Chapter 928 (First Update)
Something's wrong; everyone's reaction is off.
Gu Jiao asked Xiao Heng in a low voice, "Did you let it slip?"
Xiao Heng coughed lightly and said in a low voice, "No."
He can't take the blame for this.
"What's going on?" Gu Jiao muttered in confusion.
No matter how smart she was, she could never have guessed that the birthmark on her face was actually a virginity mark. After all, who put the virginity mark there, and who put such a big mark on it?
Xiao Heng couldn't bear to see her continue to be kept in the dark, and planned to tell her the truth about the virginity mark. But just as he was about to speak, Gu Xiaobao was carried over by a palace maid.
Gu Xiaobao was covered in sweat when the palace maid carried him to change his clothes.
He spotted the ethereal Gu Jiao at a glance.
Children are always particularly vulnerable to beautiful things and are unconsciously drawn to them.
He wriggled his little body and got down from the maid's arms.
He's a lazybones, barely walking five steps a day, so the fact that someone would willingly get up shows just how attracted he is.
He came up behind Gu Jiao, walked around her, and raised his little head to take a look.
Then, he exclaimed in surprise, "Oh?"
"Xiao Bao?" Gu Jiao smiled and bent down, stretching out her arms to lift the little guy up.
Gu Xiaobao opened his big, black gem-like eyes wide and blinked at Gu Jiao, looking at her left profile and then her right. He was sure that the person in front of him was his sister, but it seemed that something had disappeared from his sister's face.
He turned to look at Yao and her aunt and her group, waved his little hand, and said seriously, "No."
"Xiao Bao, what's missing?" Gu Jiao asked him.
Gu Xiaobao looked at her again, pointed to her face, and waved his little hand, saying, "It's gone, Feifei is gone."
"What Feifei?" Gu Jiao still didn't connect it to her birthmark, but Gu Xiaobao's reaction clearly indicated that there was something wrong with her face.
She handed Gu Xiaobao to Xiao Heng, who was standing to the side, and then turned and went into her room in Renshou Palace.
The group exchanged a glance.
Gu Yan counted, "Three, two, one—"
Just as they finished counting, a deafening scream erupted from inside the room: "Wow—"
Bang!
It was much louder than Xiao Yiyi's voice; the roof was almost blown off, birds in the trees fluttered their wings and scattered in all directions, and fallen leaves covered everyone.
Xiao Heng removed the leaf from Gu Xiaobao's mouth, raised an eyebrow, and said, "Your reaction is much stronger than mine."
...
When Xiao Heng led Gu Xiaobao into the house, Gu Jiao had already calmed down and was sitting quietly in front of the dented bronze mirror.
It was just a birthmark, but for some reason, the difference between having it and not having it was so great that Gu Jiao herself didn't recognize it. When she first saw an unfamiliar face in the bronze mirror, it completely overturned her understanding.
Thinking she'd seen a ghost, she punched him—
Only after smashing it did I realize that the person was myself.
She slowly turned around, staring blankly at Xiao Heng, and said, "Husband, everyone says that a woman who has been nourished by love is the most beautiful, but I'm wondering if this is a bit too much of a nourishment?"
Xiao Heng chuckled softly, leaned down slightly, covered Gu Xiaobao's little ears with both hands, and said with a smile, "It's a virginity mark."
Gu Jiao's almond-shaped eyes widened: "The... the virginity mark?"
Xiao Heng chuckled helplessly: "Mother knows more about this matter."
Gu Jiao hurriedly went to ask Yao Shi, and thanks to her, Gu Xiaoshun also heard the whole story.
Gu Jiao's face darkened: "So it's the abbot."
What's going on?
Do all the monks in your temple drink alcohol?
After they finished drinking, they even applied a cinnabar paste to their virginity. My hand slipped, and I applied such a huge amount!
Gu Jiao: "I'll settle the score with him when we get back!"
"But how did Ayan know?" Gu Xiaoshun asked.
On the day Yao confessed this to Xiao Heng, Gu Xiaoshun and Gu Yan were not present; those present were the aunt, the old priest, Gu Changqing, and Gu Chengfeng.
"I guessed," Gu Yan said.
His dislike of studying doesn't mean he's not bright; on the contrary, he's observant and meticulous, and nothing in his family goes unnoticed.
Gu Jiao pouted: "Why didn't you tell me sooner?"
The thought of brazenly declaring in front of them that I had consummated my marriage while wearing the mark of virginity is truly an indelible dark chapter in my history!
Holding her daughter's hand, Yao said with undisguised joy, "My darling has finally become beautiful."
In fact, no matter what Gu Jiao looks like, she is the best in her eyes. But if you can have a good appearance, who wouldn't want it?
She had been angry with the abbot, but then she thought that in the countryside, where no one could protect her daughter, her ugly appearance wasn't such a bad thing.
