Rebirth and Marriage: I am the Mistress of the Palace

The onlookers were all stunned when they heard Gu Qianhan say "get out".

But then, waves of accusations and abuse broke out from the crowd.

"This Second Master Gu is too cold and indifferent. The girl knelt down and begged him, but he didn't help her, and he even cursed her!"

"Why do you tell the girl to get lost? Just because he is of high birth and the son of a Duke, does that mean he can be so arrogant and rude?"

"Tsk tsk, it's obvious that this girl isn't from the capital. Everyone in the capital knows that the second son of the Gu family is the most ruthless. Forget about helping me. It's good enough that he doesn't even pour oil on me!"

"That's right. This girl is asking the wrong person for help. He is a heartless man. Even if you kneel down in front of him, he won't even look at you. It's not like there has been any precedent before."

"Second Master Gu is too ignorant of sympathy for women. This girl is willing to be his slave for her parents and brother, but he still told her to get out. How cruel!"

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Everyone was arguing, and in the end, they were not just cursing Gu Qianhan, they were also cursing the Duke's Mansion.

Xiao Qingyuan felt much better when he heard Gu Qianhan being scolded.

He also accused Gu Qianhan: "Gu Qianhan, don't go too far. You keep telling people to get out. Didn't you hear her say that her father was wrongly accused? Her family members have all suffered, and her brother is not sure whether he is alive or dead. She must have come to you for help because she is desperate. Can you die if you help someone once?"

Gu Qianhan had heard more insults in his previous life, and had even been subjected to severe torture by both the Jinyiwei and the Dali Temple. The insults before him could not hurt him at all.

He pretended not to hear Xiao Qingyuan's accusation. He just glanced at Shen Wantang casually, and seeing that she didn't look at him with strange and contemptuous eyes like others did, he no longer had any worries in his heart.

He walked away, treating the woman in green kneeling on the ground as air.

When the woman in green saw him turn around and leave, she wanted to chase him, but was stopped by his servant.

The woman in green shouted anxiously, "Second Master Gu, saving a life is better than building a seven-story pagoda. Please help me, please!"

Among the crowd, someone shouted, "Girl, don't beg him. He has a heart of stone and will never help you! You might as well beg Prince Ning. He is much kinder than Second Master Gu."

The woman in green was bewildered: "Prince Ning? Is he here too?"

"He is standing right in front of you. The one who just helped you teach Second Young Master Gu a lesson was Prince Ning. Apart from him, no one else would dare to scold Second Young Master Gu like that. Hurry up and beg him. He will definitely be able to help you!"

The woman in green looked at Xiao Qingyuan and said, "Sir, are you the Prince of Ning?"

Xiao Qingyuan nodded: "I am."

The woman knelt down immediately: "Please have mercy on me, my lord, and save our family! I, Ye Lingyun, swear here that as long as my lord is willing to help me, I will serve you like a slave for the rest of my life and repay your kindness!"

After she finished speaking, she began to kowtow again, and she kowtowed even more seriously and forcefully than when she kowtowed to Gu Qianhan before.

After a while, her forehead was bleeding.

Xiao Qingyuan couldn't bear it, so he bent down and helped her up: "I don't need you to work like a cow or a horse, so don't kowtow, or you will die before I can find your father and brother."

Ye Lingyun's eyes were full of hope: "Did the prince agree to help me?"

"I can go ask for you."

Ye Lingyun was surprised and delighted. She cried and said, "Thank you, Prince! You are indeed a descendant of the royal family. You have a broad mind, a broad mind, a kind heart, and courage. You are a hundred times better than some people!"

"Okay, go back and wait for news. You should also treat the wound on your head. Don't use such radical methods in the future."

"Yes, thank you, Your Majesty."

Xiao Qingyuan looked at the crowd and said loudly, "Everyone, disperse! Go do what you need to do. It's no use gathering here. Disperse!"

After he shouted like that, everyone knew the fun was over and they dispersed with a reluctant audience.

Xiao Qingyuan then remembered to look for Shen Wantang, but after looking around, he couldn't see Shen Wantang.

Ye Lingyun stepped forward: "Who is the prince looking for? Is there anything Lingyun can help with?"

Xiao Qingyuan turned around: "Why haven't you left yet?"

"I... I'm afraid I won't be able to find the prince again after I leave. Can I follow him for a few days? I can be his maid!"

"Forget about being a maid. I don't lack maids. Where do you live now? I'll ask someone to contact you later."

"I was staying at a relative's house before, but they disliked me because I was the daughter of a criminal, so they refused to let me stay there and kicked me out. Fortunately, the Fazhen Temple took in some homeless refugees, so I am staying at the temple temporarily."

"That's it!"

Xiao Qingyuan sighed after hearing this. He looked at Ye Lingyun and felt that she was very pitiful.

On the other side, Gu Qianning had already pulled Shen Wantang out of Fazhen Temple.

In front of the Gu family's carriage, Gu Qianhan was already waiting for them.

After getting on the carriage, Gu Qianning had completely forgotten about her romantic calamity. She frowned and said, "How could Master Xiao dare to help anyone? Isn't he afraid that woman will set a trap for him? Floods are no small matter, not to mention that so many people died this time!"

Shen Wantang knew Xiao Qingyuan's character better than she did, so she was not too surprised by Xiao Qingyuan's behavior.

He has been spoiled by Prince Ning and Princess Ning since he was a child, and he is also protected by the Empress Dowager and the Emperor. He can walk around the capital city as he pleases, and he lives a more carefree life than the Crown Prince.

The biggest setback in his life was that the woman he loved did not become his wife and became his concubine.

Therefore, it was not a big deal for him to help the weak woman.

As for whether the woman would set a trap for him, this was not something he considered at all. After all, in his eyes, who would dare to set a trap for him?

But Shen Wantang couldn't explain this to Gu Qianning. She just said briefly, "The prince is kind-hearted."

Gu Qianning looked at her and felt it wasn't worth it for her from the bottom of her heart. Xiao Qingyuan was taking care of this one and that one, and he even helped strange women he met, but he was not very nice to Shen Wantang.

She opened the curtain and looked at Gu Qianhan riding outside: "Second brother, do you know something?"

Gu Qianhan turned around: "What?"

"Ye Zhongli, the magistrate of Taiyu County, why else would you tell that girl to get lost as soon as she told you where she came from?"

Although Gu Qianning and Gu Qianhan usually disliked each other, she knew that her second brother was a real capable person. It was true that he was cold, but he would not tell people to get out for no reason.

The carriage moved forward slowly. Gu Qianhan glanced at Shen Wantang, who was also waiting for his answer, across his sister.

It's normal that my sister is used to his cold personality. Why doesn't Shen Wantang seem to think it's rude of him to tell people to get out?

Does she believe him too?