Chapter 51: Professional Traitor

  Gu Zhongbei looks like he's not reliable at all, just like a kid who had his foot stepped on and is rushing to step back.

  Yuwen Changqing knew that he had made such a decision and must have already made arrangements in his heart. Doing what he said would never be a problem.

  "Good." Yuwen Changqing responded, then pretended to be official and told the empress's words to Gu Zhaobei, after which he left the prime minister's mansion.

  The east wing is still in a mess, Gu Zhaodong frowned at Madame Gu and said: "It hasn't been determined who did it yet, Mother, why did you hit Yan'er so quickly?"

  "Who else could it be besides her?" Mrs. Gu was furious, turning to look at Shen Guiya on the bed: "You didn't even take good care of my grandson, and now that he's gone, you're still speaking up for the culprit? Honglian said she saw her push him, how can you say it was an accident?"

  Shen Guiya was frightened by the old lady and shrunk back, pursing her lips: "It's indeed Yaer herself who fell, and has nothing to do with Guiyan."

  It's all done, Gu Zhaodong is now angry but it's useless. He was dragged to the east wing to write a divorce letter, who would have thought that the maid sent would be slow and unable to stop his mother. He wanted to regret and tear up the divorce letter, but unexpectedly his mother also wanted to punish Yan'er by deducting two years of salary and not allowing her to leave the house for half a year.

  The swallow likes to look at the mountains and waters, if she doesn't let her out for half a year, isn't that going to drive her crazy? Gu Zhaodong was filled with heartache, and for a moment, he was possessed by the spirit of love, and really wrote a divorce letter to Shen Guiya.

  Shen Gui Ya's heart was secretly pleased as she pitied Mrs. Gu with a sorrowful expression.

  She made a fortune this time, not only solving the problem of her stomach, but also letting Shen Guiyan take a beating, and Gu Zhaodong could no longer fire her, it was simply a great move.

  "You're saying I should go and apologize to her? Madam Gu sneered: "I won't go, if you really don't want to pursue this matter, then you go yourself. And since the child is yours alone, don't blame me for having Dong'er divorce you!"

  Shen Guiya was taken aback and looked up at Gu Zhaodong.

  Gu Zhaodong naturally understood her meaning and sighed: "Mother, I really like Yaer, I don't want to divorce her."

  "What did you say?" Mrs. Gu glared at him with wide eyes: "Didn't you say she wasn't worthy of being a wife earlier? Why don't you want to divorce her now?"

  "The child can be reborn." Gu Zhaodong lowered his eyes and said, "As for the matters between me and Ya'er as husband and wife, Mother doesn't have to worry too much about it."

  "Was I, the old lady, meddling in other people's business?" Mrs. Gu was furious, flung her sleeve and stood up saying: "In that case, do as you please, I will no longer 'interfere' with the affairs of this eastern courtyard!"

  "Mother..." Gu Chao Dong stepped forward and grabbed Gu's wife's sleeve, but she shook him off. She looked furious, her face twisted in anger, and stormed off.

  Gu Zhaodong took a deep breath, and then slowly exhaled, looking at the messy situation in this courtyard, he closed his eyes and rubbed his brow.

  Mrs. Gu went back to the house and vented her anger, after calming down, she looked at the rows of antique "flower" vases in the room and slowly calmed down again.

  She loves antiques the most, and the antiques in this house are worth a fortune, enough for her to live a life of luxury. Today, she lost control because of her children, now looking at these things is also good. She still wants to rely on Dong Er to enjoy the glory and wealth of the second half of her life, how can she say that she doesn't care?

  She stroked a red wrapped bottle, and Mrs. Gu calmed down a lot. The child is gone, that's it. Now the key is how to find a better job for Dong Er? If after the imperial examination, the position is lower than Gu Zhaobei, wouldn't that be laughable?

  She brought over a chair, and Mrs. Gu personally got up on it to take down from the high shelf a silver-colored incense burner in the shape of three phoenixes, carefully wiping it with her handkerchief.

  It's also time for her to enter the palace and see the empress once, sending some precious things to settle this matter.

  The sky gradually darkened, and Mrs. Guo habitually wiped all the antiques on the shelf, then placed the Sanfeng Tan Zhu Xiangtan on the table, before calling in the maid to wash up and go to bed.

  Gu Zhongbei sat on the roof of the main hall.

  That's right, it's on the rooftop. The moon is dark and the wind is strong, this guy is wearing a night-traveling outfit, quietly waiting. If you don't look carefully from below, nobody would know there's someone else on this rooftop.

  Yuwen Changqing arrived quietly, also dressed in black, and landed beside him, whispering: "Is that thing in the main courtyard?"

  "Uh." Gu Zhaobei pointed to the direction below: "It's in my father's study, you can tear off half of it and say that someone discovered it and only got half of it after a fight. The empress won't blame you."

  "Good." Yuwen Chang nodded slightly and looked down, just as Gu Chengxiang happened to be coming out of the study.

  It's time! Yuwen Changqing put on his mask and flew towards the study with a dragonfly-like movement.

  Gu Zhāo Běi didn't move, sitting on the rooftop waiting for a while, estimating that Yu Wén Cháng Qīng had found what he wanted. He then picked up a tile from the rooftop, took a deep breath and threw it towards the study.

  "Bang!" A crisp sound, everyone downstairs woke up.

  "What a person!" Grand Preceptor Gu shouted loudly, coming out of the main room. Madame Gu followed him out, and together they headed towards the study. The maids and servants in the courtyard all followed after them, fearing that he was an assassin, and surrounded the study so tightly that not even water could leak through.

  Gu Zhaobei slowly went down and slipped into the main house.

  The room was mostly filled with Mrs. Gu's belongings, and Gu Zhaobei took a glance, tying a thin silk thread around the leg of the antique shelf, passing it over the partition, and pulling it towards the door. He also happened to see the Sanfeng Tanxiang incense burner on the table, kindly putting it back in its original place on the high shelf. Then he slipped under the bed.

  Yuwen Changqing's face twisted in anger as he was sold again, clutching half of the letter as he was chased by a house slave all the way, fortunately his kung fu skills were good enough and he escaped from the Gu residence without incident.

  "Look at him!" Yuwen Changqing's anger was so great that he laughed instead: "This rabbit bastard!"

  But his goal was also achieved, it's just that the process was a bit cruel.

  "How could bandits possibly get in here!" Minister Gu stormed towards the main house, his voice still furious: "With such strict guards outside, who would know the terrain?"

  Madam Guo supported him and said: "It's possible that there is a traitor, I think this house has been uneasy since the fourth daughter-in-law married in...".

  Just as they were halfway through their conversation, she stepped forward and tripped on something, stumbling forward.

  "Madam." The Grand Councilor was startled, and before he could even react, he saw Madame Gu's slightly plump body fall straight down, bringing with her the antique shelf she treasured most.

  "Whoosh----"

  A crisp sound echoed throughout the main hall, and Madame Gu had already forgotten that she was in pain, hastily lifting her head to look.