Published at 23rd of November 2020 09:48:50 PM
Chapter 73
Gu HuaiJiang’s Thoughts
“Fourth brother, are you alright?”
The brats gathered in Gu WenQing’s courtyard and sat around to comfort him .
“Fourth brother, did third brother hit you?”
This was Gu Xiang . He was most concerned about practical matters .
“Fourth brother, did you really only go to chat with Yu Gu and nothing else?”
This was Gu Yi, and Gu WenQing shot him a rarely-seen glare . His eyes seemed to say get lost .
“Fourth brother, don’t feel too down . Aside from third brother, we all feel that you did nothing wrong . ”
This was Yu Fu . She knew that Gu WenQing currently needed moral support more than anything else . He needed someone who could understand and support him .
Gu WenQing gratefully looked at her, as Zi Mi came in with some hot water for him to wipe his face .
He received the face towel and slowly wiped his face then suddenly let out a sigh .
“Yu Fu, don’t console me . Father has decided to no longer allow me to meet Yu Guan . He also feels that what I’ve done was wrong and should not have any associations with someone as lowly as a performer . ”
“That’s not it . The head general is not that sort of a person . If he really felt that you had done something wrong, he would have had you punished . Isn’t that right?”
Once these words came from Yu Fu, he could not help but pause .
“That’s right . When I got some pastry in Yu Fu’s hair, father caned me ten times . If father really felt that you did something wrong, father would have caned you at least 30 times!”
This was indeed the truth .
Not only had he secretly gone to visit a performer, but he also did not return the previous night . To not punish such a grave mistake, it was clear what Gu HuaiJiang truly felt .
“But father has still decided that I am no longer permitted to continue seeing Yu Guan…”
That was the thing that he felt most miserable over .
“Head general has his reasons for doing things like this . Fourth brother, listen to what I’m about to tell you . ”
Yu Fu told Gu WenQing about the happenings from the imperial banquet . Gu Xiang and Gu Yi occasionally chimed in to add bits of information . The most important addition was about how stirring Yu Fu’s performance had been .
Gu WenQing’s expression finally revealed a bit of joy .
“So that was the case . If you say it like that, when the prime minister’s manor finally stops keeping an eye on us, I will still have a chance to meet Yu Guan, right?”
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“That’s right . But who knows just what strange ideas the father and son from the prime minister’s manor are coming up with…”
Almost everyone knew that Eastern Ling’s top general and prime minister did not get along .
Prime Minister Yin was always trying to catch Gu HuaiJiang making a mistake . He wanted to prove his achievements . It even went as far as colluding with enemies to commit treason .
Gu HuaiJiang had always just endured and let it go . He had always tried to treat him well; however, he could never melt that heart that was as cold as ice .
…
“Did you see that? There truly is a problem with that girl from an unclear background . ”
In the study of the prime minister’s manor, Yin Yan sat behind a heavy rosewood desk . His figure melded in with the shadows .
Today’s weather was overcast . Rays of light passed through the window but were not enough to illuminate the large study .
Yin Shuo stood below a large bookcase, and a muffled grunt came from his throat .
“Un . ”
Girl from an unclear background?
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He did not particularly like it when others used these words to speak of Yu Fu, even if that person was his father .
Yin Yan glanced up at him and felt that there was something a little off about him, but he could not figure out what this was exactly .
“Yu Fu is young, yet her skill with the zither could cleanly beat even Princess DanYang . This was definitely a skill that she has trained in since a young age . Marquis Gu said that she only began to learn from Gu ShuBai half a year ago when she entered the capital . It truly is a preposterous idea . ”
Seemingly realizing that his reply had been too lacking, Yin Shuo added this bit . Only then did Yin Yan nod his head in satisfaction .
“What you said is correct, but it’s a little too unlikely . As a girl in the imperial family, and more importantly the princess born of the His Majesty’s empress, Princess DanYang has been learning the zither since childhood . No matter how hard Yu Fu worked, she should not be able to beat Princess DanYang by that much at such a young age . Could it be that she is also a princess and has been learning the zither from a young age?”
After Yin Yan finished speaking, he himself wanted to laugh and let out quiet chuckle .
Who knew whether he was laughing at himself or laughing at Gu HuaiJiang and Yu Fu .
Yin Shuo faintly laughed, “That’s impossible . However, there could be some influence on learning from the family, or someone deliberately trained her from a young age . Those are both possible . ”
“You mean to say that Gu HuaiJiang deliberately trained an adopted daughter with no blood relations to him to try and achieve some sort of goal?”
Yin Yan squinted his eyes and exuded a cold aura like a hawk . In the shadows, he was hard to figure out .
He fell silent for a while then slowly nodded his head, “It could be that she had not been forced to perform by Princess DanYang and intended to make a grand show of her skills?”
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“No, son paid attention to the reactions of Marquis Gu’s family . Their reactions at that time…”
Yin Shuo carefully thought back and tried to find the best adjectives, “They were extremely shocked and very worried . It seemed as though they did not want Yu Fu to perform . It also seemed… seemed as though they didn’t know that she knew how to play the zither . ”
“Didn’t know? If Gu HuaiJiang didn’t know that she knew how to play the zither, her background is even stranger . Could it be that she was born in Immortals Valley? Then where are her parents? If that’s not the case, why are there no signs from a time before she entered Immortals Valley?”
With Yin Shuo having said this, this matter was becoming even more confusing .
But he still felt that this was more likely to have been something deliberately planned by Gu HuaiJiang, using Yu Fu to achieve some sort of goal .
What could that goal be?
“Have you heard that the eldest prince and the second prince have been frequently going to Marquis Gu’s Manor, and both seem to be rather close with her?”
The eldest prince and the second prince both wished to win over Gu HuaiJiang . This was a secret that everyone tacitly understood .
After all, Lord Marquis Gu had control over the army and was more than capable of shaking the foundations of Eastern Ling . Gaining his support was the same as success .
But they never went to get close with the heir, Gu ShuBai, or any of the other young sirs of Marquis Gu’s Manor . Why would they get close to Yu Fu?
Yin Shuo slightly furrowed his brow and had something of a bad feeling about this .
He did not like Yu Fu having a group of men circling around her, especially those that were many years older than her .