BXBX NOVEL Chapter 410 - 410: Gossip
When they reached the door, an old woman welcomed them and took the invitation with a smile. She welcomed them into the garden. Li Yu saw that there were flowers planted on both sides of the road. Some planters had blue and purple flowers on them, while others had purple and red flowers that emitted a rich fragrance. After she saw the purple wisteria flowers, she saw clusters of white jade orchids on both sides of the road. The petals were fat and clean, and wisps of fragrance spread.
Further ahead, there were pots of colorful peony flowers by the roadside. Some were green, purple, and yellow… Some petals were like chrysanthemum petals, and the size of the petals became gradually from outside to inside. Some were like rose petals overlapping, and some only had one or two petals…
The few of them followed the old woman to the garden where the banquet was being held. There was still a small stage set up in the open space in front of the garden. The stage was filled with women watching the show. Two singers were singing briskly on it. Their voices were pleasant to the ears. Li Yu couldn’t understand what they were singing at all.
Madam Gong whispered, “Ah Yu, they’re singing about flowers.”
When Lin Yi and Lin Jia saw their good friends, they whispered to Madam Gong and Li Yu, “Mother, Cousin, we’re going to look at flowers with our sisters.”
“Go! Don’t go far. Bring Xiaoju and the Lingdang.”
“Got it.” The sisters led their maids towards the sisters.
Seeing a thin layer of sweat on Madam Gong’s face, Li Yu smiled and pointed at the chair in front of her. “Aunt, let’s sit there.”
“Alright.” After Madam Gong sat down, she took out a handkerchief and wiped the sweat off her face. She looked at the woman sitting in front of the stage and said to Li Yu, “The banquet will only start in a while. Rest for a while and Aunt will accompany you to admire the flowers. I heard that the orchid garden not far ahead is blooming especially well this year.”
“I’m fine. If you’re tired, rest for a while.”
At this moment, a middle-aged beautiful woman in an ochre dress smiled and walked to Madam Gong’s side to sit down. “Third Sister, you’re early? Why didn’t I see you just now?”
Madam Gong smiled at her. “Cousin, when did you arrive? I’ve only been here for a while. I’m tired from walking and want to rest here for a while. Where did your Lian’er and my two girls go?”
“What are you busy with at home? I haven’t seen you these days.” The woman glanced at Li Yu and whispered, “Third Sister, I heard that that day, the horse was startled when Yi’er came out of the Gu family. Fortunately, she was saved. Sigh! The Gu family’s house was in chaos, causing our Yi’er to suffer an unexpected disaster. Master and I were busy dealing with the Gu family’s troubles and didn’t have time to see Yi’er.”
Madam Gong looked at her cousin in shock. “His family explained to Master
that the coachman accidentally mixed mad cow grass into the horse material. What happened? Cousin Yue, tell me.”
The woman said slowly, “When Gu Jinzhi of the Gu family heard that Ah Chun was going to the suburbs to run horses with the children, he asked his trusted servant to put mad cow grass in the horse trough. Coincidentally, your Yi’er sent Ah Rou home. Ah Rou forcefully pulled Yi’er to her place to make flowers. Your horse went crazy because it ate those grasses that were mixed with mad cow grass. When Ah Chun found out that Yi’er’s horse had gone crazy, he was vigilant and brought it to my house to change horses. He went to the suburbs. The horse Ah Chun placed at my house indeed went crazy and even collapsed my stable.”
Madam Gong was dumbfounded. “How did you find out that it was Gu Jinzhi?”
“When Ah Chun returned home, Gu Jinzhi looked like he had seen a ghost. Ah
Chun captured that servant and interrogated him. Sigh! My Ah Chun and Ah Rou had suffered so much under that bitch. My master was so angry that he took the servant’s confession on the spot and went to the Gu family to force Gu Wenzhong to split up.”
Madam Gong looked at her cousin in surprise. ‘Gu Chun is the eldest son of the Gu family. Gu Wenzhong is willing to do that?”
Madam Gong’s cousin pursed her lips. “It’s not like you don’t know that vixen. That vixen charm in her bones… Tsk! That stupid pig, Gu Wenzhong, was charmed by that vixen. Not to mention the eldest son of the first wife, he was even willing to give up on his biological mother. Sigh! Ah Chun and his sister are now living in my aunt’s dowry house in General Alley. That bitch stole a lot of my aunt’s dowry. For that kid, Gu Wenzhong used all his assets to make up for my sister-in-law’s dowry. After this matter is over, Master chased that bitch to the temple.”
Madam Gong sighed when she heard that. “Your sister-in-law never dreamed that her considerate step-sister would be considerate enough to help her serve her brother-in-law.”
“Back then, my mother-in-law said that that bitch’s mouth was sweeter than honey and asked Aunt to guard against her. Aunt even said that the old woman thought too much. In the days after she fell ill, she often brought that bitch to her house to talk to her. Who knew that she did such a good job that she even kept her Brother-in-law company? Aunt saw through their affair and her illness worsened. I think that bitch had planned to take her life while she was sick. ”
Li Yu listened to the Gong sisters’ gossip and turned to look below the stage in amusement. She saw many women also whispering to each other and thought to herself that these dignified and elegant noblewomen were the same as the women in the village. They all had a burning heart for gossip.
The sisters chatted fervently for a while before Madam Gong remembered that Li Yu was still sitting with her!
She hurriedly held Li Yu’s hand and looked at her in embarrassment. “Aunt deserves to die. I forgot about my Ah Yu. Ah Yu, this is my eldest cousin. Just call her Aunt like Yi’er and the others.”
As she spoke, she turned to look at her cousin. “Cousin, this is my Jinniang’s daughter, Ah Yu. Master will invite you to our house for a gathering in a few days. My Ah Qing is also this year’s Third Honors Scholar!”
Li Yu stood up and bowed to the Gu family. “Greetings, Aunt.”
“What a good-looking girl. Aunt likes good-looking children the most. Take it.” The Elder Madam Gong slid the jade bracelet in her hand into Li Yu’s hand and smiled. “Just now, I was thinking about which family’s beautiful daughter-in-law was sitting with Cousin. I didn’t expect her to be from my family. Cousin, I’ve seen the Third Honors Scholar. Now that I think about it, I realize that he looks a little like Brother-in-law.”
“Uncle Xiao.” Madam Gong also looked at Li Yu with a smile. “Ah Yu and Jinniang look especially similar. She’s more heroic than Jinniang.”
Edler Madam Gong smiled and reminded her softly, “Cousin, Ah Yu, the
Princess is walking over.”
When Li Yu heard this, she turned around and saw a woman in her thirties. She had long eyebrows, narrow phoenix eyes, and red lips. She walked over leisurely like a blooming peony.
and Elder Madam Gong smiled and bowed to Princess Yichun.
“Greetings, Princess.” Li Yu bent her knees and bowed. “Greetings, Princess.”
“There’s no need for formalities.” Princess Yichun smiled and said to Li Yu,
“Madam Li, please sit at the top with me.”
“Princess, I came with Aunt. I’ll just sit with Aunt.”
Seeing this, Princess Yichun did not force her. She smiled and said to Li Yu,
“Madam Li, you can do whatever you want.”
At this moment, the women watching the show came over and bowed to Princess Yichun. Li Yu and Madam Gong sat down at the side..