Feather Duster
“Young miss Liu, what are you doing?”
A eunuch stationed in the middle of the hall frantically shouted. His voice was shrill and instantly the attention of everyone inside the hall.
“I, I…”
Liu RuYi looked all around. The girls who had been chatting happily with her were now distancing themselves from her.
They were afraid of being implicated in her destruction of the green chrysanthemums.
“Young miss Liu, you’ve destroyed His Majesty’s treasured green chrysanthemums. I saw it with my own eyes!”
She suddenly panicked, “How could that be possible? I only bumped into them a little. How could I have knocked off all of the petals?!”
Liu RuYi knew how much force she fell with, and it was not even remotely enough for such an outcome. Something had definitely happened.
At that time, Yu Fu was the only one in front of her. She had definitely done something!
Liu RuYi reached out to grab her. Her hands were dyed green and resembled a forest monster from a picture book. She was truly horrifying.
Just as her hand was about to dye Yu Fu’s white jacket, a pair of hands reached out from the side and stopped her in mid-air.
“If you lay a single finger on Yu Fu, I will have you regret it for the rest of your life!”
Gu ShuBai looked at her coldly. His eyes which were usually full of kindness were now exuding a coldness.
He had been standing off to the side and had heard every word of what Liu RuYi had said. He just found the setting to be ill-suited for an argument with a girl.
He also wished to see how Yu Fu would deal with this sort of a provocative girl.
Now that he saw her reach out with her dirty hands to grab Yu Fu, he could no longer hold back and moved to stop her.
“Earlier, it was because she avoided me that I fell into the flowers! She definitely saw that I wasn’t moving very fast and could not possibly have made such a big mess! Yu Fu, don’t you think so?”
She had just been mocking her earlier, but she was now hoping for her support. Liu RuYi’s shamelessness was really far above the average.
Everyone looked at Yu Fu and saw her earnestly say: “I only saw young miss Liu run into the flowers, then the flowers ended up like this. Such pretty green chrysanthemums, it’s such a pity. What do the other young misses think?”
The young misses who were accompanying Liu RuYi froze then looked at Gu ShuBai’s group behind Yu Fu, and they were all looking back at them with stern looks.
The great efforts that they had put into their clothes today, what other reason could there be than to attract the attention of the young sirs of the Gu family?
Now that they were being looked at, it was natural that they would do their best to leave a good impression on them, “That’s right, young miss Yu Fu is right!”
Liu RuYi’s face turned as white as a sheet. She did not think that they would not help her.
“His Majesty has arrived!”
Emperor Ning walked in from outside the hall with a long procession of people following him. Among them were the eldest prince, the second prince, and Princess DanYang.
“We greet Your Majesty!”
Everyone stood up to perform their salute. Emperor Ning noticed that there was a bit of a commotion in the hall and carefully looked over at the fallen petals of his treasured green chrysanthemums, and his eyebrow began to twitch uncontrollably.
Which suicidal lunatic had reduced his beloved green chrysanthemums to such a state?!
He looked over at the people near the green chrysanthemum and quickly noticed a girl with dirt and green chrysanthemum petals in her hair. Both of her hands had also been dyed green. He immediately let out an angry snort and walked over.
“What happened here? How did Our green chrysanthemums end up like this?”
The green chrysanthemums were without petals. All that remained was the center of the flower, and it looked quite comical.
Yu Fu could not hold back and secretly began to laugh. Her sweet smile was noticed by Emperor Ning, and it significantly reduced his anger.
“Replying to Your Majesty, it was young miss Liu of Minister Liu’s family who accidentally bumped into the green chrysanthemum while looking at them. She knocked off all of the petals.”
Liu RuYi began to tremble. Emperor Ning noticed that it was the girl with mud in her hair, and he could no longer be bothered with looking at her any further.
Instead, he was very interested in the girl who was secretly laughing.
“You, raise your head, and let Us take a look.”
Emperor Ning pointed toward the center of the hall, and everyone looked in that direction. There, they saw a little girl who had not finished growing, and she was standing next to Marquis Gu’s heir.
