Chapter 27: Shen Huai’s confusing behavior.
A red slap mark quickly appeared on his tilted face. To be honest, Ran Qingxuan was a little dazed by the beating.
When Mrs. Gu saw her daughter-in-law being beaten, although she was anxious, she did not dare to lose her manners. She stepped forward and bowed before speaking slowly.
“Master Shen, Qingxuan is still young. Even though I just borrowed your name, I just don’t want to see the women of the Gu family being humiliated. If you are angry, just vent it on me!”
Master Shen only listened to the report and didn't know the reason. At this moment, the fight had already been done and could not be taken back.
But Shen Huai did not expect that the old lady of the Gu family would protect him so much. After all, he knew exactly how Ran Qingxuan married into the Gu family.
There was a buzzing in his ears. Ran Qingxuan turned his head with a cold face. When he met the eyes that were as deep as a lake, his gaze was as sharp as a torch, but there was no emotion in his eyes.
"Since you knew that Ran Xiuxian was a beast, why did you let your daughter marry him and give birth to me? Is it because you are blind?"
As soon as these words came out, everyone present took a deep breath. Who could have thought that Master Shen's granddaughter would be so rebellious.
The hand that was raised again paused. Shen Huai originally thought that according to Ran Qingxuan's personality, she might cry and make a fuss when she saw him coming, and would beg him to save her, but he never expected that she would say such unorthodox words.
The strangeness in Ran Qingxuan's eyes was something he had never seen before.
Shen Huai narrowed his eyes and kept examining Ran Qingxuan in front of him.
"Who are you?"
It seems that I really can't look him in the eye, a person's eyes can't lie!
Ran Qingxuan felt a little guilty when asked, and kept wondering if the old man had discovered something or was trying to trick her...
Not only was she a little panicked, but Gu Yanchen, who was lying on the cart, was also a little panicked. He looked in the direction of the two people nervously, in case Master Shen noticed something and caused further harm to Ran Qingxuan.
The atmosphere began to become tense, but at this moment Ran Qingxuan raised his head and looked directly at Shen Huai in front of him, and spoke in an extremely sad voice.
"Who else can I be? I am just an orphan without a father or a mother. If Master Shen has nothing else to do, then leave now!"
Ran Qingxuan was an orphan in his previous life. In this life, he lost his mother and his father was as good as dead. Even though his grandfather was a tutor, he still couldn't feel the presence of family affection.
Even if this cheap grandfather had not severed his relationship with her, there was no family affection between them at all!
But just as Ran Qingxuan pretended to be stubborn and turned to leave, he accidentally saw a piece of clothing passing by in the carriage where Shen Huai was sitting.
Although he was puzzled, he didn't dare to look closely, so he walked quickly to the side of the cart and stood still.
The Grand Tutor was so depressed that he refused to leave, and the escorting officers did not dare to leave either, so they could only wait in the rain on the road outside the city.
Because of Ran Qingxuan's words, Shen Huai stood there for a long time without coming back to his senses.
To him, this granddaughter did give him a sense of strangeness, but the stubborn look that appeared in her eyes at that moment was exactly the same as her mother's.
Chen Huai's eyes were gloomy and unclear. He ordered the driver to take out a package wrapped in oilcloth and bring it to her, and said in a cold voice.
"These things are the wedding gifts your mother prepared for you a long time ago. Giving them to you today is to fulfill your mother's last wish.
If you can reach the northwest alive, even if your mother in heaven bless you, if you can't survive, then it's your fate! ”
Ran Qingxuan stood there, somewhat puzzled by Shen Huai's intention. Give a slap and then a candy?
Or was that slap just to set the stage for this package?
The only thing she was sure of was that the escorting officers would never dare to confiscate the package!
Considering that we still have to take things out of the space along the way, if we have this big package as a cover, we might be able to get away with it.
Ran Qingxuan took the package without saying a word and placed it at Gu Yanchen's feet. The escorting officer just took a look and acquiesced to her action.
As yamen runners, their status was not high to begin with, and they were usually responsible for all the hard work in the yamen, including attending court, interrogating, executing sentences, and arresting criminals.
For them, the job of escorting prisoners is relatively free. There is no one to restrict them and they can make their own decisions. This is considered a good job in the yamen.
What's more, the salaries of the yamen are meager, and they rely entirely on making some money when escorting prisoners. Even if they know there might be money in the package, they will not expose it on the spot. Anyway, the money will go into their pockets in the end during exile, so why not do it!
As soon as Taifu Chen Huai left, the escorting officers began to urge the prisoners in the team to get on the road quickly.
There was a lot of wailing in the Li family's team, as if they had not yet accepted the reality. Several female relatives wanted to step forward and beg with sad faces, but were greeted with a few slaps from the policemen.
"Do you think you are still the wives of officials? Don't you see your current status? You are a prisoner, yet you dare to act rashly in front of me. Are you tired of living?"
The whips that had been hit by the rain were strong and heavy. Miss Li Si and her mother hugged each other and cried after being whipped several times, but they did not dare to show their teeth to the police.
But they turned their attention and looked at the Gu family with hatred.
Old Madam Gu tightened her straw raincoat and walked beside the cart, guarding Gu Yanchen without even looking at him.
An officer saw that he was making an example of someone else and shouted, "I'm telling you this today. If anyone dares to deliberately slow down and hold the team back, be careful or I'll whip you!"
The exile team began to move forward. The eldest and second sisters-in-law looked reluctantly at their parents who came to see them off, but their steps unconsciously followed the team until they could no longer see clearly due to the thick mist.
"Wuwu... this separation may last forever..."
The eldest and second sisters-in-law supported each other and whispered words of comfort to each other. Ran Qingxuan pulled the cart with a firm gaze and moved forward step by step.
Because of her arrival, the fate of the Gu family has begun to be rewritten. As long as Gu Yanchen does not die, the Gu family will definitely stand up again. She believes that this day will come soon!
Old Madam Gu saw Ran Qingxuan driving the cart forward without saying a word, and thought that she was still concerned about her grandfather's behavior. She wanted to persuade her with some words, but it was not the right time.
The rain kept falling, and the road outside the city was muddy. The women of the Gu family had already accepted the injustice of fate. They put away their useless tears and walked to Ran Qingxuan to help push the cart.
"Sixth brother and sister-in-law, let's go together!"
"Sixth sister-in-law, if you are tired, let the second sister-in-law come instead!"
Madam Gu also said: "It doesn't matter if the road is bumpy. As long as our family is together, there is no road that cannot be trodden flat!"
Gu Yanchen lay on the cart and silently shed a line of tears, which mixed with the rain and quietly slid down to his ears. At this moment, he had only one thought in his mind, and that was to get better as soon as possible!
Half an hour later, the rain gradually subsided. Ran Qingxuan was pulling the cart and when passing a pothole, she didn't pay attention and the wheel sank into it. She also lost her balance and fell to the ground.
Several sisters-in-law immediately stepped forward to help the person, and the team paused for a moment.
"How are you, Sixth Sister-in-law?"
The eldest sister-in-law Zhou Furong helped the man up, and when the second sister-in-law Chang Yue'e was about to take over from Ran Qingxuan and continue pulling the cart, the police officer came over with a whip in hand.
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