Looking at the gleaming dagger, Old Li was so frightened that he took several steps back, his legs went weak, and he fell to the ground.

Gu Yanfei put the dagger back into the scabbard without changing his expression. His movements were quick and decisive, and he thought to himself: It is indeed a good sword!

Juanbi stood there in a daze, dumbfounded.

"Juanbi, let's go." Gu Yanfei smiled slightly, her smile was charming.

She held up her skirt and stepped over the high threshold, her posture always elegant and straight.

Juanbi was a beat late before catching up.

As soon as the master and servant entered the door, they heard a stern and strict female voice in front of them scolding aggressively: "Second Miss, look at you like this, how can you look like a noble lady in the Marquis's Mansion!"

Not far away, a nanny wearing a rust-colored jacket with dark patterns came towards this side aggressively with three or four old women.

The leader was a nanny in her early fifties, with droopy eyes, deep wrinkles at the corners of her eyes, and a hint of arrogance between her brows.

Juan Bi called out hesitantly, "Madam Xu."

Three months ago, it was this Nanny Xu who went to Huaibei on the orders of the Marquis's wife and brought Gu Yanfei here.

Nanny Xu walked straight up to Gu Yanfei without any intention of greeting. She scanned her from head to toe with a critical gaze. When she saw her slightly messy hair and the mud on her skirt, she frowned, thinking that this second young lady was really unbecoming and was not even as good as the first or second-class maids in their mansion.

If it weren't for the marriage between the Hou Mansion and the Fang family...

Madam Xu collected her thoughts and said sternly, "Second Miss, the Madam asked you to stay here temporarily so that you can learn the rules. Is this how you learn the rules?!"

"You are almost of marriageable age. A girl should stay at home and read more books like "Female Rules" and "Female Training" and do some needlework. Look at you now. You are disheveled, leaving home early and coming back late. Just now... Hey!"

"If this gets out, people will just laugh at the Gu family for not being able to educate their daughter properly."

"You really let down the Madam's painstaking efforts. It's a pity that she even wrote to ask how you were doing in learning the rules, hoping to take you back to Beijing as soon as possible."

Nanny Xu shook her head with disdain, her condescending attitude and tone made it seem as if she was the master and Gu Yanfei was the servant.

"Madam Xu, you misunderstood." Juanbi hurriedly told the story of the carriage accidentally falling off the cliff. When she mentioned the death of the coachman and the maid, her eyes were slightly red.

Nanny Xu's brows furrowed more and more, her expression became colder and harder, and she scolded Gu Yanfei again: "Second Miss, if you didn't insist on going out, it wouldn't have come to this!"

This sentence is equivalent to blaming Gu Yanfei for the death of the coachman and the maid.

Gu Yanfei raised his eyebrows and his gaze stayed on Nanny Xu's face.

In her previous life, she woke up from her coma early the next morning. She had a high fever and was weak. She had no sense of relief at surviving the disaster, only deep fear.

At that time, Nanny Xu also scolded her in the same way, saying that she was the one who killed Juanbi, the coachman and others.

She believed it, and just as Aunt Xu wished, she blamed all the faults on herself... For many years afterwards, she spent her time in guilt and self-blame, becoming increasingly inferior and always hesitant.

But now she is not so stupid anymore.

She knows who is really wrong and who should pay the price, and she will not blame herself for other people's mistakes.

"Madam Xu, how could you..."

Juanbi was eager to argue for Gu Yanfei, but was stopped by Gu Yanfei: "Juanbi, that's enough."

Gu Yanfei and Nanny Xu looked at each other, their eyes as deep as the abyss.

Aunt Xu thought she had the upper hand, and she curled her lips in triumph, with a hint of sarcasm between her brows.

Can't she control a little girl from the countryside? !

Madam Xu casually brushed her sleeves and turned to Juanbi and said, "Juanbi, the Madam asked you to serve the young lady so that she could persuade her well. But you are encouraging the young lady to stay away from home!"

"I will punish you by slapping your face thirty times."

"Juanbi, let's go." Gu Yanfei said lightly. He didn't want to waste time talking to Nanny Xu, so he just walked away.

This is really outrageous! ! Aunt Xu's face turned as dark as the bottom of a pot and she shouted, "Don't leave!"

"I wonder what Madam thinks of your body compared to the door?" Gu Yanfei walked forward, glancing at the half-door on the ground with a bright smile, his protesting intention evident in his words.

There was silence all around, and Old Li and the old women were all stunned.

“……” Madam Xu felt as if she had been slapped in the face in public, and the anger in her heart was rising.

She had lived in the Marquis' Mansion for decades, and even the young men and women in the mansion would give her some respect, but she was humiliated by such an unpresentable country girl.

"Second Miss!" Aunt Xu's voice was icy, and her eyes stabbed at her like a knife. "If you make trouble again, don't even think about returning to the Marquis' Mansion!"

Nanny Xu did not hide the threat in her words, and was certain that the other party would give in.

In no mood--

Gu Yanfei was not moved at all, and shrugged nonchalantly: "Then I won't go back."

The evening breeze blew a few strands of black hair on her cheeks, and the ends of her hair gently caressed the girl's pretty face, giving people a feeling of alienation and indifference.

Juanbi obeyed the order and followed immediately.

There was a look of surprise and doubt in Aunt Xu's eyes.

Over the past three months, she had been guiding and suppressing this dull and timid country girl step by step, gradually. She had clearly completely controlled this dull and timid country girl. But how come this girl had just gone out and turned into a completely different person in just one day!

As he passed by Aunt Xu, Gu Yanfei said lightly, "You are plagued by bad luck. You are going to have a bloody disaster."

"How dare you curse me?!" Aunt Xu subconsciously raised her voice and raised her eyebrows.

Gu Yanfei had nothing more to say, so he shook his sleeves and left.

"Stop!" Aunt Xu's face was tense, her chest heaving violently, and she started to chase after him.

However, she forgot the broken door at her feet and tripped over her right foot. Her bloated body suddenly lost balance and she fell forward screaming.

It all happened so fast that the other people around had no time to help. They could only watch Aunt Xu fall to the ground.

Her chin hit the door hard, her mouth was full of blood, and she screamed and spat out a front tooth. The hairpin on her head was crooked, and half of her gray and sparse hair was scattered. She looked like a mad woman, in a miserable state.

One of the old women was so stunned that she pulled the other old woman beside her and almost knelt down.

Just now, the second young lady said that Aunt Xu would have a bloody disaster, and it actually came true so quickly! This, this, this... is too magical!

"Madam Xu, are you okay?"

After a moment of silence, there was a commotion.

Someone rushed to help Aunt Xu who had fallen to the ground, someone hurried to call a doctor, and someone shouted at the doorman to fix the door...

Gu Yanfei didn't care about this.

After returning home, she stayed alone in the room.

This boudoir was simple and elegant. Against the wall was a medium-sized lacquered bed with a sky-blue curtain hanging above it.

Against the east wall is a dressing table and a black lacquered and gold-painted treasure chest. Next to the east window is a large dark red desk, facing the small pond outside the window.

Gu Yanfei sat at the desk by the window, half-closed his eyes, looked at his nose with his eyes, his mouth with his nose, and his heart with his mouth, trying intently to feel the spiritual energy of the world around him.

(End of this chapter)