Chapter Seventy-Six: Counting is Counting
Gu Qingwan raised her head slightly, and carefully looked at these highnesses, none of them was Liu Yixu, she excluded the crown prince and the prince of Wei, so who is Liu Yixu?
Gu Qingwan has two guesses, Liu Yixu may be Ji Ye, the eldest prince who has been canonized as King Ye in the south of the Yangtze River, or it may be other princes and princes.
Today, the heirs of the saint are thin, Ji Sheng has been the prince for eight years, he is very capable, and the saint appreciates him very much, and now the eldest prince is no longer in the capital, and the fifth prince is still young, he doesn't seem to have any threat, and the prince's position is still very stable.
"Sister......" When she was startled, Gu Qingzhao gently ripped off her clothes, and she realized that she didn't know when Gu Tianyuan had led the whole family to kneel on the ground to greet His Royal Highness the Prince, only she was still standing, Ji Sheng and Ji Han both looked at her through the crowd, she hurriedly knelt down, and shouted with everyone-
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, Chitose Chitose, Chitose."
"Master Hou, please get up." Ji Sheng raised his hand and said, his eyes couldn't help but glance at Gu Qingwan more.
"Your Highness." Gu Tianyuan led his family to stand up again, and stood aside respectfully.
"Old lady Gu, my father specially asked me to bring a birthday gift, and my father said that the Marquis of Zhenyuan is the pillar of the dynasty, and he has worked hard for state affairs, and the old lady has made great contributions." Ji Sheng ordered someone to take out the birthday gift entrusted by the emperor and said, the birthday gift was actually a Guanyin made of pure gold, which attracted everyone's amazement.
Old Madam Gu was immediately flattered, knelt down again, raised her hands to take Jin Guanyin, and said, "Thank you for the emperor's reward, long live the emperor, long live the emperor." β
Ji Sheng signaled, and the eunuch with him stepped forward with a tray in his hand, and there was a gold-inlaid jade peacock in the tray, opening the screen and spreading its wings, lifelike, and the handiwork was extremely exquisite, the eunuch walked to the old lady and said, "Old lady Gu, this is a birthday gift specially given to you by the queen mother." β
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince personally came to the birthday banquet, and the emperor and empress also presented noble gifts respectively, which gave Gu Tianyuan a big face, and it was enough to show his power in the court.
"Everybody, get up, feel free." Ji Sheng said, everyone got up and sat back in their original positions, the banquet continued, and "Mu Guiying in Charge" on the stage gradually sang to the climax.
Gu Qingwan subconsciously looked at Gu Tianyuan and found that Chen Yuan didn't know when he came, and he was sitting beside Gu Tianyuan at this moment. Sensing her gaze, Chen Yuan also looked at her and showed a gentle smile at her. In order to avoid suspicion, the two looked at each other from a distance and looked away without a trace, no longer looking at each other, as if they were strangers.
"This is Miss Gu, who has been engaged to Ah Han since she was a child, right?"
Gu Qingwan was sitting in her chair in a daze when a gentle voice came into her ears. When she looked up, she saw Ji Sheng and Ji Han who were walking towards her, and the owner of the voice was Ji Sheng.
Under the gaze of everyone, Ji Sheng walked up to her and said with a smile.
Gu Qingwan hurriedly got up, blessed her body, and said with a faint expression on her face: "The courtier Gu Qingwan has seen His Royal Highness the Prince. β
Ji Sheng looked at the beautiful and beautiful woman in front of him without a trace, neither humble nor arrogant, and said to Ji Han beside him with a smile: "Ah Han, this Miss Gu is beautiful and dignified, elegant and decent, you are really blessed." β
"His Royal Highness is serious, far worse than His Highness's future crown princess." Ji Han smiled slightly and said modestly.
Ji Sheng is twenty-one years old this year, but he does not have a crown princess. Recently, the queen mother has been selecting candidates for the crown princess for Ji Sheng, Gu Qingwan's two cousins and Xiao Lan are one of the candidates for the crown princess, if it weren't for Gu Qingwan's marriage contract, it is estimated that she would also be.
Gu Qingwan's eyes fell on the two cousins not far away, and she saw that they were also secretly looking at Ji Sheng, and even the two aunts nodded with great satisfaction.
I don't know if Gu Qingyue will have other thoughts when she sees the current prince? Will you regret choosing Ji Han? Gu Qingwan didn't miss how hot Gu Qingyue's gaze was when she saw the prince just now.
It's a pity that she can only think about it, Gu Qingyue's identity is far worse than Xiao Lan's.
Ji Sheng chatted with Gu Qingwan a few more words, Gu Qingwan was very good at talking, and Ji Sheng had a little more real smile on his face. Ji Han just quietly looked at Gu Qingwan, who was smiling gently, and didn't speak.
Seeing the lively scene of Hele and Lele here, but it was deserted on her side, Gu Qingyue couldn't help but tighten her veil-
Why did Gu Qingwan become the focus of His Royal Highness the Prince's attention? Even Ji Han's eyes fell on her and never left.
She tried her best to please Ji Han, but she didn't expect that he hadn't looked at her since he came, but kept staring at the one he obviously hated Gu Qingwan.
Why is that?
"He knows that my Yang family has been loyal ministers for generations
He is not to blame for slashing Wang Lun
He also gave the handsome seal to Yang Men
Wen Guanger happily entered the house
I saw the handsome seal in my heart......"
