Chapter 342: The Ungrateful Heartbreaker
After Xingnong and Xingqing took the two families of Gu Yuxia to visit the distant mansion and arranged for them to stay in the guest courtyard, Madam Gu called Xingnong to her own courtyard to talk.
“Did they catch the person who kidnapped Xingqing? Was it a human trafficker?”
Madam Gu always felt it wasn’t a human trafficker, but she also wished it was a human trafficker who kidnapped Xingqing, so she wouldn’t have to worry.
Xingnong nodded: “They caught him, and he is currently being held at the Admiral’s Military Headquarters! But they haven’t found evidence to prove he was the one who kidnapped her. Because the old woman who kidnapped Xingqing hasn’t been found yet.”
“It’s good that they caught him. That old woman has probably gone to another place to abduct people! I hope the officials can catch her soon, otherwise, how many families will be harmed by her!” Madam Gu felt relieved when she heard that they caught him.
Xingnong nodded in agreement.
At this time, the maid walked in and bowed: “Old Madam, Crown Princess, the gatekeeper said that the Grand Commander requests to see the Crown Princess.”
Madam Gu quickly stood up, “Quick, invite him in!”
Ruoxi’s father took the initiative to visit, did he remember something?
The maid glanced at Xingnong, after all, the Grand Commander wanted to see Xingnong.
Chu Yuehou couldn’t possibly not know that Madam Gu had come to the capital. He came to request a meeting at this time, it should be to see Madam Gu, but Xingnong couldn’t guess the reason why he didn’t recognize Madam Gu, so she said: “Please invite the Grand Commander to the front courtyard.”
“Yes!” The maid responded and went out.
Xingnong said to Madam Gu: “Grandma, let’s go and see what the Grand Commander is here for.”
Madam Gu had already reacted to Shen Chongshan saying he wanted to see Xingnong, not her. She snorted coldly: “Hmph, I won’t go. He’s here to see you, not me. You go! I won’t go! What am I going for?”
Angry!
He still hasn’t remembered his wife!
What an ungrateful heartbreaker!
It would have been better to marry a pig than him!
Marry a pig, raise it, slaughter it, and you’ll still have meat to eat!
Xingnong helped Madam Gu up, “Grandma, it was the Grand Commander who helped find Xingqing. If you have anything you want to know, you can ask him directly!”
“I want to ask who kidnapped Xingqing, not to see him!” Madam Gu finally stood up and followed Xingnong to the front courtyard.
She wanted to ask who kidnapped Xingqing, and whether the families that Shen Ruolan and Wen Ruiqing planned to arrange marriages for Xingqing and Xinghui were good or not. It was definitely not because she wanted to see that ungrateful person!
Xingnong nodded with a smile: “Yes! I know! Grandma is most worried about us three siblings!”
Madam Gu: “Of course!”
Otherwise, she wouldn’t want to settle down in the capital.
If Xingnong hadn’t married into the palace and Xinghui hadn’t been recommended by Old Master Lin to study at the Imperial Academy, she wouldn’t have come!
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This mansion was very large, and the backyard was quite far from the front courtyard. Xingnong helped Madam Gu, who was walking briskly, and it took almost a quarter of an hour to reach the front courtyard.
Madam Gu couldn’t help but complain: “It’s so troublesome to have a front and back courtyard! It makes my feet sore just to see someone!”
Xingnong: “Are you tired, Grandma? Shall we take a break?”
This covered walkway had benches for the master to sit and enjoy the rain whenever they felt like it.
Madam Gu: “I’m not tired! Grandma can walk ten miles without feeling tired!”
Xingnong couldn’t help but laugh: “Grandma is still strong and healthy!”
A quarter of an hour later, the two arrived at the front courtyard.
Chu Yuehou stood in the front hall, looking at the furnishings. Every scene and object was low-key and exquisite, showing the care of the person who arranged it, and he felt relieved.
This time, this girl Xingqing will have to suffer for a while!
The Yong’an Heir Apparent had to be released.
