My name is Chang An, your name is Gu Li

Chang An walked out of the Prime Minister's Mansion angrily and came to his own carriage. His own coachman was still chatting with other drivers. Suddenly he saw Chang An and hurried over to greet him:

"Sir, are you leaving so early?"

"Well, what time is it now?"

The servant looked at the sky and replied, "Sir, it is now three quarters past noon."

"Then Madam Gu should have already arrived at Zuiyun Tower..." Chang An thought for a while and ordered, "Go to Zuiyun Tower, go to the back door."

"Yes, son."

After giving the instructions, Chang An got directly on the carriage, and the coachman drove quickly to Zuiyun Tower.

After Chang An left, Gu Li also prepared herself. At this time, she also found the diamond jewelry that Chang An gave her at that time, picked out a bracelet and a necklace and put them on. When she was thinking about the time of noon, she came to the door alone. After waiting for a while, she saw a carriage driving towards the door of Chang's house.

The carriage stopped in front of Gu Li. Song Yusi leaned half of her body out from inside. When she saw Gu Li was already waiting, she waved at her and said, "Li'er, get in the carriage quickly."

"Coming." Gu Li also walked forward, got on the carriage, and headed towards Zuiyun Tower.

Arriving at Zuiyun Tower, one of the few leisurely places in Pingkangfang, Gu Li was dragged by Song Yusi into the lobby on the first floor, where he saw that it was full of people, all of whom were women, and all of them looked like married women.

"Today, Madam Zhou has reserved the first floor of Zuiyun Tower for our poetry gathering." Song Yusi pulled her to an empty seat and said, "Madam Zhou likes poetry, so she held a poetry gathering like this."

Gu Li nodded, not quite understanding. At this time, a woman sitting at the same table with her looked at her enthusiastically and asked, "This lady looks unfamiliar. Is this your first time here?"

Seeing that the other party was quite enthusiastic, Gu Li didn't want to offend him, so he replied: "Yes, I heard that only the wives of officials can come to this embroidery poetry meeting, is that right?"

"That's true. I wonder what this lady's name is? Is she the mistress of that gentleman?" the woman asked again. She seemed to feel that it was impolite to ask someone's name first, so she added, "I am the daughter-in-law of Censor Dong, and my name is Ning Ping."

"I am Dr. Chang's daughter-in-law, my name is Gu Li."

At this time, after hearing Gu Li's name, several women at the same table turned their attention to him. One of them asked, "My name is Zhou Pinglan, and I am the daughter-in-law of Minister Guo. May I ask if Mrs. Gu's husband is Chang'an Chang?"

Gu Li nodded slightly, which was considered as an admission.

"Oh, that Madam Gu is really blessed." Another woman said, "You don't know, we are all saying here that your husband Chang is a very protective person. Madam Gu will definitely be very happy if she marries him."

"My husband also went to the Double Ninth Festival some time ago. I heard from Mr. Du that Mr. Chang wrote some poems for you. We all know Mr. Chang's talent." Another woman said, "I don't know whether I should envy or be jealous of Mrs. Gu."

"Look, the necklace on Madam Gu's neck and the bracelets on her hands are things we have never seen before. I wonder where Mr. Chang found these jewelry. They are really beautiful and he has a good taste." At this time, another lady pointed at the diamond jewelry on Gu Li's neck and wrists and said.

Hearing these ladies praising their Chang Lang, Gu Li felt sweet inside, but he still said, "Ladies, you are too kind."

Song Yusi also said at this time: "What they said is true. Li'er, you are so beautiful and you know how to study. It would be a blessing for Chang Langjun if you marry him."

Gu Li's face turned red as she listened. But before she could say anything else, she heard a voice coming from not far away:

"Ladies, are you all here?"

Gu Li, Song Yushi and others looked in the direction of the sound - in the middle of the lobby on the first floor, there was a small table, and next to it stood a woman with dignified manners and luxurious clothes. She was probably the organizer of this poetry gathering: Mrs. Zhou.

