"Yeah, she has changed."

Song Mingyang curled his lips upon hearing this and snorted, "How can it not change? After all, the whole family is blind, and now they are not married to the right person. It's like a flower stuck in cow dung! This world is really unfair!"

Looking at Gu Qinghua's smug look, she really felt sorry for Shen Ruyi.

Someone nearby glanced at her with a strange look on his face.

Only the princess of the Changning Marquis's Mansion dared to say that Gu Qinghua was a pile of cow dung in front of everyone in the Gu family.

Song Mingyang didn't care at all, but pulled Mu Rushuang's sleeve and said, "Sister Mu, let's go talk to Ruyi later and ask her if her injury has improved. I asked my mother for some medicine, which is just right for her."

Mu Rushuang glanced at her and said, "Okay."

She came here today not to celebrate the birthday of the old lady of the Gu family, but to help Shen Ruyi.

But it's not time for her to appear yet.

So, I chose to wait and see.

Someone suddenly asked Gu Qinghua, "Mr. Gu, everyone says that you and the eldest daughter of the Shen family were engaged as children, but looking at you now, it doesn't seem like it was just an engagement when you were children!"

If it was a child marriage, would she be so eager to do it?

But Gu Qinghua now feels proud and does not think it is shameful at all. Instead, he shows a smug smile and shows off: "That is definitely not the case. I fell in love with Ruyi at first sight. Although there were some problems along the way, it does not affect my relationship with her."

As he said this, he glanced at Shen Ruyi.

Seeing that Shen Ruyi was not moved by this, he swore in front of everyone, "Also, I promise that I will never make the same mistake again. I will take care of Ruyi, have children, and live a good life."

Then he looked at Shen Ruyi, "Right, Ruyi?"

Everyone looked at Shen Ruyi.

Shen Ruyi was disgusted again, but in front of everyone, the topic had come to this point. How should she answer?

I'm feeling depressed.

A voice suddenly came from outside the door, interrupting Gu Qinghua.

"The Ninth Prince has arrived!"

Shen Ruyi breathed a sigh of relief, turned his head to look at the door, and bowed directly, "I have seen you, Senior Brother."

You came just in time.

Through a door, Rong Yan saw the little girl bowing to him from a distance, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Even from such a distance, he could feel that she was looking forward to it.

He looked at Shen Ruyi, and Shen Ruyi also looked at him, but she ignored Gu Qinghua.

Gu Qinghua's question received no response, but he couldn't interrupt the Ninth Prince and Shen Ruyi, so he could only smile and make amends for himself, "Haha, our Ruyi is shy!"

Everyone was speechless.

Which eye of his saw Shen Ruyi being shy?

In Shen Ruyi's eyes, there was clearly only the Ninth Prince——

Oh, but it’s normal that Gu Qinghua couldn’t see Shen Ruyi’s expression since he was standing behind her.

Everyone had different expressions on their faces. They all stood up and saluted Rong Yan, "Greetings to His Royal Highness the Ninth Prince."

Rong Yan's wheelchair came in from the door, but he ignored anyone else and just said, "Ruyi, your wound hasn't healed yet, find a place to sit down first."

Everyone looked strange and subconsciously glanced at the Gu family.

Isn't the Ninth Prince implying that he is blaming the Gu family for not taking good care of him?

However, I did hear recently that Shen Ruyi suffered a serious sword wound... So, although the Gu family seemed to be very enthusiastic, they actually didn't even take care of her wounds. Did they really like her or were they just pretending to like her?

Everyone present was a smart person, and they could tell from just a few words that today's birthday banquet was unusual.

The smile on Gu Qinghua's face gradually froze, and the expressions of the other members of the Shen and Gu families also became a little ugly. Minister Gu couldn't help but asked with a complicated expression: "What wind blew the Ninth Prince here as well?"

The Gu family has nothing to do with the Ninth Prince!

Everyone's attention was focused on the Ninth Prince.

He was wearing a white fox fur coat today, which made his face look like a bright moon and unusually noble.

All at once, it took away everyone’s light.

The Shen family's affairs have been going on for quite some time. These days, many people have also heard about the entanglement between Shen Ruyi and the Ninth Prince. For a moment, everyone looked strange and talked about it.

"The Ninth Prince never goes to any noisy occasions. Even at the birthday banquet of Prince Yan, he did not show up because of his relationship with Prince Yan. But he did not expect to come to the birthday banquet of the old lady of the Gu family."

"This matter is strange no matter how you look at it."

"Yes, even if it was for Shen Ruyi, it should be at the wedding banquet on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, not today."

They are all smart people in the court.

Seeing this scene, everyone couldn't help but speculate.

Shen Ruyi was also very curious about how Rong Yanyan would answer.

Rong Yan's face did not show any emotion, he just said calmly: "It's just the Gu family's birthday banquet, it's really not worthy for me to show up. I came here today on the orders of my father, it has nothing to do with the birthday banquet. You can do whatever you want, don't worry about me. When the time is right, I will naturally tell you my intentions."

"So you came here on orders."

Everyone looked at each other and sighed, "It sounds even more complicated. Why did the emperor call the Ninth Prince to this occasion?"

"Could it be because of Ziwei Fuxing?"

Everyone looked at Shen Ruyi again.

The old lady of the Gu family also came back to her senses and said hurriedly: "Ruyi, come and sit over here, don't stand."

I really didn't expect that even though I was holding you in my hands, Rong Yan would still find fault with you!

Many people didn't have time to sit down.

Even she, an old lady, was still standing and talking, so why was she neglecting Shen Ruyi?

The old lady held her breath in her heart, but for the sake of her face she had to put on a smile and quickly asked someone to help Shen Ruyi sit down.

"The Ninth Prince hasn't sat down yet, why did she sit down first?"

Some people were startled and spoke without thinking.

"Do you think I need to sit down?"

Rong Yan glanced at him, and the man immediately slapped him, "Your Highness, calm down, I am blind."

The Ninth Prince had always been sitting in his wheelchair, and standing up was a really difficult thing for him. What he said was inappropriate and made the Ninth Prince unhappy.

"Then everyone, sit down."

Minister Gu laughed hastily, "Your Highness, please take a seat."

Rong Yan glanced forward, and the wheelchair stopped beside Shen Ruyi, "I can just sit with Junior Sister."

He kept calling her "Junior Sister" and he was almost saying that he and Shen Ruyi were the closest in the room.

Minister Gu choked and had to put on a smile, "As long as Your Highness is happy, that's good."

As he said this, he hurried to greet other guests.

But with Rong Yan sitting here, Gu Qinghua felt embarrassed.

He didn't dare sit down in front of Rong Yan, but he wanted to pester Shen Ruyi, so he had no choice but to stand beside the two of them like a guard.

"Is the wound better?"

Rong Yan ignored him and looked directly at Shen Ruyi.

"I feel better now. Thank you for your concern, Senior Brother." Shen Ruyi looked at Rong Yan, feeling a surge of warmth in her heart. "Ruyi is very lucky to see Senior Brother today."

"I will naturally do what I promised you."

Rong Yan's voice was gentle as he handed her a cup of hot water. "You are injured, so don't worry about others. I am here today, and no one dares to make trouble for you."

Shen Ruyi nodded and held the teacup.

Gu Qinghua looked at the intimacy between the two brothers and sisters, and a feeling of jealousy welled up in his heart. He said, "Ninth Prince, you are Ruyi's senior brother, so you should also come to attend Ruyi and my wedding banquet on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, right?"