Chapter 64 My life is at stake, do you dare to take it?
Gu Jingchu did not move. He had been reborn. He was chosen by God to be the son who would bring glory to the Gu family in the future.
Gu Huailing still wanted to try to control him, it was simply a dream.
"I don't know what I did to make Big Brother so unhappy?"
He sneered and looked directly at Gu Huailing, "You still want to kneel in front of the ancestors of the whole family?"
Gu Huailing had no expression on his face and just threw a letter at him.
Gu Jingchu raised his hand to take it, read it quickly, and his face changed drastically in an instant.
It turned out to be a memorial impeaching him for leading the Fourth Prince astray.
Gu Huailing's face was shrouded in smoke, and his voice was as sharp as ice. "Kneel down."
His majesty had been accumulated for a long time. Gu Jingchu was panicked for a moment. Holding the memorial in his hands, he knelt down.
"Come here, ask for the family rules."
Without saying a word, Gu Huailing looked at Gu Jingchu, "Are you dissatisfied?"
Gu Jingchu's face turned horribly pale, and the bones of his fingers turning white as he held the memorial. "This is all nonsense. I can explain it to the emperor."
Gu Huailing lowered his eyelids, looking disgusted and stupid, "How dare you explain to His Majesty?"
"The courtiers who support the Fourth Prince are worried about how to help him out. You're going to explain now. Do you think you didn't die soon enough?"
"The Gu family cannot side with any prince, nor can they produce a second powerful official. Do I need to teach you this?"
Gu Jingchu gritted his teeth, his face full of dissatisfaction.
Gu Huailing's voice was now even colder than the snow on the mountaintop. "You can become a powerful official, but you have to take my life."
Gu Jingchu looked up suddenly.
Gu Huailing's expression was calm. "My life is at stake. Do you dare to take it?"
Gu Jingchu clenched his hands tightly together. This irresistible feeling of being looked up to from above made the blood in his body gather together.
There was murderous intent in his eyes.
Gu Huailing turned around and stopped looking at him. "Hit me."
A word fell, the voice was calm and unquestionable.
Sanjiu raised the whip and whipped Gu Jingchu without mercy.
“Snap—”
A whip struck and the skin and flesh were torn apart.
"Stop!" When the tenth lash was delivered, hurried footsteps suddenly sounded outside the ancestral hall, accompanied by the marquis's heart-wrenching cry: "Stop hitting me!"
She walked over and hugged Gu Jingchu in her arms, crying so hard that her makeup was smudged. "Are you going to beat your brother to death?"
Gu Jingchu: "Mother, get up! I'll tell him to beat me to death if he dares!"
Sanjiu stopped whipping and looked at Gu Huailing.
Lord Gu also hurried over, snatched the whip from Sanjiu's hand, and glared at Gu Huailing.
"What did Chu'er do wrong that you have to use family rules? It's bad enough that you act like a prime minister in the court, but you also have to act like one in front of your family when you get home?"
As soon as Shen Yuan arrived at the ancestral hall, he heard Lord Gu say this.
Her face looked extremely ugly, this was like stabbing Gu Huailing in the heart.
She winked at Taozi and whispered, "Go and get Grandma."
After saying this, he looked into the ancestral hall with a worried look.
Gu Huailing's expression remained unchanged. He didn't even look at Lord Gu. He opened his thin lips slightly and spoke in a calm tone.
"My Lord, you have never cared about anything in the mansion. You don't care about me, but you can't let my second brother get into trouble."
His attitude completely infuriated Lord Gu.
Lord Gu looked at Gu Huailing and said, "This is how you talk to your father. Kneel down."
He deliberately emphasized the word "father", clearly intending to pressure others with filial piety.
Gu Huailing stood there, motionless.
The Marquis's wife held Gu Jingchu in her arms and watched Marquis Gu crying miserably.
"My Lord, you must stand up for us mother and son today. We usually respect Huai Ling, but he beat his own brother like this."
