"Were you unaware of this matter back then?"
"I have clearly told you everything, and now you are hitting me?"
Gu Wei'ang was practically driven to tears by Chu Qianlan's stupidity.
"You stupid woman!"
"I initially agreed to let you bring the person to the birthday banquet. If the Third Prince took a liking to him, His Majesty would naturally have no objection."
But what did you do?
"How dare you use such despicable methods against an idiot!"
"How could His Majesty forgive such an act?"
"Do you know that because of this matter, our Yong'an Marquis's mansion is likely to face a great calamity?"
Upon hearing this, Chu Qianlan subconsciously took a step back, and only thanks to Gu Nansheng's support did she not fall.
Chu Qianlan remained silent for a moment, then immediately turned to look at Gu Jingchun.
"What little dog keychain? I don't know, she made all of these."
Seeing this, Gu Jingchun couldn't help but sigh softly.
"Mother, even at this point, you still want to shift the blame onto me."
"How could you possibly know about the relationship between the Third Prince and that little dog, and make an identical pendant, when I, a woman who has just arrived in Tiandu and has never even left the house?"
“Such things are not something that ordinary people can make. If someone is interested in investigating, they can follow the clues and find their way back to the Marquis of Yong’an’s mansion.”
"Do you think the Empress Dowager doesn't know?"
She simply knew that the Yong'an Marquis's mansion was doomed, so she couldn't be bothered to investigate further.
These words shocked Chu Qianlan even more.
She felt as if all her strength had left her, staring blankly ahead.
Gu Nansheng was also full of surprise.
He helped Chu Qianlan sit down, still unable to believe that his mother had actually done all of this.
Gu Yunjin stood beside Gu Yunsheng, her face pale, but her hands were clenched tightly together inside her sleeves.
She understood all of this, but she didn't believe a word of it.
She couldn't believe that Gu Jingchun, a woman who grew up in the countryside, would know anything about court affairs.
They didn't believe that the Emperor would ruin the once-prosperous Yong'an Marquis's Mansion over such a trivial matter.
You must know that my father held considerable military power. Without him, there would be no Heavenly Capital and no Emperor as we know them today.
The Emperor and Father have had a long-standing relationship, so why would they care about such a small pendant?
Moreover, she is already going to marry the Third Prince, what more does the Emperor want?
In her view, all of this was clearly Gu Jingchun's way of bewitching her father, yet her father was completely deceived by her.
Gu Yunjin was furious!
Is she really going to marry that fool, the Third Prince?
Now, just thinking about the fat on the Third Prince makes her want to vomit.
Meanwhile, on the other side...
Shen Hechuan, who was already in Shou Kang Palace, rubbed his forehead wearily.
He was lying in a pavilion in Shou'an Hall.
The environment here is quiet and peaceful, and Shen Hechuan would lie down here whenever he felt agitated.
The same applies now.
Now, whenever he closes his eyes, he can recall that fleeting glimpse he had just seen on the road.
That face was so familiar, so familiar, that it often appeared in his dreams.
He still remembers the way she smiled.
Her charming smile, her curved eyebrows, and her bright eyes, like stars in the night sky, have remained unforgettable to him for so many years.
Could it be that I really saw it wrong?
The inability to get an answer made him increasingly agitated.
He thought of the little house that held his memories.
It feels like just yesterday that I spent time with her, but in less than a year, everything she had turned to ashes.
He had specifically inquired about it at the time.
It is said that not long after he left, a group of bandits came, killed everyone, stole all the gold and silver treasures, and set the whole house on fire.
This incident caused quite a stir at the time, and the local county government even had a record of it. Shen Hechuan even went to investigate it.
Even so, he still couldn't believe that the bright and cunning woman would leave him so hastily.
Over the years, he has often thought back on how much better it would have been if he had just agreed to her back then.
She's just the Crown Princess.
Although it's difficult, it's not like there's no way to solve it.
She comes from a humble background, so he can give her a better social standing.
But just one step away, and everything was gone, all chances were lost.
Shen Hechuan opened his eyes, staring blankly ahead, but his eyes were unfocused.
Until the dim, golden rays of the setting sun shone upon the railings.
The dappled sunlight made the railings seem to be plated with a layer of gold.
Under this golden light, the three characters on the railing gradually became clear.
"Snowflakes spraying."
Spraying snowflakes.
Spraying snowflakes?
Shen Hechuan sat up abruptly and carefully examined the words on the railing.
"The long winter will eventually end, and withered trees will bloom again in spring."
"Snowflakes spraying."
These are the words he carved on the railing years ago.
When did these three words appear?
Shen Hechuan carefully stroked those three words.
It was ultimately determined that the writing was newly engraved.
Unfortunately, the engravings were too hasty, and the characters were illegible.
He suddenly stood up.
"Someone come here!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a young palace maid hurried over.
"What are your orders, Your Highness?"
Has anyone approached this area recently?
The palace maid glanced at the area behind Shen Hechuan.
Noticing the obvious anger in Shen Hechuan's voice, she then said tremblingly:
"Your Highness, palace maids come to clean this place every day, and many noble ladies came here today for the Empress Dowager's birthday banquet."
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