210 Breaking the Engagement
Because she was drunk, Gu Yunzhen was sleeping very soundly. It was not until she heard the crisp chirping of birds that she suddenly opened her eyes.
The sky was brightening, and a few birds were flying happily outside the pavilion, playing and singing.
Gu Yunzhen blinked, then slowly blinked again as memories of last night surged through her.
Oh no!!
Gu Yunzhen hurriedly straightened her sore upper body. Still not fully awake, she rubbed her temples sleepily and said, “We have to return to the ancestral hall!”
After the words left her mouth, she realized that her voice was a little hoarse.
It was the rasp of a hangover.
“There’s no hurry,” Gu Yanfei, who was sitting beside Gu Yunzhen, said with a smile.
Gu Yanfei had woken up long ago. She held her chin with one hand and spun the needle of a small compass with the other.
She had also slept on the table last night, so her clothes were a little wrinkled, but she was in good spirits. Her big eyes were sparkling in the morning sunlight, and she did not look hungover or tired at all.
At the side, Juan Bi took out two bowls of porridge from the food box and echoed, “Eldest Lady, there’s no hurry. Eat some porridge to fill your stomach before going to the ancestral hall. It’s still early!”
Looking at the pale sky, Gu Yunzhen finally heaved a sigh of relief and smiled gently and shyly.
Still a little groggy and hungover, she asked, “Yanfei, what are you doing?”
Gu Yanfei raised her hand and pointed in the direction of the Murong family. She looked at the compass in her hand and said thoughtfully, “The Sheng hexagram represents wind, and the sky above it is Gou.”
In the blue sky above, a sparrow spread its wings and flew past them, casting a twisted and strange shadow on the compass that disappeared in a flash.
Gu Yunzhen was confused. Just as she was about to ask Gu Yanfei what this divination meant, she heard a maidservant’s uneasy and panicked voice from the southeast. “Third Lady, please allow me to inform My Lady.”
“Why go through so much trouble?” Gu Yunrong’s clear and mellow voice sounded. “I saw her.”
To the southeast, Gu Yunrong, who was wearing a purple cloak with mink fur, walked over, ignoring the little maidservant’s obstruction. The cloak embroidered with gold thread shone faintly, making her look as beautiful as peach blossoms in spring.
Behind her was her maidservant, Xia Lian, holding a red lacquered golden food box.
The maidservant glanced uneasily into the warming pavilion, her round face red with anxiety.
Juan Bi, who was in the warm pavilion, frowned. She felt that their little maidservant from Yuheng Garden was still too timid to let the Third Lady barge into the backyard.
Gu Yanfei raised her hand and gestured to the maidservant to leave. The people on both sides had already arrived.
“Big Sister, I guess you’re here.” Gu Yunrong did not stop walking. She walked unhurriedly to the outside of the warm pavilion.
An expectant expression appeared on her bright face.
As they got closer, Gu Yunrong could clearly smell the alcohol on Gu Yunzhen. She could not help but frown when she saw her still dazed eyes and wrinkled dress.
Gu Yunrong’s gaze swept past the two people in the pavilion. She did not greet Gu Yanfei and spoke to Gu Yunzhen, “Big Sister, I just went to the ancestral hall to look for you…”
“I heard that you kneeled in the ancestral hall all night. I thought you must be hungry, so I brought some food over. I didn’t expect you to be away.”
When Gu Yunrong arrived at the ancestral hall, she saw the old maid guarding the ancestral hall sleeping soundly on the futon. After waking her up, the old maid was submissive and did not say a word for a long time.
After Gu Yunrong asked repeatedly, she realized that Gu Yanfei had taken Gu Yunzhen away last night.
Gu Yunrong did not go to Gu Yunzhen’s courtyard and guessed that she was most likely in Yuheng Garden. As expected!
However, she did not expect Gu Yunzhen to be so drunk.
If it were in the past, Gu Yunzhen would not have escaped secretly since she had received her punishment.
Gu Yunrong looked straight at Gu Yunzhen and felt that the girl in front of her had suddenly become blurry. She was not at all like the dignified and virtuous big sister she knew.
“I didn’t do anything wrong. “There’s no need to kneel,” Gu Yunzhen said calmly, her voice still hoarse from alcohol.
Three or four sparrows bickered at the top of the branch, chattering nonstop. They pecked at each other and scratched at each other. A few stray feathers fluttered down with the wind.
Gu Yunrong’s frown deepened, and her eyes darkened.
