Chapter 192 Am I beautiful today?
Wen Xingluo closed the box and turned to walk out, "No."
Wei Ying stood in front of her, "Why not?"
"The world has no room for such feelings."
"Is it that you can't tolerate it, or that you don't dare? I grew up fighting for food with dogs in the Imperial Nursery of Kyoto. I didn't learn anything else, but only one principle: food is to be snatched, and if you can't snatch it, you will starve. The same goes for everything else. Xie Guanlan is a good-looking man with a good family background. He is powerful and self-disciplined. It would be perfect for you to strike first and snatch him away and make him your male concubine."
Wen Xingluo looked at the girl in black.
The girl was tall and cool, with phoenix eyes slanting into her temples that were arrogant and domineering.
She was the apple of the eye of the crown prince of the previous dynasty. Strictly speaking, she was the last princess of the Wei Kingdom.
But she grew up in such a cruel environment, so she developed a wild and arrogant character. In order to get what she wanted, she could ignore etiquette, integrity and secular rules.
Wen Xingluo didn't think she was wrong.
On the contrary, she felt sorry for her.
She softened her tone and said, "There's absolutely no possibility between him and me. Cousin, don't even think about it."
Wei Ying couldn't understand.
She saw that her cousin clearly had a good impression of Xie Guanlan.
Her cousin is so stupid that she doesn't even fight for the person she likes.
After a moment's silence, she took out a bright pearl from her sleeve and said, "This is a coming-of-age gift for you."
Wen Xingluo took it.
The pearl is round and large, and you can tell at a glance that it is priceless.
She was curious, "Where did my cousin get it from?"
"I got up early and went to the city to steal it."
Wen Xingluo: “…”
No wonder she didn’t see her at the coming-of-age party!
"I don't want it." She returned the pearl to Wei Ying. "It's not good to steal things. Give it back, cousin."
Wei Ying insisted, "I stole it, it's mine, why should I give it back?"
"cousin!"
Wei Ying rubbed her brows and said, "Alright, alright, I'll just go back."
She took the pearl and went out.
Wen Xingluo walked to the corridor and saw Wei Ying suddenly turn back.
Wei Ying handed Wen Xingluo a hibiscus flower.
Wen Xingluo took it.
It can be seen that this hibiscus flower was carefully selected. The leaves are clear green, the flowers are fresh and moist with dewdrops, and it is her favorite pink and white color.
She asked, "Is this a new coming-of-age gift?"
Wei Ying hummed glumly, "Just picked... maybe a little shabby for you. I saw clearly just now that Xie Guanlan gave you a lot of gold and silver beads—"
Before he could finish his words, he was bumped into by the girl.
Wen Xingluo hugged her and whispered in her ear: "Thank you, cousin."
Wei Ying's body stiffened.
She grew up in a dangerous environment and is not used to hugging people.
But the little girl hugging her was her cousin.
The girl raised the corners of her lips.
Wei Ying went to return the pearl. Wen Xingluo returned to Xiejinyuan and wrote a letter to Chen Lezhi, asking about her recent situation.
After sending the letter, she remembered that Xie Guanlan had returned victorious, but she had not yet said a word of congratulations.
She should have said congratulations.
I don't know when he will come back...
She sat down at the dressing table and wanted to take off the complicated and heavy hairpins and dress and change into ordinary clothes, but when she looked at the bronze mirror, she hesitated again.
Today is her coming of age, and my grandmother specially invited two makeup girls from the city to dress her up. It took them a full hour just to do her makeup.
Her hairpins and dresses were also specially prepared for the coming-of-age ceremony. The embroiderer put a lot of thought into it and started preparing them three months in advance. The silver-red kesi chest-length skirt was extremely luxurious and exquisite. When the light and shadow shone on it, the ripples looked like flowing gold and silver, making the girl look particularly slender and charming.
The girl in the bronze mirror looks more beautiful and charming than before.
She reached out and touched the golden hairpin.
She will see Xie Guanlan again today.
She was reluctant to take off such beautiful makeup and clothes.
Wen Xingluo had selfish motives, so she didn't remove her makeup or change her clothes.
In the evening, she arrived at Canglang Pavilion, but was told that Xie Guanlan had not returned yet.
She waited for him in the study, but she waited from dusk till dark and still no one showed up.
The steward brought the food and said respectfully, "Those young generals are naturally happy after their victory, and they've forgotten the time so much as they've been drinking. Miss, please fill your stomach first. Perhaps the prince will be back soon."
Wen Xingluo nodded obediently.
Seeing that there was a pot of wine in the food brought by the steward, she was very happy thinking about Xie Guanlan's triumphant return, so she had two drinks by herself.
When Xie Guanlan came back, the moon was already at its highest point in the sky.
Knowing that Wen Xingluo had been waiting for him for several hours, he quickly stepped into the study.
The room was filled with the smell of alcohol.
The drunken girl slumped on his large golden nanmu official hat chair, her thin silver-red kesi skirt draped over the ground. Her head rested on one armrest, and her legs were placed on the other.
The pair of pearl shoes were raised high, like a cat's tail standing upright.
She drank too much.
Xie Guanlan glanced at his desk.
It would have been fine if it were just leftovers, but the jade wine cup was overturned on the edge of the table, and the dripping wine soaked half of the desk.
He leaned forward, "Wen Ningning?"
Wen Xingluo's cheeks flushed, and she subconsciously put her arms around his neck.
She was drunk and her skin was hot.
Xie Guanlan froze, slowly pried her hands apart, lifted her up and sat her up straight, "Who allowed you to eat and drink in my study?"
But the little girl felt no shame at all.
She held her face in her hands, tilted her head and smiled at him drowsily, "Am I beautiful today?"
The candlelight is quiet.
It was too late, and the girl's originally delicate makeup had become a smudge, like half-faded gorgeous gold foil. Her cheeks and the corners of her eyes were red like knotweed flowers, just like layer upon layer of rouge smudged on white jade, the last gorgeous beauty before sunset.
She tilted her head slightly, her bun was loose, and the golden hairpins on the edge of her bun jingled in the study, like a golden butterfly fluttering its wings and flying around.
Xie Guanlan was silent.
He stretched out his hand, intending to touch her golden hairpin, but paused and withdrew his hand.
In the end, he did not answer Wen Xingluo's question, but only ordered Fushan to cook a sobering soup.
After Fushan left, he straightened the shaky Wen Xingluo again and said, "The steward said you've been waiting for me for a long time, but is there anything important you want to tell me?"
Wen Xingluo's head was dizzy and he couldn't answer his question at all.
She was so sleepy that her eyelids were drooping and she couldn't help but fall asleep leaning on the official hat chair.
Xie Guanlan couldn't do anything with her, so he reached out and touched her head.
The moment he touched her hair, Xie Shian's words came to mind:
——Girls' feelings are like clouds in the sky, coming and going quickly, so maybe Ningning will soon dislike me. Girls of this age always crave novelty.
Freshness...
His eyes were gloomy and he gently rubbed Wen Xingluo's head.
So, does her love for him actually have a time limit?
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