Chapter 13 Personally Delivering Soup

Pearl waved her hands hurriedly with a look of fear on her face, but Gu Shuyan said with unusual firmness, "Just drink it when I tell you to. Why are you worried that it might be poisoned?"

"No, this servant would not dare to think that way."

Pearl's answer was that she dared not, not that she couldn't, which made Gu Shuyan even more satisfied.

"Don't worry, this soup just contains some highly nutritious herbs. It's easy to get a sore throat from drinking it. If you really don't want to drink it, just throw it away! But this is something only you and I should know. No third person can know, understand?"

"Yes, I understand."

As she spoke, Pearl gave Gu Shuyan a deep look, then turned and poured the bowl of ginseng soup into the flowerpot.

As soon as Chunxiang returned to Xueyuan, she told Gu Yingxue about what had happened in the North Courtyard.

Originally, she wanted to exaggerate the matter, but when she thought of Gu Shuyan's murderous eyes, she gave up the idea.

After listening to Chunxiang's story, Gu Yingxue slapped Chunxiang across the face where she had just been slapped.

A searing pain shot through her, and Chunxiang cried out in agony as she was struck. But facing Gu Yingxue, Chunxiang could only kneel down obediently.

"Fool, you made such a fuss over a simple soup delivery? Do you think your young lady has it too easy?"

Looking at this confidante who used to be her favorite, Gu Yingxue wished she could just kick her to death. How dare she openly provoke Gu Shuyan and drag her into it? Was her brain filled with mush?

"Miss, I know I was wrong. I will never do it again."

Chunxiang kowtowed and begged for forgiveness, hoping that Gu Yingxue would consider their years of friendship and not blame her.

Seeing this, Chunyan quickly stepped forward to chime in, "Miss, Sister Chunxiang was just being impatient. Please forgive her this time!"

“Let her off this time? Do you know that her tantrum not only ruined my entire plan, but also made that village girl have a bad opinion of me?”

Gu Yingxue was absolutely furious.

Her original plan was to use ginseng, a highly nourishing substance, to make Gu Shuyan unable to tolerate the tonic, ultimately weakening her body. Even if the imperial physicians discovered a problem, she could simply claim ignorance, and no one would blame her.

But Chunxiang offended someone after only one visit. If she sends Gu Shuyan ginseng soup later, will Gu Shuyan still be able to drink it?

“Miss, I have a way to make the eldest young lady not only not be angry with you, but also willingly drink the ginseng soup you sent.”

Chunyan stepped forward and whispered a few words in Gu Yingxue's ear. After hearing this, the annoyance on Gu Yingxue's face gradually faded, replaced by agreement.

"Okay, we'll do it your way."

The next day, Gu Yingxue appeared in the North Courtyard early in the morning with ginseng soup.

Gu Shuyan was initially surprised when she heard that Gu Yingxue had come in person, after all, the old lady had said that she was confined to her quarters. But after thinking about it again, Gu Shuyan felt relieved.

If Gu Yingxue were the kind of obedient and well-behaved person, how could she have colluded with Lu Youming in her past life to harm his entire family?

"Pearl, let her in!"

Although Gu Shuyan hit her personal maid yesterday and threatened that Gu Yingxue could come to her at any time, she knew Gu Yingxue well enough to know that the other party would not make things awkward with her at such an awkward time.

So Gu Yingxue came here to seek peace.

As Gu Shuyan was thinking, she saw Gu Yingxue, dressed in plain clothes, slowly walk in with two maids.

Unlike the day before, Gu Yingxue simply tied her hair up in a bun today and decorated it with simple pearl flowers.