Yuling's eyes lit up, her heart was filled with joy, but her face remained calm. She nodded respectfully, "Yes, ma'am."
Early the next morning, Gu Yunran dressed up and took Yuling out of the house. When she arrived at the door, she saw Lu Jiajia waiting for her next to the carriage.
"Fourth sister-in-law."
Lu Jiajia walked up enthusiastically and put her arm around Gu Yunran, but Gu Yunran indifferently pulled her hand away. She had just gotten into the carriage.
Lu Qingzhou came out.
Lu Jiajia asked with a smile: "Fourth brother, you are not wearing your class uniform today. Where are you going dressed so formally?"
Lu Qingzhou: "It's Doctor Mu's birthday, how can I not go?"
In the carriage, Gu Yunran's body stiffened slightly. Lu Qingzhou was going to the shogunate too?
Her eyes flickered, and she felt that nothing good was going to happen today.
Just as Lu Qingzhou was about to get on the carriage, Gu Yunran said, "This is the carriage for the women. Fourth Master, please go on horseback."
As she spoke, she had already ordered the groom: "Hurry up and don't waste time."
The coachman did not dare to delay for a moment, he whipped the horse's back and the horse galloped away.
Lu Jiajia's face turned bad as she rebuked Gu Yunran, "Sister-in-law, although Fourth Brother did something wrong, you can't humiliate him in front of the servants like this. You're going too far."
Gu Yunran: "If you think I'm going too far, you can get out!"
"You!" When Lu Jiajia thought about needing Gu Yunran's help to connect with Mu Qianchen, her tone softened immediately. She said softly, "Sister-in-law, I was wrong."
"My brother is a jerk, he deserves it!"
Yuling sat at the outermost corner and stared at Lu Jiajia with eyes wide open. She had never expected that the Fifth Miss was such a person. Just now she was thinking about whether she should tell the Fifth Miss about Gu Yunran's affair and ask her to help find that wild man...
Yuling broke out in a cold sweat on her back, fortunately she didn't tell her.
The carriage was almost at the gate of the shogunate when it was stopped.
"Sorry, there are too many carriages at the gate of the shogunate, and there is no place to park nearby. Please park over there." A servant pointed to a place five hundred miles west of the gate of the shogunate and said.
Lu Jiajia was so angry that she opened the curtain and pointed to the empty space at the gate of the shogunate. "Isn't there a place over there? Let's park there."
The servant put out his hand to block the carriage and stood there motionless.
Before Gu Yunran could say anything, another carriage came up from behind. It was luxuriously decorated and it looked like the people inside must be of high status.
A familiar sneer sounded from inside: "This shabby carriage wants to stop at the guest's seat, what a joke."
Gu Yunran frowned. He knew who it was just by listening to the voice.
That annoying Princess Pingyang.
She opened the curtain and handed out the invitation: "This is my invitation."
The servant was shocked when he saw the special gold-stamped invitation. Lord Mu had only sent out two special invitations, one to the palace and one to...
He immediately said respectfully, "Miss Gu, please!"
He hurriedly ran ahead, guiding the Gu family's coachman to park the carriage in the best position. Princess Pingyang had a dark face and could only park beside it.
She got off the carriage and complained dissatisfiedly: "Who is she? Why is she parked there?"
The servant said with an apologetic smile, "Your Highness, I will just do my job. If you are dissatisfied, please ask Master Mu."
How could she dare to ask Mu Qianchen? Princess Pingyang left angrily.
"Gu Yunran, wait."
Princess Pingyang walked easily to a pavilion in the courtyard of the shogunate. She said to her personal maid Caixuan, "Go and call Madam Li to see me."
"yes."
Caixuan took the order and went, and came back soon, followed by a fat old nanny.
"Greetings to Her Royal Highness the Princess!"
"No need for formalities." Princess Pingyang helped Nanny Li up, pulled a jade pendant from her waist and threw it into her hand. "Gu Yunran is coming to the shogunate today, and I want to give her a generous gift. Give her this jade pendant."
Nanny Li took the jade pendant and replied respectfully, "Yes."
Princess Pingyang glanced at her and said with a forced smile, "This is the jade pendant I always wear. Do you know how to do it?"
"I understand."
The banquet began quickly. After everyone paid their respects and said a few words of congratulations, they went to find their seats in the yard.
The women were on one side, the men on the other, separated by a row of peach trees. The peach blossoms were in full bloom, with pink, red, yellow and white colors complementing each other, looking very beautiful.
"It's almost summer, but the peach blossoms in the Mu Mansion are still blooming so brightly." Lu Jiajia was shocked when she saw the huge mansion. The peach blossoms here were even more gorgeous than those in the Lu Mansion.
Suddenly, the crowd became agitated. Lu Jiajia tugged at Gu Yunran's sleeve, "Fourth sister-in-law, Master Mu is here."
Gu Yunran looked up and saw a man wearing a purple brocade robe. His hair was tied up with a jade hairpin, and his black hair hung down to his waist. His eyebrows were slightly raised, and the contours of his face were well-defined. He smiled slightly, and he looked both evil and charming.
Lu Jiajia's saliva was all over her chest.
She would be willing to die to marry a man like this.
"Fourth sister-in-law."
She pushed Gu Yunran, but before Gu Yunran moved, a figure faster than her, a woman in a pink dress, holding a glass of wine, walked up to Mu Qianchen.
"Master Mu." The woman smiled sweetly, her voice as sweet as Bai Ling's. "Your servant, Li Yan, has long admired Master Mu. Today, I am honored to meet you, Master Mu. I would like to offer you a glass of wine."
Qianli, who was standing behind Mu Qianchen, twitched his lips. He had never seen a woman so bold as to approach her master and seek abuse.
Gu Yunran watched all this quietly, unmoved. Lu Qingzhou came over at some point, ran to Gu Yunran's side, and whispered in her ear, "You run so fast! You're making me sweat."
Gu Yunran frowned, but did not push him away.
Seeing that Gu Yunran did not reject him, Lu Qingzhou was in a particularly good mood today and reached out to hold Gu Yunran's hand.
Gu Yunran's body stiffened and she tried to break free, but Lu Qingzhou held her tighter.
Mu Qianchen glanced at Gu Yunran lightly, then moved his eyes downwards and saw Lu Qingzhou holding Gu Yunran's hand, and he quickly looked away again.
He lowered his head, looked at the flattering Li Yan, and smiled: "Okay."
Li Yan's heart trembled, and she was so excited that she almost couldn't hold the cup steady.
"Mu, Master Mu, please."
She held the wine glass in both hands, bent over, and looked very respectful. Unexpectedly, Mu Qianchen said lightly: "I'll feed you."
"Hello, feed me?"
Li Yan widened her eyes, looking flattered.
"Yeah." Mu Qianchen hummed lightly and called out, "Qianli."
"I'm here."
Qianli immediately stood up from behind Mu Qianchen, grabbed a centipede from somewhere and put it in the wine glass, then pushed the glass to Li Yan.
"Drink it."
Mu Qianchen sat on the armchair, playing with a sharp dagger in his hand. The dagger shone coldly in the refraction of the sunlight.
The centipede was black all over, but it was still alive and moving.
Li Yan trembled and her face turned pale with fear.
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