Chapter 27: Matchmaking

  "Do I deceive people? Where? Please instruct me, Miss Sun."

  "Flower Rain's face was full of innocence, her sincerity making people feel that she was indeed being wronged."

  Sun Shuyi's face turned green with anger, "Are you really not understanding or pretending not to understand the meaning of 'discuss and teach'?"

  "I don't want to think too much about the meaning of 'discussing teachings', I just know that a few ladies have been eager to show off their talents since they entered the princess's mansion, as a tablemate, how can I not help them achieve their beauty?" Hua Zheyu's words immediately revealed the intentions of several ladies who wanted to humiliate her in public. They had been mocking her as the so-called "Northern Sea King's Consort" from the beginning, did they think they could provoke her without allowing her to fight back?

  But her counterattack was more powerful.

  "Of course, I must perfect the beauty of adults. The palace admires those who perfect the beauty of adults the most, haha..."

  As the loud and clear voice sounded, everyone was shocked, and at the same time, they pulled open the curtain on the right side of the corridor to look out, but saw that Chu Ba led a few people out. His figure was straight and upright like a banner pole, his dark blue long pants were tucked into his boots, making his footsteps even more stable and powerful. At this moment, the laughter came, washing away the few hidden evil spirits he had originally.

  He had a sixteen or seventeen year old boy in apricot-colored clothes by his left hand, the boy's eyebrows and eyes were proper, his skin was somewhat pale compared to ordinary people, his eyes were very clear. Such delicate and tender-skinned boys should give people a sense of weak and beautiful youth, but looking at him as a whole, he inexplicably gave people a sense of discord.

  Hua Zhe Yu was sizing up the young man, when suddenly she felt a sense of wonder. She couldn't help but look at the person to her right. This person wore a long white shirt with a clear and elegant style, clean and dust-free, with only a black jade pendant hanging from his waist as adornment. His black hair fell to his shoulders, his face was handsome, and his stride was leisurely, like a stroll in a garden. He walked slowly with his hands behind his back, giving off an air of calmness, like a patch of white snow under the moonlight, or a floating cloud in the sunlight, making people involuntarily fix their gaze on him, unable to look away for even a moment.

  He walked all the way with Chu Bao, and everyone's eyes in the hall converged on him without exception.

  As she was caught in the rain, she suddenly thought of it without even thinking about it. The man was the one who sat on the third floor watching like a shining sun on that day when he assassinated someone in broad daylight.

  At this time, his gaze also pierced through the crowd and looked at her. The clear wind blew by, and for an instant, she seemed to still hear him say: See you again.

  But he didn't say anything.

  She couldn't help but shudder, had she seen a ghost?

  Just as she was distracted, Chu Mingqiu loudly said: "Brother Huang is late, he should be punished with three cups of wine."

  His voice awakened everyone, and they immediately stood up and paid their respects to Chu Bawei.

  Chu Ba seemed to be completely indifferent to the fact that everyone's attention was focused on the man beside him, and called them to stand up, then laughed loudly: "This is natural, but first we need to take care of the main business."

  He clearly knew that Chu Mingqiu wanted him to introduce the person next to him, but he deliberately didn't give him a chance. He immediately took the young man's hand and walked straight to the table where Hua Zheyu was sitting. Smiling at Gu Hanyan and the other girls, he said: "Sī Tóng, these sisters are extremely skilled in music, chess, calligraphy, and painting. If you want to learn from them, you can find these few sisters, and you will definitely benefit greatly."

  When Hua Ruo Yun saw Chu Ba Jiao walking towards her, she immediately retracted her attention from admiring another man. Her heart was filled with joy, but his next sentence made her feel like she had been drenched in a bucket of cold water from head to toe. He indeed looked down on the Guo Gong Fu, including a lady like her who was pampered by others. Without even giving her a proper glance, he pushed her into the fire pit like a pig or dog.

  Not only was she drenched to the bone, but also Gu Hanyan, Du Yuanzhen, Sun Shuyi and Gu Minzhen, who had just regained their composure, were immediately pale-faced and stunned on the spot.

  What's wrong?

  The foolish son of the Grand Princess is called Li Sutong, and the Crown Prince lets the fool ask them for guidance. Doesn't that mean they have become candidates for this fool to marry?

  How did it end up like this?

  "Can we really ask these beautiful sisters for advice?" As soon as Li Sitong opened his mouth, he gave people a feeling of weakness. He grinned, and his eyes scanned the chests of several women without any disguise. When he saw Gu Hanyan's well-developed chest, he even swallowed his saliva, instantly making Gu Hanyan feel like she had been touched, feeling both ashamed and angry and disgusted, yet not daring to offend him, her eyes suddenly turned red.

