Chapter 13 The Taste of a Handsome Man's Wedding Night
Three days later, Yu Wenxue boarded the Gu family's carriage and went to the imperial palace to participate in the spring hunt.
The journey from the capital to the imperial palace takes a whole day. Gu Rongting instructed his servants to prepare various fresh fruits and pastries in the carriage, and there was also a soft down cushion under him, so he wouldn't feel uncomfortable even after a day's ride.
The scenery along the way was beautiful and pleasant, but Yu Wenxue leaned against the window in a daze, not in the mood to appreciate it, her mind filled with thoughts of how to complete the task.
She clutched the amulet around her neck and silently prayed: "Grandpa and Grandma, please bless me. This trip is not easy, please make sure it goes smoothly."
"Can Wenxue ride a horse?"
Gu Rongting's voice pulled her back from her wandering thoughts, and Yu Wenxue shook her head and said, "No."
She thought for a moment and said seriously, "But I have ridden camels."
Gu Rongting was slightly taken aback, then burst into genuine laughter: "My cousin really knows how to tell jokes."
Yu Wenxue sensed a childish glint in his smile and repeated, "I really have ridden a camel."
I rode it when I went to the zoo as a child, and I even took a picture with the camels!
"Cousin, you... hahahaha..."
"No wonder Xun Han likes talking to you."
Gu Rongting laughed heartily, turning his head to look out the window. The white-clad youth stood tall and straight, riding a red-maned horse, following the carriage at a leisurely pace.
Looking again at the girl who was staring blankly with her head down inside the carriage, the handsome man and beautiful woman made for a very pleasing sight, and he couldn't help but smile: "How about I ask Xun Han to teach you how to ride a horse?"
"Second Young Master has his own things to do, there's no need to waste your time on me," Yu Wenxue quickly stopped him.
Gu Yun Shen was like a legless ghost, always appearing silently in front of her, touching his sword whenever he had nothing to do, and then showing a gentle, seemingly harmless smile.
How could she dare trouble this villain to teach her how to ride a horse?
One day, when he's not looking, she'll steal his sword so he can no longer scare her!
Seeing her cheeks slightly flushed, Gu Rongting assumed she was just shy. Adopting the posture of an older brother, he called out to the window, "Xunhan, let's teach our cousin to ride horses sometime!"
"It's really not necessary!"
The sedan curtain was lifted slightly by the wind. Yu Wenxue looked up and met the young man's upturned lips, silently chanting in her heart: Refuse him quickly, refuse him quickly...
"OK."
...
Refuse to fail.
Why doesn't this person play by the rules?
“Cousin, there’s no need to be shy, I understand.” Gu Rongting smiled meaningfully, “How about we set it for tomorrow?”
Not good.
Yu Wenxue thought.
She racked her brains for a long time before finally coming up with a lame excuse. She coughed lightly and said, "Actually, I haven't been feeling well lately."
Gu Rongting frowned: "I told you last time to drink more hot water and not to drink cold water. Hot water is the most effective..."
Suddenly, a clear laugh came from outside the window.
Gu Rongting ignored him and continued nagging, "Don't think you can do whatever you want just because you're young. When you get to your grandmother's age, you'll be plagued by all sorts of minor ailments, and then you'll regret it..."
Yu Wenxue outwardly agreed, but in reality, she didn't hear a single word.
The book doesn't say he's a chatterbox; it mostly describes him as kind and upright. Now it seems like he really treated her like a younger sister.
Gu Rongting felt a little guilty, but actually it was because his riding skills were not good, and he just thought that having more people would be more helpful.
"In that case, I'll have to take Wan-mei ...
Upon hearing this, Yu Wenxue immediately exclaimed, "But then again, what's bothering me is my nose, it doesn't seem to interfere with my horseback riding."
She couldn't miss such a great opportunity.
"Nose?" Gu Rongting asked, puzzled, but not wanting to pry into a young lady's affairs, he didn't press the matter further.
Yu Wenxue didn't understand why Gu Yunshen agreed to teach her to ride a horse, but it was a good thing after all, and she had no reason to refuse.
In ancient times, there were no cars. If zombies came, she could still ride a horse to escape...
To learn how to ride a horse, she borrowed some unused fabric from Lin Qingwan and worked through the night to make a set of knee pads.
