Chapter 2: First Meeting
Five days later, the Eldest Princess's Mansion.
In late autumn, the weather has turned cooler, the grass and trees are gradually withering, only the delicate autumn chrysanthemum proudly blooms in this autumn frost and dew.
The eldest princess, Princess Jinghe, is the most fond of chrysanthemums, and will hold a flower viewing party every year, and this year it is still held as scheduled, inviting all the dignitaries and nobles in the capital to come to enjoy the flowers.
"Have you heard, the general of the protector has returned to Beijing with his family?"
Before the flower-viewing party officially began, these official ladies got together and began to chat about the latest news in the capital.
"Why haven't you heard that I saw it on the day the eldest prince of Yu Mansion returned to Beijing, it is really a young man in fresh clothes and angry horses, and today's flower viewing party General Yu's daughter Yu Shuyue should have also received an invitation."
When the girl in the conch-colored shirt mentioned the eldest prince of the Yu Mansion, her face flashed a suspicious red, and the handkerchief on her hand was unconsciously crumpled by her.
"It is rumored that the eldest prince of Yufu followed the general to the battlefield at the age of ten, single-handedly took the head of the enemy general at the age of fourteen, and led 30,000 iron horsemen at the age of seventeen to completely drive the nomads who often intruded the border out of the border.
"Such a young general with outstanding military achievements, I don't know what kind of woman he likes."
Qi Min's style is open, and there are not too many restrictions on women, and it is normal for Zhang Wanli to talk about the relationship between men and women without any scruples.
"Don't care what kind of woman Yu Gongzi likes, I heard that this son dotes on his second girl, and even said that as long as his sister likes the girl, he likes it."
Looking at the little sister's nymphomaniac face, Si Tingya gently tapped her shoulder with a fan in her hand and said.
"The second girl of Yufu is just a little girl, and she is destined to get married, as the saying goes, the girl who marries out spills the water, what kind of woman does Yu Gongzi want to take and where is her turn to put her beak."
This arrogant voice provoked several people who were originally talking and laughing to look sideways.
The person who came was dressed in a flamboyant golden and yellow tasseled draped palace skirt, and wore a white jade inlaid red coral bead double knot wishful hairpin on his head.
Seeing that everyone's eyes were focused on her, she straightened up haughtily, waiting for them to salute her.
It's just that before they could say hello, a cold and soft voice came from behind him in the next second.
"Of course, Shu Yue can't say anything about other things, but if Shu Yue can't decide the affairs of Yu Mansion, I don't think anyone else has a position to decide."
Yu Shuyue wore a light purple butterfly crescent-colored lotus leaf dress, her ink-like hair was pulled into a falling moon with a lilac hairpin, and a row of pendant glass curtains were inserted under the hairpan, slowly walking towards them.
The girl's pretty face is like a snow-white peony, before the age of the year, the appearance is already extremely beautiful, the face is slightly powdered, like a peach blossom, and the chrysanthemums that are blooming on the side are also eclipsed.
Hua Qiantong has rarely been disgraced like this, and her extremely arrogant face suddenly turned cold, and when her eyes touched Yu Shuyue's delicate face that seemed to come out of the picture of a lady, she was in a trance for a while.
But soon she came back to her senses and realized that she had lost her mind because of the woman in front of her, and she couldn't help but feel a little angry in her heart.
"Hmph, you are the second girl of Yufu? Do you know who this lord is? Seeing that the lord of this county actually did not pay a salute, it was really a vulgar person who grew up outside the Saiwai, that is, such a person who had no manners would delusionally influence the marriage of his brother. β
Among people of the same age, only Gu Jingyan, the daughter of the Prime Minister's Mansion, can make Hua Qianyan restrain her arrogance and arrogance, and of course she didn't pay attention to Yu Shuyue, who had just returned to Beijing from outside the Saiwai.
"Oh, it turned out to be the county lord, didn't you say that I thought it was the old bustard in the land of fireworks and willow lane, so fond of chewing people's tongues and meddling."
Although Yu Shuyue wants to keep a low profile and try to reduce her sense of existence, this does not mean that she can be slandered, she is not a lord who can be bullied.
