Chapter 62: Driving Gu Xiyun Away
Gu Xiyue did not lose her temper in public. Firstly, Gu Xiyun and she were family after all, and she did not want to make things too awkward in front of everyone. Secondly, this was a private matter between her and Gu Xiyun and should be resolved privately.
Even if Gu Xiyun didn't look for her, she would go find her.
Now is just right. Since she has come to find me, there is no need to look for her. We can just talk things out together.
When they entered, Gu Xiyun's guard was guarding the door. When he saw people coming, he pursed his lips, his eyes were a little evasive, and he seemed a little embarrassed. Finally, he pursed his lips, lowered his head, and stepped aside to let Gu Xiyue and Meixiang in.
His thoughts were similar to those of Gu Xiyun's mother-in-law. He was now more concerned about what the young lady should do now. If she didn't leave the Southern Wilderness now, what would happen if she couldn't go back in the future?
He was extremely surprised about Gu Xiyue. He didn't expect that this eldest lady who was previously unpopular in the Duke's Mansion would be so popular in the Southern Wilderness.
He always felt that his young lady had no chance of winning against the eldest young lady.
But he is the lady's bodyguard after all, so he can only obey orders and protect the lady's safety. He has no right to interfere with the lady's other decisions.
After Gu Xiyue and Meixiang went in, he stood at the door, guarding it with a vigilant look on his face, not letting anyone approach.
Lianhua stood in the yard and led Gu Xiyue into the house. Gu Xiyun was in the room on the east side. The room had been cleaned by the maid. Cushions were placed on the tables and chairs. The room had also been cleaned up. It looked much more comfortable than Gu Xiyue's own room.
Gu Xiyun was sitting on the left side of the table. Seeing Gu Xiyue come in, she waved to her to sit on the right.
Lianhua quickly poured tea for the two of them.
Meixiang stood beside Gu Xiyue.
Gu Xiyue looked up and surveyed the house, thinking that after all, she was a favored young lady, and even in this place called Southern Wilderness, she still acted like a young lady. If this adobe house didn't suit her, she really didn't know how she would deal with herself.
Gu Xiyun watched Lianhua pour the tea, smiled and said slowly, "Eldest sister, you were so impressive on the court just now?"
Gu Xiyue didn't say anything. She picked up the teacup and gently scraped the tea leaves on the water surface with the bowl lid. Watching the light tea color in the water, the tea leaves slowly unfolded and sank to the bottom of the water. A few tea leaves that refused to unfold were scraped to the other side by her.
She took a sip and said calmly, "That's impressive, but that's because you haven't seen me the last few times."
There was a barely perceptible chuckle in her voice.
Gu Xiyun heard it, and it made her furious.
She immediately turned her head and stared at Gu Xiyue, "Eldest sister, you have to know that if you hadn't knocked me out, I would be Xiao Heng's wife, and the person who accompanied him here would be me. Why are you showing off in front of me?"
Gu Xiyue took another sip of tea and nodded, "Sister is right, but it's a pity that things have already happened and cannot be undone. Is it still useful for you to say this now?"
After saying that, she took another look at the tea leaves and said with a smile, "Your tea leaves are good. I don't have any good tea leaves here. If you brought a lot, please give me some."
Her nonchalant look almost pissed Gu Xiyun off to death.
She slapped the table hard, but the sound was not loud. It hurt so much that she quickly pulled her hand back and sucked her lips to relieve the pain.
"Eldest sister, don't forget that your mother is still in the capital. You should be careful when you speak to me."
After saying that, she raised her chin and said, "As long as you leave Xiao Heng, everything will be fine."
When Gu Xiyue heard this, she threw the lid of the bowl, which just happened to cover the cup with a crisp sound. She turned her head and looked at Gu Xiyun with a faint look.
That look seemed to see through Gu Xiyun's internal organs, making her heart tremble. She couldn't help but look away and not look at her.
"Since you wanted to be Xiao Heng's woman so much, why didn't you come to see me when the Crown Prince was deposed? Even if you didn't come then, why didn't you show up when His Majesty exiled the virtuous king?"
