C139

At the time of the opening of the Winter Plum Blossom, the rich red color of the Plum Blossom had been pressed down by the heavy snow, and thus, could not bear the heavy weight of the snow as it fell and scattered all over the ground. The cold wind blew past, and they became tangled together.

Xie Jingxi was wearing an embroidered hat and a cape, walking in the wind with the bright-red Gu Wan. There was a layer of snow on her clothes, and a layer of frost on the brim of his hat.

"Will you not come out for the new year at the end of the year? Father and mother are here today, so it would be bad if you didn't come."

Gu Wan wanted to hide from the Lady Zeng right now, she didn't want to go to the main house at all, and was even forcefully pulled out by Xie Jingxi, so she couldn't help but to be full of complaints. When the two of them arrived at the main yard, the Senior Servant Liu would welcome them from afar, "Grand Mistress, Third Miss, why aren't you guys holding up an umbrella?

"The vertical path isn't too far away, but there's no umbrella. Are all my parents here?"

Senior Servant Liu covered them with a curtain and took their cloaks, "Marquis and Madam have come. Grand Mistress and Third Miss, quickly go in and warm them up."

Other than Gu Yun, today was probably the most crowded day for all of Marquis Mansion. Due to the heavy snow blocking the way, no one would go out since it was already snowing heavily, and fortunately, most of the tents outside were already filled up. It was also very rare for Gu Heng to be resting at home, even Second Young Madam, who had not appeared for a long time, had come over.

Xie Jingxi and Gu Wan entered from the door, it was as though two beautiful flowers had entered a warm room, their faces still had traces of being weathered, making them look extremely tender and flirtatious. Gu Heng could not help but look straight at them, at which Gu Qing smiled, "Sister-in-law's beauty is truly unparalleled in the world."

These words were extremely disrespectful, but Gu Qing himself was an existence that was greatly disrespectful, so no one replied him.

Xie Jingxi pulled the awkward Gu Wan and bowed to Marquis. Marquis asked: "How has Gu Yun been lately?"

"I've made father worry. Darling, you've been alright recently."

"Mn, I have already explained the situation to His Majesty, His Majesty has already allowed him to stay at home to recuperate, so you can rest assured as well."

Lady Zeng suddenly laughed and said: "Your father and I have been worried about you two for the past few days, and are distressed because you are busy on our own. Since Lady Fang Dai is too ill to help out, so we discussed to invite the Second House's little Lady Zou over for a few days. In fact, her family also has a whole head of family matters to handle, and they are extremely embarrassed.

The Marquis did not say anything, but Xie Jingxi knew that the Marquis was a person who would not say anything. Thus, she replied happily, "Mother, thank you for your understanding, my wife is naturally willing to help, it would be for the best if Young Mistress Zou is willing to help."

Gu Wan was unhappy. She did not like the two families, and even disliked the Lady Zou, but she did not speak out due to being stuck at home for the past few days. She just stood by Xie Jingxi's side like a mute, pretending that she did not exist.

Lady Zeng nodded her head in satisfaction, "You and Lady Zou have always been close, I guess you are happy with it. This year, when Fourth Bro comes back, it's rare for us to all gather together.

Looking at the silent reactions of everyone present and knowing that this was probably the one-sided wish on the part of the Lady Zeng, Gu Qing chuckled, "It's just a pity that big brother can't come.

Xie Jingxi frowned, his heart had torn him into pieces many times, but on the surface, she endured it and did not speak. In the end, Marquis still scolded him, making the scene extremely awkward.

The Lady Zeng did not take it to heart, since Gu Yun was like this all year round, she was not surprised, but she felt that it was reasonable to delay Gu Wan, thus she had her opinions, "Since boss is much better now, Wan'er should quickly move out, and always stay with your brother and sister-in-law. Recently, there have been many feasts in the palace, and your eldest sister-in-law is not free to go, so you should take the place of our Marquis Mansion, the young lady should do what the young lady is supposed to do."

If it weren't for the fact that she was standing in front of a family, Gu Wan would have already said the top few things, all the things that she did were things that her daughter did at home, and even without Lady Zeng saying anything, it was unknown if she had eaten the wrong medicine recently, and it would cause her to die. Gu Wan was at the time of her rebellion, and she did not leave home, probably because her big brother and sister-in-law were home, if he were to bring her out to the palace for socializing, then she might really be able and would run away.

"Mother, why do you have to make things difficult for my Third Sister?" Gu Qing said in a weird tone, "My Third Sister has always been different from other girls, my strength is even stronger than a man like me, the embroidery job is not suitable for her."

Marquis and Lady Zeng both had dark faces. Lady Zeng was unwilling to talk about him, and Marquis was too lazy to talk about him, because it would be useless to scold Gu Qing.

