Afterward, Huang Rong expressed her wish to invite Ding Ling and his wife to a banquet at the Imperial Palace in the coming days, hoping they would do her the honor of attending.
Ding Ling nodded, which counted as an agreement.
Only then did Huang Rong and Guo Jing take their leave.
After returning to the Imperial Palace.
Huang Rong immediately found Guo Fu, who was hiding in the chambers of the little princess, Guo Xiang, and angrily said:
"Do you know what you've done?! How old are you?! Why are you still acting like a child?! Where are the dignity, manners, and bearing befitting a Grand Princess?!"
At the mention of manners and bearing, Guo Fu felt both aggrieved and furious:
"Yang Guo humiliated me in front of everyone. What dignity do I have left? Ding Ling knocked me flat on the ground and spilled soup and water all over me. What bearing do I have? Instead of blaming Yang Guo, you've come to blame me!"
The more Guo Fu spoke, the more tears welled up in her eyes.
Huang Rong was so furious that she laughed:
"If not for Ding Ling, do you think you would have become a Grand Princess? If not for him, do you think we could have defeated the Mongol Empire, with its countless elite troops?! And what kind of person is your father? Do you really not know? Have you ever thought about the only outcome if our family guarded Xiangyang and fought the Mongol Army head-on? It would be the entire family going to their deaths!
Even if you escaped, could you evade the Mongol Army's search?
With the help of profit-seeking outsiders, you would still be captured and killed by the Mongol Army even if you fled to the ends of