Gu Xiyue asked a few questions repeatedly, and when she saw Gu Xiyun put on a white and a red, she said unhappily: "You have been here for a few days, can't you see that if you want to share the joys and sorrows with him, it is important to find the right time to be together."
"You don't even need to threaten me with my mother. It's hard to say whether you can go back now, and you're still threatening me. Think about yourself carefully. If I really want to deal with you, I only need to say a few words in front of the villagers, and you will be living a life worse than death in this Southern Wilderness!"
Gu Xiyue hates being threatened the most. If you talk nicely, everything can be negotiated.
Seeing her revealing the truth about Gu Xiyue's mother with such calmness and even lecturing her, Gu Xiyun felt a little upset. She felt that her elder sister had changed so much and was no longer the person who was willing to die for her mother.
"Don't you care about your mother's life or death?"
Gu Xiyun asked again, she felt that her elder sister might have done it on purpose.
"Eldest sister, I didn't threaten you. When I left, I made an agreement with my mother that if I didn't send a letter back in two months, your mother would be in danger..."
She paused and said hesitantly, "Although I'm late, the virtuous prince was originally my fiancé. It's you who took my place. As long as you return him to me, I will naturally pass the letter back, and then Concubine Liu will be fine."
Gu Xiyue did not respond, but smiled slowly. The smile gradually spread across her cheeks and mouth, and finally there was a sparkling smile in her eyes.
She looked at Gu Xiyun calmly, as if she was looking at someone who had fallen into the water and was struggling.
"There's something I forgot to tell you. Just now, my husband sent someone to tell me that my mother has been successfully rescued and is now on her way to the Southern Wasteland, so..."
She looked at Gu Xiyun with a smile.
Gu Xiyun was dumbfounded and looked at her in disbelief.
So, her threats didn't work.
Aunt Liu is the last trump card in her hand. She knows that in this world, only by grasping Aunt Liu's weakness will Gu Xiyue listen to her.
But now, her weakness is gone.
No wonder she didn't talk much to me these days and waited until today to confront me head-on.
It turned out that she had already started to act.
It’s still Xiao Heng’s work.
Xiao Heng was able to rescue Madam Liu from the huge Duke's Mansion in just a few days. It turned out that he had a backup plan in the capital.
He is indeed powerful. Even his exile is probably mixed with falsehood. Otherwise, how could he have entered the capital so smoothly in his previous life?
Now that Aunt Liu's weakness was gone, Gu Xiyun was so angry that he clenched his fists until they turned white. He struggled to stand up, his eyes filled with raging anger, and he wished he could devour the calm and composed person opposite him.
"Eldest sister, you can't bully me like this! I'm here just to get back what belongs to me."
"So in the eyes of Miss Gu Er, I, Xiao, am just a thing?"
As soon as Gu Xiyun finished speaking, Xiao Heng's clear voice was heard, and he had already walked into the house from the yard.
Gu Xiyue and Gu Xiyun turned around together and looked at Xiao Heng in surprise.
Seeing that people were coming back, Gu Xiyue had a lot of questions in her mind, but Gu Xiyun was still in front of her. If these things were not handled properly, he would always come out to annoy people.
After Xiao Heng entered the room, he didn't look at Gu Xiyun, but walked straight to Gu Xiyue. Gu Xiyue wanted to let Xiao Heng make his own choice, but saw him stretch out a big hand and grab hers. His palm was very big, and her hand was completely covered by his palm.
"Second Miss Gu, no matter what happened in the past, after your eldest sister and I got married, it was approved by the Emperor, and that was a done deal. I later sent someone to compensate you, and your family happily accepted it. How come after all this time, you came here eagerly and caused such a scene? I wonder what's the reason?"
His eyes were cold and he glanced at Gu Xiyun with scrutiny.
Gu Xiyun lowered his head guiltily, his eyes passing over the two people's clenched hands, and his heart sank.
She remembered when the two were exiled, the guards who inquired about the news came back and told her that Xiao Heng was cold-faced and cold-spoken, and was not nice to her elder sister at all. Her elder sister was not an easy person to deal with either. Because the crown prince was deposed and sentenced to exile, she sighed and cursed others all day long.
