He coughed and decided to cut the conversation, "It must have been stolen by the slaves too! Xiangyu, please do not let other people touch the pocket money allocated for Xijiu and give it to her personally in the future. Since she is my first precious daughter and she needs to strengthen her body, the monthly pocket money given to her has to be same as Tianqing, which is 30 dollars."
Although Leng Xiangyu hated Gu Xijiu from the bottom of her heart, she had to make that promise and scolded the few slaves while doing so.
Gu Xijiu looked at her and felt that she was ridiculous. She smiled and slowly said, "Thanks Father and Aunty. So Aunty, do you still require me to chop the firewood and charcoal for you?"
Under the bright sunlight, she opened her little palms that were full of hard cocoon...
Leng Xiangyu never thought that one day the weak Gu Xijiu could become so sharp and revealed everything at such a time. It felt like she had been slapped many times on her face. She could not wait to send this girl to hell but at the same time, she also wanted to find a hole to hide in…
However, at that moment there was no place for her to hide. She barely put a smile on her face while she said, "Xijiu, my intention was to train your body… However, now that I have already seen your condition, it is not good to let a precious daughter do such menial work… You don't have to do it anymore in the future…"
Gu Xijiu's curled her lips and spoke in a moderate tone, "So, I have to thank Aunty again."
Though, she stood in a slouched position, she was surrounded by an unspeakable aura which felt like a sharp sword. Although the sword was still hidden inside its plain scabbard, one could easily tell that it was exceptionally sharp and cold that it made people frightened.
The original Gu Xijiu was a weak and low self-esteemed girl. She was short and skinny. Often when people bullied her, she looked timid and therefore every time when Gu Xietian saw her he felt disgusted...
However, this time, although her appearance was still the same, her temperament had changed completely! It gave people the feeling as though she was a completely different person.
Gu Xietian looked at her with a perplexed mind. He was stunned for a while before he scolded her, "Xijiu, you should call her as Mother, not Aunty..."
Gu Xijiu raised her eyebrows, "Unfortunately in my memory I used to call her Aunty. I thought that my mother was a different person?" Slowly she added one more sentence, "I heard that General Gu had promised my own mother that he would only marry her in his lifetime, which means that she should be the only recognized genuine wife of the general. It seems like General Gu has broken his promise…"
The sentence triggered Gu Xietian’s anger! When he looked at this daughter, he thought that he saw different woman.
His first official wife had abandoned him by jumping off a cliff and until today he was still not able to find her corpse. Luo Xinglan was a woman with a strong character. Although he seldom met Gu Xijiu these past few years, every time when she saw him, she addressed him as daddy.
However, this time, she had been calling him as General Gu from the beginning…
At that moment, Gu Xietian felt fear creeping inside his body as he saw his daughter standing there with an ironic and ridiculous smile on her face.
That smile was somewhat like Luo Xinglan’s! The time when Luo Xinglan decided to break up with him, she smiled like this with 30% of ridicule and 70% of disdain on her face. Even though she was petite, she gave people a condescending feeling...
Saying that you would only be married to one person for a lifetime was only sweet talk during the younger times. Which noble in the Feixing Kingdom did not have many wives?
Having a single spouse for a lifetime was just sweet talk when they were passionate and youthful. However, all the men from royal families in the Feixing Kingdom had wives by the group.
Even a simple family would have more than one wife! What more would be expected from that of a great general?
Gu Xietian felt that having a few wives was wrong! However, the question that his daughter had asked him straight in his face today had made him unable to face others. He answered coldly, "What do kids know! This is no place for a kid to interfere in adult affairs…"
Gu Xijiu did not pursue the matter further. She smirked at the corner of her mouth and told herself that she did not want to say another word to the unfaithful man.
Gu Xietian’s anger was stirred when he saw the smirk on her face. It took a while for him to calm down before he said, "Xijiu, these years father had neglected you and I would never do it again in the future. But before that, you need to answer father truthfully. Some people said that a male stranger came and left your courtyard. They also spotted you going out secretly last night. Did you do something immoral?" When the last part was said, the floor was quiet to the extent that when a needle dropped, it could be heard.
Once this was said, the people who entered had their attentions raised to a climactic point.
Everyone’s gaze was on Gu Xijiu as they waited to see how she would reply.
Gu Xijiu used her hand to comb her fringe and squinted her eyes before speaking, "General Gu, this question is really simple! Somebody spoke of it and you simply believed it? Then what if I told you that stepmom's courtyard once had a male stranger came and leave! Does this mean that General Gu would have been cheated on?"
Her question was sharp.
"Chi…" Someone laughed.
Gu Xietian turned around and glared angrily. He noticed that the laughter came from the Eighth Prince, Rong Che, that had come to join the crowd.
Rong Che was 18 years old. He was charming and had a pair of bushy eyebrows and crystal clear eyes. He was playing with his folded paper fan in his hand and that made him the centre of attention in the crowd.
I must say that the royal family of Rong had very good genes as most of them were very good looking. He and the Twelfth Prince stood valiantly even though one was gentle and refined while the other was elegant like the wind. Looking at them soothes the eyes.
Rong Che’s mother was an imperial concubine. Rong Che had a bright mind and was dearly loved by the emperor named King Luo.
Gu Xietian looked embarrassed. Naturally, he dared not scold the prince and he shifted his gaze and stared at Gu Xijiu, "Rubbish! You are spouting nonsense which is totally immoral!"
Gu Xijiu face turned cold, "General Gu, if what I said was nonsense and you distrusted it without a doubt, then why would you believe it when others badmouth your daughter? Are the words of a daughter less trustworthy than a stranger’s?"
Gu Xietian said chokingly, "This…"
Today, the Prime Minister from the Department of Justice was present with both of the princes and a group of subordinates to pursue the case. The rumor of having a male stranger coming and leaving Gu Xijiu's courtyard had defamed the General's family name.
That was not a small matter as the General's reputation would affect the dignity of the Royal family and despite being disappointed, the daughter was the fiancée of the Twelfth Prince, Rong Yan, and therefore he was furious and had brought men to pursue the case.
Never had he thought that his softheaded daughter would have been so sharp on the tongue. When he was being questioned, he had glanced at the Prime Minister from the Department of Justice.
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