Chapter 17 Spring Banquet
Liu Jinshu lowered his eyes and said, "Jinshu knows."
After Su Yuheng and Liu Jinshu got on the Su Mansion's carriage, Liu happened to be in the carriage as well.
Seeing Liu Jinshu and Su Yuheng coming up, Liu subconsciously wanted to reach out and hold Liu Jinshu's hand.
But she found that Su Yuheng was following behind her, and her hand suddenly stopped in mid-air.
After the two got on the carriage, they sat opposite Liu. Liu carefully observed the makeup and clothing of Liu Jinshu and Su Yuheng, with a look of satisfaction on her face.
She looked at Su Yuheng and said, "Our Heng'er is only sixteen years old now, but she has grown into a graceful young lady. I'm afraid no one can match your beauty at the Spring Festival Banquet this time. Our Su family is truly blessed to have such a daughter."
Su Yuheng raised the corner of his lips in a faint arc: "Mother, you are too kind. If we talk about appearance, my cousin is more beautiful."
She paused for a moment and smiled, "She does look a lot like my mother when she was young. If you don't know her, you might think she's my biological daughter. But then again, my mother is my cousin's aunt after all, so it's normal for her to look alike."
Upon hearing this, Liu's expression suddenly froze, and she subconsciously looked up at Liu Jinshu.
Liu Jinshu's eyebrows and eyes are indeed very similar to his own when he was young. Even if he imitated Su Yuheng's makeup, he still looks about 50% like himself.
But in terms of appearance, Liu Jinshu is pretty and nothing special. She looks completely different from Su Yuheng.
She smiled and said, "Heng'er is right. It's normal for a niece to look like her aunt."
Su Yuheng lowered his head and snorted coldly, what niece, she is clearly his biological daughter.
The carriage slowly drove towards the eldest princess's residence.
The Spring Banquet in previous years was hosted by Princess Yan Ning, and this year is the same as usual.
Princess Yan Ning's residence, apart from the inner house, is a dense forest connected to the outside of the city.
It was March, and the peach blossoms in the dense forest were blooming beautifully.
Before the Spring Banquet began, some young men and women went together to admire the peach blossoms in the dense forest.
Liu Jinshu followed behind Liu and looked around the Spring Banquet Hall. Everywhere was filled with noble ladies and young men from wealthy families.
She curled her lips slightly and looked at Su Yuheng beside her.
"Cousin, the peach blossoms in the dense forest are in full bloom. How about we go there to enjoy the peach blossoms?"
Su Yuheng said expressionlessly, "If you like peach blossoms, you can go and see them. I don't like this flower very much."
Seeing Su Yuheng say this, Liu Jinshu could only look at Liu Shi in front of him: "Mother...Aunt, I want to go enjoy the peach blossoms."
Liu said, "The Spring Banquet inspection is about to begin. Don't run too far away. Remember to come find me and your cousin later."
Liu Jinshu nodded: "Yes, aunt."
After Liu Jinshu left, he went straight into the dense forest and headed towards the place where the peach blossoms were in full bloom.
In the north of the silent dense forest, Su Yanqiu, dressed in black, stood beside King Qi and bowed.
"Your Highness."
The King of Qi looked down at him and said, "Prince Su, don't forget what I asked you to do today. I am still waiting for the Fourth Miss to warm her bed."
Su Yanqiu clenched his fists tightly and lowered his head with a cold look.
"Don't worry, Your Highness. I will not let you down. I, Su Yanqiu, will personally escort my sister to your bedside. After the examination and the championship are over, Your Highness will also ask Your Highness to send someone to assist."
The King of Qi sighed and said impatiently, "I will do as you say."
"After today, the fourth daughter of the Su family, Su Yuheng, will be my woman. Su Yanqiu, please don't let me down."
Su Yanqiu cupped his hands: "Yes, Your Highness."
King Qi and Su Yanqiu were talking animatedly, but they didn't notice at all that there was a dark figure lurking behind them.
The figure stayed for a while, then turned around and left.
"Master." Bai Ze, dressed in black, walked up to Huo Xingzhi and bowed.
