Chapter 2: High Expectations, Low Abilities
She was startled by the cold light, and a trace of worry appeared on her face: "Sir, Gu Yanqing is weak and now he is injured. Can you let the doctor apply medicine to him first?"
As if he didn't expect such an answer, a hint of surprise flashed in Gu Yanqing's eyes, but then his face darkened again: "Why are you pretending to be kind at this time? Chen Jinan, have you done anything to Sui Sui Huanhuan again!"
Gu Yanqing was furious and struggled forward, as if he wanted to kill Shen Jinan.
Shen Jinan cursed inwardly. After the original owner abused the two children, she would go out of her way to please Gu Yanqing. Now she was obviously being treated like the original owner.
Before Shen Jinan could speak, Lin Xiaofeng spoke: “We don’t care about the affairs of you two, let’s raid the Gu family first.”
The soldiers rushed out at the command!
But after an incense stick of time, everyone trembled in fear: "Sir, we haven't found any valuables!"
"How is that possible!"
Lin Xiaofeng's face was icy cold, and he was about to lose his temper when the Gu family's housekeeper ran over in a panic and knelt directly in front of Gu Yanqing: "Sir! This is bad! Sir! The treasury was robbed! All the gold and silver are gone!"
"What!?" Gu Yanqing almost couldn't breathe. Shen Jinan's reaction was even bigger, so big that it seemed fake.
But everyone was thinking at this time how could the Gu family be so big and have no wealth, and they didn’t notice Shen Jinan’s expression at all!
"I'm afraid that your Gu family didn't want to confiscate the property, so they made up this story to deceive the emperor!" Lin Xiaofeng naturally didn't believe it and stared at the housekeeper.
"What are you talking about, sir? The Gu family just now found out they're going to be confiscated and exiled, and my husband has been in the palace the entire time, and he was even beaten like this! If so many things were really hidden, where could they be hidden?!"
What Shen Jinan said was not unreasonable, but Lin Xiaofeng just felt that something was wrong.
He ordered a thorough search, but still found nothing the second time. He was quite exasperated: "Where on earth is it hidden?"
Shen Jinan looked pitiful: “Sir, the housekeeper said it was stolen, why don’t you believe it!”
Lin Xiaofeng's face grew increasingly gloomy. He had thought he could make some money from this, but he had never expected... His tone grew increasingly angry. He couldn't help but yell, "This commander advises you not to play any tricks! Hurry and change into your linen clothes and get ready to go!"
The guards behind them threw coarse linen clothes in front of them.
Shen Jinan touched the silk clothes on her body, which were wet but felt very good, and couldn't help but sigh. The word "unlucky" was not enough to describe her experience!
Because Gu Yanqing's parents died early, he had no other relatives, and the Shen family had always been dependent on the Gu family, so this time the exile of the nine clans was implicated, and the Shen family was implicated.
The other exiles were all wearing coarse linen clothes and looked quite miserable. Many of them had a look of gloating in their eyes when they saw them.
When Shen Xitang and his companions left the Gu family, they no longer had the splendor and wealth of the past. They were only wearing coarse linen clothes and looked listless.
Minister Shen's concubines were all cursing, and Shen Xitang's mother, Lin, was cursing even more, cursing Shen Jin'an to die a miserable death.
Shen Xitang really went to see the Third Prince yesterday, but was turned away.
After receiving the third prince's order, Lin Xiaofeng captured Shen Jinan and immediately brought Shen Xitang's parents, including the concubines of the Shen family.
Shen Xitang's eyes were fierce as she stared at Shen Jinan, who was walking in front of her in a linen dress, and she wished she could cut her into pieces!
She thought that the reason she didn’t see the Third Prince yesterday must be because of Shen Jinan’s interference!
But before she could figure out what was going on, a vegetable leaf suddenly flew onto her head.
The originally plain prison uniform was instantly stained with a fishy smell.
