Peeking (continued)

Previously, if anyone told Gu Wanning that they wanted to reunite her and Xu Weibei, she would lose her temper.

How can I persuade you to break up now? You're still unhappy.

What should we do?!

"I just felt sorry for the Marquis," Gu Wanning said. "Unintentionally, I became the straw that broke the camel's back."

I just hope this isn't the last one.

Her dislike for Xu Weibei wasn't actually what everyone thought!

Was she such a lustful person?

She was such a beautiful and refined young woman.

"Straw? What weight does straw have? If you ask me, you are the weight on the Marquis's heart, heavy and weighty."

Gu Wanning: "..."

"However, since the Marquis is no longer reliable, you really can't act rashly."

"Don't talk nonsense."

"Young lady, you don't really still have feelings for the Marquis, do you?" Er Ya looked at her in surprise.

"I didn't. I was just saying that life isn't just about those trivial matters between men and women," Gu Wanning said. "If anyone should apologize, it's only to his woman. Others are just jealous that he's a war god, and they saw that even a god has a weakness, so they couldn't wait to attack him."

But they never considered that the God of War had shed blood for them.

Will they benefit from the fall of the God of War?

"Actually, I think if you really don't care, why don't you stay with the Marquis?"

Gu Wanning: "???"

"Because he can't be with you, he won't get involved with other women, he won't have concubines, or illegitimate children, isn't that great! You and your concubines are as close as sisters..."

Gu Wanning had previously said that this kind of harmony was actually unstable.

If Xu Weibei sleeps with someone and disrupts the balance, the relationships between everyone will likely change.

"... Now that the Marquis is no longer possible, everyone is relieved."

There's no competition, no conflict of interest, and we can remain good sisters for a long time.

"The Marquis doesn't restrict you at all; he indulges you in whatever you want to do, and no one dares to bully you. Isn't that wonderful?"

"What do you mean, 'good'? Have you forgotten the Grand Princess? Besides," Gu Wanning's voice trailed off, "I'm selfish; I don't want to put myself in the spotlight."

Yes, she sympathized with Xu Weibei, but that didn't mean she was willing to face things with him.

There wasn't a deep emotional foundation between them.

However, that night, Gu Wanning had a dream in which she was wearing a bright red wedding dress and sitting in the bridal chamber.

Someone lifted the veil, and she nervously looked up, meeting Xu Weibei's brown, smiling eyes.

Then Gu Wanning was startled awake and tossed and turned, unable to fall asleep until dawn.

Gu Wanning felt that she should stop discussing Xu Weibei, fearing that she might be overacting and genuinely believing that she could save Xu Weibei.

She can't risk everything!

Er Ya got up early and had already filled the water tank with water, and was feeding the alpacas.

Fifty Thousand Taels has a bad temper; he wakes up early and wants to eat.

"I bought you for Fifty Thousand Taels, so I have to treat you like royalty, and you're still complaining. What, do I have to give you a maid to serve you too?" Er Ya picked some greens in the courtyard and fed them to it.

Gu Wanning yawned and got up. "Er Ya, is the tofu pudding vendor here yet? Let's buy two bowls of tofu pudding."

At this time, Zhi Nu has already gone to school.

He was the first one up in the family every day, and then he would go next door to have dinner with his father.

After Gu Anqi finished his meal and went to Imperial College, he dropped him off at the Imperial Academy so that he could start studying early.

Gu Wanning remarked, "That's really inhuman."

If she were made to get up at four in the morning and start reading at five, she would feel that there was no joy in living and no fear of dying, and she would not want to live anymore.

Although there are no cell phones here, Zhi Nu is asleep around 7 or 8 pm.

"Just one bowl is fine; I don't drink that stuff."

Er Ya came in, took the copper coins and the bowl, and rushed out.

Gu Wanning styled her hair into a bun today and picked out a newly made jacket, planning to visit her pregnant second sister-in-law, the princess, after dinner.

My mother found out about this and asked her to help bring some things over.

Wei Shi was well aware of the resentment in her second son's heart, but there was nothing she could do to make amends.

Fortunately, she didn't push her way forward, so she wasn't annoying.

Hearing that her daughter-in-law was pregnant, she was happy but also afraid of upsetting her son, so she could only ask Gu Wanning to help bring things.

After getting dressed, Gu Wanning thought for a moment and then lightly applied some makeup to herself.

She didn't like these things, but among the palace maids and servants around her, there were always those who fawned over the powerful and looked down on the weak. She couldn't let people laugh at her for having a sister-in-law who was not presentable.

Gu Wanning also stumbled and struggled for many years before she matured and realized that there was no need to care too much about other people's opinions. However, if she could avoid worldly troubles with just a little effort, she was still willing to follow the rules.

She's finished all that work, Er Ya still hasn't come back.

"Did she hit it off with the guy selling tofu pudding?" Gu Wanning muttered as she got up and went out.

As she walked around the screen wall, she nearly bumped into Er Ya bowl of tofu pudding and came back in a huff.

Seeing her expression, Gu Wanning jokingly said, "Why are you angry about buying tofu pudding? You can't offend the tofu pudding vendor. His tofu pudding is delicious; what if he refuses to sell it to us later?"

"No, young lady," Er Ya said, "I saw someone sneaking around and spying on us."

"Spying?"

"Hmm," Er Ya said, "He was peeking around at the end of the alley, and I thought he was going to buy tofu pudding, but he didn't. Do you think I, with my fiery temper, can tolerate him?"

Er Ya was straightforward, so she went straight to ask the man why he was acting suspiciously.

What did he say?

"He denies it, insisting he was just passing by. In my opinion, he certainly has ill intentions."

"Then let's be careful and let our older brother know later."

Gu Wanning suspected that someone was targeting the Gu family, after all, her father and brothers had offended quite a few people.