Chapter 5 Chapter 5 The Real and Fake Daughter Meets for the First Time
Shaoguangyuan is where the Marquis's wife lives. It is not far from the attic where Gu Jiayue lives, separated only by a small garden.
Gu Jiayue followed Xiaohan through the winding path and came to Shaoguangyuan.
The little maid standing downstairs saw this, bowed hastily, and then gently lifted the curtain.
Gu Jiayue stepped into the hall and saw that it was full of people.
She stepped forward gracefully, bowed, and said, "Greetings, Lord Marquis and Lady Marquis."
Gu Jiayue had not intended to address them in such a distant way, but because Gu Wangshu was in the hall at the moment, if she still called the Marquis and Madam her parents, she didn't know what Gu Wangshu would think.
After all, girls aged fifteen or sixteen are the most sensitive. If a little girl can't think straight and gets stuck in a dead end, that would be bad.
Seeing her being so distant, the Marquis's wife found it hard to accept for a moment. Just as she was about to speak, the Marquis gently grabbed her wrist.
The Marquis shook his head slightly, signaling his wife to control her facial expression.
He had initially thought Gu Jiayue's insistence on leaving the Marquisate was an overreaction; a dignified Marquisate couldn't possibly afford to support two young ladies. But now, looking at his beloved wife, he suddenly understood that it was difficult for her to treat both equally. If this continued, a rift would inevitably develop between the two children, potentially causing unrest in the family.
It is said that if children do not get along, it is because their parents are unkind, but human hearts are biased. How can we treat them equally?
Unless someone takes the initiative to give in.
It seems that Gu Jiayue's departure may be the best outcome for everyone.
After figuring it out, when the Marquis looked at Gu Jiayue again, his eyes showed not only love but also a bit of appreciation.
Madam Hou calmed down and smiled again. She took Gu Jiayue's hand, walked to Gu Wangshu, and said, "Wangshu, this is Jiayue. She's been thinking about you every day since she knew you were coming back."
Then she turned to Gu Jiayue, "Jiayue, this is Wangshu. You are both my good children. I hope you can live in harmony and be good sisters."
Gu Jiayue felt the warmth emanating from the slightly rough back of her hand, and she was the first to show a friendly smile, saying, "You have suffered a lot over the years. Ever since she learned of your identity, the Marquis's wife has been thinking about you day and night. Now that you are back, the Marquis and his wife can finally put their worries to rest."
Gu Jiayue tried hard to show her kindness and spoke well of the Marquis's wife, hoping that the little girl in front of her would feel close to the Marquis's mansion as soon as possible.
Gu Wangshu was also carefully studying Gu Jiayue. He thought to himself, "Time flies by. I can't even remember how gentle and considerate Gu Jiayue was when she was a teenager."
That’s right, Gu Wangshu was reborn.
In her previous life, under the guidance of someone with ulterior motives, she had already labeled Gu Jiayue, whom she had never met, before she even returned home. So from the moment she entered the house, she had been fighting with Gu Jiayue, both openly and covertly.
Even though Gu Jiayue gave in again and again, she felt that she was retreating in order to advance and was hypocritical.
Later, Gu Jiayue moved out of the Marquis' Mansion and returned to Taohua Village to open a school. She never went to Beijing again in her life and never contacted the Marquis' Mansion or anyone in Kyoto.
And she succeeded in getting what she wanted: the love of her parents, the affection of her husband, the respect of her son, and the praise of everyone in Kyoto.
She thought she had won.
But later, her husband, with whom she had been in love for ten years, had eighteen concubines and more than thirty illegitimate children. The children she had carefully raised for ten years wanted to recognize a concubine as their mother. Her personal maid gave her a chronic poison. Her biological parents cut off all ties with her, and her adoptive parents also refused to see her.
She was deserted by everyone, everyone wanted to kill her and hoped that she would suffer.
Gu Wangshu didn't understand why her ending was like this. She was just fighting for what was rightfully hers!
Those were his parents! They were her brother! They were her fiancé! Why were all these people siding with Gu Jiayue and blaming her?
She couldn't figure it out, and no one could help her.
She was imprisoned in a room by a concubine in the mansion, waiting to die. She cried out to heaven and earth, but no one answered.
Just when she thought she was about to die, Gu Jiayue, regardless of the strange looks of the world, kicked open the door of the Duke's Mansion, picked up a butcher knife, and carried the dying girl on her thin shoulders, fighting her way out of the Duke's Mansion, forcing Zheng Qinghe to write a divorce letter and take her out of the cage.
Gu Wangshu still remembered asking Gu Jiayue in his previous life, didn’t she hate him for targeting her like that?
Gu Jiayue rolled her eyes and, with a rather bold gesture, chopped the pig's head in half on the chopping board, threw it into the pot, and added two scallions. She said, "I hate it, of course I hate it! I want to pull your hair and fight you. But you're my sister, after all. No matter how much I hate you, I can't let outsiders bully you."
"So I plan to make pig head soup for you every day and make you fat to death, hehe..."
When she was about to die, Gu Jiayue sewed her burial clothes stitch by stitch. She told her not to be stingy with her money in the afterlife, that she was in good health and could live for decades, and that there was no problem with the money she could use to bury her. She could spend as much as she wanted, and if she ran out of money, she could tell her in a dream.
After her death, it was Gu Jiayue who found a tomb for her and buried her.
She did what she said, and would burn paper for her during festivals and sometimes even burn a handsome man for her...
So at that time, Gu Wangshu thought that if she could live her life again, she would be willing to give in to Gu Jiayue and stop competing with her.
Isn’t it just the love of parents and the favor of brother and sister-in-law? Just give it to her.
Isn't this what Zheng Qinghe has been thinking about all his life? Give it to her too!
All the exquisite jewelry and beautiful dresses were given to her.
Just consider it as repaying her kindness.
When everyone saw that Gu Wangshu was just holding Gu Jiayue's hand but not saying anything, they thought she was dissatisfied with Gu Jiayue.
Fearing an argument between her two daughters, the Marquis's wife quickly patted their hands with a smile. "Look at my impatience. Wangshu must be tired from the journey. Mother asked Xiaohan to take you downstairs to rest first. We can hold off on the recognition of your relationship another day."
Gu Wangshu came back to his senses, and looked at Gu Jiayue with a gentle gaze, saying, "Sister is also very beautiful. If you look closely, our eyebrows and eyes are surprisingly similar. We are indeed twins from the same mother."
She naturally knew the Marquis's plan. After she came back in her previous life, the Marquis's wife told her that they should not tell anyone that Gu Jiayue had reported the wrong baby, but should pretend that she had given birth to twins and only lost one in the panic.
But in his previous life, he was instigated by a villain and had already determined that Gu Jiayue had ill intentions before even entering the mansion. When he heard his mother's suggestion, he thought she was unwilling to leave the mansion and wanted to compete with him. So he was unwilling to do so and tried every means to prevent this from happening.
In the end, there was no other choice but to adopt Gu Jiayue as her adopted daughter and send her to live with her mother.
Later she found out that he didn't want to stay in the Marquis' Mansion at all, but was forced to stay because of his mother's repeated requests.
Now, having the chance to do it all over again, although she couldn't grow a smart brain again, she could see clearly who was around her and who was a ghost.
In short, she always remembered what Gu Jiayue said in her previous life. If you are not smart, talk less, do less, and eat more!
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