"What did you hear?" In the inner quarters of the Princess's Mansion, Huo Xingzhi casually threw the fish food in his hand into the pond.
Bai Ze: "This is about the fourth young lady of the Su family, Su Yuheng."
"King Qi wants Su Yanqiu to send the fourth young lady of the Su family to his bed today."
Huo Xingzhi's face was expressionless. He put down the fish food in his hand and frowned slightly. "This Su family is indeed full of talented people. The drama of brother and sister killing each other is the most exciting."
He raised his eyebrows and looked at Bai Ze.
"What color clothes did Miss Su Si wear today?"
Bai Ze scratched his head and said, "Purple cloud pattern skirt."
Huo Xingzhi: "The peach blossoms at the Princess's Mansion are in full bloom. This vibrant pink seems even more suitable for her."
Bai Ze's eyes lit up, as if he knew what Huo Xing meant.
"Subordinate, I will do it right away."
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On the other side, after Liu Jinshu left Liu and Su Yuheng, he went to the dense forest alone to appreciate the peach blossoms.
There are many young men from aristocratic families attending the Spring Banquet today. It would be great if I could meet a young man from a high-ranking family in this dense forest.
However, she was also glad that Su Yuheng did not follow her. If he had followed her, others would have seen Su Yuheng instead of her.
She imitated Su Yuheng's walking posture, took lotus steps carefully into the dense forest, and stopped at a peach tree in full bloom.
"These peach blossoms are so beautiful."
Liu Jinshu stretched out her fair hand, tiptoed to pick a branch of peach blossom, and put it to her nose to smell it.
Gradually, several footsteps were heard behind him. Just as Liu Jinshu was about to turn around, he heard a gentle female voice.
"Sister Yuheng, why are you here alone?"
Liu Jinshu turned around slowly and saw a girl in golden clothes and two maids.
The girl was about seventeen or eighteen years old, dressed in gorgeous clothes and had an elegant temperament.
When she saw Liu Jinshu's face, her originally happy expression suddenly collapsed.
"Who are you anyway? How come you're dressed so similarly to Sister Yuheng? Your makeup and hair are exactly the same as Sister Yuheng's usual, and even her clothes!"
Liu Jinshu didn't know the identity of the girl standing opposite him, but judging from her clothes, she must be rich or noble.
The corners of her lips curled up as she said, "I'm not Su Yuheng, I'm her cousin Liu Jinshu."
"Are you her cousin?" Princess Chaoyang was a little dissatisfied.
"Since you are Sister Yuheng's cousin, why do you want to imitate her?"
Liu Jinshu quickly explained, "Miss, you've misunderstood. My cousin personally did my makeup and hairstyle for me. How can I be said to be imitating her?"
"Regardless of whether you are Sister Yuheng's cousin or not, you imitate her too deliberately. Even your movements and expressions are somewhat similar to Sister Yuheng's."
She said dissatisfiedly: "Whether you did it intentionally or not, I still want to tell you something: if you try to imitate someone else, you will eventually be hurt."
After Princess Chaoyang finished speaking, she turned and left with two maids in pink.
Liu Jinshu looked at the receding figure and felt uncomfortable.
She said quietly, "So what if she imitates someone else? In a year, Su Yuheng will be nothing but a pile of bones."
Since this young lady from an official family could recognize her as Su Yuheng, it proved that she had imitated some of Su Yuheng's essence.
On the female seat.
Su Yuheng sat next to Liu, quietly watching the scene in the stands without saying a word to Liu.
Liu would say some words to please her, but she would just respond with a few perfunctory words.
In the past, she and Liu could be considered to have a deep mother-daughter relationship, but things were different now. Both of them had their own concerns.
Su Yuheng was in a daze when a maid came to her and Liu with a cup of hot tea and poured tea for them.
The maid glanced at Su Yuheng, leaned over and spilled the tea in her hand on Su Yuheng.
She knelt down quickly and said, "Miss Su Si, I didn't mean it. Please forgive me, Miss Su."
Su Yuheng looked at the wet clothes and said, "It's okay, you can get up first."
The little maid nodded, gave Su Yuheng a look of approval, and then said, "I have wet your clothes, young lady. Would you like to follow me to change into clean clothes?"
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