Raiders of the Duke and Duchess

Chapter 299 Untouchable Flower, Untouchable Person (Part [-])

Ji Feng looked up a few times strangely, and then lowered his head to write a few more strokes, after all he put down the Langhao pen in his hand, "Brother Gucuo, let's talk first. I'll go to the girl's yard to accompany her. "

"Wait." Gucuo finally raised his head, but he didn't look at Ruoshui, he just pointed to a newly planted orchid beside him, "Bring this pot over to the girl, and tell her that it will rain tonight, let her put it in the pot first." In the house, wait until I go over tomorrow."

"okay."

He bent down to pick it up, the flower pot was not big, and his fingertips could barely touch it. Gucuo reminded again, "Be careful, but if you sprinkle some soil, you will have to spend half an hour on your horse's footsteps."

Ji Feng choked, didn't respond, took it in a huff and left - look down on people!

Ruoshui looked at his naive look, pursed his lips and smiled, boldly gathered up his dress and squatted down beside the ancient house, resting his chin to watch him tinker with the dirt, and said accostingly, "Aunt Chaoyun just came to look for him." I said it... said it was the imperial concubine's birthday banquet, and asked Fengchenju to perform dances on stage by name, and also... asked me to play the piano. Gucuo... tell me, what tune should I play better?"

The hand holding the shovel paused for a moment, and then returned to normal in an instant, "When is the concubine's birthday banquet?"

"The sixth day of next month."

Less than a month.Since it was the imperial concubine's birthday banquet, it should have been arranged long ago.Gu Cuo had some guesses in his heart, but it was not an explanation. He just said, "Your Majesty, what nice tunes have you never heard before? You just pick the one you are good at. It is the best one for that kind of occasion that won't make mistakes and won't be too brilliant. OK."

Ruoshui was taken aback for a moment, as if lost for a moment, before replying in a low voice after a long while, "So...that's true."

The principle of not seeking merit, but seeking no faults, is correct wherever it is put.However, Ruoshui felt that she was an ambitious person. Compared to Aunt Chaoyun's apprehension, the moment she heard the news, her first reaction was that her blood boiled with excitement and her fingertips were trembling—that she could be invited to attend the event. The wives and ladies at the imperial concubine's banquet are all women of great status in Yanjing City. If I can win the banquet and leave everyone with a lingering amazement, why don't I have a chance to become one of the first-class luthiers in the future? ?Maybe he could even become the guest of honor for the girls in the harem...

It's neither wrong nor brilliant... She doesn't want to.

However, in front of Gucuo, no matter how unhappy she was in her heart, she didn't show it at all on her face, she just responded in a low voice.Even so, he had nothing to say after he finished speaking, and racked his brains to pick out what he was interested in, such as...the flowers in front of him.

She doesn't know flowers, so she only knows a rough variety. If you talk about high and low, you can't tell the difference, so she squatted and rubbed forward, looking at the pot in the ancient house's hand, a pot of chrysanthemums, but they were green. , the petals look like flannel, which is rare, so she smiled and asked, "This is... a chrysanthemum? Why is it still green..." As she spoke, she stretched out her hand and thought about touching it... …

"Slap!" The other party didn't even think about it, and slapped him with a slap, and said, "Don't move!"

The back of the white hand soon turned red.

Ruoshui was stunned, looked at the back of his hand, then turned his head to look at the ancient house, somewhat unbelievable.Slowly, she lowered her head and stared at her own hand again. It was a little hot, but she didn't feel any pain... The pain in her heart was even worse than here.

In fact, Gucuo also acted almost subconsciously. He slapped it, and he was stunned, his face was a little embarrassed, but his expression was still unhappy, "If you don't understand, don't touch it. This one is not easy to come by."

silence.

This is the first time that Ruoshui has kept silent in front of the ancient house.

I can't tell what it feels like, although they are very close, it's as if an invisible wall has suddenly risen from the ground, lying between the two of them.

Her eyes fell on the green chrysanthemum with the texture of flannel, her eyes were calm and gentle, and only the eye sockets were faintly red, as red as the back of her hand resting on her knee.

Before that, she always liked to tilt her head to look at the old house, his gentle face, his somewhat alienated appearance, and then think of the moment of tenderness he gave her behind the rockery.His words at that time, still in her ears, were enough to be the best comfort for her on the long and bumpy road ahead.

He said that if you hide and doubt yourself just because of these irresponsible rumors, it can only show that you want everyone in the world to hear your piano... This goal is not firm enough.But now, he has been so determined to this goal, but he asks himself not to show off...

"Ancient Cuo..." she called him, the green chrysanthemum was faintly visible in her reddish eyes, she pursed her lips and smiled, "If the concubine asked to play the piano today, it would be Ji Wuyan... your answer , will it still be the same?"

Gu Cuo glanced back at her, with a strange look in his eyes, but it was probably because of the sudden slap just now that he was a little sorry, but he answered the other party seriously, "She knows what to do, she won't come to ask mine."

After finishing speaking, she stroked the green chrysanthemum petals with her fingertips, like stroking fine silk, light and gentle, with a little smile on her eyebrows and eyes.

It turns out...the flowers were sent to Ji Wuyan again.

Just because it was sent to Ji Wuyan, so you can't even touch it?She twitched the corners of her mouth in a self-deprecating manner, and the words she said were obviously full of negative emotions, and even she felt like a bitter woman, "I heard that she loves orchids, but she is lazy, she doesn't like to grow flowers, and she doesn't know how to grow flowers." ...So you are the one who takes care of the orchids in her yard. But in the ancient house...you take care of everything in an orderly manner, and so many people can see your thoughts, but...she doesn't understand. "

The other party looked at him suddenly, his eyes were cold and piercing - how ridiculous, it was only in exchange for such a tit-for-tat confrontation that the other party took a direct look.

He said, "Miss Ruoshui, you are overstepping." After speaking, he withdrew his eyes and concentrated on the next pot of bluegrass, with a gentle and dignified appearance.

It seemed that the momentary icy cold just now was just an illusion produced by Ruoshui herself...but she knew it was not.She had seen this kind of look once before. On the tower, he held a long whip with killing intent.

He really is an untouchable person, just like this flower... untouchable.

The pot of green chrysanthemums stands gracefully in the autumn wind, and it looks like it has been carefully cared for. Every petal and every leaf is delicate and just right.

At that moment, sadness filled her heart, with some helplessness and absurdity, she lowered her head and smiled foolishly, smiling, but the corners of her mouth drooped, she mocked herself, and also mocked the ancient house, "You son of a bitch! Ancient house, You are a coward! A coward worse than me!"

(End of this chapter)