klisemfg Chapter 437 Gu Han, let go!
Chapter 437 Gu Han, let go!
Chapter 437 Gu Qianhan, let go!
Shen Wantang was relieved to see her smile and asked her, "So, you are willing to marry and go to Jiangnan?"
Gu Qianning hesitated for a long time and didn't say anything.
Obviously, she was unwilling and unwilling to do so.
Shen Wantang took the book from her hand again, took her to a place with few people, asked the maids to spread a blanket and put out snacks, and the two of them ate while reading the book together.
"A Ning, I think this is a good idea. My grandfather was an imperial censor, and my father was sent out. When his father is transferred back to the capital in the future, he will definitely return to the capital. You can just think of it as traveling to Jiangnan for a few years and come back in a few years. How do you think?"
Gu Qianning sighed: "No, this person is too short, less than six feet tall, I don't like him, I think someone as tall as my cousin the Crown Prince would be the most suitable."
Shen Wantang nodded. The prince was much taller than this man. She pointed to another one and said to Gu Qianning, "What about this young man? He is eight feet tall, handsome, and upright. He should have a bright future. Do you like him?"
Gu Qianning still sighed: "I don't like it. This one is too tall, and looks too old-fashioned and serious. Not as friendly as my cousin the Crown Prince."
Shen Wantang: “…”
The prince's kindness is all fake. If you marry him, your head will be in danger of falling off!
"A Ning, what about this one? This guy has a very good appearance, and the boss said he has a lively personality. Maybe he can get along well with you?"
"Oh no, this guy looks frivolous, he must be a playboy!"
Shen Wantang couldn't help but shake her head. If he was really a playboy, Gu Qianhan wouldn't have put him in the book.
She flipped through the booklet. Gu Qianning didn't like this one, and she didn't like that one. In the end, she finally found one that barely passed in all aspects.
Ji Xiuyuan, nineteen years old, is neither tall nor short, neither fat nor thin, and does not look too serious nor frivolous. He comes from a good family background and a clean family tradition. All the children in the family are diligent and studious, and have successful careers. None of them lingers in brothels.
Gu Qianning couldn't find any faults with Ji Xiuyuan, but she didn't want to get married either. She evaded the question by saying, "Let's talk about choosing a husband later. Maybe my second brother will change his mind in the future. I won't get married for now. This way, I can spend two more years of leisurely life at home."
Shen Wantang didn't know when Gu Qianhan would start the rebellion, but she thought it wouldn't be too soon. Gu Qianning could indeed stay at home for two years, so as long as she could get married before the rebellion started, Gu Qianning would be able to save her life regardless of whether the rebellion succeeded or not.
She said nothing more and started chatting with Gu Qianning about other things.
"The palace has been peaceful and tranquil lately. Everyone is behaving themselves and no one is causing trouble. I'm really not used to it!"
Gu Qianning held her arm affectionately: "Atang, I actually always thought that you married badly. There is no one in Prince Ning's mansion who is worry-free. Fortunately, you are smart and capable, otherwise you would have been angry to death."
"But now I think there's nothing wrong with Prince Ning's Mansion. It's good to lean on a big tree for shade. You're so beautiful and smart, it's unfair for you to marry into a small family. Besides, they can't protect you well."
"Although Prince Xiao often listens to one side and believes the other, I find that you can actually suppress him. His little cleverness is as useless as paper in front of you. If you can control him and coax your mother-in-law, your life in the palace will not be too bad."
Shen Wantang smiled lightly and said nothing.
She felt that it was amazing that she could laugh now.
When Gu Qianhan raises his army, she will probably never be able to laugh again. If Gu Qianhan succeeds, the entire Xiao family will be liquidated.
In the previous life, the entire Gu family was wiped out. If Gu Qianhan had not exchanged his own life for the lives of his eldest brother's two children, the prince would not have let the two children go and would have killed them.
In this life, Gu Qianhan took revenge, will there be anyone left in the Xiao family alive? If the Xiao family was exterminated, could she survive?
Although she actually vaguely felt that Gu Qianhan treated her somewhat specially and that he owed her a favor in his previous life, she was not sure how much effect these special treatments and favors would have.
She turned to look at Gu Qianning, a conflict between her conscience and her conscience in her mind.
A voice said that she should stop Gu Qianhan from starting the rebellion, and she should inform on the authorities, otherwise there would be no safety for the whole family.
Another voice said that she should pretend that she knew nothing. Snitching was the most shameless act. It would kill the entire Gu family and her only and best friend. Anyway, the possibility of Gu Qianhan succeeding was very small, so the best option was to wait and see.
