Chapter 27
Chapter 27
After Dai Ruyan had another meal, Gong Yu returned home in a sedan chair, and the worried old housekeeper hurriedly asked, "Hey, my little ancestor, where did you go last night?"
Gong Yu took off her cloak and replied, "I'm going to take my sister's place."
"Then... Did His Highness stay in the Maid's Garden last night?" the old butler asked gossipingly.
"Yes."
Gong Yu turned around and saw that the old housekeeper's expression was not quite right, and quickly explained: "Old housekeeper, don't think too much."
"Your Highness is still grown up now." The old housekeeper murmured joyfully.
This is obviously not what Gong Yu can stop.
Gong Yu, who was nestled alone in the study, took a few sips of hot tea, flipped through the account books piled up in front of her, and could vaguely hear the wind and snow outside seem to be getting heavier.
The wind and snow were blowing until the New Year's Eve. The palace banquet was the same as in previous years, but this year there was an extra fresh performance from Fanguo, which added a bit of excitement to the banquet.
As Gong Yu grows older, following the differences between men and women, she becomes farther and farther away from Dai Ruyan.
The masked dancing girl from that country holds a long sword and provokes the balls of flames to dance, the scene is beautiful and attracts everyone's attention.
But Gong Yu was holding the tea and looked at Dai Ruyan who was sitting upright through the shadows of people.
That goose-yellow dress stood out among a group of concubines in the harem with heavy make-up. Dai Ruyan sat quietly at the side, but he held the little rabbit in his arms, and occasionally smiled with others, only for a moment. The meaning will fade away.
All of a sudden, the dancers on the field were walking around in front of the highnesses and ministers holding wine jugs in their hands. Perhaps because of the graceful figure of the masked dancer, many eyes on the field fell on the enchanting masked dancer.
Of course, thanks to the masked dancer, Gong Yu was able to see Dai Ruyan over there as expected.
Not wanting Dai Ruyan to go this way suddenly, Gong Yu was caught and had to look away guiltily.
The dancer suddenly jumped over the tables and chairs and stopped next to His Highness the Sixth Highness, slightly lifted the veil and drank the wine in the glass, and flung herself vaguely next to the Sixth Highness, and after going around a few times, interacted with the Fifth Highness next to her.
The scene was very hot, and those explicit actions made all the ministers stare at the masked dancer.
Gong Yu happened to be a little hungry too, so she picked up the dumpling in front of her and tasted it was okay.
I never thought that the graceful dancing girl would naughtily come to Gongyu's side in a blink of an eye, and the bells on her body were jingling.
The dancing girl wrapped her arms around Gong Yu, her body was also very close, Gong Yu hurriedly hid to the side, for fear that this woman would discover her identity.
But the dancer seemed to be playing tricks on Gong Yu for a while, she looked at Gong Yu with bright eyes and wondered, "Why do you always avoid me?"
Probably because there are drums and music all around, so the woman's questioning is a little far away and no one else can hear it.
Gong Yuman said sincerely: "I... just eat dumplings."
"Well, I want you to dance with me?"
what?
Gong Yu shook her head and replied, "No."
The dancer didn't want to listen to Gong Yu, she stretched out her hand to grab Gong Yu's arm, Gong Yu wanted to hide, but the dancer pulled her own good left hand, so she had to accept her fate and be pulled out.
The dancer put her hand on Gong Yu's shoulder with a smile and said, "I've seen you before."
Gong Yu awkwardly avoided the dancer's close-up attack, wanted to cry but said without tears: "I swear I have never seen you before."
"You still say you are not afraid of me?" The dancer circled around Gong Yu's side, dancing lightly and said, "Your face is red."
When the dancer continued to circle around, Gong Yu hurried back to her seat, fearing that she would be pulled out by the dancer again.
His Highness the Sixth Highness at the side smiled while holding the wine glass, "Xiao Jiu can't bear the enthusiasm of the Chinese dancers."