"Ahhh! What is that?! It's so dirty!" Shen Xitang screamed, and when she turned her head, she saw many civilians holding baskets in their hands, staring at her angrily!
The Shen family was used to doing evil things. They were arrogant and domineering, which really aroused hatred.
Someone shouted, "Smash them to death!"
Countless vegetable leaves and rotten eggs rushed towards them madly. Only Shen Jinan and Gu Yanqing, who were walking in front and following Lin Xiaofeng, were spared.
Shen Jinan looked back. When a tiger is in trouble and is bullied by a dog, when one person directs his malice towards someone who was once unattainable, the herd mentality of others will swell.
Although the original owner was vicious, Shen Xitang was a bad person with a love-brain. It was bad enough that she was used as a gun by the Third Prince, but she was arrogant and would beat and scold ordinary people if they were not satisfied. She took advantage of the support of the Gu family and openly snatched things from other people's stalls.
Shen Jinan retracted her gaze. Now Shen Xitang was being humiliated by so many people with rotten vegetable leaves. She deserved it!
By the time they left the huge main city, Shen Xitang was already stinking to the point of suffocating.
She was the one who was hit the most, and it was all her own fault. There were at least thirty or forty people behind her in the exile team, and they all stayed away from her, fearing that the stench would contaminate them.
"Let's take a break." Lin Xiaofeng glanced at the sun. Although the weather was gradually entering late autumn, the midday sun still made people feel more irritable.
When everyone heard this, they immediately found a shady place to sit down.
The two little kids, Gu Suisui and Gu Huanhuan, remained silent, hiding behind Gu Yanqing cautiously.
As soon as Lin Xiaofeng said to stop, the two of them immediately left Gu Yanqing and trotted to Shen Jinan's side.
Gu Suisui was younger than Gu Huanhuan. She blinked her big eyes and hugged Shen Jinan's legs.
The wet nurse who was following beside him was about to jump out of her chest. She tugged at the prison uniform which was obviously much more worn out than Shen Jinan's, and looked very worn.
She took a step forward, ready to hug Gu Suisui at any time. She was afraid that Shen Jinan, the vicious woman, would kick Gu Suisui away!
Unexpectedly, in her shocked eyes, Shen Jinan hugged Gu Suisui and asked, "What's wrong?"
Her voice was completely different from usual, filled with infinite tenderness. Gu Suisui, who was a little scared at first, looked dazed, but soon came to her senses: "Mother! Daddy... Daddy, there's so much blood on the back of his butt..."
Shen Jinan's expression froze, and he almost failed to react.
She covered her mouth to hold back her laughter and coughed, "I'll go check it out."
At this time, Gu Yanqing's face was flushed, which seemed abnormal. His coarse linen clothes were wet with sweat, and his back was bright red.
Shen Jinan immediately looked serious: “You need to apply medicine and treat the wound.”
Gu Yanqing was still in a daze, but when he heard Shen Jinan's voice, his gloomy eyes opened instantly, and the murderous intent in his eyes was not concealed. He pushed Shen Jinan away and said, "No need."
He was already weak and now had a fever. He had almost no strength left, as if he was just scratching an itch.
Shen Jinan insisted: "You have a fever now. If you don't treat it, you will die tomorrow."
She was not exaggerating. Even if she found an opportunity to force Gu Yanqing to drink it, if he didn't treat the wound, it would still eventually fester and fester in the hot weather.
"Stop pretending! What are you pretending for! Stay away from Sui Sui Huan Huan!" Gu Yanqing's forehead veins were throbbing, and he stared at Shen Jinan, trying to stay away from her. As if he was angry, Gu Yanqing suddenly started coughing violently.
The disease that was in his bones was really a headache. Shen Jinan accidentally pressed his pulse and his face became gloomier.
If he doesn't deal with it properly today, the toxins accumulated in Gu Yanqing's body will kill him tonight!
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