Gu Ruoxi acted as though possessed by an award-winning actress, projecting such sorrow that had Yun Feiwan not been directly involved, she would have wanted to champion the other woman's cause!
While Yun Feiwan remained speechless, Gu Ruoxi continued her impassioned performance:
"Ever since we were little, Minister Gu's Mansion has never treated you unfairly. Even though you are slightly younger than me, Mother always made me yield to you in everything. In the past, considering that you are my younger sister, as the older sister I could let you have anything you liked, including... including..."
She cast a veiled glance toward the Third Prince. Though she did not say his name outright, the subtext was crystal clear to everyone present.
"Sister, of all things, you should not have made things difficult for me in front of His Majesty and the Empress. How... how is Sister supposed to help you now? If not for the blunder of that little palace maid just now, right at this moment..."
Chapter 58