famous eldest daughter

Chapter 31
When Kumquat Luju was led by Ji Xiang from the flower hall to Gu Yuqing's bedroom, the sky was already dark, and a ram's horn lantern standing half way down the corridor of Tongyuan illuminated Tongyuan brightly.

The flowers and trees in the garden are shadowy, swaying in the wind under the moonlight and lights, and the fragrance of flowers overflows.There is a birdcage hanging in the corridor, and the starling in the cage is reciting poems to a green peach tree not far away.

In April, the peach blossoms of the mountain temple begin to bloom.

Kumquat Luju couldn't help but sigh silently in her heart. Compared with the eldest lady's Tongyuan, the east courtyard where the second lady lived was still inferior after all.

When he arrived at the door, Ji Xiang opened the door curtain and led Kumquat and Green Ju inside.

As soon as they entered the back room, Kumquat and Luju were startled by Gu Yuqing, who was leaning on the bed with a gloomy expression.

After briefly looking at each other, Kumquat and Green Chrysanthemum bowed down and saluted Gu Yuqing. They were confused. The second young lady was in a good mood all the way back, but why did the eldest lady look so ugly.

Although Gu Yuqing was only 13 years old, he sat there with a sullen face and said nothing, and the aura he exuded was still terrifying.

Kumquat Luju claimed to be Gu Yuhe's personal maid, and the eldest lady always pampered the second lady. Even though she was afraid, she was not trembling.

But it took a cup of tea to finish the ceremony, and they didn't listen to Gu Yuqing asking them to get up, so Kumquat Luju started to feel anxious.

In the past, the eldest lady would also call them to Tongyuan for questioning, but she only wanted to ask the second lady how her daily life and food were. Her attitude was always amiable. Every time they left Tongyuan, they would receive a large sum of money from the eldest lady. reward.

But this time, after Jinju and Luju looked at each other again, Jinju bravely said: "I don't know what the instructions are for the eldest lady to call the slaves over."

Gu Yuqing looked coldly at Kumquat Lvju who was kneeling at her feet, gently placed a teacup in her hand on the kang table, and asked in a cold voice: "When did the second young lady get close to the second prince?"

Kumquat Green Chrysanthemum was immediately shuddered by Gu Yuqing's question, and against her tingling scalp, Kumquat said: "Second Miss has no relationship with His Highness the Second Prince."

The trembling voice had betrayed her and proved that she was lying.

Gu Yuqing sneered, "Your voice is shaking like this, do you think I will believe what you say?"

Jin Jue hurriedly kowtowed, "What I said is true, the eldest lady is aware of it." Although he tried to keep calm, the color on his face gradually disappeared.

"Clearly? If I were aware of it, and I really found out that you were guilty of deceiving the Lord, I would send you to the Ministry of War Prison for execution of the bone punishment. What do you think?" Gu Yuqing's voice was light but filled with a soul-crushing chill.

Coupled with the shocking bone torture, Kumquat Luju was so frightened that her hands and feet became weak and she could not support her kneeling body.

At this time, Ji Xiang, who was standing aside, scolded coldly: "While the eldest lady is still thinking about asking you, why don't you tell the truth quickly?"

Ji Xiang was already angry because of what Gu Yuhe and the second prince did outside the palace gate today. At this moment, he deliberately raised his voice, which scared Kumie Luju and trembled and collapsed on the ground.

Green Ju is less timid than Kumquat, she was too scared to speak for a long time, and Kumquat can barely hold on.

"Miss, the second young lady always listens to your arrangements in everything, and always asks for your permission before doing anything. Whether the second young lady is in close contact with His Highness the Second Prince, and when the contact started, the eldest young lady knows better than the slaves. Yes, I really don’t know why the eldest lady has called the slaves over to ask about this behind the back of the second lady, and the second lady is still waiting for the slaves to go back and beat her legs and rub her shoulders.”

After saying this long series of words, Jin Jue himself was shocked.

God, is she desperate for her life? How dare she say such words in such a tone in front of the eldest lady.

