But that Madam Yun was really attentive and diligent towards her. She had sent a beautiful chinese peony embroidered red dress made off cloud brocade and two chinese peony carved golden hairpins and two green jade bracelet one for each hand.
When she came out from the screen after changing her clothes, Gu Yanran was also there.
"Thir-third sis-sister you are... you are here?" Sixteen years old Gu Yanyan took two steps back and stammered in fear and quickly lowered her gaze out of years of habit.
"Ah my good 'Eldest sister' you don't to look so terrified just because of my presence, do you?" Gu Yanran called out her in a very sarcastic manner and chuckled at her meek appearance.
"Look at you. Even in best clothes, you look like a clown. Hah." Gu Yanran scoffed as she twirled strand of Gu Yanyan's hairs.
"Come and seat here. We don't have all day to get you ready. Old Marquise Wei is already waiting for quite a while to see her future granddaughter-in-law." Gu Yanran said as she hurried Gu Yanyan towards the vanity table and made her sit on the chair.
Gu Yanran herself made Gu Yanyan's hair that day and did makeup too.
Gu Yanyan really looked like a pretty young lady that day. May be the most beautiful she had been in her life since she could remember.
Looking at her pretty image in the mirror, Gu Yanyan revealed a sweet and beautiful smile on her face and her eyes were filled with happiness too.
Seeing such a pretty reflection of her lowly 'Eldest sister', Gu Yanran couldn't help but clenched her fist and her eyes filled with evilness but soon she let her fingers loosen and the softness and nonchalance in her eyes returned as she smiled at Gu Yanyan and asked her to go to kitchen to check on the preparation first before going to see Old Marquise Wei.
As Gu Yanyan had always been responsible for looking after kitchen whenever some important guests would visit since she turned ten, Gu Yanyan didn't find anything amiss and nodded at Gu Yanran before making her way towards the main kitchen.
As Gu Yanyan made her way towards the kitchen, Gu Yanran gave a look towards her nanny, mother Liu before following closely behind Gu Yanyan to the kitchen.
In the kitchen, after making sure everything was prepared well and was best both in taste and nutrition. As the guest was an elderly, nutrition was the priority but we can't forget the taste too.
After giving a few more reminders and telling them to prepare a few more recipes specially for the guests, Gu Yanyan left the kitchen and arrived at the An Shui hall where Old Madam Gu was entertaining Old Marquise Wei.
After entering the hall Gu Yanyan very timidly but still politely smiled at her grandmother and old Marquise Wei and two madam's present before greeting them with the right etiquette.
But before she could straighten her back, Mother Liu barged in the hall crying for justice for her young miss.
"What happened? Explained properly and clearly." Old Madam Gu frowned and said rather sternly.
There was a guest in the house and a nanny from a young miss' courtyard was making a fuss, it was obvious that the matter was not going to be simple.
Old Madam Gu looked at old Marquise Wei and apologized for the inconvenience.
Old Marquise being the sensible one also tried to be understanding and said it's nothing and that they should deal with the problem first, she would visit some other day.
Seeing that the target was ready to escape from their trap before they could close the net, mother Liu without hesitation started crying her grievances in her loud and shrill voice while old Marquise Wei was still in the hall.
"Old Madam do justice for my young miss who was thrown in the well by eldest miss. Old Madam please do justice." Saying the same words repeatedly, mother Liu started to hit head on the ground until her forehead was covered with scarlet coloured blood.
Hearing her accusations, Gu Yanyan who could barely find her presence in the hall before was suddenly the center of attention.
Even old Marquise Wei halted in her steps and turned back to look at the little girl who was so thin and skinny that it seemed she could be blown by the wind if it's current is a little faster than usual.
"What???" While other members present there were finding it hilarious because they could already guess what was going behind the scene they heard a loud and shrill scream from Madam Yun before they saw Madam Yun in front of Gu Yanyan and....
"Slap!!" A resounding slap sounded amidst mother Liu's crying and sobbing.
"How could you Yanyan? How could you?" Madam Yun pointed her finger towards the stunned Gu Yanyan and questioned twice; first time fiercely while the second time it sounded broken, laced with a mother's sorrow for her daughter's injury and trauma.
"Mother. N-no. It's not me." Gu Yanyan tried to defend herself in her weak voice while waving her hands in 'no' but her merely audible voice was drown in the loud and clear voice of mother Liu while her actions were only assumed as her trying to deny her crimes and escape from punishments.
"Madam you believe me. It was eldest miss who pushed my young miss in the well. My young miss only went to the main kitchen to look over the preparation and after looking at the preparation and giving a few reminders she was going to come to An Shui hall to her respect to old madam and old Marquise Wei who knew from where eldest miss came and dragged my young miss from the kitchen and pushed her down the well. And after she even said that my young miss should stay in the well until old Marquise Wei hadn't left the Gu residence because may be eldest miss was afraid that after seeing my kind and elegant young miss, old Marquise Wei would change her mind. I'm not saying that eldest miss was wrong in her fear. It's that my young miss is such a pure and kind young lady, skilled in six arts of women, beautiful and elegant. It's normal for one to choose her as the future daughter-in-law of the Marquise house over a daughter of bereaved wife who had been arrogant and petty all her life. But it does not gives eldest miss any reason to kill my young miss, does it?" Mother Liu cried until her snot came out and told everyone what the eldest daughter of Gu family had done who had no mother and was arrogant and petty and the reason behind the deed was also exposed in light.