Gu Xiyan picked out what the old lady liked to hear, and until the old lady left, the smile on her face quickly faded away.
As soon as the old lady left, Hu Die ran in and said: "Liu Er wants to find someone to send a message to the outside of the Hou Mansion, saying that you harmed her. Should we stop it?"
"No need, just let her go. I'm just trying to make things worse." Gu Xiyan said softly.
Hu Die was still worried: "I'm afraid things will get out of hand and ruin your reputation. It's not worth it."
"I have been accused of slaying my father and my mother since I was a child. I have heard all kinds of bad rumors, so what is there to be afraid of?" Gu Xiyan gave Hu Die a reassuring smile: "I know what you are worried about, but
I have nothing to lose, and Mr. Zhou will not abandon me because of my bad reputation."
Furthermore, she still has plans, and the complicated plan has just begun.
Whether it is Li Shi, Liu Shuzheng, or Liu Chaoyan, they are all part of her revenge plan.
"Okay, as long as you have an idea." Hu Die was no longer anxious.
Just as Hu Die said, Liu Chaoyan spread the rumors that Gu Xiyan was behind her back to spread unfavorable rumors about her.
For a time, public opinion pushed Gu Xiyan to the top again.
The grievances and grievances between Liu Chaoyan and Gu Xiyan are simply more exciting than a storybook, and they have become common people's talk after dinner.
After Zhou Mu heard the news, he also came to see Gu Xiyan.
Gu Xiyan said that she knew what she knew, and he didn't hesitate any longer.
He just regretted that he was not with Gu Xiyan when she was slandered. She was so young back then and was almost kicked out of the Hou Mansion and became homeless.
"Xiyan, tell me about your childhood." Zhou Mu looked at Gu Xiyan, looking up and down: "I'm particularly curious about what you looked like when you were a child."
If the poison in his body is detoxified in the future and he can give birth to a little daughter like her, maybe she will look like Xiyan when she was a child, right?
I don’t know if he will have a chance to have children in this life.
"I also lived in Xiyuan when I was a child. Mother Shen was my mother's dowry maid, and Chunhua Qiushi was very young when she came to serve me. The two of them grew up with me. There was nothing impressive about me when I was a child.
I am a gourd with a saw-shaped mouth, and I am not sweet at all. On such a big day as the New Year, I have the least sense of existence..."
Gu Xiyan talked for a while and found that she couldn't find anything meaningful to say.
Zhou Mu asked her to lean on his shoulder: "I'm almost the same as you."
"What was the young master like when he was a child?" Gu Xiyan asked curiously.
"Since I can remember, I drank medicine every day to get sick. At that time, I didn't understand why Zhiyuan and Nanny didn't need to drink medicine, but I soaked in the medicine jar every day." When talking about things from his childhood, Zhou Mu only felt that
Things are a bit vague and distant.
"That young master is much worse off than me. At most, I just don't have a playmate." Gu Xiyan squeezed Zhou Mu's hand: "I will accompany the young master from now on, and we will have company."
Zhou Mu laughed dumbly, "You and I are truly destined to be a match made by God. There is no one better suited than us."
They are both people with weak family ties. They grew up alone when they were young, but they were lucky enough to meet each other.
Gu Xiyan completely agreed with Zhou Mu's idea.
If they were not destined, she would not stay by his side after death in her previous life.
Perhaps as Master Mingjue said, she and Zhou Mu were destined to be married in the previous life.
In the next few days, the feud between Gu Xiyan and Liu Chaoyan intensified, and some troublemakers even dug up the fact that Gu Xiyan was criticized by a monk when she was a child.
Now the same rumors have fallen on Liu Chaoyan, and everyone feels that the history is surprisingly similar.
Next, the two sisters will get married on the same day, which is really a good show.
Because the feud between Liu Chaoyan and Gu Xiyan was so exciting that everyone almost forgot that the eldest prince of Emperor Cheng De was still alive.
The eldest prince is still alive, which means that the battle for the crown prince is no longer a one-man show for the King of Qin.
For Zhou Xing, what he really cares about is not the grudges between the Liu sisters, but that Zhou Mu is like a poisonous snake, who may open his bloody mouth at any time and devour him whole.
The saddest thing is that he originally wanted Liu Chaoyan to get close to Gu Xiyan and use Gu Xiyan to deal with Zhou Mu in the future, but with such trouble between Liu Chaoyan and Gu Xiyan, how could Gu Xiyan be close to Liu Chaoyan again?<
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Before he even started making a good move, he was already at a dead end.
Of course, not only Zhou Xing in the court discovered that Zhou Mu was probably the eldest son of Emperor Cheng De, but other shrewd ministers also discovered that Zhou Mu was highly valued by Emperor Cheng De.
The most important thing is that Zhou Mu is an official from the Ministry of Household Affairs who was suddenly promoted by Emperor Cheng De himself. Zhou Mu is exactly twenty years old this year, and his age coincides with the death of Queen Shun Gong.
When an interested person went to check Zhou Mu's exact birth date, they found that Zhou Mu's birth date was exactly 20, and the month and day were not accurate. Which official's birth date would be so vague?
Isn't it because of something strange that the exact date of birth of Zhou Mu is obscured?
The first minister found out about Zhou Mu. As the boss of the Ministry of Revenue, Mai Shangshu must also have a certain awareness. When he found out about Zhou Mu, many details suddenly emerged.
For example, Zhou Mu is always neither humble nor arrogant when facing him. Sometimes when he stands in front of Zhou Mu, he always has the illusion that he is shorter than him.
For example, one time Princess Yongjia came to the government office. Zhou Mu was not afraid of power and directly drove Princess Yongjia out of the government office.
For example, after Zhou Mu became the Right Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, he delayed going to court. Even he, the minister, could not control him. Until one day, Zhou Mu went to court in the morning. Emperor Chengde was in an extremely high mood during the morning court that day. He called Zhou Mu's name from time to time. See
Zhou Mu’s eyes are also very kind.
All the above details let him know that he had touched the edge of the truth. If nothing unexpected happened, Zhou Mu was the eldest son of the emperor that all his colleagues were secretly looking for.
So much so that when Mai Shangshu saw Zhou Mu, he could not help but nod and bow, attracting the attention of some unsuspecting officials.
On the contrary, Zhou Mu himself did not notice anything unusual about Mai Shangshu.
Mai Shangshu communicated with several officials who were officials in the same dynasty, and after he resigned, he found a teahouse. The name was to drink tea and chat to cultivate friendship among colleagues, but in fact, he discussed matters related to the eldest prince.
When Mai Shangshu arrived, several officials including Zhao Wen, the censor of Zuodu of the Ducha Yuan, Qiu Shangshu of the Ministry of War, and Zhong He, the minister of Dali Temple, also arrived.
We don't usually get close to each other. After all, what Emperor Cheng De was most taboo about was cliques between officials in the DPRK and China. In order to avoid suspicion, we couldn't interact too frequently.
Only this time it is related to the sudden resurrection of the eldest prince who has disappeared for twenty years, and to the next emperor. If you bet on the wrong thing, the whole family may lose.
Everyone is afraid of being in the wrong team for this kind of thing, so they are very nervous and want to get some information out of Mai Shangshu.
