A Thousand Gold Order: Inheritance

Chapter 395 As long as it's you!

Before entering the palace early in the morning on the first day of the lunar new year, Yun Cheng went to say hello to Qi Wenyan. He didn't intend to live in the palace at first, but in the end he never came back and stayed in the palace for half a month to guard the emperor.

In the meantime, although he also sent someone to tell Qi Wenyan that she would stay in the palace for a few days and would not be able to come out, but thinking about how long he left him at home, he felt somewhat guilty and felt right. Can't stand him.

On the way back, Yun Cheng felt inexplicably uneasy.

The guards who followed her saw that she was walking hesitantly and slowly on horseback. She was not as decisive and bold as in the past at all. They endured and endured, and finally they couldn't hold back: "Is Your Highness worried about His Majesty's body?" ?”

Yun Cheng's thoughts were interrupted, and he suddenly felt guilty again.

She couldn't explain anything to others, so she simply got upset and stopped thinking: "It's nothing!"

Gather your mind and concentrate on driving the horse forward.

This time, Dacheng put his idea on her head. Although the emperor's attitude was clear and no one mentioned it openly after the state banquet, discussions inside and outside the palace were unavoidable.

think about-

Qi Wenyan should have heard the news too!

Although this was not something she took the initiative to provoke her upper body, after all, she did. The reason why she came back this time in a hurry was because she wanted to express her position clearly and give others an explanation as soon as possible.

After thinking about it, she still felt that it was not her style to be coy, and to solve the problem if there was any problem, so she took the initiative to tell Qi Wenyan that when he came out of the funeral, he would ask someone to tear down the courtyard wall in the middle.

such……

After all, you are sincere, right?
Having made up her mind, she stopped hesitating.

The master and servant rode their horses all the way back to the house in Pingkangfang. Yun Cheng got off his horse and went up to knock on the door with a whip in his hand.

"Girl, I haven't seen you for a while, you're back!" Qi Wenyan's servant was still lively and enthusiastic, and directly pushed Yun Cheng's people behind.

Although generally speaking Qi Wenyan specified that he would stay at home without going out, she still asked first; "Are you adults at home?"

"Here! The young master of the Hou's mansion has already come over today, and he should be in the study at the moment." The little servant smiled, and the one with the sharp eyesight turned his head and ran in: "Young one, go pass the news." One sound, to inform the adults that you are back, and by the way, ask the kitchen to cook your lunch."

"No need." Not wanting to, Yun Cheng swung his horsewhip and stopped him, "I'll go directly to find him."

Then he bypassed the boy and went directly to Qi Wenyan.

Turning around the screen wall, her expression froze.

At this time, the boy who wanted to come over to take a peek with him had fled like a monkey, and rushed out of the gate to help the guard lead the horse to open the side door.

For no other reason-

During the Chinese New Year, taking advantage of Yun Cheng's absence, the adults in his family didn't have to agree face to face, and even made decisions without even saying hello. On the first day of the new year, a mason was called over, and the wall in the middle was demolished in a hurry. clean.

And then this situation...

It's embarrassing!
Without that wall, this is just a bright garden. You said that the two of you are neither relatives nor relatives, and you just live like this...

What's going on here?

In fact, according to customs and conventions during the Chinese New Year, there should be no construction work, not to mention demolition of houses, which is unlucky, but their master insisted on going his own way. Dare to persuade, Ma Liuer offered a high price to invite someone to come to the door, and then it was demolished.

The yard is not too small. The wall runs from north to south, and it took several days to build it.

It took Yun Cheng a long time to react when he looked at the courtyard whose vision had suddenly widened completely.

Turning around, she didn't find the porter, so she continued to walk inside.

Walking all the way to the courtyard where Qi Wenyan's study was located, he could hear Qi Yuanchen's dignified reading through the courtyard wall.

Qi Wenyan was not afraid of the cold, the window of the study room was not closed, and a gap was deliberately left for ventilation.

As soon as Yun Cheng stepped into the courtyard, he saw his slender figure pacing slowly in the room with a book in his hand through the window.

The girl's lips raised an arc subconsciously.

But Qi Wenyan's senses are so keen that he could detect someone on the spot when they entered the yard.

Stop and look back...

