freenovelworld Chapter 526 Is it really him?
Chapter 526 Is it really him?
After washing up and changing clothes, the maid tidied the bed, and they ate breakfast.
With nothing else to do, Ye Qing'an simply dismissed the servants and stayed in the room with Yi Moxu to read.
As soon as the book was turned, Yi Moxu spoke up: "Last night, the people searching for Ye Qinghao's whereabouts in the Monster Forest found some clues and found one of Ye Qinghao's jade pendants."
"Ye Qinghao's jade pendant?" Ye Qing'an looked up.
When Ye Qinghao fell into the Monster Forest, he was probably summoned away by the steward with a summoning circle as soon as he landed.
So many days have passed, and those who were searching for Ye Qinghao's whereabouts have been fruitless, but now they have suddenly discovered Ye Qinghao's jade pendant?
"Where was it found? Where did Ye Qinghao fall?"
“No.” Yi Moxu shook his head: “The search and rescue team still hasn’t entered the very center of the Monster Forest. The jade pendant was found in a cave in the Monster Forest.”
"It seems that Ye Qinghao set up the whole scheme himself. First the jade pendant, then other things. As more and more things were discovered, Ye Qinghao was bound to show up and come back."
Ye Qing'an lowered her eyes and chuckled softly: "When Yi Yun Kui ordered me to follow the army to quell the rebellion, I already guessed that Ye Qinghao would try to come back before I left Wangjing City."
“Hmm.” Yi Moxu nodded: “Let’s just see how he performs this scene.”
After Yi Moxu finished telling Ye Qing'an about this, Ye Qing'an saw a glimpse of a blue robe appear outside the door.
This is already the second time.
Ye Qing'an thought to herself that the blue hem of her dress represented the color blue-black.
Qingdai probably had something to report, but because Yimoxu was still there, she didn't dare to come in.
Yi Moxu had probably already noticed, and Ye Qing'an saw Yi Moxu stand up: "Eleventh should be practicing martial arts now, right?"
“Hmm.” Ye Qing’an nodded: “Every morning at this time, Eleven is practicing horse stance with the hidden guards around him.”
"I'll go and take a look."
Just as Ye Qing'an had predicted, Qingdai walked in as soon as Yi Moxu left.
"Miss, news has come from the Monster Forest that the people searching for Prime Minister Ye have found his jade pendant in a cave in the Monster Forest."
Ye Qing'an nodded; she had already learned about this matter.
Seeing that Ye Qing'an did not continue asking questions, Qingdai brought up another matter: "Miss asked me to send people to inquire about the current situation of the Gu family, and we have already made some progress. After Gu Hai's accident, all affairs of the Gu family have been managed by Gu Hai's younger brother, Gu Jiang."
Gu Jiang?
Is it the one that Qing'an saw in Huayang Palace that night?
Ye Qing'an ran her fingers over the pages of the book. Could it be that the person behind the Gu family was Gu Jiang?
But it shouldn't be...
Gu Jiang and Gu Hai are brothers born of the same mother. More than ten years ago, Gu Jiang was about the same age as Gu Hai and did not seem to be particularly outstanding, or even as good as Gu Hai.
How could someone like that have the audacity to steal Gu Duo's soul ten years ago and actually succeed?
It is said that Gu Duo was sent back to Siyou Kingdom by Mingyue Kingdom only after his soul was extracted.
Gu Duo's soul must have been lost back in the Bright Moon Kingdom...
Ye Qing'an pondered inwardly, then looked up at Qingdai: "Have you investigated the situation of those masters of the Gu family more than ten years ago? What was their relationship with Gu Duo? After Gu Duo's accident, did any other members of the Gu family leave Siyou Kingdom, or even Wangjing City?"
Qingdai nodded: "Miss asked me to investigate carefully, and I have investigated everything thoroughly. About ten years ago, Gu Duo was recognized by the Gu family after he became the Prince of Dingxi. This sudden person was a supreme being, and everyone else in the Gu family was hostile to Gu Duo, except for the then Madam Gu, who is now the Old Madam Gu."
"Old Madam Gu?" Ye Qing'an calculated the family tree of the Gu family: "She is Gu Hai and Gu Jiang's mother?"
"Yes." Qingdai nodded. "It was her. I heard that when Gu Duo entered the Gu family, everyone else disliked him very much, and even tried to target him openly and secretly. Only Madam Gu treated him very well and also took the time to restrain her children. It was quite effective. At least, at that time, the children born to Old Madam Gu were openly good to Gu Duo. But what the situation was like behind the scenes, I don't know."
Ye Qing'an raised her eyebrows, somewhat surprised: "Gu Duo was born to a mistress and raised outside the home for so many years, yet he is far more outstanding than all of her children. Why is she so good to Gu Duo?"
Qingdai shook her head: "This servant does not know either. I only heard from the people planted in the Gu family that Old Madam Gu always demanded of herself to be a good head mistress of the Gu family. During her pregnancy and childbirth, she took the initiative to arrange for her husband to take a concubine. When the concubine had a difficult childbirth, she adopted the child left by the concubine and raised it under her own care, treating it as her own and teaching it with great care."
"Back then, Madam Gu was practically praised by everyone in Wangjing as a model for the inner quarters of the household. I think that's probably why, whether she liked it or not, since she had taken on this so-called role model, she had to treat Gu Duo well. She had no other choice..."
Ye Qing'an frowned: "Isn't it tiring to set such an example? Pushing your husband to someone else and treating someone else's child as your own?"
"Madam Gu persisted in these things for decades."
After Qingdai finished speaking, she continued, "After Master Gu passed away and Gu Duo became the head of the family, the Gu family experienced a period of rapid development. Although many members of the Gu family disliked Gu Duo, it is undeniable that many of them also benefited from it."
"Later, Gu Hai found letters of treason from Gu Duo. Outsiders were unaware of the Gu family's internal situation, and almost everyone thought that Gu Hai had done this to compete for the position of family head. Later, after Gu Duo defected to the enemy and betrayed the country, Gu Hai became the family head, but the Gu family declined rapidly."
"After Gu Hai became the head of the family, Gu Jiang once volunteered to go to the border battlefield between Mingyue Kingdom and Siyou Kingdom to confront Gu Duo, intending to persuade Gu Duo to admit his mistakes, surrender, and return to Siyou Kingdom."
"But Gu Duo rejected him, and even stabbed him with a sword."
"About six months after that incident, Gu Duo suddenly ran into trouble and was sent back by the Mingyue Kingdom."
Upon hearing this, Ye Qing'an narrowed her eyes slightly: "You mean that during the time when Gu Duo defected to the Mingyue Kingdom, Gu Jiang left Wangjing City and even went to the border between Siyou Kingdom and Mingyue Kingdom?"
"Yes." Qingdai nodded: "According to the results of our investigation, Gu Jiang did go there, and he is the only one in the Gu family who went there."
Ye Qing'an frowned slightly. If her previous deductions were correct, Gu Duo had already met with misfortune while in the Mingyue Kingdom, and his soul had even been extracted.
If the person who extracted Gu Duo's soul was a member of the Gu family.
So, it seems that only... only Gu Jiang has this possibility.
Could it be that the mastermind behind the Gu family is indeed Gu Jiang?