A round black piece was pulled out of the chess box by the cat's claws and rolled on the smooth table.
Gu Yanfei stretched out his index finger, pressed the black dot with it, and said four words in a calm tone: "I know."
Her expression was extremely calm, as if this was a trivial matter, and as if she had expected it.
When Gu Yun returned from Prince Jing's Mansion in his previous life, half of his face was destroyed and he looked like a ghost.
However, Gu Yunyan won the favor of the Queen Mother because of her life-saving grace to Prince Kang. The Queen Mother personally issued an imperial decree to grant the marriage and named her the Princess of Prince Kang. She returned to the palace in great glory.
No one cared about Gu Yunzhen's injury. Compared with Gu Yunmeng's glory, Gu Yunzhen's pain was insignificant.
In her previous life, she didn't go.
In this life, she wants to go and see it.
The lively kitten clapped her hands restlessly.
Seeing that Gu Yanfei had taken advantage of her daughter but showed no gratitude, Xia Lian felt even more uncomfortable and could not help but say, "Second Miss, it doesn't matter if you can't play polo. Princess Changqing invited girls from prominent families in the capital. My daughter thought that since she had just arrived, she could make some friends by visiting Prince Jing's mansion."
Her tone was somewhat sarcastic.
Gu Yanfei finally gave Xia Lian a look. At the same time, the kitten turned around and looked at Xia Lian: "Meow?"
The emerald green cat's eyes are clear and bright, full of charm.
When the cat's eyes met the human eyes, Xia Lian fell to her knees as if struck by lightning, with an expression of surprise and fascination on her face. She really wished she could stay there forever.
Gu Yanfei covered Qingguang's "charming eyes", waved his hand, and asked Juanbi to take Xia Lian, who had not yet come to her senses, away.
"Meow meow meow..." The kitten whose eyes were covered was quite dissatisfied. It slapped Gu Yanfei's hand away and meowed to argue.
This time, Gu Yanfei understood its body language and rejected its request mercilessly: "No, you can't go."
“Meow meow meow…”
Qingguang looked at Gu Yanfei without blinking, a faint layer of watery light appeared in her round cat-like eyes, so beautiful that it made people's heart palpitate.
Unfortunately, Gu Yanfeilang was as hard as iron and remained unmoved. He just picked up a sepak ball and threw it out.
The vine ball rolled out, and the bell in the center of the ball jingled. The kitten felt as if his body and mind were summoned, and chased after it happily.
"Ding-ling-ling..."
Qingguang's attention was only diverted for a moment, but he had not given up yet. So when he saw Gu Yunzhen early the next morning, he rarely rubbed against him.
"Meow~" Qingguang coquettishly circled around the skirts of Gu Yunzhen and Gu Yanfei. Even though Gu Yunzhen didn't look into its eyes, she was touched by its soft voice.
Gu Yanfei remained unmoved, and said to Gu Yunzhen with a smile: "Big sister, ignore it."
Gu Yunzhen reluctantly moved his eyes away from the cat's back and said softly, "Originally, Third Sister wanted to borrow Grandmother's carriage, but Grandmother went to the White Horse Temple to burn incense early in the morning. The other carriages in the Marquis' Mansion are smaller, and they will be crowded with more people, so I thought that Second Sister, why don't you ride in the same carriage with me today."
Gu Yunzhen had good intentions, so Gu Yanfei naturally had no objection.
So, the two sisters went to the ceremonial gate together. The kitten insisted on seeing them off, and when it did, it put itself into the carriage and quietly hid in Gu Yunzhen's skirt.
On the way to Prince Jing's Mansion, Gu Yunzhen was extremely reserved and almost sat upright, for fear that Gu Yanfei, who was riding in the same car, would notice something was wrong.
Gu Yanfei naturally knew that there was a cat in the car. This season was the cat's shedding season, and the wisps of cat hair floating in the air made it difficult for her to ignore them.
