After my luck was stolen, I led my whole family to defy fate and change our destiny.

The streets were packed with people.

Gu Yu'an and his companions, their good mood ruined, came out of the theater and were about to go home.

Suddenly, the sound of rapid hoofbeats came from afar.

"Get out of the way! The horse is out of control!"

"Xu~"

A horse-drawn carriage sped by, crashing into the crowd. The vendors hurriedly packed up their stalls, and the people scattered in all directions.

Gu Yu'an carefully carried Gu Linglong, squeezing into the crowd.

Suddenly, Gu Yu'an was pushed forward by someone, and Gu Linglong was also thrown out.

"little sister"

Gu Linglong closed her eyes in fear.

[Ahhh! Someone catch me! I'll die if I fall!]

At the critical moment.

A person flew out of the carriage and caught Gu Linglong firmly.

The pain she had imagined did not occur. Gu Linglong opened her eyes and saw a young man with fair skin, wearing a Taoist robe, and some wispy hairs on his forehead.

Her hair was styled high and decorated with only a simple wooden hairpin, giving her an ethereal and otherworldly air.

Gu Linglong's eyes were glued to him; he was just too damn handsome.

The guard approached the man, cupped his hands, and said, "Sixth Master, the carriage is under control."

Sixth Master? Taoist robe? And handsome too, who else could it be but the protagonist? Gu Linglong shouted in her heart.

Ahhh, he's the sixth one!

The emperor's sixth son is so handsome!

"?"

Chu Jingyan's hand trembled, and he almost sent Gu Linglong flying again.

The sixth prince has Parkinson's disease? That gave me a fright!

Chu Jingyan looked at Gu Linglong with a mischievous grin. Even though he was a cultivator, he was still startled that he could hear the baby's thoughts.

Heaven knows, when I was certain I heard the baby's inner voice in my arms, I almost lost my composure.

After Chu Jingyan secretly checked the person in his arms with his left hand and confirmed that they were not evil demons or sorcerers, he breathed a slight sigh of relief.

Gu Yu'an's heart was in his throat when he saw his little sister fly out, and his mood fluctuated wildly when he saw her being caught.

The three of them squeezed through the crowd and hugged Gu Linglong.

"Thank you to this Taoist priest for saving my little sister."

Gu Liyao and Gu Ziming quickly bowed and greeted each other; they had almost been scared to death by what had just happened.

Gu Linglong was still very excited: "Big brother, my savior is the sixth prince of the current dynasty, he's the main character, and he's even more handsome than you!"

"?"

A look of surprise flashed in Gu Yu'an's eyes. The young man in front of him looked to be about the same age as him, but he had an extraordinary and refined temperament.

More handsome than him?

Little sister, are you sure?

Gu Yu'an pursed his lips, feeling a little jealous. He didn't understand what the protagonist meant; he probably thought it referred to a lucky person who was the chosen one of heaven.

I wonder if I could avoid being exiled if I could cultivate a good relationship with the Sixth Prince.

With a thought, Gu Yu'an took out a jade pendant.

"Young master, my sister's full-day celebration is the day after tomorrow. This is a token from the Gu family, the Minister of Rites. You saved my sister's life, so please honor me with your presence at my humble abode. I will certainly prepare generous gifts and a simple feast."

Chu Jingyan then shifted his scrutinizing gaze from Gu Linglong to Gu Yu'an, and said calmly, "If I have the opportunity, I will definitely come."

Gu Linglong sighed softly. "The Sixth Prince is back today, so tomorrow isn't the Emperor's birthday, is it?"

[It's a pity that the sixth prince lost the blue coral he had painstakingly searched for for months. The emperor thought he was playing a trick on him and had him flogged thirty times. It also implicated Consort Ning, who was confined to her quarters.]

To be honest, Lao Liu is quite honest. He just grabbed something from the kitchen, made up a story, and got away with it.

Chu Jingyan's heart skipped a beat. How did this woman know that my gift was blue coral?

The palace rules are strict; how could he lose something? And he should be punished with a beating?

He looked at Gu Linglong with a probing gaze, as if trying to see through her.

A guard reminded him, "Sixth Master, if we don't return to the palace soon... it will be too late to see Madam."

