"Ah~"
"Help~"
From a few painted boats in the center of the river, the screams and shouts of ladies rose and fell.
On the pleasure boat, Tang Zijin, who had already changed into clean clothes, was given binoculars by Gu Moyan, who said it was for her to watch the show.
Tang Zijin glanced at the violently shaking boat and then looked at Gu Moyan: "Isn’t this enough now?"
Gu Moyan chuckled: "No hurry, they haven’t really fallen into the water. Listen to their voices, they still sound quite spirited."
Tang Zijin thought for a mont and said, "Although the person plotting against is among them, most of them are innocent."
Gu Moyan snorted: "I’m doing this for their own good, to teach them a lesson that the bustle isn’t always so entertaining."
Seeing Tang Zijin’s reluctant expression, Gu Moyan shook his head speechlessly and eventually stopped insisting, signaling An Ping to order the collisions to cease.
"Is that okay now?"
Seeing Gu Moyan’s unwilling face but still compromising for her, Tang Zijin felt a bit gleeful, and her lips curled up, revealing two dimples.
Seeing her smile, Gu Moyan’s brows relaxed as well: "Although today’s weather is already quite warm, you did fall in the water, so it’s better to go back and rest early. I’ll order the boat to return to Taohua Mountain shortly."
Tang Zijin imdiately said, "If we just leave like this, isn’t it a bit impolite? Plus, I haven’t inford my mother yet."
Gu Moyan: "Can you not think about others first? You need to consider yourself in situations like this. As for outsiders, just maintain appearances. As for Aunt Tang, I’ll send soone to inform her."
He glanced at Tang Zijin’s half-dried hair.
"Besides, showing up like this, aren’t you just giving people sothing to talk about?"
Tang Zijin paused: "Then I’ll listen to you."
Only then did Gu Moyan smile: "That’s more like it."
At that mont, An Ping ca in: "Master, the young ladies from a few of the painted boats said they want to thank you in person."
Gu Moyan was stunned: "Thank ?"
Thank him for what?
For having people hide in the water to scare them by ramming the boat?
An Ping’s expression was also a bit difficult to describe, apologizing: "Earlier, soone almost fell into the river from one of the boats, so I sent people over to help."
Gu Moyan wasn’t angry with An Ping, since his pleasure boat was nearby, he had to keep appearances on the surface.
An Ping: "But despite clarifying many tis that it was just a small gesture, the lead Miss Yao insists on eting you."
Gu Moyan sneered: "She wants to see , so I have to see her? Why does she have such a big face?" He snorted heavily again, "I hate those who exploit every opportunity, a casual gesture could be used by them as an excuse, a stepping stone!"
Tang Zijin, seeing Gu Moyan so displeased with Miss Yao, didn’t say more.
Recalling how warmly Miss Yao inford them about the painted boat, she suspected that the leaking boat might have sothing to do with her.
Gu Moyan couldn’t be bothered and said directly: "Go tell them that this river is filled with undercurrents, if they don’t want to fall in, they better leave quickly."
An Ping nodded and swiftly retreated.
Outside, not having seen Tang Zijin make a fool of herself by falling into the water, but instead being startled, Miss Yao was filled with disappointnt upon hearing that Gu Moyan didn’t want to see them.
Invited to Taohua Mountain as a guest, her family had put considerable effort into her, but aside from being summoned twice by the Crown Princess Consort, she was no different from other ladies after that, not to ntion never being seen alone by the Princess Consort of Weiyuan.
After the Tang sisters arrived, the lively Tang Zixin wasn’t daunting, but the quiet Tang Zijin was exceedingly troubleso, imdiately catching the eye of the old Duke.
The young lord was adopted into the Duke Residence; his marriage would naturally follow the old Duke’s wishes, leaving no chance for her.
The Yao Family had been in decline for years, and they pinned hopes on her marrying the young lord to rejuvenate the family’s status.
But she couldn’t even et the young lord, making all her possible sches impossible to execute!
Full of unwillingness and regret, Miss Yao left with the other ladies.
Once they left, the pleasure boat set sail directly back to Taohua Mountain.
...
On the gallery pavilion, Daohua and the Crown Princess Consort were not downstairs strolling but were casually chatting with several Madams.
Before Miss Yao and the others returned, Gu Moyan’s people had arrived first, quietly informing Guyu about the leaking boat Tang Zijin was on, and Guyu told Daohua.
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