Chapter Five: The Rabbit Eats the Grass by the Nest
Lu Chuanlin looked at Gu Yunyao in shock.
"What did you say? You want to break off the engagement?"
"Exactly," Gu Yunyao glanced at him and Gu Qingwen, "Lu Chuanlin, I stuttered before, not blind.
You said you have long been dissatisfied with the marriage and want to break off the engagement. It is understandable if you break off the engagement first and then find someone else.
But not only did you not retreat, you also ate the grass on the edge of the nest. You even disgusted me after eating it, and now you rake it up again.
You are so shameless, how do you expect me to appreciate your virtue?"
Lu Chuanlin's face was filled with anger: "What nonsense are you talking about? Sure enough, your original timidity was all pretending, but now you are your true self, right?"
"What I look like has nothing to do with you," Gu Yunyao retorted, "Anyway, I decided to break off the engagement, so you don't have to treat others as blind.
Go and tell your father to write another engagement letter and write the betrothal gift directly in Gu Qingwen's name, so you don't have to carry it around again."
Gu Qingwen burst into tears: "Second sister, are you sad and confused? Brother Chuanlin and I are innocent, why do you say this?"
"Innocent?" Gu Yunyao sneered, "Aren't these jade pendants a pair? And the sachet on Lu Chuanlin, wasn't it made by you?
If you speak like Brother Chuanlin, do you think others are blind or deaf? And..."
Gu Qingwen's breathing was slightly suffocated, she even forgot to wipe her tears, she was trembling slightly, like a small flower in the wind.
Lu Chuanlin protected her and glared at Gu Yunyao: "What are you doing? Wen'er is delicate and frail, don't even think about bullying her. There is no need to explain her affairs to you!"
Gu Yunyao laughed: "You don't need to explain her affairs to me, so you should stay out of my affairs."
She took out a handkerchief, bit her finger and wrote a few words in blood, then threw it to Lu Chuanlin: "Cancel the engagement!"
Lu Chuanlin clutched the handkerchief tightly, his eyes full of cruelty: "Don't regret it!"
He comforted Gu Qingwen in a low voice: "Wen'er, don't be afraid. As long as I'm here, no one can bully you."
Gu Qingwen burst into tears, but her eyes were filled with plans to succeed.
Just at this moment, several women filed in.
The leader, Aunt Su, is the confidant of the old lady: "Second Miss, the old lady is waiting for you in the ancestral hall, please come!"
Gu Qingxue started to tremble again: "You deserve it. Your grandmother knows all about your scandal and will definitely take action against you. She will twist your hair and send you to be a sister-in-law!"
Gu Yunyao looked at those rough and tumble women. Sooner or later, they would be unable to escape, so it was better to deal with them all together.
"We're going to go together."
Gu Qingxue hummed: "Just go, who am I afraid of? My Gonggong Sha is very good."
In front of the Gu family ancestral hall, the old lady was sitting on the Taishi chair, spinning Buddhist beads in her hand, her eyes slightly closed.
Gu Qingxue cried as soon as she entered the courtyard.
"Grandma, you have to make the decision for me! Gu Yunyao is crazy. She whipped me with a whip. She just challenged the prince and threatened to withdraw from the engagement..."
The old lady paused with the Buddha beads in her hand, opened her eyes and looked at Gu Yunyao dissatisfied, and shouted: "Kneel down!"
Gu Yunyao said calmly: "Why should I kneel?"
"Gu Qingxue had evil intentions and pushed me off the cliff. If it weren't for the blessing of Buddha, I would have died!
My life should not be cut off, and she was afraid that I would not die, so she came looking for me at the foot of the mountain with the intention of killing me, and also falsely accused me of running away with someone."
As she spoke, she pushed Tiaoyun forward: "This evil slave slanders and humiliates me when he opens his mouth, and even contradicts my name. Which one of them shouldn't kneel down?"
The old lady stared at her carefully: "Since we are blessed by the Buddha, we must accumulate virtue and do good deeds instead of being aggressive."
