Chapter 916 Extra: The Gu Family 4
If Gu Shuyan hadn't returned from the countryside, she wouldn't be in this state now, and those servants wouldn't dare to give her attitude.
Perhaps she and Gu Shuyan were born enemies, which is why they are so entangled.
Seeing that she no longer had a place in the Gu family, Gu Yingxue began to want to escape the Hou Mansion and climb to a higher branch.
Of course, she also wanted to trample Gu Shuyan into the mud.
When her maidservant died, he replaced her with a better one.
Through her constant scheming, she not only lost her maid, but also her own sister, and everything she had. She became a woman despised by everyone, but all of this should have been the fault of Gu Shuyan and the Gu family.
Gu Yingxue harbored deep resentment towards these people, but because she had been kicked out, she no longer had the chance to deal with them or scheme against them.
Her maidservant turned against her, something that wouldn't have happened if she hadn't been born in the Crown Prince's residence. If it weren't for her child, Gu Yingxue might not have survived at all.
Her difficult life was filled with the hope that she could give birth to Huang Sun, and then, through her son, rise in status to become a concubine and teach the Gu family, including Gu Shuyan, a lesson.
However, after all that hard work, she became haggard and broke down, but still couldn't make her dream come true.
Gu Shuyan is engaged to the Grand Secretary, a powerful minister, and will become the wife of a first-rank official in the Yuan Dynasty after marriage.
Everything that should have belonged to her was taken away by Gu Shuyan. She was living her own life, yet she had left herself in this predicament.
Hatred drove her mad; Gu Yingxue tried to kill Gu Shuyan several times, but the woman always managed to evade her.
Gu Yingxue's heart was slowly being eroded. She used the Crown Prince to try and become Empress. At that time, Gu Shuyan and the Gu family would be at her mercy.
However, all the scheming was ultimately in vain.
Causes from past lives lead to effects in this life.
She thought her trusted maid was looking out for her, but little did she know that Fei'er was actually the younger sister of the maid from her previous courtyard.
Fei'er and her sister were bought into the Hou family from outside. Because Gu Yingxue was the pampered eldest daughter of the family, she and her sister were assigned to Gu Yingxue's courtyard.
Because Fei'er was younger and Fei'er's older sister was more mature, Fei'er's older sister was placed in Gu Yingxue's room to serve her.
How pampered the noble ladies are! It was just a slip of the tongue; Sister Fei'er knocked over a lamp in her room.
Normally, a few words of reprimand would suffice, but at this moment, Gu Yingxue had just learned that the Gu family had discovered her secret.
Upon learning that she might be kicked out, she became furious and immediately beat up her sister Fei'er, refusing to leave and forbidding her from taking her medicine.
Twenty strokes of the cane had already nearly killed a teenage girl, and the lack of medical treatment, coupled with the summer heat, caused Fei'er's wounds to fester.
Not long after, Sister Fei'er passed away. Her position was taken by someone else, and Gu Yingxue had Sister Fei'er wrapped in a straw mat and carried out of the mansion. That was the end of the matter.
Little did Gu Yingxue know that this planted a seed of hatred that would later grow and bear fruit, ultimately costing her her life.
Gu Yingxue's hopes were shattered, and in her despair, she learned that she had been betrayed. Her heart was filled with despair.
Looking at Gu Shuyan's smug face, she felt ruthless. She was ruthless that she couldn't bring Gu Shuyan down, but she was even more ruthless about Gu Shuyan's cunning.
Every time she thought she was going to succeed, Gu Shuyan would always manage to escape danger and even turn the tables on her.
Gu Yingxue sometimes even suspected that Gu Shuyan might have known about her actions all along, otherwise how could she have avoided everything?
Finally, she was taken to the Li family's courtyard. Looking at her biological parents, Gu Yingxue no longer treated them as well as before. Instead, she thought that if they hadn't had any bad intentions and hadn't let her go to the Gu family and become their daughter, her life might not have turned out this way.
The fire consumed everything; she died because of Gu Shuyan's scheme, but her entire family also died because of their own greed.
The raging flames engulfed them, and memories of the past flashed before their eyes. Everyone regretted their choices back then, but it was all too late to go back. They could only walk into the abyss of hell with regret.
Before she died, Gu Yingxue finally had an epiphany. She thought that perhaps if she hadn't made such a fuss back then and insisted on having only one daughter in the Gu family, she might have been able to get along with Gu Shuyan.
If she treated Gu Shuyan as a sister, even if Madam Ji didn't treat her the same way as before, she would certainly not mistreat her because of their long-standing mother-daughter relationship.
The Gu family will find her a good husband, and the couple can live a harmonious life together. At least she can live out her days in peace.
But one wrong step leads to another, and she ultimately couldn't escape the greed of human nature. Because of her insatiable desires, she wore away the last bit of affection the Gu family had for her, and in the end, she drifted further and further away from what she wanted.
Lost and disoriented, she grew increasingly insane, ultimately becoming the very culprit who destroyed herself.
Gu Yingxue reluctantly went to the underworld, but what she didn't know was that all her plans in her previous life had succeeded. She ruined Gu Shuyan's reputation and broke her will.
In the end, she destroyed everything she had, but when she thought she was the victor, she realized that without Gu Jia, she was nothing at all.
In both their past and present lives, the Li family and Gu Yingxue were driven by greed, destroying others while also destroying themselves.
Gu Yingxue's short life ended in a fire.
Fei'er's eyes, blinded by hatred, gradually cleared with her death.
Perhaps she did kill someone, but that had nothing to do with her remaining kind. When Gu Shuyan asked her where she was going, Fei'er chose to stay without hesitation.
Because she had served Gu Yingxue before, Fei'er knew very well that even if the young lady accepted her, she could not be accepted so quickly.
However, since the young lady has avenged me, and I am all alone with no other ties, I will stay by her side without any regrets, even if it means being a cleaning maid.
Fei'er treated Gu Shuyan with genuine kindness, and Gu Shuyan changed her name, which helped her gradually rise to the position of head maid.
Compared to Gu Yingxue's selfishness and insatiable greed, Fei'er ultimately gained not only the bond between master and servant but also Gu Shuyan's favor, leading to a fulfilling life.
Gu Yingxue's schemes in her two lifetimes had both successes and failures, but ultimately, they all ended in the destruction of her family and the loss of her loved ones.
Perhaps she finally realized her mistakes before she died, but what good would that do? Death was imminent, and it was all too late.
Before she closed her eyes, Gu Yingxue had only one wish: "If there is an afterlife, I will never be born into a family with ill intentions, nor will I ever step into a noble household. I only ask to live a peaceful life as an ordinary person, to live frugally and die a natural death. That would be enough!"
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