Chapter 252 - 252 Wrong
252 Wrong
Translator: Atlas Studios
Editor: Atlas Studios
Madam Wang was the matriarch of the Dingyuan Marquis Household. Even if the Dingyuan Marquis Household wasn’t as good as before, they still had three to five chances to enter the palace a year. Usually, these palace servants were arrogant and indifferent, and their attitude was a world of difference from today.
“Thank you for your trouble,” Madam Wang said to the palace servants with a smile. She turned around and reminded Gu Yunrong meaningfully, “Rong’er, you have to remember the grace of the Empress Dowager.”
Madam Wang didn’t mention Kang Wang at all, but everyone knew that the reason why the people in the Shou’an Palace treated Gu Yunrong differently was because of him.
Everyone in the palace knew that Gu Yunrong was the apple of Kang Wang’s eye and would definitely be the future Princess Consort Kang. Therefore, these palace servants, who usually trampled on the weak, naturally didn’t mind lowering themselves to express goodwill to Gu Yunrong.
“I understand.” Gu Yunrong nodded with a smile. Her eyes were sparkling like a little girl’s.
She put the small flower basket-shaped hand stove in her sleeve and glanced at Gu Yanfei from the corner of her eye, wanting to see if there was envy and discomfort in Gu Yanfei’s eyes.
However, what she met was a pair of clear almond-shaped eyes.
Gu Yanfei was still as casual and comfortable as ever. She calmly scanned the people and things around her.
Her eyes were casual, relaxed, poised. There was no deliberate calmness, no reluctance not to look in her direction, and no envy.
It was as if the jade building in front of her was as ordinary to her as a leaf on the road.
There was a different kind of indifference to the world in her eyes.
After passing through the side door of the Xihua Gate, they saw a few palace servants carrying a palanquin towards them.
The little eunuch holding the umbrella for Gu Yunrong’s eyes lit up and he smiled until his eyes narrowed. He raised his voice excitedly and said, “Third Lady Gu, His Highness must have arranged a palanquin for you. His Highness really knows how to dote on you.”
Empress Dowager Yuan hadn’t arranged a palanquin for Gu Yunrong, so this palanquin was clearly arranged by Kang Wang.
The little eunuch and the two palace maids exchanged glances. They looked at Gu Yunrong with even more respect and eagerness.
Gu Yunrong thought so too. Her cheeks were flushed, and her red lips curled up slightly. Her heart felt like it had been filled with honey.
“Your Highness has thought it through. He’s really considerate,” Madam Wang said happily, looking proud and elated.
Everyone surrounded Gu Yunrong like stars surrounding the moon, ignoring Gu Yanfei.
However, when the palanquin was lifted in front of Gu Yunrong, it didn’t stop. Instead, it passed her like a gust of wind.
Madam Wang frowned slightly and was about to speak when she saw the palanquin being carried to Gu Yanfei.
A pale and beardless middle-aged eunuch bowed to Gu Yanfei with a smile and said respectfully in a sharp voice, “Second Lady Gu, please get in the palanquin. It’s snowing and slippery today, so it’s not easy to walk.”
After the palace servants carrying the palanquin lowered it, they also bowed to Gu Yanfei in unison.
Gu Yanfei blinked in confusion.
Everyone else present watched this scene in dumbfounded silence.
A strong, bone-chilling wind blew past. The umbrella rustled in the snow and almost flew out of the little eunuch’s hand.
The young eunuch hurriedly grabbed the handle of the umbrella and sized up the middle -aged eunuch with a strange gaze.
Madam Wang almost thought that these palace servants were referring to Second Miss Gu as Third Miss Gu and wanted to say something but hesitated.
Even Gu Yunrong’s expression changed slightly at this moment. Her cheeks flushed red, and embarrassment, shock, and discomfort flashed across her face, but she immediately returned to normal.
In the space of a few words, the snowfall grew heavier. Snowflakes pelted the roof of the palanquin and made rustling sounds.
Although Gu Yanfei didn’t feel tired from walking, she didn’t like her shoes being wet from the snow.
‘Thank you, eunuch.” Gu Yanfei thanked him generously. She didn’t ask further or push him away. Under everyone’s complicated gazes, she sat in the palanquin.
It was a single- seater palanquin. Obviously, no one else had a share.
Madam Wang had also recovered from her initial shock. Her expression was much calmer as she politely invited the little eunuch with the umbrella to lead the way so that the Empress Dowager wouldn’t have to wait for too long.
She was shocked and couldn’t help but guess who had arranged a palanquin for Gu Yanfei. This was the palace, after all.
The group walked in the direction of the Shou’an Palace.
Madam Wang and Gu Yunrong walked in front. Gu Yanfei’s palanquin was 10 feet behind and followed behind them.
Madam Wang had to use almost all her strength to not turn around.
Maintaining her elegance as the matriarch, she faced the snow and wind as she passed through palace gates and walked along palace roads before finally arriving at Shou’an Palace.
Gu Yanfei’s sedan stopped at the entrance of the Shou’an Palace with them.
The palace servants at the entrance of the Shou’an Palace simultaneously cast their gazes on the palanquin. All of them couldn’t hide their shock as the same question appeared in their minds. Who was this girl?
As soon as Madam Wang and the others arrived, the palace maid in charge of the Shou’an Palace personally brought people to welcome them.
The palace maid in charge had been in the palace for many years, so she naturally recognized the noble ladies and Gu Yunrong. She smiled and bowed to the two of them. ‘Marquis Madam, Third Lady Gu, please come in.”
‘And this lady, please.”
The palace maid looked past Madam Wang to the girl who had just alighted from the palanquin at the back. The smile on her face was just right as she pondered her identity.
Since this girl was brought here by the Dingyuan Maquis Household’s matriarch, she was most likely from the Gu family.. But why had she come over in a palanquin?