I want to make progress

Chapter 17 The reception banquet

But in this situation, the one who has more stakes is more afraid of losing and having the table overturned, but she is not afraid.

Obviously, from having to compromise in order to save his life in the beginning to now seeming to be balanced but having the upper hand, Shu Yunfu has played this hand of cards quite well!

"Miss, did he do anything to you?"

As soon as Gu Changheng left, Yuyan rushed in and nervously looked her young lady up and down. If she hadn't been afraid of something bad happening, she would have rushed in long ago.

"Don't worry, we are now checking each other, he dare not do anything to me." Sitting in front of the dressing table, she combed her black hair carelessly, "But I can't do anything to him, let's just get along peacefully for now."

"That's good. Gu Changheng's appearance just now was so scary. I was so worried." Yuyan breathed a sigh of relief and pouted her lips in dissatisfaction. At the same time, she took the comb from her mistress's hand and combed her hair again and again. "What a shameless thing! It's his own mother who came to trouble the mistress, and he still has the nerve to be angry and trouble the mistress. If he hadn't been ignorant at the beginning, with the mistress's intelligence and talent, she wouldn't have fallen to the point of being a concubine to him. He is not even worthy of one finger of the mistress!"

"What can I do? I have to bow my head under someone's eaves. As long as he doesn't cause me trouble, I'll just stay at his house. Anyway, I, your lady, don't intend to force myself to be his real wife."

She smiled calmly. She liked what he said, but she didn't want to indulge in the fighting between the harems. She had more important things to do. "Besides, even if Gu Changheng wasn't here, we would have come to the capital anyway. This identity is more suitable for what we are going to do next than the one we arranged before."

"Oh, by the way! Miss, this is the news I just received."

Having said this, Yuyan quickly put down the bastard in her hand, took out a thumb-sized wax ball from the secret pocket in her sleeve and handed it to her young lady.

"We have news so soon. It seems that Su Niang has been doing well in the capital in recent years."

Raising an eyebrow in surprise, Shu Yunfu took the wax ball, pinched it open, took out the note inside, lowered her head and read it carefully, but as she looked at the densely written note, her eyes turned cold.

"What's wrong, miss? Is there anything wrong?"

The coldness made Yuyan shrink her neck, and the lady became angry.

"I just saw something dirty."

With a sneer, he took a fire starter and lit the note. He watched the note burn to ashes before his eyes, the coldness in his eyes did not diminish in the slightest.

"Don't be impatient, miss. Let's take it slow. One day, they will pay the price."

Seeing the young lady like this, Yuyan thought of something, her eyes sparkled with tears, emitting a strong sadness. A man who was as gentle and warm as the spring breeze emerged in her mind, and she almost couldn't help but shed tears. This world is really... good people don't get rewarded!
"I'm in no hurry……"

He chuckled and looked in the mirror, his eyes filled with murderous intent.

After a long while, Shu Yunfu blinked away the tears in her eyes, turned around and looked at Yuyan, "Let's decorate the yard well. We'll probably live here for a long time, so we have to decorate it according to our own preferences." "I don't like the persimmon tree in the yard, let's change it to a ginkgo tree. When autumn comes, the yellow leaves on the tree are swaying, not to mention how beautiful it is. And plant some wisteria on the wall. It's also beautiful when it blooms. We can also make a swing, and then..."

Just as Shu Yunfu was planning to turn this small courtyard into her own little world, the main courtyard in the Duke's Mansion was brightly lit, and the servants were busy coming and going.

The Duke is back. From the masters to the servants, everyone is very excited. They have prepared a sumptuous welcoming banquet, making sure that the Duke, who has been away from home for a long time, can feel their enthusiasm.

This welcoming banquet had been prepared several days in advance. As soon as Mrs. Liu, the Duke's wife, received the news that the Duke was returning home, she asked the kitchen to prepare it. I don't know how much importance she attached to it.

But unexpectedly, Gu Changting came back only to see someone off. Before he said a word to anyone, he went to the study and talked with the old duke for a long time. As soon as he came out, he went straight to the palace without saying a word.

Fortunately, everyone finally came back in the evening, and the welcoming banquet finally began.

Shu Yunfu originally thought that she was not qualified to attend such a welcoming banquet. After all, she was just a concubine, from the second wife. Moreover, she had just offended Gu Changheng, so there was no chance for her to attend.

Unexpectedly, when she was halfway through her meal, someone from the main courtyard came to take her to a welcoming banquet, which surprised her.

It was not until she spent a golden melon seed on the road to ask the maid who led the way that she realized that she was right. Gu Changheng did not intend to let her attend the welcoming banquet, but Gu Changting found that she was not there, so he asked, which gave her the opportunity to show up.

Although Gu Changting asked her to appear at the welcoming banquet, she was essentially still just a lowly concubine, and no one's attention was focused on her. When she appeared at the welcoming banquet, everyone just greeted her politely and no one paid any attention to her anymore.

Even Gu Changting just looked at her with indifferent eyes, as cold as if nothing had ever happened between them.

But this was exactly what she wanted. Her status was too low, so it was better for her to keep a low profile and not attract attention.

It's okay that those serious masters look down on her, but she is not so poor that she would be bullied by other concubines.

Sitting at the table, listening to Gu Changting's two concubines beside her, one calling her a country bumpkin and the other a daughter of a traitor, the table full of delicacies from land and sea did not arouse her appetite. She just wanted to grab the roast chicken on the table and stuff it into the two chattering mouths.

Shu Yunfu put down her chopsticks with a sigh. Did these two people not know about Aunt Qin's affairs, or did they know about it but still thought of her as a soft persimmon that was easy to bully because they looked down on her?
"Why don't you eat? I think Aunt Shu likes today's banquet very much. This is a large yellow croaker that was transported from the seaside with great effort. In this weather, I don't know how many people and ice cubes were consumed. It is worth no less than one thousand taels. Aunt Shu has probably never eaten it before. If you like it, eat more. We are all tired of it."

"Mrs. Shu has just arrived. You will understand in the future. There are many good things in our Duke Ying's Mansion. Broaden your horizons so that you won't make a fool of yourself when you go out in the future."

"Really? So our Duke of England's Mansion is so wealthy? A single fish is worth a thousand taels, and we eat it often. How much does this cost? Is our Duke of England's Mansion so rich?"

(End of this chapter)