Abandoned daughter reborn, legitimate son is resourceful

Yuecheng Chu Family

"bump!"

The jade-white teacup was suddenly swept by a long sleeve and broke into two pieces instantly when it fell to the ground.

The man was dressed in a light blue brocade suit. The heavy embroidery on the satin was done by a specially hired craftsman from Jiangnan who spent three months embroidering it. The embroidery on the collar was done with silver thread that was carefully sealed along the edge of the clothes.

"Oh! My little ancestor, why are you so angry?"

Gu Yanshu walked up and held Chu Zixuan's hand, who was losing his temper, to prevent him from ruining anything again.

Gu Yanshu is the illegitimate son of the Gu family. Although his status is not pleasing, Chu Lianqin can't help but likes him.

Gu Yanshu looks weak and delicate, with a slender figure and a gentle face. He is humble and polite in dealing with people outside. Fortunately, the Gu family has strict family education, so even the illegitimate son is so well educated.

Chu Lianqin and Gu Yanshu had been secretly dating for a long time. Gu Yanshu had a bad reputation and was secretly hidden by Chu Lianqin for five or six years. He didn't dare to bring the child home because everyone knew that the head husband of the Chu family was a fierce and brutal man.

"Father, you have to make the decision for me! A month ago, I gave a white jade bracelet to Brother Mingli, but he accidentally dropped it. I thought since it was a wedding gift for him, I must make up for it, so I went to great lengths to find another white jade bracelet and sent Jingyue to give it to him."

Gu Yanshu gently stroked Chu Zixuan's back and listened to him carefully. When he stopped, he said, "Mingli is engaged to Qin Yingxue. I know about this. Since you sent a gift, why are you angry now?"

Chu Zixuan took a step back and turned his head to look at Jingyue who was standing next to him. Jingyue hurriedly stood up and knelt in front of Gu Yanshu.

"Master, you don't know that Master Mingli's status is different now. When I went to deliver the gift, I didn't even see Master Mingli. I was sent back by Master Gu's personal servant."

"Is there such a thing?"

Gu Yanshu frowned and looked at Jingyue who was kneeling in front of him with a wronged look on her face. He then looked at his beloved son who was also angry, and immediately became angry.

"Zixuan, don't worry, this kiss won't work."

Chu Zixuan looked at Gu Yanshu with confusion in his eyes, not understanding why he said that.

"Why can't this marriage be successful? I think Tan Yingxue likes Gu Mingli very much."

"So what? With Qin Yingxue's current status and position, if she hadn't been engaged to Gu Mingli when she was a child, both families would have been embarrassed to save face. When they reached the age, they got engaged and later set a date for the wedding."

"Child marriage...Father, have you ever arranged a child marriage for me?"

"No."

Gu Yanshu shook his head and said, “When I was pregnant with you, I was staying in the other courtyard. I didn’t go out on weekdays and didn’t see many people, so there was no arranged marriage and no engagement.”

"Ok."

"Father knows that you are interested in Tan Yingxue, don't worry..."

Gu Yanshu looked as if he understood everything.

He did have some feelings for Qin Yingxue, but he gave her the gift just to test the waters and had no other intentions. However, the gift was rejected, which made him angry.

"Father, you know I will never marry someone else as a mistress."

Chu Zixuan thought Gu Yanshu had thought of another way.

Tan Yingxue is now a government employee and a well-known scholar. She also helps the government solve cases on weekdays. It is hard for anyone to dislike her for her fairness and impartiality.

Gu Yanshu glared at him with a hint of doting, frowning slightly: "Who said I asked you to be a mistress? It's just that it's not the right time yet, don't be angry..."

"But I didn't say I wanted to marry Tan Yingxue!"

Chu Zixuan interrupted Gu Yanshu and said that although Tan Yingxue was a good girl and a good match for the Chu family, she was a dull person and didn't understand love between men and women. She only knew how to solve cases every day.

Chu Zixuan admitted that Qin Yingxue had some charm, but this only made him feel a little good about her, not enough to make him love her to death.

"In that case, father will help you arrange it and find you an outstanding woman of equal status."

Gu Yanshu patted his chest, looking very confident.

"Father, I'm angry at Gu Mingli. Who the hell is he? What right does he have to reject my things? The reason I'm showing my good will is only because he's your nephew."

