Huaigui

Midsummer in Ziwei City is very short, before it can fully feel the hot wind, it is dispelled by an autumn rain.

After going down to court, Gao Jing came out of the Taiji Hall, and He Lanmingyue held an umbrella to cover him from the pattering rain, and she followed behind and got wet but acted as if nothing had happened.

Several people gathered in front of him, Gao Jing was curious, and after walking over, he saw that the person surrounded in the center was Yuan Ying.When everyone saw that he wanted to worship, Gao Jing raised his hand: "Excuse me, what are you doing?"

Yuanying was ashamed and wanted to cover his face with his sleeves, but a young civil servant next to him quickly held him down, and said to Gao Jing as if asking for credit: "Your Highness, I don't know something. Master Yuan was in a trance when he went to court today, so I just asked about it." He can't tell why, but he has a wound on his face..."

Yuan Ying said urgently: "Master Wu, don't say any more!"

Gao Jing said with great interest: "What's wrong with the injury on your face? You hit a pillar when you went out?"

There was a burst of laughter around, Yuanying was not a human being but couldn't explain it, and stood on the spot awkwardly.Seeing this scene, Helan Mingyue suddenly thought desolately: He is the eldest son of Grand Master Yuan, with a noble status, but anyone can bully and make fun of him, and even scars have become other people's fun...

In the commotion, someone screamed: "His Royal Highness doesn't know something, and it looks like a woman scratched the wound! Yuan Da has a fierce wife, but he still dares to have fun outside, isn't it—"

As soon as these words came out, Gao Jing's smile suddenly subsided, and the surroundings were followed by silence.

In an instant, there was only the sound of rain, and the rustling of clothes when walking with the palace people further away.

The man knew that he had said something wrong, and fell to his knees: "Your Majesty is guilty, I am guilty! Your words were not meant to tease the princess, and please forgive me, Your Highness!"

Yuan Ying followed closely and said: "Your Highness, I did not pay attention to my fall, so don't blame Master Li for this, he is also joking..."

"Joke? What is your status and what is your status!" Gao Jing said sharply, and the captain of the Jinwu Guard who was not far away came immediately, and someone dragged him down with just a wink.

The rest of the people were fighting with each other, silent like cicadas, Gao Jing glanced around indifferently, and waved his hands boredly.After they all left, Gao Jing and Yan Yuese said to Yuan Ying: "How can I let others bully me?"

"This..." Yuan Ying said reassuringly, "It doesn't matter, thank you Your Highness."

Gao Jing said: "Turn back and ask the doctor to prescribe some medicine, so as not to let others gossip." Seeing his answer, Gao Jing's eyes twitched, and he said ambiguously, "Did you really go out to find flowers and ask willows?"

Yuan Ying's shoulders were already soaked by the rain: "Ah... no, I dare not, it was the princess who smashed things against me... no, no, it was the minister who made the princess angry again, the minister should be beaten and punished—"

During the words, Helan Mingyue guessed most of it, and said helplessly: I am afraid that Mr. Gao Le is having a bad time in the Yuan Mansion, and he took it out on him, seeing that he dared not speak up.

Gao Jing held the umbrella from Helan Mingyue's hand, covered Yuan Ying, and said softly: "My sister has a hot personality, and the marriage was forced by my father and queen. These days have been hard for you."

When he treats people with sincerity, he always seems to show his heart. Yuan Ying couldn't help it, and said all the grievances: "Your Highness, I know that I don't work hard... But, I only hope that the proton of Nanchu can return to Jiangning sooner. The princess stopped thinking about it, and the minister's life will be easier..."

Gao Jing said nothing, and took him to the city gate with an umbrella, and then told the entourage who came to take Yuanying back to the mansion, took off a jade pendant from his waist and gave it to him, then turned his head and smiled at Yuanying: "Master Yuan, Don't worry, when my sister sees this thing, she will also give her father some face. In the future, if she insults you for no reason, you will come to find Gu."

Yuan Ying gratefully thanked him again and again, and insisted on waiting for Gao Jing to leave before boarding the car.

It was only a short distance from the palace gate, Gao Jing asked He Lan Mingyue, "What do you think of him?"

He Lan tilted the umbrella towards him: "This subordinate has no idea."

"I just think he can accomplish great things." Gao Jing said with a smile. He spread his palms to catch the rain, and then quickened his pace, "Let's go, I didn't ask Amang to send someone to carry the sedan chair. I made a mistake."

