Chapter 96 A Mix of Laughter and Tears

Given Gu Yingxue's pride, she was unwilling to become a concubine for the Crown Prince, so her first target fell on the Third Prince, Lu Youming.

"I never expected Miss Gu Yingxue to have such thoughts about marrying the Third Prince."

Once Ouyang Jing understood everything, she couldn't help but let out a cold sneer.

In these people's eyes, is marrying a prince really that good?

Thinking of her own father, who also harbored the same thoughts, Ouyang Jing felt a wave of disdain.

"Oh? It seems Miss Ouyang disapproves of my sister's behavior!"

Gu Shuyan's face showed no particular expression, which made Ouyang Jing momentarily dazed.

However, since Gu Shuyan told her all this and brought her here, she naturally wouldn't get angry because of a single sentence from her.

Furthermore, although the two of them didn't have much interaction, her sixth sense told her that Gu Shuyan could never be the kind of person who would try to climb the social ladder.

"It doesn't matter if my daughter disagrees, what matters is whether Miss Gu agrees or not."

Instead of answering Gu Shuyan's question directly, Ouyang Jing threw the same question back at her.

Upon hearing this, Gu Shuyan inexplicably felt much better.

"Miss Ouyang, please forgive me. It was Shuyan who was rude just now."

Gu Shuyan clasped her hands in a gesture of apology to Ouyang Jing, and Ouyang Jing returned the gesture. Neither of them brought up the matter again.

Seeing the two people about to leave in the distance, Gu Shuyan quickly looked at Luo Yu.

"Your Highness."

Upon hearing this, Luo Yu immediately understood and nodded to Xu Feng beside him.

Watching Xu Fengfeng's departing figure, Gu Shuyan got up and took over Xu Feng's task, placing her hand on Luo Yu's wheelchair.

"Let's go, let's go and take a look."

A casual remark startled Ouyang Jing.

Looking back at the petite, sweet-looking girl, it was hard to imagine that he was so cunning.

"Does Miss Gu intend to just push me into public like this?"

Luo Yu, who hadn't spoken until now, raised an eyebrow and looked at Gu Shuyan with interest.

Gu Shuyan looked at him with a puzzled expression. "Young Master, don't tell me you have no way to let us follow them without being discovered?"

Gu Shuyan's confident tone made Luo Yu both amused and exasperated; this little girl seemed to have a sure thing about him and knew she had her own way of dealing with him.

But he actually did have a way!

Looking into the depths of the artificial hill, Luo Yu pointed to an inconspicuous spot, indicating that Gu Shuyan should go there.

Seeing this, Gu Shuyan took a few steps and went directly to the place Luo Yu had indicated.

After groping around on the artificial hill for a while, she finally found a mechanism on it.

They pressed it hard, and with a clang, a fairly large door appeared in front of them.

"Miss!"

Upon seeing this, Ouyang Jing's maid stared wide-eyed in disbelief at the depths of the artificial hill.

This national palace uniform is terrifying! Even a rockery has a secret passage; it's just like something out of a play.

Seeing this, Ouyang Jing turned around and glared at her unhappily, and the little maid shut her mouth.

"Mingyu, take out the tinderbox I asked you to prepare and use it to light the way ahead."

Gu Shuyan gave the instructions methodically. Mingyu stepped forward, took out the tinderbox from her bosom, lit it, and went inside first.

Pushing Luo Yu inside, Gu Shuyan carefully looked around as she went. This secret passage was not a single path, but a complex maze.