After her mind was read, the spoiled brat became the darling of the whole group.

Xie Mingzhu: "..."

She was speechless after being rebuked, and tears streamed down my face.

Luo Hanfeng stood in front of Xie Mingzhu and said calmly, "Why does Your Highness have to make things difficult for a woman?"

【Wow!】The system became excited.

Xie Xing's eyes lit up instantly: [Are their romantic storylines about to begin?]

Xie Mingzhu looked up at Luo Hanfeng, a thought flashing through her mind.

[Ding, male and female leads' progress +1.]

Luo Hanfeng paused.

Jun Lanjin raised an eyebrow, then kicked the man kneeling at his feet and said in a low voice, "Alright, I won't interfere in your family affairs. Take him to the Grand Tutor's mansion."

Gu Shuyang's face turned pale instantly.

Jun Lanjin had no intention of interrogating anyone. He simply raised his hand and waved it away, and a group of guards came over and dragged the person off the ground.

……

Grand Master's Mansion.

The old Grand Tutor was talking to Madam Xie in his study.

The old Grand Tutor, his hands resting on his cane, said with a stern face, "I heard from Jinglin that you listened to some blind Taoist priest who came from who-knows-where, and were single-mindedly focused on helping Mingzhu ascend to the throne, while neglecting your own daughter?"

Madam Xie did not admit it. She said, "Father, Xie Xing is not close to me. I get angry whenever I see her."

The old Grand Tutor snorted coldly, "After all, she is a daughter who has been pampered since childhood. I can understand if you are reluctant to part with her. After all, even if Mingzhu is not my biological niece, she is still my niece to me."

“Mingzhu has been spoiled by you all since she was a child and has never suffered any hardship. Such pampering is unique to her. Now that she suddenly finds out that she is not the family’s biological daughter, how can she not feel some resentment?”

"Don't let your own daughter become estranged from you. The daughter you spoiled as she grew up won't treat you like her mother in the future."

Without a second thought, Madam Xie retorted, "Father, that can't be true."

"In my opinion, Xie Xing is the ungrateful one."

Madam Xie complained, "I am her own mother. I almost lost half my life to give birth to her, but I have never seen her show any filial piety to me. Instead, she kept it from me and caused me to suffer all kinds of grievances with the old lady."

"Ah Yin, you can't say that," Old Madam Gu disagreed.

“It’s normal that the child wasn’t raised by you from a young age and is a bit distant from you, but mothers and daughters are naturally close. I think the child is also a well-behaved one.”

"If you get along well with her, she will listen to you."

Madam Xie sneered: "She only looks obedient. You've never been angered by her."

The Grand Tutor was about to say something when a servant suddenly came from outside: "Master, Madam, Prince Jin and the Seventh Prince have arrived."

The old grand tutor stood up, looking somewhat surprised: "What are they doing here?"

"Quickly, invite him in."

The servant looked at the Grand Tutor, hesitated, and said, "Prince Jin came with his sons and daughters; it seems something has happened."

Upon hearing this, the Grand Tutor immediately left his study: "Go and take a look."

at that time.

inside the hall.

Jun Lanjin sat to the side, his slender fingers gently tapping the table.

On the ground, kneeling were Gu Shuyang, Gu Jinzi, Xie Mingzhu, and Gu Shuyang's cronies.

When the people from the Gu family entered, their expressions changed slightly upon seeing the people kneeling in the hall.

The Grand Tutor quickly looked at Jun Lanjin beside him and asked, "Prince Jin, what is the meaning of this?"

Jun Lanjin pointed at the纨绔 (sons of wealthy and powerful families) kneeling on the ground, then picked one of them and said lazily, "You tell me."

The playboy trembled, his face pale, and said, "Grand Tutor, spare us! We were just following Gu Shuyang's orders. He told us he wanted us to teach his cousin a lesson, so we dragged Xie Xing into a private room in the teahouse, thinking we'd just scare her, but he..."

The纨绔 (wan ku, a spoiled, dissolute young man) pointed at the纨绔 who had harbored evil intentions and said, "He told us that this is such a good opportunity. If we can defile Xie Xing, we will become the son-in-law of the General's Mansion and bring glory to our family."

Both Gu Shuyang and Gu Jinzi were shocked by these words.

He was furious and kicked the person who had malicious intentions: "You audacious piece of shit, how dare you disobey me!"

Gu Shuyang and Gu Jinzi's original intention was to find something to use against Xie Xing so that they could bully him in the future, but they did not really mean to joke about Xie Xing's marriage.

Putting aside what the people in the General's Mansion would do if this were to actually succeed, even his grandparents would beat him so badly he couldn't get out of bed.

Gu Shuyang's kick needs no explanation; anyone with eyes can tell who did it.

"You, you all!" Old Master Gu's chest heaved with anger as she pointed at Gu Shuyang and swung her cane at him.

"You little beast, how dare you do such a thing?"

Gu Shuyang was beaten and ran around howling. He quickly said, "Grandfather, Grandpa, it's not my fault! My sister said she was wronged today and insisted on teaching Xie Xing a lesson. I was just asking for it."

"Blame your sister!"

"Brother!" Gu Jinzi wished she could go up and cover his mouth to stop him from talking.

It was clearly agreed beforehand that Xie Mingzhu would take the blame, so why is she telling everything in front of her grandfather now?

"I'll settle the score with you later." Grand Tutor Gu glared coldly at Gu Shuyang.

"It's none of our business, Grand Tutor." The other two immediately said, "We were just guarding the door and did nothing when the Prince came."

The man, who had been beaten multiple times, was now filled with regret.

If he had known this woman was so lucky, he shouldn't have had that evil thought.

Now he's been beaten up again, and he's offended the General's Mansion, the Grand Tutor's Mansion, Prince Jin, and the Seventh Prince.

Thinking about it this way, even men feel like they're doomed.

Madam Gu's expression suddenly turned cold. She walked up to Gu Jinzi and slapped her hard across the face, scolding, "Have I spoiled you too much? Now your mind has become so vicious."

"This is your own cousin."

"Grandmother!" Gu Jinzi covered her face, unable to believe that the old lady had actually hit her.

Tears welled up in her eyes, and she said aggrievedly, "Grandmother, I just wanted to scare Xie Xing."

"Besides, this was all instigated by Sister Mingzhu."

Gu Jinzi did not forget to shift the blame onto Xie Mingzhu.

"Pearl?"

The others looked at Xie Mingzhu in disbelief.

Xie Mingzhu's face turned deathly pale.

In front of everyone, she opened her lips, feeling utterly speechless, as if she had shot herself in the foot.

Because we had previously said that we could push all the blame onto her.

She couldn't deny it out loud, but she didn't want to admit it either.

So she said nothing and just burst into tears.

"Mingzhu, did you do this?" Madam Xie's voice still carried a hint of disbelief as she continued to press for an answer.

Xie Mingzhu just cried, shaking her head as she cried, but didn't say a word.

Seeing this, Grand Tutor Gu sighed heavily. He looked at Xie Jiaojiao, who was following behind the crowd, and asked, "Jiaojiao, none of them are saying anything. You speak."