Quick Wear: The bad female supporting role, the male protagonist prefers

The place where the carriage stopped was actually where the Gu family school was located. Du Shaoyu got off the carriage behind Gu Shutang.

When he first returned to Beijing, many people in the capital had never seen his true face. The servants guarding the clan school naturally did not know Du Shaoyu. Gu Shutang was a girl from the Gu family and had been to the clan school several times, so the servants were not unfamiliar with her.

He stopped Du Shaoyu and only let Gu Shutang in, not allowing Du Shaoyu to follow in.

Gu Shutang saw Du Shaoyu's cold face and stopped the servant before he could lose his temper. "This is His Royal Highness the Prince of Jin."

The servant was obviously stunned when he heard this, and stayed where he was in fear. It was only after Gu Shutang spoke softly and saw that Du Shaoyu was not dissatisfied that he dared to leave.

Gu Ziqian is five years older than Gu Shutang and is preparing for this year's spring boudoir. He is a bit of a bookworm, and his heart is only focused on the books of sages. He treats his relatives indifferently.

Not only is he alienated from his father Gu Zongqing, he is also alienated from his biological mother and sister.

When Gu Ziqian heard what Gu Shutang said about her father originally wanting to expel her from the family tree and take him along with him, he didn't have much emotion. He just packed up his books and left with Gu Shutang.

He didn't even ask where he was going.

For him, as long as he has books by his side, even if he has to live in a thatched hut, it is still his home.

Du Shaoyu didn't talk to Gu Ziqian for much, but stuffed him into the carriage at the back and let Gu Ziqian sit in the same carriage with his mother Xu Xiang.

He brought Gu Ziqian and his mother to the Prince of Jin's Mansion, pointed to a courtyard for them to settle down, and then took Gu Shutang's hand and led her away from the courtyard where Gu Ziqian and his mother were temporarily staying. His unreserved closeness to Gu Shutang scared Gu Ziqian, who was unaware of the inside story.

"Auntie—Mother, why are Tang'er and Prince Jin acting so intimately? Is there something wrong?"

Gu Ziqian was already used to calling Xu Xiang "Auntie", but when he thought of Xu Xiang's gentle words to emphasize to him that she was no longer his father's concubine, Gu Ziqian swallowed the word "Auntie" and replaced it with the less accustomed "Mother".

"Whether it's appropriate or not, how can we decide?"

Xu Xiang murmured, her tone filled with endless melancholy.

"Ziqian, you are studying in the clan school. You don't know that your father is a cruel person."

"Prince Jin was poisoned and forced Tang'er to detoxify him. Your father actually thought that Tang'er had lost her virginity and tarnished his family's reputation, so he wanted to kill your sister."

Xu Xiang didn't know that Gu Shutang had also secretly lit the aphrodisiac incense. She only knew what Du Shaoyu had told them, that he was poisoned by the aphrodisiac and had no choice but to have sex with Gu Shutang.

"Although people are very harsh on women, they are far less cruel than your father. He actually wanted to harm his own daughter just for empty reputation."

Xu Xiang felt somewhat sad. Could a woman's innocence have such a profound impact on a family's reputation? It simply proved that the family lacked the confidence to tolerate even a woman.

"Perhaps His Highness had long seen through your father's hypocrisy and insisted on marrying your sister off to another family. Since your father failed to win your sister over, he decided to trade a daughter who was useless to him for a better reputation."

After all, they had slept in the same bed for many years, so Xu Xiang still knew some of Gu Zongqing's thoughts.

"How could that be? Even a man as respectful as Duke Wen sent his daughter to live in another manor after she got into trouble. Why would a father want to kill his sister?"

Gu Ziqian felt that his father, who had always been fair and polite, suddenly became so strange. Compared to his father expelling him from the family tree, the fact that his father wanted to kill his daughter was even more difficult for Gu Ziqian to accept.

Inside the palace

Du Shaoyu took Gu Shutang directly to the Empress Dowager's palace. Gu Shutang followed Du Shaoyu and paid his respects to the Empress Dowager who was sitting on the throne.

The Queen Mother was confused and looked at Du Shaoyu with a questioning look.

Du Shaoyu knelt on the ground with a serious face. The atmosphere in the hall was inexplicably frozen. The emperor, who learned that his brother had entered the palace, rushed over and saw this scene.

"My son was plotted against and poisoned," Du Shaoyu said, unable to speak, "and ruined the eldest daughter of the Gu family."

Before entering the palace, Du Shaoyu had already ordered his servants to go to the market to inquire about the news.

If there were false rumors in the market that Gu Shutang intended to seduce Prince Jin to become his princess, and that the Gu family had driven her out of the house for the sake of justice,

Then they let those who were prepared spread the news immediately that it was the Prince of Jin who poisoned and forced the eldest daughter of the Gu family. In order to save face, the Gu family insisted on beating the eldest daughter of the Gu family to death. Only then did the eldest daughter of the Gu family leave the Gu Mansion.

If Gu Shutang is completely cleared of the matter, even if someone wants to criticize him, they will only target him, the Prince of Jin, and the Minister of Rites Gu Zongqing.

The eldest daughter of the Gu family is just a weak woman who was innocently implicated.

Du Shaoyu withdrew his thoughts and looked at the startled empress dowager and the emperor.

The Emperor and the Empress Dowager were startled by Du Shaoyu's serious expression, but they relaxed when they saw that his face was rosy and he was in good spirits.

"The eldest daughter of Minister Gu?" The Queen Mother had some impression of the girls in the Gu family. In her memory, the girls in Minister Gu's family were of similar age and all of them were outstanding in appearance.

Since the eldest daughter of the Gu family has lost her virginity to Prince Jin, it is not a bad idea for her to become his concubine.

"Yes."

"The eldest daughter of the Gu family was implicated by her son and minister, and was nearly beaten to death by Minister Gu. If my son hadn't arrived in time, she would have died."

Du Shaoyu's eyes turned red, as if he was speaking up for her. When the Queen Mother heard this, she couldn't believe her ears. She really couldn't believe that Gu Zongqing was even more pedantic than Duke Wen and was forcing his daughter to a dead end.

The Queen Mother immediately felt a little pity for the girl standing well-behaved below.

"I would like to ask the Queen Mother and my brother to grant me a marriage with Miss Gu."

"What's the big deal? My brother will have someone draft an imperial edict to appoint Miss Gu as the Prince of Jin's concubine, and then send Xia Chunyi to the Gu family to announce the edict."

Xia Chun is already the chief eunuch around the emperor. He has served the emperor since he was a child and is deeply trusted by the emperor. Sending him to announce the emperor's decree is also a reflection of the emperor's appreciation for Gu Shutang.

Du Shaoyu blocked Gu Shutang's way so that the Empress Dowager and the Emperor, who were sitting at the top, could only see him. "Royal brother, I want to marry Miss Gu as my principal wife. And you don't need to ask Xia Chun to go to Minister Gu's house. Miss Gu has no relationship with the Gu family anymore. I have already taken Miss Gu and her family to the palace."

"What do you mean?"

"What I mean is that Miss Gu has already left the Gu family, and there are no Miss Gu brothers or sisters listed in the Gu family tree."

The emperor was a little out of control and stood up, unable to believe his ears. What had his bastard brother done? First he defiled the girl, then he quarreled with her family, leaving her without any family to rely on.

The emperor could no longer maintain a calm expression when he thought about the bad things Du Shaoyu did when he was a child, and how it was he, as his older brother, who had to clean up the mess.

I thought Du Shaoyu had made a lot of progress after being an adult for many years, wearing armor and fighting for the court, but I never expected him to be such a bastard.