The eyes of the two people collided in the gap of the narrow window.

We haven't seen each other for many days, but it may be because we both know each other well. Although we don't meet and exchange news from time to time, we also know that the other party's current situation is well.

Yun Cheng paused in the courtyard.

There was a smile line on the corner of Qi Wenyan's lips.

The two smiled sympathetically at each other.

Qi Yuanchen, who was shaking his head and reciting the book, saw that he suddenly stopped and looked out of the window, so he became curious for a moment, but he used the kind of low table that kneeled on the ground to read, and he was so small that he couldn't reach the window sill even if he stretched his neck. Above, I wish I could just jump up and watch it.

Qi Wenyan didn't even look at him, so he gave him a smack on the forehead with the book in his hand: "Concentrate on reading, and keep on memorizing!"

Qi Yuanchen could only calm down and continue to memorize it solemnly.

But Qi Wenyan, who is a teacher, didn't pay attention, he threw the book on his desk and walked out without looking back.

and--

He deliberately closed the door again.

Qi Yuanchen was still in awe of his third uncle from the bottom of his heart, so no matter how curious he was, he didn't dare to go to the window to peek at the moment, but tried his best to calm down and study hard.

In the yard, Qi Wenyan walked up to Yun Cheng and stood still, still with a calm expression, "Are you finally willing to come back?"

Yun Cheng smiled: "Didn't I ask someone to send you a message saying that I will stay in the palace for a few days."

Qi Wenyan was actually a little unhappy.

As long as she changes her natal family, he can go to visit her anytime and anywhere if he wants to see her, but that palace wall——

It's not that you can't get in, but that the price is too high and the risk is too high, just for a meeting, it will make too much excitement.

He thought about it for a while, and then even had an idea that would prevent his daughter-in-law from going back to her mother's house in the future: "In two months, when I get out of service, if I'm transferred to another place, will you go with me?"

Where is all this going?
Yun Cheng didn't follow his train of thought for a moment, so he frowned: "You're staying well in the capital... you don't plan to go back to Dali Temple?"

Seeing that she was not enlightened, Qi Wenyan told the truth: "After being transferred to a foreign post, you won't be able to go back to the palace for a while."

Yun Cheng: ...

After being dazed for a while, Yun Cheng couldn't help but burst out laughing.

He didn't say he missed her, but beat around the bush and tossed about everything...

The girl got naughty thoughts, pretended to think for a moment, and said with a serious look: "I'm afraid I can't!"

This time it was Qi Wenyan who frowned slightly.

Yun Cheng said, "You're a softie, shouldn't I be the one to follow you?"

Qi Wenyan: ...

Qi Wenyan's mind is too bright, and it is very rare that he is held by someone. After being slightly taken aback, he actually accepted everything, and nodded his head without shame: "Alright!"

Yun Cheng laughed again.

After seeing her laugh, Qi Wenyan said seriously: "I can understand that His Majesty is old and his physical condition is not optimistic. You should go to the palace more often to accompany him."

He is a person who has not enjoyed much family affection, and has almost no family affection. He takes some things very lightly and doesn't care, but he will try his best to try to empathize and not let his beloved girl leave any regrets.

There is still a long time and years they can spend together, but between her and her parents, especially the emperor who is in poor health...

There are not so many days left.

Yun Cheng originally wanted to explain and apologize to him, but after hearing this, the drafts she had prepared became superfluous.

The girl's slightly disappointed face slowly regained a smile.

She asked Qi Wenyan: "Your little nephew has always been well-behaved, so he doesn't have the habit of eavesdropping on other people's conversations?"

Qi Wenyan believed it was true, subconsciously turned his head to look.

Yun Cheng immediately rushed forward and took the opportunity to stand on tiptoe and kiss him on the cheek.

Qi Wenyan froze suddenly, his face as white as jade, unknowingly burned red behind his ears.

Although he and Yun Cheng have been living next to each other for more than two years or almost three years, they have a good understanding of each other and have a default status, but because they haven't reached the stage of formal marriage discussion, they are so close to each other. The time is just getting along with each other in a normal way, casual and tacit understanding, occasionally holding hands in the study, he holds her hand and writes to correct her handwriting, or sometimes chatting with each other over wine, taking turns holding the last flagon to drink... But there are very few times when they are so deliberate and straightforward.

