Chang'an, who was playing by the lake, caught a glimpse of Duanmu Chen coming out of Yuanming Pavilion from the corner of his eye. He immediately threw the stones in his hand and ran over, "Master, are you going back so soon?"
Duanmu Chen looked back at Yuanming Pavilion and hummed, "Crazy, really crazy."
Changan was confused, "Who is crazy?"
"Who else can it be? Su Liang!" Duanmu Chen walked out.
Chang'an felt like a cat scratching his head and chased Duanmu Chen to ask what happened to Su Liang and why he said she was crazy.
"She was fascinated by Gu Ling." Duanmu Chen said in a faint tone.
Chang'an was stunned for a moment, and then blurted out, "The man is unmarried and the woman is unmarried, both are beauties, and both are singles. What a match!"
Duanmu Chen paused and looked at Chang'an with a frown, "Do you really think they are a good match?"
Chang'an blinked, "Is this allowed to be said..."
Duanmu Chen hummed, "If Gu Ling doesn't like Su Liang, but Su Liang wants to pursue him, do you think this is appropriate? Is this still Su Liang?"
Chang'an thought for a while and said, "We just met. If Gu Hou doesn't like Miss Su today, he might like her tomorrow, so why not? Miss Su has always been a straightforward and open-minded person. If you like her, you just like her, and if you don't like her, you don't like her."
Duanmu Chen looked confused, "Does she have such a temperament that she will fall for one person?"
Chang'an said seriously, "Miss Su is really good-natured. The master is surprised. Actually, it's because Miss Su didn't meet the right person before. Now that she has, she naturally shows a side that the master has never seen before."
Duanmuchen asked, "What's peace then?"
Chang An shook his head, "I think Mr. Ning and Miss Su are just close friends. Although they have a tacit understanding, there is something missing..."
"What's missing?" Duanmu Chen asked.
Chang'an thought for a long time, and when he walked out of Su's house, he slapped his forehead and said, "It's impulsive! If you really like someone, you will become uncool. When Miss Su and Mr. Ning are together, one is calmer than the other. Now,
If Miss Su wants to pursue Gu Hou and doesn't give up even if she is rejected, this is impulsive! If the master doesn't think it's like her, that's right! It means Miss Su is really tempted!"
"Where did you hear so much nonsense?" Duanmu Chen was speechless.
Changan weakly lowered his head, "That's what it says in the script..."
Duanmu Chen:......
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Su Liang simply packed the luggage she brought back. Since no one in the palace came to visit her, she didn't take the initiative to go.
"Sister Su! Sister Su!"
Lin Xueqing's voice sounded, followed by footsteps going upstairs.
Xing Yusheng didn't go up, but sat on the first floor, muttering, "Su Liang really fell in love with Gu Ling? I'm such a prophet!" He smiled as he said, "The CP I knocked on turned out to be a destiny."
Satisfied, very satisfied.
When Lin Xueqing saw Su Liang, she took her hand and sat down. Looking at her expression, she asked eagerly, "I heard that you fell in love at first sight with the beauty Chang Xinhou Gu?"
Su Liang nodded.
"Really? I thought Ajun was exaggerating! Do you like Gu Meiren? Really like him? Want to be with him?" Lin Xueqing asked several questions in succession.
Su Liang nodded again.
Lin Xueqing was happy, "Sister Su, you don't even know that my husband and I originally wanted to wait for you to come back to create an opportunity to bring you and Marquis Changxin together. Unexpectedly, we didn't do anything, and you two met. What a fate.
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Su Liang: ...Yes, we discussed it early, and the "love at first sight" that Gu Ling waited for every day at Wanjia Restaurant was indeed fate, the fate of acting together.
Lin Xueqing was particularly happy, "It's great! Gu Hou is so beautiful, like a fairy, and Sister Su has such good eyesight! No one else is good enough for him, and no one is good enough for you. What a perfect match you two are!"
Su Liang sighed slightly, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has just arrived and said that Marquis Changxin complained in front of the emperor that I touched him. He thought I was very bold and asked me to stay away from him in the future."
Lin Xueqing was stunned, "What?" After a while, she realized what she was doing and started to snap, "Is there something wrong with his eyes? Is there something wrong with his eyes? It's totally unreasonable that he doesn't like Sister Su who is so pretty and cute!"
Xing Yusheng downstairs frowned slightly: ...Gu Ling doesn't like Su Liang? What kind of person is he looking for? Is it possible that Gu Ling has his heart set on someone? It shouldn't be, his dead look of not being close to strangers was the same as before.
A wanted thief, how can a good girl follow him?
Su Liang pulled Lin Xueqing to sit down, "Don't get excited. It's just a misunderstanding. I won't give up."
Lin Xueqing was even more surprised when she heard this, "Sister Su, are you going to pursue Marquis Changxin?"
Su Liang smiled, "No?"
Lin Xueqing shook her head, "It's not that, it's just a feeling... Oops, I can't tell you. Please tell me quickly, how do you plan to chase him?"
