My name is Chang An, your name is Gu Li

The next day after Gu Li recovered from his illness, Chang An had to go back to the Imperial College to report for leave. The couple got up on time, and Gu Li washed up first as usual, and then came back to help Chang An change clothes.

After everything was ready, Chang An got on the carriage with the salary he would use to pay for his leave and make amends after returning to the Imperial College. Before getting on the carriage, he did not forget to kiss Gu Li on the face.

After watching Chang An's carriage leave, Gu Li quickly returned to the house and took out a red brocade box from the drawer of his dressing table. When he opened it, he saw a piece of top-quality jade embryo that had been polished into a rectangular shape.

"Chang Lang's birthday seems to be in January next year?" Gu Li asked Zhen'er behind him.

"Yes, January 11th of next year." Zhener replied.

"Then I have to prepare gifts in advance..." Gu Li took out the square jade embryo from the brocade box and put the brocade box back into the drawer.

"Sanniang, you don't want to give this jade to the young master as a gift, do you?" Zhen'er asked tentatively.

This piece of jade embryo was the dowry that Gu Ke gave to Gu Li. It can be said to be one of the best jade embryos in the Gu family's warehouse. Unexpectedly, Gu Li actually wanted to use this jade as a birthday gift for Chang An.

"Yes, this jade is so beautiful. If it is hung on Chang Lang's waist, he will definitely be envied by other young men when he goes out to school." Gu Li looked at the jade and said with some daydreaming.

Zhen'er opened her mouth and wanted to say something, but thinking about how favored Gu Li was in the Chang Mansion after she married, and how much Chang An loved her, she held back her words and changed her words:

"Sanniang, there's no need to prepare this gift so early, right? It takes less than a month to carve the jade."

"That won't do. I made the heart knot for Chang Lang last time in a hurry, and there are still many flaws that I didn't have time to polish." Gu Li sat down at the low table and said, "Fortunately Chang Lang didn't dislike it, so this time I want to make a better and more detailed one, and it would be best to start long in advance."

"And we can't do it under Chang Lang's nose. We have to do it secretly."

Zhener nodded and said, "Then I'll go get the tools."

Gu Li nodded, and Zhen'er went out. She came to the desk, took a piece of paper and some ink, and started to draw on it. First, she compared the size, then started to draw a sketch, and after clicking some nodes up and down, she began to outline the shape...

After Chang'an returned to the Imperial College, whether by coincidence or intentional, he met Du, Cui, Zhang and Zhao at the door again.

After seeing the four people, Chang An nodded slightly and greeted them: "Brother Du, Brother Cui, Brother Zhang, Brother Zhao."

"Brother Yonghe." The four of them raised their hands and greeted him at the same time, then walked towards the Imperial College with Chang'an.

"Brother Yonghe came to the Imperial College with his salary today. Has Madam Gu recovered from her illness?" Du Chengming asked.

"Well, I will go find the chief priest to cancel my leave soon." Chang An replied.

"Then let's go. A few of us will accompany you." Zhang Rushi said, and took the lead to walk towards the chief priest's room.

After finding the chief priest, Chang An handed in the gift neatly and quickly, then said a few polite words to the chief priest and went to his classroom.

"Brother Yonghe, you don't know," Zhao Guanzhong said on the way back to the classroom, "These past two days, some classmates saw you coming to class and asked us where you went."

"Then what?" Chang An raised his eyebrows and asked cooperatively.

"Then we will say that Brother Yonghe took leave to go home and take care of Madam Gu." Cui Hujin replied at this time.

"Not only that, we also told them about the situation when you came to ask for leave." Zhang Rusi added, "We told them about how we rushed you here at full speed and how you rushed to find the chief priest."

"Tell everything? Wouldn't I be so embarrassed then?" Chang An didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

"It's not embarrassing at all. On the contrary, your behavior has been praised and admired by your classmates," said Du Chengming.

Chang An raised his eyebrows and looked at the four people with some confusion.

"Brother Yonghe, think about it, Madam Gu is your beloved wife, right?" Du Chengming asked at this time. After seeing Chang An nod, he continued, "Brother Yonghe went to ask the chief priest for mercy in order to take care of the sick Madam Gu. What do you call this? This is called being affectionate and righteous."

"That's right, Brother Yonghe, what you did was not only not offensive, but also full of affection. You are exactly the kind of benevolent person mentioned in the sage books. Who would laugh at you?"

Chang An smiled, waved his hand and said, "Alright, alright, stop talking nonsense. I know you can make it up."

"This is not made up..."

"If you don't believe me, Brother Yonghe can go to the classroom and take a look..."

As they were talking, they returned to the classroom. Zhou Xuezheng was already standing on the podium. When he saw Chang An coming in, he nodded to him, and there seemed to be some satisfaction in his eyes. When Chang An passed by some classmates, they also greeted him in a low voice with words like "Brother Yonghe".

Chang An sat back in his seat. Huaiqin had already sat down beside him. At this time, Huaiqin also whispered:

"Many young men admire what you have done for Sanniang."

Chang An smiled and whispered back, "Stop talking nonsense, it's time to go to class."

Just like that, they listened to Zhou Xuezheng's boring class until noon, when they finally got out of school. Chang An and Huai Qin were also packing up and preparing to leave, and at this time Zhou Xuezheng came to their side and whispered:

"Chang Yonghe."

After Chang An heard Zhou Xuezheng's voice, he stood up, bowed and said, "Zhou Xuezheng."

"Have you reviewed your lessons at home these days?" Zhou Xuezhen asked.

