The female supporting role never believes in fate

"I didn't expect the relationship between the eldest sister and the fourth prince to be so good. It's really rare."

In the plum garden in Xicheng, Cheng Yulou looked at the small pavilion on the Banpo slope in the distance, the fourth prince Li Mian stepped on the rockery, picked branches for the elder sister under the tree, and cut the plum blossom branches, and couldn't help sighing.

This sigh seemed to be filled with envy and inexplicable anticipation, as if they were getting close now, and their relationship would fade away in the future, and the current closeness would become a joke.

The fifth prince Li Ke heard Cheng Yulou's words, but he didn't understand the deep meaning of Cheng Yulou's words, he only thought that Cheng Yulou envied the closeness of the two.

The two were on the small terrace at the bottom of the mountain.

This plum garden has a mountain view, not high, with sparse plum trees, which is more worth watching than two or three dead plums at home.

At this time, the fifth prince Li Ke and Cheng Yulou were on the terrace at the bottom of the mountain, where the literati used to cook wine and papers.

But the small pavilion where Cheng Yuguan and Li Mian are located is actually a pavilion for enjoying snow and plum blossoms.

At this moment, the two people on the terrace at the bottom of the mountain looked at Banpo in the distance through the sparse plum blossom trees.The expressions on both of them are very intriguing.

Suddenly, the fifth prince withdrew his gaze from afar and looked at Cheng Yulou beside him.

"I've always heard you say that your eldest sister has always only loved business and not scenery. Now it seems that it is not true. It seems that you don't know your eldest sister very well."

The fifth prince's words were full of breath, and he seemed to be talking to Cheng Yulou, but his tone was full of guidance.It seems that he wants to lure Cheng Yulou out to tell more about Cheng Yuguan's hobbies.

If in the past, Cheng Yulou was nervous about the fifth prince Li Ke from the bottom of his heart, he would naturally be attracted by his words and deeds, and say what the fifth prince Li Ke wanted to hear.

But now, Cheng Yulou was told by his mother not to try to talk about feelings with men, but to use reason to induce men to achieve his goals.

At this moment, Cheng Yulou calmed down, and when facing the fifth prince, he could unavoidably understand the meaning behind his words from his words.

Cheng Yulou listened to Li Ke's words, his face was still nervous and respectful, but there was a different kind of thought in his heart.

Cheng Yulou just felt that her jealousy a few days ago seemed too arbitrary.

The fifth prince Li Ke didn't really like Cheng Yuguan, but was mixed with utilitarianism, and seemed to want to prove that he was better than the fourth prince on Cheng Yuguan.I just want to put a thorn between the fourth prince and Cheng Yuguan, just to make the fourth prince uncomfortable.

As for why he thought so, it was because Cheng Yulou had briefly moved his heart.

Although the flames that had just ignited were extinguished by the mother's cold water over and over again.

But Cheng Yulou still knows that when a person really likes another person, he will only carefully observe secretly, observe the preferences of the person he likes, guess her thoughts, and cater to her wishes.

This kind of hidden intention and surprise is what loves a person.

But the fifth prince, Li Mian, asked himself about his elder sister's preferences.

Let's not say that everyone knows that the eldest sister has never been close to her.

In the final analysis, what the Fifth Prince did was not because of his intentions, but because he was eager for quick success.

He seemed to want to get to know Big Sister and cater to Big Sister by such a quick and quick way.Achieved his strength in front of the fourth prince Li Mian.

That's right, when it comes to political affairs, the fifth prince, Li Ke, was left behind by the fourth prince.

But when it comes to flirting with women, the fifth prince, Li Ke, is probably confident, and his ability is also a few blocks away from the fourth prince.

He lost the competition for the deputy chief examiner, and he seemed to want to make the fourth prince Li Mian feel sick with his eldest sister.

While thinking about it, Cheng Yulou sensed the true meaning of the fifth prince's words.

For some reason, Cheng Yulou suddenly lost interest.

If the fifth prince really moved on, even though Cheng Yuguan felt sad, he was just unwilling for himself and still loved the fifth prince as always.

But now, it is clear that the Fifth Prince has ulterior motives for Cheng Yuguan.

Even competing for a woman has to be carefully thought out, which makes Cheng Yulou, for some reason, feel contempt for the fifth prince who is still as graceful and gentle as the wind in front of him.

This kind of contempt has nothing to do with identity, it only comes from the heart.

Like a moral role model, being seen spitting on the ground, while probably innocuous, is truly shocking and disgusting.

Naturally, Cheng Yulou would not show the scorn he had raised.

Facing the fifth prince's inquiry, Cheng Yulou's thoughts flickered and flickered, and finally he smiled gently.

"Big sister is very pure and true. Whoever has a bad temper with her will be regarded as a maidservant, and she will be regarded as a sister. If anyone is contrary to her thoughts, even her own sister will be regarded as a stranger."

