"This King knew it, you wanted to go with this King."
"..."
Gu Qianying rolled her eyes in her heart.
She remained silent.
Although Nangong Mo was narcissistic, his words were not wrong.
She did want to go with Nangong Mo.
These past few days, apart from resting, she had spent all her other time with Nangong Mo, not for anything else, but to have a "living shield" when danger struck.
After all, Nangong Mo had experts protecting him and wouldn't get hurt.
"Bai Qi, go fetch this King's golden silk brocade robe and have it draped over Miss Gu."
Nangong Mo looked at Gu Qianying's attire today. Although she had deliberately dressed plainly, her white floor-length dress perfectly showcased her graceful figure. The wind had picked up outside today, and she was dressed so thinly, which he naturally disliked.
"No need."
Seeing the cloak in Bai Qi's hand, Gu Qianying knew at a glance that it was not cheap.
"Why not wear it? Do you want this King to personally help you put it on?"
As he spoke, Nangong Mo extended his hand, signaling for Gu Qianying to move closer to him and bend down.
Gu Qianying quickly put on the brocade robe from Bai Qi's hand.
Seeing Gu Qianying's obedience, Nangong Mo's mood immediately improved.
"Bai Qi, don't you have important matters to attend to?"
Nangong Mo suddenly looked at Bai Qi.
Bai Qi was startled and quickly said, "Yes, yes, yes, this subordinate has important matters to attend to. Please take good care of my master, Miss Gu."
After speaking.
Bai Qi slipped away in an instant.
As he left, he also dragged away Lu Zhu, who was following behind Gu Qianying.
Gu Qianying stood frozen.
"Come here."
Nangong Mo suddenly said.
After a moment of stunned silence, Gu Qianying walked towards Nangong Mo.
"This is for you."
Exquisitely crafted and lifelike, a pair of wooden figurines sitting side-by-side appeared within Gu Qianying's line of sight.
Gu Qianying was stunned again.
"This is...?"
"This King carved it himself. Does it look good?"
Nangong Mo looked at Gu Qianying, his eyes filled with a smile.
At this moment, he looked like a "child" who had done a good deed and was waiting for praise.
"Very ugly, extremely ugly."
Gu Qianying, lacking in sentimentality, said instead.
Nangong Mo's face immediately darkened.
"However... they look quite cute, and I like them very much."
Upon hearing this, Nangong Mo's expression improved considerably.
"It's good that you like them."
Although Nangong Mo said this, he was very happy in his heart.
Gu Qianying took the pair of wooden figurines from Nangong Mo's hand. She had originally intended to have Lu Zhu take them back, but since Lu Zhu had been dragged away by Bai Qi, Gu Qianying had to take the wooden figurines Nangong Mo gave her back herself.
On their way back, she pushed Nangong Mo, and Nangong Mo carried her things. As the two of them went back and forth, by the time they reappeared at the banquet, everyone had been waiting for a long time.
Due to Nangong Mo's methods and reputation, even though he arrived a bit late, everyone naturally dared not say anything.
However, Gu Qianying's late arrival became the subject of everyone's gossip: "disrespectful to the Crown Prince, the noble ladies, and Old General Gu, an arrogant person."
It was one thing for outsiders to mock her, but at this moment, Gu Mingyue and Gu Yumei, who had rarely appeared in public these past few days, each spoke a sentence, criticizing and ridiculing Gu Qianying with great fervor.
"Eldest Sister, Grandfather dotes on you, so he naturally won't say anything. But today, not only Grandfather is here, but the Crown Prince and all the princes are also present. You treat them like this, aren't you causing trouble for Grandfather?" Gu Mingyue persistently accused Gu Qianying of being late and neglecting everyone.
"Eldest Sister, it's fine if you usually act recklessly, but today, you really shouldn't have been so late." Gu Yumei added fuel to the fire, embellishing the story.
"You two shut up. Qianying wasn't intentionally late. Are you blind! She came with the Ninth Prince, so she was treating the Ninth Prince's legs before coming, which is why she was a little late."
The First Madam was naturally unwilling to let these two clueless individuals, Gu Mingyue and Gu Yumei, speak ill of her daughter here.
"Treating legs, ha!" Gu Mingyue naturally didn't believe it.
Outsiders all thought Gu Qianying's medical skills were extraordinary, but she, who had grown up with Gu Qianying, knew her best.
What extraordinary medical skills, it was just good luck!
"First Madam, your excuse is too far-fetched."
Gu Mingyue didn't believe it, and Gu Yumei believed it even less.
She had rarely appeared in public these past few days, not because she was idle in her room, but because she was secretly monitoring the Garden Pavilion.
How could an ignorant woman who treated poisonous flowers as treasures understand medicine?
It was likely that the Ninth Prince Nangong Mo had moved into their residence simply to get closer to Gu Qianying.
"You've said enough!" The First Madam was exasperated.
At this moment, Gu Qianying turned around, held the First Madam's hand, and signaled her to calm down.
Then, Gu Qianying turned her face and looked indifferently at Gu Mingyue and Gu Yumei. "Second Sister, you have so much leisure today that you're criticizing your Eldest Sister. It seems you haven't learned your lesson from the past few days."
Mentioning the past, Gu Mingyue's expression became somewhat strained.
She clearly remembered the slap Gu Qianying had given her a few days ago!
Gu Qianying, too lazy to look at Gu Mingyue's constipated expression, which was blocked by her words, casually glanced at Gu Yumei. "Fourth Sister, you've been peeping into our Garden Pavilion every day these past few days. Have you gained any useful information?"
As Gu Qianying finished speaking, Gu Yumei's complexion also turned unpleasant.
So, everything she had done was right under someone's nose.
Wasn't she like a clown?
The onlookers found the bickering between the three sisters of the Gu family quite amusing, watching with great interest and forgetting to leave.
Naturally, no one dared to laugh at Miss Gu, as Miss Gu had come pushing the Ninth Prince Nangong Mo.
If anyone dared to speak ill of Miss Gu of the Gu family, they would also offend the Ninth Prince Nangong Mo. No one was foolish enough to court death.
Of course, apart from the Second Miss Gu Mingyue and the Fourth Miss Gu Yumei of the Gu family, who were unclear about the situation, everyone else was still observing the atmosphere.
Look, at this moment, the Ninth Prince Nangong Mo, who was seated beside the Crown Prince Nangong Qi, had a rather displeased expression.
When his mood was bad, his tone naturally wasn't good either.
"Bai Qi!"
Nangong Mo called Bai Qi over with a cold face and gave him a few instructions.
A moment later.
The three sisters of the Gu family, Gu Mingyue, Gu Yumei, and Gu Qianying, each received an item.
It was a special gift from the Ninth Prince Nangong Mo.
Gu Mingyue received a needle and thread.
Gu Yumei received a piece of black cloth to stuff in her mouth.
And Gu Qianying received a short dagger.
In addition, Nangong Mo specifically sent Bai Qi to explain.