I Married Female Lead's Crush Chapter 9

Su Qing's mouth was slightly open, and let out a soft “ah”, before quickly covered her mouth with her hands.

"Seventh Lord, you, did you just swear?" She asked cautiously.

Gu Zifu lifted his eyelids, opened his mouth and said coldly: "Now, immediately, roll out of my bed."

"Oh, oh." Receiving such a blessing, Su Qing was secretly happy, and quickly get out of bed. The white and tender feet contrasted with the dark blue blanket on the ground. He saw her picking up shoes and socks on the ground, sitting on small bench in the distance and put them on.

Fortunately, she slept with her full clothes on last night, saving her from a lot of trouble. After finished tidying up, she looked up carefully, and saw Gu Zifu sitting there looking impatient. She lowered her head in a hurry and said: "Seventh Lord has a good rest.", then quickly pushed the door and went out. She called Chuntao to help her wash in the next room.

She slept with her clothes last night, and now they're crumpled and cannot wear them again today. The clothes she brought from the palace were kept in the cabinet inside the room. Su Qing thought when she has an opportunity, she should ask Gu Zifu to sleep in separate rooms. He will agree to it with no problem, but when she thought about his unpredictable mood, she suddenly feels a little uncertain.

"Your Highness, is it fine to wear this one?" Chuntao took out a pink dress and asked her with a smile.

Su Qing came back to her scene,  her cool fingers slightly swiped across the dress, and felt very nice. She nodded: "En, lets wear this one."

The light pink silk thread revealing the cherry blossoms patterns on the skirt, simple but elegant. The white and red silk threads are embroidered with several b.u.t.terflies on the shoulders and sleeves, adding with a moon white belt at the waist. The young lady  has a fair skin, now wearing this dress, she looks like a delicate pink lotus from afar.

Although her dowry from the palace was deducted a lot, these clothes were kept in her Jian Zhi Palace so she was able to bring them with her. Su Qing can't help admiring the ancient embroidery. 

"Your Highness looks so beautiful." Chuntao squatted down and rearrange her dress. 

Su Qing helped her up and teased her with smiled: "That was because our Chuntao doesn't like to dress up. If you put on a little make up, guarantee you will hook out even the souls of your future husband." Said it, she lightly hooked on Chuntao's cheek, making Chuntao so shy.

"Your Highness, since when you also learned to make fun of Chuntao."

After a while, Shuang Qiao walked in from outside, bowed down her body in respect and said: "Madam, Seventh Lord has fallen asleep. You don't have to go have breakfast with him today."

Su Qing's eyes flashed with joy, but she still held back and said thanks to Shuang Qiao. 

Don't have to go is great, she couldn't ask for anything than this.

After having breakfast, Su Qing asked Chuntao to go the room to look for a few books. Although in the eyes of ordinary people they are just simple words to teach children, but in Su Qing's eyes, each and every strokes are pitch black, she couldn't understand a word.

Su Qing turned a few pages and started to get a headache. 

She's not the original body, how could she know these words. If someone knows about it , she would be in disaster. 

"Your Highness, you are still reading ah." Chuntao came in with the boiled lotus seed soup and put it on the table. Now that it's almost summer time. It's very comfortable to drink a bowl of cold and sweet lotus seed soup.

Su Qing simply threw the book aside, twisted her eyebrows and lay on the table in discourage: "It's hard, I'm having a headache from reading it."

Chuntao came over, stood behind her, and gave her a ma.s.sage on her shoulders. Reading the contents in the book, she also feel difficult. After a long while of hesitant, she said: "If Your Highness don't like it, no need to force yourself. After all, the fact that Your Highness is illiterate …the people in the palace more or less knew about it …"

Chuntao was also sad when mentioned about this. If it wasn't for the hardships Her Highness had since childhood, couldn't even have enough food to fill her stomach, where would she has the ability to get the teacher? If the princess's mother was still alive, how could she able to tolerate seeing Her Highness suffering. 

