Everyone's hearts are extremely complicated.

As soon as Gu Yan entered Beijing, she set off a frenzy in the capital where women were no worse than men. The status of ladies and girls from civilian families in the family increased significantly at home. At least they would not be able to be accompanied by others. Before getting married, the family would also think more about it and try to find a good family for them.

Especially after the Wu'an Hou Mansion competition, Gu Yan was the person she admired the most in the minds of the ladies, but she was also the person she feared the most.

They admire Gu Yan's knowledge and talent, fear Gu Yan's cruelty, and envy her for being able to live her own life freely and not afraid of others' words. Such Gu Yan is simply a model of their ideal life.

They wanted to get close to her but didn't dare. Gu Yan was too cold and had a strong aura. They were afraid that they would be hurt by Gu Yan's coldness. So when Gu Yan hurts Tao Jiaming, he felt that he did nothing wrong. Gu Yan and they were not the same as them.

They struggled with conflicts and complex and difficult-to-distinguish emotions. Until they saw Gu Yan today, they did not make up their minds to have sex with her. They felt that Gu Yan could only see from afar and not be intimate, but unexpectedly, Princess Duanmin would ask Gu Yan to teach her only legitimate son.

That's right, Prince An asked her to teach such a person as Prince An, what else can she not do?

Gu Yan frowned and was about to speak, but unexpectedly someone said it to her.

"Princess Huairou is still a woman in the boudoir. How can she go to the princess of the Princess's family? Is this a detriment to the princess' reputation? No matter how powerful Princess Huairou is, she is not as powerful as those great scholars. If the princess is for the good of the princess, it would be better to ask a great scholar to come back and teach him strictly."

Everyone was shocked again when they heard this, and looked at the speaker, and when they saw a girl wearing a red dress, they were relieved.

This Miss Hu is the pearl of the newly transferred general of the Right Guard back to Beijing. She just arrived in Beijing at the end of last month. Today is the first time she met a noble lady in Beijing. She didn't know that Gu Yan's ability is normal and there is no need to worry about it with her.

Princess Duanmin frowned slightly, "Who are you? Is there any part of your conversation here? What does this have to do with you when I talk to Huairou? What are you talking about if you are fine? Is this what your mother teaches you?"

Hu Jingyi is not tall and very petite. She has big eyes and long eyelashes, thick eyebrows, and her red lips are as strong as blooming roses, which matches her dress.

She looked like she was not old last year, only twelve or thirteen years old, but everyone knew that she was fourteen years old this year and was a petite beauty.

Hu Jingyi's eyebrows and eyes were filled with a sense of arrogance. Even Princess Duanyi's words did not make her restrain her at all. She only frowned slightly. Finally, she remembered the warning her mother had given her when she returned to Beijing, and bowed to Princess Duanmin.

"Return to the words of the eldest princess, my daughter Hu Jingyi is the daughter of Hu Youliang, the general of the Right Guard. When I heard the conversation between the princess and the princess, I felt that the princess looked down on the princess too much. What qualifications do she have to teach the noble prince? Can she compare with those great scholars?"

Hu Jingyi raised her head and gave Gu Yan a blank look, showing her arrogant and domineering attitude.

Gu Yan looked at Hu Jingyi with a funny look, thinking that this girl was sick and her mind was not clear. She dared to provoke her without asking who Bai Ming was. She was so tired of living.

Princess Duanmin glanced at Hu Jingyi and said disdainfully: "So it's the girl from the General of the Right Guard! I thought you were the daughter of the emperor's brother! Is she so arrogant and looked down on Princess Huairou, is she higher than her status or her ability? She has to take the same account, right?"

Hu Jingyi still raised her head and said loudly: "When the princess says, my daughter is not talented. She has learned piano, chess, calligraphy and painting since she was a child, and has also learned about the Four Books and Five Classics. I believe my daughter is not worse than Princess Huairou."

Duan Min sneered coldly, "Oh~, so you are so powerful! Then you can do martial arts? Have you ever been on the battlefield? Have you ever killed someone? How many merits have you made for the Great Wei?"

Hu Jingyi suddenly frowned, slowly lowered her head, and looked at Princess Duanmin, "My daughter has not practiced martial arts. It is a matter for men to do when practicing martial arts. Women should abide by their duties and adhere to the words of [female rule] and [female training]. Do not contact with foreign men. After getting married, they should take care of their husbands and children at home. They should be the eldest wife."

A fourteen-year-old girl said in front of the eldest princess with a stern face that she should abide by her duties, and advocated that women should respect men and find it funny no matter how she looks at it. But at the same time, she also felt that this little girl was a little pitiful and was taught by etiquette and rules.

