Chapter 303: 32. Li Su Guoer

32. Li Su Guoer's Coquettish Anger

Even if he is straight.

Magistrate Ouyang Rong also knew that women like romantic surprises.

Following the direction Li Dalu pointed, Magistrate Ouyang Rong carried the red umbrella, topped the starry night, and came to a lake by the back garden.

He looked up and saw two courtyards standing ahead.

Both courtyards had a boudoir tower.

Among these two boudoir courtyards by the lake, in the left one, the boudoir tower was brightly lit. Looking through the paper window, there was faintly a woman's silhouette, and the courtyard gate was open.

In the right boudoir courtyard, it was pitch black, the courtyard gate was tightly closed, and it was quiet.

Two boudoir courtyards, one bright and one dark, were in sharp contrast, quite conspicuous by the lake.

Magistrate Ouyang Rong had heard Chenjun Xie Chenjun Xie Lingjiang chat and say that, like the Su Mansion in Longcheng, in Prince Xunyang Prince's Mansion, she and Li Su Guoer lived next to each other, each with an independent boudoir courtyard.

It seems to be true.

"Found it."

Magistrate Ouyang Rong nodded lightly.

He walked lightly, specifically bypassing the brightly lit left boudoir courtyard, and came to the gate of the quiet right boudoir courtyard.

Magistrate Ouyang Rong leaned the red oil-paper umbrella against the tightly closed courtyard gate and turned to leave.

After walking a few steps, he paused slightly, turned his head to look at the red umbrella leaning alone against the door panel.

And looked at this pitch-black courtyard, which seemed to be a pedestrian path with many people during the day.

Going to the left boudoir courtyard of Li Su Guoer seemed to also pass by the gate of junior sister's boudoir courtyard.

Magistrate Ouyang Rong returned to the gate, took the umbrella again, and seeing that there was no one around, he carried the umbrella and climbed over the wall.

Climbing into the courtyard, Magistrate Ouyang Rong looked around. In the night, he roughly saw swings, zither stands, and pitch-pot games in the courtyard.

Junior sister also opened a small field in the southeast corner of the courtyard, with a cluster of chrysanthemums standing in the frost, very elegant.

Magistrate Ouyang Rong smiled, walked to the boudoir tower that only had two lanterns hanging in front of the door, and put the red umbrella down again.

Leaning against the white wall beside the tower door.

Letting out a light breath, he turned and left.

"Hmm, let's see how many umbrellas I make before you return."

Li Su Guoer was a bit tired.

In a luxurious mansion in Chaisang Ward, in a certain luxurious hall for poetry and singing.

She knelt on the seat at the very top, looking at the scholars and talents at the banquet below, a hint of fatigue and boredom appeared on her pretty face under the thin veil.

Li Su Guoer suddenly stood up, said softly, and left the poetry society gathering early.

Leaving behind a group of scholars and talents at the banquet looking at her noble back in a daze, their expressions either lost, disappointed, or uneasy...

Li Su Guoer didn't care about these.

Perhaps in normal times when she was energetic during the day, she would still politely and courteously take care of everyone's feelings.

But now, the Chrysanthemum Poetry Society gathering she had casually organized had been held so many times that she was truly losing patience.

Surrounded by beautiful maids, walking in the corridor, Li Su Guoer rubbed her slightly frowning eyebrows with her fingertips.

She glanced at the sky outside the corridor and whispered: "Still in time."

"Your Highness, where are we going now?"

"Return to the mansion."

"Yes."

Shortly after, there was a carriage pulled by four tall horses on the street, moving slowly toward Prince Xunyang Prince's Mansion.

On the stable carriage, there were bright lights, and Li Su Guoer leaned lazily on the soft cushion.

After being quiet for a while, she took out a small booklet and a brush, and started writing.

This plum-blossom-makeup little princess wrote while muttering:

"Chen Shi-yin of Yangzhou, arrogant, strong on the outside but weak on the inside, not worth using...

