Chapter 1326: Chapter 1162: Finally Met

"Miss, you must save me! I was really pushed by someone." Qing Dai rushed forward and hugged Yao Mengxian’s leg, nearly knocking her over with her force.

"Qing Dai, let go first, can’t you see the lady almost fell?" Lianxin, seeing her lady about to fall, hurriedly stepped forward to support Yao Mengxian.

Qing Dai was pushed by Lianxin and staggered, her body leaning backward, falling to the ground. She couldn’t help but feel secretly resentful. She and Lianxin had grown up together serving the lady for many years. Who knew Lianxin would care nothing for her, only thinking about the lady.

Lianxin was just trying to cozy up to the lady because she was about to marry into the Gu Mansion, wasn’t she? Could it be that their past friendship meant nothing to Lianxin?

Lianxin was also taken aback to see Qing Dai pushed down. She wanted to help but hesitated since she was still supporting the lady, and in the end, she didn’t move.

Gu Chengyu heard the noise and curiously turned his head to glance, having heard something about a flower room earlier, he supposed that must be it.

After just one glance, Gu Chengyu turned back and quickened his pace. It turned out the flower room wasn’t far from Duke Zhen’s courtyard, and there were all women there at the moment, so Gu Chengyu naturally wanted to quickly leave to avoid suspicion.

"What? Are you saying someone pushed you? You’ve made a mistake and still want to argue? I think you, this girl, are trying to shirk responsibility and slander us. These flowers are grandmother’s cherished possessions, and we wouldn’t dare touch them even if we were given ten times the courage."

Yao Mengdie sneered, Qing Dai’s words were insinuations, weren’t they just meant to suggest they had a hand in it? A servant made a mistake and dared to slander the master.

"Third sister, your maid is so unruly. It’s all because you’re too good-natured and have spoiled the maids in your house. As a master, you shouldn’t be too kind, otherwise these servants will overstep their boundaries."

Yao Mengxian frowned deeply at these words and looked intently at Qing Dai, seeing her in a flustered state with tears welling up, this frantic and fearful look didn’t seem fake. Qing Dai had served her for years, she considered herself somewhat understanding of Qing Dai.

It seemed she had been plotted against today, from the suggestion to visit the flower room, leading her step by step into the trap. Yao Mengxian shifted her gaze to Yao Mengdie, who despite her young age, had a deep scheming mind. Although she appeared normal, she couldn’t be ruled out as a suspect.

In fact, grandmother wasn’t particularly fond of her, just because she had secured a marriage, grandmother had recently been more cordial.

Could Yao Mengdie be jealous of grandmother’s attention towards her, thus wanting to scheme against her, making grandmother dislike her? But this thought was quickly dismissed by Yao Mengxian. Even if grandmother grew to dislike her over this, she wouldn’t be too harsh, maintaining appearances.

Due to the enhanced concern from her grandfather lately, which she knew was due to Gu Chengyu’s influence, would such a discerning man as her grandfather be unaware of the current court situation?

So what was the purpose of doing this? Was it merely to trouble her? Or was there someone else behind this?

Gu Chengyu understood from the voices behind that it was Yao Mengxian’s maid who had caused trouble, damaging the precious flowers in the flower room, which were cherished by the old lady of the mansion, and those present were now debating over it.

"Lianxin, has the gardener been found? Can the flower be saved?" Yao Mengxian ignored Yao Mengdie’s yelling and asked Lianxin, who was behind her.

"In response to Lady, I just asked, and the gardener said the flowers can’t be saved." Lianxin’s face was full of worry, and she looked helplessly at Qing Dai.

Qing Dai was just too careless. The old lady didn’t particularly like the lady. Now, for sure, the lady would be punished.

This incident not only implicated the lady but also Qing Dai herself would have to face severe punishment from the old lady. Despite feeling sympathetic towards Qing Dai’s plight, her performance in the past two years was indeed unsatisfactory, and she had exhausted their friendship.

Originally, the lady had already arranged a marriage for Qing Dai, intending for her to wed by the beginning of the year. But now with this incident, would the old lady let Qing Dai go?

"Miss, you must save me! I really didn’t do it on purpose, someone did trip me earlier and then pushed me. How could I trip on flat ground where the flower room is so well paved?"

Yao Mengxian sighed, even if someone did act secretly, no one saw it at the time, so saying more would just sound like making excuses.

Gu Chengyu turned around the corner of the corridor, about to disappear when he was unexpectedly stopped.

"Mr. Gu!" a soft, tearful female voice called out, raising Gu Chengyu’s brow, it seemed he couldn’t find peace anywhere.

Yao Mengxian also looked ahead, and when she saw that tall, elegant figure in the distance, she couldn’t help but be taken aback.

That cool and aloof figure, she had seen it so many times. At the maternal grandfather’s mansion, when she went to seek him, that was the very back she would see. It seemed, in her impression, the other always left her with just a back view.

Sometimes she couldn’t help but wonder, how could there be such a charming young man in the world. Even just a back view was so exceedingly graceful. Yet this person seemed like the bright moon on the horizon, unattainable.

She even began to doubt the reality of their engagement, as this person, seemingly warm, was actually aloof, keeping others at a thousand miles away.

"Fourth cousin, is that Mr. Gu?" Standing by her side, the three sisters from the Jiang Mansion also looked towards that figure ahead, with Jiang Shao curiously asking.

Gu Chengyu felt a bit awkward, the voice was so loud, the servant in front had already stopped, and it wouldn’t be right to pretend he hadn’t heard.

Not greeting would be rude, but greeting would still be awkward. In that case, it was better to act straightforwardly. With so many people present, it wasn’t likely to be criticized.

"Isn’t that Mr. Gu?" Yao Mengdie softly replied.

"It’s said that Mr. Gu is renowned in the Capital for his talents... wu wu..." Jiang Shao had just said half when her elder sister Jiang Wei covered her mouth.

Jiang Wei’s face was flushed; were those words something a young girl could speak? Especially in front of his fiancée, even if the third sister was only ten, she couldn’t be so carefree; after all, she wasn’t just a child anymore.

Yao Mengxian glanced at Jiang Shao and then turned her gaze away. She had long known Gu Chengyu’s reputation in the Capital wasn’t just for his literary talents. She also had acquaintances among the noble ladies who often teased her about this engagement.

Gu Chengyu turned, nodding towards everyone.

"Miss greets Mr. Gu!" came the sweet voices as the several young ladies curtsied in unison.

Gu Chengyu kept his head slightly bowed, not directly looking ahead, "No need for such formalities."

"Mr. Gu, please hear my plea!" Qing Dai could care less at this moment, she moved a few steps towards Gu Chengyu, her face wet with tears.

This look of helpless shyness made Lianxin’s brow twitch, what was this wretched brat thinking?

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