Hu Biao was always a quiet and obedient young man. He never questioned anything Gu Qianying asked him to do.
And it was the same this time.
However, as Hu Biao left, he unexpectedly turned back and asked Gu Qianying, "If I am stopped, may I hit people?"
Gu Qianying: "..."
If the betrothal gifts were returned, Nangong Mo would surely be enraged.
Naturally, those around him would also resent the people of the Gu family. Well, if Hu Biao didn't fight back, he would only be beaten.
"Yes, as long as you don't kill anyone, you can do as you please with the rest."
"Yes, Miss."
Hu Biao quietly left when no one was paying attention.
After Hu Biao left.
Gu Qianying leaned on the bed, closing her eyes to rest.
According to her memories from her previous life, as long as she could stall for a few days and wait for those ill-intentioned people in the military camp to expose themselves, her grandfather would be safe.
However, before that, she needed someone to act as a "helper," and this "helper" needed to be someone of noble status.
After much thought, Gu Qianying felt that this person could only be Nangong Mo.
However, Nangong Mo was probably in a state of great anger now. To pacify him and get him to spare some time to lend her a hand, she would need to put in some effort.
So, whether the plan succeeded or not depended on that love letter.
The moment Gu Qianying thought about the content of the love letter she had written, her cheeks would feel hot and her heart would race.
Although the content was not from her heart, she was still a woman and felt a bit embarrassed.
But what did it matter if she felt embarrassed? What did it matter if it wasn't from her heart?
Having been reborn, she had already understood that love was too false, and only family affection was an unchanging emotion in the world.
Having been deeply hurt by love in her previous life, she would rather betray the world than let the world betray her in this life.
Those who are betrayed are always the most deeply hurt, and she had experienced this pain enough!
General Gu, worried about Gu Qianying's health, immediately rushed over with a servant after the servant bought the plum and peach fragrant shortbread.
When General Gu arrived, Gu Qianying had just finished changing her clothes.
She wore a white, floor-length gown. The wide hem was embroidered with light pink patterns. Her arms were adorned with long, flowing smoke-purple light silk. Her slender waist was cinched with a purple belt inlaid with jade brocade.
Her black hair was tied up with a light purple silk ribbon, with a few strands playfully falling onto her shoulders, making her delicate skin appear even fairer. Her face was unadorned, yet she looked fresh and captivating.
This appearance made General Gu beam with joy, and he praised her repeatedly.
"My precious granddaughter is truly beautiful, the most beautiful woman in the world!"
"Come, come, Little Ying, hurry and taste this. Does it still taste the same as before?"
After praising Gu Qianying, General Gu had the servant bring the plum and peach fragrant shortbread onto the table.
Gu Qianying walked over, picked up a piece with a smile, and tasted it. Standing before General Gu, she said, "Mmm, the taste hasn't changed. It's still as delicious as before. Granddaughter likes it very much. Here, Grandpa, you try it too."
Saying that, Gu Qianying was about to put a piece into General Gu's mouth.
General Gu opened his mouth.
Gu Qianying immediately took it back and put it into her own mouth.
General Gu laughed, "You little rascal, you have no manners, daring to tease your grandfather!"
General Gu raised his hand to flick Gu Qianying's forehead.
Gu Qianying quickly dodged, not getting hit by General Gu.
Seeing that Gu Qianying's mood seemed to have improved, General Gu felt relieved.
A moment later.
General Gu accompanied Gu Qianying for a walk in the back garden.
During their walk, Gu Qianying, on a whim, insisted that General Gu teach her martial arts.
General Gu originally thought that as long as he could distract Gu Qianying, he would let her do whatever she wanted, perhaps to make her feel better.
As for that scoundrel Nangong Mo, he would definitely find an opportunity to teach him a good lesson!
With this thought, General Gu began to teach Gu Qianying martial arts seriously.
Some extremely simple and easy-to-learn martial arts, which a normal man could master in half a day, took Gu Qianying four to five days to learn.
After three to four days, Gu Qianying had learned a move or two, but it had exhausted General Gu to the point of death.
For several consecutive days, General Gu felt the fatigue of having fought all night and all day without rest.
He was extremely tired and slept for more than half a day on his bed.
In the past few days, Deputy General Qi Xing had come to the mansion several times to find General Gu to return to camp to handle trivial matters, but he was always told that General Gu needed a few days of rest and recuperation due to fatigue from practicing martial arts recently. He was also informed that any trivial matters in the camp that were not related to fighting could be decided by the deputy general himself without needing to report to him.
Deputy General Qi Xing was extremely anxious. The plan he was supposed to implement had to be postponed again and again, and this delay rendered him helpless.
With General Gu not present in the military camp, Deputy General Qi Xing, unable to implement his previous plan for several consecutive days, began to consider using this period to win over people in the military camp. However, before his second plan could be implemented, the eldest son of the Gu family, General Gu Yefeng, returned to the military camp and took over some of the trivial matters in the camp from General Gu.
And upon learning that Gu Yefeng had been released by Nangong Xuanning, Gu Qianying, who had gone to the military camp without returning to the mansion, had already made some preparations to prevent those "cockroaches" in the military camp from having the opportunity to frame her grandfather and to shift their "target" to her brother Gu Yefeng.
At the same time, she was also wondering if something had happened to Hu Biao. Hu Biao had not returned for several days. Had he been captured by Nangong Mo's men? Or had he encountered some accident?
Extremely worried, she decided to sneak into the Ninth Prince's mansion at night. However, before that, she encountered the third concubine Han and her daughter, along with Gu Yumei, three of them coming to the Garden Pavilion to see her.
"Qianying, even if you don't consider yourself, you must consider the hundreds of people in our Gu family! Do you know what the consequences of openly opposing the Ninth Prince will be?"
The third concubine came to visit under the guise of caring for Gu Qianying, but her words were accusatory.
After she finished speaking, Gu Yumei, standing beside her, added insult to injury and mocked, "Eldest Sister, normally, a woman whose engagement is broken is a disgrace to the family, bringing shame to the family. But for you, you eagerly returned the betrothal gifts. You had a wide and open path ahead of you, but you blocked it yourself. Heh, Eldest Sister, Fourth Sister has never seen such a foolish person as you before, Eldest Sister..."
"Slap!"
A crisp slap interrupted Gu Yumei's unfinished words.
Gu Yumei covered her cheek and glared at Gu Qianying. Before she could erupt, Gu Qianying spoke and reprimanded, "Fourth Sister, who taught you to be so disrespectful, daring to mock and insult me, your legitimate elder sister?"