Rebirth and Marriage: I am the Mistress of the Palace

Chapter 679 Gu Han is punished

royal palace.

It was late at night, but Gu Qianhan was still kneeling on the stone steps.

It started raining at some point, soaking his entire body.

Two eunuchs holding umbrellas and four eunuchs carrying a sedan chair slowly came out of the rain.

When he approached Gu Qianhan, the sedan stopped and the person in the sedan spoke slowly: "Qianhan, why are you doing this? Father only asked you to kneel down and admit your fault to Qingyuan, but you refused. As a result, you knelt here until dark. Is it worth it?"

Gu Qianhan slowly raised his head: "Thank you for your concern, Your Highness, but I will kneel to heaven, earth, and my parents, not to Xiao Qingyuan!"

Xiao Qingxuan sighed, "You are stubborn and proud, and you won't turn back until you hit the wall. Do you know how distressed your mother is when you kneel here? Even if you don't care about others, you should at least care about your mother, right? She loves you the most. In fact, she loves you more than her son, me."

The cold rain washed over Gu Qianhan's face, and drops of water dripped from his chin, reminding him of the moment of his death in his previous life.

Shen Wantang asked him more than once who betrayed him and caused his rebellion to fail, but he never said anything.

Because even he himself was unwilling to believe that the person who betrayed him was his aunt the Queen, the one who loved him the most and the one who had always tried her best to win glory and power for the Gu family.

What did the glory and prosperity of the family mean? What did the brothers and nephews mean? Nothing could be compared to her son.

The plan failed at the last moment, and the entire Gu family was once again executed, leaving no one alive.

Gu Qianhan didn't blame her. As a mother, she chose her son, and there was nothing to say.

But at the same time, he would no longer believe her, let alone the prince's lies that his aunt loved him more than the prince.

If my aunt were to choose again, she would still choose to kill him and the entire Gu family rather than let the prince suffer any harm.

"If Your Highness the Crown Prince has come here specifically to persuade me to kneel down and apologize to Xiao Qingyuan, then there is no need to say anything more. Please go back!"

"Qianhan, I'm doing this for your own good. It's raining so hard, if you keep kneeling like this, you'll definitely fall ill tomorrow. You just got married, and I heard your wife is already ill, and she still needs your care. What will happen if you fall ill too?"

Gu Qianhan gave him a cold look and said, "Your Highness is well-informed. He even knows that my wife is ill."

"Alas, I'm not just asking about your family's affairs, but I heard from Qingyuan that your wife was seriously injured and you must be heartbroken!"

Gu Qianhan's tone grew even colder. "Since Your Highness has heard Xiao Qingyuan tell you about my wife's injury, then you must have also heard Xiao Qingyuan tell you why she was injured? Then I ask Your Highness to judge. Xiao Qingyuan has repeatedly provoked me. When he failed to snatch the bride, he tried to snatch her on the day of her return. Such shameless behavior, yet he still wants me to kneel down and apologize to him. How can this be justified?"

Xiao Qingxuan shook his head. "Qianhan, you're a gifted child, intelligent and wise. Why would you bother with such a simple-minded person like Qingyuan over such a trivial matter? Doesn't that make you look petty?"

"Your Highness, do you think this is a trivial matter?"

"That's right! Didn't Qingyuan fail in his attempt to snatch the bride? He also failed in his attempt to snatch the person away! He's just like that. He just does whatever he wants and doesn't think before he does anything. If you get angry with him, aren't you just as stupid as him?"

"So, I should wait until he gets it, and then go and argue with him?"

"Qianhan, look at you, why do you always misunderstand what I mean? Do you have any prejudice against me?"

Gu Qianhan lowered his head, hiding the cold light in his eyes: "I dare not."

Xiao Qingxuan smiled amiably, "I said I dare not, not that I don't have any. It seems that Qianhan, you really do have a deep prejudice against me!"

He had a smile on his face, but there wasn't even a hint of a smile in his eyes. Even his tone became increasingly cold and hard: "A Ning hasn't come to the palace to see me recently. Qianhan, didn't you say anything to her?"

Gu Qianhan said indifferently, "Need I say anything more? His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is so busy with affairs of state that he's clearly at the right age to get married, yet he has no time for this matter, let alone my sister."

"She's not a fool. She can naturally sense your indifference towards her. You don't want to marry her as your Crown Princess, and she naturally understands your Highness's intentions."

"Since His Highness has no feelings for her, she won't continue to flirt with him. The daughter of our Duke's Mansion will never have trouble finding a husband. Even if the Crown Prince refuses to marry her, there are plenty of other suitors out there!"

"My family has already chosen a husband for her. Your Highness, please do not mention my sister's name in the future to avoid misunderstandings."

The smile on Xiao Qingxuan's face disappeared little by little.

But if he was asked to refute Gu Qianhan, he had no way to refute him.

He likes Gu Qianning, but his Crown Princess, his future Queen, must not be Gu Qianning, and must not have the surname Gu!

Even the entire Gu family cannot be kept!

"It's late at night, and the rain is getting heavier. Don't kneel here. You might catch a cold."

Xiao Qingxuan's voice was as gentle as ever, but the words he spoke were like a sharp knife, piercing Gu Qianhan's heart: "Get up, your father has sent someone to invite your wife to the palace. She will kneel in your place in the middle of the night."

Gu Qianhan's expression suddenly changed: "What did your highness say?!"

The smile on Xiao Qingxuan's face reappeared: "She's already here, in the Qianrui Palace of the Emperor, don't you know?"

Gu Qianhan immediately stood up and rushed to Qianrui Palace.

Xiao Qingxuan looked at his back and ordered the eunuchs: "Walk faster. If you go too slowly, I won't be able to see the excitement."

The eunuchs hurriedly quickened their pace, carrying him and chasing after Gu Qianhan.

Qianrui Palace.

Inside the door, the emperor was drinking tea.

Outside the door, Shen Wantang was kneeling on the ground. The heavy rain had soaked her whole body. The wound on her head, which had not yet healed, was soaked by the rain and began to ache slightly.

When she entered the palace, she had actually seen Gu Qianhan kneeling in the rain from afar, but she was surrounded by the emperor's guards and eunuchs, so she couldn't get close to Gu Qianhan or talk to him.

No wonder he didn't say where he was going. It turned out he came to the palace to be punished.

Now, she accompanied him to be punished.

It's ridiculous. She was obviously the victim, but she was the one kneeling on the ground to be punished on a rainy night!

Damn Xiao Qingyuan!

Damn...dog emperor!

There were hurried footsteps behind her. Shen Wantang turned around and saw Gu Qianhan, who was also soaked like her.

She smiled at him: "Husband, you are here."

Gu Qianhan almost burst into tears. He ran over and knelt in the rain to hug her: "Atang, I am sorry for you. Marrying me has wronged you."