The daughter of the first wife grew up in the countryside and was extremely powerful

At this time, other ladies were about to arrive behind. As soon as they got off the car, they saw this scene. Everyone thought of the rumors they had heard a few days ago, and their gossip reached its peak.

Wang turned around and met Meng Hewan's charming face with a cautious smile. She immediately frowned and wanted to say something, but did not open her mouth due to her status and the occasion.

Gu Fanchu had already fallen out with them earlier, but he didn't expect this person to be so shameless and come to provoke him as if nothing had happened.

"Miss Meng, you're joking. How can Chu'er be worthy of being called your sister? Miss Meng, you look so submissive, and if you don't know, you might think I'm bullying you."

Gu Fanchu maintained a decent and generous demeanor, showing the demeanor of a lady from a noble family.

The ladies gathered at the door looked over and saw that Meng Hewan looked like she was being bullied. They were all women in the harem, so they knew all these little tricks. They looked down on the Meng family's behavior in their hearts.

Isn't Meng Hewan the epitome of a noble lady in the capital? How did she become so scheming?

Meng Hewan naturally noticed the contemptuous expressions of the people around her, and the tenderness on her face stiffened a little.

"Wan'er is just saying hello to you, why are you being so aggressive?" Gu said dissatisfiedly to the woman who was standing on the stone steps and looking down at them.

In her heart, she may not like her biological daughter, but she must listen to her and respect her as an elder.

Gu Fanchu sneered, his eyes full of sarcasm. Before he could say anything, Wang beside him said, "Madam Hou, Chu'er is just speaking the truth. Why are you being so aggressive? If you have time to take care of other people's children, why not take care of your own family affairs first?"

Wang's words were so blunt that everyone naturally thought of the young master of the Meng Mansion who had been captured a few days ago, and their faces became a little playful for a moment.

Gu's face became even more embarrassed. Although the two families had less contact in the past, they would inevitably meet each other when they went out for gatherings, but they at least maintained a basic relationship with each other.

Gu Ruyue didn't expect that Wang would be so disrespectful to her today. She felt very upset. Is this still her family? They don't help her at all and make her look down on others.

Gu Ruyue's mentality is exactly the same as that of the second branch of the General's Mansion. It has to be said that the people in the General's Mansion have been heartbroken by her over the years.

She always had a sense of superiority, thinking that everyone in the General's Mansion owed her something and that they should all go her way. So now no one was willing to go her way anymore. Naturally, she felt a sense of loss.

Wang was too lazy to flatter this treacherous sister-in-law, so she took Gu Fanchu and Wang Yuyan directly to the yard.

Gu Ruyue wanted to say something, but the other person didn't give her a chance to speak and went straight into the house.

Although Gu Fanchu had the title of princess, it was just an empty title, so she naturally had no special rights. She followed Wang in. Many ladies and young ladies had already come to the yard, and naturally some familiar people came over to say hello.

However, compared to the last time when I was forced to attend the birthday party, this time there were a few young ladies who took the initiative to show their goodwill.

After a while, the ladies went to the flower hall to drink tea and chat, leaving the yard to the young girls, while the young men were at the other end of the garden.

Gu Fanchu sighed, this Laozi's Spring Banquet was just an opportunity for these unmarried girls and young men to look at each other. If they were attracted to each other, had similar family backgrounds, and their parents agreed, the two families would get engaged after the girl came of age.

Therefore, all the young ladies dressed up very beautifully on this day, hoping to see which young man in the capital was more outstanding.

This garden is the courtyard of the royal princess, the only daughter of the late emperor. After she came of age, she spent a lot of manpower and financial resources to build this huge princess mansion.

Later, the princess married her husband, who was the second son of the Shangshu Ling of the current dynasty. The couple loved each other very much, but unfortunately the princess had never been able to have her own children. However, the husband still loved her deeply and would rather have no children than take a concubine, and was praised by everyone in the capital.

The princess was also very gentle in nature, so she chose the back garden of the princess's mansion, which was carefully built by the late emperor, as the venue for her annual spring banquet, just to make it lively.

The garden covers a very large area. It not only has a rare flower garden that is carefully cared for, but also has different areas where different flowers are planted. Behind a large rockery, there is an artificial lake where you can take a boat ride. In summer, it is full of lotus flowers. It is said that because the princess loves lotus, the prince consort planted them specially for her.

However, these all seemed very ironic to Gu Fanchu.

In her previous life, she had thought that the prince consort was deeply in love with the princess, but later the emperor passed away, the third prince succeeded to the throne, and the princess died not long after.

At that time, she had been imprisoned in the palace. She accidentally ran into the third prince and his wife talking and plotting. Only then did she realize that the wife's affection for the princess had been false for so many years. He was actually a bastard's son. Because he was favored by the princess, the Shangshu Ling changed his status to the second legitimate son so that he could match the princess.

Moreover, the prince consort said that he loved the princess very much and didn't care about not having children, but in fact, the child he raised outside was already in his teens.

Thinking about it this way, the princess's infertility and sudden death are probably related to this prince consort.

There was a hint of coldness in Gu Fanchu's eyes. He felt it was extremely ironic, but he did not show it on his face.

She obediently followed Wang Yuyan to the pavilion in the garden, where several noble ladies had already gathered. Gu Fanchu recalled them silently in his mind and recognized two of them. One was Luo Wanling, the legitimate daughter of the Minister of the Central Secretariat, and the other was Li Yunsu, the second daughter of the Minister of the Imperial Household.

These two people were good friends with Wang Yuyan in their previous lives, so they must have pretty good personalities.

But she rarely went out, and she didn't know what happened to these two people later.

"Wanling, Susu, come quickly and let me introduce you to Gu Fanchu's younger sister from the General's Mansion. Chu'er, this is Luo Wanling and Li Yunsu. They are both my good friends."

There was no need for Wang Yuyan to introduce this person, as the two of them naturally already knew him. After all, the circle in Beijing was so small that naturally no news could escape him.

"The county lord."

Although the two were familiar with Wang Yuyan, they were not familiar with Gu Fanchu. They had only heard of this name from various versions of the messages, and they seemed a little restrained at this moment.

Gu Fanchu smiled warmly: "Sister Luo, Sister Li, stop calling me Princess and just call me Chu'er! You are Sister Yan'er's girlfriends, so naturally you are also Chu'er's friends."

As he spoke, he raised his hand and Qiutang beside him immediately stepped forward and took out two exquisite small bottles. On the bottles, a lifelike crabapple flower was cleverly pasted with shining shells, and the necks of the bottles were tied with exquisite ribbons, which was very clever.

"I've heard Sister Yan'er talk about you two a long time ago. After meeting you today, I can see that you two sisters are indeed very elegant. Chu'er has prepared a small gift for us, so please don't dislike it."