GTB Chapter 190

Chapter 192: Admiring a Handsome Man Under the Moon

Xiao Li looked at Shí Yuanchen, her expression somewhat stunned. She had heard too many unequal remarks about men and women, but it was the first time she had heard such an argument, and she found it very reasonable.

She immediately chased after Shí Yuanchen back into the courtyard, “Hey! This princess thinks there’s a sliver of truth in what you said, so I won’t look then!”

“How about… you accompany me to go shopping! I’m worried that my beauty will attract unwanted attention; what if I lose my innocence?”

Shí Yuanchen’s lips twitched, “Princess, are you alright? Do you think the streets of our Kyoto imperial city are bandit dens?”

“Compared to the princess, I’m more worried about the innocence of those men.”

“Shí Yuanchen,” Xiao Li shouted angrily, “Didn’t you just say that men and women are naturally unequal in certain aspects? What? You’re unwilling to protect this princess?”

“That’s right, I did say that, but can’t the princess bring more people? Besides, you and I have no connection, why should I protect you?”

“Fine, then I won’t go! I’ll go play with Jiuchu.” Xiao Li said, quickly walking to the door of the study, shouting inside:

“Jiuchu, come out and teach me how to dance! What are you hiding in the study for?”

Shí Yuanchen was shocked at the sight, thinking about his silver, and quickly walked over, grabbing Xiao Li’s wrist with a headache, “Let’s go, let’s go, this prince will accompany you shopping.”

Xiao Li’s lips curved into a smile. She could see that this Eighth Prince seemed very afraid of her disturbing Jiuchu, and even more afraid of her disturbing both Jiuchu and Seventh Prince at the same time.

Inside the study, Jiang Jiuchu avoided Shí Yan’s kiss, “Husband, please let go of me, the princess is calling me outside!”

“She has left.” Shí Yan quickly replied, retracting a large hand that was propping up the wooden door behind Jiang Jiuchu, stroking the corner of Jiang Jiuchu’s eye.

“You haven’t said yet. If this prince hadn’t returned, how would you have looked at the handsome men on Magpie Bridge?”

“Would you have stared directly, or peeked sideways, hmm? Tell your husband, how would Jiuchu have looked?”

Jiang Jiuchu’s eyelids twitched from Shí Yan’s touch, and she quickly denied it.

“No, I didn’t want to look. It was the princess, she was just talking nonsense and joking. We were going to the jewelry shop, why would we look at any handsome men?”

“Besides, after looking at your face every day, Husband, I don’t think anyone else is handsome.”

Although Shí Yan’s heart stirred because of Jiang Jiuchu’s praise, he still said with an unchanged expression:

“Is that so? But I see that Jiuchu’s little mouth opens into poetry, I’m afraid you’ve been admiring handsome men under the moon quite a bit.”

“Saying they are like stars falling into the world. Why doesn’t Jiuchu take your husband to see them? What kind of clear and radiant stars are they, as pure as celestial beings?”

“No… really, I didn’t. It was just a casual remark, helping the princess describe them.” Jiang Jiuchu was really speechless. This Shí Yan was too easily jealous!

Not only was he easily jealous, but he was also difficult to coax.

Shí Yan narrowed his eyes and said, “Yes, and I think you’ve looked at them even more than the princess, otherwise the princess wouldn’t be able to describe them, but you speak so poetically.”

He didn’t intend to let her off. Heaven knows how angry he was when he heard her talking and laughing about handsome men under the moon outside the courtyard.

He couldn’t wait to find every handsome man she had seen, and demean them in front of her until they were beneath his feet to be satisfied.

Jiang Jiuchu was helpless. Where had she seen any handsome men under the moon? Even more than the princess? He thought too highly of her.

If she had really seen one…

Her thoughts paused, and then she immediately raised her eyes to look at Shí Yan, “Alright! I’ll take you to see them tonight, and let you see those incredibly beautiful men as radiant as stars and the moon.”

Jiang Jiuchu said, sighing with infatuation, “Beautiful as illusion and reality, truly as handsome as the orchids and jade trees, unparalleled in the world.”

Shí Yan’s expression froze, and his heart churned with jealousy because of Jiang Jiuchu’s words.

He gritted his teeth and said, “Good, I want to see what is unparalleled in the world.”

After Shí Yan finished speaking, he turned around angrily and went to the desk. The books and booklets were flipped through with a rustling sound, and he refused to look at Jiang Jiuchu again.

Jiang Jiuchu pursed her lips, turned around and walked out, thinking, “What a jealous ghost. It seems that she has to be careful with her words next time, otherwise coaxing him will be… difficult.”

She stepped over the threshold of the study, sighing in her heart, “What a disaster.”

However, thankfully she was clever, and thought of a good way to deflect the force, otherwise… the night would be over.

An hour later, in the dining room, Jiang Jiuchu looked at Shí Yan, who was silent.

Suddenly, she was a little worried that her “living in desperation” method would have some side effects when used on Shí Yan?

She picked up a crystal dumpling and put it in Shí Yan’s bowl, “Husband, this is delicious, you eat this.”

Shí Yan raised his eyes to look at Jiang Jiuchu, picked up the dumpling and chewed it carefully. Although the action was elegant, it made Jiang Jiuchu feel a little frightened.

Jiang Jiuchu squeezed out a smile at Shí Yan, and then buried her head in eating.

After Shí Yan finished eating, he leaned lazily against the back of his chair, staring at Jiang Jiuchu while she ate.

Jiang Jiuchu’s scalp was tingling from the stare. Finally, she finished the last bite of rice, put down the bowl, and was about to leave, but Shí Yan’s leisurely voice came from her ear.

“It’s getting dark, why not set off now?”

Jiang Jiuchu’s movement of getting up paused, and she looked at the sky outside, “Too… too early, you can’t see anything now, let’s go later.”

After she finished speaking, she quickly raised her foot and left the dining room.

Shí Yan looked at Jiang Jiuchu’s departing figure, pursed his lips, and also raised his foot and followed.

This woman better do what she says, don’t try to play any tricks? If he doesn’t see the person, she can wait to beg for mercy!

In the main room, Shí Yan lay on the chaise lounge, looking at Jiang Jiuchu, who was embroidering by the round table.

He thought, “She really knows how to use a beauty trap. She’s actually embroidering a purse for him at this time, making him feel stuck between a rock and a hard place.”

“Didn’t Jiuchu praise him to the heavens and beyond? What is she dawdling about now? Could it be that the person Jiuchu praised is too ugly to be seen?”

Jiang Jiuchu glanced at the round moon peeking out of the window, put down the purse in her hand, “Who said he’s too ugly to be seen? Let’s go, I’ll take my husband to see him now.”

Shí Yan’s eyes froze. He didn’t expect there really was someone. His already dark eyes became even darker, and he immediately stood up, straightened his clothes, and walked out arrogantly.

Jiang Jiuchu twitched the corners of her mouth, quickly walked to the dressing table, opened the drawer, took out a small bronze mirror, and followed.

She followed to outside the Green Bamboo Courtyard, to a place with beautiful scenery, and quickly stopped Shí Yan.

“Husband…”

Seeing Shí Yan turn his head at the sound, she quickly stepped forward and grabbed Shí Yan’s hand, “The handsome man I saw last time was right here.”