Chapter 62 The Truth Comes to Light
Gu Huan calmed herself down.
"When I was ten years old, I vaguely heard my eldest sister's wet nurse and Aunt Pei talking about a young lady being swapped, but I didn't quite understand because I was young.
Gradually, I felt more and more that Aunt Pei and my eldest sister were hostile toward me, and then I remembered what I overheard that year.
The eldest sister’s wet nurse was Aunt Pei’s maid who came with her as a dowry and Yinzhi’s biological mother, and her biological father was the manager of the outer courtyard of the Gu family.
Yinzhi's father passed away the year before last, and her wet nurse also fell ill last year. Aunt Pei said that she would give the wet nurse a house to let her spend her later years in the house so that Yinzhi could serve her elder sister with peace of mind. She also promised to give Yinzhi a generous dowry and let her marry her childhood sweetheart cousin. ”
"Sit down and talk."
Mu Junyan glanced at her.
Then he looked at Chi Yan and ordered calmly: "Tell the truth about what you found out."
"yes."
Chi Yan spoke very quickly.
"The wet nurse was imprisoned in the farm that Aunt Pei brought as a dowry. She was already terminally ill and had no one to take care of her. According to her confession, when Wang was giving birth, she got the midwife drunk and took over the delivery. When she was bathing the baby, she swapped the baby with a girl who was just born an hour ago and took Wang's daughter and her husband to Aunt Pei."
Gu Huan guessed the whole process, but she still found it hard to accept when she heard it with her own ears.
Her eyes were instantly filled with tears and she bit her lips tightly, trying her best to control her emotions. She completely forgot that the skin of her lips was very thin and swollen from being sucked last night. Her lips were bitten between her teeth and bleeding, but she didn't feel any pain.
Mu Junyan frowned: "Let go."
Gu Huan turned a deaf ear and stared at Chi Yan, waiting for him to continue.
Mu Junyan stretched out his hand and clamped her jaw, forcing her to loosen her teeth.
Chi Yan quickly lowered his head.
She looked at him blankly, not knowing why he suddenly became violent.
“It’s bleeding.”
Mu Junyan had a look of disgust on his face. He wiped the blood off her lips with his fingertips, then wiped it off with his handkerchief.
Gu Huan's tense expression relaxed and tears began to fall.
Mu Junyan poured a glass of water and handed it to her: "Drink it."
Gu Huan tried hard to hold back her tears. She took the teacup and put it to her lips, and her tears fell into the cup uncontrollably.
A breath of depressed air got stuck in my throat and my heart felt like it was being torn apart.
Mu Junyan watched her crying silently, her fair little face turning red.
"Go out and wait."
Chi Yan turned and ran.
Gu Huan's hand holding the teacup was shaking, her nostrils were quivering, and she was almost suffocating from holding her breath.
Suddenly, her vision went dark, the teacup in her hand was taken away, and a big hand pressed her into a warm chest.
He coaxed her gently: "Cry it out, don't hold it in, it will be better if you cry it out."
Gu Huan buried her head in his chest and heard his rare gentle voice. The grievances of two lifetimes and the despair before death made the grief in her heart unstoppable like a surging tide.
She suddenly hugged his waist and burst into tears, crying her heart out.
Mu Junyan felt heartbroken.
Even though Chi Yan outside the door had a heart of stone, the little girl's crying made people imagine what she had been through.
Mu Junyan gently pressed her head with one hand and stroked her back with the other.
He finally realized that if she had not sensed the danger and mustered the courage to abandon her innocence and seek his protection, she might not have lived long.
At this moment, Gu Huan felt the warmth in Mu Junyan's arms.
His words, which gently soothed her and made her cry, moved and saddened her.
After crying for nearly a quarter of an hour, Gu Huan vented all her emotions thoroughly. Listening to his strong and regular heartbeat, she gradually calmed down.
In her previous life, she didn't know how many times she cried, but begging, submission, and humility could not save her life.
She shed so many tears that she almost never cried again in this life.
She knew that crying was useless.
She can only be independent and strong, struggle hard to find a way to survive, and let those who harm her suffer the consequences.
Seeing that she had stopped crying, Mu Junyan handed her a handkerchief.
Gu Huan took it and wiped away her tears, then her eyes suddenly paused...
Mu Junyan's lower abdomen was wet with snot and tears.
She raised her head awkwardly and said in a muffled voice, "Your clothes are wet. Can I change your clothes?"
Mu Junyan rubbed her hair on her forehead.
"It's okay, business is more important."
He poured out the tea that had dripped into his tears and poured her another cup: "Drink."
Gu Huan took the drink and drank it in small sips, feeling confused.
Mu Junyan treated her so well that she was a little scared.
I was afraid that I would not be willing to leave him.
