GTB Chapter 149

Chapter 151: He… must be very angry!

“Were these prepared by His Highness?” Jiang Jiuchu’s slender white fingers touched the yellow petals, unknowingly interrupting Lu Luo’s words.

“Yes, yesterday afternoon, His Highness instructed Aunt Xing to arrange them.”

Lu Yi was shocked yesterday, never expecting that Seventh Highness would be so eager to please her young lady.

Such a room filled with flowers and hung with red silk, probably no woman wouldn’t like it or be moved by it, but would their young lady, who already loves flowers, be moved?

Jiang Jiuchu stood up, stepping on the petals scattered on the ground, and walked towards the center of the room, looking at the expensive flowers placed everywhere in the room, some scattered one by one, some gathered in bunches.

The entire room was filled with floral fragrance, and the red silk fluttered gently.

After she looked around, a hint of regret gradually crept into her eyes. She shouldn’t have drunk alcohol last night, and she definitely shouldn’t have gotten drunk…

“Where is His Highness? Is he in the residence?”

She felt that although these decorations could also be used tonight, it was ultimately a betrayal of Shí Yan’s good intentions last night. Should she apologize?

Lu Luo said with a deflated expression: “His Highness was ordered to go to Dan City. Mu Feng said it may take one or two months to return.”

“Go to Dan City? One or two months?” Jiang Jiuchu’s expression froze, and she immediately stood up and asked, “Has he already left? When did he depart?”

This news was too sudden for her. She had never heard Shí Yan mention leaving Kyoto.

What urgent matter made him leave in such a hurry? He didn’t even have time to say hello to her.

“He left long ago.” Lu Luo said, supporting Jiang Jiuchu’s arm and helping her sit down again, with a solemn expression:

“Miss, please sit down and listen to me finish speaking. Last night, it was His Highness who picked you up from the Ji residence and carried you all the way back.”

Jiang Jiuchu looked puzzled when she heard this. “Carried me all the way back? No carriage? Why didn’t he take a carriage? Did I drink very late last night?”

“Miss drank until the middle of *Mao* hour [5-7am], and His Highness carried you all the way back.”

Lu Luo quickly answered Jiang Jiuchu’s question and continued: “But what I want to say is not this, but that Miss misspoke after drinking.”

She looked at Jiang Jiuchu’s instantly astonished expression and lowered her voice a little: “Last night when His Highness was carrying Miss, Miss kept muttering about Young Master Fu. His Highness was angry and probably guessed that you have someone else in your heart.”

Jiang Jiuchu’s small face froze instantly because of Lu Luo’s words, and after a long while, she slowly opened her mouth, “I… how… how did I mutter?”

Lu Luo repeated Jiang Jiuchu’s words last night word for word, and said worriedly:

“When Miss said sorry last night, your voice was still choked with sobs, so this matter is probably not easy to smooth over.”

Jiang Jiuchu couldn’t remember the words Lu Luo repeated at all, so she had to ask again: “Did His Highness say anything? Was he… very angry?”

Lu Luo shook her head. “He didn’t say anything? When I wanted to remind Miss, His Highness glared at me, and that look almost scared my soul away.

“His Highness went to sleep in the study last night, he must be extremely angry.”

Jiang Jiuchu’s eyes shook when she heard this. He actually slept in the study?

She pursed her lips and continued to ask Lu Luo, “Did anything else happen? Is there anything you didn’t finish saying?”

“Nothing else.” Lu Luo shook her head.

“Okay, go fetch water for washing your face!” Jiang Jiuchu ordered, then walked to the bronze mirror and sat down.

Seeing this, Lu Yi hurried over and picked up the peach wood comb to help her young lady comb her hair.

Jiang Jiuchu reached out and touched a bunch of gardenias on the dressing table, her eyes gradually falling into contemplation.

He… must be very angry! Otherwise, why wouldn’t he even enter the room?

Yes, if she really spoke in that tone last night, anyone could hear that something was wrong. Someone as proud and aloof as him probably can’t tolerate even a grain of sand in his eyes.

Lu Luo was right. This matter probably wouldn’t be easy to smooth over even if she wanted to.

Moreover, Shí Yan wasn’t someone she could easily fool. If she tried to cover it up forcibly, she might risk making things worse.

