Qingchuan History

Chapter 961

Darkness ravages the far north of the continent.

Ruan Xueyin felt that the days were shorter than yesterday, and it seemed that the daylight was only two or three hours in total.

"It gets shorter as you go north, until there is no day at all. This is autumn and winter every year. In spring and summer, there is no night, only day." Shangguan Yan looked at her face looking up at the sky, and explained, "We haven't reached the northernmost point yet."

"During the eternal night, can you always see the stars and the moon?" The stars were extraordinarily bright, as if they had become more numerous, and Ruan Xueyin was fascinated.

"For half the month the moon is not visible, only the stars."

Ruan Xueyin forced herself to look away, "Have you seen it with your own eyes?"

"When I was very young, the old man always had to win the trust of me so that the family business could be passed on. I have seen the white divine light, that is, the snow light, and Taizu Qi's imitation is actually nothing like it."

It means listening to Xue Deng.

"It's too flat. But the real snow light is not flat and contiguous. Like other divine lights, it has its own shape. I saw that time, like a girl's skirt, flowing in the air layer by layer."

Listening to the description already feels longing.So the Taizu really used listening to the snow lantern to prompt Mrs. Ming to have a dream, because after hearing Yu Wenyan's last words, he also heard that Princess Qinghe of Baiguo was very talented.

This is the truth of the marriage proposal, the truth of staying overnight in the Wanlan Temple.

It's not the first enlightenment, and she has read Duan Mingcheng's manuscript, and she still feels heartbroken.

"Thank you too." Shangguan Yan smiled, "If that kid didn't light the lamps for you all the year round, I wouldn't be able to observe and compare them during my time in Jidu."

"Listening to the Snow Lantern will never come on again."

The rules were abolished by Gu Xinglang, everyone in the palace knew about it, but they didn't announce it to the world.

"Very good. It's really a sad story. But there are also moments as sweet as honey." Refers to the two protagonists who stayed overnight in the Hall of Turning the Lanterns.

Ruan Xueyin was very sure: "Yes." Based on the manuscript and the three characters Duan Mingcheng, it was engraved on Gu's jade plate.

Shangguan Yan didn't ask her why she was so determined, and said: "Even so, you still don't want to stand on my side?" Regardless of whether the dream is true or not, or where the prophecy is written, the ideal does exist, and his four years of governance can be regarded as self-proof With innocence and sincerity,
"The new system is superior to the monarchy, you know it very well. I can only discuss this matter with you, because although you are Empress Qi and Gu Xinglang's wife, you have always maintained a sense of discernment that sees through the overall situation. You also dug out some of them. The world should put personal affairs before private affairs, Xue'er, and we hope it will be fair."

Ruan Xueyin smiled lightly, a little self-deprecating, and half-joking, "How can I be fair? I already chose four years ago."

Otherwise, there wouldn't be such a big commotion and leave.She was protecting the Gu family.

"He can, Gu Xingmo or your children may also be able to do it, and what will happen in the future? If there is a foolish king in this dynasty, the people of Li will be in danger of suffering. For two generations in succession, disasters will happen--it has been verified countless times, right For you, the most obvious truth, can you really deceive your ears?"

Ruan Xueyin thought it through long ago, and took a moment to speak. "Yu Shi, I can't cut off the affairs of future generations. Just focus on the present. He can at least keep the world peaceful for decades, and his successor, if Xiao Mo, will last for decades; Yu Gong, you are right, but in this generation, people's wisdom I doubt whether the way of survival of the whole country can support the long-term implementation of the new system. As early as the eighth year of Jinghong, I discussed this issue with Jing Tingge, and she also had the same opinion."

"People's wisdom can be educated." Shangguan Yan said earnestly, "Now I open a girls' school and let them become officials, which is part of education. The way of the country's survival can also be gradually innovated. Ideals come first, and everything can be achieved. "

"That will probably require the efforts of many generations." Ruan Xueyin's eyes drifted away, and she unconsciously looked at the stars in the distant sky. "The foundation stone is too weak now, and what you think and do is too much, and you are more likely to collapse in the middle."

