Chapter 263 Interested
263 Interested
Translator: Atlas Studios
Editor: Atlas Studios
“Smash!”
The Emperor clapped his hands lightly and praised with a smile, “Not bad.”
Only then did the girls in the water pavilion come back to their senses. They stood up one after another and bowed to the Emperor. “Greetings, Your Majesty.”
Yu Chaoyun also bent her knees and bowed. She couldn’t help but look behind the Emperor. However, it was empty behind him. Outside the water pavilion, there was only the endless howling of the snow, and she couldn’t see the Eldest Prince Chu Yi at all.
Yu Chaoyun’s heart sank slightly. She was a little disappointed, but she still maintained her dignified appearance.
As soon as the Emperor arrived, a few eunuchs immediately set up a coffee table and two armchairs in the middle of the water pavilion. They also placed a big red pillow on the chairs as a cushion.
The Emperor and the old woman sat down on either side of the coffee table.
Seeing that the old woman was actually qualified to sit side by side with the Emperor, everyone was even more shocked. They secretly exchanged glances, feeling that her ident.i.ty was already obvious—
She was the eldest daughter of Emperor Taizu, the Eldest Princess of Fengyang.
The water pavilion was silent.
The palace servants immediately served tea to the Emperor and Fengyang. The eunuch beside the Emperor, Zhao Rang, took the tea from the palace servants and personally served tea to the Emperor.
“Your Majesty, be careful of the hot tea.”
As Zhao Rang spoke, he placed the five-colored teacup on the coffee table. At the same time, he calmly pointed his index finger at the west side of the water pavilion.
The Emperor picked up the teacup and looked in the direction Zhao Rang pointed. His gaze accurately landed on a beautiful girl in a snow-blue dress.
The young girl’s eyes were as clear as water, her lips were like vermilion, and her skin was as fair as snow. Her exquisite face was like a masterpiece by a famous artist, and her eyes could be said to be as beautiful as a painting.
The Emperor’s first impression of Gu Yanfei was that she was beautiful.
Not only was she beautiful, but she also had a beautiful bearing. She was bright, elegant, graceful, and smart.
It must be her!
Although there were a few young ladies around the young girl who were about the same age as her, the Emperor was still certain at a glance that this beautiful young lady must be his son’s sweetheart.
The Emperor’s lips curled up slightly. His eyes were gentle and he was in a good mood.
He had guessed that his son had a sweetheart, but after asking a few times, his son refused to tell him. He was so anxious that he scratched his ears and cheeks. Even in his dreams at night, he would dream that his son was leading a girl with a blurry face to see him.
When he heard that his son’s lover was in the palace, he couldn’t hold it in anymore. He found an excuse to dismiss his son first and rushed here to see the girl.
At this moment, the girl with a blurry face in his dream and the beautiful girl in front of him overlapped!
The more he looked at her, the more satisfied he became.
His son’s taste was indeed not bad. This part of his son was like him!
Gu Yanfei naturally noticed the Emperor’s scrutinizing gaze. He looked up in the Emperor’s direction and smiled sweetly.
Their gazes met quietly in midair.
The Emperor looked at Gu Yanfei for the third time and he noticed her gaze.
The young lady, who had yet to reach adulthood, had a pair of wise eyes that were so bright that they seemed to be able to see through one’s soul. Her eyes were like the vast sea and the night sky filled with dazzling stars.
The Emperor was slightly stunned. He still remembered that Emperor Taizu had once said to him, ‘How can a person who has seen the sea of stars be willing to be only a little fluorescent?” This little girl gave him the feeling of a person who had seen the sea of stars.
Interesting.
The Emperor elegantly stroked his beard and suddenly looked into Gu Yanfei’s eyes and asked, “Little girl, what do you think of the song just now?
The smile in the Emperor’s eyes deepened, and there was a hint of love hidden in his joy.
This little girl looked at him with respect, but she was fearless, as if he was no different from ordinary people.
‘Jiaoniang’s topic was war.” Gu Yanfei curled her lips, and dimples appeared on her cheeks. She said seriously, “War shouldn’t be a romantic parting.’
She wasn’t commenting on Yu Chaoyun’s zither skills, but that the other party’s song wasn’t relevant enough.
As she spoke, her gaze moved between the Emperor’s eyebrows. Her eyes were exceptionally deep and filled with spiritual energy.
What shameless boasting! Yu Chaoyun and the few ladies beside her frowned unhappily. The way they looked at Gu Yanfei seemed to be filled with thorns.
Eunuch Zhao Rang whispered into the Emperor’s ear. The Emperor raised his eyebrows and asked Gu Yanfei, “Dear, are you having a zither playing compet.i.tion?
In the second sentence, the Emperor changed the way he addressed Gu Yanfei from ‘little girl” to “dear”. There was an inexplicable intimacy.
Feng Yang, who had graying sideburns, keenly heard this change. He put down the teacup and looked at Gu Yanfei. His eyes were bright, and his figure was as straight as a pine tree. He didn’t look old at all, and his phoenix aura was still there.
‘Your Majesty, we’re indeed having a compet.i.tion,” Gu Yanfei stood up gracefully and replied.
Yu Chaoyun also stood up from behind the zither table and bowed to the Emperor. She clenched her sleeves with her slender fingers and said respectfully, “Your Majesty, I would like to ask Miss Gu what you think should happen in a war.”
After a pause, Yu Chaoyun asked meaningfully, “Could it be the Records of Xidu?”
‘Record of Xidu” was a play about the past of the previous dynasty.
A hundred years ago, when the army of Xirong went east, the previous dynasty’s army was defeated. At that time, the reigning Emperor of Huizong surrendered to the Xirong people and begged for mercy, but he was captured by the Xirong people. In the end, he was exiled to the Four Kingdoms City of Xirong. In just a few years, he died of humiliation.
Yu Chaoyun purposely mentioned the “Records of Xidu” to Gu Yanfei, naturally hinting at Gu Ce’s betrayal.
Sparks flashed in the air.
Preposterous! Wei Jiaoniang suddenly stood up and wanted to say something, but Gu Yanfei stopped her.
Gu Yanfei’s gaze on Yu Chaoyun was clear and cold. She turned slightly and said to the Emperor and Feng Yang, “War naturally isn’t about ‘Injured Parting’
‘War should be about ‘Treading the Green Sky’!”
Gu Yanfei bowed to the Emperor and walked to the zither table. Her eyes met Yu Chaoyun’s on the other side of the zither table. She smiled faintly and said, ‘Miss Yu, let me tell you what war is.”
As soon as she finished speaking, she casually plucked the strings.
The sound of the zither rang out. It was clear and cold, as if it came from the distant and unknown void..