HLnovel Chapter 147 Gu Shi completely sees his own heart
Chapter 147 Gu Shi completely sees his own heart
"Mother concubine..."
Kang's attitude was so arrogant that even Gu Shi couldn't stand it anymore. "What's wrong this time..."
Before he could finish speaking, Shen Muxi stopped him from saying anything.
"It's alright, my Lord."
She looked at him with forbearance and restraint, but her tone was slightly distant. "Now that I'm back, as long as I can stay with you and Xiaoxiao, and our family of three can live well, that's better than anything else."
Faced with her sudden request to confess, Gu Shi felt a sour taste in his throat, and all the words he wanted to say were stuck on his lips - she really loved him terribly.
Once upon a time, she also said such words in the vast night of Danyang.
On that midsummer evening of that year, Xiaoxiao was only two years old.
Sleeping soundly in the cradle with a tent woven by Shen Muxi herself.
She was pulling lotus root strips beside the cradle, and he was peeling lotus seeds beside her.
"After I make this batch of ink and sell it, I'll deduct the money I'll use to buy new hairpins and shoes for my mother. With the remaining money, I can buy you some cloth to make you a new set of clothes and buy you some new sheep-hair brushes. I can also replace the hemp paper you use for painting with rice paper."
She couldn't hide the joy in her eyes, and it even infected him as he ate lotus seeds in a depressed mood.
The pair of eyes that were indifferent a moment ago were instantly filled with ecstasy.
As if it wasn't real, he asked Shen Muxi several times.
You know, he used the finest Bozhou Xuan paper, which was much more expensive than ordinary painting paper. That's why Kang complained about him being unable to put down his brush and ink every day after coming to Danyang.
At one point, he was even threatened not to be allowed to paint again.
But that was his spiritual support after being exiled. Besides, the paintings he made could occasionally be exchanged for a few copper coins. How could it be said that they were useless?
Later, Shen Muxi arrived. Although he could still continue painting, he was probably using the cheapest and lowest quality hemp paper...
The paper was of such poor quality that no one was interested in buying his paintings...
When everyone was pessimistic about him, she was the only one who supported him unconditionally...
His heart warmed, and Gu Shiqing couldn't help but hug her in his arms, "Xixi, you are always so considerate. I...for a moment, I didn't know how to repay you."
"Silly boy, you and I are husband and wife. Why should we be so polite to each other?"
She pushed him away with a blush.
Even though they had been married for three years, the attachment in her eyes when she looked at him remained the same.
The sunset that day was beautiful, she...
More beautiful.
"...You really don't know what's good for you."
Kang's angry voice brought Gu Shi's wandering thoughts back to reality.
Only then did Gu Shi realize that Shen Muxi's "gaffe" had angered Kang.
His body's speed was faster than his brain's judgment. He took a step forward and protected Shen Muxi behind him. "Mother, I don't think there is anything wrong with what she said."
It was not until now that Gu Shi finally understood his own heart.
He didn't like her at all, it was just because he was unwilling to accept that she didn't show weakness in front of him.
She is still in his heart.
Admittedly, he couldn't give her a lifetime of companionship.
But he could guarantee that as long as she and Xixi got along well, he could always keep her rich and prosperous, and wouldn't let her live in the open air like before...
Kang's eyes widened in disbelief, seemingly unable to understand Gu Shi's sudden change of attitude, "Shi'er..."
Gu Shi ignored Kang's attitude and spoke gently to Shen Muxi, "You go down first. I have something to tell my mother."
Shen Muxi instinctively glanced at Kang. It was an action almost out of habit, which greatly satisfied Kang's vanity.
This also helped Kang's anger dissipate a lot.
"Alright, you can leave first. If I need you later, I'll have Madam Su come find you."
"Yes."
Shen Muxi lowered her eyes to avoid Gu Shi's sticky gaze, then lowered her head and retreated.
...
After leaving the front hall, Shen Muxi did not go back to the servants' room, but found an excuse to quietly return to Bishuiyuan.
He Yue had already known that Shen Muxi had other arrangements, so he took Gu Xiaoxiao to the garden in advance.