The rain is getting heavier, like the Milky Way pouring down.

Unable to move forward, Gao Jing and He Lanmingyue first went to the Yicui Pavilion to shelter from the rain.This place is not far from Lvhua Hall, as soon as the two of them stepped in, there was a palace maid from Cardamom Nianhua over there to send a message, saying that the queen is welcome.

Gao Jing didn't expect to meet Queen Dugu, so he didn't dare to neglect, and went around the corridor with He Lan.

The rain beats plantains outside, and the green hall is filled with a strong fragrance of women, like a hundred flowers blooming together.In addition to the queen, there are two new concubines, one named Xiao, named Baolin, whose father is the governor of the Guan, and the other is an official woman from Mrs. Yuan Tan's natal family, surnamed Ji, who is pregnant and promoted to Jieyu.

The two of them were not much older than Gao Jing, but they didn't dare to assert their identities and saluted Gao Jing one by one.The other person, Gao Jing, frowned as soon as he saw it: "Mother, why is Miss Yuan here?"

Yuan Yuxin glanced at Helan Mingyue vaguely, before saluting: "I have seen Your Highness."

Gao Jing was immediately annoyed.

Empress Dugu turned a blind eye to this undercurrent: "I was going with Xiao Baolin to see how Jieyu's younger sister was doing, and just happened to meet Mrs. Yuan sending Yuxin to the palace to visit, so we went out for a walk together. Unexpectedly, the weather is not good. The heavy rain is trapped in the Luhua Hall——Jing'er, you just went to court, why don't you go to Shuyuzhai?"

Gao Jing replied: "The bachelor is sick today."

"So that's how it is." The queen smiled lightly, "You came just in time, I haven't met Ji Jieyu yet, and when she gives birth to the emperor next year, I don't know if you will have more brothers or sisters."

Gao Jing said: "Everything is fine."

Seeing that he was not cooperating, the queen picked up a piece of pastry and ate it, but Ji Jieyu said: "The queen sister also said that she felt guilty that His Highness didn't make a big deal on his birthday this year because of his injuries. Seeing that His Highness is doing well, she started to worry about the marriage again—— When His Majesty was eighteen, there were two or three concubines in the palace."

Xiao Baolin hadn't been in the palace for a long time, and he blinked bluntly with the girl: "If it is said that the family is right, isn't there someone in front of me?"

He almost didn't mention his name, Yuan Yuxin turned his head and smiled secretly when he was played around like this before he left the pavilion.

Seeing her expression, Xiao Baolin became more and more excited: "Sister Queen, look, Miss Yuan's appearance is sure to have a secret heart for His Highness!"

Gao Jing's face was cold, and he saw a thin layer of sweat on He Lan Mingyue's back.

The queen said: "If there is no relationship between Mr. Le, it is not impossible. But now that Yuan Ying is a son-in-law, and Yuan Tan is in a high position, and if the Yuan family marries the prince to increase his relatives, your majesty may have a bad relationship with the grand master." It's a grudge...Jing'er, what do you think?"

Gao Jing took a sip of tea and said: "I can say one, two, three about the affairs of the former court, but the harem is not allowed to interfere in politics. If you talk about it here, it will be bad for the mother and the two empresses."

A few words made Xiao Baolin's cheeks flushed with embarrassment, he hesitated to speak, and the queen's face sank: "What do you mean?"

Gao Jing turned his head away, pretending to be fascinated by the raindrops outside Xuan's window.

The atmosphere was at a stalemate, and suddenly someone opened the curtain and came in, and said with a sassy smile: "I wanted to take shelter from the rain, but I didn't expect there to be so many people in Luhuatang, it's so lively——"

Seeing the visitor, the palace servants saluted together, the empress looked slightly relaxed: "Why did you suddenly enter the palace?"

Xu Xin was dressed in riding attire, twisting his drenched cuffs nonchalantly, and said, "When your majesty went to the hunting ground, he summoned the last general to accompany him, but it was a pity that it rained heavily before he arrived, so he said to wait in the palace for a while, if the rain stops The plan is still the same. The general has been thinking about it for a long time and has not greeted the empress, so he first went to the North Hall and heard that the empress is in Luhua Hall, so he came here."

After speaking, his eyes met Gao Jing, Xu Xin smiled slightly: "His Royal Highness Jing is also here."

