Chapter 199: Did he bully his Sister

Chapter 199

Yanzhi angrily said, "This servant girl had said she would tear their mouths, but Sister Yin Lan didn't allow it and said that as people, we should keep a low profile."

Gu Ying's lips were cold. "It's alright. Just let them talk."

Although she spoke like this, in her heart there was still some inexplicable sourness.

In the past when she heard these things, she could just casually listen and not take them seriously, but recently...she was increasingly unwilling to hear about the things in the past between the Crown Prince and Huo Qiyun.

She shrank herself into a safe shell, thinking that as long as she didn't look too deeply into it, she could pretend those things never happened...and could still live a carefree life with the Crown Prince.

But now, she also began to doubt whether all the unconditional doting and indulgence the Crown Prince had shown her were truly just to provoke Huo Qiyun?

In addition, she herself had a similar temperament to Huo Qiyun. Whenever Zhao Changxing was deliberately mysterious in front of her and occasionally deliberately brought up Huo Qiyun and Adu's past, he would smile meaningfully.

According to some people in the Fu Residence, it was said that she was Huo Young Lady's stand-in, it was not known for sure.

Her heart felt stuffy, as if pressed by a giant boulder.

"What is elder sister thinking about?"

Gu Ning's voice pulled Gu Ying's thoughts back.

Gu Ying regained her senses and saw Gu Ning sitting in a wheelchair, staring straight at her.

Yin Zhu had pushed the wheelchair over. The teenager in the wheelchair was starting to gain some weight on his face, he was delicate-looking, and after his complexion had regained its healthy, rosy color, his red lips and white teeth made him look even more adorable.

Gu Ying put aside her troubles and stroked her brother's head. "How do your legs feel today, Ning?”

Gu Ning quietly looked at his own legs. "It doesn't hurt anymore."

Gu Ying felt a little happy. "This shows that Imperial Physician Wang's medicine is indeed effective."

"Mm."

"Have you had any other discomfort in your body recently?"

"No."

"Are you satisfied with what you eat and where you live?"

"Mm."

The siblings sat facing each other, listening to the sound of the falling snow outside. After some time, Gu Ning said, "I'm tired."

Gu Ying immediately asked Yin Zhu to send him back to rest.

Wanli Pavilion was very quiet. There was a carved wooden window, a gray curtain, and not too much bright light in the room. Gu Ning said he only wanted Yin Zhu to serve him, no other servants.

In the past at the Gu Residence, as a child he had suffered too much grievance. Gu Ying had failed in her duty as an elder sister, so of course now she spoiled him in every way.

Yet looking at his lonely, bleak yard, she still couldn’t help feeling a nameless distress.

"Yanzhi, have some plum blossom branches cut and put into vases to be sent over."

"Yes."

"And the food that Ning likes, send those too." She carefully instructed, "The books he likes to read, bring those as well."

"Alright, Madam. Don't worry, Madam. What you have instructed, Yin Zhu has been diligently doing every day."

Gu Ying said approvingly, “Yin Zhu is really quite attentive to Ning.”

Yanzhi grinned. “Yin Zhu doesn’t like to talk either, so she’s a perfect match for young master who also doesn't talk. Yin Zhu’s martial arts skills are good too, she can help young master in his recovery, while young master who knows how to read and write can teach the illiterate Yin Zhu. Hehehe. These two are quite harmonious, they’ve never fought or blushed in anger before. After what happened with Cui Ling, young master doesn't have a good impression of maidservants, but I see that young master is very satisfied with Yin Zhu."

The corners of Gu Ying's mouth turned up. "What you just said reminds me, in the next few days I should get a tutor to come in and teach Ning and Yin Zhu how to read and write."

"Very good! Yin Zhu is too embarrassed about not knowing how read and write. Learning to read and write would be great for her!"

Seeing her so pleased, Gu Ying's brow quirked, “You should attend lessons together with them too."

“Ah? Yanzhi feels sleepy just looking at books!”

“No arguments.”

“Mistress, wuwuwu, Yanzhi's eyelids will droop when she sees books!"

"I won't budge on this. You will study together with Yin Zhu."

Yanzhi bounced in lively, then trudged out crestfallen. She was almost in tears. She didn't want to read at all!

Gu Ying paid no attention to whether she was crying or not. Previously in the Gu Estate, she didn't have the time or energy to properly teach Yanzhi. And now she finally had the free time to make sure Yanzhi and Yin Zhu learned to read and write, and gained some literacy.

Reading books won't necessarily change one's fate, but one day the knowledge might become useful. It would also make people understand propriety and become wiser, with firmer resilience inside.