Should she tell him the truth when he comes back? But can this matter be told truthfully?

Jiang Jiuchu looked at herself in the bronze mirror, feeling conflicted for a moment, not knowing what to do.

Seeing the worried look on Jiang Jiuchu’s face in the bronze mirror, Lu Yi hesitated and said: “Miss, are you… still thinking about Young Master Fu? Don’t you like Seventh Highness at all?”

Hearing this, Jiang Jiuchu raised her eyes and looked at Lu Yi combing her hair in the bronze mirror, “No, now that I’m married, I won’t have any more thoughts about Brother Fu.”

If she might have had some illusions at the beginning, she doesn’t have any now. As for Shí Yan… she doesn’t seem to dislike him either.

Lu Luo pursed her lips, but ultimately swallowed the words that came to her mouth. She felt that not having thoughts didn’t mean not liking Young Master Fu.

“Miss… don’t worry too much. Why don’t you go back to the Jiang residence and ask the Madam?” Lu Yi felt that this matter could be big or small. The Madam has been through things and always understands more than they do, maybe she can give some advice.

Hearing this, Jiang Jiuchu’s eyes lit up. That’s right! She can ask her mother. Her mother definitely understands men better than she does.

If that doesn’t work, she’ll ask her father and brother. They are men after all, and men must understand men.

Thinking like this, after eating breakfast, she arranged for someone to prepare a carriage and return to the Jiang residence.

In Madam Ye’s room in the Jiang residence, Shí Qingya looked at Jiang Jiuchu and asked, “Wasn’t Seventh Brother supposed to depart in two days? Why did he leave today?”

“In two days?” Jiang Jiuchu’s heart skipped a beat when she heard this.

Shí Qingya nodded, “Yes, I heard your brother say it. Maybe Seventh Brother is in a hurry! After all, the people in Dan City have lost their homes and are displaced. Going there one day earlier will allow him to start flood discharge and reconstruction sooner, and appease the people’s hearts.”

Jiang Jiuchu nodded in a daze, thinking that even if he was in a hurry, he should have had time to say a word to her. It seems that Shí Yan is really angry.

She suddenly felt a little unsure in her heart, not knowing if Shí Yan was just temporarily angry, or if he would…?

Madam Ye looked at her daughter, “Chu’er, wouldn’t it be bad for you to return to your parents’ home as soon as His Highness leaves?”

“Mother, it’s okay, I’ll go back earlier.”

After Jiang Jiuchu finished speaking, she looked at the two of them and said, “Mother, sister-in-law, perhaps His Highness was angered by me and left early.”

Shí Qingya and Madam Ye looked at Jiang Jiuchu in surprise when they heard this, and asked in unison: “Why?”

They didn’t think Jiang Jiuchu was someone who would be unreasonable and able to anger someone to the point of leaving early.

“Because after I got drunk last night, I said some things I shouldn’t have said.”

After Jiang Jiuchu told the two of them what happened, she looked at her mother and sister-in-law, “That’s what happened. I didn’t even know His Highness left this morning. I only found out from Lu Luo that he went to Dan City.”

Madam Ye and Shí Qingya’s expressions became a little serious when they heard this, and they didn’t say anything for a while.

Madam Ye thought for a while and sighed, “Then it seems that Seventh Highness is indeed angry. Otherwise, he should have told you even if he was in a hurry.”

After she finished speaking, she asked Jiang Jiuchu, “Are you still thinking about Song Fuge in your heart?”

“No.” Jiang Jiuchu quickly denied, and she didn’t know how to explain this.

What do you mean by thinking about him? She only has memories, but not much thought!

After all, memories can’t be forgotten, but since she married into the Seventh Prince’s residence, she hasn’t been heartbroken or lost her appetite for Brother Fu, nor does she have the intention to continue their relationship.

She doesn’t know why she called out to Brother Fu after getting drunk? Maybe her thoughts went back to when she was rescued!

After all, her memories of the two times she encountered misfortune were very deep, especially the time she was kidnapped as a child.

Madam Ye blamed and looked at her daughter, “You! Just wait! When a man gets jealous, he’s not as easy to coax as a woman, especially since your jealousy is not small. If you don’t put in some effort, you probably won’t be able to coax him well!”