Gu Mingmou didn't want to delve into the turbulent relationship between her parents. Except for her mother, everyone in the Gu family was unimportant to her, even her biological father.
In this life, she has no constraints on the ethics and morals of the world. She has even died, so she still cares about those customs.
She only believes in one principle now: murder to pay life, and debt to pay money. Death in her previous life was not the end for her. She had to watch with her own eyes the people who betrayed her step by step into despair and death.
The day of Princess Hongyang's banquet came soon. Gu Mingmou and Gu Mingyue got into the carriage with Mrs. Xue. The two sisters looked very different. Gu Mingyue's beauty was more flamboyant, while Gu Mingmou was more restrained.
In the past, Gu Mingyue liked brightly colored clothes the most, but today she chose a light blue water salsa skirt, which looked very fresh. Gu Mingmou only glanced at her twice and then looked away, sitting quietly next to his mother.
She was dressed modestly today, and she would not be ignored even if she didn't stand out. After all, in the eyes of outsiders, she already had an engagement. Everyone knew the purpose of Princess Hongyang's banquet today. She was just going for a formality, so naturally she couldn't steal the limelight from others.
When Gu Mansion's carriage arrived outside the Princess Mansion, it did not attract anyone's attention. The lowest number who came to the Princess Mansion for the banquet today was a fourth-grade imperial concubine. There were quite a few marquis, ladies, duchess, and even princesses. Princess Hongyang is choosing a concubine for her eldest son, the Prince of Donglin County. The wives of each family are eager to pack up their daughters and send them to the princess's mansion. What's more, there are also several princes under the emperor's knees who are coming to the princess's mansion today. Even if Princess Hongyang doesn't like their daughters , as long as you work hard, it will be better if you can attract the attention of the prince.
Everyone had different ideas. Gu Mingmou followed her mother and was led into the palace by the maid of the princess mansion.
At this time of the year, the scenery is perfect. The pavilions and pavilions in the princess's mansion are lined up in rows, which are so beautiful that Gu Mingmou, who rarely goes out, can't see them all.
Today's banquet is held in the garden, surrounded by mountains and rivers, red flowers and green willows, plus a group of beautiful young ladies, the place is full of flowers and bustle.
Mrs. Xue took her two daughters to greet Princess Hongyang. The princess was not familiar with her and only said a few words casually.
While speaking, she glanced at Gu Mingmou more. She had a good relationship with Madam Hou Lin. She had previously planned to marry her daughter to Yongning Hou Shizi, but unexpectedly she heard that he had already been engaged.
The eldest girl of the Gu family is not bad in appearance, but she looks a bit too regular and dull.
Although the Gu family was not to blame, Princess Hongyang naturally despised Gu Mingmou no matter what if the Gu family's daughter stole her favorite son-in-law. But she was a princess after all, and she didn't bother to do anything to a little girl. She just looked indifferent and even skipped the usual compliments.
The princess's attitude was noticed by many people. These ladies subconsciously stayed away from the Xue family, and their attitudes were lukewarm. After all, this is the princess's mansion. If the princess doesn't like anyone, they can't be too good. enthusiasm.
Xue felt the princess's coldness and didn't think anything of it. She had long been used to it. The fact that the princess was willing to invite her today was a great honor to her.
Gu Mingmou did not miss the way Princess Hongyang looked at her just now. She couldn't help but feel a little strange. It was better to do less than to do more. When she saw her mother sitting aside, she followed her and stood quietly behind her mother.
Not long after, she noticed a gaze falling on her. When she looked up, she found a round-faced little girl smiling at her. She was stunned for a moment, and then remembered the little girl's identity - Qi Yu, Qi Lang's cousin.
Because of Qi Lang's relationship, Qi Yu often had contact with her, but later she married and moved to Jiangnan, and they never met again until her death.
Gu Mingmou smiled at Qi Yu. No matter what happened to Qi Lang, Qi Yu had no grudge against her, and she had no intention of putting her hatred on unrelated people.
Mrs. Xue also saw Qi Yu. She turned her head slightly and whispered to her daughter, "Go over and play with them." Then she glanced at Gu Mingyue, who had always behaved very calmly, "You can go too."
"Yes, mother." Gu Mingyue followed Gu Mingmou in an orderly manner. As a concubine, she had never been to such an occasion before. Almost all the ladies at the banquet were legitimate daughters of various families, and hers The identities are very different. However, there was no trace of restraint on her face, and her posture was no different from that of many legitimate daughters.
Looking at Gu Ming's eyes
Under Yu's introduction, she gradually blended into the crowd of young ladies, and a strange glint flashed in Gu Mingyue's eyes. Suddenly she remembered that she came to Princess Hongyang's banquet with excitement in her previous life, but she didn't know that everything was different from what she had imagined.
In the Gu family, both her grandmother and father loved her very much. She had never felt that her status as a concubine was any hindrance to her, but only after that banquet did she understand the insurmountable gap between a concubine and a legitimate daughter. Her identity destined her to always be looked down upon by others, so she tried her best to become the legitimate daughter of the Gu family. In the end, she succeeded, and stepped on Gu Mingmou to reach an unreachable post. People who once looked down on her They all knelt at her feet.
If the Imperial Master hadn't suddenly left seclusion and told the Emperor some nonsense, causing the Emperor to misunderstand the slander, she wouldn't have been sentenced to death suddenly three days before the ceremony of conferring the title of Empress. God simply took her well and allowed her to return to the time when she was twelve years old. At this time, she was still the concubine of the Gu family, but in her heart, she was still the queen of the world.
She was convinced that she would still become a queen in this life, and not in five years. She was sure that as long as she could advance everything and let the then-Emperor, now Prince Heng, fall in love with her, the Imperial Master would no longer have the opportunity to bewitch the Emperor. After all, one was a minister whom he had not seen for five years and the other was his bedside companion. It was clear how to choose. .
But the premise of everything is that she must first get Gu Mingmou's eyes. Although she doesn't know what the function of the glazed eyes is, since this is a prerequisite for becoming a queen, these eyes should belong to her.
It was Qi Lang who took the initiative to approach her back then and asked for a change of eyes. Although she was very satisfied with Gu Mingmou's fate, she did not intend to have anything to do with that man again. It was said that Qi Lang was deeply in love with Gu Mingmou, but it was the man who stepped her into the dust. She was so cruel and ruthless, and she would not let this man hold her hand again.
At this time, Qi Lang probably didn't know about Liuli Mu. As long as she seizes the time to plan, wait until everything is settled, and then go back and deal with Gu Mingmou secretly, then no one will know the secret again.
The more Gu Mingyue thought about it, the more excited she became. Now was her best chance. She remembered that Prince Heng was also present at this banquet. He was not the emperor at this time, but soon the world would belong to him.
(End of chapter)