These words may sound pitiful in the ears of others, but for Su Qing, once she heard this, it was like a thunderbolt gift that dropped from the sky and directory smashed her into seven halo and eight elements.

It turned out that the original body was illiterate ah. In this case, why do I need to waste time working hard for! There are still some places in the yard that I haven't finished touring yet yesterday.

With that thought in mind, she immediately closed the book and threw it to the side, in a good mood called Chuntao and went out together.

It may as well know the way out if she has a chance to escape in the future.

She wandered around the entire Gu Courtyard and did not see even a shadow of Gu Zifu. However, in the afternoon the letter from the palace gave Su Qing a headache.

How did she forget it, according to ancient people tradition tomorrow is the day of the bride returning home after three days of marriage. What is even more ridiculous is that the letter was "specially" sent by the female lead, Su Yingruo.

How did she not know that the Seventh Royal Sister of her had become such a Bodhisattva's heart. If it wasn't for her still having some useful value, she's afraid she would already drowned in an unknown well somewhere in the harem.

It's just that……

Su Qing twisted the letter, her eyes moved slightly and asked: "Chuntao, did that person say anything else?"

"No," Chuntao shook her head after thinking, "Just handed the letter to me, I didn't even have time to say a word, the person already turned around and ran away."

Su Qing nodded, then got up and close the doors and windows one by one. She walked toward Chuntao unfolded a small corner folded on the back of letter, and the handwriting hidden inside was clearly exposed.

"This is….." Chuntao hurriedly covered her mouth and lowered her voice: "Grand Consort?" (T/N: I switched from Senior consort to Grand consort, it sounds better.)

Qing Luan Palace is where the female lead's mother resides. 

Su Qing folded the letter, and there was more depressed on her little face: "I'm afraid the Grand Consort Duan wanted to see me." 

Su Qing is quite distressed right now. One must know that is ancient times, a woman able to slowly climb up her position to the Grand Consort t.i.tle, beside the strong support from her powerful family, she also needs to have ability and tricks in order to win in this deep harem. It would be fine if she was summoned by the Old Madam. Even though the Seventh Lord has a bad temperament, and like to make fun of her, but people in Gu Resident are afraid of him, and Old Madam is also afraid of him. She just needs to go through the motions and everything would be fine. However, the affairs in the harem, how much can she know about?

Chuntao looks at her anxiously, and suddenly her eyes brightened. She said in a low voice: "Your Highness, let's go ask Seventh Lord for help."

Remembered that man making joke of her last night, Su Qing subconsciously wanted to avoid him, but Chuntao's suggestion is the best option. 

She said with hesitation: "Chuntao, do you think the Seventh Lord will help us?"

Chuntao clutched the corner of her clothes, and thought about Gu Zifu's temperament, all the words she wanted to say were stuck in her throat.

Su Qing was silent.

But it's the only way.

Thinking like this, Su Qing drank a cup of tea to calm herself and hesitantly asked: "Where is the Seventh Lord now?"

Chuntao shook her head: "Your Highness, please wait here, I will go ask."

She then went out. Very quickly she returned and whispered to Su Qing: "Si Ting said, the Seventh Lord just woke up."

"Just woke up? At this time?" Su Qing found it's hard to believe. 

Forget it, maybe Gu Zifu just woke up at this time, his brain is not fully functional yet, she probably could get things done with less effort.

After made up her mind, she took a deep breath, got up and went outside. But only walked half way, she came back and finished the remaining hot tea. Chuntao who was on the side looked at her with surprised. 

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"Seventh Lord." Outside the north courtyard, Su Qing knocked on the door and called softly.

After a long while, Gu Zifu's lazy voice finally came from the inside. His voice sound light, he's indeed just woke up.

Su Qing bit her lower lip, mustered up her courage and went. Seeing Si Ting was dressing Gu Zifu, she immediately stepped forward to take over his clothes and put them on him calmly. Although she still terrified of what happened last time, Su Qing kept it in mind and went to ask Chuntao and Shuangqiao about the man's dressing. Even Though it wasn't very skillful, at least it's much better than last time.

