late night song

Chapter 290 Destined
On the third day of their wedding, Ling Buhuo, who was scheduled to ascend the throne immediately, took the sleepy Gu Yuchu out of Yunjing in a carriage before dawn and headed to Sanhang Academy.

"Didn't you agree to officially take over Beiling? The enthronement ceremony has been prepared for many months, how come you have time to take me out for sightseeing?" During the journey, Gu Yuchu finally couldn't hold it back and asked.

"After ascending the throne, I have been surrounded by government affairs, but I can't help myself. While I can still enjoy my life, I will take you out for a walk as soon as possible."

Ling Buhuo rested his arms on his hands, leaned against the wall of the carriage, and replied leisurely.

"Don't worry that everything will change when you go back, and you will never have a chance to lose power."

"If that's the case, it would be great. When the time comes, I will take you to travel around the world, hang a pot to help the world, and live in seclusion in the academy when your hair turns gray, planting flowers and raising fish."

"It's beautiful to think about." Gu Yuchu crossed his arms and narrowed his eyes, seemingly looking forward to it, but in fact he didn't take his words seriously.

"What? You don't believe it?" Ling Buhuo came closer, stared at her profile, and asked with a smile on his face.

"It's not that I don't believe it, it's that I can't bear it. The world needs you more than me."

"You and I are both human beings, passers-by in the mortal world, how can we deserve such an important task? Besides, there are countless talented people in this world, and Ling Ziyu, the ruler of the country, is also a natural talent. The world admires the imperial power, but they don't know how to step on it. Being the top of a human being and bearing the burden of all people is the hardest job in the world. Therefore, I don’t want the world to need me, I only hope you need me.”

"What I need from you is not just a marriage and a promise." Gu Yuchu raised his eyebrows and smiled, "On the contrary, what you need from me, I will use my actions to prove it."

Ling Buhuo looked at her, the winding stream in his eyes reflected the indescribable emotion in his heart.

The two said nothing more, just hugged each other and laughed.

After 20 days of leisurely journey, walking through mountains and rivers, the rolling Qiyun Mountain suddenly appeared in front of us. After three days of hiking on the mountain road, we reached the secret door of Tianyu Peak Sanxing Academy.

Flying through the waterfall, the two of them stood on a huge rock.

Gu Yuchu stared at the black abyss at the bottom of the pool through the clear water. He couldn't help but take a deep breath. After being mentally prepared for a long time, he commanded:
"Jump."

"What are you dancing for?" Ling Buhuo looked surprised.

"How can we get back to the academy without jumping down? Do you have the key to the book?"

Gu Yuchu frowned and looked unhappy. Then three seconds later, she suddenly understood, reached out and slapped the man on the shoulder, reproaching: "Why didn't you tell me earlier?!"

"Did you ask me?" Ling Buhuo smiled and took out an iron triangle token less than half the size of a palm from his arms and knocked her on the head.

Gu Yuchu followed Ling Buhuo with his eyes sideways, walked around to the side of the secret hall, and stared at the slot where he had stuck the triangular token on the rock wall.

The triangular token rotated rapidly on the spot, and with the roar of the iron chain, the huge rock slowly moved away, and a narrow corridor appeared in front of them.

Looking at it, this corridor is winding and has no end in sight, but it is extremely bright, because there is a swallow-shaped ever-bright lamp hanging every three feet from the top of the corridor.

Ling Buhuo saw Gu Yuchu who was still arguing behind him, grabbed her hand and plunged into it.

Only 3 minutes away, after bypassing a giant waterfall, they could see the Sanxing Academy, which was like a palace in the sky between the mountains and rivers.

"It's different to have privileges. The last time I came back, if I hadn't had the Resurrection Grass in my mouth, I would have almost drowned in this dark pool." Gu Yuchu scolded the man's dishonesty in a weird way.

"In Star Lock Palace, if you had obeyed me long ago, I would naturally give you this book key."

Ling Buhuo fiddled with the token and teased, but Gu Yuchu rolled his eyes at him and turned away, then quickly turned around and snatched it away while he was feeling complacent.

"This book key is mine from today on."

"Then what should I do?" The man smiled instead of getting angry.

"Let's ask the old secretary for another one."

"That old man is very annoyed. He is not happy when he wins, and refuses to do things when he loses." Ling Buhuo waved his hands and looked like he couldn't bear to look back.

"He does the same to you?"

"He treats everyone the same."

"To put it this way, I feel much happier." Gu Yuchu happily put the book key into his bag, and then looked down at the entire academy happily, feeling extremely good.

