flstandardbreds Chapter 136 Gu Chenglin's Confession
Chapter 136 Gu Chenglin's Confession
If Long Jiu hadn't taken two of them, he would have been twelve by now.
Just as Gu Chenglin was thinking this, a person appeared in front of him—Long Jiu.
This guy hasn't shown up since he left with the recipe for making tofu.
It seems the tofu was successfully made.
Long Shiyi also appeared and asked Long Jiu, "You really came back. I thought you were never going to return."
Long Jiu said angrily with a cold face, "There's a snow disaster in Dongzhou, and those people are pressuring the Lord to provide disaster relief supplies."
But the last batch of supplies had just been delivered to Longhu Pass, and now the lord was at a loss.
When I set out, court officials were pressuring the emperor to write an edict of self-reproach, and the situation is currently at a stalemate.
Long Shiyi said angrily, "How dare they? Is it the Duke of Wu's faction that's jumping the gun again?"
"Indeed, those censors also jumped around in protest."
"So, the national treasury is empty again?"
"if not?"
Gu Chenglin fell silent. Thinking of the food in his wife's space, his eyes flickered, but he ultimately didn't speak. He gestured for Long Jiu to go to the kitchen to eat, and then he went back to his room.
Inside the room, Ruyi recounted their conversation to Dongfang Jin.
The treasury is empty?
This emperor is truly something else.
That's really quite tragic.
Ruyi, we'd like to send grain, but how should we do it?
【Master, you can send it using a Qiankun bag, right?】
Wouldn't that expose us?
Why don't you have your man go over there?
No, we need to reconsider this matter.
As the master and servant were talking, Gu Chenglin walked in, looking somewhat awkward, and said, "Wife, I have something to say."
"What you want to say, Ruyi has already told me. The grain can be sent, but have you thought about how to send it?"
"Doesn't Ling'an County have a dock? Long Jiu can send it there via a caravan."
"Gu Chenglin, that's a snow disaster, do you understand? That snow isn't rain; it's all piled up on the ground. How are caravans supposed to get around? How are they supposed to tell which way to go and which road to take?"
In modern times, convoys wouldn't dare to drive in such severe weather.
"This?" Gu Chenglin was dumbfounded; he really hadn't considered these things.
An edict of self-reproach?
Can I write that?
Thinking of this, a pair of deep eyes stared at Dongfang Jin.
Dongfang Jin softened at his gaze: "Gu Chenglin, we can help, but how can we help without exposing ourselves?"
I'm not afraid of anything else, I'm just afraid of that person's suspicion. If one day they suddenly resort to suicide, I can't handle it.
Seeing this, Gu Chenglin decided not to hide it any longer and sat down next to Dongfang Jin: "Wife, actually... actually that person's biological mother is my biological aunt."
Dongfang Jin suddenly looked up, her face full of surprise: "Wow! Gu Chenglin, you mean...?"
“Hmm,” Gu Chenglin then recounted what his uncle and Old Master Chu had told him.
"You mean, Granny Gu knew your mother and her son were killed, so she transferred her hatred to you?"
"That's what I guessed too, otherwise why would she treat me like that? But I still don't know how she knew."
According to Feng's investigation, this matter is also related to the clan chief's father.
"Gu Chenglin, have you never thought that you, the Gu, and the Gu of Lingwu Village are originally from the same family?"
Didn't you say that all the villagers of Lingwu Village were refugees?
“I asked my uncle about this question before, and he said no.”
Actually, the clan chief was quite nice to me at first, because when I was five years old...
His mother made me a new dress, but Gu Yuming didn't have one, nor did Gu Yucheng.
Later, Gu Yuming and some other children got into a fight with me. When they tore the clothes, a copper coin fell out from the corner.
You know, a copper coin can be exchanged for a hundred coins. Clothes are a small matter, but copper coins are a big deal.
Later, the children dragged me to the clan chief's house for a face-to-face confrontation.
I was so terrified that I didn't know anything at all.
