Then she unexpectedly met an acquaintance here.
"True Master." Gu Zheng noticed her and walked over to salute her.
He Qing turned aside and said, "Since we are out, please don't be so polite, Master Gu."
Gu Zheng stood up, glanced behind her, and then asked, "Master, why are you here? Where are the people following you?"
"I was bored, so I came out for a walk without anyone with me." He Qing said, "Why is Lord Gu here too?" He was also not wearing an official uniform, and had no one with him. He was just wandering around here alone.
Gu Zheng said, "My home is nearby."
He Qing nodded, and the two of them fell silent. Although He Qing had a good impression of Gu Zheng, in person, he didn't know how to talk to him or what to say. Perhaps because he had read too many comments in his memory, he had also mentally regarded Gu Zheng as a significant figure, which made it difficult to grasp how to get along with him.
Gu Zheng took the initiative to ask, "Since Master Zhen is here, would you like to come to my humble abode and have a cup of tea?"
He Qing wanted to refuse, but then thought it was a rare opportunity to get to know Gu Zheng, so he nodded hesitantly. The two of them walked around the crowd and turned into an alley. After walking for a while, they finally arrived at Gu Zheng's home.
Remote and quiet were He Qing's first impressions of the courtyard. Four or five trees were planted in the small courtyard, almost completely shading the house, creating a very quiet and peaceful atmosphere. Upon closer inspection, he discovered they were all fruit trees.
A peach tree, a plum tree, and a pear tree were all laden with green fruits, which hung so heavily that they almost bent the branches.
A pomegranate tree is still in bloom, and a ginkgo tree is full of green.
Beneath the peach tree stood a set of stone tables and chairs, quite an interesting sight. He Qing noticed it and was about to go over, but after a moment's hesitation, she asked, "I wonder if anyone else is at Lord Gu's house?" If there were any elders present, she would be the one to go in and greet them.
"There are only two old servants." Gu Zheng said.
He Qing went straight to the stone table and chairs under the peach tree with confidence. As soon as he sat down, an old woman brought out tea.
Gu Zheng then sat down opposite He Qing and asked, "Master, I just realized that most of the people in the capital can't stand the turmoil and just want to live a peaceful life. Even if they were asked to leave the city, they have nowhere else to go. All their belongings are here and they can't leave."
He Qing looked at him in surprise and nodded, but felt a little confused, wondering why he brought up this.
Gu Zheng added, "Common people ask for very little. They only care about the present day. No matter how hard it is, as long as they have a place and don't have to struggle all the time, they will be satisfied. They don't understand or care about the things that happen in the court."
"What exactly is Lord Gu trying to say?" He Qing was puzzled. She had a feeling Gu Zheng had more to say from his tone and demeanor, but her wisdom was limited, so she couldn't really understand.
Gu Zheng choked when he heard this, and he almost suspected that He Qing really didn't understand, or was deliberately saying this to provoke him.
Royal kinship was already weak, and with He Qing, he might not even see his so-called "relatives" once a year, so naturally, his affection was limited. Rather than worrying about the little emperor's safety, he was more apprehensive about the turmoil that the changing environment would bring.
But in the first eighteen years of her life, neither her father nor her brother had ever paid attention to her existence. Even if this nephew continued to live, the situation might not be much different.
It was just that when she found herself at that point, she naturally had the idea of changing everything. In fact, for He Qing, if she could change something, the real meaning was that her future destiny could also be changed.
He Qing didn't believe that God had brought him back to this moment just to repeat his previous path and die again.
So it didn't matter what the change was. Since he couldn't save the little emperor, he could only start with his own marriage.
With the bloody lessons learned from the past, He Qing no longer naively believed that a new life would come after marriage. She could certainly try to find a new family, but there was no guarantee that she wouldn't encounter bad things again.
A vague idea arose in He Qing's mind.
She doesn't want to get married again.
In fact, the princesses of the Chu Dynasty had a very low presence, because they did not need to marry off princesses like in the Han and Tang dynasties, and in order to prevent them from interfering with political affairs by relying on their status as favored daughters of heaven, a series of strict and oppressive rules were formulated to restrict them after the founding of the country.
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