Chapter 311: What a Heartbreaking Plan

Chu Ruohan nodded, holding Xuan Ge'er and followed her mother into the main hall.

When Mr. Chu saw his daughter, his eyes were filled with relief.

"Dad." Chu Ruohan saluted.

"Please sit down." Father Chu motioned her to sit down. "Do you have any good news to tell us this time?"

Chu Ruohan smiled slightly, "Yes, there is good news from the front line, Junze will be back soon."

"It is indeed good news." Father Chu nodded, but there was still worry on his face.

"But I heard that the ceasefire is quite strange, and there are many different opinions in the court. Do you know the inside story?"

Chu Ruohan pursed her lips and said nothing more. Some things, the less you know, the better.

Xuan Ge'er twisted restlessly in her arms, patting her cheeks with his little hands and babbling to get her attention.

Chu Ruohan smiled, grabbed his little hand, and kissed it gently.

"Brother Xuan has grown a lot taller and can talk more."

"This child is very smart." Mother Chu said proudly, "He's only a little over a year old, but he can already call people. There's not a single servant in the mansion who isn't fooled around by him."

Chu Ruohan put Xuan Ge'er on her lap and teased him.

"Really? Then Brother Xuan, please ask grandpa and grandma to come and listen."

Xuan Ge'er blinked his big eyes and called out in a baby voice, "Grandpa, Grandma!"

"Good boy!" Father Chu stroked his beard, unable to hide his joy.

Chu Ruohan looked at her son's innocent smile, her heart filled with guilt.

At that time, the emperor ordered her to move to Jing'an Residence, but in fact he wanted to imprison her.

She was pregnant and was afraid that she would not be able to take good care of Xuan'er, so she left him with his parents.

"Brother Xuan, do you want to go home with your mother?" Chu Ruohan asked softly.

Xuan Ge'er nodded vigorously, his little face full of anticipation: "I want to! Mom... go home!"

Mother Chu was a little reluctant, but still nodded in understanding.

"Now that the war has subsided, it's good for you to go back. Children always follow their parents."

"Yes, and Junze will be back soon. It's a good thing for the family to be reunited." Chu's father added.

Chu Ruohan felt warm in her heart and looked at her parents with gratitude.

"Thank you for your understanding, Dad and Mom. I'm sorry that Xuan Ge'er has been worrying about you all this time in the mansion."

"What's the big deal? They're all our own children." Mother Chu waved her hands, her face full of kindness.

"However, you must take good care of yourself. If there is anything you need help with in the mansion, please let me know."

"I know, Mom." Chu Ruohan nodded.

After lunch, Chu Ruohan played with Xuan Ge'er in the mansion. Seeing him chasing butterflies in the courtyard, she couldn't help but smile.

This child is becoming more and more lively.

After saying goodbye to her parents, Chu Ruohan returned to Jing'anju with the sleeping Xuan Ge'er in her arms.

As the carriage drove through the long street, the hustle and bustle outside could be heard faintly. It was not as prosperous and bustling as before, but instead had a strange sense of restlessness.

Yuling lifted a corner of the car curtain, looked out, her face changed slightly, and then she quickly put it down.

"What's wrong?" Chu Ruohan gently stroked Xuan Ge'er's back.

"Young Madam... outside..." Yuling hesitated to speak, looking panicked.

Chu Ruohan's heart sank slightly.

After returning to Jing'an Residence and settling Xuan'er down, Chu Ruohan dismissed her attendants and left only Yuling behind.

"Tell me, what happened outside?" Yuling knelt down with a plop, her voice filled with tears.

"Young Madam, people are saying... that the Crown Prince..."

Chu Ruohan's eyes suddenly turned cold, and her fingertips curled up unconsciously.

"Tell him what?"

"Collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country!" Yuling uttered these words with difficulty, lowering her head deeply, not daring to look into Chu Ruohan's eyes.

"It's a lie to say that General Gu won the battle. In reality, he accepted the enemy's favor, which was the reason for the ceasefire..."

Chu Ruohan's hand holding the teacup stopped in mid-air, her knuckles turning white.

It came as expected.

Gu Chengyan, you are really impatient.

"What else?" Her voice was eerily calm.

Yuling gritted her teeth and continued, "At first...at first, some people defended General Gu, saying that he was the son of Princess Anyang and that he would never do such a treasonous act."

"But then... a drunk old man appeared out of nowhere and started talking nonsense in the bar..."

"He said... he said General Gu is not the Marquis of Anyang's biological son at all, but... he is the bastard born from the eldest princess's affair with a general from an enemy nation!"

"Bang!" The teacup flew out of his hand and shattered onto the ground.

The scalding tea splashed onto Chu Ruohan's skirt, but she was completely unaware.

A bone-chilling chill rushed from the soles of my feet to the top of my head.

This dirty water was not only thrown at Junze, but also intended to drag the long-deceased Princess Anyang into the quagmire, so that she would not have peace even after her death!

"Young Madam, please calm down and take care of yourself!"

Chu Ruohan slowly closed her eyes, and when she opened them again, her eyes were already cold.

"Malicious slander? Haha, this method is in line with his style."

Apart from Gu Chengyan, who else would use such a despicable and vicious method?

First he questioned his military achievements, then he tarnished his background, step by step pushing Jun Ze into an abyss of no return.

He even went so far as to bring up the past affairs of Princess Anyang and blamed the Anyang Marquis' rebellion on this, saying that he could not bear the great humiliation.

What a heart-breaking trick.

"What are people outside saying now?" Chu Ruohan's voice was as cold as ice.

Yuling trembled as she spoke, "Everyone...everyone is talking about it, saying...that it's no wonder Marquis Anyang rebelled, it turns out he was cuckolded..."

"Some people also say that since General Gu's background is questionable, is he planning to...cooperate with the outside world and invite the enemy in?"

Rumors were like an invisible giant net, covering the sky and earth, trying to swallow Gu Junze completely.

But he was still on his way back to Beijing and knew nothing about it.

Chu Ruohan slowly stood up with the help of the table, took a deep breath, and forced herself to calm down.

No, we must not let these rumors continue to ferment.

Given the emperor's suspicious nature, he must have become suspicious of Gu Junze by now.

We must find a way to stabilize the situation as soon as possible.

She had to suppress this storm before he came back.

"Yuling."

"The servant is here!"

"Go, prepare the car immediately. I need to go to the Chu Mansion."

Yuling was stunned, "Young Madam, you just came back..."

"Now is not the time to rest."

Chu Ruohan interrupted her, her eyes sharp, "Also, have Qin Fang investigate the drunk old man who spread rumors in the tavern and find him for me."

"Yes!" Yuling did not dare to delay and immediately got up to do it.

Chu Ruohan walked to the window and looked at the gray sky outside.

Gu Chengyan, do you think you can destroy Junze like this?

I won't let you succeed.

She touched her lower abdomen, feeling the throbbing of life in her belly, and her eyes became sharper and sharper.

Gu Chengyan, just wait, I will make you pay for it...