The manservant's words made everyone look at Mrs. Gu unconsciously, waiting for Mrs. Gu to explain...
I don't know if Mrs. Gu has a guilty conscience or something, but she feels that the people around her look at her differently. Mrs. Gu feels that she can't stay in this place for a moment, but she can't leave.
Mrs. Gu was in a panic and helpless, looking at Gu Guogong for help, but the previous scene was deeply burned into Gu Guogong's eyes, and he would never look at her again.
"Madam, what on earth is going on?" Gu Guogong urged.
"Master..." Mrs. Gu was hit hard. She leaned on the maid's arms and explained in tears: "I didn't, I didn't. Master, you have to believe me, I didn't, how could I do this? Qiancheng
She is my daughter, how could I let her marry a servant, sir, you believe me..."
Until now, Mrs. Gu has only seen Gu Guogong and has not noticed the existence of the old man at all. She hurriedly explained, only asking Gu Guogong to believe him.
Unfortunately, this time Gu Guogong did not trust Mrs. Gu as usual without asking the reason. Gu Guogong looked at Mrs. Gu coldly and turned away, and the atmosphere became tense for a moment.
The third master and the third wife looked at each other with their noses and noses, as if they did not exist. The old master planned to leave, but he stayed here specifically for Gu Qiancheng, but he had no intention of intervening.
Gu Qiancheng knew very well that today's incident would at most make Duke Gu feel disgusted with Mrs. Gu, and it would be absolutely impossible to defeat Mrs. Gu with this.
After admiring Mrs. Gu's panic and uneasiness, Gu Qiancheng spoke generously: "Father, mother, she is the head of the Gu family. She thinks about everything for the Gu family. How could she do something to destroy her daughter's innocence? In order to appease Prince Zhao's palace, mother
, you can sacrifice Qianxue to Prince Chu as your concubine, so how could you do something that would disgrace the Gu family? There must be something fishy about this matter, and my mother must have been deceived by this cunning slave."
"No, eldest lady, the younger one is really..."
"Okay, you have no place to speak here." Gu Qiancheng interrupted the male servant and saluted Mr. Gu and Mrs. Gu: "Father, our Gu family is also relatives of the emperor. Now there are not only murderers in the house, but also relatives of the emperor."
If word spreads about the slaves who make things difficult for the mistress and the slaves who slander the mistress, it won’t make people laugh.”
Mrs. Gu was still thinking about how Gu Qiancheng could speak for her. She was waiting for her here. Mrs. Gu was so angry that she didn't dare to refute Gu Qiancheng's words.
"Qiancheng is right. These slaves are becoming more and more unruly. They don't even look down on the eldest lady. Just now, the eldest housekeeper Lai kept talking back to the eldest lady, forcing the eldest lady not to dare to say a word." Mrs. Gu did the same.
A decisive person knew that she would not get any favors in this matter, so she pushed Butler Lai out. She wanted to see if Gu Qiancheng dared to fight against Butler Lai.
"Old Master, this slave has been wronged." When Lai Da heard this, his face changed drastically, and he knelt down with a thud, cursing in his heart the most vicious woman's heart.
"Old Master?" Mrs. Gu was shocked when she saw the old man who had been silent this time. She quickly arranged her clothes and stepped forward to salute the old man.
"No need." The old man waved his hand and then walked out from behind. Facing the servants who were kneeling on the ground in the dark, a fierce light flashed in the eyes of Mr. Gu: "Third brother, lock up all these people.
, we’ll deal with it later.” After seeing the Gu family’s scandal, they will never think of talking again in this life.
The third master is aware of the big family's methods. Although he feels that this move is unjust, he also understands that he has no right to stop it. Moreover, most of these male servants are Mrs. Gu's spies, so they might as well get rid of them.
The third master immediately went to the front yard and asked someone to take care of it. The male servants kneeling on the ground were so frightened that they kowtowed and begged for mercy: "Old master, please forgive me, little one, I don't know anything, old master...
…”
Lai Da cried even more sadly and kowtowed harder than anyone else: "Old man, I have been with you for more than twenty years, and you still don't know me. I really don't know anything. It was my wife who asked me to
I'm here, I didn't do anything, and I didn't offend the eldest lady. I beg you to have mercy on me, please spare me just once."
Lai Da begged for a long time, but when he saw that the old man was unmoved, he became more and more frightened as he thought about it. He looked up and saw Gu Qiancheng, as if seeing a life-saving straw, and began to kowtow to Gu Qiancheng: "Miss, please, please
Say a word to the old lady, I really don’t dare to offend you. Miss, you are compassionate, please let me go."
Seeing this, other people also turned to Gu Qiancheng instead, as if Gu Qiancheng was a cruel person if he didn't save them...
Gu Qiancheng couldn't help but want to laugh, what did these people think of her?
When they first bullied her, no one remembered that she was the eldest lady. Now that they were in danger, they still expected her to save them. It was so naive.
Gu Qiancheng turned away coldly and arrogantly, ignoring these people. She didn't care about her reputation if she dared to make her parents angry in public.
The old man was very satisfied with Gu Qiancheng's performance. Gu Qiancheng didn't want to care, but the old man disagreed: "Qiancheng, what are you going to do with these people?"
As soon as the old man said this, all the servants in the courtyard held their breath and looked at Gu Qiancheng expectantly. They hoped that this young lady, who usually looked easy to bully, could give him a kind word, but they were destined to be disappointed.
Gu Qiancheng didn't even raise his eyebrows and said respectfully: "Grandpa can handle it however he wants. Qiancheng has no objection."
Even though he knew that the old man didn't have any kindness towards her and just thought that she was valuable, Gu Qiancheng still respected the old man on the surface.
It doesn't matter whether the old man likes her or not. As long as she is willing to give her a little attention, she will be much freer in the Gu family. She will not go against the old man's wishes until she has sufficient ability.
"Old Master..." As soon as Gu Qiancheng's words came out, the male servants headed by Lai Da all slumped on the ground with ashen faces.
Gu Qiancheng didn't look at them. He pointed at the male servant who was kneeling outside the crowd, looking around, trying to escape, and said, "Grandpa, that man also asked my grandfather to hand it over to Qiancheng."
"That person is the murderer of your wet nurse?" The old man already knew a rough idea from the third master. If not, he would not have looked at Gu Qiancheng so highly.
"Yes." Gu Qiancheng answered affirmatively, but the old man looked puzzled: "Why are you so sure that that person is the murderer of your nanny."
"It's very simple. His shoes are covered with grass and mud that are only found next to the pond."
Following what Gu Qiancheng pointed out, the old man, Gu Guogong and the third lady indeed saw a few strands of grass on the man's shoes.
The manservant was so frightened that he quickly shrank his feet and wanted to kick off his shoes. He wanted to beg for mercy but didn't know what to say.
"That's all?" The old man frowned, obviously dissatisfied with Gu Qiancheng's answer.
Gu Qiancheng did not conceal everything he knew, and continued: "Grandpa, Mother Sun was strangled to death. Before she died, she grabbed a piece of the murderer's skin. Although these servants all had scratches on their necks, they were all
It's a freshly scratched wound. In order not to hurt anyone, I've done it very lightly. It's incomparable to a person's struggle before death."
"It makes sense." The old man nodded repeatedly, followed what Gu Qiancheng pointed out, and studied the wounds of these people. After a look, he found that it was exactly what Gu Qiancheng said...