Otherwise, with that face alone, who knows how many disasters it would have brought upon it.
"Grandma?" Gu Jiao looked at Empress Dowager Zhuang with a clever look. "Am I pretty?"
So you're showing off now?
Empress Dowager Zhuang snorted: "Even more arrogant than a little monk."
It is naturally beautiful.
Although I had guessed that she would no longer be ugly after the removal of the virginity mark, I really didn't expect her to be this beautiful.
Her beauty was completely sealed away by the cinnabar mark.
She's still young, and her features haven't fully developed yet. As she gets older, she'll become more and more beautiful, and perhaps one day she'll reach the pinnacle of beauty.
I'm getting old, and I don't know if I can stay with her for that long.
...
Gu Jiao and Xiao Heng then went to pay their respects to the Emperor and Empress.
As expected, the Emperor and Empress Xiao were both greatly shocked and asked Gu Jiao what had happened to her face. Gu Jiao was concerned about her image, so of course she didn't mention that it was her virginity mark.
"I used some medicine and it's gone," Gu Jiao said.
"What kind of potion... is it so miraculous?" Empress Xiao expressed that she wanted it too.
Gu Jiao: No, you don't want it.
"Aunt, how is Xiao Qi doing these days?" Seeing that the topic was about to take an indescribable turn, Xiao Heng quickly changed the subject and asked about Qin Chuyu.
Qin Chuyu and Xiao Jingkong are both studying in the Imperial Academy's prodigy class and are very close friends. There is also Xu Zhouzhou, the youngest son of the Minister of War.
When her son was mentioned, Empress Xiao's attention was successfully diverted: "He's almost ten years old, but he's still like when he first entered the Imperial Academy, always making a fuss..."
The two came from the Emperor and Empress's side and stayed in Renshou Palace for a whole day before bidding farewell to their aunt as it was getting dark.
Gu Xiaobao clung to Gu Jiao's arms and refused to get down.
"How about coming back with your sister?" Gu Jiao teased him.
"Okay," he readily agreed.
Madam Yao: "..." You don't want your mother anymore?
Gu Jiao smiled and looked at him: "You just called me 'sister'."
Gu Xiaobao: "I didn't."
Gu Jiao: "You did, you called."
Gu Xiaobao: "I didn't call."
Gu Jiao: "Didn't you call me anything?"
Gu Xiaobao: "Sister."
Gu Jiao: "Hey!"
Gu Xiaobao, who had been tricked: "..."
Gu Jiao laughed heartily, picked up the adorable Gu Xiaobao, and put him on the carriage. When the carriage was halfway there, Gu Xiaobao fell asleep in her arms.
Madam Yao picked up Gu Xiaobao and said to the two of them, "It's getting late, you should go back now."
The two bid farewell to Madam Yao, Gu Yan, and Gu Xiaoshun, and returned to the Princess's residence in another carriage.
The two had planned to pay their respects to the princess and the marquis first, but as soon as they entered the courtyard, they were told that Marquis Xuanping and Princess Xinyang had taken Xiao Yiyi to visit the lantern festival.
Gu Jiao said, "Oh, my second spring has arrived."
"Is that how it's used?" Xiao Heng glanced at her with amusement, and once again, he couldn't look away.
She was like a ripe peach, exuding an irresistible allure.
Gu Jiao noticed his intense gaze and asked strangely, "Why are you looking at me like that?"
"Are you still tired?" he asked softly.
He asked about returning, but Gu Jiao didn't immediately understand. She thought he was asking if entering the palace was tiring, so she shook her head and said, "Not tiring."
An hour later, all the maids in Lanting Courtyard left the courtyard, their faces flushed.
They don't need to come on duty tonight.
...
The Changping Marquis's Residence.
Gu Jinyu had just finished showering and was sitting on her wedding bed, wearing a cool, close-fitting red nightgown.
"Chunliu, do I look good like this?" she asked.
"It's beautiful!" Chunliu said sincerely.
Not to flatter, but her young lady is truly growing more and more beautiful.
Her body has grown up, her figure is graceful, and her skin is as smooth as jade. How can one word describe her beauty?
"Go to the study and check on Third Master," Gu Jinyu said.
"Yes." Chunliu left quickly.
About fifteen minutes later, Chunliu returned sheepishly.
"Is Third Master still not coming?" Gu Jinyu asked expressionlessly.
Chunliu said with difficulty, "Third Master is coughing badly. He said he was afraid of passing on his illness to Miss, so he told Miss to go to sleep first and he would stay in the study tonight."
"Sickness, it's sickness again!" Gu Jinyu clenched the handkerchief in her hand.
She entered the Changping Marquis's mansion full of hope on her wedding night, but not only did the groom not come to pick her up, he didn't even come on their wedding night!
(End of this chapter)
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