Gu Xijiu recalled that the stepmother of the original owner, who was the current wife of the General, had a special hobby. She liked using the charcoal that was personally chopped by Gu Xijiu during the winter. Her demands were taken strictly so the daily life of Gu Xijiu was to clean herself up before heading into the firewood field to chop the firewood for her mistress.
Gu Xijiu rubbed the area in between her eyebrows. This skinny body was easy to be transformed if she took care of herself a bit more. However, the large birthmark on her forehead was a bit difficult to remove.
She heard some noisy footsteps outside in the yard and a few seconds later, someone knocked on the door heavily and loudly.
Gu Xijiu stood up slowly. It was finally time and the drama was going to start now.
She slowly tied up her hair and washed her face before she proceeded to slowly walk out from the house to the yard.
Some people standing outside the yard were in an intense discussion.
"Did she really go out to look for some other man? Is she not at home?"
"Definitely. Last night she was seen outside the wall. I never expected that this young girl would be so indecent!"
"Sigh, it seems like I should not have given her the chance to exercise her independence by allowing her to stay here alone. Now she had committed a shameful act and put the family to shame!" There was a soft bitter female voice. This was the current, Mrs Gu.
"Mom, seventh sister, fifth sister, there is no evidence yet. We should not simply guess. Let's go to the courtyard and find out." This gentle voice belonged to her second sister, Gu Tianqing.
"I don't believe that Xijiu is such a person! She is usually very law-abiding." This sound was quite cool and bright and thanks to the memory of the original owner, Gu Xijiu could recognize that this was the voice of her fiancé.
"My Royal Highness may not know, but some people are born with the talent to disguise their true nature. My sixth sister usually looks cute but who knows what is really on her mind? Don’t forget that her mother was someone who abandoned her own husband and ran away… "
"Shut up! Come and kick the door!" A loud voice said. It was General Gu, the cold-hearted father of Gu Xijiu that she rarely met.
Good, everyone is here today. It seemed like the person who trapped her wanted to kill her.
The small courtyard had only two common doors which were easy to be kick open. In just a while there were already more than 10 people who had rushed inside and the courtyard was congested…
These people came in aggressively but were stunned for a moment when they saw the girl who was standing and leaning against the door. Everyone’s expression changed - especially Mrs Gu and the twelfth prince, Rong Jun, who was the fiancé of Gu Xijiu. Even Gu Tianqing’s facial expression changed slightly.
General Gu was the first to react. He stared at Gu Xijiu with a pair of fierce eyes and asked angrily, "What’s wrong with you? Why did you not open the door even though you were at home?"
Gu Xijiu stood there holding her arms. She quickly glanced at everyone and finally looked at General Gu and spoke, "General Gu, I am your first precious daughter. Have you ever seen any precious daughter open the door by herself?"
Even though Gu Xijiu looked ugly, she had a pleasant voice. Even now when she spoke, the tone was as cold as though an ice bell had echoed slightly in this small courtyard.
Everyone was stunned. They never thought that the submissive and quiet Gu Xijiu could have asked such a question, especially when she addressed her father as General Gu and not dad.
In a rich family, not to mention the first daughter, even the other daughters would had been surrounded by hordes of slaves and seven or eight maids. Things like opening the door would never have been the job of a precious daughter.
General Gu was embarrassed. He could not help but to glance over to his current wife, Leng Xiangyu, with the intention of blaming her.
Although he did not like this daughter, it was ridiculous to not even have a maid present beside her! Especially when it was in public and in front of his colleagues...
Leng Xiangyu was a mature lady and even though she was already reaching the age of 40, she was still charming and well maintained. She came from a considerably rich family and thus everything about her was elegant.
She usually abused Gu Xijiu but Gu Xijiu never dared to complain to her father as Gu Xietian normally did not like to see this daughter. She could barely see her father once in every two years and so she had been enduring it all the time.
Leng Xiangyu was not prepared to handle the shame she felt when Gu Xijiu complained in public and it was simply like a slap to her face.
However, she was also fast to respond. She immediately looked up at Gu Xijiu and said softly, "Xijiu, you are wrong to say this. How can you call your father like this? It is for your own good that I do not assign any maid for you. You are too skinny and weak plus you don’t possess any skills. If you work more it can actually help to strengthen your body…" A few words that lightly covered the fact and instead she blamed Gu Xijiu a bit.
Gu Xijiu smiled slightly, "It sounds so nice when you say it. There are so many ways to train the body but you had to choose the oddest way. For the people who did not know that fact, they would have thought that you were jealous of his previous wife and you are taking the opportunity to get back at her by abusing her daughter. Letting the daughter live a life which was even worse than a servant…"
Leng Xiangyu remained silent for a short while and thought to herself, "Since when was this quiet girl able to debate so well?!"
Not only were the family members of General Gu present in the courtyard, they were accompanied by two princes and the government servant who specifically dealt with Royal Affairs...
When Leng Xiangyu was shamed in the presence of so many outsiders, she felt embarrassed but there was nothing that she could fight back with. Thus, her face turned red and she was rendered speechless.
Gu Tianqing smiled softly and said, "Sister, the way my mom treats you is really well-intentioned. Though she did not assign a maid for you, she has always cared about you. Sometimes when she sees that you are so busy, she gets quite worried even comes and complains to me. However, to train you, she has to do so..."
Gu Tianqing was the daughter of Leng Xiangyu. She was now 16 years old and was born with a pretty face. She was wearing soft clothes and when she spoke, her voice was soft and thus it made her look like a goddess.
She was different from Gu Xijiu and was the pride of General Gu's family. She had a top grade in wooden spiritual talent. At such a young age, her spiritual power had already reached level four and she was deemed a rare talent.
She was one of the top among the noble families in the capital and so she got all the care and love from General Gu.
What was even more unusual was the fact that even though she was a genius, she was mindful, gentle and well-behaved. She was the ideal candidate for a wife for the men from noble families in the capital. When she was 15 and had reached the potential marriage age, many matchmakers came to their residence and proposed.
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