The sun is scorching in July and the cicadas are chirping.
In the courtyard, under the camellia flower stand, a girl of six or seven years old was lying on the stone table in a daze without any manners.
The maid beside her was a little worried. She opened and closed her mouth several times, but in the end she didn't say anything.
Although their Sanniang is young, she has always been calm and strong-willed. Even the princess and the prince consort in the family value her very much and do not treat her as an ignorant child at all.
"...Duke Zhuang dreamed of a butterfly?"
Gu Qingcheng muttered silently.
She stretched out her right hand and flipped it over and over in mid-air.
The skin on the back of the hand is very dark, but the palm is still relatively tender, except for a thin layer of calluses on the index and middle fingers, which are left from holding a pen and writing for a long time.
The bright sunlight danced in the palm of my hand, stinging my eyes.
pain?
Gu Qingcheng narrowed her eyes, so she was not dreaming.
So, she really went back to her childhood?
Resurrection?
No, she was very familiar with this body.
Even without looking in the mirror and unable to see her face, she could be sure by just looking at her hands and feet, and the bamboo slips spread out on the stone table—
This is her!
Aqing of the Gu family.
Yes, Aqing, her real name is Gu Qing, and the "Qing" in "generations of nobles" was obtained by her princess mother herself.
Her parents' expectations were simple and direct; they hoped she would live a life of wealth and glory.
Subsequent facts proved that A'niang did not give her the wrong name. She indeed became the most noble woman in the world, respected by her husband, filial to her children and grandchildren, rich in life, and honored after death.
The name Gu Qingcheng was given to herself after she came of age.
It's not that she lives up to her name, but her self-deprecating "open-minded" attitude——
"There is a beauty in the north, peerless and independent; one glance from her could captivate a city, another could captivate a nation."
The phrase "captivating beauty" is used to describe a peerless beauty, but Gu Qing is an ugly woman with talent but no looks.
After her death, the history books would probably write something like this: Empress Shengde, daughter of the Gu family of Wu Commandery, gifted with intelligence and many talents, but with yellow hair and a dark complexion...
Ugly!
Comparable to Queen Xuan of Qi.
The Gu family is a Wujun clan, not a nouveau riche family. From grandfather to father, they are all well-educated and famous people.
They would not be so superficial as to dislike their granddaughter (daughter) being ugly.
They taught Gu Qingcheng since she was a child, letting her study and enrich herself with knowledge.
Therefore, Gu Qingcheng is not inferior, but can calmly accept other people's ridicule of her.
In order to show that she was mentally strong enough, she even gave herself a nickname "Qingcheng".
Everyone admired her broad-mindedness, and Gu Qingcheng also felt that she really didn't care about her appearance or the strange looks from the world.
Because her excellence does not need to be proven by her appearance.
Relying on her talent and extraordinary vision, she chose Yuwen Heng, an unappreciated member of the Northern Dynasty royal family, and assisted him all the way to the throne.
She unified the north and the south, reformed the civil service, expelled the Turks, and opened up the imperial examination system... She helped Yuwen Heng create a prosperous era, and she also became a virtuous queen and queen mother who was recorded in history.
Looking back on Gu Qingcheng's life, she was loved by her parents, cared for by her brothers and sisters, respected by her husband, and filial to her children and grandchildren.
She has few regrets!
And for someone like her who has no regrets in her heart, there should be no need for her to be reborn.
Gu Qingcheng was certain that she was not dreaming, so her situation must be rebirth after death.
"But I don't want to be reborn!"
Gu Qingcheng withdrew her hand and lay back on the stone table. She had no idea that her life could be lived over again.
"Sanniang! Sanniang!"
At this moment, a maid came running from a distance.
She must have been so flustered that she forgot the rules for a moment and yelled in the yard, "Sanniang! The Princess invites you over!"
Gu Qingcheng didn't react at all.
Because she didn't have to go, she knew what her mother asked her to do.
After confirming that she was reborn, she looked at her reading notes and realized that she had returned to the age of six.
What major events happened this year, especially in the summer?
The powerful official Chen Jing was in power, and my grandfather could not bear to be associated with him, so he was framed by Chen Jing.
My mother was the Princess Jiangling of this dynasty, but the royal family declined and the emperor was a puppet in the hands of Chen Jing, let alone a princess who had already married off?
Chen Jing forced the emperor to issue an edict, not only dismissing his grandfather Gu Yi from his position as Minister of the Central Secretariat, but also exiling the entire Gu family to Lingnan.
The Gu family is an old and aristocratic family in the Southern Dynasty, with relatives throughout the powerful class.
The Gu family knew the news before the imperial edict was delivered.
Gu Qingcheng's father, Gu Yong, after an urgent discussion with his wife, Princess Jiangling, decided to flee to the Northern Dynasty with his family.
Although the Southern and Northern Dynasties had been in opposition for hundreds of years, the two sides were not really as hostile as water and fire.
Especially the aristocratic families on both sides, once they encounter persecution in their own dynasty, they will flee to the other side.
Last year, the Wang family, a relative of the Gu family, fell into trouble, and the head of the family fled to the Northern Dynasty with several legitimate male descendants.
Gu Qingcheng's elder sister, Gu Youning, is the new wife of the eldest son of the Wang family, and she left with her husband.
Not long after fleeing to the Northern Dynasty, Gu Youning sent someone to deliver a letter to his family.
Their family lived in peace and contentment in the Northern Dynasty. The emperor even gave the eldest son of the Wang family an official position as the chief priest of the Imperial Academy.
The rank is not high, but it is noble and elegant, which is in line with the identity of the son of Wang family of Langya.
With the example of the Wang family, Gu Qing's parents planned to go to the Northern Dynasty as well.
Gu Yi was reluctant to leave his hometown.
The Gu family is different from the Wang family.
The Wang family was a northern aristocratic family that migrated south. Going to the Northern Dynasties was a "return to their homeland."
However, the Gu family is a genuine southern family. Generations of them have grown up here, and their ancestral tombs, ancestral halls, etc. are also here.
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