When it swiped down with its claws, it also knocked over the wooden box. In an instant, most of the jewels in the box poured out.
Gu Yanfei: “…”
Chu Yi put his fist to his lips and laughed softly.
Qingguang was completely oblivious to the accident it had caused, and was concentrating on playing with the golden bead.
The nimble little claws made the golden beads roll back and forth.
Gu Yanfei stared at the stupid cat silently.
Chu Yi closed the box again and took the portion that the kitten "gave" to him.
Chu Yi got off the carriage with the box and casually handed the box to Xiao Shi.
"It's time to meet Prince Jing."
Chu Yi said this lightly and walked towards the southeast, facing which was the chilly autumn wind.
The back of the young man in white is thin and vigorous, like a green bamboo in the snow, with an elegant look.
Xiao Shi followed Chu Yi briskly, holding the box, and frowned.
Prince Jing is the cousin of the current emperor and Prince Kang. He has always been close to Prince Kang since the late emperor was alive. Chu Yi has been away from the capital for eight years, and no one in the court, including Prince Jing, is familiar with him. Most of them are waiting to see what happens.
In fact, Chu Yi was not invited today, but came to the palace on his own. His original intention was to test Prince Jing's attitude, but he was treated coldly. After Prince Jing had them taken to Moonlight Tower, he made an excuse and never showed up again.
When Chu Yi left Moonlight Tower just now, Xiao Shi thought they were going back to the palace, but he didn't expect that the master came to see Gu Yanfei specifically.
Yes, the master always has his reasons for doing things, and he is not the kind of person who goes with the flow and allows others to manipulate him. Prince Jing really made a wrong calculation! Xiao Shi grinned and quickly followed Chu Yi. The master and servant walked through a moon-shaped door one after the other.
Behind the moon cave gate is lush greenery and a refreshing fragrance, without any trace of the bleakness of autumn, and the sound of hearty laughter comes with the wind.
"Hey, hey, hey, let me tell you first, no one is allowed to argue with me!" Not far ahead, Li Zhulang shouted in a high-spirited voice.
Li Zhulang and six or seven other young masters came over here laughing.
"That won't do!" Another young man with a rough voice objected with a smile, "A gentleman loves a beautiful lady, why should we give in to you?"
“That’s right!”
"Everyone should compete fairly!"
“…”
Several young men were talking at the same time, making the place very lively.
Suddenly, three or four sparrows flew by with their wings side by side, chirping and flapping their wings, and dropping a pile of bird droppings in the process.
The bird droppings happened to fall on Li Zhulang's hair crown. Li Zhulang wiped it off subconsciously. When he saw the stinky bird droppings on his fingers, his face turned black.
The five or six young men around him all saw this scene.
For a moment, time seemed to stop, everyone stood there in a daze, and the sound suddenly disappeared.
"Pfft!" The young boy was the first to laugh. He pointed at Li Zhulang and laughed so hard that he fell backwards. "So Miss Gu wanted you, cousin, to be careful of bird shit."
"Accurate! Second Miss Gu's calculations are really accurate." The other young man smiled and tapped his palm with the handle of his fan.
"Brother Li, bird shit is falling on your head. This is a sign of bad luck. Do you want to go to the temple to pray and get rid of the bad luck?"
“…”
Several young masters teased Li Zhulang with a smile.
Chu Yi also heard it, and naturally knew who the Second Miss Gu they were talking about. He glanced at them casually, with a faint smile in Ruifeng's eyes.
When the two sides passed each other, Li Zhulang couldn't help but look at Chu Yi, and met a pair of dark and clear auspicious phoenix eyes.
Although the other party did not do anything, Li Zhulang felt a soft and invisible sense of oppression.
He is... Li Zhulang stared at Chu Yi, as if frozen.
Chu Yi nodded slightly to Li Zhulang, without stopping, and continued walking forward. Xiao Shi followed closely behind him.
When the other young masters saw that Li Zhulang had fallen behind, they turned around and called him.
Li Zhulang turned his face towards them blankly, and said in a dreamlike voice: "Yes, it's the eldest prince!" Why is the eldest prince here? ! The eldest prince Chu Yi was only ten years old when he left the capital. He just returned to the capital after eight years and has not yet presided over the government, so most people don't know what he looks like.
"Was that man the eldest prince?"
"Didn't they say that the eldest prince was ill and was recuperating recently?"
Others widened their eyes in surprise or curiosity, and craned their necks to look, but Chu Yi's figure had already disappeared around the corner.
A few feet away, two sparrows spread their wings and flew across the sky one after the other, chirping as they flew out of the palace and brushed past a flat-top carriage outside the palace.
The carriage was so quiet that the sound of wheels and horse hooves outside was particularly clear.
In the end, Gu Yunzhen did not wait for Gu Yunmeng, so she had to leave another carriage at the prince's mansion, and she and Gu Yanfei returned to the marquis' mansion first.
Gu Yunzhen was really troubled, and she rubbed and twisted the handkerchief.
After playing for a while, Qingguang felt tired again and curled up into a round, soft fur ball beside Gu Yanfei.
After an incense stick of time, their carriage arrived at Dingyuan Marquis Mansion.
Gu Yunzhen got off the carriage first, and the first thing he asked was the maid at the gate: "Is the third young lady back?"
"No." The old woman shook her head.
"..." Gu Yunzhen frowned tightly and became even more worried.
The two sisters said goodbye at the ceremonial gate. Gu Yunzhen went to Cihetang, while Gu Yanfei returned to Yuhengyuan with the cat.
However, Gu Yanfei had just changed into a lilac silk gown and hadn't even had a sip of water when Bai Lu, the head maid of Cihetang, came and said that the lady wanted to invite her over.
So she went.
What greeted her was a porcelain cup flying towards her and thrown at her head.
"Evil creature!" Madam Gu shouted angrily with a dark face, her usual graceful demeanor no longer visible.
The porcelain cup flew very fast, but Gu Yanfei just turned his body slightly and dodged it easily.
The cup passed by her and hit the wall behind her hard, breaking into pieces. It was obvious that Madam Gu's strength was not light.
Seeing that Gu Yanfei dared to hide, Madam Gu became even more furious. Her cloudy eyes were filled with rage. She grabbed the tea lid and wanted to throw it out...
Gu Yunzhen quickly stepped in front of Gu Yanfei and said, "Grandma, calm down."
Gu Yanfei's expression changed slightly, and he noticed with his sharp eyes that there was a thin bloodstain on Gu Yunzhen's forehead, hidden under the neat and thick bangs, faintly visible.
Looking at the tea stains and broken porcelain pieces on the floor in front of Madam Gu's bed, Gu Yanfei immediately understood what was going on.
Before she came, Madam Gu must have smashed a cup, and the flying porcelain fragments scratched Gu Yunzhen's forehead.
This grandmother of hers really loves to smash things for the rest of her life! (End of this chapter)
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