Hu Die walked with Jian Junyi to the lake. The two of them didn't say a few words, but she was bitten by mosquitoes several times. In the end, she couldn't figure out why Jian Junyi brought her to the lake for a breeze, so he left her behind in confusion.
Jian Junyi returned to Qishiyuan by himself.
She told Gu Xiyan about it the next day. Gu Xiyan had a hard time holding back her laughter. She also felt that it would be difficult for Jian Junyi to enlighten Hu Die if he continued like this.
She couldn't say anything. After all, this was an emotional matter between Hu Die and Jian Junyi. It would be great if it could work out, but if it didn't work out, it would mean that they were not destined for each other.
Soon it was time for the old lady to hold a birthday party.
Early that morning, the Wanqing Hou Mansion was overcrowded, and the dignitaries from the capital came to the Hou Mansion to congratulate the old lady on her birthday.
The reason why everyone actively participated in the birthday banquet was, of course, because Gu Xiyan came out of Wanqinghou Mansion.
Now that the King of Qin has been banned and the ink corruption case in Suzhou has not disappeared, there are already rumors that Emperor Cheng De will soon make Zhou Mu the crown prince. Now there is only one imperial edict left.
Some people even say that the current Zhou Mansion, which was the former Prince An's Mansion, is very close to the palace and to the east of the palace. It was built according to the specifications of the Prince's Mansion.
When the imperial edict is issued, the Zhou Mansion will immediately be changed to the Prince's Mansion. From the beginning when Emperor Chengde reorganized the Zhou Mansion, it became clear that Emperor Chengde wanted to make Zhou Mu the crown prince.
If Zhou Mu is made the crown prince, then Gu Xiyan will be the crown princess. Who wouldn't want to fawn over her?
This old lady's birthday party is naturally the best opportunity to show her face in front of Gu Xiyan.
Well-informed people in the capital have long said categorically that not only Gu Xiyan will attend the birthday banquet of the old lady, but also Zhou Mu, the prospective heir apparent, will also attend the birthday banquet.
This is also the most fundamental reason why dignitaries gathered in Wanqinghou Mansion.
As a birthday girl, the old lady was not in a good mood early in the morning. The main reason was that Liu Shuzheng was fascinated by Anya and never returned to the Houfu after they separated from Wanqing.
He didn't even show up at her birthday party. This was the good son she raised, and he made her so angry early in the morning.
Ci Gu comforted her for a long time and told the old lady that Marquis Wan Qing had come to see many guests. Zhou Mu and Gu Xiyan would also come to the Marquis's house soon, so the old lady managed to pick up her spirits and went out to greet the guests.
When Gu Xiyan and Zhou Mu arrived at Wanqinghou's mansion, the house was already overcrowded.
As soon as they appeared, all the guests came forward to salute them, and the old lady also had a smile on her face.
Yu Ran stood in the crowd, secretly peeking at this cousin who was said to be like an immortal.
The moment she saw Zhou Mu's face clearly, she felt amazed and felt that being famous was not as good as seeing it.
In the days since the Yu family moved back to the capital, Zhou Mu and Gu Xiyan have never visited the Yu family. Although Zhou Mu is very busy, no matter how busy the Yu family is, it is also the home of Zhou Mu's maternal grandfather. When her aunt tried her best to give birth to Zhou Mu,
Death, is this how Zhou Mu treated his maternal grandfather’s family so coldly?
If Zhou Mu is excused for being busy, then what about Gu Xiyan?
Gu Xiyan is just a housewife, she always has time to visit the Yu family, right? But Gu Xiyan never showed her face to the Yu family.
Zhou Mu and Gu Xiyan turned a blind eye to the Yu family, making the Yu family a laughing stock in the capital.
Yu Ran was resentful towards Zhou Mu, but she didn't dare to show it on her face. Gu Xiyan was different. In her opinion, Gu Xiyan was not as close to Zhou Mu as the Yu family. Gu Xiyan was not kind in doing things, which made Yu
It is unforgivable that our family has become the laughing stock of the capital city.
