"Miss Guyu, bring this to the princess to try. There is also a portion for you."

In the kitchen of the prince's mansion, a maid who was about fifteen or sixteen years old, wearing a light green tight-sleeved dress, with two buns on her hair, and a pretty face that did not look like a maid, took the food box given by the cook.

She smiled sweetly and said, "Thank you, Aunt Qiu."

The woman named Aunt Qiu looked at her lovingly and said, "What are you thanking me for? Go quickly. It won't taste good if it gets cold."

The maid helping in the kitchen looked at it with admiration and said, "Aunt Qiu, why don't you give us a portion? You are being partial."

"That's right, I also want to eat the glutinous rice balls made by Aunt Qiu."

Aunt Qiu laughed and scolded, "You are a bunch of greedy girls. You are always the ones who deserve it."

A group of maids thanked them and went in to find food. A handsome boy of about sixteen or seventeen years old, dressed in black, walked into the yard, looked around and asked, "Mother, has Miss Guyu come to get the lunch box?"

"I took it a long time ago. Why are you here so late today?"

The young man smiled innocently and replied, "The Third Young Master had a late meal today, so I just got away."

Aunt Qiu took out a bowl of rice with a distressed look on her face, "Eat quickly and go back. The Third Young Master will be angry if he can't find you later."

"Okay, I understand."

The young man is Aunt Qiu's son, and also Chang'an, the page boy of Li Yu, the third young master of the prince's mansion. He has been with Li Yu since he was a child, and is a well-known figure among the servants.

After finishing his meal in a hurry, he said goodbye to his mother, "Mom, I'm leaving first."

The maids and servants just came out and said, "Aunt Qiu, your son is gone."

Aunt Qiu was proud of it: "The Third Young Master cannot be without someone by his side, he has to go back to look after him."

Chang'an was pretty and many maids were attracted to her. An older maid asked, "Your son is not young anymore, right? Do you plan to ask the third young master to arrange a marriage for him?"

How could Aunt Qiu not know what they were thinking? She looked disdainful in her heart but said, "Serving the master is the most important thing right now. You are still young."

A cook said, "You didn't realize that Qiu Niang was so enthusiastic about Miss Gu Yu in the princess's room. I guess she already had a wife for her."

Aunt Qiu did not deny it, but only said: "You can't marry the popular person around the princess just because you want to. You better not ruin her reputation."

The protagonist of their discussion was eating with the princess in her room. He took a piece of glutinous rice cake and gave it to the princess. "Princess, this is delicious. Please try it."

The princess was not angry at all. She picked it up, tasted it, and thought it was delicious.

He put another dish into her bowl and said, "This is delicious, too, but it's still not as good as yours."

Guyu nodded, "Indeed, I also think it's not as delicious as what I cook. I'll cook for you next time."

The two were enjoying their meal when the maid outside announced that the Third Young Master had arrived. Gu Yu almost choked, "It's over. Why is the Third Young Master here at this time?"

The princess stood up and patted her, "Hurry up and hide the bowl."

Seeing that it was too late, he put the bowl under the table. Guyu stood up and served the princess the food in a serious manner, but he didn't notice that there was a grain of rice next to his cheek.

When someone came in, he bowed respectfully, "Third Young Master."

Li Yu looked at the maid who lowered her head, then looked at her sister who was sitting, and said nothing.

Princess Li Jiao put down her chopsticks, stood up, brought Li Yu in, and waved to Gu Yu, "Why is the third brother here?"

Li Yu pretended not to notice the two people's little tricks, sat down where Guyu had just sat, and asked curiously, "Why is this stool a little hot?"

Li Jiao reacted quickly and said immediately: "Oh, it was caused by the sun."

Guyu is ashamed. It would be better not to make such an excuse.

"Third brother, do you want to try it? This is glutinous rice cake made by Changsheng Niang. It's delicious."

Guyu quickly handed over new dishes and chopsticks. Li Yu had already seen the dishes and chopsticks that were handed over, and he kicked them away on purpose.

The sound of the bowl and chopsticks hitting the ground was so loud that it was as if Guyu's heart was almost broken into pieces.

Even so, Li Yu did not raise her head to look. Li Jiao saw that she was uncomfortable and told her to go out: "Guyu, go down. You don't need to serve me anymore."

Guyu bowed and said, "Yes, Third Young Master, enjoy your meal."

After Guyu went out, she felt that the air had become sweeter. Changan was also outside. He smiled secretly when he saw her little action, but he couldn't help but remind her: "Guyu, there are rice grains on your face."

Guyu's expression froze. He reached out and picked up a grain of rice, then put it into his mouth awkwardly. "Haha, I brought lunch with me."

Changan looked at her movements and face, his ears turned red, and he pursed his lips and smiled slightly.

Guyu exclaimed: "Changan, why are your ears red? Did you get bit by a mosquito? That shouldn't be the case. How can there be mosquitoes in March?"

"Cough" a man coughed inside, and Guyu whispered, "Changan, let's go over there."

Chang'an was very happy and followed him without caring about his master.

Li Yu inside had a serious face, and Li Jiao felt that she couldn't even enjoy her meal anymore.

"Is the food not to your liking?" Li Yu asked.

Li Jiao sat up straight: "No, it's delicious, I'm just full."

Li Jiao put down her chopsticks, and Li Yu said seriously: "You are the princess, don't mess around with Guyu all day, what can two girls think of."

Li Jiao shrugged, "Third brother is right." She regretted asking Guyu to go out. The two of them should have worked together to withstand the coldness from Third brother.

After that, the two of them didn't say anything. Li Yu sat for a while and then left. When he went outside, he saw that the maid and his servant were laughing even more happily, with no expression on their faces.

Changan saw his master and immediately stopped smiling and stepped forward, "Master."

Li Yu took a deep look at Gu Yu and saw that he was as cowardly as a quail. His expression became much uglier. "Let's go."

After everyone left, Gu Yu went in and patted his chest, "Princess, the Third Young Master is really terrible."

The princess shook her head and said exaggeratedly, "I also feel that Third Brother's personality is getting colder and colder. When he came in, I felt like I was back to winter."

Guyu called the maid outside to clear the table, and the two went to the inner room, "Hurry, change your clothes quickly, the parade will start soon, we have to go early to grab a seat."

Today is the day when the results of the palace examination, which is held once every three years, are announced. The princess has already received the news that her favorite brother Xu has won the third place.

Today at noon the top three will start a horse parade from Xuanwu Gate. It is said to be very lively, so the two of them agreed yesterday to go and watch it today.

The two of them dressed up in Qiaozhuang, and they both thought it looked good.

"Guyu, this outfit seems to look better on you." Guyu was wearing a gray servant's uniform, and Li Jiao was wearing a white master's uniform.

"My young master, yours looks better. Let's go. There won't be any room left."

As soon as the two of them slipped out under the cover of other maids, the news had already been passed to Li Yu, "Master, the princess and Miss Guyu are out."

Li Yu didn't even raise his head. "Send someone to follow them quietly and protect them."

Guard: “Yes”

The two people who came out quietly took a carriage to Xuanwu Gate. Guyu felt very uncomfortable when she got off the carriage. Li Jiao stuffed a piece of sour plum into her hand and asked: "When will your motion sickness be cured?"

Guyu ate a lot of sour plums and pulled her away: "I don't know, let's go quickly."

Along the way I heard people say, "This year's top three are all very young and handsome."

"Yes, I heard that the number one scholar is from Suzhou Prefecture, a poor student."

The more they listened, the more interested they became. They squeezed to the front and stood there, waiting for the parade to arrive.

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