Chapter 33: Settlement of Accounts

"Your Highness, what's wrong?"

Shen Hechuan looked around and made sure that the person he saw was not around. Then he shook his head and said, "Nothing."

"Just saw someone I know."

"Where is it?"

Tianji was puzzled.

"I didn't find it. I must have seen it wrong."

Chen Hechuan originally just wanted to rush to the palace gate to check the situation, but he didn't expect that just now, when he turned his head slightly, he saw that familiar face.

Suddenly, he didn't care about anything else, and immediately tightened the reins and stopped.

However, he couldn't find her after searching for a long time, which made him wonder if he had seen her wrongly.

He walked to his horse in silence, took a final look around, and after making sure that no one was in sight, he mounted the horse and slowly walked away.

After he left, a carriage slowly turned out of the alley and headed in another direction.

Yong'an Marquis Mansion.

As soon as Gu Jingchun returned, he saw two figures, one big and one small, kneeling in the yard.

Xiaoman was almost scared to tears today.

After making sure that she couldn't find Gu Jinxi, she immediately sent a signal and quickly contacted their secret personnel, mobilizing everyone to search for Gu Jinxi in Tiandu.

However, Tiandu was a mixed bag of forces, and they had only been in Tiandu for a short time, so they did not dare to alert the enemy and could only search secretly, which wasted some time.

Fortunately, Gu Jinxi was finally found in Jingzhao Prefecture.

After Xiaoman got the news, he immediately went over and stopped the man.

After hearing what happened from Xiaoman and Gu Jinxi respectively, Gu Jingchun felt completely relieved.

However, after learning that it was His Royal Highness the Crown Prince who saved Gu Jinxi, she still raised her voice in surprise.

"Your Highness the Crown Prince?"

She had long heard that the Crown Prince was both virtuous and talented, as well as wise and intelligent. However, she had never imagined that he would actually save her own son.

It seems that I have to find a way to meet His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in the future to express my gratitude.

Gu Jingchun returned the jade pendant to Gu Jinxi and asked him to keep it safe, then looked at Gu Jinxi.

"Xi'er, do you know your mistake?"

"I know I'm wrong."

Gu Jinxi nodded obediently.

"So where did you go wrong?"

"The child's mistake was that he shouldn't have gone out without knowing whether there was any danger outside.

My mistake was to act rashly based on the advice of only one person, and because of that, I was almost taken away."

Gu Jingchun nodded.

"What else is wrong?"

Gu Jinxi looked up, thought for a moment, and spoke tentatively.

"Could it be that I was wrong because I hit those people too lightly?"

Gu Jingchun was a little amused when he heard this.

When did his son become so cruel?

Those people were beaten so badly, and he still thought it was too light?

And Gu Jinxi still had his say.

"I didn't mean to do that. Who asked them to come and provoke me?"

"Besides, mother, didn't you tell me that if people don't offend me, I won't offend them. If they do offend me, I will grind them to dust."

Gu Jingchun: ...

She rubbed the ends of her eyebrows, not knowing how to respond for a moment, so she simply changed the subject abruptly.

"Xi'er, you're still weak. Why don't you go and rest first? We can talk about other things tomorrow."

As she said that, she gave him a small bag of candy and patted his head lovingly.

"Go!"

Gu Jinxi glanced at the candy in her hand.

I thought to myself, this candy is not as much as what the uncle gave me.

Moreover, he had secretly eaten several pieces of candy today, so he was not so greedy now, so his mood was not very good.

But in order to prevent Gu Jingchun from discovering that he had secretly hidden the candies, he pretended to be happy and left in a hurry.

Gu Jingchun watched him leave and realized that his reaction was not right, so he told Xiaoman:

"Keep a close eye on him and see if he brings anything back this time."

Xiaoman immediately nodded in agreement.

Only then did Gu Jingchun look at her.

"You failed in your duty today, but the fault is not entirely yours. I am also at fault."

Xiaoman and Lanxin were confused.

"What's your fault, miss?"

Gu Jingchun sighed.

"Xi'er is older now. I shouldn't have hidden what happened today from him."

"The reason he ran away secretly was to save me."

When Gu Jingchun thought of this, he felt warm in his heart.

Xier has grown up and knows how to protect her mother.

However, Gu Jinxi is not an ordinary child after all.

Therefore, in the future, it is necessary to talk to him more about some things.

“However, this incident also revealed problems with our staffing arrangements.

We will make improvements starting today and never let this happen again."

Xiaoman quickly agreed, feeling guilty.

She has been with the young lady for many years, and the young lady has entrusted all the affairs of the young master and the business to her.

But she betrayed the young lady's trust and did not look favorably upon the young master.

Moreover, it took the people from the business such a long time to find the young master's whereabouts, which almost caused a disaster.

Gu Jingchun also saw her guilt and wanted to comfort her.

But she also knew that this matter was of no small importance.

She sighed.

Forget it, just treat this as a lesson for her, so that she will be more vigilant in the future.

At this moment, the tightly closed courtyard door was forcibly pushed open, and a little girl rushed in directly.

"Miss, Madam wants you to come over."

The little girl was so arrogant that her nostrils seemed to reach the sky.

It was also a good thing that she left quickly, otherwise, according to Lan Xin's personality, she would definitely say something to her.

Upon hearing this, Gu Jingchun stood up and was about to go over, but Lan Xin was still a little worried.

"Miss, if Madam lets us go now, I'm afraid she wants to put all the blame on you. Should we prepare something in advance?"

"Need not."

Gu Jingchun said, "There's no need to prepare anything to deal with her."

In the main hall.

Gu Weiang was furious. When he saw Gu Jingchun come in, he threw the teacup in his hand at her.

Thanks to Lan Xin's quick action, she pulled Gu Jingchun to the side and they were able to dodge it.

With a "crash", the teacup shattered and the scalding hot tea splashed all over the floor. One drop fell on Gu Jingchun's feet, and he could feel the warmth even through the fabric.

Gu Jingchun looked at the hot steam spurting out from the ground and sneered.

In the end, I underestimated how cruel this family was.

Even if she had the chance to do it all over again and see their true faces, she still couldn't stop feeling chilled.

"Humph, you actually dare to come!"

Before Gu Jingchun could stand still, Gu Nansheng grabbed her wrist and started beating her.

"Don't you even look at what good things you have done?"

"How dare you plot to have Yunjin marry the Third Prince! You truly have a cruel heart!"

"From the day you came back, I knew you had no good intentions!

It's true that you are your father and mother's biological daughter, but don't forget that Yunjin has lived in Yong'an Marquis's Mansion for a full twenty years. How can you not tolerate her?"

"Are you satisfied only after sending her to that den of tigers and wolves?"