mr. Gu, he will be angry!"

Gu Zezhi opened his eyes and said with a smile, "You treat me like a child."

Wan stared at her for a while with a sneer, then lowered her eyes again and said, "When you get married in the future, no one will treat you like a child."

"Do I need someone to coax me?" Gu Zezhi curled his lips in disdain.

Wan Liang frowned, and looked at her with some concern.After thinking for a moment, Fang said: "Zezhi, you should change your temperament. When you marry into someone else's house, no one will understand you anymore. If you say you are fine, they will think that you are really fine. Say you can handle it, and they will think you can. Why should this be?"

Gu Zezhi raised his eyes, took a deep look at Wanliang, then sat up straight and hugged her waist, and said in a muffled voice: "That's why I don't want to leave. I always feel that meeting Wanliang is the last thing I've ever seen. It’s a rare event in a lifetime, and maybe we won’t be able to have such good luck in the future.”

"Is it possible to be happy after you get married?" Wan Liang touched her head with her hand, her voice was gentle and sad.

"Even in the most painful days, there will be moments of happiness," Gu Zezhi said with a smile, "It's just not enough to comfort my whole life."

"Ye Weiting," Wanliang suddenly changed the subject, "What kind of person is he? Have you ever had a side room?"

"Ah?" Gu Zezhi was stunned, and then said, "Oh, Ye Weiting...Actually, I don't know. But according to what Xia Shen knows, there are already two concubines."

"I have a concubine," Wan Liang frowned, "Then you..."

"It's not too much," Gu Zezhi said with a smile, "What do you expect me to marry?"

Wan Liang smiled lightly and shook her head: "You don't understand."

You don't understand, since I can't get you, at least the person who wants to get you is a person who is a hundred times better than me.Because you are my most precious person.

I've always just wanted to make you happy, but if, if you're not happy...then you might as well be with me.

Wan Liang lowered her eyes, stared at Gu Zezhi for a while, then turned her face away, her brows furrowed tightly.

Chapter 21

Wanliang knew that the day of proposing marriage would definitely come, but she didn't expect that day to come so soon.

The matchmaker with red rouge on her face walked into Gu's residence with a smile on her face, and asked Wan Liang who was wandering in the courtyard about Gu Huairen's residence.Wan Liang was silent for a while, and then told her the way to the main house.

She watched the matchmaker enter the main house, and then stood under the bamboo next to the main house, blowing the cold wind, her mind was blank.It was already late autumn, and the wind was blowing very hard. The sweet-scented osmanthus curled up in a ball and spun a few times in the wind, and then lay softly on the ground.Wan Liang stared blankly at the withered flowers, as if she had fallen into them.

At this time, a turquoise figure walked over.It's Gu Zezhi.Gu Zezhi walked up to Wanliang and patted her on the shoulder.Wanliang raised her head in a trance, then widened her eyes: "Why don't you... Oh, yes. You should come."

After Wan Liang finished speaking, she lowered her eyes and nodded herself.Gu Zezhi glanced at her with a smile, and said, "It's you, why are you standing here blowing the cold wind?"

"No," Wan sneered and stroked the broken hair on her sideburns, "I'm just wandering around. You go in quickly and listen to what they have to say."

"Then I'll go in. You should go back earlier." Gu Zezhi waved to her, then walked into the main house.

Wan Liang turned her head back and watched Gu Zezhi walk into the arched and carved stone door with her swaying green skirt.Wan Liang stood with her head bowed in the wind until a yellow bamboo leaf fell on her shoulder with a "snap".She didn't snap the leaf, but turned around and left the main house.

Although the wind is still strong and the sky is cold, the sun is surprisingly good.In the small courtyard of Nuan Pavilion, Xia Shen was drying his clothes.Wan Liang walked over to help, but Xia Shen refused anyway.Wanliang could only sit on the imperial concubine's couch under the sun, staring blankly.She picked a piece of plantain from the grass. Under the sun, the light green veins appeared clear and distinct.

——Like Gu Zezhi's skirt.Wanliang played with the blade of grass, looked at it, and lost her mind.Zezhi must be sitting there quietly now, right?Smiling, listening to Master Gu and the matchmaker commenting on her marriage together.

Wait for a while, wait for a while, wait until Gu Zezhi walks out of that door, maybe the matter should come to an end.And what about the courage that suddenly sprouted last night?