"Yue Yue Ziang of Hongzhou, fierce as fire, outspoken, but brave without strategy, hating evil but incompetent, but this person hates the Great Zhou and strongly supports the restoration of Li Li Qian, his attitude is firm, looking at the situation, barely usable.

"Taiyuan, Wei Wenchuan, a collateral descendant of the Wei clan, eccentric and absurd, cunning and treacherous, mainly too opportunistic, this person cannot be recommended, cannot let him stay by father and Dalu's side.

"Need to find an excuse that won't be held a grudge against, and send him away..."

Li Su Guoer held the scroll in one hand and the brush in the other, occasionally using the ink-dipped brush to circle and mark on the scroll in her hand, seemingly waiting to be decided.

I saw that on this small booklet, there were densely recorded names in her pretty and upright small regular script.

There were many names on it that were directly crossed out with an ink line, and there were also a few names that were circled casually, seemingly waiting to be decided.

This was the result of Li Su Guoer's busy work for one or two months since the end of last year, enduring the cold, pride, and preference for quiet.

Among the scholars and talents she met and saw, except for two or three who barely passed and were barely usable, and could join the Chrysanthemum Poetry Society she had originally expected to establish.

The others were all crooked melons and cracked dates, not worth using, hard to plot big things.

Not to mention producing a world-shaking talent, not comparing to the white-haired girl in Magistrate Ouyang Magistrate Ouyang Lianghan's room in her brother's study, who was smart and quite city-minded, which made her interested.

Li Su Guoer threw the name booklet onto the soft carpet, and she lifted the curtain with her little finger, staring at the passing night scenery outside the window.

Li Su Guoer bit her lip with a few pearly teeth, and was in a daze.

It seems that not all officials demoted to Jiangzhou are like Magistrate Ouyang Magistrate Ouyang Lianghan, pearls covered in dust, hidden dragons in the abyss.

And their family, being able to meet him when he was at his lowest point while living in Longcheng, counts as hitting the jackpot.

Just like a child picking up a pearl by the roadside and being able to bring it home safely, it is truly rare and not to be met again.

It might also be the cause and effect of that prophecy by the old Daoist Yuan of the Maoshan Shangqing Sect.

"The noble person in fate... hidden dragon in the abyss, holding the bright moon out, being an official and then resigning... sharing wealth and hardship..."

The dim lights on the street hit Li Su Guoer's pretty face, flickering.

She watched the night scenery outside the window for a while, as if she had figured something out, and suddenly turned her head:

"Carriage faster, faster return to the mansion."

"Yes, Your Highness."

The coachman and beautiful maids outside immediately agreed.

The bun-faced little maid wasn't by Li Su Guoer's side. During the banquet not long ago, when talking about the topic of a certain poetry master, she was sent back to find a certain rare poetry collection.

Looking at it now, it's not needed.

Li Su Guoer abandoned the poetry society, her autumn eyes brightened, looking at the Prince Xunyang Prince's Mansion that faintly revealed the eaves in the distance.

It hasn't arrived yet. It should be in time for the regular discussion Magistrate Ouyang Rong and their family agreed upon.

"Hmm, temporarily don't care about that matter,"

The plum-blossom-makeup little girl pressed the corners of her lips and muttered:

"Giving away the gift someone gave, and not saying hello, it's really rude, so this princess also let you miss an appointment once, missing one session a few days ago, it counts as even, Magistrate Ouyang Magistrate Ouyang Lianghan."

She nodded satisfactorily.

After the birthday banquet of Chenjun Xie sister ended, when Chenjun Xie sister returned to the boudoir tower at night, Li Su Guoer, who was preparing to close the window to sleep, saw on the boudoir tower that Chenjun Xie sister was wearing a familiar fox-fur shawl, not knowing what she had experienced at the birthday banquet.

This fox-fur shawl was picked by Li Su Guoer "reluctantly" at her mother's request and sent to Magistrate Ouyang Magistrate Ouyang Lianghan.

This also caused the sound of her closing the window that night to be much louder, just don't know if Chenjun Xie Chenjun Xie Lingjiang discovered it.

