When Gu Junci's father was born, he had not yet fully grasped the power of the Gu family. Coupled with the opposition from his family, although he wanted to, he was ultimately powerless to let Gu Junci's grandmother and father into the family.
As time went by, he gradually gained complete control of the Gu family. Gu Junci's father also grew up, and he increasingly felt that Gu Junci's father cared for him more than Gu Hengsheng.
So he disregarded his original vow and brought Gu Junci's grandmother and father into his home.
Gu Hengsheng's mother had a strong and unyielding personality. She had several big arguments with Gu's father, but she could not change his mind.
Unwilling to suffer such humiliation, she took a white silk ribbon and died.
Gu Hengsheng, who was no longer a child, witnessed this scene. He knew clearly who had killed his mother, and from then on, a seed of hatred was planted in his heart.
The death of his wife filled Mr. Gu with deep guilt, and he found himself in a dilemma.
His original intention was to support his younger son, who was more favored by him, to take the throne. However, his wife died with resentment, and if he did not support the immature Gu Hengsheng, the legitimate line would be completely ruined.
Therefore, he could only support both sons together, creating competition between them to prevent either from falling quickly.
Perhaps due to his deceased wife's deep resentment, Gu Junci's grandmother suddenly died before he could settle the situation.
Fate really plays tricks on him. He went to great lengths, only to have his old and new loves leave one after another, and in the end, all his efforts were in vain!
He thought that perhaps this was God's punishment for his amorous nature!
Half a lifetime of hard work went to waste, leaving him disheartened and disillusioned with life.
Before reaching retirement age, he began to delegate power extensively to his two sons, showing a clear intention to retire.
Gu Hengsheng and Gu Junci's father were equally capable, and they fought fiercely over this, resulting in a stalemate.
With his deliberate bias, Gu Junci's father gradually gained the upper hand.
Just when he thought he could help Gu Junci's father take the throne and then retire from the world, something happened to Gu Junci's father.
Having harbored hatred for Chu Feihong for a long time, Gu Hengsheng was utterly disappointed when he saw Chu Feihong's deliberate favoritism and thus reached a cooperation agreement with him.
During the period when he was disheartened and unwilling to get involved in family affairs, Gu Hengsheng accumulated a lot of capital through black market businesses and had already firmly grasped the power of the direct line.
With Chu Feihong's help, he plotted to kill Gu Junci's father.
Gu Hengsheng made no attempt to hide anything from Old Master Gu. When Old Master Gu was furious and wanted to kill him in revenge, he personally handed Old Master Gu the white silk that his mother had used to commit suicide, so that Old Master Gu could strangle him.
His gaze reminded Old Master Gu of his mother; the look in his eyes now was exactly the same as the look his mother had given him when she committed suicide.
At that moment, he gave in!
Gu Hengsheng was the rightful heir of the Gu family, but because of Gu Junci's grandmother and father, and his own mother's suicide, he suffered a lot of suppression.
All he did was take back everything that was rightfully his!
What can he blame him for?
All these evils originated from him; he is the root of all evil, and he deserves to die.
He understood Gu Hengsheng's character, and even more so, the extent of his hatred for Gu Junci's lineage.
If he doesn't take any action, Gu Junci and his group will definitely be wiped out by Gu Hengsheng.
So he could only struggle to stay in the position of family head, in order to prevent Gu Junci's lineage from being wiped out.
Fortunately, Gu Junci did not disappoint him. He was exceptionally capable and talented, and at such a young age, he was able to make a name for himself.
He wanted all evil to end with him and did not want Gu Junci's generation to get involved in the grudges of the previous generation. Therefore, he concealed the truth about his father's death from Gu Junci.
But Gu Junci was smarter than he imagined. From the beginning, she did not believe that her father had died a natural death. After taking power, she quickly found out the truth through various means.
Her abilities far surpass those of Gu Hengsheng and her father. If it weren't for Chu Feihong's help behind the scenes, Gu Hengsheng would probably have been defeated by her long ago.
He was actually pleased with this situation; he didn't want the Gu family to bleed again because of old grievances.
Even though he had already relinquished power, he remained in the position of head of the Gu family, delaying his abdication, in order to allow them to check and balance each other and prevent further bloodshed within the Gu family.
Once the seeds of hatred are sown, how can they be stopped from growing just because he tries to restrain them?
When Gu Junci returned to the Gu family with Gu Hengsheng's body, he knew that his life had been a complete joke.
Fate was like a hidden mastermind, manipulating him like a fool, and all he did was a futile struggle.
He's old, and after this happened, he's powerless to change anything anymore.
Gu Junci kindly relayed Gu Hengsheng's last words to him.
He single-handedly brought about this situation, and the fact that it turned out this way only proves that he is the root of all the evil in the Gu family.
He held on to his beliefs for so many years, only to turn out to be a joke.
So he didn't want to continue any longer, and he chose to end his sinful life himself.
Finally, he entrusted the old steward to tell Gu Junci two things after he left.
Firstly, he was burdened with sins throughout his life and felt ashamed to face his ancestors, wife, and loved ones in the afterlife. After his death, no funeral was to be held, no memorial service was to be performed, no tomb was to be erected, and he was not to be enshrined in an ancestral hall. His ashes were to wander the world, no longer troubling any descendants.
Secondly, we are all of the same origin, why are we so eager to harm each other! Let all the sins fall on him! He can't control what happens after his death, but he hopes that Gu Junci will stop committing murder and truly bring the Gu family back on the right track.
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