Jin Jue raised her eyes and looked timidly towards Gu Yuqing, and happened to meet a pair of Gu Yuqing's eyes looking at her with a calm expression.

Jin Jue suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, and felt that his body was covered in cold sweat almost instantly.

The eldest lady dotes on the second young lady, loves her house and her little one, and by the way, she is also very kind to the personal maids in front of the two young ladies, so she shouldn't care about it!
Just when Jin Jue was thinking about this, Gu Yuqing said coldly, "You really won't look back until you hit the south wall. Ji Xiang, go to the kitchen and get a pot of charcoal. It will burn bright red."

Gu Yuqing has lost patience.

Ji Xiang took the order and left, but after a moment he came back with a pot of extremely hot Yin Shuang charcoal. Following Gu Yuqing's gaze, he placed the charcoal pot directly in front of Kumquat and Green Chrysanthemum.

The red charcoal fire illuminated Kumquat, Green Chrysanthemum's gray-white face, which was as white as a dead person's, a orange-red color, and her eyes were also dancing with a red luster.

Gu Yuqing calmly picked up the cold teacup at hand, the mouth of the cup was slightly tilted, and a stream of very fine tea flowed down the mouth of the cup, dripping into the charcoal basin.

Suddenly, the hot coals made a "sizzling" sound when they encountered cold water, and a stream of hot steam steamed up, blocking the space between Gu Yuqing and Kumquat Luju.

The heat was thick. She quietly raised her eyes to look at Gu Yuqing's kumquats but couldn't see Gu Yuqing's face clearly. She couldn't guess what the eldest lady was doing by moving the brazier at this time. It was late spring and the brazier was no longer needed.

"You're not telling the truth, are you? Ji Xiang, put their hands in the brazier." Gu Yuqing ordered in a calm voice, pouring water into the brazier while giving instructions.

Jixiang got Gu Yuqing's order, stepped forward without hesitation, grabbed their hands and pressed them into the brazier.

As soon as his hand came close to the brazier, he could feel the scorching temperature in the brazier. Coupled with the "sizzling" sound in his ears and the steaming heat lingering in front of his eyes, Kumquat and Green Chrysanthemum were frightened and struggled hard, crying. beg for mercy.

However, Jixiang's strength was too great, so how could they struggle to get away?

"The servant girl said, the servant girl can say everything, please forgive me." Lu Ju, who had been silent all this time, cried bitterly and was terrified.

Gu Yuqing gave Jixiang a look, and Jixiang immediately let go of Luju's hand, and only grasped Kumquat's hand even tighter.

As soon as her hand was released, Luju immediately rolled and crawled to a place half a foot away from the brazier. Looking at the red light in the brazier, Luju cried mournfully: "On the day before the Mid-Autumn Festival last year, the second young lady suddenly received the gift of the second prince. The post invited the second young lady to go to the Xishan Villa to enjoy the osmanthus flowers. After returning from the Xishan Villa, the second young lady and the second prince had a lot of contacts."

Last year...the day before the Mid-Autumn Festival...

Gu Yuqing remembered that Gu Yuhe got up early that day, dressed up, and told herself that she was going to attend a flower viewing party held by her friends. Gu Yuqing naturally nodded in agreement without thinking much, and even handed over one of her clothes before she went out. A pair of earrings were given to her to take as a thank you gift to her employer.

"Is that the first time the Second Young Lady and His Highness the Second Prince meet alone?"

Lu Ju cried so hard that she was out of breath, "Yes, the second young lady was confused for a long time at that time. She didn't know why the second prince only posted to her."

Gu Yuqing felt that it was unbelievable that the first time she met the second prince, she actually wanted to deceive herself without telling her. Gu Yuqing couldn't figure out why she would do this!
This is no longer a problem of Xiao Duo brainwashing her and filling her with ecstasy soup, it is simply her own problem.

Gu Yuqing angrily threw her tea cup into the brazier on the ground.

(End of this chapter)