GTB Chapter 59
by VolareJi Shutíng’s eyes twinkled with a smile, looking quite intrigued. “Then you really don’t understand.”
“This Hundred Flowers Banquet, ah! It’s what countless young ladies and noble sons are looking forward to. So many people are waiting for this day, hoping to catch the eye of someone they admire!”
“Oh?” Jiang Jiuchu was a little curious. “Could it be that this Hundred Flowers Banquet is a large matchmaking event?”
“Pretty much! Anyway, it’s quite interesting, especially the flower throwing; that’s simply a battlefield.”
Thinking that Gu Changxuan would be at today’s Hundred Flowers Banquet, Ji Shutíng felt a flutter in her heart for no reason. She wondered who he would throw his flower to? Could she attract his attention?
Although Jiang Jiuchu didn’t quite understand, it did sound like a scene of vying for attention. “Alright! It has nothing to do with me anyway.”
“That’s true, you’re already the Seventh Prince’s person.” Ji Shutíng blurted out without thinking.
“Shutíng, what are you saying? What do you mean I’m his person? We’re not married, nor engaged, how did I become his person?”
“Alright, alright, I misspoke, okay!” Ji Shutíng felt that it was practically a done deal, so how could it not count? But since Jiuchu didn’t like hearing it, she could only admit her mistake.
The crowd entered the palace gates one after another. On the long palace road, officials greeted each other, and ladies whispered in pairs, a rare lively scene, unlike the usual long and deserted atmosphere.
The Hundred Flowers Banquet was set up in a wide area next to the garden, filled with the fragrance of flowers. The distant lake surface was a lush green with gentle ripples, a beautiful sight.
When the crowd arrived at the banquet, the palace maids and eunuchs had already set up the venue and were serving fruits and snacks one after another.
“Jiuchu, it’s your first time entering the palace, shall I take you for a stroll nearby?” Ji Shutíng scanned around, not seeing the person she wanted to see, so she wanted to pull Jiang Jiuchu to take a walk nearby.
“Isn’t the banquet about to start?” Jiang Jiuchu didn’t really want to wander around; she wasn’t in the mood at all. Her mind was filled with thoughts of why Song Fuge had disappeared for several days in a row.
Ji Shutíng hooked her arm with Jiang Jiuchu’s. “Hey, let’s go! It’s still almost half an hour before it starts, there’s plenty of time! Besides, there will be seats for you at the banquet later.”
Madam Ye, who was standing beside them, smiled and said, “Go on! It’s rare to enter the palace, go for a stroll with Shutíng. I’ll also have your sister-in-law take me to admire the palace gardens.”
“Okay, I’ll take Mother to take a walk.” Shí Qingya said, hooking her arm with Madam Ye’s as they walked to the side.
“Let’s go, we’re going to an interesting place.” Ji Shutíng directly pulled Jiang Jiuchu into the garden path, heading towards a remote spot on the inside.
“This is the interesting place you were talking about?” Jiang Jiuchu looked at the rockery with flowing water in front of her, thinking that the scenery was good, but what did it have to do with ‘interesting’?
“You’ll know when you get there.” Jiang Jiuchu was led by Ji Shutíng around to the back of the rockery.
Only then did she discover that there was a small viewing platform behind the rockery, built against it and at the same height.
After the two climbed up, Li Shutíng said with a mysterious expression, “I’ll show you what’s interesting later.”
This was a place she had accidentally discovered last year. Not many people came up to the small viewing platform, but within a hundred meters below this viewing platform, there were quite a few ‘scenes’ to see!
Jiang Jiuchu was admiring the beautiful scenery in front of her when she heard Ji Shutíng’s extremely soft voice of excitement, “Here it comes, here it comes, Jiuchu, look quickly.”
“What’s coming?” Jiang Jiuchu was a little confused.
“Shhh.” Ji Shutíng quickly made a gesture of silence towards Jiang Jiuchu, then pointed to the rockery below to the right and pulled Jiang Jiuchu down to squat.
