Chapter 10 needs to be properly supplemented.
Upon hearing the name Gu Shuyan, a hint of hesitation appeared on Madam Ji's face.
Seeing this, Madam Wu quickly pressed on, saying, "Madam, I must say something you may not like to hear. Although Miss Yingxue is not a true young lady of the Marquis's mansion, she has had the best of everything these years. In particular, Madam and the Marquis have been very accommodating to her. On the contrary, our eldest young lady has been living in the Li family for years, sometimes hungry and sometimes full, struggling to make ends meet, let alone receiving any proper care."
"And just now, you really shouldn't have argued with the old lady for Miss Yingxue's sake. Everyone in the mansion knows what kind of situation the eldest young lady is in. She just went through the ordeal and was barely pulled back. And Miss Yingxue deliberately dressed up in all her finery to see the eldest young lady. Isn't that just asking to be scolded by the old lady?"
Wu Mama stopped there. She knew Ji Shi well; although she wasn't as cunning as other ladies, she wasn't completely stupid either.
Sure enough, after hearing what Madam Wu said, Madam Ji immediately understood.
Yes, she felt sorry for Gu Yingxue and was worried that she would be hurt by the criticism. But compared to her own daughter who had suffered hunger in the countryside since childhood, what did a little criticism of Gu Yingxue matter?
“Yingxue is someone I’ve watched grow up and would never have any bad intentions. However, I was indeed a bit impulsive with the old lady today. Here’s what I’ll do: take the newly delivered calming medicine and I’ll personally deliver it to the old lady.”
Seeing that Madam Ji had realized what was going on, Wu Ma quickly and happily agreed.
However, she still harbored some wariness towards Gu Yingxue.
In the Snow Courtyard, the maid Chunxiang watched Ji Shi leave and couldn't help but ask Gu Yingxue, "Miss, why didn't you take the opportunity to complain to Madam about that village girl just now?"
"Complain? Complain about what? She's the apple of our eye these days. If I complain, wouldn't my mother think I'm narrow-minded and can't tolerate her?"
Gu Yingxue glared at Chunxiang in annoyance. How dare she ask her to speak ill of Gu Shuyan? She must have lost her mind.
"But are you just going to let that country girl act so arrogantly in front of you? Listen to what she said before, even I feel indignant for you, Miss."
Chunxiang spoke with a face full of resentment, as if she were the one who had been mistreated in the North Courtyard that day.
Gu Yingxue was also furious at what Gu Shuyan had said earlier. That country girl dared to say that she was the daughter of a country girl in front of so many people. If she didn't teach her a lesson, she wouldn't be Gu Yingxue.
"Don't worry, she's just a country girl, she can't escape my grasp."
As Gu Yingxue spoke, a wicked glint flashed in her eyes, "Didn't the imperial physician say that she was physically weak? As her younger sister, shouldn't I also help her to improve her health?"
Upon hearing Gu Yingxue's words, Chunxiang's eyes lit up. "Miss means, in the food that the village girl eats..."
“I didn’t say anything.”
Before Chunxiang could finish speaking, Gu Yingxue interrupted her. Chunxiang, sensing the danger, stopped talking, but a calculating glint appeared in her eyes.
In the evening, just after Gu Shuyan had taken her medicine with the help of her maid, Marquis Yi'an and Madam Ji came to the North Courtyard.
Upon seeing Gu Shuyan, Madam Ji hurriedly said, "Yingxue, your father has come to see you."
Upon hearing this, Gu Shuyan looked up and saw Gu Jin, dressed in a lake-blue carved water-patterned long robe, with a jade crown on his head and a jade pendant hanging from his waist, striding towards her.
"Father!"
Gu Shuyan's eyes welled up with tears the moment she saw Gu Jin.
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