Liu Miao Hall.

Aunt An poured out a small cup of Tusu wine from the jug and said to Xu Fu: "You have to eat Tusu wine on New Year's Eve. If the three girls don't like the taste, you can just have a glass of it to celebrate."

Xu Fu frowned: "Mom It’s not that I don’t know, I hate the smell of wine the most, it’s so smelly.”

Aunt An lowered her voice and coaxed, “Your aversion to cold will get worse on snowy days, so I drank more of this Tusu wine. After adding a lot of medicinal materials, you can just have a cup. The bento is a gift to the old slave."

Xu Fu had no choice but to sip the Tusu wine in the cup into his mouth bit by bit.

Seeing that she still looked miserable, Aunt An couldn't help but said: "Since you don't like her, why do you want her to come to Liumiao Hall for the reunion dinner today?"

"Yan'er is really too indifferent to her. This is her marriage. The first New Year's Eve with Yan'er can't be spent in silence." Xu Fu put down the wine cup and took the candied fruit from Aunt An, "We can't let her leave the Gu family before the time comes. Think of a way to stabilize her. Let Yan'er come to my place tomorrow. He can't stay in the study anymore."

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a knock on the door.

Lin Qingyue walked in with a lantern and said: "Madam, great aunt, the one from Songsiyuan brought a pot of wine to the study to find the young master."

Aunt An was slightly surprised: "She is going to find the young master. Drinking?"

Lin Qingyue curled her lips and said, "I just want to get closer to the young master through drinking. Maybe I will stay in the study for the night because of being drunk."

Nanny An and Xu Fu looked at each other.

Xu Fu smiled and said: "This girl Qingyue understands the girl's thoughts better than us. In this case, there is no need to let Yan'er come tomorrow."

Aunt An also smiled and caught a glimpse of Tu Su in Lin Qingyue's hand. Wine, Nianxiao snorted and said: "Where are you going to bring this wine? Are you disobedient again?"

Lin Qingyue said slightly shyly: "I want to go to the reverse room to give Chang Ji and Hengping a jar. I made Tusu wine last year."

Aunt An's face softened slightly and she said, "Go, don't wait too long."

Lin Qingyue said hurriedly, "I'll be there in two-quarters of an hour ." Come back." After saying that, he walked out with a lantern in one hand and a wine jar in the other.

Grandma An shook her head.

Such a snowy night with broken fingers and heavy snow could not freeze the girl's hot heart.

Halfway through the journey, Lin Qingyue stopped at the intersection between the study and Songsiyuan.

The heavy snow covered the sight, and the two bright red festive lanterns hanging in the door of the Moon Cave became two hazy lights on the snowy night.

She stared blankly for a moment, then bit her lip, turned her head, and walked quickly to the back room.

Lin Qingyue went to the stall of the dining room. Rong Shu was shaking off the fallen snow on the fox fur under the corridor of the study. After the snow foam fell off his clothes, he lightly knocked on the door of the study.

Hengping and Chang Ji had already returned to the study room, and Gu Changjin was the only one in the study. Naturally, he was the one who opened the door.

The girl standing in the corridor is dressed in a white fox fur coat. Her face is delicate and delicate, and her bones are condensed. She looks like a snow and ice soul that has become a spirit in the cold night.

It was on this night in the dream that she appeared in the study with a lantern and squeezed into the same couch with him.

Gu Changjin's already beating fast heart seemed to have been hit hard by a boulder. The words "Madam, what do you want from me?" rolled from his chest to the tip of his tongue. Just as he was about to speak, he heard the girl opposite say softly -

"Mr. Gu. ."

The man paused, and his deep eyes suddenly fell into a trance.

She called him Master Gu, not husband or second master.

"Master Gu, I came here to tell you news about someone." She raised the small wine jar in her hand, her eyebrows gradually bowed, "If you don't blame me, I'll ask you for two more glasses of apology wine. "

Gu Changjin stared straight into her amber eyes. After a moment, he slowly stepped back to make way, and said lightly: "Please."

