Chapter 65: The Long Pavilion (Second Watch)
Chu Chen struggled all night and couldn't sleep melancholy.
He didn't want to listen to Prince Shan, but he couldn't think of a good way to do it. He felt that his grandfather might have deliberately roasted him on the fire, with the conscience of a righteous man and a gentleman, and on the other hand, he was secretly rubbing the gloomy intrigue and calculating how to get what he wanted.
He stood at both ends of the scale, stepped on it, he wronged Bala, don't want to get a chance, step out, maybe stepping into the minefield of Anhua Jin, stepping on the thunder fire, not only can he not marry anyone, but his life may be explained.
Is it important to get someone, or is it important to lose your life?
He struggled a little and didn't know how to decide, and felt that it was not good to do anything.
Therefore, until he got up and packed himself up and rushed out of Prince Shan's mansion to the rain god platform, he was still tugging in his heart. I think it's not easy to be a good gentleman, and it's hard to be a bad person.
Wang Lanxin has been restraining her admiration for Gu Qingyan all these years, but as she grew up, she found that she couldn't restrain herself a little, she liked Gu Qingyan very much, especially when she heard the news that An Huajin and Gu Qingyan's marriage contract would not be smooth if she really wanted to fulfill it, she even revealed a trace of the bitterly suppressed feelings, and the branches and leaves of the vigorous and lush emotional tree showed out of the cracks, and the things buried deep in her heart broke out of the ground.
At this time, the family wanted to choose a husband for her, and she naturally couldn't stand it and moved the idea that she shouldn't move.
The Wang family's upbringing told her since she was a child, let her abide by the rules of her daughter's family, and don't let people think that the daughter of the Wang family is frivolous Meng Lang, she has always been respectful, and at the same time warned herself that she can't ruin her reputation, and she must not do what she shouldn't do. Therefore, for so many years, knowing that Gu Qingyan had a marriage contract, she endured it and buried it deeply.
However, if you have buried something that has been suppressed for a long time, there will always be a day when you can't suppress it.
So, she was ruthless, begged Gu Molan regardless of her face, and asked An Huajin what she said.
When the thing was done, although she was uplifted, she let it go, and she didn't regret it, but when she really heard An Huajin's words from Gu Molan's mouth, she still felt that her face was lost in front of a person she had never met, and she was very embarrassed, just like being slapped in the air, and the person who slapped her was calm and light, and she was Gu Qingyan's fiancΓ©e.
What made her even more uncomfortable was that after Gu Qingyan found out, she punished Gu Molan for being grounded for a month of reflection and copying ten books, and ignored her, as if she didn't exist, just like a gust of wind blew and dispersed, not even leaving a trace in his heart, which didn't cause him to care about her at all.
In the past two days, she couldn't help crying a few times, but she could only cry secretly in an unoccupied room, and she didn't even let her personal maid know.
But she is an unusual woman, when she heard that she was on the list of accompanying Qin Tianjian to invite the rain god, she still had the spirit to deal with it, dressed up carefully, and rushed to the rain god platform.
Today, she will meet Lord An Xiaojun, who has never seen his name for a long time, and Cousin Gu Qi, who has not seen his face for a long time.
The whole Gu family was rumored to be very satisfied with Lord An Xiaojun, and she wanted to see how compatible she was with her seventh cousin.
Jiang Yuncai is different from Wang Lanxin, she doesn't want to see An Huajin and Gu Qingyan, so she waited for a long time and set off at the last moment. I didn't dress up much, so I tried to make myself as simple as possible and reduce my sense of presence.
She was really a little afraid of An Huajin, and she would never forget the scene when she taught Chu Siyan a lesson.
Wang Lanxin originally thought that she should arrive at the earliest, but she didn't expect that when she arrived, Gu Qingyan, An Huajin, Chu Yan, and Chu Chen had already arrived, but Jiang Yuncai had not yet arrived.
Before the auspicious time arrived, the four of them sat in the long pavilion under the rain god and waited.
There were melons and fruits and refreshments on the long table in the long pavilion, and An Huajin peeled a few melon seeds with his hands, but he didn't bother to peel them, grabbed a handful and put them in front of Gu Qingyan, and naturally instructed him, "You peel melon seeds for me." β
Gu Qingyan put down the teacup and peeled it for her.
He peeled one, An Huajin pinched it and ate one, he didn't peel it quickly, and she ate it slowly and boredly.
When Chu Yan saw it, his face was still expressionless, and he didn't say much as always.
Chu Chen looked very unsightly, endured it for a while, and asked angrily, "Xiao An'er, don't you have hands?" β
"Yes."
"Yes, why don't you peel the melon seeds yourself and let others peel them?"
An Huajin glanced at him with slanted eyes, seeing that he was depressed and unhappy, she was probably angry for leaving him alone in Yipinju that night, although she didn't want to be angry with him on purpose, but she also felt that he sometimes found his own anger, such as now.
