Chapter 157 The assassination attempt
After leaving Prince Duan's Mansion, Gu Ruanci made a special trip to Xuan Di Temple.
During this period, she has been busy with various things and has not come to burn incense for Ye Hesheng for some time.
After she arrived, Taoist Qing Tuan looked as if he wanted to say something but hesitated.
Gu Ruanci didn't ask immediately, but first lit incense, and then asked: "Brother, do you have anything to say?"
Taoist Qing Tuan nodded. "Indeed, the third son of the Zhou family has been coming here almost every day recently. He doesn't insist on entering your mother's ancestral hall, but simply kowtows outside without saying a word before leaving. Counting the days, it's been ten already, so he should be on his way by now."
Gu Ruanci was a little surprised. She really didn't expect Zhou Yuqi to be able to do this.
"That's really bad luck. You still come to disturb my mother at this time."
Her reaction made Taoist Qing Tuan breathe a sigh of relief.
"I thought you'd soften your heart after I told you this. After all, we're all familiar with what happened back then... Although a mother might not hold grudges against her children, these sons truly don't deserve any sympathy."
Taoist Qing Tuan’s words made Gu Ruanci laugh.
"Brother, I always remember Master's teachings. A heart of compassion is a holy mother. Either you harm your friends or yourself. The evildoers deserve punishment. I thought I was generous enough to forgive them and help them end it, but I only transferred their retribution. How can I repay evil with kindness? How can I repay kindness?"
Seeing Gu Ruanci so clear-headed, Taoist Qing Tuan finally felt relieved.
He said, "Should we stay and see what the third son of the Zhou family is doing while kneeling there?"
Gu Ruanci shook his head and said, "There's no need for that..."
After she finished her business, she headed straight down the mountain.
As a result, their carriage happened to collide with the Zhou family's carriage.
"parking!"
After hearing the groom's report, Zhou Yuqi already knew that the person on the other side was Gu Ruanci.
The Zhou family's carriage was blocking the way, and Gu Ruanci had no way to get through.
"Little sister!"
Zhou Yuqi got off the carriage and shouted loudly.
Gu Ruanci didn't want to pay attention to it, but she also knew that Zhou Yuqi was too clingy now.
"Your little sister is not here. You only have one sister, Zhou Qinzhu, in this life. Third Young Master, let me remind you."
Gu Ruanci was too lazy to even open the car curtain. She leaned against the window bored and looked at the scenery outside with her head tilted.
Zhou Yuqi looked embarrassed, but still wanted to fight for it.
"I know it was a terrible mistake to go straight there. I never knew my mother had done so much for me... But it's too late to regret now. I just want to make it up to you..."
Gu Ruanci found it even more ridiculous: "Third Young Master, are you kidding me? Are you doing this to compensate me for my complacency? You've been acting so well lately, falling out with the Zhou family, driving Ye Lanxin back to the Ye family, and coming here all day to disturb my mother's spirit tablet. Now you're brazenly asking me to compensate you. Are you trying to get me to show some compassion and help heal your hand?"
Zhou Yuqi's eyes were full of evasion: "No, why would I mean that?"
Gu Ruanci didn't care about his answer, but said, "I do have a way to cure your hand, but I won't treat it for you. Just like when you three could have protected mother and driven Ye Lanxin away, but you didn't do it. Now, no matter what you do, there's no way to bring mother back to life, so don't do these useless things. I will only be happy if your Zhou family is not doing well. Don't think about asking me to consider family affection. I have family affection for you."
Hearing Gu Ruanci's words, Zhou Yuqi's face turned particularly ugly.
"Little sister, can't you give us a chance?"
"Didn't I tell you before? If you have the ability, you can bring Mom back to life. Since the day Mom passed away, there has only been hatred between me and the Zhou family, nothing more."
Zhou Yuqi gritted his teeth and said, "I really don't know what happened back then..."
"Then do you know who gave birth to you? Do you know what Zhou Zhili and Ye Lanxin did? Do you know why Mother left? Back then, you all thought she was narrow-minded, inconsiderate, and unwilling to endure humiliation for you. What do you know now?"
Gu Ruanci thought about Ye Hesheng's life and felt that it was not worth it for her.
"Don't tell me you don't know what life was like for Mother in the Ye family before, and don't tell me that you were just pretending to treat Ye Lanxin as your mother all these years."
Gu Ruanci had already made Zhou Yuqi feel guilty enough, but he didn't expect there would be another blow later.
"Mother has already taken me away from the Marquis' Mansion, but there are still assassins chasing us. Can you tell me why?"
Gu Ruanci's words startled Zhou Yuqi so much that he opened his eyes wide.
"What, are you serious?"
Gu Ruanci said indifferently: "I've said it before, it seems that Mr. Zhou San really doesn't take it to heart."
Zhou Yuqi gritted his teeth and said, "Don't worry, if it was someone from the Zhou family who did it, I will definitely find a way to help you find out and avenge my mother, as long as you can forgive me."
"You're still using Mother's affairs to negotiate with me. Are you worthy?"
After Gu Ruanci finished speaking, Zhou Yuqi felt guilty again.
“Get out of the way…”
Faced with such disrespectful words from Gu Ruanci, Zhou Yuqi had no choice but to ask the coachman to turn the carriage around.
Gu Ruanci left without any regrets and got into the carriage and left.
Zhou Yuqi stood there for a long time without saying anything.
"Third Young Master..."
The driver was just about to remind them that time was limited after all.
"go home."
Zhou Yuqi's mind was full of the fact that Ye Hesheng and Gu Runci were really assassinated.
When the carriage returned to the Zhou family, Zhou Zhili and the others were a little confused. It seemed that Zhou Yuqi came back a little early today.
Although Zhou Zhili did not support Zhou Yuqi's daily visit to Xuan Di Temple, he had no way to stop him and could only turn a blind eye.
As a result, when Zhou Yuqi came back this time, he directly said that he had something to ask, and the Zhou family gathered in the front hall.
The so-called Zhou family now consists of only four people, father and son.
Ye Lanxin and Zhou Qinzhu were still at the Ye family, seemingly waiting for Zhou Zhili's attitude.
"Father, today I went to kowtow to Mother and met my younger sister..."
Zhou Yuqi's preparation immediately caused Zhou Zhili to misunderstand.
"What was Qinzhu doing there? She must have heard about your absurd behavior, so she went to great lengths to persuade you. No wonder you came back so early today. Did your sister tell you when she would be back? You too, you've already seen her, so you won't just bring her back for her."
Zhou Zhili talked a lot to himself before he noticed that Zhou Yuqi's eyes were not right.
"What’s wrong with you?"
Zhou Yuxiu also felt strange, and his thoughts were the same as his father's.
"Yes, Third Brother, I have been worrying about you all these years. You really did something wrong this time. I came to the mountain to find you and told you not to do anything stupid. Why didn't you know to bring her back? As long as she comes back, Mother will naturally come back."
Zhou Yuqi looked at him and asked sarcastically, "Brother, which mother are you talking about?"
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