Lin Qingwan loved beauty and was quite disgusted by the messy stitches, but seeing Yu Wenxue's insistence, she couldn't bear to refuse her kindness and reluctantly put them on.
So the two girls, hand in hand, appeared awkwardly at the horse farm like two adorable penguins.
Gu Yunshen led the horse over, glanced at Yu Wenxue's strange attire, and asked, "Can you get on by yourself?"
Yu Wenxue looked at Lin Qingwan, who was being carried up by Gu Rongting...
She patted her chest and said, "I can."
After saying that, she followed suit and climbed up in the same way as Lin Qingwan.
The first attempt failed.
Yu Wenxue smiled awkwardly: "Don't you think your horse is taller than Qingwan's?"
Gu Yunshen: "These are young horses suitable for ten-year-old children to learn from."
"..." Okay.
Yu Wenxue stroked the horse's mane and whispered in its ear, "Give it some strength, Teacher Ma."
Whatever you do, don't drop her.
The second attempt failed.
The third attempt failed again...
Meanwhile, Gu Rongting, with Lin Qingwan in his arms, had already slowly turned around once.
Yu Wenxue was no longer calm.
After winking and making faces for a while, he finally gave an extremely ingratiating smile: "Second Young Master, could you demonstrate for me?"
Gu Yun Shen met her pitiful gaze, put his hands on her waist, and lifted her onto the horse.
An insult, an unprecedented insult.
This action is just like when she's teasing someone else's dog in the park.
But she couldn't say anything, because if she relied on herself, she probably wouldn't be able to get on the horse by dark.
Soon, Gu Yun Shen also came up and sat behind her.
As he said, the horse was indeed not very big, so much so that the space felt particularly cramped when the two of them mounted together, and she could clearly feel the curve of his body.
Sunlight filters through the leaves, casting dappled shadows.
Gu Yun Shen clearly lacked Gu Rong Ting's chivalry and launched a fierce offensive right from the start. The two left the horse farm and turned onto a secluded path.
"Stop, stop, stop! It's too fast, can you slow down a bit..."
Yu Wenxue quickly hugged his waist, afraid that the good health she had gained from making a devilish deal with the system would be lost again.
Upon hearing this, Gu Yun Shen indeed slowed down a bit.
She could clearly feel his body stiffen for a moment.
Could it be that he has ticklish spots?
Feeling playful, she tentatively pressed lightly on his waist, and sure enough, his body trembled again.
Although the movement was very small, she still noticed it.
"What are you laughing at?" Gu Yunshen asked.
Yu Wenxue had a sudden inspiration: "I'm so happy to have the Second Young Master teach me how to ride a horse."
but……
It shouldn't be this slow.
It wasn't running at all; it was more like taking a walk after dinner.
"I thought you were laughing at me."
"How could that be?"
The main villain is quite clever.
Feeling smug that she had seen through his weakness, Yu Wenxue couldn't help but feel proud. She twisted her body and asked, "Can you go a little faster?"
Gu Yun Shen replied gently, "Not out of fear?"
"It's alright, I'm pretty brave, it's just that my heart can't take it."
As the sun sets, a gentle breeze whistles by.
Yu Wenxue opened her arms, enjoying the warmth of the wind.
"Second Young Master, thank you."
She expressed her heartfelt gratitude.
"Why thank me? Didn't Miss Yu just give me a quilt?" Gu Yunshen asked in return.
Yu Wenxue asked, "How are you? Are you asleep? The one I gave you is new; I haven't slept with it."
Gu Yun Shen lowered his eyes and smiled slightly: "It's alright, thank you for your kindness, Miss Yu."
Yu Wenxue smiled, and then heard him continue, "But why did you give me mandarin ducks?"
"What mandarin ducks?"
Yu Wenxue asked in surprise.
"A red wedding quilt embroidered with mandarin ducks..." Gu Yunshen's smile remained unchanged: "Thank you, Miss Yu, for letting me experience the joy of the wedding night ahead of time."
Oh no, could he have misunderstood again?
"I……"
They have no intention of consummating their marriage.
Yu Wenxue stammered, her mind blank for a moment, unable to speak.
"What are you implying?" Gu Yunshen's voice floated past her ear: "Miss Yu's tastes are quite peculiar."
Oh no!
Yu Wenxue felt a chill run down her spine. Saying anything more would be futile, so she might as well play dead and pretend to look up at the sky: "Look, doesn't that cloud on the horizon look like the hundred gold coins you promised me?"
