Chapter 229 Cold Beauty

In the second-floor room of Zhenxiu Pavilion facing the street, several young men dressed elegantly were drinking by the window. They were all sons of wealthy families in Pingcheng.

Pingcheng was not a very lively area in the past. But ever since the young master of the Si family opened a branch in Pingcheng a few years ago, and then relied on the Si family's connections in various major business houses to organize the so-called grand gathering. In just two years, this grand gathering became a regular gathering in Pingcheng, and even the prefect would always arrange people in advance to help set up the venue.

Because the grand gathering held once a quarter attracted almost all the wealthy and famous people from the surrounding towns, and these local young men in Pingcheng also gained new fun.

That is to pick beauties.

No matter whether they were young ladies living in secluded houses or ladies living in noble houses, they would always go out to see new things on the day of the big gathering.

This also resulted in these young men who usually only knew how to flirt with cats and dogs and claimed to be romantic having an opportunity to openly see beautiful women.

"Speaking of beauties, everyone says that the daughter of the Si family who entered the palace is the most beautiful in Jiangnan. It's a pity that when Si Jinyu came to Pingcheng a few years ago, he never brought his sister out and asked us to take a look."

The man in the royal blue robe said this with some emotion, but the man in the green robe sitting next to him looked disapproving.

"She is said to be the most beautiful woman in Jiangnan, but that's just for publicity in the palace. Who has ever seen her? Besides, who in the emperor's palace is not a beauty? Take the daughter of Bai Zaifu, now the Concubine Lian, for example. She is also well-known in Yongjing. It's a pity that we have no chance to see her."

"The empress in the palace is not something we can dream of. It is better to look at the one in front of us. The daughter of the prefect of Liuzhou City last time was really unforgettable to me at first sight."

Several people here were sighing one by one, but the young man in a white brocade robe on the other side of the window didn't say a word, but his eyes were fixed on a certain place downstairs, as if he was bewitched.

Several people followed the man's line of sight and saw a woman in a purple riding suit talking to a maid beside her on the street. Her face was not absolutely beautiful, but her dashing outfit and the coldness between her eyebrows like the cold moon were really eye-catching.

"I almost forgot that Brother Cheng Yuan loves cold beauties like this the most. A few days ago, he finally managed to coax Miss Pingshuang from Hongxiufang into accepting your brand, but now she is tired of it again. However, this girl doesn't look like she is from Pingcheng. I wonder which prefecture nearby she is from."

The young man in white who was called Cheng Yuan followed the woman walking downstairs with a smile on his face. "Pretending to be noble and being truly noble are two different things. No matter how dignified a woman from the land of fireworks is, she is not as serious as the one in front of me..."

Before he could finish his words, the woman who was walking forward suddenly stopped. The next second, her clear eyes were like cold arrows, and she shot straight towards Lu Chengyuan on the second floor.

The moment Gu Qingquan turned her head to lock onto that malicious gaze, one hand had already pressed the arrow on her wrist. If she was sure that the person was up to no good, she wouldn't mind clearing out the bugs in this big gathering for the emperor first.

Perhaps it was because Gu Qingquan's gaze on the people upstairs was too sharp when he turned his head, or perhaps it was the flash of murderous intent in his eyes, the people on the second floor who were originally watching and laughing were startled by this sudden gaze.

It's not that they haven't encountered girls looking at them before, but those girls were either shy or embarrassed and didn't dare to look them in the eye.

But the girl in the purple riding suit downstairs had eyes as sharp as a knife. Although they were not fierce, her eyes seemed to want to execute them on the spot.

I don't know who swallowed first.

The man named Lu Chengyuan was the first to come back to his senses. As if to prove that he was not frightened by the beauty's gaze just now, he simply met Gu Qingquanling's sharp gaze and slowly revealed a smile that he thought was handsome.

I was just about to strike up a conversation, but as soon as I opened my mouth, I heard a loud bang.

The wine bottle in front of me exploded!

The broken pieces of the wine bottle scattered along with the wine, causing several people who were originally sitting at the table to jump back in fright. Lu Chengyuan felt a pain in his cheek, as if he was hit by the broken pieces of the wine bottle that had suddenly exploded. He reached out his hand and touched it, and found it was covered in blood.