Moreover, she clearly remembered that her elder sister hanged herself three days after arriving in the Southern Wasteland...
Now... everything has changed.
The eldest sister is not dead.
Xiao Heng still protects others like that.
Now, she no longer has any trump cards in her hand and no confidence to compete with her elder sister.
Gu Xiyun was extremely sad. She had come so far, how could she be willing to go back? As long as she could stay, she was willing to suffer a little. It didn't matter if her elder sister hated her now, and it didn't matter if Xiao Heng didn't like her.
As long as she could stay, find a way to get rid of her elder sister, and then find an opportunity to gain a good impression with Xiao Heng, with some time, as long as she could be his woman, she could still become the queen in the future.
Now that Ganzhou has been abandoned by the imperial court, it is a good opportunity for Xiao Heng. If she is asked to go back at this time, she would rather die than do so.
Seeing that the opportunity had been lost, Gu Xiyun clasped her palms tightly, controlled her tone, lowered her head and said with a well-behaved face: "Eldest sister, eldest brother-in-law, Yun'er is ashamed. It was Yun'er who made a mistake in this matter."
Gu Xiyun's change also gave Gu Xiyue a headache.
People like her who can be soft when faced with hard situations and soft when faced with soft situations are usually the ones she hates the most. Her purpose is clearly shown on her face, but she still twists herself like this.
"Husband, can we still enter Longzhou now?"
Xiao Heng squeezed her hand and nodded, "Longzhou still allows people from Ganzhou to enter. Miss Gu Er is the daughter of the Duke's Mansion. She should have a badge on her. When you enter the city, just show it to the gatekeepers. You will definitely be able to enter without any obstruction."
When Gu Xiyue asked, Xiao Heng understood what she meant.
Gu Xiyue smiled slightly after hearing this, turned to Gu Xiyun and said: "I won't make things difficult for you, you should take your people and go back, you are not welcome here."
Then he added, "I don't welcome you either!"
Gu Xiyun didn't expect that her elder sister would not give her any face in front of Xiao Heng. Thinking that Xiao Heng had just returned and must not know about the rumors she spread in Nanhuang, she wanted to beg him.
Before he could even open his mouth, Xiao Heng spoke first.
"Wei Lin, arrange for someone to escort Miss Gu back immediately. Make sure they get her into Longzhou City and report back."
Wei Lin immediately agreed, extended his right hand and said politely, "Second Miss Gu, please pack your things!"
Gu Xiyun's face turned pale and she looked at Gu Xiyue and Xiao Heng in despair. She was really unwilling to accept this. She had finally come here, and if she left, it would be a waste of her trip and her dream of becoming a queen.
How could she possibly watch her elder sister, whom she had stepped on since childhood, ascend to such a high position?
She couldn't. If she were to reach that high position, she would be so angry that she would die just thinking about it.
My mother would be mad too.
"Eldest sister..."
Gu Xiyun called her elder sister pitifully. When she was in the mansion before, although she knew that her status was nobler than her elder sister, she still liked to play with her. Her elder sister would give in to her in everything. Every time she made a mistake, it was mostly her elder sister who got scolded. Later, she often brought her delicious food.
Except for the time when her eldest sister took Xiao Heng away from her, he was quite nice to her at other times.
Unlike the eldest sister now, who is cold and the look in her eyes when she looks at her is very unfamiliar.
"Second Miss Gu, I won't bother you any more. Please pack your belongings quickly and try to send them away before the end of the afternoon."
The last sentence was addressed to Wei Lin.
Gu Xiyun looked and saw that it was almost noon, and there was only half an hour left.
She looked at Gu Xiyue and Xiao Heng with despair, but after they finished talking, Xiao Heng pulled them out directly without giving her any chance.
She wanted to go over and continue begging, but Wei Lin stopped her at the door, looked at her coldly, and emphasized the time.
The maids and the old women hurried to persuade their young lady.
Not to mention anything else, the wise king didn't even look at his own lady straight in the eye just now.
The old woman came over and said earnestly, "Miss, let's go quickly. Apart from anything else, didn't you hear your elder sister say that her mother has been rescued and will be here soon? Think about it, if the virtuous king can easily rescue people from the mansion, then if he really wants to do something to the lady, wouldn't that be..."
