"When something like that happens to me, I have to be prepared to be criticized."
"But the princess..."
Bai Lu was very angry. When she heard people say that, Gu Qingsheng was still enduring it. She couldn't help but feel angry. She glared in that direction and said loudly
"I don't know which girl is gossiping behind people's backs. She has no manners at all. The etiquette in Jin and Chu has always been very strict. How could there be a few people who slipped through the net?"
She cursed a few times, each word was unpleasant, but it made Gu Qingsheng raise his eyebrows, cover his lips and chuckle, his eyebrows were stained with a delicate red
"Where did you learn this?"
The wind started to blow around, and Bai Lu cursed and felt better.
"I learned it from the lady who sweeps the front yard. She's the best at saying those things."
After adjusting the white fur cloak in his hand, Bai Lu put it on Gu Qingsheng.
"It's windy, please put it on, Princess."
Gu Qingsheng suppressed his laughter and nodded. Just as he lowered his head to tie the strap of his cloak, there was suddenly a burst of exaggerated inhalations and a few excited screams from all around him.
Before she could react to what was happening, a pair of thin, white, and slender fingers suddenly took the belt from her hand and wrapped it around her. The two fingertips touched, and it was like a tiny electric current that rushed into Gu Qingsheng's heart.
She raised her head and met a pair of eyes smiling like spring water. The leather belt around her collar felt soft, and Xu Qingyi's soft voice fell like a jar of good wine.
"You must be getting impatient, Princess."
The sound of gasps from all around started again.
Chu Zhiyao glanced at this place indifferently, with a hint of irony in his eyes, then jumped on his horse and said nothing more.
My head aches slightly.
Listening to the jealous discussions around her, Gu Qingsheng estimated that tomorrow the rumors spread by Jin Chu about her and Chu Zhiyao would turn into her being fickle, seducing Chu Zhiyao with one hand and deceiving their Imperial Master Juechen with the other. What a fickle and unfaithful Princess Changle was.
"National Master, is it necessary to hold such a grudge?"
She held her forehead, certain in her heart that Xu Qingyi was still dissatisfied with the fact that she had posted something without his consent for half a day, so she took revenge in this way.
The belt at the collar is tied, and Xu Qingyi smiles warmly.
"The princess is a righteous person in the world! She is a natural person! She is a banished immortal who has come down to earth! Naturally, she won't care about these trivial matters."
Gu Qingsheng's eyebrows twitched.
Xu Qingyi!
Small-minded!
Strange things happen every year, but there are especially many today.
After Gu Qingsheng and Xu Qingyi got on the same carriage, the girls who were staring at them covetously wished they could gouge their eyes out.
They are spotless! The Imperial Master, brighter than the moon! If you get kidnapped, just blink!
Even Chu Zhiyao turned his gaze to the carriage.
"Miss, Princess Changle is really capable."
In Luo Zhaozhao's carriage, Baolan massaged Luo Zhaozhao's legs and said
"We've only been in the capital for a few days, and the rumors we hear most are about Princess Changle."
"I originally thought she was a brainless fool, but now I see..."
She rolled her eyes and didn't say the following words.
Luo Zhaozhao picked up a piece of cake, half leaned on the cushion, narrowed his eyes and looked lazy, and smiled softly.
"Baolan, you have to remember that there are no stupid people in this capital."
The pastry melted in her mouth, and she sighed comfortably.
"From what I've seen today, the Third Princess, Gu Miao, is a brainless person."
"Although the Queen is shrewd, she has very low vigilance and can be easily fooled by a few words."
"It's this Princess Changle..."
Ponder for a while
"I feel like she seems to be somewhat hostile towards me, but this is my first time meeting her, and I don't know how I could have offended her."
"Listen to what that girl said just now. It's clear she's not someone who's afraid of trouble. Princess Changle is a smart character. Let me test her attitude and see if she's a friend or foe."
Baolan bowed her head
"Miss Sheng Ming."
"And, Baolan."
Luo Zhaozhao instructed again
"We can just chat about this, but remember not to let anyone else hear about it."
"I know."
Baolan answered.
…
As the time was approaching, Eunuch Li announced in a sharp voice that the carriages were officially on their way.
Bai Lu sat outside with the coachman, leaving Gu Qingsheng and Xu Qingyi alone in the carriage.
The car was already narrow, and it was inevitable that the two people would touch each other after a bump.
This situation made Gu Qingsheng extremely difficult. She huddled in a corner, trying to minimize eye contact with Xu Qingyi.
On the other hand, Xu Qingyi sat in the middle, looking calm and composed, with the teacup in front of him still steaming. Even if the carriage's trajectory was not smooth, the green tea did not spill at all.
He was reading a book seriously, and the atmosphere in the car was a little weird.
After a long time, he pushed the cake next to Gu Qingsheng and turned the page of the book.
"Aren't you tired of hiding in the corner all the time, Princess?"
Looking at the pastries being pushed in front of him, Gu Qingsheng straightened up, raised his eyes and said nothing.
"how."
Xu Qingyi closed the book
"dislike?"
"I remember... not."
He lowered his head and smiled helplessly, then changed his way of speaking.
"Don't you girls like sweet things?"
Gu Qingsheng looked at him with interest, and there was a hint of inquiry in his eyes.
"From what the Imperial Master said, it seems like he understands girls very well? Why? Imperial Master, is he holding a cinnabar mole in his hand and a white moonlight in his heart, so he can walk through a patch of grass without even a single leaf touching him?"
Xu Qingyi didn't expect that her words would be exchanged for such words from Gu Qingsheng. Her eyes trembled slightly, and her eyelashes curled up beautifully. Her tone was a little thin, but Gu Qingsheng couldn't figure it out.
"Whose cinnabar mole are you holding, and whose white moonlight are you cherishing?"
"I've been staying in the national temple for years and rarely come out, let alone in the grass."
"profound?"
Moving the cake aside, Gu Qingsheng moved closer to him, with a few sparkling lights in his eyes.
"So, from what the Imperial Master said, there's no one you like?"
"The Imperial Master is the divine will of heaven, and now he is in his prime. This Jinchu girl regards the Imperial Master as a deity that cannot be desecrated, and she loves him in her heart. Is there no one who likes the Imperial Master?"
These words made Xu Qingyi's eyes flash. He raised his head and looked at Gu Qingsheng's expression, thinking about it. The corners of his lips curled up slightly, and a gentle smile did not reach his eyes.
"What about the princess?"
"My princess, can you regard me as a deity that cannot be desecrated? Can you show your affection for me?"
"My Lady, do you think I have someone I like?"
He asked this seriously.
Although he was smiling, his tone was indifferent, as if he was asking Gu Qingsheng serious questions as if he was discussing a topic in class.
Even Gu Qingsheng was stunned for a moment, looking at the face of the person in front of him as if he were from another world, his mind was dark, and after a while he slowly said
"Master Imperial Master, do the noble ladies of Jin and Chu know that you are so frivolous?"
Xu Qingyi opened his eyes, and a trace of loss flashed across his face as the darkness was too deep to see.
"Of course, I don't know."
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