The Willful Beauty Gu

The Lin brothers and Lin Qi were very happy after hearing Gu Ling say that Su Liang was on the way to the capital of Liang.

"Wait a minute!" Lin Qi suddenly frowned, "The King of Yue meant that he had already sent someone to invite Su Liang, but the emperor might not really let Su Liang come?"

Gu Ling looked indifferent, "Yes."

Lin Boyan thought, "As long as the 'reward' given by the King of Yue is high enough."

"The reward will naturally not be low for the order of the Emperor of Liang." Lin Qi clapped his hands happily when he heard that Gu Ling and Lin Boyan both thought that Su Liang would come, "Great! Su Xiaoliang is here, I can see with my own eyes how she pursues Gu Xiaoling! Haha!"

"Are you really going to live in the King of Yue's mansion?" Lin Bojun asked Gu Ling.

Lin Qi hugged Gu Ling, "Of course we went together! I heard that the Prince of Yue's Mansion is also called the Beauty Mansion, and there are beauties in it, young and old! I want to take a look!"

"Well, Lin Qi will go with me." Gu Ling nodded slightly.

He didn't know the purpose of Duanmu Yi sending Su Liang, but it was definitely not to treat the Emperor of Liang, and it was definitely not a trivial matter, and it was most likely related to Situ Xie. This is why Gu Ling agreed to live in the Prince of Yue's Mansion. He was in the Prince of Yue's Mansion, and when Su Liang came, if he wanted to pursue him, it would be reasonable for him to ask to live in the Prince of Yue's Mansion.

"Will Da Lin and Xiao Lin be unsafe in the posthouse?" Lin Qi asked. During this time together, he and the Lin brothers have become very good friends.

Lin Boyan shook his head slightly, "As long as you don't kill or set fire in the Prince of Yue's mansion, you don't have to worry about our safety."

Lin Qi smiled, "I won't, but Gu Xiaoling can't say. By the way, did the Prince of Yue say when his people were sent out? When is Su Xiaoliang expected to arrive? I'll go out of the city to pick her up!"

Gu Ling shook his head, "I don't know."

"I'll ask the Prince of Yue when I see him again." Lin Qi said.

...

When Situ Jing, the eldest grandson of Situ Xie and the eldest brother of Situ Yao, came to the inn to pick up Gu Ling, it snowed again in Yaocheng.

Lin Qi was talking to Gu Ling, the door was open, and seeing the jade-faced young man approaching in the wind and snow, Lin Qi couldn't help but sigh, "Your cousin is really good-looking!"

The people of the Situ family have very white skin, and Gu Ling's skin color is so white and flawless that women would envy.

Situ Jing is tall, with deep and delicate features. His eyebrows and eyes resemble those of Situ Xie, and his speech and behavior are also like the younger version of Situ Xie, gentle and polite, and well-mannered.

Lin Qi looked at Situ Jing greeting Gu Ling and felt that overall, this person was more perfect. In comparison, many people would not like Gu Ling's cold and taciturn personality.

"This must be General Lin? I have heard of you for a long time." Situ Jing smiled sincerely.

Lin Qi smiled more sincerely, "Same here. I have a question for Master Situ."

"Oh?" Situ Jing nodded, "Master Lin, you can ask as much as you want."

"Who is the most beautiful person in your Yue Palace?" Lin Qi asked seriously.

Situ Jing chuckled, "I hadn't thought about this before, but now I can answer Master Lin. The most beautiful person in the Yue Palace is of course cousin Gu Ling."

"What about him?" Lin Qi asked again.

Situ Jing looked at Gu Ling and sighed slightly, "That's my aunt. But she has passed away."

Situ Xie only has one daughter, Gu Ling's mother Situ Ning.

Hearing Situ Jing mention the ancestors, Lin Qi couldn't ask or joke anymore, so he had to end the topic.

When he learned that Gu Ling was going to take Lin Qi to live in the Yue Palace, Situ Jing expressed his welcome, and if the Lin brothers were willing, they could go together.

When they set off, Lin Qi had already had a good chat with Situ Jing. The two of them walked in front and talked, and Gu Ling followed alone behind, like an outsider.

