C37

"Fine, give the orders for me so that they …"

Gu Shiyi whispered by Qian Mochen's side for a while, then she walked in the direction of the Sky Water Residence.

Using the power of the Thousand Star Pavilion, changing Gu Morou from the crown prince's side concubine to the main concubine was as easy as flipping a palm. Since it was a deal between her and Liu Hongyu, she would keep her word.

For the next few days, Gu Shiyi did not go out of the house. Instead, she stayed at the Sky Water Curtain, accompanied with Xiao Zhi to eat and sleep, and after sleeping and eating, she started to ignore everything in the residence, and slowly waited for the wedding day.

"Third Miss, the old master invites you to the main hall of the front courtyard to receive his orders!"

The person who had come was Liu Hongyu's personal mama. Her attitude was extremely respectful and her face was filled with joy, which allowed Gu Shiyi to immediately guess the reason behind this.

The final result was not within Gu Shiyi's expectations. Gu Morou had officially become the crown prince's official wife and their marriage would officially conclude in March next year.

After receiving the orders, Liu Hongyu deliberately went to Gu Shiyi's Sky Water Residence. She thanked her a thousand times for her kindness and even gifted her a few gifts, saying that she would definitely get Gu Shiyi married in a glorious manner.

Just as Liu Hongyu was about to leave, Gu Minghong immediately sent someone to invite her to Cangwu Academy. Although Gu Shiyi did not know what intentions Gu Minghong had, he still followed the servant.

However, the servant did not walk towards the front courtyard, but instead, walked towards the direction of the forbidden grounds of the General's Estate. Gu Shiyi's suspicions became even stronger, that forbidden grounds, was precisely the place where her mother, Ning Waner, had lived in when they were alive, meaning it was Duo Fei Yuan. Ever since Ning Waner passed away, the Duo Fei Courtyard had been sealed away, and this servant had brought her all the way to the Duo Fei Courtyard.

"Halt!"

Gu Shiyi stopped in her tracks, and shouted to the attendant that was leading the way, but in her heart, a bad premonition began to spread.

Immediately after, Gu Shiyi felt a heavy blow on the back of her neck, and immediately lost consciousness.

When Gu Shiyi woke up, she was lying on an unfamiliar bed. In front of her, Gu Minghong was sitting on the bed and looking at her with infatuation.

"Waner!"

Gu Minghong muttered and extended his hand out to touch Gu Shiyi's face.

A wave of cold suddenly spread to all of Gu Shiyi's limbs, and she instinctively bit down hard on the big hand that was reaching over.

Being bitten, both of Gu Minghong's eyes immediately became clear. Looking at Gu Shiyi who was lying on the bed, she suddenly felt ashamed and helpless, and hurriedly retreated a few steps. She completely did not understand what happened to him, and he almost did something outrageous to his own daughter.

Gu Shiyi's mouth was currently filled with Gu Minghong's stench of blood, but in the next moment, Gu Shiyi frowned again. She finally understood the reason, she understood the reason behind all of this.

"Father, help Eleven untie the rope!"

Looking at Gu Minghong's clear eyes, Gu Shiyi knew that he was awake and safe at the moment. That was why she dared to be at ease and let Gu Minghong untie the ropes for her.

After panicking, Gu Minghong regained his composure and hurriedly untied the rope on Gu Shiyi's body. Then, he took a few steps back again, afraid that he would do something bad to Gu Shiyi again.

After Gu Shiyi untied the medicine, she ran back to the Heavenly Water Mansion as fast as she could. There was a large batch of medicinal herbs that Situ Jing had sent over last time, so she had everything she needed.

Fortunately, she had just taken a bite of Gu Minghong and discovered the reason for his abnormality.

Gu Minghong's blood was different from an ordinary person's rusty iron smell, but it had a strange, sweet smell, which was a very obvious trace of poison, and this poison was precisely the Heart Confusion Powder that could confuse a person's mind, causing them to hallucinate. He had been poisoned for at least seventeen years, which meant that Gu Minghong had been poisoned even before Ning Waner got pregnant.

Then, after so many years, he had treated her so harshly, ignored her, did he realise that something was amiss when Gu Minghong was awake, and in order to protect her from harm, he did this to her?

Gu Shiyi felt that her guess was right, so when she made the Antidote for Gu Minghong and let him drink, she asked him about the cause and effect behind it, and in the end, the answer she got was pretty much the same as Gu Shiyi's guess.

During the period of Ning Waner's pregnancy, Gu Minghong would often feel upset or even hallucinate, which caused him to become more and more suspicious.

Just as Ning Waner was about to reach the stage, he unintentionally saw Ning Waner bring a portrait of a man into the warehouse, and the portrait of that man made him feel as if Ning Waner was wearing a green hat.

In that period of time, Gu Minghong's attitude towards Ning Waner, who was a pregnant woman who was about to be pregnant, was especially bad.

When Ning Waner was giving birth, there was a voice in her head that kept on telling him that the child was not his. That voice came closer and clearer, and at the same time, a huge sense of humiliation enveloped him.

At that time, Gu Minghong was sitting outside the delivery room with a violent look in his eyes, waiting, his face filled with anxiety as he heard the painful cries of Ning Waner inside.

When Gu Minghong personally saw Ning Waner's body go lifeless in front of him, his brain suddenly became clear in an instant. There was only grief left, and he also started to suspect if there was something wrong with her body.

Seeing that little daughter who had just been born, and then thinking back to the decline of his Ning Family, for the first time, Gu Minghong felt helpless. It also made him make the decision to treat Gu Shiyi cheaply to protect her.

In these past few years, besides the reason why his Ning Family had risen so high, it was also because his own ability was outstanding, to the point that after his Ning Family had declined, he did not receive any sort of burden.

In these past few years, although Gu Minghong had not experienced illusions and hallucinations as many times as he had at the beginning, it was very obvious that he was abnormal when he was in the backyard.

"Father, can you remember that every time you hallucinate, there is something special that doesn't change."

Every time the Bewitching Heart Powder broke out, there had to be a primer for it to work.

After hearing Gu Shiyi's reminder, Gu Minghong also suddenly realized what was going on.

"Speaking of which, every time father has hallucinations, Gao Fei would bring father a scented sachet. This time, Gao Fei specifically told me to put it on when he was in the study on the day of his death."

With that said, Gu Minghong took the scented sachet off his waist and gave it to Gu Shiyi.

Gu Shiyi caught the scented sachet and sniffed it. There was no longer any smell in it, if she guessed correctly, the medicinal properties of the scented sachet had all evaporated within three days, and the time was also perfect.

"Father, when did Gao Fei come to your side?"

Gu Shiyi frowned, no wonder she felt that there was something wrong with Gao Fei at the start.

Just as Gu Shiyi asked that, Gu Minghong suddenly stood up from her chair, her eyes also becoming lifeless for a moment, followed by a wave of immense regret that filled his heart.

When did Gao Fei follow him?

He only followed Waner when she was just pregnant!

So, after all, he was the real culprit who killed Waner. If it wasn't for his love and concern, why would he bring that impoverished scholar back home?

Looking at Gu Minghong who had a face full of self-blame and regret, Gu Shiyi didn't know how to explain. She could even more understand the feeling of killing a loved one than Gu Minghong.

Gu Shiyi didn't say anything and quietly left the room, leaving Gu Minghong alone in the room, feeling extremely heartbroken.