"Grandma, this matter has nothing to do with my second sister." Gu Yunzhen hurriedly protected her behind him and defended Gu Yanfei.
"Shut up!" Madam Gu shouted through gritted teeth, the anger in her heart burning even more fiercely.
Xia Lian, who was standing next to her, was filled with indignation, feeling sorry for her own daughter. No one knew what tricks the second daughter had used, but not only the eldest master, but even the eldest daughter was on her side.
Glancing at the angry Madam Gu and Xia Lian, Gu Yanfei pursed his lips with a half-smile, and in his heart he knew exactly who was exaggerating in front of Madam Gu.
"Grandma should ask what happened today." Gu Yanfei calmly corrected Madam Gu.
Without waiting for Madam Gu to ask, Gu Yanfei answered his own question: "In the Rose Pavilion, Prince Kang was furious for his beloved and drew his sword against Fang Mingfeng."
"Fang Mingfeng risked his life to save the beauty. To fulfill his sincerity, the Queen Mother said she would give Third Sister some dowry. Is Grandmother happy?"
"It is an honor for our Gu family to have the Queen Mother add makeup."
Gu Yanfei looked at Madam Gu with a beautiful smile.
Madam Gu was so angry that her eyes twitched and her chest heaved violently.
Gu Yanfei seemed calm and composed, and said with a smile, "Or does grandma think that the queen mother did something wrong?"
“Bang!”
Madam Gu slammed her palm on the coffee table, glared at him, her eyes turned red with anger, and her body shook like a sieve.
Xia Lian was so angry that her face turned red. She wanted to scold Gu Yanfei for confusing right and wrong, but she also knew that she, a maid, had no place to speak here.
Gu Yanfei was too lazy to talk nonsense with Madam Gu, and said goodbye perfunctorily: "I guess grandma is busy, I will leave first."
"Big sister, let's go." As she said that, Gu Yanfei grabbed Gu Yunzhen's wrist and turned around to leave.
"Madam..." Just then, a hurried sound of footsteps came from the main room outside the curtain, and a skinny old woman in gray ran in breathlessly, and said to Madam Gu, whose face was as black as the bottom of a pot, "His Royal Highness Prince Kang has brought the third girl back."
The old woman took a deep breath and added, "His Royal Highness Prince Kang said that he came to propose marriage."
Madam Gu opened her mouth slightly, wanting to ask if it was true, but when the words came to her lips, she swallowed them back.
Her mood changed several times in a very short period of time, and at this moment, anger finally turned into joy.
Xia Lian widened her eyes in shock, but also smiled happily, and gave Gu Yanfei a defiant look with her chin slightly raised.
Gu Yanfei: “…”
Sure enough! Gu Yanfei sighed inwardly, but it was not too surprising.
As early as when the muffled thunder exploded in the sky, Gu Yanfei had expected this to be the outcome.
Gu Yunyan is the girl of destiny in this small world. Heaven favors her and has chosen a glorious path for her. King Kang is the "true emperor" bestowed upon Gu Yunyan by Heaven.
These two people can be said to be a match made in heaven. They complement each other and benefactors to each other. In their previous life, they worked together to overcome all obstacles and finally ascended to the supreme position.
This is destiny! Even if they encounter some ups and downs in the process, they will generally develop in the direction of destiny.
But destiny is not inviolable!
Only by breaking one's destiny can one get rid of one's inner demons.
There was a gleam of light in Gu Yanfei's eyes, and his expression was calm.
Madam Gu stood up quickly, tidied her appearance, and asked, "Where is His Royal Highness Prince Kang now?"
"Come to the hall." The old woman said hurriedly.
Some things are still the same as in the previous life. Gu Yunmeng and Prince Kang will get engaged on the same day.
But there are some differences.
In the previous life, Empress Dowager Yuan’s decree of marriage not only shocked the entire mansion, but also alarmed half of the capital. Nine magnificent carriages carrying angels came to the mansion and brought a large amount of rewards.
This ceremony was even more grand than the Ten Miles Red Wedding and was praised by people.
But in this life, the Marquis' Mansion only welcomed one Prince Kang.
While thinking, the two sisters stepped out of the main hall of Cihe Hall and saw a woman in her early thirties, dressed in plain clothes and without any makeup, looking at them anxiously in the courtyard. It was the third wife, Yan.
"Really, my sister!" Yan was relieved to see that her daughter was safe and sound.
"Mom, why are you here?" Gu Yunzhen quickly stepped forward and took Yan's arm. Facing her mother, she suddenly became more delicate like a little girl.
When Yan heard that Madam Gu was furious, she was afraid that her daughter would be blamed, so she hurried over.
She forced a smile and wanted to ask her daughter if she had a good time in Prince Jing's Mansion today, but at this moment she noticed the bloodstain on her daughter's forehead and her face changed drastically.
"Sister Zhen, your face..." Yan carefully used her fingers to push away the bangs on Gu Yunzhen's forehead, and looked at the half-inch long bloodstain with heartache. The bloodstain had already dried.
"I'm fine." Gu Yunzhen comforted his mother softly.
"Zhen Jie'er, you are getting married soon. What if you have a scar on your face? " Yan raised her voice slightly, feeling somewhat resentful in her heart.
Everyone in the mansion liked Gu Yunyan, and everyone praised her, but Yan had a very subtle feeling towards her niece, Gu Yunyan. Whenever something happened to Gu Yunyan, it was always her daughter who was wronged! The more Yan talked, the angrier she became. The more she thought about it, the more angry she became. She couldn't help but bring up the past.
It is said that when Gu Yunzhen was young, she once found a priceless antique. The other party tried to cheat her, and Gu Yunzhen, who was traveling with her, was pushed down and fell.
It is also said that when Gu Yunzhen was nine years old, he dug up a two-hundred-year-old ginseng, which saved Mrs. Gu. However, Gu Yunzhen was punished to kneel in the ancestral hall for not taking good care of his sister.
There are countless trivial matters like this.
Yan was really angry. On the one hand, she said this to vent her anger, and on the other hand, she said it deliberately for Madam Gu to hear, hoping that someone would pass on her words!
Gu Yunzhen's father, Mr. Gu Sanye, Gu Ji, died young, and the third room had no male heir.
The third branch has not fought or competed for these years because Yan's family is taking care of Gu Yunzhen.
She thought that Gu Yunzhen was an only daughter, and after she got married, she would need to rely on her cousins in the Marquis' Mansion, so she tried to give in, but this did not mean that she and her daughter were spoiled.
The man Gu Yunzhen was going to marry was from a family of military commanders, and her future husband was young and promising.
Gu Yunzhen gently stroked Yan's back and soothed her emotions: "Mother, it's just a minor skin injury. It won't leave a scar. Let's go back. Can you apply medicine on me?"
Yan also felt that the most important thing at the moment was to treat her daughter's wound, so she nodded in agreement.
Gu Yunzhen smiled at Gu Yanfei as a farewell, and coaxed Yan to leave Cihetang.
Gu Yanfei quietly looked at the backs of the mother and daughter as they left, pursed her lips, and her eyes became unusually deep.
Gu Yunzhen had been engaged to Murong Yong, the second son of General Murong's mansion, three years ago. The Murong family had already made a small engagement and all that was left was to formally arrange the date.
In the previous life, after Gu Yunzhen was disfigured, Murong Yong did not cancel the engagement, but married Gu Yunzhen according to etiquette.
At that time, Gu Yanfei was out of touch with the world and didn't know much about what was going on in the capital, but he had heard that his elder brother-in-law Murong Yong was a generous and righteous man.
(End of this chapter)
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