After being forced to marry a tyrant: I overturned the original plot

After Gu Fei finished speaking coldly, there was silence all around.

Upon hearing this, Liu Quan, the son of Duke Ningguo, turned pale and stared with his eyes wide open in confusion.

He was obviously frightened by Gu Fei's words.

Liu Quan had heard of the evil reputation of this cousin of the emperor for a long time.

He just heard that his cousin Ran was originally going to be the queen, and their Ningguo Mansion had produced two queens.

Then he would be the most distinguished young man in the capital.

But who knew that His Majesty's old illness relapsed, and he asked the imperial master to read his fortune, and he calculated that he needed to marry a queen with a strong fortune to bring good luck...

His cousin missed the chance to become queen, and he was laughed at by his young friends who had long heard him brag about it.

Liu Quan was angry and hid at home for a long time, not daring to go out and see people. So when he heard that the emperor and the empress were coming to the mansion, he chased after them to meet this woman who had taken his cousin's place.

I wanted to teach her a lesson, but this woman was so powerful and my cousin happened to see it.

My cousin used to be...also so cold and indifferent, but he would never lose face for the Liu family. But today he is protecting someone from another family!

"Rebellious son, why don't you kneel down and apologize to the queen!"

Liu Qing's face turned red from coughing, and he looked a little depressed, but he still drank the Liuquan.

Then he bowed to Qin Xin and said, "Your Majesty, please calm down. It is my fault that I did not teach my unfilial son well."

Qin Xin didn't dare to accept the greeting, so he turned sideways and shook his head.

"It's none of the Duke's business."

"The Duke should indeed teach the descendants of the Liu family well."

Unexpectedly, Gu Fei reached out and held Liu Qing's hand, but his tone became lighter and he also changed his address.

"Don't let people think that the Duke's Mansion can do whatever it wants just because it is named Liu. You are my mother's family and my relatives, so you should be more careful about what you say and do and restrain yourselves."

This is a bit harsh, but it makes sense.

Seeing that Liu Qing looked a little ashamed, he softened his tone.

"My uncle is ill and has no time to take care of him. We can find a teacher to teach him the ways of a gentleman."

Liu Quan knelt on the ground, too scared to look up. When he heard what Gu Fei said, his teeth began to chatter.

Fortunately, fortunately, they still took into consideration the relationship between cousins ​​and did not talk about whipping or beating.

"Your Majesty is admonishing."

Liu Qing nodded ashamedly, then looked at Liu Quan over there with a cold face.

"Starting tomorrow, you will learn the rules in this mansion and stop being such a dandy!"

After he finished speaking, he glanced at the housekeeper, who immediately took Liu Quan, who responded obediently, downstairs.

After this little episode, the atmosphere was no longer as harmonious as before.

Gu Fei walked to Qin Xin's side and asked, "Are you okay?"

Qin Xin opened her eyes slightly and shook her head.

Liu Qing continued to cough.

Could it be lung disease? Qin Xin thought doubtfully.

"It's windy outside, uncle, please go back to the house and rest." Gu Fei said.

After giving Liu Qing the steps to go down, Liu Qing looked at the sky and asked again -

"It's getting late, Your Majesty and Your Majesty, why don't you stay for dinner before returning to the palace?"

Gu Fei subconsciously looked at Qin Xin to see her intention.

Qin Xin nodded as if possessed by a ghost - the sickly handsome uncle asked to keep her, and she couldn't bear to refuse.

Gu Fei squinted his eyes and looked at her infatuated expression. He silently raised his hand and pretended to brush away the hair on her forehead to block her sight from looking at Liu Qing.

How about she pick up her character?

"Well, I'll bother you, uncle."

Although Gu Fei responded indifferently, it was already a face-saving measure for the Duke's Mansion.

Liu Qing smiled slightly and told the servants to prepare dinner.

Before the meal, Gu Fei took the opportunity to take a walk with Qin Xin to enjoy the fresh air and talked to her in a low voice along the way.

"Uncle Handsome is the only good guy in this litter."

Qin Xin complained in a very low voice.

Gu Fei coughed and said, "Is it really that good-looking? Can good-looking improve your impression score?"

Qin Xin nodded subconsciously, and then she waited for the man's true intention——

"Then I am prettier than him, why do you dislike me so much?"

"..."

How should I put it, some people score their personality based on appearance, but you, Gu Gou... don’t you have any idea in your mind?

"Well... your starting point is at the bottom of the pit, so you need more beauty than others."