Old Mrs. Yu also looked at Gu Xiyan with critical eyes. She only felt that Gu Xiyan's appearance was too grand and not dignified enough. She didn't look as stable as her Ran'er.
If Zhou Mu hadn't gotten married, it would have been a beautiful thing for Ran'er to marry Zhou Mu.
Gu Xiyan was talking to Zhou Mu when she suddenly felt some unkind eyes looking at her. She followed the source of the intense gaze and found that it was Mrs. Yu and Yu Ran.
She also met Mrs. Yu in her previous life, when Zhou Mu had become an emperor. When Mrs. Yu brought Yu Ran into the palace, Yu Ran was already married.
But Mrs. Yu was still planning to marry the daughter of the Yu family to Zhou Mu, but she was directly invited out of the palace by Zhou Mu.
When I first met this old lady in this life, I felt that the way Mrs. Yu looked at her was full of prying eyes, and she was clearly dissatisfied with her.
Zhou Mu soon saw Mrs. Yu and Yu Ran, but he didn't know them. He just felt that the way they looked at Xi Yan made him unhappy.
At this time, Gu Xiyan whispered to him: "That seems to be Mrs. Yu, the young master's grandmother."
Of course, she also wants to call her grandma.
"The other one is your uncle's daughter, her surname is Yu and her name is Ran." Gu Xiyan asked in a low voice, "Do we want to go over and say hello?"
If you don't take the initiative to say hello, people will just think Zhou Mu is unfilial, right?
If Old Madam Yu and Yu Ran hadn't appeared at Old Madam's birthday banquet today, she wouldn't have known that the Yu family had moved to the capital.
At that time, Zhou Mu did not send Qi Youran to pick up the Yu family, but only sent unimportant people to pick up the Yu family to Beijing.
Later, they went to Suzhou to investigate the case and returned to Beijing. Zhou Mu was so busy that she didn't know that the Yu family had arrived in Beijing. What she couldn't understand the most was that the Yu family didn't even come to Zhou Mansion to show their faces. Could it be that they were waiting on purpose?
Should Zhou Mu go to Yu’s house first?
"We don't know the Yu family, why should we say hello?" Zhou Mu glanced at Mrs. Yu briefly and then looked away.
Because there were many female relatives present, he could not stay long, but he was worried that Mrs. Yu and Yu Ran would cause trouble for Gu Xiyan.
Gu Xiyan wanted to laugh when she heard Zhou Mu's advice: "Don't worry, young master. With my current status, who can make me suffer? Young master, go find the Marquis, I will talk to my grandmother."
Zhou Mu still wanted to talk about it, but was eventually driven away by Gu Xiyan.
Mrs. Yu saw this scene from a distance and frowned slightly. She felt more and more that Gu Xiyan was not acting dignifiedly enough. She was flirting with Zhou Mu in public. What kind of behavior was that?
Just now, Gu Xiyan and Zhou Mu saw that neither she nor Ran'er came to pay their respects to her. This was the source of her unhappiness.
Gu Xiyan pretended not to know that Mrs. Yu was staring at her. She was pulled by the old lady to sit down. At this time, Mrs. Yu finally found the opportunity to come over and started to attack in public: "Is this Xiyan? How come I feel so embarrassed when I see my grandmother?"
Won’t you come and say hello?”
For a moment, everyone's eyes were focused on Gu Xiyan's face.
Gu Xiyan looked at Old Mrs. Yu with blank eyes: "Did the old lady admit the wrong person? I have never met you before, and it is impossible for my grandmother to come to Beijing to find me. Everyone who knows my life experience knows that the Gu family and
I have never been friendly."
After hearing this, Mrs. Yu's face changed slightly.
How dare Gu Xiyan not know her identity at all?
Seeing the awkwardness of the scene, Yu Ran hurriedly found the steps for Mrs. Yu: "Cousin, this is my cousin's grandmother, or my cousin sent someone to take my grandmother to the capital. How can my cousin not recognize my grandmother?"
