The rebirth of the prince and his wife

In the middle of the night before the beginning of autumn, the study room of the Second Prince's Mansion was brightly lit, someone knocked on the door suddenly, and then entered the room and whispered: "Your Highness, Lu An has committed suicide."

"Dead clean?" Chu Xiao asked without raising his head.

"It can't be any more clean." The man replied: "The Ministry of Punishment has already notified the Lu family. Presumably, someone will come to the mansion to notify the second prince and concubine in the early morning."

"Understood." Chu Xiao said casually, lowered his head and fiddled with the string of white jade Buddha beads that he kept in his hand all day, and continued for a while: "The second concubine's younger brother is gone, and I may hurt my body crying, you can find a competent one The doctor is waiting."

The man was stunned for a moment, then raised his head differently, staring at Chu Xiao's vicious and sinister face, it took a long time before he lowered his head again, knelt down and bowed deeply: "This subordinate takes orders."

Chu Xiao expressionless: "Go down."

Just as he was about to speak, there was thunder in the middle of the night, and suddenly there was wind and rain, and the lightning in the sky suddenly brightened, making this rainy night as thick as ink shine like day in an instant.

This is the first rain in autumn. It is not like last year's sprinkling and sprinkling, but it is coming with a bang, a strong wind and a torrential rain. The willows in Chang'an are swaying and whistling in the strong wind. In the imperial city palace, eager raindrops Patting on the luxurious glazed tiles of the palaces and pavilions, the windows of Jinghui Pavilion forgot to close, and were blown by the strong wind suddenly and suddenly.

Standing by the window, Chu Cheng stretched out his hand to close the window tightly. The raindrops splashed on his arm. After brushing it off calmly, he turned his head to look at the people in the hall, and said, "Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment should know how to say it."

"Can you not know?" The people in the hall said respectfully: "This matter was ordered by the second prince himself. If the Secretary of the Ministry of Punishments refuses, it must be said that he committed suicide in fear of crime."

"That's fine."

Chu Cheng sighed in his heart when he heard Qiu Yu getting more and more frenzied outside the window.

That's right, the Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment didn't say that he committed suicide in fear of crime. Could it be that in front of the emperor and all civil and military officials, he said that these were all done by the second prince?

But these were only done by the second prince, and he guided them step by step.

Poor Chu Xiao is now very turbulent, and he has long lost the all-round elegance of the past. Sure enough, people will always change.

Chu Xiao is, Chu Yue is, Chu Yu is, and he himself is also.

Chu Xiao only knew that he used Lu An as a gunman, not only poisoned and blinded Chu Yu, but also got rid of the right-handed family who no longer had the same heart as him.

But he doesn't know, why isn't he being used by Chu Cheng as a spearman now?

.........

"The sound of heavy rain sounds like a ghost crying."

Gu Youning wore Chu Yu's coat and slippers and went down to the ground to close the window. The two of them had fallen asleep early, and were awakened by thunder in the middle of the night, only to realize that the window was not closed.

After closing the window, Gu Youning extinguished the candle, then kicked off the slippers, climbed back onto the bed and arched into Chu Yu's arms, yawned and said, "Okay, let's go to sleep."

Chu Yu lost sleepiness, hugged him in his arms, and said softly, "This rainy night reminds me of last year in Qinglong Valley."

In the middle of the night, it was also stormy, he was shot off the cliff, You Ning jumped off the cliff with him to die together, he was seriously injured in the Qinglong Valley, the two of them hid in the simple cabin, You Ning took care of him by his side.

But now he has been blinded by poisoning, and has been deprived of military power. After two years of rebirth, he has spent more than two years in vain. He has become a prince in a very difficult situation, and You Ning is still in his arms.

The world goes on and on, only the person in the arms is always the same.

Gu Youning closed his eyes, raised the corners of his mouth, put his arms around his neck, raised his head and kissed his chin, then smiled and said: "When the day is free, let's go back and have a look, anyway, you don't have to go up now, we want to go Go wherever you want."

"it is good."

Chu Yu smiled, bowed his head in the dark and kissed Gu Youning's hair.

The next morning.

When the news of Lu An's death came, Gu Youning was trying his best to polish the cane prepared for Chu Yu in the yard.

Ever since Gu Junxuan saw him making a cane that day, he knew that he didn't want the craftsman to do it, and he was afraid that he couldn't do it himself well. It would be too small if he couldn't make the cane well, and he would hurt himself again by holding a short knife and grinding wheel, so please The craftsmen in the palace were invited to give some pointers, but of course all of these had to be done behind Chu Yu's back.

In this way, Gu Youning's walking stick has shown its exquisiteness from its simplicity at the beginning to now. Originally, he wanted to inlay carved sapphire on the armrest, but he felt that it was getting cold again. , so that people are full of Chang'an looking for ebony.

It's just that red sandalwood is expensive, but there are places to sell it after all, but ebony is made of wood buried in the soil due to changes in the earth's crust. To make the armrest of the cane, you need a large piece, so it is even more difficult to find.

Moreover, it is said that this ebony has been buried in the ground for thousands of years and has not rotted for a hundred years. It has already brought spirituality, can absorb the most yin and cold air around the body, and has the meaning of warding off evil spirits and bringing blessings, so it is even more precious.

