Chapter 280: coincidence
Chapter 280 Coincidence
"I've missed you so much these past few months. By the way, I've been dreaming a lot recently. I dream of you running on a mountain covered with mountain flowers. I'm chasing after you hard. I want to call you, but no matter how hard I try, I can't. Come on, the dream is too real. Every time I wake up, it takes me a long time to come back to my senses.
After hearing Lu Ziqin's words, Gu Huayu stopped what she was doing in shock and looked up at Lu Ziqin.
Lu Ziqin noticed the change in Gu Huayu's mood, looked down at her, and asked, "Xiaoyu, what's wrong?"
Gu Huayu looked at Lu Ziqin blankly, touched his face and said, "What's the name of that mountain?"
Lu Ziqin shook his head gently: "I don't know! The mountains are very big, and the flowers all over the mountains and fields are very beautiful. You are running in front of me. I want to hold your hand, but I can't catch up with you. I want to call you to wait for me, but I can't." Every time I speak out, I wake up from my dream."
That dream was too real, Lu Ziqin said, as if he had returned to a dream, his voice trembled slightly, and he could not hide his panic.
Gu Huayu put her arms around Lu Ziqin's neck, leaned her head on Lu Ziqin's chest, and softly comforted: "It's just a dream..."
The car suddenly stopped. Gu Huayu sat up straight and looked forward.
Just when he was about to ask what happened, Qing Yu spoke first: "Princess, we met people from Prince Qi's Mansion, and they came towards our car."
After leaving Pan Yuan that day, King Qi tried his best to show his courtesy to Gu Huayu and win her favor.
The King of Qi asked people to inquire about Hua Yanran’s preferences. Just when he was ready, he received news that Hua Yanran had left Beijing and returned to Shicheng.
This wait made King Qi feel a little disheartened. Yesterday, he received a tip and learned that Hua Yanran had returned to Beijing. King Qi's sinking heart became lively again.
In the past three months, with the support of the king and ministers, the wise king has dominated the court.
The emperor entrusted important matters such as Qiu Wei to the wise king, so that the voice of the wise king in the court became louder and louder.
Although the King of Qi has the full support of the Li family, how can the Li family's strength compare with that of the Wang Xiangfu?
The King of Qi dreams of Hua Yanran returning to Beijing as soon as possible. As long as Hua Yanran nods and agrees to marry him, he will be absolutely confident that he will step on the wise king.
As long as the wise king is stepped down, he can only inherit the throne.
After the morning court ended today, King Qi brought Wei Tian and Sun Ning to the Huixian Building on Maxing Street.
He wanted to set up a game here and ask Li Tao to ask Hua Yanran out. He and Li Cheng were waiting here to meet Hua Yanran again by chance.
However, King Qi did not expect to meet Hua Yanran on the street.
Gu Huayu felt excited after hearing Qing Yu's words. She was extremely disgusted by King Qi's obvious and undisguised thoughts towards her.
Gu Huayu asked hurriedly: "Qingyu, where are we?"
Qingyu replied: "Ma Xing Street, next to it is our Dechang Bank."
Gu Huayu quickly thought of countermeasures in her mind. In this era where ethics and ethics were the most important thing, the most important thing was not to let Qi Da find out that Lu Ziqin was sitting in the same car with her. Otherwise, it would bring endless trouble to Lu Ziqin.
Gu Huayu has always done things neatly. With her thoughts guided, her actions immediately have direction. She said to Qingyu: "I'll get off the car here, and you drive the car to the backyard of the bank."
Qingyu responded: "Okay, I understand."
Gu Huayu turned to Lu Ziqin and said, "Qingyan, follow Qingyu."
Lu Ziqin was worried that King Qi would embarrass Gu Huayu, so he didn't want to leave. "I don't have to leave. Don't worry, he won't do anything to me."
How could Gu Huayu not understand what Lu Ziqin meant? It's just that when you can obviously use roundabout tactics to protect yourself, why should you rush forward and die?
Gu Huayu said warmly: "Obey, follow Qingyu to the bank, and then pick me up. Although I don't care about rumors, there is no need to give people a reason to talk about it, right?"
Gu Huayu deliberately brought the topic to herself. Lu Ziqin cared about her, so how could he let her be criticized?
After speaking, Gu Huayu squeezed Lu Ziqin's hand and winked at him playfully with her left eye, "I'll deal with it first, remember to come and rescue me."
Lu Ziqin nodded in agreement, "Okay! I'll follow your arrangements."
Gu Huayu jumped out of the car, Qing Yule turned his horse's head and drove the car into the yard of Dechang Bank.
Seeing Gu Huayu get out of the car, Wei Tian turned to the king and said, "Sir, the princess got out of the car and came towards us."
King Qi opened the curtain and looked over, and saw Gu Huayu wearing a moon-white plain dress. It was obviously a plain dress, without any fancy, but it gave her an otherworldly feeling.
At this time, in the eyes of King Qi, Gu Huayu was as beautiful as if she had stepped out of a painting of a lady, so beautiful that people couldn't take their eyes away.
