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

Chapter 259, Section 259: Threat
These words indeed intimidated the Gu family father and son, except for Gu Kaiyuan, of course.

Seeing that the Gu family remained silent, Xu Shuanghong became somewhat smug. "Baijiang, what do you think I should do now? Should I go to the adults myself to appeal my grievances, or should we settle this matter today?"

When Gu Baijiang looked up, his face was full of tenderness. "Shuanghong, you know my feelings. We've already agreed on this before. It's just that the conditions are really too simple. You've already suffered enough by being with me. The proper ceremony should still be held..."

"I don't care, aren't your people here too?"

They must have brought their family genealogy with them; it's just a matter of writing something down for us to bring over."

The Gu family was surprised that Xu Shuanghong had thought of even this, and they were unsure how to react.

"You know my relationship with my clansmen is a bit strained. I'll bring this up again after I've eased things up a bit." Gu Baijiang looked at Gu Kaiyuan, who wasn't usually so sharp-tongued and didn't know how to help him out of a tight spot.

Gu Kaiyuan initially intended to ignore it, but upon seeing Bai Suihe, he instantly changed his mind.

"Included in the family genealogy?" Gu Kaiyuan seemed to have heard a huge joke. "Didn't my father tell you that even my sister-in-law and nephews aren't included in the family genealogy? Why would he do something special for you?"

Xu Shuangfeng looked at Gu Baijiang in shock, as if he were an idiot. How could he not even include his own grandson in the family genealogy? Did he even have a brain?
Gu Baijiang felt a little uncomfortable being stared at, but since she had helped him out of the predicament, he braced himself and said, "I was too busy in previous years and didn't have time to go back to my clan's territory, so it was delayed."

No one present believed this excuse. No matter how busy they were, couldn't they find time to write a letter?

How could Gu Baijiang be so foolish? An official shouldn't be so concerned about protecting his reputation. How could he leave such a huge handle on someone else?

If his political enemies can seize on this, he will have no chance of promotion.

It's quite lucky that we haven't suffered any losses because of this over the years.

Xu Shuanghong knew that this path was blocked, and she was both angry and resentful, but she couldn't say anything. If she went to the Gu family now, she would not only get no help, but she might not even be able to save face.

"This matter cannot be left like this. You have to give me an explanation, otherwise how will I be able to face others in the future?"

The middle-aged woman has her own charm, and with her past relationship with Gu Baijiang, she knows how to handle this man. Being weak won't work; otherwise, he'll just think you're easy to bully.

Anyway, she's done what she was supposed to do, so now she's going all out.

In front of Gu's son and daughter-in-law, Xu Shuanghong stood close to Gu Baijiang and said, "Baijiang, you promised me before that you would treat me well. Now that we have such a good opportunity, why are you still turning me away?"

Gu Baijiang had never been so intimate with Xu Huizhen in front of their children and grandchildren before, even at home. He looked extremely uncomfortable. "Be careful, the children are watching."

"What does it matter? I'm already yours anyway. Just tell me, can we finalize this title today?"

"This……"

"Is writing a marriage certificate really that difficult for you?" Xu Shuanghong pressed on. "So many people already know about what's going on between us. Instead of trying to cover it up, we might as well just put it out in the open."

"But the children..."

“You’re the father, do you think they can make decisions for you?” “You’re the head of the family…”

If this woman really goes all out, she really can disregard everything else.

Gu Baijiang was immediately at a disadvantage. He looked to his three sons for help. The eldest son had a cold expression, the second son was indifferent, and the third son, a good-for-nothing, looked like he was watching a good show. None of them wanted to help him.

"You have no shame," at least there was the second son's wife. She put her hands on her hips and scolded Xu Shuanghong, "Look at your actions in public, so frivolous. How can you be worthy of my father-in-law?"

My father-in-law is going to return to the imperial court in the future. Even if he wants to remarry, a concubine's daughter from a high-ranking family would be worthy of him. Don't you know your place?
With your style and manner, which wealthy family's female relatives would want to associate with you?

In short, this matter won't work out. Either you become a concubine like your daughter and serve my father-in-law, or you become a lowly concubine.

Or we can just pretend this morning's events never happened, like before.

Gu Baijiang found the words agreeable; his boss had spoken to him about it before, and he was also weighing the options.

With his trump cards, returning to the capital is only a matter of time. Even if he can't re-enter the court, with his wealth, he can find another wife, not to mention a woman from a wealthy family. If he lets Xu Shuanghong take his wife's place now, he will not only become a laughing stock, but he also doesn't want to accept it.

“Father,” Gu Kaiyuan liked watching the drama, but he didn’t want to wait here for them to argue endlessly, “I think my second sister-in-law is right. This Madam Xu, what is their background? To be honest, we don’t really know either.”

Even if they were your old friends, Father, you lost contact with them for many years. You have no idea what happened during that time, or what they did.

"Our current situation is already quite difficult. Taking such a huge risk to take in these people of unknown origin is already incredibly kind of you, Father. But to become family with them in such an ambiguous way—Father, even if you agree, we brothers don't."

Gu Baijiang breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Gu Kaiyuan had finally opened his mouth. As long as Gu Kaiyuan was willing to help, he wouldn't suffer this loss today.

He didn't know why he had such thoughts, but that's what his heart told him.

“I understand your concerns, Madam Xu. Why don’t we go to the government office together when we get to Lingnan? As long as everyone is okay, we can sit down and have a proper talk then.”

Don't worry, now that you're mine, I certainly won't treat you unfairly.

Xu Shuangfeng, “...I really misjudged you. You just let your son and daughter-in-law slander me like this?”
Don't you know my background? Although I've been married for the past ten years or so, I haven't done anything immoral or immoral. My daughter and I are both from an upright family..."

“Madam Xu,” Bai Suihe saw Xu Shuanghong glaring fiercely at Gu Kaiyuan several times and knew that the feud had been formed. The Gu family was really troublesome, dragging them into it once again. “Don’t look at us with such fierce eyes, or we will be scared.”

"Don't talk nonsense, I didn't..."

“We’re not going to argue about whether it’s true or not right now,” Bai Suihe waved her hand dismissively. “Anyway, eyes can’t kill people, otherwise there would be countless more executioners.”

We never said you weren't an innocent family; we just wanted to put everyone at ease and reduce any future misunderstandings. It's just a matter of time, so why is Madam Xu in such a hurry?

(End of this chapter)