First Lady of the Crown Prince

 Chapter 916 Slap in the face (1st update)

 Gu Jiao did not answer Gu Jinyu's words, but looked at the long line of people carrying boxes outside the mansion, and said, "Really? You also think the ostentation is too much."

Gu Jinyu smiled and glanced at Gu Jiao: "When the daughter of a noble family in Shangguo gets married, it is of course very grand. When my sister got married in the countryside, she probably didn't even have a dowry, right? No wonder my sister felt uncomfortable. If it were me, I will also be upset. The husband-in-law whom I offered up turned out to be someone else’s. It’s a pity that my sister has sacrificed all these years. If I had known this, my sister should have listened to her father’s words and severed ties with Xiao Heng. After all, it was her sister who didn’t want him. Before the news spreads to the capital, my father might be able to find a good marriage for my sister. Now that the whole capital knows that my sister is a wretched wife who was betrayed by the young marquis, who would dare to marry her?"

Over there, there is a box stuck on the carriage. Several people can't push it or pull it off.

 Gu Jiao went over to help.

Gu Jinyu squealed at her. This time, she failed to stop Gu Jiao. She thought about it and caught up with her skirt in advance.

"Second Miss!" A maid caught up with her, "Where are you going? Didn't you agree to go to the shop to pick up the jewelry? By the way, I went to the embroidery house to change the size of the wedding dress."

Gu Jinyu looked at Gu Jiao's back and said: "We'll go back later. My silly sister is going to be in trouble. I should stop her no matter what. Sister! Don't be impulsive!"

She chased Gu Jiao to the carriage.

There was a driver who was unloading goods standing in the car. He pushed the box out hard, but the box was stuck tightly. Not only that, his fingers were also stuck.

Gu Jiao looked at it, took out the dagger from her waist, and was about to pry loose the box when Gu Jinyu grabbed her wrist: "Sister! What are you going to do? No matter how unhappy you are, you can't do anything to destroy someone's dowry. What a matter!"

 People on the side looked at the two of them.

The people who came here to deliver the goods were local shop assistants in the capital. They didn't know Gu Jiao, so naturally they didn't know that she was the young owner of this mansion.

Gu Jinyu hurriedly said to everyone: "I'm sorry, I am the second young lady of Ding'an Hou Mansion, and she is my sister. She just couldn't think about it for the moment, but I think she did it unintentionally. You must not blame her."

Everyone listened for a long time and couldn't understand what was intentional or unintentional. However, when they saw the dagger in Gu Jiao's hand and combined with Gu Jinyu's words, they logically thought that Gu Jiao was here to cause trouble.

It’s strange, this family just moved here and they already have enemies with others?

Gu Jinyu warned her sincerely: "Sister, don't do stupid things. I know that you are jealous of Yan Guo's daughter for robbing your husband, but no matter what, you can't do such a thing in public. . If you do this, where will you put your grandfather's face? Where will you put your father's face? Where will you put the face of your brothers and the entire Ding'an Marquis Mansion?"

 Everyone understood it this time.

It turns out that this newly moved wealthy family is the father and daughter of Duke An Guo of Yan State. Wasn't An Guo Gong's daughter engaged to the young Marquis of Zhaodu?

　　 Could it be that the young Marquis already had a first wife?

Gu Jinyu choked up and said: "When the young prince was in trouble in the countryside, you saved the young prince and made him your husband-in-law. Now he has restored his identity... Although I also feel sorry for my sister who only found out the truth today..."

So this girl once rescued the young Marquis and asked him to marry her in exchange for a favor?

 And she never knew the life experience of the young marquis?

 The young Marquis was not even willing to tell her his life experience, which shows that he did not really marry her in the first place.

 Must have been threatened by her.

Gu Jiao looked at Gu Jinyu with a very calm expression: "Are you finished?"

 Gu Jinyu shook her head pleadingly: "Sister... I beg you... don't do anything stupid... Now go to the Marquis Mansion and admit your mistake. My grandfather and brothers will definitely still be willing to recognize you..."

 Everyone was even more surprised. It turns out that this eldest lady has never been recognized by the Hou family?

　　A shop assistant muttered in a low voice: "Ah, I seem to have heard that... the eldest lady grew up in the countryside... and could not get on the stage..."

Gu Jiao glanced at Gu Jinyu speechlessly, withdrew her hand and stabbed the bottom of the box with a dagger.

 “Sister—” Gu Jinyu’s beauty turned pale!

Before anyone could stop him, Gu Jiao had already pried up the box. The driver on the carriage successfully took out his pinched and swollen finger. He breathed a sigh of relief.

 A little later, and his finger will be useless!

Outside the carriage, a waiter looked at the box that Gu Jiao had brought down and said in shock: "Oh! The box is broken! This is a fine mahogany box! It contains all this year's fashionable jewelry! No! It will be ruined too!"