"You-so bold, you dare to scold the county lord!" It was the first time for Hua Qiantong to be scolded like this, her face turned red, and she was so angry that she raised her right hand directly and waved it towards Yu Shuyue.
Yu Shuyue wouldn't stand stupidly to receive her slap, she quickly stepped back, and easily dodged Hua Qianyan's palm that brought a gust of wind.
She caught a glimpse of the wine jug on the side, waved her arm slightly, the wide sleeves swept the wine glass, and the full pot of wine with the fragrance of peach blossoms was scattered on Hua Qiantong's skirt.
"Ahh
Hua Qiantong didn't expect her to dodge so lightly, but her favorite dress was now stained with the smell of peach blossom wine.
Yu Shuyue looked at her angry appearance, raised her eyebrows slightly, and her expression was relaxed and did not provoke the county lord's panic.
"Yu Shuyue! The main county is that you look good! Hua Qian's voice became so angry that she took the whip in the hand of the maid on the side and was about to swing it towards Yu Shuyue.
"County Lord, this is the Eldest Princess's Mansion."
Her personal maid saw that she was going to use force in the eldest princess's mansion, and she was so frightened that she hurriedly stopped her master.
Although stopping her at this time will inevitably be angered, if you don't stop it, I'm afraid that my body will appear in a mass grave in the suburbs tomorrow.
Sure enough, as soon as the maid's words came out, Hua Qiantong's raised whip was unwillingly put down, and then another whip was whipped on the maid.
"Yu Shuyue, you wait for me, the county lord will make you pay."
Hua Qiantong snorted coldly, and left angrily after viciously saying cruel words to Yu Shuyue.
"Miss, are you alright?" Peony checks to see if her lady is injured.
"It's fine, but I have to go and deal with the wine that I accidentally got on my body."
There was also a little wine on her sleeve, and the smell of wine made her frown slightly, and she would see the eldest princess later, and she was not very good at drinking.
She sighed helplessly, then nodded to the young ladies who were already stupid, and left with the peony.
"Worthy of the daughter of a general......"
Looking at the lilac figure that was fading away, the others muttered to themselves.
This was the first time they had seen Hua Qianyun so deflated, and they couldn't help but feel awe of Yu Shuyue.
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The back mountain garden, compared with the bustle in front, here seems to be extraordinarily cold, the lotus pond in early autumn has withered, leaving only the dead leaves of depression and failure.
A man in white by the pool sat in a wheelchair with his body bent, the wind by the pool was blowing, and his white clothes were tightly attached to his thin body, looking extremely weak.
"Ahem, ahemβ"
"Your Highness, it's windy outside, let's go into the house."
The servant on the side spoke respectfully, but his eyes revealed a hint of contempt and glanced at the man in the wheelchair.
"Hmm." The man's voice was out of breath and he answered in a low voice, but he didn't see the person behind him pushing his wheelchair, he lowered his head slightly and glanced over at the person behind him.
Receiving the man's eyes, Lin Si hurriedly pushed the wheelchair with his hand with Xiao, but when the man turned around, his flattering smile was instantly put away, his eyes flashed a trace of ruthlessness, and the hand holding the wheelchair suddenly increased its strength, first pulling back and finally pushing forward.
In front of the man was a withered lotus pond, slightly dirty pool water, the water was covered with withered yellow stumps, and it was almost impossible for Qi Xiuyao, who was immobile and weak, to fall into the pool and get up again.
His eyes, which had been dull and dull in both directions, suddenly became fierce, but the sharpness in his eyes was only fleeting, and the rest was only horror.
Seeing that the wheelchair was on the edge of the pond, but the man in the wheelchair did not make any other movements except for his increasingly pale face and panicked eyes, but the movements of Lin Si's hands did not stop at all.
When Qi Xiuyao's body was pushed out of the wheelchair by that force, he heard the sound of the slave behind him pretending to shout, his eyes flashed with murderous intent, and finally closed his eyes and let his body fall into the pond in front of him that exuded a faint fishy smell.
Just when he thought he was going to fall into the fishy pond in front of him, he suddenly felt a tightness around his waist, and a faint fragrance of orchids came to his face, and this slightly familiar smell made him open his eyes suddenly, and what caught his eyes was a slightly immature and delicate face.