Chapter 139: Chapter 139: Don’t Even Think About It

Gu Kaiyuan thought something had happened, but to his surprise, Liu Pingkang actually asked him about the whereabouts of the silver embezzled by Gu Baijiang.

Are questions this direct now?

"Mr. Liu, I really don’t know this, you also see the relationship between my father and me, if there really were such important news, it would be impossible to inform me."

"Brother Gu is mistaken, I just want to know if these items were confiscated into the palace when the mansion was searched?"

"I’m not sure about that, at the time the raid came suddenly, we didn’t even have time to pack up and were taken to the prison.

Moreover, do you think with my status at home, important matters would be told to me?" Gu Kaiyuan smiled bitterly, thinking if they wanted to get the items held by the Gu Family, those main figures would definitely protect the Gu Family.

It’s just a pity that these chips are now in Suihe’s space, I wonder what their expression would be when they fight until the end only to find out it’s all for naught?

"Do you really not know?"

Gu Kaiyuan shook his head, "If there really was such a sum of silver, it might have been confiscated when the house was raided, otherwise our whole family’s lives wouldn’t be enough to compensate."

Hearing Gu Kaiyuan say this, it seemed somewhat reasonable. If the embezzled silver hadn’t been found, the Emperor and the court officials certainly wouldn’t let it go. Seeing that Mr. Gu and his family hadn’t been punished, the case should have been concluded.

Could it be that Gu Baijiang has some unknown talent that leads various factions to fight over him?

Although he’s not in the court, he spends most of his time in the capital. Mr. Gu’s reputation is not prominent, and their family’s actions during this period don’t seem like those of extremely clever people.

These layers of fog all confused Liu Pingkang, "Then do you know why the Third Prince insists on staying with your father and them?" 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ𝓋𝑒𝑙.𝑐𝘰𝑚

Gu Kaiyuan, "How would I know that, but judging by my elder brother and them, they might have other intentions."

Liu Pingkang, "..." It’s time to find an opportunity to see what the eldest daughter of the Gu Family looks like to attract the prince out of the city to pursue her.

It seems that in the future, I should also be more courteous to the Gu Family because no one can be sure when they might make a comeback.

Ah, these damned troubles, why are there so many every day?

Just like before, sending them to exile and getting a reward should have ended it, but so many issues have arisen.

"Perhaps a noble will soon emerge from the Gu Family," Liu Pingkang spoke more gently towards Gu Kaiyuan, "In the future, I might need to rely on Brother Gu a lot for care."

"I wouldn’t dare," Gu Kaiyuan quickly clasped his hands and said, "I dare not have such wild dreams, we just want to peacefully reach Lingnan and live as ordinary commoners."

"Who can say where fate will lead," Liu Pingkang stood up and patted Gu Kaiyuan’s shoulder, "Brother Gu, you should still maintain a good relationship with your family, after all, they are blood relatives, you can’t bypass them."

Gu Kaiyuan knew what he was talking about and didn’t want to explain further, just nodded perfunctorily, "Yes, it’s all one family..."

So he’s waiting for the decree granting pardon to reach Gu Baijiang and the others, so that he and Bai Suihe can extricate themselves from this quagmire.

Back in the carriage, Gu Kaiyuan took the water handed by Bai Suihe and gulped down two big sips before saying, "Now a troop of cavalry has arrived, probably for that one, Liu Pingkang fears trouble and called me over to ask questions."

Bai Suihe, "They say it’s for protection, but there are several factions among these people, it’s very complicated inside, we should avoid getting entangled."

Gu Kaiyuan nodded, "I’ve already led the conversation, letting Liu Pingkang focus on Gu Antong, making him think the Third Prince came for the beauty."

"You’re not wrong, in the end, the Third Prince did win a beauty." Bai Suihe joked, "It’s just that they experienced some twists and turns in between, and we are the foundation of their relationship.

I just think this Third Prince isn’t very smart, several negotiations couldn’t make Gu Baijiang relent, why does he think the beauty trick would work?"

Gu Antong isn’t easy to deal with, even if she holds the secret in the end, she waited until she climbed to the position of side concubine and gave birth to the Imperial Grandson before revealing the secret.

"Let them thrash about, as long as we get practical benefits, that’s all that matters."

Bai Suihe nodded, after today, Gu Baijiang would negotiate with the Third Prince, and the Gu Family would be pardoned when they reach Lingnan.

"Gu Kaiyuan, do you think we’ve forgotten something?"

Gu Kaiyuan lifted the curtain, looking at the scenery outside, "Tomorrow the old Gu Family people will arrive."

Bai Suihe slapped her thigh hard, scaring Gu Kaiyuan to immediately look at her belly, such strength, wasn’t she afraid of scaring the baby?

Bai Suihe chuckled foolishly and then hugged her belly, "The baby is still resting, it’s okay."

It’s really not her fault, before traveling through time she was a single dog, though walking around with a belly for so many days, she always forgets that she’s pregnant.

"I’ve been thinking about what I forgot, and it’s your old Gu Family members, they should come to gather.

These are unlucky scapegoats, clearly not connected to your family, yet they still have to be implicated by you.

You say the Clan Leader is being exiled, yet he brought the clan records, it seems he’s already prepared in his mind to expel your branch from the clan."

Bai Suihe, as a modern woman, doesn’t hold such deep familial ties, and in later generations, it’s not common to expel someone from a clan.

"Being expelled from the clan is not a good thing," Gu Kaiyuan looked into the distance, his gaze deep.

"Is it a good thing or not, it’s not something you can decide.

If your father had been willing to contribute more to the clanspeople earlier, the Gu Family wouldn’t have had so much resentment.

I heard that back then when your father studied, the clan spent quite a bit of silver."

Later, the imperial exams were too costly, and the clan couldn’t support it, so the Bai Family had the chance to offer help.

Who knew this aid would instead include marrying off a legitimate daughter, an unprofitable deal probably unforeseen by the Bai Family head.

Bai Suihe thought of this and found amusement even in hardship, wondering if her cheap father would regret it?

It seemed since coming to this world, Bai Jingwen and those two brothers hadn’t appeared.

Perhaps the Bai Family people are cold, Bai Suihe, having accepted this body, was somewhat affected, besides Mrs. Bai, she didn’t want to contact the Bai Family, nor did she ever mention them.

"But if you don’t want to be expelled from the clan, there are other ways," Bai Suihe knows that for the ancients, the clan holds significant importance and greatly affects the descendants’ future, Bai Suihe saw the bulging belly, her heart softened, and said, "Do you think you can be adopted out?"

Gu Kaiyuan, "... how could you have such a thought?"

Bai Suihe certainly wouldn’t say it came from books she read before, awkwardly laughed, "Just a sudden idea, besides splitting the family, only adoption can separate us from this big family."

Gu Kaiyuan, "Don’t think about it, this path won’t work."

Bai Suihe, "... Why?"