Crown Jewels

Chapter 115 Sudden Confession

Song Yan blinked, picked up the box on the table, and invited Gu Baozhu to enter the palace next time. If you don't mind, bring her some iced drinks made by herself from the mother fruit. After speaking, there will be no further delay, and she will leave with a wink. go out.

Seeing the woman's back coming out of the Liangyi Hall, Gu Baozhu stroked his throat and coughed lightly, and his temperament finally went smoothly.

Recalling the predicament just now, Gu Baozhu covered her eyes with her hands in annoyance.

At the same time, the temperament in the heart towards a certain person has risen to another level.

After seeing what Fan Gu Jun had rewarded, Gu Baozhu put aside his distracting thoughts and patiently read the last half of the book about Turks in his hand.

The moon sets and the sun rises, and the sun shines brightly on the hall.

The maids who were serving came and went. In front of the bronze mirror, Gu Baozhu once again traced the golden flowers on the forehead, and then went to the carriage that had been prepared at the gate of the palace.

The Empress Long's birthday is three days away, what to do, what to do, cheer up and start again.

In Jingyi Zhai, the zhai head of the scholars has changed to an older one.

Because of the imperial examination, Qi Yuan was automatically relieved of the burden by the mountain chief Lu Jiuxi, and he only focused on preparing for the exam.

However, this incident, after a few jokes for the scholar after dinner, has no other influence.

On the contrary, it was the Empress Long's birthday. Everyone went home to rest for three days. Now that they returned to the academy, their thoughts were still a little floating.

Only the head of the mountain, Lu Jiuxi, sat in the first class, and the scholars barely restrained their yawns.

Today, there is no distinction between men and women.

Gu Baozhu sat on the square table on the right side of the aisle, and Shen Lanqing was on the left.

Shen Lanqing's left is across the aisle, and further ahead is the territory of male scholars, and Song Yan is just at the level of the two of them.

During the whole class, Gu Baozhu listened carefully to the teachings of the head teacher, but occasionally he could not avoid being distracted.

The spot of light from the light-transmitting window into the teaching room is slanted in the aisle between male and female scholars, as if separating the two worlds.

Even if she lost her mind occasionally, Gu Baozhu would just take out an interesting book from the silk bag in the drawer and look down at it.

She never gave half of her eyes to others.

Soon, the bronze bell in the outer courtyard rang in the empty and quiet Huangu Academy.

As the head of the mountain, Lu Jiuxi, stepped out of the teaching room steadily, the scholars immediately burst into cheers.

After holding back the energy for the whole morning, I can finally relax by two points at this time.

There were some drowsy young men and women in the classroom just now, but now their eyes were brightened again.

Most of the sleepiness of the scholars went away in an instant, and they all called out to their friends around them to tell them what to do.

Today is the first day of resumption of classes, and the academy has a rare humanity.

The half-day in the afternoon was not occupied by the teacher, only the teacher gave lectures in the administrative room, which was a small lesson for the imperial examination candidates.

Even though Shen Lanqing has only been in school for a year, she never misses every class.

Smiling to bid farewell to Shen Lanqing, Gu Baozhu slowly packed the silk bag, her eyelashes drooping and never raised.

But the laughter of the scholars, as well as the familiar voices mixed in, could be clearly heard in her ears.

Fu Sinian casually put the silk bag on his shoulder, poked Song Yan casually with his elbow, urging him.

"Hurry up-"

"After dinner, I have to go to the free class set up by my husband."

"Whoever looks like you is an idler!"

As Fu Sinian spoke, he glanced at Shen Lanqing's empty seat.

When he complained about Song Yan, he inexplicably brought out a bit of pride.

Song Yan looked at him coldly and couldn't hold back his sneer. He lowered his eyes and cared about the things he was packing. The frequency and rhythm were not disturbed by his good brother's words.

Seeing this sloppy look, Fu Sinian hissed several times beside him.

However... it doesn't work at all!
Finally, the silk bag was packed, and the boy with drooping eyes finally raised his eyelids.

Song Yan's eyes contained a bit of impatience for his friend's urging, and he still had the usual look of disliking everyone.

He is indeed a good brother!