There was a rare earth dragon burning in the study, and Rong Shu felt as if he was on fire. Returning to the warm world again, she untied her fox fur, hugged the wine bottle, knelt down and bowed solemnly to Gu Changjin, and said seriously:

"I know that Mr. Gu has no choice but to marry me, and it is not your wish. It's a pity that I When I married you, I didn't know that you had someone else's heart, so I made a mistake in this marriage. It was Rong Shu's fault. Rong Shu punished me with a glass of wine first, so I should apologize to you."

Rong Shu pulled out the red wine from the wine jar . Covered with a cloth, he poured a glass and drank it all.

"My mother knew that Miss Wenxi was your sweetheart and secretly sent her away to Beijing. Although this matter was my fault, it ultimately originated from me. I originally wanted to find Miss Wenxi from Suzhou and bring her to Beijing. The position of the head wife was returned to her, but unfortunately when the Lord of Danzhu County heard about her, she had already left Suzhou. The County Lord wrote in the letter that Miss Wen left Suzhou to find someone, and now the County Lord has left Suzhou. We sent dozens of people to several nearby states to inquire about Miss Wen."

Rong Shu felt a little ashamed when he said this.

I originally wanted to find Wenxi Haosheng and make amends, but now I only have half a piece of information, and I don't know if I can find him in the year of the monkey.

I hope nothing happens to Miss Wen. Otherwise, she and her mother will be uneasy, and they will completely fall out with Gu Changjin.

Rong Shu thought about it and finally decided to tell the truth to Gu Changjin right now.

At least let him know that she has gone to see Wen Xi and will continue to work hard to make up for the mistakes she made before and let all the people who were wronged return to their original trajectory.

Rong Shu poured a second glass of wine.

"This second glass of wine was originally intended to make amends when I send Miss Wen back to you, sir. But now there is no news about Miss Wen, but don't worry, sir, I will not give up looking for her. As soon as there is news about her, I will definitely I'll let you know later."

After saying this, he raised his hand to drink the wine in the glass. Unexpectedly, a calloused finger came over and firmly pressed the wine glass. The wine sloshed around and instantly wet the two of them. finger.

Rong Shu raised his eyes in surprise.

"Sir?"

Gu Changjin looked at her for a moment.

Her eyes were really beautiful, as clear as a baby's, and her pupils shone with amber light under the light.

There is an honest guilt in it.

There are also decisions made after careful consideration.

Gu Changjin could not see any trace of reluctance, sadness or attachment in her eyes.

With his Adam's apple raised slightly, he said: "You don't have to drink the second glass of wine."

After a moment of pause, he added: "Miss Rong is here this time, but she wants to make peace with Gu?"

Rong Shu was not surprised that he guessed her purpose of coming. , without any hesitation, he said: "Yes."

As the girl finished speaking, the man's heart was beating like a drum and was about to burst out of his chest.

Such a crazy heartbeat has never happened before.

His face didn't show anything, it was always as deep as the sea, but the long fingers pressing the wine glass couldn't help but tremble.

It's not that he didn't know that he was strange to her.

Those fragmented dreams and weird and uncontrollable throbbing were something he had never experienced in the past twenty years.

These throbbing dreams before did not make him think much about staying with her forever, they only made the alarm bells ring in his head.

She even suppressed her inquisitive nature and didn't explore where his strange feeling towards her came from.

It seemed that as long as he explored it, some things would escape his control.

However, at this moment, when he heard her saying that she wanted to reconcile, the sudden pain in his heart made him understand that some things were out of his control.

The reason why Gu Changjin can survive to this day is because of his cruelty to himself.

He always does things decisively and without hesitation.

Just like now, when he realized that those suppressed emotions were breaking out of cracks like ice meeting fire, he agreed without any hesitation.

"Okay, I agreed to this matter." After a pause, he said, "Now is not a good opportunity for reconciliation. I hope Miss Rong will give Gu some time."

According to Dayin's decree, Li Xu and his wife signed a peace agreement. The divorce letter is then stamped with the official seal of the local government office, and the relationship between husband and wife can be officially severed only after the woman returns to her natal household registration.

She was a chess piece Xu Fu wanted to use, and Xu Fu must have a purpose in sending her to him.

Based on Gu Changjin's understanding of Xu Fu, Xu Fu wanted him to marry Rong Shu, probably because Rong Shu could only enter the game by marrying him.

