Chapter 57 You will sell your concubines tomorrow
After Yunxi was brought back to the manor by Gu Nanxiao, she remained silent and ignored everyone. Gu Nanxiao acted as if he didn't see her at all, and it didn't affect his care for Yunxi in the slightest.
After bringing her back to his residence, he first cleaned Yunxi's wounds, applied medicine, and bandaged them. When he saw the crisscrossing wounds on Yunxi's body and legs, his heart felt as if it were being pricked by countless needles.
But when he opened Yunxi's bandaged left arm, his regret reached its peak. There were several deep wounds, the flesh turned inside out.
He couldn't imagine how Yunxi, with such severe injuries, had fought off the wild beasts last night, how she had set traps outside the cave while bleeding, and how she had managed to start a fire for warmth without any kindling.
The reason Gu Nanxiao left Yunxi yesterday was because he was afraid that when he lost his temper, he would do or say things that would hurt her.
But to her utter surprise, it ended up causing her even greater harm. To make matters worse, their relationship had just begun to improve recently.
Sometimes, he seemed to sense some affection in Yunxi's eyes when she looked at him, but after this incident, not only did the accumulated affection vanish, but their relationship became even worse than before.
He knew that Yunxi had always wanted to leave, and his foolish mistake not only failed to keep her, but also pushed her further away.
After bandaging Yunxi's wounds, Gu Nanxiao gently embraced her. He felt that the person in his arms was stiff, which was a sign that she was unwilling to cooperate with him from the bottom of her heart.
Gu Nanxiao gave a bitter smile, gently kissed Yunxi's lips, and said softly, "Rest for a while, I'll go make you some porridge."
After saying that, he fled in a panic. Every wound on Yunxi's body reminded him of the foolish thing he had done, and Yunxi's cold expression made him unable to look directly at her.
He hadn't understood his own feelings before, but after experiencing the loss of Yunxi last night, he finally realized how important this woman was to him.
Therefore, he would never give up. When he first arrived at the military camp, he was ridiculed and despised by countless people, but he made a name for himself and earned everyone's respect with his indomitable spirit.
The same applies to matters of the heart; he is determined to win Yunxi over, and he will make her willingly stay by his side.
After calming himself down, Gu Nanxiao called a servant to start a fire for him. He then washed his hands and prepared to make Yunxi a bowl of his best vegetable porridge.
Gu Nanxiao was thrown into the military camp at the age of twelve and lived and ate with the soldiers. When supplies ran out while on campaign, he ate wild vegetables and drank ice water.
Therefore, he wasn't a pampered young master; it's just that no one had ever been worthy of his devotion before. Now, he was willing to wash his hands of worldly cares and cook for Yunxi. He believed that sincerity could move mountains.
But before his porridge was even cooked, a servant came to tell him that Prince Yong had arrived at Songzhu Courtyard and was currently waiting for him in the study.
Gu Nanxiao ignored him. He didn't need to guess; it was definitely Kuang Chao's doing this morning, since he had forced his way through the city gates yesterday. Although the servant seemed anxious, he showed no intention of going over now.
He simply instructed the servant, "Go and tell my father to go back to his own courtyard first. I will go and find him when I'm done with my work here."
Gu Nanxiao carried the cooked porridge back to the bedroom, under the astonished gaze of the servant. Yunxi lay face down in the brocade quilt. But from the little maid's shallow breathing, he could tell that Yunxi was not asleep, but simply did not want to see him.
He sat gently on the edge of the bed and said softly, "You haven't eaten anything since yesterday afternoon. Let's have some porridge to warm your stomach first, and I'll make you something delicious to eat after you've recovered."
Yunxi felt that there was no need to make things difficult for her stomach. She slowly got up, leaned against the bed, and let Gu Nanxiao feed her porridge spoonful by spoonful.
The only reason she stayed was to exact revenge; she wouldn't leave until she had. As for Gu Nanxiao's care for her, she wasn't ungrateful; after all, what she gave this scoundrel was far more valuable than the kindness he showed her.
After finishing her bowl of porridge, Yunxi gave Gu Nanxiao an order without any hesitation: "Please have your men investigate whether the Shi family is illegally mining gold in the Panlong Mountain area in the eastern suburbs of the city."
The location of this gold mine was told to Shi Qingchen by Yunxi. The reason she was able to discover this gold mine was because she found that the map of the Great Yan Kingdom was exactly the same as the map of China.
So, based on her memory, she tried to deduce the location of the gold mine in the east of the city. Unexpectedly, after the Shi family led a team to investigate, they discovered that there was indeed a gold mine.
They then concealed this from the imperial court and secretly began mining. The Shi family must have thought that after Yunxi's death, no one would know about their illegal gold mining.
Yunxi had originally planned to use this charge to send the Shi family to the executioner's block. Unexpectedly, before she could even make a move, the Shi family had already prepared their own scheme: hoarding grain and profiting from the national crisis.
In this way, she could wait a little longer. She would wait until the Shi family had proven their guilt on that charge, and then she would punish them for multiple crimes. She didn't believe that the Shi family could escape so easily this time.
Gu Nanxiao understood why Yunxi was even more eager to deal with the Shi family; he knew she didn't want to stay by his side any longer and wanted to finish her revenge as soon as possible before leaving.
Even so, he had to help Yunxi. Even if he stayed for a reason, at least he had a chance to win back Yunxi's heart.
Therefore, Gu Nanxiao agreed without hesitation and told Yunxi to rest well, saying that he had some court matters to attend to.
Yunxi gave a curt "hmm" and lay back down on the bed, habitually turning her face inward. Gu Nanxiao sighed softly behind her before slowly leaving the bedroom.
He first went to Prince Yong's study. As soon as the father and son met, Prince Yong began to berate him, saying that he was indulging in frivolous pursuits, that he was obsessed with women, and that he was incapable of achieving great things.
Gu Nanxiao was not surprised by the insults and belittling from the Prince of Yong, after all, these were the words he had heard most often from his father since childhood.
He had long since given up on fighting for himself and was utterly powerless to argue. He let the incompetent king berate him for a long time, until the king finally said:
"I think your concubine is a femme fatale. First, you argued with your mother because of her; then you fell out with your brothers because of her; and now you've even done something as foolish as forcibly breaking through the city gates because of her. You've really lost your mind."
"Our Prince Yong's mansion has no shortage of the riches she's earned. You must sell her off immediately tomorrow, or don't blame me for disowning you as my son!"
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