The Gu family's banquet was arranged in the garden. It was not a single room, but had about twenty tables.

Men and women sat at different tables, with green plants in the middle. Gu Qingshan's table was not far away.

While he was chatting with the people at the same table, he also saw the Duke's wife and others passing by in the corridor in the distance.

Just with this one glance, he was shocked all over and immediately looked carefully!

That woman!

The woman walking on the inside in the crabapple-colored dress looks so much like the woman in the bright yellow dress who was at Gu's house that day!

The pretty girl who was as delicate as a winter jasmine flower that day, after a brief glimpse, was nowhere to be found again!

He went to Qichiyuan and other courtyards of the Gu family... He looked everywhere but couldn't even see her shadow.

In terms of figure, Song Mingli is very similar to that woman.

But Song Mingli was really boring. Her clothes only came in old-fashioned colors like dark blue, crimson purple, pine green, and tortoise shell. Her hair was simple and clumsy, which made people feel serious, dull, and unpleasant just by looking at her.

"She and I are destined to be together... I thought she was the fairy in my dreams, but I didn't expect to see her again today!"

Gu Qingshan’s heart was pounding.

"Prince Gu! Prince Gu!"

"What are you looking at, so absorbed in thought?"

The people around him pulled Gu Qingshan, and he was shocked to find that he was watching so intently that he stood up involuntarily.

Now everyone at the table is looking at him.

Even at the women's table in the distance, Sun and Su Yi were looking at him.

Sun's eyes were filled with confusion, but Su Yi's face was full of resentment and jealousy.

Gu Qing Shan smiled awkwardly and quickly sat down, "I see an acquaintance over there... Hehe, maybe I made a mistake."

At the men's table, everyone smiled and said nothing more.

Gu Qingshan, however, looked stunned, his mind full of the familiar figure he had just seen, and the bright yellow figure he had caught a glimpse of on the corridor of the Gu family's house.

He was anxious and prayed silently, hoping that today he would know... who that woman was!

As long as he can get to know that woman, he is willing to pay any price!

Gu Qingshan's absent-mindedness was completely noticed by Su Yi.

She knows her cousin too well!

Moreover, she saw clearly just now that her cousin was staring at the woman walking on the inside, and was staring at her in a trance!

Su Yi felt an overwhelming sense of crisis.

Su Yi clenched her fists, and her long nails pricked her palms so hard that they hurt.

At this moment, a maid was seen leading a woman in a gorgeous crabapple-colored dress with a red hairpin on her head. She had a noble and elegant manner and was so beautiful that people could not take their eyes off her. She was walking towards the table.

This time, it wasn’t just Gu Qingshan who was stunned.

The guests at about twenty tables in the yard were all stunned with amazement.

The woman in such gorgeous clothes must be the legitimate daughter of the host family, right?

The people who were arranged to stay in this courtyard were not the distinguished guests of the Duke's Mansion.

Why would the legitimate daughter of the Duke's Mansion come to this courtyard to toast?

Even if I come, I won’t come here first!

Guests at other tables were still guessing the visitor's identity and purpose.

The women in the Gu family had complicated expressions, feeling depressed and angry.

"Song Mingli? Why is she here dressed like this?" Sun gritted her teeth and lowered her voice, "Isn't she too sick to get out of bed and refuse to come?"

Su Yi frowned, "Aunt, do you think this dress looks familiar?"

Both the color and the style are very similar to the clothes worn by the two women next to the Duke's wife just now!

Madam Gu glanced at her own table, then looked at Song Mingli, "Aren't you sick and not coming? Why are you here sick again? We are all honored guests here, you are passing on your illness to everyone!"

Upon hearing this, the people at the table looked at Song Mingli in surprise.

Even the people at the nearby tables covered their mouths and noses with handkerchiefs in disgust.

Song Mingli also frowned and looked at the maid who led her.

"Is my place here?" Song Mingli asked suspiciously.

The maid said confidently, "I have asked, and the location of the Gu family in Changning Marquis' Mansion is right here!"

Song Mingli looked at the Gu family sitting at this table. Even Gu Huai and Gu Jia were brought here. Gu Huai also sat at the female table with Sun.

Su Yi sat next to Sun, looking more like the young lady of the Gu family than she did.

This table was also occupied by female relatives from other families, and all the seats were occupied.

Seeing this, the maid nodded and said, "Please wait a moment. I will ask someone to add a seat for you."

Madam Gu said in an elder manner, "You said you wouldn't come, so the host didn't arrange a seat for you, which is reasonable."

No one at the table stood up to offer their seat, so Song Mingli was left aside.

On the other hand, the women from other families picked up their own children and said, "Come, sit here first!"

The child sat at the very end of the table.

Song Mingli looked at Su Yi and didn't move.

Su Yi was just a cousin living in the Gu family, but she sat in the seat above her at the table outside.

If people figured out the relationship, not only would the Gu family be laughed at, but even her Song family would be laughed at as well.

Seeing that she didn't move, Madam Gu waved her hand to the woman and said, "Tell the child to sit down. She caught a cold yesterday and it's not appropriate for her to sit down."

Su Yi didn't want to give up her seat, but she felt Gu Qingshan's burning gaze on the other side.

She didn't need to look back to know that Gu Qingshan was staring at her.

In Gu Qingshan's eyes, she couldn't be that ignorant "cousin".

Su Yi immediately stood up and gave up her seat.

Sun held her hand tightly and said, "Just sit still. Don't move. She said she couldn't come, and now she comes here again, asking for trouble!"

Su Yi once again looked at Song Mingli's clothes, her brows knitted slightly, "Why do I feel that my cousin's clothes are similar to the clothes of the daughter of the Duke's Mansion?"

"Tsk," Sun sneered, "Do you think that just because you dress like someone else, the Duke's Mansion will look at you with respect? You really have no self-awareness!"

The people at the table couldn't help but whisper to each other when they heard this, and even chuckled quietly.

The maid from the Duke's Mansion asked someone to add a seat, but she never came back.

Song Mingli listened to Sun's ridicule and received the scolding and contempt from Old Madam Gu. He waited for a long time but was not able to sit down.

Madam Gu said in a deep voice, "Since you are here, please stand beside me and serve the dishes."

Song Mingli was somewhat speechless.

The Duke's wife said that a seat had been arranged for her, but she didn't expect the maid to bring her to the Gu family.

If she had known it was this place, she would not have come.

Song Mingli stood behind Old Madam Gu bored...but it was better this way.

There were many people at the table and they were all gossiping. Let the people from other houses see how harshly the Gu family treated their daughter-in-law.

If it wasn't enough that Diao Nu murdered Jingyou and Master Gu broke the lock and stole the dowry.

Here comes another one: "The granddaughter-in-law was not allowed to sit at the banquet. The cousins ​​and nephews who were staying there were all seated, but the granddaughter-in-law could only stand and serve the food."

Wouldn't it be more fun and exciting?

Song Mingli looked calm and unperturbed by fame or disgrace, as if he had become "accustomed to it".

She lowered her eyes, appearing very submissive, without saying a word in defense.

However, she vaguely felt that someone seemed to be staring at her from behind. The gaze was so hot and direct that she felt uncomfortable even without turning back.

Maids in elegant clothes appeared in the garden carrying cold dishes.

Cold dishes and fruits were served on each table.

Only Song Mingli was still standing there, and everyone in the garden was staring at her.

"Sister! Why are you here? It took me so long to find you! I thought you were gone!" a cry of surprise.

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