Male Lead Is Always That Heartless

Chapter 41

Gu Yi heard the palace staff sing in the Heluo Hall, “His Majesty has arrived.”

She panicked, putting the ‘Book of Truth’ into a pearwood box.

She never expected Xiao Yan to arrive so quickly!

She walked quickly to the hall’s entrance, and when she saw that Xiao Yan had already stepped into the hall, she hurriedly bowed and said, “Greetings, Your Majesty. I wish Your Majesty a happy birthday!”

Xiao Yan saw her beautifully dressed today. She wore a long, flowing red dress and swaying hairpins with three precious beads. With a smile, he said, “Get up.”

Gu Yi keenly felt that Xiao Yan was in a good mood!

After all, it was the birthday boy. She smiled, “Did Your Majesty come here to take the gift? I made it painstakingly for many days and finally rushed to finish writing today!”

Xiao Yan lifted his robe and sat in the chair Gu Yi used to sit in the hall. “Oh, can you bring it to me so I can see it?”

“Yes.” Gu Yi handed the treasure box, “Your Majesty, please take a look.”

Xiao Yan took it, lifted the lid, and saw ‘The Book of Truth.’

Again, she was playing a trick.

He raised his eyebrows and asked, “The Book of Truth, what is the meaning of these words?”

Gu Yi softened her voice, “When I was young, I heard a countryside anecdote that there was a person of the Western Regions who compiled a book of true words, and if the person who holds the book has a question in his mind, he can hold it in his hand and ask a question in sincerity, and then turn the book over, and the annotation on the page he gets is the answer to this question.”

Xiao Yan laughed, “Lady of Fairness Gu’s countryside anecdotes are quite a lot, ah ……”

Gu Yi laughed, “Your Majesty, why don’t you try it and see if it’s accurate?”

Xiao Yan took the book and asked, “Will there be snowstorms this winter?”

Gu Yi listened to his question and nervously watched as his slender fingers flipped through the booklet and stopped at a page.

She stretched her neck and asked, “Your Majesty, what does it say?”

The corner of Xiao Yan’s mouth lifted lightly, “The wind won’t blow all day, and the snow will stop.”

Gu Yi laughed, “Your Majesty, look, it’s accurate!” Her luck was too good!

Xiao Yan lost his smile and said, “Gu Yi, you wouldn’t write a whole book full of flattering words?” As he spoke, he was going to go through the book.

He guessed right, but Gu Yi didn’t panic. She only reached out and hastily pressed his hand, which was about to turn the book: “Your Majesty, this is the book of the truth. One must have a real doubt in mind when turning the page. If you randomly turn the page, it won’t be accurate!” Chicken soup should be drunk at a critical time to be helpful!

Xiao Yan saw her talking righteously and was even more amused: “Okay. I’ll happily accept it since it’s Lady of Fairness Gu’s heart.”

Eunuch Gao, watching the whole process expressionlessly on the side, coldly snorted in his heart. One dares to speak while the other believes!

Lady of Fairness Gu is the most incredible fawner in the Great Mu Dynasty! Even he can’t catch up.

At Youshi (5-7 pm), the EmperorEmperor held the birthday feast in the Baohua Hall. Because of the winter, warm furnaces fumigated the four corners of the hall. The palace servants placed the lucky oranges next to the stove, filling the whole room with sweet fruit fragrance.

Gu Yi sat in a corner of the west side, close to the incense burner. The six palaces knew that the Ceremony Room removed Heluo Hall Lady of Fairness Gu’s jade plaque, so when people’s eyes swept over her, some implicit sympathy, some mockery, some ignored her and left. So what if she once was favored? She couldn’t serve in bed, couldn’t have a child, and her beauty would fade; it would be unbearable.

Gu Yi was utterly unaware. Holding a blessed orange, she focused on Consort Shu, who sat slightly above her.

Thickly powdered, Consort Shu’s jade face appeared even paler. Although she tried to maintain a light smile, her eyes still revealed a few dashes of helplessness. After all, Qi Huo was punished to reflect on his mistakes behind closed doors, which was a shame for the Qi family. Consort De sat on her side, but her face was increasingly rosy and looked even more proud.