When these ladies saw Madam Zhou, they all stood up and saluted her. Gu Li also followed suit and saluted Madam Zhou.

Mrs. Zhou nodded slightly, and the ladies who were paying their respects also sat down at this time.

Mrs. Zhou also bowed to the people present at this time and said, "Ladies, first of all, I would like to thank you all for coming here."

"Before the poetry reading begins, please have some tea and take a rest."

After she finished speaking, she walked down the stairs, passing many places. Some women on the road greeted her one after another, and she nodded in response. Gu Li was also drinking tea, and had no idea that Madam Zhou had come to his side.

"This lady looks unfamiliar, but is she Madam Gu from Chang Langjun's family?"

Gu Li hadn't noticed Madam Zhou, so when she heard Madam Zhou talking, she was frightened and trembled slightly, and she coughed twice. She quickly stood up and responded, "Yes, I've met Madam Zhou."

"There's no need for formalities between you and me." Madam Zhou took Gu Li's hand and said gently, "Would you be willing to move to my side and sit with me?"

"This..." Gu Li suddenly felt a little flattered. She quickly looked at Song Yushi beside her and saw her nod slightly. Then she looked back at Mrs. Zhou and also nodded slightly in response.

Seeing that Gu Li agreed, Mrs. Zhou was immediately overjoyed, and she pulled her directly to the main table and sat her next to her. This move also attracted the discussion of the ladies nearby. Seeing this, Gu Li was a little nervous, so he looked at Mrs. Zhou and asked tentatively:

"Mrs. Zhou, during the poetry gatherings before, didn't you usually have someone sitting next to you?"

"Yeah, what's wrong?" Mrs. Zhou glanced at the ladies who were talking around her and immediately understood what was going on. She patted Gu Li's hand and said, "If even you can't sit here, then there are probably not many people in the world who can sit here."

"Ah?" Gu Li was a little surprised.

"What are you surprised about? Others don't know what's going on, but you don't know either?" Mrs. Zhou looked at Gu Li gently and said so.

Gu Li blinked his eyes, obviously not understanding what Mrs. Zhou meant. Mrs. Zhou was also a little confused when she saw this, but she quickly returned to her original smiling expression, picked up the teapot and poured a cup of tea for Gu Li.

"You're welcome. You're not feeling well. Drink some hot tea to warm yourself up."

Gu Li became even more confused because no outsiders knew about his health problems.

"You drink first," Madam Zhou said gently, and then she said to the ladies below: "Today's poetry gathering can also begin."

As soon as he finished speaking, several waiters brought out a few long tables and placed them on an open space, and placed pens, ink, paper and inkstone on them.

Then Madam Zhou stepped forward and said, "For this year's poetry gathering, let's use the snow outside as the theme. As usual, how about using a seven-character poem?"

"If anyone is willing, you can come up and compete in poetry. You can decide on the rhyme and embedded words, etc., and show it to me when you are done." After Mrs. Zhou finished speaking, she sat back next to Gu Li.

Madam Zhou gently patted Gu Li's hand and whispered, "My poetry reading doesn't require everyone to come up. If you want to write, you can write. If you don't want to write, just look at it."

Gu Li looked at Mrs. Zhou, who was a little too enthusiastic, and nodded slightly.

"It should have been more than a month since you got married to Yonghe, right?" Mrs. Zhou suddenly asked.

Gu Li nodded first, then suddenly realized something was wrong - Yonghe? This was Chang Lang's name. Madam Zhou and Chang Lang were strangers, so how could she call him by his name?

She was about to open her mouth to warn him, but Mrs. Zhou asked again, "How did Yonghe treat you? Did he bully you?"

"My family member Changlang treats me very well."

