Dong Gong Mei

Chapter 569 Become a laughing stock
In the middle of the night, the clock ticks.

This is a room with extremely simple furnishings, no jewels, no rich powder, only a bed and a desk.

The oil lamp was almost exhausted, and there was a crackling sound from time to time, like the faint chirping of insects in the withered grass, which made people feel upset.

Gu Yuci got up from the bed and called hoarsely, "Come here."

"Miss still not asleep?" There was the rustling sound of dressing, and then a maid came in through the curtain with a lantern.

Gu Yuci raised her face, under the dim light, the bed curtain was glowing with a light red light, which made her startled for a moment: "Lonicera..."

Liandong looked at the black eyes in front of her eyes, and asked with concern: "Miss, are you dreaming again?"

Gu Yuci stretched out his palm to gently support the soft morning glow, his eyes became soft and sad.

"Five years..." She sighed lowly.

Low and forbearing, like talking in a dream.

"What?" Liandong was startled.

As if immersed in her own world, she murmured and repeated: "It's been five years...it's still the same..."

Lonicera soon understood.

Busily supporting her shoulders, he asked softly, "Miss, is your old illness relapsed? Do you want a servant to help you with the medicine?" As he spoke, he skillfully took out a medicine bottle from his sleeve and poured a few mung beans A pill of the same size came out, and just as it was about to be delivered, the arm was blocked by someone.

"I don't want to eat." Gu Yu bid farewell.

"Girl..." Liandong's eyes were full of worry, "Your illness has a strange attack. You have been taking medicine for more than four years. Although you haven't seen any improvement, you can barely suppress it. Now you stop taking the medicine rashly, I'm afraid..."

"Heh." Gu Yuci smiled indifferently.

Lonicera gags her throat and swallows the words before she finished speaking, but she dare not take the medicine back, so she has to stiffen her arms and let the pill roll around in her palm.

"It's been five years." The crocodile red curtain was light, like a misty glow, Gu Yuci subconsciously curled up his fingers, as if trying to catch the glow.

But it was in vain, the silk tent circled around the fingertips, and the next moment it slipped away like a stream of light.

Her body froze, like a child awakened from sleep, a look of sadness suddenly flashed across her face.

Her arms hung down weakly, and subconsciously crossed across her chest.

Once again, in the palace that belonged to him, she was rejected cruelly again.

She felt like she had never been so vulnerable.

She sat on the bed, hugged herself tightly, and buried her cheeks deeply in her arms, as if she had to use this posture of arming herself to protect the strong fortress in her heart.

But sadness overflowed from between the teeth uncontrollably——

"He has been paired with someone else, but I am still trapped in the same dream... I can't get redemption..."

Liandong held her breath and calmed down, not daring to say a word.

Who is this "he", who is this "dream", how could she not know who has been with Gu Yuci for so many years?

Five years ago, Gu Yuci was persuaded by his father Gu Yong to drink a kind of strong wine.

What is the name of this wine and what is its function? As a maid, she will not get a very precise answer, but she only vaguely knows that Gu Yuci did not resist much beforehand, and even has a kind of self-confidence in strategizing.

It was a palace banquet that day.

The princes and nobles gathered together, and when the drink was in full swing, the prince left the table first.

Dressed up, Gu Yuci quietly turned out from the side hall.

Liandong saw that Gu Yuci couldn't wear shoes and socks, stepping on the cold and wet floor with bare feet, her red dress was as dazzling as a pomegranate flower in full bloom.

Although she felt that this was inappropriate, she didn't worry too much—His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has not yet engaged, and there are famous and respectable families all over the capital, who is not ready to move?

Besides, my girl grew up with the prince since she was a child, and this friendship is much deeper than that of others. Even if she finds out afterwards that it is a trick, for the sake of her uncle, His Highness will not be too shameless, right?
……

Of course, this is just a superficial understanding of her little maid. As for whether the matter can be accomplished, it still depends on the means of her own girl.

In fact, not only Liandong thought so, but everyone in the Gu family thought so.

However, no one expected that they would be severely slapped in the face by reality afterwards.

Who would have thought that His Royal Highness would not give his uncle any face at all?

What's even more unexpected is that since then, Gu Yuci has suffered from heart disease.

Countless nights of waking up from sleep, countless mornings of cold sweat invaded the body.

Liandong knelt by the bed, looking at Gu Yuci's pale face.

A girl of eighteen or nineteen years old, with a figure as gorgeous as gold and jade, and skin as delicate as a flower.

Now I am trapped in a painful dream, trapped in this narrow room, and I can't find the exit.

In the dark and silent night, she heard her voice a little hasty, a little low: "Girl, forgive me for saying something that shouldn't be said, you are already like this, why don't you be cruel and take another gamble..."

Gu Yuci sat on the bed with his arms crossed, his expression cold.

Liandong gently pulled up the quilt, wrapped her round and fair shoulders, and said softly: "This is already completely tearing apart the face, no matter how bad it is, how bad can it be?"

She glanced out of the window again, leaned close to her ear, and whispered: "Although she is favored, her foundation is not stable, and now she has been restrained by His Highness. It is uncertain whether the future will be happy or worrying. And you, Although His Highness has neglected you, you are blessed by His Majesty's imperial edict..."

Gu Yuci raised his eyes, and there was a gleam of light in his twinkling peach eyes.

As if encouraged, Liandong's voice became a little firmer: "I just went to inquire. This time, she had a very tense fight with His Highness, and His Highness stayed directly in the study, and it seems that she has no intention of reconciling—"

She narrated the news in detail, and finally pressed Gu Yuci's shoulder calmly, and said: "Girl, you are a courageous and resourceful person. How many men are not as good as you, why do you shrink back when it comes to this matter?"

"You are familiar with military books, isn't there such a sentence...what is it called...soldiers never tire of cheating?"

Gu Yuci has been better than other girls since she was a child, and the maids around her have also read a lot of books together, and when they talk about the big truth, they can even quote the classics clearly.

"Compared to appearance, you are the most beautiful woman in the capital, compared to feelings, you grew up with the prince since childhood, compared to birth, your father is the uncle of the country... She is not as good as you in anything, but..." Liandong sighed. Tone, "This is really unfair..."

"That's right." In the darkness, Gu Yuci took off his disguise, with a sad expression on his face, "She is inferior to me in every way... But, things like feelings are always the most unfair..."

His tone paused, and he laughed at himself, "The more people have everything, the less they can get affection... I was born with a pretentious attitude, but unexpectedly I became a laughing stock because of a man..."

(End of this chapter)