Ling Buhuo smiled lovingly, not wanting to stay here, so he dragged her towards the bamboo forest behind him.

As the plaque of Yongjutang became more and more legible, Gu Yuchu's heart beat louder and louder, and his steps also started to drag.

In her heart, she hoped to see Master Shui Niang, but she was also very afraid.

Ling Buhuo felt her nervousness and held her hand a little tighter.

"Don't be afraid! We are all old acquaintances!"

"What's the difference!"

In the past, she was just an academy student who liked to get close to Master Shui Niang, but now she is a real bride, so how can her mentality remain the same as before.Gu Yuchu managed to put on a look of resignation, and his heart could not stop beating.

"Shouldn't my daughter-in-law be more calm and composed?"

"I'm afraid she won't be able to accept it..."

Gu Yuchu made up his mind, no matter how hard Ling Buhuo pulled, he would not move forward even half a step.

"It's just that she has changed from niece-in-law to daughter-in-law. There's nothing she can't accept." The man shrugged his shoulders and stated her concerns openly.

"Shut up!" The woman cursed in a low voice.

Just when the two parties were confronting each other, neither willing to show weakness, a call broke the deadlock.

"Is it Xiaochu?"

In front of Yongju Hall, a woman in green clothes stood in front of the house holding a woven basket full of herbs and asked softly.

"...It's...it's me..."

Gu Yuchu quickly responded loudly, but his tongue trembled unconsciously, and he moved closer to the man's back.

Ling Buhuo smiled even brighter when he saw her reserved and cute appearance.

"Senior Sister Le Shui, you have such nice eyes." He pulled his sweetheart forward in a few steps and joked, his tone and demeanor were exactly the same as those of the cynical Ling Ziyu.

"The waiter brought Ming Xi here, and he also imitated your old-fashioned way of speaking. You two are really lawless." Chang Leshui smiled softly and scolded softly while drying the herbs.

When the two of them stood still in front of her, she put down what she was doing, silently reached out and took Gu Yuchu's hand, and walked straight to the inner courtyard.

"Uh, hello, you're here!" Ling Buhuo, who was left out, shouted loudly, but the joy in his eyes was beyond words, and he followed the two of them closely.

There are several rattan chairs placed under the grape vines in the inner courtyard. The spring sunshine leaks through the tangled grape vine branches with buds, which is mottled and poetic.

Chang Leshui dragged her to sit down, brought out her favorite hawthorn cake, and stuffed a large bowl into her hand.

"This hawthorn is from last year. It tastes sweeter after being dried. You can try it and see if it suits your taste.

Gu Yuchu hugged the wooden bowl with both hands, feeling even more guilty for Chang Le Shui who still remembered his taste. He felt mixed emotions and didn't know what to say.

"Why has the taste changed? Instead of eating hawthorn cake, I eat osmanthus cake?" Chang Leshui's joke made her feel restless.

"Mother..." Ling Buhuo, who was originally calm and composed, was also a little panicked. He hurriedly tried to smooth things over, but was stopped.

"What are you interrupting? Let her speak for herself." Chang Leshui raised his eyebrows and spoke in a gentle yet majestic tone. Zeng Jin's mother's demeanor of caring for the world was evident.

"Master Shui Niang, I..." Gu Yuchu was picking at her nails, her mind was in a mess, and she quickly explained the topic, "Whether it's hawthorn cake or sweet-scented osmanthus cake, if it doesn't suit your taste, you can feel aggrieved for a while, but you can't make do with it for the rest of your life."

"I liked spicy food when I was young, but I like sweet things as I get older. People's tastes change." Chang Leshui seemed unable to accept this statement.

"People always have to taste the ups and downs in this life, but it is never a special taste that makes people forget, but the person who accompanies you from beginning to end." Gu Yuchu held the porcelain bowl and looked up sincerely. Xiang Chang Le Shui, eyes sparkling.

"Xiaochu, since I have been away from the world for many years, you should know that I am not a persistent person." Chang Leshui felt her sincerity, and his tone softened a lot.

"Yeah, yeah." Gu Yuchu and Ling Buhuo nodded in response.

Seeing his usually calm eldest son acting like this, Chang Leshui glanced at him with disgust and helplessness. Then, he stopped beating around the bush and said straight to the point:

"I read Ling Helan's letter, but I knew about your past with Qi Zhi a long time ago. If you are worried that I will not be able to accept you because of this, then you are worrying too much."

"I should have told you those things myself." Gu Yuchu folded his hands on his knees, bowed his head and said gratefully, letting go of all the knots in his heart.

"It doesn't matter."