Situ Jing stopped to wait for Gu Ling. Lin Yu put his arm around his shoulders and continued walking forward. "Don't worry about Gu Xiaoling. He feels tired talking. If you insist on talking to him, it will be a burden to him."

Situ Jing smiled. "It is said that cousin Gu Ling has only one friend. Now it seems that the rumor is untrue."

Lin Yu nodded. "Gu Xiaoling and I have known each other since childhood, but no one knows. Mr. Situ, do you have other sisters besides Princess Yaoguang?"

Situ Jing shook his head. "There are many men in our family, and I only have one sister."

Lin Yu said it was a pity, giving people the feeling that he wanted to be the son-in-law of the Situ family but had no chance. But in fact, he was thinking that this was very good. Situ Yao had already been engaged to Duanmu Chen. There were no other ladies in the Prince of Yue's Mansion, so there was no need to worry about someone snatching Gu Ling from Su Liang! Even if there was, they couldn't snatch her!

Situ Jing smiled, "I have several cousins."

Lin Qi immediately expressed his desire to meet them if he had the chance.

...

The carriage stopped, and Gu Ling got off. He saw many people standing outside the gate of the Prince of Yue's Mansion, including Situ Xie.

Lin Qi looked around and couldn't help but sigh, "It's really a mansion of beauties!" To be honest, the people in the Prince of Yue's Mansion are really good-looking. None of them are ugly, and there are even mediocre ones.

But there is no one more beautiful than Gu Ling... This is the conclusion Lin Qi came to.

"Cousin!" Situ Yao stood beside Situ Xie, waving at Gu Ling with a sweet smile.

Situ Jing also has two younger brothers, twins, who are the same age as Gu Ling and look almost exactly the same.

Lin Qi was distinguishing the twins when he heard Situ Xie calling him.

"Mr. Lin, please come in." Situ Xie smiled.

"King Yue is too polite." Lin Xie walked to Situ Xie's side, "I heard that Su Liang is coming to treat Emperor Liang? I wonder when she will arrive?"

"Is Master Lin familiar with Doctor Su?" Situ Xie asked.

Lin Xi nodded and followed him into the house. "We are quite familiar with each other. I am her best friend. I pursued her at the beginning and was rejected. I can completely accept that she likes Gu Xiaoling. No one else can."

Situ Xie couldn't help laughing and told the time to send people to Ganguo. If it's fast, Su Liang is expected to arrive in Yaocheng in eight or nine days.

The first impression Lin Xi left on the people of Yuewang Mansion was that he was straightforward, talkative, and said whatever he thought.

Situ Xie personally sent Gu Ling and Lin Xi to the courtyard where Situ Ning lived before she got married. It was called Ningxiangju. It was quiet and elegant. The cold plum blossoms in the courtyard reflected the snow and the cold fragrance was refreshing.

Gu Ling lived here when she came to Liangguo as a child.

Situ Ning's room was still in its original state. On the table were several cute jade dolls, which were given to Gu Ling by Situ Xie when he came many years ago. But he didn't like them and didn't take them with him when he left.

Lin Xi saw a portrait hanging on the wall and went to take a look. The girl in the painting stood under the plum tree, slightly tilting her head, smiling in the wind blowing the fallen flowers, so beautiful.

It was Situ Ning, but Gu Ling had never seen this painting before.

Looking at the signature, the date was this year, and Situ Xie painted it.

"Since Ning'er passed away, every year on her birthday, I will paint a portrait of her and hang it in this room, and change it next year." Situ Xie sighed, "Will Ling'er live in this room?"

Gu Ling nodded.

"You should take a rest. Because the emperor is ill, it is not appropriate to hold a big banquet. I will hold a banquet in my palace tonight and invite Minister Lin and General Lin to come to welcome you." Situ Xie left after saying this.

"The King of Yue has only one daughter. If he loves her so much, why would he be willing to marry her to another country?" Lin Qi expressed his confusion, "Now he wants to marry his only granddaughter to another country. Although it cannot be said that the marriage will definitely not be good, it is so far away. If something really happens, there will be no support from her family. If I have a daughter in the future, she must not marry far away. She must be under my nose and cannot be bullied by others!"