  Her eyes slightly dimmed, the bright red nail of her finger almost pierced through her palm, yet she still forced a smile and gently asked: "Excuse me, Your Highness, has my second elder brother arrived?"

  Chu Ba swept her with a glance, smiling, "Are you referring to the First Imperial Physician Gu Zhengliang? He has indeed arrived, and just parted ways with us. He is currently speaking with Her Majesty's imperial aunt. If someone wants to wait for him, they may have to wait for a while."

  Hua Ruoyun's eyes grew increasingly somber, Hua Zheyu smiled secretly, and the two sisters, Hua Ruoyun and Gu Shi, were probably thinking of bringing out Gu Zhengliang as a last resort, but it wasn't the right time yet.

  She automatically stood up and softly said: "Since the young master has arrived, I'll give up my seat as a bride-to-be. Young master, several ladies have been looking forward to competing with you in various skills, please sit down."

  She vacated a seat, and Li Sutong immediately clapped his hands and laughed, "Great, great! Today my mother said I can play with many girls, it's really true... Come on, come on... Let's drink while listening to the sister playing the piano just now..."

  That silly boy laughed like a Maitreya Buddha, and plunged headlong into the crowd of girls, holding an empty wine cup, stretching out his cup to ask several girls to pour him wine.

  Staring at the cup swaying in front of her, Hua Ruo Yun's gentle smile could no longer be maintained. Her hand under her sleeve clenched and loosened, loosened and then clenched again. No wonder her mother wanted to kill Hua Zhe Yu, seeing her standing there with a gloating expression, she felt like killing her right now!

  Li Sutong is not an ordinary fool, he looks like a normal person when he's quiet, but once he gets into a group of women, he's like a retard, doesn't know how to read people's faces, does whatever he wants, one moment asking this woman to pour him wine, the next asking that woman to play music for him, his eyes are not decent, sometimes even staring straight at women's breasts, clearly a pervert who has been wrapped in women all his life.

  He sat down at the table, and Hua Zhe Yu looked at several women with gloomy faces who didn't pay much attention to him. He didn't know how to deal with the awkwardness of being rejected, so he turned around and ran to another table to cause trouble. If it were men, it would be okay, but if it were women, they would all be scared out of their wits. The whole hall suddenly became chaotic, and one had to admire his shocking effect.

  "This is Fang Lisheng, I wanted to introduce him to you, let's get acquainted."

  Just as she was enjoying the rain, Chu Ba suddenly sat down beside her, tapped on the table edge and took advantage of the noisy atmosphere in the hall to say with a serious face.

  As she turned her head, the man in the white changshan was already sitting across from her. For some reason, she had a very bad impression of him, probably because their first encounter was too sensitive.

  She frowned, was it this person who was going to digest her 200,000 dan of rice?

  Fang Xuan looked at her intently, as if he could see through her eyes into the depths of her heart. "Miss Qi, nice to meet you. If there's anything I've done wrong, please forgive me."

  His voice was as clear and melodious as a harp string being gently plucked, and that faint smile seemed to warm the cockles of one's heart.

  His eyebrows furrowed even tighter, what did he mean? Was he reminding her not to mention the things she had seen on the street? Did he know Chu Ba's secret, and Chu Ba himself was unaware that his secret had been revealed in front of this person?

  Can you make a deal with someone just because he looks friendly?

  Chu Bao saw that she remained silent, and slightly urged: "Because someone is following, in order not to arouse suspicion, it was only after great difficulty that I managed to find an opportunity for the two of you to meet, Seventh Miss can't go back on her word."

  Hua Zhe Yu looked at him and said, "So the people that Princess Chang said wanted to see me are you?"

  "That's right, I've been working hard these past few days. Those grains will be transported out of the warehouse within two days at most. As soon as your sales contract is signed, I can finally take a breather."

  He was secretly shocked in his heart, and he actually went to rob the Gu family's warehouse?

  He could have killed her, and he also could have robbed the Gu's warehouse without telling her, but he didn't...

  She gazed at him, his handsome face like jade stone, with a pair of eyes as calm as a mirror, reflecting her figure, even more clear and transparent.

  Her heart tightened, and suddenly she felt that the medicine shop and revenge were no longer so important in such a gaze. She couldn't inexplicably drag down someone as pure as jade, nor did she want him to unknowingly fall into danger.

  She was just about to refuse, when a female officer walked up to him and whispered something in his ear. Chu Bao's eyes lit up, and he immediately turned around and said to the other person in a low voice: "The Gu family has already made arrangements, now I need to go over there for a while, I'll leave her with you..."