Upon hearing this, Chu Jingyan withdrew his gaze, mounted his horse, and said, "Until we meet again."

"There will be a period later"

As soon as the Gu siblings returned home, they heard from the servants that their uncle and aunt had arrived.

The three brothers stepped forward with beaming smiles and bowed.

Hello, Uncle.

Hello, Auntie.

Su Xiuran has two brothers, but neither of them likes being an official. The elder brother, Su Zhe, is two years older than Su Xiuran and loves doing business. He is now a famous imperial merchant.

His younger brother, Su Hang, was only two months older than Gu Zimo. He loved chivalry and was sent to a sect to study from a young age.

Su Zhe held Gu Linglong in his arms, looking at her with loving eyes.

"Linglong is even chubbier than most babies who are a month old!"

Gu Linglong internally screamed, "Don't you know you shouldn't say a girl is fat...?"

Su Xiuran covered her upturned mouth with her sleeve; indeed, little girls are born to love beauty.

"I'm not fat; in fact, I inexplicably lost a few pounds at the beginning."

Gu Linglong sighed quietly. [No, Lin Xiaoxiao absorbed a portion of my luck, even my fat!]

Su Zhe smiled and said, "Alright, alright, our Linglong isn't fat. Look what gift your uncle brought you."

Su Zhe pulled out a land deed and waved it in front of Gu Linglong.

"This is the village in the north of the city. Your uncle couldn't make it back when you were born, so I'm making amends to you, okay?"

Su Xiuran was startled. The manor in the north of the city was very large. "Brother, Linglong is still so young. How can she accept such an expensive gift? You should take it back quickly."

Su Xiuran's sister-in-law, Zhuang He, smiled and said, "Sister, please accept it. We only have sons, and I'm so happy you gave birth to a daughter."

"We were still checking the accounts when you gave birth, so you can't blame us, sister."

Su Xiuran felt a warm glow inside and replied, "Of course not!"

Zhuang He patted Su Xiuran's hand, "Then accept it."

Wow, my aunt and uncle are such good people!

Su Zhe spoke up at the opportune moment: "Yes, hurry up and accept it, your older brother is about to land another big deal."

Su Xiuran remembered Gu Linglong's words that her elder brother would stumble in business, and hurriedly asked.

"What big business?"

While teasing Gu Linglong, Su Zhe replied, "You know about lip balm, right? I just got back and someone contacted me to discuss this deal. I even brought you a box."

"I had your sister-in-law and maids try it; the colors are more vibrant than those on the market, and the color lasts much longer."

Su Xiuran frowned. "Such a good product, why doesn't he make it himself? If he cooperates, won't he be making less money?"

He said that since he was unfamiliar with the capital, he could use his status as a royal merchant to open up the market and even bring such fine lip rouge to the palace.

Su Xiuran frowned even more. Things that enter the palace are not something that can be brought in so easily.

As Su Xiuran was thinking, she heard Gu Linglong's anxious voice.

"Oh, Uncle, you can't be fooled! The lip rouge contains cinnabar, of course it's brightly colored and won't fade easily."

However, cinnabar is poisonous. If it is applied to the lips, food passing over the lips will gradually ingest the toxins over time. Previous dynasties have explicitly prohibited the use of cinnabar as lip rouge.

The lip rouge sold like hotcakes, enjoying immense popularity. Even the empresses in the palace adored it. However, because of this, one empress died suddenly due to the lip rouge, and the investigation led back to her uncle.

[The business partner had already fled, and the uncle ended up in prison. Lin Xiaoxiao even released dead rats in the prison, causing the uncle to contract the plague and die in his cell.]

【Hey……】

Su Xiuran and the Gu brothers were both shocked and broke out in a cold sweat.

Will my brother die? Because of Lin Xiaoxiao?

Su Xiuran felt heavy-hearted. She had not only helped Lin Xiaoxiao, but also treated Lin Xiaoxiao as a good sister and sister-in-law, and had been completely open and honest with her.

All three sons treated Lin Xiaoxiao with the same respect as their second aunt.

The person who ended up causing her family to be exiled and her brother to die tragically in prison was none other than her former good sister-in-law.

What exactly is the grudge?

Her nails dug deep into her flesh, but she was completely unaware...