Lin Qi sighed at Situ Ning's portrait, turned around and found that Gu Ling was gone.

Looking outside, he saw Gu Ling picking plum blossoms.

"Do you like plum blossoms?" Lin Qi came over, "They are really beautiful, but it's too cold. I like brightly colored flowers."

Gu Ling picked three plum blossoms and put them in the white porcelain vase on the windowsill.

The servant that Situ Xie arranged for Ningxiangju was not a maid, but a handsome young man named Gu Ming. He was the younger brother of Gu Yue and Gu Xiang who went to Gan State to invite Su Liang.

After a simple packing, Gu Ling and Lin Qi went to the garden of the Yuewang Mansion.

"Walking in the snow, if I were Su Xiaoliang, we could recite poems and talk about love in the snow." Lin Qi looked serious, "If you were Su Xiaoliang, it would be great too. We could have a fight in the snow."

It's a pity that there are only two men, Gu Ling and Lin Qi. Reciting poems and couplets is very strange. It's okay to have a fight, but it's certain that you will lose, so Lin Qi chose not to fight. Although he was not sure that he could beat Su Liang, the gap was not that big.

After walking around the garden with Gu Ling, Lin Shi saw that he was looking at the scenery very seriously, and felt that something was wrong.

"The trees are nice." Gu Ling said.

Lin Shi was stunned for a moment, "So what?"

"The Changxin Marquis's Mansion is too empty." Gu Ling said.

Lin Shi held his forehead, "Don't tell me, you plan to dig up all the trees in the Yuewang Mansion Garden and bring them back to Ganguo to plant them in your home?"

Gu Ling nodded, "That's what I mean."

The two sat in the pavilion by the lake, and the lake water was frozen thickly.

Lin Qi confirmed that there was no one around, and approached Gu Ling and whispered, "Are you deliberately provoking your grandfather? Do you want to see how much he can tolerate you?"

Gu Ling shook his head, "You think too much."

Lin Qi snorted, "Although I don't know why you don't like your grandfather, but he asked your mother to marry far away, so it's not too much for you to move the garden of the Prince of Yue's Mansion."

"I want ten of your orange trees." Gu Ling said.

Lin Qi immediately shook his head, "That won't work!"

Gu Ling nodded slightly, "Break up the friendship."

Lin Qi held his forehead and explained to Gu Ling that the orange trees would not bear good fruits if they were moved to the capital of Gan State, and the climate would change.

"How about this, every year when the oranges turn red, I will send someone to send you ten baskets at full speed!" Lin Qi said that he was definitely not a stingy person.

"Deal." Gu Ling said yes.

"But you didn't give me anything, how can we make a deal?" Lin Qi suddenly felt that he had suffered a loss.

"Then break up." Gu Ling said.

Lin Qi: ... You have to rush to give gifts to be friends with him, right? But it is impossible to break up. He is still waiting for his son or daughter to kidnap Gu Ling and Su Liang's daughter or son in the future. He must maintain a good relationship and ensure that the two of them get married!

But Lin Qi said something right. Gu Ling wanted to move the garden of Yue Wangfu not because of the deceased Situ Ning, but to see how much Situ Xie could pretend.

Go to the city gate to borrow Gu Ling in person, send him to the post station in person, stand at the gate with the whole family to greet him, and paint a portrait of Situ Ning every year... Since Situ Xie cares so much about his grandson, Gu Ling will continue to be willful and indifferent to the end, and see how long Situ Xie can endure.

…

The banquet at the Yuewang Mansion was very grand. Almost all the important officials of Liang Kingdom were there, including people from General Peng’s Mansion. The crown prince and another prince came from the royal family.

Peng Wei had recovered from his serious injury, but his hair had turned completely white and he had lost a lot of weight, but he was in good spirits.

Peng Qian was no longer restricted in his movements and did not need to sit in a wheelchair or be supported by others.

