Chapter 297: Mistress wouldn't want Master Yue to know about this, would you?

Gu Hanyuan's voice gradually turned cold and sharp.

"I never expected that you, Mistress, known as the Jade Maiden of Huashan, would be the type of person to pry into your daughter's private affairs."

Seeing Ning Zhongze's increasingly pale face, he added:

"I am truly very disappointed."

Ning Zhongze's expression was shaken.

Gu Hanyuan's final tone, filled with disappointment, made her feel somewhat sad.

It wasn't because she was sad about Gu Hanyuan's disappointment, but rather sad about her own disappointment in herself.

She had lived her whole life as an upright and generous person.

She was a heroine of the Jianghu known far and wide.

How many women idolized the title "Heroine Ning"?

In the entire Song Guo, apart from Huang Rong, she considered herself inferior to no woman.

If Gu Hanyuan hadn't said anything, this matter would at most have made her somewhat awkward.

However, when Gu Hanyuan brought it up openly, it was no longer just awkwardness.

It was the fate of having decades of reputation destroyed in an instant.

Because she was too shocked, she didn't even hear the teasing tone in Gu Hanyuan's words.

Ning Zhongze, with an ugly expression, could only force a defense:

"That was just something I saw by accident; it wasn't intentional."

However, Gu Hanyuan did not give her any chance for luck.

His voice was bone-chillingly cold:

"Oh? Saw it by accident? Can you watch for so long by accident? Could it be that you think I truly didn't know when you arrived?"

"I..."

Ning Zhongze wanted to say something, but gave up in despair.

Because she knew that no matter what she said, it would be wrong.

Could she say it was because she was surprised that she didn't leave immediately?

How could she bring herself to say such words?

In fact, in Gu Hanyuan's view, Ning Zhongze's psychology was actually quite normal.

In the modern era, voyeurism was not a strange thing; one could even say that the vast majority of people had such psychological problems.

It was just that some people could hold back, while others couldn't.

Otherwise, there wouldn't be so many strange cases.

However, in this era, feudal ethics were extremely repressive.

Although such matters could not be brought to the table, if they were exposed, one would inevitably face the fate of being pointed at by thousands of people.

Ning Zhongze's face was ashen; she even began to feel desperate.

Gu Hanyuan let out a long sigh, his tone changing from cold to helpless.

"You are, after all, Shan'er's mother, and I don't want to make things difficult for you."

Gu Hanyuan's words caused a glimmer of light to suddenly flash in Ning Zhongze's desperate heart.

Her pale complexion also eased.

Because the conversation between the two had been too serious, and Gu Hanyuan's words had been too cold, she had momentarily forgotten the relationship between Gu Hanyuan and Yue Lingshan.

Ning Zhongze steadied herself and said:

"Young Hero Gu, I know you like Shan'er, and Shan'er likes you. Master Yue and I are both very supportive of you being together."

She misunderstood that Gu Hanyuan was acting this way because she had just blocked them from staying together, thinking she opposed the matter between Gu Hanyuan and Yue Lingshan.

"But just now, you didn't agree to me staying with Shan'er, Mistress."

Seeing Gu Hanyuan indeed say this, Ning Zhongze told him the reason she had long since thought of.

"That was just because I didn't want Shan'er to give herself away here. After you are married, you can naturally stay together."

"In other words, you still don't agree to me staying with Shan'er now, Mistress?"

Gu Hanyuan's eyes were deep, his voice becoming cold as ice again.

"Then, can we discuss the atonement for your prying earlier, Mistress?"

Ning Zhongze had thought the matter could be concluded here. ===== CHAPTER 299 =====

Gu Hanyuan's words caused a glimmer of light to suddenly flash in Ning Zhongze's desperate heart,

and her pale complexion was able to ease.

Because the conversation between the two just now had been too serious,

and Gu Hanyuan's words had been too icy,

she had momentarily forgotten the relationship between Gu Hanyuan and Yue Lingshan.

Ning Zhongze steadied herself and said:

"Young Hero Gu, I know you like Shan'er, and Shan'er likes you too. My senior brother and I both approve of you being together."

She misunderstood that Gu Hanyuan was acting this way because she had just blocked them from sharing a room,

thinking that she was opposed to the affair between Gu Hanyuan and Yue Lingshan.

"But just now, Madam did not agree to let me share a room with Shan'er."

Seeing that Gu Hanyuan indeed said this, Ning Zhongze

told him the reason she had already prepared:

"That was only because I did not want Shan'er to give herself away here. Once you are married, you can naturally share a room."

"In other words, Madam still does not agree to let me share a room with Shan'er now?"

Gu Hanyuan's eyes were deep,

and his voice became cold as ice again.

"Then, Madam, can we discuss the atonement for your peeping earlier?"

Ning Zhongze had originally thought the matter could be settled there.