Chapter 72: Gu Ying wants to meet him

Chapter 72

Gu Ying laughed helplessly.

The two people her aunt had sent were like her left and right arms, especially Yin Lan. She had a sweet mouth and nice personality, and could give Gu Ying ideas and plans.

"Young miss, this servant understands what you want to do. These are the most basic tricks for fighting in the inner chambers. When I came here with the mistress, I had already scouted the terrain. The hunting grounds are heavily guarded by forbidding guards everywhere, but the banquet tent seems heavily fortified now when in fact it has the most lax defenses, since all the nobles and gentlemen are inside. So the store tent for hunting equipment and game on the right side of the banquet tent is the best location - this is what they call taking advantage of the darkness under the lamp," said Yin Lan.

Gu Ying had been fretting over this matter. Hearing Yin Lan's words immediately cleared her confusion. "Good, let's set it there."

Right now Gu Jia was still in the Gu family camp tent. Gu Ying had to think of a way to lure her out.

"Yin Lan, go do as I said first."

Yin Lan glanced at Gu Ying in surprise, then quickly answered, "Yes, young miss." Findd new stories at novelhall.com

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Gu Jia did not go to the bonfire banquet tonight.

She had lost face after being mocked by several young ladies from prominent families today. She also had an unhappy argument with Jiang Yin, so she had pled illness and returned to her tent early.

While Gu Ying gained face and made a big impression, Gu Jia was suppressed like this instead.

Not only had the matter in the stables been spread around, Jiang Yin had dared to declare he wanted to break off their engagement.

Calling off their engagement right after getting engaged, how could she keep face after this?

She of course refused, and viciously ridiculed that Jiang fellow, only then feeling a little better.

After returning to her tent, she looked scornfully at her own attire. Recently after Gu Ying's change, she constantly felt inferior to her. And now she kept smelling the stench of horse dung from the stables on her body, so she had someone prepare hot water for her to bathe.

When she returned from her bath, she saw a pot of hot tea on the table.

Ever since Gu Min's resentful ghost had appeared, she had developed the habit of drinking fortifying tea, and figured that Dou Kou was thoughtful enough to know that she was so angry she couldn't do anything right now and just wanted to sleep, so Gu Jia picked up the porcelain cup and poured out the hot tea to drink a mouthful.

After a mouthful of tea slid down, a wave of warmth came over her.

"Dou Kou?"

No one responded.

There was only her alone in the tent, one lamp, the faint yellow glow of the flickering candlelight, and the wind and snow howling outside, as if ghosts and monsters were shrieking.

"Dou Kou, where are you! You little slut, where did you run off to so late?"

The pitch-black tent stood quietly in front of her. Her entire body went cold, and she took a deep breath, her heart even more panicked.

But she had no choice.

Gu Min's resentful ghost had always hounded her. If she didn't resolve this tonight, she would be trapped forever!

...

Gu Ying stood in the dim corner not far away, watching as Gu Jia bent down to enter the tent, very calmly saying, "Once she's inside, don't let her come out again."

Yin Lan's eyes showed some admiration. She didn't expect the second young miss of the Gu family to actually be so clever and scheming. She couldn't help praising, "Young miss divines well."

"What divination," Gu Ying laughed lightly. "It's just the human heart is tricky. If her heart had no guilt, why would she come here tonight?"

Yin Lan's eyes shone as she looked at Gu Ying reverently and admiringly. "Young miss speaks true."

Gu Ying smiled. "Yin Lan, go find Rouge now."

Yin Lan quickly responded, "Yes, young miss."

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Jiang Yin sat in the corner of the tent, staring in Rouge's direction while continuously drinking wine.

He usually held his liquor very well, but for some reason tonight, whenever he thought of those fragmented glimpses in his mind of Gu Ying nestled by his side, begging him to look at her, his eyes quickly turned red.

After a while, Rouge suddenly walked over to him.

The tent was filled with singing and dancing. The dancing girls swayed their waists vigorously, exerting themselves to show their bewitching figures and alluring dance moves to the audience. The young masters and ladies of prominent families toasted each other, smiling faces shining in the firelight.

No one noticed a little maid quietly walking to Jiang Yin's side, nor Jiang Yin's dumbfounded expression after hearing the maid's words.

After she finished speaking, Rouge let out a clever laugh and returned to the Gu family's seats. Everything happened so quickly it was as if nothing had transpired.

Jiang Yin looked at her in a daze for a moment.

Gu Ying wanted to meet with him?

Gu Ying, she...was engaged to the young marquis, and also chose Fu Xun to be her partner for the hunt, so why was she enticing him now? What were the "very important words" she wanted to tell him herself?

He shook his dizzy head. He was truly muddled. Were those oaths of love from her that flashed through his mind real, or just a dream?

He panted for breath and contemplated for a while in his seat before finally summoning his heavy body to stand up.