Chapter 527 - 537: Two Sages
"Plan thoroughly before acting, what is there to fear? Just take it slow." Gu Youyou said.
Although she wasn’t quite clear about the promotion system of their State Preceptor and the underlying unspoken rules, she was, after all, someone who had fought in the business world.
In her past life, she battled with her second uncle’s family for power and profit. Hadn’t she experienced enough of those domestic schemes? Back then she was young, and her grandfather taught her to be patient and to hide her capabilities. She had played the role of the shrinking turtle for many years, but she wasn’t simply hiding and doing nothing. Behind the scenes, she had been making a lot of moves, enough to strike them a deadly blow in the end.
Therefore, in Gu Youyou’s eyes, she was not afraid to endure; she was the best at it.
So when Lin Qianqing mentioned that her aunt might try to trip her up, she was even a bit excited.
Gu Youyou’s indifferent attitude actually helped Jin Zijin relax a bit. Reaching across the table, he lightly tapped her forehead and said, "You, I really don’t know what’s going on in your head, how are you different from ordinary women?"
Since he put it that way, Gu Youyou spoke frankly, lowering her voice, "You can completely treat me like a man." After saying this, she felt that it was somewhat inappropriate and added, "Or as an ally, at any rate, I am not the kind of woman in the inner quarters who needs your protection."
Having said this, she felt maybe she had spoken too boldly because people in this feudal society had no bottom line; killing someone was just a matter of doing it. The methods of the modern world could not be used in a place where identity and fists mattered more than reason, otherwise, the saying ’the scholar meets the soldier, and all reason is lost’ wouldn’t have been passed down through the ages.
With a troubled frown and acting coy for a while, her expression changed, and a large blob of ink fell from the tip of her pen without her noticing.
Jin Zijin smiled, took the pen from her hand, and hung it on the penholder.
"Ah...? Oh no..." Gu Youyou, seeing the large blot of black ink staining the paper, cried out in dismay, "I’ve written for so long, what a pity. But it’s alright, I remember everything; I’ll just write another one."