Chapter 43: The Heart Knot

"Sister Wan, it turned out that you were here, I knew that you would definitely come to Mrs. Li's birthday banquet, but I didn't expect to really meet you here."

Just as Gu Qingwan was sitting alone and eating pastries quietly, a crisp and happy female voice sounded, she put down the pastries in her hand, and turned her head to look at the girls who were walking towards her, it was Zhao Yueli and Ji Rou.

"Miss Zhao, Lord Ji Rou." She stood up and greeted them, her eyes amazed, not expecting them to come.

"Sister Wan, did they embarrass their sister last time?" Zhao Yueli stepped forward to hold her hand and asked with concern.

"Yes, Sister Wan, your aunt and cousin are not fuel-efficient lamps, did they bully you after you went back?" Ji Rou is a straight gut, and she speaks straightforwardly without hesitation.

Gu Qingwan shook her head and said with a smile: "Thank you Miss Zhao and the county lord for your concern, I can handle these well." ”

This time, her smile came from the bottom of her heart, and Zhao Yueli and Ji Rou's concern made her feel very warm.

"That's good, in the future, Sister Wan, you have to go out and walk around with our sisters more, don't always be alone, Ah Rou and I both like Sister Wan very much." Zhao Yueli said with a smile.

"Yes, Sister Wan, you will be my sister-in-law in the future, what to call Miss and the county lord is unfamiliar, you can just call her Ah Li, just call me Ah Rou." Since Gu Qingwan's performance in the Weiyuan Marquis Mansion last time, Ji Rou was impressed by her, and she admired her even more, she had long regarded Gu Qingwan as a quasi-sister-in-law.

"Since that's the case, then I don't need to be polite, and I'll call the two sisters by their best names in the future." Gu Qingwan didn't squirm, and directly agreed.

"Sister Wan, my mother has been thinking about you, she likes you very much, she said to accompany Mrs. Li to talk for a while and come to see you." Ji Rou said happily. After going back last time, she said a lot of good things about Gu Qingwan in front of her brother and mother, and her mother also thought that Gu Qingwan was good, so she asked her to get along with Gu Qingwan more in the future, and said that she would wait for Mrs. Li's birthday banquet to contact Gu Qingwan again. But her brother Ji Han didn't seem to like Gu Qingwan very much, she said for a long time, her eldest brother said, this woman is scheming, let you have less dealings with her, lest you have to count the money for her if she is sold in the end.

Her brother definitely has some misunderstanding about Sister Wan, and he would even think that Sister Wan is scheming. However, the marriage contract has already been made, and he can't go back on it. She must find an opportunity to explain the misunderstanding between the two.

Gu Qingwan was a little surprised, the princess Zhao in her previous life didn't like her the most, but she was very satisfied with Gu Qingyue as her daughter-in-law, and the Zhao Wangfu and the second room finally withdrew from the marriage by very ugly means.

Although there is still this obstructive marriage contract, she must return it in the end, not to mention that she has a sweetheart, even if she doesn't, she will not marry the fallen Zhao Wangfu. Anyway, in the end, Gu Qingyue will hook up with Ji Han, and when the time comes, she will definitely have a way to withdraw from this marriage in person, and she will not let Gu Qingyue get any cheapness.

"I really envy Sister Wan for having this happy marriage since she was a child, Ji Shizi is a talent, both civil and military, and she is also a high-spirited person, but how many deep boudoir women in Shengjing City are the dream lovers." Zhao Yueli echoed on the side.

"Sister Wan, although my brother has a bad temper, he will definitely be a good husband, and in the future, when Sister Wan marries into our family, my mother and I will protect my sister, and I will never let my brother bully you." Ji Rou swore a promise.

Gu Qingwan just smiled, and didn't agree in her heart. She doesn't know what kind of person Ji Han is, but she definitely won't be her beloved.

"Don't talk about me, Ah Li, don't envy me, I know that Mrs. Zhao and Princess Wei have already started discussing your marriage with the prince of Wei. It's not certain who will marry first. Gu Qingwan joked with a smile.

Zhao Yueli was a little shy to hide her face with a handkerchief, and said: "I still have two brothers above me, how can it be my turn after the two brothers get married." ”

"Look at this, you're all shy, Sister Wan, don't make fun of Ah Li. The Wei Wangfu is very close to our Zhao Wangfu and is separated by a street, and you can meet often in the future when you get married, how good. ”

"You can also find someone close to home, so that the three of us can get together from time to time in the future." Zhao Yueli said with a smile.

"Princess Zhao is here." Gu Qingwan saw Princess Zhao walking towards them, pulled the corner of Ji Rou's clothes, and said in a low voice.

Princess Zhao looks to be in her thirties, richly dressed, with a gentle smile on her well-maintained face, gentle and virtuous, and looks very easy to get along with.

"Miss Gu doesn't mind if I call you by your name." Princess Zhao naturally took Gu Qingwan's hand, and her voice and smile were very gentle.

"Of course I don't mind, the princess is Qingwan's elder, so she can naturally call Wan'er's maiden name."

"Alright, Wan'er." Princess Zhao looked at Gu Qingwan carefully, although she was young, she was dignified and steady, not impatient, and extremely beautiful, the more she looked at it, the more she liked it.

