Seeing her surprised expression, perhaps in Su Yuxi's heart, apart from elders like her father and grandfather, no one else had ever treated them as family.
She sighed, this Gu Qianying truly had some ability, to actually change her thinking a little.
So she nodded.
"Alright, I promise you."
Seeing her eldest sister say this, Su Xiuer, who was beside her, although unable to speak, still wiggled her body to express her refusal.
Not only was she to stop bullying those three useless people, but she was also to treat them well. This was truly breaking the rules and disregarding her own position.
"Su Xiuer, if you continue to make a scene like this, when we get home, I will tell Mother to lock you up. Forget about going out, you won't even be able to leave your own courtyard."
Her behavior in the palace during this time had given her a great headache.
Because she was her sister, she had been forbearing many times, but she didn't expect this woman to be so ill-mannered.
At one point, she even thought, why not just let Gu Qianying beat this woman to death?
Just as the situation in the room was tense, the door was suddenly opened.
Everyone in the room looked towards the door, and seizing this opportunity, Gu Qianying slipped a purple glazed bottle into Su Yuxi's hand.
Looking at the small bottle lying in her palm, Su Yuxi looked up at Gu Qianying. Although she didn't know what it was, thinking that she had agreed to cooperate, she would definitely not harm her.
With this thought, Su Yuxi quickly hid the medicine bottle on her person.
At this moment, Su Qingqing walked in from outside the door. Her bright yellow clothes were particularly dazzling under the sunlight. Gu Qianying even had an illusion, was this woman's status truly that of the Grand Tutor?
"You two stay here, you are not allowed to go anywhere." Aunt Wang, who was behind the Grand Tutor, stepped forward and pointed at Xiao Yihao and Su Xiuer.
Then, Grand Tutor Su looked at the two of them.
"This competition will be judged by me personally. You two, come with me."
She was going to take the two of them away again. Although she didn't know where, given the current situation, if they didn't comply, they would definitely not be able to escape the palace.
Gu Qianying nudged Su Yuxi, and the two walked behind the Grand Tutor.
Su Xiuer wanted to follow, but was stopped by Aunt Wang and her people.
"If you two are disobedient, this old servant cannot guarantee that you will live to see those two." Her gaze pointed at Su Yuxi and the other.
Threatened, Su Xiuer immediately stopped.
Xiao Yihao was already concerned about his mother's safety, but Gu Qianying comforted her with her eyes.
With his mother's abilities, nothing would happen to her, he comforted himself in his heart. He could only wait for his mother to return here.
After leaving this courtyard, they could no longer see the figures of Grand Tutor Su and Aunt Wang.
However, guards approached the two and tied a strip of cloth around their eyes.
Then they were led towards a mysterious place.
Gu Qianying held her breath, memorizing the direction she was walking and calculating how far she had walked.
Before long, the two arrived at their destination. When the blindfolds were removed, the scene here came into view.
They had been brought into a room. Because the room was quite large, and no palace lanterns were lit during the day, it was somewhat dark inside.
The two stood in place, with no one to guide them, they did not move around casually.
The guards had already left. At this moment, only Gu Qianying and Su Yuxi were left in the room.
"Where have we arrived?" Su Yuxi leaned closer to Gu Qianying.
Recalling the memory of their walk, she said softly.
"We were at the southeast corner of the courtyard we just left, and we did not leave the imperial palace."
As soon as she said this, the sound of a door opening came from another direction.
Although the place where they were standing had a wall in front of them, they could see a hint of yellow at the corner.
It seemed that Grand Tutor Su had entered from another direction.
Then Aunt Wang came out from inside.
"You two, please follow me."
She spread her hands and led Gu Qianying and Su Yuxi inside.
There was a screen here, and the two stopped outside the screen.
Aunt Wang said no more, but retreated to the side of Su Qingqing.
Gu Qianying looked towards the screen. On the bed inside, a person was lying on their side. Judging by their build, it was a woman.
She could not see the woman's appearance clearly.
Su Yuxi glanced around cautiously.
Everything here was too mysterious, including the woman lying on the bed.
Seeing that the two were stable, Grand Tutor Su dismissed the others in the room and then spoke to the two by the screen.
"The third round of the competition is to treat the person lying inside. However, there is one condition: no matter how long it takes to treat this illness, neither of you is allowed to tell anyone outside, nor are you allowed to pass any information outside the palace. If either of you violates this, then this will be her burial place."
Grand Tutor Su's voice was raised high, and she solemnly restrained the two.
Hearing this, Gu Qianying and Su Yuxi already realized the seriousness of the matter.
Moreover, this matter was definitely not as simple as a competition or just treating a woman.
The two looked at each other, quickly bowed and knelt down, accepting the competition and vowing not to reveal anything about this place.
Seeing that the two were very well-behaved and sensible, Grand Tutor Su nodded with satisfaction.
"You two go to the adjacent bedroom to rest. This round of competition will be held tomorrow. You need to recuperate your spirits well now. I hope there will be no mistakes when you take the pulse tomorrow."
She originally thought she could ask about the condition, but she didn't expect them to wait. If it was to be held tomorrow, why bring the two here today?
Gu Qianying glanced at the screen, then followed Aunt Wang to the side room. There were two beds and some simple daily necessities.
It seemed that the illness of that woman was not simple, and this setup indicated that they would have to stay here for a long time.
Su Yuxi walked to Gu Qianying's side and asked her observations with some confusion.
"That woman must not be simple. Did you notice anything?"
Now, she could only place her hope on Gu Qianying, but Gu Qianying shook her head.
"Grand Tutor Su's current position is already second to none, but you see how special she is towards that woman. Her identity must not be simple."
The reason Gu Qianying guessed this was precisely because Su Qingqing had asked her to become her eunuch before.
The people that such a woman cared about might be close to her.
Su Yuxi did not understand the deeper meaning of her words, and only thought that she was someone she needed to deal with carefully.