"Okay, okay, Zixuan, Mingli is sometimes stubborn and can't change his mind. Besides, the Gu family has strict family education, so they dare not accept things easily. By the way, the South China Sea coral that your mother asked someone to bring back is still in my room. I will ask someone to send it over later."

"I do not want."

Chu Zixuan has been living a life of luxury since childhood, and has never lacked these rare items. Whatever he wants, Gu Yanshu will find it for him even if he has to go to heaven and earth.

"What did you say? No? How can this be possible?"

"No, no. I just don't want it. There are so many rare items in my room. Mother always thinks of Chu Xiaoran in her heart, and never thinks of me."

There was a look of heartache in Gu Yanshu's eyes. He hugged Chu Zixuan into his arms, his lips slightly opened, but he couldn't utter a word. It was as if a bone spur was stuck in his throat, making it difficult for him to speak.

"Father, I sold Chu Xiaoran."

"what?"

Gu Yanshu was still feeling sad, but he heard Chu Zixuan say something in his arms.

"I said... I sold Chu Xiaoran. He is no longer in the mansion."

Gu Yanshu finally reacted and let go of Chu Zixuan's arms, with confusion and puzzlement in his eyes.

"Over the years, your mother has been out on business and seldom comes home. This is in accordance with your wishes. Chu Xiaoran's position in the Chu family is like a servant. Zixuan, when did your heart become so cruel?"

Chu Zixuan's lips curled up into a smile, with a hint of sarcasm, and he crossed his arms in front of him, pretending to be arrogant, and sneered: "Father is pretending to be a good person now. Isn't it what you taught me since I was a child? If you want something, you must use any means to get it."

"But Chu Xiaoran is already useless, why is he blocking your way?"

Gu Yanshu felt a bit of a headache. He had said that if he wanted something, he would do whatever it took to get it, but he wasn't going to be so ruthless as to not even let go of his own blood brothers.

"What way?"

Chu Xiaoran set his eyes on Jingyue who was kneeling on the ground. He stretched out his foot wearing brocade shoes and kicked Jingyue on the shoulder, knocking him to the ground.

"Zixuan, what are you doing?"

Gu Yanshu quickly stopped Chu Zixuan from taking the next step.

Jingyue knelt on the ground with grievance and bowed her head: "Master, please spare me, Master, please spare me."

Gu Yanshu also knew Chu Zixuan's temper. He had been spoiled by him since he was a child. He had just gone to the temple to eat vegetarian food and chant Buddhist scriptures for two months. When he came back, Chu Zixuan made a mess at home. He asked the housekeeper to bring the account book. He took a glance and saw that the Chu family had incurred a lot of expenses during the one or two months when he was away.

Chu Zixuan would hold tea parties every now and then, inviting unmarried men to his home. The snacks and tea he prepared were all from famous teahouses in Yuecheng. Although the expenses were not a big deal, but...

If my wife knew about this, she would probably say something again.

"Hurry up and clean up the floor. Get out of here."

Jingyue shuddered, and quickly picked up the fragments on the ground with a handkerchief, wrapped them up and walked out.

"What happened?"

Gu Yanshu took Chu Zixuan's hand and sat down next to the couch. There was a tank of ice in the room, but it didn't calm Chu Zixuan's anger.

"Father, you know that there are many elderly people in the mansion, all of whom are under mother's care. As long as Chu Xiaoran is still alive, everyone will know that I am just a stepson, and I was brought in when you got married."

"Silly child, why do you think so much? The servants like to gossip, so just let them gossip."

"But Chu Xiaoran is my mother's eldest son. Even if he is being oppressed by us and dares not resist, it does not prevent my mother from thinking of him from time to time."

Gu Yanshu gently patted the back of Chu Zixuan's hand, knowing that he was sensitive. He thought that the servants were not talkative and must have said something in front of him.

"Zixuan, father has told you more than once that the blood flowing in your body belongs to your mother and father. You are now the eldest son of the Chu family. Chu Xiaoran can never be better than you. He is a man without a father and support. It is a blessing for him to be able to have a meal in the Chu family."

Chu Zixuan turned his head and looked out the window. The window was open and a cool breeze blew in from outside. "

"I don't believe it. Mother obviously likes Chu Xiaoran more."

