Chapter 219: Making the Call
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
She endured it again and again because she thought that after her daughter married into the Murong family in the future, the Murong family would definitely not mistreat her on account of her kindness. But now, could this be called getting married?!
Even if someone else married a concubine, it would be more dignified than this!
Madam Yan’s heart ached as she turned to look at Gu Yunzhen beside her with difficulty.
The girl’s face was illuminated by the candlelight. Her skin was as porcelain as jade, and her face was unbelievably calm.
Even she couldn’t let go of the Murong family’s almost humiliating actions, let alone her daughter, who was involved. She was only 16 years old, but she was forced to have a calm heart that only existed at 60 years old... Her heart was like dead ashes.
Her daughter shouldn’t be like this!
Her daughter, who had been raised like a treasure, shouldn’t be trampled on like this!
This thought was like a dagger stabbing into Madam Yan’s heart, making it hurt even more.
Her eyes turned sour and she blurted out, “Zhen’er, if you really don’t want to, you don’t have to get married.”
After the words left her mouth, she realized that her voice was choked and hoa.r.s.e.
‘Mother?” Gu Yunzhen looked at Madam Yan in shock. Ripples seemed to appear in her gentle willow eyes.
Beyond the shock, she was touched and happy.
Yesterday, her mother had clearly helped her grandmother persuade her...
But now, her mother had chosen to stand on her side. The reason why she didn’t hesitate to go against her grandmother was naturally to protect her!
Mother and daughter looked at each other, their eyes glistening with tears.
The others around subconsciously held their breaths. The soft-hearted girls didn’t dare to look at Madam Guis expression at all.
Madam Gu’s expression instantly turned ugly.
The anger in her heart surged again, and even her graceful face twisted slightly.
‘Enough!” Madam Gu said sternly, her voice low and deep.
“If she doesn’t marry, she’ll be a nun.”
She looked straight at Madam Yan with a cold gaze. Every word and sentence was so cold that ice was about to fall out.
Madam Yan’s lifeline was her daughter. Her face immediately turned pale and she wilted like a frosted eggplant, unable to say anything.
With Madam Yan’s understanding of Madam Gu, she would dare to say and do it.
How could Madam Yan dare to risk her daughter’s future? How could she bear to see her daughter become a nun at such a young age?
Madam Yan’s body was trembling slightly, but Gu Yunzhen, who was beside her, was as straight as a bamboo in the cold wind. She didn’t care about Madam Guis threat and her expression was still calm.
She had the support of her mother, eldest brother, and second sister. Her family was all by her side, what did she have to fear?!
‘Mother, I...” Gu Yunzhen opened her mouth slightly. She wanted to say that she wouldn’t marry even if she had to be a nun, but she felt her sleeve tighten.
She looked down and saw Gu Yanfei quietly pulling her sleeve and shaking it. Gu Yunlan, who was in front of her, happened to block Gu Yanfei’s small actions.
‘Madam, didn’t I just say?” Gu Yanfei walked to Gu Yunzhen’s side with a smile. ‘Grandpa will decide on Big Sister’s marriage.
The others beside her subconsciously took a step to the sides to make way for her.
‘It just so happens that Grandpa is here. Let’s ask him what he thinks.”
Gu Yanfei’s voice was cold and low, but it resounded through the entire sacrificial hall and clearly entered everyone’s ears.
Gu Yanfei looked up at the memorial tablet in front of her with the name of the Old Marquis, Gu Xuan, and said seriously, “Grandpa, I’m your granddaughter, Yanfei. I greeted you last night.”
‘Madam and the Marquis want Big Sister to rush joy and get married. Grandpa, do you agree?” Gu Yanfei asked seriously.
‘Nonsense,” Gu Jian couldn’t help but reprimand.
“Tuk, tuk..”
As soon as he finished speaking, a strange sound came from ahead, as if refuting Gu Jian’s words.
“Tuk, tuk..”
The sound continued and grew louder.
Everyone fell silent. Their gazes surged over like a tide, looking for the memorial tablet of the old Marquis of Dingyuan, Gu Xuan, in the second row of the incense tablet.
Under the heavy candlelight, the dark red memorial tablet swayed like a sieve on the incense table. It repeatedly made “tuk, tuk” sounds that became heavier.
In the sacrificial hall filled with memorial tablets, this sound was abnormally strange.
Gu Yanfei sighed faintly. She spread her hands and sighed. “Do you see that? Grandpa is here to stand up for Big Sister.”
When she said that, everyone felt their hair stand on end and subconsciously looked around.
The young girls looked around, the hair on their necks standing on end, as if the Old Marquis was secretly watching all of them in another way.
Gu Yuan tacitly echoed Gu Yanfei, “I think Grandpa is angry!”
‘That’s true. The residence s.n.a.t.c.hed my job to give it to Murong Yong. Not only that, but they also want to give Zhen’er to their family to rush joy!’
‘No wonder Grandpa is angry.”
As Gu Yuan spoke, the knocking sounds were endless.
The Old Marquis Gu Xuan’s memorial tablet continued to ring and sway back and forth. The rhythm became more and more urgent, forming a sharp contrast with the other memorial tablets around him.
There was clearly no wind in the house, but the cl.u.s.ters of candles on the
candlesticks on both sides swayed slightly, crisscrossing with light and shadow.
This scene was too ghostly.
Gu Jian’s face was pale, and his facial features flickered in the candlelight, making him look uneasy. He couldn’t help but think, ‘Could it be that my father is really up in the sky and wants to say something to them?
‘The memorial tablet moves without wind.” Gu Yanfei sighed. Her clear voice was as cold as the autumn wind. ‘Grandfather doesn’t agree.]’