On the stage, "Mu Guiying in Command" has gradually come to an end, and Gu Qingwan knows that the reason why the Marquis of Zhenyuan's Mansion deliberately ordered this play is to show the emperor and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince that the Marquis of Zhenyuan's Mansion is loyal to the imperial court.
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the two princes beside him had already gone to talk to the princes of various families, probably because of the wine, Gu Qingwan's head was a little groggy, her eyes were slightly hot, she stroked her forehead and stood up, and whispered to the eldest lady next to her, "Mother, I'll go out to breathe." β
"Let Ziyu and Zilan follow." There was a hint of worry in Liu's eyes.
"Mother, no need, my heart is a little stuffy, I want to walk alone." Gu Qingwan said, got up to avoid everyone, and walked out of the birthday banquet hall, and the Liu family was not reluctant.
Every step she took seemed to be stepping on the mud, her steps were light and fluttering, as if she was about to fall at any moment, she found a stone bench and sat down, feeling that her heart was beginning to be stuffy, her breath was disordered, and her whole body burned with a hot feeling, she fanned the wind with one hand and pressed her cheek with the other.
What's going on? Why was she so uncomfortable all of a sudden? She has always had a good amount of alcohol, so she won't be so uncomfortable just because she drinks two sips.
"Miss, it turns out that you are here, so that the slave is easy to find." I don't know how long it took, but a maid hurriedly ran over, looking anxious.
"What are you looking for me?" Gu Qingwan asked with a slight frown, her breath was a little disordered.
"Young Master Zhao drank too much just now, ran to the viewing platform alone, hugged the pillar and climbed to the top, the minions couldn't stop it, the slave was really afraid that the young master would make an accident and alarm the Hou Ye, so hurry up to find the eldest lady." The little girl touched the sweat on her cheeks and said sharply.
What the? Gu Qingzhao was drunk and broke into the viewing platform at night? Gu Qingwan hurriedly cheered up and stood up, and said, "Help me over, I'll go find him." β
"Yes." The little maid hurriedly took Gu Qingwan's hand and walked quickly to the viewing platform together.
As they walked a little farther away, a shadow slowly moved out from behind the treeβ
Gu Qingyue looked at Gu Qingwan's figure, showed a smug smile, and then followed from a distance.
Along the way, Gu Qingwan felt dizzy, because she thought that Gu Qingzhao still forced herself forward, and finally arrived at the viewing platform, she suddenly remembered something, and asked in a tight voice, "Which courtyard are you from?" β
However, when she turned her head to look, she found that the little maid had disappeared without knowing when, and she was the only one in the entire viewing platform.
"Zhao'er, Zhao'er......" She stood in the viewing platform, shouting Gu Qingzhao's name, and looked around suspiciously, but she didn't find Gu Qingzhao's shadow, her head felt more and more groggy, so she had to sit down against the pillar, support her forehead with her hands, and close her eyes.
After a while, a burst of footsteps sounded, and I saw that a man in a white plain robe cautiously entered the viewing platform, and he shouted tentatively, "Miss, Miss, are you there?" Cheng Yushuang is here......"
Cheng Yushuang stood in the pavilion and looked around, but she didn't see anyone, hasn't anyone arrived yet? He took a few steps forward, and suddenly he heard a strange sound, and he followed it curiously, only to see a wisp of clothing floating behind the pillar in front of him.
Cheng Yushuang suddenly showed a smile on his face, just now, when he sang "Mu Guiying's Great Breaking Heaven Gate Array" on the stage, he had already seen the demeanor of this eldest lady from afar, she was a unique and elegant person, which was enough to make him fascinated.
At this time, a slender jade hand slowly stretched out from behind the stone pillar and beckoned to him, this hand was soft and white, like condensed jade fat, ten finger tips, under the moonlight, all kinds of charms.
What beautiful hands!
"Eldest lady has been waiting for a long time...... Cheng Yushuang couldn't wait to walk behind the stone pillar, and was about to talk to Gu Qingwan, but suddenly felt a heavy blow to the back of his neck, and he was stunned, and when he turned around, he saw a man standing behind him, he was wearing a silver mask on his face, and the eyes behind the mask did not have a trace of temperature, as if he was a god of death from hell, Cheng Yushuang was shocked, and then fell to the ground crookedly.
Who is this person......
Gu Qingwan was stunned, looking at the man who suddenly appeared - he was wearing a black robe wrapped around his long and straight body, although he was wearing a mask, he could feel the thrilling face behind this cold mask, and he looked at her eyes-
Why, why did it feel so familiar, as if she had seen it somewhere, and her heart beat uncontrollably.
"You, who are you?" This is not in her plan, it was Mama Zhou who was here to pick her up, and he was not in her plan.
"Wan'er, it's me." He took off his mask to reveal an extremely handsome face, who was not Chen Yuan.
"A-Yuan!" Gu Qingwan looked at him in surprise, "Why are you here?" β
He didn't speak, and after looking at her for a long time, he squatted down, searched in Cheng Yushuang's clothes for a while, and found a handkerchief.
"Yours?" Gu Qingwan suppressed the abnormal heartbeat, came back to her senses, and saw that this was the handkerchief she asked Chunlan to hand over to the Lu family.
She figured it out, it turned out that they wanted to take advantage of her grandmother's birthday banquet to slander her for having an affair with the drama, if she hadn't taken precautions and cracked their plan step by step, she would have been caught, and then she would never have a chance to turn over.