Chapter 117 Isn't it a bit late for you to like her now?
Gu Qianhan paused: "Qian Ning."
"Second brother, you're famous now. Everyone's talking about you on the streets. Mother is still waiting for you to give her an explanation. She doesn't believe you would do something so foolish."
Gu Qianning looked at him quietly: "I don't believe it either."
Gu Qianhan did not explain his actions, and since his rebirth, he has never mentioned his rebirth to anyone.
He simply said, "I'm not afraid of being talked about, but you should go to the palace less often recently and stay away from the Crown Prince."
"Whether or not I go to the palace is not up to me. My second brother has caused such a commotion today, so my aunt will definitely summon me to the palace tomorrow. I will definitely see the Crown Prince then."
Gu Qianning found it strange: "Why has my second brother been telling me to stay away from the Crown Prince lately?"
"Because he doesn't want to marry you."
Gu Qianning laughed: "How does Second Brother know he doesn't want to marry me? If he didn't want to marry me, he wouldn't have waited until now. Before I came of age, he told me that he wanted me to be his Crown Princess."
Gu Qianhan frowned slightly: "You like the Crown Prince?"
Other women would probably blush and feel embarrassed if asked such a question, but Gu Qianning answered generously, "I like it."
"But the Crown Prince doesn't like you."
“He likes me too, I can feel it.”
“If he really liked you, he would have come to the Gu family to propose marriage the day after you came of age. Now more than a month has passed, and he has no intention of marrying you.”
Gu Qianning's smile gradually faded: "Second brother, I don't know why you suddenly disapprove of my marriage to the Crown Prince, but whether or not I marry the Crown Prince is not something that you or I can decide."
“My father and aunt have been paving the way for me to become the Crown Princess. The entire Gu family has placed their hopes for the future Empress on me. I have no way back and no right to say no.”
"Marrying the Crown Prince and becoming the Crown Princess is a responsibility I have borne since birth. The status and prosperity of the Gu family for the next few decades need to be maintained by me."
The younger sister is so sensible it's heartbreaking. Unfortunately, in his previous life, Gu Qianhan never realized how much she had sacrificed for the family.
Outsiders only see becoming the Crown Princess, the Empress who is second only to the Emperor, as the highest honor. No one knows how much pressure and responsibility the younger sister bears.
In her previous life, did she ever regret marrying the Crown Prince in her last moments before she died?
“Qian Ning, the family’s status and prosperity should be maintained by my elder brother and me. The Gu family’s honor does not need to be obtained by sacrificing you.”
"Second brother, I don't think this is a sacrifice. There's nothing wrong with being the Crown Princess."
“The Crown Prince is not the best choice. You can choose another noble young man who is a good match for the Gu family. I will also talk to Father about this.”
"Second brother, have you ever thought about how many people will laugh at me and the Gu family if I don't become the Crown Princess?"
Gu Qianhan clenched her fist slightly: "If being ridiculed can spare you everything in the future, then let them ridicule you."
"Is Second Brother worried that I won't be free after I enter the palace?"
Gu Qianning smiled slightly: "If I marry the Crown Prince, I won't be able to leave the palace at will anymore. However, I'm not the type to enjoy playing around anyway, so living in the palace isn't so bad. Second brother, you seem to have started to care about me lately. That's rare. You never cared about anyone before."
That's because he used to think that the Gu family's position was secure and that the Gu family would continue to prosper.
He never imagined that the Crown Prince would so ruthlessly massacre the entire Gu family.
Gu Qianhan lowered her eyelashes and didn't look at her sister again: "I have something to do, I'll go out first."
After he finished speaking, he lifted his foot and walked out.
Behind him, Gu Qianning's voice rang out again: "Second brother, are you going to see that Miss Chu you just kidnapped?"
Gu Qianhan did not respond, nor did she stop walking.
"Hmm, it seems that's not the case, Second Brother. You don't actually like Miss Chu, do you?"
Gu Qianhan still didn't react and kept walking forward.
Seeing that he was about to leave, Gu Qianning added, "You like Shen..."
Gu Qianhan suddenly turned around: "Don't talk nonsense, it'll ruin other people's reputations!"
Gu Qianning's eyes widened: "Second brother, I haven't even finished saying her name yet, how did you know who I was talking about?"
She walked quickly to Gu Qianhan, her eyes smiling: "Second brother, you really like her? But she's already married. Isn't it a bit late for you to like her now?"
Gu Qianhan's face was icy cold: "Who said I like her?"
"Second brother, you can fool others, but you can't fool me! A few days ago, when I went to the palace to see my aunt, she mentioned that you had used that princess's medicine. I knew then that you treated her differently."
Gu Qianning lowered her voice: "You usually refuse to use the ointments that my mother and I give you, saying one minute they're not suitable for your symptoms, the next minute they say the ingredients are problematic, and you even question the prescriptions given by the imperial physician. How could you trust that princess so much and use her medicine so easily?"
Gu Qianhan said indifferently, "I only used the medicine to put my aunt's mind at ease. You're overthinking it."
Gu Qianning nodded: "It seems you really care about her. You're afraid of damaging her reputation, so you've kept quiet even to your own sister, refusing to admit that you like her. On the other hand, you have no scruples at all with that Miss Chu. One minute you're spending a fortune to confess your feelings, and the next you're furious and rushing to her door to snatch her away. You're afraid you can't ruin her reputation, afraid that Prince Xiao won't have a falling out with her."
Gu Qianhan: "You have this kind of intelligence, you'd better not use it on me, you'd better use it on the Crown Prince, that way you can tell whether he likes you or not."
Gu Qianning blinked: "Second brother, you snatched Miss Chu away from Prince Xiao, could it be for the sake of... Princess Consort Shen?"
"no."
Gu Qianning gasped in shock: "Really?!"
"I said no, are you deaf?"
"Second brother, everyone says that Prince Xiao is a great romantic, and I thought so too. But I never expected that the real great romantic would be you? Have you gone mad? To fulfill the wishes of that princess, you actually sacrificed yourself and stole Chu Yanluo away, so that she would have no worries! Why don't you just steal the princess? With your abilities, Prince Xiao should be no match for you."
Gu Qianhan: "You're so long-winded. You talk too much and too much. Your imagination is too vivid. Don't come to my yard again. Just seeing you gives me a headache."
After he finished speaking, he turned and left, his steps so fast it seemed as if some ferocious beast was behind him.
Gu Qianning stomped her foot behind him: "He just said he was starting to care about me, but in the blink of an eye he's back to his old self, and he doesn't even have the patience to say more than a few words to me."
She left Gu Qianhan's courtyard and beckoned to her personal maid waiting outside: "Baozhu, go and find out where the Crown Prince's wife usually likes to go. Let's go and bump into her."
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