Chapter 50 Chapter 50 The Gu Mansion has become a prison. [Additional update...
==Chapter 50==
Upon hearing this name, Zhou Yueyu's expression changed slightly:
"Is he still alive?"
Back then, Shen Jingchen saved Ah Yu, and it was only natural for Ah Yu to be grateful to him. However, a series of events that followed made Ah Yu unconsciously take the blame on herself. She always felt that if it weren't for that incident, the Shen family would not have been involved in Prince Wende's rebellion.
But in fact, this matter is complicated, and Shen Jingchen is not the only factor that makes the Shen family stand on the side of Prince Wende.
In Zhou Yueyu's eyes, gratitude was enough, and Feng Wenyu had no need to feel guilty towards Shen Jingchen.
She really didn't expect that Shen Jingchen was still alive. Glancing at Feng Wenyu's distraught expression, Zhou Yueyu secretly cried out in her heart.
The Shen family was guilty of treason and was involved with Prince Wende. This was a thorn in Emperor Wenyuan's heart. Anyone who dared to interfere in this matter was looking for trouble with Emperor Wenyuan!
Zhou Yueyu looked at Jinshu, who did not dare to hide anything and reported everything that had happened today.
Zhou Yueyu's frown deepened. Without hesitation, she made her decision.
"This matter ends here, Ayu. Don't mention this person again in the future."
Feng Wenyu looked up, stunned: "Mother?"
Zhou Yueyu was unyielding and said firmly:
"I'll have someone redeem him, as a way of repaying his kindness in saving you. But other than that, Ayu, you are not allowed to have any contact with this person again."
Zhou Yueyu believes that she has done her best by doing this.
She couldn't let Shen Jingchen drag down the Feng family.
Feng Wenyu looked at Zhou Yueyu's expression that did not allow any objection and was speechless for a moment. She knew that she had no room for negotiation in this matter.
Zhou Yueyu left Mingxinxuan, looked back, and finally gave the order:
“Keep an eye on the girl these days. Don’t let her leave the house until I have arranged Shen Jingchen’s affairs.”
Jinshu and Shuyao looked at each other in shock. They never expected that the girl would be grounded because of this matter.
But thinking about what happened to Miss Qiao, they were not surprised by the lady's decision.
The incident at the Jiaofangsi caused such a big stir that everyone in the capital who was interested got the news, especially the next day when the court caused a huge uproar over the incident.
Jingzhao Yin didn't mention Shen Jingchen because he didn't want to cause trouble for himself, but who told him that this matter involved an imperial doctor?
Lord Li directly implicated the Qiao family, saying righteously, "Miss Qiao is constantly involved with the remnants of the Shen family, which shows that the Qiao family has ulterior motives!"
As soon as the words "remnants of the Shen family" were uttered, the entire hall suddenly fell into silence.
Gu Yushi is also a quiet one.
In the previous life, the Jiangnan case broke out late, the Gao Party did not lose power so early, and the Second Prince was not in a hurry to put all his eggs in one basket. Naturally, there was no Border Town incident, and the Fourth Prince was not involved. The Li family did not dare to openly turn against the Qiao family.
One incident triggered a series of events.
It also exposed Shen Jingchen to Gu Yushi several years in advance.
Shen Jingchen, the remnant of the Shen family.
Gu Yushi's eyes suddenly became dim and unclear.
Even if Lord Li wanted to attack the Qiao family, he would not mindlessly mention Prince Wende, but the mention of the remnants of the Shen family made everyone think of Prince Wende's rebellion.
After the incident that year, the minister broke out in cold sweats and cursed Lord Li in his heart for bringing up irrelevant issues.
It had been raining heavily outside since last night. Elder Feng tilted his head to glance at the slanting white rain curtain outside. The willow trees were swaying wildly in the wind and rain. He sighed in his heart, "What a heavy rain! It's as if..."
Emperor Wenyuan's eyes were deep, and he was also looking at the rain outside, as if he was muttering something, but the surroundings were so quiet that the whispers could only be heard by everyone in the hall:
"I remember it was a heavy rain like this that year."
Someone took advantage of the noise of the rain to cover up the sound of horse hooves and broke open the gate of the palace. Later, he lost his most beloved eldest son.
Emperor Wenyuan still remembered that after the man was executed, he looked at him sadly and resolutely committed suicide in front of the Golden Palace.
