Chapter 1148: Chapter 1148: Her True Purpose Is Zuzi

Gu Yuzhi is actually willing to go this far!

Everyone looked over in shock, suddenly recalling how Gu Yuzhi had once knelt for punishment, crawling step by step on the gravel path to the ancestral hall, bleeding profusely, all to bring Gu Qiusha back into the family register.

This emotion had long surpassed the bounds of an elder brother, yet they had never realized it.

But such an illogical emotion cannot be allowed in any prestigious family.

The family rules are there, the family register is there, how can they be trampled upon at will?

How would the world ridicule the Gu Family?

"Everything you’re worried about will be resolved as long as I confess, as long as I’m removed from the family register."

Gu Yuzhi was resolute, without any attachment to his identity within the Gu Family.

Shangguan Wanwan could never have imagined Gu Yuzhi would be so desperate.

That statement, "I will not marry an irrelevant woman," was a slap to her face in public, but she still endured the discomfort and earnestly persuaded:

"Brother Yuzhi, this is not something removal from the register can solve. If you admit to using force against Fifth Sister, that would be a crime, a crime. Does that not matter to you?"

Gu Yuzhi gave a bitter laugh: "It doesn’t matter, I’m willing to go to jail." 𝑓𝑟ℯ𝘦𝓌𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝑐ℴ𝓂

Everyone: "...!"

Shangguan Wanwan held her breath and spoke again: "Brother Yuzhi, wake up! Even if you leave the Gu Family and are willing to go to jail, but Xi Zuer is still in the Gu Family... or perhaps I should call her... Gu Zuer? Don’t forget, her status as an illegitimate child brings shame to all of us!"

Everyone nodded in agreement with furrowed brows.

The matter between Gu Yuzhi and Gu Qiusha was already challenging the family’s honor.

Adding Zuer’s illegitimate status... it nearly made them forget that this brought even more shame to the Gu Family, leaving them no place in their circle.

"So all along, your purpose was to attack my sister!" From the crowd, Xi Rubao cried out in fury.

Initially, she thought Shangguan Wanwan was relentlessly clinging to Gu Yuzhi, but repeatedly bringing up Xi Zuer finally made Xi Rubao vigilant.

"I did not attack her; these are facts. After tonight, the entire Empire will know her shameful status. Her parents are disgraced, and her bloodline is filthy and dishonorable, which will ruin the future of everyone in our family..." Shangguan Wanwan calmly laid out the stakes.

Each unbearably harsh adjective was cast toward the white figure in plain clothes under the peach tree, who only offered a serene smile.

"How can she still smile at a time like this?"

"Shouldn’t she voluntarily ask to leave the Gu Family?"

"At least Young Master Gu knows how to take responsibility and is willing to go to jail, while Xi Zuer acts like nothing’s wrong, unwilling to give up the wealth of the Gu Family?"

Some relatives began to discuss harshly.

Especially after hearing Shangguan Wanwan’s previous explanation, they urgently approached and suggested, "Mr. Gu, you must speak up, these three cannot stay!"

Meanwhile, the voices of the second house—Qin Tao, Gu Jingyan, Xi Rubao, and others—were drowned by these people.

On the steps, Mr. Gu looked dark as ink, his eyes red and furious. He finally shoved Shangguan Wanwan aside and pounded his cane hard on the stone steps, the sound like a trembling great bell:

"Bring the family register!"

A flash glinted in Shangguan Wanwan’s eyes.

She took a step, seemingly realizing something amiss, retracted her step, and turned to the butler: "Old Master wants the family register, go quickly!"

Everyone exchanged glances, thinking, is the Old Master going to remove Gu Yuzhi’s name or both Gu Yuzhi and Xi Zuer’s names?

The thick, gold-embossed family register was soon brought from the ancestral hall and presented before the Old Master.

Shangguan Wanwan had already prepared an ink brush, handing it to the Old Master, intending for him to personally strike through Xi Zuer’s name with thick ink.

Yet, unexpectedly.

The Old Master did not take her ink brush.

Instead, he turned to Gu Jingyan—

"Bring it!"