Chapter 270 Banquet

"What's wrong?" Song Mo patted Gu Yu's shoulder.

Gu Yu turned around and continued to throw fish food without saying a word.

Song Mo laughed: "How old are you? Why are you still like a child? What happened? I haven't seen you speak since you came in. Are you having a quarrel with your family?"

Gu Yu sneered: "I'm not married, so is it not a child?"

Song Mo was stunned, then he laughed.

The smile was full of helplessness and a bit of doting. Song Guyu's eyes reddened and he turned away.

Song Mo smiled and turned away: "Okay, we'll talk about it when you've made up your mind."

Gu Yu threw all the fish food in his hand into the lake with a "pa" sound and said loudly: "After you got married, you didn't care about me anymore!" The tone of her voice was like that of a wronged young wife.

Shen Qing, Song Han and others looked over when they heard the voice, especially Song Han, who looked at Gu Yu with a strange light in his eyes.

Song Mo was both amused and annoyed, so he had to walk over again and said, "Why should I not care about your business? I haven't even seen your shadow these days, how can I care about your business?"

After hearing this, Gu Yu felt even more aggrieved.

A few days ago, he went to Huai'an and settled all the expenses for river engineering. Then he remembered that Wang Qinghuai asked him to find out who hit Wei Tingyu. After returning to Kyoto, he spent two days to deal with this matter, and then found Ji Yong and He Yu. Not only that, he also found that He Yu was nominally Dou Shiying's junior brother, but he had once made a fuss at home about marrying Dou Zhao. The most puzzling thing was that He Ge Lao actually agreed...

Now that Wei Tingyu has abandoned Dou Zhao and married Dou Ming, He Yu is instigating Ji Yong to settle accounts with Wei Tingyu together. It is clear that he can't forget the old love.

If he told Brother Tianci, Brother Tianci would definitely ignore Dou Shi in the future. Song Shibo had already treated Brother Tianci like that, and Tianen didn't dare to care about Brother Tianci. Wouldn't Brother Tianci become a lonely person again? There was no one to ask about his well-being? But if he didn't tell Brother Tianci, there was He Yu who coveted his eldest sister-in-law, and Brother Tianci was kept in the dark, and he was the one who kept it a secret from Brother Tianci... He felt uncomfortable just thinking about it.

Gu Yu thought about it over and over again and didn't sleep for the past few days.

After finally getting some sleep, when I woke up I heard the news that Dou had been given the title of "Madam".

He couldn't help but touch his head.

Song Mo was both angry and amused when he saw this, and said, "If you have something to say, just say it nicely. Don't act like a baby asking for candy - what happened?" But his voice softened.

Gu Yu's face turned red, and after a while he said, "My stepmother wants to marry her niece to me..."

Song Mo secretly felt a little guilty.

Gu Yu was only a few months younger than him and was also of marriageable age, but due to complicated family circumstances, no one dared to step forward to make the decision for him, so the matter was delayed.

These days he has been focusing on his own affairs and has indeed neglected Gu Yu.

His expression gradually became shy, and he asked, "Does the Empress know about this?"

Gu Yu shook his head and said, "I heard this by accident..." But even so, he couldn't stand the thought that he might marry a woman who was related to his stepmother by blood.

Looking at his face full of disdain, Song Mo pondered and said, "You are the eldest son. Your marriage is related to the rise and fall of the Yunyang Marquis's Mansion. Your father will never act rashly. In the past, you were too absurd, and your father was angry at you for not fighting, so he didn't care about you. Now you are doing things properly, and your father will naturally not treat you the same way as before. But we have to be prepared for the worst. I will help you pay attention to this matter. But you also have to have a set of rules so that I can give you advice."

Song Mo was willing to help him, and Gu Yu felt relieved. Thinking of how his father's attitude towards him had changed since he, Song Mo, and Wang Qinghuai started doing business, he nodded.

Song Mo patted his shoulder again and said with a smile: "Feng Shao and his friends are gambling in Nuan Pavilion, why don't you go and play with them!"

This time, Gu Yu did not avoid Song Mo, but he also did not run to the warm room to join in the fun as usual. Instead, he asked Song Mo hesitantly, "Sister-in-law, does she treat you well?"

Song Mo couldn't help but smile: "Very good!"

The whole person is like branches and leaves in spring, slowly stretching out in the spring breeze.

Gu Yu suddenly felt a little envious and a little jealous.

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In the flower hall, Dou Zhao instructed Su Xin and others to refill tea for the ladies who were playing cards.

Only the sixth cousin Guo and the tenth cousin Cai came from the Dou family. Cai did not see Dou Ming and asked curiously, "Why don't I see the fifth aunt?"

In her opinion, the younger sister stole the older sister's husband, but the older sister ended up marrying a more prominent family. Moreover, the younger sister married first and had no title, while the older sister married later and was already a first-class lady. The older sister should be very proud. So her voice was very loud, echoing in the flower hall.

Everyone's eyes fell on Dou Zhao.

