Chapter 93 Could that person be a woman?
"It's all my fault. If I had stayed in the kitchen, you wouldn't have been hurt by Li Si!"
The third sister-in-law was stunned for a moment, her eyes slightly moist.
"No, how can you be blamed for this? If I had to blame someone, I could only blame myself for being too timid. If I had learned to be tougher, our cooked meals wouldn't have been wasted by Li Si."
"If you ask me, next time someone dares to come up and steal something, we'll beat him up. Anyway, we don't have any acquaintances on the road of exile, so why should we care about face and etiquette?"
The second sister-in-law was also very angry. She sat on the edge of the bed and gestured indignantly.
"The second elder family is right. I'm afraid we won't be returning to Beijing in the future. There won't be so many eyes watching us. If anyone dares to bully our family like this again, we'll pin him to the ground and give him a good beating!"
When Old Madam Gu expressed her attitude, the women in the Gu family instantly became excited and were ready to take action.
"Yes, let's do this. If anyone dares to show his teeth to us again, let them see how powerful the women of the Gu family are."
The eldest sister-in-law, who had always been gentle and calm, was not willing to be outdone. Seeing this, Ran Qingxuan felt much less guilty towards his third sister-in-law.
Because the Chen family's father and son had their blood drawn, they couldn't resist the Gu family's enthusiasm and ate first. Now they returned to the woodshed to rest.
The women from the Gu and Chen families didn't eat much of the food on the table because Ran Qingxuan didn't come back.
Now the pancakes and soup were cold, and the second sister-in-law was about to heat them up again, but was stopped by Ran Qingxuan.
"I estimate that it will take some time for the officers to arrest the Li family. We may have to stay here tonight. I will go find a charcoal brazier and get some charcoal. We can warm up the room and then warm up the quilts to get rid of the cold!"
The whole family thought her idea was feasible. In fact, Ran Qingxuan went to the kitchen, found two charcoal basins and left. The charcoal and other things were all purchased at the mall, otherwise the charcoal in the kitchen would not be hot enough to make pancakes.
With the help of the charcoal fire, the whole room became warmer, and almost all the women took off their outer clothes and sat around the charcoal brazier to warm themselves.
The officers did not say when they would leave and waited until after dinner in the evening. The Gu and Chen families chatted for a while and then decided to rest.
Ran Qingxuan didn't have the chance to join in the fun, because she had been driven out by Madam Gu...
Holding the charcoal basin, Ran Qingxuan stood at the door of the second floor of the inn with a speechless look on his face.
Gu Yanchen heard the door open and looked towards it, then quickly stood up and took the things in her hand.
“You are…”
Ran Qingxuan was too embarrassed to say that it was Old Madam Gu who asked her to come up, and she looked a little at a loss as to what to do while sitting at the table.
"Mom told me to come up, so...I'm afraid tonight..."
The two looked at the only bed and fell into deep thought, but Gu Yanchen soon responded.
"You sleep on the bed, and I'll just get the quilt and make a bed on the floor."
"No, I'm not that hypocritical. Besides, you're injured, so I'll sleep on the floor!"
"No, you sleep on the bed."
The two argued for a long time but neither could convince the other. In the end, Ran Qingxuan had no choice but to choose a compromise.
"I think the bed is not too small. Why don't you both sleep on it, each with your own blanket?"
"Okay, then I'll sleep outside and you sleep inside..." Gu Yanchen's face turned red, and he turned his head away and whispered.
Although Ran Qingxuan had responded to Gu Yanchen's feelings with his biggest secret before, it was just the beginning after all, and it was impossible for the two of them to just lie in bed and sleep as if nothing had happened.
The Gu family members were forced to sleep together on the cart, and now that there were only two of them, they still couldn't move freely.
Gu Yanchen thought that since he had already made up his mind, he had already decided that Ran Qingxuan was his wife for life, and it was impossible for him to be so awkward in the future.
Seeing her swiftly take off her outer robe and lie down on the innermost part, he also followed suit and lay down on the side of the bed.
It was as if there was the Great Rift Valley between the two of them, and neither of them said a word.
In fact, Ran Qingxuan had wanted to sleep for a long time. After all, he had to cook, rescue people and be careful not to be discovered. His weak body could not bear it any longer.
After closing his eyes for a while, Gu Yanchen heard the sound of even breathing coming from his side.
In the early hours of the morning, a sudden cry of wild birds came from far away, and the person lying beside the bed opened his eyes instantly.
After glancing sideways at the sleeping person, Gu Yanchen stood up carefully.
Ran Qingxuan was sleeping soundly but woke up as soon as he heard any noise. He opened his eyes and looked around dazedly, and saw Gu Yanchen quietly opened the second-floor window and jumped down.
I was startled, but then I remembered that this guy was very good at martial arts, so I stood up and walked to the window to take a look, but the man was gone, and all I could see was darkness outside.
After lying down on the bed again, Ran Qingxuan lost his sleepiness. He kept thinking about where Gu Yanchen had gone and what he was doing...
About fifteen minutes later, there was a movement near the window. After Gu Yanchen quietly returned to the bed and lay down, he instantly noticed that Ran Qingxuan's breathing had changed.
When he was hesitating whether to tell her the news, Ran Qingxuan had already opened his eyes.
Seeing the tangled expression on his face, Ran Qingxuan asked directly: "Did something happen?"
Gu Yanchen was upset, but he didn't choose to hide it.
"The emperor got the news from somewhere that there are two daughters-in-law of the Gu family who are not in the exile team, and he has ordered a search everywhere."
"What?" Ran Qingxuan stood up with a shocked expression on his face.
She subconsciously thought of the mysterious man who sat in Shen Huai's carriage that day and did not show up, because even Shen Huai did not know the news that the fourth and fifth masters of the Gu family were getting married at the border.
After all, the fourth and fifth sisters-in-law were not of high birth. If people in Beijing knew about this, they would only say that the woman was not a good match for a prominent family like the Gu family.
Gu Yanchen sat on the bed with a very ugly expression on his face. Ran Qingxuan couldn't help but ask, "Do you have any doubts about the candidate?"
"Yes, there is one, but I don't think it's possible..."
Ran Qingxuan sat aside without saying anything, waiting for his next words.
"At the beginning, the fourth and fifth sisters-in-law brought Xuan'er to the capital a step later. When they got home, they happened to run into that person looking for me. The fourth and fifth sisters-in-law didn't know the inside story, so they invited him in."
Ran Qingxuan saw that his expression seemed to be very disgusted with this person, and his mind froze, and he subconsciously said: "Could that person be a woman?"
Gu Yanchen smiled bitterly.
"You guessed it right. It is indeed a woman, and a very troublesome one at that!"
This aroused Ran Qingxuan's curiosity. He came up to him with a playful look on his face and asked shamelessly.
"Hey, tell me, what kind of woman is causing you so much distress?"
Gu Yanchen put his hand on his forehead, fearing that Ran Qingxuan might misunderstand him, so he quickly explained.
"You probably know this person, the youngest princess of Northern Qi, Qi Zhiyun. As far as I know, you two have a very good relationship with Li Si..."
Ran Qingxuan's heart skipped a beat. Looking at the inquiry in Gu Yanchen's eyes, his mind kept searching for the original owner's memories of this little princess.
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