When Lady Weiguo saw Gu Yanfei looking at Chu Yi, she thought that the two children were a perfect match, and a smile appeared on her lips again.
She added cheerfully, "The Duke said that the eldest prince is a man of rules, and asked me to wait and see."
Lady Weiguo thought that she should talk more to Gu Yanfei about the eldest prince, so she moved closer to her and continued to whisper to her.
This scene also fell into the eyes of Gu Yuan who was near the city gate.
This Lady of the Duke of Wei had obviously returned with her sister. Where had they been? He felt even more puzzled.
He had something to do and it was inconvenient for him to go over, so he quickly looked away.
Seeing that his subordinates had almost cleared the road, Gu Yuan turned his horse around and came to Chu Yi, wanting to ask Chu Yi to go first, when he heard Baili Yin's frivolous voice:
"...Speaking of beauties, my eighth sister is the most beautiful in Yue State. She is only fifteen years old, with a beautiful face, peerless and incomparable. Young Master Yi should have seen her, right?"
"You are about the same age as me, only two years younger than me. I already have illegitimate sons and daughters, but you don't even have a beautiful woman to accompany you. You must be a little lonely at night."
"How about I write a letter to the Saint and promise you my eighth sister? You will be my brother-in-law from now on."
Gu Yuan narrowed his narrow eyes, and his vigilant gaze paused for a moment on Baili Yin. His first thought was: Is this Baili Yin trying to steal my sister's girl?
The morning light poured down, coating the city gates, streets and passers-by in a brilliant golden glow.
Under the enthusiastic gazes of the surrounding people, Chu Yi and Baili Yin rode their horses slowly.
Baili Yin looked around nonchalantly, and kept talking: "My eighth sister is so beautiful that she can make fish sink to the depths and geese fall to the ground. If she were in Jing Country, I'm afraid all the beauties on the street would feel ashamed of themselves."
"Come to think of it, I have been in your country for such a long time, and I have only seen one beauty..."
Baili Yin stopped talking halfway, his eyes fell on Gu Yanfei outside the city, his thin lips curled up, and the subject changed: "Hey, isn't this Miss Gu Er?"
Chu Yi had already seen Gu Yanfei outside the city. He nodded to her from a distance with the corners of his lips slightly raised.
Gu Yanfei smiled faintly, her face bright and beautiful.
Beautiful, so beautiful! Baili Yin's eyes lingered on Gu Yanfei's beautiful face.
His Eighth Princess was as bright and beautiful as a blazing fire, and as gorgeous as a red rose. She was so beautiful that the whole country could be overwhelmed with her beauty. Perhaps only the Second Miss Gu could be compared with the Eighth Princess.
I haven't seen this little beauty for more than a month, and she seems even more beautiful. She is truly breathtaking. Once you see her, you'll never forget her.
Baili Yin clapped his hands in praise while glancing at Chu Yi from the corner of his eye, a sharp light flashing in his brown eyes.
At the beginning, when the Emperor of Jing proposed that Chu Yi be responsible for the negotiations, Baili Yin was more than happy to accept it.
He originally thought that with Chu Yi in charge, the matter would be easier to negotiate. However, who would have thought that Chu Yi was a person who would not be easily persuaded, would not show his emotions on his face, and would be even more difficult to deal with than the kind-hearted Emperor Jing.
In the past two days, Baili Yin mentioned the blueprint to Chu Yi several times. In addition to the Huangshuiyang waters, he also suggested that several surrounding islands could also be allocated to Jing State.
The conditions were mentioned again and again, but although Chu Yi seemed gentle and easy-going, he was actually very opinionated... or, should we say, strong!
If you are strong, he will be strong too; if you are a little soft, he will also smile happily.
In just two days, Baili Yin felt frustrated and irritated. He regretted countless times that he had made a mistake in judging Chu Yi when he was in Yue State. How could he think that Chu Yi was weak and could be bullied? Today, Baili Yin finally persuaded Chu Yi to take him to test the gun.
It seems that his luck seems to be good. Meeting this little beauty is a good omen! Seeing that Chu Yi has been silent, Baili Yin's face is not embarrassed at all, but his smile is even deeper.
He raised his sword-like eyebrows, casually swung the whip in his hand, and said, "Young Master Yi, a chance meeting is worse than a chance meeting. Since we have such a good relationship with Miss Gu, why don't we ask her to go and test the gun together?"
There was a cynical smile on Baili Yin's lips, and his deep eyes quickly swept over the flintlock rifle on Xiao Shi's waist. The scene of Chu Yi shooting a white tiger to death with one shot appeared in his mind again.
His heart was burning, and a gleam of determination flashed across his eyes.
Who is destined to be with you! Gu Yuan's eyes were cold. If he was not on duty, he would have kicked the man off the horse right now.
Gu Yuan pulled the reins and pretended to casually drive the horse forward two steps, blocking Baili Yin's gaze from his sister.
"Third Prince Baili." Chu Yi called calmly, his smile giving people a gentle and elegant feeling as usual. He was smiling from beginning to end, but Baili Yin inexplicably felt a chill in his heart, and the hair on the back of his neck stood up, as if he was being stared at by some ferocious beast.