I was afraid that leaving would make him angry.
"Come in."
Chi Yan came in quickly and saw from the corner of his eye that the little girl's eyes were red and swollen, and she looked pitiful.
Noticing his master's gaze sweeping over him, he quickly lowered his head and stared at the tip of his shoe.
Mu Junyan sat down: "Continue."
"I wanted to bring the person out, but the next day I found that the wet nurse was dead."
Gu Huan suddenly raised her head: "You said that my eldest sister's wet nurse died?"
"Yes. He hanged himself."
"Accidental or man-made?"
Mu Junyan expressed Gu Huan’s doubts.
"It was indeed suicide."
Chi Yan pulled out a letter from his sleeve: "However, she left this letter for her daughter."
Gu Huan hurriedly stood up to take it. The letter was not sealed. When she pulled it out, it turned out to be a letter written in blood with only six crooked words.
"Revenge for my father and mother."
Gu Huan suddenly understood: "Could it be that Yinzhi's parents were killed by Aunt Pei?"
"We searched the scene, but found no evidence yet." Chi Yan said honestly.
"Kill to silence the witness."
Gu Huan turned her head and looked at Mu Junyan: "You said Aunt Pei killed someone to silence him?"
"I'm afraid she has dealt with everyone who knew what happened. She kept the wet nurse to contain Yinzhi and make her Gu Wanru's right-hand man."
Mu Junyan’s words left Gu Huan stunned.
Is there no witness or evidence to prove that she is the mother's daughter?
Gu Huan's eyes turned red.
Mu Junyan changed the subject: "How is the other matter going?"
Gu Huan's attention was distracted and she looked at Chi Yan blankly.
Have you found anything else related to her?
Chi Yan: "My Lord. When my Lord returned to the capital, he was assassinated and hid in a dilapidated temple in the southwest suburbs. The person he met should be Miss Huan, not the young lady."
Gu Huan was confused: "Assassinated?"
Suddenly, she looked at Mu Junyan with wide eyes and blurted out: "Was it the Duke who was in the ruined temple in the southwest of the city? Did you hide there because you were assassinated?"
Mu Junyan already knew the answer, which was to wait for her to admit it herself.
His expression was indifferent: "Then why are you alone in the ruined temple?"
Gu Huan whispered, "Aunt Pei said I was disobedient and left me there to punish me."
Mu Junyan frowned.
"Where did you get half a steamed bun?"
Gu Huan was a little hesitant, not daring to look at him, her eyes floating.
Na Na said: "I snatched it from a dog's mouth."
Mu Junyan: "..."
Okay.
He ate dog food.
"How old are you? How dare you snatch dog food?"
Mu Junyan's face was full of disbelief.
Gu Huan blushed slightly and said softly, "I was quite brave when I was a kid... I threw stones at him and ran away."
The five-year-old kid is indeed quite brave.
Much better than she is now.
Gu Huan was at a loss as Mu Junyan looked at her. She looked at him timidly, "Duke, your jade pendant is missing..."
Of course Mu Junyan knew who took it.
Otherwise, Gu Wanru would never have been able to marry into the Mu family.
But, it’s a good thing.
Otherwise, the girl would be the one he proposed to marry for Mu An.
Thinking of this possibility, Mu Junyan's heart suddenly skipped a beat and he felt a little relieved.
He deliberately frowned and said, "That's my family's heirloom. Did you lose it?"
Gu Huan stood up in panic: "Then, then, then I will compensate you with silver... I don't know how much silver?"
The head lowered lower and the voice became smaller and smaller, as thin as a mosquito's hum.
Mu Junyan suppressed the corners of his lips that were about to curl up: "One thousand taels."
"ah!"
Gu Huanmiao's eyes widened as she looked at him in disbelief.
One thousand taels?
The one thousand taels that Pei Yi gave was just enough for compensation.
Woo woo woo, her one thousand taels.
She looked like she wanted to cry but couldn't: "I, I will pay for it."
Mu Junyan nodded without any hesitation.
Gu Huan's heart was bleeding.
"There is also a witness who can prove that you were replaced. Let's see how you use it." Mu Junyan's words made Gu Huan forget about the banknotes instantly.
"who?"
"Silver branch."
"She's not dead?" Gu Huan was surprised.
"It's specially left for you. But you have to wait a few days. She hasn't recovered yet and can't speak."
There was a hint of kindness in Mu Junyan's usually deep and cold eyes.
He likes to see the little girl jump for joy.
Gu Huan suddenly felt her heart filled with excitement.
He thought so carefully.
Gu Huan knelt down solemnly and performed a proper ceremony: "Gu Huan kowtows to thank the Duke for his great kindness."
The tenderness in Mu Junyan's eyes disappeared instantly.
You’re so welcome.
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