Cheng Yulou first laughed at himself, then looked at the fifth prince, and suggested an idea in a persuasive way.

"If Your Highness is interested in Eldest Sister, you might as well pester her more. Although she looks deserted and speaks stubbornly, but she is soft-hearted and hates being pestered by others."

"When His Highness becomes familiar with Eldest Sister, then follow Eldest Sister more. As time goes by, Eldest Sister will naturally get close to His Highness."

Li Ke didn't seem to hear Cheng Yulou's self-mockery, he was only interested in the method in Cheng Yulou's words.

"It's that simple?"

Fifth Prince Li Ke frowned in disbelief.

With that said, Fifth Prince Li Ke looked at Cheng Yulou.

"You were the best at flattering people and making friends since you were young. If your eldest sister is so close, why can't you get along with her, and instead get frustrated many times?"

The fifth prince's words were like a sharp arrow, piercing Cheng Yulou's knee.

Being admired by someone who used to love, and who may still like her now, said that she is the best at pleasing people and making friends, Cheng Yulou only felt embarrassing with a hot face.

But thinking of his mother's words, Cheng Yulou forced a smile.

"Because of my first wife, my eldest sister has a natural prejudice against my mother and me. So no matter how hard I try, she will not open up to me if she is between my first wife."

Cheng Yulou explained, then looked at the Fifth Prince and said.

"Your Highness is different. If His Highness is willing to let go of his figure as a nobleman and pester Big Sister, there will naturally be unexpected results."

Hearing what Cheng Yulou said, Li Ke couldn't help but nodded.

In his heart, he was naturally reserved for his own identity, so he subconsciously agreed with Cheng Yulou's words.

Seeing that the fifth prince was thinking, Cheng Yulou secretly reminded him again.

"Your Highness, the eldest sister speaks stubbornly and chokes people, and ordinary people can't bear it, otherwise, she would not always be alone. After all, even for the sake of the fourth prince, there are many people who want to make friends with the eldest sister, but you I also saw that there was no success."

Speaking of this, Cheng Yulou looked at the fifth prince cautiously, and glanced at the person in front of him.

"You should think twice."

Cheng Yulou persuaded the fifth prince to think twice, but he was actually ready to watch the fun in his heart.

Cheng Yulou knew that her description of her eldest sister was too official.

When the eldest sister spoke, she was not only stubborn and choked, but also vicious and mean.

Otherwise, it would not be impossible to make friends so far.

Because everyone who shows kindness to the big sister can't bear the skill of the big sister, and consciously keeps them at a respectful distance.

Thinking of this, Cheng Yulou was a little envious of his elder sister.

She can reject others as she pleases, and this alone makes her life more comfortable than [-]% of the people in Beijing.

Cheng Yulou doesn't know where her confidence comes from, but she really wants to know and wants to replace it.

Cheng Yulou and the Fifth Prince fell silent.

One was planning how to entangle Cheng Yuguan and make things difficult for the Fourth Prince.

One, thinking about Cheng Yuguan's confidence, wanted to replace him.

The two people on the terrace had their own calculations in their minds.

On the hillside, in a small pavilion, Li Mian had already cut two zigzag plum branches for Cheng Yulou, and put them in a plain vase.

Cheng Yuguan held the plum blossoms in a vase and admired them for a while, hugging them happily.

She looked at Li Mian with a smile in her eyes.

"Let's go, let's go back. I've also smelled the fragrance of plum blossoms, and seen the plum blossoms in the snow. Now that I've got plum branches, I brought back some things. At last, my trip was not in vain!"

Li Mian couldn't help laughing seeing Cheng Yuguan's hurried and stingy expression.

When he was with Cheng Yuguan, it was obvious that the other party was not a talkative person, but he couldn't help but want to laugh. He just thought she was cute no matter how she looked, and every word and deed seemed to dance in his heart.

Unconsciously, Li Mian stretched out his hand, originally wanting to touch the cheek of the person opposite, but after stretching out his hand, under the bright gaze of the other person, he finally changed direction, and stroked the hair for the other person as before.

Cheng Yuguan thought that the broken hair on his forehead was fried, so he couldn't help but stroke it.

Li Mian took the opportunity to grab Cheng Yuguan's hand and held it in his palm.

"Hands are cold, give me the bottle. I'll take it back for you, and I won't mess with your things."

What Li Mian said was funny, but Cheng Yuguan really reluctantly handed the bottle to Li Mian, and said uneasy.

"If you like it, now that you have all the tools and the plum tree is right in front of you, I'll go and cut some for you. But I like this one very much, just give it a hug and don't take it away from me."

Seeing Cheng Yuguan's stingy look, Li Mian still couldn't help laughing out loud, which attracted the two people who were calculating at the bottom of the mountain to look over inexplicably.

"Just cut a plum branch, let the servants do the hard work for you. As for being so happy, I don't know who to laugh at."