It was broken during transportation. If we were to take responsibility, these guys couldn't afford to risk their lives!

Gu Jinyu said sadly: "Sister, I told you not to do this... No matter how unhappy you are... you can't take it out on these things -"

As soon as she finished speaking, there was a commotion in the crowd, and then she heard the coachman whose finger had been saved by Gu Jiao just now say: "No, it's the steward of the Duke's Mansion who is here!"

Gu Jinyu looked at Gu Jiao, and the corners of her lips curled up in disdain: "Sister, please don't be impulsive for a while. That person is the chief steward of the Duke's Mansion. If you offend him, you will..."

She was only halfway through when the steward came to Gu Jiao with a murderous look and glared at Gu Jiao: "Who asked you to move the boxes!"

Gu Jinyu said softly: "Steward, don't be angry with my sister, my sister..."

“Don’t your hands hurt?” Manager Zheng said with his hands on his hips.

Gu Jinyu was stunned.

 The rest of the coachmen were also shocked.

Manager Zheng has learned Zhaoguo dialect. He is speaking Zhaoguo dialect now, so everyone present can understand clearly.

 He was asking...doesn't his hand hurt?

Gu Jinyu blinked in confusion, came to Manager Zheng, stood next to Gu Jiao, and said, "I'm really sorry, my sister broke your box, but don't worry, our Ding'an Hou Mansion will definitely compensate you. Please don’t blame my sister for the loss. My sister is also too sad...too angry..."

Manager Zheng glared at Gu Jinyu and said angrily: "Who are you? I'm talking to my lady, why are you interrupting!"

Gu Jinyu was stunned again.

 She almost suspected that she heard it wrong: "...you...your lady?"

Manager Zheng said: "Yes! She is my young lady!"

Everyone gasped!

Gu Jinyu was stunned, and his mind went blank.

 Manager Zheng is such a shrewd person. She keeps talking about being worthy of her own ladies and sisters, but all her words are complaining about her own ladies.

 My lady is low-key and doesn't like to show off her identity. Did she think she caught her girl's pigtails?

Ouch, there is no tradition of keeping concubines in the Duke's mansion, and the back house is peaceful. He has nowhere to display his craftsmanship, but he came across it when he came to Zhaoguo!

Manager Zheng rolled up his sleeves, took two steps towards Gu Jinyu, and said arrogantly: "My young lady is the apple of the eye of the Duke, and these things all belong to my young lady! My young lady can break them however she likes! She Even if she burns it all and plays with it, she is happy! What are you doing!"

"I..." Gu Jinyu was speechless.

 Manager Zheng stepped forward step by step, while Gu Jinyu was forced to retreat step by step.

Manager Zheng chuckled and said, "Don't talk about a sister. Are you worthy of having a relationship with my young lady?"

Gu Jinyu was completely confused: What on earth is going on? Wasn't she divorced by the young Marquis? Why did he become the daughter of Duke Anguo again? She is obviously just a girl who grew up in the countryside!

Unknown whether it was because she was too shocked or too jealous, her whole body trembled slightly, and her nails dug into her palms, almost drawing blood.

 She looked at Gu Jiao in disbelief: "You...didn't you go to Youzhou? How could you—"

At this moment, another carriage came from the other direction.

 It is the old Marquis and Gu Changqing who have returned from the court.

Perhaps they noticed the movement in front of the Duke's Mansion. After the two got off the carriage, they walked over directly.

"What happened?" Gu Changqing asked with a frown.

When Gu Jinyu saw her grandfather and eldest brother, she was startled at first, and then a flash of inspiration flashed in her mind, as if she had seen a life-saving straw, and she said with tears: "Grandpa! Brother! Sister, it turns out she didn't go to Youzhou! She secretly ran away to Yan State! She even became the daughter of the Duke of Guo!"

Grandfather has always been the most disciplined. He would never allow his granddaughter to become a daughter in someone else's family.

What’s more, it’s from another country, which would probably constitute treason.

Grandfather is a general, he will never tolerate this kind of behavior!

Gu Jinyu looked at the old Marquis expectantly, but the old Marquis just frowned: "How many times have I told you, you are not my granddaughter, don't call me grandfather."

Gu Jinyu’s face suddenly turned pale!

　　In the past, no matter how much his grandfather disliked her, he would never make it public. Now, in front of so many servants, he has humiliated her!

Why!

Gu Changqing didn't even look at Gu Jinyu. He came to Gu Jiao's side and his cold face softened: "Why does the sun come out with such a big sun?"

 “Come and see your adoptive father.” Gu Jiao said.

The old Marquis put his hands behind his back, looked at the sky with a cold face, and cleared his throat heavily.

Gu Jinyu had a strange misunderstanding in his heart: Was his grandfather jealous? Is it to blame that girl for only looking at her adoptive father and not her grandfather?

 (End of this chapter)