But not long after that incident, the clan chief's wife passed away.
Because of that incident, the clan chief's family treated me badly, Gu Yucheng even told the children not to play with me, and Granny Gu treated me even worse.
Dongfang Jin pondered for a moment, then asked, "So the Emperor knows about you?"
"Yes, the reason I was able to come back smoothly was because he gave me his permission."
Besides that family in Beijing, my uncle and my great-uncle's family also knew.
Dongfang Jin asked with a gossipy look, "You mean, your biological father doesn't know you exist?"
Huh, what's going on here?
Is my dad a scumbag too?
Otherwise, why didn't my uncle and great-uncle mention it?
Who else is in your family?
“My biological father inherited the title of Duke of Rongguo. My biological mother was his principal wife. After my mother passed away, he married my mother’s half-sister as his second wife.”
"My uncle said that this half-sister is a good person, but has a rather fiery temper."
Moreover, she was the only illegitimate daughter in the Ningguo Duke's mansion; there were no other illegitimate sons or anything like that.
My uncle said that back then, her mother and my maternal grandfather were both tricked by someone at a banquet and ended up together by chance.
...After giving birth, she devoted herself to spiritual practice and never appeared in public again.
"Your mother's half-sister's family isn't exactly low-status either, is it?"
Otherwise, how could a concubine's daughter be so shrewish?
She practices Buddhism while still keeping her hair, which suggests she disdains the position of a concubine of a duke.
"Yes, she's from the Song family of the Marquis of Zhenxi, and her mother is the legitimate daughter. My uncle said that after her mother gave birth to her..."
The grandfather took the child away without even glancing at him.
On the third day, she set up a Buddhist shrine in the courtyard where she lived, and refused to see anyone.
The Marquis of Zhenxi knew what his daughter had done, but he did not try to stop her. Fearing that his granddaughter would be bullied by the Duke of Ningguo, he took her to live in his own mansion.
The Marquis of Zhenxi's family has only sons among his grandchildren, and there are military generals in the family. Over time, she developed that kind of personality.
"Then why did she become your father's second wife? Isn't she afraid of what people will say?"
"My uncle said she did it voluntarily. At that time, my older brother was only eight years old and my older sister was four years old."
She was close to my mother since childhood, and coincidentally, my father... she took the initiative to approach my maternal grandfather, and I don't know what she said, but my maternal grandfather agreed and even gave his legitimate daughter a dowry..."
"So, she's been quite good to your older brother and sister."
Even if a concubine's daughter comes from a good family, she is still not on the same level as a marquis or a duke.
Marrying a duke as a second wife is considered a step up for her.
Gu Chenglin nodded and did not continue the topic: "I was wounded in the arm by the Tartars last winter when we were fighting, and this birthmark was revealed."
As Gu Chenglin spoke, he exposed his left shoulder, where a piece of skin was stuck to it. He reached out and peeled off the skin, revealing a purple birthmark that resembled a plum blossom.
Dongfang Jin was shocked by his series of actions.
Staring at the purple birthmark, she felt like she had made a mistake.
This kind of experience is definitely typical of a protagonist.
The second young master of the Rongguo Duke's family?
The Empress Dowager's nephew?
The emperor's cousin?
The grandson of the Duke of Ningguo?
Wow, wow, this is amazing!
Ruyi, isn't she the main character? Are you sure you're not mistaken?
They should make something happen to Gu Chenglin, then have a powerful new master's soul transmigrate into his body, turning the tables and achieving a meteoric rise to the pinnacle of life.
Everything is fate.
【cut】
"Has someone discovered us?"
Dongfang Jin blinked her big, bright eyes, waiting for Gu Chenglin's next expression, leaving him speechless.
"The one who recognized me was the valiant General Gu Yunhe, who is my great-uncle's eldest grandson. He said that I look almost exactly like my biological father."
As Gu Chenglin finished speaking, he reached out and tore off the human skin mask from his face.