Male Lead Is Always That Heartless

Chapter 17

Gu Yi saw Noble Lady Gong, dressed in a neon dress and covered with a veil, return to the banquet table quickly. In her ear, she heard Noble Lady Wang say, “Sister Gong, your dance is so graceful. I’m impressed. I’ll ask for lessons some other day!”

As she spoke, Noble Lady Wang raised her hand to lift the veil covering her face. Noble Lady Gong paused and allowed her to lift the veil.  With slightly raised eyebrows, she smiled: “Sister Wang, why are you so anxious? I’ll teach you another day if you like this flying dance!”

Bitch! Noble Lady Wang suffered a secret loss in words and was so angry that she sat back in her original position.

Gu Yi was watching while holding the tea.

It looked like the plot was online! The female lead had already exchanged her neon dress and veil with Noble Lady Gong, and at this moment, she should have stayed silently alone behind the rockery in the garden. After the guests dispersed, she would return to Zhaifang Hall. However, she bumped into the slightly drunken male lead on the way. The two pulled and tugged, pressing their ears and temples together, making out.

Gu Yi took another bite of the mooncake in satisfaction. There was singing and dancing, and the ruler and ministers enjoyed themselves and wine together. Not long after, an eunuch in green, holding a tray, walked to the seat of the Noble Ladies. Raising his voice, he said, “Noble Lady Gong’s dancing skills are excellent, so the Emperor is giving you osmanthus mooncakes to enjoy.”

Noble Lady Gong bowed, “Thank you, Your Majesty, for the reward.” She was the first and only concubine that Xiao Yan rewarded with mooncakes that night.

Noble Lady Gong was given the imperial mooncake and immediately ate it in small bites. Although Noble Lady Wang’s talent had earned the word ‘reward,’ she had not been rewarded with a banquet. She looked sidelong at Noble Lady Gong, “Sister Gong is flying high today. Congratulations!”

Gu Yi was so close that she could almost feel the resentment radiating from Noble Lady Wang.

Noble Lady Wang saw Noble Lady Gong smile and ignore her, so she turned to Gu Yi, “Sister Gu, what do you think?”

What should I say? Passerby Gu Yi was suddenly named, and her gaze subconsciously glanced in Xiao Yan’s direction. Xiao Yan rewarded Noble Lady Gong not only for the flying dance but also because he wanted the officials under the seat to see that he rewarded Gong Zhenghai’s daughter.

Gu Yi smiled, “Sister Wang, that’s an excellent point! Sister Gong’s Flying Dance is a divine skill, and I worship it!”

After finishing the rewarded mooncake, Noble Lady Gong raised her head across Noble Lady Wang and smiled at her, “Sister Gu, you flatter me.”

Noble Lady Wang’s face darkened even more.

*

At the stroke of midnight, when the moon was full, the musicians played the last song. Gu Yi’s eyes caught sight of Beauty Qi finally getting up to leave the table.

That’s great! She immediately got up, circled behind the crowd, and walked along the stone path in the garden before she saw Beauty Qi stopping under a tree to wait for her.

Gu Yi quickly stepped forward, “Sister Qi!”

Beauty Qi frowned, “Noble Lady should stop calling me sister, just call me Qi Yun!”

“No, you will always be a sister!”

Golden Lord Sister!

Beauty Qi smiled faintly and fished out a booklet from her bosom. Gu Yi could see the cover by the hazy moonlight: Immortal Wonderland by The Laughing Scholar of the Capital. She excitedly said, “This …… is the finalized book?”

Beauty Qi nodded, “Store it away.”

Gu Yi immediately hid the booklet in her bosom. Beauty Qi took a gold ingot from her belt pouch and handed it to Gu Yi.

Gu Yi’s heart blossomed, “Thank you, Sister!”

Beauty Qi shook her head, “You deserve it.” After saying that, she turned around and left.

Gu Yi stood still, carefully storing the ingot in the pouch at her waist.

“What are you doing sneaking around here?” A person’s voice startled Gu Yi, and she turned back to look. It was none other than Xiao Yan, who was gazing at her with furrowed brows.

She panicked and bowed: “Your Majesty …… Greetings, Your Majesty!”

At the banquet, Xiao Yan was overwhelmed by the left and right prime ministers’ sandwich attacks, and he didn’t want to play with them on the matter of promotion, so he left the banquet. Coincidentally, he saw Gu Yi receive that ingot from the hands of Beauty Qi.

