now it. She was originally the head maid in Lord Hou’s courtyard and had quite a bit of face in the mansion. Now she stays by my side to teach me etiquette, which is truly a hardship for her.”Gu Xiumi...Even Marquis Wu'an's son didn't know how he left the Changxing Hou Mansion. He was completely numb, listlessly following behind his parents.

After leaving Changxing Hou's mansion and getting on the carriage, Wuan Bo's son finally asked, "Father, what you said at the Gu family just now, was it true"

Duke Wuan was humiliated earlier and his face was now dark with anger. He looked at his son with displeasure, even finding his voice irritating.

He angrily said, “Your father-in-law is easy to deceive, but Changxing Hou isn't. I originally planned to wait for Xuanyi to remarry and then compensate her with a dowry. Today, I just wanted to bring you back home and have the family law serve you a lesson. Your father-in-law initially wanted to accept the compensation, but Changxing Hou stopped him with his eyes. Only then did your father have no choice but to resort to this last measure, otherwise, today would have been a disaster.”

Wuan Bo Yue said, growing angrier and angrier: "Today you should be grateful that Changxing Hou doesn't have a daughter. If Xuan Yi were the daughter of Changxing Hou, then you would lose your position as the crown prince, go back home to be punished by family law, and it wouldn't even appease the hatred in Changxing Hou's heart. Even your father and I would be retaliated against."

Upon hearing this, the face of the Marquis of Wu'an's son changed.

"Young Master, even if you weren't the crown prince, you would still be the eldest son of your parents. This position of crown prince has fallen to Qi'er. Qi'er is your own younger brother born to the same mother. Whether it is you or him who becomes crown prince, it makes no difference," comforted Lady Wu An.

Upon hearing this, the heir apparent of Marquis Wu'an clenched his fists tightly. Though unwilling to accept it, he was powerless and could only watch helplessly as the position of heir fell to his younger brother who only knew how to indulge in pleasure.

The Duke of Wuan saw the unwillingness on his son's face and said, "Don't blame me for this, you should only blame yourself. Reflect on yourself properly. Why would a man have such a hobby I really thought you liked watching plays, so I hired actors for you. I saw you studying diligently, so I didn't pay much attention to you. Unexpectedly, you did such a thing. If I had known about your hobby earlier, I would have even castrated you to prevent you from doing this and avoid being exposed and disgraced."

He turned to his wife, accusingly saying: "A doting mother spoils her child. If you hadn't covered for him in the beginning, this wouldn't have happened today. Because of both of you, mother and son, I have lost all face today. From now on, whenever I go out, people will laugh at me!"

Lady Wu An lowered her head, not daring to retort.

The young master of Wu'an, his face pale as a sheet, yet still worried about his reputation, anxiously asked, "Father, will the Gu family spread this word"

"Wuan Bo rebuked, "You can do such a thing, making your parents follow you in disgrace, and still care about reputation As your father, I originally wanted to ask Gu Jia to keep this secret for you, but before I could say anything, Changxing Hou issued an order to evict us. With his intelligence, he must have been able to guess what I was going to say next, so he did not allow our family of three to stay any longer."

Marquis Wu'an's son retorted, "Seeing that I am in such a state, they still want to ruin my reputation Can Father just allow them to bully our family like this"

"Upon hearing this, Duke Wu'an glared at him: "If you didn't do this, would people react like this Judging by Lord Changxing's character, he wouldn't go out of his way to publicize your actions. As for others, it's not guaranteed. Besides, don't forget that even if the Gu family doesn't speak up, someone in our own family will. They'll use this leverage to completely ruin you—either your grandmother helped Xiuyi escape, or your fourth uncle did. "

Lord Wu An's son turned pale and became flustered. He was sweating coldly, his face a mask of worry. He thought he had been very careful and discreet, but somehow the news had leaked. He couldn't imagine what awaited him after today.

