After Gu Yingxue returned to her room, the maid brought her hot water. After washing up, she lay on the bed, but she couldn't fall asleep at all.
She didn't know if the shower had woken her up or something else, but she just couldn't fall asleep.
Her face was flushed, and Cheng Huaijin's words kept flashing through her mind. Her heart was pounding, and she couldn't suppress her emotions at all.
She tossed and turned in bed, unable to fall asleep at all.
No, no, I can't think about these things. Brother Xiao Jin is so badly injured. His face is so pale and weak because of the injuries!
Her lips were completely bloodless.
That Shi Mu is too ruthless.
Oh, right, Shi Mu!
Was Shi Mu really the person the original owner saved?
If it's him, what exactly does he want to do?
Gu Yingxue was a little scared. The time she was kidnapped by the Peng family in Kuncheng had left a deep shadow on her. Even though she was now living in the Gu family and had not returned to her own home, she was still afraid.
Because she was kidnapped that time, she indirectly caused Xiaoyu to sacrifice herself to save her, so the shadow in her heart has always remained.
Gu Yingxue was thinking about these things, and soon an hour had passed when she suddenly sat up.
She decided to go see Shi Mu.
She asked her eldest, second, third, and fifth sisters to accompany her so she could explain things to Shi Mu.
To put it bluntly, if Shi Mu still wanted to do anything to her, she would just stay at the Gu family home and not go out. She refused to believe that Shi Mu could do anything to her if she didn't go out.
Although she was scared, she knew that she would never be in any danger here with the Gu family.
With that thought, Gu Yingxue felt her mind was clear. After staying up for so long, she suddenly felt sleepy and lay down to sleep.
Gu Yingxue had just fallen asleep when there was a knock on the Gu family's door.
"We are from the Dali Temple. Lord Qin sent us to find the Third Miss," the man introduced himself to the gatekeeper.
"Officers, it's so late, has something happened that requires our third young lady to come immediately?" the gatekeeper asked.
Even a third-rank official can't enter a prime minister's gate. The Gu family's gatekeepers in the capital weren't afraid of the officials. With several princesses, three noble titles, and one of the emperor's favorites, the gatekeepers were confident that no one would dare to cause trouble.
The gatekeeper had received the Empress Dowager, Emperor, Empress, and Crown Prince in disguise several times before, so he was a man of the world. He wasn't going to listen to every word a Dali Temple official said; he always had to ask for the reason.
"Princess Nanlin died suddenly, and the envoys from Nanlin, Dongzhe, and Jiacang are determined to find the murderer. So Lord Qin sent us to find the Third Miss." The official from the Dali Temple didn't put on airs and directly stated the reason.
Upon hearing this, the gatekeeper exclaimed, "Oh dear, this is terrible! We not only need to find the Third Miss, but we also need to find the Second Master!"
Just as he was thinking this, the people from the Ministry of Rites arrived, indeed there to see Gu Shouxin.
The gatekeeper invited the people into the room next door to wait, and then sent someone to find Gu Shouxin and Gu Xin immediately.
A quarter of an hour later, the father and daughter appeared at the gate, dressed and boarded the carriages of the Ministry of Rites and the Court of Judicial Review.
"What's going on? Has Xiao Qiu gone there?" Gu Xin asked the official from the Dali Temple.
"Third Miss, Xiao Qiu has already gone. At 1:15 AM, a messenger from Nanlin arrived at the Dali Temple with officials from the Ministry of Rites from the post station, saying that Princess Nanlin had suddenly died. After Lord Qin learned of this, he immediately sent people to find Xiao Qiu, then sent someone to the palace to report to the Emperor, and then sent us to find you."
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