Chapter 399 Sending a Message to Xiao Chengqian
Everyone else left, but Cheng Qingmeng stayed. She pulled Song Yu into the inner room and whispered, "I don't believe it no matter what! Didn't you overhear gossip about my mother in the teahouse on the day the new emperor ascended the throne? Now that you've returned safe and sound in Anyang and regained your status and engagement, there's no way she's contracted an incurable disease for no reason. There must be some big conspiracy!"
"Yes." Song Yu nodded. "I have always believed so. I have been secretly watching her whereabouts since I returned to the Du Mansion. You may not know that Song Mingzhu is not her biological mother."
"Ah?" Cheng Qingmeng was shocked. "Then whose daughter is she?"
"She was Wu Lingheng's concubine's daughter. She died the day she was born. Song Mingzhu's daughter also died the day she was born. Song Mingzhu has been kept in the dark all these years, thinking that Du Zhihuan was her daughter."
Cheng Qingmeng suddenly understood. "No wonder the Du family didn't suspect anything. Du Zhihuan doesn't look like Song Mingzhu at all. Wu Lingheng is so sinister and cunning! He's just as bad as my scumbag father! Eh? That doesn't make sense. Then why would Du Zhihuan go to the Song Mansion to take care of Song Mingzhu?"
"She still doesn't know that Song Mingzhu is not her biological mother. Her incurable disease must be Song Mingzhu's doing."
Cheng Qingmeng: "Why are you snooping so hard? Tell me what's going on."
Song Yu: "In my dream, Song Mingzhu cut my face."
Cheng Qingmeng was horrified. "She deserves to die!"
"I was worried that Song Mingzhu would harm me, so I sent someone to keep an eye on her. Not long after, Du Zhihuan's uncle Yang Xu came looking for Song Mingzhu..."
Cheng Qingmeng listened carefully to her story and asked, "Yang Xu hid so deeply and died just like that?"
Song Yu nodded. "The torture methods hired by Song Mingzhu were very cruel. Yang Xu died before he could make it. He was thrown into a mass grave by those people!"
Cheng Qingmeng: "No wonder Song Mingzhu asked Du Zhihuan to go back and serve her. How much she loved Du Zhihuan back then, how much she hates her now!"
"That's right, Song Mingzhu is really cruel. He will kill her soon."
Cheng Qingmeng snorted coldly: "The fact that she could cut your face in the precognitive dream shows that she is cruel and ruthless! Are you planning to let Song Mingzhu go?"
Song Yu said calmly, "She unknowingly resisted the temptation and chose not to harm me again. After all, if Yang Xu's underhanded plan succeeded, Du Zhihuan's future would be just as she predicted in the dream."
Cheng Qingmeng was still uneasy. "Du Zhihuan is a scheming person. We should keep watching her. Only when she really dies of illness can we rest in peace."
"That's natural. Take off your coat and come up. We'll take a nap first."
Gu Jinyan took a nap and left the Gu Mansion at two quarters past three.
"Sister, where are you going?" Gu Jinxuan chased out.
"It's still the same as always, a round of inspection of the shop."
"Then I'll go with you."
Gu Jinyan frowned, "After I finish inspecting the shop, I still have to go buy some jewelry and clothes for myself."
"Then I'll help you choose." Gu Jinxuan stepped onto Gu Jinyan's carriage.
His elder sister has been going out of the house frequently recently. She said she was going to stay at a teahouse for a few days, but she came back after two days. She must be hiding something from him, so he wanted to go and find out.
"You don't need to follow me. Your master will be responsible for carrying my bag today."
Gu Jinxuan's attendant was delighted to hear this, "Okay, Miss, but the young master didn't do any rough work."
"Don't worry! Your eldest master won't die of exhaustion."
After the carriage had traveled a block, Gu Jinxuan cautiously asked, "Are you really going to inspect the shops?"
Gu Jinyan raised an eyebrow, "What do you think?"
"Sister must be hiding something from me, and she definitely isn't going to meet her future brother-in-law secretly."
Gu Jinyan whispered: "You'll know when we get there. You have to be nice and sweet when you meet people, and you can't let anyone reveal our itinerary for today, otherwise..." In order to scare him, Gu Jinyan made a gesture of touching his neck!
Gu Jinxuan sat up straight instantly. "Who is so mysterious?"