Hongdou had been waiting in Bishuiyuan for a long time.
Seeing Shen Muxi coming back, he hurried forward.
"Miss, everything outside has been arranged."
"Okay," Shen Muxi entered Xiaoxiao's room, took out a set of simple civilian clothes, and while changing out of her outer clothes, she instructed, "I need to go out for a while now. I'll make some arrangements with Ronghui Hall. By the way, send someone to tell Su Kang that Shen Muxi has returned and discovered his secret when she was taking revenge on Su Liuxi and her daughter."
While Shen Muxi was fastening her belt, Hongdou stepped forward to help her with her hair. "As for Gu Shi, do we need to tell him what we found out?"
Shen Muxi glanced at the glaring sunlight outside and said, "Tell him about Shuyin and Zhuifeng first. The rest can wait."
To crack down on this kind of thing, it will only be meaningful if we do it repeatedly.
...
Su Liuxi returned to the main courtyard from Ronghui Hall with a lot of anger. She almost instinctively wanted to throw the things at hand, but was stopped by Cui'e.
"Every item in the courtyard is recorded in a book. Although we can replace broken items, there have been too many broken items in our courtyard recently. If the prince or the old princess investigates carefully..."
Then the virtuous and gentle image she had pretended to have before would certainly be vulnerable.
Su Liuxi obviously thought of this as well, and she put the things down reluctantly.
Cui'e Duoduo knew a little about Su Liuxi being "driven away" in Ronghui Hall, and she also understood that Su Liuxi must be feeling very aggrieved at this moment.
But...
"Miss, a little impatience can ruin a big plan."
No one knew better than her that her young lady was someone who would do great things.
You must never lose your composure because of a dead person.
"Cui'e," Su Liuxi said, as if grabbing a life-saving piece of driftwood. Her trembling hands made a noticeable wrinkle on Cui'e's sleeve. "I have a feeling that if that woman doesn't die, it will definitely have a huge impact on the execution of the subsequent plan."
"How about we go find the master?" Cui'e suggested tentatively.
Looking for Su Kang?
Su Liuxi frowned slightly.
These days, the Su family and the Rongjun Prince's Mansion seem to have a close relationship, and the Su Mansion has also promised to give her support, but even she can see that the Su Mansion is mostly using the Rongjun Prince's Mansion.
How could Gu Shi not see it?
Su Liuxi slowly closed her eyes and suppressed the feeling of powerlessness in her heart.
"Go, deliver a letter to the Su Mansion. There's been unrest in the Rong County Prince's Mansion recently. Ask father to spend more time on Gu Shi."
Cui'e retreated immediately.
The sunlight outside the house was glaring. Su Liuxi looked through the diamond-shaped window at the shimmering lotus pond outside, with a cold look in her eyes.
...
That night.
study.
Gu Shi looked at the secret letter spread out on the desk with a serious expression.
His eyes rested on the word "Shuyin".
He could no longer remember what the maid looked like.
Even Zhuifeng's appearance became increasingly blurry in his view.
But the contents of the secret letter clearly explained how Shuyin and Zhuifeng were framed and killed...
A feeling of powerlessness emerged from the bottom of my heart.
Although the Rong County Prince's Mansion has a close relationship with the current emperor, as the bloodline becomes weaker with each generation, the title of Rong County Prince will change from hereditary to hereditary by the next generation.
The most urgent thing he had to do was to find an opportunity to stabilize the hereditary title of Prince Rong, so as to preserve the glory of the entire Prince Rong's Mansion.
Therefore, even though he knew that the deaths of Shuyin and Zhuifeng were the work of the Su family and were directly related to Su Liuxi, he still could not openly break off relations with the Su family.
Not only can he not break up with her, but in order to get the entire Su family to support him, he also has to have a child with Su Liuxi as soon as possible...
The light knocking sound from outside the door disrupted Gu Shi's thoughts.
He quickly came to his senses and crumpled the flattened secret letter into a ball in his hand.
"What's the matter?"
Chen Shiliu's voice sounded outside.
"Your Majesty, the old princess asks you to come over again."
Gu Shi pursed his lips and said, "Tell my mother that the decision I have made will never be changed."