The morning light shone into the room. When he opened his eyes again, he saw a white mosquito net. The back of his head still felt a dull pain. Gu Huai closed his eyes again and thought for a long time before letting out a long sigh.

I lifted the quilt and walked to the window. Outside was a row of courtyards and gardens, as well as various ancient buildings, without any trace of modernity.

Half a month is enough time to figure out his current identity. His name is still Gu Huai, but he has become a down-and-out scholar in Jiangning City. He is also from a scholarly family, but he did not learn well at a young age and got involved in prostitution and gambling.

After losing all his family property, he joined the Li family and became a son-in-law.

It sounds like getting married, but the situation seems to be quite complicated.

"Uncle."

A cold voice sounded, and the pretty but too petite maid stood by the door holding a basin and a change of clothes.

Gu Huai paused and sighed: "Good morning... How do you manage not to smile once for half a month? Did I owe you money before?"

The door opened and closed, and the cold maid had already put down the basin, obviously too lazy to pay attention to it. Gu Huai walked over and picked up the towel as if she was resigned to her fate.

He had to wash himself as usual, and the petite maid stood aside and watched. She only saw Gu Huai combing his hair clumsily, so she walked behind him:

"Do you want to go out today?"

"I still want to buy some more books and visit Dongcheng," Gu Huai smiled gently, "After all, shouldn't I call you Prince Consort?"

"My lady doesn't like to be called your highness."

"Actually, I don't really like being called a prince-in-law or uncle. After all, it is shameful to eat soft food." Gu Huai coughed twice weakly, "And this is not the treatment of a prince-in-law... Living in a remote and independent small town

Upstairs, no one has come to visit her for half a month, and my wife has even traveled far away - where can someone hide away for half a month just after they get married?"

The maid's hand paused: "What would you like to be called?"

Gu Huai looked at himself in the bronze mirror and thought: "Good brother?"

After a while, Gu Huai touched his aching hair and sat down to eat his breakfast of porridge and snacks.

After waking up, I heard that the back of my head was injured and I fell asleep for a few days. Now even the maid is pulling my hair... Were the ancients so dark?

Although he was the one who provoked her first, the maid's attitude could prove his suspicion that the name of this consort was indeed not very valuable.

The maid standing aside seemed to have a colder face. After finishing breakfast, Gu Huai walked out of the small building, followed by the petite and beautiful maid, all the way to the front yard. Before he could get back from the maid again,

To test something, the noisy voice of people came across the garden and courtyard wall.

Gu Huai cast a questioning look at the maid. She listened carefully for a moment and then concluded: "The young lady is back."

Gu Huai's steps paused, but then he became calm.

After all, his wife in name only will come back sooner or later. This is something that I have thought clearly before. The so-called traveling far away may be because I am too lazy to come to see myself, or even a silent warning.

He was still hesitating whether he should go and join in the fun. If he did, he would get some looks, and if he didn't, it would be too pretentious. But the maid had already taken the lead, so after thinking about it, he followed her.

When we arrived at the main gate of the front yard, carriages were entering the gate in a steady stream. From a distance, we saw a group of people talking and walking towards the house. The woman in the lead was wearing a skirt embellished with light gold, which made her stand out among the crowd. She could come and go as she wanted. She is the hostess here, the Pearl Princess of Daqian.

She is indeed a very beautiful woman, with a tall and graceful Jiangnan ink charm. Her black hair is simply tied down to her waist. There is a touch of cinnabar between her eyebrows. She has a gentle and gentle flavor when she talks to people with a smile. When she waits, Seeing Gu Huai's figure, her eyes shifted a little unnaturally, but she still nodded lightly: "Official."

Gu Huai paused, listened to her bookish greeting, looked at her eyebrows like a distant mountain, and smiled: "Madam."

"Is the officer going out?"

"I wanted to go out for a walk, but I didn't expect to meet my wife coming home."

"My wife went out a little far this time, so she was delayed for a while."

"My lady, you have worked hard, take a good rest."

"It's not hard work. I'll escort the officials out."

It was obviously the first time they met, but they had a very harmonious Q&A, and the looks from around them changed from disdainful scrutiny to complex ones.

Gu Huai watched with great interest as she talked to someone, arranged everything in detail, and then came to him. Although he still kept some distance, he actually sent him out. He seemed to be intimate along the way, but in fact he was very friendly. She talked a little bit about family issues at a distance, and when no one else saw her, she stopped and said goodbye gently.

This is what it feels like to treat each other with respect and as guests. Gu Huai also waved his hands and walked to the street, knowing in his heart that it will probably be like this for a long time in the future.

But it's not bad, it's even better than originally expected. I originally planned to spend some time saving some money and fly away, but if this is the case, I won't touch you and you won't bother me, it would be a good idea to live leisurely. choice.

Half an hour later, he was already squatting in front of a bookstall, chatting with a down-and-out scholar who was posting and selling books.

"Brother, this is the only copy of Later Zhou Dynasty, the true record of King Shizong written by the great Confucian scholar. If you lower the price like this, you can't help but feel sorry for this article on paper..."

"Buy one, get one free? There is no such thing. These are all passed down from our ancestors. If it weren't for the fact that my brother is also a studious person..."

"The classics of the previous dynasty? There are none! They were all copied in the past few years... Five taels of silver? Well, there are manuscripts from later generations..."

Gently taking a few ancient books that were stained by insects and had turned yellow, Gu Huai stood up with satisfaction. The cold-faced maid behind him also took out a purse decorated with small flowers from her waist to pay the bill. Gu Huai paid the bill along with He continued to wander on the street, flipping through the book in his hand. After a long time, he stopped by a lake, folded his hands in his sleeves and looked at the scenery silently.

The last piece of the puzzle has finally been put together... According to time, it should be before and after the Song Dynasty, but the separatist regimes in the late Tang Dynasty and the pattern of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms are very different, so it became Qian, and the reason why the current situation is It's so weird, it turns out it's because of something that you can't find out from passers-by.

The world of Daqian was not conquered, but the former Wei Emperor's Zen position, which is probably a story about the yellow robe and the incarnation; and why he was recruited as the consort, why Li Mingzhu was not named Zhao but had the title of princess, and why the dignified princess was not in the capital but In Jiangning... I have a vague answer.

He lowered his head and looked at the lone copy in his hand, thoughtfully:
Chapter completed!