Yun Cheng also blushed, but her way of alleviating the embarrassment was to use advance as retreat: "You were born at the wrong time and had bad luck. In the past few years, I seldom returned to the palace. But...my royal father... The physical condition has been deteriorating for two years, and I really want to go to the palace to be with him more."

Qi Wenyan still felt that something was wrong, but he didn't want to delve into it, so he just deliberately diverted his attention: "Your Majesty should be okay now?"

For a long time, the two of them have often discussed the government and Yun Heng's next actions and intentions in private. Regarding the situation in front of them, Qi Wenyan can guess the general situation without having to explain it too clearly word by word.

"Yeah!" Yun Cheng just nodded ambiguously, but also cautiously didn't say much.

Now that the emperor's illness and the current situation are mentioned, we have to talk about the Dacheng envoy's visit to Beijing this time.

Yun Cheng lowered his head, readjusted his mood and raised his head again, looked straight at his face and said, "You should have heard about the state banquet on New Year's Eve, the so-called marriage proposal from Dacheng is just a means to disturb the situation, and the emperor has clearly rejected it." They're gone, don't take it to heart."

When this matter was mentioned, Qi Wenyan's face turned cold uncontrollably.

He straightened his lips, and he was really unhappy, so he asked coldly in front of Yun Cheng, "And then?"

Seeing him like this, Yun Cheng couldn't laugh or cry.

She said truthfully: "I was thinking on the way back. When you come back, we will ask someone to tear down the wall in the middle. Who would have thought that you have already demolished it."

The wall is demolished, which means that two families become one family.

Yuncheng is a girl's family, and when it comes to this, her attitude is very decisive and clear.

In Qi Wenyan's frozen eyes, the expression came alive again the next moment.

He said: "Then let's get married after this matter is over."

Yun Cheng said, "That will have to wait until you are out of filial piety."

Qi Wenyan didn't care about Qi Zhengyu's funeral, plus Yuncheng was the princess of the royal family. In fact, as long as the emperor issued a decree, they could get married at any time. There's no need to make this exception, and call him a bad name for nothing.

"Yeah!" Qi Wenyan didn't care about being infamous, but he still nodded in agreement: "Listen to you, who told me to be a back-to-back kid?"

Yun Cheng: ...

Master Qi seems to be very proud of eating soft rice!

The two looked at each other and smiled again.

Then Qi Wenyan stretched out his hand to her, "Let's go, go out now, and be back before lunch."

Yun Cheng was just about to hand over, but was stunned when he heard the words: "Going out? Where are you going?"

Qi Wenyan said: "Yesterday you didn't come out of the palace, I went to Temple Street to fetch the lamp for you, and since you're back, let's go over and hang it up together."

The two met at the temple fair the year before last, and hung a prayer lantern on the bridge of Temple Street. Last year, during the Shangyuan Festival, Qi Wenyan also made an exception to go out, took her back to the old place, and hung another lantern.

Yun Cheng's heart was slightly jumping with warmth.

She has no obsession with hanging lamps and praying, but she is still happy.

"Okay." She stretched out her hand, and when her fingertips touched Qi Wenyan's palm, she suddenly retracted it, "You go and get the lamp first, I'll come back and change my clothes."

For the past half month, she naturally wore women's clothes in the palace, but when she came out today, for the convenience of riding a horse, she changed back to the clothes she wore on the day she entered the palace.

This time when she went back to her room, she originally wanted to change into women's clothes and go out with Qi Wenyan, but when she found out the only few sets of women's clothes in the cage, she looked at the colorful and layered fabrics and felt that they were pretentious, no matter how they looked at them, they were not pleasing to the eye.

After thinking about it, she changed into a bright red long gown with a straight train, with a girdle cinching her slender and neat waist, but before going out, she found her from the jewelry box and gave her the gift that the emperor gave her at that time. After struggling several times, he hesitated to put the golden mask on his face.

After coming out of the room, she didn't go to the opposite side, but to the gate.

really--

Qi Wenyan was already waiting in front of the mount with a rabbit lantern that fit the occasion.

