The First Day Gu Ling Left

"The emperor released the news that he found Nian Jincheng. Is he cheating?" Su Liang thought.

It can't be such a coincidence that Nian Jincheng was found just a few days after Gu Ling was pardoned.

Su Liang is more inclined to think that Duanmu Yi used this move to force Gu Ling and Nian Jincheng to show up.

As for his purpose... no matter whether he is a "rebel" or a minister, he can only be assured if he is kept under his nose.

Gu Ling nodded, indicating that he agreed with Su Liang's view and did not think that Nian Jincheng had been exposed.

"What should we do now? The emperor suddenly remembered Nian Jincheng. If you show up later, you have to explain where he is. If Xiaonian and Yan Yu had not developed such a relationship, things would be simple. After he got married and restored his identity, people would inevitably suspect that I had colluded with you from Yan Yu, and even some people with ulterior motives might suspect that you are the dead Ning Jing." Su Liang sighed.

When Nian Jincheng was captured, Su Liang asked Yan Shiba to save her. But in the eyes of outsiders, no matter who did it, they all believed that it was Gu Ling who saved him.

If he came back and was with Yan Yu, it would definitely cause big trouble for Yan Yu's well-known friend Su Liang. Especially when Nian Jincheng was kidnapped, Yan Yu happened to be in the capital and lived in Su Liang's house.

Even if Duanmu Yi really pardoned Gu Ling and Nian Jincheng, he would definitely not forgive Su Liang for secretly colluding with them and deceiving the emperor. And Yan Shiba, who saved Nian Jincheng that time, tortured Duanmu Che.

At that time, Duanmu Yi might even think that the woman who captured Duanmu Che and rescued Nian Jincheng was Su Liang herself.

The reason why Su Liang does not think that Nian Jincheng has been exposed is that if that were the case, Duanmu Yi would have troubled her.

Gu Ling was silent for a moment, then spoke again, "There was no choice then, but now he can live openly, which is also a good thing for him. He can't have two faces after having a child."

"Then, ask Xiaonian what he thinks? It's good to seize the opportunity to restore his identity. Now there is always a risk. But if he wants to come back, he has to temporarily sever his relationship with Yan Yu. Yan Yu said in her previous letter that she didn't make her marriage public because she was afraid of attracting attention to explore her husband's identity. Now it's still not too late to stop it." Su Liang looked helpless.

But there was only half a month left, and this matter had to be done as soon as possible.

"You..." Gu Ling looked at Su Liang and frowned slightly.

Su Liang understood, "God, don't worry about me. I'm in the capital, I don't go out of the door, I'm just reading at home, what can go wrong? If you want to find your brother, just go. This is something only you can do."

This matter is of great importance, and no one can pass the message. Su Liang can't suddenly disappear from the capital.

"Tell Xing Yusheng to borrow Qi Yan or Qi Jun to help." Gu Ling said.

Su Liang said yes, "The brothers should be happy to do so."

"Okay, I'll leave tonight." Gu Ling stood up and went to pack his luggage.

Su Liang asked him what he wanted to eat, and Gu Ling said dumplings.

"Dumplings on the bus and noodles on the bus? Okay." Su Liang chuckled. This is the "hometown" custom she had told Gu Ling before.

Although it was Su Liang who did it, chopping stuffing, kneading dough, and making dumplings were all Gu Ling's work, and Su Liang was only responsible for side dishes, seasoning stuffing, and cooking dumplings.

There were two kinds of stuffing, meat and vegetables, and Su Liang made a bowl of sour soup dumplings for Gu Ling, who loved sour food.

In the afternoon, Su Liang went to the Xing Mansion next door and saw Lin Xueqing carefully weaving a Chinese knot, and she had almost finished one.

"I said, you will learn it if you watch." Su Liang smiled and walked in.

Lin Xueqing's eyes lit up, she put down the things in her hands and came forward, "That's because the step-by-step diagram you gave me, sister Su, is so useful! This one is almost done, I'm going to give it to my grandmother. Make another one and hang it in my father's study! Then there are my eldest brother and sister-in-law's, my second brother and sister-in-law's, and our own!"

"Is there nothing for me?" Su Liang asked jokingly.

Lin Xueqing snorted, "No! Sister Su refused to give me what she made, so I won't give you one either!"

"Where's your husband?" Su Liang asked.

