Chapter 357 Throw it out
"She doesn't even consider that if her maternal grandmother really wanted to stand up for her, she wouldn't have been able to hit her mother."
Gu Shuyan looked at Wang Fuling and sneered. So, are these people's brains filled with mush?
With a smile fading from her eyes, Gu Shuyan raised her hand and slapped Wang Fuling across the face again. The crisp sound seemed particularly abrupt in the plum grove.
Wang Fuling, who had been slapped twice, immediately cried out in pain. Her maid rushed forward to help her up, but Wang Fuling pushed her to the ground.
"Useless thing, what are you standing there for? Go and call Mother over right now!"
As expected, Wang Fuling chose to go to Aunt Ji, which was exactly what Gu Shuyan had anticipated. Looking at Wang Fuling's "you just wait and see" expression, Gu Shuyan couldn't help but curl her lips upwards, staring at her with a cold gaze.
Today she wanted to see what would happen when Aunt Ji arrived.
Before long, Aunt Ji and Madam Ji rushed over. As soon as Aunt Ji saw the two slap marks on Wang Fuling's face, she exploded.
"My precious darling, who on earth beat you like this!"
The person was still standing there perfectly fine, but Aunt Ji's wailing made it seem as if her daughter was already dead.
Seeing Ji Ergu's behavior, Madam Ji shook her head inwardly. When she saw that the person standing opposite her was Gu Shuyan, she felt a sense of foreboding. She turned and gave a signal to a maid, who immediately and quietly slipped out of the plum grove.
Gu Shuyan naturally saw what Madam Ji did. Watching the maid leave, Gu Shuyan did not have anyone stop her.
Today she wanted to see what would happen even if Madam Ji the Second summoned Old Madam Ji.
"Mother, you've finally come! If you hadn't come, I would have been beaten to death by this country bumpkin."
Wang Fuling was used to throwing tantrums and acting as if she had suffered a great injustice with just a few words.
Looking at Gu Shuyan and seeing her daughter's aggrieved expression, Aunt Ji stood up, wanting to stand up for her daughter. However, Madam Ji stopped her first.
"Shu'er, what happened? Why did you hit your sister?"
Madam Ji spoke gently, as if a kind elder were handling matters between younger generations.
“It’s all her fault, my aunt. She had the maid grab me for no reason and even tried to beat me. This time it really wasn’t my fault, it was her fault.”
Wang Fuling felt extremely wronged. She had only come to admire the plum blossoms; how had she offended the other party?
"Shut up."
Previously, Madam Ji had been quite fond of Wang Fuling, but when it came to matters concerning her son's interests, she unconditionally chose the side that was more advantageous to her.
"Shu'er, tell me what exactly happened?!"
Gu Shuyan didn't care about Madam Ji's attitude at all. "I did strike first this time."
Gu Shuyan answered truthfully, her arrogant demeanor a stark contrast to her usual gentleness. Anyone who didn't know better would think she was some little tyrant.
"Second sister-in-law, listen to this yourself. She said it herself. I didn't force her."
Ji Ergu is the kind of person who is unforgiving even when she is in the right. If she has even the slightest bit of a reason, she will immediately grab the other person by the neck and not let go.
However, this time she chose the wrong person; Gu Shuyan was never someone she could handle.
"Stop talking nonsense to me, get out of the plum garden."
Gu Shuyan was too lazy to waste words with them. Although they were only standing on the outskirts of the plum garden, they still entered the courtyard. Gu Shuyan raised her hand, and two maids gestured for everyone to enter, looking exactly like a hostess who didn't welcome guests.
"Shu'er, what does this mean?"
Even Madam Ji was somewhat angry this time. They had only come to handle some matters, so why was Gu Shuyan trying to kick them out? Did she really think she was the master of this General's Mansion?
"If you don't leave, I'll have to call for help!"
Gu Shuyan showed her no kindness whatsoever, even though Madam Ji was the mistress of the General's Mansion.
"Sister-in-law, look at this! When did it become the case that a little girl like you is in charge of our Ji family?"
Aunt Ji, not one to shy away from stirring things up, fanned the flames from the sidelines.
She was slapped by her own mother for no reason today, and she was looking for a way to get revenge when Gu Shuyan barged in.
“Shuya, even if you are the eldest daughter of the Marquis of Yi’an’s mansion, this is the General’s mansion, not your Marquis of Yi’an’s mansion. Aren’t you overstepping your bounds?”
Madam Ji's expression turned ugly, and her attitude became much tougher than before.
“My second aunt is right, this is indeed the General’s Mansion, but so what? This plum garden belongs to my maternal grandmother. These red plums were planted by my maternal grandmother for my uncle and mother, and have nothing to do with you people. If you want to step into the plum garden, don’t even think about it without my permission.”
It was clearly a nonsensical thing, but Gu Shuyan made it sound like it was perfectly reasonable.
“Absurd, utterly absurd! This plum garden is the courtyard of the General’s Mansion. We are the masters of the General’s Mansion. How can we not come to the plum garden?”
Aunt Ji looked at Gu Shuyan as if she had heard the biggest joke in the world, as if she were looking at a fool.
Gu Shuyan had no interest in joking with them. Seeing that they were unwilling to leave, Gu Shuyan raised her hand, and Xu Feng appeared out of nowhere.
"Please give your orders, Miss!" Xu Feng clasped his hands in a fist salute.
Upon hearing this, Gu Shuyan pursed her lips at the group and said, "Throw these people out."
Although Xu Feng is a man, he never hesitates to carry out Gu Shuyan's orders, no matter what he doesn't want to do.
Xu Feng clasped his hands in a fist salute, took a few steps forward, and threw all the maids and servants out of the plum garden.
When only Madam Ji, Aunt Ji, and Wang Fuling remained, the three of them, even if unwilling, had no choice but to leave on their own.
They didn't want to be thrown out like those servants, sprawled out on their backs.
"Gu Shuyan, you're too arrogant. This is the General's Mansion."
Wang Fuling never expected that even her second aunt couldn't handle this country bumpkin. Frustrated, she couldn't help but yell out.
"So what if she's arrogant? That's exactly what my Gu family's daughter wants to be arrogant about."
The speaker was none other than Gu Renjie and his companions, who had emerged from the depths of the plum garden upon hearing the voice.
“Even if she is a daughter of the Gu family, standing in the General’s Mansion, she is still the one who calls the shots.”
Gu Yingjie stood behind him, echoing his sentiments, seemingly not taking these people seriously at all.
"Wenjing, are you just going to stand by and watch them make a fool of themselves?"
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