Gu Qing's tone was gentle and her eyes were sincere. When she looked at Gu's father, she was full of admiration. It was hard to imagine that she was the driving force behind everything that happened these days.

Father Gu was deceived by her appearance and nodded with great satisfaction.

"Good boy, thanks to you for planning for this family and taking care of Miao'er, we have saved the reputation of our Gu family."

He waved his hand gently, motioning Gu Qing to come forward, and pushed an exquisite brocade box to her.

"This is the dragon and phoenix jade bracelet passed down from our Gu family. I am giving it to you as a gift."

Gu Qing looked at the brocade box, feeling shocked and surprised.

She had never heard that the Gu family had an ancestral jade bracelet!

And judging from the situation today, I’m afraid that what the black-hearted father is going to say next will be of great significance.

"Father, what you said is what Qing'er should do. This thing is so valuable, Qing'er dare not accept it."

She pretended to be frightened and refused.

Father Gu completely ignored her objection, opened the brocade box, took out the dragon and phoenix bracelet from it, and put it on her hand without any explanation.

"Why wouldn't you dare accept it? I have no sons, only you and Miao'er. When I die, everything in the family will belong to you two sisters."

After saying this, Father Gu sighed and said, "Actually, I wanted to give you this bracelet when you got married, but..."

He hesitated and did not say the following words.

Seeing that he was playing hard to get, Gu Qing sneered inwardly and deliberately did not continue the conversation.

Father Gu was left standing there, pursing his lips awkwardly.

After all, he had been immersed in officialdom for many years, so he quickly relieved the embarrassment, ignored Gu Qing, and talked to himself.

"As for why I didn't give it to you on the day you got married, it was because I didn't trust the Chen family. Now that you've been married into the Chen family for some time, have you made any progress on the things I entrusted to you?"

When these things were mentioned, Father Gu's eyes brightened up a lot.

"It was my daughter's incompetence that failed to fulfill her father's wishes."

Gu Qing put on a self-blaming look, "After my daughter married into the Chen family, she realized that everything in the mansion was managed and taken care of by her mother-in-law. I don't know if they were deliberately afraid of her, but my daughter couldn't get involved at all."

"you……"

Father Gu frowned, with deep displeasure in the corners of his eyes and eyebrows, but he couldn't show it.

After all, I will need her in the future, so I have to coax her.

"Never mind, I can't blame you. If you want to blame someone, blame the Chen family for being so scheming. Qing'er, you have always been simple and pure-minded. How could you possibly compete with that family?"

His eyes turned, and he changed the subject, "Yin Wei, who is by my side, is intelligent and mature. Why don't you take her back with you? With her helping you with your plans, I can feel more at ease."

This is to blatantly place people around him!

Gu Qing snorted in her heart, but pretended to admire him. "Father is a good person. Your daughter thanks you very much."

But she seemed to think of something the next moment, and immediately frowned, her expression becoming embarrassed.

"But the Chen family is already wary of my daughter. If she rashly takes Weiwei back home today, wouldn't it arouse even more suspicion? I'm afraid she won't be able to act freely then."

Father Gu was silent for a long time before finally nodding.

"It's just as you said. I was acting too hastily as a father."

"But this matter is truly of great importance. Whether it succeeds or not, it affects our entire Gu family, including your father and your mother. You must speed up the process!"

He deliberately bit the word "mother".

Gu Qing's heart sank.

This damn black-hearted father only knows how to use his mother to threaten me.

"My daughter knows!"

She suppressed her emotions, showed a sweet smile to Father Gu, and said coquettishly, "I really envy my mother for having such a good husband like my father, who cares about her all the time. I told others about this a while ago, but they all looked at me in disbelief! It wasn't until I told them a lot of stories that they believed me and were very envious."

What she meant was that many people were watching them now, and if anything happened to her mother, it would mean that her words were all lies.

Someone who cares about face like Gu's father will definitely be cautious!

Father Gu also understood what she meant and was angry in his heart, but he pretended to smile on the surface.

"Since you mentioned this, I have something I want to ask of you."

Finally getting to the point!

Gu Qing stared and listened attentively.

"Father heard that you won the favor of the wife of the Marquis of Fucheng on the day of the palace banquet. Two days ago, the wife of the Marquis of Fucheng also invited you to attend her banquet?"

He laid the groundwork patiently, and Gu Qing nodded in cooperation. He could see clearly in his heart that it was probably because of the banquet.

"The wife of the Marquis of Fucheng is of noble status. It is truly wonderful that you have won her favor..."

He talked for a long time but never got to the point.

Gu Qing sneered.

It seems that the black-hearted father still has some sense of propriety.

But the next second, he still said with a brave face: "You also know that Miao'er will soon reach the age of marriage, and it is time for her to choose a husband. If you can introduce her to the wife of the Marquis of Fucheng and win her favor, she will definitely be able to choose a noble husband in the future."

"You are sisters. Miao'er married well, and she will naturally help you in the future..."

Help her?

Given Gu Miao's personality, it would be a blessing if he didn't humiliate me. If he ever wanted to kill me, I might not even be able to save my life.

Gu Qing was sarcastic in his heart, but at the same time he couldn't help but feel curious.

Could it be that Gu Miao's face has healed?

She narrowed her cold eyes slightly, looking at the black-hearted father who was still racking his brains to persuade her, curled the corners of her lips, and agreed without hesitation.

Looking at Father Gu's smiling face, she sneered inwardly.

I also want to see what tricks Gu Miao can use!

…

In the carriage.

Gu Qing looked at Pei'er's red and swollen forehead and knew that she must have been troubled by Aunt Liu.

But she deserves it!

There was no trace of pity between Gu Qing's eyebrows. Instead, he raised his lips, looked at her with mischief, and spoke in a tone of pretended surprise.

"Hey, Pei'er, what's wrong with your forehead?"

Pei'er was startled by her question and then she remembered the injury on her head. She looked away and stammered, "Yes, I accidentally bumped into it."

"oh?"

Gu Qing stretched out his tone, seemingly not believing it.

Pei'er bit her lips tightly and explained hurriedly: "It's true."

"It's all my fault for being too careless. I didn't see the step under my feet and missed a step, so I fell straight down. Fortunately, the bump wasn't too serious, but it scared me to death."

Gu Qing looked at her forehead which was sweating from nervousness, sneered, and was not going to tease her anymore.

"Be more careful next time. Go back and ask them to call a doctor to prescribe some medicine for you!"

Pei'er heaved a sigh of relief after hearing this.

The young lady is obviously still very caring towards me and doesn't look like she knows anything at all!