Gu ShuBai reached out a hand and gently pushed her behind his back. It was only now that Yu Fu realized that Emperor Ning was pointing at her.
Before she could hide her smile, she looked up. Her graceful face with the touch of red on her forehead perfectly resembled Chang’e floating loftily.
To look like this at such an age combined with such a valuable necklace…
Emperor Ning’s eyes squinted slightly and pretended to not know who she was. With a slightly heavy voice, he said: “When We were speaking, you were secretly laughing. What were you laughing at?”
Everyone began to whisper amongst themselves.
His Majesty was truly angry today. He was even going to argue with a little girl who was laughing. Was it not clear that he was exceedingly angry?
Gu ShuBai was hesitant about whether or not he should help her out, but Yu Fu spoke up in her clear voice that rang out beautifully like a silver bell.
“Replying to Your Majesty, Your Majesty said that the green chrysanthemums had ended up like this. This humble girl was standing next to the green chrysanthemums and unconsciously snuck a look. I saw that it looked like a feather duster that had lost all of its feathers, and I could no longer hold back my laughter.”
Pft.
The description of feather duster caused everyone present to burst out laughing.
Looking again at the bare green chrysanthemums, did it not perfectly resemble a featherless duster?
A child’s words carried no harm. Emperor Ning’s foul mood had also been dispelled by her words quite a bit.
“Little girl, your words really are quite entertaining. Which family are you from? Why have We never seen you before?”
Gu HuaiJiang stood up at an opportune moment, “Your Majesty, this is this subject’s adopted daughter, Yu Fu. Under Your Majesty’s instructions, I brought her into the palace.”
Sure enough, she was Yu Fu!
Emperor Ning rejoiced, “So it was you. Yi Zhao said that you know how to predict rainfall. Sure enough, you are a smart and interesting girl!”
A middle-aged beautiful woman seated to his side saw this and smiled, warmly waving to Yu Fu.
“Good girl, you are really beautiful. Quickly come and let this One take a look!”
Emperor Ning looked at her and ran his fingers through his beard.
Feather Duster
“Young miss Liu, what are you doing?”
A eunuch stationed in the middle of the hall frantically shouted. His voice was shrill and instantly the attention of everyone inside the hall.
“I, I…”
Liu RuYi looked all around. The girls who had been chatting happily with her were now distancing themselves from her.
They were afraid of being implicated in her destruction of the green chrysanthemums.
“Young miss Liu, you’ve destroyed His Majesty’s treasured green chrysanthemums. I saw it with my own eyes!”
She suddenly panicked, “How could that be possible? I only bumped into them a little. How could I have knocked off all of the petals?!”
Liu RuYi knew how much force she fell with, and it was not even remotely enough for such an outcome. Something had definitely happened.
At that time, Yu Fu was the only one in front of her. She had definitely done something!
Liu RuYi reached out to grab her. Her hands were dyed green and resembled a forest monster from a picture book. She was truly horrifying.
Just as her hand was about to dye Yu Fu’s white jacket, a pair of hands reached out from the side and stopped her in mid-air.
“If you lay a single finger on Yu Fu, I will have you regret it for the rest of your life!”
Gu ShuBai looked at her coldly. His eyes which were usually full of kindness were now exuding a coldness.
He had been standing off to the side and had heard every word of what Liu RuYi had said. He just found the setting to be ill-suited for an argument with a girl.
He also wished to see how Yu Fu would deal with this sort of a provocative girl.
Now that he saw her reach out with her dirty hands to grab Yu Fu, he could no longer hold back and moved to stop her.
“Earlier, it was because she avoided me that I fell into the flowers! She definitely saw that I wasn’t moving very fast and could not possibly have made such a big mess! Yu Fu, don’t you think so?”
She had just been mocking her earlier, but she was now hoping for her support. Liu RuYi’s shamelessness was really far above the average.
Everyone looked at Yu Fu and saw her earnestly say: “I only saw young miss Liu run into the flowers, then the flowers ended up like this. Such pretty green chrysanthemums, it’s such a pity. What do the other young misses think?”