Gao Jing didn't feel bad for her: "I've seen..." Thinking about the title, Xu Xin said, "It's still okay to call it in the past, it doesn't matter."

Gao Jingjing nodded: "I have met Mr. Xu."

During this period of time, there was a gap between Riming Hall and Prince Yu's Mansion, but Xu Xin, as Princess Yu, was not shunned by the emperor, but continued to be reused, and even freely entered and left Ziwei City.Helan Mingyue couldn't help guessing, was this arranged for the emperor?If this is the case, is the downfall of the Ling family really just Gao Jing's hand?

Gao Yu said that King Yu had good intentions and wanted far more than controlling the crown prince, so there is not only one position left?

So he married Xu Xin, and wanted to get the military commander's talisman of Bingzhou, but the emperor took the lead in resigning Xu Xin, and assigned him a idle position in the Imperial Army.The two brothers are friendly on the surface, but they are fighting openly and secretly.

Xu Xin is...whose pawn?

Helan Mingyue thought so, and secretly looked at Xu Xin who was talking with the queen.The other party seemed to have long eyes in the back of his head, suddenly raised his head and looked at him.

Then, Xu Xinfeng raised his eyes slightly, with a rather provocative smile.

After a while, the heavy rain was about to stop, so Gao Jing got up to say goodbye.

Walking through the corridor, you can see the North Hall after a few more towers of Shoushan Mountain. Gao Jingxiang also knew that it would not be easy, and his footsteps were faster than usual.Helan Mingyue followed behind him without speaking.

There was some water in the Yaoguang Pavilion. When they arrived, Amang was instructing the guards and servants to clean up the ginkgo leaves all over the ground. It was not yet the end of the yellow season. He Lan looked at the pile of wet and broken leaves, feeling inexplicably sad.

Gao Jing was not in the mood for romance, he closed the door heavily, and locked himself into the study, so that no one could shout out.

When Aman asked, Helan Mingyue couldn't be said to be in conflict with the queen: "I will invite His Highness to dinner later, Sister Aman can do whatever she wants."

Amon trusted him very much, and he felt relieved to hear what he said.

Helan Mingyue sat down in front of the study, her mind was full of Xu Xin's smile, and the rumors about her that she heard round the bush: she was also involved in the civil strife in the Western Army...

"You are here, let me find it for a while!" A smiling female voice, He Lanmingyue looked up, Xu Xin appeared in front of him, he paused for a moment.

Could Gao Jing hear Xu Xin talking, and the moment he was ready to go, he actually thought of this-should he leave with Xu Xin, or let her continue talking at the door?

He Lan Mingyue stood up: "The general is looking for me?"

"Didn't it be you looking for me?" Xu Xin looked at him, "In Luhua Hall, you look so preoccupied. I intend to come over to see if you have something to ask, but it's my fault that you behave like this?"

He Lan Mingyue said: "Don't dare bother the general."

Xu Xin patted him on the shoulder intentionally, but he withdrew his hand in Gao Jing's territory: "Did you verify what I said to you before? The prince said that Lu Yi taught you a lot."

"Helan Maojia..." He was inexplicably flustered for a moment when the name was said, he squinted at the closed window behind him, and lowered his voice, "Is he really rebellious?"

Xu Xin didn't answer right away, but instead asked, "How did they tell you?"

He Lan Mingyue said: "It is said that there is a grievance."

Xu Xin pursed his lips and smiled, and answered non-positively: "You are in the imperial city, and many mysteries will never be solved. Just like I went to the Prince Yu's Mansion to find out some truths. It is no good to rest on your laurels. This is the only thing you have seen since childhood. A small piece of sky, right and wrong...sometimes it's not very clear."

She seemed to admit something cryptically, He Lan Mingyue didn't have time to think about it, Xu Xin looked up at the dark clouds in the sky: "It's going to rain again, I can't go to the hunting ground today, so I have to go back home first."

He Lan Mingyue said "I will send the general" to his lips, and swallowed it forcefully.

Xu Xin waved her hand, striding out several feet, her bright red riding attire was as neat as her own.He Lan Mingyue thought it was over, but Xu Xin suddenly turned around.

Outside the study is a winding corridor, and there are no other guards. Her voice is brisk: "Helan Mingyue, one day I want to leave the capital to find the answer. Look for me in the spring alley outside the White Horse Temple!"

Helan Mingyue's heart skipped a beat, and she solemnly agreed.