He didn't believe that he and the son he had raised would end up rebelling against each other, so he simply put the blame on the ministers who instigated the prince to rebel.
——It’s all the outsiders’ fault!
A loud thunderclap suddenly sounded, and lightning flashed across the sky, illuminating the hall in darkness. Half of Emperor Wenyuan's face was hidden in the shadows, making it impossible to tell whether he was happy or angry.
After hearing these words, everyone was horrified and knelt on the ground in unison.
Not only Lord Qiao, but Lord Li also turned pale.
After the court session, Gu Yushi took the initiative to approach Lord Feng for the first time. Some people around him were surprised, but they all tactfully said goodbye.
Elder Feng was also surprised, but he thought Gu Yu was just curious about the Shen family and Prince Wende, so he deliberately pointed out:
"The emperor doesn't like people mentioning what happened back then."
But Gu Yushi's words surprised him: "This humble official is confused about one thing. Please help me to clear up my confusion."
"Do the Second Miss and Shen Jingchen have a connection?"
He had heard of Prince Wende's rebellion, but he had not yet come to the capital to study. Even though the capital was flooded with blood, it was still a long time ago for him.
Lord Feng raised his eyes and looked at him. They had just left the Golden Palace not long ago and were surrounded by officials. Gu Yushi couldn't even wait to leave the palace to ask him this question. His expression seemed still calm, but his eyes were dark and gloomy that others could not see clearly, and his tone was slightly difficult.
Lord Feng suddenly pinched the beads on his wrist.
There was a sudden disturbance in the court, and the situation in the Minister's residence was also not peaceful.
Last night, Feng Wenyu felt a wave of pain in her head, as if something was trying to break through the shackles and come out, forcing her to not care about Shen Jingchen and go to bed early, but after falling asleep, she still couldn't get relief.
Waves of dreams came, they were dreams, yet not dreams.
She watched Gu Yushi wipe out the Gao Party, watched Gu Yushi be banished from the capital by Emperor Wenyuan and become a local official, and watched the new emperor ascend the throne and Gu Yushi be recalled, and watched the two of them support each other all the way.
Then he watched her and Gu Yushi grow tired of each other after their marriage.
The broken leg did not create a rift between the two, and the childlessness did not make them estranged. Feng Wenyu stood from the perspective of a dream, and she did not understand why Gu Yushi suddenly became cold.
She watched helplessly as the woman in her dreams grew silent little by little, and the place that used to be called home gradually became depressing.
The Gu Mansion became a cage.
Trapping her also trapped Gu Yushi.
Feng Wenyu tried desperately to escape, and increasingly didn't want to stay in the mansion, as if she was the only one trapped in her memories.
She couldn't go back to the Feng family either.
They didn't understand why Gu Yushi didn't take a concubine and she had been the only one in the backyard for ten years. If she had any dissatisfaction, they would only advise her not to make a fuss.
No one can understand her.
She was forced to become more and more silent, and seemed to be going crazy.
She went to the Jiaofangsi more and more frequently, but when Gu Yu was not mentioned here, she could find a moment of peace.
She seemed to be compensating Shen Jingchen out of guilt, and also seemed to be looking for the past in Shen Jingchen, so she took Shen Jingchen to Qingning Temple to see the peach blossoms, set off lanterns on the Qiqiao Festival, and walked through every place she had been with Gu Yu.
She did not hide it, or perhaps she had always intended to let Gu Yushi know.
In the end, even she herself didn't know what she was doing.
She didn't believe that Gu Yushi didn't know about her going in and out of the Jiaofangsi.
But Gu Yushi never asked.
Like he doesn't care.
The man who used to be unhappy for days if she had any contact with a man outside of the family, now doesn't even care if she gets close to a young man, making it impossible for her to even deceive herself.
So, divorce became a word on her lips, and she was rejected again and again. In the end, he refused to even argue with her.
Feng Wenyu thought that she hated Gu Yushi to death.
All the hatred remained on that divorce certificate.
She saw the divorce letter, held in Gu Yushi's hand. This thin piece of paper carried the friendship between the two for fifteen years.
She raised her hand to take it, but her hand became heavy and she couldn't lift it.
There was a flash of white light, and the piece of paper became out of reach. It was like a relief, like an escape, and Feng Wenyu suddenly opened his eyes.
