There was a crisp sound of applause in the yard.

"If you can't even do this little thing, why are you still staying with the prince?"

“…………” Sui Shuang remained silent.

Suishuang is Suifeng's older brother. He has a sullen personality and always does whatever his master tells him to do without much thought or action.

"I want colorful black, not this color. The Emperor's birthday is next month, and I have to attend the banquet. It's too late to find the fabric. Can you afford the delay?"

Sui Shuang still didn't say anything.

He lowered his head and listened to Gu Yufei's scolding.

For a moment, Chunhua felt that Suishuang was also a pitiful person.

Gu Yufei assigned many tasks to Sui Shuang, and would slap her if she didn't like what she did.

Gu Yufei seemed to be punishing Shui Shuang, but in fact she was showing her displeasure to Fu Xiuqi.

Fu Xiuqi understood better than anyone why Gu Yufei did this, so he had to shut up and watch her throw a tantrum.

It’s not enough to punish Sui Shuang, she won’t let them go.

At night, Fu Xiuqi and Du Shuting were sleeping soundly.

Gu Yufei started burning paper and beating drums and gongs.

"Gu Yufei, what are you doing? Aren't you afraid of disturbing the people in the Fu Mansion in the middle of the night?" Fu Xiuqi ran out in his underwear. He could no longer bear it.

"I don't want to wake you up, but I keep hearing strange noises. I suspect Xia Yu has come back to see me." Gu Yufei cried while scattering white paper.

"Woo woo woo, miss, I heard a strange sound too." Chunhua echoed.

"Gu Yufei, stop it. I have to attend the morning court tomorrow." Fu Xiuqi's temples were throbbing. He had been extremely annoyed by Gu Yufei and Du Shuting's affairs recently, and the Crown Prince was nowhere to be found.

"She's just a maid. Tomorrow I'll ask Suifeng to pick a few obedient and well-behaved ones to give to you." Fu Xiuqi coaxed Gu Yufei.

Gu Yufei snorted coldly: "Oh! Yes, she is just a maid. If I have a maid that I like and want to ask the prince to give her to me, is that okay?"

"Of course there's no problem." Fu Xiuqi said impatiently.

"Really? Then I want her?" Gu Yufei said, pointing at Qingci.

"Gu Yufei, don't go too far. This is Ting'er's maid. She should be dealt with by Ting'er. How can I just give her to you?"

"So Master Fu also knew that Miss Ting'er was the one who should deal with her own maid? Then how did you deal with my Xia Yu? She was my dowry maid, where did you take her?" Gu Yufei raised his voice with a sharp look in his eyes.

"…………" Fu Xiuqi was speechless after being stumped.

He couldn't think of how to refute it.

"I can't sleep tonight. I want to go see Xia Yu."

After hearing what Gu Yufei said, Qingci and Du Shuting who were standing next to her turned red and white, especially Qingci, she even felt a faint cold wind blowing towards her.

"Ms. Gu, it's already so late at night. It might not be appropriate to go to the woods." Du Shuting's voice was soft and tender. As she spoke, she put her arm around Fu Xiuqi's.

"Miss Du, I'm going to the woods. Does that have anything to do with you? Or do you want to follow me?"

"I, I'm just worried that you'll be in danger if you go alone..." Du Shuting's eyes reddened. This pitiful look can easily arouse a man's desire to protect her.

"Who said I want to go alone? I will take 20 servants from the Fu Mansion with me. I don't want to go to a place like that alone. Men have more yang energy, which can suppress the yin energy."

Hearing that Gu Yufei was going to leave in such a grand manner, Fu Xiuqi couldn't help himself. He tried his best to restrain himself from getting angry: "Can we talk about it tomorrow?"

"I told you, I can't sleep if I don't deal with it. Don't you understand what I'm saying?" Gu Yufei scolded.

Fu Xiuqi's face looked extremely ugly.

Hasn't Gu Yufei always been submissive to him?

Where did his humble and submissive self go? When did he become so arrogant and domineering?

Just when he was racking his brains over what to do, a burst of voices rang out from the Fu Mansion: "Fire! Fire! Fire! Fire! Fire! Fire! Fire! Fire!..."

A faint smile appeared at the corner of Gu Yufei's mouth.

She had given Fu Xiuqi a chance, but he hadn't seized it. Well, now the entire Fu family knew about it. She wanted to see how he stepped down. The fun had only just begun.

This afternoon, Gu Yufei asked Chunhua to fill the firewood room next door with oil.

She bribed the servants with silver and threatened to set fire to the house if Fu Xiuqi didn't let her out.

At this moment, the entire Fu Mansion became bustling with activity.

Fu Xiuqi's parents hurried to Gu Yufei's yard.

They were very worried about the little grandson in her belly, fearing that Gu Yufei would be frightened.

"Fei'er, are you okay?" Mother Fu rushed over anxiously, took Gu Yufei's hand and looked around, and only felt relieved when she saw that she was unharmed.

"Mom, I'm so scared." Gu Yufei's shoulders twitched and her voice trembled.

"Good boy, my precious Fei'er. Xiuqi, you have to accompany Fei'er well tonight." Mother Fu looked at Fu Xiuqi with a stern tone.

"Come on, come on, sit down quickly. What if you have a miscarriage?"

"Mother, I just had a dream. I dreamed that there was a small forest in the west. There was a fairy there. She told me that I had to go there tonight to ensure that my baby would be born safely, without illness or disaster." Gu Yufei said sincerely, holding Mother Fu's hand.

Under normal circumstances, such words would not be convincing, but since a fire had just occurred, Fu's mother always had some vague worries in her heart.

"Fei'er, it's late now. It should be okay to go tomorrow, right?" So, Fu's mother seriously considered Gu Yufei's words.

"No, I have to go today. I'm worried about my child..."

"Okay, let's go together now. Let's go, let's set off together." Mother Fu ordered the housekeeper to prepare things.