Chapter 305 She's your wife, why should I care about her?
Xiao Qingyuan's pupils suddenly contracted: "Gu Qianhan, what are you doing here?!"
Gu Qianhan said indifferently and coldly, "Xiao Qingyuan, you really like this maid. Very well, from now on, she is mine!"
Xiao Qingyuan exclaimed incredulously, "You deliberately sent someone to tell Huayi that her mother had passed away? Just to verify whether I liked her or not?! You're absolutely insane!"
"Same to you!"
Gu Qianhan sneered: "I've truly never seen a maid's family die and her master accompany her back for the funeral! Xiao Qingyuan, you've certainly pioneered a new path in Dafeng! No wonder everyone calls you a lovesick fool, you really are—infatuated!"
Xiao Qingyuan was furious. He stepped forward and grabbed Gu Qianhan's collar: "Whether I'm infatuated or not has nothing to do with you! If you dare to play tricks on me again, I'll smash your head open!"
Gu Qianhan said indifferently, "When did I play tricks on you? My only intention was to meet Miss Huayi, so I sent someone to trick her into coming back."
"I never expected you to come back with her. Is she your maid or your wife?"
"If I remember correctly, according to the laws of Dafeng, a husband can only go back to attend the funeral with his wife if a member of her family dies. Concubines do not have this right, and maids certainly do not!"
Xiao Qingyuan gritted his teeth: "A maid is a human being too! Do you think I'm a heartless creature like you, without any pity for those around me? I accompanied the maid back after learning of her mother's death; it was out of kindness!"
"Kind-hearted?"
Gu Qianhan's eyes flashed with a cold light: "Your princess consort's face is injured, why don't you pity her? Why don't you protect her? Is this what you call kindness?"
Xiao Qingyuan was taken aback: "How did you know Shen Wantang's face was injured? Are you worried about her?"
Gu Qianhan said sarcastically, "She's your wife, why should I care about her? Do you think I'm as kind-hearted as you? You fool!"
"I don't care who gets hurt or not, I only care—which woman do you like! As long as you like her, I'll take her away, that's what you owe me!"
After Gu Qianhan finished speaking, she pushed Xiao Qingyuan aside and strode out: "Jixiang, take this painting back to the Duke's mansion! Have someone clean it up for me. Tonight I want to see why she is so favored!"
"Yes, young master!"
Jixiang pulled out a rope from somewhere, quickly tied the painting up, and then carried it away.
Hua Yi cried out in panic, "Let me go! I won't go with you! Your Highness, Your Highness, save me!"
Xiao Qingyuan rushed forward, trying to snatch the painting back from Ji Xiang's hands, but at that moment, Gu Qianhan suddenly turned around.
A heavy punch landed on Xiao Qingyuan's face.
He cried out in pain, clutching his face and staggering back several steps: "Gu Qianhan! You dare hit me?! I..."
Before he could finish speaking, Gu Qianhan punched him twice more, once in the face and once in the chest.
These two punches were even harder than the previous one; Xiao Qingyuan felt as if his bones were about to be shattered!
He was in so much pain he could hardly breathe. He watched helplessly as Jixiang led Huayi out of the courtyard and stuffed her into a carriage. Huayi's pitiful cries could be heard.
"No! Hua Yi! Gu Qianhan, you can't take her away!"
Despite the pain, Xiao Qingyuan stepped forward, grabbed Gu Qianhan's clothes, and threw a punch.
Gu Qianhan deliberately took two hits from him, then threw Xiao Qingyuan to the ground with an over-the-shoulder throw.
Xiao Qingyuan let out a scream, blood trickling from the corner of his lips.
However, Gu Qianhan still wouldn't let him go. He raised his foot and stomped on Xiao Qingyuan's chest: "You're no match for me. Don't touch my clothes with your claws anymore, I find them dirty!"
Xiao Qingyuan felt a sharp pain in his chest from being stepped on, and he said with a pale face, "You complained that my clothes were dirty when I touched them, but you didn't complain when I touched Huayi?"
"Paintings aren't clothes. Besides, can't they be washed if they get dirty? I'll have someone wash them a few more times tonight. It's no big deal."
After Gu Qianhan finished speaking, she let go of her foot and got into the carriage.
Inside the carriage, Huayi's shrill scream immediately rang out: "Don't come any closer! Get away from me!"
Xiao Qingyuan tried to get up to save Huayi, but he had fallen too hard and was stepped on by Gu Qianhan, so he couldn't even get up!
He roared, "Moji, quickly rescue Huayi!"
Just as Mo Ji was about to step forward, four black figures flew down from the roof and surrounded him.
Xiao Qingyuan's pupils contracted, and he coughed up a mouthful of blood in anger: "Gu Qianhan, you are shameless! You only stole a maid, and you even brought so many guards with you! You are a madman!"
However, the only response he received was Huayi's incessant weeping and screaming.
Inside the carriage, Gu Qianhan sat in the center, completely still.
In a corner of the carriage, Huayi huddled there, trembling and crying, as if Gu Qianhan were some kind of demon. He hadn't even glanced at her, yet she was already terrified and wanted to run away in fear.
"drive!"
Ji Xiang gripped the reins, shouted loudly, and spurred the carriage away at breakneck speed.
Both master and servant ignored Huayi's weeping, as if there was no one in the carriage at all.
After they left, the four black-clad guards surrounding Mo Ji also disappeared.
Mo Ji quickly stepped forward to help Xiao Qingyuan up: "Your Highness, you're injured! We must hurry back to the palace and have the imperial physician examine you!"
"I'm fine."
Xiao Qingyuan felt as if all the bones in his body were broken, and he gasped for breath in pain, but he still forced himself to say, "Go back to the Prince's Mansion, and have ten guards follow me to the Duke's Mansion to snatch Hua Yi back!"
Mo Ji was in a difficult position: "When you left, you had such a big fight with the princess. Would the princess still be willing to give you guards?"
At this moment, Xiao Qingyuan felt a surge of regret: "If I had known it was Gu Qianhan's scheme, I shouldn't have fallen for it! I've lost the painting and angered my mother. This Gu Qianhan is deliberately trying to ruin me!"
As Mo Ji carried him on his back and put him on the carriage, he said, "The young master is just too fond of painting, which is why the second young master Gu wants to take him away from you. He has made it clear to you several times before that he will take whichever one you like."
"He tried to take Aunt Chu away before because you liked her. If you didn't like Huayi, wouldn't he have stopped trying to take her?"
"Or, you could pretend you don't like the painting. If Young Master Gu can lie to you, you should lie to him too!"
"If you ask me, I think you should do the opposite in the future. The more you like someone, the less you should let outsiders know. If you don't like someone, you can pretend to like them and trick Young Master Gu into trying to steal them."
Lying in the carriage, Xiao Qingyuan had a sudden thought and blurted out, "I don't like Shen Wantang!"
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