Chapter 102 Rebuking Gu Ranran
In the early morning, everything is quiet.
A ray of light appeared on the eastern horizon, carefully soaking the light blue sky, and a new day gradually moved over from afar.
Su Mansion.
Su Yuan had been practicing for an hour and was now sitting with her husband having breakfast.
Hearing hurried footsteps outside, she paused with her food and looked over.
Butler Wen walked up to Su Yuan with a happy face, handed over a dark red gold-stamped invitation, and reported:
"Master, this is the invitation from the Nanyou Palace, asking you to come over to attend the banquet this afternoon."
After hearing this, Su Yuan put down his chopsticks, took the invitation, opened it and looked at it, then nodded calmly:
"Got it, you can leave now."
On the side.
Meng Yunlan glanced at the back of Butler Wen as he left, then turned to look at Su Yuan, wondering:
"My dear wife, we don't know anyone from the Nanyou Palace, why did they suddenly send you an invitation?"
Su Yuan heard this, wiped the corner of his mouth with a handkerchief, and replied with a hint of confusion in his tone:
"I don't know either. I'll find out when I go. Alas! The invitation doesn't say that you can bring your family. I'm afraid you can't come with us."
Meng Yunlan shook his head and said indifferently:
"A noble place like the palace must have very strict rules. It's just right that I don't have to go, so I don't have to be so restrained. But my wife, since you are going out to attend the banquet, I will pick out clothes for you after dinner."
Su Yuan nodded, said "OK", and said no more.
afternoon.
Nanyou Palace.
Su Yuan slowly got off the carriage and was guided by the servants of Prince Nanyou's Palace to a side hall where singing and dancing were taking place.
She arrived neither early nor late.
At present, half of the tables on the left and right, which were filled with delicacies, were already occupied, and some students, like her, were entering the hall one after another.
Since there was no designated seat for this banquet, Su Yuan lowered his eyes and thought for a moment, then casually walked to the end and sat down.
About an incense stick of time passed.
All the students attending the banquet have arrived, and King Nanyou also made his final appearance.
I saw it outside the main hall.
A middle-aged woman in her forties walked in from afar, wearing a long robe with green embroidery on the edge, a jade belt around her waist, and her hair tied up with a fine white jade crown.
She walked slowly all the way to the top of the hall and sat down.
Seeing this, the students reacted.
This is the King of Nanyou, Ji Rutian.
Then, they all stood up and bowed, saying:
"Student greets His Majesty."
King Nanyou said "No need to be polite", then looked around below, cast his eyes on Ye Qingyu, and asked with a smile:
"Mr. Yin didn't come today"
As soon as Ye Qingyu's buttocks touched the cushion, she heard a question from above. She quickly stood up again and bowed:
"Your Highness, the headmaster has caught a cold these past two days and is not feeling well, so she will not be attending the banquet. However, she asked her students to convey her apology to her residence another day."
King Nanyou frowned upon hearing this, waved his hand to let Ye Qingyu sit down, and said with concern:
"Oh, I haven't heard of this. Even if she is ill, it is understandable that she didn't come to the banquet. Anyway, I just said it casually that day. Tell her to take good care of herself. There is no need to apologize."
Ye Qingyu sat down obediently, nodded, and replied:
"I have taken note of this and will definitely convey the exact words to the dean."
King Nanyou nodded, then turned his gaze to the students below, and said with a laugh:
"This king usually cherishes talents the most. A few days ago, I had the honor to hear from Principal Yin about the demeanor of this class of students. I thought I must see them for myself, so today's banquet was held."
After that, she took the jade pot and poured herself a glass of wine, raised it to the ground below, and said with a faint smile:
"Come, I will offer you a toast. Students, please do not be restrained. Treat me as an ordinary elder and move around freely."
The students raised their glasses in response.
Su Yuan, who was sitting at the end, picked up the wine glass and took a sip along with the others.
He leaned leisurely on the table, supporting his head with one hand, and occasionally picked up a piece of food with chopsticks and put it into his mouth.
