Forced to be a concubine? I turned around and married the scumbag's father.

Gu Hua said softly, "I want her and Aunt Pei to know, so they won't have any more wicked ideas. But... please, Your Highness, don't let too many people know? After all, my identity by Your Highness's side can only be that of the Second Miss of the Gu Family."

Mu Junyan patted her head: "Okay."

"My lord, the medicine has arrived." Zhou Zhilan's voice came from outside.

Mu Junyan looked at her: "Contraceptive soup."

Gu Hua nodded obediently: "Yes, I'll go drink."

Mu Junyan stepped aside, leaned against the soft cushion, and watched her blush as she held up her small garment with a broken strap.

"Go downstairs at the entrance of the traditional Chinese medicine shop," Mu Junyan said.

"Yes."

Zhou Zhilan responded and walked away with the sound of footsteps.

Gu Hua breathed a sigh of relief, wrapped herself in her cloak, walked to the door, gently opened a crack in the door, saw the medicine soup on the ground by the door, squatted down and reached out to take the medicine bowl in.

He drank it all in one gulp without hesitation.

Turning around again, she saw Mu Junyan staring at her. Gu Hua blushed slightly and took small steps closer: "Isn't Master going back to his room to rest?"

Mu Junyan reached out and pulled off her cloak, then reached out and pulled her into his arms.

"Sleep with you"

Gu Hua's heart pounded, and she obediently nestled in his broad, warm embrace, listening to his strong heartbeat, not daring to move.

She was so tired that she fell into a deep sleep soon after.

……

The next day, Maozheng.

Gu Wanru held the invitation sent from the Gu family last night: "Are you sure Father returned to the manor last night?"

Jin Kui nodded: "Yes. However, it seems that the lord went into the study last night and hasn't come out since. I wonder if he's still here now."

Gu Wanru was overjoyed: "Father has worked hard all night. I will pay my respects and bring you some nourishing soup. I will casually mention that the Marquis's mansion wants Gu Hua to return to the mansion. Father will not ask any questions."

Jin Kui looked out the window: "Isn't it too early? It's not even dawn yet."

“Father stayed up all night, this is the time when he is most tired. If it goes any later, he will have to go to court. Didn’t the kitchen prepare some chicken soup for me? Go and get a bowl of it, hurry up.”

Gu Wanru went to the wardrobe and found a set of elegant and appropriate ruqun (a type of traditional Chinese dress).

After making all the preparations, they hurriedly headed towards Guanshanlou with Jin Kui.

Because it was too early, the main gate of Wenhanxuan was not open. Gu Wanru walked around and found that the small door on the veranda near the study and the Guanshanlou was not closed. Without thinking much, she went straight in.

It was quiet all around, and no other servants were in sight.

Gu Wanru was overjoyed; now no one could stop her from fulfilling her filial duties.

She walked quickly for a few steps and was about to reach the entrance of Guanshanlou when suddenly a figure appeared and blocked her way.

"Please return, young mistress."

The chilling voice startled Gu Wanru.

It looks like a ghost.

But this person knew her; he was a close attendant who stayed by her father's side, so Gu Wanru naturally treated him well.

She composed herself and smiled, "I've brought some nourishing soup for my father. He's had a long night and has to go to court soon. A bowl of chicken soup will warm him up and make him feel better."

Akabane: "..."

The lord has been working hard all night.

But I can't drink your chicken soup either.

Akabane coldly replied, "Young Madam, please return."

Gu Wanru was angry; how dare a mere servant stop her?

But she was always magnanimous and good-tempered, so she had no choice but to swallow her anger: "Why don't you go and inform him first? If Father doesn't want to see me, it won't be too late for me to go back."

The person blocking her way stood like an iron tower, unmoved, not even bothering to speak to her.

Gu Wanru suppressed her anger: "The chicken soup has been simmering all night, specially made for Father. Whether Father drinks it or not is up to him to decide. Go in and ask him."

Akabane got angry too: "Can't the young mistress understand human language?"

Gu Wanru could no longer contain her anger. She had already asked Yinzhi to whisper in Mu An's ear, arranging for Mu An to leave the manor today, saying that it would surely satisfy him.

Therefore, she must get Gu Hua out of the mansion today.

