Chapter 421: Marriage (2)
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His heart burned, and a determined glint flashed across his eyes.
Who’s fated with you! Gu Yuan’s gaze was cold. If he wasn’t on duty, he would have kicked him off the horse on the spot.
Gu Yuan pulled the reins of the horse and pretended to inadvertently drive the horse two steps forward, blocking Baili Yin’s gaze towards his sister.
“Third Prince Baili.” Chu Yi called out calmly. His smile gave off a gentle and handsome feeling as usual. From the beginning to the end, he was smiling slightly. However, Baili Yin inexplicably felt a chill in his heart. The hair on the back of his neck stood on end, as if he was targeted by a ferocious beast.
Baili Yin still had a nonchalant smile on his face, and his smile deepened.
Chu Yi only said one word, “Please.”
Without waiting for Baili Yin’s reaction, he squeezed the horse’s abdomen, and the white horse under him suddenly sped up. It galloped forward smoothly and took the lead to pass through the city gate.
Baili Yin, who was left behind, froze.
If this was in the State of Yue in the past, a mere Young Master Yi wouldn’t dare treat him like this!
Baili Yin’s eyes were cold, and the smile on his lips froze. However, he still remembered the purpose of this trip and didn’t turn around to leave.
The whip landed heavily on the horse’s rump, and the horse neighed as it chased after Chu Yi.
Gu Yuan and the other guards followed behind. The mighty team quickly left the city.
After Chu Yi and the others walked away, the west gate resumed its passage.
The passersby and carriages that were originally waiting on both sides of the official road lined up into two straight lines under the shouts of the city gate guards. Everyone began to queue up to enter the city in an orderly manner.
Imperial Duchess Wei specially sent Gu Yanfei to the Gu residence and watched her enter before returning the way she came.
Gu Yanfei woke up early today. After returning to the residence, she was feeling sleepy. She washed up briefly and fell asleep.
When she woke up, it was already noon. The room was illuminated by the noon sun.
She sat up on the thin blanket and yawned lazily, feeling very sleepy.
She might as well go back to sleep.
As soon as this thought appeared in her mind, she saw Juan Bi walk briskly and report with a smile, “Miss, Nanny He is here. She says that she wants to see you.”
Granny He was the nanny in charge of the sewing room.
Gu Yanfei rubbed her forehead and said slowly, “Call all the housekeepers to the main hall.”
Juan Bi nodded and called a servant girl to pass the message.
After Gu Yanfei casually ate some lunch, she ran to the Jiahui Courtyard to look for Gu Yunzhen.
Gu Yunzhcn’s maidservant, Fei Cui, personally led Gu Yanfei in. She smiled and said, “Second Lady, it’s better to rush at the right time.”
Fei Cui brought Gu Yanfei to the east room.
The room was lit with a faint moon qilin fragrance that assaulted their faces. The swaying tree shadows in the courtyard outside the window added a hint of green to the room, making it quiet and peaceful.
Gu Yunzhen was sitting on the Luohan bed by the window. She was wearing a ginger embroidered skirt with begonia flowers. Her black hair was tied up, and there was only a lustrous crimson gold bead hairpin inserted. She was hanging her head down and doing a needle and thread.
Gu Yanfei lightened her footsteps and sat beside her.
After embroidering the last stitch, Gu Yunzhen bit off the thread. Satisfied, she sized up the headband she had just embroidered in her hand. Then, she turned to Gu Yanfei and smiled gently.
“Second Sister.” Gu Yunzhen handed the newly embroidered green lotus hairband to Gu Yanfei. “Take a look. Do you like it?”
The finger-wide green lotus hair band was embroidered with small and exquisite wisteria flowers on both ends with lilac-colored thread. The stamens were embroidered with gold thread.
Gu Yanfei wrapped the headband around her slender fingers. The golden stamens shone under the sun.
“It looks good.” Gu Yanfei’s fingers gently rubbed the embroidery at the end of the headband twice and examined it carefully.
Seeing that she liked it, Gu Yunzhen’s eyes lit up. She smiled and said, “I’ll put it on for you.”
“She enthusiastically braided the hairband together with a strand of hair into a long braid. Her fingers were slender and agile, braiding the braid neatly and evenly, as if every strand of hair was obediently in place.”
My braids aren’t as beautiful as Big Sister’s. My hair always feels so disobedient in my own hands.
Gu Yanfei thought to herself silently. Then she casually said to Gu Yunzhen, “Big Sister, the house has been in a mess recently. No one cares about the residence’s feed. I came to ask you for help today…”
As early as a few days ago, when they were comparing the accounts, they realized that Madam Wang had already thrown in the towel without handing over the responsibilities or giving instructions to the other party. She directly ruined the residence’s system. More than half of the housekeepers in the Marquis Mansion were Madam Wang’s trusted subordinates, so they didn’t care about anything else either.
In this huge mansion, all the trivial matters were piled up in Gu Yanfei’s hands. “Help?” Gu Yunzhen pointed at herself in shock.
Sister wants me to preside over the residence?!
Although she had learned how to be a housekeeper from her mother, Madam Yan, she only managed her small courtyard.
Gu Yanfei nodded vigorously and stared at Gu Yunzhen with sparkling eyes.
In her previous life, she wasn’t qualified to come into contact with the residence’s management.
Later on, she reincarnated into the Bright Spirit Realm. Her omnipotent Eldest Senior Sister was in the sect. Not only was she talented in cultivation, but she was also very understanding iofthe ways of the world. She took care of all the internal affairs of the sect.
Unlike now, most of the housekeepers in the residence were no longer in charge. The remaining housekeepers who didn’t take sides were restrained in their work, so that whenever anything happened in the residence, the people below would rush to Yuheng Garden to look for her.
Gu Yanfei had a headache when she saw the pile of trivial matters like “What do you want to buy today? What do you want to eat tomorrow? Do you want to repair the flower stand in the garden? The price of rice is expensive again. The carbon is almost used up.” The cat even had to flip its stomach and grind its claws at the side, happily finishing a bowl of dried fish..