Chapter 256 Still Wants to Persevere
Although Li Yingxue knew that she couldn't touch Gu Shuyan right now, she still felt quite pleased to see Gu Shuyan sitting below her.
Gu Shuyan's smile remained unchanged upon hearing this. She glanced at the other person's expression and subtly picked up a pastry in front of her.
Just as I was about to put it in my mouth, another charming voice came over.
"Madam Xue is really stingy! She left me out when old friends gathered together."
As she spoke, the woman strode up to the two of them. Gu Shuyan turned back and glanced at Chunxiang. Compared to before she left the Marquis's mansion, this maid was almost a completely different person.
Of course, this change is not in appearance, but in the feeling she gives off, which is completely different from the domineering little maid she once was.
Li Yingxue glanced at the maids waiting in the distance and sneered.
"Didn't Madam Yan deny being Chunxiang, the maid from back then? What? Now she's not denying it in front of my sister?"
Li Yingxue's words carried a hint of sarcasm, but Chunxiang simply smiled and didn't seem to care.
Chunxiang hadn't admitted it before because she was afraid that too many people would spread the word to the Crown Prince. But now, besides her two former mistresses, only Fei'er and Mingyu were present, so she had no need to hide it.
The three, whose relationship was fraught with tension, sat together chatting.
After chatting with the ladies in the front courtyard for a while, the Crown Princess felt a little dizzy.
"Your Highness, are you feeling unwell?"
A lady who was nearby saw the Crown Princess gently touching her forehead and couldn't help but ask a question.
Upon hearing this, the Duchess of Anguo stood up immediately, her face full of concern, and said, "If Your Highness is not feeling well, why don't you go and rest?"
"It's alright. Perhaps it's because I've been sitting in this room for a while and it's a bit stuffy."
The Crown Princess tried to explain that she wanted to persevere, but her swaying appearance clearly indicated that she couldn't hold on any longer.
"We've all been sitting here for quite a while now, why don't we go for a walk with the Crown Princess?"
Seeing that she couldn't persuade the Crown Princess, Lady Anguo suggested that they go for a walk, hoping that getting some fresh air would make the Crown Princess feel better!
The others obviously thought of this as well, and immediately echoed it.
So, led by the Crown Princess, the group went directly from the flower hall to the garden.
The snow hasn't fallen yet this year, but the garden is so cold that there's nothing to see. Moreover, because it's so empty, everyone who enters the garden can't help but shiver.
"Huh? There seems to be someone over there."
As everyone tightened their clothes, thinking of asking the maid to fetch their cloaks, a lady with sharp eyes spotted a few people in the pavilion in the distance.
These people are really something, sitting in the pavilion chatting in the dead of winter. They felt so cold just walking through it.
So everyone's eyes turned to the person in the distance.
"Isn't that Miss Gu? What's she doing here?"
The speaker was none other than the Duchess of Anguo, who had previously intended to marry Gu Shuyan as her daughter-in-law. Today was the Crown Princess's birthday, and to save face for her, the Duke of Anguo had specially permitted her to leave the manor to attend the banquet.
But after being confined for so long, how could Lady Anguo possibly stay still once she was released?
Especially upon seeing Gu Shuyan, the Duchess of Anguo attributed all her son's misfortunes and her own confinement to Gu Shuyan's reputation as a jinx.
Even though the Duke's mansion had never mentioned this marriage, some people's thought processes are always unpredictable.
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