Chapter 247 I'll handle it

The old lady's face was grave, and she frowned as she thought about someone planning to make a move against the Gu family.

"Mother, do you think this might be..."

Ji couldn't help but speak up, but the old lady quickly interrupted her, "Don't talk nonsense. Random guesses without evidence are meaningless."

Upon hearing this, Madam Ji glanced at Gu Shuyan and realized that she had almost said the wrong thing. No one knew about that matter except them, and it was something that could not be known to anyone else.

"What should we do with this jade pendant?"

The existence of this jade pendant is like a time bomb. If it were taken away by someone with ulterior motives, it would be a catastrophic disaster for the Marquis's mansion.

"Why don't you leave it to me?"

Gu Shuyan looked at the blue-and-white jade pendant, knowing that neither her grandmother, father, nor mother would dare to touch it. It would be better to just hand it over to her.

"Shu'er, do you know what this means if it reaches His Majesty?" Gu Jin couldn't help but remind her.

His Majesty currently has only four princes alive. The Crown Prince's jade pendant is carved from unpolished jade, the Third Prince's is made of jadeite, the Fourth Prince's is made of white jade, and the Fifth Prince's is made of black jade.

Therefore, this blue and white porcelain should not exist in the first place, but now that it has appeared, it means that besides those princes, there is one more.

Regardless of the origin of this jade pendant, the Marquis's mansion must never allow it to leave the mansion again.

"Father, rest assured, this jade pendant will never appear in the world again."

Gu Shuyan spoke with absolute certainty. Gu Jin didn't know how Gu Shuyan planned to hide it, but he was certain that Gu Shuyan would be able to handle the matter well.

"You and your mother should leave first. I have a few words to say to my grandmother."

Gu Jin put the jade pendant away and let Gu Shuyan take it away before he and the old lady began to whisper to each other in the courtyard.

"Mother, do you think someone is trying to use this to threaten our Marquis's mansion?"

The person Gu Jin was referring to was certainly not Xu Yunzhi. In his view, a child who had never appeared before was not enough to pose a threat to the Marquis's mansion.

The only ones capable of doing this are probably a few people in the palace.

"His Majesty's offspring are few and far between, and the Crown Prince is mediocre. Naturally, some people will have their own ideas. The Marquis's Mansion has remained neutral all these years and has not wanted to get involved, but now I'm afraid some people don't want us to live a comfortable life."

The old lady sighed as she spoke, her thoughts remarkably aligned with Gu Jin's.

Previously, only Gu Jin from the Gu family held an official position in the court. Although his position was not low, his value to the court was not that high.

But now that Gu Renjie and Gu Yingjie have both entered officialdom, with Gu Renjie even being recommended by Yun Yichen, in some people's eyes, this has turned them into a big sheep.

Whichever prince wants to sit on that position, the Marquis's mansion will be a great help.

"At this point, we need to find out exactly who Xu Yunzhi is. Once we know who is behind him, we won't be in such a passive position."

Gu Jin ultimately set his sights on Xu Yunzhi. It was one thing for him to have the blue and white jade pendant, but why did he send it to the Marquis's residence?

"And Yan'er's marriage should also be taken care of quickly. Let's set a wedding date after she turns sixteen after the New Year!"

According to the old lady's original plan, she would raise Gu Shuyan until she was eighteen years old before marrying her off. But given the current situation, in order not to involve her, she has no choice but to marry her off sooner.

“My son also has the same idea.”

Xu Yunzhi's purpose in telling Gu Shuyan to marry him was to keep the Gu family in check.