The protagonist of this dinner was Gu Ling, but not long after it started, he left the party with the excuse of a headache. Lin Wei did not go with Gu Ling and stayed behind to help the Lin brothers socialize.

Everyone could see that Gu Ling didn't want to deal with the Liang royal family, and he was very withdrawn and didn't like to interact with others.

Gu Ming followed Gu Ling back to Ningxiang Residence, and Gu Ling asked him to prepare hot water.

After Gu Ling took a bath, he leaned on the bed and read a few pages of the book before Lin Wei came back.

"Gu Xiaoling, can you please stop relying on your beauty to do whatever you want without anyone taking it seriously? You just left when you said you wanted to, and your cousin the prince's face turned black at that time!" Lin Wei complained, "Is it that uncomfortable? How much pretense will it take?”

Gu Ling shook his head, "I can't act."

If Su Liang were here, he would definitely give Gu Ling a big roll of his eyes.

Lin Wei shrugged, "Forget it, they are all your relatives anyway, let's see how much your grandpa loves you! Should you talk to the King of Yue tomorrow about what the Emperor has told you, or should you wait for Su Xiaoliang to come and treat Emperor Liang? Talk to Emperor Liang later?”

"Wait." Gu Ling's words were concise and to the point.

Although in fact Situ Xie was very powerful in Liang Kingdom, in name, Duanmu Yi sent Gu Ling to discuss cooperation with the Emperor of Liang Kingdom and asked him to visit Situ Xie, an elder.

Gu Ling still didn't know what Duanmu Yi wanted Su Liang to do, and planned to wait until Su Liang arrived and determined her purpose before deciding how to act. Until then, do nothing.

Lin Wei thought that was fine, because if Su Liang arrived late, there would be no reason to stay after they had finished their work.

…

The next day, Gu Ling met Situ Xie again and mentioned that he liked the garden of Prince Yue's Mansion. The Changxin Marquis Mansion that he was rewarded in the Qian Kingdom was a burned-out ruin.

Situ Xie immediately said that he would soon send craftsmen to the capital of Qian Kingdom to repair Gu Ling's garden.

Lin Xie was listening and felt something was wrong. Wouldn't this be a slap in Duanmu Yi's face? Let everyone in the world know that he treated Gu Ling harshly.

As a result, Gu Ling said that he didn't need craftsmen, he just wanted the trees in the garden of Prince Yue's Mansion, and sent someone to Qian Kingdom to hand them over to Nian Jincheng.

Situ Xie also agreed, saying that those trees had grown up with Situ Ning, and Gu Ling wanted them, so she gave them to him.

So that day, the Yue Palace began to dig trees. Many of them were precious ancient trees that needed to be transported by large trucks, and the cost was quite high to transport them all the way to Qian Country in the freezing weather.

As soon as the news spread, Gu Ling's reputation in Yaocheng took a turn for the worse. Everyone felt that Situ Xie was obedient to him, but he was too willful and it was just nonsense.

"Since we're not talking about business now, let's go out and have some fun!" Lin Wei wanted to drag Gu Ling out.

Gu Ling pushed Lin Xie away and said, "You go and play with Boyan Bojun, I won't go."

"Why?" Lin Xin expressed confusion.

"Tell people, my face gets rash when the wind blows." Gu Ling turned the page of the book with a calm expression.

Lin Xin coughed lightly, "Forgot. Then you can wear a mask."

Gu Ling shook his head, "It's too cold, so I won't go."

Lin Xian tried to persuade her to no avail, but suddenly he smiled and said, "That's great! This is Su Xiaoliang's first time coming to Liang Country, and she definitely wants to play here. Forget it if you don't want to go. We'll wait until she comes! I'll tell you first. Dalin and Xiaolin are going to explore the road to see where there is fun and delicious food. Let Su Xiaoliang take you there in a few days!"

After saying that, Lin Xie took Gu Ling's cloak and went out.

With the window open, Gu Ling watched Lin Wei disappear at the entrance of the courtyard, nodded slightly, and responded to what he just said, "I'm waiting to play with her."

－－－－－－Digression－－－－－

Asking for a monthly ticket (*^▽^*)

.