Anyway, after that day, Li Su Guoer's pretty face was cold for two days, and later, during a night discussion in the study, she "happened" to be unable to return from a poetry society in Chaisang Ward.

Two cups of tea later, the carriage Li Su Guoer was riding in drove into the low-key and luxurious back gate of Prince Xunyang Prince's Mansion.

"Su Guoer is back? Why so early?"

Li Su Guoer just stepped into the flower hall, took off the goose-yellow scarf, and handed it to the beautiful maid standing by, when she saw her mother welcoming her with a smile.

Wei Mei happened to be in the flower hall too.

"Hmm, the poetry society ended early, nothing to do, so I came back."

Li Su Guoer answered as if nothing had happened, and asked without a sound:

"Hasn't he come yet? When will it start."

While speaking, two beautiful maids walked in, skillfully draped a warm light-green upper shirt over the plum-blossom-makeup little girl who had returned home, Li Su Guoer changed her clothes, and walked toward the door, wanting to go to the study.

But she immediately heard her mother's shaking head sound behind her:

"Su Guoer, Tan Lang has just left. He came a bit early today, seeing you weren't there, he started early..."

Li Su Guoer's footsteps paused slightly.

The beautiful maids standing by the door seemed to see the expression of a certain little princess, and quickly lowered their heads and buried their chests, as if they didn't dare to look more.

Inside and outside the flower hall, with her stopping, it was quiet for a while.

"Su Guoer..."

"Oh." Li Su Guoer suddenly responded, turned her head and smiled shallowly at her mother:

"A bit tired today, daughter is going back to rest, mother good night."

Wei Mei and the others in the flower hall looked curiously at Li Su Guoer's back as she walked away calmly.

Li Su Guoer left the flower hall and returned to the boudoir courtyard, expressionless.

Her footsteps walked faster and faster, faster and faster.

There was a night wind from the Great River blowing over, and the wind chimes hanging on the eaves of the corridor rang, the sound crisp, but couldn't catch up with her footsteps.

At the corner ahead, the figure of a certain bun-faced little maid suddenly appeared.

Sister Caishou was holding a poetry collection and walked toward her.

Just crossing the corner, as soon as they met, the two brushed past each other.

Young lady?

Sister Caishou only felt the cold wind blowing at her face, was stunned for a moment, habitually walked out two more steps, then turned her little head and shouted at Li Su Guoer's quiet back:

"Young lady, why did you come back? Did the poetry gathering end so fast? Hmm, the maid found the rare poetry collection that the young masters of the poetry gathering wanted to see."

Li Su Guoer didn't make a sound.

Young lady?

Sister Caishou scratched her head, asked carefully: "Why did the young lady ask this, did Young Master Magistrate Ouyang make you angry again?"

"No, just curious."

Li Su Guoer shook her head, corrected: "This princess didn't get angry, why would this princess get angry, not worth it."

After speaking, she didn't take the rare poetry collection handed over by Sister Caishou, and turned to leave.

Li Su Guoer continued to return to the boudoir courtyard, but her footsteps finally slowed down and returned to normal.

After arriving in Prince Xunyang City, Jiangzhou, she faintly noticed that Magistrate Ouyang Magistrate Ouyang Lianghan was deliberately ignoring and being cold to her.

Li Su Guoer recalled carefully, and found that apart from that bowl of water floating with half a sausage at the beginning, there was no offense to him.

In order to invite him into the mansion to participate in the planning, she, who had been pampered, followed her mother to cook in the kitchen, making cooling ice drinks.

Those iced watermelons were all picked by her, rolling up her skirt, squatting in the field, carefully picking the ones with few seeds.

And Magistrate Ouyang Magistrate Ouyang Lianghan's first entry into the mansion, showing his attitude, walked into the study of her brother Li Li Fusu to plan, not knowing who he was secretly warning and guarding against.

Li Su Guoer endured it, didn't care, anyway, her brother and she were born of the same mother, and they were close.

