I Married Female Lead's Crush Chapter 20

Early in the morning, Su Qing was woken up by a loud noise outside. She slowly sat up, raised her hand to rub her eyes, and frowned as she was fully awake yet. Unexpectedly, last night after Su s.h.i.+sheng left, she slept very well. It's just that because she went to bed late, and now her head is hurting so bad from a headache.

"Chuntao?" She called out softly, but no one answered.

Slowly get up from the bed and put on the coat, the noise outside became clearer in her ears. It was Chunatao's voice.

"You all are so bullying. On a daily basis Her Highness has never given you guys a hard time, but do you treat her like this!"

Looking at the condition of the palace now, Chuntao's face turned red, and her chest moved up and down from anger. Behind her, a bowl of white porridge was scattered on the ground.

"Crack—" Sounds of door opening. 

It was a bit cold in the morning and the clothes Sun Qing was wearing were made of thin material. She didn't bring any thick clothes this time. After putting on the coat, she walked outside and saw Chuntao standing in front of several palace maids.

The rule of the palace must be followed. Even Su Qing is of no use, no matter what she was the previous emperor's favorite daughter and these people clearly dressed in palace maid uniforms, but they still looked so arrogant when they saw her. Especially the one who had disputed with Chuntao, her eyes were full of ridicule.

Su Qing walked over, stood in front of Chuntao and her eyes were slightly glanced at them. Her expressions were sincere as she asked them softly, "Was it the Seventh Royal Sister who asked you guys to come to see me?"

Once the words came out, those maids straightened their backs, revealing the visible arrogance in their eyes.

Su Qing took another small step forward, her eyes fell on the face of one of the palace maids who was standing at the front and then raised her hand with a loud "pah" slapping that palace maid hardly on the face.

Su Qing secretly rubbed her palm. The first time slapping someone, could not control her strength and now her palm felt a little hurting.

The palace maid that was slapped across the face by Su Qing took a few steps backwards, with her hand covering her face for a long time before her mind recovered and said, "You…"

"What? You only a small palace maid, seeing this princess what is it with that arrogant expression don't know how high the sky is and how thick the earth is." Su Qing slightly moved her wrist and narrowed her eyes looking at that maid.

Su Qing just woke up, and didn't have time to wash up yet before she came out. When the wind blew, the green silk fluttered disorderly and went straight into the eye. Seeing this Chuntao immediately came forward, took off the straps and simply helped her tie her hair behind her head.

"Did you get hurt?" Su Qing ignored those maids and turned to ask Chuntao. 

c.u.n.tao was moved by her concern. She shook her head and said in a sobbing voice, "No, it's just…" She looked at the food spilled on the ground and stopped talking.

Even if Chuntao didn't say anything, Su Qing already had an idea in her heart. She nodded, putting her hands in her sleeves were held tightly. She walked toward the maid, her eyes shone brightly with a cold smile exposing her cute dimples and said, "As expected, the Seventh Royal Sister has a good look, even the maid that was taught by her also has a good look."

It seems that her slpa was a little too light.

"You're cheap…." The palace maid who was slapped by her looked at Su Qing in anger, covered her face in one hand and raised her other hand wanted to hit her back, but said only half sentence, she felt a sharp object pointing against her belly. When she looked down, she almost screamed out in horror. 

"I heard the Seventh Lord likes to make and draw the fan. Now looking at it , it's not without reason, the beautiful girl surely looks attractive." Su Qing smiled even more brightly, slowly moved the dagger upward and finally stopped on that palace maid's face.

"No matter how unimportant my status is in the palace, I believe if I want to bring a palace maid back to Gu Mansion with me, the crown prince wouldn't have any objection."

"Your Highness, please spare this servant…." That palace maid kneeled to the ground with a "thump" hurriedly pleading Su Qing, the rest of the maids behind her also followed suit. 

Su Qing still gripped her dagger tightly and stared at them coldly, "Apologize to Chuntao."

