The Cloud Feather of the Red Chamber: A Marriage Arranged with Gong Yuanzheng at the Start

Young Master Xue was still urging Daiyu, "Little Sister Yu'er, would you like to come play at our Snow Palace? Da Xue and I have already prepared rooms for you and Brother Qingyu. We can build snowmen and have snowball fights together. It'll be so much fun!"

Hearing Xue Gongzi's description, Daiyu couldn't help but feel a little longing. Although it snowed in Yangzhou, she had never built a snowman before. Her parents wouldn't allow it, and the maids and servants would build them for her, and she would just put a nose on the snowman.

Having a snowball fight is out of the question.

Not to mention Daiyu, Qingyu's curiosity was also piqued. He had never seen snow before.

Jia Min was afraid he would get cold, so every winter she made him stay indoors and not go out.

Unable to suppress her longing any longer, Qingyu leaned forward and looked at Lin Qingyue, "Big sister, I want to go to the Snow Palace."

Lin Qingyue did not answer his question, but instead looked at Gong Yuanzheng questioningly.

Gong Yuanzheng met Lin Qingyue's gaze, his smile gentle and warm.

“They can’t go to the Snow Palace for the time being. Yu’er can go once her health has recovered, but Qingyu will have to wait at least a year and a half.”

Daiyu was alright at the time, just a little disappointed. Qingyu was all downcast, but quickly cheered up again, "It's okay, I can go to the Snow Palace next year."

Seeing this, Gong Zishang felt even more sorry for the child; this child was too sensible.

That little bastard Shang Gong, he throws tantrums at the slightest thing that doesn't go his way, and everything has to go his way.

Young Master Xue couldn't bear to see his newly acquainted younger brother so upset, so he immediately said, "Since you're worried about not being able to go to the Snow Palace, I'll help you get the snow down!"

After speaking, he left the main hall like a gust of wind. Qingyu looked at the suddenly disappeared Young Master Xue and blinked blankly.

Daiyu's eyes lit up. "Sister, is this martial arts?"

Lin Qingyue smiled and nodded, "Yes, this is a type of martial art called lightness skill."

Daiyu nodded thoughtfully. The lightness skill was indeed worthy of its name; one's figure seemed to have become lighter.

Gong Yuanzheng noticed Daiyu's expression and cautiously asked, "Yu'er, do you want to learn? If you do, I'll teach you."

Daiyu's eyes lit up, but then she thought of Lin Ruhai and Jia Min, and shook her head, "Forget it, I'd better not learn it."

Lin Qingyue's heart stirred. What if Yu'er knew medicine and martial arts?

If something happens to the Lin family in the future, Yu'er will be able to protect herself and won't end up like the character in the book.

"Yu'er, do you really not want to learn? Don't worry, I'll explain to your father and mother."

Daiyu shook her head. She and her brother were treated and detoxified by the Gong family because of their cooperation with the court and the palace. She had already benefited from learning medicine. If she were to learn martial arts as well, she would owe the Gong family too much.

Seeing that Daiyu was determined not to agree, Lin Qingyue did not try to persuade her, thinking that she would try to convince Daiyu slowly later.

Qingyu rubbed her eyes in Gong Zishang's arms.

Gong Zishang immediately said, "Sister Qingyue, why don't you let Qingyu and Yu'er go and rest first?"

Lin Qingyue looked remorseful. "It was my oversight. Yu'er, Qingyu, you two go to my room and rest for a while."

The place where they stayed was not far from the main hall. This time, Daiyu did not let Gong Yuanzheng carry her, but instead walked there hand in hand with Lin Qingyue.

Once inside, Qingyu was already asleep, lying on Gong Zishang's lap.

Daiyu curiously looked around at the furnishings in the room.

The window lattice, decorated with hibiscus patterns and inlaid with glass, is now only half open.

All the furniture inside was made of the finest huanghuali wood, and a cloud-patterned screen divided the room in two.