It was not until dusk that Gao Jing left the study.He bored himself for nearly half a day, and when he returned to the dormitory, there was nothing else to do. After dinner, Gao Sheng came to play with him, and he happily accompanied him.

Since Gao Yu left, Gao Sheng was his only close brother.This fool seems to have finally begun to grow slowly in his mind recently. He can figure out what he says and does, but his thinking is still upside down. He can't express what he thinks for a long time, so he puckered his mouth to hold back tears in anxiety.

Gao Jing looked at him as if he was reading a joke, if he had nothing to do, he would tease him, if he was bored, he would make Gao Sheng unhappy and let him go away.Helan Mingyue had some criticisms about this, and she didn't dare to mention it in person, so she could only take care of Gao Sheng in private.

For some reason, after he knew his background, he inexplicably felt pity for Gao Sheng—maybe it was sympathy, but he couldn't tell.

Gao Sheng played for a while, He Lan Mingyue sent him away and then returned to Yaoguang Pavilion, Gao Jing was looking at something by candlelight.

"Your Highness?" He walked over gently, "Is your eyes unobstructed?"

Gao Jing made a "hmm" sound, and unexpectedly said: "I have heard what Xu Xin said to you today."

In his retreat, He Lanmingyue blinked and responded softly.Gao Jing didn't seem to want to blame him, so he continued lazily: "...Listen, it has something to do with your life experience. Earlier, Uncle Huang said that you are a distant relative of Murong's family. Could it be that you are lying to your father?"

He Lan Mingyue was surprised that he actually remembered the past events clearly.

Hesitating whether to tell the truth, only paused for a moment, Gao Jing closed the book with a snap, and looked up sharply at him: "What's your relationship with Helan Maojia?"

Before he could answer, Gao Jing suddenly realized: "You... are you his son?"

He Lan Mingyue said with difficulty: "Your Highness..."

"Guzao heard that Uncle Huang wanted to protect the orphan of Helan Maojia, but after so many years, I thought it was just... the palace people spread it, and I remembered it wrong, not to mention that I didn't mention it later..." Gao Jing murmured , raised his head and looked at him again, with a complicated expression, frowning, and the two small moles also lost their luster.

"He sent you into the palace, he thought of all this long ago?"

Helan Mingyue couldn't answer.

His identity was exposed, but he himself didn't know the ins and outs.Just now when he accepted the truth, Gao Jing spoke out nakedly.He didn't know if Gao Jingmen was thinking in the room, but it was more embarrassing than being told by Xu Xin, Murong Chunru or even anyone else. His throat moved slightly, and he was at a loss.

The rain had just stopped, but Helan Mingyue had cold hands and feet.

Gao Jing walked around the table and approached him, staggered slightly, held him, and raised his hand to stroke the soft smoky purple jade in the earlobe: "You must not let Father know about this matter... alone can protect you, understand ?"

Helan Mingyue was surprised, they were so close, he had the illusion that Gao Jing would kiss him.

But Gao Jing didn't, pushed him away, and said: "As long as you are obedient, don't think about leaving."

At that moment, Helan Mingyue was really split into two halves, his rationality was screaming that Gao Jing was just using you as a bargaining chip to trap you for a lifetime, hypocrisy!My heart is uncontrollably soft, thinking:

If you can be by his side, what's the harm in being kept in the dark for the rest of your life?

After a long time, He Lan Mingyue said: "Yes."

Gao Jing was very satisfied with his answer, and there was a light of victory in his eyes: "Winter will come after autumn, brother Mingyue, you have to stay with me."

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In yesterday's update, a cutie mentioned why He Lan's name is so unique, but no one questioned his identity.I wrote about this but didn’t emphasize it, so I’ll make a little more explanation here to avoid misunderstanding (cover your face.

First of all, as a multi-ethnic regime in Beining, many of the leading class are Xianbei nobles (such as the Murong family, Dugu family, and even Yuan surnames are either Xianbei surnames or evolved from Xianbei), so in the setting of Beining’s territory there are Xianbei people are not surprised.Secondly, although "Helan" later evolved into a certain branch of the Han surname "He", after checking the information, Helan is a Xianbei surname, which is similar to the Han people's surname Li Wang (no, and then it was written that another surname in the dynasty The Zhi Helan family is also there, so Mingyue, as a Xianbei surname Helan, is not particularly strange.

Blame me for not making it clear, I will pay attention to it in the future