However, he was not depressed for long, because he received a letter from Dugu Mingyue.
He found it strange that a four-year-old girl would write him a letter. He thought that since he had been gone for half a year, the girl had forgotten him.
Upon opening it, seeing the large, crooked, and ugly handwriting, he was certain that it was indeed written by that brat.
Dugu Mingyue said that the princes and princesses of the Western Lands were all studying at the Royal Academy in the capital. As the princess of the Goddess Kingdom, she naturally had to come. She would come with Gu Qingyuan and his wife after the New Year, and would arrive around the beginning of February.
Gu Ren was overjoyed. With this girl around, the Royal Academy would be so much fun! Even tying sandbags to her shoulders would require her to suffer with him. Wasn't she always clamoring for him to go to the Goddess Kingdom to be her male consort? They had to share the good times and the bad!
For a moment, Gu Ren forgot that the bloodline of the Goddess Kingdom was born with divine strength, and the weight of the sandbags on his hands and feet was nothing to Dugu Mingyue.
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As February arrived, Gu Xin was most looking forward to the gossip she had heard from Huo Yanyu: what was Lu Ni going to do to the Emperor?
As a result, the entire day of February 2nd passed without any major news. She began to dislike Lu Ni, thinking that all she did was talk and no action!
On the third day of the Lunar New Year, Gu Xin planned to go shopping at the construction site of the commercial center. Gu Si was at home doing accounts, Gu Yingxue was dragged to the Royal Academy by Gu Ren, Huo Yanyu and Xie Zhiyi were staying at home preparing for their weddings, Gu Nian was said to be busy, and Gu Hui, being pregnant, didn't like to go out. So Gu Xin went alone.
Because she was so bored, she didn't take a carriage and decided to walk instead. Anyway, she didn't often visit the capital, so walking around would be good.
Gu Xin was walking down the street with her maid Dongxue and Bai Er when she suddenly saw a familiar figure: "Bai Er, isn't that Li Yuyan?"
Bai Er looked over and nodded: "Yes, Third Miss, that's the Li family's daughter."
Gu Xin became interested: "Hey, sneaking off to the teahouse so early in the morning, it can't be anything good!"
Dongxue nodded in agreement: "Third Miss, the person standing at the door is Miss Li's personal maid. She didn't go in, so she must be keeping watch outside."
Gu Xin snapped her fingers: "Let's go see what she's up to in there. I bet Lu Ni arranged for her to meet Jiang Hong. Let's eavesdrop! Bai Er, you wait outside. You look a bit fierce. If you scare people, I won't be able to hear the secret."
Bai Er smirked. "It's been years, and the Third Miss's hobby hasn't changed at all!"
When Gu Xin arrived at the teahouse, Li Yuyan's maid was visibly nervous. Gu Xin looked at her as if she didn't recognize her and walked straight in. She looked around the hall and saw that there weren't many customers. She had just seen Li Yuyan go upstairs.
She ordered a private room on the second floor, along with a pot of tea and some snacks. She then told the waiter not to take her there, that she could find an empty room to sit in herself, and to hurry up and bring her the tea and snacks.
It's morning now, and there are only two tables of guests upstairs. The waiter knows which two tables they are, so he's not worried about going to the wrong room. He's going downstairs to prepare tea and snacks for Gu Xin.
There aren't many people coming to drink tea and eat dim sum in the morning, so the teahouse is usually short-staffed.
Gu Xin strolled upstairs leisurely, her ears twitching as she tried to hear which private room Li Yuyan was in. Instead, she heard a scream: "Ah~"
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