General's humble stand-in

When I went out of the room, I saw that the person who sent the message had gone away.

Tao Zhuo didn't think too much about it, held up a green oil-paper umbrella, and walked into the long rain and fog.The rainwater kept falling along the edge of the umbrella, like a crystal curtain, blurring everything outside.

Sizhixuan.

Tao Zhuo stopped and looked up at the three big characters on the plaque.When he came to the study room for the first time, Tao Zhuo saw that the word was inscribed by Gu Yan himself.Sizhixuan means to miss, the old man Mo Zizhi.

Pushing open the door, a faint scent of books came oncoming.

Gu Yan likes to read books, and it just so happens that Mo Zikeng is also from a scholarly family.Tao Zhuo thinks that he always likes to be lazy when he is reading and learning, after all, he is not the way Gu Yan likes.

After taking a few scrolls, Tao Zhuo was worried about getting wet by the rain, so he held them carefully in his arms.The umbrella in his hand leaned forward slightly, causing most of his back to get wet.

It was rainy and deserted, and there was no one in sight along the way.

Fortunately, Qionghua Pavilion did not make things difficult, seeing Taozhuo entered the courtyard, Caizhu pushed open the door to let him in.

Princess Pingnan leaned lazily on the imperial concubine's couch, and casually pointed to the table, "Put the book down."

While Tao Zhuo put down the scroll, the princess asked, "The general hasn't come down yet?"

"Yes." Tao Zhuo replied respectfully, "In the past few days, we have discussed the border issue of Yu Kingdom, and the general will come back later."

The princess raised a sneer, "He tells you everything."

Tao Zhuo didn't dare to respond, but luckily the princess didn't make things difficult for him today, and ordered Tao Zhuo to go back.

The dark clouds in the sky were layer upon layer, as if they were about to collapse, bringing an inexplicable sense of heaviness and oppression.

Tao Zhuo went back to Tingfeng Building, and stood the wet oil-paper umbrella outside the door.

Standing at the door, wiping the ends of her wet hair, she casually glanced at the table from the corner of her eyes, and suddenly caught a glimpse of an upside-down teacup on the table.

Tao Zhuo was startled, an ominous premonition emerged in his heart.

He hurried forward, only to see that the tea was still dripping down the corner of the table, and the scroll on the table was already half wet, and the ink stains were scattered, blurring the face of the person in the painting.

You were fine before you left, how could this be?

Tao Zhuo didn't have time to think about it, and hurriedly rolled up his sleeves to wipe off the water stains on the scroll.However, the ink stains cannot withstand smudges, and after they are wet, they are wiped lightly, and the whole painting becomes a black mass, completely ruined.

The body trembled uncontrollably, Tao Zhuo frantically picked up the scroll and put it down helplessly.When I didn't know what to do, I caught a glimpse of the Hetian jade pendant under the table case.

The jade pendant had been broken, splitting the word "she" into two pieces.Tao Zhuo picked it up with trembling hands, as if he was holding a hot potato and was at a loss.

"What are you doing?"

A calm and magnetic voice suddenly sounded behind him, Tao Zhuo shook his hand in shock, and the jade pendant that was already broken fell down again and broke again.

Before Tao Zhuo turned his head, a hurried and flustered figure rushed in front of him.As if he couldn't believe what he saw, Gu Yan staggered back two steps unsteadily.

"Young master..."

Before he could explain, he was slapped hard on the face.Tao Zhuo was beaten to the side of his head, ear-piercing screams instantly appeared, and bloodshot eyes slipped from his lips.

Tao Zhuo was stunned for an instant, staring absentmindedly at Gu Yan, whose eyes were full of scarlet.

Angry and anxious, Gu Yan squeezed Tao Zhuo's jaw hard, the pain invaded, and the strength was so severe that it almost crushed the bones.

"Why did you do this? Is it because I didn't treat you well enough? Or are you dissatisfied?" Gu Yan looked at Tao Zhuo with strange eyes, as if he had never met her before.

For a while, Tao Zhuo's brain was blank.He couldn't think of anything, didn't say anything, he just looked into Gu Yan's eyes in panic, the anger and strangeness in Gu Yan's eyes made Tao Zhuo feel scared.

Until Gu Yan bitterly said, "You said, you don't want anything."

Tao Zhuo finally recovered a little reaction, endured the severe pain in his jaw, and said with difficulty, "No, it's not me."

—The years of getting along have not been ruthless.Seeing Tao Zhuo's eyes filled with mist, Gu Yan was moved.He slowly loosened Taozhuo's jaw, and the originally fair skin was already blood red unbearably.

"Go on." Gu Yan said coldly, giving Tao Zhuo a chance to explain.

Ever since he was called out of the room in the morning, Tao Zhuo didn't dare to miss a single detail, and told Gu Yan everything.

"Who is the person who sent you to the study?" Gu Yan asked.

Tao Zhuo shook his head, "I didn't see it, she had already left when I went out."

With amber eyes drooping slightly, Gu Yan remained silent, apparently half-believing in Tao Zhuo's words.

After a while, Gu Yan called Gu Ansheng outside the door, "Go and call the Princess."

The sound of raindrops hitting the window screen became louder and louder, just like Tao Zhuo's mood at the moment, noisy and messy.

He lowered his gloomy eyes, and from the corner of his eyes, he saw Gu Yan put the wet picture scroll on his lips to dry it a little bit, and then carefully picked up the jade pendant, but failed to put it together several times because his hands were shaking violently.After finally arranging the jade pendant, the center of the thumb was still clenching the word "気".

