Legend of Concubine's Daughter Minglan 知否知否 应是绿肥红瘦

C138. She Hated Ancient Times! (1)

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Minglan wrapped her golden and silver entangled flower-patterned green squirrel fur coat closer around herself. Now she was sitting in a half pavilion where all the windows and door were opened. There was a red copper stove which had a Fu pattern (Note: Fu meant good fortune in Chinese culture) inlaid. The fire inside the stove gave out abundant warmness. A kettle of boiling water was on another stove on the side. The kettle was long-beaked with bats pattern on the surface, which looked quite delicate.

While Minglan was eating a plump sunflower seed, she also admired Hualan's considerate arrangement.

This open hall was built on a small pool. After taking off all the door and windows in summer, it would become a pavilion. With water on three sides, the pavilion had only one entry which led to a wide and clear road. There was no place for hiding within a hundred meters, thus no one would be able to bug anything. Also, what people did in the pavilion was easy to be seen clearly by people far away.

So far, this place was already cleared. Minglan hadn't seen anyone except for the maid who had guided her here. Even that maid had left right away.

Minglan could only sit there and wait for what was about to happen, feeling herself even a bit heroic. As Minglan was eating the fourteenth sunflower seeds, she saw a tall figure walking toward the pavilion from far away. Her eyelids twitched at once. Then she continued eating her seeds.

Perfect, she also wanted to ask him something.

After a short while, the man who walked in the wind and frost entered the hall with cold air around him. Seeing that Minglan was already there, he strode forward to her and held his fist in the other hand, greeting her with smile on the corner of his mouth, "It's been a while."

Minglan squinted her eyes and sized him up. Gu Tingye wore an azure brocade cotton robe today. There was white fox fur on the collar and the cuffs. Brocade dark fringes spread all over the robe. With a dark silver and jade inlaid belt around his waist, he looked pretty handsome in his black fur coat. Only a strapping man like him would look that good in a heavy fur coat. If a civil official like Sheng Hong wore that, he would look so ridiculous.

Minglan stood up and bowed to him respectfully, putting on a false smile, "Second uncle, Yes, it's been too long. How have you been?."

After she had said that, Minglan happily saw the corner of Gu Tingye's mouth twitching. Having pulled off his coat and put it randomly on the handrail, he turned around and walked to an old-fashioned wooden chair opposite Minglan. Then, they sat face to face at a distance of five or six steps.

Gu Tingye had a look at Minglan, then at the empty teacup on the tea table in front of him. Seeing that Minglan had no intention to serve tea for him, he picked up the teapot and poured the boiling water in his teacup. After that, he said in a low voice, "We are going to be married soon, don't ever call me that."

With her fists clenched, Minglan tried really hard to swallow her anger. Although the man in front of her was still carrying a smile on his face, he spoke slowly in a low voice with blood color flashing in his eyes vaguely. The imposing manner of him which came from the blood battles was hard to hide.

After Minglan had calmed herself down, she said unhurriedly, "I don't quite understand what you have said, second uncle. I was raised by Old Madam Sheng since I was a child. And I have never heard my grandma saying anything about my marriage."

With his eyebrows knitted, Gu Tingye said, "The great affair of marriage should only be decided by your parents."

Ming Lan replied, "Then I'll wait for my parents' words."