Lin Xueqing pulled Su Liang to sit down, and said with a smile that Xing Yusheng was writing a letter in the study, "The envoy from Liang will be back soon, and General Lin and General Chen will also return to Xuanbei City by then. My husband wants to write the letter first and give it to General Lin, so as not to be too late."

"It seems that their father and son have a good relationship now?" Su Liang said.

Lin Xueqing nodded, "Grandma said it's much better than before. Actually, I haven't offered tea to my father-in-law yet, but after listening to what my husband said about the past, I feel that it's not easy for my father-in-law. I hope they won't quarrel again. I just don't know when my father-in-law will be back. Grandma is worried about him."

While talking, Xing Yusheng came over. Seeing that Su Liang rarely came to his house, he asked, "What's wrong?"

"Sister Su, can't you come to see me if you're fine?" Lin Xueqing gave Xing Yusheng a glare.

Xing Yusheng hurriedly smiled, but heard Su Liang say, "I am indeed busy."

Lin Xueqing pouted, "Sister Su, you are really disrespectful!"

Su Liang smiled, "The emperor allowed me to borrow books from the imperial palace library. I have too many books to read next time, so I will be very busy. I don't want to cook and clean up by myself. Can I borrow one from you?"

Xing Yusheng smiled when she heard it, "I said I would give it to you before, but you refused!"

Lin Xueqing looked serious, "Sister Su, just come and have dinner with us. It's so close. Otherwise, we will go over to eat with you."

"No need, you two are so sweet, I always disturb you. Don't you think so, Master Xing?" Su Liang smiled.

Xing Yusheng coughed lightly, "Qing'er, since Su Liang is very busy, let's not disturb her. Let Ajun go over there, prepare meals for her every day, and stay there for her to do."

"That's settled." Su Liang stood up, "Starting from tomorrow. I will give Qi Jun a monthly salary."

After that, Su Liang went home.

Chang'an, who was waiting by the lake, saw Su Liang and bowed his hands.

Su Liang approached, "You are really familiar with the place."

Chang'an smiled slightly, "There is no other way. Miss Su's family has no servants, and no one guards the door."

"How about you guard the door for me?" Su Liang said.

Chang'an was stunned for a moment, "Miss Su is joking, right?"

"Of course I'm joking. You are the prince's confidant, and it's a waste of talent to come to my guard." Su Liang said.

Changan was a little embarrassed by the sudden praise, and then he heard Su Liang ask, "What does His Royal Highness the Crown Prince want to do?"

Changan's expression became serious, and he took out a note, "The King of Yue and Princess Yaoguang of Liang will leave for home in three days. Tomorrow, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will invite Princess Yaoguang to hunt in the Royal Villa outside the city. Many young men and women will go. Please make sure to attend this time, Miss Su."

"I won't go, so as not to steal the limelight of the future Crown Princess." Su Liang half-jokingly.

Changan wanted to persuade him again, but he heard Su Liang say, "Go back and tell His Royal Highness the Crown Prince that I really have something to do and can't go. I hope he and Princess Yaoguang have fun."

Su Liang walked towards Yuanming Pavilion after he finished speaking. Changan chased after him and asked, "Did Miss Su make anything delicious? I'll ask for some for the master. The master said that he hasn't eaten anything made by Miss Su for a long time."

Su Liang shook his head, "No." After he finished speaking, he entered Yuanming Pavilion.

Changan sighed repeatedly, and didn't send the note out, so he had to go back and report first.

...

Duanmu Chen heard Changan say that Su Liang was unwilling to participate in tomorrow's activities, and snorted, "Sure enough."

"I don't know what Miss Su is busy with, I didn't dare to ask more." Changan said weakly.

Duanmu Chen said in a faint tone, "What else could it be? She actually thought of borrowing books from the Imperial Palace Library, so she must be busy reading. I still remember that when she encountered assassins in the Wu family in Bei'an County, she even regarded books as more important than me."

Changan heard that his master started to be weird again, and he wanted to laugh but didn't dare. He cleared his throat and said, "Then forget it?"

Duanmu Chen snorted, "What can I do if I forget it? It's just being surrounded by people to go hunting, which is not interesting at all. If she doesn't want to participate, can I force her?"

"That's right. As long as Princess Yaoguang goes, it's fine." Changan said.

Duanmu Chen thought of Situ Yao's beautiful face and smiled, "Go find my bow and arrow, I'll practice with it later."

Chang'an was about to go out, and turned back and said, "Master, I asked Miss Su if there was anything delicious. She said no."

