Carrying the little lucky star, leading the villain on the road to exile

Chapter 125. Borrowing
Seeing that the story was still unfolding according to the book, Bai Suihe shook her head and walked back, saying, "What male and female leads? They're just the epitome of trouble."

Gu Kaiyuan wholeheartedly agreed, saying that things were certainly going to get interesting.

"Do you think we should try to move further away?" Bai Suihe suddenly felt that this distance didn't make her feel safe. If a conflict broke out, they would also be dragged into it.

"Liu Pingkang and the others will not allow it. Right now, some people in the Gu family wish the two of us would never appear in front of them again."

Bai Suihe immediately understood; the Third Prince's identity could be kept secret from others, but it certainly couldn't be kept from the Gu family.

How could the Gu family possibly involve them in such a golden opportunity?

"That's good," Bai Suihe whispered, "If they don't come looking for us, we shouldn't go looking for them either. It's not bad to be familiar strangers."

Gu Kaiyuan deeply agreed, and at the same time felt sorry for Gu Antong in her previous life. That self-righteous favor was probably a carefully calculated scheme.

They remained silent all night, but the Gu family was in a state of excitement all night long.

Even if they give up their carriages today and can only squeeze together next to the fire, it will not extinguish the fire in their hearts.

"Tong'er, that's the Third Prince," Liu Yun couldn't sleep, so she forced Liu Kaiping and his son to fetch some water and used a handkerchief to clean the dirt off Gu Antong's face.

For safety reasons, she had previously forced her daughter not to wash or groom herself for several days, but today she was going to do it herself and make her daughter look beautiful.

Gu Antong looked somewhat shy. "Mother, how could the Third Prince possibly be interested in me looking like this?"

The mother and daughter had discussed it before and wanted to learn about the princes. Unfortunately, the emperor personally bestowed the marriages of the princes, and only the princes' mothers and daughters could make the decisions for the concubines and other women.

As the daughter of a minor official, she would never be betrothed; she could only go through the imperial concubine selection process.

After making so many preparations and building a good reputation, who knew that they would suddenly fall from heaven to hell.

Gu Antong had already prepared for the worst, but tonight things took an unexpected turn for the better.

"My Tong'er is so beautiful and intelligent, what good man wouldn't like her?" Liu Yun was a little proud. She combed her hair neatly and washed her face. When she saw her clothes covered in mud, she felt deep regret.

Why didn't I think to prepare a set of clothes for my daughter in advance when we were at the post station?
“This outfit is a bit inappropriate,” Gu Antong said, her face also looking rather grim. Now that she could see a glimmer of hope, she didn’t want to be thrown back into despair.

"Mother, what should we do?" Because it was dark today, Gu Baijiang only gave a vague introduction, but she couldn't show up in her current state when they were traveling together tomorrow.

"There's nowhere to prepare now," Liu Yun thought regretfully, and she also had a lot of complaints about Gu Baijiang.

Back at the post station, you took so much silver. If you had prepared a change of clothes for everyone, she wouldn't be in such a predicament now.

"How about we ask Third Aunt?" Gu Antong looked into the distance. Wearing someone else's clothes made her uncomfortable, but she could only endure it.

"You mean you want to borrow clothes from your Bai family?" Liu Yun carefully recalled Bai Suihe's clothes these past few days, and they didn't seem that outstanding.

"Who said she borrowed clothes from her third aunt? With such a big belly, how could her clothes be aesthetically pleasing? I was talking about the two maids beside her."

Although Gu Antong didn't admit it, she knew very well that Dongmei and the others were dressed much better than them. If this exile group was any better dressed than Dongmei and the others, then they were the only ones who could barely be considered presentable.

"That's a good idea," the two girls said. Although their clothes weren't made of fine fabric, they were clean and tidy.

Even the most exquisite clothes need to be matched with delicate hair accessories, which is really inappropriate for their status. "I just don't know if they're willing," Gu Antong said, wringing out her handkerchief. "My third uncle and third aunt had a lot of opinions about us before, so I'm afraid they won't be willing to help us."

“Even if it costs me my dignity, I will go and beg them,” Liu Yun said, standing up. “You are the hope of our entire Gu family. Your third uncle should know what’s important.”

Gu Kaiping listened silently to the mother and daughter's conversation without making a move to stop them.

Gu Kaiyuan probably won't refuse, since they'll share the glory.

Xu Yulan, who was leaning against them, slightly opened her eyes. Seeing her sister-in-law leave in a huff, she pouted and quietly nudged Gu Kaichen.

Do you think your sister-in-law will succeed?

"How would I know? I hope so." Gu Kaichen didn't even open his eyes, but he was calculating in his heart. If An Tong could get close to the Third Prince, then their Gu family's return to the capital would be just around the corner.

“If that man really takes a liking to her, the eldest son’s family will rise to great heights,” Xu Yulan said bitterly. “Why don’t we have a daughter?”

Gu Kaichen didn't even bother with her; this woman always had some unrealistic ideas.

Liu Yun ran all the way to Bai Suihe's carriage, but was stopped by Zhuang Datou, who was on night watch.

"I want to see my third brother," Liu Yun said arrogantly, as if she were already the mother-in-law of a prince.

"It's so late, let's talk about it tomorrow." Anyway, nothing good ever comes from the Gu family, so Zhuang Datou couldn't be bothered to deal with them.

"Gu Kaiyuan... Gu Kaiyuan... come out here."

Gu Kaiyuan, who was about to fall asleep with his eyes closed, took a deep breath and was truly happy. What happened now?
Bai Suihe gave him a push, "Hurry up and go check it out, there's never a moment of peace."

Gu Kaiyuan lifted the curtain and poked his head out. "Sister-in-law, what's all this commotion about in the middle of the night?"

"Come down, your sister-in-law has some good news to tell you." Liu Yun's face flushed with excitement.

Gu Kaiyuan jumped off the train. "Can't we talk about this tomorrow?"

He was curious to hear what kind of trouble this was all about.

"Where is Bai Suihe? My sister-in-law has come all this way, can't she even show her face?" Thinking that she would have to rely on Bai Suihe for what was to come, Liu Yun asked directly.

"Sister-in-law, Suihe is pregnant and is already asleep."

"With such a commotion, has he not woken up yet?" Liu Yun clearly didn't believe this explanation, but since she needed their help, she could only take a deep breath and say, "Sister-in-law wants to borrow something from you."

Gu Kaiyuan said, "Sister-in-law, you're making fun of me. When we were at the post station, you bought a lot of things, why would you even bother with my meager possessions?"

The food we bought is only enough for a few of us, so we can't lend it to you.

"What are you talking about? I'm not asking you for grain." Liu Yun knew that to get Gu Kaiyuan to lend her the goods, she had to promise him something lucrative. "You know we have a distinguished guest today, right?"

Gu Kaiyuan, "Is that the one who was being chased?"