GTB Chapter 157

Chapter 159: Does it count as a welcome?

Chapter 159: Does it count as a welcome?

While quickly removing the two simple pearl hairpins from Jiang Jiuchu’s hair, Green Willow said, “Miss, shall I do a lily bun hairstyle for you?”

“Okay, but be quick about it.” Jiang Jiuchu thought the lily bun was ethereal and gentle, and it would indeed go well with that charming lotus-root-pink pearl and jade dress.

“Alright, I’m very quick! Don’t worry, Miss.” After saying that, Green Willow skillfully took down the original high sideburns.

Jiang Jiuchu looked at herself in the mirror, pursing her lips nervously, feeling a little uneasy inside.

Although she and Shí Yan had been together for more than two months, their communication was limited, and her understanding of Shí Yan was not comprehensive.

But her mother said that as long as she followed those so-called Seventy-Two Strategies, it would definitely work, but there were some strategies that she still couldn’t do.

Oh well! No matter what, she’ll first give Shí Yan a “long-awaited surprise,” then see his reaction!

She picked up a small pink porcelain box from the side, opened the porcelain lid, and inside was a tangerine-pink rouge that had never been used.

Jiang Jiuchu gently dabbed a little on her fingertip with her little finger and smeared it on her already rosy lips.

After applying it, she felt that it was too obvious at a glance, so she wiped some off with her index finger, leaving only a faint, inconspicuous layer.

Green Bamboo, who was holding the clothes and waiting, saw that her young lady had only applied lipstick and asked, “Miss, aren’t you going to apply some rouge?”

“No, too much is as bad as too little.” Jiang Jiuchu was actually a little embarrassed to dress up too obviously. Makeup and clothes were different; the clothes were originally made by Lady Jin for her to wear, but she had never put on makeup in front of Shí Yan.

“Miss is naturally beautiful. Changing into this set of clothes is already charming enough. If you apply rouge again, it will be too flirtatious, and you will lose Miss’s original beauty.”

“Okay, you’re right.” Green Bamboo knew that she was not as good as Green Willow in terms of aesthetics, so she directly spread out the clothes in her hands and held them up, so that Jiang Jiuchu could quickly put them on after she finished her hairstyle.

At the gate of the Seventh Prince’s mansion, after Shí Yan dismounted, he glanced at the housekeeper and Aunt Apricot who had come out to greet him. A dark light flashed in his handsome eyes. He strode past the bowing people and walked into the mansion.

Aunt Apricot looked towards the mansion, and seeing that Jiang Jiuchu hadn’t come out yet, she couldn’t help but feel a little puzzled. Didn’t Green Bamboo call for the princess? Why hasn’t she come out to greet him yet?

Aunt Apricot, who had taken care of Shí Yan since he was a child, knew that he was in a bad mood with just a glance at her master.

After thinking for a while, she hesitated and said, “The princess is taking a nap, probably doesn’t know you’ve returned to the mansion yet.”

“I see.” Shí Yan stepped into the mansion gate, with no emotion visible in his eyes.

He thought she wasn’t in the mansion, but it turned out she was. Even if she was taking a nap, the servants in the mansion wouldn’t fail to notify her that he had returned.

Did she know that he had misspoke after drinking, so she didn’t want to put on a show and pretend to be nice to him?

A self-deprecating smile tugged at the corner of his mouth. Wasn’t this what he had expected?

“Oh dear! Hurry, hurry, is it done yet?” Jiang Jiuchu was a little anxious and sat directly in front of the bronze mirror to untie the belt around her waist.

“It’s done, it’s done.” Green Willow inserted the last pearl-dotted jade hairpin and quickly stepped back, holding up the lotus-root-pink dress with Green Bamboo.

Seeing that her hairstyle was done, Jiang Jiuchu quickly got up, took off her outer coat, turned her back to the two of them, stretched out her arms, and quickly put it on.

Green Bamboo and Green Willow quickly divided the work, one to arrange the shawl on the back, and the other to help Jiang Jiuchu arrange her clothes and tie her belt.