Yes, once Aunt Liu arrives, how could she and her mother treat herself as well as they do now after the eldest sister left?
Gu Xiyun's face was full of hesitation, and he was struggling in his heart.
Wei Lin saw it and smiled at the door.
"Second Miss, you may not know this yet. Someone here committed a crime and was thrown into the sea by our prince and princess. Do you know that there is a strange fish in the sea? It has a mouth this big, teeth this long, and a body this long. It can eat people to the bone."
Wei Lin gestured as he spoke.
Gu Xiyun's scalp went numb after hearing this. This place was close to the sea. She had been working on the beach these past two days. The water was dark blue and bottomless. She didn't know what monsters were in the water. If she was really thrown into the water and eaten by the kind of fish Wei Lin mentioned, it would be too terrifying.
These past two days, she's been washing and drying those little black fish, and it's been hard for her to watch. If these fish were taller than her, with teeth that long...
I dare not think about it.
If I don't leave now, when Aunt Liu arrives and tells her about what my mother and I have done, my eldest sister will probably be so angry that she will throw me into the sea.
Let’s go first and leave the Southern Wilderness.
Without saying a word, she ordered Lianhua and the old woman to pack up their things quickly.
The guards outside were also called in to harness the carriage.
She came in a carriage, which was quite convenient.
A quarter of an hour later, after the things were packed, Gu Xiyun got into the carriage. Wei Lin sent him to the east gate and asked Tian Hefei to take a few people with him. After giving them some instructions, he watched them leave the Southern Wilderness and then turned back.
After Xiao Heng pulled Gu Xiyue out, his face instantly darkened and he dragged her directly to the beach.
Today, because Madam Du is getting married, the villagers in Nanhuang have had half a day off. There is no one on the beach at this time. The children are playing in the big field, their pockets are full of candies, and their faces are full of smiles.
Apart from being busy with Madam Du's wedding, most of the adults went home to rest.
There was no one at the beach at this time.
Xiao Heng walked until he reached a secluded place where no one could see him, and then he stopped.
There was only the sound of wind and waves in my ears.
The wind blew gently, ruffling the hair on Gu Xiyue's cheeks, making her feel a little dazed.
Xiao Heng grabbed her shoulders and pulled her towards him, as if she would run away in the next second if he didn't bring her over.
"Just now, were you planning to let me choose between you?"
Gu Xiyue's eyes dodged for a moment.
To be honest, she really had this plan. In fact, she knew that Xiao Heng would choose her, but she did this to make Gu Xiyun give up.
I had good intentions originally, but now being questioned by Xiao Heng like this, I don't know why, but I suddenly felt a little guilty.
Her expression caught Xiao Heng's eyes. He narrowed his eyes dangerously, put one arm around her waist, and gently lifted her chin with the other hand, "Look at me!"
Gu Xiyue's eyelashes trembled, and she slowly lifted her eyelids and met his gaze.
Hmm...it feels quite oppressive.
Seeing that the other person was about to continue talking, she quickly changed the subject.
"Husband, how was your outing this time?"
"We'll talk about that later. First, answer my question. Is that right?"
Gu Xiyue put her hand on his waist, smiled slightly, and tried to get his forgiveness, "Husband, I just wanted to say that on purpose, you know I..."
Before he could finish his words, Xiao Heng hugged her tightly, bent down and kissed her soft red lips.
She was talking at the time, so he didn't have to work hard to pry her open. He just went straight in and entangled with her soft little tongue. He used a little force, and his actions were a punishment for her.
During these three days, he was busy outside, and whenever he had some free time, he would think of her. It was not obvious when they were together for a long time, but once they were apart, he realized that the missing piece in his heart was all his concern for her.
He can stand behind her on weekdays.
Whatever she wants to do, he will fully support her.
But there is a prerequisite, that is, he is her man and she is his woman.
No one is allowed to interfere.
His woman wanted him to choose between two women, and even if he knew what her purpose was, it was not possible.
Those thoughts cannot arise.
So he must punish her.
As for the method of punishment...
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