"Gu Shenzhi will be a disaster sooner or later if he doesn't die. Xiao Fengyu will definitely go to jail for taking the blame for her daughter. After she gives birth, she will definitely be executed. After what she's been through, Xiao Qingrong probably won't want to get married."
"The Gu family has no foundation in the imperial court from now on, and your appointment as a noble concubine is just around the corner."
Gu Yinwei was telling the truth, but Gu Yingxia cried even louder after hearing it.
"But Gu Shenzhi is my father after all, and I set a trap and indirectly killed him."
Gu Yinwei didn't know how to comfort her after hearing this. After all, she was not the original owner, and she couldn't understand Gu Yingxia's love-hate relationship with Gu Shenzhi.
She only follows one rule: whoever kills someone must pay with his life.
The pain of losing her father gradually eased with the passage of time, and before she knew it, Mrs. Gu had been in prison for seven months.
She was about to give birth, and the day the child was born would be the day she was beheaded.
Gu Qingrong begged Gu Yingxia and the people from the Ministry of Justice to plead for mercy. She didn't want her brother's birthday to be the same as her mother's death anniversary.
Gu Yingxia refused her request. Mrs. Gu had done something wrong to Gu Yingxia and Gu Yingxia refused to forgive her.
Gu Qingrong had no choice but to ask Gu Yinwei for help. Gu Yinwei gave Gu Qingrong the IOU dug out from the ancestral house. Gu Qingrong took the IOU to several people, and the people in the Ministry of Justice finally gave in and agreed to postpone the execution time.
"Is it worth it to buy Madam Gu three more days of life with an IOU worth three million silver coins?"
"Don't even mention three days, even three hours would be worth it."
Gu Qingrong was holding a sleeping child, whose eyes and eyebrows were very similar to Gu Qingrong.
"My poor brother lost his mother three days after he was born."
"When will you return to Yizhou?"
"I want to take my mother home with me."
Gu Yinwei's pupils shrank slightly as she thought about her words. If she took her mother home, the only thing she could bring back to Yizhou was Xiao Fengyu's ashes.
"I don't plan to get married in the future. When my brother gets married and starts a family, I'll live alone in the mountains."
"Gu Qingrong, if I tell you that I can heal your face, would you believe it?"
"Second sister is extremely skilled in medicine. You can even cure Chuchu's hand. You can probably remove the poison on my face."
“But I think this is fine.”
"Tell my third sister that I don't hate her. She did all this for revenge. I understand that very well."
"When will the cycle of revenge end? Family members should love each other, not kill each other."
"The capital city is so prosperous, but I will never come to the capital city again."
Three days later, a carriage set off from the capital to Yizhou. In the carriage sat a hooded woman holding a baby in her arms and a jar full of ashes beside her.
Gu Yingxia hid in the dark and peeked with tears in her eyes: "Since you wanted to see her off, why didn't you come out to talk to her when she left? I'm afraid we won't see each other again after this separation."
Gu Yingxia turned and left, her tone sad: "It's better not to meet some people. She doesn't hate me, but she won't forgive me either."
Almond looked at the gradually disappearing carriage, tears welling up in the corners of her eyes.
"I don't know if the young lady and the young master can return to Yizhou safely."
"Don't worry, I saw my young lady put talismans on the young master and the eldest lady. They will definitely be able to return home safely."
After the incident at the Waterside Pavilion, the female officials at the Qifeng Pavilion forbade the concubines from holding large banquets or visiting other people at will.
The beauties were like trimmed potted plants, their behavior increasingly conforming to the requirements of royal concubines.
Gu Yinwei doesn't like gatherings. She either reads books alone, plays the piano to cultivate her temperament, or absorbs the moon spirit to temper her body. In short, she is never idle.
There was a seven-stringed zither placed in the quiet room. Gu Yin was playing the zither with skillful fingering, stroking, picking, hitting, rolling, brushing and humming.
The sound of the piano is like a flowing river, sometimes high-pitched, sometimes exciting, and sometimes calm.
"Second sister, please stop playing the lute to me. I'm not your Zhong Ziqi, so I can't understand your hidden meaning."
"What's so fun about playing the piano and burning incense? It's more fun to play with others. I'm going to go see if Ning Heyu's leg is healed."
Gu Yinwei did not stop her.
Gu Yingxia is like a jumping ball. If you hit it hard, it will jump high. If you hit it lightly, it will jump low.
Her character needs to be honed slowly; haste makes waste.
Chuchu was holding a tray with two porcelain bowls on it. The bowls were filled to the brim with the aroma of roasted melon seeds.
Gu Yingxia had a purse tied around her waist and instructed Chuchu to fill it with melon seeds.
"Add more. Ning Heyu has five maids around her. If they each grab a handful, I won't have enough to eat."
Gu Yinwei stood up from the piano table, took out the deer antler cream and rubbed it on the strings. Gu Yingxia asked, "Second sister, do you want to eat melon seeds?"
Gu Yinwei shook her head: "I don't want to eat."
"If you don't want to eat it, forget it."
Gu Yingxia walked in a skipping manner, but as soon as she walked out of the hospital, she immediately slowed down and smiled.
Ever since the incident at the Waterside Pavilion, the management system of the Qifeng Pavilion has been very strict. Every ten feet or so, there is a woman in dark clothes on guard, to remind the ladies to maintain their appearance at all times and to prevent emergencies.
Gu Yingxia came to the side of the old woman and handed her a handful of melon seeds: "You have worked hard, please have some melon seeds."
The old woman said, "Miss Gu, please go and come back quickly. Don't make things difficult for me."
"Okay, I'll go see Miss Ning and come back."
Chuchu handed the old woman a small purse and said, "My young lady would like to treat you to some melon seeds."
The old woman took the purse with ease, squeezed it, and found a solid lump of silver inside.
"Thank you, Miss. The melon seeds are so delicious."
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