Chapter 554: Guilty (4)
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
When Li Hao returned to Father Li’s side with the hot rice cake, Father Li was still looking at the official doc.u.ment in front of him. Li Zhaodi asked, “Dad, what are you looking at? What does this official doc.u.ment say?”
Li Zhaodi couldn’t read, so she could only ask her father. She only heard the surrounding crowd saying things like “Gu Ce” and “reversal of the case”, leavingmaking her at a loss.
“He said that he wanted to restore Gu Ce’s honor…” Father Li’s eyes were fixed on the doc.u.ment in front of him. His gaze was almost burning two holes in the doc.u.ment.
“Restore his honor? What!”
“That wretched girl came to the capital and didn’t do anything else. She only knows how to do such nonsense!” Father Li gritted his teeth and said. His rough face was a little distorted, and his eyes were filled with disgust.
Li Zhaodi pursed her full but slightly dismal lips with a complicated expression.
Of course she knew who the “wretched girl” her father was talking about was. It was the second sister who had lived in their family for 14 years.
She only found out last year that her second sister wasn’t her biological sister. The daughter of the Marquis Mansion, Gu Yunrong, was her biological sister.
The crowd in front was still discussing the official doc.u.ments enthusiastically. There were even more people crowding around.
A silver-haired old woman said in a high voice, “This must be the Eldest Prince trying to avenge the Marquis of Dingyuan, Gu Ce. 1 saw the Eldest Prince with my own eyes at the Myriad Herb Hall yesterday!”
The old woman’s face was filled with pride, and her eyes were shining. She felt that this matter was enough for her to brag about for the rest of her life.
A plump middle-aged woman pulled the silver-haired old woman curiously and asked, “Sister, what does the Eldest Prince look like?”
The old woman raised her chin. “He’s as handsome as an immortal. He’s so good-looking!”
She kept emphasizing that the Eldest Prince was especially good-looking.
Father Li snorted coldly. “What immortal? She must be a bad judge of character. A dignified prince actually likes that wretched girl.”
A square-faced young man in green got out of the shaft and urged impatiently, “Hurry up. My Young Master is still waiting for you.”
The young man in green pointed in a direction and saw a young and handsome man in a blue robe walk out of a restaurant not far ahead.
Father Li immediately put on a warm smile. He narrowed his turbid eyes and asked eagerly, “Is that Young Master Fang?” The Young Master Fang who had ordered someone to bring them to the capital?!
“Let’s go.” The young man in green nodded perfunctorily and quickly led Father Li and the others in the direction of Fang Mingfeng.
The green-roofed carriage followed closely beside them.
At the entrance of the restaurant, Fang Mingfeng sized up Father Li and the others, who were gradually approaching from afar.
Father Li was of average height. He was wearing a sky blue shirt that was neither new nor old. There was a black silk belt around his waist, and his sideburns were already dyed with a few strands of frosty hair. He was quite clean.
Fang Mingfeng’s gaze then landed on Father Li’s fingers, which he kept rubbing on his robe, and his wandering eyes. A trace of disdain flashed across his eyes.
This person’s actions were crude and vulgar, and his connotations were empty. It was no wonder that such an unpresentable person could raise a superficial and cold-hearted person like Gu Feiyan.
“Young Master Fang.” Father Li bowed respectfully to Fang Mingfeng, not daring to look at him directly.
He had once worked for the Gu family for many years. Later on, he went to Yuzhou to manage the manor for various reasons, so he knew all kinds of rules and etiquette.
Fang Mingfeng quickly retracted his sized up gaze and didn’t look at Li Zhaodi and Li Hao behind Father Li at all.
He gently stroked his sleeve and said indifferently, “I got someone to prepare a residence in the west of the city. You guys stay there first. When 1 need you, 1’11 get someone to call you.”
After a pause, he slowed down and warned, “Other than that, you’d better behave yourselves.”
His expression and tone were calm from the beginning to the end, as if he was looking at them, or as if they couldn’t be seen by him at all. He exuded the aura of an arrogant young master, high up in the air, making people feel that they could only be hoped for, but not reach.
“Yes, Young Master Fang.” Father Li only agreed and nodded profusely. “Don’t worry, we’ll definitely listen to your arrangements.”
Li Zhaodi was in a daze as she looked at Fang Mingfeng. She suddenly remembered that the old woman had praised the Eldest Prince for looking like an immortal.
It turned out that there was such a handsome and n.o.ble young master in the capital. The immortal in the sky should be like this Young Master Fang in front of him.
Li Zhaodi blushed slightly and subconsciously tightened her grip on her brother’s hand. She felt a little upset, sour, bitter, and depressed.
When she thought of her vulgar deceased husband, she bit her lower lip and couldn’t help but think: If only I was the one who was replaced back then…