She hit a nerve with these people.

General Xie was so angry that he couldn't speak.

Liu, who was standing to the side, also looked weak and sat down in a chair, holding her forehead in pain.

Several elders looked grim and jumped up in anger.

One of the elderly men, whose name was unknown, stood up, pointed at Gu Jiangli's name, and began to curse:

"Nonsense! Even if Liu's background was equally humble, she was innocent! You...you were a lone woman sent to the military camp, you're nothing but a military prostitute! What right do you have to shout at the Xie family!"

Gu Jiangli sneered.

This person finally said what General Xie hadn't said before.

Before she could speak, Xie Shiyan became angry.

"Uncle! Don't go too far with your words!"

The uncle was about to hurl insults when Gu Jiangli quickly cut him off.

"Who said I was a military prostitute? My uncle's words were truly astonishing."

“I was sent to the military camp because my wet nurse thought I was a spy from the Southern Kingdom, not to be sent to become a military prostitute.”

"I've never liked proving my innocence to people I don't know well, but my uncle's words were just too harsh."

Gu Jiangli and Xie Shiyan both had cold expressions.

Their overwhelming momentum really made them tremble.

In fact, Gu Jiangli's words were already very clear, and anyone with a brain could understand them.

She was sent to the military camp by her wet nurse, who had raised her from a young age. How could she not know Gu Jiangli's true identity?

This is clearly a case of betraying one's family for money in chaotic times.

But the group of old men were so angry that they stopped talking logically.

"A spy...isn't a spy even more despicable! A status that everyone hates! No different from a military prostitute!"

Gu Jiangli sneered without holding back, "Uncle is really getting senile."

"What did you say!?"

Gu Jiangli looked at him as if he were a fool and said, "Regardless of whether my identity as a spy is real or not, the Southern Lin Kingdom surrendered not long ago, and the letter of surrender has been sent to the palace along with the Xie family army."

"From now on, the two countries will no longer wage war. The southern neighboring country voluntarily submits to the Northern Qi and becomes a vassal state of the Northern Qi."

"Since it's a vassal state, does it even matter whether there are spies or not?"

The elders of the Xie family were all taken aback.

Even Xie Shiyan looked at her with surprise.

As Gu Jiangli said.

With Nanlin now under its control, it could only follow the lead of Northern Qi from then on.

Even the military cannot be freely controlled.

In a country that has lost the initiative, their spies are completely incapable of causing any harm to Northern Qi.

Even if Gu Jiangli wasn't originally a spy, and even if she were, that spy identity wouldn't serve any purpose.

Therefore, Gu Jiangli currently does not have any identity that is worthy of criticism.

She was just an ordinary woman who was betrayed and harmed by her family, and then rescued by Xie Shiyan.

Xie Shiyan narrowed his eyes.

He underestimated his wife.

Even if he doesn't say a word today and doesn't support her at all, she still has ways to make the Xie family furious.

And now, that's when they're so angry they're stunned and trembling.

"You..." General Xie pointed at Gu Jiangli's nose, unable to form a complete sentence for a long time.

"You're all glib! No matter what you say, you're not worthy of Shi Yan! And you show absolutely no respect for the elders of the Xie family! My Xie family will never accept such a disrespectful woman!"

"Is that impolite?" Gu Jiangli asked innocently. "I think I have already shown General Xie enough courtesy. Compared to the insults the Xie family has hurled at me, I have not even repaid them three points."

Her eyes and brows were smiling.

Xie Shiyan sat down to the side and leisurely drank tea.

Seeing how angry Gu Jiangli had made the Xie family, he suddenly realized that his plan was not naive at all.

On the contrary, it's quite perfect.

Xie Shiyan glanced at Gu Jiangli, who was looking carefree, and a faint smile appeared on his lips, but he quickly hid it in his teacup.

With the two sides unable to reach an agreement, ultimately someone had to step in to take charge.

"Alright!" The cane slammed heavily onto the ground, making a dull thud.

Everyone in the room instantly calmed down and sat back in their seats.

Only Gu Jiangli stood there, looking at the owner of the cane.

The white-haired Xie family grandmother's aged eyes seemed to see through the world, and Gu Jiangli met those aged eyes without fear.

A moment later, Xie's grandmother spoke:

"You old folks can still argue with a junior? Aren't you afraid of being laughed at?"

The words of Xie's grandmother were undoubtedly a slap in the face to the Xie family.

What was truly embarrassing wasn't their argument with Gu Jiangli, a junior, but rather that they, as a group, simply couldn't win the argument.

At this moment, they felt their faces burning with embarrassment and lowered their heads in embarrassment without saying a word.

Grandmother Xie looked at Gu Jiangli and Xie Shiyan again and said:

"Shiyan, your grandmother already knows what you're thinking."

"The Xie family has never cared about family reputation, and this has already been proven in your father's case."

After saying this, General Xie lowered his head even further.

"I can agree to your marriage, but I have one condition."

Xie Shiyan paused in his teacup, as if he had known all along that his grandmother would agree, and calmly asked, "What are the conditions?"

The Xie family matriarch spoke slowly: "You are the only bloodline of the Xie family. You should understand that offspring are more important than your marriage. If you want me to acknowledge this marriage, Miss Gu must first conceive your child."

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