To be honest, the first thing that came to her mind was a certain indescribable organ.

However, if an old coroner can ask his female apprentice a question, it must be an academic one.

She blinked, tilted her head, and thought seriously.

In broad daylight, we must look at it from a different perspective; what he's talking about is definitely not something to tease people, but a serious academic issue.

Just then, the carriage suddenly veered off course and crashed into the wall next to it.

Gu Shaoyu lifted the carriage curtain and called out authoritatively, "Nanxing!"

Nanxing hurriedly apologized: "I'm sorry, Master, I didn't use enough strength. I'll rein in the horse right away."

Nanxing also got the wrong idea!!!

Xie Zhaozhao covered her mouth with a handkerchief, lowered her eyes, and laughed silently.

Gu Shaoyu glanced at her and asked seriously, "Have you figured it out yet?"

Xie Zhaozhao had no choice but to straighten her voice and say, "I'm not a doctor, so I really can't think of any specific organ."

“This is a difficult question,” Gu Shaoyu nodded. “Even the female coroner couldn’t figure it out and blushed.”

Xie Zhaozhao buried her head in her arms and bit her lip slightly.

Gu Shaoyu, you almost made Nanxing bang her head against the wall!

"The old coroner asked his male apprentice again, and the male apprentice said: It's Tongzi! If you magnify Tongzi about 5 times, you can see the appearance of the murderer before he died."

"The old coroner was very pleased, and then said to the female coroner: 'Your skills are not good enough, and your thoughts are not pure. You are not suitable to be a coroner.'"

Gu Shaoyu looked at her blinking, somewhat surprised and somewhat enlightened.

"When the old coroner chased his female apprentice away, he said something... Guess what he said?"

Xie Zhaozhao thought, "Isn't it a pity to lose such a talented person?"

He said, "You'll be very disappointed after you get married!"

Xie Zhaozhao paused for a moment after hearing his words, then looked for something in the car that she could use to hit someone.

She knew that whenever the words "Dali Temple" appeared, it was bound to be bad news.

No matter what case it is, in the end it all comes back to playing pranks on people.

Gu Shaoyu grabbed the hand she used to hit someone and whispered in her ear, "Are you disappointed?"

Xie Zhaozhao didn't say anything, but punched him hard in the chest.

Gu Shaoyu laughed silently, a laugh that was both flamboyant and radiant.

Nanxing didn't want to eavesdrop, but unfortunately, its ears wouldn't listen to it; the more it was told not to listen, the more they perked up.

So, aside from what the Grand Secretary said, he even imagined the Grand Secretary's expression as enough to warrant a beating from the military!

When the carriage arrived at the gate of the Marquis of Pingyang's residence, Xie Zhaozhao's carriage entered the residence first.

Zhang Qing and the others assumed Xie Zhaozhao was in their carriage, so they politely prepared a stool for her to dismount.

As Manman lifted the carriage curtain and stepped down, before she could even help her young mistress, Gu Shaoyu had already taken Xie Zhaozhao's hand and led her out of the car.

Coincidentally, Ruhua was playing with Gu Yuebai in the front yard.

As Gu Yuebai watched Xie Zhaozhao and Gu Shaoyu descend, and with so many people in the manor treating them with utmost respect, even at his young age, he knew that those riding in such grand carriages with guards must be important figures, people he couldn't afford to offend and could only try to curry favor with.

He broke free from Ruhua's hand, ran up to her, looked up at her with his little face, and said innocently, "I've seen you before, are you a fairy from heaven?"

Seeing his smile, Xie Zhaozhao's good mood from the journey vanished.

In her previous life, Gu Yuebai didn't enter the household so early. She entered the household three years after her marriage to Gu Chengyan.

He was seven years old at that time, but he was still shorter than her chest.

Gu Chengyan said with deep affection, "Madam, he will be our son from now on."

When the two met for the first time, Gu Yuebai stood in front of her, his eyes filled with extremely complicated emotions despite his young age.

Hostility, jealousy, hurt.

She didn't force him at the time, but gently said to him, "You are already seven years old and have the right to decide your own future. If you are willing to be my son, I will do my best to raise you. Of course, you also need to repay me and the Crown Prince with filial piety."

Gu Yuebai said hatefully, "I have parents, I don't want to be your son."

"Alright, I respect you." That's what she said at the time. She didn't fawn over him like the others in the mansion.

Both Madam Tu and the old lady knew that he was Gu Chengyan's biological son, so they doted on him extremely.

Xie Zhaozhao didn't care; it didn't matter to her who she adopted. Gu Yuebai, however, was unwilling, as many children from collateral branches wanted to be adopted by her.

However, just two days later, he came to us on his own initiative, and the hostility in his eyes was gone, replaced by a serious attitude towards negotiation.

"If I were your son, would you give me the position of the eldest son?"

"That depends on whether you have noble character!"

"Will you help me find a teacher?"

"Yes, we will invite the best scholars. The prerequisite is that you are willing to study hard."

Will you only support me?

"If you are filial, one child is enough."

"Then I'm willing to be your son. I want to be the most obedient and filial son." He smiled, his eyes full of remorse. "I'm sorry, Mother. I spoke rudely that day. I won't do it again!"

Compared to the three-and-a-half-year-old child in front of her who wore her heart on her sleeve, Gu Yuebai in her previous life was already a master of acting when she first met her.

She portrayed a character whose emotions unfolded in layers: longing for her biological mother, being forced by life's hardships, respecting her adoptive mother, and being a caring son...

Using a youthful face and superb acting skills, they weave a series of increasingly elaborate pig-butchering scams.

Xie Zhaozhao never imagined that their first meeting would lead to acting, and that it would last for fifteen years.

...

"Eldest sister, this child only came to the manor to play; he was not given to the Marquis's manor."

When Xie Xiangxiang heard from Chunling that Gu Yuebai was talking to Xie Zhaozhao in the front yard, she became extremely nervous and rushed over immediately.

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