Gu Yan laughed and said, "You and I didn't intend to divorce, so why would I bring this up?"
Yun Xiangye listened to Gu Yan's words without making any excuses. She didn't want to make her uncle and aunt worry about her at this critical juncture.
Gu Yan put his hand on Yun Xiangye's shoulder, and Yun Xiangye moved Gu Yan's hand away.
Gu Yan chuckled, then placed his hand on Yun Xiangye's shoulder and said, "You're moving my hand away like this in front of my uncle and aunt?"
Yun Xiangye asked, "How could it be considered proper for you to put your arm around my shoulder in front of my uncle and aunt?"
Gu Yan took Yun Xiangye into his arms, chuckled, and said, "You and I are husband and wife, so why should we be so indecent?"
Yun Xiangye pushed Gu Yan and said, "It's time to go back to the courtyard. Nuonuo must be missing me."
Gu Yan said to Yun Xiangye, "We can take a boat back to Qingfeng Garden from here. It's faster and we don't have to go around the lake."
Yun Xiangye looked across the lake and saw the scenery outside Qingfeng Garden. She followed Gu Yan onto the small boat docked by the lake.
Gu Yan didn't let the maids get on the boat, he rowed the boat himself.
Yun Xiangye sat at the bow of the boat holding a peony, gazing at the setting sun in the west. It had been a long time since she had such a moment of tranquility.
Yun Xiangye saw the boat spinning in the middle of the lake. She looked at Gu Yan, who was rowing, and asked, "Why are you spinning all the time?"
Yun Xiangye stood up and looked at Gu Yan and said, "Don't tell me you don't know how to row a boat?"
Gu Yan nodded.
Yun Xiangye asked, "How come you picked up the oars and rowed just now if you don't know how to row?"
Gu Yan said: "I thought rowing was not difficult..."
Yun Xiangye looked at Gu Yan helplessly. "This lake is neither big nor small. If you can't row, how can we reach the shore? Even though it's spring, it's already dusk and very cold."
In spring, the temperature difference is huge, with warm days and cold nights. Once the sun sets, it is still like winter. The lake water gradually becomes freezing and you can't swim back to the shore.
The sky was getting darker and darker, and they didn't bring any lanterns with them.
Gu Yan looked at Yun Xiangye and said, "You grew up in a water town, so you should know how to row a boat, right?"
Yun Xiangye: "Who says that those who grew up in a water town can row a boat? We have boatmen and boatmen who specialize in rowing boats over there. I'm not going to be a boatman, so naturally I can't row a boat..."
After Yun Xiangye finished speaking, she shouted towards the shore, "Is there anyone there?"
Unfortunately, this part of the lake is a rarely visited place in the Princess's Mansion, and no one can hear or respond to Yun Xiangye's cry for help.
The sky grew darker and darker, Yun Xiangye's throat hurt from shouting, so she stopped shouting.
Gu Yan still tried to control the direction, but the night wind blew and it was useless for him to row the boat.
The boat kept drifting with the wind.
Yun Xiangye said to Gu Yan, "The wind is picking up. You'd better not row anymore. When night falls, the maids will see that we haven't returned yet and will definitely come to the lake to look for us."
Yun Xiangye put the peony in her hand aside, then went into the boat and lay down to rest.
The boat rocked gently, so she wasn't afraid of being trapped on it.
Gu Yan came over, took off his coat, put it on the boat, and let Yun Xiangye sleep on his clothes.
Yun Xiangye gradually fell asleep as the boat swayed in the wind.
When she woke up, she still felt very shaky. She opened her eyes and saw only darkness. "Gu Yan, are you still there?"
Gu Yan held Yun Xiangye's hand and said, "I'm here."
"The maid didn't come to find us?" Yun Xiangye asked, "We won't have to stay on this boat all night, will we? Otherwise, you can swim back and find someone to rescue me..."
Gu Yan said, "I won't go into the water again in spring. I still remember the illness I got when I saved you. If Qingming can't find me tomorrow during the day, he will come looking for me."
At that time, Gu Yan really had a close call with death. He even thought he was going to die in Jiangnan.
Yun Xiangye also thought of Gu Yan's dying appearance when he went into the water earlier, and whispered, "Then we can only wait until Qing Ming comes during the day."
Yun Xiangye walked outside the boat. Today was the ninth day of March. The moon was half full and the moonlight shone on the lake with a soft glow. It was not so dark that one could not see one's hand in front of one's face.
Yun Xiangye sat on the deck, looking at the stars in the sky.
Gu Yan also sat down next to Yun Xiangye, draped his clothes over her, and pulled her into his arms. "It seems like it's been a long time since we've been alone together, quietly appreciating the moon and stars. The last time we were together was during the Mid-Autumn Festival, before Nuonuo was born."
Yun Xiangye recalled the Mid-Autumn Festival that year. She was already five or six months pregnant, and Nuonuo was already in her belly. At that time, she thought that she would live a happy life with Gu Yan in Fangqiao Town.
At that time, she had never imagined that one day she would become a member of the royal family and the daughter-in-law of the eldest princess.
Yun Xiangye couldn't help but look at Gu Yan. In fact, the husband she fell in love with in the past three years was not the Gu Yan of today. She was so angry probably because she had not really understood Gu Yan in the past three years.
"Gu Yan, I think we should get a divorce once my sister's matter is settled."
Gu Yan frowned and said, "Why do you insist on getting a divorce? What good will a divorce do for you? You said I don't love you enough and don't care about you enough, so I will try my best to make you feel that I love you and care about you."
Yun Xiangye said, "Because I've just realized that I never truly loved you. What I loved was the gentle and considerate husband in Fangqiao, not the high and mighty Prince Ning. Everything about you now feels strange to me..."
"I'm still myself." Gu Yan couldn't help but frown. "If you insist on getting a divorce, I still say the same thing. You can keep Nuonuo, and you can divorce as you wish."
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