Chapter 314: Token of Love

Yang Fuliu looked to be an old lady in her sixties or seventies. She was wearing a very fine brocade dress. She had a kind face, but her eyes were a little sharp.

Madam Gu was helped by her maid Zhuxiu to sit down at the main seat. The housekeeper stood beside her and said loudly to the couple, "This is our old lady. You two should quickly tell us the truth."

"I have met the old lady."

"I have met the old lady."

He hurriedly pulled Su Dayou and performed an awkward greeting, but saw that Su Ruirui was still sitting there without any reaction.

She was about to fight when she got angry, but Su Dayou grabbed her hand and warned her with his eyes.

Yang Fuliu smiled flatteringly, "Old Madam, this is what happened."

She took out a jade pendant from her bosom. When Mrs. Gu saw the jade pendant, her pupils suddenly shrank.

The housekeeper and Zhuxiu also widened their eyes in shock.

Madam Gu's tone was filled with shock and sharpness: "This is my Gu family's heirloom jade pendant, how could it be in your hands!"

Yang Fuliu and Su Dayou's eyes were filled with ecstasy. Su Ruirui raised her lowered head slightly, and her faint gaze fell on the jade pendant, revealing a hint of pain.

The butler immediately stepped forward and took the jade pendant to take a closer look.

Seeing this, Yang Fuliu hurriedly grasped the jade pendant and protected it behind her, "What are you doing? Do you want to rob it?"

The housekeeper immediately frowned, "This is the heirloom jade pendant of my Yong'an Marquis Mansion, which was bestowed by the founding emperor. Do you three want to seize the gift? This is a capital crime, so you should think carefully!"

Su Dayou shuddered when he heard this, and Yang Fuliu didn't expect that the jade pendant was so valuable.

She couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief. Fortunately, she thought the jade pendant was valuable and wanted to keep it for her son, so she didn't sell it. Otherwise, she might have been thrown into jail.

"Madam, that's not what I meant. The jade pendant must be returned to the Marquis' Mansion. Otherwise, the three of us wouldn't have come all the way to Kyoto City. It's just..."

Su Dayou took over the conversation and continued, "It's just that this jade pendant is our Ruirui's token of love, we have to make things clear!"

The housekeeper refuted sharply: "Nonsense! How could our young marquis give the jade pendant to your daughter as a token of love!"

From the age of seven to the age of twenty, Gu Qingyu always followed Qi Yue.

Not only is this matter known to the entire city, but even if you randomly pick a local in Kyoto City, they will know something about it.

Even when Qi Yue got married, Gu Qingyu was heartbroken, but still did not choose to marry someone else.

To say that he has fallen in love with someone else is impossible even if red rain falls from the sky, the sun rises from the west, or an 80-year-old woman becomes pregnant!

Hearing the couple's nonsense, Madam Gu's face darkened. "Bring the jade pendant here so I can take a closer look. If it is really the Gu family's heirloom jade pendant, I will give you an explanation."

The couple looked at each other, and Yang Fuliu took out the jade pendant again doubtfully.

Hearing this, Su Ruirui's dull eyes, which had been as still as death, moved slightly.

The next second she pounced towards Yang Fuliu and snatched the jade pendant away.

This sudden attack scared the couple, and when they reacted they wanted to grab the jade pendant.

Su Ruirui knelt heavily in front of the old lady with a bang, holding the jade pendant above her head with both hands.

Su Dayou didn't expect that Su Ruirui, who had always been cowardly, would be like this. He was immediately furious and was about to kick her.

He was subdued in an instant by the housekeeper who was staring at them from the side. With another "bang", Su Dayou was kicked hard to the ground.

"Come here! Take down these two unruly people who want to assassinate the old lady! Take them to Jingzhao Yin for interrogation and punishment immediately!"

Yang Fuliu lost her jade pendant and saw that things were getting out of control, so she started screaming in panic.

"It's unfair! The Yong'an Marquisate is such a black-hearted and powerful place..."

Before she could finish, a group of servants rushed in to guard the house. Zhuxiu pointed at the two people and said sternly, "Hurry up and shut up these two lowly people! Don't let them tarnish the reputation of the Marquis's Mansion!"

Su Dayou quickly got up and resisted, but the two men were no match for the guards. In a few seconds, he was tied up tightly and gagged.

Madam Gu looked at Su Ruirui who was kneeling in front of her with a serious face. She saw bruises on the wrists of the girl who was holding the jade pendant high, and her clothes were too small and ill-fitting.

His hair was dry and grey, his cheeks were skinny, and he looked completely different from the couple.

Both husband and wife were dressed in fine cotton clothes and looked healthy and well-built.

Especially Yang Fuliu, whose face was pretty, and she looked plump and wealthy, but her eyes were always flashing with greed and calculation, which greatly reduced her appearance.

It seems that this girl has been tortured and abused by this couple for a long time.

Thinking of this, Madam Gu's eyes softened a little.

"Young lady, please stand up and tell me the whole story. If this matter has nothing to do with you, the Yong'an Marquis' Mansion will definitely not make things difficult for you."

As she spoke, Zhuxiu stepped forward, took the jade pendant from her hand, presented it to Old Madam Gu, and asked her to take a closer look.

Su Ruirui did not stand up, but kowtowed three times to Old Madam Gu.

"I am guilty, please forgive me, old lady..."

Just as he opened his mouth, Gu Qingyu's voice came from the door.

"Grandma, what's going on?"

Hearing his voice, the couple who were tied together began to struggle violently.

Su Ruirui's breathing quickened and her whole body tensed up.

Gu Qingyu walked in with his long legs, glanced at the couple who were forced to kneel on the ground by the servants, and felt that they looked familiar. He turned to look at Su Ruirui who was also kneeling on the ground.

He couldn't see her appearance, nor did he care, so he turned to look at Madam Gu.

"Grandma, where did these people come from?"

Butler/Zhuxiu/servants: "Young Marquis."

Madam Gu: "Brother Yu, where is your heirloom jade pendant?"

Gu Qingyu's expression paused, and his eyes unconsciously became a little vague.

"Grandma, why did you suddenly ask this? I was afraid of losing the heirloom jade pendant, so I put it away..."

Zhuxiu and the housekeeper exchanged glances, which made Gu Qingyu look puzzled.

Seeing this, Zhuxiu could only lower her head and present the jade pendant back to him.

Gu Qingyu was shocked, "This is... my jade pendant!"

Madam Gu gave a look, and the housekeeper immediately ordered the servants to take the couple away first.

At this time, Su Ruirui also raised her head.

Gu Qingyu took the jade pendant, looked at it carefully and rubbed it for a while, confirming once again that it was indeed his jade pendant.

He caught a glimpse of Su Ruirui's appearance from the corner of his eye, frowned, walked closer, and looked at her with his head tilted.

"Why did you come to Kyoto?"

When Mrs. Gu saw that he actually recognized Su Ruirui, the anger that she had just suppressed rose up again, and she raised her hand to grab his ear.

"Did you really give the jade pendant away as a token of love?"