Chapter 55: The Wasteful Fake Gentleman

Finally, she cried and concluded, "Father, it's okay for my brother to take advantage of me. Anyway, I am stupid and dull, not as smart as you."

"But, brother, how can you be so long-handed that even your daughter's personal maid obeys your orders?"

"Ah Qiu, my daughter doesn't dare to use it or keep it. Since you like it, please take it to Qishanyuan."

"Father, you don't know how embarrassing the situation was. A woman and two men were in the same room for a whole night, and they were caught by the Lu family. My daughter was too embarrassed to face anyone."

As she spoke, Gu Zhen cried harder and harder, gradually becoming out of breath.

The Duke of Zhenguo also extracted useful information from Gu Zhen's intermittent crying.

"The friend you are visiting is Lu Mingchao?"

Gu Zhen's eyes were red and swollen from crying, and she nodded while hiccuping.

"Gu Huai, what on earth do you want to do?" Duke Zhen slammed the table with his hand. The sound was dull and loud, like an earthquake.

The warm sunlight outside the window shone through the window lattice, illuminating Gu Huai's face, and he was breathing slightly, as if he was trying hard to suppress something.

Lu Mingchao got married?

And married a country bumpkin?

For a moment, Gu Huai felt as if countless mosquitoes and flies were entangled around him, and there was a buzzing sound in his head, which was extremely annoying.

I curled my fingers toward my palms and clenched my fists tightly, but I didn't feel any pain at all.

Complex and intense emotions surged in my chest.

It's anger.

It's jealousy.

Yes, jealousy.

He, the prince of the Duke of Zhenguo, was actually jealous of a country bumpkin.

It's ridiculous to tell others about it.

Gu Huai lowered his head, frowned, and remained silent for a long time.

When he looked up again, his expression was calm and composed, without any panic.

"Father, I don't think I did anything wrong."

"Even if Lu Mingchao is not the daughter of the Yongning Marquis, she is my childhood sweetheart and has known me for many years. Even if the engagement is not final, there is still some brother-sister relationship. When I heard that she left Beijing for a desolate place, I couldn't help but feel worried because of their past relationship. Considering the precautions between men and women and the reputation of men and women, my son suggested Zhenzhen to go. It would kill two birds with one stone. What's wrong with that?"

"Or does your father hope that his son would be such a ruthless villain?"

"If the father still thinks that the son is wrong, the son is willing to accept the punishment and let the father deal with it."

Gu Zhen: …

Gu Zhen widened her eyes in surprise, and crystal clear tears hung on her eyelashes and did not fall for a long time.

She was very puzzled. How could her brother know everything about his life with just a few words?

The Duke of Zhenguo's anger was stuck in his throat, unable to spit it out or swallow it. He frowned and looked Gu Huai up and down with suspicion, trying not to see anything.

However, Gu Huai looked calm and peaceful, which made him, as a father, seem helpless and furious, and Zhenzhen, as a sister, seem unreasonable and troublesome.

The Duke of Zhenguo sighed, "Then why did you instruct Zhenzhen's personal maid?"

Gu Huai said calmly, "Father knows Zhenzhen's temper, and I don't want to say more."

"And the reason why I hope Zhenzhen will bring Lu Mingchao back to Shangjing City is that I am worried that Lu Mingchao will lose his life because he cannot adapt to the hard life in the countryside."

"Father, I didn't know about the rural marriage before, so how could I deliberately ruin Lu Mingchao's marriage?"

If he knew, he would go there himself.

Gu Huai couldn't understand what was wrong with coming back with Gu Zhen?

He would take good care of Lu Mingchao with fine clothes, fine food, pearl hairpins and jewelry, and would not let Lu Mingchao suffer any wind and rain.

The anger on the Duke of Zhenguo's face faded a little. "That's better!"

"Father, no matter whether you have a brother-sister relationship with Ming Chao, you should remember that Ming Chao is already married and the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion does not make jokes."

"Later, your father will send someone to deliver a gift."

"You have reached adulthood, and you should have prepared for your marriage long ago. You didn't like Ming Chao's delay before, but now that your fiancée has changed, it's what you want. Don't delay it any longer."

"The wife of Marquis Yongning has already tried to test me many times. In my opinion, it is better to do it sooner rather than later."

To avoid any irreparable scandal!

Gu Huai frowned, "Father, it's not that I don't want to marry Miss Lu, it's just that she hasn't learned the rules yet and is a laughing stock. It's hard for her to be the wife of the prince for the time being. And mother attaches great importance to rules. It's better to wait until she finishes her studies before setting the wedding date. Otherwise, there may be discord between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, and unrest in the family."

The Duke of Zheng's hand, which was stroking his beard, stiffened. It seemed that what he said made some sense.

"That's fine."

"At worst, I can save my reputation and go to the palace to ask the nobles to give me another nanny. As long as the new daughter of the Marquis's Mansion is not a piece of rotten wood, she will definitely be reborn."

"Just listen to father." Gu Huai said calmly.

Gu Zhen was caught off guard by the turn of events. She stopped crying, pointed at herself and murmured, "Father, where is my daughter?"

"Should a daughter be wronged and taken advantage of by her brother?"

Duke Zhenguo had a headache. "Zhenzhen, how do you want to solve this?"

The main reason is that Gu Huai's words are clear and well-reasoned, and he can't just use family rules in a rude way.

This question stumped Gu Zhen.

How she wanted to solve it.

She now only hoped that her brother would be as clear-headed and open-minded as he appeared to be, instead of having a ferocious beast lurking in his heart, waiting to break out of the cage when the time came.

The Lu Ming Dynasty no longer had wealth and splendor, but we can’t expect that we will also lose our peaceful days.

Gu Zhen pursed her lips and looked calm.

"First, brother, take Qiu away. No one who betrays his master will be allowed in my daughter's yard."

"Second, I will not punish the guards who escorted my daughter to Changxi Village. It is entirely up to my father and brother's conscience."

"Third, my daughter wants two guards who only obey her orders, and she also wants to be allowed to ask a matchmaker to personally select her personal maid. She will be in control of the contract."

"My daughter doesn't want to suffer the same injustice twice."

"If you don't agree, I will cry and die in front of you."

Duke Zhenguo agreed after a brief thought.

This request is not excessive. It is better than Zhenzhen holding on to Huai'er.

I vaguely felt that Zhenzhen was smarter.

"The daughter is leaving."

Gu Huai also bowed his head and said, "Thank you, father, for your concern."

Gu Zhen and Gu Huai left Songbaiyuan one after another.

"Hypocrite!" Gu Zhen suddenly spoke at the corner.

"The white fox cloak that Brother is wearing today is really exquisite, without a single stray hair."

At first glance, you can tell that he has dressed up specially, pretending to be a gentleman and calm and composed.

Gu Huai raised his eyelids coldly and said with his thin lips, "Waste!"

Gu Zhen: ???

Waste?

she?

"What else?" The sparse and mottled sunlight shone through the dead branches and fell on Gu Huai's face, adding a bit of harshness and intimidation.

Gu Zhen was angry and sneered, "Brother, you called me a waste. I want to ask you what you, a hypocrite, want to do by trying every means to trick me into bringing Lu Mingchao back to Shangjing City?"

"Don't give me the same excuse you gave me in front of my father."

"I'm afraid it's not a brother-sister relationship."

"Outer room?"

"A concubine?"

"Concubine?"

"In your heart, is letting Lu Mingchao be your concubine a gift?"

No wonder Lu Mingchao doesn’t want you anymore]