Qin Xin wanted to reach out and pat this person on the shoulder and tell him - try harder.

After all, they were in a unique environment of traveling through the book together, and as long as he didn't backstab her, they could resolve their past grudges.

But just as she raised her hand, she saw several gazes from the opposite pavilion sweeping over at her.

Qin Xin immediately withdrew his hand, pretended to scratch the back of his head, and looked around.

"Hmm? That mute woman..." Suddenly her eyes focused and she saw the mute woman from the afternoon again.

The mute woman was startled when she saw Qin Xin, but then she looked at Gu Fei, her eyes fixed on him...

It's so creepy.

Then the mute woman opened her eyes wide, opened her mouth, and uttered short syllables of "ah" and "ah".

Gu Fei was also attracted by the noise and looked over.

But before he and Qin Xin could react, a strong and powerful servant hurriedly grabbed the mute woman.

"You crazy woman, why are you running around again? Hurry up and don't bump into the noble man!"

“Ah”, “Ah”, “Ah”…

Qin Xin felt uncomfortable after listening to this. The mute woman flapped her hands as if she wanted to express something to Gu Fei.

"stop."

Seeing that the mute woman's shoes had been taken off and her face was flushed as the servant's arms were strangling her neck, Qin Xin frowned and stopped her.

He stepped onto the arch bridge and quickly came to the mute woman.

Qin Xin kept a safe distance, stood in front of Gu Fei who was following closely, and then asked the mute woman tentatively.

"You, know His Majesty?"

When the servant saw that it was Gu Fei, he showed fear on his face, but he refused to let go of the mute woman.

"Your Majesty, please forgive me, this woman has a mental problem and may hurt you. I will take her away now..."

"The queen is speaking, didn't you hear it?" Gu Fei glanced at the servant, then looked at the mute woman with a clear gaze.

The mute woman opened her mouth even wider and stretched out her dry hands, trying to grab Gu Fei. She really looked like a madman.

Qin Xin hurriedly blocked Gu Fei, but was grabbed by the arm by the mute woman.

The mute woman shook Qin Xin like crazy, opened her mouth to speak but couldn't, and her eyes were wide open with turbid tears flowing out.

His arm was hurt by being grabbed, but Qin Xin felt it was strange.

"You old woman, let go, let go! Don't hurt the queen!"

The servants in the mansion and Huan'er and Shuang'er hurried over and pulled the mute woman away.

Qin Xin staggered backwards, and Gu Fei reached out to hold her waist.

"Are you okay?"

Touching his arm, Qin Xin shook his head.

The dumb woman was taken away.

During dinner, Liu Qing seemed to have heard about this and apologized to Qin Xin with tea instead of wine.

Qin Xin shook her head and ignored it, but she felt a little uneasy until she left the Duke's Mansion.

"What, are you scared?"

It was rare that the other party was quiet all the way, and Gu Fei was still a little uncomfortable, so he couldn't help asking.

Qin Xin pursed her lips, moved closer to Gu Fei, and lowered her voice.

"Do you think the Duke's Mansion is a little strange?"

strange?

Gu Fei raised his eyebrows and asked, "For example?"

Qin Xin stretched out his hand, holding a small piece of bloody silk cloth.

It looked like the material of a middle garment, and the bloodstains on it had already dried, but when Gu Fei picked it up and took a closer look, he discovered that there was a small flower embroidered underneath.

After identifying it, it turned out to be a crabapple flower.

"This is what the dumb woman put in my hand when she caught me."

Meeting Gu Fei's gaze, Qin Xin hurriedly explained the origin of this item.

Dumb woman...

Gu Fei recalled how excited the mute woman was when she saw him today, as if she had some secret to tell him?

But she is mute...

"Maybe I have a preconceived notion about the Liu family. Except for that sickly Duke, the Liu family members all exude an aura of bad people who are capable of doing evil and hiding their dirty deeds."

Qin Xin frankly admitted that she had raised her voice a little too loudly against the Liu family, but it was not without basis.

The housekeeper was evasive and the servants were in a hurry to take the person away. If she was really an unimportant woman, even if the Duke was kind-hearted, he would not let a crazy woman who could hurt people walk around in the mansion.

The mute woman secretly stuffed something into her mouth during the chaos, so I guess she doesn't have any mental problems.

Or does she have some great injustice to complain about?

"This matter needs to be verified, so don't think about it for now. We'll check it out when we have a chance."

Gu Fei said this, but he put the bloody cloth away properly.

Perhaps because he had been assassinated before, he felt that Qin Xin was being too cautious.