Chu Zixuan muttered something, although his voice was small, it was still heard by Gu Yanshu. Gu Yanshu's eyes were a little red. He should not have listened to Chu Lianqin and been deceived by her sweet words. In the end, she even hid him in the other courtyard for several years.

The scholarly background of the Gu family was completely tarnished by him. Although he was a bastard of the Gu family, he had been jealous of his brother and sister in the past, but that was when he was young and ignorant. Now that they hadn't seen each other for a long time, they didn't have much contact anymore.

"Don't I know what your mother is thinking? I've been with her for so many years, and I already know exactly what kind of person she is. She likes to flirt with other men outside, but she pretends to be affectionate. Do you think being nice to Chu Xiaoran means being nice to him? She just can't get over the hurdle in her heart."

Gu Yanshu let go of Chu Zixuan's hand, took a lychee from the table, peeled it, and handed it to Chu Zixuan.

"Try it, it's iced, it helps cool you down."

Chu Zixuan's eyes moved slightly. What did his father mean by that? His mother had someone else outside? But why did she never take a husband?

"Father...I don't want to live like this. Next year I can enter the imperial selection. I want to enter the palace."

Chu Zixuan said this seriously. Gu Yanshu, who was sitting next to him and peeling lychees, stopped and turned to look at him in surprise.

"Zixuan, are you sick? Or are you confused?"

Chu Zixuan's eyes were steady. Gu Yanshu looked at him and immediately realized that he was serious.

"Father, let me go."

Gu Yanshu put down the litchi, feeling a little uneasy. Although ordinary families could send their children home, who would be willing to let their children suffer like this?

"No, the road is long and the mountains are high. I'm worried that something might happen to you. Besides, it's not that easy to stay in the palace. How many people can live peacefully there?"

Chu Zixuan didn't know what was possessing him, but he seemed to have made up his mind to go to the capital for the spring election next year.

Gu Yanshu's face darkened and his tone became much more severe: "You have no say in this matter. Your mother should be back during the Chinese New Year, so let her decide."

Chu Zixuan stretched out his hand and touched his finger bones. The sarcastic smile on the corner of his mouth made Gu Yanshu a little unbearable. This was his own flesh and blood. No matter how angry he was, he couldn't hit him to wake him up.

"Then I will wait for my mother to come back."

Chu Zixuan said calmly, as if no one could shake his decision.

Gu Yanshu nodded, then reached out and stroked Chu Zixuan's hair. If he really had to go to a place as far away as the capital alone, he would rather trap him at home and not let him go anywhere.

"Zixuan, what did you do to Chu Xiaoran?"

"I gave them to the ruffians for their amusement. I let them sell them for a few small bucks, and kept the money for themselves, which was considered their reward."

Gu Yanshu's eyebrows twitched slightly. When Chu Zixuan got ruthless, even his father would be a little afraid of him.

"Well, you have chased him away. This means that the thorn in your heart has been removed."

Chu Zixuan smiled brightly, reached out to touch the hair on Gu Yanshu's face, and gradually approached, breathing intertwined, and said: "It's all thanks to my father, who taught me since I was a child."

Only now did Gu Yanshu realize how crazy he was to have taught this child like this.

It is the fault of the father not to raise him well.

Now, Chu Zixuan has obviously become a thorny rose that no one dares to approach easily, for fear that the slightest touch will cause bleeding.

"Zixuan...I'm sorry."

Gu Yanshu's eyes were red, but he was trying hard to hold back his tears. He always appeared virtuous in front of others, but once he took off the mask in front of his own son and exposed his ugly scars to him. To this day, he still cannot forgive himself for what he did back then.

Yuecheng, Chu Family Villa

"Lian Qin, I'm pregnant."

Gu Yanshu stroked her belly aggrievedly. Although she was not pregnant yet, the two of them had been criticized for hiding their relationship. What would happen if they had another child?

"Yan Shu, really?"

"Ah."

Chu Lianqin has a pair of peach blossom eyes, a charming smile, a tall figure, a gentle voice, and is very good at making men happy.

"That's great. My wife couldn't keep her tummy going and gave birth to a son. I didn't even bother to name him."

"My brother is taking care of the kids at home alone, and it's quite hard. Lian Qin, you should go back and visit more often when you have free time."

"What are you looking at? Now that you are pregnant, I will naturally stay by your side and wait for our daughter to be born!"