Prince Jing's Mansion is located on Shengping Street in the west of the capital, about five or six blocks away from Marquis Dingyuan's Mansion, which is probably just a little more than an incense stick's worth of driving time.
The coachman calculated the timing very accurately, and the two carriages from the Marquis' Mansion arrived at Prince Jing's Mansion on time at Chenchu's request.
The Prince Jing's Mansion stretches from Yueya Hutong in the south to Laohuaishu Hutong in the north, covering a vast area, at least as large as two Dingyuan Marquis Mansions.
Today, Princess Changqing is hosting a banquet, and the street where the palace is located is much busier than usual. Carriages and horses are parked outside the palace one after another, including red-wheeled carriages of various specifications. It can be seen that there are many relatives of the royal family among the invited guests.
The maids of the palace welcomed the guests in an orderly manner. The carriages and horses entered the palace one by one from the east corner gate and stopped in the alley between the outer ceremonial gate and the main gate.
After Gu Yanfei and her two sisters got off their carriage, a maid from the palace greeted them respectfully and led the way for them.
The maid led them through this magnificent mansion with many doors and columns in a familiar way.
Gu Yunzhen was a little absent-minded. He occasionally looked back in the direction of the carriage, his heart worried about the kitten.
Just now before she got off the carriage, she told Qingguang to stay in the carriage, and Qingguang agreed. He shouldn't run around, right?
When Gu Yunzhen came to her senses, they had already arrived at the garden on Wangfu West Road, and then crossed a small bridge over the lake to the horse farm on the other side of the garden.
Two water pavilions were built by the lake, connected to each other by a winding water corridor. A hazy veil was hung around the water pavilions, dancing in the wind, creating a dreamlike effect.
At this moment, in the Zhuoxin Water Pavilion near the horse farm, there were crowds of people, a scene of jewels and precious stones, and the sounds of chatter and laughter one after another.
Young boys and girls gathered in groups of three or four to talk and drink tea, as bright as the blooming flowers in spring.
The customs of the people in the Dajing Dynasty were enlightened, the status of women was much higher than in previous dynasties, and the separation between men and women was not very strict. These prominent families in the capital would hold such grand events from time to time.
"Three girls, this way."
The maid led Gu Yanfei and the other two into Zhuoxin Water Pavilion and walked towards the girl in yellow sitting at the top.
The girl, about fifteen or sixteen years old, was wearing a slim and capable apricot-yellow riding suit embroidered with colorful butterflies, and a gauze robe embroidered with cloud patterns in gold thread. A pair of butterfly flower shoes appeared under the hem of her skirt.
"Princess." Gu Yunzhen knelt down and bowed to the girl in yellow, a faint smile on her lips, and introduced Gu Yunzhen and Gu Yanfei beside her, "This is my eldest sister Yunzhen, and my second sister Yanfei."
"No need to be so polite." Princess Changqing's eyes swept across the two men's faces.
This girl is really pretty. Chang Qing thought to himself, and looked at Gu Yanfei for a few more times, then cast his gaze on Gu Yunmeng, and said with a friendly smile: "Yunmeng, you are here, we must not lose to my third brother today!"
Gu Yunyan responded with a smile.
As they were talking, two men and one woman came in from the entrance of the water pavilion, led by a maid. The girl in blue who was walking in front gave Gu Yunmeng a bright and familiar smile.
Gu Yunyan was kept by Princess Changqing to talk, while Gu Yanfei and Gu Yunzhen were led by maids to the west side of the water pavilion, passing by the two men and one woman.
“Pah.”
The folding fan in the hands of the young man in green fell out of his hand. The maid leading the way hurriedly stopped, picked up the folding fan on the ground, and handed it to the other party respectfully: "Young Master Li."
Young Master Li took the folding fan and tapped it lightly on his palm. His eyes followed a slender and graceful figure, and he boasted to his cousin who was traveling with him, "See? We still have beauties in the capital!"
(End of this chapter)
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