The Empress Dowager gave Yun Shu a deep look before finally calling out to halt the proceedings, "Enough! Since Miss Tang is unharmed, there is no need to discuss anything further. Everyone, please be seated."
Thanks to the Empress Dowager's words, the storm subsided.
Just as Yun Shu was about to take her seat, she happened to notice the delicate Jiang Luoxi looking at Zhan Tianye.
However, Jiang Luoxi quickly averted her gaze.
Had Yun Shu not caught it at that precise moment, she would never have noticed.
That look held the tenderness of a maiden in love.
Yun Shu's eyes flickered slightly. As she was about to look away, she met Zhan Tianye's gaze directly.
Their eyes locked.
Within Zhan Tianye's fathomless, dark eyes, a hint of profound meaning seemed to flash as he looked at her with intense focus.
Yun Shu felt an inexplicable flutter in her heart under his gaze.
This man…
She lowered her eyes and frowned.
"Father, can you find an opportunity to talk to Mother more?" Zhan Xiaoli whispered to Zhan Tianye.
Zhan Tianye raised an eyebrow.
Zhan Xiaoli added, "Mother likes people who talk a lot."
Zhan Tianye recalled what Xie Jin had told him: Yun Shu must still have feelings for Ruan Xi. Most women preferred charming men. The light in his dark eyes flickered with uncertainty.
As if just noticing Zhan Xiaoli and Gu Xiaofeng, the Empress Dowager smiled kindly at them, "Are you two Night King's sons? You are so intelligent and lively. Come, come to Empress Dowager, let Empress Dowager have a good look at you."
At the same moment, Zhan Xiaoli heard the Empress Dowager's inner thoughts.
"The two children are just too outstanding. Even though the Night King has become a cripple, these two children are so exceptional. This is not a good thing."
Zhan Xiaoli's little face was impassive. Although he didn't want to go over, he couldn't refuse. He could only take Gu Xiaofeng's hand and walk over.
Yun Shu glanced over as if casually.
The Empress Dowager had no intention of holding them. She merely bent down slightly to look at them, maintaining her kind and gentle demeanor. "Truly outstanding! Niece still doesn't know which lady would be worthy of you!"
Jiang Luoxi, standing behind the Empress Dowager, also looked at Zhan Xiaoli and Gu Xiaofeng.
She wondered who their birth mother was, to have such extraordinarily handsome children.
Had such a peerlessly beautiful woman not been able to stay by the Night King's side?
"Go back, go back to the Night King. You are grown now. Take good care of your father from now on, be good!" the Empress Dowager said again.
Then she didn't look at them anymore.
"Yes, Empress Grandmother," Zhan Xiaoli replied expressionlessly.
Gu Xiaofeng echoed Zhan Xiaoli, saying yes.
Although the Empress Dowager disliked them, seeing that they didn't try to flatter her with auspicious words like other children, she felt a surge of displeasure.
These two children were as detestable as their father!
Zhan Xiaoli heard the Empress Dowager's inner thoughts and immediately turned to look at her.
For some reason, the Empress Dowager felt a little guilty under Zhan Xiaoli's gaze. She frowned immediately but didn't think too much of it.
After all, the Night King had been unpopular since he was young, let alone his children being likable.
Seeing that Zhan Xiaoli and Gu Xiaofeng had returned to Zhan Tianye's side, Yun Shu calmly retracted her gaze.
"Yun Shu, you can't possibly have medical skills, can you? You definitely don't have any medical skills!" Yun Yueyin sat down beside Yun Shu and whispered, her eyes filled with venom.
Even with a fake face, it seemed unable to conceal Yun Yueyin's pale, almost contorted expression.
Yun Shu turned her head to look at Yun Yueyin and smiled, "What do you think?"
"You! Just tell me directly!" Yun Yueyin was about to explode with anger.
The more she wanted to know, the more Yun Shu seemed to be acting contrary to her, preventing her from getting any answers!
She was going to die of anger!
She was so angry she felt like she was losing control of her reason!
Yun Shu picked up her teacup, about to take a sip, and chuckled inwardly.
The teacup had been tampered with.
Didn't the palace have any other ingredients?
She took a few sips without concern; the tea was actually quite good.
Too lazy to look at Yun Yueyin and her inferior fake face anymore, she swept a cold glance at her and said, "Scram."
Yun Yueyin's eyes widened in shock. "What did you say?"
She actually told her to scram?!
Gu Zhiruo, standing nearby, couldn't help herself. She almost spat out her tea, but the chuckle that escaped was heard by Yun Yueyin.
Yun Yueyin blushed furiously and gritted her teeth.
Suddenly recalling what she was about to do next, she immediately calmed down and threatened Yun Shu with a smile, "Yun Shu, if you admit to everyone that you were just lucky to save Miss Tang, and that you don't have any medical skills and have deceived everyone, I will give you an opportunity to continue being my good sister. Then I will return to the General's mansion and you will be under my care, and I will arrange a good marriage for you, perhaps even marry you to the Night King. Such a good opportunity, if you nod now, I promise you will not regret it today. Otherwise, I will make your life worse than death and send you back to hell."
She lowered her voice to a whisper.
These words could not be overheard.
Yun Shu looked at Yun Yueyin with a smile, seeming to have seen through Yun Yueyin's intentions. The smile on her lips became a little more amused. She only said one word again: "Scram."
Yun Yueyin almost spat out a mouthful of blood in anger. She was completely unresponsive!
Extremely hateful!
Too detestable!
"Fine! You wait!" Yun Yueyin gritted her teeth, wishing she could strangle Yun Shu right now and kill her!
After Yun Yueyin left, Gu Zhiruo softly asked Yun Shu, "Did she threaten you just now? Yun Shu, I feel like she doesn't have good intentions. She might do something to hurt you. You must be extremely careful!"
Yun Shu looked at Gu Zhiruo, who was concerned for her, and nodded gently. She cast a fleeting glance at Yun Yueyin and said, "She indeed has no good intentions."
"She was always cunning and scheming, always making you lose face in front of others. This time, you absolutely cannot let her succeed! Oh, and I don't know if I'm mistaken, but I feel like the Regent doesn't like her very much? I heard before that the Regent only had eyes for her, but recently the Regent has taken so many concubines, and she hasn't even married in yet!" Gu Zhiruo said in a low voice.
Yun Shu nodded, agreeing with Gu Zhiruo's guess. "Zhiruo is truly intelligent."
Gu Zhiruo blushed with embarrassment at those simple six words. "I'm not that intelligent."
"Don't be modest. In my eyes, there are very few women in the capital who can compare to you," Yun Shu said the truth.
Among the many women in the capital, many had followed the crowd and bullied the original owner, but Gu Zhiruo had always helped the original owner, even trying to make her see the truth about Yun Yueyin and the others. For this reason alone, she was incomparable to others.
"Yun Shu, I..." Gu Zhiruo was about to say something more. She had some things she wanted to tell Yun Shu on this occasion.
However.
Water, from an unknown source, was splashed towards her and Yun Shu!
Yun Shu immediately grabbed Gu Zhiruo's hand, stood up, and retreated. She was so fast that Gu Zhiruo had no time to react.
The next moment, she heard Geng Yufei's questioning, "Yun Shu, are you disfigured? You wore a fake face to the palace to see the Empress Dowager. This is a great disrespect!"