The Rebirth of an Orphan

There were only the father and his son in the study. Gu Yan looked at his son, who looked exactly like him. He must still feel a little strange after meeting him for 20 years. He also knew that the child must have suffered a lot of grievances outside.

Thinking of this, he sighed, looked at Gu Lun and said, "Sit down and talk."

Gu Lun said without moving, "Father, if you have anything to say, just tell me. I have things to do."

Gu Yan's face suddenly looked a little ugly. This son didn't use any money from the family for food and drink, and he took care of himself, but his life was very good. Such ability made him a little scared, fear for his own son.

"Did you guys cause the Fourth Prince's illness?" Gu Yan asked.

Gu Lun looked at his father. It seemed that his father was not as stupid as he thought. He could actually guess such a secret matter.

The Fourth Prince and the Third Prince are brothers from the same mother. Previously, it was the Fourth Prince's men who almost killed the Ninth Prince. If it weren't for his woman Zhao Xihua who accidentally saved the Ninth Prince, it is estimated that all of them would have been killed.

The Ninth Prince was no pushover, he simply crippled the Fourth Prince, turning that favored child of heaven into a mute.

Of course... these are also Gu Lun’s big moves.

Gu Yan's heart twitched a little. His son was so bold as to cripple the Fourth Prince, yet he could still remain so calm?

As Zhao Xihua, led by the servant, walked into the main hall, the lively scene in the room suddenly came to an end. Everyone's eyes turned to Zhao Xihua who was walking into the room step by step.

Zhao Xihua stood in the center of the room and looked up at Mrs. Hua.

Mrs. Hua's taste is just like the decoration of this house, gorgeous yet vulgar. Whether it is the decorations on the furniture or the carvings on the windows, they are almost all carved into various patterns with gold, which looks particularly magnificent.

However, Mrs. Hua's undisguised pursuit and her dazzling and flamboyant personality might be what attracted Gu Yan to her?

At this moment, she was sitting in the main seat, wearing a dark purple long dress with golden patterns embroidered on the collar and cuffs. It really seemed to match the decoration in the room and had a certain charm and luxury.

Sitting next to Mrs. Hua was a young woman dressed in a dark red suit, who was also very luxurious. Although she was good-looking, her face had the same mean look as Mrs. Hua.

Sitting at the bottom were two teenage girls who looked about the same age, but looked too much like Madam Hua. Although they dressed up very carefully, their looks were too ordinary.

On the contrary, the woman on the other side was indescribably pretty and cute, but she was dressed like a young woman, just a little younger, and her expression was a little like her fifth sister Zhao Lingyun who was scheming.

However, she looked more majestic than Zhao Lingyun. In her arms was a pug with pure white fur and a pair of bells with jade pendants hanging around its neck. The dog lay in the woman's arms without moving.

Zhao Xihua couldn't clearly tell who the women in this family were, but she was now the young mistress of the family. Among all the women in the Gu family, besides Mrs. Hua, she, Zhao Xihua, had the highest status.

Although she came from the countryside and knew that many people looked down on her, she had to respect herself and know her identity.

No matter who these people are, she can definitely handle them. If they are family members, they should be polite to her. If they are guests, then Mrs. Hua, the mistress of the house, should introduce them.

Thinking of this, she stepped forward and bowed to Madam Hua generously, saying, "Hua'er greets mother."

Mrs. Hua had always looked down on her as a country girl, not to mention that she was the woman brought back by that bastard Gu Lun. She also lost face at the wedding, so she disliked Zhao Xihua even more.

Mrs. Hua didn't even raise her eyelids, she just lowered her head and talked to the woman next to her. The two girls just looked at Zhao Xihua with a faint smile, but their eyes were full of contempt.

Especially the woman holding the dog looked at Zhao Xihua with a bit of hostility in her eyes, and Zhao Xihua felt a little embarrassed standing there with his head bent, and his back felt a little sore after waiting for such a long time.

She didn't want to cause trouble for Gu Lun. After all, it was the first day she met her mother-in-law. If she found fault with him, it would be Gu Lun who would have to clean up the mess.

But now she was in such a state that she could not stand still, so she straightened up, looked at Madam Hua and said with a smile, "Mother, Hua'er is not feeling well, so I will not perform the formal ceremony for you. I hope you can forgive me!"

Mrs. Hua originally wanted to give this little bitch a warning, but she didn't expect that Zhao Xihua was so bold and so arrogant on the first day of the meeting.

"You are really a country bumpkin, a bitch without manners." The well-dressed woman next to her looked at Zhao Xihua coldly, "Did my mother ask you to finish your ceremony? As a junior, you are so disrespectful to your elders. Do you need someone to teach you these little rules?"

After hearing this, Zhao Xihua understood. This should be Gu Yan's eldest daughter, Gu Yanyu. She was three months younger than Gu Lun. It was after Gu Yan got pregnant with her outside that Gu Yan divorced his first wife.

Therefore, this child is the one that Gu Yan loves the most. He is protected like a treasure in the palm of his hand and is also married to the eldest son of a high-ranking official in Kyoto. That son-in-law also holds a high position and has an immeasurable future.

Originally, she didn't want to come back to see Zhao Xihua, but later she heard that Old Man Gu came back in person to confront her mother because of this bitch, making her mother lose face, so she came back to see what kind of person Zhao Xihua was and where her face came from.

But when she saw Zhao Xihua's neither humble nor arrogant attitude, she felt angry and couldn't control what she said.

Zhao Xihua had asked Pingshui to inquire about these people in the Gu family before, and guessed that this was the eldest daughter of the Gu family. However, what this eldest daughter said was really unsophisticated, and no one knew how she could be the young lady of a high-ranking official's family?

Zhao Xihua glanced at Gu Yanyu, whose face was livid, and sneered, "So you are my elder sister. If you consider yourself a member of the Gu family, you should call me sister-in-law. If you think you are a daughter who is married off, then you are not qualified to manage the affairs of our Gu family."

She glanced at Madam Hua, who looked unhappy, and said with a smile, "I bowed to my mother, and she hasn't said anything yet. How can you, an outsider, have the right to make irresponsible remarks here?"

As soon as Zhao Xihua finished speaking, the two girls next to her could no longer sit still. One of the girls, who was wearing a rose-red skirt, suddenly stood up, rushed to Zhao Xihua and slapped him hard in the face.