Chang Leshui casually threw a piece of pastry to Ling Buhuo, who was sitting next to him, and then said: "That matter was my son's fault."

With his attitude turning 180 degrees, Gu Yuchu couldn't help but raise his eyes and look at the woman with fair skin and outstanding temperament in front of him with confusion, a little confused.

"He didn't confess to you?" Chang Leshui glanced at his son again and asked. "What are you confessing?" Gu Yuchu also looked at Ling Buhuo with a suspicious look on his face.

"When you were injured and broke into my yard when you were 13 years old, I just felt like we were old friends at first sight. Later, you looked more and more like your mother, but because the spiritual cave was sealed, I could never remember my old friend. Your seventh year in the academy , Qi Jian unexpectedly discovered that I was still alive. He came to see me several times and asked me to teach you Chang'e Xiangyue. Only then did I slowly recover my memory and understand his feelings for you better. I am not confused and I know it." Chang. Le Shui meant Ling Buhuo, but after being exposed, he didn't panic at all. Instead, he folded his arms and became proud.

"I warned him not to provoke you. He endured it under my eyes in the academy, but in the end he couldn't escape his sincerity. You must know that no mother in this world can beat her own child. In the end, you are still It's fate. As for my sister, I will personally apologize to her in a hundred years. Who told her that Gu Ying only gave birth to a good daughter like you? Whether she gets married or not depends on her own ability. "

Chang Leshui made a strong effort and spoke clearly. Gu Yuchu was shocked and speechless. After being silent for a long time, he said aggrievedly:

"I thought Master Shui Niang treated me differently from others in the past because she really liked me..."

Hearing her like this, Chang Leshui finally couldn't help laughing.

"Now I know why both of their cousins ​​have a soft spot for you."

"Ok?"

Gu Yuchu became more and more confused as she listened, but she still understood the compliment and smiled sheepishly.

"Our sisters and your mother are close friends. Although I didn't know you were her daughter at that time, you are very similar to her. Based on this alone, I must treat you special. What's more, many things in this world are unclear and unclear. You don’t have to worry about the reasons, you just need to know that every encounter in life is meaningful, and it’s enough that you think it was worth it in retrospect.”

Chang Leshui explained that the light and shadow imprinted on her face seemed to agree with her insights gained through time.

Master Shui Niang's reaction was completely beyond her imagination. Gu Yuchu fell into deep thought again, then seemed to have figured something out, and then raised his head with a smile on his face.

"Nice to meet Master Shui Niang." She greeted happily.

Ling Buhuo looked at her silly look, then looked at his surprised mother, and smiled with satisfaction.

"It used to be okay to call me Master Shui Niang, but today I have to change my name." Chang Leshui raised his eyes and reminded.

Gu Yuchu glanced at the man beside him. Ling Buhuo immediately pulled her and knelt down together. Without any discussion, they both called out in unison: "Mother."

Seeing such a tacit understanding with each other, they looked at each other and smiled, and Chang Leshui also had a face full of love, sincerely blessing the newlyweds.

Then, she took out a purple ice jade medal from her arms and handed it to Gu Yuchu.

"There are a pair of these peace cards. One is for Mingxi, and the other is for you. I hope you will have a smooth life, be safe and happy."

Gu Yuchu happily took it with both hands and stayed with her.

That night, the sky was filled with stars.

Gu Yuchu couldn't sleep, so he climbed up to the roof of Yongjutang, touching the purple jade hanging around his neck, and looked up at the stars.

During the day, Chang Leshui's words reminded her of the man named Qi Jian. It turned out that the ten years of exile she thought she had were actually his silent guardianship. They had missed it after all.

Ling Buhuo climbed up to the roof at some point and gently put a cloak on her. Only then did Gu Yuchu come back to his senses.

"What are you thinking about?" he asked, looking at the side face of the woman under the starlight.

"Answer those three questions." Gu Yu suddenly mentioned the episode of the wedding night.

"Don't you want to know?" the man asked, holding back his smile.

"Now I'm curious again."

"When you first entered the academy, I had no impression of you. When you were 13 years old, you broke into the Yongju Hall and began to pester my mother. You became friends with Lan Ye and talked about everything. That's when I started to pay attention to you. . Later, in your fifth year at the academy, I accidentally bumped into Qi Jian coming to see you, and I found out that you were his subordinate who had secretly been sent to Xunmen under his command, but I had no other thoughts about you except curiosity. When you were 17 years old, Qi Jian found out that my mother was still alive, and specifically asked her to teach you the Chang'e Xiangyue dance. Her sealed memories began to flow out, and she was in agony. You know, my mother and Qi Jian's mother are famous for this dance. But this was also the beginning of their misfortune in this life, so she refused to dance anymore. I reassured her that everyone has their own fate, and she agreed. Later, I taught her a set of sword skills, and she told Chang'e to Yue rearranges it into a sword dance and teaches it to you.”

