Chapter 105 Wishful Thinking
This sentence immediately attracted the attention of the Zhou family.
"What? How could there be such a thing?" Zhou Zhili asked immediately.
"That's right, I have never instigated him to do anything. Is he trying to shift the blame?" Zhou Yuqi quickly defended her.
Zhou Yuzhi explained, "My master told me that. After all, he's Zhang Ruyuan's uncle, and the Zhang family is in trouble now, so he'll be affected too. So, he asked a few more questions. He heard that Zhang Ruyuan is deeply in love with me, so he wanted to help me teach Gu Ruanci a lesson."
Zhou Zhili squeezed out two words through his teeth: "Idiot."
When the Zhang family got into trouble, Ye Lanxin had already removed Zhang Ruyuan from the list of candidates for her daughter. With such an impulsive and brainless character, she would definitely not be able to protect her daughter in the future.
Hearing what he said at this time, I was even more glad that I had reminded my daughter that she could only keep these men in suspense and not give any definite answers.
Her daughter deserves the best.
Zhou Qinzhu looked aggrieved and quickly said, "Second brother, I really don't know about this. He must be talking nonsense... I haven't had time to see him recently, so why would I tell him this... Maybe it's because he has a good personal relationship with the brothers, so he can't stand it..."
Zhou Yuxiu patted her head helplessly and explained, "Silly sister, he must be interested in you, which is why he's so close to us. Otherwise, based on his father's relationship with the Duke of Shou, shouldn't he be closer to the Gu family? In recent years, the Zhang family has distanced themselves from the Gu family, and they're almost done drawing a line. You still don't understand what's going on?"
Zhou Qinzhu pretended to be confused. "Ah, really? I thought they just wanted to curry favor with Prince Duan's Mansion. After all, isn't Zhang Yanshu very close to Wen Xue now? And Brother Ruyuan always praises the Second Young Master of Prince Duan's Mansion, saying that he suffered because of being a bastard, otherwise he would have been the Crown Prince long ago..."
Zhou Zhili quickly stopped him, "Alright, stop saying that. If it gets out, it'll be really troublesome. Prince Duan is still alive and well. If this gets to Princess Duan's ears, our Zhou family will be in big trouble."
Zhou Qinzhu stuck out her tongue, but in fact she knew everything.
"I understand, Father."
Zhou Yuzhi came out to help her out again: "Father, that Prince Duan doesn't have much time left. The last time the Little Medical Fairy came to the Five Dragon Palace, not only Prince Duan, but even the princess didn't send anyone to ask for medicine for him. I guess he has given up."
"That being said, this kind of talk must not be spread out of our Zhou family, otherwise we will definitely suffer the consequences."
Zhou Zhili still gave a very serious warning.
"I understand, father. We will never talk about this matter again." Zhou Yuxiu spoke first.
Zhou Zhili nodded and said to him, "Yu Xiu, you are the heir of the Marquisate. You will have greater responsibilities in the future than your younger siblings, so you must always be vigilant. The Zhang family must not make the same mistake again. Military generals are simple-minded and don't know how to be roundabout. Even if they want to slowly distance themselves from the Gu family, they shouldn't do it this way. Zhang Jian is truly clueless. This time, he has offended the Gu family, and he has also offended the Emperor. After all, the Duke of Shou supported him a lot in the past. If he can treat his benefactor this way, who would trust his character?"
Zhou Yuxiu said, "Didn't Lord Zhang go to the Gu family's gate and apologize, saying he would kneel down and not get up until he could be forgiven? Duke Shou is a man who values ​​friendship above all else, and Lord Zhang has already sent his wife to the manor, demonstrating his resolve. Given Duke Shou's personality, he should slowly forgive. Anyway, this incident didn't cause any substantial harm to Gu Ruanci, and she's not his biological daughter..."
Zhou Zhili always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't put his finger on it.
"That's their business, it has nothing to do with us."
At this moment, in front of the Gu family's door, Zhang Jian was kneeling straight with a sincere look on his face.
People passing by were pointing and talking, but he didn't care.
The Gu family did not come out to see what was happening, and just let him kneel there.
Gu Congyun's words had made it very clear that their friendship was over.
At first everyone thought Zhang Jian was putting on a show, but seeing how sincerely he knelt, people gradually began to speak up for him. Perhaps Mei and Zhang Ruyuan really had made the decision on that matter themselves and had not told him, so he had been kept in the dark.
It was right for the Gu family to lose their temper, but they had already taught the lesson, and Mei had also been driven away to the farm, so they should forgive her when they could.
Someone was waiting there to see if anyone from the Gu family would come out.
As a result, they waited for a long time, but the door of the Gu family never opened.
Zhang Jian still didn't give up, as the sun was about to set.
Some of the onlookers could no longer bear to watch this, especially the old men who had served in the military camp. They all began to accuse the Duke's Mansion of making such a fuss with their brothers over something that had failed.
At this time, the door of the Gu family opened and Zhang Jian finally moved.
The person who came out was not Gu Congyun, but Gu Yuting.
"Yuting, where is your father?" Zhang Jian was soaked all over.
Gu Yuting turned sideways, avoiding the direction Zhang Jian was facing, and said, "Master Zhang, please go back. My father has made it very clear before. You are no longer brothers. You are just colleagues serving in the same court. You have been kneeling here for a long time today. I believe many people have already believed that you are innocent. Everything was done by your wife and son. My father said that if others say he is cruel, he will accept it. Consider it his last time to help you."
A hint of ruthlessness flashed in Zhang Jian's eyes. He didn't expect that Gu Congyun would really go to such lengths for a so-called daughter.
"Didn't Lord Zhang say before that you had joined the Ministry of War and should keep your distance from our Shouguo Mansion to avoid gossip? Now you are completely distanced."
Zhang Jian said unwillingly, "Is there really no chance? I even sent my first wife, who had been with me for many years, to the farm. I didn't divorce her because your father once told me that men in the military must be more responsible. He despises those who abandon their first wives just to achieve success."
The few old men who couldn't stand it finally spoke up: "Second Young Master, Lord Zhang has already been punished. Why is the Duke so heartless? After all, how can we just throw away years of friendship?"
"That's right. Lord Zhang has already sent his wife away. That's quite sincere. If the Duke still pursues the issue, that would be a bit excessive."
Gu Yuting was about to say something when he saw a man rushing through the crowd in a panic and towards Zhang Jian.
"Master, this is terrible. My wife has committed suicide on the farm..."
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