Chapter 587: Really Important
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
She even changed her hairstyle. If one didn’t look closely, one would think she was one of the maids in the mansion.
The gatekeeper was momentarily stunned when he saw her.
Gu Qin’er was feeling desperate. With less than half an hour left, she couldn’t afford to delay any longer. She opened the door and got straight to the point, “I need to see the bride.”
The gatekeeper replied, “Miss, I’m sorry, but the bride is not receiving any visitors at the moment.”
Gu Qin’er lowered her voice and urged, “I have something very important to tell my elder sister. If it delays something crucial, can you bear the responsibility?” The gatekeeper didn’t know what she was up to but was afraid that there might be a serious matter. After exchanging a glance with his companion, one of them went inside to inform Gu Qingluan.
Bo He stood guard at the door of the new room and saw the gatekeeper approaching. She furrowed her delicate eyebrows and asked softly when she entered the courtyard, “What’s going on?”
The gatekeeper replied, “Fifth Lady Gu has come again, claiming that she has something urgent to tell Madam.”
Bo He looked back at the tightly closed door and thought about how her mistress went to the Salvation Hall to save someone yesterday and hadn’t slept well last night. She woke up early to dress up. Now that she finally had a chance to rest, it seemed unnecessary to disturb her for someone with unclear intentions. She instructed the gatekeeper to refuse Gu Qin’er.
Gu Qin’er anxiously waited outside the courtyard.
She thought to herself that with her current appearance, those two men shouldn’t recognize her.
At first, she did intend to follow the instructions of those two men, but as the moment approached, she suddenly changed her mind.
Ever since Gu Qingluan returned to Tianjing, she had become very mysterious.
Anyone, whether from the Gu family or outsiders, who opposed her, didn’t end up well.
After thinking it over, Gu Qin’er felt that instead of cooperating with two unknown villains, she might as well take a gamble. Maybe she could gain Gu Qingluan’s trust from this point onward.
But she didn’t expect that Gu Qingluan would refuse to see her at all.
“Fifth Lady Gu, please go back. Madam is not available to see guests right now,” the gatekeeper said.
Gu Qin’er furrowed her eyebrows, “I really have something very important to tell her. If she doesn’t listen, she will definitely regret it!”
The gatekeeper didn’t take her seriously and stood guard at the door like a door god. Gu Qin’er couldn’t enter at all, and she didn’t dare to make a scene, fearing it would attract the attention of those two men.
Should she just leave like this?
Half an hour might seem brief, but if she failed to hand over Gu Xiaonan to those two men by that time, the poison within her would begin to take its toll.
If something really happened to Gu Xiaonan, Gu Qingluan might trace it back to her. Even if she cured the poison, she would likely meet a miserable end.
Wasn’t the Fifth Prince killed because he kidnapped Gu Qingluan’s son?
Thinking of this, Gu Qin’er felt uneasy.
She gritted her teeth and asked them for ink, paper, brush, and inkstone.
The gatekeeper didn’t refuse this request. After going inside to explain the situation, he brought out paper and ink for her.
Gu Qin’er took the pen and inkstone, quickly wrote a letter, folded it several times, and handed it to the gatekeeper. “Please give this to elder sister and tell her it’s really important.”
After saying that, she left in a hurry.
In the backyard.
The Feng Residence was very large, and most of the servants were helping in the front yard, making the backyard seem particularly deserted.
The scar-faced man and the tall, thin man hid behind a rockery.
There was a gap between the rockeries that allowed them to see the entrance to the backyard.
“Could that girl be deceiving us?” the scar-faced man couldn’t help but ask his companion, unable to contain his doubts.
The tall, thin man remained calm and replied, “I inquired earlier. Her name is Gu Qin’er, and she is indeed the Fifth Lady of the Gu family. She has a strained relationship with Gu Qingluan, her half-sister. She shouldn’t go and complain.”
He was always cautious by nature, even after poisoning Gu Qin’er, he still remained uneasy.
So, before waiting in the backyard, he first went to investigate her background.
The scar-faced man nodded approvingly. “You’re thorough in your preparations.”
As the appointed time approached and they still hadn’t seen Gu Qin’er and the child, the scar-faced man furrowed his brow and muttered, “Half an hour has almost passed. Could that girl be unable to bring the child over?”
The tall, thin man didn’t speak, his eyes fixed on the entrance gate.
Suddenly, his ears twitched, and he whispered, “Someone’s coming..”