Compared to Li Feng, the late emperor of Long 'an, Li Min, this emperor, could be said to have a sense of tension and relaxation. Although the reforms were like layers upon layers of waves, everything was orderly and reasonable. The decrees came first, and the policies followed. From the beginning to the end, from the top to the bottom, not only did he run a school to open the people's wisdom, but he also sent a long flood dragon into the sea to escort merchant ships and people going out to study abroad. He was quietly and bit by bit stripping away the highly concentrated monarchical power from the time of Emperor Wu from the numerous and complicated imperial court.
At the same time, although he did not like ostentation, he did not treat himself harshly like his elder brother.
Every year, when the weather became hot, he would lead the officials to the newly built Jing Hua Yuan temporary imperial residence to avoid the summer heat. During the New Year, after the palace banquet ended early, no one could think of using government affairs to tie him down. The Emperor would definitely run to the hot spring courtyard in the north to rest.
However, in the first year of Taishi, the officials were not used to the Emperor's private habits, so the hot spring courtyard was disturbed several times.
Among them, the most annoying was Shen Yi.
On the fifth day of the first month, Shen Yi, who successfully escorted the war reparations, returned to the capital to report. He estimated that the two people should be tired of each other. At this time, it would not be too annoying to visit, so he went home and took a few jars of his father's homemade wine and went to the northern suburbs to pay a visit to Gu Yun.
Old Master Shen liked to fiddle around at home all year round when he had nothing to do. One time, he brewed too much wine and had no place to send it, so his family ingeniously put it in Wang Nan Lou to sell. Unexpectedly, for some unknown reason, it suited the taste of the people in the capital. The two large carts of homemade wine were sold out in three days. From then on, Old Master Shen's homemade wine became very popular, and even a drop was hard to find. When Old Master Shen heard about this, he decisively took up the pretense. He was no longer willing to brew in large quantities. Every time, he would only produce two or three jars and only give them to his friends and family. When he was free, he would let people write stories about him making homemade wine in the tabloids. It was so hateful that people could only see it but not drink it.
In the end, even the Shen family's quaint little wine jars became a new trend in the capital. Old Master Shen's homemade wine also became a rather valuable gift. Shen Yi, that poor and pedantic fellow, took it out to gain favors.
Unfortunately, the famous wine was only in Gu Yun's hands for a moment before it was heartlessly confiscated by the Emperor. Changgeng gently and without any explanation, took the wine jar away and said to him, "I'll have someone warm it up before giving it to you."
Gu Yun's expression was inexplicably sorrowful and indignant, making Shen Yi baffled. After Chang Geng left, he used his elbow to poke Gu Yun: "The ruler of a country has taken such good care of you, why are you still showing such an expression?"
. Gu Yun glanced at him with a stomachache and waved his hand weakly, "What do you know."
Shen Yi wanted to retort, but when the words were about to come out of his mouth, he remembered that he came here today to ask for a favor. It was inconvenient to offend Gu Yun too much. He could only suppress his temper and said in a low voice, "Zi Xi, I have something to ask you."
Gu Yun hummed listlessly, "Say it."
Shen Yi swallowed his saliva and asked seriously, "If I want to propose marriage to Miss Chen, how can it not seem so abrupt?"
Gu Yun heard this and raised one of his long eyebrows high. He said in surprise, "Abrupt? What's so abrupt about it? "
Shen Yi, "…"
Gu Yun asked curiously, "Didn't you even give her the token of love?"
Shen Yi hung his head and slowly felt around his chest. Under Gu Yun's surprised gaze, he slowly took out a small cloth bag wrapped in fine silk. That thing was tightly wrapped in layers. After three layers, the contents were revealed. It was the "legendary" small dangling ornament.
"You haven't given it to her yet?" Gu Yun commented ruthlessly, "Fortunately, you haven't given it. It's too ugly."
Shen Yi silently covered his heart.
Gu Yun commented, "You took so long to choose such an old-fashioned one. If I didn't know better, I would've thought that you bought it for your mother. Besides, Miss Chen obviously doesn't like these cumbersome pearls and jade. I think you bought it superfluously."
Shen Yi could reluctantly accept the first half of the sentence, but the second half was not right. Shen Yi immediately became alert, "How do you know that she doesn't like it?"
Gu Yun waved at him in a serious manner and said earnestly, "A woman, unless she is really poor and can't afford it, she will buy whatever she likes. Otherwise, do you think she will keep it in her heart all day long and specially hope that someone will buy it for her?"
