The Princess Agents Want a Divorce

Looking at the empty bottle in her hand, Gu Lingxi quietly returned to Aunt Mei's room. Watching the mother and daughter still secretly plotting, a wicked smile crept onto Gu Lingxi's lips. She slowly raised her hand, and a wisp of purple spiritual energy silently extinguished the brightly burning candle on the candlestick through the window. Only a single candle on the table remained, flickering faintly.

The mother and daughter, who were chatting and laughing, were startled and stopped talking. "What's wrong, Mother?"

Aunt Mei managed to remain calm and said, "The window was open; perhaps it was blown out by the wind."

Gu Yuting then noticed that the window was open, so she quickly went over and closed it. "Mother, quickly light the candles!"

Without saying much, Aunt Mei took out a tinderbox from the drawer and relit the two extinguished candles. But just as she finished lighting them, before she could even breathe a sigh of relief, the candles went out again. This time, Aunt Mei was not calm. Her voice trembled and she shouted sharply, "Who? Who is playing tricks on us?"

Gu Yuting was also terrified, her body trembling uncontrollably. She stared at the window she had closed and then reopened, her teeth chattering. "Mother, I'm scared! Mother, are there ghosts?"

"Nonsense, how could there be ghosts! It must be the wind that's too strong." But before she could finish speaking, she looked out the window in horror and saw a white figure floating in mid-air with its feet off the ground!

The flickering candlelight of the last candle only added to the eeriness of the place. After seeing the disheveled hair and blood-red face, two terrified and shrill screams echoed through the desolate and eerie plum garden.

"Ah ...

Seeing the two huddled together trembling with fear, a sinister laugh escaped from the white figure's mouth. "Hahahaha, waaaaaah, I've come to claim your lives! Give me back my life! You killed me! I fell off a cliff and succumbed to my injuries! I am Gu Lingxi. Actually, I died a long time ago. The two ghost messengers, seeing that I died unjustly, allowed me to avenge my family and take my enemies with me on my journey. Waaaaah, give me back my life!"

Aunt Mei and Gu Yuting stared wide-eyed in horror, screaming in disbelief, "A ghost! Don't come any closer! We didn't kill you! It was Gongsun Ruo from the Prime Minister's mansion who wanted to harm you. We were just threatened by her. If you want revenge, go find her!"

Gu Lingxi sneered, stretched out her arm as if to grab the mother and daughter, and said, "Give me back my life."

Seeing the blood-covered, magnified grotesque face, the mother and daughter both rolled their eyes and fainted.

"Tch, she's so easily scared! This old lady hasn't had enough fun yet! What a waste of all that jam on her face, haha, it feels so good to tease people, hahaha." She licked the red berries from the corner of her mouth. "These can't be wasted, they're all spiritual fruit essence!" Ling Xi left the Plum Garden in a very pleasant mood.

In the stillness of the night, the commotion in the Plum Garden was all the more noticeable. The patrolling guards exchanged glances and hurried toward the Plum Garden.

In a room in the main courtyard, Gu Fengyuan, who was preparing to go to bed, frowned unhappily at the noise outside. What was going on outside?

Just then, a guard rushed in to report that it seemed an assassin had entered General Plum Garden, and that the Third Miss and Aunt Mei had both fainted.

Gu Fengyuan, who had hurriedly dressed, walked toward Plum Garden with a frosty expression. This was outrageous! Did they think he was a pushover? One after another, they dared to bully him. Thinking about the assassin incident a few days ago, there was still no progress, and now there was another assassin incident. Who had he, Gu Fengyuan, offended? This was truly outrageous.

What about the assassin? Was he captured?

General, we didn't see anyone suspicious when we came. We only came to check because we heard some noise at Plum Garden. When we came in, we found that Aunt Mei and the Third Miss were unconscious.

"Yes, go and call two old women to help the two of them to bed, and then ask the physician to come over."

Yes, General.

Watching the two old women help the person to the bed, Gu Fengyuan entered with a murderous aura.

Outside the gate, Steward Liu was pulling an elderly man with a medicine box slung across his shoulder, hurrying towards Plum Garden. Perhaps the old man had already fallen asleep; the suddenness of the situation and the hasty arrival meant his clothes were slightly disheveled, likely due to his age. The old man was panting heavily, adjusting his clothes as he walked.

