Bei Mingxuan was in a very good mood, but he pretended to be difficult, looking at Gu Changan and said, "This is the rule of the General's Mansion. You are so rude when meeting the prince."
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Bei Mingxuan is the person who cares least about these false formalities.
However, in Meng Tan's eyes, he was behaving abnormally at this moment.
"Greetings, Ninth Prince." Meng Tan took a few quick steps and stood beside Chang'an, explaining, "My young lady has never met the Ninth Prince. I hope the Ninth Prince will not blame me."
At the same time, he explained to Chang'an who the man in front of him was. However, what Meng Tan could not have imagined was Chang'an's reaction.
Gu Changan acted as if he didn't hear anything. He didn't even look at Bei Mingxuan and got into the carriage directly, not to mention bowing to Bei Mingxuan.
Is this still the timid Miss Chang'an from her family? Meng Tan even suspected that today, either her eyes were blurry or her ears were in trouble, or she had taken the wrong medicine.
Faced with Chang'an's indifference and the Ninth Prince's questioning gaze, Meng Tan felt extremely embarrassed.
In the middle of winter, I suddenly felt a little sweat on my forehead.
Bei Mingxuan knew that Gu Changan was doing this on purpose. He shook his head nonchalantly and said half-jokingly, "This is the first time in my life that I've asked for courtesy from someone, and I was rejected. I truly failed. Forget it, I'll just assume that person is blind and deaf."
As he spoke, he was already walking towards his carriage.
At this time, Chang'an, who was already in the carriage, muttered to himself that Bei Mingxuan really knew how to find a way out for himself.
Not long after the group left the capital, heavy snow began to fall from the sky, and the road became muddy and difficult to travel on. The carriage also slowed down and moved more steadily.
In the carriage, Chang An was boredly playing with the dominoes at his waist. "Aunt, why did my father invite Bei Mingxuan?"
"I heard from Meng Tan that it was the master who missed the Ninth Prince's wine, and the Ninth Prince just wanted to ask the master for chess lessons."
As Wanxin spoke, she pulled Chang'an's cloak closer.
"It's just that it's too cold today, and the roads are difficult to walk on. I don't know if we can still reach the Plum Garden before dark."
Chang'an always felt that it was not as coincidental as Wanxin said.
I casually lifted the cotton curtain, and what came into view was a vast expanse of white, cool and clean.
It made her mind seem to be enlightened. "Aunt, Changan wants to leave by himself. Let's meet in the Plum Garden tonight."
"No..." Wanxin hadn't finished speaking worriedly.
Suddenly, the horse, which was riding smoothly, was startled without any warning, and the groom was thrown out violently in an instant.
Wanxin, who was serving Chang'an in the carriage, was also thrown out.
The people accompanying him panicked instantly. The moment the frightened horse ran away, Bei Mingxuan had already changed horses and chased after it.
Bei Mingxuan chased him along the official road, but he never expected that they would find themselves at a river a few miles away.
There was only an empty carriage that Chang'an was riding in, and the people and horses had long disappeared.
The ice hole on the river surface made his heart tighten, and a sense of uneasiness crept into his heart.
He even wondered if Chang'an and his horse had fallen into the glacier.
The Fu brothers who followed saw the ice hole on the river and looked at each other in surprise.
Fu Lin noticed something floating in the ice water with his sharp eyes, "Master, that is..."
As Fu Lin didn't finish his words, Bei Mingxuan saw a hint of pink floating in the hole, which was Chang'an's veil.
He frowned subconsciously, not knowing why.
I always have a feeling that Changan must not have fallen into it. "Search separately. Fu Lin, you contact the people from the Gu family together."
"yes!"
Bei Mingxuan led the horse and continued to move forward. In the heavy snow, even at sunset, the sky still seemed so bright.
We walked to a dilapidated temple and saw a faint glow of fire inside.
After entering the temple, Bei Mingxuan followed the light. Who else could the person sitting inside be but Gu Changan?
"So leisurely." Bei Mingxuan raised his eyebrows slightly, leaning his body slightly against the dilapidated wooden door, and it was hard to tell whether the words he said were sarcasm or praise.
There was no trace of guilt on Gu Changan's face, and he didn't even look up at Bei Mingxuan.
It seemed as if the person in front of me was not as real as the two fish roasting on the fire in front of me.
She said indifferently, "Since it has already happened, why not make yourself more comfortable? At least make sure you don't get cold or hungry."
"Did the world really misunderstand you before?" Bei Mingxuan walked over, sat on the ground in front of the fire, and casually picked up one of the grilled fish on the grill.
I thought to myself, could this be the fish I caught from the ice cave before?
After taking a bite, he looked back at Changan in surprise.
It is hard to imagine that in the wilderness in winter,
This useless young lady who never leaves the house could actually cook such delicious fish. "It tastes good."
"The Ninth Prince is hungry." Chang'an said it calmly, but her heart was bitter.
The fourth prince in his previous life casually said that he wanted to eat grilled fish, but he tried his best to learn how to cook.
Then he made it for him to eat. In the end, he didn't give a single iota of his sincerity to himself. "From here, it should be less than half an hour's journey to the Plum Garden."
"As far as this prince knows, you have never set foot in your father's plum garden." Bei Mingxuan said with a hint of doubt.
Chang'an had indeed never been to the Plum Garden, but she had heard Aunt Wanxin talk about it in her previous life.
"The Ninth Prince also said so." There was a hint of smile in Chang'an's eyes, as if she was certain of something. "It's based on what you know. Beyond what you know, there's no way to know."
This answer surprised Bei Mingxuan. "Interesting. According to what you said, I should get to know you again in the future."
Chang An didn't say anything, but added in his heart, "In the future, it's not just the Ninth Prince who has to rediscover himself. Even I have to rediscover myself."
Bei Mingxuan noticed that Chang'an was slightly distracted, he looked into her eyes,
He tried to see something in Chang'an's eyes, but he only saw the distance and coldness in Chang'an's eyes.
This person seemed so far away.
Bei Mingxuan deliberately tried to find a topic and asked, "Why do you want to hide your true appearance? You know, a girl's appearance is very important."
"It's just a shell. There's no need for you to be curious, Ninth Prince." Chang'an said as he took off the veil from his face.
A smile graced her fair face, and she pursed her red lips. "I remember when I was a child in Chang'an, my father once said, 'A chess game is like the world; every move requires three calculations.' I wonder what the Ninth Prince thinks of this."
Bei Mingxuan raised his eyebrows slightly. It was obvious that he did not expect Chang'an to ask this question. He did not speak for a while.
Inadvertently, he rubbed the index finger and thumb of his right hand lightly against each other, and he was wondering what the real meaning behind Chang'an's words was.
Just as Bei Mingxuan was about to speak, Chang'an continued, "Father loves chess and is good at it. He has a deep understanding of the art of Qimen Dunjia. In his early years, he was good at deploying troops and understanding the Eight Trigrams. Although he has lost interest in it now, he is no ordinary person. Otherwise, how could my father have caught the attention of the Ninth Prince?"
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