Time Travel: Brothel Maid

Chapter 253 Lively

The Zhou and Fu families were both prominent and powerful families in Shangjing City. When the two families got married, half of the officials in Shangjing City came to congratulate them.

What no one expected was that the Eighth Prince actually showed up in person to congratulate.

So, when Zhao Yunrong sat down in the upper hall, many guests and officials came forward one by one to pay their respects, and Zhou Daoshi, the host, was neglected for a moment.

Xiao Guo'er curled her lips as she watched the Eighth Prince dealing with the guests who came to her with fawning looks on their faces.

This Eighth Prince is quite pitiful. He has to face different people with a hypocritical face every day. He has eight hundred tricks in his mind. He is either calculating others or guarding against others calculating against him. It's really tiring to watch him!

The first few officials who came to greet him, Zhao Yunrong sent them away with a pleasant face.

It was not until a middle-aged man with a long beard, about forty years old, came to pay his respects to the Eighth Prince that Xiao Guoer clearly felt that the Eighth Prince's attitude had changed. There was an unpredictable uncertainty in his words, and there seemed to be a hint of sarcasm, disdain and anger.

She couldn't help feeling a little strange. Her eyes moved between the two of them curiously. She pricked up her ears as if to watch a show and listened carefully to their conversation.

"Your subordinate greets the Eighth Prince."

Zhao Yunrong snorted softly, "Lord Zhu has always been aloof and rarely interacts with officials in the court. I didn't expect to see Lord Zhu in Censor Zhou's mansion today. It's a rare sight."

Zhu Zhouchuan, the director of the Imperial Observatory, gave an awkward and stiff smile. He could naturally hear the profound meaning in the Eighth Prince's words.

"I have calculated that today is indeed a golden day for a happy marriage, so I just decided to join in the fun."

Zhao Yunrong sneered again, "Master Zhu is so good at calculating, can you possibly figure out when your good day will be?"

"Your Highness, you are joking. I am already over fifty years old and have married and had children. Why would I need to consider a good day?"

"Master Zhu, what you said is wrong. In a person's life, besides getting married, there are many other things that require a good day. For example... being able to die of old age without any illness or disaster, rather than being killed on the street by a sudden disaster, or being framed and killed innocently, can all be considered a blessing."

Xiao Guoer watched as Lord Zhu's face instantly turned the color of liver. His lips trembled with anger. After a long while, he managed to hold back his anger and uttered, "I am not very knowledgeable and can't predict when that day will come. I only know to do my best and leave the rest to fate. If you have fought hard, you will die without regrets."

"Oh, Master Zhu is so open-minded. I will wait and see if Master Zhu can really keep his words and thoughts consistent when that day comes."

With such undisguised irony, Xiao Guoer came to a conclusion - the Eighth Prince hated this Lord Zhu so much that he wanted him dead!

My goodness, today is someone else's wedding day after all. You two are openly talking about "sudden death" and "death of old age" in someone else's house. Don't you have any shyness at all?

Before Xiao Guo'er could finish her inner complaints, she heard several servants shouting in panic not far away.

"Oh no, someone fell into the water."

Xiao Guoer, who had been stretching his neck to watch the fun, suddenly turned and looked in the direction of the crowd that was making the commotion.

Oh my, this big day of Zhou Fangye's seems not auspicious, how come someone fell into the water? It's really lively.

Many people who were equally curious looked towards the distance, and some even walked towards that direction just to see what was going on.

Xiao Guo'er was naturally the one who wanted to join in the fun, but she was now the Eighth Prince's personal attendant, and her legs, which were eager to move, could only stand there unwillingly, standing behind him, with only her two dark pupils moving around, full of curiosity and desire.

Just when she was about to give up waiting, the man sitting in front of her stood up and walked towards the noisy crowd.

Does the deep-minded Eighth Prince also have a heart that wants to explore gossip?

Xiao Guoer was stunned for a moment, then happily followed the pace of the man in front of her.

The closer they got, the more discussions there were. From the scattered and noisy sounds, Xiao Guoer gradually pieced together the general situation of what had just happened.

A woman slipped and fell into a pond, and was rescued by a brave man.

The point is, the clothes the woman was wearing were cumbersome, and after she fell into the water, they were soaked, and inevitably fell off and scattered during her struggle, which was naturally not very decent. Then she was rescued by a man in his arms, and she felt even more ashamed, covering her face and crying.

A woman's reputation is naturally of utmost importance. When encountering such a thing, grief and sadness are inevitable.

Xiao Guoer blinked her sparkling black eyes after her curiosity was satisfied, and thought to herself that if the man and the woman were unmarried, then today's heroic rescue of the beauty after she fell into the water could be considered a special fate. As long as the two got married, the woman's reputation could be preserved.

But I am afraid that one of them already has a lover or is married. That would be terrible. Either the woman who fell into the water would become a laughing stock in the capital, or the two of them would become a pair of loveless couples.

I don’t know the identities of these two people.

The crowd made way for a small path, and the road and vision in front of the Eighth Prince that were blocked by people were finally visible.

Xiao Guo'er, who was following behind the Eighth Prince, was also able to see clearly the scene not far away.

But in the next second, her face turned pale, and the noise in her ears strangely disappeared in an instant, replaced by thunder like a bolt from the blue.

...How could it be them?!