Jiang Jiuchu looked down curiously and saw a man holding a woman, as if they hadn’t seen each other for a long time.
From the top-down view, she couldn’t see their faces clearly, but Jiang Jiuchu felt an unusual familiarity.
The woman’s voice began to be heard below, “Second Prince, Yu’er really misses you.”
“I miss you too.” The man said, and then impatiently kissed the woman, his hands wantonly wandering on the woman’s back, until… her chest.
Upon seeing this, Jiang Jiuchu quickly covered her eyes. Oh my god! Could this be the interesting thing Ji Shutíng was talking about?
This, this, this, is this something you can watch without paying?
She opened her fingers slightly, looking at the two people below who were kissing intimately, her little face a little red. It was the first time she had seen people being so intimate.
She unconsciously thought of Song Fuge saying he wanted to kiss her several times. Could this be how he wanted to kiss her?
Jiang Jiuchu swallowed her saliva and thought to herself, it’s a good thing she didn’t let him kiss her, this is too embarrassing.
However, the viewers of this scene were not just the two of them. There was also a dark blue figure leaning against a large tree not far away, and they… were also within his view.
“Shutíng, you really have a way, I didn’t expect you to have this kind of hobby.” Jiang Jiuchu couldn’t bear to watch any longer and turned away in shame.
“Hey! Miscalculated today, who would have thought these two would be so bold! The last time I watched it was much more conservative, the woman was all shy, and the man was full of sweet words, which was interesting to watch. It wasn’t like these two who just started right away.”
Ji Shutíng felt a little wronged. She had originally brought Jiang Jiuchu to see the interesting interaction between a man and a woman, but it had turned into a scene unsuitable for young girls.
“Let’s hurry up and leave after they’re gone, so we won’t be embarrassed if we’re discovered.” Jiang Jiuchu felt a little guilty for eavesdropping on other people’s privacy.
The woman’s voice sounded again below, “At this banquet, can Your Highness ask the Emperor to marry me as your concubine? That way I can see Your Highness every day.”
Liu Shuyu tidied her messy clothes and looked at the man in front of her with a charming expression.
She must become a concubine. After all, the current Second Prince is a promising candidate for the next crown prince. If she, a daughter of a vice minister’s household, marries him, whether she becomes a prince’s concubine or a crown prince’s concubine, it would be a step up for her.
“Okay, Yu’er, go back first!” Shí Jin casually agreed. After all, it was easy for his palace to keep a woman, but he couldn’t guarantee whether she would be a concubine.
“They’re gone, let’s go down too!” Jiang Jiuchu stood up and walked down.
However, just as Ji Shutíng and Jiang Jiuchu came down from the viewing platform, a person came out from the side and blocked their way, startling the two women pale.
“Ladies, did you enjoy the show?”
They really didn’t expect that this person knew they were eavesdropping on top, and still kissed so passionately as if nothing had happened.
Jiang Jiuchu looked at the person in front of her and immediately remembered that this person was the one who jumped on the ship that day.
Shí Jin looked at Jiang Jiuchu and also felt that she looked familiar, but he couldn’t remember where he had seen her. He thought to himself, if he had seen such a beautiful woman, he shouldn’t have forgotten her.
After a long while, he finally seemed to remember why she looked familiar.
“Greetings, Second Prince.” From her previous angle, Ji Shutíng had not seen the man’s face clearly. She never expected that it would be the lustful and sinister Second Prince. No wonder they were kissing so… ‘boldly’.
Upon hearing this, Jiang Jiuchu also quickly followed suit with a salute.
A smirk appeared on Shí Jin’s face, “Not bad, you still recognize this Prince. Why don’t you two tell me why you were eavesdropping? Could it be that you admire me and want me to… cherish you a bit.”
As he spoke, his eyes narrowed slightly, and a pair of slender eyes stared straight at Jiang Jiuchu, his eyes unrestrained.