C20

"In accordance to the heaven's will, the Emperor has decreed that: Prime Minister Wen's second daughter, Gu Morou, is gentle, virtuous and elegant. She has a kind personality and is an outstanding beauty.

"Gu Xiang, please accept the decree!"

Just as the imperial edict was delivered to Gu Minghong, Sun Rumei sat paralyzed on the ground with an unusually ugly expression.

How could it be Gu Morou?

How could that bitch Gu Morou even compare to her Xue'er?

By the side, Sun Rumei and Gu Moxue's faces were filled with disappointment and despair, but Gu Morou was calm as if she had expected this result. It was just that a hint of arrogance was seen in the corner of her eyes, which revealed her current mood, as well as the joy that her mother Liu Hongyu was having, which was difficult to hide.

Only Gu Shiyi's expression did not change from the beginning to the end. She had long guessed the outcome of this matter.

"Could it be a mistake, could it be a mistake …"

After the Eunuch had left the palace, Sun Rumei stepped forward and snatched the imperial edict as she talked to herself.

"Lord, there must have been a mistake. Xue'er and Rou'er are only separated by one word. Besides, regardless of her appearance or talent, Xue'er is above Rou'er. Everyone knows what to choose, so how could the emperor …"

"Pa ~ ~"

Before Sun Rumei could finish her words, she was heavily slapped in the face by Gu Minghong.

"Lowly servant, if you dare let me hear another word you said about His Majesty, I'll let you know how to write the word death!"

Gu Minghong's face was ashen, he was gnashing his teeth in anger. Sun Rumei actually dared to say that the emperor was blind, did she think that the lives of the people in the Prime Minister's Estate were too long? A Maidservant was born, if not on Waner's account, she would have thought that she could still call the wind and summon the rain in the backyard of the Prime Minister Residence.

Gu Moxue had always doted on the mother and daughter pair the most, yet he actually hit her mother when Gu Morou was bestowed the order to marry.

This was simply Gu Minghong's excuse for wanting to punish his mother.

Sun Rumei held onto the left side of her face that she was slapped on, her face was full of shame and anger. Ever since Ning Waner's death, she had never suffered such grievances before, she was just a concubine to the crown prince, and was already someone worth thinking so highly of, yet he did not give her face in front of so many people.

"Master, if Miss is aware in the afterlife, how sad would it be if she were to know that Mei Er was beaten up by Master just because of that!"

Sun Rumei immediately knelt on the ground, staring at Gu Minghong with an aggrieved expression, while her eyes were already filled with tears.

When he said those words, Liu Hongyu's heart immediately thumped, but when he saw Gu Minghong's eyes that had already turned soft, he immediately pinched his own arm, and rushed to the front of Sun Rumei, standing between her and Gu Minghong, and knelt down.

"That's right, Master. If Madam knew that Eleven had been promised to the Prince Su, she would definitely become a ghost!"

In terms of acting skills, Liu Hongyu was not inferior to him at all. After hearing what Liu Hongyu said, Gu Minghong's gentle eyes once again became ruthless. Looking at his reddened eyes and the veins on his forehead, Liu Hongyu could not help but heave a sigh of relief.

She did not dare to be interested in the people here. No matter how they tried, it had nothing to do with her, but her attention was still brought back after hearing Liu Hongyu's words.

Looking at Gu Minghong's sudden change in attitude, a huge question mark immediately rose in Gu Shiyi's heart.

The lady that Sun Rumei had mentioned should be her mother, Ning Waner. But why would Sun Rumei be able to obtain Gu Minghong's forgiveness by mentioning her mother, while Liu Hongyu had also mentioned her mother?

So Gu Minghong really hated her, even hated her, because his mother gave birth to her and he died in childbirth?

In Gu Shiyi's mind, she couldn't help but recall the time when she was treating Grandma Sun's son. Mrs. Sun had muttered to herself for some baffling reason: "Oh evil, the real culprit has always been at large, yet she made Miss bear the blame?"

Gu Shiyi's hearing was outstanding, upon hearing this question, she hurriedly asked, only to find that Old Sun was frantically waving his hands, saying that she had never said anything, his face was filled with fear. At that time, although she felt it was strange, she had not really cared about it due to the Phoenix Festival's approach.

Thinking about it now, Gu Shiyi started to suspect the real cause of death of Ning Waner. Although she wasn't the original owner and didn't have any feelings towards Ning Waner, it wouldn't be a bad thing to find the real culprit and remove the blame on her.

That was helping the original owner solve a problem, wasn't it?

More importantly, she had been the scapegoat for so many years. No matter what, she had to make the other party pay the price. She was a person who always had a grudge and a grudge.

At the moment, Gu Minghong's eyes were staring straight at Gu Shiyi, as if she was going to eat someone. However, Gu Shiyi's face was calm, and the corner of her mouth formed a faint smile as she looked back at Gu Minghong.

Gu Shiyi's intuition should be extremely similar to Ning Waner's to her face. Who told them to be mother and daughter? I wonder if she is smiling like her mother, Ning Waner?

At first, the red ruthlessness in Gu Minghong's eyes retreated, and gradually became gentler. However, it very quickly became violent again, and even more so than before.

Someone, bring the Second Madam to Little Buddha Hall to reflect on her actions. Hong Yu, I'll leave the authority of the housekeeper to you.

Gu Minghong became cold once again and quickly issued his order. He quickly got up and walked into the room.

"Liu Hongyu, don't get cocky too early …"

Before Sun Rumei was taken away by the servant, she left these words to Liu Hongyu with a provocative look. On the other hand, Liu Hongyu had a calm expression, as if nothing had happened.

From the looks of it, Sun Rumei had a card in his hand that was a bargaining chip for her to turn the situation around.

Gu Shiyi was the last one to leave the main hall. Before she left, she intentionally looked at Gao Fei who was still standing in the hall with a cold face. Gu Shiyi had a feeling that Gao Fei must know something about this matter.

"Third sister!"

As soon as Gu Shiyi walked out of the main hall, before she could even walk out of the front courtyard, she was stopped by Gu Moxue's slightly gentle and seductive voice.