At this time, Chu Yuehou heard footsteps. He turned around and saw Xingnong helping Madam Gu walk in. He stood up and discreetly looked at Madam Gu. Seeing that there was fine sweat on her forehead and her face was inevitably tired, he thought that she must have not rested well these days due to rushing and worrying about Xingqing.
He regretted coming to disturb her at this time, and discreetly bowed: “This humble official greets the Crown Princess.”
Madam Gu rolled her eyes. Great! The guy who abandoned his wife and children still hasn’t regained his memory!
Chu Yuehou: “…”
Xingnong smiled and said: “This is the residence. The Grand Commander is considered my elder, so there’s no need for formalities, please sit!”
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Xingnong helped Madam Gu sit down.
The Grand Commander also sat down.
Madam Gu took the opportunity to secretly look at the Grand Commander. Seeing that there was some fatigue in his eyes, she couldn’t help but think, is it because he’s been busy finding the human trafficker who kidnapped Xingqing, so he hasn’t slept well?
At his age, he doesn’t even know how to take care of himself!
Does he think he’s still young?
Seeing that the two were secretly looking at each other, but neither of them spoke, Xingnong asked: “What brings the Grand Commander here today?”
Madam Gu only then looked at the Grand Commander openly.
The Grand Commander glanced at Madam Gu before saying: “In reply to the Crown Princess, ”
“Hmph!” Madam Gu snorted angrily and turned her head away as soon as she heard the phrase “In reply to the Crown Princess”!
Reply to his head! He, an elder, addresses Xingnong like this, he’s not afraid of ruining her fortune.
God, this is not Xingnong’s fault, blame this ungrateful heartbreaker who abandoned his wife and children!
But, don’t blame him too much! Just punish him by making him dream of not being able to eat the braised pork I made tonight!
Chu Yuehou: “…”
Yuchun still has such a temper!
“Ahem.” He cleared his throat to cover up before continuing: “We still haven’t found evidence to prove that it was the Yong’an Heir Apparent who kidnapped her, and the old woman who kidnapped Xingqing and the coachman haven’t been caught yet. I have released the Yong’an Heir Apparent.”
The Empress Dowager personally went to the Admiral’s Military Headquarters to pick him up, he couldn’t not release him.
Of course, now is not the time to arrest the Yong’an Heir Apparent.
Madam Gu’s face changed: “What? Xingqing was kidnapped by the Yong’an Heir Apparent? Wasn’t it a human trafficker?”
Madam Gu looked at Xingnong.
Chu Yuehou glanced at Xingnong. Didn’t she tell Yuchun that Xingqing was kidnapped by the Yong’an Heir Apparent?
Xingnong shrugged, acting like a hands-off shopkeeper: “Grandma, ask the Grand Commander! He knows the case better than I do.”
Madam Gu stared at Chu Yuehou out of the corner of her eye.
She looked as if she would twist his ear off if he dared to lie.
Chu Yuehou: “…”
Why does it feel like my ear hurts?
He regretted it! He shouldn’t have said anything!
“We haven’t found out who kidnapped Xingqing yet.”
Madam Gu: “It must be him! It’s him and the Em.”
Madam Gu wanted to say Empress Dowager, but this was the capital, and she was worried about being overheard and causing trouble for Xingnong and her siblings, so she didn’t say the word “Dowager.” Instead, she changed her words: “Too many children have been kidnapped by human traffickers, your Excellency must hurry up and investigate the truth, and catch those hateful human traffickers!”
“That’s for sure! The country has its laws, and families have their rules. Anyone who breaks the law must be punished.” Chu Yuehou saw that she was a little panicked when she heard the name Yong’an Heir Apparent, so he comforted her.
But Madam Gu was not comforted. Thinking of what she had been through all these years, she felt afraid from the bottom of her heart. Could the marriage proposal that Shen Ruolan mentioned be a scheme by the Empress Dowager?
The more she thought about it, the more afraid she became, and Madam Gu couldn’t help but say: “We shouldn’t let Xingqing go out alone in the future!”
