Chapter 83: Dog Eyes Look Down on People (Part )
Feng Dali noticed Su Liuyue's gaze and quickly whispered, "That's the fifth girl from the Zheng family, one of the girls with a mole at the corner of her right eye.
I thought she looked like a fairy, but who would have thought she had such a hot temper..."
One of the?
Su Liuyue asked: "Besides her, how many other girls have you seen with moles on the right corner of their eyes?"
Although this feature is rare, it is impossible that only one person among the more than one hundred unmarried girls has it.
"Including the fifth daughter of the Zheng family, I have seen a total of three..."
While they were talking, Guo and his companions had already got off the carriage.
Su Liuyue saw that Guo was looking at her impatiently, so she could only whisper, "Just wait and see. I'll find a chance to have my maid come find you later."
After saying that, he asked Feng Dali to open the carriage door and got out.
As soon as she walked to Guo's side, Guo whispered impatiently: "What are you dawdling about? Remember this, this is the Princess's residence, think carefully before you do anything!"
After saying that, he took Su Liuxue and the others into the mansion.
As Su Rou passed by her, she gave her a gloating look.
Su Liuyue was too lazy to pay attention to them and deliberately walked at the back.
The Princess's Mansion was of extraordinary grandeur. Along the way, servants led them and took them to the back garden.
After arriving at the destination, the servant bowed and said, "You can walk around first. If you need anything, just tell the servants in the mansion. We will have lunch on the other side of the lake, and someone will come to lead you there."
Seeing that he was about to leave after he finished speaking, Guo hurriedly stopped him and asked, "Excuse me, where is Her Royal Highness the Princess? We would like to go and pay our respects to Her Royal Highness the Princess first."
The servant immediately showed a polite but distant smile, looked Guo up and down, and said, "Her Royal Highness the Princess is entertaining guests in the front hall and is not available to come over yet. Madam Guo, please walk around here first. When the time comes, Her Royal Highness the Princess will come over."
What this meant was that they were not worthy of being received by Princess Changxi as soon as they arrived.
Guo's face froze. She felt hot under the servant's gaze. She gritted her teeth secretly, forced a smile and said, "I know. Thank you for your help."
After the servant left, Guo couldn't help but grit her teeth and said, "What a dog-eyed guy!"
Su Liuxue frowned slightly, "What kind of family would Princess Changxi personally go to receive these guests? There must be unmarried girls in their family..."
It’s impossible that the places for the princess’ students have been filled before the talent show even starts!
"Xue'er, stop talking nonsense."
Guo immediately whispered, "If the list had been decided long ago, the princess wouldn't have spread the word and asked the girls from all families to prepare their talents.
You just do your own thing."
There was no way. Su Weili was only a fifth-rank official. There were so many people ranked ahead of him, not to mention the royal relatives and noble families.
Su Liuxue could only bite her lip and say nothing more.
Seeing that they were still acting sneaky at this time, as if afraid that she would hear something, Su Liuyue couldn't help but raise her lips in amusement.
Just then, an excited voice came from not far away, "Cousin!"
Su Liuyue looked up and saw Xue Lingwan, who was wearing a pink top and a light blue folded skirt, jogging towards her, followed by Yun, who looked anxious and helpless.
They arrived just in time. Su Liuyue immediately turned to Guo and said, "Mother, my aunt and cousin are here. I'll go talk to them."
Guo was eager for her to stay away from them, and she didn't want to talk to the Xue family at all. She nodded perfunctorily and said, "Go, let Xingxiang follow you, so that your two maids won't be so reckless and rude."
Er Si and Er An immediately curled their lips secretly, and Su Liuyue just smiled and said: "Okay, mother is still thoughtful."
Then he turned and walked towards Yun and the others.
Fortunately, Xingxiang didn't actually want to follow her. She was far away from her and was just staring at her with her eyes.
The rest of the Xue family went to work or to the academy, so the last people to come to the lotus feast were Yun, Xue Lingwan and her eldest cousin Wang. Wang was pregnant and it was inconvenient for her to walk around, so Yun had arranged for her to sit in the pavilion.