The carriage took several small roads and arrived at the back door of Yunqi Inn in half an hour.
Gu Jinyan threw the cloak to Gu Jinxuan, "Cover it up, don't show your face."
"oh!"
Who on earth is it that makes the eldest sister so cautious?
Not long after the two sisters entered the Yunqi Inn, Wen Can's men followed them in.
At the corner between the third and fourth floors, Gu Jinxuan saw seven or eight guards with cold faces. He instantly became cautious and followed Gu Jinyan closely.
When Cuiyun saw Gu Jinyan coming and was about to go forward to call for help, she saw Gu Jinxuan following behind.
"Aunt Cuiyun, I'm so sorry, my brother insisted on coming with me. But don't worry, he's very tight-lipped."
"It turns out to be Master Jinxuan. Madam was just talking about him. Please come in."
When Xiao Yanxu and Gu Yining saw Gu Jinxuan, surprise flashed in their eyes.
"Like, very much like, Yan'er, your brother has inherited your mother's good looks."
Gu Jinyan smiled and nodded, then waved to Gu Jinxuan who was standing at the door, "Brother Xuan, come and meet your great-aunts."
Gu Jinxuan showed a look of surprise and doubt, "They are my great-aunt and great-grandmother? Sister, don't lie to me. Although I have never seen them, I have seen their portraits. They are not them, and they don't look like my uncle and cousin!"
"The two elders are my grandaunt and grandma. I won't lie to you. They are wearing makeup to cover their true appearance. Look carefully at my great-aunt's ears. Do they look like my grandfather's?"
Gu Jinxuan took a closer look and saw that it was indeed a resemblance. He hurried forward and bowed deeply to the two of them. "It is my fault that I cannot recognize the true face of Mount Lushan with my poor eyesight. I hope my aunt and uncle can forgive me."
"Xuan'er, get up quickly." Gu Yining helped him up and looked at him lovingly. "We covered your face, so you naturally can't see it. You are getting more and more handsome. You are already much more handsome than your mother, and you have a bit of your father's temperament. In the future, the Gu family will rely on you siblings."
Gu Jinxuan felt a little embarrassed by being stared at, and scratched his head, "Don't worry, great aunt, I will work hard to grow up and help my sister and father share the burden. But why don't you hurry back to the palace now that you are back? My cousin must want to see you sooner."
Gu Yining said, "Your great-uncle and I have learned that Du Zhihuan is not of the Du family bloodline, but Song Yu is. Shouldn't the engagement be reversed? We returned early to observe secretly and see which girl has better character before choosing her as our daughter-in-law. We are still observing her, and when we have a better understanding, we will return home."
"Choose Miss Song to be my cousin's wife? If it weren't for her, you wouldn't be able to see my sister when you come back."
Gu Yining was puzzled, "Brother Xuan, what on earth is going on?"
"Grandma." Gu Jinyan quickly interrupted, "I was seriously ill at the time and sought medical treatment in the outer city. I met Miss Song in Xuancheng. It was her timely intervention that saved my life. As for choosing who to be your grandson's wife, Grandma, don't listen to us. The main thing is what you like."
On the other side, Du Zhihuan led Yunyan and others to leave Zhijihuanzhang and rushed to the Du family's small courtyard.
Half an incense stick later, the shopkeeper, Zhiji Huanzhang, hurriedly left through the back door and returned to his house. He changed his clothes and left in a hurry again.
"Prince." Long Wu, the personal guard, entered Xiao Chengqian's administrative study. "My confidant, Chief Manager Huan Zhang, wishes to see you."
Xiao Chengqian raised his eyes quickly, "Are there any strangers behind him?"
"Don't worry, my lord. I have already taken the person to the side hall."
"Bring it here quickly."
Huanhuan must be missing him, so he should take the initiative to look for her.
The shopkeeper was brought in and without any unnecessary words, he took the letter in his sleeve with both hands and respectfully handed it to Xiao Chengqian.
Xiao Chengqian couldn't wait to open it and take a look, his lips slightly pursed. Huanhuan really missed him.
"I know. Did your young lady ask you to take a message back?"
"My Lord, my lady simply instructed me to personally deliver the letter to you."
"Okay, there's a reward!"
The shopkeeper happily took the reward and left.
"Is there still no movement in the martial arts world?"
Long Wu: "...I won't return to the prince yet."
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