Chapter 656 Gu Yuxin's Instigation
Before Meng Wei could open the brocade box, Gu Shuyan had already rushed in front of it.
"The maid delivered this to the wrong person before."
She snatched the brocade box and hugged it to her arms, giving Meng Wei a somewhat embarrassed smile.
Then, under everyone's watchful eyes, Gu Shuyan hurried out while carrying the brocade box, saying to the two of them, "I'll have the maid bring the gifts for my brother and sister-in-law back in a little while."
Gu Shuyan arrived in a flurry and left in a flurry, only letting out a sigh of relief after walking a distance from the courtyard.
"I never realized my sister had such a fiery personality."
Meng Wei smiled gently at Gu Renjie as she spoke, and Gu Renjie couldn't help but smile back, saying, "She used to be so wild outside, she can be unruly like this sometimes."
Although he was explaining why Gu Shuyan had acted so rudely, Gu Renjie actually harbored some suspicions in his heart.
He gave a wink to his personal guard who was standing at the door, unaware of what was going on. After the guard followed him out, he turned back to Meng Wei and said, "Let's continue looking at the chess score!"
The old lady and Madam Ji rushed over, and before they could even reach Gu Renjie's newlywed courtyard, they saw Gu Shuyan leaning against a tree.
The two hurried forward and asked, "Shu'er, how is she? Is your sister-in-law alright?"
"Grandmother and Mother, don't worry, my sister-in-law is fine."
As Gu Shuyan spoke, her gaze fell on the brocade box she was holding.
"Pearl, go back and ask your husband to come over."
If she's right, this box is definitely the problematic one.
That old woman was from the second branch of the family and couldn't easily enter the eldest branch's territory. If she wanted to deal with Meng Wei, sending gifts would be the easiest way to succeed.
Moreover, judging from Meng Wei's tone just now, the box was delivered to her, but it was not signed.
"Mother, have someone investigate that old woman's identity and who else is in her family."
Gu Shuyan always felt that the old woman wasn't following the instructions of the person behind her, and that there was some unspeakable secret going on.
Upon hearing this, Madam Ji immediately instructed Wu Mama to investigate personally.
Before long, Yun Yichen arrived at the old lady's courtyard, led by Pearl.
Looking at the brocade box on the small table, Yun Yichen greeted the two elders before turning to Gu Shuyan and saying, "I've heard everything from Pearl. Let me see the box!"
Gu Shuyan nodded upon hearing this, but as she watched Yun Yichen open the box, she couldn't help but feel a tightness in her chest.
Fortunately, the box didn't have any hidden mechanisms; inside was a pair of exquisitely crafted beaded flowers.
Yun Yichen didn't take the beaded flower directly, but instead used tweezers to turn it over.
Sure enough, on the back of the beaded flower, there was a row of tiny, almost invisible thorns.
If a person tries to examine it with their hands, they will surely get pricked by these tiny thorns.
"It's been poisoned."
Yun Yichen glanced through the document and made a decision.
"Sure enough, no wonder that old woman said those kinds of things."
Looking at the shape of that beaded flower, such an exquisite thing, I'm afraid any woman would want to pick it up and take a good look at it!
"Let's go find that old woman."
As Gu Shuyan was about to go find the old woman again, Gu Yuxin came in from outside and said, "Big sister, you don't need to go. That old woman is already dead."
"Dead?"
Gu Shuyan had only been gone for a short while when the old woman died.
Her gaze fell on Gu Yuxin's face, and finally Gu Shuyan sighed, "So be it! She has paid for her actions."
Seeing the complicated emotions of everyone in the room, Yun Yichen took the brocade box and left.
Seeing this, Gu Shuyan took Gu Yuxin back to her newly opened courtyard.
Sitting inside, Gu Shuyan's gaze fell on Gu Yuxin's face, as if she wanted to see right through her.
Seeing this, Gu Yuxin knew that Gu Shuyan already knew what she had done.
"Big sister, I know I was wrong."
As soon as Gu Yuxin finished speaking, Gu Shuyan said, "No, you don't know you're wrong. If you really knew you were wrong, you shouldn't have let Huaixiang go to see that old woman when I saw you yesterday."
Before yesterday, Gu Shuyan had never imagined that Gu Yuxin harbored ulterior motives.
She clearly knew the old woman was up to no good, but instead of informing her elders, she secretly encouraged the old woman to do something.
"But if we don't do that, given their character, they'll cause big trouble for Uncle and Aunt sooner or later."
Just as Gu Shuyan said, Gu Yuxin didn't really think she had done anything wrong.
In her view, the second wife was completely dispensable.
So when Gu Yuxin learned that the old woman was secretly stirring up trouble and making Gu Zongjie gradually hate his stepmother, his biological father, and all of them, she not only did not stop her in time, but also secretly provided a lot of help.
In fact, Gu Shuyan had already discovered the old woman's problem long ago. She originally thought of keeping the old woman around to avoid alerting the enemy.
But she didn't expect that not only was Gu Yuxin secretly fueling the flames, but that old woman herself also had ulterior motives.
As a result, everything slipped out of her control.
In order to prevent what happened today, Gu Shuyan even risked sending two people to let He Yin know about He Biyou and his wife.
But who would have thought that He Yin was also someone who didn't play by the rules. Upon hearing that her parents had passed away, instead of crying and going home in grief, she went to watch the variety show again.
Therefore, after hearing the two's report upon their return, Gu Shuyan knew that her attempt to stop them had failed.
“Sometimes, you have to trust that they can handle everything. Our Marquis’s family is not an ordinary family. If they can’t even handle this kind of thing, how could your uncle still be in power in the court?”
Seeing Gu Yuxin like this, Gu Shuyan swallowed the words of reproach that were on the tip of her tongue.
Perhaps this was Gu Yuxin's way of getting revenge for Gu Yuhe's death, but it was also true that she was worried about those troublemakers.
Gu Yuxin nodded upon hearing this: "Big sister, I understand! Next time, no, there will never be a next time."
Gu Yuxin's words made Gu Shuyan nod in satisfaction, regardless of Gu Yuxin's previous motives for pushing this matter forward.
As long as she doesn't do it again in the future, she's willing to give her another chance.
The two sisters huddled together and talked for a while longer. Seeing that it was getting late, Gu Shuyan had to leave.
A maidservant from the old lady's courtyard rushed in and told Gu Yuxin to go to the third young master's courtyard quickly.
Seeing the maid's anxious expression, Gu Shuyan had no choice but to accompany Gu Yuxin to the second house again.
When the two arrived, the old lady and Madam Ji were already standing in Gu Zongjie's courtyard.
Beside the bed, a doctor was examining Gu Zongjie's body.
"Doctor, how is my child?"
As soon as Master Gu saw the doctor withdraw his hand, he asked anxiously.
However, the doctor did not answer him immediately. Instead, he wiped his hands and examined Gu Zongjie's head again.
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