The Grand Princess's Plot

"Yes. I'll tell Master when he returns. Miss, let's be careful when we go out today."

"Good."

Gu Wanning thought, "In broad daylight, why would they kidnap someone in the street?"

After the meal, Er Ya of them, master and servant, carried their belongings and left.

Gu Wanning felt stuffy sitting in the sedan chair and thought to herself that next time she would just walk, since it wasn't far.

At this moment, the sedan chair suddenly stopped.

Gu Wanning was taken aback. We've arrived already?

I must say, the sedan chair was definitely faster than walking!

"This road is so wide, you can go your way and we can go ours, no one is in anyone else's way, why are you blocking our way?" Er Ya's angry voice came in.

Gu Wanning lifted the sedan curtain.

She frowned when she saw the impressive entourage of the visitors.

Chapter 220 The Grand Princess's Plot

It turned out to be the Grand Princess traveling.

However, today she seemed to be traveling incognito. Although she brought a lot of people and made a grand entrance, there were no signs of the Grand Princess's Residence, nor were there any of the "standard" pomp and circumstances.

Just then, the Grand Princess lifted the curtain of her sedan chair to look at her.

Their eyes met, and given the difference in status, Gu Wanning, even if unwilling, could no longer pretend to be oblivious.

She had someone alight from the sedan chair, stepped out, and bowed to the Grand Princess, maintaining a polite yet distant demeanor.

"I didn't realize it was the princess traveling, and I've blocked your way. Please forgive me." Gu Wanning stepped aside and gestured invitingly, "Princess, please go first."

The road is wide enough for everyone to pass through.

However, the Grand Princess probably disliked her and deliberately came to provoke her.

There were many onlookers. Gu Wanning thought to herself, if this were modern times, she would definitely open a Weibo account.

People who are constantly trending on social media can make a fortune just by collecting data traffic fees.

Unfortunately, there's no way to make money like this here; we're just being treated like monkeys, watching a monkey show for free.

The Grand Princess replied, "I've been waiting for you right here today!"

Gu Wanning sensed the murderous aura emanating from her and her heart immediately tightened.

Xu Weibei, come quickly and take your grandmother home!

She thought to herself, "Even at a time like this, do you still complain that your grandson's reputation isn't 'well-known'?"

Let's cool down the heat, not add fuel to the fire.

"May I ask what advice Your Highness may offer?" Gu Wanning asked calmly, her demeanor open and composed.

"My grandson has recently been the subject of many nasty rumors, defaming his reputation; some even say that your divorce from him wasn't out of jealousy, but because he was incompetent. Today, I'll ask you in the street whether my grandson is a real man or not!"

Gu Wanning: "!"

The Grand Princess looked down at the people around her, her gaze filled with majesty.

"Just tell the truth today. Whatever you say, I will not make things difficult for you."

Although Gu Wanning was slow-witted, she understood at this moment.

The Grand Princess is forcing her!

She overheard her conversation with Xu Weibei the day before.

When the Grand Princess found out, she realized that her relationship with Xu Weibei was not irreconcilable; in fact, she sympathized with Xu Weibei and hoped that Xu Weibei would pull himself together.

Therefore, the Grand Princess has come today.

She was betting that he wouldn't expose her lies in public and would choose to cooperate with her and protect Xu Weibei.

Moreover, in the eyes of the world, she and Xu Weibei had a falling out.

They are enemies.

She wouldn't speak up for Xu Weibei.

Mean!

Gu Wanning had never met someone so adept at scheming and manipulating people.

She knew perfectly well that she genuinely cared about Xu Weibei and held him in high regard and admiration.

She knew perfectly well that she was on Xu Weibei's side and hoped he could move on from his grief.

But the Grand Princess still resorted to such radical methods.

The Grand Princess even said that the reason for the divorce was her own jealousy, and she put all the blame on herself.

Indeed, when it comes to decisiveness and the ability to manipulate people's hearts, it is the royal family who truly excels.

Gu Wanning never suffers a loss.

But she thought of Xu Weibei's dim, even world-weary eyes staring at the ceiling; she thought of how Xu Weibei had stood up for her because he misunderstood Fang Tingxiu, thinking he had let her down; she thought of all the things Xu Weibei had done for her in the past...

Despite the insurmountable gap in their views, he was a truly upright man, a hero worthy of admiration.

"Yes," Gu Wanning nodded. "It is my jealousy. The Marquis has always been a true man. I resent that the Marquis has so many women, but to slander the Marquis as not being a man, ask yourselves honestly, who among you can compare to the Marquis? Who dares to challenge the Marquis?"

Gu Wanning noticed that the Grand Princess's expression had visibly relaxed.

She's probably quite pleased with herself now; her scheme has worked.

Let her be.

If having a reputation for being jealous could reduce Xu Weibei's future troubles over this matter, then Gu Wanning would accept it.

"How long has it been since the Marquis utterly defeated the Oirat Mongols and saved the precarious border city in the Northwest? Yet, just a year later, someone is already launching personal attacks, slandering him as not being a man. I ask you all, if he wasn't a real man, then who turned the tide? I ask you, real men, could you do it?"

"I even suspect this is a conspiracy by the Oirats, deliberately slandering the Marquis and making him disheartened by your doubts. If the Oirats return in the future, will you be able to repel them with your mere words?"

"Gentlemen, rumors can spread like wildfire, and public opinion can be devastating. I urge you all to calm down and think this through, and not become accomplices in slandering the Marquis."

After Gu Wanning finished speaking, she bowed to everyone.

In the end, she did something she didn't want to do.

She didn't want to meddle, but that was Xu Weibei.

She did take charge after all.

"Are you regretting it now? Do you want to say this to gain the Marquis's gratitude, then reconcile with Marquis and become his wife again?"