AWB Chapter 251: Not There
Chapter 251: Not There
Concubine An whispered a few words in her ear, then raised her eyes and said, "Remember, do it covertly."
Skylark nodded and quickly retreated.
The slender, bright eyes turned back to the water.
The water surface was sparkling, and suddenly a gust of wind passed by, and the light of the waves melted with the light of broken gold and slowly dispersed. The woman facing the flowers and the water raised her eyes, curled her red lips, and flicked her sleeves lightly: "The jade bridge leans against the railing, and the mandarin ducks come to play in the water... The golden carp swim on the water surface, the wind is coming, the wind is coming."
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In a blink of an eye, it was the day of Yun Shuning’s birthday party.
All the wealthy and powerful families in the capital came here one after another early in the morning. Outside the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion, there was an endless stream of luxury cars and horses. The scene and the gifts were so grand that they wanted the whole world to know: they were cordially invited to attend the birthday banquet of the Duke of Zhenguo's eldest daughter. This was enough to show how deep their friendship with the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion was.
Jiang Jiachun also came with gifts. Yun Shuning was still thinking about whether to find an excuse to slip back to the room to avoid having to keep chatting with these masked people. But when she saw her, her eyes suddenly lit up and she immediately greeted her with a smile.
Jiang Jiachun hadn't seen her for a long time, so she was naturally just as excited. She pulled her aside and asked her a lot of questions. When the two were chatting animatedly, the crowd suddenly became quiet. Following the gazes of the crowd, she saw two men in gorgeous robes walking in one after the other. The man in front was graceful and dignified, and a glance at him would make one's heart stop.
The noble man behind lowered his head, his attention completely focused on the exquisite brocade box in his hand. He muttered something, his eyes full of resentment.
Everyone bowed respectfully and said in unison: "Greetings to His Royal Highness Prince Rui and His Royal Highness Prince Rong."
"Everyone, get up. I'm here to give you gifts today, so there's no need to be restrained." Jiang Yu said calmly.
Under everyone's gaze, he walked straight towards Yun Shuning, speaking in a low, tender and gentle voice: "Congratulations on your birthday, Miss Yun. Miss Yun is good at medicine. I wonder if this Tianshan Snow Lotus will catch your eye?"
He glanced sideways, and Jiang Che, who was following behind him, immediately handed the brocade box in his hands to him with both hands, curling his lips in grievance: "Sixth brother, I have been asking you for this Tianshan Snow Lotus for a long time, but you still didn't give in. Now you are using it as a birthday gift, you really are...!!"
The voice stopped abruptly.
He smiled awkwardly and took two steps to the side, pretending to look up at the sky, the birds and the earth, but he didn't want to meet the cold eyes that glanced at him for a moment. The words that were on the tip of his tongue, "I value women over my brother", were finally swallowed back, not daring to utter a word.
The guests said: The Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion is really so arrogant that even that cold-faced evil spirit came to give gifts to show their goodwill.
Yun Shuning didn't react much, just smiled and said, "Thank you, Your Highness Prince Rui."
Then he pulled Jiang Jiachun to her seat again without any expression. When passing by Jiang Yu, someone's sleeve seemed to touch him inadvertently.
Yun Shuning only felt a familiar fragrance lingering around her nose, and the soft satin brocade clothes brushed against the back of her hand, causing a tingling sensation.
She resisted the urge to scratch the back of her hand, and tightened her hand under her sleeve.
"Hey, why do I feel like something is wrong?"
Jiang Jiachun, who sat down with her, suddenly spoke. She looked at Yun Shuning in confusion: "Just now, I heard what Prince Rui said to my sister, which is completely different from the rumors. People all say that Prince Rui is not interested in women and is cold-hearted and murderous. Some even say that he is a homosexual..."
She leaned closer to Yun Shuning and whispered, "That won't work..."
"cough……"
Yun Shuning almost spit out the fruit wine she had just taken a sip of. She slowed down, patted Jiang Jiachun's hand and said seriously: "Sister Jiachun, you have to trust your intuition. Seeing is not necessarily believing. There must be a reason for the smoke..."
Jiang Jiachun nodded, not quite understanding. Yun Shuning, who was quite satisfied with her teaching results, smiled at her like a teachable and innocent little sister who was easy to fool. Seeing a maid approaching to bring new wine, she was delighted and stretched out her hand to take it without looking away, but heard a "ah".
Yun Shuning looked back subconsciously, and saw the maid who brought the fruit wine kneeling down tremblingly. Next to her stood a dark and elegant figure, with most of the wine spilled on her robe.
"Please spare my life, Your Highness, Prince Rui. I didn't mean to do that. I, I..."
The little maid was terrified, and her words of begging for mercy became increasingly unclear. Yun Shuning looked at her fingertips, which were only a hair's breadth away from the overturned wine cup. After thinking for a moment, she stood up and said, "It was my fault for disturbing His Royal Highness Prince Rui. It has nothing to do with you. You can go down first."
The maid raised her eyes to look at Yun Shuning, then stole a glance at Jiang Yu, shuddered, bowed, and hurried away.
Jiang Yu looked at Yun Shuning, smiling: "Oh, then how does Miss Yun plan to apologize?"
Yun Shuning also responded with a half-smile: "Oh, then I will personally take His Royal Highness Prince Rui to the guest room at the back to change clothes."
The guests: Damn it, they failed to show goodwill and ended up bumping into each other.
Yun Shuning made a gesture of invitation and led Jiang Yu to the guest room in the backyard.
The servants and guards all saluted along the way. The two men nodded dignifiedly all the way. When they reached the guest room, Yun Shuning stopped and said, "Your Highness Prince Rui, please."
Jiang Yu raised his eyebrows, glanced at her with a half-smile, and stepped into the room.
Yun Shuning breathed a sigh of relief and turned around to relax the muscles she had been holding all the way, when a slender hand reached out and pulled her in.
As the door closed, someone whispered in her ear, "Just now someone said that I am not capable?"
After saying that, he suddenly grabbed Yun Shuning's waist, turned her around, and lifted her onto the table.
With a clang, he swept the teacup on the table to the ground, which was particularly conspicuous in the quiet room.
Yun Shuning stared at him silently, and only felt relieved when he heard no footsteps approaching for a long while. He thought to himself that it was fortunate that the guest room he was led to was relatively quiet, and everyone was busy with the birthday party and didn't pay much attention to them.
When she raised her eyes again, she met a pair of dark eyes staring at her. Yun Shuning sensed danger in them and decided to strike first, pinching his waist: "Looking for trouble when there is nothing to do, that's clearly a strategy to fool the enemy."
There was a faint chuckle, and the person on the body said faintly: "Oh?"
Then she felt a weight on her body, and a faint cold fragrance mixed with the aroma of medicine covered her. The jade-like fingertips gently stroked her eyebrows, slid along her jawline to her snow-white neck, and then moved up to her earlobe and twisted it. The slightly itchy and numbing feeling immediately spread throughout her body like an electric shock. While this side was numb, the other earlobe suddenly hurt.
Someone has turned his head to her earlobe, rolled the small, round and white earlobe like a pearl between his teeth, fiddled with it several times, and then bit it gently.