At first he couldn't tell whether Rong Shu was Xu Fu's person or not, so he was always on guard. After several contacts, he had already seen clearly that Rong Shu was not Xu Fu's family, and he did not know Xu Fu.

In this case, making peace with her might help her get out of this situation.

Gu Mansion is not a safe place after all.

It's just that we can't let Rong Shu give excuses rashly now. If the separation is too abrupt, Xu Fu will definitely become suspicious.

He wanted to find an opportunity for her to leave the Gu family naturally.

Rong Shu was not surprised that Gu Changjin deserved to be so clean and tidy, but she didn't expect that he would still need some time. She thought he wanted to break off the relationship with her tomorrow.

If possible, Rong Shu hoped to go to Shuntian Mansion tomorrow to have the official seal affixed.

It's just that it's the end of the year, and Shuntian Mansion doesn't take on tedious chores like reconciliation, divorce, and division of property. Even if they went to Shuntian Mansion tomorrow, there would be no one to reconcile them.

After thinking about it, she said, "I wonder when the Lord thinks it's appropriate?"

Gu Changjin was silent for a long time and said, "It's March this year."

March.

Rong Shu was slightly dazed. Initially, she was thinking about making peace with him in March.

Rong Juan got married on February 28, and she originally thought that she would make peace with him as soon as he got married, so as to prevent her grandmother from causing trouble in Qinghengyuan.

Now she doesn't care at all, her mother-in-law has moved to Mingluyuan, and even if her grandmother wants to make a fuss, no one will open the door for her.

Even though Chang Jin said it would take some time, she didn't want to ruin his affairs.

She has already written the book of summary and departure. All she needs to do is go to Shuntian Mansion to have the official seal stamped.

"In that case, as your Excellency said, when March comes, I will go to Shuntian Mansion with you. I have written the letter of He Li and paid it. You can take a look at it." With that

, he started from He took out the document from his sleeve and spread it out quietly with his fingers like peeling onions.

Gu Changjin lowered his eyes and saw the two neat words "Rong Shu".

She writes in hairpin-shaped regular script that is full of flesh and blood.

The characters are like people, as graceful as trees, and as quiet as the breeze.

The ink on the paper is dark in color, and this letter was written at least two months ago.

The man's thick eyelashes cast thick shadows under his eyes. After a moment, he took out his pen, dipped it lightly in ink and wrote the words "Gu Changjin" next to her name.

When Shuntian Mansion stamped the two names with the official seal of the government, he and she were separated from each other and became strangers from then on.

This realization made his heart feel intense pain. Gu Changjin suppressed the strange color in his eyes. When he opened his eyes again, his dark eyes returned to their usual coldness.

He doesn't like to act sloppily, especially when things are done.

He told himself that the top priority was to find out why Wenxi went to Suzhou and who he was looking for.

Two months before marrying Rong Shu, Wen Xi had left Shangjing.

When he asked why Wen Xi left, Xu Fu only said that she had a mission and would come back when it was time.

When he heard Rong Shu say it, he immediately understood that Wen Xi's mission was to go to Suzhou to find someone.

But since we were looking for someone, why go to all the trouble to borrow Mrs. Hou's people to send her to Suzhou?

"Miss Rong, does she know who Wenxi went to Suzhou to look for?"

Rong Shu recalled Mu Nijing's letter and hesitated: "It's a person with scars on his face."

Fearing that he would misunderstand, he explained seriously: "Ni Jing didn't say whether the person was a boy or a girl."

Gu Changjin looked at her, hummed, and said, "No need to trouble Lord Danzhu with this matter, I will send someone to bring Wenxi back. If possible, I hope Miss Rong will keep Wenxi's stay in Suzhou a secret. "

Wenxi must have secret orders from Xu Fu when he goes to Suzhou. People in Liumiao Hall cannot be allowed to know that Rong Shu is looking for Wenxi. If they are alerted. The consequences for Xu Fu's people would be disastrous.

Rong Shu just thought that he was afraid that her search would damage Wenxi's reputation, so he responded quickly: "Don't worry, sir, even Aniang and Zhang's mother don't know about this matter. I will report it to Ni Jing tomorrow." Write a letter and ask her to withdraw the person. Ni Jing knows that this matter is my private matter and will not leak it."

