Gu Qiang pressed her lips and smiled. Then she stood up slowly and told Prime Minister Gu, “Father, you are back and need a good rest. After a long journey, you must be fatigued. I’ll leave you alone now.”
Then she walked out. Before Prime Minister Gu understood her meaning, she had gone far.
In fact, Gu Qiang was clear that Prime Minister Gu stood by Ye though he rebuked her.
Now that they were partners, why would she look at their affected manners?
Gu Qiang was used to it and didn’t feel uncomfortable when she was young. She even treated Ye as her mother. However, it was different now. She was not the stupid girl any longer and wouldn’t listen to her father’s fallacies.
She must listen to and believe them before. But now she had more choices, such as leaving right away when she didn’t want to listen.
Immediately after she went out of the main hall, she saw Gu Zhihua and Ye standing there and looking at h
It was pitch-dark around. Walking past a lotus pond, Gu Qiang hid in the grass, hoping that she could have a chance. She believed she could deal with any situation.At this time, someone began to shout curses, and a strong wind blew past. Before everyone realized what was going on, they heard a loud splash and a woman’s scream, and followed by the sounds of beating the water and calling for help.It was in a mess near the lotus pond. Gu Qiang stuck her head out secretly and saw a woman standing by the lotus pond arrogantly and cursing the woman in the water. The dirty words were intolerable to the ear. It seemed that she was cursing that woman for seducing her husband.But if that woman in the water was not rescued, she would die.Gu Qiang thought she couldn’t look at the woman drown without doing anything, forgotting that she had sneaked in.After thinking carefully, Gu Qiang rushed over, dived into the water, and swa
Liu Shichu was deaf to Gu Qiang’s gratitude. He turned around and said to the tender woman in his arms, “Ru, stay here overnight. You are completely wet.” But Madam Ru shook her head firmly, got out of Liu Shichu’s arms, and said, “You know I can’t stay here. We must be cautious so that fewer people will have something on you. Besides, your wife is hostile to me. If I stay here overnight, I don’t know what will happen. I will leave with the girl.”Then Ru took Gu Qiang’s hand. Ru’s hand was icy cold and wet. It was uncomfortable to hold it, but Gu Qiang didn’t loosen her grip. Instead, she held Ru’s hand tightly.Liu Shichu was worried, but he didn’t say anything. Then Ru walked towards the back gate with two servant girls and Gu Qiang.It was pitch-dark now, but they were barely able to see the road. After walking two steps, Ru turned around to look at Gu Qiang and asked quietly, “Why did you take such a risk to enter here?”
Gu Qiang disliked Shen Zhongbai so much that she even wanted to kill him, but she forced herself to stay with the disgusting man to irritate Gu Zhihua.Shen Zhongbai’s eyes lit up. He stood up and responded to Gu Qiang, “OK. Great. I’ve heard the Prime Minister Mansion has a gorgeous view. If I can enjoy it with a beautiful girl, it will be wonderful.”What he said was pleasant to the ears. Restraining her aversion to him, Gu Qiang rose slowly and stood together with him.Prime Minister Gu was shrewd. Finding that Gu Qiang and Shen Zhongbai might have a happy ending, he decided to create more chances, so he told her, “Good idea. Go ahead.”Then he turned around and told Ye, “I have a picture to enjoy with you. Let’s go.”Ye’s face darkened. How could she leave first? Gu Zhihua was so obsessed with Shen Zhongbai. If the bitch Gu Qiang stayed with him, Gu Zhihua would get mad.Therefore, when standing up, Ye
The thought calmed Gu Zhihua down gradually and relieved her rage and frustration from being defeated by Gu Qiang and Shen Zhongbai. Then she went away.Gu Qiang turned around and saw Shen Qianshan sitting in the pavilion with something in his hand. He was looking at the lotus pond in front of him and seemed to be feeding fish.When she walked to him and saluted, Shen Qianshan put down what was in his hand, stared at her for quite a while, and said, “You don’t need to stand on ceremony.”He pointed to the opposite stone bench. Though surprised, Gu Qiang sat down on it obediently.“Your Highness, I am glad to see you here and I need your help. Could you please…” Gu Qiang gazed at Shen Qianshan with expectation while saying. He looked around and seemed to enjoy the view of the mansion. She thought he would ask what he could do for her, but unexpectedly, he nodded directly and responded, “OK.”“Your Highness, do you just
