In the end, Manager Cheng was unable to deliver Cheng Rui's letter and gifts; he took them back intact.
As the carriage passed by Lu Zheng's house, Lu Zheng crossed his arms and squinted at the carriage, thinking that the Cheng family's good days were probably over.
I don't know if they came here today still with that stubborn idea of Gu Nian, or if they're taking a roundabout approach to try and win Gu Nian back, or if they're just going to turn against her directly?
However, no matter which one they are in, they can't escape the Gu family's clutches!
These past few days, Lu Zheng has been quite busy. He has recruited many people over the past few months, and he has assigned them a task: to secretly investigate Lord Cheng.
We'll have news in a couple of days.
And most importantly, he just received news this morning that the person Xue Er accompanied to Qingzhou Prefecture was the highest-ranking official in the Great Zhou Dynasty.
In his previous life, he had such a good relationship with Xue Er, but he had never heard of Xue Er ever accompanying someone incognito to Qingzhou Prefecture.
I have no idea what they're here for.
They should have arrived in Qingzhou Prefecture by now. He just hoped that the person wouldn't wander into Taoyuan County, and that Xue Er wouldn't run into Gu Nian.
Although Xue Er's status was far higher than Cheng Rui's, the Gu family would never allow Gu Nian to become Xue Er's concubine.
Even Xue Er doesn't have as much freedom as him when it comes to marriage.
His stepmother wished he would marry someone of low social status, but Xue Er's situation was different; it had to be a girl of equal social standing.
He didn't want to see the Gu family threatened by Xue Er again.
Moreover, Gu Nian is indeed beautiful, and that person is only in his early thirties. Every three years, he holds a talent show to constantly expand his harem, and he also likes beautiful women.
Lu Zheng was extremely worried.
His worries came true; the Gu family did indeed plan to go to the prefectural city as a whole. Fate had its own arrangements, and his worries were useless.
...
It was getting dark when Gu Shouxin and his uncle finally arrived.
Uncle Gu had prey hanging from his body, front and back, and he was all smiles the whole way. He looked like a big, simple-minded guy.
"Dad, you're back! Wow, so much prey! Dad, you're amazing!" Zhang said proudly when she saw Gu Shouxin.
"Wife, I didn't do this. I only caught one pheasant today; the rest were caught by my second son. He's really good!" Uncle Gu said proudly.
"Oh dear, without you, the second son wouldn't have been able to catch a single person!" Zhang still thought her husband was amazing; she definitely hadn't made the wrong choice back then!
"No, no, no, without me, the second brother might have caught even more. I was too active and startled the rabbits, otherwise, he could have caught a few more. He even found an orchid! He's really amazing!" Uncle Gu shook his head repeatedly.
Zhang: "..."
Are you going to die if you don't refute me?!
Can you leave me something to remember you by?
Can't I just feel that my man is better than Cai Xiaolian's man?
Damn it!
"Orchid? What kind is it?" Grandpa Gu didn't bother looking at the prey, but looked at Gu Shouxin's hand.
"Dad, here it is. Xinxin said you liked it, and it looked like an orchid, so I brought it back." Gu Shouxin handed two lotus petal orchids to Grandpa Gu.
"Oh dear! You spendthrift! How could you bring such a precious thing back like this? Fourth brother, hurry up and bring a pot over, get some soil. Never mind, I'll do it myself!" Grandpa Gu carefully took the pot from Gu Shouxin and then planted it himself.
Gu Shouxin: My once upright and honest father has also learned to scold his son for being a spendthrift?
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