Dou Zhao remained calm and placed the Liu'an Guapian in front of Old Madam Lu with a smile. Just as she was about to speak, Shi, the second wife of the Duke of Jing's mansion, stepped in front of her and said with a smile, "Madam's sister seems to be a little unwell. Yesterday, Madam came to visit in person. My mother-in-law praised Madam's kind character and asked us sisters-in-law to get closer to Madam. My eldest sister-in-law was originally going to come with us, but when she was about to leave, she said, "Madam's sister seems to be a little unwell. Madam came to visit in person yesterday. My mother-in-law praised Madam's kind character and asked us sisters-in-law to get closer to Madam. She said that her sister-in-law from her mother's family was not feeling well, so she had to go back to see her. She temporarily returned to the Jining Marquis's Mansion. "She said, hiding her sleeves and smiling, "In a few days, the plum blossoms in our house should bloom. My mother-in-law said that we should also learn from the madam and invite everyone to our home to have fun when we have nothing to do. We are going to hold a plum blossom viewing banquet at home. When the time comes, the ladies and sisters must not refuse, but must go and have fun with our sisters-in-law!"

Everyone responded with laughter. Those who sat together talked about which family had held a banquet this year and whether it was fun. Those who played cards returned their attention to the card table, staring at the previous player and the next player, and could not hear anything else. The flower hall immediately returned to its previous bustle. No one had the time to go up and ask what happened to Dou Ming.

Mrs. Zhang winked at Dou Zhao and said, "I'll have to ask Madam to recommend a good chef when the time comes—the sauce served with the meal just now was very good."

Dou Zhao smiled and nodded, but sighed secretly in his heart.

Everybody likes to flatter the powerful and look down on the weak. She had only become the wife of the Crown Prince of the Duke of Ying, and before she could do anything to Dou Ming, someone helped her to deal with Dou Ming just to flatter her.

If Dou Ming knew that marrying into the Jining Marquis's Mansion would have such a result, would she regret it?

The thought flashed through her mind, and she smiled and called to Xiao, who had been following her nervously, "Please sit down for a while! It's still more than half an hour before lunch."

A hint of gratitude flashed across Xiao's eyes.

She didn't know any of the people here, and she didn't know how to play any of the games they played.

Although she also married into a wealthy family in Kyoto from the countryside, the wife of the Duke of England handled things with ease and grace.

Thinking of this, her eyes were filled with deep admiration when she looked towards Dou Zhao.

At this time, Dou Ming was lying on the bed and crying.

Wei Tingyu, who was wearing a marquis's python robe and dressed as if he was going out, frowned and paced around the bed anxiously: "Don't be like this! Can't we talk it out peacefully? What do you want? Isn't it a joke to cry like this?"

"You want to see me make fun of you, don't you?" Dou Ming raised his head and looked at Wei Tingyu with tears on his face. He looked so pitiful, like a rose hit by rain. "Today is the day I go back to my parents' house to stay for the whole month, but Dou Zhao chose this day to host a banquet at home. That would be fine, but after you received the invitation, you actually discussed with me that you should go to the Duke of Ying's Mansion to congratulate Dou Zhao first, and then send me back to my parents' house... Is there such a thing in the world? Is Dou Zhao more important or am I more important? Don't forget that I am your legally married wife!"

Wei Tingyu looked embarrassed and said, "I don't mean anything else. I just felt that Song Yantang treated me well in the past, and then we did something to let your sister down, but she was magnanimous and didn't hold it against us. Today is a good day for them, and we should go and congratulate them and show our support, which can be regarded as an explanation for what happened in the past..."

Before he finished speaking, Dou Ming's face had already turned red: "What do you mean by 'doing something to let Dou Zhao down'? That's a matter of one willing to fight, the other willing to be dismissed, you have to make the difference! If you want to go, go by yourself. Why do you have to use me to save face for Dou Zhao?" She cried again, "It was obviously me who got married first, but she gave me the title of 'Madam' first, and I didn't say anything, but you still think I'm not generous by abandoning me. You are too conscienceless... I don't know how people will laugh at me when I go back to my parents' home. Instead of comforting me, you find fault with me. What's the meaning of this life? What hope do I have?"

Wei Tingyu lowered his head and sat down calmly on the armchair beside him.

Dou Ming cried for a long time, but she neither saw Wei Tingyu coming to comfort her nor heard Wei Tingyu's voice. She felt a little uneasy and looked up quietly. Only then did she realize that Wei Tingyu was sulking with his head down.

She couldn't help but timidly call out "Master Hou".

Wei Tingyu raised his eyelids and glanced at her, then turned his head away and ignored her.

She was just thinking about whether to lower her head and say a few sweet words to coax Wei Tingyu, but a little maid came in and said, "The eldest aunt is here!"

Dou Ming's face changed and he asked, "What is she doing here?" There was a hint of disgust in his voice.

When Wei Tingyu heard that her elder sister was here, she was delighted, thinking that she could finally stop listening to Dou Ming's nagging. She did not notice Dou Ming's mood at all, and hurriedly stood up and asked the little maid, "Where is the eldest aunt?"

The little maid said, "She went to the Madam's place."

Wei Tingyu went straight to his mother's courtyard.

It would not be good for Dou Ming to go with him, but it would be even worse if he did not go with him.

She couldn't help but stamp her feet, gritted her teeth and went to Tian's courtyard.

Wei Tingzhen looked at Wei Tingyu in surprise: "Why are you still at home? Didn't you say you were going to send Dou Ming back to her parents' home?"

Wei Tingyu blushed and murmured, "We just packed up and heard that my sister was coming, so we came to say hello to her first."

First one came to greet me, but the other didn't. This statement can't fool anyone.

Wei Tingzhen glanced at his brother coldly: "Are you guys arguing again?"