The moment Yun Cheng appeared in front of him, he suddenly had a feeling of cowardice, he subconsciously pinched the hem of his clothes, but walked forward with a nonchalant smile on his face.

Seeing Qi Wenyan staring at her face, she also explained indifferently: "There are a lot of people on Temple Street, and it's not appropriate for you to go out for a stroll now, lest passers-by keep staring at my face."

While speaking, she had already got on the horse neatly.

Qi Wenyan seemed to accept her explanation, and only hung the lantern on her saddle, and then got on the horse.

The two walked side by side, chatting along the way.

After the Lantern Festival, the evening temple fair was withdrawn from Temple Street, but that area was always lively, with stalls selling all kinds of food and gadgets throughout the day and night.

The two of them took a shortcut and walked along the river.

The stalls that guessed lantern riddles and sold lanterns along the long stretch of the river were all closed, but the banks along the embankment were relatively deserted.

Coupled with the cold winter weather, apart from the lively decorated fences on the bridge deck, and the people hurrying to and fro across the bridge, there is not a single person staying to enjoy the scenery.

Qi Wenyan led Yun Cheng up to the bridge, and he had written the wishing paper on the lantern in advance, now he took out the fire booklet and asked Yun Cheng to light the wick by himself, and she climbed up, and still hung it on the highest place for her .

Yun Cheng looked up from below.

When he came down, he handed him a handkerchief to wipe his hands, and said to him with a smile: "Will you bring me to hang lanterns every year on the Lantern Festival to pray?"

Qi Wenyan said while lowering his head and wiping his hands: "You can come every year, but if you wait until I am seven or eighty and can't climb high, the lamp will not be able to hang up."

Looking at his handsome and straight silhouette, Yun Cheng couldn't help thinking of his gray-haired, stooped, old-fashioned appearance, and laughed again as he thought about it.

Qi Wenyan wiped off the dust from his fingers grabbing the railing, and when he looked up, he saw her smiling like a flower with joy.

Then he suddenly raised his hand and took off the half mask on her face.

Yun Cheng's smile disappeared in an instant, and he met his gaze with a stiff expression of astonishment.

The eyes of the man in front of him were quiet and penetrating.

A person who is indifferent by nature, even when he looks at you with all his heart, his eyes will not reveal too warm and crazy feelings.

But it was this clarity and straightforwardness that seemed to be reflected directly on the girl's heart, which made Yun Cheng's heart beat wildly in an instant, and he was a little at a loss as to what to do.

Two people, looking at each other.

She understood that he had seen through her true thoughts, and at the same time——

I also understood the meaning behind his actions.

The girl bit her lower lip embarrassingly, and said in a very soft voice: "It really doesn't matter if I'm alone, but now I'm with you, every time I walk on the street... there will always be people who are curious and stare at you with strange eyes Take a look. Is this... really okay?"

She herself would not feel inferior because of this damaged appearance, but she would not allow others to look at Qi Wenyan back and forth because of her, with unreasonable eyes, or even the eyes of a fool who has been taken advantage of.

He himself was almost a flawless person, and she suddenly didn't want to let herself be the stain and blemish on him.

Qi Wenyan conveniently put the mask into his arms, and took her hand again.

He looked into her eyes, still with a clear and indifferent look, but his tone was extremely gentle.

He said: "It doesn't matter. I don't think there is anything wrong with you like this. As long as it is you, everything is fine."

The relationship between people really doesn't need to be so vigorous and earth-shattering, as long as they put each other in their hearts, such a flat, smooth and silent flow of water is the best.

He clasped his fingers with her one by one, interlocked his fingers, and led her down the bridge.

Yun Cheng looked sideways, staring at his cool and delicate profile, lost his mind for a long time.

The emperor in the palace was "ill", Qi Wenyan was still observing his filial piety, the two of them couldn't stay outside for long, and then they went straight back to the mansion, but they didn't want to meet Fenglin who was in a hurry just halfway.

　Although a king like Uncle San, if he followed the plot of the original book and formed a team with Ye Xunyi, his ending would definitely be perfect, but I personally think that the current ending would be better for him.

　　He is bound with Ye Xunyi, which means that two lunatics form a group and fall, but what our little prince gave him is salvation, although even if no one saves him, he is still a winner in life...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)