"you again……"

Gu Yuchu pouted and murmured in a low voice, recalling the dance she performed in the Imperial City of Dongqi when the old Emperor Ming recognized her status as the Princess of Qin. She thought she was really dancing extraordinary, but it turned out to be Aiwujiwu.

The interrupted man didn't pay attention, he just smiled calmly and continued to reminisce.

"In those days, you were holding a sword in the small courtyard of Yongjutang, and I was sitting behind the curtain playing the piano. The moonlight was shining on you, who was lonely and determined. My heart gradually began to become uneasy. It was then that I began to realize that I could not help but I want to get close to you. My mother must have seen something, so she warned me not to touch the people in Qi Jian's heart, and I did what I said. Until you left the army, I never provoked you. But I am lucky, Yumen Pass In the military camp, you were the first to come to me, and at that moment I made up my mind to become one of the important choices in your heart."

"It's you who plays the piano! Are you sure you didn't fall in love with me at first sight?" Gu Yuchu teased, as naughty as a child.

"If I think about it carefully, the first time I met you, you were just four years old. When we met again after six years, you were entering the academy for the first time, and I didn't even know you were the same person. Although such nonsense as love at first sight can please you, but I But I can't make it up." Ling Buhuo pinched her cheek with his hand, his doting look undisguised.

"What does it mean to be four years old when we first met?"

Gu Yuchu jumped up excitedly and almost fell off the roof, wondering what he had missed!
"Just after Shu Yuan's [-]th day, your mother borrowed the door to take you back to Beiling to resume your life. I met you at the Spring Festival Silkworm Banquet in the palace courtyard. At that time, Ling Ziyu also joked that the surname Yuchi was homophonic to "fish pond" and "fish food". , call you carp spirit and earthworm."

"It's you again!"

This time, Gu Yuchu couldn't hold back any longer and shouted loudly, but soon realized that this was in the Yongju Hall. Worried about disturbing Master Le Shui's purity, she quickly shut up, but the surprise welled up in her heart. Rolling with helplessness, it was really hard for her to calm down.

"So, you have to believe in fate." Ling Buhuo blinked and put his arms around the woman beside him.

"I believe you! Shu Yuan said that he only knew that I was his sister when he was in the Four Nations Alliance. According to your statement, you should have known that I was Yuchi Yuchu when he was in the academy. Why didn't you do it earlier? Let us brothers and sisters recognize each other!"

"It's unfair. At that time, I only knew that you were Qi Jian's sweetheart, but I really didn't know that you were Yuchi Yuchu."

"Your mother and my mother are close friends. She should know my real name. Since I changed it to my mother's surname, shouldn't it be easy to guess?"

"She had her spiritual acupoint sealed at the beginning, and even if she regained her memory later, she never mentioned the past or old friends. Besides, your name was not Gu Yuchu when you were admitted to the academy, but Gu Ming. Lanye called you Xiaochu. I thought that was Your nickname does not associate Yuchi Yuchu with you at all. Think about it, under Meng Xiuran's eyes, Qi Jian only found out that my mother was not dead seven years later, but had no idea that I was still alive. Although this academy Not big, but the more dangerous the place, the safer it is.”

"Then how come you were sure that I was Yuchi Yuchu when the Four Nations formed an alliance?"

"Qi Jie just met you in Sanhang Academy, and he got married to Baise's daughter named Gu Yuchu. At that time, we guessed that Yuchi Yuchu might not be dead, and that Princess Qin might be Yuchi Yuchu, but at that time you You are indeed in the academy, so I instinctively excluded you. Later, the Embroidered Clothes Messenger searched everywhere in Qidu, Jiangnan, and Baise, but could not find any news about you. Until the eve of the Four Nations League, Le Jia Huanyu specifically told Ling Ziyu that Princess Qin looks very similar to her cousin Lejia Quyang. Ling Ziyu and I came to Qidu together. Later, we disguised ourselves and followed him to attend the Shanqing Palace night banquet, and then we found out that you were Princess Qin. After all the connections in the past, we suddenly realized, It turned out that Qi Jie had been hiding you with us all along."

