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Published at 4th of November 2020 12:37:21 PM


Chapter 62

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Treasured Green Chrysanthemums
In the imperial palace, the banquet had already begun.

Because it was the Mid-Autumn holiday, the hall had a red carpet of fine velvet. To the two sides were pots of chrysanthemums in a variety of colors.

Among there were even rare green chrysanthemums, which attracted many young misses from noble families, who were enjoying themselves quite a bit. They gathered around in a circle to admire them.

All girls liked flowers, and Yu Fu was no exception, immediately noticing the radiant petals of the green chrysanthemums.

It was truly amazing.

“Do you want to go and take a look?”

Gu ShuBai was very understanding. He did not frequently interact with girls; however, he was always able to notice what Yu Fu wanted and needed.

Yu Fu nodded, and Gu HuaiJiang said: “You guys go ahead and take a look. His Majesty is about to arrive, so come back to be seated soon.”

“Father, I’m going too!”

Gu JiuGe quickly followed along behind them, thus Gu HuaiJiang also went along, sending Gu Xiang and Gu Yi away.

He knew his sons. They all liked to gather around Yu Fu.

“Sister Liu, look at how pretty this green chrysanthemum is. If one can be plucked and used as a hair ornament, that would be great!”

Some of the girls gathered around the green chrysanthemums were in the middle of a discussion, but they raised their heads in shock to see the figures of a few males walking over.

They were actually the young sirs of Marquis Gu’s Manor!

The girls, who had been giggling and chatting, instantly became bashful and no longer daring to speak freely. In their minds, they began to guess which one among them the young sirs of Marquis Gu’s Manor had come to see.

They knew that today’s imperial banquet would see the young sirs from all of the influential families in the capital in attendance, thus they all dressed up very properly.

These young men could not possibly have come to see the flowers, right?

Unexpectedly, they really had come to see the flowers. They had accompanied Yu Fu to come and see the flowers.

“Yu Fu, go ahead and take a look. We’ll wait for you off to the side.”

All of the people gathered around the flowers were female, thus it was not ideal for Gu ShuBai and the others to go over, thus they went off to the side to wait for her. Very quickly, the sons from other influential families started to come over to converse with them.

Yu Fu walked up on her own. It was only after getting close that she found that the green of the petals and the green of the leaves were completely different. Such a vibrant green was rarely seen.

Just like a large night-luminescent pearl, it radiated a green glow in the dark. Even Yu Fu’s eyes contained a faint hint of green.

“That’s right, it’s really pretty!”

Yu Fu was completely focused on the flowers and did not notice the girls gathered around them.

It was only now that they found that the sons of Marquis Gu’s Manor had come to accompany Yu Fu and not come looking for them. They had gotten happy over nothing.

“Oh, isn’t that Yu Fu?”

The girl’s familiar voice was a little bit shrill, and Yu Fu raised her head in confusion.

“Young miss Liu.”

The one who had spoken was Liu RuYi. Ever since finding out that Yu Fu had no blood relation to Marquis Gu’s Manor, the way that the two of them interacted had completely changed.

One of them went from being polite and calling her young miss Yu Fu to directly calling her by name, and the other went from intimately calling her sister Liu to young miss Liu.

“Why have you also come to participate in the banquet?”

The tone of this question seemed to be directed at Yu Fu’s background, implying that she was not suited to participating in the Mid-Autumn Festival’s imperial banquet.

Yu Fu always treated people with kindness, but she was not a fool. She could understand the mockery in the question, thus she just continued to look at the green chrysanthemums and maintained her usual tone, “It was His Majesty who allowed me to come, saying that he wished to see me.”

“His Majesty did?”

Liu RuYi found this a little hard to believe. Taking in the way Yu Fu was dressed, she noted that the necklace on her neck was clearly exceptionally valuable. It seemed to reduce them to the same level as mere maiservants.

“Where did you get this? Entering the palace while dressed so glamorously, I’ve really never seen such a thing. For people like us who frequently enter the palace, we don’t like this sort of dress at all!”

When Yu Fu looked up, she saw her wearing a bright-red silk dress embroidered with golden chrysanthemums, and it was so thin that the outline of her dudou could be seen.

A gust of wind blew, and she seemed to be a bit cold, holding her arms.

She was clearly sensitive to the cold, yet she still wore such thin clothes. Was it not just for the looks? Yet she had just ridiculed her own clothes.

Her eyes that were as clear as water unconsciously revealed a hint of a smile. In the eyes of others, she was confident and calm, unlike a twelve-year-old little girl.

If it was them when they were twelve, if someone had spoken to them like this, they would have begun crying by now.

This little girl did not seem to be a naive little girl who had never experienced anything. They must not offend her so readily.

One of the girls sneakily tugged on a corner of Liu RuYi’s clothes, “You’ve said too much. Even if she is not related to Marquis Gu’s Manor by blood, she is the adopted daughter who is doted on by Lord Marquis Gu. Look at that treasured necklace that she is wearing. Even a daughter of the first wife like you could not possibly wear it! Speaking as you have, what will you do if the young sirs of the Gu family hear you?”

Liu RuYi was unwilling to show any weakness and tugged her clothes free.

“She’s just an adopted girl. Just how much can they dote on her? Could it be that Lord Marquis Gu would be willing to offend the daughter of a second rank official just for her?”

With such thoughts laid bare, the other girls reached a tacit understanding and distanced themselves from Liu RuYi, fearing that they would be implicated by her.

Liu RuYi saw this and began to panic. Subconsciously wanting to prove her own strength, she simply decided to reach out to grab Yu Fu’s necklace.

“Such an exceptional item, I truly must take a look. How is it that I am unworthy of wearing it?!”

Yu Fu was sharp and stepped back. She had learned just a bit of martial arts from Gu HanMo and the others, thus she was a little more agile than normal people. This step back allowed her to avoid being grabbed.

Liu RuYi did not think that she would be able to dodge and ended up bumping into the green chrysanthemums, her entire head getting buried in the vase.

She hastily raised her head, her hair filled with dirt and the fallen petals of the green chrysanthemum. She was in a sorry state, and when she ran her fingers through her hair, she found that it was quite wet.

She looked at her fingers in shock, only now discovering that they had been dyed by the green chrysanthemums. The flowers before her had their petals scattered on the ground, and it had become a complete mess.

This was bad!

These were treasured green chrysanthemums brought in from the south. In the entire palace, there were only two vases of them!





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