My name is Chang An, your name is Gu Li

Chapter 129: Secret Conversation with the Prince

Chang An smiled, and Gu Li also breathed softly, fearing that he would accidentally scare the butterfly away.

The butterfly landed on the tip of Gu Li's hair and slowly crawled towards the jade butterfly hairpin. I didn't expect that today, on the Shangsi Festival, not only would young men and women come to the river to meet and chat, but butterflies would also come.

The antennae of the butterfly moved slowly, as if it was talking to the jade butterfly and asking about each other's family. Gu Li also lowered his voice and asked, "Chang Lang, what is that butterfly doing?"

"It seems to have taken a fancy to the jade butterfly on Gu Niang's head and wanted to ask about her family background." Chang An replied with a smile.

"Really? It seems that Die'er also wants to find a good husband to go back home." Gu Li also laughed after hearing this.

At this time, Chang An stretched out his finger and slowly reached out to the butterfly, but Gu Li was afraid that Chang An would scare the butterfly away, so he said softly: "Chang Lang!"

Chang An stopped moving, then looked at Gu Li, only to hear her say, "Don't move."

As soon as he heard it, he understood what Gu Li meant, so he did not continue to try to touch the butterfly, but slowly withdrew his hand. At this time, a butterfly also flew onto the finger that had not yet been released.

Gu Li raised his hand, covered his mouth and chuckled, teasing: "Chang Lang is also a man who attracts women."

"How can this be called attracting butterflies? Why not say it's just the two of us?" Chang An felt the slight movement on his fingertips and said with a smile, "What if these two butterflies are you and me?"

"Are these two butterflies me and Chang Lang?" Gu Li tapped his chin with his fingertips, thinking for a moment.

Chang An nodded and continued with a smile: "What if this is us in our previous life?"

"The Gu Niang of the previous life found me in this life and rested on my fingertips; the me of the previous life found the Gu Niang of this life and leaned on the ends of Gu Niang's hair."

"So that's how it is..." Gu Li's eyes were full of stars when he heard it:

Did I marry Chang Lang in my previous life? I married Chang Lang in this life. If that's the case, will it be the same in the next life?

As she was thinking this, she suddenly caught a glimpse of the butterfly on Chang An's fingertips suddenly flying. Then she felt a breeze fluttering on her head. She raised her eyes slightly and saw that the butterfly on the end of her hair also flew away from her.

Chang An and Gu Li both watched their butterfly fly away from them, and then saw the two butterflies flying between them, seemingly still chasing each other.

When the spring breeze blew, the two butterflies flew away with the wind, shoulder to shoulder.

"Why did they leave?" Gu Li asked with some regret.

Chang Lang now particularly likes the sweet smell on his body, and he must have liked it in his previous life as well. But why did Chang Lang in his previous life leave before he could smell it for long?

As she was thinking about it, she raised her little hand again, put it to her nose and sniffed it - it was obviously fragrant too.

Chang An squeezed the little hand he had been holding, and continued to walk forward with Gu Li, while explaining with a smile:

"Because they came to see if we have met. Now that they have confirmed that we have met, they will naturally leave and cannot disturb us in the present world any longer."

Gu Li nodded and said, "I see."

At this moment, she couldn't help but hold Chang An's hand tightly and said, "Then I have to hold Chang Lang tightly."

"Why? Are you afraid that I will run away?" Chang An looked at Gu Li lovingly and asked.

"No." Gu Li shook his head, "We agreed to come and see us in the next life!"

"If we don't hold each other tightly, the immortals in heaven will think that we are not in love enough, and they will not let Chang Lang and I meet in the next life."

Chang An smiled, put away the folding fan in his hand, and tapped Gu Li's head very lightly. He said, "How can holding like this be considered tight?"

As he spoke, Chang An loosened his grip slightly, then interlocked his fingers with Gu Li's little hand.

"This way, we can hold it tightly." Chang An said.

Gu Li looked at the interlocked hands, and his eyes curved with satisfaction. After walking around for a while with their fingers tightly interlocked, they decided to turn around and walk back.

At this time, the two saw a familiar young man in a yellow robe walking towards them, followed by a man wearing a tall hat. Along the way, many people saluted them.

"Chang Yonghe!" When the young man saw Chang An, he raised his hand happily and waved to them.

When he came up, Chang An and Gu Li bowed to him and said, "Greetings, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

"No need to be polite." Li Ying also waved his hand casually to exempt them from the formalities.