Gu Huayu is tall, graceful when standing and graceful when moving. King Qi's eyes widened when he saw her, and he couldn't help but swallow his saliva.
"My maid has met the prince." Gu Huayu stood not far in front of the carriage and paid homage to Prince Qi.
King Qi stared at Gu Huayu in a daze, unable to recover for a moment.
Wei Tian saw King Qi looking at Gu Huayu in a daze, and reminded him: "Master."
King Qi came to his senses, jumped down from the car, bowed his hands to Gu Huayu and said in return: "Hello Yanran. Are you here to go shopping?"
Gu Huayu bowed to King Qi and said, "My daughter has made an appointment with a friend to come to the bank to do something."
King Qi turned to look at Dechang Bank and asked, "Is Yanran going to this bank to do business?"
Gu Huayu nodded, "Back to your lord, that's right."
King Qi said with a smile: "Just in time, I am having a small gathering with Brother Cheng, Brother Tao and the rest of the brothers at Huixian Tower today. Can Yanran come over after finishing your work?"
Gu Huayu looked at Prince Qi with great difficulty, and Fu Shen said, "Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty. However, I have made an appointment with a friend, so I'm afraid I won't be able to keep the appointment. I wish Your Majesty a happy gathering with the First and Second Young Master Li."
King Qi did not expect Gu Huayu to reject him, and felt a little unhappy in his heart.
Wei Tianjie interrupted in time: "Your Majesty is sincere, so the princess should not refuse. Anyway, the princess and her friends also want to eat. It just so happens that we can all be together, so it will be more lively."
King Qi took the words and said, "That's right, we have to eat anyway, and it's rare for us to meet each other. Yanran will take her friends with her after finishing her work."
Gu Huayu saw that King Qi would never give up until he achieved his goal, so he knew that it was useless to talk more.
I was about to say to see if my friends have time.
“小语.”
Lu Ziqin stood at the door of Dechang Bank and shouted to Gu Huayu.
Gu Huayu turned around and looked over, smiled and waved to Lu Ziqin: "Brother Ziqin."
Lu Ziqin seemed to have just seen King Qi. He walked over slowly, bowed to King Qi and said, "Hello, Your Majesty."
When King Qi saw Lu Ziqin, he nodded slightly with a straight face and said with a bit of arrogance: "I heard that Mrs. Ye is ill. Qingyan still has time to go shopping?"
Gu Huayu didn't want to push Lu Ziqin in any way, so she immediately took over, "Your Majesty, I misunderstood. Brother Ziqin is not here to go shopping. Brother Ziqin is here because I invited him out. I don't understand some accounting matters." , I asked Brother Ziqin to help."
Gu Huayu kept saying one sentence after another, making King Qi jealous. Asked: "The friend in Yanran's mouth is Qingyan?"
Gu Huayu nodded and said: "Yes! My daughter has not been in the capital for a long time, and she has very few friends, including Brother Ziqin, Yamei and Li Er. How long has Brother Ziqin been here?"
After Gu Huayu replied to King Qi, he turned to look at Lu Ziqin.
Lu Ziqin said: "I have just arrived soon. Since the princess is here, let's go in."
After saying that, Lu Ziqin bowed to King Qi and said, "I have something to do, so I'll say goodbye."
Gu Huayu followed Fu Shen and said, "My dear, I'll say goodbye. I wish the prince good luck and happiness."
Seeing that the two were about to leave, King Qi hurriedly said: "Since we have met, let's just have lunch together. You go to do things first. If the things are done well, come to Huixian Tower for dinner."
Lu Ziqin raised his hands and declined politely: "Forget about eating, my mother is not feeling well, and I have to go back to take care of her illness."
Hearing Lu Ziqin's refusal, King Qi felt better and said: "Yes, Mrs. Ye is not feeling well. Ziqin has to go to the bedside to attend to her illness, so it is not appropriate to delay outside. Filial piety is important, and I will not keep Qingyan. Yanran, Ziqin It's inconvenient for me to stay for a while, so you can have lunch with me."
The aloof look of King Qi made Gu Hua speechless.
Gu Huayu said: "Thank you, King Qi, for your kindness. My daughter's grandfather has just passed away, and I am still in the period of filial piety, so it is not appropriate to go to a restaurant. Brother Ziqin, let's go."
Lu Ziqin bowed to King Qi to say goodbye, stood up and politely asked Gu Huayu to go forward.
King Qi looked at the two people walking into Dechang Bank one after another and clenched his hands. It was the first time in his life that he invited someone to dinner, and was rejected!
Wei Tian looked at Lu Ziqin and Gu Huayu who were walking away in shock. He had been with the prince for many years. Who had seen them and not sticking them up?
Has he ever seen the prince invite anyone? These two people actually rejected his prince's invitation.
Wei Tian looked back at King Qi and cautiously shouted: "Your Majesty!"
King Qi withdrew his gaze and walked towards Huixian Tower. As he walked, he ordered: "Let someone tell Brother Cheng that Brother Tao has come to Huixian Tower for lunch."
Wei Tian immediately turned around and gave orders, and then quickly followed King Qi.