After Xue Lingwan ran to Su Liuyue, she grabbed her hand and said with a blushing face, "Cousin, you look so beautiful today!"
Su Liuyue looked at her with a smile and said, "You look pretty too. Who helped you with this lily bun? It suits your face shape very well."
Xue Lingwan smiled a little embarrassedly, "My mother did it for me, cousin, my mother guessed you right. You only wore the jewelry that my mother bought for you.
A-niang also said that if she hadn’t forced you to buy some new jewelry, you might have gone to the banquet without any makeup on.”
My aunt really understood her.
Su Liuyue looked up at the sky silently.
Yun finally came up at this time and glanced at Xue Lingwan with some anger, as if accusing her of jumping around in an unbecoming manner. Her eyes soon moved to Su Liuyue, and she smiled helplessly and shook her head, saying, "Forget it, I guessed it would be like this. Fortunately, you inherited your mother's good foundation, and you look good no matter how you dress up.
You don't feel comfortable staying with the Su family, why don't you go out with us?"
Su Liuyue was naturally very happy to do so. She walked with them for a while. Seeing that it was almost lunch time and most of the guests had arrived, she made up an excuse to send Ersi to find Feng Dali to find out the situation.
Yun was old after all, and she was very tired after accompanying them for such a long time, so she wanted to go back to Wang to sit and rest. Before leaving, she couldn't help but repeatedly remind them, "This is the Princess's Mansion, you should be more restrained in everything you do. Liu Yue, you are my cousin, and you are more sensible than Wan'er, so my aunt is counting on you to help look after Wan'er.
If nothing unexpected happens, the talent show will be held after lunch. Wan'er, please memorize the music score when you have time, otherwise you will have a blank mind and won't be able to remember anything when you go up to the show."
Xue Lingwan pouted and said, "Mother, I've already told you, I don't want to go up and perform."
This talent show is a voluntary mechanism, and whether or not to perform depends entirely on personal willingness.
"It's a rare opportunity, we have to try it no matter what. It doesn't matter if your cousin doesn't want to go, but why do you say that?"
The Yun family really had no idea what to do with these two girls. Girls from other families who had some talent would not be willing to give up this opportunity.
Liu Yue had been taught half-heartedly by Guo before, so it was fine if he didn't want to improve himself, but why was his daughter Wan'er also so unmotivated?
Seeing Xue Lingwan pouting and looking at her coquettishly, Yun was helpless and finally said, "Forget it, it's up to you to decide whether to go up or not. Mother doesn't want to care about the two of you anymore."
After saying that, he turned and left in annoyance.
Su Liuyue looked at her little cousin with amusement and said, "I heard from my aunt that you are very good at playing the guqin. Why don't you go up and try your best?"
After all, being able to be Princess Changxi's student is indeed a great opportunity.
"I know myself well. There are so many noble ladies in the capital. My skills are not even in the middle."
Xue Lingwan took Su Liuyue's hand affectionately and said, "My father and mother don't expect me to marry into a wealthy family to help support the family, so why should I work so hard?
I think my cousin is at a disadvantage. She is so good at investigating cases and making pastries, but she can't talk about these things in public. In my opinion, these talents of hers are much more practical than playing the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting."
Su Liuyue looked at her with amusement, and suddenly raised her eyebrows and said, "Didn't you say before that you wanted to know how I investigate cases?"
Xue Lingwan was stunned. "Yes, what happened?"
"Isn't the opportunity here?"
Su Liuyue blinked and said, "To be honest, a big part of the reason I came here today is to investigate the case, and you can just give me a hand."
Xue Lingwan was stunned for a moment before she digested Su Liuyue's words. Her eyes suddenly lit up and she said excitedly, "Really?!"
Before Su Liuyue could speak, Ersi came back and said, "Miss, Mr. Feng said that he stood at the gate of the Princess's Mansion for the whole morning and saw eight women with moles on their right eyes.
Among the thirty-three families, there were five women, but two of them were quite old, and only three of them really met the characteristics of the person they were looking for.
Now it’s almost lunch time, and all the guests who were supposed to come have arrived, so there shouldn’t be any missed guests.”
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