Chapter 392: Splitting Up (1)
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
“Mother!” Gu Jian noticed that something was wrong with Madam Gu and shouted nervously.
Madam Gu rolled her eyes and fell forward weakly. She heard Gu Jian’s worried voice enter her ears from afar. “Mother…”
Madam Gu’s consciousness was quickly swallowed by the darkness and she fainted.
After that, she didn’t know know what happened.
There was only a boundless darkness around her, cold and heartless…
When she opened her eyes again, she found herself in a carriage. The carriage swayed slightly, and the monotonous sound of horses’ hooves and wheels outside the carriage reached her ears.
Madam Gu felt like she was in a dream, as if everything just now was just a nightmare.
“Mother, you’re awake!” Seeing that Madam Gu was awake, Gu Jian shouted excitedly, “How are you?”
Madam Gu turned a deaf ear to him. Her muddle-headed eyes were still a little blurry as she thought to herself,
Yes, this was just a nightmare.
When we return to the Marquis Mansion, this nightmare will naturally end…
At this moment, the carriage stopped steadily. The carriage shook slightly, and a familiar female voice came from outside the carriage, sharp and unhappy. “How dare you!”
“What are you doing?! This is the Dingyuan Marquis Household. You can’t mess around…” Then, a young man’s angry voice sounded.
“I’m also following orders. Don’t make things difficult for me, lest I accidentally bump into you.” Another unfamiliar and cold male voice couldn’t hide the threat in it.
The coachman outside shouted in surprise, “Marquis!”
Gu Jian quickly lifted the curtain and looked out of the window. Yuan’an Street, where the Marquis Mansion was located, came into view. They had arrived at the Marquis Mansion.
However…
Gu Jian couldn’t help but widen his eyes to the extreme. He had suffered another heavy blow.
The entrance of the Marquis Mansion was so familiar, but at this moment, it was so unfamiliar. It had changed beyond recognition, and the ground was a mess.
The plaque above the door with the words “Dingyuan Marquis Mansion” had already been removed. The vermilion door, with a total of 35 nails, had also been removed.
At the side, a few imperial guards in bronze helmets and iron armor carried the two Suanni Stone Beasts to a carriage. The Duchess, Madam Wang, and Gu Xiao were confronting the two imperial guards.
The mother and son were exasperated, and the imperial guards had cold expressions.
On Yuan’an Street outside the Marquis Mansion, some passersby were gathered. These passersby gathered in groups of twos and threes and pointed curiously in the direction of the Marquis Mansion.
Those gazes that were watching a good show made the Wang family feel like their Marquis Mansion had been mocked.
“Marquis!” Madam Wang’s eyes lit up when she saw the Marquis Mansion’s carriage and Gu Jian, who had hurriedly alighted from it. It was as if she had seen her savior.
Madam Wang hurriedly walked towards Gu Jian. She pinched her handkerchief with one hand and pointed at the imperial guards with the other. “Marquis, look at them. They actually dared to tear down the plaque and door of our Marquis Mansion!”
10 minutes ago, the servants came to report in fear that the imperial guards had arrived and wanted to forcefully dismantle the Marquis Mansion’s plaque. The Wang family rushed over with Gu Xiao to see what was going on.
However, these imperial guards completely ignored their obstruction. They were simply like bandits, making a mess of the Marquis Mansion.
The more Madam Wang spoke, the angrier she became. She said angrily, “Marquis, you can’t…” Can’t let this go.
She stopped mid-sentence.
Madam Wang, who was a step slower, realized that something was wrong with Gu Jian. He looked dejected, as if he had suffered a blow.
Thinking that Gu Jian had entered the palace to pick up Madam Gu, Madam Wang looked up at the carriage behind him and asked, “Marquis, where’s Mother?”
These two words were like a knife to Gu Jian at this moment.
If her mother hadn’t vented her anger on Gu Yuan in a moment of anger, this wouldn’t have happened!
Gu Jian’s face darkened. He felt as if a large piece of his heart had been gouged out. He was in so much pain that he wanted to die.
The empty door of the Marquis Mansion was a silent mockery.
There seemed to be an angry rhinoceros barging around in Gu Jian’s heart. That anger and madness were about to explode from his body.
Gu Jian pushed Madam Wang away angrily, causing her to stagger back two steps. Fortunately, Gu Xiao held her in time.
Gu Jian turned a blind eye and rushed towards the empty door without looking back. His slightly hunched back looked down and pathetic..