Chapter 32

Gu Ying did not know that she had come before, thinking that although she was her younger sister, she was more knowledgeable than her elder sister. She took the initiative to take her to find Bo Fu's camp.

"Second elder sister, there are many people in Nanhai Hunting Ground now. If you have nothing to do, it's better to stay in your own tent. At other times, I'm here, you just need to follow me and you won't go wrong."

"Alright, fourth younger sister."

When she arrived at her own camp, Gu Ying's mind turned over and over again, and finally a feeling of desolation appeared on her face.

How could she not remember?

Those past events, she engraved them firmly in her heart, reminding herself every moment, that reliving this life, she absolutely could not repeat the same mistakes.

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After tidying up and getting dressed, Gu Ying changed into a plain woven silk top, a crimson collar small jacket, and an azure blue Luo skirt below.

After having dinner, Lady Liu specifically kept Gu Jia behind, not knowing what the mother and daughter were talking about.

She lagged behind, and only vaguely heard something like "my child, there will be princes and noble sons everywhere at the winter hunt, you still have a chance..."

Gu Ying didn't listen further, and went back to her own tent first to wait for the summons.

Bored, she casually flipped through a book on military strategy, with Qingfeng Mingyue attentively waiting on her left and right, fulfilling their duties and keeping an eye on her every move.

Seeing that the book she was reading was so dull, she immediately became impatient and contemptuous in her heart.

Clearly illiterate, yet pretending, not knowing who she was putting on a show for.

In less than a quarter of an hour,

Gu Ying put down the book and glanced outside the curtain. If her timing was right, the Gu Jia of this life, like in her previous life, should come to find her now.

Sure enough, as soon as she got up and put on her cloak, Gu Jia lifted the curtain and walked in, "Younger sister, we haven't seen each other for a few days, do you miss your elder sister?" Gu Ying looked steadily at her delicate and exquisite made-up face that had been meticulously painted, still revealing the same simple and silly smile as in her previous life, "Is elder sister's health much better?"

There was a flash of resentment in Gu Jia's eyes, but she still walked over politely, fawning as if to please her, and said, "Almost recovered. Ah Ying, we grew up together since we were young, will the sisterly affection between us be broken just because of a man? I've thought carefully about it these past few days. We are family, we have blood ties, no matter if I will really marry Master Jiang in the future or not, Ah Ying, let's break the ice between us, and be close sisters again in the future, what do you think?"

This hypocritical face made Gu Ying want to vomit a little.

But she endured it, smiling gently, "Elder sister is right, I didn't like Master Jiang to begin with anyway. Since elder sister admires him, then younger sister will wish that elder sister will grow old together with him, and live together for generations."

The corner of Gu Jia's mouth twitched slightly, hating Gu Ying so much that her teeth itched, "It's easy to say all this, it's dark outside, the road is slippery, mother asked me to come and take my sister to Her Majesty the Queen's tent."

Gu Ying looked innocent, "Okay."

Gu Jia hid the resentment and cunning light in her eyes, and intimately pulled Gu Ying along outside.

Gu Ying paused, turned around, and ordered, "Ming Yue, you guys stay in the tent and wait for me to come back. With elder sister here, I temporarily don't need you to serve me. Let us sisters have an intimate chat."

Gu Jia's eyes lit up slightly. She was just worried about how to find an excuse to send away the maids by Gu Ying's side, but unexpectedly, Gu Ying took the initiative to leave the maids behind in the tent.

Was there even such a good thing?

She hooked up the corners of her mouth and gritted her teeth fiercely. Gu Ying, just wait, I'll let you die here tonight!

Gu Ying followed Gu Jia impassively.

Once out of the Gu residence camp, the wind and snow outside were gusty, and the icy wind hitting her face was like a sharp knife.

As Gu Jia walked, she chatted with Gu Ying all the way.

"Fourth younger sister has already gone ahead with Wan younger sister to Her Majesty the Queen's tent. They will wait for us in front of Her Majesty the Queen's tent."

"I was thinking that our sisters have been estranged these past few days, so today I wanted to have a private conversation to apologize to my sister."

"Does my second younger sister still like me as the eldest sister?"

"It's my little sister's first time here, unfamiliar with the hunting grounds. The roads are slippery at night, so you have to be careful and follow me!"

Gu Ying stared at her back, asking innocently, "Elder sister, where are you taking me?"

The path was getting more and more remote, clearly not the way to the Queen's tent.

Gu Jia still thought Gu Ying was the ignorant little fool who had never seen the world. She laughed and said, "Your elder sister knows a shortcut. Maybe we can arrive at Her Majesty the Queen's tent earlier than the fourth younger sister. If Her Majesty sees my second younger sister's heavenly appearance and jade-like beauty later, she may also bestow gifts to our Gu family." Gu Ying stopped.

Ahead was dense bamboo forest and thick snow covering the path.

Gu Jia walked gracefully ahead, subtly leading her deeper into the woods.

"Second younger sister, why did you stop walking?"

"Let's go." Gu Ying hooked up the corners of her mouth, walked up to hold Gu Jia's hand, and walked side by side with her for a few steps. "Doesn't elder sister feel this place is so dark and cold, making people afraid?"

Gu Jia's eyes were gloomy as she laughed, "With us sisters together, what is there to be afraid of?"

As soon as she finished speaking,

she only felt her side waist being suddenly pushed hard by someone, and her whole body instantly lost balance. In her panic, she spread out her left foot trying to steady herself, but unexpectedly, as soon as her foot stretched out, it landed on empty air. Unbeknownst to her, there was actually a big dark hole under the snowdrift.

"Ah! Help!"

Her eyes widened in shock.

"Gu Ying, you pushed me?!"

After reacting, she hardened her heart, trying to grab Gu Ying as she fell to pull her down together.

But how could Gu Ying let her have her way? A hint of a smile appeared at the corner of her lips. Her fingers clenched hard on the back of Gu Jia's hand, hurting her so much that Gu Jia had no choice but to let her go. Very quickly, Gu Jia's body fell down like rubble with a thud.

Not to mention Gu Jia was dumbfounded.

Even the maid Dou Kou who was with Gu Jia holding an oil lamp was dumbfounded. She looked at the expressionless young miss with frightened and fearful eyes, her fingers trembling slightly in fear. "Young Miss, you... you actually dared to push Eldest Miss... in this icy and snowy weather..."

Gu Ying's smile faded away, her whole person became as cold as a ghost crawled out of hell.

She stared straight at Dou Kou, walking towards her step by step.

Dou Kou's lips trembled weakly, "Young miss, what are you doing! Could it be you still want to kill someone?!"

The corners of Gu Ying's lips curled up slightly, but there was no smile in her eyes.

Dou Kou became more and more afraid, "Don't come over! I'll call for help!"

Gu Ying didn't care at all. Her small hand rested on Dou Kou's slender shoulder, her expression looking very polite, but colder than the snow on the ground here, "The trap you dug yourself, what do I want to do? Don't you know already?"

Dou Kou was so frightened that her face turned pale. "Young miss is talking nonsense, I don't understand at all..."

Gu Ying felt that even Dou Kou's breathing was annoying. Unwilling to listen to her sophistry any longer, she exerted force with her hand and also pushed her into the hole under the snow.