Princess Duanmin's expression remained unchanged, "No matter what you do, it has nothing to do with others. You should keep your duty and virtue. I will look for my master. I don't want to be too useless with you. Who can I ask for to teach my son to be the one I have to say, it has nothing to do with you."

Hu Jingyi wanted to argue with reason, but was stopped by the two maids behind her with pale faces.

"Miss……"

The two maids shook their heads and signaled her not to continue talking, so as not to offend the princess.

But Hu Jingyi was not grateful and pulled her sleeve out of the two maids, glared at them, then turned to look at Gu Yan.

"Princess Huairou, we haven't seen each other for a long time."

Gu Yan was stunned, then half raised her head and looked at Hu Jingyi.

"We know?"

Hu Jingyi raised her chin and looked at Gu Yan contemptuously, "Of course, we met several times in Changzhou. At that time, General Gu was a Qianzong in Changzhou at that time, but my father was the garrison of Changzhou."

Gu Yan narrowed her eyes when she heard this.

No wonder, no wonder she feels familiar, it turns out it was her.

Gu Yan was born in Changzhou. Back then, Gu An was the chief general of Qiancheng under Hu Shou Gu. Qiancheng was the sixth rank, while Guancheng was the fifth rank, and his official position was two levels higher than Gu An.

Changzhou is located on the coast and pirates are rampant. It is too easy to get promoted here. However, the Hu family has been stationed in Changzhou for more than ten years and has not risen. The fundamental reason is to make money from sea to sea.

The profits obtained by a merchant ship traveling to the sea are very considerable, which can be said to be a huge profit. Who would like to give up such a good deal? Moreover, in Changzhou, the promotion requires not only military merits, but also a lot of money. Without the support of the money, you don’t have to climb up.

In Changzhou, due to the trend of interest, various forces have been entangled together. Both officials and merchants have been engaged in marriage. Your family is married, my family is married, you are my master, he is my disciple. They are doing business together today, and I will give you two concubines tomorrow, which makes the collusion between officials and businessmen in Changzhou.

Not only that, in order to go out to sea to do business safely, some officials and businesses colluded with pirates to give pirates certain benefits and let them let them go. In order to stay in Changzhou, they even let pirates ashore, burn, kill and loot, and then sent officers and soldiers to pretend to suppress bandits and gain merit and promotion.

It was because of such a chaotic situation that Gu An was forced to leave because of fear that the matter in Changzhou would be exposed in the future and would implicate himself and Tang.

During the years when Gu An was the Qiang President, he killed pirates a lot, so many pirate gangs hated him and threatened to kill his whole family. The officialdom also targeted him everywhere, making him unable to move forward, making him only two or three people who were like him in Changzhou for many years, and others stayed away from him and isolated him. This was also one of the reasons why Gu An left Changzhou.

Gu Yan rarely went out to socialize in Changzhou and only met Hu Jingyi a few times. When she left, Hu Jingyi was only four years old, but she was the one who wanted to please everyone in Changzhou's prefectures, because her father's position was not high, but he had real power, and was more sought after than the lady in the magistrate of Changzhou.

Gu Yan recalled what happened in Changzhou and nodded at Hu Jingyi, "It turns out it's Miss Hu, it's been a long time since I've been there."

Hu Jingyi narrowed her eyes, and her words were vicious, "Princess Huairou finally remembered that I was here. I didn't expect that it would be like this when I met again for many years. The princess is so majestic!"

Gu Yan picked the corners of her mouth slightly and showed a sarcastic smile, "Is that so? It's okay, it's better than Miss Hu."

Hu Jingyi glared at Gu Yan and snorted coldly: "Hmph! General Gu was just a soldier under my father back then. Now that he is developed, you have become the princess. Are you very happy?"

Gu Yan smiled slightly, "Yes! I am very happy to see you salute me, but you, a gradeless and levelless lady, have the right to talk to this princess like this? Come on! Cut your mouth!"

Hu Jingyi was shocked, "You dare! Ah!"

"Bang!"

A scream made everyone come back to their senses from the dispute between the two. Looking at Hu Jingyi, who was still tall just now, her hair was messy at this time, and her left half of her face was swollen. It can be seen that the hitter was so cruel.

Hu Jingyi covered her left face with a shocked and angry look at Gu Yan in disbelief, "Gu Yan, do you dare to hit me? And you, what are you? You dare to attack me?"

Hu Jingyi roared with her fingers, and her expression was excited, but she didn't expect Shuxiang to look at her and replied lightly: "Civilian."

Hu Jingyi was shocked by Shuxiang's disdain for her and looked at her blankly with her mouth wide open.

Does she even like to say too much to her? She just sent her over just two words? It's too much!

Hu Jingyi was unwilling to be humiliated, so she raised her foot and rushed towards Shuxiang. The two maids beside her also came to her senses and quickly pulled her to death.

