Chapter 178: She admits she misses him a little.

Chapter 178

This matter was that she hadn't considered it properly, (they) must find an opportunity to speak clearly with Huai'an, and let him give up on Yinlan as soon as possible.

Yinlan was silent for a moment, and resumed her usual smile, "Madam, it's getting late, do you want to rest?"

"Wait a little longer, you go to bed first, don't keep me company, look at Yanzhi, sleeping silly, you should learn from her, be more open-minded, don't always think too much."

Yinlan had no choice, "This slave doesn't think too much, it's just that the Duke's manor is not the same as the Earl's manor, and this slave has to be more careful, especially when it comes to serving day and night, the young ladies next to the elder Madam always come to our side to probe about the Eldest Prince."

Gu Ying lightly "hmm"ed, with no other expression on her face, only her long lashes lowered, unable to see her emotions, "Huo Qiyun still has the Eldest Prince in her heart, what she lacks now is a way to make her leave Zhao Changxing."

"Madam really wants to help her?"

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"But the Eldest Prince..."

Gu Ying was slightly flustered inwardly, "The Eldest Prince should also want her to leave, Zhao Changxing is a demon, to help his childhood sweetheart suffer under a demon, with the Eldest Prince's character, he wouldn't just sit back and watch."

Yinlan sighed, and was speechless for a while. In her heart, she hoped that the Eldest Prince would favor Madam alone for his whole life.

But she also knew that with the Eldest Prince's character, it was really unlikely.

Huo Qiyun was too important to the Eldest Prince.

"Alright." Gu Ying curved her brows and smiled, "Go rest soon, I'll continue copying scriptures."

Gu Ying had actually almost finished copying the scriptures, with only the last volume left. She planned to let herself rest for a bit, and finish copying it overnight tonight.

Without the Eldest Prince, Changfeng Pavilion felt somewhat empty at night.

After Yinlan left, this feeling of loneliness became especially pronounced.

While she copied the scriptures, she recalled memories from her past life in her mind.

In order to resolve His Majesty's suspicions, the Eldest Prince stayed up all year, and was determined to disband the Qilin Army, settling them on the borders to work the fields and mines. When discussing this with His Majesty, both sides made concessions, and His Majesty also agreed to the Eldest Prince's proposal without taking back the Qilin Army's tokens of authority.

At the beginning of the year, heavy snow collapsed countless houses in Yueyang, and the people suffered from the snow disaster. His Majesty sent Prince Shu to handle the disaster situation.

Originally, Prince Shu was handling the disaster well, and this matter would have become his stepping stone to get promoted and enfeoffed, but unexpectedly... that year's snow disaster was especially severe, and there were also frequent earthquakes... After Prince Shu brought troops to Yueyang, nearly all his men died in the earthquakes. Most horrifying was that after the earthquakes, a plague broke out...

Prince Shu barely made it back alive.

Would Princess Yueyan secretly look for the Eldest Prince?

If the Eldest Prince really had something with another woman... What should she do?

She shook her head, determined not to fret about such worrisome matters.

After a long while, warmth finally infused into the quilt. Usually when he held her sleeping, her heart was at ease.

The night wind howled wildly, heavy snow billowing.

She admitted... she did miss him a little.

...

Early next morning, Duke Manor was lively.

It was snowing heavily outside. The madams in the manor all wore thick clothes, cloaks lined with fur.

The men were listening to government affairs in the morning court, having already gone to the Privy Council.

The women directly took carriages to the rear palace.

Madam Cheng stood by the carriage, with Huo Qiyun attending her side, her eyes frozen red.

Gu Ying came to the main entrance, immediately catching sight of Huo Qiyun's pitiful gaze.

"Yo, I thought Ying wouldn't be entering the palace today. Wu didn't come home last night, why didn't you get up?" Madam Cheng's mocking voice came, "Could it be you hid some illicit person that can't see the light of day in your room?"

Yanzhi said softly, "Madam, I heard the elder Madam was called by Madam Cheng to serve her before dawn, Madam Cheng hasn't had a chance to make trouble for many days, she probably deliberately tormented the elder Madam today. This elder Madam looked truly pitiful."

Gu Ying's face held a smile as she walked over to Madam Cheng and curtsied in greeting.

"I've never heard such words from any well-read, reasonable lady or madam's mouth before."

"What do you mean?" Madam Cheng instantly flared with anger. This was Gu Ying scolding her for not being of orthodox lady birth, saying that she was only a lowly concubine who got into power.

Gu Ying continued unruffled, "Mother spoke too vulgarly. Duke manor has always had strict defenses and superior etiquette and manners. If I really let inappropriate people enter Changfeng Pavilion, it could only mean that mother runs the household poorly, meaning father's teachings are lacking. So does mother still think there are illicit people in my Changfeng Pavilion?"

With this, Madam Cheng was directly rendered speechless.

Seeing Gu Ying's face enraged her to the point she wished she could tear her into pieces.

But unfortunately, she still didn't dare to take open action against her now.