When entering the Huixian Tower, King Qi said: "I want an elegant room facing the street."
Wei Tian hurriedly said to the waiter: "I will arrange a private room facing the street for you."
The waiter quickly walked to the front, bowed and said, "Your Majesty, please follow me."
The waiter took King Qi to the Flower Hall facing the street.
At Dechang Bank, Gu Huayu and Lu Ziqin entered the lobby. Su Er welcomed them out. After greeting them, he led them to the living room on the second floor.
Gu Huayu poured a cup of tea for Lu Ziqin, "Just send Qingyan here. I'll go give Madam acupuncture tomorrow and see you later."
Lu Ziqin shook his head, "King Qi's temper will not give up. We didn't go along with his wishes just now, and he must have annoyed us both. At this moment, we must be sitting across from each other and staring here. If I want to leave, he will move behind. I’ll find a way to get close to you.”
No way, she refused so directly, why would King Qi approach her?
Gu Huayu walked to the window, put her fingers on the paper of the window pane, and poked a small hole in the paper. He leaned up and looked through the hole to the other side.
The King of Qi in the Flower Hall stood in front of the window with his hands folded, looking towards Dechang Bank.
Gu Huayu turned around and gave Lu Ziqin a thumbs up, "Qingyan, you know things like a god, King Qi is looking this way."
Lu Ziqin said: "He has always been like this."
Gu Huayu had no intention of looking at King Qi, so she turned around and pulled Lu Ziqin out, "Let's play tunnel battle with him."
“Tunnel battle?” Lu Ziqin asked.
Gu Huayu explained: "Let Qingyu and Ruxuan drive away from the front door and go back to their homes. Let's take the car and leave through the back door."
“Isn’t this a confusing war of attacking in the east and attacking in the west?”
Gu Huayu smiled and said, "It's almost the same idea."
Going to the backyard, Gu Huayu said to Qingyu: "Drive the car and walk around the street twice before returning to Wutong Lane. Ruxuan will go directly back to Chengguo Duke's Mansion, and Junsheng will take me back to Wutong Lane."
Qingyu, Ruxuan and Junsheng bowed down to respond.
On the second floor of Huixian Building, Wei Tian saw Qing Yu driving his carriage out. He turned to the king and said, "The princess's carriage has come out."
King Qi held the cup and walked to the window in two steps. He looked at the leaving carriage and asked, "Leaving so soon?"
“Master Lu Liu’s car has also come out.”
“Let people follow.” King Qi ordered.
Wei Tian asked: "Your Majesty, are you following both cars?"
“No need, just follow Hua Yanran.”
Wei Tian got the order, turned around and went out to give instructions.
Gu Huayu leaned against Lu Ziqin and asked: "Qingyan, if King Qi knows that we are not in the car, will he be very angry?"
“Yes! The relationship between us and him is now complete.”
Gu Huayu looked up at Lu Ziqin and asked, "Is King Qi so stingy?"
Lu Ziqin lowered his head and looked at her, and asked with a smile: "You have no joke, how can any monarch joke?"
Gu Huayu rolled her hair with her hands and said, "Does he know that he must be a monarch?"
Lu Ziqin said calmly: "Among the current princes, he is the eldest. He is the eldest son of the emperor and the son of a noble concubine. It is not surprising that he has such an idea."
Lu Ziqin didn't want to talk about King Qi anymore, so he took out an exquisite sandalwood box from his sleeve pocket and said, "Xiaoyu, take a look, do you like it?"
Gu Huayu took the box and asked happily: "What is it? A gift for me? You are so good, why do you want to give me a gift?"
Gu Huayu opened the box as she spoke. She saw a beautifully crafted hosta inside. She reached out and took it out, took it in her hand and looked at it carefully. As she looked at it, she said, "The pattern is very well done. It's very beautiful. I like it! Give it to me." ”
Lu Ziqin smiled and nodded, "As long as you like it. The first day of October is your birthday. I prepared a birthday gift for you. I wanted to give it to you on the first day of October. You were still on the road on the first day of October, so I could only Make up for it today.”
Gu Huayu kissed the hosta, raised her head and said to Lu Ziqin: "Qingyan, thank you!"
Lu Ziqin rubbed Gu Huayu's head and said dotingly: "Are you still polite to me? Huh?"
Gu Huayu smiled and hugged Lu Ziqin, "Okay, then I'm welcome!"
Lu Ziqin lowered his head and asked: "Xiaoyu, you are fifteen this year, do you want to hold a hairpin ceremony?"
Gu Huayu shook her head and said: "It should be done. I don't know anything about these things. My grandmother and aunt will take care of the matter of the hairpin ceremony. I will do whatever they say when the time comes."
“Princess, we’re here.” Junsheng’s words rang out.
"Okay, I got it. Do you want to come down for a cup of tea?" Gu Huayu responded to Junsheng and looked sideways at Lu Ziqin.
"Why is Junsheng driving the princess's carriage today, where is Qingyu?" Shi Niang's voice sounded outside the carriage.
(End of this chapter)