Li Ke couldn't help complaining, and Cheng Yulou looked over with a puzzled expression and curled his lips.

On Banpo, Li Mian finally took the plum vase from Cheng Yuguan and handed the scissors to Cheng Yuguan.

"Go, didn't you say you won't give me a plum vase? Then cut two for me, and I'll take it back and put it in the vase."

Cheng Yuguan nodded, took the scissors, stepped on the railing of the pavilion, and grabbed the plum branch.

She turned her head and asked Li Mian, "Which one do you like, tell me, and I'll cut it for you."

After finishing speaking, Cheng Yuguan turned his head, looked around for himself, found the one with sparse and regular buds, turned his head and asked Li Mian.

"How about this one?"

Li Mian's smiling eyes seemed to carry thousands of friendships.He always had a cold face, but now his eyes were full of smiles, which almost made Cheng Yuguan avoid the sight in embarrassment.

Before Cheng Yuguan looked away, Li Mian nodded with a smile, "This is the one."

When Cheng Yuguan heard this, he quickly turned his head to cut it, and complained in his heart while cutting it, "You didn't even look at the branch I chose, so you just nodded and agreed. If you don't like it later, no one will change it for you."

Just like that, Cheng Yuguan chose two carefully, and Li Mian nodded in agreement.

"Let's go!"

Cheng Yuguan cut the branch, and before Li Mian reached out to pick it up, he jumped off the railing, walked up to Li Mian with the branch and said.

It's really like a bandit who took something and left.

Li Mian nodded upon hearing this, but still had a word of concern.

"Cheng Lang and the others don't know where they went, let's say goodbye to him before leaving."

Cheng Yuguan waved his hand when he heard the words.

"My third brother likes to show off, and he likes poetry. He must be at the Meixin Pavilion at the gate of the plum garden, watching the scholars who came to admire the plums compose poems. He enjoys himself and has nothing to do with me. I will let Liuyun Just go and inform Third Brother."

Saying that, the two walked out of the plum garden.

When passing by Meixin Pavilion, he saw Cheng Lang among a group of scholars in green clothes and lanthanum shirts, applauding a poem written by a scholar.

Liu Yun passed by and whispered something in Cheng Lang's ear, Cheng Lang turned his head, looked at Cheng Yuguan and Li Mian, and bowed his hands.

Sure enough, as Cheng Yuguan guessed, he had no time to take care of them.

Seeing this, Cheng Yuguan looked at Li Mian proudly. Li Mian smiled and reached out to hold Cheng Yuguan's hand, "Let's go, let's go back."

As a result, the two walked to the gate of the plum garden and were untying the rope at the horse post.

Cheng Yulou and the fifth prince Li Ke appeared from nowhere and came in front of them.

"Just right, fourth brother, we have to leave too, just happen to be together. Fourth brother doesn't mind, give us a ride."

The fourth prince's carriage is wide, like a moving bronze house, it is low-key, with two horses driving side by side, but the horses are handsome and tall, and they are very eye-catching from a distance.

Right now in the carriage, the Fourth Prince Li Mian is sitting at the head seat, and Cheng Yuguan is on Li Mian's left.

On the opposite side is Cheng Yulou with a gentle and respectful face, and next to him is the smiling Fifth Prince Li Ke.

The four of them were in the same carriage, even though the carriage was spacious, it was still very awkward.

What was even more awkward was that from the moment he got into the carriage, the fifth prince was very attentive and kept talking to Cheng Yuguan.

"Miss Yuguan's plum vase is well placed, and the plum blossoms are sparse and beautiful. This bottle is also well chosen, simple and elegant. No, Miss Yuguan has always said that she is not good at poetry, but she has a natural elegance in her bones. This nature, It’s better than how much pretentiousness is piled up, I don’t know how many people think they are talented and beautiful.”

The fifth prince's words made Cheng Yuguan get goosebumps.

Fourth prince Li Mian also looked strange.

Cheng Yulou even felt that he was hit by an arrow in his knee, as if being ridiculed by the fifth prince.

Only the fifth prince didn't seem to notice the expressions of the other people in the carriage, so he just said it.

"Miss Yuguan's talent should not be wasted. If you don't have time to study poetry and books on weekdays, I can take Miss Yuguan with you at the next meeting of literati. You don't need to study hard, and Miss Yuguan can also bear it." Indulgence. As the saying goes, if you read three hundred articles by heart, you can chant poems even if you don’t know how to write them. How about it, Miss Yuguan?”

If there is a folding fan, the sense of superiority of the fifth prince Li Ke will be radiated from the shaking of the folding fan.

But at this moment, Li Ke's remarks also reveal a sense of superiority from every word.

Before Cheng Yuguan could speak, Cheng Yulou couldn't help covering his face.

She didn't know that the Fifth Prince used to have a halo everywhere, but now that the halo has faded, he is so clumsy!
(End of this chapter)