The husband who forced her to marry her couldn't keep her warm, and she didn't want him to

Gu Jinchu sat in the corner, with the sunlight falling a few steps behind her, making her feel like she was surrounded by a layer of warm light.

Gao Jiayue held the embroidery frame in her hand, afraid that Gu Jinchu would snatch it back again. Without even looking at it carefully, she threw the embroidery frame high into the air like a sandbag.

Gu Jinyu raised her head and raised her hands, and said excitedly: "Give it to me, give it to me, I haven't seen the embroidery of the third sister at home!"

Gu Jinyu was a simple-minded person, and she had no idea what kind of fantasies her words would arouse in others.

Gao Jiayue saw Gu Jinchu standing there steadily. She raised her hand to take the embroidery frame and put it behind her back.

"It's fine for a girl to play with a whip for fun, but learning needlework and housekeeping is the right thing to do. The third sister of the Gu family is about to reach the age of marriage, and who would dare to propose marriage to you if you are like this?"

Gu Yan, who was standing beside her with a worried look on her face, helped to explain, "Third sister's embroidery skills are not good, but she is already learning. She will definitely become more proficient with more practice..."

The eldest lady came over and grabbed her little daughter, scolding her: "You and your third sister are not in the same courtyard, so don't say anything with your mouth!"

Gu Jinyu was rarely scolded by her mother, but she had suffered enough cold stares today, so she looked at Gu Jinchu with resentment.

"Then Fourth Sister must know, right? Gu Yan just said that she hasn't seen it either."

Everyone was stunned when they heard this. With the door closed, it didn't matter what they did to the flowers, as they were rotting in their own fields. It was not common to see someone stabbed in the back in public like this.

For a moment, they all forgot how curious they were about Gu Jinchu's needlework.

Gu Jinchu walked over, as if he was not affected at all.

"Fourth and fifth sisters are right. I really didn't put much effort into embroidery before. It was only in the past month or so that I started learning from the master every morning."

"You see... I didn't lie..." After listening to what his third sister said, Gu Jinyu stiffened his neck and still felt that he was not wrong.

"You've been studying for a month, how come my fourth sister and I don't know yet?"

Gu Jinchu patiently said to her, "My mother wanted me to control my temper after I recovered from my illness. During this period, my fifth sister followed my eldest aunt to learn how to manage the household, so we sisters had few opportunities to meet."

He comforted his mother and continued with a smile, "It's Sister Yan..."

"Fourth sister and Aunt Lian are serving grandmother in Cuihua Courtyard, but I am your legal sister after all, and mother is your legal mother. Even if you don't like me, you should be careful about what you say outside. Even if it's for father's sake, you shouldn't do anything inappropriate."

The eyes that everyone looked at Gu Yan were like hooks, and almost all those present were wives and daughters of the first wife.

Favoring concubines over wives, and jealousy between aunts and concubines, different versions of this are played out in every family.

Gu Jinchu's few simple words made them understand the key.

I couldn't help but think that those rumors about Gu Jinchu must have been spread by the favored concubine and concubine's daughter.

Gu Jinchu has a really good temper. If they were like that, they would have slapped him in the face right now.

Gu Yan's face flushed with shame and anger, tears welled up in her almond-shaped eyes. She walked up to Gu Jinchu, bit her lower lip and looked at her, her voice soft as a mosquito:

"Third sister, mother and you will never forget me when something good happens to you. How could I not like you? I was wrong. Please don't blame me..."

He was about to kneel down and said, "Mother, you know me, I didn't mean it..."

The eldest lady quickly grabbed her and Gu Yan knelt down. I wonder if her sister Yu would also kowtow and apologize.

"Sister Yan, what are you doing? It's not good to make such a scene outside!"

The mistress of the Song family also came over to smooth things over. The one who started the trouble was Gao Jiayue, and as the host, she was very gentle in her words to the Gu family.

Zheng took her daughter's hand and said, "We are sisters. Let's go home and talk about anything behind closed doors." She showed the dignity and generosity of the mistress of the house.

Gu Jinchu agreed with a smile, "My mother taught me that there should be no grudges between sisters."

Gao Jiayue nodded in agreement. "Family affairs are family affairs. What Gu Jinchu did has nothing to do with your poor embroidery skills."

"Whose embroidery skills did Miss Gao say were poor? Let me see for myself."

A lazy and casual voice sounded, and a group of people came from the direction of the water pavilion. The person who spoke was the eldest princess of the current dynasty, Zhao Xuan.

Seeing this, everyone put away their expressions and walked towards them.

"Greetings, Princess. Best regards, Princess."

...

Zhao Xuan waved her hand. "It's Madam Song's birthday party, so there's no need to be polite. I came here to join in the fun. What embroidery were you talking about just now?"

Gao Jiayue lowered her head, making it impossible to see the expression on her face.

She held out the embroidery frame in her hands with both hands, "In reply to the eldest princess, we were just admiring the embroidery work of the third young lady of the Gu family."

Zhao Xuan motioned to the maid beside her to take it, but she didn't even look at it.

Smiling, he asked everyone, "What do you think of my outfit today?"

The eldest princess wore a red long dress with golden cloud patterns and a golden belt around her waist. Her brightness added a touch of heroism, and the red beads on her forehead made her look a little mysterious.

It is beautiful, and everyone is willing to use almost everything they have learned in their life to praise it.

The ladies didn't know, but the young ladies and the maids around them just felt that the princess looked familiar today, or that they had seen her outfit somewhere before.

Zhao Xuan accepted everyone's flattery one by one, looked at everyone with a smile, and said slowly:

"The dress I'm wearing was sewn by the best embroiderer in Zhenbao Pavilion, and the pearl hairpin jewelry was made by the most skilled craftsman in Zhenbao Pavilion."

"Treasure Pavilion will belong to Gu Jinchu in the future. What does it matter if her embroidery skills are not good?" She looked as if everyone was wondering something unusual and was worrying about nothing.

After she finished speaking, everyone remembered Gu Jinchu's stunning outfit at the Spring Tea Party.

Today, Gu Jinchu was wearing a simple lotus-pink satin jacket with a garland pattern and a plain pleated skirt with scattered flowers, which added a touch of tranquility to her beautiful and bright face.

Standing there quietly, one can actually see the beauty of elegance and grandeur.

No one dared to refute the eldest princess' words. Even if Gao Jiayue was unconvinced, she had to shut her mouth.

The maid beside Zhao Xuan came over and whispered something in her ear.

She raised her eyebrows, picked up the embroidery frame, and then smiled meaningfully.

"Show the embroidery frame to Madam Song. As the chief academician of the Imperial College, Mr. Song is a very fair person. I believe his wife will be able to give Miss Gu justice."

Mrs. Song took the embroidery frame and lowered her head. "From now on, I will smile in the spring breeze and live a long-lived immortal in the world... This is Li Ding's poem. Miss Gu San can show it, so she must have read it through!"

Gu Jinchu nodded and smiled gently, "I'll give this to the Madam."

All those who had just secretly mocked Gu Jinchu for being unlearned and unskilled felt embarrassed, and then they heard the eldest princess say:

"Mrs. Song, don't just read the poem, look at the back of it."

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Song turned the embroidery frame over and was shocked. Several ladies nearby also came over.

"This is double-sided embroidery! I've only heard of it, but today I'm lucky enough to see it..."

The other side of the embroidery frame is a corner of the screen that can cure all diseases. Combined with the poem on the other side, it should be the best and most satisfying gift that Madam Song has received today.

Gu Jinchu has such a perfect and superb embroidery skill, so she must have been being modest just now, but now she has slapped many people in the face.