After Gu Mingyue left, Gu Mingmou also sent away all the maids waiting on the side with the excuse that he was tired and wanted to rest.
She leaned on the soft pillow covered with gold brocade and watched Xiuyue rummaging in the dressing box. After searching for a long time, Xiuyue raised her head and said, "Girl, that fake jade pendant is indeed missing."
"It's gone. Go and spread the news. Just say that the heirloom jade pendant my mother gave me has been stolen. Anyone who knows the clues will be rewarded heavily."
"But girl, once the news gets out, I'm afraid the second girl will be more careful?"
"I didn't plan to do anything to her at first. Besides, with my father's love for her, even if he knew that she had stolen the jade pendant, he would only scold her. Maybe he would ask my sister You Ai to give the jade pendant to the second sister." Gu Mingyue sneered coldly. She really couldn't understand that her father was a shrewd figure in the officialdom, but his demeanor changed as soon as he came home.
"If the master really cares for the second girl so much, why did the second girl come here to find you to plead with the master just now?" Xiuyue said a little confused.
"Father is still angry at the moment. Aunt Ning is not clear with others, and she was born to Aunt Ning. Even if father believes that she is the daughter of the Gu family, there is still a knot in his heart. She is just looking for me to show off to her father. Look, let her father know that she is innocent. When I go to plead for mercy in person, my father will definitely take advantage of the situation. "The so-called crying children get candy, didn't she already know that.
But she was still very curious, and she handed him the steps. How would her father handle this matter
Gu Mingmou went to find Gu Yong that evening. At this time, Gu Yong was still sitting in the study. He was a little surprised to see his daughter coming.
"Tongtong, why are you here?"
"My daughter is here because of the second sister's affairs." Gu Mingmou was impatient to tell him more and went straight to the topic.
"What's the matter with Mingyue?" As soon as he mentioned this daughter, Gu Yong's face darkened. He couldn't help but think of the affair between Aunt Ning and Dr. Liang. Although the two refused to admit it, it was still an affair after all. They gave each other advice and colluded with each other to plot against his wife and poison Aunt Liu. If there wasn't really something wrong, why would Dr. Liang do so much for Aunt Ning
"After all, the second sister is the daughter of our Gu family. Even if her aunt makes a big mistake, it has nothing to do with her. Now that Aunt Ning has been punished, I wonder how my father plans to settle the second sister?"
Having an aunt with a bad reputation will definitely have an impact on future marriages. Gu Mingyue came to her because she wanted her to remind her father and keep the matter of Aunt Ning secret.
But Gu Mingmou didn't want to do that. There was no need for others to pay for Aunt Ning's mistakes with their lives. She had a better way, and her father would not disagree.
"What are your thoughts, Tongtong?" Gu Yong stared at his daughter, feeling that his daughter was becoming more and more similar to his wife, and she was getting further and further away from him.
"It's better to record the second sister in someone else's name. She will have nothing to do with Aunt Ning in the future." Gu Yong didn't know that his second daughter would sit in the position of queen in the future. Now Gu Mingyue is just a concubine to him. No matter how much you pampered him before, he would not be vague about serious matters.
This suggestion is certainly a good one, but there is something important about whose name it should be recorded in. There were only a few people around Gu Yong. In the past, apart from Mrs. Xue, there was Aunt Ning. Now there is Aunt Liu and Aunt Ning is gone.
Thinking of his second daughter who had always been obedient and sensible, Gu Yong originally wanted to record him under Aunt Liu's name, but then he thought about it and felt it was not appropriate.
"Whose name does Tongtong think it is more appropriate to record your second sister?" Upon hearing what he said, Gu Mingmou sneered in her heart. She was really right about her good father. She was still thinking of good things at this time.
She thought for a while and then said, "If the father is not willing to let go of the second sister, just remember it in Aunt Liu's name. If he is willing to let it go, he might as well put it in the name of the second aunt. The second aunt also liked the second sister very much before, and the second aunt has been childless for many years. I guess I won’t mind having many caring and sensible daughters.”
The expression on Gu Yong's face froze. He didn't expect his daughter to give such an answer. He paused and then tried: "Your second sister has always been the most sensible. Your mother has nothing at her knees, so why not..."
Gu Mingmou suddenly raised his head to look at Gu Yong, and raised the corner of his mouth, "I heard that when the second sister and the third sister met before, the second sister once told the third sister that if someone really wants to harm Aunt Liu, the most likely person is Mother, does father know about this?"
The corner of Gu Yong's mouth moved, "Your second sister was just deceived by Aunt Ning before."
"That's right. After all, the second sister has been with Aunt Ning since she was a child. The father doesn't think it matters. The daughter is worried that one day the old things will happen again. She just doesn't know if the mother will be lucky enough to escape by then, and whether the father will. Do you believe my mother?"
"Tongtong, that's your sister, how could you say that." Gu Yong's eyes widened.
"Yes, Aunt Ning is my sister's biological mother. If the matter hadn't been hidden, my daughter would never have thought that someone had devised such a vicious plan to deal with my mother."
Gu Yong was choked and couldn't refute a word, but there was obvious disappointment in her eyes when she looked at Gu Mingmou, and she was obviously still very dissatisfied with her daughter for talking back to him.
Gu Mingmou has long passed the age of trying to please his father, and now he is good enough to deal with him. As long as the father and daughter don't set their sights on her mother, she can endure it for the time being.
The final result was beyond everyone's expectations, but it was also within Gu Mingmou's expectations. Her good father really cared about his biological daughter, and Gu Mingyue finally achieved her wish, transforming from a concubine to a legitimate daughter. Female, but not from the first bedroom, but from the second bedroom.
When there are many choices, Gu Mingyue will definitely not choose a second room. After all, the second uncle in the second room is really cowardly. Even if his brother paved the way, he is still just a seventh-grade official, hanging around in the yamen every day. But she only has two choices at the moment, one is to register her name in Aunt Liu's name, and the other is to adopt her to the second room.
Aunt Liu wished she could eat Aunt Ning alive. If Gu Mingyue came to her side, how could she have a good life? No matter how bad her second wife was, she was still a legitimate daughter. Moreover, her father has repeatedly promised that he will never wrong her in the future.
After weighing the two factors, Gu Mingyue finally made a decision and moved to the yard of the second room the next day.
The annoying person disappeared for the time being, and Gu Mingmou was in a good mood. A few days later, Xiuye suddenly came over crying, saying that a family member came to see her and wanted to redeem her life.
Looking at the hundred taels of silver notes she handed over, Gu Mingmou curled his lips and smiled. The person who could not be chased away in his previous life actually asked to leave at this time.
(End of chapter)