C139 (1/2)

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.