Chapter 9 - She is the Crown Prince’s Fiancee?

To think of her heart’s most beloved husband, Zhao Shi’s face that was pale slowly flushed red. Gu Qianxue did not pay much attention to Zhao Shi’s change, now there is no flock of birds inconsiderately shouting, she finally can still down her heart to think deeply about everything that happened today, and to make a painstaking investigation to do her utmost to clearly understand the reasons for these things.

After calming her heart, benzun*’s memory is generally surging like tides, it’s just that, a person’s memory is selective, in many cases if it’s towards a certain matter, then there will be more attention placed on it, and if it is about the memory of something then the memory will change even more.

*refers to herself

Inside the memories of Gu Qianxue’s mind, most of them were: which piece of clothing looked good, what sort of food are delicious, what unique jewelry stores are there, which restaurants’ food are tasty… … yes, more or less it is only exactly these.

Even the most basic things like the official name of the nation, the emperor’s name as well as the internal state affairs, big or small things, there were none, it can be said she is absolutely an idiot.

Just when Gu Qianxue was annoyed, in that moment from within her mind a piece of information was extracted.

After she acquired this information, it could even be said she was startled and dumbstrucked!

“I am the Crown Prince’s fiancee?” Gu Qianxue pointed at herself elaborately.

“Yes-ah” Zhao Shi answered with a needless to say tone.

Gu Qianxue only felt that Nanye Kingdom is indeed a fantasy, “The Crown Prince his wife is precisely the Crown Princess? The future Empress? Shouldn’t the future Empress be the female ruler of the land? Don’t tell me you’re just going to let benzun…no that’s not right, to let an idiot like me be Empress?”

Zhao Shi happily said, “Don’t spout nonsense, your father is the grand stately Minister, your grandfather is even more grander as he is the Marshal of Zhenyuan, the position of Empress, besides you, who else has the right to be?”

Gu Qianxue’s corner of her mouth went up twice– Zhao Shi who is talking big is not scared of shaking the enemies extracting information, in the city there are many well-bred young ladies who are capable, how is it possible there is only her who is qualified? There is no need to even pass the message far, even near, there will be people.

The second sister Gu Qian Rou.

(t/a: her tone is more of “… even near, there will be people… like the second sister …” but is written like the way it is translated)

Benzun did like the Crown Prince, although even the other person didn’t even see the Crown Prince’s appearance. Gu Qian Rou is the Crown Prince’s younger female cousin, and she also likes Crown Prince, the reason is very simple*: It only just happened few hours before the incidence, Gu Qian Rou mysteriously looked for benzun, and told her, as the future Crown Princess, you must help Crown Prince eradicate his enemies!

*(t/a: we’re following Gu Qianxue’s train of thoughts, she was thinking of qualified people to be the Empress then onto the Crown Prince, then remembering Gu Qian Rou likes the Crown Prince, and then remembers she was looking for the reason why this situation happened– and it was because of Gu Qian Rou. Hope this made it easier for you to understand why she moved from liking Crown Prince to “the reason”.)

And the Crown Prince’s biggest enemy is not anyone else, but it precisely is Prince Li.

—- That’s not right!

Gu Qianxue’s pair of eyes suddenly brightened up, if her memory isn’t wrong, she took advantage when Prince Li was off guard and pushed Prince Li down into the water then soon after someone pushed her from the back, in other words, she was also pushed by someone down into the water!

From the middle of the courtyard bursted out raucous shoutings, breaking off Gu Qianxue’s train of thoughts, as it turns out it was Minister Gu’s mother, benzun’s grandmother, Zheng Shi who sent out a person to pass the message to the two individuals– the mother-daughter pair who caused trouble.

Zhao Shi quickly panicked and the fat body was on the floor as if she was a sort of headless housefly that is fleeing, “What to do, what to do, cannot alarm your grandfather, however later once they ask away, what are we able to do.”

Gu Qianxue grabbed hold of Zhao Shi’s arms, her voice level were lowered and spoke, “Don’t panic, later when we arrive in front of Old Madam, how you are on an ordinary day, is how you are today, regardless what others ask you, no matter what, avoid by saying conventional greetings, you always have no idea of what’s going on, and only say I don’t know, did you remember it?”

(t/n: Gu Qianxue is instructing Zhao Shi how to act, and asking her to remember what she needs to do.)

Zhao Shi stared blankly, then hurriedly nodded.

Gu Qianxue is not very reassured, she lowered her voice, “Mother, this matter is very serious and important, if people with other aspirations really wanted to harm us, they will indeed connect grandfather’s family, if you don’t want grandfather’s family to receive the implication, then you must do according to what I say.”

Zhao Shi’s entire face went deathly pale, resolutely nodded.

A servant girl ran in, “Madam, Eldest Young Miss, Manfu Courtyard’s servant Qiao Ju came again to urge us to go, said Old Madam is already waiting, running out of patience, if you two do not go she will soon be very angry.”

Gu Qianxue nodded her head, “Servants come.”

Few servants stepped forward.

“Help Madam freshen up again, change a pair of outfit, a little simple yet elegant, her perfume also is not needed anymore.”

Zhao Shi just now passed* by a situation where she does not know if she should cry and laugh at the same time, now her face has achieved a look like slurry mud, is already unable to meet anyone.

*not literally passed, but figuratively

“Yes.” All the servants only feel that the Eldest Young Miss’s body emits a kind of dignified and imposing appearance that one must not question, to go so far as to give an ordinary day, she is a different person. They hurriedly listened and obeyed the Young Miss’s arrangements, helped Zhao Shi freshened up again, and only lightly applied a bit of perfume powder, helped her wear a light blue cheongsam, and crowded around her to escort her out of the courtyard.

A party of people with quick steps head towards the Gu Residence’s Old Madam, Zheng Shi’s Manfu Courtyard.

Walking halfway there, Gu Qianxue however abruptly uncovered a question, “Where are my personal maids Yu Lian and Yu Cui?”

From within the crowd, hurriedly rushed out two prominent servants, they were wearing all green clothing, just in response to their names. “Young Miss, we are right here.”

Gu Qianxue nodded her head, without a word or movement slowed down her walking pace.

Gu Qianxue’s beautiful eyes narrowed slightly, her eye expression flashed a cold light.