Gu Youning sent people to search around Chang'an, but no one sold it. In the end, it was Mu Yunhan who learned that someone dug up a large piece of ebony in a river hundreds of miles away, but when he arrived, the ebony already had a buyer. But what kind of character Mu Yunhan, just holding a lot of banknotes, was very shameless and forced to jump in the queue, almost buying and selling by force to help Gu Youning get Wumu back.

After having ebony, Gu Youning thought about it every day when he was free, and finally went to work on the day of Liqiu, and looked at it carefully for a long time.

The cane has two upper and lower sections, which are fastened by a circular rotation on an inclined plane. The lower part is made of satin-smooth red sandalwood, and the upper handrail is made of pitch-black ebony.

This ebony has been materialized for thousands of years, and it inherits the essence of heaven and earth's spiritual energy. Its whole body is quaint and quiet, like Chu Yu.

Gu Youning happily put it in his hand and looked back and forth, but he sighed again after looking at it, the thing is a good thing, but he, a carver, can't handle it, so he has spoiled the good thing to some extent.

Just when he was about to enter the house with his walking stick to Chu Yu, Chu Heng hurried in. After he recovered from his leg injury, he started to participate in politics, and came here after the court today.

Just because the matter of Lu An has been known to the court, the minister of the Ministry of punishment only said that he committed suicide in fear of crime, Emperor Desheng thought for a moment and didn't say anything, the right minister got the news yesterday, so he didn't come to the court today.

Chu Yu heard Chu Heng say that Lu An committed suicide last night, and couldn't help but think of the thunderstorm night last night, and then he heard him shouting injustice in front of the room, how tragic it was, and couldn't help but sigh deeply.

The matter of the newly promoted No. [-] murdering King Wen seems to be over. Although the court is full of sighs, everyone dare not say anything more.

As for the second prince who lost his position as prince, after more than a year of continuous imprisonment and frustration, finally after King Wen was poisoned and blinded, he had faint momentum to make a comeback, but no matter what, he never regained the power he once had.

Compared with him, Chu Yu and Gu Youning's place is so deserted that they are almost deserted.

Chu Yue would come sometimes, but he also knew that he was not welcome, so he only put down some hard-to-find medicinal materials and left after a few words. Gu Youning didn't bother to pay attention to him, and he didn't want his things. Throwing it out in front of him, Chu Yue was not annoyed, and picked it up silently. The next time he came, he still brought many precious things and brought a strange little clay figurine, which he said was made by Jian Yu.

Gu Youning didn't have to leave other things, but Jianyu's little clay figurine had to be kept.

During these days when they were not in the palace, Chu Yue had a lot of time to find Jian Yu. Gu Youning knew it in his heart, but he didn't stop him. He would never forgive Chu Yue. No matter how Chu Yue became better now, he just didn't want to To make Jianyu unhappy, the child is already like this now, why make him cry again.

So he let Chu Yue go, and only told people to look after Jian Yu, no matter whether Chu Yue was there or not, he could not leave him for a moment.

Wen Zhuo would occasionally visit the palace. Gu Qingshuang had added a daughter to Wen Zhuo a few days ago. Although she was a daughter, she was Wen Zhuo's eldest daughter. That girl was very happy, and she wanted to let the whole world know that he had a daughter. daughter.

It's just that Gu Qingshuang knew about the affairs of Prince Wen's mansion, and she was worried, but she couldn't enter the palace, so she could only urge her husband to come and visit.

Gu Youning was very happy to know that Gu Qingshuang gave birth safely, and gave many gifts one after another, but she couldn't help but think of Luoxia.

Luoxia gave birth to a son, earlier than Gu Qingshuang, named Haobai, which was chosen by Huo Minghui, because Baiyan was always by his side when Luoxia was about to give birth, and when the child was born, both women were illiterate, and they didn't know What kind of name should be chosen? Huo Minghui has a little knowledge of poetry and books, so he said that when this son was born, the bright moon was in the sky.

During this period of time, Gu Youning used to be busy with Jianyu all day long and couldn't take care of other things. Now that Chu Yu is blind, he can't even take care of Jianyu, let alone visit the two children.

Thinking of this, Gu Youning couldn't help but sigh, but Chu Yu was in a good mood, very happy holding the cane made by Gu Youning in his hand, he couldn't see it, he just felt the smooth texture inch by inch, and there was a crooked in the middle The engraved name made him unable to hold back the corners of his mouth.

The skill of making the cane may not be the best, but the heart is the rarest.

He could almost imagine how Gu Youning was holding the tool clumsily, holding the wood and grinding carefully with his eyes wide open.

So far in the early autumn, Prime Minister Right has resigned, the Lu family has been in decline, and King Wen’s poisoning and blindness can barely be explained. No matter whether it is quiet or dark, no one comes to Chu Yu anymore. Trouble with Gu Youning.

They also lived in the palace for a while, Chu Yu and Gu Youning discussed about going back to live in the palace, so they chose a day to go to Emperor Desheng to say hello.

Emperor Desheng naturally agreed, and chatted with Chu Yu in Guangren Hall, his eyes occasionally fell on Chu Yu's cane, and he said with a smile: "This cane is made of red sandalwood and ebony, and things are precious. , but this craftsmanship is not enough."

When Chu Yu heard this, he smiled in a low voice, and said, "If You Ning hears father's words, I'm afraid she will be sad."