Beneath the half-closed eyelids, there was a tide of emotion that was difficult to describe in words, so restrained, so affectionate, so suppressed, so desired but unattainable.
Gu Yunmeng looked straight at Yu Chaoyun, and was touched by the emotion that burst out from her at that moment.
So that's how it is. The person Yu Chaoyun likes turns out to be the eldest prince.
No wonder Yu Chaoyun played the song "Sad Parting" just now. To her, war was indeed "Sad Parting". The girl who traveled thousands of miles to find her husband in the song represented Yu Chaoyun herself, and the fiancé who was conscripted into the army represented the eldest prince who was sent to Nanyue as a hostage.
During the past eight years, Yu Chaoyun must have been obsessed with going to Nanyue to find the eldest prince;
Over the past eight years, Yu Chaoyun has probably been worried that the eldest prince would never come back...
This song is the voice of Yu Chaoyun.
So this was not an arranged marriage arranged by the family.
Thinking of this, Gu Yun'er looked at Yu Chaoyun with a little more admiration and closeness in her eyes.
"Auntie," Yu Chaoyun smiled shyly and whispered, "I shouldn't have said this to you..."
"It's nothing to do." Gu Yunyan interrupted Yu Chaoyun and held her hands with both of hers. "It's not shameful to like someone."
It turned out that Yu Chaoyun had been destined to be with the eldest prince eight years ago, and she was the one who fell in love with him first.
Thinking back to what Yu Chaoyun had just said to Gu Yanfei, Gu Yun'er suddenly felt that she was hiding something.
Just now, Yu Chaoyun wanted to give up the eldest prince, so she told Gu Yanfei that she lost.
But Gu Yanfei was so aggressive that he wanted to suppress Yu Chaoyun and put her in a position where she couldn't turn over. He wanted to intervene between the eldest prince and Yu Chaoyun and take away someone's love! Gu Yanfei was going too far! While thinking, Gu Yun'er's eyes passed through the gate of the water pavilion and looked at the open space outside the water pavilion.
Seven or eight girls were playing hide-and-seek in an open space. The one who was blindfolded and acting as the "blind man" was Gu Yanfei.
"Yan Fei, come and catch me, come and catch me." Lu Qin's smiling voice came with the wind.
The other girls either hid behind Lu Qin or behind nearby tree trunks.
Almost at the same time Lu Qin finished speaking, Gu Yanfei went to the direction of the voice, took two steps forward, and grabbed Lu Qin's wrist.
"Got you!"
Gu Yanfei said confidently.
Gu Yunyan looked at Gu Yanfei's back, her eyes gradually becoming deeper, her heart was complicated, and she sighed, "Chao Yun, my second cousin has always been competitive..."
Yes, Gu Yanfei is too picky and strong-willed.
She was only coveting the eldest prince just to compete with me, she didn't really like the eldest prince at all.
She wanted to snatch the eldest prince away for her own selfish reasons, but in the end they would just become a pair of resentful lovers. The rest of their lives would be a mess for her, the eldest prince, and Yu Chaoyun.
She shouldn't have done this! "Chaoyun, I will try to persuade her." Gu Yunyan handed a handkerchief to Yu Chaoyun with a gentle and amiable smile.
She has a bright face, an easy-going personality, and is good at dealing with people. It is always easy and comfortable to be with her, and she has many friends in Beijing.
"Aren't you, you're so nice." Yu Chaoyun took the handkerchief, lowered his head slightly, gently wiped the corners of his eyes with the handkerchief, and the corners of his mouth hidden behind the handkerchief curled up almost invisibly.
She didn't ask Gu Yunyan how she was going to persuade him, but just smiled faintly at Gu Yunyan, her voice a little hoarse: "I have been holding these things in my heart for a long time... I feel much better after speaking them out today."
"I am a daughter of the Yu family. I knew from a young age that I would follow the wishes of my family in marriage, so even though I fell in love with the eldest prince, I never had any expectations."
"I didn't expect that, by some strange coincidence, my family actually sent me to the capital to compete for that position."
"This is an opportunity God has given me. No matter what, I still don't want to accept my fate."
Yu Chaoyun's tone was gentle and soft, and his expression was very firm.
The cold wind blew on her cheeks, messing up her bangs, revealing her forehead as white as jade. Her whole body exuded a deep sadness, weak yet strong.
Gu Yun'an raised her hand to smooth Yu Chaoyun's bangs. Feeling that they had a heart-to-heart talk today, she developed a sense of closeness to her and looked at her with a different eye.
It turns out that among the women of the Dajing Dynasty, there are girls like Yu Chaoyun who are brave enough to pursue true love.
Yu Chaoyun trusted me so much that he confided his true feelings to me.
Gu Yunyan was also touched by this and said with a smile: "Chaoyun, don't worry, I will help you keep the secret."
"Some things are better said out loud, otherwise if you keep them in your heart for too long, they will become a mental illness."
Yu Chaoyun wiped the corners of his eyes with the handkerchief and smiled at Gu Yunmeng as if they knew each other.
Outside the water pavilion, the clear and hearty laughter of Gu Yanfei, Wei Jiaoniang and others could be heard from afar. Yu Chaoyun subconsciously looked in the direction of the sound, only to see a eunuch in his thirties walking in.
The eunuch stood at the door and bowed to Gu Yunyan, Yu Chaoyun, and the ladies from the noble families on the west side of the water pavilion, then said, "The Queen Mother is hosting a banquet in the Nine Phoenix Boat. Please ask the ladies to move over."
Then, Miss Zeng and others who were sitting on the west side of the water pavilion stood up, and followed the eunuch out with Gu Yun'er and Yu Chaoyun.
"Girls, this way please."
The eunuch walked in front to lead the way for Gu Yun'er and his group.
In front, Gu Yanfei, Wei Jiaoniang and others were also led by Eunuch He along the lakeside, heading eastward.
After walking for a cup of tea, they arrived at a two-story pleasure boat with carved railings and painted buildings, and decorated with lights. It looked magnificent against the backdrop of the surrounding snow.
A clear pipa sound came from the pleasure boat, echoing faintly in the air.
The girls stepped onto the boat one by one, stepping on a wooden board extending from the pleasure boat. Lanterns were lit in the boat. In the bright light, there were figures of beautiful women in fragrant clothes and swaying pearl hairpins.
Mrs. Wang, the wife of the Prince of Weiguo, Mrs. Lu, Mrs. Yu and other ladies of honor had already taken their seats on the first floor of the pleasure boat. In addition, there were some young men around sixteen or seventeen years old, who were standing or sitting in groups of three or four on the second floor of the pleasure boat, talking and drinking. It was quite lively.
In the corner of the first floor, a musician with heavy makeup, silk dress and jade hairpins was holding a pipa, and the song "The Phoenix Seeks the Phoenix" jumped out of her fingertips, lingering and lingering.
The head maid Liushuang came over with a smile and bowed to everyone present: "Empress Dowager, please don't be restrained."
There is usually a palace banquet on the eighth day of the Lunar New Year.
This is a custom that started during the time of Emperor Taizu. Every year on the eighth day of the first lunar month, the Empress would host a banquet for some young men and women of marriageable age. This would always result in a few marriages, and it gradually became a good story, known as the Mandarin Duck Banquet.
(End of this chapter)
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