Gong Yu almost choked on drinking tea, she was really embarrassed, she just felt that there were so many eyes looking over her, she subconsciously went to Dai Ruyan's side, only to find that Dai Ruyan was teasing the little rabbit with the Queen, she didn't care at all this side.
After finally waiting for the palace banquet to end, the palace servants carrying lanterns led the ministers out of the palace. Gong Yu clutched the stove and wanted to visit Dai Ruyan again, but there were too many people and had to give up.
I went out of the palace and took a sedan chair back to the house. Because of the snow, the road was not easy to walk, and the sedan chair wobbled a lot.
Getting off the sedan chair, Gong Yu saw the dancing girl waiting in front of the house in thin clothes. The old housekeeper took pity on her and gave her the clothes, but the dancing girl refused to leave.
Gong Yu looked at the dancing girl and said, "Why are you waiting for me in this world of ice and snow?"
The dancing girl approached and said, "Are you His Highness Ninth Prince?"
"Hmm." Gong Yu took a few steps back and asked, "What's the matter with you?"
"I escaped from the dance troupe and want to stay in Gongguo." The dancer's eyes were bright and charming, and it felt like she was telling a lie.
Gong Yu turned around and entered the courtyard, "I'm not a good person, and I don't need a dancer."
"You will need me." The bell on the dancer's body rang crisply, although the veil was still used to cover her face, but it could not hide the outstanding appearance of the dancer.
It would indeed be a bit dangerous for such a woman to be alone on this snowy night.
"I can send you Yinliang to escort you out of the capital, don't pester me anymore." Gong Yu said, turning around to leave, only to see her robe being dragged by the dancing girl.
But the dancing girl shook her head and said, "I don't want your charity."
Gong Yu looked puzzled and asked, "Then what are you pestering me for?"
"because I like you."
Hey?
"You...crazy!" Gong Yu pulled back her robe, turned around and entered the courtyard, "Come here, close the door!"
What kind of world is this? She just met her once and said she likes it. Does this dancer really think she looks so easy to deceive?
The old housekeeper stood aside holding an umbrella and said, "Your Highness, is it really possible for that girl to freeze outside in such a heavy snowstorm?"
Gong Yu didn't respond until she stopped in the corridor, looking at the heavy snow like goose feathers floating outside.
"Someone will go to see if she's gone later?"
"Yes, Your Highness."
Back in the hall, after Gong Yu washed up, she had nothing to do and planned to go to bed early, but she always had the appearance of the dancing girl in her head, and the wind outside was blowing hard again.
Gong Yu had no choice but to get up and come out of the hall again. The wind and snow outside did not stop, and the guard reported: "Your Highness, the dancing girl is still outside."
"Your Highness, the dancer seems to have fainted outside." A guard ran away from the door.
"Send her to the side house, and then go and invite a doctor for her." Gong Yu shrank her neck coldly, and didn't want to stay outside for a moment, but this dancer was able to stay for nearly an hour.
Gong Yu would not believe that the dancing girl really liked her, but the dancing girl seemed to be hiding some secret, and she had to desperately try to hide in it.
"Send her out tomorrow morning, remember to find someone to watch her, and report back if you have any problems." Gong Yu yawned and was sleepy.
The guards responded in a low voice: "Yes, Your Highness."
The wind and snow did not stop at night, and it was also snowing in Dai Ruyan's courtyard, and the lights in the hall were dimly lit.
Dai Lang held the black chess piece in his hand and made the first move, while Dai Ruyan on the opposite side made the white chess piece unhurriedly.
Black chess has the upper hand, gradually forming an encirclement trend, but white chess makes dangerous moves to highlight the encirclement, instead changing three different chess paths to pursue.
The winner and loser have been divided, and black's entanglement and resistance to the death are just futile before the final end.
Dai Ruyan made the last piece, cutting off the black chess's last way out, Dai Lang looked at the situation and put the black chess in his hand back into the chess box.
