Chapter 577 - Identify the Prettier One! (1/2)

It was the early autumn, and the maple forest was scenic. Commandery Prince Qing, Chu Qing, stood under a maple tree with his hands clasped behind his back and looked at the mountains in the depths of the maple forest.

The mountain against the red leaves filled his sight. Hearing the leaves rustling, he was enjoying the scenery leisurely. Compared with the blooming flowers in spring, the scenery in front of him now was more peaceful and relaxing. The aggressive scenery in spring made him feel cheerful at first glance, but the red sea of maple leaves made him feel more peaceful.

Chu Qing had been standing under the tree for a long time. Looking toward the back of the mountain from here, he had a wider vision and a more active mind than looking from a small mountain within the high wall.

A young and handsome aristocratic childe stood quietly under the maple trees. The fallen maple leaves, which were as red as fire, fell on his shoulders from time to time, making others consider that he and this maple forest looked like the beautiful scenery in a painting.

Plenty of young ladies couldn’t help stopping and sneaking a peek at this handsome young man when they passed by. Not long after they walked away lightly with a red face, they returned. Even the twists and turns on the steepest mountain path were no more than those in their mind.

“Your Highness, there come two Misses dressed in black clothes with a veil!” A guard appeared behind him and reported.

“Two?” Chu Qing, who had been indifferent, asked with his face changing a little.

“Yes, there are two of them. They are both dressed in black clothes and entered the forest one after the other.” The guard nodded and said. Although the two Misses were not far away from each other, they didn’t go the same way. One of them entered the maple forest through the left entrance, while the other entered the maple forest through the right entrance.

“What about their hair accessories?” Chu Qing asked with an indifferent look, as if he had expected such a surprise. After being raised in the nunnery for so many years, he had grown into a composed person. No matter how shocked he was, he could still maintain a calm and peaceful look.

“Both of them wear a simple jade hairpin. I can’t tell any difference between them!” The guard, who had observed carefully, said with certainty after hearing Chu Qing’s question and thinking for a moment.

“Do they wear a veil or a curtain hat?” Chu Qing remained a natural look and asked, reaching out to catch a maple leaf falling from the sky and twirling it in his hand.

“Both of them wear a veil,” the guard said.

“Which one looks prettier?” Chu Qing asked casually.

“Uh… I think it should be the one in front… Although they both wear a veil, the one in front seems… to have prettier eyes…” the guard said, seeming to be unable to describe it.

In fact, both of them had pretty eyes, and it could be seen that both of them were ravishing ladies. Nevertheless, the one in front had a pair of charming eyes, which were amazing at first glance but others would find them gentle and pure when looking at them carefully. They were fluid, natural and attractive like gurgling water.

The lady behind also had extremely pretty eyes and was obviously a beauty. However, beauties could be classified into various grades and ranks. Without the spirit, which could almost be considered contradictory, the lady behind was inferior to the one in front. The eyes of the lady in front enabled her to attract most of the attention if she showed up with the lady behind.

“Let’s go and meet the lady behind!” Chu Qing, who made a decision after pondering, said with a smile.

Everyone knew that the most beautiful lady in the capital city was the First Miss of Duke Xing’s Mansion, so the relatively less beautiful lady should be the Fifth Miss. At the thought that the Fifth Miss sent him a note in private, he showed a hint of interest across his eyes.

If it weren’t for Rui’an Great Elder Princess behind the Fifth Miss, he wouldn’t have come to meet her. He had heard that the Fifth Miss was an ill-behaved girl, who was a wilful bully.

But she had Rui’an Great Elder Princess as her backing, so Chu Qing couldn’t ignore her.

He would like to see why the Fifth Miss asked him to come to the maple forest. Her “observing mourning for three years” seemed to be merely a cover.

During the period of time the Fifth Miss stayed in the Yuhui Nunnery, he had never come into contact with her, but there was someone else around him who had come into contact with her. After hearing of what the Fifth Miss Shao had done, Chu Qing didn’t have any good impression of her. Moreover, she intended to have a private meeting with a man now.

Shao Wanru and Shao Yanru did enter the forest one after the other and have made an appointment to enter the forest through different entrances. It was Shao Yanru’s suggestion.

The two of them went out together at the beginning. But not long after they set out, Shao Yanru suggested that they should enter the maple forest through different entrances and see how long it would take for them to meet each other, because she heard that there were plenty of paths in the maple forest.

Later Shao Yanru said that she had sprained her ankle, and told Shao Wanru to go first and that she would go there slowly with Shuqi. At the thought that they were going to take different routes into the forest, at the sight that Shao Yanru had difficulty in catching up with her and couldn’t keep up with her even if she slowed down, Shao Wanru entered the forest through a distant entrance without waiting for Shao Yanru and left the near entrance to Shao Yanru as Shao Yanru asked.

“Miss, the maple forest is really large with beautiful scenery. When I was in Jiangzhou, I also saw a maple forest in the Jingxin Monastery, but it was much smaller than this one. How big is the Yuhui Nunnery actually? Such a forest seems to have covered a large area,” Yujie said in surprise as she walked.

They saw plenty of people at the entrance. However, as they got inside the maple forest, they saw only a few people probably because of the broadness of the forest. Along the way, they only saw a few ladies in front in a distance, but none of the ladies walked past them. It could be seen that there were many paths in the forest.