"Marquis Gu, I'm afraid I reprieve I enforced on your behalf didn't happen. You arrived one step too late. The Guozijian's student spot is already occupied by another party. You may want to keep your stuff," he said respectfully, not ready to let the Marquis lift the curtain himself.
The Marquis Gu was already too exhausted to speak...
With a pause, Gu Jiao, looking at Marquis Gu who she had beaten into a pulp, asked, "Did you have a hand in meddling with the student spot?"
On his last breath, Marquis Gu replied, "Eh…eh eh eh eh eh?"
Have… have I meddled with something?
Gu Jiao: Right, I beat the wrong person.
Gu Jiao dusted off her hands and got off the carriage, maintaining an utterly serious face.
Marquis Gu was initially planning to play dirty, not to prevent Xiao Liulang from going to Guozijian, but instead to make sure he goes there. That's because only if Xiao Liulang goes there, would Gu Jiao have a chance to follow him to the Capital City.