After his wife and daughter died tragically, the scumbag prince's hair turned white overnight

Su Liuxi looked at him worriedly, "Are you really okay?"

Gu Shi shook his head. "I just suddenly remembered that I have some official business to deal with. I'll go to the study first."

"Won't the envoys from Nanyuan arrive next year? It's not too late to make preparations after the New Year..."

As a defeated country ten years ago, it was not uncommon for Nanyuan to send people to pay tribute in late spring and early summer every year.

The Ministry of Rites needs to make arrangements for welcoming the envoys.

Su Liuxi knew all this.

So when Gu Shi mentioned that he had to handle official business, her first reaction was this.

But what she didn't know was that when Gu Shi returned to Beijing this year, he couldn't catch up with the Nanyuan envoys. She also didn't know that next year would be the last year of friendly relations between the two countries. In reality, the current emperor had his own ideas, not to mention the Nanyuan who had been suppressed...

"You should have a good rest first. I will rest directly in the study after I am done."

This was the first time Gu Shi had to rest in the study since his hasty marriage to Su Liuxi two months ago.

Although Su Liuxi was worried, she didn't say anything else because she was pregnant.

After Su Liuxi rested.

Gu Shicai put on his clothes, stood up and drank some water.

When he opened the door, the howling north wind cut Gu Shi's face like a knife.

Gu Shi shuddered and became much more awake.

He pulled his cloak tightly around him and was about to go out, when Chen Shiliu followed closely behind him.

"You don't have to follow me. Just stay and take good care of the lady."

"Yes."

After Chen Shiliu agreed, he gave a look and another guard followed Gu Shi not too far away.

Gu Shi glanced at the guard following behind him and did not drive him away.

He walked aimlessly through the rockery corridor.

unconsciously.

Came to a dark ruin.

That was where Shen Muxi and Gu Xiaoxiao used to live.

Now it has become charred black, with some dry weeds on it.

The full moon was shining brightly, and the black broken eaves and broken walls were covered with white frost and snow. The whole ruins seemed to be shrouded in a faint halo.

His thoughts couldn't help but drift back to three months ago.

All the witnesses testified that Xiaoxiao was not his child. He was heartbroken and could only numb himself with strong liquor.

He never imagined that one day, Shen Muxi, who had always obeyed him in everything, would actually choose to be a prostitute rather than bow to him...

What he didn't expect was that the daughter he had doted on for five years was not his biological child.

That night, under the influence of alcohol, he seemed to see Shen Muxi looking at him beside him.

He thought she came back to him to make peace, but she was still feeling depressed. How could he forgive her so easily?

So that night, he was extremely confused and finally decided to punish Shen Muxi severely in the most primitive way.

That night, she cried bitterly...

That night, he felt the comfort he hadn't felt in a long time...

That night, he was so tired that he fell into a deep sleep, but soon he woke up from his sleep again.

Although my body was tired, my head still ached from a hangover.

But he was content.

Because Shen Muxi couldn't bear to leave the wealth and splendor of Prince Rong's Mansion, she came back to find him.

"If you behave yourself and don't cause trouble for Xixi in the future, I can let bygones be bygones...Xixi, why is it you?"

Seeing the people around him clearly, Gu Shi was stunned.

Not Shen Muxi!!

He punished the person under him so harshly last night...

did not expect...

Su Liuxi's porcelain-white body was covered with purple marks, her eyelashes were wet, and her cherry lips looked much fuller than before.

You can tell what she has been through at a glance.

Gu Shi seemed to be struck by a thunderbolt.

He remembered clearly what shameful words he had said and used in his gestures last night.

Even though he and Xixi had already agreed to be together, this did not mean that his Xixi had to endure such humiliation.

The stream is pure and flawless.

Her beauty could only be savored by him slowly, rather than plundered in a whirlwind like he did last night.

He was angry and annoyed, and felt even more resentful towards Shen Muxi - she had become a secret prostitute, yet she was still so noble in front of him. If it weren't for her, why would he let Xixi suffer?

As if she saw his embarrassment, Su Liuxi sympathetically comforted him, "Brother Gu Shi, this is not your fault. Xixi did this voluntarily."

Her voice was a little hoarse from being emotionally aroused, and a few strands of scattered hair fell on her porcelain-white face, making her look weak and fragile.

Gu Shi's heart was suddenly moved to tears.

"Xixi..."

Before he could say anything more emotional, Chen Shiliu's panicked voice was heard outside.

"Your Highness, there was a fire in Lengyuan. Everything was burned down."

Lengyuan was the courtyard where Shen Muxi and Gu Xiaoxiao originally lived.

Gu Shi's face changed drastically.

Without bothering to express his feelings to Su Liuxi, he immediately put on his clothes and got out of bed with a light step.

When he arrived at Lengyuan, he was greeted by a yard that was almost in ruins, and several charred corpses outside the yard.

When he saw one of the small corpses, his eyes went dark and he almost fainted.

“Xiao Xiao!!”

With red eyes, he pushed aside the guards and was about to step forward, but was stopped by Chen Shiliu who arrived earlier.

"Don't worry, Your Highness. The coroner just came to perform an autopsy, and that's not the young lady's body."

Gu Shi held Chen Shiliu's hand with his backhand, his nails almost digging into Chen Shiliu's flesh.

"really?"

His eyes were red and his whole spirit was like a bow with a taut string.

Chen Shiliu swallowed his saliva and his eyes accidentally swept over Su Liuxi who was following behind Gu Shi.

He swallowed the words that were on the tip of his tongue and nodded.

Gu Shi's expression visibly relaxed, and he turned around to send someone to find Gu Xiaoxiao's whereabouts.

Su Liuxi immediately stepped forward and blocked his way.

"Brother Gu Shi, don't be impulsive.

The flooding last night happened so suddenly that it's hard not to suspect someone was intentional."

The woman's clothes could only be considered neat, but a closer look revealed that her waist and collar were torn.

As she spoke, her slightly moving neck still showed some of the bruises from last night.

She didn't even have time to go back and change her clothes!!

Seeing her like this, Gu Shi suddenly remembered his recklessness last night, and his passion surged uncontrollably again.

His Adam's apple rolled slightly and his voice was a little hoarse.

"What do you mean?"

Su Liuxi bit her lip, and her slender fingers twisted the handkerchief in her hand, clearly expressing her confusion and anxiety at the moment.

“Xixi!!”

It was already this late, and he was still hesitating. Gu Shi suddenly lost his patience.

"If you don't want to say it, then don't say it."

After saying that, Gu Shi turned around and told Chen Shiliu, "Now arrange..."

Halfway through his words, he felt his hand tighten.

Su Liuxi grabbed his sleeve and spoke with red eyes, "I didn't intend to tell you, but...but seeing you like this, I really feel bad..."

Halfway through her speech, Su Liuxi's tears rolled down like beads from a broken string.

"Actually, that man wasn't beaten to death yesterday. He pretended to be a maid's sister and rushed out from the pile of servants, threatening to die and begging me to spare her life..."

I really didn’t know she would be so cruel. Not only did she rescue the adulterer, she also took Xiaoxiao away and even set fire to the yard where she once lived…”