Chapter 389 Something's fishy
No matter what, it was their fault for keeping it from the other party. If Gu Shuyan really pursued the matter and then stopped talking to her master, what should they do?
"Just focus on getting better. I'll take care of everything else."
Yun Yichen suddenly remembered what happened on the street yesterday. No wonder Gu Shuyan was so sure he would leave; it turned out that was the reason.
"Miss, what's wrong with you?"
As soon as she entered the gate of the Marquis's mansion, Pearl looked over anxiously.
"It's alright, let's go back to the courtyard!"
Gu Shuyan was no longer as furious as she had been at the Yun residence.
She wasn't angry at Yun Yichen for keeping this from her at all. After all, in that situation, the more people who knew, the greater the risk.
Gu Shuyan understood even more why Yun Yichen didn't tell her the reason why the emperor cared so much about the heir of the Duke of Anguo.
However, yesterday, Yun Yichen actually told her that he wanted to break off the engagement because of Rui'er's matter, which made Gu Shuyan very sad.
Moreover, she had already swallowed her pride and gone to the Yun residence to find him, but he still wouldn't take back his words about breaking off the engagement. In a fit of anger, Gu Shuyan could only subtly bring up the fact that Yun Yichen was the heir of the Duke of Anguo.
After Gu Shuyan and Yun Yichen talked by the river yesterday, she acted very strangely upon returning. Pearl knew without a doubt that Yun Yichen and Gu Shuyan must have had a fight yesterday, but judging from their behavior today, could it be that they had a complete falling out?
Pearl was filled with doubt, but dared not ask Gu Shuyan directly how things were going. She could only silently follow Gu Shuyan back to the North Courtyard and obediently do her own thing.
In the evening, a maid from the main courtyard suddenly came to invite Gu Shuyan, saying that she should go to the front hall for dinner together.
The reason for this was that Mr. Yun, the son-in-law, had come to visit.
Now that Yun Yichen is the son-in-law of the Marquis's mansion, he no longer needs to sneak around the wall to see Gu Shuyan.
As for their future son-in-law, the Marquis of Yi'an's mansion naturally had to treat him well, especially Yun Yichen, who was the chief minister of the country, and he received the highest honors.
Throughout the meal, Gu Jin mostly kept Yun Yichen company and talked to him.
Gu Renjie and Gu Yingjie still felt some resistance towards their brother-in-law, so they didn't talk to him much.
Even if she occasionally said a few words, it was always out of respect for Yun Yichen. After all, he had taken her sweetheart! Naturally, she wouldn't give him a kind look.
As for Gu Shuyan and Yun Yichen, they didn't exchange a single word during the meal. It wasn't until after dinner that Yun Yichen took the initiative to suggest that he and Gu Shuyan take a walk around the mansion together.
Now that the two families are engaged and the betrothal gifts have been exchanged, Yun Yichen's request is by no means unreasonable.
So, under Gu Jin's arrangement, Gu Shuyan took Yun Yichen for a stroll in the garden of the Marquis's mansion.
"Is Shushu still angry?"
Yun Yichen changed his attitude from the morning, and his tone softened slightly.
After all, his talk about breaking off the engagement yesterday was just something he said in a fit of anger. He just wanted Gu Shuyan to tell him who this person named Gu Rui really was.
Unexpectedly, because he was angry, he didn't let Gu Shuyan give him the answer he wanted, and instead he had to coax her first.
"Didn't the Grand Secretary say he wanted to break off the engagement with my daughter? How could he have forgotten so quickly?"
Gu Shuyan's words carried a hint of defiance.
Knowing he was in the wrong, Yun Yichen didn't dare to reply and could only hurriedly say, "It's all my fault. I shouldn't have said those things. Shushu, please don't be angry, okay?"
The Grand Secretary, who was in his twenties, had never been so humble before, but his chosen wife still had so many people supporting her, and he had to coax her even with tears in his eyes!
"Does the gentleman still wish to annul the engagement?"
Gu Shuyan wasn't the type to be pretentious. Since Yun Yichen had already swallowed his pride and apologized to her, she couldn't possibly hold onto this matter any longer.
Seeing that Gu Shuyan had relented, Yun Yichen immediately stopped and took her hand in his.
"Those were just words spoken in anger. It wasn't easy to snatch you away from so many people, how could I just break off the engagement like that?"
Yun Yichen's words were true. There were quite a few people who wanted to marry Gu Shuyan before. It was only with great difficulty that the two of them joined forces and nipped all of them in the bud. Now, saying that they want to break off the engagement is simply contradicting themselves.
Seeing that Yun Yichen's attitude in admitting his mistake was relatively good, Gu Shuyan finally looked up at him and asked, "Then shouldn't you give me a reasonable explanation for what you kept from me before?"
No matter how you look at it, it's hard to believe that a dignified heir to the Duke of Anguo, the emperor's only nephew, would stoop to hiding his true identity and entering the court.
Yun Yichen had planned to tell Gu Shuyan everything today, so when she asked, he simply led her to a pavilion to sit down.
"Actually, my mother, the eldest princess, did not die of illness, but was murdered."
As Yun Yichen spoke, a hint of hatred unconsciously appeared in his eyes.
“When the eldest princess passed away, you were only a one-year-old child. How could you know that there was something fishy about her death?”
As if he had already guessed that Gu Shuyan would ask this question, Yun Yichen tightened his grip on her hand and continued, "This is what the wet nurse told me. The wet nurse was someone His Majesty deliberately placed by my mother's and my side."
Yun Yichen had feelings for this wet nurse.
Although she was originally a spy planted by the emperor to monitor her and her son, it's possible that people, being human, develop genuine feelings for each other. Especially since her mother always treated her very well, the wet nurse gradually became part of her mother's inner circle.
The eldest princess suddenly passed away, and the wet nurse had always suspected something was wrong. So she secretly investigated and, with the incident of Yun Yichen almost losing his life at the age of three, she followed the clues and found some traces.
As for what happened when Yun Yichen was six and nine years old, it was all a play he directed and acted out himself, with the purpose of making the emperor pay attention to him and preventing the others in the Duke of Anguo's mansion from openly attacking him.
"Then when did you start planning to leave the Duke of Anguo's mansion? After all, being the heir of the Duke of Anguo is much better than being the feared Grand Secretary."
Gu Shuyan believed that as long as Yun Yichen was willing to inherit the Duke of Anguo's mansion, he could securely assume the position of Duke of Anguo with the emperor's presence.
But what exactly made Yun Yichen try so hard to abandon his identity as the crown prince and live in the capital under another identity?
Upon hearing this, Yun Yichen couldn't help but let out a soft snort.
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