Gu Yi lifted the cup and drank a mouthful of hot tea. She turned her eyes to Lady of Fairness Wang. The two had not met since she last visited the Heluo Hall to see her.

Lady of Fairness Wang took the initiative to exchange pleasantries, “I heard that my cousin, Wang Zibo, went to Fuzhou a few days ago to count the land tax. I wonder if Lady of Fairness Gu has heard about it?”

Gu Yi shook her head and said earnestly, “No, I rarely exchanged letters with home, so I don’t know.”

The Gu family never sent her letters; she didn’t know whether it was due to their official rank or cautious nature.

Lady of Fairness Wang nodded, “I heard that Fuzhou seems to be a bit warmer than the capital. It’s only November, and it’s already this cold.”

Gu Yi nodded, “That’s true. I have to hold a hot water bag every day to sleep.”

Lady of Fairness Wang smiled and turned her gaze to look at Lady of Fairness Gong on the other side and saw her in a new peony-colored dress, dressing up flamboyantly.

Lady of Fairness Wang rolled her eyes disdainfully. Gu Yi followed her line of sight and looked at Lady of Fairness Gong. In her heart, she could not help but sigh quietly. Aih, Lady of Fairness Gong Jieyu will have bad luck today -__-

Light a candle for her.

The drums and music played unison, and the green-gauzed dancers entered the stage. The Emperor sat atop the jade steps and watched the ten dancers dance in front of the steps.

Half a moment later, the light drum beat suddenly changed. Palace staff slowly pushed the wheel holding twelve wooden stakes into the Baohua Hall.

In the hall, twelve three-foot wooden stakes were erected on top of the green bricks, with red plum blossoms carved wrapped around the branches.

Plum Blossom Stage. Is this the Flying Sky Dance we saw in the previous Mid-Autumn Palace Banquet?

The crowd saw this and cast their eyes to Lady of Fairness Gong, who sat with her stiff face. That day, Lady of Fairness Gong’s dance was rewarded. Did Lady of Fairness Gong not dance today? So, who can dance that flying dance?

Gu Yi gazed at the Baohua Hall’s main door and saw a silhouette slowly entering the hall.

She’s here, she’s here, the female lead finally came to slap someone!

Zhao Wan wore neon clothing; her waist was as thin as a branch, and her skirt swayed. She tapped her toes and leaped onto the wooden stakes. Agile and fluttering, it was better than flying.

Lady of Fairness Gong tightly squeezed her embroidered handkerchief, her face still not daring to believe.

The rest of the people were gazing at Beauty Zhao on the stage. When the music stopped, the audience was silent, seemingly immersed in the dazzling dance for a long time, unable to extricate themselves.

Zhao Wan lightly landed on the ground and kowtowed, “Zhao Wan greets Your Majesty, wishing Your Majesty a long life.” Her voice was trembling with a slight gasp.

Xiao Yan’s face under the coronet-tasseled beads revealed a few points of interest: “Your Flying Dance is wonderful. However, I feel it was extraordinarily familiar. I don’t know why.”

When the words fell, Lady of Fairness Gong snatched: “His Majesty forgot it. I also danced like this at the mid-autumn banquet, and His Majesty even rewarded me with moon cake.”

Xiao Yan acted as if he genuinely did not remember, “Is that so?”

Lady of Fairness Wang saw the anxiety on Lady of Fairness Gong’s face and instantly understood in her heart. What a good trick of replacing the original with a fake! She squeezed her silk handkerchief and laughed softly, “Your Majesty is wise. I also felt familiar with Beauty Zhao’s dance. Not only the action, but even that body too.”

Lady of Fairness Wang appeared to be surprised and drew a breath of cold air, looking towards Lady of Fairness Gong. “Sister Gong, it can’t be that at the Mid-Autumn Festival dinner that day, the dancer was also Beauty Zhao, right ……?”

Bitch!