With Song Yan's stinking face, Fu Sinian, who is "well-informed and knowledgeable", is really automatically shielded in the immunity of being together all year round.

Fu Sinian's mind was quick, and he managed to say something that could make Song Yan temporarily succumb.

"brother!"

"If you don't leave, the chicken legs that are allotted today will be snatched up by those brats."

"This is not a problem that I can solve with my hand speed."

"You don't know... are you really going to eat dirt?"

Under the sun, the young man stood tall and tall, grabbed the silk bag, took only two steps with his long legs, and pulled Fu Sinian away.

Afterwards, Song Yan paused slightly, raised his eyebrows, turned around, and glanced at the Eastern Territory.

Seeing the woman in Ruqun lowering her eyebrows and eyes, and Song Yan concentrating, she turned to Fu Sinian in a bad mood.

"Are you still going?"

"Hey--"

"You, Song Yan!"

Fu Sinian was swearing and cursing in his ears, and the two were arguing and bickering.

When the two familiar figures left the teaching room from the corner of the eye, Gu Baozhu's straight back slightly relaxed.

She raised her eyes and looked around for a while, feeling at ease in an instant.

In twos and threes, he neatly put the books in his drawer into the silk bag.

After tidying up, Gu Baozhu was afraid of running into her, so she sat on her seat and waited patiently for a while.

I felt that it was almost done, so I walked out of the sporadic teaching room where there were not many people left.

Walking to the fork in the road, Gu Baozhu purposely avoided the main road and found a remote path.

The bamboo pavilion is shaded, casting long and thin shadows on the ground.

The breeze rustled the bamboo leaves, and the voice of a girl who couldn't hide her joy came from the depths of the bamboo sea.

As a result, Gu Baozhu's forward steps stopped abruptly.

Behind the pillars of the gazebo, Qiu Mingyu looked at the boy in front of him, his eyes were full of shyness and joy that the girl could not suppress.

She is also frank and warm.

"Song Yan—"

"In two days' time, over there in Pingkangfang, the gentlemen of the two prefectures will come to the restaurant again and it will open."

"My father means to hand over the business of our Qiu Mansion to me."

Qiu Mingyu said, raising her eyes cautiously, carefully observing the reaction of the boy in front of her.

Seeing that he only drooped his eyes and did not respond, there was an unspeakable silence in the air.

"so--"

"Song Yan—"

Qiu Mingyu made persistent efforts to invite: "Since the Song House and the Qiu House, leave all the matter of Jun coming over there to us."

"Otherwise, before the restaurant opens in two days, we'll go over and have a look together, which can be regarded as side-talking supervision."

"how do you feel--"

After Qiu Mingyu finished speaking, she watched the boy's reaction without blinking.

The girl's bright eyes were full of anticipation, hoping that the person opposite would be willing to understand her hints and respond to his initiative.

"Feel sorry--"

The young man's voice came, and the voice contained a bit of apology and respect, but he still refused firmly and politely.

"Miss Qiu, I have something to do in a few days."

"Besides, regarding the restaurant, my father thought that I was not motivated in my studies, so he took back the burden that was originally entrusted to me, and he personally picked it—"

Song Yan's brows and eyes were still half down, but when he spoke, his tone was not as loose as before.

He apologized to the female scholar opposite in a well-bred manner, and then nodded slightly as a polite rejection of her proposal.

"It's okay—"

Qiu Mingyu smiled, "Even if you don't shoulder the burden, you can control the industries of our two prefectures."

"Let's go over together and have a look... There won't be any delay."

Song Yan's reaction made Qiu Mingyu anxious, and she didn't really care about the life and death of the restaurant, but she was just looking for an excuse.

"and--"

"Uncle Song, you don't have to worry. If you agree with me, you will naturally ask my father to be an intermediary and talk to Uncle."

"At that time, he will definitely not hold you—"

"Furthermore, you and I are family friends, and I...I like you again."

"In the future... if the two families are interested, it's okay to have a closer relationship."

"Between you and me..."

Qiu Mingyu lowered his head and coughed lightly, quickly looked at Song Yan and lowered his head.

"You and I... don't have to be as polite as ordinary people"

(End of this chapter)