She refused to believe that the guards would dare to harm the young mistress.

Gu Wanru lifted her skirt and walked inside. The servant blocking her way turned around, his face cold, and suddenly drew his sword.

The gleaming, cold light startled Gu Wanru, causing her to pause in her tracks.

A strange sound suddenly came from inside the house.

A delicate female voice suddenly rang out from the study, which women were never allowed to enter.

"My lord... I'm exhausted, please spare me. It's almost dawn."

A low, husky voice interrupted her: "Turn around, I'm coming."

Gu Wanru was stunned, as if struck by lightning.

Jin Kui, who was following closely behind, almost dropped the food box. She grabbed the handle tightly with both hands and quickly took two steps back.

I can't stand it!

Akabane's face darkened.

If he spoils the lord's mood, won't the lord chop him up?

He approached with his sword drawn horizontally, lowering his voice and speaking without any politeness: "Young Madam, please return."

Startled, Gu Wanru stepped back, momentarily forgetting that there was a step beneath her feet. She lost her footing and tumbled down the step.

Jin Kui exclaimed in surprise, quickly put down the food box, and rushed over to support her.

In his haste, he kicked over the food box.

The tilted food box spilled the steaming chicken soup that had been simmering all night, scattering it all over the floor and splashing onto Gu Wanru's shoes, the delicate embroidered shoes steaming with heat.

Gu Wanru, who had her foot scalded, felt no pain at all and looked as if she had seen a ghost. She grabbed Jin Kui.

"Was that woman's voice just now Gu Hua?"

Only a fool would admit it.

Jin Kui looked bewildered: "This servant didn't hear any woman's voice. There was no sound at all in the room."

Gu Wanru shook her head. No, she heard it clearly.

It's definitely not a hallucination.

"It's clearly..."

“Young Madam, whatever you hear, you must shut up, otherwise, you will never be able to speak again.”

Gu Wanru looked up and met Chi Yu's cold gaze, as if he were looking at a dead person.

He couldn't help but shudder, and immediately understood what he meant.

Even if her father and Gu Hua have gotten together, she can't tell anyone, otherwise her father won't let her off the hook.

Jin Kui helped her up, and just as the two were about to leave, they heard the door creak.

Gu Wanru involuntarily stopped in her tracks.

A white embroidered shoe stepped out from inside the door, and a woman in flowing white robes and a purple cloak gracefully emerged.

Gu Wanru was taken aback.

When she finally saw the figure clearly, Gu Wanru's eyes widened in shock...

really!

Her half-sister, Gu Hua, whom she had trampled underfoot, emerged from the study, where women were never allowed to enter easily, her hair slightly disheveled and her eyes alluring.

The young girl, with a figure as graceful as a willow branch, approached slowly and delicately.

She asked softly, "Elder sister, are you here to show your filial piety to the Duke?"

Gu Wanru froze. Although she had guessed that she had seduced her father, or that her father was interested in a beautiful woman, she never expected that they would actually...

How to do?

How will she explain this to her husband?

Gu Hua glanced at her, then deliberately stretched out her hand from under the cloak and gathered her stray hairs.

Gu Wanru realized that she was wearing men's undergarments.

Her fair and delicate hands and neck were covered with bruises left by intimate encounters.

Gu Wanru's mind went blank.

Gu Hua earnestly advised, "Elder sister, please go back. You shouldn't have come here in the first place. Since you saw it, just pretend you didn't see anything. If you want to be a proper young mistress in the Duke's mansion, remember that I am always your half-sister, the second young lady of the Gu family, even though I am copying documents for the late Duke's wife in the study."

If even a whisper of what happened today were to escape from your elder sister and Jin Kui's lips, I'm afraid you wouldn't be able to stay in the Duke's mansion, nor would you be able to return to the Marquis's mansion. As for Jin Kui, her life would be in grave danger.

Jin Kui turned pale with fright.

The ant in her hand suddenly dared to bare its teeth, and Gu Wanru came to her senses.

It turns out that a couple of days ago, she pretended to coax her, but behind her back, she seduced her father and even lied to her, saying that she would whisper sweet nothings in her father's ear.

It turns out it was just a delaying tactic by that little slut.