Chapter 806: My cousin is reborn and wants to snatch my marriage (15)
Lady Anguogong was thrown to the ground by Gu Shiyao and sprained her waist. She had no time to continue interrogating Gu Shichu.
After Duke Anguo came back and learned about his daughter's embarrassing incident in Marquis Qi Yang's mansion, he flew into a rage and scolded Gu Shiyao harshly. He almost sent Gu Shiyao back to her ancestral home to hide from the limelight. In the end, it was Zhou who loved her daughter so much that she persuaded her husband for a long time before he allowed Gu Shiyao to stay.
However, Gu Shiyao was still confined to her feet, forced to kneel in the ancestral hall, and had a nanny invited back to teach her the rules again.
The next day, Marquis Qi Yang and Crown Prince Ming Xun went directly to Duke An Guo to cancel their engagement. Duke An Guo was in the wrong, knowing that his daughter had brought this upon herself. It was Gu Shiyao who had plotted against Ming Xun first, which led to this disaster. He had no way to pursue the matter, so he had to agree to the cancellation of the engagement with reluctance.
It didn't take Gu Shichu long to find out about this. Ming Xun would break off the engagement with Gu Shiyao, which man could tolerate knowing that his fiancée wanted to frame him and was having an affair with his future wife's sister? What's more, he didn't love this fiancée at all.
Gu Shiyao failed to steal the chicken and ended up losing the rice. Her plot against Mingxun and Gu Shichu failed and she also brought disgrace upon herself. Now, no young man of the same social status as her in the capital would consider marrying her, even though she has a powerful father.
Gu Shiyao could be said to have turned a disaster into a blessing. After all, this way the possibility of her and Tang Buqing being together was much greater. At first, Gu Shiyao was shocked and couldn't accept the fact that she had been disgraced. But after a day, she realized that although she had lost her reputation this time, she also had many constraints. She could propose to her parents that she marry Tang Buqing, who came from a poor family!
So Gu Shiyao turned from sadness to joy, and while kneeling in the ancestral hall, she had already begun to think about how to tell her mother about Tang Buqing.
Gu Shichu was questioned by Gu Taoxing about Gu Shiyao's matter. Gu Shiyao and Zhou had always said that she was suspected of framing her cousin. Gu Shichu repeated her story. Gu Taoxing was a very patriarchal man. He didn't think that Gu Shichu, a weak little woman, had the ability to plot against his daughter in the unfamiliar Qi Yang Marquis Mansion without leaving any traces. So he didn't doubt Gu Shichu at all. He asked her to question him just to perfunctorily deal with Zhou.
Thus, Gu Shichu successfully extricated himself from this dirty business, and all suspicion fell on the people in Qi Yang Hou Mansion.
"Miss, where are we going?" Zhiqiu lifted the curtain and looked out. "Furonglou is the most popular restaurant in Beijing. It is said that they have a famous dish called Furong pork knuckle. Many gourmets go there every day to wait for an order. Why don't we go there?"
"Okay, I'd like to see if it's really that delicious." Gu Shichu immediately became interested.
The carriage soon stopped in front of Furonglou. Gu Shichu got off the carriage and walked in. He saw that the lobby was almost full of people. It was very lively. The waiters were running between the tables, very busy. It was indeed the most popular restaurant in the capital.
Fortunately, Gu Shichu arrived in time. Although the private room upstairs was gone, there was still an empty table in the corner of the lobby.
Although Gu Shichu lived in the Duke's Mansion, she was just a transparent person, so no one knew her except her family and relatives. She didn't have the style of a lady from a wealthy family when she went out, so she pretended to be a commoner lady with ease and sat at the last table with confidence.
Zhiqiu immediately and cleverly ordered several of her favorite dishes, including the famous Furong pork knuckle.
"Oh, you two girls are in for a treat. We only have one pig's trotter left in our restaurant. If you had come a little later, you would not have been able to have it. It just so happens that you got it at the last minute. This shows that you girls are destined to be in our restaurant. You should come more often in the future..." The waiter said sweetly.
"That depends on whether the food here is really delicious. If it is, we will naturally patronize it in the future." Gu Shichu said.
"It's absolutely delicious! Just look at our lobby and you'll understand. If the food wasn't delicious, how could we have so many customers?" The waiter said complacently, pointing at the guests in the lobby.
Gu Shichu didn't have to wait long, and soon several dishes were served. She tasted them and found that the most popular restaurant was indeed quite capable, and so far these dishes were all to her taste.
However, the lotus-colored pork knuckle that she was most looking forward to had not yet been served. Just as she was about to urge it, she suddenly heard a commotion coming from the front door: "Master, I want this last lotus-colored pork knuckle! Who ordered it? I'll pay him several times the price for the dish!"
"This... this requires asking the customer first. I can't make the decision..." the waiter said with an apologetic smile.
"Who is the guest? Lead the way!" the arrogant and cool male voice said again.
Gu Shichu's face turned cold. Someone actually wanted to steal his food? !
Sure enough, the waiter soon came over with the man who wanted to snatch her food.
Gu Shichu looked up and saw that it was an acquaintance. He had teamed up with him to cheat someone not long ago.
"It's you?" Ming Xun was also very surprised to see Gu Shichu, but this surprise only lasted for a moment, and soon he said to Gu Shichu with confidence, "I want this lotus-crusted pork knuckle, give it to me, and I will pay you ten times the price of the dish!"
"No! I came here just for this dish. No matter how much money you give me, I won't give it up." Gu Shichu shook his head firmly.
"One thousand taels of silver! Plus I'll treat you to a meal!" Ming Xun thought she thought the money was too little, so he frowned and raised the price, "This is a lot of money, don't be too much."
"Hmph, are you deaf? Didn't you hear me say that you wouldn't give it to me no matter how much money I offered?" Gu Shichu sneered.
"Gu San, are you sure you won't give it to me?" Ming Xun narrowed his eyes, suddenly slammed her desk with a bang, and said viciously, "Dare to offend me? Have you forgotten all the dirty things you did in my house before?"
"You said it happened in your house, what does it have to do with me?" Gu Shichu sneered.
"Aren't you afraid that I will spread the rumor that it was you who framed your sister?" Ming Xun threatened her in a low voice.
"Just say it and see how many people believe it." Gu Shichu raised his eyelids and said sarcastically.
Ming Xun choked up suddenly, and realized that indeed few people would believe that it was her work, and he had no evidence. Others would only think that she was a poor cannon fodder who was pushed out to take the blame, and they might even sympathize with her.
Ming Xun didn't expect that he would be suppressed by such a little girl. He felt even more aggrieved. He used his best trick: "Aren't you afraid that I will retaliate against you? You are an orphan without a father or a mother. You have an ordinary relationship with the Duke Anguo and his wife, right? If I deal with you, will they be willing to seek justice for you?"
(End of this chapter)
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