Chapter 678: White-Eyed Wolf

The shouts in the warm pavilion grew louder and louder, and Gu Shijie began cursing Gu Jiu Ling to a miserable death.

"What empress in the palace? She's nothing but someone I, Gu Shijie, raised."

"But I ended up raising a white-eyed wolf, who actually threw her own father out to the countryside to fend for herself?"

Gu Jiu Ling's eyes turned slightly cold; Gu Shijie's mouth sure is bold.

And he claims he raised her?

You should know that originally the entire Gu Minister's Residence was her maternal grandfather Du Lao Yezi's dowry brought for her.

The dowry her mother left behind was enough to raise not just one daughter, but even hundreds or thousands of daughters would be no problem.

Now it's all credited to him alone—where does he get the nerve?

Gu Jiu Ling was about to say something when—bang! —Xiao Yin stepped over her, lifted his leg, and kicked open the door of the warm pavilion, and the cursing inside stopped abruptly.

Xiao Yin looked even angrier than Gu Jiu Ling, strode in, and saw the floor littered with shards and broken bowls.

It was Gu Shijie losing his temper, smashing the teacups on the floor; at that moment, Gu Shijie saw Xiao Yin walk in, and he froze on the spot.

Gu Jiu Ling and Gu Kang followed closely behind and also entered.

Gu Jiu Ling stared fixedly at the old man standing in the middle of the warm pavilion; she never expected that after just a few years without seeing him, Gu Shijie would have become like this.

His hair was white and flecked, his eyes cloudy; he'd probably been farming in the countryside for a long time, and his formerly fair complexion had turned sallow and dark.

Although he wore silk robes, he was like a skeleton draped in luxurious clothing, giving an especially eerie feeling.

Gu Shijie never expected to see his own son and daughter in this state, and even his son-in-law, the current emperor Xiao Yin.

He was a bit dazed for a moment, moving his lips, Xin Tou Bu Zhi Dao Shuo Shénme.

"Bold? Seeing Me and still not kneeling?" Xiao Yin's brows furrowed fiercely.

Gu Shijie's heart jolted and he knelt before Xiao Yin, but when he touched the ground he suddenly wondered why he was so obedient.

Although Xiao Yin wore commoner's clothes, the aura about him still made Gu Shijie feel a bit afraid.

The person standing before him was the current emperor, and he had to endure being made to kneel.

Gu Shijie's surprise quickly turned into a fawning smile as he turned to look at Gu Jiu Ling standing to the side: "Good daughter, you've finally come."

He then looked at his son: "Kang'er, I hear you're now the Prime Minister; Father is delighted."

Having said that, Gu Shijie tried to rise, knowing Xiao Yin was just jabbing at him with words.

After all, he was his father-in-law; just as he was about to rise, the Imperial Secret Guard that Xiao Yin had brought drew his sword with a swish, instantly placing it at Gu Shijie's throat and forcing him back down to kneel on the ground.

Gu Shijie, having read a few books, felt his face lost; he immediately shouted: "Your Majesty, how can you treat me like this? I am your father-in-law!"

Xiao Yin lowered himself slowly, coldly staring at him and said: "Father-in-law? Heh, do you now recognize this daughter of yours?"

Gu Shijie moved his lips, truly feeling a strong killing intent emanating from the person before him, his neck going cold.

He whispered: "But after all, I am her father—are you going to kill her father in front of her?"

Xiao Yin slightly turned his face, looking toward Gu Jiu Ling to the side: "My love, what do you think?"

Gu Jiu Ling curled the corner of her lip in mockery: "Drag him out and kill him—this kind of person wastes air while alive, land when dead, and even money when half-dead; what's the point of keeping him?"

"You… you… what are you going to do? I am your father!"

Gu Jiu Ling's eyes grew colder; she stepped forward and seized Gu Shijie's collar: "Father?"

She drew a harsh breath: "When you favored your concubine and cast aside your wife, why didn't you say I was your father?"

"You let Lin Yiniang raise my brother into a spoiled brat, and had your beloved second daughter set a trap that nearly killed me—you knew all this, yet you still let them run rampant; where was my good father then?"

"Even when your other two good sons wanted to pull out my brother Gu Kang's bones and strip his skin, where did your inner balance lie?"

"You literally forced my mother to death, stepping on her corpse to climb to power"

"Do you even deserve the title 'father'? Earlier, it was only for the sake of those two words 'father' that I let you stay in the countryside; now you've come back not knowing life or death—well, let's just leave you with your life."

"No, no, no, let me go, Kang'er! Father, I beg you! Don't kill me!"

Gu Shijie suddenly realized that Gu Jiu Ling and Xiao Yin were really not joking.

Gu Shijie hurriedly turned to his son Gu Kang for help.

Gu Kang's eyes flickered slightly, then he stepped forward.

"Elder sister, brother-in-law, spare his life; this time I guarantee I won't let him run away again."

Gu Jiu Ling said: "I have long severed all ties with this scoundrel; if you want to spare his life, then go ahead and do as you wish."

"But next time there will be no room for maneuver; if I see this disgusting scoundrel appear before me again, I will personally execute him."

Gu Jiu Ling is originally a soul transmigrated from another world, so to Gu Shijie she feels no great sense of responsibility or duty.

Seeing his elder sister nod in agreement, Gu Kang ordered people to drag the terrified, urine-soaked Gu Shijie, who had collapsed on the ground, to his feet and led him outward.

"Wait," Xiao Yin slowly turned around, looking at Gu Jiu Ling as she packed her belongings.

"Minister Gu, where are you sending him?"

Gu Kang slowly said: "Your Majesty, I will send him back to a manor in the suburbs and keep him there."

Xiao Yin coldly replied: "No need; send him back to Southwest Town. Remember, this time if he spots a chance and runs back to the capital, everyone around him will die!"

"He is unfit to be a husband or a father; having such a person live together with Jiu Ling in the capital is an insult to the instructor."

"Send him back again to that godforsaken place where birds don't even poop, and keep him locked up until death."

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty! I once served as Prime Minister of Southern Qi, with no merit but hardship; Your Majesty, please wait. Even if you give me a minor capital post, I would be satisfied."

Gu Shijie also didn't want to be confined to that place—it was deserted, his servants constantly bullied him, and life there was worse than death.

6"Please, save me, father……"

Gu Kang also calmed down; tomorrow he will send Gu Shijie away from the capital.

Gu Shijie was dragged out of the courtyard, shouting loudly: "You little ungrateful brats, failing to love your elders will bring retribution—m."

"You will suffer retribution!" Gu Shijie roared.

Gu Jiu Ling coldly laughed: "Retribution? This is your retribution!"