Chapter 199: The White Lotus Cousin in Ancient Chinese Literature (28)
Looking closely, it was a sky-blue purse with exquisite embroidery, on which was embroidered a graceful green bamboo with straight, vigorous joints and a proud character. It was exactly the one that Su Yu had given away.
Su Yu's expression changed slightly: "What do you mean, cousin?"
Bai Shan didn't say much, and directly stuffed the purse into Zi Tong's hand: "The master only instructed this, and didn't say anything else. Please go back, cousin."
"etc."
Su Yu called him, her eyes reflecting panicked tears: "Brother Baishan, can you let me see my cousin once, just once? I know I was wrong about what happened this morning, and it's right for my cousin to be angry, but he shouldn't not even give me a chance to explain."
Bai Shan was unmoved and said coldly, "The young master didn't invite you, please go back, cousin."
At this time, there were two other people invited by Cui Ling.
Lin Jinse and Cui Yue sat in the reception room and drank cup of tea again and again. They were almost full, but the host of the house did not come out to entertain them.
Cui Yue almost couldn't help but smash the teacup on the ground, but fortunately she was stopped by Lin Jinse.
"Where's my brother? I want to see him!"
The tea waiter lowered his head and said: "Sir, you have something else to do, come over later."
"When exactly is later? I asked you once and you said so. I asked you again and you still said so. What exactly did you mean, brother? You let us in and left us here alone. You must be playing tricks on us. You didn't inform us at all, did you?"
Cui Yue had a bad temper and started making a scene on the spot.
In fact, Cui Yue herself did not believe this. How could a small tea waiter dare to falsely convey the master's orders?
But my brother’s meaning is really hard to understand.
Lin Jinse also felt a little disappointed, as she had thought she would be able to meet Brother Hanzhang today.
next door.
Bang——, a piece fell down.
"Hanzhang, it's your turn." A low and laughing voice sounded.
Cui Ling showed no strange expression, but in fact he had just woken up from his absent-minded state. Looking at the chessboard, his eyes were calm, and he raised his hand slowly and made his move.
The situation suddenly reversed.
Looking at the black pieces on his side that had been eaten up and were already defeated, the third prince looked helpless: "I lost again."
Cui Ling said bluntly: "If Your Highness had not secretly changed the chess pieces just now, you would have lost even faster."
The Third Prince, who loves playing chess but can’t win, always cheats. Now that he has been exposed, he says: “…”
He changed the subject angrily: "Han Zhang doesn't want to go out and take a look?"
As they were talking, a new game of chess started.
"No need. If you can't sit still anymore, you will leave naturally."
The third prince laughed and said, "I'm not talking about the two in the room."
If it's not the two in the house, then it's the one outside.
Thinking of Su Yu, Cui Ling's expression turned colder: "Same."
"Is it really the same?" The third prince didn't have the heart to expose him. After just a few moves, he lost his concentration. There was nothing outside the window. What was he looking at?
Cui Ling did not answer.
The relationship between the two was not as simple as that between an ordinary prince and his aides, but more like like-minded friends. Otherwise, with Cui Ling's status and mental means, there was no need for him to support this prince whose maternal family was not prominent and who was not favored.
He could have supported a puppet like Prime Minister Cui did.
Seeing that he didn't say anything, the Third Prince raised his eyebrows: "Did they really quarrel? You don't feel sorry at all?"
Cui Ling said coldly: "I don't understand what your Highness is saying."
"You really don't understand or are you pretending not to understand?"
The Third Prince snorted and laughed: "After all, the girl blocked a fatal sword for you. She is your lifesaver. Even if you had a quarrel, you shouldn't leave her alone like this. If outsiders see you, they will probably say you are ungrateful."
The third prince really couldn't understand these love affairs. He protected her like the apple of his eye before, but now he just left her out in the open. He couldn't figure it out over and over again.
Even someone like Cui Ling, who had a noble bearing and proud character like a god in the sky, was not immune to this.
Cui Ling fell silent.
The next second, he accurately stopped the Third Prince from stealing the chess piece: "Your Highness, have you ever heard the saying that chess character is like a person's character?"
The Third Prince: “…”
At this time, Baishan walked in.
Cui Ling immediately shifted his attention away from the Third Prince, but he didn't want to appear to care too much about Su Yu, so he pretended to look at the chessboard.
The third prince rolled his eyes inwardly upon seeing this.
"Sir, the cousin is gone."
Cui Ling's hand tensed up, veins faintly visible, and his voice was very calm: "Yes."
Baishan stood there, still unsure whether he should say something or not.
Judging from the young master's cold attitude, he must be heartbroken by his cousin and probably doesn't want to hear any more news about her.
He immediately swallowed his words back: "Baishan, take your leave."
Cui Ling: “Wait.”
Bai Shan paused: "Sir, do you have any other instructions?"
Cui Ling stopped talking, twirling the chess piece with his fingers, his expression unclear.
The Third Prince felt uncomfortable watching this, so he asked for him, "Your Excellency wants to ask, did the girl ask you to bring any words or things?"
Bai Shan subconsciously looked at Cui Ling, and seeing that he had no objection, he slowly spoke out.
"My cousin said that if the young master is angry with her, he can beat her or scold her, but he should not ignore her. The young master is the best person to her in the mansion except for Madam Yun. He is like a real brother to her. If the young master ignores her, she will be very upset."
With every word Bai Shan said, Cui Ling's aura grew colder, especially when he used the word "brother".
The third prince was the closest and felt it most clearly, but he didn't understand.
Aren’t these words quite normal?
There was a long silence.
Cui Ling threw the chess piece back into the chess basket with force and sneered, "None of your words are true."
Baishan looked at his nose and his heart, lowered his head and said nothing, but in fact he was nodding in agreement madly in his heart.
That’s right!
What do you mean by "like a real brother"? That's nonsense. The eldest son has never been so kind to the second daughter.
Also, what do you mean by "besides Madam Yun"? Madam Yun has been busy vying for favors and coaxing the master these days, and she has not even visited her when she was injured. Unlike his son, even if he was so busy that he didn't even have time to eat, he still remembered to have people search for precious tonics to send to her, and even invited the imperial physician in the palace to personally prescribe medicine for her and treat her injuries. Obviously, his son was the best person in the mansion to treat her.
If my cousin is really upset, she should give up her thoughts about the eldest prince as soon as possible.
Baishan thought with a grim face.
These thoughts of defending Cui Ling flashed through his mind, but Bai Shan's expression did not change at all.
He took out the purse from his sleeve again and handed it over respectfully: "By the way, sir, the purse you asked me to return was confiscated by Miss. She asked me to take it back and told me that if you don't like it, you can just throw it away or burn it."
Cui Ling glanced at the purse coldly. What was this? A threat? What a joke. Would he be threatened by a purse?
"Take it down."
Bai Shan was not surprised: "Yes, I will burn it right away."
"stop."
Bai Shan was puzzled: "Young Master?"
Cui Ling gritted his teeth and said, "Put it down."
Bai Shan was stunned and did not react.
Cui Ling took a deep breath and squeezed out a sentence from between his teeth: "Put down your purse, you can go out."
Baishan was dumbfounded.
The Third Prince almost couldn't hold back his laughter. It was such a good show. He left in a hurry last time and had no time to find out the gossip, but this time he caught up on it all at once.
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