"Since you don't want to marry into the Fang family, grandma can make the decision and agree to it."
Madam Gu spoke some soothing words to Gu Yanfei in a gentle voice.
Gu Yanfei smiled again, as bright as the stars in the night sky, and just asked: "What is the use of that jade pendant?"
In other words, what secret of the Duke of England's mansion is hidden in this jade pendant that makes the Duke of England's wife willing to do anything to get it, both in her two lives.
“……” Madam Gu raised her head and looked at Gu Yanfei, pursed her lips and remained silent, her body slightly tense.
Her thumb subconsciously rubbed the Buddhist beads, her thoughts turning rapidly, as if she was hesitating, or weighing the pros and cons.
The night wind howled, scraping the branches and leaves wantonly, blowing the hems of the two people's clothes, and the candlelight in the lanterns flickered.
The servants around didn't dare to say a word and just lowered their eyes to look at the tip of the shoe.
For Gu Yanfei, the more Madam Gu acted like this, the more confident she felt.
This jade pendant is very important, very good!
The corners of Gu Yanfei's lips rose a little higher. He suddenly raised his hand and took out a jade pendant from the box held by Juanbi. He raised it high and pretended to smash it...
Under the backlight, the jade pendant in her hand was not very clear, and Madam Gu could only vaguely see that it was a round jade pendant.
"stop!"
Madam Gu suddenly opened her eyes wide, unable to hide her shock, and became anxious.
If Gu Yanfei really smashed the jade pendant, then he would not be able to explain to the Duke of Yingguo's Mansion, and the Gu and Fang families would be in a dead end! This jade pendant must not have any problems! Madam Gu's forehead was throbbing with blue veins. It was obviously winter, but beads of sweat rolled down her forehead.
Her cold gaze froze on Gu Yanfei, and the two of them stared at each other in a silent stalemate.
Silence spread.
At this moment, even the wind stopped, and the shadows of the trees in the dark were all motionless.
Madam Gu's breathing became heavier and her chest rose and fell more and more violently. Slowly, she began to calm down. Her eyes became calm and she seemed to have made some decision.
After a while, Mrs. Gu waved her hand.
The maids and servants around her immediately understood and quietly stepped back.
Juanbi, who was holding the box, glanced at Gu Yanfei's expression and retreated five or six feet.
There were only the two of them, the grandparents and the grandchildren, around. Everything was silent. The lanterns faded away as the servants left.
Within a radius of several feet, only the silver moonlight poured down from the night sky, sprinkling silver frost on the ground.
Gu Yanfei was still standing, wearing plain clothes and a long skirt that trailed on the ground;
Madam Gu sat on the chair of the sedan chair, looking old and haggard.
Madam Gu cleared her throat and confessed in a low voice, "The Duke of England's wife does want a jade pendant."
Once you get started, it becomes much easier to continue.
Madam Gu sorted out her thoughts and told the story: "Fifty years ago in May, Emperor Taizu led his troops into the capital. On the day the capital was captured, the last emperor of the previous dynasty set fire to the imperial city, and the empress, concubines, and princes and princesses all died in the sea of fire."
"The last emperor's successor's surname was Yu, from the Yingchuan Yu clan."
"She is the Duchess of England's eldest aunt."
Having said that, Madam Gu paused, her eyes flickering, as if she was recalling some old stories.
Gu Yanfei didn't urge her, just looked at her steadily.
Mrs. Gu's maiden name was Qi. Although it was not a noble family in Yingchuan, Yuzhou, it was also a well-known large family in the local area. When she was young, Mrs. Gu had also visited the Yu family and met the noble Queen Yu.
On the day of Empress Yu's wedding, according to local customs, young boys and girls were required to say auspicious words to the bride. Madam Gu was young at the time and was also called there. She saw with her own eyes that the lady from the Yu family was wearing the jade pendant.
This jade pendant is rare, especially the carvings, which are the work of Master Lu, a local carving master in Yingchuan. The phoenix pattern is carved vividly and ingeniously. What is obviously different from ordinary jade pendants is that the phoenix head has no eyes.
So, Madam Gu saw it at a glance.
Thinking of the events of so many years ago, Mrs. Gu felt a little sad.
The prosperity and bustle of the past is still vivid in our minds, but now everything has changed.
Madam Gu calmed down for a while before she spoke again, "Fourteen years ago, not long after Mengjie arrived in the capital, the wife of the Duke of Ying came to ask for a marriage for her son."
Back then, the Duke of Yingguo's Mansion was far stronger than the Marquis of Dingyuan's Mansion, and it is still the same now.
However, when the Marquis' Mansion temporarily proposed to change the candidate for marriage, the Duke of England's Mansion did not object. In fact, the Duke of England's wife even expressed her determination to have this marriage when she came last time. Her words implied that no matter who the Gu family married, they could not regret the marriage.
Madam Gu was no fool, she had sensed long ago that the Duchess of England clearly had other intentions.
In Madam Gu's opinion, the only thing that could make the other party achieve his goal was the jade pendant with phoenix pattern.
Gu Yanfei raised his hand to lift his hair that was blown by the night wind, and asked casually: "If the jade pendant really belonged to the Yu family, why was it in my mother's dowry?"
"I don't know about that." Madam Gu sighed softly, lowered her head and coughed lightly a few times, looking weak and haggard.
She wiped her mouth with a handkerchief, stretched out her hand to Gu Yanfei again, and said in a friendly manner: "Yanfei, give me the jade pendant."
Gu Yanfei stared at Madam Gu deeply, as if she wanted to see through her inside and out. Then, she turned around and put the jade pendant into her sleeve pocket.
Madam Gu, who had been trying hard to look amiable, suddenly changed her expression like turning the pages of a book. A sinister light flashed in her eyes, and her hands froze in mid-air.
Gu Yanfei flicked his sleeves with a half-smile, stood leisurely with his hands behind his back, and said in a clear voice: "Don't worry, Madam, I stand with you in the Gu family. When you need the jade pendant, I will give it to you."
After a pause, she slowly added: "But not now."
"If Madam Tai is alright, I will continue to count my mother's dowry."
“……” Madam Gu’s expression became even uglier.
Clearly, before she came here, she had made up her mind to force Gu Yanfei to hand over the keys, but now, she even handed over her own trump card.
A fallen leaf was blown by the evening breeze and landed right in Mrs. Gu's hair, but she was unaware of it.
Gu Yanfei ignored her and turned around, calling Juanbi to go into the small warehouse together.
After entering the house, she spread out her right palm.
On the palm of his hand was a white jade pendant engraved with a circle of phoenix patterns. The carving was superb, simple and smooth, with a sense of simplicity yet complexity.
Gu Yanfei picked this jade pendant out from among the several jade pendants that were part of Xie's dowry.
She was sure that this was the piece the Duchess of England wanted, because among all the things in the warehouse, only this jade pendant released a faint spiritual energy.
This spiritual energy comes from the jade itself.
In fact, its spiritual energy is very weak. If it were in the Yaoling Realm, it would not even be as good as a low-grade spirit stone, and it would be far from being a treasure of heaven and earth. Gu Yanfei would not even look at it. But in this small world, it is extremely rare.
(End of this chapter)
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