famous eldest daughter

Chapter 57 Meeting Dong Ce
The warm sun penetrated through the dense forest, and the sunlight was crushed into pieces and scattered sparsely on Gu Yuqing's face. Suddenly, a flower bloomed on her face.

It was at this time that Dong Ce came over in a gloomy mood.

Even though she had been prepared, the secluded environment was disrupted by a burst of footsteps, and Gu Yuqing couldn't help but tremble in her heart.

His back was slightly tense, and he turned around to look in the direction of the sound, holding a handkerchief very tightly in his hand.

Seeing that the person coming was Dong Ce, whom she had already suspected, Gu Yuqing breathed a sigh of relief, her eyes flashed, and she stared at Dong Ce for a moment.

Dong Ce was startled when he saw Gu Yuqing, his surprise evident on his face, "Why are you here?"

Gu Yuqing opened her big black and white eyes, which were clear, and asked blankly: "What's going on here?"

Dong Ce looked around and saw that Gu Yuqing was the only one. He immediately stopped and said several feet away from Gu Yuqing: "This is my study, which is far away from the inner courtyard. How did you come here? Are you alone? Where is your maid?"

A few days ago, the incident between Dong Ce and Bai Yuetang was spreading all over Kyoto. Gu Yuqing could only smile when he heard this. Looking at Dong Ce now, he felt that Dong Ce was most likely being plotted against him.

It was only because he was willing to protect Bai Yuetang's reputation that he took the initiative to admit it.

If he was really that frivolous person, he would not consciously stop and distance himself from her at this moment.

She had a good impression of Dong Ce in her heart, and when she spoke to him again, Gu Yuqing had a slight smile on her face.

"It was Mrs. Shizi who brought me here. She said she was going to pay your respects to your mother, but she suddenly had something to do and asked me to wait for her here for a while." Gu Yuqing was full of doubts and muttered: "Why does your mother live in the outer courtyard? !”

As he spoke, he glanced around, a look of disbelief clearly displayed on his face.

In Kyoto aristocratic families, the men's study rooms were built in the outer courtyard, so that they would not be affected by the women in the inner courtyard and concentrate on studying.

When Dong Ce heard this, he immediately frowned, doubts rolling in his heart.

Just now his mother called him to talk, but after reprimanding him in a few words, she drove him to study in the study.

Along the way, I bumped into the maid in front of the eldest sister. She said she couldn't carry something, so she borrowed his servant to help her.

When we got here, we met Gu Yuqing who was alone.

Lonely man and widow...

Thinking about it carefully, Dong Ce frowned more and more tightly, "Where is your maid?"

"Mrs. Shizi lent her to move things." Gu Yuqing said, staring at Dong Ce's increasingly clouded face.

With a slight thought, she suddenly gave up her original plan and decided to take a gamble on Dong Ce's character.

Even if she loses the bet, she still has a way to recover.

When Dong Ce heard this, his eyebrows suddenly jumped, and he felt a huge wave rolling in his heart.

If someone hadn't deliberately arranged the design, how could there be such a coincidence.

Just thinking that the person who wanted to set him up was his eldest sister, Dong Ce felt a chill in his heart.

Why did my sister do this?

"What, is there something wrong? Why do you look so ugly?" Gu Yuqing turned her head and looked at Dong Ce, pretending to be confused.

"Go quickly, my mother's house is not here." Dong Ce said a word, turned around and left.

Gu Yuqing looked at Dong Ce calmly, with the corner of her mouth slightly raised. She wanted to leave, but I'm afraid it wouldn't be that easy.

Sure enough, as soon as Dong Ce turned around, he heard loud voices. From the sound, it seemed that a large group of people were approaching.

Dong Ce suddenly frowned and stopped, his lips trembled, and he turned back to look at Gu Yuqing with panic on his face, "I'll delay them for a while, and you leave quickly." Dong Ce said hurriedly.

"I'm afraid it's too late." Gu Yuqing raised the corner of her mouth and gave a wry smile, "It seems like someone wants to harm me. If someone sees me here alone with you, I'm afraid I won't be able to explain it anyway."

Dong Ce looked at Gu Yuqing, the dappled sunlight fell on her pea green dress, and she held her skinny face.

Her fair skin was illuminated by the sun, and her eyebrows were exquisite.

Dong Ce couldn't help but be startled and lost his concentration for a moment.

The sound of footsteps and voices gradually approached, and Dong Ce couldn't help but think too much. He suddenly came back to his senses, only to see that Gu Yuqing had appeared in front of him without knowing when.

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Dong Xueyi led a group of guests from afar and said with a smile: "Although this study belongs to Brother Ce, Ruo'er likes to play here most when he has nothing to do. I don't know if he really loves reading."

Dong Xueyi teased Dong Xueruo. Dong Xueruo's face turned red and he was about to tell them apart. When he looked up, he saw Dong Ce and Gu Yuqing standing together not far away, talking.

"Why are they together?" Dong Xueruo blurted out with eyes wide open.

As he finished speaking, he seemed to suddenly remember something, and he suddenly covered his mouth with his hand.The already red cheeks seemed to have been burned, all the way to the roots of the ears.

Even if she didn't say anything, the figures of Dong Ce and Gu Yuqing also fell into everyone's sight. After this statement, speculations and discussions immediately started.

Several ladies from wealthy families looked at Gu Yuqing with invisible contempt and disdain, and the corners of their mouths turned down slightly.

It is unbecoming of a woman to have a private meeting with a man like this.

A daughter without mother's guidance will eventually have bad conduct.

Several people who originally liked Gu Yuqing wanted to come to propose marriage. Seeing this, they couldn't help but rejoiced and shook their heads. Fortunately, they didn't propose marriage.

Dong Xueyi glanced at the expressions on everyone's faces from the corner of her eyes, and a wave of light flashed in her eyes. She took a step forward, opened her mouth and asked, "Why are you here?"

He looked directly at Gu Yuqing.

Gu Yuqing stood behind Dong Ce and met Dong Xueyi's direct gaze without flinching, with a faint smile on her face.

What an insidious rake!
Before Gu Yuqing could speak, Dong Ce walked over and said, "This is my study. I'm here to read."

With that said, Dong Ce glanced at the people behind Dong Xueyi in confusion and asked: "It's the third sister's birthday. Why did the eldest sister lead the guests here? This is the outer courtyard."

In fact, everyone also found it strange that Dong Xueyi, who was so good, had to show them around the study.

They really have no interest at all. It would be great to sit in the small garden and listen to music and talk.

However, now that they saw the private meeting between Gu Yuqing and Dong Ce, everyone tacitly felt that the trip was worthwhile.

Dong Xueyi glanced at Dong Ce and said with a bad face: "I didn't ask you anything." After saying that, she looked at Gu Yuqing again, "Didn't you say you were going to talk to my mother? Why are you here!"

There was obvious disgust in his tone.

Gu Yuqing glanced at the people who were pointing at her, her cold eyes settled on Dong Xueyi's face, she pointed at Dong Ce calmly and said, "He asked me to come."

Dong Xueyi's tongue suddenly flashed, and what she wanted to blurt out was blocked by Gu Yuqing's words.

Dong Xueyi thought that Gu Yuqing would argue that he had brought her here. For this reason, Dong Xueyi had already prepared impeccable words to fight back against Gu Yuqing.

But she never expected that Gu Yuqing didn't mention her at all, but pointed at Dong Ce.

The development of things was completely different from her plan. Her heart shrank, and Dong Xueyi suddenly panicked.

(End of this chapter)