Or take a look, the leader would occasionally cast his eyes below, secretly observing King Nanyou.
She felt a little amused.
The King of Nanyou invited people to the banquet.
I didn't do anything else but peek behind his back.
If you don't know, you might think she likes women!
It's weird.
But luckily she sat far away.
Think of this.
Su Yuan touched his stomach which was a little bloated from drinking too much, slowly stood up, and called a servant to take him to the toilet.
Because it is a side hall, it is closer to the back garden of the palace.
The attendant took her to the toilet on the side of the garden, bowed and said:
"Miss, the toilet is in front. I have to go back to the palace to serve you. You can go back the same way later."
After that, he added:
"If you feel bored in the palace, the prince has said this morning that the back garden is open to the public today. You can take a look around."
After hearing this, Su Yuan nodded, thanked him, and went to the toilet.
After a moment.
Su Yuan walked out of the toilet, wiped his freshly washed hands with a handkerchief, and looked around.
She sighed, walked to a lush tree beside the lotus pond, patted it with her hands, and jumped up to sit on it.
Rather than sitting in the hall and being watched by others.
It would be better to hide in this back garden and relax for a while.
No one cares about it.
The banquet will be over soon.
She just needs to go back.
Thinking of this, Su Yuan poured out a handful of candied fruits that he usually ate as snacks from the pouch on his waist, pinched one into his mouth, and sat on this high place to enjoy the scenery in the garden.
However, she didn't have long to relax.
From a distance, a master and four servants came to the edge of the pond. When Su Yuan looked closely at the people coming, he raised his eyebrows in surprise.
But she didn't say much, planning to wait until everyone left before going down.
Under the tree.
Ji Qiubai broke off a bunch of black peonies, held it to his nose and sniffed the fragrance, then curled his lips and said:
"Youqing, go to the side hall and tell them that I will not go, and I don't want to choose a wife. Let all those people go away."
Behind.
Youqing glanced at his master in embarrassment, gritted his teeth, and said:
"Okay, I'll go right away."
Oh, how miserable!
The prince was going to vent his anger on him again.
Thinking of this, Youqing turned around with a sad face and was about to go to the side hall, but suddenly he caught a glimpse of a woman walking towards him with a hurried pace.
He frowned, pointed at the man and shouted:
"Stop, don't you see my master is here? Who are you? How dare a foreign girl trespass into the back garden?"
Gu Ranran was not angry even though she was accused.
She stood at a distance, bowed and said:
"I am a student from Huachen Academy who was invited by the prince to enter the palace."
After introducing myself.
Gu Ranran turned her gaze to Ji Qiubai, her eyes were earnest and her tone was a little excited:
"Sir, we met in Jiayun Tower a few days ago. Since that day, I..."
Without waiting for Gu Ranran to finish speaking.
Ji Qiubai threw the black peony in his hand to the ground, looked at her with contempt, and asked in a long tone:
"Why, is it that you don't have enough money? Or do you want to say that you like me?"
After saying that, Ji Qiubai's eyes became distant, a sarcastic smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he said disdainfully:
"First of all, I have a lover. Secondly, I hate women with seductive and beautiful looks the most in my life, especially weak scholars like you who can't even lift a chicken."
"If you like me, forget it now. If you just want to extort money from me, I advise you to think twice. Do you know what happened to the last person who cheated on me? Haha - the grass on his grave is probably taller than you."
Why is he called the Little Prince?
Others don’t know, but doesn’t he know it?
His elder brother was killed by his mother's seductive concubine in order to protect himself when he was ten years old. Although his father finally found out the truth and avenged his brother.
But since then, he has been particularly disgusted with people with beautiful and charming looks. The first time he met this woman, he didn't want to pay any attention to her.
I never thought that she would dare to come up to me now.
Thinking of this, Ji Qiubai glared at Gu Ranran with disgust, stepped on the Mo Mudan that was discarded on the ground, and did not let Youqing go to report. He led everyone back to the inner courtyard.
In an instant.
Gu Ranran was the only one left standing there, staring at Ji Qiubai's back in a daze.
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