If she didn't tell the truth and waited for Gu Qianhan to succeed, she would beg Gu Qianhan and Gu Qianning to let her live. But if she told the truth, no matter how much Gu Qianhan and Gu Qianning begged, the emperor would never let them live.
Shen Wantang felt a little painful. She suddenly felt that rebirth was not a good thing. Knowing too much would only add to her troubles and would not solve the problem at all.
She was caught in an unprecedented dilemma.
Gu Qianning, who was beside her, fell asleep leaning on her without her knowing when.
Shen Wantang knew that she had been depressed for many days because of the fact that she was going to be married to Jiangnan. She had been unable to sleep for nights. Now that he was by her side, he felt greatly relaxed mentally. He trusted her and even depended on her, so he fell asleep peacefully.
Shen Wantang signaled to Gu Qianning's maid, and the maid carefully covered her with a thin blanket.
She was sleeping very soundly. Peach blossoms were falling one after another, and petals kept falling on her face, but she was unaware.
Shen Wantang removed the petals for her and covered her head with a towel. Seeing how soundly she slept, he couldn't help but smile. She couldn't sleep at home, and she slept like this outside. People who didn't know would think she was being abused at home!
Gu Qianhan is also cold-hearted and cruel. He doesn't even let his sister go out. Doesn't this make people more suspicious?
A tall figure suddenly appeared, blocking the slightly hot sunlight.
Shen Wantang raised her head and saw that familiar cold face.
He was dressed in black, standing with his back to the light, his angular face as expressionless as ever.
Shen Wantang was afraid of waking up Gu Qianning, so she didn't speak for a while. She didn't speak, and Gu Qianhan didn't speak either. He just kept looking at her quietly.
Shen Wantang's neck was sore from looking up, and seeing that Gu Qianhan didn't avoid her gaze, she had no choice but to lower her head. She couldn't keep looking at him, that would look awkward.
"Second Master, are you here to take Ah Ning back home?"
Actually, it wasn’t, what was there for my sister to answer, but Gu Qianhan nodded: “Yeah.”
"A Ning just fell asleep. Why don't you carry her back to the carriage and let her sleep for a while."
Gu Qianhan originally planned to wake up Gu Qianning directly, but after hearing what Shen Wantang said, he silently leaned over, picked up his sister, and carried her into the carriage.
Shen Wantang opened the curtain and whispered, "Let her go gently and have a good sleep."
Gu Qianhan moved gently so as not to wake Gu Qianning up.
Then, he got off the carriage, stood in front of Shen Wantang and said, "Thank you for taking care of An Ning."
"You're welcome."
Shen Wantang said this and waved her hand, asking the maids and servants to stand further away.
Then, she handed Gu Qianning's booklet to Gu Qianhan: "This, An Ning and I looked at it together. Except for Ji Xiuyuan, there is not much hope for other young masters."
"After all, compared to the prince, these people are too weak, so it's normal for An Ning to refuse to marry. But Ji Xiuyuan doesn't have any obvious shortcomings, so An Ning didn't find a reason to reject him."
"I guess your candidate should also be Ji Xiuyuan. After all, he will be the top scorer."
Her voice was very soft, but her eyes were looking straight at Gu Qianhan, and she didn't intend to act anymore.
She had to make the fact of her rebirth public, at least in front of Gu Qianhan, she needed to stay alive.
Gu Qianhan did not take the booklet, he directly held Shen Wantang's hand.
Shen Wantang never expected that he would do such a thing. She was startled and wanted to pull her hand back, but she didn't move.
Gu Qianhan said in a low voice: "Why are you suddenly exposing your past? Didn't you refuse to let me guess that you were also reborn?"
"Gu Qianhan, let go!"
"Why are your hands so cold?"
"Let go!"
"What I'm planning may not succeed. If I die, I'd like to ask you to take care of An Ning for me. Tell her that it was me who said that she is not allowed to take revenge and that she should live her life in peace."
"What if you succeed?"
"Then I will kill all the Xiao family members."
Shen Wantang trembled slightly, and she knew it! He was more cruel than anyone else!
Gu Qianhan felt her trembling, he held her hand tightly and comforted her: "If I am lucky enough to succeed, I will take care of you, and so will An Ning."
Shen Wantang looked up at him: "Really?"
"real."
Shen Wantang felt that he would not lie. He never made promises easily, and if he made a promise, he would do it.
She felt a little relieved, and when she looked down, she saw that her hand was still held in his. Her heart skipped a beat and she immediately pulled her hand back.
This time, Gu Qianhan did not stop her from pulling her hand back. He suppressed the strong desire to hold her in his arms and the surging emotions of promising her a lifetime of happiness. He turned around, took out a small hand warmer from the carriage and put it in her hand.
Then, he got on the carriage and left with Gu Qianning.
