Chapter 224: Eldest Sister
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
There must be something wrong!
At this moment, most of the people present believed Gu Yanfei’s words.
Madam Yan’s face turned a little paler. She held Gu Yunzhen’s fair hand tightly and pulled her behind her before she mustered the courage to face Madam Gu.
Madam Gu only came back to her senses at this moment. She pursed her lips tightly and didn’t speak for a long time.
Granny Li didn’t dare to make a sound. She waited quietly at the side, scanning everyone from the corner of her eye.
Although she hadn’t heard anything outside just now, the moment she walked in, she felt that the atmosphere here was too strange.
Why was Madam holding the Old Marquis’s memorial tablet in her hand, why was the Marquis’s face ferocious, and why were the Fourth Master and Fifth Master so frightened...
Granny Li held her breath and pretended not to notice anything.
‘Sigh.” Gu Yanfei deliberately let out a long sigh. “Grandpa must have suffered because of a ‘subst.i.tute’ back then. How could he let his granddaughter rush joy again!”
‘Madam, what do you think?”
Madam Gu stared at Gu Yanfei in bewilderment. Her sharp gaze seemed to want to pierce through the other party’s appearance and strike her heart.
She didn’t know if Gu Yanfei was just saying it casually or if she really knew something.
Madam Gu hugged the memorial tablet even tighter. All kinds of possibilities appeared in her mind, and every one of them pointed in the direction of her hatred, causing her to almost collapse.
When her panic reached its peak, Madam Gu calmed down again and told herself that it was fine. So what if Gu Yanfei knew7!
Back then, the Gu family had hired her, Qi Chao’an.
Her eldest sister was just a subst.i.tute who didn’t even have a name.
Even if this matter was publicized, Gu Xuan would only be taking in a concubine named “Qi”. She, Qi Chao’an, was still the madam of the Marquis Mansion. She had the imperial court’s orders.
This was her confidence!
In the blink of an eye, Madam Gu’s emotions had stabilized. She looked at Granny Li with deep eyes and instructed, “The marriage with the Murong family...”
The last words “will go on” were already on her lips when she heard a cold and playful chuckle enter her ears.
As soon as Madam Gu turned around, she met Gu Yanfei’s confident eyes.
The girl’s calm and composed appearance made Madam Gu feel fl.u.s.tered, and her heart pounded uncontrollably.
Most people only knew how to rush joy, but they didn’t know about the ‘Subst.i.tute Technique”
However, Gu Yanfei knew, and she knew in detail, as if she had seen it with her own eyes...
“1f you can’t make up your mind, ask Grandpa.” Gu Yanfei took two steps closer to Madam Gu.
That slender shadow happened to land on Madam Guts face, making her feel gloomy and pressured.
Madam Gu subconsciously hugged the memorial tablet and avoided Gu Yanfei.
However, Gu Yanfei reacted faster. She glanced at Gu Yuan from the corner of her eye. Gu Yuan understood and quietly stood behind Madam Gu.
Madam Gu turned around and met Gu Yuan’s deep eyes.
The young man was now seven feet tall and was almost as tall as Gu Ce.
At this moment, Madam Gu couldn’t help but feel a fear of being attacked from both sides. A crack appeared in her fragile heart.
Cracks spread rapidly like spiderwebs.
Madam Gu quickly panicked.
As expected, Gu Yanfei knew!
She knew that the “Subst.i.tute Talisman” was in this memorial tablet, which was why she and Gu Yuan wanted to s.n.a.t.c.h it.
These two people were both from the eldest sister’s bloodline. They must be trying to kill her!
Thinking of this, Madam Gu gritted her teeth. At this moment, she really hated Gu Xuan to death.
She was devoted to him and he was her whole world. However, Gu Xuan’s heart was filled with his eldest sister. He knew that his eldest sister’s soul would dissipate after she died, so he cheated her of the Subst.i.tute Talisman and hid it in the Gu family’s ancestral hall.
This talisman contained his eldest sister’s blood essence. As long as it was worshiped by his descendants and nourished by incense every day, it could protect his eldest sister’s soul.
Even after he died, he had to secretly get someone to hide the talisman in his memorial tablet.
When Madam Gu found out, she wished she could tear this talisman apart and destroy it, but she couldn’t.
She knew that without this talisman, her eldest sister would no longer be able to reincarnate, and the lifespan she had borrowed would also dissipate.
This meant that she would die!
Madam Gu gripped the memorial tablet even harder. The veins on the back of her hand bulged. She felt as if she was standing at the edge of a cliff with the bottomless abyss in front of her.
Her pupils constricted almost to a point, and her heart palpitated.
No.
Absolutely not.
She didn’t want to die, and she couldn’t.
She had yet to see her son and grandson rise to the top!
The Marquis Mansion would definitely regain its former glory in her hands... No, it would rise to a higher level!
There was nothing more important than this!
Madam Gu took a deep breath and squeezed out her words with difficulty.
‘There’s no need to ask.”
Her voice was very soft, but everyone present heard her.
To Madam Gu, once she started, it was easier to say the rest. “Yanfei, you’re right.”
Under everyone’s shocked and complicated gazes, Madam Gu said firmly, “Your grandfather is angry.”
‘The Murong family is really pushing their luck. They clearly don’t take our
Marquis Mansion seriously.”
‘This marriage is over.”
It was extremely difficult for her to say these words. After she finished, her old lips were as tense as iron, and her eyes were sinister. The room was filled with a strange, awkward silence.
Gu Yanfei looked straight at Madam Gu.
Madam Gu also looked at her.
The grandmother and granddaughter were no more than two feet apart and could see each other’s every subtle expression.
The girl pursed her lips silently, as if disinterested.
Madam Gu could clearly read the disappointment on Gu Yanfei’ s face.
As expected! Madam Gu was certain. She thought in fear that the siblings indeed had ill intentions and wanted to kill her.
She was their grandmother. They didn’t dare to come out in the open and just wanted to find an opportunity to attack her!!
They must have wanted to destroy the talisman in the memorial tablet just now. It must be!!
‘This matter ends here!” Madam Gu said firmly, her slightly hoa.r.s.e voice rising again..