Gu Yunshen pressed down on her hand that was gripping the reins: "Concentrate."
"oh……"
"If you want 100 gold coins, come find me tomorrow."
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Also traveling together was the second branch of the Gu family. To make it easier for them to take care of each other, Gu Rongting arranged for Yu Wenxue to stay between the fourth young master of the Gu family and his own accommodation, while Gu Yunshen stayed in a separate tent.
The fourth young master's wife was the same Princess Tong'an who caught him in adultery.
Yu Wenxue overheard this incident by chance when Ziyun was gossiping with the servants. In order to hear more gossip, she spent a lot of money to treat Ziyun to a bowl of ice cream.
Gu Huaisheng, the fourth young master of the Gu family, frequented brothels and brothels year-round, and even after marrying a princess, he did not restrain himself.
I accidentally offended someone a while ago and ended up having my arm broken. Even so, it hasn't changed my reckless nature.
Princess Tong'an was arrogant and domineering, and the two became estranged after only half a year of marriage.
Without hesitation, Yu Wenxue labeled the fourth young master, Gu Huaisheng, whom she had never met before, as a scumbag.
Considering that he witnessed Princess Tong'an catching him in the act of adultery, it means that the person having an affair with Gu Huaisheng was his "sister-in-law".
However, the book records that the Gu family only had three sons...
Yu Wenxue patted her forehead and decided to bribe Ziyun again to obtain information when she got back.
Before that, she should practice the erhu (a two-stringed bowed instrument) properly.
Night fell, and the midnight starlight scattered across the sky.
Yu Wenxue took the new erhu that Wei Heng had given her and secretly practiced it in a quiet, secluded place.
Lin Qingwan once said that the current Empress Dowager prefers grand and majestic music.
In her limited memory, she couldn't think of anything suitable, so she went to the Qunfang Pavilion and borrowed a few sheet music books.
Diligence can make up for lack of talent; she will definitely do very well.
The sound of the erhu was particularly melodious in the quiet night.
Gu Yun squatted behind the bushes and washed the bloodstains off his hands with river water.
The fleeting pleasure did not bring him happiness. After experiencing that fire as a child, he lost his hearing in his left ear and his sensitivity to sound was somewhat dulled than that of normal people.
But he quickly recognized the familiar voice.
Following the sound, a girl dressed in white sat gracefully under a tree. The bright moonlight shone on her profile, and her hair was casually draped over her shoulders. Although she was not dressed in any elaborate manner, everything around her seemed dim and lackluster.
On the other side, Yu Wenxue was exhausted and yawned.
She rushed out without noticing that the wick in the oil lamp was already half burned.
As the light grew dimmer, she rubbed her aching shoulders and prepared to go back to her tent to sleep.
Suddenly a gust of wind blew by, extinguishing the last faint light.
At the same time, a mournful wail echoed through the desolate woods.
Without the light source, we were instantly plunged into boundless darkness.
The howling grew closer, and Yu Wenxue racked her brains, thinking, "If only the wolves here were also disguised as huskies."
Obviously, this is not realistic.
Is anyone there?
She squatted down, touched a tree branch, and walked back in the direction of the moon. Perhaps it was just her imagination, but she even heard rustling footsteps approaching her.
To avoid disturbing others, she deliberately found a grove of trees far from the camp. Now, she's completely unable to return.
A cold wind swept in, and Yu Wenxue, shivering as she hugged her erhu, ran straight ahead with the tree branch in her hand.
If she can't be a cane, she'll be a weapon; as long as she runs fast enough, death can't catch her.
As the wails subsided, Yu Wenxue, having run too fast, accidentally stepped on a stone. Her vision went black, and just as she thought she was about to fall flat on her face, a powerful force enveloped her waist.
"Why are you running? Are you seeing a ghost?"
Upon hearing the familiar voice, Yu Wenxue immediately looked up in surprise and fear.
The boy was dressed in the same white clothes as her, with half of his hair hanging down over his shoulders. The night was too dark to see his face clearly, but his handsome features were still faintly visible.
She swallowed hard, and blurted out, almost as if possessed, "It looks like I've seen a ghost."
A beautiful ghost.
A note from the author:
Gu Rongting (with a simple, honest face): My cousin and brother are such a perfect match! I'm shipping them! [rainbow fart]
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