They do look extremely similar.

When she first got the zither, didn't she also find the small picture book in it and see many portraits that looked exactly like Jiang Mingzhu?

However, Jiang Yong'an once said that twelve years ago, Princess Jinse jumped off the city wall and died for her country.

Pearl's age doesn't match.

There's no way they could be related.

Gu An'an felt calm again, realizing she had been overthinking things.

She nodded. "It is somewhat inappropriate. It seems that stripping him of his official title was not unjust. Let's go."

Regardless of why Sun Hanzhou was stripped of his academic honors, Gu An'an had to abandon her earlier thoughts.

She didn't want to have such a time bomb next to her.

Even if someone is extremely learned, that won't work.

Just as the two left, the door to Sun Hanzhou's thatched hut opened from the inside again. The goddess from the dream had vanished, and the man asked anxiously, "Where are those two?"

The children, who usually enjoyed teasing Sun Jinshi, were surprisingly honest this time and said, "Let's go."

"Gone?" Sun Hanzhou was greatly shocked when he heard this. "How could she have left? I wasn't seeing things, that was her."

He suddenly stepped forward and grabbed the child's arm. "Where did she go?"

Sun Hanzhou usually reasoned with these children with a helpless expression, but he never laid a hand on them.

This has really scared the children. "Of course, we'll go back to the shop."

"What shop?" He must be going to visit the goddess.

"It's Gu's Food Shop on the busiest street."

"Gu's Food Shop." Sun Hanzhou released the child.

The children who escaped danger then made up a rhyme: "Isn't Sun Hanzhou ashamed? He only drinks wine and doesn't eat porridge. He doesn't know about Gu's food shop. Isn't a dignified scholar ashamed?"

However, all of these were kept outside the thatched hut.

He was going to see the goddess, so he had to dress up properly; how could he go so hastily?

That won't do.

It's simply disrespectful to the goddess.

Gu An'an had no idea what Sun Hanzhou was thinking.

After failing to find the person, she told Jiang Mingzhu to go home, while she went to the shop to keep busy.

As soon as I got there, I saw Su San Niang's needlework shop next door moving things out. "What's going on?"

Su San Niang laughed when she heard this, turned around and went inside, but didn't say anything more.

Liu Jiuniang, however, looked worried. "I heard she's going to repurpose this shop."

Gu An'an asked casually, "What should I do?"

Liu Jiuniang hesitated for a moment before saying, "I want to do that kind of thing."

"What kind of thing are you referring to?"

Little did Liu Jiuniang know that despite having four children, Gu An'an was still a virgin, and she never considered the worst possible outcome.

She lowered her voice and explained, "It's about making a living through prostitution."

Gu An'an could no longer maintain her composure.

Prostitution.

That's a really ruthless move.

If Su Ji's needlework shop really becomes a brothel, the first to suffer will be Gu An'an.

She has not only male customers, but also quite a few female customers.

The business next door is illicit; how can female customers come here?

Gu An'an looked displeased and comforted Liu Jiuniang, who was filled with worry, "It's alright, don't worry, I'll think of something later."

Liu Jiuniang knew this was just a way to comfort herself; she had no good solution.

However, she also knew that being gloomy all the time was not a solution, so she decided to take it one step at a time.

"By the way, Xiao Gu, the young man who stayed at your house just now brought someone over. He looks quite handsome, and several people have been asking me where he's from. Maybe he wants to play matchmaker."

Gu An'an laughed when she heard this, "Where are they from?"

"It sounds like that young man's older brother. He doesn't look particularly like him, so I didn't dare to ask."

Chen Bei's elder brother?

Chen Yuan, the eldest son of Chen Fangdao, the prefect of Anzhou, is now the commander of the military command of Anling and the three prefectures. How could he possibly come to the small territory of Anping?

I guess it was some friend that Chen Bei made.

Gu An'an followed Liu Jiuniang inside, saying, "No matter who they are, they are guests, so we should treat them well."

"I know, they ordered a few specialty dishes and even praised them, and Xiao Wu also got a piece of silver."

Xiao Wu is still working in the shop, but now he dares not be greedy for money anymore.

Upon receiving the tip, he immediately handed it to Liu Jiuniang.

The money felt like it was burning my hands.

Gu An'an smiled and saw the young man sitting there as soon as she entered the room.

Although he was just sitting there, one could tell that the young man was tall and handsome, with striking eyebrows and bright eyes.

Holding a small wine cup in his hand, he listened to what Chen Bei was saying, a faint smile in his eyes.

Perhaps sensing that someone was watching, those eyes shot over with lightning speed.

Gu An'an smiled and nodded in greeting.

Chen Bei turned around and smiled when she saw Gu An'an. "Hey, Sister Gu, you're back so soon! Zhu'er didn't come back with you."

“I sent her home.”

“Then I’ll go back too. My older brother just brought me a score, and I’ll go discuss it with Zhu’er.”

After saying that, the person had already slipped away.

Gu An'an was dumbfounded. How could you run so fast, child?

Chen Yuan, however, was already used to it.

At least now it's for a musical score; before, it was all because of those effeminate women that people got so angry.

"Abei is a bit too impulsive, and I've really troubled Manager Gu these past few days."

Gu An'an was really unsure of the other person's identity, so she smiled and replied, "No, not really."

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