There was a loud thunder outside, and Feng Wenyu saw the scene clearly in front of her with the help of the white light. What caught her eye was the rouge-colored bed curtains, which was her boudoir before she got married. The scenes of Gu Yushi's withdrawal from the engagement and the divorce letter appeared in her mind. Feng Wenyu stared at the ceiling of the bed in a daze, tears streaming down her eyes, rolling into the soft pillow and disappearing.
Jinshu heard the noise and pulled open the bed curtain to help her get up, but she saw her crying non-stop. The next moment, a panicked voice rang out:
"What's wrong with the girl?"
Feng Wenyu didn't move. Jinshu's voice came from far away and approached. She was confused. After a long time, she finally found her voice: "...I'm fine."
Her eyes were still unfocused, and her voice was so soft, as if it could be blown away by a gust of wind:
"I just had a nightmare."
She was helped to sit up, her eyes fixed on the bronze mirror. She couldn't tell whether she was dreaming or had really lived those twelve years. Perhaps the dream lasted too long, so she was a little dazed when she saw herself in the bronze mirror.
Jinshu looked at the tear marks on her face with concern. She always felt that the girl was not just dreaming.
After thinking about it for a long time, there was only one thing that could affect the girl's mentality recently. Jinshu was a little hoarse, but still hesitantly persuaded:
“Madam said she would arrange for someone to redeem Mr. Shen, and she will definitely do it. Miss, please don’t blame yourself anymore.”
Shen Jingchen?
It was clearly something that happened yesterday, but after a night it seemed as if it had happened a lifetime ago.
But Jinshu's words were like a rope that pulled at her rootless thoughts. She murmured, as if to arrange things for herself: "Yes, I have to redeem him."
In her dream, she wanted to redeem Shen Jingchen, but encountered unimaginable obstacles.
There have always been guilty ministers in the Jiaofangsi. What she thought was a simple matter turned out to be extremely difficult. The manager told her with embarrassment that Shen Jingchen had a special identity. As a guilty minister, if he left the Jiaofangsi, he would be exiled to the border.
The Jiaofangsi was an embarrassing place, but the capital was a wealthy place.
Exiled to the border, I'm afraid Shen Jingchen would die on the way before he even reaches the border.
The redemption issue ultimately came to nothing.
Feng Wenyu stood up, but Jinshu and Shuyao stopped her, looking embarrassed:
"Miss, Madam said you are not allowed to leave the house recently."
Feng Wenyu was stopped, and her head felt like it was being stabbed with needles. She said, "Get out of the way!"
She had to find something to do to stop herself from thinking about the dream.
Jinshu and Shuyao were embarrassed, but ultimately did not dare to stop her. Feng Wenyu walked out like the wind, but ran into an unexpected person on the corridor.
A man in a green shirt, carrying a brocade box, had a smile and a hint of surprise in his eyes:
"Young lady, are you going out?"
Feng Wenyu's steps suddenly stopped.
She stared at Xie Zhujing, her chaotic thoughts finally coming to a head at this moment. Her voice was a little hoarse, but also light:
"Thank you, Zhu Jing?"
Xie Zhujing frowned slightly, he also noticed that Feng Wenyu was not in a good condition.
It can be seen from the way she addresses him that she usually calls him Mr. Xie, and when she is angry, she calls him Xie Yuzhi, but she rarely calls him by his name.
He raised his hand and touched her forehead. It wasn't hot, but there was some cold sweat. He didn't understand why, but he suppressed his confusion and replied to her in a low voice:
"I'm here, what's wrong, young lady?"
Feng Wenyu still replied in the same way: "I'm fine."
But her eyes were fixed on Xie Zhujing. Xie Zhujing's appearance suddenly pulled her out of the dream and made her realize where she was. She looked at Xie Zhujing without hesitation:
"You come to me."
She stated it in a statement, then looked down at the brocade box he was carrying.
Xie Zhujing opened the brocade box, and inside was a plate of oranges. He laughed and said, "This is a reward from the Emperor."
It was not a valuable item, but it was a reward from the emperor, so it was an honor. It was also a novelty in this season. He carried it all the way, thinking of giving it to her to please her.
I didn't expect to see her like this.
Xie Zhujing thought with some relief, it’s a good thing he came.
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