If not for the fact that his face was exactly the same as Gu Wan's, Gu Wan really wanted to go up and slap him. It sounded like he was speaking up for her, but was actually capable of angering her to death.

"Third Sister still doesn't like me."

This brother and sister were born to be enemies, and they had to climb out of the same womb. Gu Wan did not like him instinctively, and for some reason, she did not like him from the first moment she saw him.

"If you know, then shut up. I'm not going to enter the palace anyway, so you don't have to try to convince me in vain. If you really don't like me, then I'll move in with my Sister-in-Law. If worse comes to worse, I'll move out with her!"

"What are you saying!" Lady Zeng was extremely angry, "I'm just asking you to come to the palace to enjoy the feast, is there a need to make such a ruckus? With your current appearance, what will you do after marrying into your family?

Gu Wan had probably exhausted her patience to the point that she had to completely disregard everything, "If you think I'm shameful, then why don't you just find someone to marry into your family that won't embarrass me, I won't marry anyone in the future, I want to see who dares to laugh at me. Don't even come look for me for a feast, I'm not going either!"

After Gu Wan finished speaking, she angrily slammed the door and left. Even Marquis was not listening to her, he was so angry, "Look, look, this is so infuriating!"

"Why are you telling her this!" Marquis scolded Lady Zeng, "When will you be married into the palace? Are you kidding me?"

Lady Zeng opened her mouth but no words came out, she was only holding onto her heart and sobbing. Xie Jingqi suddenly said slowly, "What little aunt doesn't want to marry, don't force yourself, right?

Everyone looked at her in a daze, as if they had met Second Young Madam the other day. Although her words were unworldly, no one could say a single word.

Xie Jingxi looked at her deeply, then turned to Marquis and said: "Wifey will go take a look at Wan'er first."

Marquis waved his hand, "Quickly go and tell her not to be impatient."

Xie Jingxi hurriedly put on her robe and chased after Gu Wan. She could vaguely see that she had gone back to her own courtyard, but when Xie Jingxi rushed back, Gu Wan was not there.

Miss, is the Third Miss back? I didn't see it. Ming Yu was startled, no one saw Gu Wan, which meant that she had truly escaped.

Xie Jingxi's face turned anxious, "Oh no, Wan'er ran out angrily and quickly called for people to go find him. It's snowing so heavily, we can't let anything happen to him."

"What?" Why is the Third Miss so magnanimous, they even sealed off the road outside, what do we do now! " Ming Yu put on her clothes and ran out to find someone. Xie Jingxi was worried, so she asked Zhao Zhang to send some people to follow him.

"Oh right, Zhao Zhang." Xie Jingxi suddenly thought of something, "Send a message to General Sheng, ask him to help us search outside."

"Ai, I can wake up Madam." After Zhao Zhang's injuries were mostly healed, he was already busily working in the courtyard. He called for quite a few people to personally bring him out to find someone.

Xie Jingxi went to the place where Gu Yun was recuperating to wait for news. She spread the snow and gale all over her body as she entered the room, trying her best to bring in a cold air. Gu Yun was currently leaning on his bed with a book in his hands, and when he saw her enter, she put it down and asked: "Why are you back so quickly?"

"Wan'er was angered and ran away."

Just by looking at her expression, Gu Yun could roughly guess what was going on, "They must have forced her into the palace again, right?"

"Even if you don't go out, you still know what's going on." Xie Jingxi sat on the side of the bed and habitually checked his wounds first. Although his hands were not warm to any extent, they seemed to be able to warm each other up, and only after Xie Jingxi confirmed that he was fine did she continue to speak, "It's true that Madam has gone overboard, I originally thought that there was only Wan'er who was at home, and no matter what, I should still be in pain. I didn't expect that it would become like this today.

"I should ask Sheng Luan to help them find it. Maybe the two of them have a mutual understanding and will meet again."

"You're thinking the same thing as me. You've already sent him a letter. I don't think the road is easy. She's definitely hiding somewhere and won't go far."

Gu Yun pulled her hand and wanted to hug her, but he was stopped by Xie Jingxi, "Hurry up and behave yourself. It's not too long since you've struggled open your wound in the last two days.

Gu Yun sighed in frustration. He couldn't help it, he couldn't care less about the wound, it couldn't hurt anymore anyway, it was good to have a taste to dissolve his memories.

"She has always been like this. After Gu Wan was born, she especially doted on him a little."

Xie Jingxi realized that he was talking about the Lady Zeng, which had always valued its sons and daughters heavily. As Gu Yun finished speaking, he continued to tell Xie Jingxi about the matters of the Marquis Mansion.