Shangguan Yan smiled, "That's not what the prophecy said. Nor did people from your mother's clan say that."

"You and I have only heard what the prophecies and omens say. The facts are in these pages, and there is no way to confirm them." She glanced at the broken pages in his hand, then looked at him again, sincerely, "But my mother , actually disagree.”

Shangguan Yan was stunned for a moment, his spine felt cold, and he looked around.

Ruan Xueyin said that he was afraid of the dark, and she was mentioning a dead soul in the dark, and she said it as if she was close at hand.

"How do you know she doesn't agree?" Just as the conversation was getting lively, Shangguan Yan did not want to spoil the atmosphere, and tried his best to suppress the cold sweat.

Ruan Xueyin was very funny, "Why don't you go back to the room and tell me?"

"What else can I say when I go back to the room!" Shangguan Yan was not angry, it should be angry at the darkness and at himself.

Ruan Xueyin also looked around, "The emptiness of the stone castle is already a wake-up call, you don't really have a guard here to discuss things with me, do you?"

Shangguan Yan sighed, clapped three times, one long and two short, "Two torches!"

The snow was lighted a little golden red by the brilliance a little far away, and he was visibly relaxed. "I just talked about Ling Tang."

Ruan Xueyin didn't tell anyone about Su Luojin's dream in detail, but because of chance, she had to confess to Shangguanyan, and it was very logical.She felt very emotional, and her expression softened, "She let me live in the generation I live in, saying that knowing in advance, knowing too much, or becoming a shackle is not a blessing. The sun rises and the moon sets naturally."

"The sun rises and the moon sets at its own time." Shangguan Yan repeated, "It's true, the law of the sun and the moon, and another set of laws in cold regions."

"So they only belong to cold regions at present. The country and city we live in still have half of the sun and half of the moon, spring, summer, autumn and winter."

Shangguan Yan sneered: "Sophistry."

"I'm serious. You persuaded me to stand on your side, and I also want to persuade you: the right thing must happen at the right time, and the result will be right."

Shangguan Yan was noncommittal, and turned back to the topic: "This is it, maybe there was a dream omen." Refers to Su Luojin's words.

"Maybe." Ruan Xueyin said.

The long wind is absent, bringing the smell of trees in the ice and snow.

"Before I was 15 years old, I often dreamed of my mother. Later, it became very occasional, and her face began to blur in my dreams. I," I should have never confessed to anyone, he hesitated, and finally said, "I am afraid to see her again." After a few years, I won’t be able to dream of it, and I will never dream of it again, because I almost forgot what she looked like.”

Ruan Xueyin guessed that he must have cried a lot when he lost his mother when he was young, and then he was put on high hopes by his father, polished and forged, and gradually learned to hide, play in the world, and never cry again.She couldn't think of Shangguan Yan crying, even at this moment, he was still very calm, it was just this kind of words - under the calmness was buried great grief, making people feel sad.

"No. You just thought you forgot it, but it's actually in your heart. What's in your heart can't be erased by any external force, and neither can time."

Shangguan Yan felt that he had lost his composure, and Canxiao made up for it: "Do you know witchcraft, the kind that makes people feel heartbroken."

Ruan Xueyin also laughed, "Many people say that."

Shangguan Yan looked at her face with the faint fire light, his eyes were a little deep, "I really thought about it in Baiguo. At that time, I wasn't sure if the relationship between you and that kid was true or not, and whether you were acting or not. Possibly, it would be nice to have a company with you. Cher, you are comforting."

Ruan Xueyin has passed the age of being at a loss for such words, and such words are said by Shangguan Yan in such a tone at this time, it is not at all at a loss. "Then you are really different, and most people will think that I am cold and reticent."

"That's because they don't understand you." Shangguan Yan was quite brisk, "Or, it's a useless way to get along with you. But I will know it as soon as I come up, this is the fate between people."