Could she also have a personal interest in the Qi family?
Fuzhou colluded with the Qi family?

Xiao Yan thought of this, and his face darkened a few points. Gu Yi carefully watched his complexion and saw his furrowed eyebrows, but his pair of peach blossom eyes brimming. She carefully said: “Your Majesty, are you drunk?”

Xiao Yan did not say anything.

Gu Yi said tentatively, “Why don’t I help Your Majesty back to the table?”

Then, you can return to the front hall by yourself and meet the female lead by chance.

Unexpectedly, Xiao Yan tilted his head to look at the moon in the sky and slowly said, “Help me to go to the Moon Viewing Platform ……”

Gu Yi: …… please don’t add drama to yourself.

Unable to do anything, Gu Yi had to obey, so she stretched out an arm, “I obey.”

Xiao Yan was slightly drunk, but he reached out and held Gu Yi’s arm, half leaning on Gu Yi’s side.

Gu Yi took two trembling steps. “Your Majesty’s footsteps are weak. It’s better not to go up to the Moon Viewing Platform …….”

Xiao Yan looked sideways, “You were …… with Beauty Qi just now?”

Gu Yi said naturally, “Right. Beauty Qi lent me money for a while.”

Xiao Yan saw that she was so righteous, and the doubts in his heart dissipated a bit. Is she that poor?

He straightened up, “If you are poor, you should pay more to your morals.” Do not entangle with the Qi family.

Gu Yi felt a lightness beside her. When she heard this, she looked sideways at Xiao Yan and saw his solemn expression.

This — is definitely drunk, right?

Xiao Yan turned his gaze to look at the pavilion and said, “Accompany me to the Moon Viewing Platform.”

They climbed up the steps. The moon was indeed beautiful when seen from the Moon Viewing Platform. Xiao Yan watched Gu Yi gazing at the moon in the sky; her eyelashes were slightly blinking, and her eyes reflected the moonlight like broken light waves.

She …… should not be a treacherous villain …… with a honeyed tongue.

Xiao Yan drank two cups at the table, and at this moment, the wine rose. His head tingled slightly, and he lifted his robe to sit, leaning against the fence. The moonlight in his eyes seemed more ethereal.

The moon has risen to the middle of the sky. Gu Yi saw Xiao Yan sitting in the windy pavilion, and his eyes lightly closed as if he was in no hurry to leave, so she had to carry the banner of the plot alone again!

“Your Majesty, the night is already late. It is better to go back early.”

Xiao Yan ignored her.

This — are you sleeping?

Gu Yi slightly leaned over to look at his face. His eyes were closed, but the corners of his eyes were red.

This — is he really drunk?

“Your Majesty, wake up!” You still have a plot to go. Wake up!

Gu Yi felt the wind passing in front of her eyes. Then, a large hand suddenly covered the back of her head, forcefully pressing her forward. She was caught off guard and fell forward, her lips brushing against Xiao Yan’s cheek; it was slightly hot.

Gu Yi’s face landed at the nape of his neck, and she felt hot, “Your Majesty!”

Doggy Xiao!

Xiao Yan’s voice was low, “Don’t make noise ……”

Gu Yi looked sideways and saw that he looked sleepy and seemed tired.

However, the plot must be preserved! Gu Yi struggled to straighten up. “Your Majesty is so uncomfortable. Why don’t I ask someone to send a bowl of sobering soup?”

With that, she turned around and wanted to go to the rockery to find the female lead!

Her skirt, however, was tugged by Xiao Yan. Xiao Yan opened his eyes and stared at Gu Yi. Rare tenderness was in his pair of dark brown glazed eyes, and his eyes were like water. His thin lips opened and closed slightly. Gu Yi read a clueless expression on his slightly drunken face for the first time. The usual Xiao Yan was a cold-faced and heartless emperor wrapped in layers, but today, under the moonlit night, Xiao Yan was like — Doggy Xiao!

Gu Yi could not help but lose her smile and probed outside the Wind Pavilion to see. The east corner of the rockery was vaguely recognizable. Just at this time, a silhouette slowly stepped out.

The plot honestly did not deceive me!

Gu Yi took a deep breath and loudly said, “Palace maid, stay back! It’s you, the one who came out of the rockery! Go to the kitchen and bring a bowl of sobering soup.”