"I know that you are now in a high position and you don't take me and your father seriously. I don't care about your disregard for etiquette. I also pretended not to know when you made Jingchu kneel in the ancestral hall."
"Today you beat him like this. I am your mother in name only. This is the Gu family, not the imperial court."
The Marquis’ wife spoke while crying.
Gu Huailing had no expression on his face. His gaze passed through the crowd and met the pair of concerned eyes outside the ancestral hall.
A hint of warmth appeared in Gu Huailing's eyes and he walked out.
"Stop! You rebellious son, did I let you go?" Lord Gu was afraid of his son.
He has always been a cowardly father, pretending to be a grandson in front of his son all day long.
Today he finally found out what Gu Huailing did wrong, and he had to let him know who was the boss!
Gu Huailing raised his eyes and glanced at Lord Gu lightly, which scared Lord Gu so much that he almost fell to his knees.
He forced himself to maintain his dignity and displayed his authority. "Kneel down, or I will write to His Majesty tomorrow and let everyone know how disobedient and unfilial you are."
A big hat was put on.
Gu Huailing's face was calm. He gave Chen Yuan a soothing and restraining look, then knelt down in front of the ancestral tablet.
His back was straight, and he could not tell whether he was happy or angry.
We can't let this group of idiots make trouble at this critical juncture.
Lord Gu stepped forward and snatched the whip from Sanjiu's hand, lashing Gu Huailing harshly on the back. "I told you to be disobedient and unfilial, and to fight against your own family."
"Stop!" Seeing Gu Huailing being whipped, Chen Yuan finally couldn't help but shouted, ran in from outside and protected Gu Huailing behind him.
She looked up at Lord Gu and said, "Father, my husband punished the prince because he made a mistake. Why did you come up and beat my husband?"
Lord Gu whipped Gu Huailing on impulse, but being interrupted calmed him down a bit. He snorted coldly and threw away the whip in his hand.
He had a sullen face and said nothing.
After Shen Yuan finished speaking, she gently stroked Gu Huailing's back, but she didn't dare touch the wound so she could only ask in a low voice: "My lord, how are you? Is it painful?"
There were tears in her eyes and her tone was filled with worry.
Gu Huailing raised his hand and brushed the corners of her eyes with his fingertips, saying gently, "I'm fine, Yuan, don't cry."
On the side, Gu Jingchu watched this scene, and suddenly a bloody smell surged in his throat.
His Yuan'er didn't even look at her, his heart and eyes were full of other men.
This realization made his heart ache involuntarily, and the pain spread throughout his limbs and bones, making it impossible to breathe.
It was obvious that he was whipped harder than Gu Jingchu, and his back was covered in blood, how could his Yuan'er not see it?
A sweet and fishy taste gradually rose in his throat, and Gu Jingchu finally couldn't help it and spat out a mouthful of blood.
The Marquis' wife burst into tears, "Someone, come, the prince is vomiting blood, quickly call the palace doctor."
Gu Jingchu held Madam Hou down and said, "I'm fine, mother, don't worry."
He stood up, regardless of his blood, picked up the whip on the ground and walked towards Chen Yuan.
He looked at Shen Yuan with stubbornness in his eyes, and stretched out his hand to pass the whip towards Shen Yuan.
"Sister-in-law, my brother was beaten because of me. If you feel bad, just hit me."
He stared at the woman's clear and bright eyes carefully, "You hit me, and I'll take it."
"Chu'er, what are you doing?" The Marquis's wife stepped forward to grab the whip.
Gu Jingchu didn't look at anyone and pushed the whip forward an inch, "Sister-in-law, hit her."
His tone was trembling, and there was a hint of crying in his voice.
Mrs. Hou's heart skipped a beat. Would Chu'er regret it and fall in love with Chen Yuan again?
Chen Yuan didn't understand why Gu Jingchu went crazy at this time.
If it wasn't in front of everyone, Shen Yuan really wanted to whip him a few times.
This is so shameless!
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