"Miss, this is the palace. We have just come back, don't cause trouble for the master and wife!"

"Miss, calm down and don't be fooled by others."

"Yes, Miss, the master and the wife know that you will not ignore the insult you have. Let's talk about it when we see the wife."

Hu Jingyi was not stupid either. She came back to her senses after being pulled by the maid for a few times. Finally, she calmed down. She didn't dare to mess with Gu Yan anymore. She looked at Shuxiang and snorted coldly, "You are so brave. You said you are a civilian and not a slave. Who believes it? You are not a slave and you call Gu Yan the master? You are a slave and dare to hit me? You are desperate?"

Shuxiang glanced at Hu Jingyi with a slant. Before Gu Yan could give him an order, he slapped him again. This time he hit Hu Jingyi on the right face, which was exactly symmetrical on both sides.

"Ah~, you dead slave, I will never finish it."

Hu Jingyi was so loud that she rolled up her arms and sleeves and rushed forward, frightening the two maids behind her to the point of being bloodless, holding Hu Jingyi's waist tightly and not letting go.

"Miss, you have to calm down! I will tell her that you are the Hu family's wife, come over..."

"Shut up, noisy."

Just as the two maids advised Hu Jingyi not to move around and let them come forward to argue with the fragrance of books, a cold sound sounded in the hall. The cold sound made everyone feel cold. As soon as June began to begin, the slight heat immediately dissipated, making everyone look in the direction of the sound.

Except for Princess Duanmin and Hu Jingyi, everyone was shocked. Even Madam Qiao and Shuxiang lowered their heads, silently took two steps back, stood there respectfully and said without daring to come out.

The master was angry. Her expression was so terrible now. Her face was so cold that it could drop ice chips. The air conditioning in the air was enough to make it into ice. They were afraid that they could see their breaths even after a long breath.

The two looked at each other.

Shuxiang: It’s been a long time since my master said such a short sentence.

Madam Qiao: That's right, the master is angry, and some people are in trouble.

Shuxiang: I'm afraid it's not the end. The master doesn't care when he gets angry. She won't stop until he can poke a hole in the sky.

Madam Qiao: What should I do?

Shuxiang: What to do? Just watch it! Anyway, the master is fine, it’s okay, and the life and death of others is nothing to do with us.

Shuxiang no longer looked at Madam Qiao, Madam Qiao also lowered her head again. The two of them thought about it, and then took two steps back silently with like-mindedness, looked up and estimated the safe distance from Gu Yan, and finally calmed down.

OK, this distance will not be hurt by accident. If the master is angry, he can still play with his whip.

Sure enough, Gu Yan lived up to what Shuxiang and Madam Qiao were worried about, and when Hu Jingyi made trouble again, the two maids secretly insulted her.

"Bang"

"ah!"

"Hiss, so cruel!"

"Her face~"

"So awesome!"

"I am really a heroine who has been on the battlefield. The princess is so whip-like."

....

"Ah! Gu Yan, you're crazy!"

Hu Jingyi looked at the whip on the face of the little maid beside her and was very frightened, but at the same time she was a little timid. She was really afraid that Gu Yan's whip would hit her, so her face would be greatly disgraceful. Although she had made Gu Yan look shameless now, she had not been whipped like a livestock. If that were the case, she would not have to be a human being in the future. She would just hang the rope at home to avoid embarrassing her family.

Gu Yanfeng glanced at Hu Jingyi indifferently, and then looked at the little maid who had been ruined by her.

"I dare to slander me. Give you a whip to give you a face. If you dare to say another word, I will cut off your tongue."

The little maid looked at Gu Yan in horror, covered her face and did not dare to speak anymore, so she just gently pulled Hu Jingyi's sleeve, cried and shook her head silently, begging her not to make trouble again.

Hu Jingyi asked the little maid to pull her sleeve and react, pointing to Gu Yan and saying to Princess Duan Min, "Your Highness, Gu Yan has a bad intention to enter the palace with a weapon without any intention, don't you care?"

Princess Duanmin frowned tightly when she heard this, and looked at Gu Yan hesitantly, and uneasiness flashed in her eyes.

Gu Yan understood what Princess Duanmin was thinking at first sight. She smiled slightly and held a whip in her right hand to hit the palm of her left hand. "Princess doesn't need to care. This whip was given to me by the emperor and has been stored in the emperor's private warehouse. A few days ago, I saw it in the emperor's private warehouse. I felt like it, so I used it for fun. Usually I was wrapped around my waist to prevent someone from attacking me. I didn't expect that I would use it today."

When everyone heard this, their mouths twitched, and they all turned their heads and refused to look at her.
Chapter completed!