With this shout of hers, Eunuch Gao Gui, who stood under the wind pavilion, naturally heard the words. Gao Gui fixed his eyes to look closer. Indeed, a palace maid was at the rockery.

At this moment, Zhao Wan’s heart was startled, and she raised her eyes to see a silhouette standing on that wind pavilion. Noble Lady Gu?

She momentarily didn’t know whether to enter or retreat and when she turned her eyes, she saw a eunuch wearing a blue-colored flying fish patch walking toward her.

She immediately bowed, “Greetings, Eunuch Gao.”

Seeing that she was wearing a first-class palace maid’s uniform, Gao Gui asked, “Have you heard what Noble Lady Gu said? Quickly go to the kitchen and fetch a bowl of sobering soup. Use a round cup, and don’t spill it!”

Zhao Wan hurriedly went and guessed the person in the pavilion—A Yan.

After Gu Yi shouted, she saw that Zhao Wan had received the order and went. I surprisingly patched up the plot again!

She happily said, “Your Majesty, when the sobering soup comes later, take it, and you’ll be more comfortable.”

Xiao Yan raised his eyes, looked at her thinly powdered cheeks, and suddenly laughed, “Darling has treated me so well; how should I reward you?”

Gu Yi listened to his words in drunkenness, shook her head, and said, “No need. Caring for his majesty is my duty.”

Xiao Yan reached out and gently caressed her cheeks. The skin was hot to the touch of his fingertips. “Then why are you blushing?”

Gu Yi stiffened and felt groundless. I’ll kill Doggy Xiao!

Xiao Yan looked at her dumbfounded, relaxed his eyebrows, and smiled. When Eunuch Gao Gui walked to the pavilion’s steps, he heard the Emperor’s laughter and instantly stopped.

The palace staff behind him couldn’t stop in time and bumped into his back, “Eunuch Gao!”

Gao Gui turned back to signal him to be silent. The Emperor hadn’t gotten drunk or laughed openly for a long time. After a while, Zhao Wan came with a sobering soup. She steadily approached the pavilion, knelt on the ground, and raised the tray high, “Your Majesty, please drink it.”

Eunuch Gao Gui tested it first with a silver needle before Xiao Yan took it and drank it. Gu Yi saw that the male and female leads met again, and she let go of her heart. At this moment, Xiao Yan was indeed drunk, and when he saw this beautiful palace maid, he would inevitably have one or two thoughts. Then, you can drag and tug, making out.

Xiao Yan drank the sobering soup and looked at the dazed Gu Yi standing on the side. He said to Gao Gui, “Noble Lady Gu is sleepy. Move to the Heluo Hall.”

Gu Yi: …. okay.

Tao Jia in the Heluo Hall received the palace servant’s summons and prepared hot water in advance. Seeing Gu Yi return to the hall, the palace maids quickly serve her to bathe. After Gu Yi had freshened up and entered the chamber, Xiao Yan had already changed his clothes and sat on the couch. His eyes were clear, and he was a little less drunk.

Gu Yi went up to bed and was about to review today’s stunning Flying Dance to solidify the plot when Xiao Yan pounced upon her.

*

It was precisely dawn, and Eunuch Gao chimed in on time. “Your Majesty, the time has come.”

Only to hear the Emperor’s ‘Hmm.’ Palace people entered the hall. Their noses could still smell the faint aroma, but their eyes dared not look around. Xiao Yan freshened up and went to the court in high spirits.

Gu Yi opened her bluish eyes and saw that Tao Jia had already stood outside the curtain. “What hour is it now?”

“It’s nearly noon.”

Gu Yi got up, “Did His Majesty leave a calming tonic?”

Tao Jia: “It’s warming on the stove. I’ll bring it here.”

After Gu Yi put on her middle garment, she took the bowl and drank it all in one go. Tao Jia gave her dried fruit, “His Majesty pities Noble Lady and always leaves behind a calming tonic.”

Gu Yi chewed on the dried fruit, and the bitter taste in her mouth faded a bit. Calming soup, huh? But it’s also good.

“Prepare hot water. I’ll take a bath.”

A few moments later, the palace maids prepared hot water. When Gu Yi got up, her legs and feet were so sore.

I’ll kill Doggy Xiao!