It is the reason why the two can become close friends.Ruan Xueyin was sure that his so-called companionship was more like friends than husband and wife.

The night grew darker.

"Are you just planning to meet and chat?" Ruan Xueyin was concerned about the other end, and didn't want to waste time, so she asked an important question.

"Originally."

"However?"

Shangguan Yan turned his head and looked at the other side, "However, someone is restless and has good reasons to persuade that kid to help."

There was a sudden sound of wind in the darkness, and it seemed that an invisible force was about to move because of these words.

"Go back." He stood up abruptly, "Ask all the friends who have come from afar, whether to wait for the divine light tonight, or to rest for a while."

The divine light is already in the sky.

When Ruan Xueyin walked out of the woods, she suddenly felt strange, and when she looked up, she saw a thick green light suspended like a silk thread, swaying slowly.

Shangguan Yan then raised his head and said with a smile: "Congratulations, I didn't have any last night."

"Lesser than I thought, and narrower." But still shocking.

"This one is really small, there are more spectacular ones."

"Will it be there all night?"

"No. It's an hour or two if it's long, and it's fleeting if it's short."

Ruan Xueyin was fascinated and couldn't move.

"Mother!" Chao Chao's voice came from afar.

She had no choice but to walk, and Shangguan Yan each wore two big cloaks, one red and one black, walking in the dark night, and the scene was quite shocking.

When he got closer, he saw Ruan Zhong beside him, he must have come out and waited for her because of the trouble of the child.

"You also have something important to see my mother?" Chao Zhao stared with a pair of deer eyes, full of anger.

Shangguan Yan was startled, and when he was about to answer, Chao Chao continued to complain: "Why do you take my mother away every time you meet someone? Uncle Shi, you too, don't they all like my mother?!"

"Chao Chao!" Ruan Xueyin reprimanded lightly.

Shangguan Yan was so funny, he was surprised immediately: "Uncle Shi?!"

Chao Chao approached and hugged Ruan Xueyin's leg, "Don't even come to steal my mother from me! Hmph!"

Shangguan Yan was still laughing when he entered the room, he saw Gu Xinglang eating and drinking sullenly, went straight over and sat down next to each other, "It's a bit miserable, Uncle Shi."

Gu Xinglang almost choked, "Go away."

Shangguan Yan became more and more gloating, poured himself a cup and drank it slowly, "Is there a day to reunite? How can you bear it until now and still not poke it? It's not like you are doing now."

He's tougher now than he used to be, and less patient.Although he is in Cangwu, he is very clear.

Seeing him drinking, Gu Xinglang couldn't resist passing the empty cup over.The Shangguan banquet was full of knowledge and interest, watching him sigh.

"She won't let me poke."

Shangguan Yan really liked to see him deflated and frustrated, and he was even more happy for Ruan Xueyin in his heart. He suppressed a smile and said, "That's right, it scares the child. After all, I haven't had a father for so many years--but Chaochao will ask? She always has to answer." .Oh, you won’t tell her that her father is gone, right? So you are not allowed to admit it.”

Gu Xinglang really wanted to smash the cup in his hand at his face.

After finally holding back, he gritted his teeth and glanced at Murong's family. He turned his head and squeezed out some emotion: "It's half a catty. You feel very sad, right? What are you trying to do?"

Shangguan Yan followed his line of sight silently for a moment, then quickly closed his eyes. "I am very content to be able to have the fate of father and daughter for those two years." His situation is different from his own.Saying this, fill up each other's cups, raise them low, and touch Gu Xinglang's cup, "Look at Shenguang, chat about the current situation, and then get together and break up, and go back to each house .”

Gu Xinglang watched the wine in the glass ripple because of his collision.

The light and shadow in the eyes changed, and when he turned his head, he smiled from the bottom of his heart, "Are you afraid?"

