The seventh princess nodded perfunctorily, her mind had already flown out, and she hurriedly instructed the palace maid: "Go and find all the new dresses that have just been made in the embroidery workshop for this princess, and bring all the rouge gouache new ones!" ”

Here in the Hou Mansion, listening to the reply sent by the people of the Seventh Princess, Gu Yanbai smiled lightly, and agreed with the person in a gentle tone, as soon as the people in the palace left, he immediately sent someone to contact Du Ziqiao and invite him to come to the Hou Mansion.

For Gu Yanbai suddenly looking for himself, although Du Ziqiao was a little surprised, he immediately rushed over: "What is the matter with Gu Xiaohou suddenly looking for me?" ”

Gu Yanbai told him about inviting the princess to go on a boat together, Du Ziqiao was a little shocked, and almost thought that he was really going to befriend the princess, but only then did he react under Gu Yanbai's explanation.

"The concubine actually said that she wanted to marry the princess to the little marquis as a side room?" Du Ziqiao raised her voice in surprise and stood up, and then realized that she was too out of shape, and looked around, a little embarrassed.

"I didn't expect that under the persecution of Heqin, the concubine was willing to surrender her identity to this point, isn't this forceful?"

Gu Yanbai bowed slightly, lowered his eyebrows: "It can be seen that the concubine is desperate to condescend to the noble in order to leave the seventh princess, I can't refuse this matter, I can only find another way, otherwise the concubine will definitely put pressure on the Hou Mansion." ”

In the end, the big thing of getting married, the order of the parents, the words of the matchmaker, the slightest carelessness will be charged with unfilial piety.

Du Ziqiao also understood the stakes, racking her brains to think of a way to get the best of both worlds, but the more she thought about it, the more difficult it became.

"The concubine now wants to leave the seventh princess behind, and the method she chose for the seventh princess is to marry you, Gu Xiaohou, but if we can help the seventh princess marry someone else, wouldn't it be in line with the concubine's wishes? It's just that the biggest problem at the moment is that the seventh princess may not be willing to marry, her infatuation with the little marquis is something known to the civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty, and it is more difficult for her to marry someone else than to ascend to the sky. ”

Du Ziqiao shook his head as he spoke, but when he heard his idea, Gu Yanbai's eyebrows raised slightly, thinking about his heart, his eyebrows and eyes stretched out, and his eyes were deep: "She doesn't have to be willing, as long as it is suitable for both reason and reason, who does Du Gongzi think is the most suitable person?" ”

Hearing his question, Du Ziqiao was stunned for a moment, and thought about it carefully: "There is a scholar in the school palace who has been quite up-and-coming recently, called Li Yuan, although he is not as talented as the little marquis, but he can be regarded as a small success, and his appearance is dignified, if it is him, he should not be too wronged by the seventh princess." ”

Gu Yanbai nodded, and the corners of his mouth hooked up a smile of unknown meaning: "Then I have to ask Du Gongzi to help me invite this Li Yuan to travel with us tomorrow." ”

After Du Ziqiao returned to the school palace, he immediately found Li Yuan, and when he heard that it was Gu Xiaohou who invited him to travel together, Li Yuan was very excited, and immediately agreed.

Mingyuexi sat in the house in a daze, patted her face, and asked herself not to think about it, but she still subconsciously bit her lip, and it was not a taste in her heart.

It didn't take long for Gu Yanbai to rush over.

Mingyuexi pursed her lips and was silent, her emotions were complicated, she didn't know what to say for a while, but she didn't think that Gu Yanbai opened her mouth first and told her all her calculations about the Seventh Princess.

Ming Yuexi didn't expect him to take the initiative to mention this matter to herself, she was a little surprised at first, and after listening to the complete plan, she secretly scolded herself in her heart for being cranky.

After Gu Yanbai finished speaking, he found that Mingyuexi was a little wandering, and her face was abnormal, so she leaned over and looked at her worriedly: "But what's wrong?" ”

His eyes were dark, and the already attractive eyes were even more difficult to take off his eyes because of the tenderness in them.

Mingyuexi was startled by the suddenly enlarged face in front of her, thinking of the vinegar she had just secretly eaten, her face turned red suspiciously, and she praised exaggeratedly: "No, this plan is very good, it is worthy of my omniscient and omnipotent little marquis!" ”

Gu Yanbai: "......"

The next day came in the blink of an eye, and Gu Yanbai took Zhang Wusheng and Li Yuan, as well as a few guards, to the agreed place early to wait for the seventh princess.

This is the first time Gu Yanbai has taken the initiative to invite, the seventh princess has dressed up carefully, the rouge on her face is thin and thick, and she is not satisfied, and the palace maids around her who are tossing want to cry without tears, but they dare not complain.

The seventh princess finally dressed up, happily came to the agreed place, and stepped out of the carriage shyly, but found that it was not Gu Yanbai who was standing in front of her, and her face suddenly turned cold.

couldn't care about her own image, and the seventh princess asked angrily: "Gu Yanbai, what's going on?" Didn't you mean to invite Princess Ben to go on a boat ride? If you don't make things clear, this princess will leave immediately! ”

Li Yuan originally saw the beauty of the seventh princess and was still a little surprised, but she was suddenly pulled back to reality by her angry face, and lowered her head tremblingly, the princess he couldn't afford to offend.

"Is there any misunderstanding about the princess?" Gu Yanbai looked at her with a puzzled expression, and frowned, "This time on the boating lake, it was originally agreed by everyone, is there anything wrong with the minister inviting the princess to come?" ”

The seventh princess was so angry that she stomped her feet, but after thinking about it for a long time, it was true that Gu Yanbai had never said that she was with the two of her, and she couldn't help but be angry.

"If the princess is really inconvenient, you can ...... first"

"Who said Princess Ben was inconvenient?" The seventh princess said coldly, all the beautiful fantasies came to naught, and she was reluctant to really leave, so she had to get on the boat with a cold face.

The others also followed the Seven Princesses on the boat, and at first, everyone sat in the cabin, admiring the sparkling scenery of the lake through the window, and they were unconsciously relaxed.

When the seventh princess got up and sat next to Gu Yanbai, Gu Yanbai suddenly stood up.

"The beauty of this lake is really chic, it would be a pity to just sit like this, why don't you go outside with me and chant poetry?"

Everyone walked out together, the seventh princess was a little annoyed, what was there to see on this broken water, what she wanted was to be alone with Gu Yanbai!

Everyone talked happily on the bow of the boat, and the laughter and laughter were endless, and the seventh princess only felt bored when she heard it, and she didn't even notice that the boat had come to the very center of the lake.

Zhang Wusheng gave the boatman a look, the boatman immediately understood, the hull of the boat suddenly tilted suddenly, the seventh princess was standing at the water's edge, I don't know who hit her from behind in a panic, the seventh princess screamed, fell under her feet, and fell directly into the lake!

"Help me, save me!"

The seventh princess struggled with her hands and feet in the water, but choked on several mouthfuls of water, and she felt in horror that her body was struggling and sinking more and more in the cold water, and she was simply frightened, and her voice was sharp and piercing.

When the people on the shore saw someone falling into the water, they immediately became lively, and the sound of discussion and shouting was endless.

Zhang Wusheng looked at this situation and was happy in his heart, but he shouted with an anxious look on his face, "Is there any good water, hurry down and save the seventh princess!" ”

Li Yuan didn't know who pushed him, stood up, and faced the gazes of Gu Xiaohou Ye and the others, he had no choice but to take off his shoes and boots and jump into the water to save the Seventh Princess.

The seventh princess was so frightened that she hugged him and refused to let go.