Chapter 272 Snatching Love
272 Snatching Love
Translator: Atlas Studios
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After saying that, Yu Chaoyun didn’t speak for a long time. The corners of her eyes slowly turned red.
Under those half-lowered eyes, there was an indescribable wave of emotion. It was so restrained, affectionate, suppressed, and unattainable.
Gu Yunrong looked straight at Yu Chaoyun, touched by the emotions that burst out of her at this moment.
So that was how it was. The person Yu Chaoyun liked was the Eldest Prince.
No wonder Yu Chaoyun had played “Injured Parting” just now. To her, war was indeed “Injured Parting”. The young girl in this song represented Yu Chaoyun herself, and the fiancé who had been recruited to the army represented the Eldest Prince who had been sent to the State of Yue as a hostage.
In the past eight years, Yu Chaoyun has probably been thinking about going to the State of Yue to find the Eldest Prince.
In the past eight years, Yu Chaoyun had probably been worried that the Eldest Prince would never return…
This song represents Yu Chaoyun’s thoughts.
In that case, this wasn’t an arranged marriage arranged by the family.
Thinking of this, Gu Yunrong looked at Yu Chaoyun with more admiration and intimacy.
“Rong Rong,” Yu Chaoyun whispered with a shy smile, “I shouldn’t have told you this…”
“There’s nothing to be ashamed of.” Gu Yunrong interrupted Yu Chaoyun and held her hand with both hands. “It’s not shameful to like someone.”
It turned out that Yu Chaoyun had been fated with the Eldest Prince eight years ago. She had fallen in love with the Eldest Prince first.
Thinking back to what Yu Chaoyun had just said to Gu Yanfei, Gu Yunrong suddenly felt that she was hiding something.
Just now, did Yu Chaoyun want to give up on the Eldest Prince, so she told Gu Yanfei that she had lost?
However, Gu Yanfei was aggressive and insisted on suppressing Yu Chaoyun until she couldn’t make a comeback. She insisted on interfering between the Eldest Prince and Yu Chaoyun and snatching their love!
Gu Yanfei is going too far!
As she was thinking, Gu Yunrong’s gaze passed through the door of the water pavilion and looked at the empty space outside.
Seven or eight girls were playing hide-and-seek in the open space. At this moment, the blindfolded person was Gu Yanfei.
“Yanfei, come and catch me. Come and catch me.” Lu Qin’s smiling voice came with the wind.
The other girls were either behind Lu Qin or behind nearby tree trunks.
Almost as soon as Lu Qin finished speaking, Gu Yanfei followed the sound and took two steps forward, grabbing Lu Qin’s wrist.
“Gotcha!”
Gu Yanfei said confidently.
Gu Yunrong looked at Gu Yanfei’s back, and her eyes darkened bit by bit. Her heart was complicated as she sighed and said, “Chaoyun, my Second Cousin has always been competitive…”
Yes, Gu Yanfei’s personality is too sharp.
She covets the Eldest Prince just to compete with Yu Chaoyun. She doesn’t really like the Eldest Prince at all.
For her own selfish reasons, she wants to snatch the Eldest Prince away. In the end, they’ll only become a resentful couple. She, the Eldest Prince, and Yu Chaoyun would become a pile of chicken feathers for the rest of their lives.
She shouldn’t have done this!
‘Chaoyun, I’ll try to persuade her.” Gu Yunrong handed a handkerchief to Yu Chaoyun with a gentle and amiable smile.
She was bright-looking and had an easy-going personality. She was good at socializing and always had a relaxed feeling when interacting with her, so she had a wide range of friends in the capital.
“Rong Rong, you’re so kind.” Yu Chaoyun took the handkerchief and lowered her head slightly. She gently wiped the corners of her eyes with the handkerchief, and the corners of her mouth, hidden behind the handkerchief, curled imperceptibly.
She didn’t ask Gu Yunrong how she planned to persuade her. She only smiled faintly at Gu Yunrong and said in a hoarse voice, “I’ve kept this in my heart for a long time... I feel much better after saying everything today.”
Her eyes were still a little red, but they were bright.
‘Tm the daughter of the Yu family. Ever since I was young, I knew that I would follow the wishes of my family to get married. Therefore, even if I like the Eldest Prince, I’ve never had any expectations.”
“I didn’t expect that my family would actually send me to the capital to fight for this position.”
‘This is a chance the heavens have given me. No matter what, I still don’t want to accept my fate.”
Yu Chaoyun’s tone was gentle, and her expression was firm.
The cold wind blew coldly on her cheeks. A few strands of her bangs were messed up by the wind, revealing her fair forehead. She exuded a deep sadness, weak and strong.
Gu Yunrong raised her hand and smoothed Yu Chaoyun’s bangs. She felt that the two of them had bonded today, so she felt a little closer to her and saw her in a new light.
It turned out that among the women of the Great Jin Dynasty, there would also be girls like Yu Chaoyun who were brave enough to pursue true love.
Yu Chaoyun trusted her so much that she confided in her.
Gu Yunrong was also a little touched by this. She smiled and said, ‘Chaoyun, don’t worry. I’ll help you keep the secret.
“It’s better to say some things. Otherwise, if you keep them bottled up for too long, it will become a mental illness.”
Yu Chaoyun pinched her handkerchief and wiped the corners of her eyes. She smiled when her eyes met Gu Yunrong’s.
Outside the water pavilion, the crisp and hearty laughter of Gu Yanfei, Wei Jiao’s mother, and the others could be heard from afar. Yu Chaoyun subconsciously looked for the source of the sound and saw an eunuch in his 30s walking in.
The eunuch stood at the door and bowed to Gu Yunrong, Yu Chaoyun, and the girls from the aristocratic families on the west side of the water pavilion before saying, ‘The Empress Dowager is holding a banquet on the Nine Phoenix Boat.
Please head over.’
Therefore, Miss Zeng and the others, who were sitting on the west side of the water pavilion, stood up and followed the eunuch out with Gu Yunrong and Yu
Chaoyun.
‘This way, please, girls.”
The eunuch led the way for Gu Yunrong and the others.
In front, Gu Yanfei, Wei Jiaoniang, and the others were also led east by Eunuch He along the lake.
After the time it took to brew a cup of tea, they arrived at a two-story pleasure boat. It was decorated with carved railings and lanterns, making it look beautiful against the surrounding ice and snow.
A clear pipa sound came from the pleasure boat and echoed faintly in the air.
One by one, the girls stepped onto the boat on a wooden plank that extended from the pleasure boat. Lanterns were lit in the pleasure boat. Under the sparkling lights, there were fragrant clothes and hairpins swaying.
Madam Wang, Imperial Duchess Wei, Madam Lu, and Eldest Madam Yu had already taken their seats on the first floor of the pleasure boat. Apart from them, there were also some 16 or 17-year-old young masters standing or sitting on the second floor of the pleasure boat, chatting and drinking. It was very lively.
In the corner on the first floor, a musician with heavy makeup and a jade hairpin was hugging a pipa. A song called “The Male Phoenix’s Pursuit” jumped from her fingertips and lingered.
The palace maid in charge, Liu Shuang, walked over with a smile and bowed to everyone present. ‘Her Majesty wishes for everyone to make yourselves at home.”
There was a palace banquet on the eighth day of the Lunar New Year.
This was a custom since the time of Emperor Taizu. Every year, on the eighth day of the new year, the Empress would invite some young masters and girls of the right age to a banquet. They would always be able to achieve a few pairs of marriages. Gradually, it became a legend and was called the Love Banquet..