"Why did you come here to stop me? Are you reluctant to give up your engagement with the Duke's Mansion? How shameless!"
The Duchess of England made no effort to conceal the disdain and contempt in her words, and vented all the cold stares and ridicule she had just received from King Kang on Gu Yanfei.
She subconsciously touched the jade pendant hidden in her sleeve pocket. Now that she had the jade pendant in her hands, she had nothing to worry about.
Humph, she looked down on Gu Yanfei and Gu Yunyan, they were all the same kind of people, not worthy of her son at all! "Does your grandmother know that you are here?" The Duke of England took another step closer to Gu Yanfei, her chin raised high, her expression sharp, impatient, and disgusted.
Gu Yanfei stood there, looking at her calmly.
The British Duchess's picky and disgusted face overlapped with the face in her previous life, and the other party's harsh words seemed as if it were yesterday.
Gu Yanfei smiled calmly and asked, "Madam, do you know that the prince is here today?"
It was like a bucket of cold water was poured over her head, and the British Duchess's anger was suddenly extinguished, and her expression was stiff for a moment.
Although she quickly regained her composure and remained expressionless, that brief moment of loss of composure did not escape Gu Yanfei's eyes.
Gu Yanfei was still standing there, her sleeves and skirt fluttering in the wind towards the Duke of England's wife, as if approaching her.
"If the prince knew that Madam didn't come here for him today, he would be very disappointed." Gu Yanfei said coldly, calmly stating a fact.
"..." The Duchess of England's pupils shrank slightly, and the shock in her eyes became even stronger.
She made such a trip, which was known to everyone in the capital and brought disgrace to the Duke of Ying's Mansion. Of course, she didn't do it to make a promise, but how did Gu Yanfei know? !
She told herself in her heart: No, it's impossible, Gu Yanfei can't know! As if seeing through what she was thinking, Gu Yanfei smiled and sighed: "Alas, the prince is really pitiful. Not only was his love taken away by others, but he was also bullied by his own mother. He was the only one who was kept in the dark."
"When he finds out, he'll be so disappointed."
"Is it that hard to be honest?!"
Her voice was vague and ethereal, revealing an indescribable allure. The magic words seemed to bring up a stream of air in the air, flowing directly towards the right sleeve pocket of the Duchess of England.
The light in the sleeve pocket flashed briefly, but no one noticed.
The cold wind was as sharp as a knife, causing pain on the Duchess of England's face, and her eyes flickered unpredictably.
The Duke of England calmed down and said coldly: "What on earth do you want to say?!"
She once suspected that Gu Yanfei was waiting for her here to ask for the jade pendant, but now it seems that it is not the case.
Gu Yanfei smiled in response, being polite from beginning to end, and extended his hand as if to say "Goodbye, Madam."
The more polite she treated him, the more the Duchess of England felt that Gu Yanfei had ulterior motives. She stared at his ink-black eyes, feeling uneasy.
But she couldn't bring herself to say anything more to Gu Yanfei, so she said coldly to her personal nanny, "Go back home!"
She held the hand of her personal maid with one hand and held up her skirt with the other, and hurriedly stepped on the stool, intending to get on the carriage. Unexpectedly, she accidentally stepped on her skirt and stumbled forward.
Even though the maid and the nanny hurried to help her, the Duke of England's knee still hit the carriage hard and she cried out in pain.
After the fall, even the hairpin in her hair became askew, and she looked very miserable.
"..." The Duchess of England had never been so embarrassed in her life, her face was burning. After she steadied herself, she almost ran away and got on the carriage.
Soon, the luxurious carriage drove out of the west corner gate and left Dingyuan Marquis Mansion.
On the way back to the Duke of Yingguo's mansion, Lady Yingguo was restless. She thought of Prince Kang, Gu Yanfei, her son Fang Mingfeng, and then...
Her thoughts were racing, and she didn't even take a sip of her tea. By the time the tea had cooled, she had arrived at the Duke of England's mansion, her heart still beating fast.
As soon as his feet stepped onto the bluestone brick floor of the mansion and before he could stand firmly, he heard Fang Mingfeng's anxious and excited voice coming from the front:
"Mother!"
Fang Mingfeng rushed towards the Duchess of England like a gust of wind. Half of the boy's well-defined face was perfect, while the other half was covered with fine scars. His long bangs that reached his ears concealed some of the scars.
Two guards from the mansion were chasing him a few feet behind him. When they saw the Duke of England's wife coming back, they were all relieved.
"Mother, where did you go just now? Was it to Gu's family?" Fang Mingfeng stopped three steps away and asked anxiously, his eyes shining with anticipation.
In the past few days, he was ordered by his father to stay in his room and not to go out. He was somewhat depressed, until today when he heard the old woman sweeping the yard saying that his mistress had made an engagement at Gu's house, and he cheered up again.
Meeting her son's expectant eyes, the Duchess of England's expression froze and her gaze wandered.
Her going to Gu's house today with such fanfare was all in vain, and she actually had other intentions.
The Duke of England clenched her hands hidden in her sleeves and wanted to evade the question casually, but when the words were about to come out, Gu Yanfei's ethereal voice suddenly rang in her ears. Every word and sentence seemed to be engraved in her heart, especially the last sentence: "Is it so difficult to be honest?!"
Is it so difficult to be honest with each other? Yes, they were close and honest with each other.
The jade pendant in her sleeve pocket became slightly hot, and a warm current flowed into her heart through the pores of her skin, and an inexplicable impulse arose in her heart.
Her eyes gradually became dull and empty, as if her soul had been taken away.
"Mingfeng," Lady Yingguo said involuntarily, "I just went to the Gu family to make an appointment for Miss Meng."
Great! Fang Mingfeng was delighted and in high spirits.
The Duchess of England looked enlightened and continued, "Sister Meng agreed..."
Fang Mingfeng's eyes were filled with a dazzling light that was hard to look at. His gaze was burning, but he heard his mother say, "But Prince Kang suddenly barged in and took Sister Meng away..."
"..." Fang Mingfeng's mouth, which had just raised, froze there. His heart suddenly took a sharp turn for the worse. His heart shrank tightly and he almost couldn't breathe.
The Lady of the Duke of Ying said in a rather dull voice, "Prince Kang broke the hairpin I prepared for Sister Meng, and also kicked me out of the Gu family..."
Fang Mingfeng clenched his fists, and his whole body seemed to be shrouded in frost. The hatred in his heart for King Kang rose steadily with his mother's few words.
It was as if the treasure he had obtained was snatched away by someone! He hated it so much!!
(End of this chapter)
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