Even if the guests present thought that Minister Gu was a treacherous minister.

It's not that they sympathize with this treacherous official, but rather that the reason for humiliating him is simply too much!

Even if this young woman from the martial arts world were to beat up this Lord Gu in public, everyone would feel extremely satisfied and gratified.

To say that Lord Gu and his son are brothers sounds like the kind of shrewish gossip spread by a petty woman in an alley. To use such a slander against a treacherous official is rather vulgar.

It's said that evil people need to be tormented by even more evil people, but the way she used it just feels a bit underhanded!

"Wei Junpei, I never expected you to associate with such a person? Your Wei clan patriarch is right here, have you no shame at all?" Gu Tongfan turned around and started cursing at Wei Junpei.

Wei Junpei looked at Hong Xiaoduo with a hint of helplessness, but there was still no accusation in his eyes. In his mind, Hong Xiaoduo was just a free-spirited little girl. Children's love and hate are expressed entirely according to their own preferences, and they don't consider so much about what is appropriate or inappropriate.

“Uncle Wei, I swear to God, it’s really not because he’s a bad person that I’m making up lies and spreading rumors,” Hong Xiaoduo said sincerely to Lord Wei.

Then he looked at Lord Gu and said, "Alright, since you don't believe my assessment, then I'll just say I was wrong. But you can't insist that Uncle Wei kowtow to you, because you've essentially lost this bet; you just can't afford to lose and refuse to admit it."

Hey, don't get so worked up. Let everyone judge for themselves. You, Mr. Gu, took the sample yourself, didn't you? I was blindfolded and had my back to you the whole time.

Moreover, these samples were also messed up by you before being handed to me, right?

Sixteen samples, eight groups of related people, why are the other seven groups correct, but only the one about you and your brother is wrong? Oh, sorry, I'm just too honest, I'm used to telling the truth, it was a slip of the tongue, I apologize.

Lord Gu, it's not easy for you to reach the rank of Minister of the Second Rank, which shows that you are no ordinary person.

Why can't you, Mr. Gu, calm down and seriously analyze the results of my assessment?

To be honest, although I am new to the capital, I already know that Lord Gu and my Uncle Wei are not the same kind of people. You are enemies. Uncle Wei is an upright official who has cut off your source of income many times. I can understand why you regard him as a thorn in your side and a stumbling block.

Putting myself in Master Gu's shoes, if someone cuts off my source of income and makes me unhappy, I would hate them to the core.

Of course, I didn't inquire about these things on purpose just because I'm a young woman.

Lord Gu, do you know that yesterday I was strolling around the capital with this child? At noon, when we were having lunch at Jinghua Restaurant, we ordered their specialty dish, roast duck. But one of your stewards came over and asked us to give up the duck.

It's just that your son was hosting a banquet for friends and guests at that restaurant, Lord Gu. To be honest, I'm a very gluttonous girl, and I have to try the local delicacies wherever I go. So, I definitely won't agree to that.

It looks so appetizing. How could I let a roasted duck that's almost in my mouth fly into someone else's mouth?

I refused, which offended the steward of your household. We ran into each other on the street at noon, and your son and the steward actually stopped us right there in the street, just because we didn't give them the roast duck at the restaurant.

If it weren't for the people from Uncle Wei's residence stepping forward, I wouldn't know how Lord Gu's brother—no, look at my mouth, I've blurted out again—is planning to make things difficult for us, Lord Gu.

I'm just curious. When I travel, I always hear about the capital city, the most prosperous place under the emperor's nose. I've always longed to go there, but I didn't know that the children of the powerful and wealthy are so arrogant under the emperor's nose.

I've only been here a short time and I've already encountered this kind of bullying and intimidation. Am I just unlucky and have a low opinion of myself? Or does this kind of thing happen frequently in the capital?

That's how I found out his identity from others.

Alright, I seem to have said too much. The reason I said all this to you, Lord Gu, is to let you know that even if I know you are not good people, I will not spread rumors or insult you.

Winning people over with virtue—I'm a woman who's had some education, so I know what I'm talking about.

Therefore, Lord Gu, this matter is not entirely unsolvable.

First, I'm telling you all now that even if my test results were wrong, I hope you'll forget about it.

Secondly, if you return to your residence, sir, and bring back your father's sample, I will risk damaging my cultivation to examine it again for you.

"Lord Gu, you are a civil official, you need to use your brain, please think about it?" After Hong Xiaoduo finished speaking, she looked at Gu Tongfan very sincerely.

After Hong Xiaoduo said those words, Lord Gu's face turned as black as the bottom of a pot.

What sounded like her admitting defeat was actually a reprimand and criticism of him in front of all the guests.

In her speech, she repeatedly referred to her son as her brother. This was not a slip of the tongue; it was clearly intentional. She repeatedly splashed that filthy substance on him with a dung scoop.

Also, what's with all this talk about first and second options? Does he even have a choice?

This isn't her way of backing down and trying to solve the problem; she's clearly dug an even bigger pit for him to jump into.

The crucial question is, does he even have a choice? He's in the right from the start, so whether he chooses the first solution, the second, or none of them, it won't work!

He was clearly in the right, so why was he not in control of the situation?

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