She didn't expect that the Duke of Zhen would settle old scores when he came back.
Gu Shao sat behind the desk and chuckled,
"What happened back then? I'll tell you honestly."
"You'd better think clearly before replying to my words. If there is a lie, I will send you to see the official immediately."
Ruan trembled uncontrollably and did not dare to look at Zhen Guo Gong's face that seemed calm but looked like the King of Hell.
Gu Zhiyuan pushed Ruan on the side, angrily,
"It's all because of you, you idiot. What else are you hiding? Tell me quickly."
"If you still keep it secret, I... I will divorce your family..."
Mrs. Ruan was afraid that Gu Zhiyuan would really divorce his wife, so she didn't dare to hide anything anymore, so she told her all about why she brought Gu Qingyuan into the house in the first place, and what she had in mind.
Finally, with trembling hands, she took off a sachet from her waist and pulled out a jade piece.
"This was originally dug out of A-Yuan's swaddling clothes, and I still keep the clothes she wore that day."
After saying that, Mrs. Ruan lowered his head, not daring to look at Duke Zhen.
There was silence in the house.
The cicada outside the house screamed hoarsely.
Gu Shao took the piece of jade and looked at it over and over.
A newborn child wearing a jade piece must at least belong to a noble or wealthy family.
When a child is born, the elders will give the child a piece of jade.
Some families will go to the temple to ask the master to turn on and off the jade piece. They will always wear the jade piece with them to protect their children from disasters.
There was a pattern on the back of the jade piece. After looking at it carefully, Duke Zhen Guo found that it was not the signature of the craftsman, but the imprint of the family.
Why don't wealthy families have this kind of mark? Only families that have been wealthy for several generations will have it.
The royal family will also have it. But Duke Zhenguo knows what the royal family's mark is.
When Gu Shao looked at the lock piece repeatedly, Gu Zhiyuan and his wife did not dare to raise their heads to see his expression.
After a long time, when Gu Zhiyuan and his wife were sweating all over their backs and almost feeling out of breath, the Duke of Zhen raised his eyes and asked slowly,
"Only this piece of jade and clothes? Nothing else?"
Gu Shao's voice sounded like fairy music to Gu Zhiyuan and his wife.
If you are not afraid of the Duke of Zhen asking questions, you are afraid of not saying a word and just having a knife across your neck. Then there is really no room for maneuver.
Gu Zhiyuan pushed Ruan and motioned for her to speak quickly.
This matter was handled by Ruan privately, and he really didn't know anything about it.
Sometimes when I look at Gu Qingyuan's face, the older she looks, the less like they are as a couple, and I have some different thoughts.
But Gu Qingyuan and Gu Yunniang are twins. Even if Ruan wants to do anything, they should change to a boy, not a girl.
Ruan just wanted to know this matter as soon as possible, and she didn't dare to hide it. She had just poured it out as cleanly as beans, so she shook her head desperately.
Gu Shaoliang didn't dare to hide anything anymore. She sat there with a sullen face for a while, touched the long knife on the table, and asked again,
"Has no one come to look for the child in these years? Are there any families nearby who have lost their child?"
Ruan shook her head, nodded again, and looked at Duke Zhen with great interest. When she saw Duke Zhen's face suddenly darkened, she immediately became excited, as if she remembered something.
"Yes. One spring, someone came to ask at the back door."
But I was dismissed by the woman who looked at the back door.
Gu Shao asked many more questions, but he got nothing. He gained a new understanding of Gu Qingyuan's life experience.
Finally, he looked at Ruan Si and spoke in a deep voice,
"No matter what A-Yuan's life experience is, since you brought her in and adopted her into the big house, she was just your niece, but you treated her harshly in all kinds of ways, pretending to be your own mother.
"I want to plot against A-Yuan and ruin her reputation, but also want her to give up the marriage to her own daughter. It's really hateful."
"Now that you are no longer in the Gu family lineage, I can't deal with you."
After saying that, he ordered the people below him, "Without me from now on, this family will not be allowed to come to your door."
The housekeeper immediately kicked Gu Zhiyuan's family out.
backyard.
Gu Qingyuan was hugged so tightly by Pei Jinting that she couldn't break free, so she had to give up.
His skin was frighteningly cold. When he looked up at him, he deliberately said,
"Mr. Pei, men and women are not close to each other. It's not good for you."
A smile overflowed from Pei Jinting's lips, clasping her white wrist,
"You and I don't have to avoid this."
That's fair to say.
The expression on his face is another.
Just like the dog that was abandoned by its owner, looking wet and pitiful.
Gu Qingyuan's heart softened and she turned her head away from him, fearing that she would become even more soft-hearted.
I was deceived and teased by him again.
Pei Jinting's dark eyes suppressed the shining light, and then there was some hint,
"Gu Yuanyuan. It is said that one should pledge one's body to one's savior. Many years ago, you saved my husband, and my husband pledged his body to you..."
On the day she learned the truth, Gu Qingyuan first encountered a commotion and then entered the palace. It was only today that Pei Jinting had the opportunity to talk about it.
Gu Qingyuan had forgotten some things. Although she was very curious, she still bit her lip and raised her chin.
"Isn't your savior your cousin?"
Pei Jinting played with her slender white fingers, the same hands that she used to stand on tiptoes to tie ropes on the tree.
Just treat her as young and tell her the past little by little.
As he said that, the hand that was originally attached to her waist opened the hem of her clothes and got in like a swimming fish.
Gu Qingyuan was still listening carefully to what he said about the rescue, comparing it with the memory in her mind.
Slowly, his thoughts were led astray.
For a while, I felt like the clouds in the sky, light and soft.
After a while, it was like a ball of soft mud, soft and without any strength.
At the end, he was like a fish out of water, breathing continuously from his lips.
In the haze, Gu Qingyuan keenly felt something unusual around her.
Holding his restless hand, staring at him shyly,
"Pei Jinting, why are you like this?"
On the wedding day, I was restless when I received thirty canes. Now I am still restless after receiving fifty canes.
Pei Jinting originally didn't want to do anything, but now he heard her say that even if he only has half a life left today, he must fight to the end today.
"Yuanyuan, Xiaosheng, this is repaying your kindness... I know that you don't value gold, silver and jewelry. You can only repay with your own body."
His lips gently pressed against Gu Qingyuan's,
"Do you know how fox fairies repay their kindness?"
Gu Qingyuan's cheeks turned red and she muttered, "How to repay?"
"I pledge myself to you. Although I am not a fox fairy, we have something in common..."
Gu Qingyuan knew that he was talking nonsense, but she still couldn't help but look at him.
Pei Jinting held her hand, pulled it down, and said in a low voice, "The fox fairy and I both have the same tail..."
Gu Qingyuan seemed to have touched something hot and stepped back in embarrassment.
"Pei Jinting, you still have the nerve to say..."
Pei Jinting looked at her leisurely, and at this moment, a light cough came from outside the window.
Outside the half-open window lattice, there seemed to be a vague figure, tall and burly.