The Rebirth of an Orphan

Gu Xianyu suddenly became a little annoyed. He stepped forward and passed Zhao Xihua and said to the third prince: "Xianyu greets the third prince."

Seeing her like this, people around her were a little surprised. The behavior of the second young lady of the Gu family was too rude. Wasn't she deliberately embarrassing her sister-in-law Zhao Xihua? It was simply unreasonable.

Everyone knew that there was a discord between the Gu family and the Third Prince. Zhao Xihua was afraid of giving others a chance to talk, so she took the initiative to greet the Third Prince and his entourage. Both sides just nodded and exchanged a few polite words. Unexpectedly, Gu Xianyu would do these things, which caught Zhao Xihua off guard.

Zhao Xihua had no choice but to act like an elder sister-in-law and scolded: "Xianyu, don't be rude. Hurry up and apologize to His Highness."

Gu Xianyu was unhappy. Who the hell is this Zhao Xihua? He just can't stand seeing him doing well.

When the Third Prince saw clearly that it was the Second Miss of the Gu Family, he smiled distantly and said, "Second Miss Gu, you are too polite. No need to be so polite."

Gu Xianyu turned around and looked at Ling Zhi on the side. Before, he was already excited just by seeing him from a distance, but now that he saw him up close, his breathing became a little rapid.

Although Gu Xianyu's expression was restrained, the girl's emotions were too strong. Her shy face made Zhao Xihua feel a little embarrassed. She thought that Gu Xianyu, who was secretly plotting evil, was very capable, but now it seemed that Mrs. Hua had ruined her own daughter.

When Gu Xianyu greeted Ling Zhi with a sincere look on her face, she didn't expect to get no response for a long time. She raised her eyes and met Ling Zhi's eyes, her heart was panicked. Ling Zhi's gaze at her was as cold as frost, which made her feel ashamed for a moment, as if she was a clown making a fool of herself in front of Ling Zhi.

After a long while, Ling Zhi looked at Gu Xianyu coldly and said, "The young lady of the Gu family didn't say anything. How could it be your turn as an unmarried sister-in-law to come out and socialize? I don't know how Gu Lun educates his sister."

When Ling Zhi mentioned Gu Lun, Gu Lun's political enemies, who were all around him, would not miss the opportunity to suppress Gu Lun, and immediately burst into unfriendly laughter.

Gu Xianyu was completely stunned, her face instantly turned red, and she looked like she was about to cry, but facing this hesitant expression, Ling Zhi felt even more disgusted.

Zhao Xihua watched as more and more people came to the plum blossom viewing banquet. Gu Xianyu didn't want to find a chance to leave, but kept standing in front of Ling Zhi stupidly. If he continued to make trouble, he would become the laughing stock of the whole Kyoto.

To be honest, seeing how stupid Gu Xianyu was, she really didn't want to care about her, but she couldn't tolerate those people's ridicule of Gu Lun. She looked coldly at the people around her, walked up to the bewildered Gu Xianyu and said:

"My fellow generals, you are all capable men, each of you can handle things on your own. My daughter Xianyu is just an ignorant little girl, there is no need for you to be so fussy and make things difficult for her, right?

Ling Zhi looked at Zhao Xihua in front of him, and he was indeed a ruthless character. For Gu Lun's face, he avoided all the mistakes of Gu Xianyu's rashness and disrespect for elders with just a few words, and he grasped the measure of the young lady of the aristocratic family just right.

But this is their Ling family after all. If the quarrel continues and their mother finds out, she will blame him.

Thinking of his mother, Ling Zhi smiled at Zhao Xihua and said, "Young Madam, you are too polite. It is us who are ignorant and offend you. I will punish myself by drinking three cups of wine to apologize to you later."

Gu Xianyu's heart tightened as he watched. Could it be that this handsome young general liked his sister-in-law? The way he looked at Zhao Xihua was completely different. He looked at himself with ridicule and harshness, but he looked at Zhao Xihua with indescribable concentration and tenderness.

Gu Xianyu pursed her lips fiercely. Does this Zhao Xihua still have any shame? She is a married woman. How many people does she want to harm? She doesn't want her to help her out. It's too disgusting.

Seeing that Ling Zhi had given her a way out, Zhao Xihua was about to take Gu Xianyu away, but when she turned around, she met Gu Xianyu's resentful eyes. She didn't know why Gu Xianyu was glaring at her with such hatred, but this was in the Ling family, and she felt a little irritated, so she lowered her voice and said to Gu Xianyu: "If you keep making trouble, believe it or not, I will send someone to send you back to the Gu family right now. It's none of my business whether you get married or not. If you insist on embarrassing yourself here, I will accompany you to the end."

When Zhao Xihua mentioned getting married, Gu Xianyu regained consciousness. She really couldn't embarrass herself in front of these people anymore. She gritted her teeth and said to Zhao Xihua, "Sister-in-law is right. Xianyu knows what to do now."

"What lesson? Haha, after not seeing you for a few days, this young lady is becoming more and more arrogant." Suddenly a group of people came over here, led by the married eldest daughter of the Gu family, Gu Yanyu.

Zhao Xihua didn't expect that after one wave left, another wave came. Are these sisters from the Gu family determined to lose all their remaining face here?

Gu Yanyu walked up to Zhao Xi's painting with an aggressive look, as if she was coming with bad intentions and was determined to tear up Zhao Xi's painting.

Zhao Xihua looked at Gu Yanyu with a hint of sarcasm on her face. It would be absolutely no good for Gu Xianyu if this matter became a big deal. The Gu sisters were so stupid and vicious that they were really hopeless.

Zhao Xihua laughed coldly: "Gu Yanyu, I don't want to argue with you in front of so many people, I just have a few words to tell you."

"First, you are a married lady from the Gu family. It is not your turn to take care of your natal family's affairs. Second, why don't you first ask your sister what she did? It won't be too late to intervene later."

Gu Yanyu sneered and said, "Haha, if this aunt can't bear it, she will naturally intervene. Who do you think you are?"

"Okay, since you want to care, just let me do it. I won't accompany you any longer." After saying that, Zhao Xihua turned around and left. The two sisters of the Gu family were a little dumbfounded. Gu Yanyu was about to get angry when she saw Zhao Xihua had turned and walked towards another path.

If the two sisters of the Gu family stayed here any longer, they would be asking for humiliation. Their faces turned red and they had to move away.

Led by the servants of the Ling family, Zhao Xihua did not go to the flower hall for entertaining guests, but was instead brought to the courtyard where Mrs. Ling lived alone. Unexpectedly, after arriving there, she found that this place was not as lively as she had imagined, but rather a bit cold and deserted.

Walking into the main gate of the yard, I found that the yard was quite large and there were many servants coming and going, but the whole yard was unusually quiet.

There were incense burners used for sacrifices placed everywhere in the corners of the yard. Those incense burners were very exquisite and exuded bursts of sandalwood. The whole yard was filled with the scent of sandalwood.

And the strangest thing is that behind the incense burner there are small and exquisite pagodas, all of which are carved from pure gold.

This made Zhao Xihua a little confused. It was really weird to enshrine the Buddha statue in the corner of the whole courtyard.