The corners of her lips curled up in pride, and she comforted herself: This girl Gu Yanfei really can't do anything to me!
However, the heart that had just returned to its place was still beating violently.
Boom boom boom! She clutched her handkerchief tightly and looked anxiously towards the main room at the back. The main room was noisy, and familiar figures came out from the east side room one after another.
When seeing Gu Yun'er's slender and graceful figure, Su Niang's burning gaze was fixed on her and could not be left.
Gu Yun'an called a maid from Cihetang and whispered to her to go to the backyard to see if Madam Gu's medicinal tea was ready.
As they were talking, Gu Yun'er also saw Su Niang outside the house. Their eyes met and time seemed to stand still for a moment.
Gu Yun'er was slightly startled, and saw Su Niang take half a step towards him, and then as if she suddenly realized something, she quickly shrank her body back behind the phoenix tree, her eyes secretly looking at him, her eyes were full of anticipation and a kind of cowardice that wanted to get closer but didn't dare.
These are a pair of eyes that belong to a mother.
Gu Yunyan clenched the handkerchief in her hand, her eyes flickered, and she felt a little uncomfortable. She turned around and told the maid, "Xia Lian, I will stay here tonight to take care of my grandmother. Have someone prepare salted osmanthus duck."
"Yes, young lady." Xia Lian understood immediately, and walked out of the main room, loudly conveying Gu Yunmeng's meaning to a little maid in blue clothes in the corridor, and her voice was just loud enough for Su Niang who was hiding behind the phoenix tree to hear.
Salted osmanthus duck is one of Gu Yun'er's favorite foods and is also Su Niang's specialty.
When Su Niang heard these words, she was delighted and a smile appeared on her face.
She really wanted to walk over and say something to Gu Yunmeng, but in the end she held herself back, staring at Gu Yunmeng without blinking.
Gu Yun'er saw all the changes in her expression and watched with his own eyes as Su Niang, who had been listless, suddenly became energetic as if she had taken some magic medicine.
Gu Yun'er sighed quietly in her heart: everything Su Niang did was for her.
After the maid brought the steaming hot medicinal tea, Gu Yun'er returned to the inner room, with Xia Lian walking behind her, holding the medicinal tea.
After everyone left, the inner room was empty and quiet. The sandalwood in the corner had burned out, leaving only the lingering smell of medicine lingering in the air.
Madam Gu sat alone on the bed, her face was haggard and slightly yellowish, her old age could not be concealed, and she looked lonely and desolate, as if no one had seen her before.
"Grandma, how do you feel?" Gu Yunyan sat on the edge of the bed and asked with concern.
Listening to her sweet words, Madam Gu felt it was particularly appropriate. She sighed in her heart for the umpteenth time: Why is it that Miss Meng is not her biological granddaughter!
Thinking about how Gu Yanfei refused to even take care of her and just made sarcastic remarks, Mrs. Gu's anger, which had just been suppressed, began to rise.
This girl Gu Yanfei must have come to collect debts in her previous life. She has no regard for her grandmother or the Gu family at all! Mrs. Gu's eyes were uncertain, and her already weak complexion became even uglier. She raised her hand and rubbed her temple.
When she turned to Gu Yunmeng, her expression became kind and she gently patted Gu Yunmeng's hand and said, "Good boy, grandma is fine, I just have a headache."
Gu Yun'er's tone became softer and more considerate: "Grandma, I'll ask Prince Kang to invite an imperial physician to come and see you, okay?" Her brows were slightly furrowed, and she always felt that drinking talisman water was a little unreliable.
"No need to trouble His Royal Highness Prince Kang! Grandmother is really well now." Madam Gu was more and more pleased and said with a smile, "Shangqing Zhenren is indeed worthy of his reputation. He is an expert in both medicine and art. No wonder everyone says he is a living god!"
Speaking of Shangqing Zhenren, Madam Gu became more energetic and her eyes lit up.
Madam Gu reached out and embraced Gu Yunyan, letting her rest her head on her shoulder: "Good child, grandma hasn't seen you get married in a grand manner yet, how can she bear to leave!"
Speaking of Gu Yun'er's marriage, Madam Gu frowned. Madam Fang's threat rang in her ears again, and her expression became stern.
She gently stroked Gu Yunyan's shoulder and said, "Grandma is here. She won't let Gu Yanfei harm you."
She raised Sister Meng with her own hands. From childhood to adulthood, this girl had never suffered any grievances. But since Gu Yanfei came back, in just a few days, Sister Meng was stepped on again and again.
Gu Yanfei is such a disaster!
Gu Yunyan leaned on Madam Gu's shoulder, her heart warmed and ripples of emotion spread: In fact, blood relationship doesn't mean everything, right? Grandmother's kindness to her is genuine...
After calming down, Gu Yunyan straightened up, took the cup of medicinal tea handed to her by Xia Lian, blew on it gently, and then handed it to Madam Gu: "Grandma, drink some nourishing medicinal tea."
A person who has just recovered from a serious illness has little energy. Mrs. Gu's breathing became a little rapid after she said a few words. She took the tea bowl handed to her by Gu Yun'er and was about to lower her head to drink it when she heard hurried footsteps outside.
"Madam!"
The door curtain was lifted from the outside and Nanny Li hurried in with a worried look on her face.
"Madam, the Marquis just sent someone to pass on a message, saying..." Nanny Li swallowed her saliva and reported in a stiff voice, "The Duke of Ying submitted a memorial this morning, impeaching His Royal Highness Prince Kang for trying to take my wife away."
Madam Gu's hand shook, and the large medicine bowl with a white background and blue flowers in her hand fell to the ground.
“Snap!”
The tea bowl was smashed to pieces, and the brown medicinal tea flowed onto the ground. A few drops of scalding hot tea splashed onto Gu Yun'er's frosty white skirt, which was shocking.
Madam Gu pursed her lips tightly, her face looked extremely ugly, her heart suddenly contracted, and she felt a sharp pain like a knife cutting, followed by a stuffy feeling in her chest.
"Cough, cough, cough..." Madam Gu felt an itch in her throat and started coughing violently. Her body trembled and her eyes became sinister.
The British Duke's Mansion actually did this!
How dare they! The Duke of Ying wrote to the court to accuse King Kang of seizing the wife of a minister. This news was like a thunderclap in the sky, shocking the court and the public.
For the next few days, Duke Ying submitted memorials to the palace every day. Three days later, the emperor finally summoned Prince Kang Chuyou into the palace.
In the corner of the East Warm Pavilion, there was a white jade three-legged incense burner with a dragon button, from which a wisp of green smoke floated. The golden sunlight shone directly in through the transparent glazed windows. The room was heated by a kang, and it was warm as spring.
"Royal brother," Chu You naturally would not admit his guilt, and argued with reason, "This minister and the third young lady of the Gu family are unmarried, and we love each other. How can you say that you are stealing someone else's wife!"
"My grandfather once said that marriage cannot be decided solely by the parents' orders, but must be mutually agreed upon!"
(End of this chapter)
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