Shangguan Yan responded with a smile: "I'm afraid. So when I saw that there was no one in the stone fortress, I ordered the troops of Fufeng City to go north." He pinched his fingers and said, "I can arrive tomorrow at the soonest. Unless you do it tonight .”

"Can't you stop it tonight?"

"You know me, I've always been arrogant, but I'm actually timid."

It means that even if you can stop it, you will feel that you can't stop it because of your timidity.

That is to be able to block it.

On the other side, Ruan Xueyin was eating, and she was devouring it - the cold and discussion were too exhausting.Except for her banquet with Shangguan, the others started eating not long after they entered the house, and it was almost done, so at the moment Chao Chao and Ruan Zhong had a lot of leisure, one on the left and one on the right, picking vegetables into her bowl one after another, piled up a hill in an instant .

"This tofu is also delicious, mother, give it a try." Chao Chao has just become proficient in using chopsticks, and recently loves to practice.

Ruan Xueyin was not familiar with Beidi delicacies, but she could tell at a glance that they were court-level delicacies. Most likely, the Shangguan banquet brought a chef from the mansion.

"Well, it's delicious." She chewed it carefully and tasted it slowly.

"A Yan said it was called Sai Jinzhuan."

Fry until golden, add ingredients and stew, slightly sour and spicy, worthy of the name.Ruan Xueyin ate another piece, and secretly blamed that there are still such delicious dishes in Wei Palace, which are more like Yin national dishes.

A Yan heard the sound and came over, "My parents also said that they haven't eaten it, and my mother likes it very much, so my father is not happy."

A few words sounded irrelevant at first glance, but Ruan Xueyin and Ruan Zhong understood after a short reaction—the Golden Bricks Competition should be the original creation of Shangguan Banquet, not Weishi, and it is obvious that they are competing for Tingge's favor.

In fact, Ruan Xueyin also likes it, but how could Murong Xun want it?Jealousy is still the second thing, and I hate myself for not being in a high position, so I can't give my wife and daughter good clothes and good food.

The room was full of lights, and Ruan Xueyin looked at the opposite side calmly.

Jing Tingge's face was sullen, he got up suddenly and wanted to go outside.

On the other side, Shangguan Yan saw it and greeted him: "Don't go out yet, there is something good for you to taste."

Naturally, the spring water simmered eggs just now were already cold when they brought them all the way back. He ordered to heat them up, and the waiter just arrived.

"Ayan Chaochao! Come here!" I saw him every now and then, as if it was just yesterday, he came as soon as he opened his mouth, full of affection.

He was also a little dumbfounded not to recognize his life like Chao Chao, and looked at A Yan.The two children looked at their mother respectively, and Ruan Xueyin and Jing Tingge also looked at each other.

"Go." Ruan Xueyin said.

Shangguan Yan and Gu Xinglang peeled the eggs naturally, and they were each daughters.Seeing that the children are eating well, they continue to peel and give it to their mother.

Jing Tingge was still standing in the center, thinking about the quarrel with Murong Xun just now, took the egg that A Yan handed over, and ate it standing up, said after eating: "It's really good, let's have another one."

Everyone in the house except Gu Xinglang knew that she didn't like eggs.

Murong Xun knew that she was deliberately annoying him, and said with a sneer, "Just eat my share."

Shangguan Yan smiled, "Indeed." Xiang Jingting said, "Come on, I'll peel it off for you again." Then he patted the cushion beside him.

Jing Ting Ge is really moving forward.

Murong Xun's face was as dark as the ink in the night.

This person used to worry about the Shangguan Banquet, and the battle was quite big, as Jing Tingge said.Ruan Xueyin thought silently.But the dishes are just dishes, really unnecessary, the only explanation is: he intends to kill Shangguan Yan in the cold, but finds that Jing Tingge still has more than a little bit of love for that person—then if he really kills him, what will happen to Jing Tingge reaction?What's more, will she stop it directly?

The real reason for his anomaly at the moment is that he is disturbed in the face of major events.

　The progress is faster on the weekends, and the workdays are really busy~~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)