Princess Zhao said a few words to her, and then explained a few words to Ji Rou and left.

The three of them sat together, eating pastries and drinking tea, talking and laughing, and the time passed quickly. When it was not early, the guests gradually dispersed, and Zhao Yueli and Ji Roucai reluctantly said goodbye to Gu Qingwan.

Prime Minister Li invited Gu Tianyuan to stay in the Prime Minister's Mansion for a few days, and Gu Qingwan naturally chose to stay.

When the outsiders almost dispersed, Gu Qingwan felt a strong gaze on her. She looked up and met a pretty little face full of hatred.

The girl in front of her looked fifteen or sixteen years old, wearing a light green skirt and a delicate face, looking at her coldly at this moment, with a bad face.

"You still have the face to come here! Gu Qingwan, what else do you want to do? ”

The girl spoke sarcastically and resentfully, with hatred in her eyes that could not be concealed. Gu Qingwan's body trembled slightly, her ten fingers dug into her palm fiercely, and she forced herself to raise her head, revealing a stiff smile.

"Ice Butterfly Cousin、、、"

"Who's your cousin! I can't afford it! Li Bingdie snorted coldly and interrupted her mercilessly. Although her tone was impatient and resentful, her voice was deliberately kept low so that the people next to her could hear it.

Gu Qingwan felt a pain in her heart, and finally could only open her mouth and said heavily: "I'm sorry." ”

"Hmph, I'm sorry, is it useful? Saying I'm sorry will make my brother get up from bed? Li Bingdie's eyes suddenly turned red, and she tried her best to suppress the anger and sadness in her heart. On an occasion like today, she can't be rude.

"Cousin Ice Butterfly, I don't know if you don't want to hear anything you say. However, I still want to say sorry to you and hope that you will forgive me. ”

After a pause, Gu Qingwan spoke with difficulty, her heart full of pain and despair. Why don't you turn back the clock more? Then, she can try to undo all her mistakes.

Perhaps, she will not be estranged from her grandfather's family, and she is still their beloved Wan'er.

However, there are no ifs in this world. God gave her a chance to be reborn, but did not give her the right to choose, she could only bear it all, try to make up for her mistakes, and save her life.

"Want me to forgive you, dream! Unless you give him my brother's leg back, if he stands up, Gu Qingwan, I will forgive you! Li Bingdie sneered, her eyes full of mockery that could not be concealed.

A person who has been crippled for five years, a person who is a famous doctor in the capital all shakes his head and sighs, asking him to stand up again, what is it that is not a dream?

Gu Qingwan lowered her head, and a trace of blood had already overflowed from her slender palm. Her nails dug deep into the flesh, piercing the skin, but she didn't feel a trace of pain. Suddenly, she raised her head suddenly, looked at Li Bingdie seriously, and said word by word.

"I will do it, let Cousin Yuan Zhan get back on his feet, I will definitely do it! Cousin Ice Butterfly, in that case, will you forgive me? ”

"Hmph, let's talk about it when you really do it!" Li Bingdie glanced at her complicatedly, turned her head, and ignored her again.

Gu Tianyuan's father and daughter stayed, and the Fang family began to arrange for a few people to move in. Gu Tianyuan lived in a room specially arranged for him by the Prime Minister's Mansion, and Gu Qingwan re-lived in his mother's boudoir.

Fang's arrangement naturally made everyone very satisfied. The banquet dispersed, and Gu Qingwan took the purple jade and walked casually in the Li Mansion. She had been to this place countless times, and she was already familiar with it as if it were her own home. Even if I haven't been here again for five years, looking at the grass and trees here, it is still the appearance in my memory. However, now everything is wrong.

Wu sighed with emotion, a figure suddenly walked in front of him, Gu Qingwan raised her head, and suddenly called out.

"Auntie!"

The figure paused, turned around, and barely pulled out a smile at Gu Qingwan. I saw that the woman in front of me was in her thirties, tall, with a beautiful face, wearing a purple and gold gauze skirt, revealing a dignified elegance of everyone's ladies. It is the current housewife of the Li Mansion, the mother of Li Yuanzhan and Li Bingdie, Fang.

"It turned out to be Wan'er, but what's the matter?"

Fang Shi smiled reluctantly, but the look in her eyes was extremely cold, she really didn't know how to face this only niece. If it hadn't happened back then, she might have been the aunt who doted on her. But now, she seems to have no other way to deal with it than hatred and superficial politeness.

Her eldest son has been in bed for five years because of her. The promising and high-spirited child, her proudest son, has since become a waste! How could she not resent, how could she not hate? Why is it not someone else, but their niece, who is held in the palm of their hand, as a child who is loved like a daughter?

You can't hate, but it's impossible to maintain the previous relationship.

Such a cold and polite answer had long been expected by Gu Qingwan, but even so, there was still a faint pain in her heart. Desperately trying to control her urge to cry, she lowered her head and whispered.

"It's nothing, thank you aunt for the arrangement, Wan'er likes it very much. If you have something to do, aunt, go ahead and get busy. ”

"Well, then I'll go first."

"Wait!" Gu Qingwan suddenly spoke, looking at Fang's somewhat puzzled face, she mustered up the courage to speak, "Auntie, I'm sorry!" ”