The two girls who spoke were the female relatives of Duke Cheng's mansion, the person in the lotus root pink dress was the granddaughter raised under the old lady's knees since childhood, and the royal blue dress was the second girl from the mansion.
In terms of power, Duke Cheng's mansion is much stronger than Marquis Mingde's mansion.
Although Mingdehou's mansion looks dignified, it is a serious Houmen, but now it is only living on the foundation earned by its ancestors in the past.
Looking outside at the burning oil, the flowers are blooming like a brocade, but in fact, the inner capsule has already been half exhausted, leaving only a flower shelf. Only the reputation of the ancestors is left.
The children and grandchildren in the house are not as good as the previous generation, and the males of this generation, counting on their fingers, are actually worthless.
Although there is nothing wrong with the eldest son from the eldest family, he is just mediocre and lacks talent, not to mention the second son from the concubine, who is more temperamental than Wei Nuo.
The third young master born from the second wife's concubine makes people shake their heads and sigh when mentioning it, he has no ability at all, he is a dandy who is always known for fighting chickens and running dogs, and the fourth young master who is born and favored by concubines is said to be knowledgeable and has gained a little reputation, I don't know why True or false.
Cheng Guogong's mansion is different, his family is now being used by the sage, the eldest master holds an important position in the Gyeonggi patrol battalion, and the third master is sent out to the Jiangnan generation to be a prefect, and the grandchildren are also promising.
Miss Cheng Er and Gu Qingci naturally knew each other, but their tempers were at odds, and they were a bit uncomfortable when they met.
At this end, Gu Qingci was led by the staff to the second floor and was walking on the wooden stairs.
These ladies who come here often know the rules here.
The first floor of Yuzhenxuan is for individual customers, and the second floor is for distinguished guests. Most of these distinguished ladies and ladies are regular customers here. They come and go, and the guys are already familiar with them. Whoever comes will take them directly. Go to the second floor.
As soon as Cheng Yueying came in, she saw Gu Qingci at a glance, and saw that she was walking at the corner of the stairs, so she ignored the compliments and greetings from the shop assistant, and directly pulled Jiang Yun beside her and walked forward quickly.
One side said: "I said, why do you look so familiar? It turned out to be Miss Gu. Today is a coincidence. I haven't seen you for a long time. I think it is that Miss Six is out of the court now. It is better to be in the boudoir." There is leisure in the middle of the day, and it is unknown if there are too many people busy."
Gu Qingci recognized the person the first time he heard the voice, his footsteps froze, he turned around and saw that it was indeed Cheng Yueying.
But in the blink of an eye, Cheng Yueying and Jiang Yun came up, followed by two girls.
Gu Qingci didn't like Cheng Yueying, raised her chin, and snorted coldly, "It's none of your business."
Cheng Yueying walked a few steps closer with a dignified posture, glanced at Gu Qingci, sneered, and then said to the guy who led the way: "Who doesn't know that the second floor of Yuzhenxuan is for entertaining distinguished guests. Aren't you a newcomer? But why are you attracted by everyone, and you are not afraid of bumping into a real noble person, and I will reward you with a good meal later."
The shop clerk secretly complained, how could he fail to see that the two young ladies might be a little out of touch, but they had no chance to use him as a gunman.
Both of them are regular customers of the store, and they have heard about the fact that Miss Gu Liu got married a month ago, but no matter who she married, Miss Gu Liu is also a lady of the Mingde Hou Mansion, how could they know? Hurry up to offend negligence.
The man was about to bow down and make amends.
Gu Qingci was already so angry that his eyes turned red, he glared angrily, pointed at Cheng Yueying and cursed coldly: "What kind of dung are you spouting all over your mouth, do you think you are the only noble person in the entire capital? You are more powerful than the emperor! Yes! , your family is powerful now, it's no big deal to bully others!"
Thinking that she also has some talent for cursing people, her brain flashed, she was actually smart for a while, and she was able to say something that made people suffocate.
Sure enough, Cheng Yueying's face turned ugly all of a sudden, and she was about to rush forward, but was caught by Jiang Yun beside her in time.
Jiang Yun took a step forward, she calmed down a lot, looked at Gu Qingci, and said slowly, "Miss Gu Liu, don't talk nonsense, but you can't speak nonsense, it will cause people to hear and misunderstand, even the young lady can't get rid of it." related."
Gu Qingci recognizes this Miss Cousin from Duke Cheng's mansion, but she has always disliked her, "Could it be that I am a fool and only allow you to bully people in your mansion, but others can't talk back? It's really a big style Woolen cloth."
Jiang Yun frowned: "Miss Gu speaks carefully."
Seeing her like this, Gu Qingci became angry, and was about to humiliate her again, but was held tightly by Yu Chuan, and whispered: "Grandma, let's go and see the jewelry, it's going to be ugly outside, And the uncle will come over later..."
Although Yu Chuan spoke in a low voice, it was still heard by Cheng Yueying. Cheng Yueying was not a good-natured person. She rolled her eyes, and then said gloatingly to Jiang Yun, "The one who is married is really different from us. " Then he turned to Gu Qingci, "Oh, look at me, I have a bad memory, Miss Gu, you got married in a hurry before, and I forgot to congratulate you. Now that we met today, let's congratulate Miss Gu for finding a good husband. .”
What she said was heartbreaking, and her tone of sarcasm was undisguised. Everyone in the rich and noble circles of the capital didn't know that Gu Liu was a phoenix turned into a chicken, a low-priced poor family, and was completely humiliated.
Although Gu Qingci knew that she had not suffered any grievances after marrying into Li's family, the matter of low marriage has become a lump in her heart, and no one can mention it.
