Now that the weather is getting colder, Gu Yaoniang is having her period and feels unwell, always feeling like she can't get enough sleep.
Having just gotten up and washed, and settled into the lucky carriage, Gu Yaoniang felt drowsy again.
She followed the swaying carriage, slowly making her way towards the Golden Jade Pavilion.
Suddenly, the carriage came to a screeching halt.
Gu Yaoniang's body swayed suddenly, and she was about to fall forward, but Bizhu caught her with quick reflexes.
Bitao also helped her up. Gu Yaoniang was already feeling unwell, so she frowned and leaned against Bitao.
Feeling it was nothing serious, Gu Yaoniang remained silent, her eyelids lazily closed, letting the maids handle the situation.
Feeling sorry for Gu Yaoniang, Bitao called out, "What happened?"
The horses neighed outside the carriage, and the driver was struggling to pull on the reins, trying his best to keep them from getting out of control.
After receiving no response for a long time, Bi Shuang suddenly lifted the curtain.
Zhao Cai has already entered Le Bao Street, where crowds are bustling and coming and going.
Zhao Cai nearly collided with the carriage in front of him, and the horses on both sides were frightened. The coachman struggled to control the reins.
Seeing this, Bizhu jumped out of the carriage and calmed the horses on the Gu family's side. A sharp, shrewish female voice rang out from the opposite side: "Don't you all have eyes?"
Gu Yaoniang felt that the voice sounded familiar, so she looked up and looked outside.
The girl's eyebrows and eyes were unrestrained and exceptionally beautiful, but the arrogant look on her face suppressed even her most beautiful features to only seven-tenths.
Gu Yaoniang frowned and thought for a moment before remembering that this person was Guo Yunwei, whom she had met once at Princess Ruining's banquet.
Guo Yunwei didn't look at her, but instead looked at the situation on the road, pulled out a whip, and was about to strike the horse pulling the Gu family's carriage.
He added, "Are they all dead? They don't even know to move aside when they see my car!"
Although Le Bao Street is wide, there are many small stalls on both sides, and ordinary people's horse-drawn carriages consciously slow down when traveling on Le Bao Street.
This is both to avoid pedestrians and to make it easier to avoid oncoming vehicles.
If they meet, usually both carriages must move aside to make way for each other on the crowded road.
Guo Yunwei's behavior of blaming the Gu family for not giving way to her carriage without asking why is somewhat unreasonable.
Her words were arrogant, and the servants of the Guo family who were standing by did not stop her from wielding the whip. Everyone in the Gu family broke out in a cold sweat.
The coachman dared not reach out and snatch the whip, but fearing that the horse would be startled again and run rampant in the street, he turned around, intending to take the whip for the horse.
Bizhu was also anxious. Gu Yaoniang saw her hurriedly throw something at Guo Yunwei with very small movements. If she hadn't been right next to Gu Yaoniang, she might have missed it.
Just as Guo Yunwei's whip was about to strike the Gu family coachman, it seemed to be pulled back by some force, levitating in mid-air and carrying Guo Yunwei's hand towards the Guo family's carriage.
Guo Yunwei stumbled as she was pulled along, and the people around her rushed forward to surround her and check her over with concern.
The expected pain did not come, so the driver lowered his hands that were protecting his head and face and tentatively looked around.
Gu Yaoniang's face was a little pale, but she still tried her best to maintain her composure and asked kindly, "What happened?"
This incident nearly caused trouble for the host family, and the driver was almost whipped. He was also quite frightened.
He was both frightened and aggrieved: "My lady, a woman with a child fell on the road just now, and I swerved to the left to avoid her. Who knew that this lady's carriage was going a little fast, and before I could turn it back, their carriage was right in front of us..."
The driver was clearly terrified; even a grown man's voice trembled slightly.
He was outside the car, while Gu Yaoniang was still inside. Although their voices were not loud, Guo Yunwei could still vaguely hear them.
She had been pulled backward by the whip, and the sudden force had left a bloody welt on her fair palm, which was now burning with pain.
Hearing the Gu family's coachman mention that the carriage was traveling too fast, he couldn't help but feel a surge of anger: "You dog of a servant! Are you looking for death?"
He raised his hand to grab the whip again, but the pain from the wound on his palm reminded him to give up.
Guo Yunwei's face darkened further. She raised her hand to tidy her somewhat disheveled sideburns, tucking the stray hairs behind her ears.
Gu Yaoniang had just heard what the carriage said and had a general understanding of the matter.
Although it was to avoid a mother and child who had fallen on the road, it was ultimately the Gu family's fault for turning their horse around and heading onto the horse path that the Guo family had planned to take.
The Guo family shouldn't be riding horses so recklessly through the bustling city.
Both parties bear some responsibility for this matter.
The Gu family was simply driving normally on the road, yielding to one person; while the Guo family was speeding through the bustling city. If we really have to compare, the Guo family was more at fault.
Guo Yunwei then looked at the road to the side.
The area was already packed with onlookers; the mother and child who had fallen were nowhere to be seen. They had probably already gotten up and left this place of trouble.
Gu Yaoniang sighed inwardly, but put on a smile, straightened her clothes, lifted the curtain, and got out of the carriage.
The young maid felt a pang of sympathy seeing her pale lips and followed her down from the carriage.
"Mrs. Guo!"
Guo Yunwei glanced at Gu Yaoniang and asked suspiciously, "You recognize me?"
Gu Yaoniang nodded with a smile: "I met you once at Princess Ruining's banquet. You may not remember, but my surname is Gu and my given name is Yaoniang."
Seeing that Guo Yunwei had put a lot of effort into her appearance, even with an injured hand, she still remembered to raise her hand to adjust the hairpins and ornaments in her hair, it seemed that she was going to meet an important person.
Gu Yaoniang stepped forward with a smile to greet her, and first praised Guo Yunwei from head to toe, from her clothes and jewelry to her complexion and makeup.
Guo Yunwei slightly raised her chin, looking quite pleased with herself.
Gu Yaoniang praised Guo Yunwei as a fairy before continuing, "It was my coachman who turned the carriage around to avoid a woman who had fallen. It was also because both of our carriages were driving a bit too fast. Madam Guo, please calm down. You look so beautiful today, it's not worth getting angry."
"When a carriage travels on the road, it's inevitable that various situations will arise. Perhaps we could each take a step back and not pursue the matter further?"
Logically speaking, since she had already made things so politely, if Guo Yunwei were a sensible person, she should have known when to stop and let the matter drop, so that everyone could be happy.
But Guo Yunwei was spoiled and arrogant. When it came to reason, she only believed in her own reasoning and refused to acknowledge anything else: "Madam Gu, you are really something! If your carriage hadn't suddenly rushed over from the opposite direction, how would we be standing here talking right now?"
At this moment, Gu Yaoniang felt as if a thousand sharp knives were cutting and twisting inside her abdomen, causing her to turn pale with pain. Guo Yunwei, however, thought that she was guilty and scared, and became even more smug.
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