Chapter 168: Old Routine Against Old Routine
After Gu Runci finished speaking, everyone was dumbfounded, especially Ye Lingyue. She had finally arranged everything, but Gu Runci predicted it?
She absolutely did not believe that Gu Ruanci's action just now was not intentional.
She was a little frightened. If Gu Ruanci really saw through something, would she be in danger too?
According to their previous experience, every time they failed to use Gu's soft words, they would suffer losses.
However, Gu Ruanci did not give her any time to think, but directly picked up the shawl and scarf and shook them twice in front of everyone.
She originally wanted to show everyone the waterproof effect, but the tea that had not soaked into her clothes just now fell directly on Ye Lingyue.
"Oh, I'm so sorry, Miss Ye's clothes are so transparent, you should change quickly..."
Ye Lingyue was speechless. Her plan was destroyed in front of her and then returned to her intact. The conspiracy became an open one, and she had no way to refuse.
She didn't know what to say and felt speechless.
"I'll go with my cousin..."
Zhou Qinzhu knew that they were in a difficult situation and had to speak up to help Ye Lingyue.
Ye Lingyue finally reacted, stood up and asked for leave from all the royal family members, saying that she would be back soon.
Even though Lu Shuyi was angry, she still had to show the magnanimity of a host and had someone take them to their room.
Ye Lingyue was on guard all the way. Since this plan had been discovered, she wondered if the arrangements in the room had been changed.
After thinking it over, she still felt it was not safe enough. After arriving at the room, she did not go in immediately, but asked her maid to go and check it out first.
After confirming that everything was fine inside, she entered carefully and changed her clothes as quickly as possible.
Wu Yixuan here has already noticed that something is wrong, otherwise Gu Ruanci would not have had that attitude just now.
Thinking about what would happen if her clothes got wet, she felt a little scared.
She is about to get married and she just went out today with great reluctance. Even so, is there anyone who would plot against her?
The first person she suspected was the eldest princess, but seeing the impatient expression on her face just now, it seemed that she was not furious because her plan had failed.
On the contrary, it was Ye Lingyue's departure that really made people suspicious.
"Soft words, the Ye family wants to harm me?" she asked in a low voice.
"Well, but it's been resolved. I will never let my sister-in-law put herself in danger. She is not qualified."
Wu Yixuan was moved, and his impression of the Ye family became even worse.
"What do they want to do?"
Gu Ruanci replied calmly, "Do you think the eldest princess is the only one who wants to marry my eldest brother?"
Wu Yixuan understood. He had indeed heard before that the Ye family had always wanted to form an alliance with the Gu family, but the Gu family was determined not to do so.
Because of Ye Hesheng's matter, Zhuang Hefeng has not been kind to the Zhou and Ye families for many years.
"She wants to win over your eldest brother, but she's going to such great lengths to plot against me first. Why not just go after which prince will be quicker? Isn't the Third Prince already old enough to get engaged? He's also related to their family by marriage, so I think he's a good fit."
Gu Ruanci corrected her, "Have you forgotten that the Zhou family also has Zhou Qinzhu? Concubine Rong's son naturally has to give priority to a daughter of the Zhou family. Letting their daughter marry the prince at this time is equivalent to taking sides. The Ye family is not stupid. They will not do this before they have sufficient strength."
Gu Ruanci knew that the Ye family was even more cunning, especially Ye Chi.
He participated in all the calculations back then, even though he was still very young.
When Ye Lingyue came back, no one said anything. It didn't matter anyway.
But after she sat down, Wu Yixuan next to her smelled a strange fragrance.
She glanced at Ye Lingyue, thinking that she had come up with another way to attract attention, so she didn't say anything.
This kind of person is not very profound after all. In such situations, he can only use such means.
The scent was very light, but very elegant. Someone asked, "What kind of incense did Miss Ye use? It smells so good."
Seeing all the noble ladies praising her, Ye Lingyue pretended to be reserved and said, "No, they are just ordinary things."
Gu Ruanci helped to add a sentence beside him: "It's probably the body fragrance of the Ye family girl."
Ye Lingyue's awkward smile froze on her face. She certainly didn't believe that Gu Ruanci would praise her for no reason.
But in the current situation, she could only laugh.
As for Zhou Qinzhu, she was not in good shape throughout the whole day.
Originally, she didn't want to come because of family matters, but after hearing her cousin say that there would be a good show today, she followed along. However, she didn't see the good show, and spent the whole time listening to other people's subtle ridicule.
In addition, she always had a bad feeling in her heart, as if something big was about to happen.
Although she couldn't understand why Gu Ruanci praised Ye Lingyue, she didn't have the energy to think about it, so she acted very stiffly.
Just when Ye Lingyue thought the other party would say something else, Gu Ruanci stopped abruptly.
This made her feel even more uncomfortable, not knowing when the other party would suddenly attack her again.
As a result, until everyone started playing the game, Gu Ruanci did not cause any trouble.
This made Ye Lingyue even more uneasy. She knew everything, but didn't do anything to her?
Or was it that she was just preventing Wu Yixuan from getting into trouble today, and it turned out to be an accident, and she actually didn't know her plan?
While she was thinking, the dog raised in Lu Shuyi's house was led out.
This dog is usually very docile and is the favorite of Lu Shuyi.
Lu Shuyi happily had the dog brought to her and touched its head affectionately.
When people around saw it, they all wanted to reach out and touch it. The furry touch was indeed very healing.
Ye Lingyue waited until now but still did not see any follow-up from Gu Ruanci. Finally she became a little impatient and went to touch the dog with a hypocritical smile.
As she approached, the dog suddenly changed its attitude and rushed over to knock her down.
This sudden change surprised everyone. Those who reacted quickly tried to pull the dog away, but the dog was quick and had already bitten Ye Lingyue several times, even her scalp.
After seeing this, Wu Yixuan closed his eyes.
Lu Enlian took action and kicked the dog directly, which stopped the accident.
Lu Shuyi was so distressed that she ignored Ye Lingyue's injuries and went to check the dog that was kicked away.
Seeing Ye Lingyue's embarrassed look, Gu Ruanci was not surprised.
She had known about the existence of the dog in the eldest princess's mansion for a long time, and she also knew that Lu Shuyi would definitely bring it out to show off today, because it was a reward given to her by the emperor. In order to save face, she had to bring the dog out.
As a medical immortal, it is not difficult for me to prepare some fragrant powder that can instantly drive a dog crazy.
Since Ye Lingyue was able to bribe the people in the Grand Princess's Mansion, she naturally also had a way to have people sprinkle perfume powder on the clothes that Ye Lingyue was preparing to change into.
Ye Lingyue wanted to ruin Wu Yixuan's reputation, but her method was too old-fashioned, so she would use an even more old-fashioned method to make Ye Lingyue swallow her anger.
After all, it was the eldest princess's dog, so she didn't dare to pursue it.
She also prepared another big gift for the Ye family.
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