"Meow!" Qingguang's attention was suddenly attracted. The cat's eyes opened wide instantly. He flew up, slapped a paw on the box, and grabbed a round golden bead from it. A series of movements were as fast as lightning.

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When its claws went down, it also knocked down the wooden box. In an instant, most of the jewelry in the box fell out.

Gu Yanfei: "..."

Chu Yi put his fist on his lips and smiled softly.

Qingguang didn't notice the accident it caused at all, and concentrated on chasing the golden beads.

The nimble little paws patted the golden beads and rolled them around.

Gu Yanfei stared at the stupid cat silently.

Chu Yi covered the box back and accepted the portion that the milk cat had "given" to him.

Chu Yi got out of the carriage with the box in hand, and he handed the box to Xiao Shi.

"It's time to go meet Prince Jing."

Chu Yi dropped this sentence lightly and walked toward the southeast. He was greeted by the howling autumn wind.

The back of the young man in white is thin and vigorous, like a green bamboo in the snow, full of spirit and elegance.

Xiao Shi held the box and walked briskly behind Chu Yi, wrinkled his nose.

King Jing was the cousin of King Kang, and he had always been close to King Kang since the late emperor was alive. However, Chu Yi had been away from Beijing for eight years, and everyone in the court, including King Jing, was not familiar with him, and most of them wanted to wait and see what would happen.

Today, Chu Yi was actually not invited, but came to the palace on his own. His original intention was to test Prince Jing's attitude, but he was given a cold reception. Prince Jing had someone take them to the Moonlight Tower and then made excuses not to show up again.

When Chu Yi left the Moonlight Tower just now, Xiao Shi thought they were going back to the palace, but he didn't expect that the master came specifically to see Gu Yanfei.

Yes, the master always has his own reasons for doing things, and he is not someone who just goes with the flow and is manipulated by others. Prince Jing really made the wrong calculation!

Xiao Shi grinned and quickly followed Chu Yi. The master and servant passed through a moon cave door one after another.

Behind the moon cave door is lush greenery and full of fragrance. There is no bleak autumn at all, and the hearty laughter comes with the wind.

"Hey, hey, hey, I told you first, no one is allowed to argue with me!" Not far ahead, Li Zhulang said in a high-spirited voice.

Li Zhulang and the other six or seven young masters came over laughing.

"That can't be done!" Another young master with a rough voice objected with a smile, "My fair lady, gentlemen are so stubborn, why should we let you go?"

"That's right!"

“It’s fair competition for everyone!”

"..."

Several young gentlemen were chatting away, making it very lively.

Suddenly, three or four sparrows flew by with their wings next to each other, shouting and flapping their wings, and throwing away a piece of bird droppings.

The bird droppings happened to fall on Li Zhulang's hair crown, and Li Zhulang wiped it subconsciously. When he saw the smelly bird droppings on his fingers, his face turned dark.

All the five or six young men around him saw this scene.

For a moment, time seemed to have stopped, everyone stood blankly, and the sound suddenly disappeared.

"Pfft!" The young boy was the first to laugh, pointing at Li Zhulang and laughing so hard, "It turns out that Miss Gu Er told cousin to be careful of 'bird poop'."

"Accurate! Miss Gu Er's calculation is really accurate." The other young master smiled and tapped the palm of his hand with the handle of the fan.

"Brother Li, bird poop falling off the head is a sign of bad luck. Do you want to go to the temple to worship and get rid of the bad luck?"

"..."

Several young men laughed and teased Li Zhulang.

Chu Yi also heard it, and naturally knew who Miss Gu Er they were talking about. He glanced at them casually, with a vague smile in Ruifeng's eyes.

Chu Yi is dressed in white as snow, with outstanding grace and elegance. There is a detached and cold demeanor in his movements, which is in sharp contrast to the group of young men in rich clothes and playful smiles.

When the two sides passed each other, Li Zhulang couldn't help but glance at Chu Yi, and met a pair of dark and clear auspicious eyes.

Obviously the other party didn't do anything, but Li Zhulang felt a soft and invisible sense of oppression.

He is... Li Zhulang stared at Chu Yi, as if frozen.

Chu Yi nodded slightly to Li Zhulang and continued walking forward without stopping. Xiao Shi followed closely behind him.

When the other young masters saw Li Zhulang lagging behind, they turned around to call him.

Li Zhulang turned to them blankly, and said as if in a dream: "Yes, it's the eldest prince!" Why is the eldest prince here?!

The eldest prince, Chu Yi, was only ten years old when he left the capital. He had just returned to the capital after eight years and had not yet come to the court to listen to politics, so most people still don't know what he looks like.

"That person just now was the eldest prince?"

"Didn't you say that the eldest prince is ill and is recuperating recently?"

Others opened their eyes in surprise or curiosity and quickly stretched their necks to see, but Chu Yi's figure had long since disappeared around the corner.

A few feet away, two more sparrows spread their wings across the sky one after the other. They flew out of the palace with their chirping and passed by a flat-top carriage outside the palace.

It was so quiet inside the carriage that the sound of wheels and horses' hooves outside were particularly clear.

After all, Gu Yunzhen did not wait for Gu Yunzhen, so she had to leave another carriage at the palace while she and Gu Yanfei returned to the palace first.

Gu Yunzhen was worried, and her handkerchief was rubbed and twisted by her.

After playing for a while, Qingguang became tired again and curled up into a round, soft ball next to Gu Yanfei.

After burning incense, their carriage arrived at the Dingyuan Marquis Mansion.

Gu Yunzhen got off the carriage first, and the first thing he said was to ask the concierge's wife: "Is the third girl back?"

"No." The mother-in-law shook her head.

"..." Gu Yunzhen frowned tightly, feeling even more worried.

The two sisters said goodbye at the Yimen. Gu Yunzhen went to Cihe Hall, while Gu Yanfei returned to Yuhengyuan with the cat in her arms.

However, Gu Yanfei had just changed into a lotus-colored robe, and before he could take a sip of water, Bai Lu, the eldest maid from Cihetang, came and said that Mrs. Tai had invited her over.

So, she went.

What greeted her was a porcelain cup that flew towards her and was thrown at her head.

"Evil!" Mrs. Gu angrily shouted with a dark face, her usual graceful demeanor no longer existed.

The porcelain cup flew very fast, but Gu Yanfei just turned slightly to avoid it.

The cup passed her by and hit the wall behind her hard, shattering her bones into pieces, which showed that Mrs. Gu's strength was not light.

Seeing that Gu Yanfei dared to hide, Mrs. Gu became even more angry. Her cloudy eyes were full of rage. She grabbed the tea lid again and wanted to throw it out...

Gu Yunzhen quickly stepped in front of Gu Yanfei and hurriedly advised: "Grandma, calm down."

Gu Yanfei's face changed slightly, and she sharply noticed that there was a thin bloodstain on Gu Yunzhen's forehead, hidden under the neat and thick bangs.

Looking at the tea stains and broken porcelain pieces on the ground in front of Mrs. Gu's Arhat bed, Gu Yanfei immediately understood what was going on.

Before she came, Mrs. Gu might have smashed a cup, and the flying pieces of porcelain scratched Gu Yunzhen's forehead.
Chapter completed!