Chapter 67 It Can't Be Young Master Gu
What's going on? Didn't the young master already dislike Chu Yanluo? He beat her up and locked her in the woodshed, so how come he brought her out again in the blink of an eye?
Could it be that the Crown Prince has already forgiven Chu Yanluo for having an affair?
Has the young master gone mad? What kind of curse did Chu Yanluo cast on him? How could he forgive even this?
Mo Ji was completely baffled. He didn't know how Chu Yanluo had managed to do it, but his fear of her only grew stronger.
Soon, the news that Chu Yanluo and Xiao Qingyuan walked out of the woodshed hand in hand spread like wildfire throughout the entire Ning Prince's Mansion.
The maids and servants were gossiping about it.
"Chu Yanluo is having an affair, and the young master doesn't seem to care? Is the young master really that magnanimous?"
"That's right, even in this state, she still managed to regain the prince's favor? Didn't the prince see the marks of their lovemaking all over her body? Doesn't the prince find that disgusting?"
"What's the big deal? She was heavily pregnant before, and the young master still loved her to the point of madness, insisting on bringing her into the manor, even to the point of wanting to die for her."
"Tell me, what kind of magic does Chu Yanluo possess? Why is the young master so infatuated with her?"
"Hmph, what kind of magic does she have? She's just good at pretending and acting shamelessly! Men don't love women who aren't a little bad. You're still young and don't understand men's hearts."
"But Chu Yanluo is too wicked. First, she got pregnant with some unknown man's bastard child, and then she made love with other men in the prince's bedroom. Would any man really like such a wicked woman?"
"Maybe the prince falls for her act. She always portrays herself as aloof and a fairy unlike us ordinary people! The prince is such a naive person, he can be easily fooled by her."
"What about the Crown Princess? If the Crown Prince continues to be so affectionate with Chu Yanluo, won't the Crown Princess never win his heart?"
"What do you mean, 'what about the Crown Princess?' She is the Crown Princess, and she has the power to manage the household affairs. If that woman surnamed Chu wants to become a concubine, she must get the Crown Princess's approval first. If the Crown Princess doesn't approve, she can only live in the Prince's mansion in this ambiguous way for the rest of her life. It's disgusting!"
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In Wutong Garden.
Shen Wantang was reading a book. She had just taken a copy of the "Great Fengshan River Gazetteer," which was impossible to buy outside, from the study of the Prince's Mansion. She was reading it with great eagerness, and was captivated by the magnificent scenery of various places described in the book.
Qin Xin stamped her feet anxiously beside her: "Princess Consort, what time is it? Why are you still so engrossed in reading! Do you know that the woman from Jixin Nunnery was personally escorted out of the woodshed by the Prince, and they came out hand in hand! This news has spread throughout the entire mansion. You're probably the last to know!"
Shen Wantang didn't even look up, her eyes never leaving the pages of the book: "Oh, really?"
Qin Xin hurriedly circled around her from left to right, and then from right to left: "I heard that Chu Yanluo hung a white silk ribbon on the roof beam, seemingly intending to hang herself, but she was saved by the young master! Tell me, what a coincidence! She was about to hang herself, and the young master just happened to walk in. It must have been on her own!"
Shen Wantang: "Mmm."
"Also, Chu Yanluo scratched her face, and the young master was heartbroken. He took her back to Xinghe Courtyard and personally cleaned her wound! She must have done it on purpose. She knows the young master is soft-hearted, and she was clearly trying to provoke him!"
Shen Wantang: "Oh, okay."
Qin Xin: "..."
As her maid, she was anxious and frustrated, wishing she could immediately expose Chu Yanluo's hypocritical mask in front of the prince. However, Shen Wantang, as the mistress, remained calm as if it were none of her business, completely unconcerned about what tricks Chu Yanluo had played or how much the prince doted on her.
She had never met anyone as special as the Crown Princess! The book in her hand seemed more attractive to her than the Crown Prince himself.
Qin Xin thought for a moment and then said, "Princess Consort, the Prince asked Mo Ji to find out where the Second Young Master Gu is. Chu Yanluo said that the person she slept with that night was the Second Young Master Gu Qianhan, not that Young Master Yuan. So the Prince wants to go and settle accounts with the Second Young Master Gu!"
Shen Wantang finally raised her head, a hint of surprise flashing in her eyes: "Chu Yanluo said it was Young Master Gu? Are you sure?"
Seeing that she had finally stopped reading, Qin Xin hurriedly nodded: "I'm sure, absolutely sure, that's what Mo Ji said, he wouldn't lie to me!"
Shen Wantang gently shook her head: "It can't be Young Master Gu."
"Yes, that's right. I also think it couldn't be Second Young Master Gu. Second Young Master Gu and Miss Liu from the Liu family are a well-known golden couple in the capital. I heard that the two families are going to get married. Moreover, Second Young Master Gu has always been virtuous and self-disciplined. How could he suddenly lose his temper and have an affair with that nun from Jixin Nunnery in our young master's courtyard!"
Qin Xin analyzed logically: "It must be that Jixin Nunnery deliberately said it was Gu Er Gongzi to cover up for her lover, Young Master Yuan! The night before last, the one who stayed in the Prince's courtyard was not Gu Er Gongzi at all, it was clearly Young Master Yuan. Only he has time to do that kind of thing!"
"Mo Ji also said that the Second Young Master Gu and the Eldest Young Master Yuan don't get along, so he left without even drinking a drop of wine!"
When Gu Qianhan left, not only did the servants and guards at the gate see him, but he also mistakenly walked into the Wutong Courtyard. Everyone in the Wutong Courtyard knew that Gu Qianhan had only stayed in the mansion for less than half an hour before leaving early.
Shen Wantang thought Qin Xin's analysis made a lot of sense. However, she said it couldn't be Gu Qianhan, not only because of these reasons, but more importantly, because she knew Gu Qianhan in her previous life and knew what kind of person Gu Qianhan was.
In his previous life, before the Gu family was executed, Gu Qianhan was also engrossed in solving cases. He had a lot of dealings with the Dali Temple, and Shen Wantang, as Liao Youhe's advisor, had met him many times.
She disguised herself as a man at that time. Because she was tall and always wore rough makeup and had a beard, no one could tell that she was a woman.
Except for Gu Qianhan.
But even after he realized she was a woman, he never confronted her, pretending not to know.
At that time, Gu Qianhan was already thirty years old, but he was still unmarried. Liu Nanshi, the daughter of Grand Secretary Liu, who was known as his "golden couple," had already married someone else.
Based on his past life experience, Gu Qianhan was indeed not interested in women. He never frequented brothels or kept concubines. Apart from that, he had a wide range of interests, such as traveling, playing chess and reading, playing football and pitch-pot, hunting in the mountains, and solving wrongful convictions.
The reason the Gu family was wiped out was because Gu Qianhan stood up for a wrongful conviction.
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