Therefore, when he sent it to the door, she was not soft-hearted, and hit him mercilessly, "I didn't use anyone else, I used my fiancΓ©." β
The corners of Gu Qingyan's lips curved, and he answered happily, "Yes, I am my own person." β
Chu Chen was angry, and his voice squeezed out from between his teeth, "This kind of thing is the most unreliable thing in the world, maybe it won't be anymore." β
Gu Qingyan smiled lightly, "Don't worry about the little prince." β
Chu Chen snorted, feeling that he was naturally struggling to fight the two of them alone, so he pulled Chu Yan into the water, "You don't care?" After leaving the Gu family, she didn't do it properly again. β
Chu Yan's expression was indifferent, and he looked at Chu Chen, "Are you very idle?" The last time the case was handled well, my father wanted to arrange a position for you, and you said that you were going to rest for a while, and you pushed it, but now I think you have generally rested enough, and you don't have to rest. β
This is a disguised way to say that he has a lot of things!
Chu Chen turned his head, the blue tendons on his forehead jumped, and he muttered angrily, "I should be loved by everyone, why did I become annoying?" β
An Huajin "fluttered" and was happy all of a sudden.
Chu Chen has this ability, which makes you think he is very annoying one moment, and feel that he is indeed coke the next moment.
Gu Qingyan also chuckled.
An Huajin urged him, "You peel too slowly." Come on. β
Gu Qingyan nodded very well.
Chu Chen held back for a while, couldn't hold it back, and also grabbed a handful of melon seeds, put them in his hand and peeled them, and after a while, put them on the plate in front of An Huajin, and said firmly, "Eat." β
An Huajin was thinking about whether to eat or not, and if she didn't eat, she wouldn't give Chu Chen face, although she hadn't given him much face.
"The little prince of labor will peel melon seeds for you by himself, this is an honor that others don't have, eat it." Gu Qingyan made a decision directly for her.
An Huajin didn't think about it, and directly pinched and ate.
Chu Chen rolled his eyes, he peeled the melon seeds, Gu Qingyan bought it, what kind of person, but he still didn't say anything. Afraid that he would continue to talk about it, he couldn't help but fight with Gu Qingyan, delaying today's invitation to the rain god, and His Majesty couldn't spare him.
The atmosphere in the pavilion was finally harmonious at this moment.
Wang Lanxin came at this time, and after she got out of the carriage, she saw four people sitting in the long pavilion. Three men and one woman, she knows all three people, Chu Yan, Chu Chen, and Gu Qingyan. Although Chu Chen didn't know her, she had seen him.
Her eyes were first fixed on Gu Qingyan's body, he sat sideways, wearing a light robe and slowly belted, and the woman next to him was very close to each other, his posture was a casual and casual gesture that she had never seen before, moving in his hands, as if he was doing something, three points of concentration, seven points of laughter.
She stared at it for a while, her eyes turned to the woman sitting next to him, she was blocked by Gu Qingyan, she couldn't see her face, the four people in the long pavilion didn't pay attention to her arrival, no one looked this way, so she took a deep breath, calmed down, and walked into the long pavilion.
With the sound of light footsteps, a wisp of orchid lilac floated into the pavilion.
Chu Chen's nose was sensitive, and he sneezed, turned his head and covered his nose and sneezed.
An Huajin also smelled it, but she was not as squeamish as Chu Chen, the orchid lilac actually smelled very good, faint and dark, attracting people to float, she looked back curiously, and saw a woman in a light green dress, with a lotus-colored face, held by the maid holding an umbrella, and walked in a lotus step.
She had seen Jiang Yuncai, so it was no surprise that this was Miss Wang Lanxin.
When Wang Lanxin saw her, her footsteps paused, and when she came closer, she was naturally blessed, and greeted them one by one, "Your Royal Highness, Little Prince, Seventh Cousin, and Lord An Xiaojun." β
Gu Qingyan didn't speak.
Chu Chen rubbed his nose and didn't say anything.
Chu Yan said lightly, "Miss Wang Si." β
An Huajin looked Wang Lanxin up and down, shook the pu fan embroidered with clusters of red plums, and smiled gently, "Miss Wang Si, the country is fragrant." β
Wang Lanxin's face was slightly red, and she couldn't hear whether An Huajin's words were praising her or sarcastically mocking her, so she straightened up and answered, "The color of the little county lord is the color of the hibiscus, and the country and the city are overwhelmed, and Lanxin is not as good as Lan Xin." β
"Well, it's not as good as it, it's worse." Chu Chen interjected to comment.
An Huajin: "......"
She turned her head and glared at Chu Chen, seeing that Wang Lanxin's smile was slightly stiff, she reached out and grabbed a handful of melon seeds, stuffed them into her hand, and said in a very kind tone, "Don't listen to his nonsense, the dog can't spit out in his mouth, come, sit down, and eat melon seeds together." β
Wang Lanxin was slightly stunned.
An Huajin greeted with a smile, "Sit down." β
Wang Lanxin looked at Gu Qingyan out of the corner of her eyes, Gu Qingyan's eyes didn't sweep over, she concentrated on peeling melon seeds, she paused for a while, and sat down silently and obediently.