Chapter 3 (1/2)

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During the spring of Gu QingQiao's fifteenth year, her life's first peach flower blossomed

Pu pa! (sound of escaping laughter)

A big peach blossouard, she ended up with a mouthful of mud

On a lovely, sunny, spring ible bachelor, Prince Duan Yu, sent people to her hoe

How could this happen?

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As soon as this neas known, it spread like wildfire in the capitol This was the world-renown, known even in the surrounding countries, the greater than great Prince Duan Yu The standing of Prince Duan Yu a the people was as unshakable as the Gods' The year he was crowned, the capitol's ladies put together a special survey The results showed that 80 of women don't want the prince to have a lover 90 want hi 10 were his elderly relatives

(T/N: Just to be clear, he's the current emperor's brother He was once expected to be the next e happened and it went to his brother instead This is explained later in the story)

After e proposal was the prince's intention! (Instead of the expected, usual arranged e) Gossip said that the prince had accidentally happened to see Miss Gu and fell in love with her beauty After going hoht of her every day He vowed that he would marry her If not her, then he will never marry Alas, what an infatuated man!

After the prince confirirls woke up from their dreams and were heartbroken More than half of the hens in the capitol stopped laying eggs from melancholy For a ti defeat and was in a complete mess

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But the Miss Gu as proposed to didn't appreciate this In front of the envious, jealous, and ”how can you be so lucky?” crowd, she clung to Gu ShangShu's clothes and aguishly wailed, ”Father, I don't want to marry I really don't want to marry”

Gu ShangShu gasped, then touched her forehead to check his daughter for a fever Then he held her hand and dryly coughed ”QingQiao, an to say ful and heartfelt words He spoke on and on TheYou ood deeds You should be happy Why do you want to hide?

During the past few days, Gu QingQiao had heard similar words She had no ainst a wall She fell near Gu Shang Shu's knee Her eyes were dull

Its okay if other people don't understanding Her father usually spoiled her She thought he would be willing to stretch out a sot that no htened her father usually was He was still a , she really can't escape from it?

Gu ShangShu thought she was afraid He touched her head warmly and persuaded her, ”Don't worry, that prince Duan Yu is an outstanding man When you see him, you'll fall in live”

If he didn'tthis, her heart sunk She was only a passerby Due to a certain disorder, she was teo back to the heavy traffic, steel and concrete world At that tio back without any worries So, she must not fall in love with anyone

Since she failed at negotiations, she went back to her rooly wrote the letter She euphemized that she was sickly and implied that she wasn't a virtuous woman She also wrote out a maiden's fears That letter was filled ords Every as a pearl The page was filled with countless worries over the ie It was a masterpiece

Soon, a er arrived at the door

Without any expression like a er said, ”The prince said, first, Miss Gu has seen hiht out a wok It shown brightly like a treasure

”Ai!” Dong Xi's sharp eyes saw Miss suddenly staggering

”Secondly,” the er took a breath to clearly say, ”The prince said he has never seen a girl with such a good appetite Miss Gu must be healthy, so don't use that old excuse to decline”

”Yi!” Dong Xi was surprised to see that Miss had dropped her chin

”Lastly,” the er knocked on the ice He steadily said, ”The prince said his determination to htest feeling?”

Dong Xi watched Miss become paler, then Miss Gu fainted

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Duan Yu was in a very goodtea, he parted the curtains and enjoyed looking at the beauty lying on the divan With porcelain white skin, delicate pink cheeks, and long black eyelashes, she looked like a painting Zeze (sound of ) His beauty fainted so easily Where did all the o?