Lady of Fairness Gong laughed, “Sister Wang, are you talking nonsense because you drank too much peach blossom wine just now?”

She was still pretending!

Seeing her smiling face, Lady of Fairness Wang turned to ask Zhao Wan, who was still kneeling on the ground, “Beauty Zhao, what do you say? All the people in the Baohua Hall today will become your witness.”

Zhao Wan knelt on the ground. Her face was like a peach blossom, her cheeks thinly powdered, and her teeth lightly bit her lips. She revealed a hesitant expression but did not reply.

Only silence remained. But at this time, no sound was better than sound.

Lady of Fairness Gong’s eyebrows knitted, and she was about to speak when she heard Consort De say: “What’s the matter? Today is the birthday celebration, but you must create a scheming drama. If Beauty Zhao doesn’t want to talk, forget it.”

She turned to look at the Emperor and smiled sweetly, “What does Your Majesty say? There are still many programs later…”

After Consort De’s words, Lady of Fairness Gong secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Within the entire palace, no one would disobey Consort De’s wishes. She raised her eyes to look closely; the Emperor looked like he didn’t mind.

Time passed slowly —

“Sister Liu, this is not the right thing to say …….”

Consort De was startled at the words and looked around. Surprisingly, it was Consort Shu who always disliked the limelight.

Consort Shu chuckled and said: “Whether Beauty Zhao is willing to admit that she danced for Lady of Fairness Gong at the Mid-Autumn Festival or not, everyone present saw it. Can you tell if it was true or not?”

Her beautiful eyes flowed, and her line of sight fell on Zhao Wan momentarily before suddenly looking at Gu Yi.

“Beauty Zhao lives in the Heluo Hall and is like a sister to Lady of Fairness Gu. Perhaps something inconvenient to tell others is not for Lady of Fairness Gu.” She laughed softly. “Lady of Fairness Gu, what do you think?”

Lady of Fairness Gu wanted to say nothing! She only wants to be a melon eater!

Gu Yi saw the crowd’s gazes turn to herself in unison, and she nervously put down the half of a blessed orange she was pinching in her hand.

“Reporting back to Consort Shu, it’s true that Beauty Zhao did not mention today’s Flying Dance to me.” Please, please don’t come and mess with me!

Consort Shu’s eyebrows spread slightly, smiling delicately, “Then, according to sister Gu’s view, the person who dances the Flying Sky Dance at the Mid-Autumn Palace Banquet is Lady of Fairness Gong or Beauty Zhao?”

After Consort Shu said that, Lady of Fairness Gong and Beauty Zhao cast their eyes in unison, penetrating Gu Yi.

Gu Yi avoided the two gazes and smiled. “I was stupid. I was sitting too far away on the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival dinner. I did not see clearly and could not accurately say who it was.”

Zhao Wan was stunned, her lips slightly open, but she said nothing.

Consort Shu sighed in disappointment, “In that case ……”

Seeing that this matter was about to be put to rest, Gu Yi was anxious in her heart. She glanced at Zhao Wan again and saw that she did not intend to defend herself. There was no way out! This episode in the book was for Zhao Wan to shake her baggage. But right now, Zhao Wan didn’t want to, so she could only rely on herself to keep the main plot!

Gu Yi took a deep breath and said stiffly, “But …… if Consort Shu wants to know, I have a way.”

Consort Shu’s willowy eyebrows moved slightly, and she said with great interest, “Sister Gu, what is the way?”

Xiao Yan’s gaze was cold and clear as he looked towards her.

Gu Yi pondered momentarily and slowly said, “I once heard the Department of Production palace staff say that although the plum blossom stakes look no different on the outside, they are different on the inside. Because three of most stepped piles are copper pillars with pear wood on the outside, others can’t see the difference, and only dancers can see the copper flower prints on the piles. Dancers on that day can tell which three wooden piles have copper flower prints and the pattern…”

After Gu Yi finished speaking, the whole audience was silent. She lowered her head slightly in a low-key manner. My female lead, if you succeed, don’t forget me!