The young misses who were accompanying Liu RuYi froze then looked at Gu ShuBai’s group behind Yu Fu, and they were all looking back at them with stern looks.
The great efforts that they had put into their clothes today, what other reason could there be than to attract the attention of the young sirs of the Gu family?
Now that they were being looked at, it was natural that they would do their best to leave a good impression on them, “That’s right, young miss Yu Fu is right!”
Liu RuYi’s face turned as white as a sheet. She did not think that they would not help her.
“His Majesty has arrived!”
Emperor Ning walked in from outside the hall with a long procession of people following him. Among them were the eldest prince, the second prince, and Princess DanYang.
“We greet Your Majesty!”
Everyone stood up to perform their salute. Emperor Ning noticed that there was a bit of a commotion in the hall and carefully looked over at the fallen petals of his treasured green chrysanthemums, and his eyebrow began to twitch uncontrollably.
Which suicidal lunatic had reduced his beloved green chrysanthemums to such a state?!
He looked over at the people near the green chrysanthemum and quickly noticed a girl with dirt and green chrysanthemum petals in her hair. Both of her hands had also been dyed green. He immediately let out an angry snort and walked over.
“What happened here? How did Our green chrysanthemums end up like this?”
The green chrysanthemums were without petals. All that remained was the center of the flower, and it looked quite comical.
Yu Fu could not hold back and secretly began to laugh. Her sweet smile was noticed by Emperor Ning, and it significantly reduced his anger.
“Replying to Your Majesty, it was young miss Liu of Minister Liu’s family who accidentally bumped into the green chrysanthemum while looking at them. She knocked off all of the petals.”
Liu RuYi began to tremble. Emperor Ning noticed that it was the girl with mud in her hair, and he could no longer be bothered with looking at her any further.
Instead, he was very interested in the girl who was secretly laughing.
“You, raise your head, and let Us take a look.”
Emperor Ning pointed toward the center of the hall, and everyone looked in that direction. There, they saw a little girl who had not finished growing, and she was standing next to Marquis Gu’s heir.
Gu ShuBai reached out a hand and gently pushed her behind his back. It was only now that Yu Fu realized that Emperor Ning was pointing at her.
Before she could hide her smile, she looked up. Her graceful face with the touch of red on her forehead perfectly resembled Chang’e floating loftily.
To look like this at such an age combined with such a valuable necklace…
Emperor Ning’s eyes squinted slightly and pretended to not know who she was. With a slightly heavy voice, he said: “When We were speaking, you were secretly laughing. What were you laughing at?”
Everyone began to whisper amongst themselves.
His Majesty was truly angry today. He was even going to argue with a little girl who was laughing. Was it not clear that he was exceedingly angry?
Gu ShuBai was hesitant about whether or not he should help her out, but Yu Fu spoke up in her clear voice that rang out beautifully like a silver bell.
“Replying to Your Majesty, Your Majesty said that the green chrysanthemums had ended up like this. This humble girl was standing next to the green chrysanthemums and unconsciously snuck a look. I saw that it looked like a feather duster that had lost all of its feathers, and I could no longer hold back my laughter.”
Pft.
The description of feather duster caused everyone present to burst out laughing.
Looking again at the bare green chrysanthemums, did it not perfectly resemble a featherless duster?
A child’s words carried no harm. Emperor Ning’s foul mood had also been dispelled by her words quite a bit.
“Little girl, your words really are quite entertaining. Which family are you from? Why have We never seen you before?”
Gu HuaiJiang stood up at an opportune moment, “Your Majesty, this is this subject’s adopted daughter, Yu Fu. Under Your Majesty’s instructions, I brought her into the palace.”
Sure enough, she was Yu Fu!
Emperor Ning rejoiced, “So it was you. Yi Zhao said that you know how to predict rainfall. Sure enough, you are a smart and interesting girl!”
A middle-aged beautiful woman seated to his side saw this and smiled, warmly waving to Yu Fu.
“Good girl, you are really beautiful. Quickly come and let this One take a look!”
Emperor Ning looked at her and ran his fingers through his beard.