Lady Wu An, feeling sorry for her son, spoke with a choked voice: "Xiaoger, from today on, if you can't bear to stay in the capital, just go back to your ancestral home. Or else, you could move to somewhere where no one knows you."

Wǔ'ān Bó glanced at the mother and son, with no heart for melancholy. He was very clear-headed; one disabled son wasn't a big deal, he had more than one after all. Even if his second son wasn't up to par, there were two other more outstanding sons. Right now, what he needed to focus on was how to minimize the pressure from public opinion.

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Changxing Houfu.

After the three members of Wu Anbo's family left, the matter was considered settled. Gu Xuanyi carefully folded the divorce decree and put it in an envelope, treating it like a precious treasure. With this divorce decree, she could go to the yamen another day, have them seal it, and then she would be completely separated from Wu Anbo's mansion.

Gu Jing Sheng couldn't help but get agitated and asked, "Third brother, Marquis Wu'an said that he would compensate with a dowry when Xuan Yi remarries. Why didn't you let me accept it According to the dowry standard for the legitimate daughter of Marquis Wu'an's family, it would be a very valuable dowry."

Zhang glanced at her husband, her eyes filled with disapproval. Although she liked profit, this wasn't something she wanted. It was like selling her daughter.

Gu Jingxi frowned and asked in an displeased tone, "Big brother, do you want to accept these benefits and give up asking the son of Marquis Wuan to pay for hurting Xuanyi"

Upon hearing this, Gu Jing Sheng choked.

Gu Jingxi looked at him, calmly saying: "One who eats another's food owes them a favor. If we accept the compensation given by Marquis Wu'an, our family's backbone will be bent, and our spine will not be straight. The young master of Marquis Wu'an can continue to be the heir apparent, they will go home again with thunderous roars but a drizzle of rain, using so-called family law, this matter will be settled, and our Gu family won't want a satisfactory explanation."

Even Old Mrs. Gu wasn't satisfied with the shallowness of her daughters, she took over the conversation: "Eldest Daughter, your third brother is right. Our Gu family's daughter suffered such a great grievance and was even involved in a deception of marriage. Even if it ends in divorce, her reputation will be damaged. We accepted this compensation from them, not only to get a satisfactory explanation, but also to be ridiculed for being spineless and bought off with these paltry sums. It's just a dowry, our Gu family is big and prosperous, why should we care about such trivial matters"

Gu Jing Sheng was stunned. He hadn't thought about this issue at all. He had only been thinking that if Xuanyi remarried, the Wuanbo Mansion would give out another dowry as compensation, so they could save a considerable amount of money and treat it as an asset of the main house, taking advantage of the situation after all, there was no harm in taking advantage of a good deal.

Old Madam Gu gave him a look and continued, "Xuan Yi suffered such a great injustice. The person who hurt her must pay the price she deserves. If we let it go lightly, then in the future, anyone will dare to bully our Gu family's young lady. After all, people will think that our Gu family values interests and that if they bully our Gu family's young lady, they can simply compensate with a little benefit."

Even Gu Jing Song, who had been silent all along, felt that his elder brother was naive and quick to judge. He also chimed in, "Big Brother, what Mother and Third Younger Brother said is right. This kind of thing cannot be taken lightly. Since we have the ability to seek justice for the child, we must make them pay the price. We must let everyone know that our Gu family's daughters are not easy to bully, and that our Gu family is not to be trifled with."

One by one, they were saying bad things about him. Gu Jing Sheng's face turned red with embarrassment and he quickly said, "You are right, I was not considerate enough. At the time, I only thought about how much dowry Xu Yi would have if she remarried."

Gu Xuanyyi's eyes fell on her father. To be honest, she didn't believe that her father was trying to get her more benefits. After seeing her father's attitude this morning, she no longer believed that he was doing this for her own good. In this aspect, her father was not as good as her second and third uncles.se of the same generation as me, and Xiu Ming, who is the youngest in terms of seniority, to discuss academic matters."Meng Jinyao's eyes widened suddenly, and she looked at him in astonishment and di...