“Okay.” Jiang Jiuchu walked to the bronze mirror in one step, and under the amazing gazes of Green Bamboo and Green Willow, she quickly turned to the side to take a look, then immediately walked out.

Seeing this, Green Willow quickly ran forward to open the door for Jiang Jiuchu, and followed quickly behind Jiang Jiuchu.

However, as soon as Jiang Jiuchu stepped out of the threshold of the Emerald Bamboo Courtyard, she saw Shí Yan in black clothes walking towards her, less than a hundred meters away.

Her steps involuntarily stopped. Looking at Shí Yan walking towards her, she asked Green Bamboo and Green Willow next to her without turning her head, “Does this… count as welcoming him?”

Green Bamboo looked at Shí Yan getting closer and closer, and whispered, “It… it should count! At… at least she came out of the courtyard.”

Jiang Jiuchu swallowed. It was the first time she had seen Shí Yan in a pure black outfit, and she inexplicably felt a bit frightened. Was it just her guilty conscience?

Shí Yan looked at Jiang Jiuchu standing at the courtyard gate, and the amazement was suppressed in his slightly narrowed eyes. It turned out that she was so charming to everyone when she wasn’t in front of him.

If she had known that he was returning to the mansion today, she probably wouldn’t have dressed like this!

He stepped directly into the courtyard gate, and the displeasure that surged in his heart could not suppress the heart that was constantly rising and falling because of lovesickness.

“Your High…”

“Greetings, Your High…”

The voices of the three masters and servants stopped abruptly as Shí Yan brushed past them.

Jiang Jiuchu turned to look at Shí Yan walking towards the main house, and after a long while, she asked, “Green Bamboo, His Highness… seems a little difficult to coax!”

“Does His Highness not like this kind of dress?” She looked down at her light gauze skirt and the slender waist that she had tightly bound, thinking of his indifferent and estranged expression just now. There was no doubt that her trick of “long-awaited surprise” had no effect.

“Wouldn’t it be that men like charming and seductive women?” Green Bamboo thought of Shí Yan’s somewhat cold and angry expression, thinking that although the young lady’s outfit was charming and seductive, it was not revealing. His Highness shouldn’t be angry, right?

Jiang Jiuchu raised her foot and stepped into the courtyard, watching Shí Yan enter the main house, her heart relaxed slightly. Just now, there was a moment when she thought he would never enter the house again.

Green Bamboo looked at her master, who had stopped and seemed to have admitted defeat, and advised, “Miss, go in quickly! First explain to His Highness, then coax him.”

Jiang Jiuchu nodded, mustered up her courage and walked forward. In fact, she could understand why Shí Yan was angry. Her words that night probably not only hurt his heart, but also his self-esteem!

With his arrogant nature, how could he not be angry?

The door was not closed. She stepped over the threshold and saw that there was no sign of Shí Yan in the room. She turned her head and looked towards the secret door of the bathroom, wondering whether she should brazenly go in to serve him with his bath when she heard Green Bamboo’s voice at the door.

“Aunt Apricot, who is she?” Green Bamboo asked, looking at the woman in white behind Aunt Apricot.

“She was brought back by His Highness from Dan City. This old servant doesn’t know how to arrange her residence, so I came here to ask His Highness.”

Aunt Apricot originally wanted to come over and ask by herself, but this girl insisted on coming along. Thinking that she was brought back by His Highness, she complied with her wishes.

“Brought back from Dan City?” Jiang Jiuchu stepped out of the threshold and looked inquisitively at the woman in white behind Aunt Apricot.

“Yes…”

Aunt Apricot was about to answer when Lin Yue interrupted her.

“Greetings, Princess. I am Lin Yue. I met His Highness when I was being chased by hooligans in Dan City. Later, I helped His Highness solve the plague in Dan City. His Highness saw that I was lonely and helpless, so he specially allowed me to enter the mansion as a physician.”