Baili Yin still smiled as if nothing had happened, and his smile deepened by three points.
Chu Yi only said one word: "Please."
Without waiting for Baili Yin to react, he squeezed the horse's belly, and the white horse under his crotch suddenly accelerated, galloping forward like flowing water, and passed through the city gate first.
Baili Yin, who was left behind by him, froze in his tracks.
If this had happened in Yue State in the past, how could a mere Gongzi Yi dare to treat him like this! Baili Yin's eyes were cold, and the smile on the corners of his lips froze there, but he still remembered the purpose of this trip and did not turn his face and leave.
Gu Yuan and other imperial guards in the rear also followed, and the huge team quickly left the city.
Only after Chu Yi and his group walked away was the West City Gate reopened to traffic.
The passers-by and carriages that were waiting on both sides of the official road formed two straight long queues at the shouts of the guards at the city gate, and everyone began to line up in an orderly manner to enter the city.
The wife of Duke Weiguo specially sent Gu Yanfei to Gu's residence, watched her enter the house, and then returned the same way.
Gu Yanfei got up early today, and after returning home, she felt sleepy. She simply washed up and fell asleep.
When she woke up, it was already noon and the room was brightly lit by the midday sun.
She sat up hugging the thin quilt, yawned lazily, and still felt very sleepy.
I might as well take another nap.
Just as this thought came to mind, Juanbi walked in briskly and said with a smile, "Miss, Madam He is here and wants to see you for something."
Matron He is the matron in charge of the sewing room.
Gu Yanfei rubbed his forehead and said slowly, "Call all the housekeepers to the main hall."
Juanbi naturally agreed and called a little maid to pass on the message.
After having a casual lunch, Gu Yanfei ran to Jiahuiyuan to find Gu Yunzhen.
Gu Yunzhen's maid Feicui personally led Gu Yanfei in and said with a smile, "Second Miss, it's better to arrive at the right time than to arrive early. You came at the right time."
Gu Yanfei was taken to the east room by Feicui.
The house was filled with the faint scent of moonwood, and the swaying shadows of the trees in the courtyard outside the window added a touch of greenery to the house, bringing peace and tranquility.
Gu Yunzhen was sitting on the Luohan bed by the window, wearing a ginger-yellow skirt embroidered with broken crabapple branches. Her black hair was tied up in a bun, with only a sparkling red gold hairpin adorning her hair. She was doing needlework with her head lowered.
Gu Yanfei slowed down his pace and sat down next to her.
After finishing the last stitch, Gu Yunzhen bit off the thread, looked at the headband she had just embroidered with satisfaction, then turned around and gave Gu Yanfei a gentle smile.
"Second sister," Gu Yunzhen handed the newly embroidered lotus-colored hairband to Gu Yanfei, "Take a look, do you like it?"
The finger-wide lotus-colored headband had small and delicate wisteria flowers embroidered with lilac silk thread on both ends, and the stamens were embroidered with gold thread.
Gu Yanfei wrapped the hairband around her slender jade fingers, and the golden stamens sparkled in the sunlight.
"It looks nice." Gu Yanfei gently stroked the embroidery at the end of the headband with his fingertips twice, looking at it carefully.
Seeing that she liked it, Gu Yunzhen's eyes sparkled and he said with a smile: "I'll put it on for you."
She enthusiastically braided the headband and a lock of hair into a long braid. Her slender and nimble fingers braided the braid neatly and evenly, as if every hair was obedient.
The braids she made were not as beautiful as those of her older sister, and her hair seemed unobedient in her own hands.
Gu Yanfei thought silently, and said to Gu Yunzhen casually: "Big sister, the family is in a mess recently, and no one is taking care of the household expenses. I came here today to ask for your help..."
As early as a few days ago when the accounts were being reconciled, Wang had just thrown away the gifts, neither handing them over nor giving a comparison card, and had simply left them to rot. Most of the maids in charge of the Marquis's mansion were Wang's confidants, and they followed suit and stopped taking care of the matter.
In this huge mansion, all the household chores fell into Gu Yanfei's hands.
"Help?" Gu Yunzhen pointed at himself in surprise.
My sister wants her to be in charge of household affairs?!
Although she had learned housekeeping from her mother Yan, she was only in charge of her own small courtyard.
Gu Yanfei nodded vigorously, staring at Gu Yunzhen with shining eyes.
In his previous life, how could Gu Yanfei be qualified to have any contact with household chores?
Later, she reincarnated into the Yaoling Realm. There was a senior sister in the sect. The senior sister was an all-rounder. Not only was she gifted in cultivation, but she was also very knowledgeable about the ways of the world. She took care of all the sect's internal affairs properly.
Unlike now, most of the housekeepers in the mansion are no longer in charge, and the remaining few housekeepers who are not on the same side are restricted in their work, so that whenever there is something happening in the mansion, the people under them will rush to Yuheng Garden to find her.
Gu Yanfei got a headache when he saw all these trivial matters such as "what to buy today, what to eat tomorrow, whether to repair the pavilion and flower stand in the garden, the price of rice has increased, and the carbon is running out". The cat was standing by, gloating over his misfortune, turning its belly over, sharpening its claws, and finishing a bowl of dried fish with great interest.
(End of this chapter)
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