Empress Lin looked at her coldly, thinking to herself that all the good things she had received over the years had been wasted.
Whether it was genuine or not, they had truly put a lot of effort into her, even putting their own daughter second.
But a marriage proposal completely alienated her, and ironically, this marriage brought King Qi a great deal of benefits.
Empress Lin was furious.
“Your ninth sister is on good terms with Gu Baozhu, which is probably because she loves Gu Baozhu. The Lady of Dingbei is still young and inexperienced, and she is also afraid of the imperial majesty.”
It seemed as if she hadn't said anything about the Lady of Dingbei being generous and dignified less than an hour ago.
Madam You also smiled and said, "Princess Fuyun arrived late. She didn't know that Her Majesty the Empress had kept the two of them, her sister-in-law, for a long talk before the banquet began. The Ninth Princess shouldn't go looking for trouble with them."
The Ninth Princess rolled her eyes guiltily.
Princess Fuyun sneered, "I hope that's not the case either, otherwise people will say that the Empress Dowager is kind to me in public but bullies my Ninth Sister in private. They'll wonder what kind of mess our family is up to."
Empress Lin suddenly asked, "Why has the Crown Prince been gone for so long?"
The Ninth Princess felt even more guilty.
Seeing her unusual behavior, Princess Fuyun knew that the Ninth Princess and the Crown Prince must have conspired to scheme against the Lady of Dingbei.
Princess Fuyun said with concern, "Crown Prince is weak and has been drinking. It's already autumn, and he could easily catch a chill from the autumn wind. It would be best to have someone find him."
As the group talked, Old Madam Gu, who was not far away, kept glancing over in their direction.
Princess Fuyun suddenly remembered something: "Where is Gu Baozhu?"
The Ninth Princess also said, "Yes, where is Gu Baozhu? Why hasn't she come back after being gone for so long?"
She only went to find the Lady of Dingbei Marquis because Gu Baozhu was away, but who knew that this wretched woman would be so ungrateful and cause her such a big blunder.
That idiot Fu Yun, she used to wish that the slut would die so she could marry the Marquis of Dingbei, how come she's now speaking up for the slut?
Could it be...?
Is the Marquis of Dingbei really incompetent?
The Ninth Princess looked at Empress Lin in alarm. Wasn't the Gu family a pit of fire?
...
Hongye hurriedly reported, "Madam, Seventh Miss is not here. Only Liuli and a few others are left. She said she left after receiving a message from Miss You's maid. Miss You is not at the banquet either; we don't know where she went."
Qin Yuan frowned.
Hongye said, "Madam, there is no need to worry too much. Seventh Miss is skilled in martial arts and should be fine."
Qin Yuan nodded helplessly.
Grandma Pan laughed and said, "Miss Gu said she would sit down and find a husband in the future. I don't know if it's true or not. Now many people who want to propose to the Marquis of Dingbei are dumbfounded."
Qin Yuan realized what she meant, smiled, and said, "If a good match cannot be found, I'm afraid it's true."
Gu Baozhu has already said she's going to find a husband on the spot, so who would take such a big risk to plot against her?
Concern can cloud judgment.
Qin Yuan had just breathed a sigh of relief when she heard an old woman outside calling out, "Young Miss, what happened to you? How did you end up like this?"
Just what I feared most came to pass.
Qin Yuan gripped the ebony chopsticks inlaid with gold tightly, her knuckles turning white. Her eyes were fixed on the doorway when she saw Miss You run in with red and swollen eyes, disheveled hair, and tears streaming down her face. She cried out, "Your Majesty, Grandmother must do justice for me and my third brother!"
A group of maids and servants followed and rushed in.
Madam You's face darkened, her eyelids drooped heavily, and her voice was unreadable: "What exactly happened that made you shouting and behaving so improperly here?"
Miss You immediately fell silent, only sobbing incessantly.
Empress Lin put down her wine cup and said, "Today is your grandmother's special day. What could have caused you to lose your composure like this?"
Miss You choked up and said, "I went out to change my clothes just now and ran into Third Brother. We exchanged a few words, but I didn't expect Baozhu to come out. So I pulled Third Brother and said I wanted to have a competition."
The Ninth Princess was surprised: "Wasn't this matter already settled at the Qin House? Young Master You and Baozhu fought to a draw, why is there still a competition?"
Miss You nodded quickly: "That's right, but Baozhu said that the more she thought about it, the more dissatisfied she became. She was supposed to be able to subdue Third Brother in ten more moves, but she didn't expect it to end in a draw."
"How old is your third brother? How old is Baozhu?" Old Madam You couldn't help but scold, "Don't you know how to give way to her? You shouldn't have competed in the first place at the Qin House. We are the hosts, and they are the guests. What kind of good day is it for the hosts and guests to compete?"
The implication was that the Gu family was there to ruin her good life and were completely unreasonable.
They already had one match at the music studio, why are they still chasing after us to fight again?
They didn't even eat properly at the banquet.
Qin Yuan found it both funny and infuriating.
Unexpectedly, Gu Baozhu came up with this way to cause trouble.
It seems the You family has suffered a great loss.
Upon hearing this, Madam Gu quickly left her seat and came over, saying, "Elder sister, don't be angry. Baozhu has been learning martial arts from the third brother and has never fought in public before, so it's understandable that she might have acted recklessly. But she's not unreasonable, so what exactly happened that made her insist on starting a fight?"
Everyone looked at Miss You, whose face was flushed from crying.
Yes, Gu Baozhu is only so old, why does she insist on challenging Young Master You to a duel? I don't know what happened, she had to go out and fight while eating at the banquet.
Miss You: ...
Madam Gu continued, "We came here today to celebrate her birthday, so why did a fight break out in the music room? There were so many people there that I didn't have time to ask her in detail. I didn't expect the fight to start again. Are they still fighting now or what? You, my dear girl, give me a clear answer. If she acts recklessly, I won't let her off the hook."
Miss You sobbed, “At the music room, my third brother said he wanted to learn martial arts from Sister Baozhu. At that time, Sister Baozhu said she wanted to find a husband on the spot, so we wanted to see if Sister Baozhu had the ability. In the heat of the moment, we started fighting.”
Madam Gu snorted: "Does this mean she has to think she's capable to find a husband on the spot?"
Miss You's face turned even redder.
Madam Gu said, "No wonder her third sister-in-law came in a hurry to ask us to come over and mediate the fight. She said that your maid came to report the news and kept saying that if we didn't go, she didn't know what kind of disaster would be caused."
Madam You said, "What's the point of saying all this now? Eldest girl, wasn't the matter at the Qin House already settled? What's going on now? Where's your third brother? Where's Gu Baozhu? You rushed back in such a disheveled state, demanding that we take charge. What kind of decision are you making?"
Empress Lin smiled and said, "So it was just the children playing around. I'm not really in a position to make decisions."
The children of the Gu and You families arranged a fight; what right did she, as the Empress, have to interfere?
Judging from this, it seems that Young Master You and Miss You have suffered a great loss. But it was Young Master You who started the fight at the Qin House and didn't even win. What can she say?
Even if you wanted to show favoritism, you couldn't.
On the other hand, he also thought that this Gu family girl was indeed rather rude and difficult to deal with.
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