Chapter 239 Threat
But Gu Shuyan couldn't really let it go. She glanced at the furious Princess Ruyue, and then at Xu Shan'er, who seemed to have nothing to lose.
"Yuxin, you and Yuhe take Miss Xu and the other young ladies out to play. I have a few words I'd like to say to the princess alone."
As soon as Gu Shuyan finished speaking, Gu Yuxin and Gu Yuhe each took one side of Xu Shan'er and dragged her away, regardless of whether she wanted to leave or not.
Once only the two of them remained in the pavilion, Gu Shuyan had tea served and invited Princess Ruyue to sit down.
"What does Miss Gu mean by this?"
Princess Ruyue looked at Gu Shuyan with arrogance. In her eyes, Gu Shuyan was nothing more than a common chicken and would not become a phoenix just because she became the daughter of a marquis.
"Princess, please sit down before we speak!"
Gu Shuyan didn't care about the disdain in her eyes at all. She just glanced at the teacups that had been prepared and gestured for her to sit down.
"Speak, what exactly do you want to say?"
Princess Ruyue finally sat down in the chair, but her words were still quite unfriendly. Gu Shuyan and Xu Shan'er were in cahoots; if she were friendly to her, wouldn't she be contradicting herself?
"Actually, it's nothing. It's just that I saw that the princess was a bit unfriendly to Shan'er, and I couldn't help but want to remind the princess a few things."
Gu Shuyan's eyes held a smile, but the smile didn't reach her eyes. Princess Ruyue couldn't help but shiver when she saw her like that.
"Although the title of Princess was bestowed by His Majesty, you surely know better than I how the Minister's Mansion stands in the court! And while Shan'er hasn't received an official title, she is still the legitimate daughter of a Marquis's family, so the family she marries into will naturally be either rich or noble. Princess, what kind of family do you think you can marry into, given the Minister's Mansion's capabilities and your own status?"
The Liu family only got to where it is today because of Consort Liu. Their actual wealth is nowhere near that of a family like the Marquis of Jinning. As for how she became a princess, others may not know, but she knows very well.
Princess Ruyue's face gradually paled as she listened to Gu Shuyan's words.
She used to think that Xu Shan'er was disrespectful and that she should teach her a lesson. But now, after hearing this, she realized that even though she was a princess, she was just a joke compared to the daughters of these powerful families.
"Miss Gu only told me this?"
Although Princess Ruyue is younger than Gu Shuyan, she is still twelve years old. For a girl born into a high-ranking family, twelve years old is enough for her to understand a great deal.
Since confronting Xu Shan'er wouldn't do him any good, what was the purpose of her words just now?
Gu Shuyan looked up at Princess Ruyue, and her face flushed involuntarily when she heard her question.
"I just don't want the Third Prince to lose such a good help from the Marquis of Jinning's mansion because of the Princess."
After Gu Shuyan finished speaking, she stood up, bowed slightly to Princess Ruyue, and strode away from the pavilion.
Princess Ruyue sat there until the maidservant outside called her three times before she slowly came back to her senses.
Where is Miss Gu?
Princess Ruyue belatedly glanced at the scene before her, but Gu Shuyan was nowhere to be seen.
"Princess, Miss Gu has been gone for quite a while. I noticed you hadn't come out, so I came in to check on you."
The maid answered, somewhat puzzled by her mistress's words.
Princess Ruyue had finally come to her senses. She glanced at the crowd in the distance and said, "Let's go find Mother."
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