Duanmu Chen held his forehead, "I didn't even give you a chance to pay."

...

Su Liang made crispy fried dumplings as the staple food for dinner, and also made two dishes that Gu Ling liked to practice for him.

After dinner, Su Liang handed a letter to Gu Ling, "Take this to Yan Yu, she will understand after reading it."

Gu Ling couldn't appear in front of Yan Yu directly, so she thought that Su Liang sent them to deliver the letter.

Su Liang said the whole story in the letter. She suggested that Nian Jincheng return to Beijing and restore his identity. Even if there were risks, it could be solved openly. This is an opportunity. But Yan Yu had to be wronged and postpone the wedding date for the time being, so that "Yu Yan" beside her would disappear. She would come to the capital again, and then Su Liang would find a way to let her marry Nian Jincheng openly.

This time, Gu Ling didn't need to remind her, Su Liang took the initiative to hug him and say goodbye, "God, go quickly and come back quickly, pay attention to safety."

"Yeah." Gu Ling's eyes were fixed on Su Liang's eyebrows, "Be careful."

Su Liang nodded obediently, "I will, you go quickly."

Watching Gu Ling fly out of the window and disappear in the vast night, Su Liang sighed slightly, hoping that everything would go well for him.

After reading for a while, when Su Liang was about to go to bed, she remembered something and went to Gu Ling's room.

To be safe, she planned to put away all of Gu Ling's things and put them in a place where they would not be discovered, especially clothes. If someone found out that she had moved to Yuanming Pavilion and there were men's clothes in her study, it would be really unreasonable.

But Su Liang turned on the light and looked around, and found that Gu Ling had packed up himself. There was no trace of his clothes left in the room, and there was no sign of any man living there.

Su Liang sighed again at Gu Ling's prudence and reliability, and went back to sleep with peace of mind.

…

The next day, Qi Jun appeared and brought Su Liang breakfast made by the Xing family's cook.

"Have you eaten?" Su Liang asked.

Qi Jun nodded quickly, "I have eaten!"

"By the way, are your master and his wife going hunting today?" Su Liang suddenly remembered.

"Yes." Qi Jun said, "The invitation was sent by someone from the Prince's Mansion. The master and the lady both want to go and have fun. Miss Su, are you going?"

"I know. I'm not going." Su Liang shook his head, "They probably haven't set out yet, you go too."

Qi Jun was stunned for a moment, "The master told me to start from today..."

"Come back after hunting." Su Liang interrupted Qi Jun, "Neither of them knows martial arts, you brothers should go with them to protect them."

Qi Jun's expression became serious, "Miss Su is right. Then I'll go back."

When Qi Jun returned to the Xing Mansion, Xing Yusheng learned the whole story and smiled, "Su Liang must be worried about Qing'er."

Lin Xueqing said, of course.

As the prince of the Marquis of Zhongxin, he naturally has more than two guards. However, Qi Yan and Qi Jun are different from ordinary guards. They are more skilled in martial arts and grew up with Xing Yusheng. Their feelings and tacit understanding are irreplaceable.

…

The window was open, Su Liang made a pot of tea and sat by the window to read.

The weather was fine, and the sun shone through the gaps between the leaves, making the Chinese knot hanging in the window next to it more colorful. Su Liang looked out and could see the clear water of the lake and the green trees and flowers.

When she thought that she would spend the day comfortably, she suddenly heard footsteps and someone called her "Doctor Su".

The old duck voice seemed to have been heard somewhere... Su Liang frowned, immediately put down the book, closed the window, quickly went downstairs, locked the door of Yuanming Pavilion from the outside, jumped in from a window that was left, and then closed and locked the window from the inside.

Not long after, she heard the old eunuch and the young eunuch talking outside the door.

"Is Doctor Su not out of town, and not at home?"

"It seems that she is not at home."

"Oh, what should we do? The Queen Mother is not feeling well, and she specifically asked Doctor Su to come over! I don't know where she went?"

"What should we do?"

"Go back and report to the Queen Mother first, we can't find Doctor Su."

"Then should we ask Doctor Gao?"

"What do you know? The Emperor has also gone out of town to hunt, and ordered Doctor Gao to accompany him. Go quickly, don't be so smart."

...

Hearing the footsteps going away, Su Liang narrowed his eyes slightly.

Did Duanmu Yi also go hunting? Queen Mother Wan was not feeling well at this time, and she specifically asked her to come to the palace for treatment. She definitely had bad intentions.