From childhood to adulthood, although she was spoiled and liked to bully her honest and simple brother, she never allowed outsiders to bully her brother.

He planned to build a pagoda at Donglin Temple and create auspicious signs. She spared no effort to cooperate, taking out her birthday gift and the money in her boudoir treasury.

He was promoted to Jiangzhou Registrar, she followed her father and brother to send a promotion gift, specifically shopping through the East Market of Prince Xunyang, carefully picking out a rare fox-fur shawl from Liaodong without any impurities to give away.

And before this, Li Su Guoer had never given a gift to any man other than her father and brother, and others were the ones who came to send birthday gifts to her.

But what did this get in the end? It was still his disregard and contempt.

Now the regular discussion night meeting of Prince Xunyang Prince's Mansion, he didn't wait for a moment, excluding her, as if he felt it didn't matter whether she was there or not.

In other words, her father and brother's confidants were not her confidants.

Father, brother, and mother didn't treat her as an outsider, but he was good, directly treating her as an outsider.

In order to invite him into the mansion as a consultant, she, who lived in luxury, followed her mother to cook and make iced drinks to relieve the heat.

Could it be that this guy was straightforward in admonishing Princess Princess Changle, and hated this kind of pampered and arrogant princess,

Thinking she would also become as pampered and arrogant as her aunt Princess Princess Changle?

Apart from this reason that could barely make sense, Li Su Guoer really couldn't think of why Magistrate Ouyang Rong would act like this.

As for the other possibility, Chenjun Xie sister.

Li Su Guoer didn't think this Chenjun Xie sister would speak ill of people behind their backs, although she was faintly a big vinegar jar who guarded food.

"Sharing hardship, sharing wealth, Magistrate Ouyang Magistrate Ouyang Lianghan, if you act like this, this princess really can't think of what else we can share in hardship and wealth."

It seemed that she knew her young lady was in a bad mood, so the maids like Sister Caishou didn't dare to follow, and were shaken off by Li Su Guoer.

Shortly after, Li Su Guoer returned to the familiar lake by the garden.

She straightened her face and passed through Chenjun Xie Chenjun Xie Lingjiang's courtyard, walked directly into the right boudoir courtyard, pushed the door and entered, passed through a cluster of newly planted chrysanthemums, and prepared to push the door into the tower.

The next moment, Li Su Guoer's movements paused, and she turned her head to look at the red paper umbrella leaning against the gate.

She looked around the quiet courtyard.

The plum-blossom-makeup little girl tilted her head slightly, picked up the red umbrella, and opened it to look.

There seemed to be words on the umbrella surface.

Borrowing the hazy light from the lanterns in front of the door, she lowered her eyes to look:

"You are very beautiful, I can't forget..."

The air in front of the door was incomparably quiet.

Li Su Guoer lowered her head and couldn't see her expression, but her earlobes were gradually covered with a blush like rouge.

It was Magistrate Ouyang Magistrate Ouyang Lianghan's familiar handwriting.

(End of chapter)

Not long after, Li Su Guoer returned to the familiar lakeside in the garden.

She walked through Chenjun Xie Chenjun Xie Lingjiang's courtyard with a straight face, walked directly into the boudoir on the right, pushed the door and entered, walked through a patch of newly planted chrysanthemums, and prepared to push the door into the building.

The next moment, Li Su Guoer stopped, turned her head, and looked at a red paper umbrella leaning against the gate.

She looked around the silent courtyard.

The little girl with plum blossom makeup tilted her head slightly, picked up the red umbrella, and unfolded it to examine it.

There seemed to be words on the umbrella surface.

Borrowing the dim light from the lantern in front of the door, she lowered her eyes to look:

"You are very beautiful, I find it hard to forget..."

The air in front of the door was extremely quiet.

Li Su Guoer lowered her head and couldn't see her expression, but her earlobes were gradually covered with a blush like rouge.

It was Magistrate Ouyang Magistrate Ouyang Lianghan's familiar handwriting.

(End of chapter)