Gu Yuchu fell into deep thought.Indeed, she became the Qin Princess in a daze and did not even attend the so-called wedding. Later, Qi Jian announced that she was in poor health and was recuperating in the south of the Yangtze River. Emperor Ming and the Empress only saw Gu Yuxin pretending to be her. After they got married, In three years, no one has seen Princess Qin's appearance, so naturally there are no clues.

After she returned to Prince Qin's Mansion, the name Gu Yuchu began to become familiar to others. It was probably when Qi Yiyu admired Gu Yuxin that Le Jia returned to Yu, and began to doubt her identity, and then deliberately informed Ling Ziyu and started his calculation.

"Okay, let me ask you again, did you arrange it for me to accidentally run into Suo Xing Palace? I was planning to find out whether Shu Yuan was in Beiling Military Camp. When Juan Niang first saw me, she said Beiling All the generals, big and small, come here!"

Gu Yuchu realized what he had done at first, and then he pulled out the things he had suspected but had not investigated in detail one by one, and asked questions.

"In the battle to seal the city, you were ordered to go to the Hehe border to pursue the remnants of the Xirong army. It was no coincidence that you accidentally caught a glimpse of Shu Yuan wearing Beiling armor on the street, but his purpose was to lure you into Beiling, but you chose to I believe that men cannot escape the gentleness and warmth of their hometown, and I am sure that Huaien's Qinlou Chu Pavilion is the best place to find out the news. Juan Niang's unintentional words happened to step on what you were thinking, but you have legs, so you can't blame me."

Ling Buhuo shrugged, and explained the mysteries and coincidences in the past. Although it was Ling Ziyu and Shu Yuan's idea to lure Gu Yu into Hua En, as far as the women in front of him were concerned, there was no difference between them and him, and he didn't bother. Explain more.

"There is also the title of Oiran. You used the news of finding Shu Yuan for me as bait, trapped me in Suo Xing Palace, and then met me at Poshan Residence. You knew I would come, and you deliberately used Gu Fan's name as the luthier. It's nothing more than that. You just want me to choose you, and you will follow me into the flower house after half a push, so you have been scheming against me, aren't you?" Gu Yuchu was very emotional, specifically emphasizing the word "scheming", and was a little angry.

"I'm just trying to get closer to you, so that you can accept me in the most natural way, so that you can follow me willingly without worries." Ling Buhuo smiled calmly and made it clear what he was thinking, sincere and true.

Gu Yuchu remained silent. Indeed, this man had never forced or interfered with her making a choice. On the contrary, he always tried his best to leave a way out for her choices.

Just like that copper coin.

Or a life and death battle in Tongcheng.

For a moment, she felt relieved, her body relaxed, and then she asked the second question.

"Then let me ask you again, if I recognize you in Dongqi, what do you expect to do?"

"Since I have a way to make Zhen Cong organize the birthday polo party for his son, I naturally have a way to stay with the boy named Zhen Yi. It is more than enough to be an enlightenment teacher or a riding and shooting instructor. You or he will refuse a Is this a kind invitation from a child? If not, open a medical clinic in Qidu. The palaces of princes and nobles, and even the inner courtyards of the palace, will naturally have room for doctors. When the time comes, we can adapt to the situation and make Yuchi's murder case clear, and maybe we can deceive you in advance. Got it."

Ling Buhuo kissed her forehead and told her all about the plan he had prepared many years ago. If he had known that there would be such a happy ending today, he would definitely try his best to realize it in advance.

But fate is so merciless. It always requires you to travel over mountains and rivers to come for one person, so you are willing to miss the chance to turn things around. But whether you can grasp it depends on your own destiny.

Fortunately, he waited and got it.

Looking up, I saw meteors streaking through the night sky by chance, and their trajectory lingered in my mind for a long time.

His efforts were so touching that he didn't know what the woman in his arms would think. However, Ling Buhuo never waited for a single word from Gu Yuchu. He smiled innocently and stopped forcing himself.

"One more question, don't you want to know the answer?"

Gu Yuchu slowly broke away from his embrace, rested her elbows on her knees, supported her chin with both hands, looked at the bright stars in the distance, and spoke:

"I don't want to know meaningless answers. No matter what choice you make, you will have regrets, and I don't want you to have regrets because of me. So I made that choice for you."

She turned her head and looked at those eyes that held the vast world and vast mountains and rivers, smiled, and then said:

"You just need to remember my goodness for the rest of your life."

Ling Buhuo inserted one hand into her hair, rubbed her into his arms again, and kissed her temples deeply and tenderly, feeling relieved.

Completing each other is the most sincere feedback from a sincere relationship.

They are all so lucky.

(End of this chapter)