"Lonicera." Su Liang suddenly shouted downstairs.
Lonicera, who was waiting outside, immediately rushed upstairs. Xing Yusheng only saw a shadow drifting past from a short distance away.
"I'll give you a task." Su Liang said to Lonicera.
Lonicera nodded, "Master, please give me your instructions."
"Go to Wanjia Restaurant and book the room next to the private room reserved by Marquis Changxin for me. I will eat there from now on," Su Liang said.
"Yes!" Liandong immediately turned around and went downstairs to do errands.
Lin Xueqing sighed, "Sister Su, you are so courageous!" In this world, it is not only very rare for a woman to pursue a man, but also rarely such a high-profile one.
Xing Yusheng's voice came from downstairs, "Su Liang, I support you, take down Gu Meiren quickly! When you two get married, I will block the door! If he doesn't call me brother, he can't even come in, haha!"
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After leaving Su Mansion, Xing Yusheng and Lin Xueqing went back to Zhongxinhou Mansion to tell Mrs. Xing about Su Liang.
When Mrs. Xing heard that Su Liang was interested in Gu Ling and wanted to pursue her, she couldn't help laughing and bent over, "Then I'll wait to drink their wedding wine! That's great. The person Liang girl likes is definitely the right one!"
Lin Shuzhi and Mr. Qin, who had talked about Su Liang and Gu Ling before, felt that they were right after learning about it. The two people were really destined.
Later that day, news spread in the capital that Su Liang had booked the private room next door to Gu Ling, which made everyone's gossip even more intense.
In the evening, when Gu Ling showed up at Wanjia Restaurant on time as usual, Su Liang had already arrived first, and even took advantage of her personal relationship with the owner of Wanjia Restaurant to enter the private room under Gu Ling's bag and take a look.
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But Su Liang didn't come by herself, she was accompanied by Yan Yu. She carried the medicine box with her. This was normal. Su Liang had carried it almost everywhere she went before.
Gu Ling entered his private room, closed the doors and windows, and blocked the outside view.
Soon, the waiter quietly served the dishes and then left.
Gu Ling did not move his chopsticks immediately, but got up and looked for something in the room.
After a while, Gu Ling found an oil paper bag from the large wide-mouthed vase in the room and took it out.
And this is the real purpose of Su Liang coming to Wanjia Restaurant for dinner, to give snacks to Gu Ling...
When Gu Ling heard others talking about Su Liang entering his private room, he guessed that she must have hidden something.
Now that Duanmu Yi has people watching him day and night, the two cannot meet in private for the time being, and can only come into contact through Su Liang's "fanatic pursuit" behavior.
Opening the oil-paper bag, inside were Gu Ling's favorite pumpkin seeds, which Su Liang made the day before leaving Sujia Village. They were five-flavored.
There is also a note inside, with a question written on it: Can Xiaonian show up?
Gu Ling took out a piece of paper with writing on it from his arms and quickly folded it into a paper crane. Then he put the note Su Liang gave him into his purse, rewrapped the oil paper bag and put it back
In the vase, the paper crane was also placed.
Then, he returned to the table and started eating.
"aunt!"
Zheng'er's cheerful voice came from outside the door, and Gu Ling glanced in the direction of the door.
Wan Hui knew that Su Liang was here, so she brought Zheng'er over to find her. She also wanted to ask about Su Liang and Gu Ling.
As a result, Zheng'er asked again when Uncle Ning would be back.
Su Liang still said he didn't know, thinking that your uncle is next door, but it's a pity that he can't recognize you. But this is only temporary.
Gu Ling had almost eaten, and then asked the waiter to make a soup that he would take back as a midnight snack.
Not long after, the waiter came in with an exquisite food box. Seeing that Gu Ling was still drinking tea, he put it down and left.
Gu Ling took out the oil paper bag from the vase again, put it in the food box, and then went out.
Rendong, who was guarding the door of Su Liang's room, saw Gu Ling coming out. He immediately knocked on the door and reported to Su Liang, "Master, Marquis Changxin is leaving."
So, under the attention of all the diners in the restaurant, Su Liang rushed out of the room, met Gu Ling face to face, and said to him with a sweet smile, "What a coincidence! We meet again!"
Onlookers: ...Qiaoer’s mother really opened the door for Qiaoer, Qiaoer is home!
Gu Ling's gaze passed over Su Liang's smiling eyes, expressionless, and nodded gently, "Miss Su."
"Why not meet by chance and have a drink together?" Su Liang invited Gu Ling.
Gu Ling shook his head, "I don't want to drink today. Please step aside, Miss Su."
"What about tomorrow? If you don't want to drink, let's go to Huguo Temple to watch the clouds together?" Su Liang suggested.
"I don't want to see the clouds tomorrow." Gu Ling looked calm.
Yan Yu came out and pulled Su Liang back. Su Liang smiled at Gu Ling and said, "See you tomorrow."
