Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
âIâd rather have my daughter alive,â Mrs. Sun cried immediately.
âAt this point, whatâs the use of saying those things?
âRemember, in the future, if anyone mentions the matter of selecting a consort, we wonât participate and will only listen to the Emperor.â
âAlright,â Mrs. Sun said as she wiped her tears.
When Grand Scholar Sun saw this, his eyes turned red. The two of them sat and cried for a while before starting to eat.
Of course, the adults of the various families also mentioned it to their wives and daughters when they returned home, asking them to stop thinking about the consort selection temporarily.
After Zhou Ying finished her work that night, she brought Guoguo out of the interspace. Suddenly, she felt her heart palpitate. Guoguo woke up and started crying.
Zhou Ying quickly hugged her and coaxed her. She couldnât fall asleep after that.
Thinking of that palpitation just now, she felt uneasy.
Then, she carried Guoguo into her interspace and placed her on the bed in the villa. She began to investigate Gu Chengruiâs whereabouts.
In the end, she finally found Gu Chengrui at the residence of the magistrate of Ping Yang Prefecture, Magistrate Sunâs residence, which was also the home of Magistrate Sun of Yunhe County.
He was obviously drunk and couldnât sleep well.
A person dressed as a maid held a knife in her hand and was about to stab Gu Chengruiâs heart.
Zhou Ying was startled. She immediately turned her spiritual senses into a knife and slashed at the back of the servant girlâs head.
After she fell, Zhou Ying immediately stabbed Gu Chengruiâs philtrum. When he woke up from the pain, he was still in a daze.
âStill sleeping?â Zhou Ying had no choice but to send a voice transmission. âYouâre going to lose your life soon.â
âBabe?â Gu Chengrui was stunned for a moment.
âWoke up? Someone wanted to kill you. It was the servant girl on the ground. I whacked her on the back of the head and knocked her out. You can investigate the rest yourself.â
When Gu Chengrui heard that, he was completely awake. He nodded. âLeave the rest to me. You take care of yourself.â
âYou too, drink less.â Zhou Ying left after she finished speaking.
Gu Chengrui immediately got up and called Lin Yitian and the others. After informing Lord Sun, he began to interrogate the servant girl.
The servant girl woke up and looked at him and Lord Sun. âDog officials protecting each other. As expected, you all are not good people.â
âReally? If you canât give me a reason, donât blame me for killing you for disrespect.â Lord Sun sneered.
Although he wasnât a good person, he tried his best to be honest and upright when it came to being an official. He had never done anything that would make him lose his conscience.
He didnât expect to be scolded by someone today. It was really preposterous.
âFor this timeâs medical examination, Master Song, who was originally in second place, didnât get selected, but Mrs. Sunâs cousin, Chu Jianwen, who was in fourth place in the first round, got selected. Isnât it because of you officials?â The servant girl said indignantly.
âMaster Song, Song Baoshan? Tell me what your relationship with him is first.â Lord Sun asked.
âNo, itâs nothing. I just feel that you guys are unfair, soâ¦â
âAre you trying to fool an idiot? Youâre a servant girl at my residence, yet youâre siding with an outsider and even helping a man. Who would believe that you two donât have a special relationship?â
âIâ¦â The servant girl didnât know how to explain. She couldnât say that she was sent here as a spy.
âBeat her up. I wonder who dares send a spy to the magistrateâs office. I want to see who is that bold.â
When Lord Sun finished speaking, a servant immediately went forward and pressed the servant girl onto the chair to interrogate her..