Shen Yi, "…"
Gu Yun leaned back and looked at him with pity. He shook his head and sighed, "You think too much."
Shen Yi had a helpless look on his face and looked pitiful.
Gu Yun usually took pleasure in bullying him. At this time, seeing Shen Yi's cowardly appearance, he actually felt a little sympathy. He silently cracked open a hot spring boiled egg from the small tray beside him and handed it to him.
Thinking back, they went their separate ways after killing Jia Lai together. Chen Qingxu returned to the Chen family's old house and then rushed to the capital to take care of Changgeng. Shen Yi stayed in Beijiang and was later transferred to Jiangnan by Gu Yun. The two of them went their separate ways. Now that they had finally caught their breath, they probably didn't have the chance to speak much.
Shen Yi was useless. He didn't even seize the opportunity to get close to people who had gone through fire and water with them. If it weren't for Miss Chen's innate aura that kept people at a distance, he wouldn't have had the chance to complain behind her back.
Gu Yun lamented his misfortune and was angry that he didn't fight for it. He advised earnestly, "Even if you say it in your heart a hundred times, she won't know. It's useless. Let's put aside whether it succeeds or not. First, you have to let her know what you mean, right?"
Shen Yi said painfully, "When I saw her, I didn't know what to say."
Gu Yun hit the nail on the head, "With your ability to talk nonsense, there is only one reason why you don't know what to say. That is, you have a strong motive. You feel that you have ulterior motives towards her, but you are afraid that you will overreach yourself. That's why you are overcautious and don't dare to say it."
Although Shen Yi had some complaints about Gu Yun's personal style that didn't have any moral integrity, he couldn't help but nod his head in agreement, "That's reasonable."
"Your mentality is very wrong," Gu Yun said with experience, "If you want to handle it with ease, you can't show your cowardice in front of yourself. You have to treat her as an ordinary person in your heart. You can't worship her as a Bodhisattva. You have to talk to her like how you talk to others. However, Miss Chen has been dealing with medicinal stones for many years. Her temperament is too peaceful … She is just a little wooden. You have to let her feel that you treat her differently from others. This matter is very delicate.
At some point, Chang Geng had returned and replaced the wine jug with a small wine bottle. He had someone put the small stove that was used to warm the wine to the side and retreated. He himself stood at the side and silently listened to Gu Yun talk about romance with a smile. One of the two was engrossed in showing off, while the other was eager to learn. Neither of them noticed that the Emperor had returned.
Shen Yi, "I beg the Marshal to teach me."
Gu Yun said in all seriousness, "I can't teach you this matter because I usually don't have this problem. For someone as handsome as me, no matter what I do, the ladies won't think that I'm wretched."
Shen Yi, "…"
Gu Yun, "There's nothing I can do if you stare at me so anxiously. Besides, this matter can only be understood and not explained. You won't be able to learn it with just a few words."
Shen Yi desperately suppressed the urge to beat him up. He squeezed out a sentence from between his teeth, "Say something realistic. Give an example — for example?"
Gu Yun thought for a moment, "For example, someone your age …"
Shen Yi exploded, "How old am I!"
"Tsk, for example, a mature man like you — mature, okay?" Gu Yun changed his words in disgust, "You shouldn't talk about love all day long like a teenager. Otherwise, others will think that you're unreliable. The most appropriate situation is to say a hundred serious words to her, with one or two sentimental words in between. This will be very touching and won't seem frivolous. "
He finally said a few decent words. Shen Yi hurriedly nodded.
Gu Yun, "This kind of sneaking needs to be skillful. Before you start, you have to come up with a draft. You have to be calm and collected. You can't say anything incoherent. It's best not to say anything too explicit at the beginning. You have to stop before going too far. You have to make sure that the other party doesn't dislike it.
His Majesty the Emperor, who was eavesdropping not far away, crossed his arms in front of his chest and nodded. He roughly understood the tricks Gu Yun used to deal with him in the past.
Gu Yun, "Although it's inconvenient to be explicit, you have to do other things well. For example, you can't just be nervous for yourself. You have to consider her feelings and take care of her at all times. What you say and do at the beginning has to be according to her pace and likes and dislikes. This requires observation. It's best not to ask her directly if you can see it with your own eyes. This will make you seem more attentive. And … oh, your gaze is right."