However, in order to avoid being "retaliated later", Su Liang simply changed into men's clothes, put on a bamboo hat, carried a medicine box with the books she wanted to read, rode out of the mansion through the back door, walked through the alleys, and went out of the city.

There was nowhere else to go, so Su Liang went to the Su family cemetery in the mountain of Wangxiang, first cleaned the dust on the tombstone, then found a shady place, spread the mat she brought with her, leaned against the big tree, and continued to read.

What Su Liang didn't know was that not long after she left home, someone else went to look for her. It was someone sent by Duanmu Yi, who just missed her.

Originally, it was an activity led by Duanmu Chen. Duanmu Yi didn't say he would participate. It was a temporary decision this morning. When he arrived at the other garden and saw that Su Liang was not there, he asked about it. Duanmu Chen told him the truth that Su Liang had something to do and had informed him.

But Duanmu Yi sent someone back to the city and ordered her to go there, saying that Princess Yaoguang and all the young ladies were going hunting today and might get bumped or injured. Only Su Liang, the female doctor, could go there to rest assured.

However, the Su Mansion was empty, and no one knew where Su Liang had gone, so the person who came could only go back to report.

…

Because Duanmu Yi and Situ Xie both participated, hunting was like Duanmu Chen said, being surrounded by people was not fun. There were not many of those delicate young ladies who could ride horses, let alone draw bows and shoot arrows.

Situ Yao grew up in Liang country, and her riding skills were very good, but her archery skills were not so good. Even so, she was the most eye-catching among the women present.

Su Liang taught Lin Xueqing to ride horses, but she could not shoot arrows. It was also very pleasant to enjoy the beautiful scenery with Xing Yusheng.

…

In the middle, Su Liang picked some wild fruits beside the cemetery and continued to read until it got dark, and she found that the sun was about to set.

She stood in front of Su Yuanzhou's tomb, thinking of the tomb relocation mentioned by Su Bai, and planned to go back to plan and put it on the agenda.

When Su Liang went down the mountain and rode back to the mansion, she saw a group of soldiers standing outside the gate, "inviting" her to enter the palace.

Su Liang thought it was the queen mother who reported the black complaint, so she was not afraid, and went to the palace without entering the door.

After meeting Duanmu Yi, Su Liang knew what happened after she left.

"Your Majesty, I have gone to the cemetery to pay respect to my family." Su Liang said respectfully.

Duanmu Yi was stunned for a moment, "Why do you have to go today?"

"Yesterday, His Royal Highness sent someone to deliver a letter, but I confiscated it. I wanted to read at home today, but I was not thoughtful enough and forgot my duties as an imperial physician. I decided to go out to visit the grave this morning because my grandfather came to me in a dream last night and said that he wanted to go home. I didn't understand it at first, but today I was talking to my family at the cemetery, and I realized when I was about to leave that my grandfather's dream meant that he wanted to return to his hometown. Therefore, I would like to ask the emperor for permission to send the coffins of my family back to the ancestral grave in Bei'an County for burial."

Duanmu Yi frowned halfway through listening, looked at Su Liang, his eyes were deep, and after a long silence, he said, "If I don't agree to this, it would be unkind. But it's better to wait for a while, when the weather is cooler, and then you can go back."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." After Su Liang thanked him, Duanmu Yi let her go back, without mentioning that Wan was sick and needed her treatment.

Su Liang left the palace and breathed a sigh of relief. In fact, she had not planned to move the grave back to her hometown recently, because Gu Ling was not there, and it was not suitable for her to travel far away alone. It would be just right in a few days.

Su Liang felt that Duanmu Yi was quite reasonable. Until now, he had not mentioned Nian Jincheng in front of her, which made Su Liang believe that the royal family had not found Nian Jincheng's whereabouts at all.

It was already dark.

Su Liang rode home alone, because Gu Ling left just last night, and she would not have any major accidents within at least three days.

As a result, when she was halfway through an empty alley, a masked man in black fell from the sky, without saying a word, and killed her!

Su Liang narrowed her eyes slightly, riding on the horse's back, without even drawing her knife.

The black-clothed man's sword was close to Su Liang, and when he saw that she did not move, he paused for a moment and put it back.

Su Liang snorted coldly, "Uncle Liang, how many times do I have to tell you before you understand that the only reason your son didn't show up is that he doesn't want to pay attention to you anymore. You want to use me to force him to show up? You're sick!"

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