251 Wrong
Translator: Atlas Studios
Editor: Atlas Studios
The carriage swayed gently as they continued moving forward.
“How interesting!” Gu Yanfei sighed faintly. The smile on her face deepened, and her eyes seemed to be teasing, sighing, and knowing. “It’s really a waste that you didn’t go out today.”
With that, she leaned lazily against the carriage and ignored Gu Yunrong.
The carriage fell silent again, except for the sound of the wheels outside and the commotion on the street.
Neither of them spoke again.
Gu Yunrong’s slender fingers gripped the handkerchief in her hand as she quietly sized up Gu Yanfei, who was leaning against the carriage with her eyes closed.
Gu Yanfei’s black hair was only tied up in the simplest way. She was wearing a snow-green dark-patterned hat with an elegant five-colored moon dress. There was only a plum blossom jade hairpin and a camellia silk flower in her bun, and a pair of plum blossoms on her ears.
Apart from that, there was no other jewelry around her, but she was as elegant as the moon.
She had clearly grown up in the countryside of Huaibei, but to Gu Yunrong, she didn’t look like it at all.
Her bearing was clear, carefree, and not vulgar at all.
She had a straightforward personality and was neither servile nor overbearing. Her words and actions were unrestrained, and she had a noble character. Even when interacting with a noble lady like Wei Jiaoniang, she was magnanimous.
Gu Yanfei wasn’t like an ordinary country girl at all.
She had hidden her true self too well!
Gu Yunrong stared at Gu Yanfei, her fingers slowly curling around the handkerchief between her fingers, circle after circle. Her thoughts spun, and her eyes darted around.
Ever since her background was revealed, Gu Yunrong had always felt that she owed Gu Yanfei.
Even though Madam Gu had told her time and again that all of this wasn’t her fault, when she thought about how she had lived a luxurious life in the Marquis Mansion for the past 10 years while Gu Yanfei had suffered in Huaibei, Gu Yunrong always felt guilty. Therefore, she tried her best to make it up to Gu YanfeI.
But now Gu Yunrong realized that she was wrong.
Gu Yanfei had lived well for the past 14 years, which is why she had developed her current willful personality.
However, she always pretended that Gu Yunrong owed her.
Her schemes couldn’t be underestimated.
Gu Yunrong’s eyes narrowed slightly, and a thoughtful glint flashed in them. It quickly faded, and she regained her composure.
Gu Yanfei’s long eyelashes fluttered, and she suddenly opened her eyes to meet Gu Yunrong’s scrutinizing gaze. Her eyes were half-closed as she smiled.
This smile was lazy, unruly, casual, and elegant.
Gu Yunrong also pursed her lips and smiled. The dimples on her cheeks deepened, and her heart was as clear as water.
She knew she was wrong.
She shouldn’t have been prejudiced, and she certainly shouldn’t have been unguarded. One had to be wary of others.
In the quiet carriage, it was calm and peaceful, as if there was an undercurrent surging.
The carriage of the Marquis Mansion traveled smoothly. After turning several corners on the streets of the capital and driving for nearly half an hour, a maidservant respectfully announced that they had arrived at the palace.
With this shout, the carriage gradually slowed down and finally stopped beside the stele in front of the palace gate.
Madam Wang, Gu Yanfei, and Gu Yunrong alighted from the carriage.
Outside, the sky darkened a little more. Dark clouds covered the top of the palace door in layers.
The doors of the three palaces ahead were wide open. The tall, majestic city platform was like a mountain range, with heavy eaves, yellow tiles, and red walls.
The women entered the palace through the Xihua Gate. The entrance was dignified and solemn. On both sides stood a row of imperial guards in bronze helmets and iron armor. All of them had dignified expressions and emitted an aura that prevented strangers from entering.
A young eunuch in his teens was already waiting outside the Xihua Gate with two palace maids. He welcomed them with a smile and greeted the Wang family.
‘Marquis Madam, Third Lady Gu, I’ve been ordered by the Empress Dowager to wait for you here. This way, please.” The little eunuch brushed past Gu Yanfei and politely extended his hand to lead the way.
With the pedestal of the Dingyuan Marquis Household, it was naturally impossible for them to take a palanquin. They had to walk all the way from the palace gate to the Shou’an Palace. They couldn’t take the main entrance in the middle and had to enter the palace through the side door.
They had only taken a few steps when sporadic snowflakes fell from the sky.
The little eunuch was quick-witted. He immediately took a tung oil umbrella from the palace maid and said to Gu Yunrong with a smile, “Third Lady Gu, it’s snowing. Be careful not to catch a cold.”
He solicitously held an umbrella for Gu Yunrong himself.
‘Third Lady Gu, I have a hand stove here.” Another palace maid handed Gu Yunrong a small hand stove with a smile..