Those maid quickly climbed to Chuntao's feet without delay, pulling the corner of her clothes and begged for her forgiveness, "Older sister Chuntao, we are wrong, please help us beg Her Highness…."

Chuntao stood there and said helplessly, "Your Highness…"

"Since the Seventh Royal Sister did not know how to teach her servants, this princess does not mind helping her out. Chutao, send the guests. If they nicely send out they still don't want to leave, you can use force, this princess will handle the rest." Su Qing pursed her lips lightly as she ordered.

"Yes." Chuntao was so energetic when she heard this. She immediately turned around and took the broom that was standing at the corner of the wall, and drove them out.

Chuntao's heart felt a lot better after chasing them out. When she put down the broom and happened to see Su Qing was blowing on her palm. 

"Your Highness!" Chuntao was angry and distressed at the same time. She threw away the broomstick in her arm and quickly ran to hold the red palm. She then said in a low voice, "This servant remember, the ointment that the Nine Prince brought over last time is still here. Let this servant go get some cold water and put on ointment later."

Su Qing nodded and her mouth slightly flat, "If I knew hit a person hurt this much, I wouldn't do it."

Upon hearing this Chuntao could not hold back from laughing.

After seeing her laugh, Su Qing held her dagger in front of her and asked, "Don't you wonder where my dagger comes from?"

Chuntao shook her head, "There is no right or wrong in Chuntao's eyes, only have Your Highness."

"You girl." Su Qing felt rejoiced inside. When her gaze fell on the ground and saw the spilled porridge, she laughed softly and pulled her into the room, "Let's go. When I came back yesterday, I took some meat buns from the kitchen, there are still a lot left. We should be able to eat them after warm up"

"En."

The meat buns were soft and full of filling. After warming up, the aroma erupted instantly. The two are hungry right now and their appet.i.tes are moving. Even Su Qing ate one more.

After she finished eating, she suddenly remembered what Su s.h.i.+sheng said last night, "Chuntao, do you know which concubine adopted the Nine Prince?"

Chuntao was chewing the meat bun and her mouth was filled with grease. Upon hearing Su Qing's sudden question, she stared down in embarra.s.sment. After frowning for a while trying to remember, she then said, "It seems…it seems to be the consort Jing. This ladys.h.i.+p normally doesn't like to go out or a.s.sociate with other people in the palace, even me I have only seen her once."

"What kind of person she is?"

"I heard from the servants in the palace said she has a very nice personality, kind, and without arrogance air." Chuntao didn't know how to answer her question, she then added, "However, Consort Jing is the Grand Consort Duan's step younger sister, a concubine born. I heard that at first before the two entered the palace, their relations.h.i.+p was very good, but later on they somehow separated. This servant also heard that when the previous emperor was in reign, this consort Jing asked to move out of the palace and built a Buddhist temple near the cold palace. She sat all day wors.h.i.+ping the Buddha and only ate vegetables. Later on, she adopted the Nine Prince, since then this servant has never heard any news from her…."

Su Qing was shocked when she heard this. Doesn't it mean that Grand Consort Duan and Consort Jing are both from Prince if Guang'an mansion?

As nowadays Consort Jing is dedicated herself to Buddha and staying away harem fighting, Su s.h.i.+sheng should be safe for now. She will find a chance to visit her in the future.

Since the day she slapped that palace maid, it was rare for her palace to be quiet for a few days. Su Yingruo also didn't come to find trouble for her. It wasn't because she let her off the hook, but she heard that the heir of Guang'an Prince Mansion has returned. As for specific details, Su Qing didn't do more inquiry.

After staying in the palace for three days, in the very early morning of next day, Chuntao has already finished packing the stuff and followed Su Qing out of the palace. Before she left, Su Qing sent a trusted servant to pa.s.s a note to a Su s.h.i.+sheng and personally went to bid farewell to eunuch Changsheng. Once she walked out of the palace's gate, she didn't expect to see Si Ting was already waiting for her outside.

Su Qing felt a "thumb" in her heart. She subconscious pinched her own fingertips and asked in a low voice, "The Seventh Lord…..is he inside?"