The display shelf is filled with various tools and toys, some of which are rare treasures, while others are just trinkets from the market. Surprisingly, they don't look out of place when placed together.

On the soft couch, there were two books, one a travelogue and the other a medical book.

Daiyu's upturned lips receded slightly; she had also discovered a knife.

It couldn't be Lin Qingyue's, so it could only be Gong Yuanzheng's.

After passing the screen, one can see an exquisite makeup box on the dressing table, but no jewelry is visible.

But thinking of the hairpin my sister wore today, I imagine it must contain something extraordinary.

A soft gauze curtain hangs over the carved and jade-inlaid canopy bed. At this moment, Lin Qingyue has just removed Qingyu's outer clothes and covered him with a quilt.

Turning around, I saw Daiyu with a stern face.

"Yu'er, what's wrong?"

Daiyu pointed to a dark-colored cloak at the foot of the bed and stared intently at Gong Yuanzheng.

"These are your clothes."

Upon hearing this, Gong Zishang immediately understood why Daiyu was angry. Her heart skipped a beat, and she was about to stop Gong Yuanzheng from speaking.

He smiled and said, "Yes, I come to do Yue'er's hair and makeup every day. Today I felt hot, so I just left it here."

A look of confusion flashed across Daiyu's eyes, which had been filled with anger. "Dressing up? He's dressing up his sister?"

She wanted to say to Gong Yuanzheng, "You and my sister are not married yet, how can you freely enter and leave her boudoir?"

However, he came to do his sister's hair and makeup; she had never seen her father do her mother's hair and makeup before.

He also did his sister's makeup every day.

Daiyu's gaze involuntarily fell on Lin Qingyue's hair.

Is this combed by Gong Yuanzheng?

Gong Yuanzheng's smile deepened.

Lin Qingyue originally wanted to explain herself, but since Gong Yuanzheng had already spoken, she didn't say anything more and waved to Daiyu.

"Yu'er, come here quickly. You and Qingyu rest for a while. I'll call you when it's time for dinner."

Daiyu walked to Lin Qingyue's side with a somewhat bewildered look on her face. Although she was precocious, she was only five years old after all, and she couldn't understand many things so quickly.

Gong Zishang tugged at Gong Yuanzheng's sleeve and pulled him out of the house.

Looking at her younger brother, whose face still had a slightly childish look, Gong Zishang's gaze was quite complicated.

This younger brother, you could say he's clueless about love, but he has so many ways to charm people.

If you say he understands love, it seems he acts entirely according to his own feelings.

It just so happened that it went exactly as he wished, which was truly strange.

“Brother Yuanzheng, you are the one who truly hides your true strength.”

Gong Yuanzheng raised an eyebrow, seemingly puzzled by her words, or perhaps she was showing off.

Gong Zishang secretly rolled her eyes, not wanting to see Gong Yuanzheng's smiling face anymore, and turned to walk towards the main hall.

Inside the room, Daiyu had already lay down next to Qingyu, and she turned to look at Lin Qingyue.

"Sister, sing for me, it's been so long since I've heard you sing."

Lin Qingyue smiled and tapped her nose. "Okay, I'll sing for you now."

"I am a carefree wanderer from the mountains and rivers of Qingdu, destined by Heaven to be unrestrained and wild..."

A girl's clear, cool voice came from inside the house. Gong Yuanzheng stood on the veranda with his arms crossed, gazing at the distant scenery.

He had studied poetry with Gong Shangjiao when he was young, and he immediately recognized it as Zhu Dunru's "Partridge Sky - Written in the Western Capital".

I never expected that Yue'er, who comes from a noble family, would like this poem.

Disliking worldly affairs, preferring to linger in mountains and rivers. Disdainful of the powerful and wealthy, unrestrained and free-spirited.

But aren't you afraid of setting a bad example for your sister by singing lyrics like these?

More importantly, Yue'er, you can sing! I had no idea.