"My wife is at home recovering from an illness. Apart from the time spent taking care of her, the students also have the time to review their lessons on their own."

"That's good," Zhou Xuezhen nodded with satisfaction. "The annual examination is coming soon. After this annual examination, you will have passed all three annual examinations. Are you interested in being promoted to a national student and continuing your studies?"

"I don't want to be promoted to a national scholar. I just want to complete these four years of study and then take the spring examination." Chang An said.

"That's not impossible. I'm also looking forward to your performance in the Spring Examination." Zhou Xuezheng said, "Are you going to participate in the Spring Examination next year?"

"That's not the case. Students still have one year of courses left, so they naturally won't attend in advance."

"Well... not arrogant or impatient," Zhou Xuezhen nodded with satisfaction and said, "Then you continue to pack up. I'm leaving first."

"Yes, Xue Zheng, take care." Chang An bowed again and watched Zhou Xue Zheng leave.

After Zhou Xuezhen left, Chang An and Huaiqin quickly packed up their things and went directly to the gate of the Imperial College. They got on a carriage and headed directly towards Chang's mansion.

Gu Li was at home, marking the holes that needed to be punched on the jade embryo, and modifying some places on the paper with a pen. He was busy like this for a whole morning, and finally finished drawing the blueprint, and even the marks on the jade embryo were almost done.

When she finished her work, she looked up at the sky and shouted, "Zhen'er! Zhen'er!"

Hearing Gu Li's call, Zhen'er quickly entered the room and asked, "What's wrong, Sanniang?"

"What time is it now?"

"It's noon, and the young master is just getting out of school." Zhen'er replied.

"Let's pack up and tidy up so Chang Lang doesn't see anything." Gu Li said as he took the jade embryo and put it back into the brocade box, keeping it safe.

After that, he and Zhen'er tidied up the messy coffee table. After tidying up the tools on the coffee table, Gu Li put away the drawings, folded them in half a few times, and put them under his pillow. Then he put the pen and ink back on Chang'an's desk, trying to keep it as it was in the morning.

After sorting out all this, Gu Li clapped his hands as if he was relieved and breathed a long sigh of relief. Then he lowered his head to check his clothes and patted them again to see if there was anything stuck on them.

After confirming that there was no problem, Gu Li took the basket of embroidery silk to the low table and put it there. He took out a half-embroidered embroidery silk and put it on the table. He took a needle and thread and tied it on it. After embroidering a few stitches, he left the needle and thread on it. He also stood and looked at his arrangement. He felt that there was indeed no problem, so he sat down with confidence and took a short rest.

After they had rested for a while, Gu Li put on his cloak and came to the door with Zhen'er. Because they came out on time, as soon as she arrived at the door, she saw Chang'an's carriage coming out from the other end of the street. Gu Li hurriedly patted his clothes, and then tightened his cloak on his shoulders.

The carriage stopped in front of them, and Chang An got off the carriage still carrying the book box. When he saw Gu Li, he took her hand and asked, "How long have you been waiting?"

"I just came out and haven't started waiting yet, and Chang Lang is back." Gu Li said obediently, but he was still afraid that Chang An would find out something.

Chang An touched Gu Li's hand and found it was still warm, so he nodded and took her into the Chang Mansion.

After returning to the room, Chang An threw the bookcase next to the desk as usual. After glancing at the desk, he held Gu Li and sat in front of the low table. As usual, he stretched out his fingers to scratch Gu Li's face, and then asked:

"What did Gu Niang do at home today? Was she bored?"

Gu Li blinked his eyes and said, "It's not boring. I went to Chang Lang's desk in the morning and read a book for a while."

"Really?" Chang An leaned closer, "But I noticed that my desk is very clean and has not been touched."

"I...I also did some embroidery work." Gu Li was a little nervous and said hesitantly.

"Really?" Chang An glanced at the embroidered silk on the table and asked, "Which embroidered silk did you make?"

Gu Li picked up the half-embroidered silk on the table and said, "This is it."

"Is this really it?" Chang An took a look at the embroidered silk and asked again.

"Yeah." Gu Li nodded quickly.

"But this embroidered silk, I remember it was made before Gu Niang had a fever, and there aren't many signs of new work on it." Chang An said with a shrewd look in his eyes.

Indeed, some how, as soon as Chang An saw the embroidered silk, he could remember things related to it, and he could also feel that something was wrong when he saw the desk. Could that also be the "special ability" of the original owner?

"I..." Gu Li hurriedly threw the embroidery silk back onto the low table, but didn't know how to explain.

"Could it be..." Chang An supported Gu Li with one hand and held his chin with the other hand as if thinking, then said jokingly: "Could it be that Gu Niang went to play with another man behind my back?"

"No!" Gu Li suddenly became angry at this time, "Chang Lang, don't talk nonsense!"

Chang An was stunned for a moment, then quickly patted her on the back and coaxed her: "Okay, okay, Gu Niang loves Chang Lang the most. It was Chang Lang who was talking nonsense just now."

"Hmph!" Gu Li hit Chang An.

"Then Madam Gu, can you tell me what you did today?" Chang An said, and kissed Gu Li again in a flattering manner.

"I can't tell you that. Anyway... you'll know when the time comes."

Gu Li also imitated Chang An's previous behavior and spoke in a mysterious tone.

"Oh, Mother Gu has also started to learn from Chang Lang to keep people in suspense." Chang An teased Gu Li's face lovingly and couldn't help but kiss her on the face again.

"Anyway, I won't tell Chang Lang this year," Gu Li replied in a pretended angry tone.

"Chang Lang just slandered me, and I got angry..."