"Xijiu, father wouldn't punish you and your servants. You're right, they didn't do anything wrong and instead, they deserve a reward! Get someone to bring my money! Each of your servants will get 30 ounces of silver as a reward!"
One of the guards hurried to the treasury to get the money.
Gu Tianyi was stunned as her intention of bringing Gu Xietian here was to get Gu Xijiu into trouble. The result was completely out of her expectation.
"Father, they didn’t respect you…" She still wanted to change the ending.
Gu Xietian waved his hand and stopped her, "They are loyal to their master, they should be rewarded. That’s it."
Gu Tianyi shut her mouth.
Gu Xietian looked at Gu Xijiu and said, "Xijiu, why would you give this kind of order?"
Gu Xijiu looked towards the ground and said, "I like peace and quiet. I don’t like to be disturbed and don’t want to see random visitors, especially those who simply break into my residence just because they are members of the Gu family."
Gu Tianyi was pissed off and asked, "Who are you talking about?"
However, Gu Xijiu did not even bother to look at her. She looked at Gu Xietian and said, "General Gu, were my orders against the family rule or the national constitution?
Gu Xietian shook his head and said, "No." There were no such rules in the Gu family and the same can be said for the national constitution.
Although Gu Xietian hardly intervenes in family affairs, it did not mean that he knew nothing. He has heard about what Xijiu had gone through and that she used to get bullied by her sisters, however, that was just one of the many bad treatments he knew of.
Only when he saw her meals and the place she lived in did he know what kind of treatment Xijiu used to have.
He felt guilty for not paying enough attention to her. He stepped forward and held her hand, "Xijiu, the reason father came here is to tell you something."
Gu Xijiu stepped backward and withdrew her hand, "You can just tell me directly." General Gu felt pain in his heart that his daughter stepped away from him. He was so remorseful.
He had only seen this daughter a few times before today. She used to hide behind everyone but her eyes always showed that she was seeking for love. She was hoping he could treat her like how he treated her other sisters - pat her head and compliment her.
However, that never happened! He never did anything like that to her. Every single time he saw her, he pretended he did not see her or scolded her which made her become more cowardly. Things were different now though.
At that time, he found satisfaction in scolding her. It was a way to get revenge on her mother - the woman who would rather die than stay by his side.
He had no idea whether he had successfully gotten his revenge but he knew that all his actions had pushed his daughter away. And now, Gu Xijiu no longer needed his love when he intended to compensate for his wrongdoings. She addressed him as ‘General’, just like how strangers did. Gu Xietian was in a hurry to repair the relationship but was not successful.
Gu Xietian intended to tell his daughter that the police were looking for a suspect who was wearing a black suit and ghost mask. According to the report, that person had stolen something from the fourth prince which made him mad. He wanted to find the thief!
Due to the uneasy situation outside, Gu Xietian told them to stay in the residence for a few days and try to avoid getting into trouble. He brought a picture of the mysterious thief and Gu Xijiu was shocked when she took a glance!
The man in the picture looked real, especially the clothes and the mask!
Those were the things she threw into the moat... She thought to herself, "How did the soldiers get all those things?"
She tried to find out more from Gu Xietian and according to her father, the soldiers found it at the riverbank of the moat. The clothes were floating in midair when they noticed it!
The soldiers who were on duty under the fourth prince issued the report very quickly. He then issued a search warrant and now there were soldiers everywhere in the city...
Gu Xijiu held her fists tightly in her sleeves!
"Must be that guy! The guy who said he wanted to get his revenge on me at the river bank."
The bastard used his powers to stay invisible and secretly retrieved the stuff she threw into the river. He wanted to get her into trouble by handing it to the soldiers so that they could report it to the fourth prince!
Earlier, she had left the auction room by teleporting away… The fourth prince must have been intrigued by this to pay such high attention to this case. After listening to the report from the soldiers, he probably assumed the one who threw away the suit was the person he was looking for, thus, he wanted to find this person...
He was creating excuses for himself to find this person!
Unfortunately, he had no clue where this unidentified person was and did not even know the genuine gender and size of the person...
Gu Xijiu’s eyes remained staring at the floor as she began to plan her next steps in her head.
Gu Xietian was unaware of the thoughts that were racing through Gu Xijiu’s head at the time. He left abruptly after delivering the warning and reminder but not before complimenting the servants again. He even announced new house rules, ‘No one should be allowed to step in Gu Xijiu's residence without permission. Whoever breaks this rule will be punished."
He purposely exchanged a glance with Gu Tianyi when he announced the new house rules. Being an experienced general, how could he not know about such family battles? He knew Gu Tianyi’s plans.
The new house rule was an indirect warning which made Gu Tianyi frightened. She lowered her head and stared at the ground in disappointment. She knew she could not do anything about this and left the courtyard behind her father.
"Hooray!" One of the servants applauded as she looked at her master. They were all ecstatic and admired Gu Xijiu’s actions.
Prior to this, they were looked down on in the Gu family and got bullied and tortured by the servants of the other young ladies and even General Gu’s servants.
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