Rendong closed Su Liang's door from the outside, and Gu Ling went downstairs carrying the food box.
The onlookers were all sighing, Su Zhuangyuan is indeed a hero among women, she really dares to chase after Gu Meiren! However, it seems that Gu Meiren is unmoved, but many people think that they are a good match, and the woman is chasing after the man.
With layers of gauze, Gu Meiren will definitely not be able to hold on for a few days!
Before Su Liang left the restaurant, she carried an exquisite and expensive vase into Gu Ling's private room, and changed it to another vase when she came out.
Regarding this incident, it was rumored that Su Liang specially changed Gu Ling's room to a beautiful vase to please him.
But Yan Yu knew that everything was fake. However, Su Liang had asked Yan Yu to help her get a batch of beautiful vases. If she wanted to send a message to Gu Ling in the future, she would change the vases for him every day.
Yan Yu just wants to say that compared with Su Liang and Gu Ling, her love affair with Nian Jincheng is really ordinary...
On the carriage back home, Su Liang took out the paper crane left by Gu Ling from his purse, gently pulled the tail of the paper crane, and the wings started to flap.
"It's so clever!" Yan Yu took it and looked at it, then gave it back to Su Liang.
After returning home, Su Liang returned to his room and opened the paper crane. On it was a letter written by Gu Ling with his left hand. It was about Nian Jincheng, which coincided with Su Liang's.
Yan Yu sighed, "The tacit understanding between you two is unparalleled. He has already guessed what you want to ask and has prepared the answer." There are no Four Treasures of the Study in the private room of the restaurant. Gu Ling must have prepared these before he left.
Gu Ling wrote in the letter that Yan Shiba was controlled by Yan Shiqi and that he should not worry about them for the time being. He asked Nian Jincheng to "return" to the capital within three days to meet Duanmu Yi and say that he was rescued by Yan Shiba in the first place.
, Yan Shiba forced him to reveal Gu Ling's whereabouts, but he didn't say it because he really didn't know. Later, there was civil strife in Yanyun Tower, and Yan Shiba was usurped by Yan Shiqi. Nian Jincheng took advantage of the chaos to escape and hid in a building in the north.
In the mountains, he didn't rush back until he went down to buy food and heard that both he and Gu Ling had been pardoned.
After Su Liang read it, he handed it to Yan Yu. Yan Yu breathed a long sigh of relief and said, "That's very good." Then he took the piece of paper to Nian Jincheng.
Late at night.
Su Liang was ready to rest after taking a bath, and told Lonicera, "I'm fine here, you can go and rest too."
"Yes, master." Lonicera responded.
When Su Liang's room became dark, another quarter of an hour later, Lonicera secretly left Su's house and headed towards the palace.
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Liandong reported in detail what she saw around Su Liang during this period, including how well Su Liang got along with the people in Sujia Village, what she did in her daily life, the assassination she encountered along the way, and Su Liang's feelings for Gu Ling after returning to Beijing.
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Duanmu Yi's face darkened when he heard the last part, "She really falls in love with Gu Ling?"
Ling Dong nodded, "To tell you what the emperor is saying, yes, Miss Su really wants to pursue Marquis Chang Xin."
Duanmu Yi's eyes narrowed and he remained silent for a long time.
Ling Dong knelt on the ground, her legs were stiff, and then she heard Duanmu Yi asking her to get up, "Go back and keep staring. Don't let her notice you leaving."
Lonicera bowed and resigned and left the palace.
After returning to Su's house, she went to the door of Su Liang's room and knocked twice.
"How?" Su Liang's voice came from the room.
"The emperor asked his master if he really liked Marquis Chang Xin, and his subordinates said yes. The emperor's face was not worried." Liao Dong reported.
Su Liang snorted lightly, which was not surprising, because she had already guessed that Duanmu Yi was interested in her. It was just right to use Gu Ling to see what Duanmu Yi would do.
After Lonicera left, Su Liang closed her eyes and went to sleep.
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Changxinhou Mansion.
It was past midnight, and the lamp was still lit in Gu Ling's room. The secret guard, who was hiding in the tree and waiting for his "colleague" to come to change his shift, wrapped his clothes tightly and rubbed his eyes. He could hardly hold on any longer.
In the room, Gu Ling finally completely repaired the medical book that was torn in half in Sujia Village and sandwiched it between the two books with a wooden box on top.
Then, Gu Ling took out the illustrations he had drawn when Su Liang told him stories before going to bed every day, which he had bound into a picture album. While he was looking at it, he took pumpkin seeds and put them together on the table.
Su Liang's name.
If Su Liang were here right now, he would definitely complain: You're crazy!
Then, Gu Ling slowly ate the assembled "Su Liang" bit by bit.
The image of Su Liang suddenly appearing in front of him today, with a smile as bright as a flower, appeared in his mind. Gu Ling muttered to himself inaudibly, "It's a coincidence that you came here through time and just appeared in front of me."