Old Liu, I'm telling you, can't you slow down a bit? I'm about to die!

Mr. Meng, you're being too serious. If the general hadn't been so anxious, I wouldn't have treated you like this, would I? Please bear with me.

The two entered the inner room and saw Gu Fengyuan with a frosty expression. They hurriedly bowed and greeted the general.

No need to be so polite, then I'll trouble you to take a look at Aunt Mei and the Third Miss.

After a moment, Old Master Meng put down his hand after taking their pulses and said to Gu Fengyuan, "General, please rest assured. Aunt Mei and the Third Miss are both fine. They have just fainted temporarily due to excessive shock causing their blood to rush upwards. I will use silver needles to treat them, and they will wake up."

After an incense stick had burned, Aunt Mei and Gu Yuting woke up one after the other. "General, there's a ghost! A ghost!" Aunt Mei had just opened her eyes when she saw Gu Fengyuan sitting in the main seat. She rushed into Gu Fengyuan's arms in three quick steps. Gu Yuting, who had woken up shortly after, also cried and rushed towards Gu Fengyuan.

"Father's haunted! Ting'er's scared!" Looking at the two babbling incoherently, Gu Fengyuan frowned in displeasure. "Enough! What kind of behavior is this?"

After being reprimanded by Gu Fengyuan, Aunt Mei realized that she had lost her composure and quickly withdrew from Gu Fengyuan's embrace.

What's going on? The general is haunted! There was a ghost just now. It floated in and claimed to be the second young lady.

What utter nonsense! Has she been possessed? This damned woman has her limits. How dare she slander Xi'er! An invisible rage filled Gu Fengyuan.

Father, Mother is telling the truth. I saw it too, and I heard the ghost say that she was Gu Lingxi, and that she was already dead.

A loud slap silenced the surroundings.

How dare you! You don't address your aunt as "aunt," and you don't call her "elder sister." You even openly slander and curse your elder sister. Is this the sense of propriety and shame your aunt has taught you all these years?

Aunt Mei's face turned ashen, and Gu Yuting burst into tears. She even started uttering incoherent words!

Father, why are you so biased towards that Gu Lingxi? She's just a bastard of unknown origin, yet you dote on her so much. I am your own daughter, am I not as important as a bastard? Why has she, a bastard, enjoyed the love that should belong to me for so many years, and even occupied the position of the legitimate daughter of the General's Mansion?

Upon hearing this, Gu Fengyuan was momentarily incredulous, anger and panic surging through his chest. He had kept this secret for twelve years, never uttering a word to anyone. As Gu Yuting had said, over the years, his love for Xi'er had even surpassed that for any of his daughters, including his son Gu Yunyang. Now, it had been laid bare for all to see; the fury in his heart was unimaginable.

Guards! The Third Miss is ignorant of proper etiquette and has falsely accused her elder sister of disrespecting their father. She's spouting nonsense! Take her to the ancestral hall and give her twenty strokes of the cane. She's to be confined to her quarters for a month.

General, Ting'er is being unreasonable. It's all my fault for not disciplining her properly. Please forgive her this time!

Aunt Mei grabbed Gu Fengyuan's clothes with a sorrowful expression and shook them vigorously.

Enough! It seems I've been too indulgent these past years, allowing you and your daughter to become increasingly lawless, ignorant of rules, and forgetting your place. Take Aunt Mei to the ancestral hall for punishment as well. The Third Miss's current state is all due to your uncultured upbringing, so your punishment is doubled: thirty strokes of the cane, and you're confined to your quarters for six months.

"What? Father, you can't do this! You're too cruel to Aunt! Didn't you deny it? I once overheard you saying it in your study—that the woman in that painting is her—but before he could finish, Gu Fengyuan interrupted him."

"How dare you! Cover her mouth and take her to the ancestral hall!" Gu Yu struggled incessantly, sobbing.

She wanted to say something more, but her mouth was firmly gagged by a guard, and she couldn't break free. Resentfully, she could only let the guard drag her out. Her eyes were filled with anger and resentment. Why did her father prefer to favor a bastard instead of her? She was clearly his biological daughter. But it was better this day; she would expose this secret regardless of the consequences. Let's see how long that bitch can be so smug. She believed that soon she would be the most honored young lady in this mansion, and she would definitely trample that bastard into the mud.