Rebirth and Marriage: I am the Mistress of the Palace

Chapter 684 I have only just begun to recognize you in this life

"Them? Who?"

"Who does father think it is? Who else could it be?! You are already extremely powerful, second only to the emperor! Who else could wipe out the entire Gu family with just a flick of the finger?"

"Shut up! Stop talking! I don't want to hear a word!"

"Of course, if Father gave up all his power, gave up An Ning's position as Crown Princess, gave up Big Brother's future career, and resigned from office to live in seclusion, there might be a glimmer of hope. But I think Father would definitely not choose this path. You would rather die than give up power."

"I think you've been caught in too much rain, and your brain is full of water! If I give up my power, can you still live a good life? The moment I give up my power, that will be the day when the Gu family will be liquidated by political enemies!"

Gu Rongchang's expression was stern. "It's because I've always refused to give up power that the Gu family has achieved its current status and wealth that everyone envies!"

"The fate of giving up power will be like that of the Pei family. Only the empty title of a prince will remain, and only an empty shell will remain. They can't even protect their sons, and can only stay in the capital as a hostage!"

"Or are you willing to be a hostage to the Emperor, staying alone in the capital, never to be reunited with your family again?"

"Even if you have your own child in the future, that child will be sent to the palace as a hostage from birth! Are you willing? Tang'er is willing?"

Gu Qianhan said indifferently, "I don't want to. That's why I only started to agree with you in this life. Fighting for power is what a man of the Gu family should do. Those who avoid it are cowards and will not have a good ending."

Gu Rongchang frowned: "What do you mean, what do you mean by this life? What other lives do you have?"

Gu Qianhan did not answer him. He said calmly, "It's getting late. You should rest. I should go back too. Atang is still waiting for me."

After he finished speaking, he turned around, opened the door, and disappeared into the rain.

Gu Rongchang looked at his back, his brows furrowed tighter and tighter.

His son's seemingly unintentional words caused waves in his heart.

In recent days, he has heard some strange things, such as Xiao Qingyuan, who always said that he was reborn.

He said that he and Shen Wantang were husband and wife in his previous life, and that he had seen through the true colors of many people in his previous life. It was only in this life that he realized that none of the women who approached him were good people, and only Shen Wantang treated him sincerely, so he tried his best to take Shen Wantang back to Prince Ning's Mansion in this life.

Rumors outside also said that it seemed that Xiao Qingyuan was not the only one who was reborn, there was also Liu Nanshi from the Pavilion Elder's Mansion, and even Chu Yanluo, who once made Xiao Qingyuan love him to death.

Gu Rongchang originally did not believe in these weird things, because Xiao Qingyuan was not very smart and often did some extraordinary things and acted crazy. Who knew if he confused dreams with reality.

But now even my son is talking about "this life", which is strange.

He might not be so clear about whether other people's brains were good or not, but he knew very well how good Gu Qianhan's brain was.

Could it be that his son was also reborn? Did he know what would happen in the future and that the Gu family would not have a good ending?

Otherwise, there is really no way to explain why he suddenly wanted to rebel, and even the fact that he suddenly wanted to marry Shen Wantang cannot be explained.

The Shen family is a small family, and Shen Wantang is even a concubine's daughter. There is a huge gap between her and the Duke's Mansion, and she has nothing to do with Gu Qianhan, the pride of the world.

She knew the character of her own son very well. He was very arrogant and thought highly of himself. He thought he was the smartest man in the world and looked down on every woman. Even the famous and most talented woman, Liu Nanshi, was not in his eyes.

But he happened to take a fancy to the unknown Shen Wantang.

This is very unreasonable.

Unless - he knew Shen Wantang in his previous life, so he had to perform a play in Fazhen Temple in this life, pretending that Shen Wantang saved his mother, and then proposed marriage in the name of gratitude.

Gu Rongchang was stunned by his own guess!

If the son was truly reborn, then all his actions would be explainable!

But, how is rebirth possible? !

The servant came forward and said, "Master, it's already midnight. You should go back to your room and rest. I'm afraid your body can't bear this every day!"

"Why should I rest? The sky is about to be pierced by that evil creature, why should I rest?"

"This……"

"Go, call Qian Ning for me!"

The servant was surprised: "Master, now? I'm afraid the young lady has already fallen asleep!"

"Right now! Go and call her right now. It would be more effective if we call her in the middle of the night to question her. It would be even better if she's half asleep! I just don't believe that. That evil creature is so smart that I can't get anything useful out of her. This one's brain isn't that good, is it?"

Boy: "..."

How could someone insult their own daughter like this? Hasn't the eldest daughter always been the apple of the Duke's eye? She's been pampered every day, so why are they saying she's not smart enough today?

Alas, could it be that the master has been so angry with the second young master that he has lost his mind?

He sighed in his heart, but walked out nimbly, running to Gu Qianning's yard to call for help.

A moment later, Gu Qianning came over, rubbing her eyes. "Father, what's wrong? Did something happen? Why did you call your daughter here at this hour?"

Gu Rongchang's expression was solemn and his voice was dignified: "Your second brother has already told all your secrets."

Gu Qianning was shocked and stared at him without rubbing her eyes. "What?! Second brother, did he really say that?"

Gu Rongchang was shocked. Is there really a secret?

He actually just noticed that in recent days, his second son and eldest daughter, who were not close at first, began to become close, and even often went out and came home together. It was as weird as it could be.

So, he thought of calling his daughter over and playing a trick on her.

I didn’t expect there would be such a surprise!

He calmed himself down and said with a look of understanding, "Yes, he did talk about rebirth."

Gu Qianning's surprise turned into indignation. "How could Second Brother do this? He didn't let me tell you about my rebirth, but he told you himself. How rude! I was so careful with my words and actions, afraid that you would notice something was wrong. If I had known this would happen, why would I pretend? I would just tell you directly!"

Gu Rongchang's eyelids twitched as he listened. What was going on? From the sound of it, it seemed like Gu Qianhan wasn't the only one who was reborn? Was his daughter also reborn?

Isn't this rebirth thing really mysterious? Why is it so worthless? Everyone in the capital, one, two, three, four, has been reborn?

He was about to continue trying to get more information, but his daughter was so straightforward that she spilled all the beans: "Since Father already knows about my second brother and I being reborn, then surely Father should also know why I don't want to marry the Crown Prince?"

"Xiao Qingxuan killed my eldest brother and me! He wiped out our entire family! He and I have an irreconcilable feud. In this life, it's either him or me who will die. Marriage is absolutely impossible!"

"I support Second Brother in whatever he wants to do, and I'm willing to be his vanguard! I want to kill Xiao Qingxuan before he kills me!"