Yang Shu beside him also greeted in a low voice: "Greetings to Lord Ji Kang and Lady Ji Kang."

Li Ying said, "Finally I found you. I thought you guys weren't coming for an outing today."

"Your Highness, are you going to go for an outing today too?" Chang An asked with a smile.

"Of course we have to go for a walk. It's boring to hide in the imperial city every day." Li Ying said, "After the sacrifice today, I asked the current emperor for a leave and went out for a walk. I also want to see what the people of our Tang Dynasty do."

Chang An smiled and said, "Your Highness, it would be good for you to come out for a walk. Some matters concerning people's livelihood cannot be understood by just sitting in the palace and listening to memorials."

"I feel so too, but the current ruler usually doesn't let me go out. I would like to see more of our people." Li Ying said with some distress.

Chang An just smiled and didn't respond. Li Ying also waved his hand and said, "I've changed the subject."

Then, he said to Chang An, "Chang Yonghe, I came to you today because I have something to tell you."

Chang An also put away his smile at this time and said, "Your Highness, please speak."

But Li Ying did not speak directly. Instead, he glanced at Gu Li who was standing next to Chang An and said, "This matter can only be discussed with Chang Yong and you. Madam Gu may need to avoid talking to you."

Chang An and Gu Li were both stunned for a moment, then looked at each other. The former reached out and patted the latter on the head, then put the folding fan in his hand into hers, and said comfortingly: "I'm going to talk about something, Gu Niang, you wait here for me, don't run around."

"Okay." Gu Li nodded, and watched Chang An being taken by Li Ying to a flower tree not far away.

After confirming that Gu Li would not hear the conversation at this place, Chang An asked, "Your Highness, what is so important that we need to come here to talk about it?"

"Of course it's about you." Li Ying whispered, "Since you were conferred the title, someone has started to investigate you privately."

Chang An raised his eyebrows and asked in confusion: "Investigate me? Why?"

"What else could it be? Don't you know what you have done?" Li Ying seemed helpless.

"The matter of evil money?" Chang An gave the answer in his mind.

"That's it." Li Ying said, "Originally, some time ago, after they saw me go to your house, those ministers didn't dare to investigate you openly. Later, you went to Prince Qi's mansion and sat in the second seat with me, and no one dared to investigate you."

"But the problem is that the method you proposed is really good. Now almost 50% of the ill-gotten gains have been investigated. Some ministers lost a lot of money because of you."

Chang An was stunned for a moment. Almost 50% of the evidence was found. What does this mean? In less than three or four months, half of the problems that had plagued the Tang Dynasty for a hundred years were eliminated. If all the evidence was found, it would mean that there would be one less economic risk for the Tang Dynasty.

"In other words, this strategy really hit the vital points of certain ministers?" Chang An frowned and said.

Li Ying nodded and said, "Of course it is so. In order to protect their wealth and their lives, they must stop this tide of evil money governance."

"And the source of this great tide is none other than you, Jikangbo Chang Yonghe."

"If something is really found out about you, then they might take action against you and Madam Gu, and then come forward to tell the current emperor about it, and try their best to stop this matter from developing further."

"But even if they find out, it won't be of any benefit to them, right?" Chang An said doubtfully.

"Of course there are, because making profits from evil money is a capital crime punishable by death for the entire clan." Li Ying said seriously, "They are indeed greedy for money, but compared to their lives and property, these are not so important."

"If the last interrupted investigation was to protect their financial resources, then this investigation is to save their own lives!"

"As long as we find you and confirm that you did it, everything will be fine. As long as they attack you, neither I nor the current emperor can give you justice."

Chang An's expression became completely solemn at this time, and then he turned his head to look at Gu Li who was standing in the same place just now. At this time, Gu Li was facing away from him, Li Ying and Yang Shu, holding a folding fan in his hand, stretching his neck, and seemed to be looking at something.

Perhaps it was due to some induction, but Gu Li seemed to sense Chang An's gaze and was about to turn around. Chang An didn't want Gu Li to discover his current mood, so he quickly turned his head.

"They shouldn't be able to find out anything, right?" Chang An frowned and said, "When the plan was made, weren't those officials all on your side?"

"That being said, they are determined to investigate this time. They may not investigate you openly due to your status and Prime Minister Song's face, but I can't say for sure what they will do behind your back."

Hearing this, Chang An felt a little heavy-hearted. After thinking for a while, he said, "But not many people know about this, and most of them are high-ranking officials..."

When Li Ying heard Chang An's tone, he asked:

"Do you have a solution?"