Si Ting saw this, bowed his head to withdraw. 

Gu Zifu didn't seemed to be fully awake yet, his eyes were hazy, and didn't have any requirements on who to put on clothes for him. After seeing finished wash his face and rinse his mouth, Shuangqiao quickly brought the food over. Among them, there was a special lotus seed porridge, very rich in flavor, extremely attractive, Su Qing couldn't help drooling. 

"Seventh Lord." She carefully said, "Tomorrow is the day the bride supposed to return home after the wedding. The palace has sent the order wanted me to pay a visit to the Qing Luo Palace …" At the end of sentence her voice became weaker revealing a little uneasiness in her bright eyes.

It's not unusual for ordinary brides to return home after the wedding, but Su Qing's situation is a bit special. It's impossible to take Gu Zifu with her, but letting her go back alone it's too helpless.

Gu Zifu used the spoon to scoop the porridge and coldly said: "Go, might as well let them see if you a broken arm or leg."

Su Qing was taken aback by his straightforward response. She looked up carefully at Gu Zifu's face, slightly pulled the corner of her clothes with her fingertips and said in a low voice: "The Seventh Lord also knows my situation in the palace. My relationship with the Grand Consort and the Seventh older sister has never in harmony, now that  the Crown Prince is in power, I, I want to ask the Seventh Lord a favor to send someone to the palace to send me a message at a certain time.

"Huh?" 

Gu Zifu put down the spoon, raised his head and looked at her. He then said with a smile: "Frankly said, are you begging me?"

This psychopath, can't you act a bit like a gentleman when speaking to the woman? No wonder already this old still can't find a wife.

But now she's living under his roof, she must restrain herself and cutely nodded : "En."

"Okay, beg me then."

Eh?

Su Qing looks up in dumbfounded. Blinking her eyes and stayed on the same spot without respond. After a while she said: "Seventh Lord, you….."

"Didn't you say wanted to ask Seventh Lord for help?" Gu Zifu casually said, "Well, where is your att.i.tude? If can make Seventh Lord happy, maybe I'll send someone to follow you."

What if he's not happy? Su Qing had her head down, unable to see her expression clearly. After a long while she raised her head, bite her lip and softly said: "Seventh Lord, please help me once. I'll listen to you in the future, OK?"

Then, she nervously looking at Gu Zifu waiting for his reply. She had never begged anyone before and rarely had such a close contact with a man, but she really didn't know what to do regarding the matter enter the palace. Even though the original body was unfavorable, at least she was disease free without disaster. There are still a lot of things she hasn't experienced yet. She wanted to do the things she has never done before and doesn't want to lose her new life so easily. If Gu Zifu doesn't agree, she really doesn't know what to do.

One second, two seconds, three seconds……

Su Qing loosened the corner of the lower hem of his clothes, with her head dropped down and said with dejected: "If Seventh Lord doesn't want to, then….."

"Um." A very slight response voice pa.s.sed into her ears. Su Qing has not yet reacted to the joy, and suddenly felt pain in her chin. She frowned and leaning forward involuntarily.

Gu Zifu's eyes were cold but not malicious and insidious. It was a kind of emotionless glistering vision, as if in his eyes everything is the same. It's totally different from what he was like a minute ago.

"Remember, this Seventh Lord is not a good person. Asking for help is a symbol of weakness and will be despised, abused, and knelt on the ground without dignity and be trampled upon at will." He let go of her, leaned over and picked up the chopsticks on the table. Picking up a piece of fish into his bowl and dropped the words: "No next time."

His strength was great, Su Qing nodded in pain: "Thanks  the Seventh Lord."

Seeing that Gu Zifu ignored her, Su Qing  was not willing to stay there any longer to humiliate herself. She quickly said her thanks and left. Thinking of the thing she needs  to prepare to enter the palace tomorrow.