Shen Yi wished that he could invite the four treasures of the study to write down the Marquis of Stability's golden rules one by one. He didn't dare to miss a single word. He hurriedly asked, "What kind of eyes …"
Before he could finish his question, he looked up and met Gu Yun's gaze.
If Gu Yun's usual gaze towards him was "get lost, you're blocking my light", then at this moment, his gaze was "you're my light".
Gu Yun's gaze was subtly between "focused" and "wandering". The corners of his eyes were slightly curved, as if there was a natural smile. His eyes seemed to only contain the next person in front of him. At the same time, he seemed to be involuntarily distracted. His eyelashes flickered slightly. Suddenly caught by someone, his eyelids drooped and he very naturally made an "unnatural" smile. He reached out his hand and gently rubbed it under his nose.
Shen Yi, "…"
His hand trembled and he almost dropped the half-eaten egg on the ground.
Changgeng couldn't stand it anymore. He strode over and coughed heavily.
Gu Yun immediately put down his leg that was propped up on the small table and quickly put on a gentleman's face. Shen Yi felt inexplicably awkward and hurriedly stood up, "Your Majesty."
Changgeng forced himself to put on a "cultured and refined" expression. He waved his hand and said, "This is a private occasion, there's no need to be so courteous. Shen Qing, please sit."
Shen Qing vaguely felt that he should take his leave and get lost.
Changgeng smiled and said, "I accidentally heard a few words just now. Why, are you here for Miss Chen?"
Shen Yi suddenly felt even more awkward.
"I heard that Miss Chen admires General Shen's heroic appearance very much after the battle at the northern border." Changgeng slowly put the small wine bottle on the stove to warm it. At the same time, he didn't even lift his eyelids as he slapped away Gu Yun's hand that was reaching for the wine bottle. He said to the flushed Shen Yi, "If both sides are in love with each other, there's no need to test each other so much. Last time, I found a few medical books in the palace and was planning to send them to Miss Chen. Is Shen Yi willing to do this for me?"
Shen Yi almost knelt down in front of the Emperor. He only felt that Changgeng's two sentences were more valuable than Gu Yun's long speech.
After the time it took to burn a stick of incense, Changgeng watched Shen Yi leave with satisfaction. He was the one who was most eager for Shen Yi to quickly get married so that this person wouldn't always hang around Gu Yun. Ever since Yanhui Town, these two people were inseparable. Even if Gu Yun didn't tell him, she would definitely inform Shen Yi … Although there was a reason every time something happened, it was impossible that Changgeng didn't mind it at all.
After dismissing this one, Changgeng turned to the other.
Gu Yun hurriedly gave him an affectionate look.
Changgeng was unmoved. He leisurely said, "You can even prepare a draft in advance with your eyes. Zi Xi is indeed well-tempered and experienced."
Gu Yun blinked. She stretched and stood up. She walked to Changgeng, opened a gap in the fox fur coat and wrapped Changgeng in it. She lowered her voice and laughed in his ear, "If you're jealous, you should have said so earlier, Your Majesty."
Changgeng, "…"
His ears were numb from Gu Yun's lazy whisper. Only then did he realize that this person was indeed proficient in the Three Shi Liu Stratagem. What she taught Shen Yi was actually superficial.
Gu Yun sniffed his sideburns and praised, "Your Majesty, let's make a deal. You just drank a jar of vinegar. Can you let me drink a mouthful of wine?"
Changgeng was so angry that he laughed, "Dream on. You can smell it."
Gu Yun made a "tsk" sound, "You let me lick your chopsticks yesterday. How did it become purely smelling today? It's all Shen Yi's fault. She had to be an eyesore during the festival … "
Changgeng took a chopstick from the side and dipped it in the warmed wine cup, "Take it and taste it. Don't bargain."
Gu Yun, "…"
The two of them held a fragrant chopstick between them and looked at each other in silence for a moment. Just when Changgeng thought that Gu Yun would be obedient today, Gu Yun suddenly pulled out the chopstick that was dipped in wine and sniffed it gently. Then he quickly turned Changgeng's chin and wiped the wine on Changgeng's lips. He quickly leaned over and licked it clean. The chopstick that was in the way was thrown aside by him.
Changgeng was dumbfounded. He was taken advantage of by the fragrant wine and did not react at all.
Gu Yun finished licking his lips and floated away with a faint smile, "Good wine. I'm drunk."
His Majesty, who was being teased, froze in place for a moment. Finally, he could not bear it anymore and chased after him. He felt that he had to personally check on General Gu's recovery.
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