"Grandmother is going to the temple tomorrow, and I have to go with her, so I won't go to the banquet with my father." Dai Ruyan said while packing up the white chess.
"If you insist on this, I have nothing to say." Dai Lang straightened his back and looked at Daxue outside and said, "It's just that my grandmother is old, and the father will definitely be in power in the future. Why do you have to be brave? It's better to show weakness." point."
"Showing weakness?" Dai Ruyan stopped taking the chess pieces and responded, "Then why don't you think that in the future, the power of the Dai clan will also fall into your hands?"
Dai Lang was stunned and said: "If you are so rebellious, you..."
"What kind of person is my brother, I am very familiar with it, why bother to pretend?"
Dai Ruyan took away all the white chess pieces in the chess game, leaving only the incomplete black chess pieces.
The two didn't talk any more, and the maid outside the door reported: "Miss, this is already an ugly time."
Dai Lang had just left in a hurry, Dai Ruyan, who was drinking tea alone, called softly: "Bi Yu, serve the incense."
"Yes."
The maid put incense into the incense burner, and a carrier pigeon quietly landed outside the window. The maid hugged the pigeon and said, "It's the news from His Highness Ninth Prince."
"Take a look." Dai Ruyan put down the teacup and took the letter paper from the handmaid.
Dai Ruyan watched carefully and said in a low voice: "Dancing girl?"
The maidservant at the side lowered her head and looked at Dai Ruyan's expression as if something was wrong, so she backed away quietly.
Dai Ruyan lightly threw the letter paper into the charcoal basin beside him.The letter paper quickly ignited a small fire in the charcoal basin, and then turned to ashes.
Dai Ruyan gently rubbed the little rabbit in his arms, held the scissors, and cut off the lamp on the low table.The hall was suddenly plunged into darkness, only the extinguished candles on the low table were still glowing faintly.
The window paper lined with wind and snow was still a little bright, but Dai Ruyan's expression was like a sculpture, and the maidservant who was watching the night outside suddenly heard the sound of the chessboard falling to the ground from inside.
The maidservant opened her mouth to call out, but the grandmother next to her shook her head as a signal by holding the maidservant's arm.
The wind and snow in the courtyard became more and more severe. Under the cover of the wind, it seemed that there was a faint sound of Qingyouqin.
At twilight, the wind and snow stopped. When Gong Yu woke up early in the morning, she only felt that her nose seemed to be blocked.
After washing up and having some hot porridge, Gong Yu hurried to the temple outside the city in a sedan chair.
As for why she went to the temple, according to gossip, Dai Ruyan accompanied her grandmother to the temple to pray for blessings every year.
So Gong Yu rushed to the temple first, but he didn't expect that there were thousands of steps in the temple, and when Gong Yu came up, he was completely dead.
Entering the mountain gate of the temple, the palace jade in the main hall worships Buddha in an orderly manner, but their eyes are looking around.
Fortunately, Dai Ruyan was not far away, and Gong Yu walked a lot closer.
Dai's grandmother is 76 years old, which is considered a long life in this world.
But Dai Ruyan just glanced at Gong Yu who was following behind, and there was nothing else.
Seeing her grandmother enter a small Buddhist hall, and Dai Ruyan waiting outside, Gong Yu rubbed her frozen face with a talisman bag in her hand and said, "What a coincidence, sister Dai."
However, Dai Ruyan didn't respond, Gong Yu stretched out his hand and tugged at Dai Ruyan's drooping sleeve and called out, "Sister Dai?"
"Ayan?"
"Shouldn't Xiaojiu be in the mansion with that country dancer?" Dai Ruyan looked sideways at Gong Yu, although she smiled, but there was no smile in her eyes.
Dai Ruyan, who looked like he was wearing a mask, made Gong Yu's back break out in cold sweat, which felt like a completely different person.
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