The master of the palace winked at his servant. After a slight hesitation, the servant led Shen Qianshan and Gu Qiang through the corridor and headed towards the higher mountain behind.They walked through the long corridor and stopped before a wall and a closed rustic gate. The servant couldn’t help telling them, “Honestly, you don’t need to get Suxin Grass by yourselves. Some herbs are left in the palace. So long as you can have a good talk with my master, he will give them to you. You don’t know how rough the path is behind the gate.” The servant looked reluctant to see them off. It seemed that he was sure they couldn’t survive if they entered.Gu Qiang turned around, gave a faint smile to him, and said, “Even if we have a good talk with your master, he may not give it to us. Since we are here now we have to enter.”The servant lowered his head and gave the herb in his hand to Gu Qiang.Gu Qiang took it over. It wa
Luckily, it was getting light. They went down the mountain along a path by the pool. There were many winding tracks on the mountain which were produced by people collecting herbs here. They could descend the mountain along any track.Shen Qianshan grasped Gu Qiang’s hand along the way. Even though she had been rescued, his heart trembled at the thought of her confrontation with the big snake. He didn’t know how scared she was when she faced it, but she didn’t call him.He wasn’t sure whether it was because she was used to being independent or because she was not used to being accompanied by him.It was light. The surrounding was shrouded in white mist which had the smell of water. The sun rose and shone on the plants covered with dew. The plants glistened with colorful light.Gu Qiang was exhausted after the tiring night, but she managed to trudge down the mountain. Entering the gate, they returned to Suxin Palace. The whole palace
Gu Qiang turned around to look at the two servant girls and asked calmly, “What’s up?”Gu Qiang has got used to Chui Xue’s fluster, but Ting Feng was restless too, which made Gu Qiang feel strange.Ting Feng glanced at Gu Qiang carefully and found her extremely dirty. Thus, Ting Feng realized something must have happened to Gu Qiang. She served Gu Qiang to have a comfortable bath immediately. After cleaning and dressing Gu Qiang, she uttered her worry.While combing Gu Qiang’s hair, Ting Feng said, “My Lady, Gusu Liang left in a hurry soon after you went away. We were not familiar with her, so we didn’t ask where she was going.”Gu Qiang’s eyes glittered, and she looked at herself in the mirror. Gusu Liang was so weird. She appeared suddenly and then came to the Prime Minister Manion with Gu Qiang inexplicably. All seemed to be arranged and pushed secretly by someone.That girl couldn’t have such a simple background as
Without noticing Gu Qiang’s expression, Prime Minister Gu was joyful and told her, “Someone will pick up Zhihua to the palace. Qiang, you can go and visit it with her.”Gu Qiang was confused about why Gu Zhihua could be allowed to go into the palace, but Prime Minister Gu didn’t explain the reason, and she didn’t think it proper to ask. She just nodded and responded, “I got it.”Soon a beautiful sedan chair was parked at the gate. Gu Qiang put on clean clothes and got into the sedan chair with Ye and Gu Zhihua. The mother and the daughter almost danced with joy. Immediately after they left the Prime Minister Mansion, Ye turned around to look at Gu Qiang and asked in a low voice, “Do you know why we enter the palace this time?”Gu Qiang turned around to look at Ye without any expression on her face. She didn’t respond to Ye, because she could see clearly that Ye and Gu Zhihua would probably enter the palace for a reward. She was accustomed to th