The woman's scream drew the attention of others, and it was then that more people noticed that Gu Qianying's maid had cut out a woman's tongue.
Everyone was shocked.
The woman was dressed luxuriously, and judging by her appearance, she was at least a legitimate daughter or eldest daughter from another mansion. It was unclear which young lady had such bad luck.
Everyone present was a young lady from a noble household, and it was inevitable that their hands would be stained with blood. As for the current situation, everyone was merely startled before quickly whispering and discussing amongst themselves.
"How could Miss Gu be so cruel?"
"Yes, so cruel! That young lady merely embarrassed her a little, and she actually cut out her tongue? This woman is so ruthless, we should stay far away from her. Otherwise, if we accidentally say the wrong thing one day, Miss Gu might just twist our heads off."
"Cruel? Didn't you see earlier? Those three compared Miss Gu to a singing girl. If it were me, and they bullied me like that, I would have my father arrest them all. It's just cutting out a tongue; the person isn't dead, so she's already showing mercy!"
"If cutting out a maid's tongue is a warning, then that young lady's attire is the same as ours. Her status must also be that of a legitimate daughter from another mansion. Miss Gu actually cut out the tongue of a legitimate daughter from another mansion. By doing so, isn't she causing trouble for the Gu mansion?"
"You don't recognize that lady, but I do. She's a legitimate daughter from the Wang mansion. Her father is a sixth-rank official. This time, I think Miss Gu is going to be in trouble."
"So what if it's trouble? If you're bullied by someone else, do you have to endure it silently?"
While everyone was discussing.
The maid beside the young lady from the Wang mansion knelt on the ground, crying, and looked up at Gu Qianying: "Miss Gu, my lady has no enmity with you, why can you be so cruel to her? You are so vicious, I will definitely tell my master and have him seek justice for my lady!"
Gu Qianying did not respond.
It was the First Madam who spoke, "Your lady insulted my daughter first, and my daughter disciplined your lady afterward. By all rights, it is not my daughter's fault. If your master insists on coming to our mansion to cause trouble for your lady, he is welcome to do so. This madam will accompany him to the end."
The First Madam's words were extremely domineering.
Her own daughter, of course, she had to protect.
As she said this, Gu Qianying's eyes were slightly red, and she almost cried.
To avoid affecting the guests' mood for the banquet, the First Madam directly ordered someone to carry away the Wang mansion's young lady, who had her tongue cut out and had fainted from the pain, and sent for a doctor to treat her injuries.
After the young lady from the Wang mansion left, no one dared to ask Gu Qianying to play the zither or perform any more.
At this moment, the woman closest to the young lady from the Wang mansion who had screamed in fear, and Qi Duanyi, who had deliberately tried to embarrass Gu Qianying, their faces were ashen.
Gu Qianying's tactic of killing the chicken to warn the monkeys had indeed frightened them.
At this moment, Gu Qianying looked at them coldly and asked word by word, "Do you still want to hear this young lady play the zither?"
Gu Qianying's question made Qi Duanyi and the woman beside her dare not say anything unpleasant as before.
"No, no, no, Miss Gu is joking. Your zither skills are unparalleled in the world, how could you play them so easily."
The woman beside Qi Duanyi admitted defeat.
But Miss Qi, Qi Duanyi, did not speak. She merely returned to her seat sheepishly, suppressing her dissatisfaction and anger for the moment.
The matter of a few people who did not know their place and wanted to embarrass Gu Qianying thus came to an end. This small interlude did not affect everyone's good mood for the banquet.
During this time.
On the men's side, after hearing how Gu Qianying disciplined those who insulted her, some felt that Gu Qianying was too cruel, while others felt that Gu Qianying's actions were not excessive at all and were a legitimate counterattack. Still others felt that Gu Qianying was too merciful. Regardless of what the men thought.
None of them dared to voice their opinions about Gu Qianying in front of Nangong Mo.
However, among the princes present, some did not agree with Gu Qianying's actions.
Those few people reprimanded Gu Qianying thoroughly in front of Old General Gu.
After those few finished their reprimand, before Old General Gu could even defend his granddaughter, he saw Bai Qi leading a few black-clothed guards and directly beat out the princes who were speaking ill of Gu Qianying.
Nangong Mo watched indifferently from his wheelchair.
Beside him, the Third Prince Nangong Li, who arrived late, intended to plead for the Fourth and Fifth Princes, but upon meeting Nangong Mo's cold gaze, he silently closed his mouth.
Hmm! They deserved to be beaten!
A moment later,
The banquet was nearing its end.
The last dish was served at the banquet.
The serving maids entered in an orderly fashion and then left one by one.
Just then, someone in the crowd shouted, "Ah, what is this? Ah, help... Ah, it hurts so much, ah, help!"
Everyone looked towards the sound.
They saw a woman in a green dress lying on the ground, covering her face with her hands, rolling back and forth on the ground.
The screams reached everyone's ears.
As the woman's screams grew louder.
When she inadvertently moved her hands away, countless white worms wriggled on her face.
A foul odor wafted over.
The woman's seven orifices bled, and the worms wriggling on her face burrowed into her nose and mouth at a visible speed.
The woman thrashed wildly a couple of times and then lay still.
Everyone was terrified.
"Ah, someone's dead, ah, ah, someone's dead!"
Before the screams subsided.
Another woman in the crowd fell to the ground, covering her face and rolling back and forth, accompanied by screams.
This woman was in the same situation as the woman who had died earlier.
It was unknown where those disgusting and terrifying white worms had come from.
The only difference was that the woman whose face was later crawled upon by several white worms, at the last moment, crawled on her knees to Gu Qianying and kowtowed repeatedly: "Miss Gu, I was wrong, please spare me, ah, it hurts so much..."
As soon as the woman finished speaking, the white worms that covered her face quickly burrowed into her nose and mouth...
The woman fell to the ground and became still.
Everyone looked closely, and it was none other than the legitimate daughter of the Tong family who had previously insulted Miss Gu along with Miss Qi!
The women's first thought was that these disgusting white worms must be the work of Miss Gu.
Just then, Miss Qi stumbled over and knelt at Gu Qianying's feet, crying and begging for mercy: "Miss Gu, I was wrong, I shouldn't have insulted you just now, please be merciful and spare me, please."
Miss Qi's plea for mercy further confirmed that it must have been Miss Gu's doing to disfigure and kill with those disgusting things.
As a result, all the women present were terrified and immediately stood up. Some ran, some hid, and the scene became chaotic.
The men, hearing the commotion, all rushed over.
Gu Qianying was suddenly surrounded by everyone.
At this moment, Miss Qi was still crying out for mercy.
With the precedent of Miss Gu cutting out someone's tongue for being insulted, coupled with Miss Qi kneeling and begging for mercy from Miss Gu.
This led others who came to watch to form a preconceived notion, attributing everything they saw to Miss Gu.
"Guards, drag these two dead bodies away and arrest Miss Gu and imprison her."