Right now, Cheng Yueying is provoking again and again in front of so many people, deliberately saying such things, it is clear that she wants to humiliate her, how can she bear it!
Gu Qingci has always been a naughty character who is not afraid of making trouble, so he rushed to the front, raised his hand, and swung it over.
"Crack!" There was a crisp sound, which was exceptionally clear.
The ladies present and the girl who was serving behind them were dumbfounded.
After a while, Cheng Yueying screamed "Ah!", and then yelled at the servant girl: "You are all dead! Quickly hold her down and hit me!"
These few are all ladies of status and status, the shop assistant is anxious at the first sight, this is going to cause trouble, and if there is any accident, who can afford it.
So he hurried forward to stop him.
Yu Chuan only tried to protect his young lady, but was scratched several times by the girls over there.
Gu Qingci refused to let go, and quickly wrestled with Cheng Yueying.
The scene was completely chaotic.
The servant girl and master fell to the ground and fought together.
It wasn't until the clerk in the store invited the lady in charge and brought a group of women to separate the people, otherwise I didn't know what the trouble would be.
It is impossible for Yuzhenxuan to come to establish a foothold in the capital and have such a great reputation without any background at all.
The lady in charge who came here was not guilty at all, with her eyelids downcast and a smiling face, she first "made amends" to the ladies, and then separated them in two places, each to see what to buy and what to buy. of.
Before leaving, he also said something, saying: "We are also a small shop, I hope all the ladies can be more considerate, and don't say that it is difficult for us servants to explain to the master, there is only one thing. If the news spread, it would be a great sin to ruin the reputation of the ladies."
This Yuzhenxuan was previously privately rumored to be owned by the First Prince, even if it was from a noble family, it would not dare to go against the royal family and cause trouble.
In this way, both parties fell silent.
It's just that Cheng Yueying remembered the slap in the face, and cursed Gu Qingci thousands of times in her heart.
Such a disturbance completely disturbed Gu Qingci's good mood when he went out.
Accompanied by Yu Chuan, she coaxed and persuaded her, but failed to make her show a good face.
Not long after, Li Cheng came over.
At a glance, Gu Qingci could see that something was wrong.
There were many people outside, so he didn't ask immediately. He just took Gu Qingci out of the shop and walked to the place where the carriage was parked.
Before getting into the car, I saw the man he had asked to talk to walk straight here, and said: "My lord, wait a minute—"
Li Cheng was taken aback for a moment, and asked Yuchuan to help Gu Qingci get into the car first.
Then he turned sideways and said, "What's the matter, brother unknown?"
The store clerk bowed, and said hastily: "I don't dare to take it seriously, but I neglected Ms. Gu today. The shopkeeper asked the little one to send something over, saying that it was an apology for Ms. Gu." The box was stuffed into Li Chengze's hand, and he quickly withdrew it.
Li Chengze's heart moved, and then he glanced at Yuchuan standing beside the carriage. Yuchuan lowered his head, and Li Chengze lifted his robe and got into the carriage.
In the carriage, Gu Qingci didn't speak, just twisted the handkerchief there.
Li Cheng glanced at her, didn't ask her what's wrong, but said: "Have you bought anything you like?"
Where there is still the mind to buy things, I am so angry. Gu Qingci didn't learn enough lessons, and vented his anger on Li Chengze blindly.
She complained and resented in her heart, feeling that it was because of Li Chengze that she became the laughing stock of others.
So he raised his head and said to Li Chengze, "You don't care about it!"
Li Chengze paused for a moment with the hand holding the object, then glanced at Gu Qingci lightly, and smiled for a moment.
He just didn't talk to Gu Qingci again.
The atmosphere was a little stiff, but it didn't affect Li Cheng, he was calm and composed, his face was as usual, and he opened the small wooden box in his hand with leisurely care.
When I saw it, there was a blood-red hairpin inside, decorated with two round beads the size of pomegranate seeds, which looked interesting and cute.
He held it in his hand and looked at it carefully before putting it back into the small box. He didn't intend to give it to Gu Qingci at all.
Seeing Li Chengze's reaction like this, Gu Qingci suddenly felt wronged.
So he simply turned around without looking at him, lost his temper and shouted, "I want to go home, what else do I have to eat!"
Li Cheng raised his eyebrows, glanced over, and then did what she wanted, and said to the outside: "Ms. Gu, go back."
The carriage outside slowly turned around.
When they got home, Gu Qingci ran into the room and lay down on the bed and cried.
After crying for a long time, Nanny Zhang came over to comfort her repeatedly, and at least she calmed him down slowly.
After crying, Yuzhu made a cup of honey lotus seed tea for her to drink.
After making a fuss for a while, Gu Qingci calmed down, and began to be a little restless, and his eyes wandered outside from time to time.
Yuzhu knew what was going on, brought water over to clean Gu Qingci's hands, and whispered softly, "Master is in the East Chamber, I just asked Yuan Bao, saying he was reading a book."
Gu Qingci said stiffly, "Who asked him?"
Nanny Zhang asked about today's incident from Yuchuan's mouth, knowing that her own girl had provoked it first, so she couldn't help persuading her again.
"My sister-in-law, grandpa is full of good temper, you can't stand the quarrel like you, so it's easy to get married, and it's only been a few days that it's gone again.
Hearing Mammy's words, seeing that noon is almost past, you didn't eat outside, I think you are still hungry, the stove made good noodles, grandma went to Grandpa's study, and invited Grandpa to eat together, At that time, admit your mistake and say some soft words, and this matter will pass. "
Zhang Nanny gave enough steps, and Gu Qingci reluctantly agreed.