"You shouldn't be here."
Gu Jiuge sat in the painting boat, everything in the cabin was very familiar, and the smell of Luo Dai Xiang was very similar to the smell of catkins.
This is what Yaoyue is used to, and it makes people think of her when they smell the catkins.
"I know."
The pipa in her arms suddenly seemed to weigh a thousand catties, Yaoyue subconsciously hugged it tightly, her slender knuckles pressed against the wooden body of the pipa until it turned white.
Her tone seemed to be enlightened, but also ignorant.
"Second Young Master, do you still remember two years ago?"
She suddenly laughed, thinking of how embarrassed she was when she first came to the imperial capital, it was ridiculous.
"At that time, I was about to reach my age, and you were just a young boy. In a small music hall by the West Lake, the old bust coaxed me to play the pipa on stage, but secretly promised someone to sell my innocence. After the performance, that man tried to take me away, but luckily you blocked your way, otherwise I would..."
She paused for a moment, then smiled a little anxiously, "Otherwise, at this moment, I'm afraid I won't be cleaner than the mud under the lotus."
Gu Jiuge's heart was moved, and he also laughed when he thought of his high-spirited youth.
He felt that he was too young at that time, but he never regretted saving Yaoyue, because she was always sensible and decent, and never made himself feel bad.
Except today.
"You are not silt now, but a lotus that emerges from the silt without being stained. You don't seem to be such a restless person. What happened?"
Yao Yue blamed herself and shook her head, "I'm just such an impatient person, Second Young Master, you think too highly of me. Even if I wasn't mud, I wouldn't be able to become a lotus, because I have selfish thoughts in my heart."
Her private thoughts are nothing more than the song "Sauvignon Blanc".
Gu Jiuge has always understood her intentions, "I understand. But at this moment, there are not only my father, elder brother, younger brothers, and sisters on board, but also the first prince, second prince, Princess Danyang, and even the relatives of the imperial capital. You It really shouldn't appear."
"It really shouldn't be."
Yaoyue took a deep breath, her thin shoulder blades were like a pipa in her arms, so thin that people felt pitiful.
"After I got here, I knew that I had done something wrong, but I had no room to turn back. Someone came to me specially and told me that you were negotiating marriage and that you might marry Princess Danyang. To that At that time, it was difficult for a prostitute like me to even see you. So I panicked, and I threw all the rationality and sobriety you taught me to the back of my mind!"
She finally put down the pipa in her arms, bowed her body to cover her face, and cried bitterly.
She also just realized it.
Even if Gu Jiuge marries Princess Danyang, he still has a chance to see him again.
But if she came here today and damaged his reputation, will she really never see him again in the future
Thinking of this, she broke down in tears.
Gu Jiuge has always been a person who cherishes flowers, seeing a beauty crying in front of him, he couldn't bear it, so he finally put his hand on her back.
He patted it lightly twice, and what his palm touched was her abrupt butterfly bone, which was emaciated and pitiful.
"Okay, it's all right now. Father didn't get angry, it was Yufu who resolved the embarrassment."
"Miss Yufu?"
Yaoyue raised her head with tears in her eyes, and looked at Gu Jiuge in a little astonishment, unable to hide her joy.
"I thought you were here to blame me, to drive me away, to tell me that you never want to see me again..."
Gu Jiuge shook his head helplessly, and took her into his arms with one hand.
"Okay, don't cry yet. Tell me first, who told you that I want to marry Princess Danyang?"
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"You mean, someone deliberately told Yaoyue that you were going to get married so that she would appear on the West Lake today?"
Back in the mansion at night, Gu Jiuge told Gu Shubai what Yaoyue said, so the two brothers could have a discussion.
"Yes, she said that the person who told her about it was a foreign businessman, who seemed to be either rich or expensive. And she was so convincing that she believed it to be true, and no one even asked the businessman's name."
"Heh, another merchant from another place."
Gu Shu raised his brows slightly, looked at him with a smile, "Don't you think this word sounds familiar?"
Looking back on Jiuge, they took Yufu to the river to take a painting boat. The drunk man who provoked trouble was arrested by them afterwards, and they turned out to be an outsider.
He came to the imperial capital to do business in selling silk, and he knew that in the imperial capital, apart from the royal family, the people in Guhou's mansion were the most unofficial people.
But when he first arrived, he didn't know Gu Jiuge and the others, so there was a commotion, which caused Yufu to fall into the water accidentally.
After the drunk man sobered up, he heard that the person he had offended was the young master of the Marquis Gu's mansion, and he was so frightened that he couldn't seem to be lying.
And this time, the person who told Yaoyue the lie happened to be a businessman from another place.
When the two coincidences are added together, it is not as simple as a coincidence.
"Brother, what do you mean, someone is using merchants from other places to deal with our Guhou Mansion? Those people don't understand the personnel affairs of the imperial capital, and even if we catch them, they won't be able to ask any clues. And the people behind the scenes just take advantage of this , I almost hurt Yufu last time, this time it is clearly to make my father angry and make Guhou Mansion a laughing stock of everyone!"
When Gu Jiuge thought about the intention behind it, he felt more and more unfathomable.
"We don't have evidence yet, just know it in your heart, don't say anything. Miss Yaoyue or other girls, you have to say hello to them, so that things like today don't happen again. Fortunately, Yufu is smart today, Otherwise you are doomed."
Gu Shubai patted him on the shoulder, in order to persuade him to take care of himself.
"Yufu saw Yaoyue last time, and she seems to have a good impression of her. This little girl is kind-hearted, and never underestimates people with low status. I heard that she gave her third younger brother a scolding last time, and third younger brother was depressed. For several days."
Gu Shubai raised his eyebrows, "When did it happen?"
"It was during the Dragon Boat Festival banquet, for an actor named Yuguan."
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