At this point in the conversation, Rong Shu felt that he was sincere and sincere.

When she came, she was worried that Gu Changjin would be a bit sullen, but now it seems that she is judging a gentleman with a villain's heart.

It was a pity that Wen Xi could not be sent back to Beijing. He wanted to atone for his sins and bring order to the chaos, but it was not satisfactory after all.

Speaking of which, the Mu family has been stationed in Datong for generations, and Suzhou is adjacent to Datong. In Rong Shu's opinion, it would be more effective to use the Mu family's help to find people.

Since Gu Changjin didn't need her to get involved in Wenxi's affairs, she would not be too meddlesome to avoid disturbing his affairs.

In his previous life, he was the person he personally went to Suzhou to pick up.

Rong Shu bowed his knees and saluted, and said with a warm smile: "Thank you, Mr. Gu, for the reconciliation. Rong Shu wishes you to find Miss Wen as soon as possible and get married as soon as possible."

Gu Changjin looked at her quietly for a long time, indifferently. "Thank you."

"In that case, I won't disturb you, sir."

Rong Shu slowly put on his fox fur, picked up the lantern, and walked a few steps towards the door. Suddenly he paused, turned around and asked, " One more thing, could you please help Rong Shu?" Gu

Changjin looked at her: "What's the matter?"

"Why did you go to Zhaixinglou on the Yueniang Festival in Jiayou's 19th year?"

She might as well ask such an irrelevant question. After thinking about it for a few moments, she said truthfully: "The big shopkeeper of Zhaixing Tower has something to do with a case I'm investigating. I'm making an unannounced visit on the Moon Mother's Day. "

Gu Changjin doesn't like to be noisy. That night he just went to Zhaixing Tower to meet the big shopkeeper. After asking, the big shopkeeper said that he was the only person who had guessed all the lantern riddles in recent years and insisted on giving him a star-picking lantern as a lucky charm.

Gu Changjin was not interested in the lamp. He only remembered that another girl came after a while.

He then gave her the lamp.

Thinking of this, his eyes narrowed, and something seemed to flash through his mind.

Gu Changjin raised his eyes and asked, "Are you the girl who guessed all the lantern riddles that night?"

Rong Shu smiled suddenly.

A rain in Chang'an Street led her to meet him. She once thought that it was a good match specially given by Yue Lao, but it turned out to be just a misunderstanding.

He didn't even remember that she was the one to whom he gave the lamp that night.

Is this always the case when you like someone? However, an extremely ordinary encounter seemed a little more fateful in my eyes and heart.

Thinking of herself who used to hold the star-catching lantern and couldn't put it down, Rong Shu felt a little sad but also a little relieved.

This kind of hesitation and relief is only for my former self.

Rong Shu responded "It's me" generously, nodded and said with a smile: "I would like to thank you for the gift of the lamp. Unfortunately, the lamp broke and I can't return it to you. I hope you will forgive me."

She said again Blessed, I turned around and pushed the door open, walking easily into the wind and snow.

After the girl left, the lights in the room seemed to dim for a moment.

The remaining lights are shining brightly.

Gu Changjin looked at the half-filled glass of Tusu wine on the desk. Her drinking capacity was so light, if she drank this glass of wine, she might go crazy again.

Besides, he and she never needed a second glass of apology wine.

He has never had a sweetheart, and he has never thought about who he would marry.

Even if there is...

that person is not Wenxi.

The man slowly rubbed the place where her lips had touched with his rough fingertips. Then he raised his long fingers and the wine went down her throat.

Just indulge yourself this once, he thought, just once.

The wine was spicy, and with the help of his knowledgeable and knowledgeable memory, Gu Changjin remembered the figure in Zhaixing Tower bit by bit.

A red cloak, a yellow lantern, and a white jade face half immersed in light.

At that time, the girl was just a chance encounter with him.

I never cared about whether she was round or flat, or what her last name was.

However, at this moment, knowing that the person was her, Gu Changjin knew that the Mid-Autumn Festival night in Jiayou's 19th year had become completely different.