Hua Yuanzhao was distracted and stopped talking.

"What's wrong?" Gu Ci asked gently, "Are you feeling uncomfortable because the carriage is running so fast?"

Hua Yuanzhao felt uneasy. She pinched the hem of her clothes nervously and said, "No, nothing... I just thought this jade pendant looked nice. Um, I didn't see you wearing it at the Spring Banquet before?"

"This?" Gu Ci held the jade pendant and sneered, "It was stolen by a servant before, and I just found it today."

"Miss Hua, do you like it?" He asked with a smile, "Change the name and I'll ask someone to find a similar one for you, okay?"

“No, no, no!” Hua Yuanzhao waved his hands hurriedly: “I just rarely see people carving white flowers on jade pendants!”

Hua Yuanzhao naturally didn't believe Gu Ci's words. After all, how could someone steal something so personal to a prince?

Her heart was beating fast, her cheeks were flushed, and her mind was drifting away.

——Could the person in the water that day be him?

Gu Ci smiled faintly, with a look of nostalgia in his eyes: "My mother likes the white jade flower. This jade pendant was made for her by my father. It's a pity..."

My mother passed away before I could complete the task, and the jade pendant became just an ordinary treasure.

Hua Yuanzhao's eyes suddenly widened, and he felt even more uneasy.

It’s over, it’s over. Could it be that the nasty gangster that day was really him?

…

In the main hall of the Prime Minister's Mansion, the food on the table had already been heated up once.

Prime Minister Hua sat at the table with a gloomy face, and Aunt Su beside him pretended to comfort him, "Master, don't be angry. Zhao'er has always been well-behaved. Why would he run around? He must still be in the mansion."

As she was speaking, Nanny Fang came in and looked at Aunt Su with a troubled look.

"Master, I have brought people to search everywhere, and the young lady is definitely not in the mansion!"

Aunt Su frowned and shouted, "Zhao'er didn't tell me that he was leaving the house, so why is he not in the house?"

Nanny Fang was embarrassed: "Well, the gatekeeper said that the young lady had indeed left the house!"

Prime Minister Hua couldn't help but said angrily: "Don't you know where she goes in and out of the house? How do you manage this family?"

"I..." Aunt Su lowered her head aggrievedly: "Zhao'er is a legitimate daughter after all. If you didn't dote on me, I would have to bow to her when I saw her..."

"Yes... my eldest sister has always been righteous. Mother is just an aunt after all. How can she control her?" Hua Yuanshan added fuel to the fire, but was secretly happy in her heart.

He hasn’t come back so late, could it be that the fat pig has been sold to the slaughterhouse?

"Master..." Aunt Su sobbed softly, "Zhao'er is old after all. I have held the power of the head of the family for so long, why not return it to the eldest lady today..."

"I am, after all, just a concubine..."

"How can I do this, Auntie?" Nanny Fang advised: "You have been in charge of the household affairs for many years. Even if you have no merits, you have worked hard! Although you are only a concubine, in the hearts of the servants, you are no different from a wife!"

"Enough!" Prime Minister Hua slammed the table.

The room suddenly fell silent. Hua Yuanshan looked at Aunt Su quietly and gave her a questioning look.

——Is that about enough?

If dad could make mom his legal wife, then she would also be a legitimate daughter!

Aunt Su shook her head secretly, twisted her handkerchief and forced a smile, calling out, "Master..."

"The young lady is back!"

Suddenly, Yulan hurried in to report, and immediately knelt down when she found something wrong in the room.

Prime Minister Hua cursed with a dark face: "Let that evil girl come over!"

"My Lord, the young lady came back in men's clothes!" Yulan said loudly, "And she was sent back in a strange carriage!"

After she finished speaking, she added: "I heard faintly that there was a man's voice in the carriage!"

"What!" Prime Minister Hua was so angry that he slammed the table and walked out without waiting for Hua Yuanzhao to come back.

"This evil girl! Is she determined to bring disgrace upon the Hua family?"

"It's all my fault." Aunt Su sobbed, "Zhao'er must be unhappy because his marriage was cancelled. If I could have comforted him a few more times, Zhao'er wouldn't have gone astray."

"You just broke off the engagement and you're already having an affair with someone. Could it be that you've already been involved with that person?" Hua Yuanshan followed up with a smile, "Why didn't you say anything? Someone likes you even with your looks. You must be a good match."

Prime Minister Hua wanted to scold, but was interrupted by Aunt Su.

"Shan'er!" Aunt Su shouted, "You are a girl, do you still have any shame? How can you say such private things?"

Hua Yuanshan pretended to apologize, but seemed extremely proud when she glanced at Prime Minister Hua.

To say something about private transactions is shameless, but what about the person who did it? Wouldn't he be thrown into a pig cage?

Prime Minister Hua was completely enraged by the mother and daughter, and he started cursing at Hua Yuanzhao as soon as he saw him.

"You evil girl! You have no shame at all!"

Hua Yuanzhao was confused and puzzled by the scolding.

——What the hell?

Aunt Su advised earnestly: "Zhao'er, you are still young, how can you have an affair with a wild man?"

Gu Ci followed in, opened his folding fan, squinted his eyes, and asked sinisterly, "Who said that I am a wild man?"