In an instant, Tao Zhuo was a little disheartened.You see, how insignificant your love is, he didn't ask clearly, and fell down with a slap, after all, it is not even as good as an object.

Tao Zhuo pursed his lips and smiled self-deprecatingly, tears dripped down, his long eyelashes trembled like insect wings soaked in water.

As the door curtain was lifted, Princess Pingnan came in with colored beads.

"General, why are you looking for me?" The voice was lazy and sleepy.

Gu Yan raised her eyes, her cold eyes fell on the pretty face of the princess, trying to see something, but there was nothing.

"You, told Tao Zhuo to go to the study to pick up the books?"

The princess blinked blankly, "When?"

— Tao Zhuo who was beside him felt as if a huge object had fallen from his heart and suddenly sank, and he suddenly came to his senses.The princess couldn't tolerate him, never could.The matter is already obvious, but is Gu Yan willing to believe it?

"Tao Zhuo." Gu Yan's eyes fell back on Tao Zhuo, the coldness was no different from when she was looking at the princess, "You confront her yourself."

Tao Zhuo lowered his eyes and remained silent.

Confront what?The person who sent the message didn't see who it was, and he didn't know whether he missed half a figure on purpose or not. When he came back, everything had already happened, and he accidentally dropped the jade pendant under Gu Yan's nose.

"Why don't you speak?" Gu Yan frowned tightly.

"Young master." Tao Zhuo tried his best to hold back the tears in his eyes, and looked at Gu Zhan sadly, "If I can't prove it, will you not want to believe me?"

Gu Yan paused for a moment, then said, "I only believe what I see."

"But, but..." Tao Zhuo said tremblingly, "What you see may not be true."

Taozhuo just wanted to gain a little trust, even a little bit.But Tao Zhuo's extravagant hope fell into Gu Yan's eyes and turned into sophistry.

"I don't believe what I saw, but I have to believe what you said? You said that the princess asked you to go to the study to pick up the books, and you're already like this when you come back. Now that the princess is standing here, why don't you say anything?"

—Princess Pingnan next to her was still innocent, "What? What book? What's going on?"

The person who was talking took a few steps forward, and when he saw the broken things on the table, his eyes widened in shock.

"This, this..." The Princess was surprised and speechless.

After a while, he turned around and slapped Tao Zhuo across the face, pointing his armor at the tip of Tao Zhuo's nose, and cursed angrily, "You heartless slave, the general treats you well, and you treat the general like this? The son died, leaving only these two items, I managed to get them from Mr. Ji, just want to leave the general as a thought. You are so kind, you made it like this."

Tao Zhuo has been wandering since he was a child, and has seen fierce, vicious, and domineering people, but this is really the first time he has encountered this kind of upside-down black and white and can act.

"The princess asked me to go to the general's study today to get a few volumes of history books. I took the three volumes of "Chunqiu Zuo Shi Zhuan", "24 History" and "Tongbian Unofficial History". Why doesn't the princess admit it now?"

Tao Zhuo also knew that these books must have been put back in the study as they were, but he still wanted to defend his innocence.

Princess Pingnan's eyes widened, showing an expression of disbelief, as if he had been wronged by the heavens.

"You bastard, you broke something, and you just want to pour dirty water on me? I was not feeling well this morning. I asked the doctor to give me a diagnosis and treatment. They said that the fetus was unstable and let me rest. I have been resting in the room. How much energy do you have to read. And even if I want to read, I will tell the people in my room, and I can't tell you how to do it."

Then he said to Gu Yan, "If you don't believe me, General, you can ask Dr. Liu to come over and ask. If I tell a little bit of lies, the fetus in my womb will not be born."

This oath is too ruthless, enough to be realistic.

"Tao Zhuo, what else do you want to say?" Obviously, Gu Yan believed in Princess Pingnan.

You've said everything you can, but you don't believe a word.

Tao Zhuo lowered his eyes, shook his head slightly, and had nothing to say.

"Zeng, I looked at you as innocent as a child. However, jealousy makes people completely different. It is the three-point resemblance between you and Ziji, which now sticks in my heart and makes me sick."

Gu Yan withdrew her gaze, extremely disappointed with Tao Zhuo.I don't want to look at him, let alone say a word.

These words are so heavy, I wish I could crush Tao Zhuo's heart to pieces.The boundless pain is like a black hole, leaving Taozhuo nowhere to escape.He swayed slightly, and he could bear the grievance, but he couldn't bear Gu Yan's disgusting sound.

Tao Zhuo moved her lips and wanted to explain to him, but she couldn't say a single word.Only tears could not stop flowing across his lips, bitterness spread.

— Princess Pang Pingnan couldn't hide the pride in her eyes when she saw it, she called the guards outside the door, "Come on, lock this lowly slave to the woodshed, destroy the general's things and dare to frame the princess, I see him I'm getting impatient."

When being dragged to the door, Tao Zhuo looked back at Gu Yan again.He was sitting in front of the table, stroking the scroll, looking lonely.Tao Zhuo knew that the general she loved would never protect her again.

The rain was still falling, densely falling on the body, and it was cold.

The firewood room was damp and cold, and once the door was locked, only a small window on the top could let in a few rays of light.

Tao Zhuo sat in the corner, curled up and hugged himself into a ball.As fate would have it, it was eventually abandoned.