They saw through it but didn't say anything; they still had to give the Gu family face.
When Gu Ren first learned what the outsiders were saying, he bragged about it to Gu Shouxin and Cai Xiaolian for a long time. Apart from the few people who had traveled through time and Lu Zheng who knew the truth, everyone else thought the same thing as the outsiders.
As a partner, Gu En also felt that Lu Zheng was helping Gu Ren.
Gu Ren then began to discuss the contents of the third volume with the Empress Dowager. Fortunately, Grandpa Gu and Grandma Gu were also unaware of the contents and listened with great interest.
This attracted quite a few children to come and listen. The Empress Dowager didn't ask them to leave, and so they formed a circle around, drawing in all the young ladies and gentlemen from various families who were between eight and thirteen years old and didn't play cards.
The younger children, who were not brought by their families, were all over eight years old except for Gu En, who attended the palace banquet.
Meanwhile, at the mahjong table, Gu Xin was teaching a few princesses from the West how to play mahjong. After she had taught them, a little girl timidly came to ask Gu Xin to teach her.
When she went over, she was surprised to see familiar faces: Lu Ni, one of her brother Yuanyuan's younger sisters, Jiang Hong, her cousin, and their friend Li Yuyan.
Lu Ni is the daughter of Lin, Lu Zheng's stepmother. Because of the Lin family's misfortune, she is eighteen years old and still unmarried.
Jiang Hong is Lu Zheng's aunt's daughter. When Lu Ni and Li Shan used to play together, Jiang Hong was always following them around. Now she's grown up and is a year younger than Gu Xin.
Lu Zheng's aunt was a concubine's daughter in the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion. She wasn't born to Lu Zheng's grandmother, but to one of Lu Zheng's grandfather's concubines. Her status in the Lu family was even lower than that of Lu Zheng's third master, who was born to a concubine. However, Lu Zheng's aunt had married Jiang He, a subordinate of his grandfather. Jiang He was a military general who had distinguished himself in Yunzhou in his early years and had now risen to the second rank.
Jiang Hong listened to her mother from a young age, and subconsciously learned to please Lin Shi and Lu Ni.
Li Yuyan is the daughter of the Minister of Works, and she and Lu Ni are close friends.
With such a lineup, if it weren't for the fact that this was in the Hall of Supreme Harmony, Gu Xin would have suspected that the three of them were trying to harm her.
After sitting down, she had a sudden inspiration. Hey, she had never lost at cards before. Why not win some money from the three of them to buy a gift for Yuanyuan?
Gu Xin had just thought this way, but she didn't expect that the three people opposite her had the same idea. They can't scold you, they can't hit you, they can't bully you, but they can't even win your money?
This is the Emperor's decree: a little gambling is harmless fun! The three of us beat you; you can't complain even if you try.
After Lu Ni had spoken with the Lin family, she stopped targeting Gu Xin as before and became very friendly towards her.
Jiang Hong and Li Yuyan always listened to Lu Ni, so things were very harmonious at the table.
Gu Xin realized that all three of them were pretending not to know, when in fact they knew exactly how.
After playing a few rounds, she discovered that the three of them were playing together.
After discovering their purpose, Gu Xin felt perfectly justified in showing no mercy to her subordinates.
Then, Gu Xin started winning, winning, winning. Moreover, she also learned from Princess Jinghe how the noble ladies of the capital could feign reluctance and continue their advances even after they turned pale.
So, after all three of them had their chips with Gu Xin, her smooth talk and naive demeanor made the three women feel they couldn't leave. Leaving would be too embarrassing, like they were penniless. They figured Gu Xin was so naive; if she brought more chips, she'd definitely win.
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