"This boy has always been a cause for concern." Madam Zhou continued, "Everyone only knows that he is talented, but he is actually a bad guy. Not only does he take girls to study at the Imperial Academy, he also likes to drink and have fun."

"Besides, his reckless nature makes him prone to getting into trouble. Now that he's the Prime Minister's student, there's no telling how mischievous he will become in the future."

Listening to Mrs. Zhou's ramblings, including some negative comments about Chang An, Gu Li suddenly felt unhappy——

"Mrs. Zhou, my Chang Lang is not what you said."

Mrs. Zhou was about to continue speaking when Gu Li interrupted her.

"Chang Lang is not a bad person. He is kind to everyone. He takes girls to school just to give his maids and servants the opportunity to learn to read and write. And what you call drinking wine is also a small shortcoming of his. The point is that he loves to drink, but he has never done anything out of line."

"He is indeed indifferent to everything because those things may not have anything to do with him at all. Why should he do those things to show his enthusiasm?"

"And Chang Lang was able to become Prime Minister Song's student because his talent was appreciated by the Prime Minister. After that, not only did he not use this status to act arrogantly, but he treated this status as nothing. If you don't mention it, he won't even remember it, so how could he use it to do bad things?"

"There were indeed many rumors around the time when Chang Lang and I got married, but they have all been clarified. They are all false. I hope Madam Zhou will carefully identify them and stop talking nonsense."

Now it was Mrs. Zhou's turn to be stunned. At this time, two ladies came forward and handed in their poetry collections. Mrs. Zhou also took it, looked at it twice, and then let the two ladies go.

"You, girl, are you just going to protect him like this?" Mrs. Zhou asked, not knowing whether to laugh or cry. "I'm not the only one who would say such things."

"Before Chang Lang and I got married, he heard someone talking about my message and he dared to draw his sword to argue with that person. After we got married, he was very good to me. When I heard someone saying bad things about him, I naturally had to protect him. Otherwise, wouldn't I be letting Chang Lang down for his kindness to me?" Gu Li said seriously.

"Although there are indeed many rumors about Chang Lang and I in the city, it's fine if I don't hear them on weekdays. But if I hear them, I can't just turn a blind eye and turn a deaf ear to them."

After listening to this, Mrs. Zhou thought for a moment, sighed, and said with a smile: "Okay, okay, it's my fault. I won't say such things in the future."

"There is one more thing, Mrs. Zhou." Gu Li continued.

"what's up?"

"You and my Chang Lang are strangers, so please call him Lang Jun instead of calling him by his name." Gu Li said.

"We've never met before?" Mrs. Zhou was very surprised. "Did Yonghe never mention me to you?"

"I am his aunt, and your father, Dr. Chang, is my brother."

Gu Li was a little stunned after hearing this, "You...you are Chang Lang's aunt?"

"Yeah, didn't Yonghe mention me to you? This brat..." Madam Zhou was so angry that her teeth itched, "My last name is Chang, and my courtesy name is Wenqing. You can also call me Aunt Qing like Chang Yonghe."

"Qing...Aunt Qing." Gu Li still hadn't come back to his senses and pronounced the name a little unskillfully.

"In the final analysis, it's also my fault. I didn't go when you two got married, and you didn't see me either." Chang Wenqing said, "Next time I will definitely go back and give him a good beating."

"Qing...Aunt Qing, please don't be like this." Gu Li got a little anxious when he heard this, and quickly pulled Chang Wenqing's sleeve, "Chang Lang has been studying in the Imperial College on weekdays, and he accompanies me after school and on weekends. He must be too busy to introduce you to me."

"And now, Aunt Qing, since you asked me to come to this poetry gathering, I know you now, don't you please stop making things difficult for Chang Lang, okay?"

Chang Wenqing looked at Gu Li's anxious look, afraid that she would really cause trouble for Chang An, and she felt a little amused and helpless.

"Yonghe is so lucky to marry you." Chang Wenqing said.

"I'm so happy to be protected by you."