Shen Wantang watched him leave, then looked down at the hand warmer in her hand. The hand warmer was very hot, but she felt that Gu Qianhan's hand was even hotter.
She couldn't help but rub the hand that Gu Qianhan had held with her other hand until the burning feeling disappeared, and then she stopped.
Du Juan and Qin Xin came forward and saw that she was rubbing her hands. They were a little surprised: "Princess, are you cold? The sun is shining brightly today!"
They were all far away just now, and when Shen Wantang and Gu Qianhan were talking, they were blocked by the carriage, so they did not see Gu Qianhan holding Shen Wantang's hand.
"It's not cold, I just had a bug on my hand, but it's gone now."
Shen Wantang answered the maid's question casually, and cursed Gu Qianhan in her heart. She thought he was a gentleman and a man without any lustful thoughts, but she didn't expect him to be the same!
Who knows, maybe he redeemed the courtesan in Wanhua Tower because he was attracted by her beauty!
The hand warmer in the palm of his hand continued to emit a slightly hot heat. Shen Wantang suddenly remembered that Gu Qianhan never used a hand warmer. Where did he get this hand warmer? From the courtesan?
She was just about to throw away the hand warmer, but when she took a closer look, she discovered that it was Gu Qianning's hand warmer, with Gu Qianning's favorite orchid engraved on it.
Shen Wantang closed her eyes and could only hold the hand warmer tightly. She could throw anyone's things but not Ah Ning's.
She sighed a little depressed: "Let's go, let's go back. I think I shouldn't go out recently. If I have to go out, I have to check the almanac."
Qin Xin and Du Juan looked at each other, wondering what was wrong with her. It seemed like she had suffered a loss, but who could let her suffer a loss?
Gu Qianhan?
This shouldn’t be the case. Wasn’t he quite polite to the Crown Prince’s Consort?
The two did not dare to ask any more questions and followed Shen Wantang into the carriage and returned to the palace.
Fortunately, Shen Wantang's mood soon disappeared, and after returning to the yard, he started to busy himself with housekeeping and checking the accounts.
After finishing her work, Du Juan took out a copybook and asked her, "Does the Crown Prince still want to practice calligraphy today? Let me grind some ink for you!"
Shen Wantang looked at the copybook she was holding, and her body froze slightly.
Her right hand suddenly became hot again, as if the warmth left by Gu Qianhan was still there.
She stood up as if nothing had happened, washed her hands, then walked forward and tore up the copybook.
Du Juan was stunned: "Princess, what are you doing...what are you doing..."
Shen Wantang smiled at her, revealing two rows of neat and white teeth: "I suddenly feel that my handwriting is actually quite good. I don't need to practice anymore. What do you think?"
Du Juan nodded blankly: "Yes... yes, I have always said that the Crown Prince's wife's handwriting is very beautiful and there is no need to practice anymore, but didn't you say it was not good enough?"
Shen Wantang said firmly: "I feel that it is enough now. There is no need to practice anymore."
Du Juan vaguely felt that something was wrong, but she couldn't tell what exactly was wrong.
She held up the calligraphy that Shen Wantang had torn off and asked her, "What about this?"
"It's useless, burn it!"
Dujuan obediently took it to the stove and threw it in.
Shen Wantang looked at the flames rising in the stove and watched Gu Qianhan's words burning one by one, and finally felt a little happy.
Even her voice became more cheerful: "There are two more copies, Dujuan, burn them both!"
Du Juan did as she was told. As she burned the calligraphy, she felt distressed. “Princess, Second Young Master Gu’s calligraphy can be sold for a lot of silver. You burned at least a thousand taels.”
Shen Wantang froze. Oh no, she forgot that bastard Gu Qianhan’s handwriting was valuable.
But it’s too late to pick it up now.
Shen Wantang gritted his teeth and said, "It's okay. I don't need this little money. Just burn it!"
On the second day, after Shen Wantang finished her work in the mansion and had some free time, she sat down at the desk as usual and picked up a pen to practice calligraphy. However, when she opened the copybook, she found that it was not Gu Qianhan's handwriting. Then she remembered that she had burned Gu Qianhan's copybook.
She looked at the copybook she bought from outside and felt that it was not pleasing to the eye. She then looked at the copybook written by other people and felt that it was not pleasing to the eye either. She always felt that Gu Qianhan's handwriting was more elegant and powerful.
Shen Wantang couldn't help but hold her forehead with her hand. It seemed that she was used to eating fine bran and couldn't eat coarse food. If she had known this, she would have kept one copy!
Why were you so uncalm yesterday?
Didn't he just hold her hand? Did she lose a piece of meat?
No, she was short of one thousand taels of silver.
Well, this doesn't seem to be much better than losing a piece of meat.