Gu Yunyao almost laughed angrily, and slowly wrapped the whip around her palm: "Grandma, it depends on who is kind or cruel.
Whether a Bodhisattva lowers his eyebrows or a Vajra glares, it all depends on how the other person treats me.
A slave or a cousin can step on my face and dance. I want my own face, and my father’s face is even more important!”
The old lady's eyebrows and heart beat twice, and her eyes could not hide the shock and anger.
Before, Aunt Su sent a little maid to reply first, saying that Gu Yunyao could speak, but the old lady still found it incredible.
Now that I have heard it with my own ears, is it possible to speak? Is it spitting out knives?
"You don't follow the rules, you lose your virginity, you insult your sisters and hit your sisters, you disrespect your elders, you have no shame at all!
How can we, the loyal Gu family, have such a shameless woman like you?
In front of the ancestors, I’ll let you have a taste of our family’s recipes.”
"Someone, hold her down!"
The old lady spoke harshly, but when she turned to look at Lu Chuanlin, she put on a pleasant face: "Your Majesty, I made you laugh. I will definitely give you an explanation today."
Lu Chuanlin saluted: "Old madam, the old madam has strict tutoring and I admire her from the younger generation. But no matter what, I will withdraw from this marriage."
The old lady turned around and stared at Gu Yunyao: "This unfilial daughter is all because of you! Hurry up and hold her down."
Gu Yunyao held the whip in her hand and flicked it: "Who dares to come here?"
The old lady slapped the armrest of the chair: "Gu Yunyao, do you want to rebel?"
"Grandma, are you being serious? I don't want to bear the charge of rebellion. Our whole family cannot afford it.
You just said that the Gu family is loyal, who is loyal? The loyal one is my father!
He was born and died, first for the country, and secondly for his wife and daughter, and now his wife and daughter are being bullied to this extent.
Aren't you afraid that he will feel cold?"
"It is precisely because your father is not here that I have to discipline you on his behalf."
Gu Qingxue interrupted: "That's right, grandma, she still dares to contradict you, she is simply lawless!
She eloped with Yu Qingbai, and I couldn't catch her. She fell off a cliff, and I took people to look for her. I saw with my own eyes that the gonggong sand on her arm was gone. Grandma, everything I say is true!
In order to protect the reputation of our Gu family, and the reputation of my eldest sister and I, she must be executed, using family methods, and being immersed in a pig cage."
The old lady's eyes were sinister: "Is it true?"
Gu Yunyao gripped the whip tightly: "I said, no one else needs to take care of my affairs."
"Oh, come on, take her down!"
Without saying a word, Gu Yunyao waved away the whip in her hand and faced the women who were surrounding her.
For a time, screams of misery broke out.
Aunt Su's eyes flickered and she quietly retreated.
Not long after, she brought someone over: "Second Miss, if you make trouble again, the eldest lady will be sad."
Gu Yunyao paused and turned to look.
Aunt Su put her hand on a woman's shoulder and pressed her so hard that she couldn't straighten her back.
The woman was thin, her face was sickly white, she was flushed with pain, and her eyes were filled with fear.
"Ayao...Ayao..."
Gu Yunyao felt unspeakable bitterness in her heart.
For a moment, several women swarmed up and pushed Gu Yunyao to her knees.
"Please help me!"
It is said to be a family method, it is just a thorny rattan. If it is hit this time, the skin will be ripped open and the thorns will pierce the flesh.
"Ayao, don't hit my Ayao..." Yang struggled hard and shouted loudly.
Nanny Su exerted great force on her hands, forcing Yang to kneel down. Her forehead fell and hit the ground with a bang. A piece of her forehead was suddenly broken, and half of her face was stained red with blood.
"Don't hit...my Ayao..."
Gu Yunyao's eyes couldn't help but turn red: "Don't touch my mother! Let her go! I'll just take it."
Aunt Su refused to let go: "Wouldn't it be great if the second young lady has been so obedient for a long time? It's a bit late now, I don't dare to let go, the second young lady is very tight right now."
"Old Diao slave, let go of my mother!"
Chapter completed!