Si Ting was taken aback for a moment, "No, Seventh Lord is still sleeping."

After hearing this, Su Qing breathed a long sigh of relief, "That's good, very good…."

Si Ting scratched his head and didn't understand her meaning. After Su Qing went into the carriage, he drove the horse carriage departed from the palace.

When they arrived in front of Gu Mansion, Chuntao helped Su Qing and got out of the carriage. Standing in front of Gu Mansion's door and looking at the mansion's plaque, she inexplicably felt the tightness in her heart has loosened. Compared to the palace, she preferred to stay in Gu Courtyard. 

Chuntao tugged at the corner of her dress and whispered, "Your Highness, we should go in."

"En."

The Gu Mansion seemed to be unusually lively today. There are several ref lanterns hanging on the corridor. The servants with the stuff in their hands busily moving them around back and forth.

Si Ting took the carriage to park, Su Qing had no one to ask so she stopped one of the maid and asked, "What are you all doing?"

The fact Su Qing married to the Seventh Lord has made the servants in Gu Mansion feel more sympathized with her. 

That maid respectfully called her, "The Seventh Madam." And then said, "Seventh Madam didn't know that today is the day the Young Master returned home from the academy. The Old Madam is very happy and instructed us to prepare good food for tonight's dinner."

"Young Master?" Su Qing still wanted to ask more, but that maid has run away with stuff in her hands.

Su Qing finally remembered, there is a Young Master in the family, his name is Gu Li. The only son of the First Lord and First Madam. 

Forgot it, whoever comes back has nothing to do with her anyway.

There were many people on the road, so Su Qing took Chuntao to walk on the small path back to the Gu Courtyard. Once she stepped into the Gu Courtyard and bypa.s.sed the big trees in front of the courtyard, it seemed like a natural barrier, blocking all the noise and clamor of the outside world. The corner of Su Qing's lips curled up. She's a quiet person, the outside bustling doesn't suit at all. After all, the Gu Courtyard seemed to fit her personality the most.

As soon as she stepped into the North yard, there was a flashed right in front of her eyes before she could she clearly know what It was, she subconsciously took a step back.

"Your Highness!" Chuntao exclaimed, blowing her from behind. 

"Pah—" the rattan splashed the dust.

"Hurts, hurts, it's hurting this Young Master badly! Why do you escape so fast?!!" A young teenager jumped out with his hand…. and glared at her with discontent.

At first, Su Qing was wondering who this boy was, but when she heard this, she became angry all of a sudden.

"You wanted to hit me, why wouldn't I not escape?" Then she saw a rattan in his hand. If it was drawn to her just now….

When she thought of this, Su Qing became even more angry.

"You are just a little boy but the heart is so wicked."

Those words somewhat seemed to poke at his untouchable place when it fell into the young boy's ears, he stared at Su Qing fiercely and wrapped the rattan slowly on his wrist approaching her step by step.

Su Qing frowned as Chuntao pulled her back and retreated.

"This Young Master's heart wicked? Pei, you stinky woman still knows how to write the word wicked. Based on your quality no way you could marry into the Gu Mansion. If not because the court view the Seventh Uncle unpleasant to them, you wouldn't have a chance to step in….,"

The boy was talking vigorously and suddenly an object was smashed behind his head. When he saw it was a tea cup, he turned around gritted his teeth and was about to yell out at the person, but ended up seeing Gu Zifu was leaning on the door frame, with his eyebrows knitted together, glaring at him fiercely, the boy couldn't help but fl.u.s.tered, and quickly removed the rattan on his wrist, putting it behind his back, carefully took a quick glance at Gu Zifu and hurried lowered his head, like a defeated rooster that lost the fight.

"Seventh Uncle…."

It turned out it's not only her who is afraid of Gu Zifu.

At first Gu Zifu stared at the boy with the dark expression, and then his eyes fell on Su Qing. With a gentle smile was drawn on his lips, "Qing Qing, you are back…"