Mrs. Gu calmed down, she grasped the armrest of the chair with one hand, and softened her voice slightly: "Yan Fei, it's good if you can understand. Everything grandma did was for the consideration of the Hou Mansion, and it was also for your elder brother, and for

Take care of yourself."

"Since you don't want to marry into the Fang family, grandma can make the decision to agree to it."

Mrs. Gu said some comforting words to Gu Yanfei in a nice voice.

Gu Yanfei smiled lightly again, as bright as the stars in the night sky, and just asked: "What is the use of that jade pendant?"

In other words, what secrets of the British duchess is hidden in this jade pendant, which makes the British duchess want to get it at all costs. This has been the case in both lives.

"..." Mrs. Gu looked up at Gu Yanfei, pursed her lips and remained silent, her body tensed slightly.

Her thumbs subconsciously rubbed the beads, her thoughts turning rapidly, as if she was hesitating, and also seemed to be weighing the pros and cons.

The night wind howled, scraping the branches and leaves wantonly, blowing the clothes of the two people, and the candlelight in the lanterns flickered on and off.

The servants around him didn't dare to say anything and looked down at the tips of their shoes.

For Gu Yanfei, the more Mrs. Gu behaves like this, the more determined she becomes.

This jade pendant is very important and very good!

The corners of Gu Yanfei's lips raised a little higher, and she suddenly raised her hand, took out a jade pendant from the box held by Juan Bi, and raised it high, ready to smash it...

Under the backlight, the jade pendant in her hand was not very clear. Mrs. Gu could only vaguely see that it was a round jade pendant.

"stop!"

Mrs. Gu suddenly opened her eyes wide, unable to conceal her shock and panic.

If Gu Yanfei really smashed the jade pendant, then he would not be able to explain to the British government, and the Gu and Fang families would be in a dead end!

Nothing can happen to this jade pendant!

The veins on Mrs. Gu's forehead were pulsing wildly. It was obviously a cold winter, but big beads of sweat were rolling down from her forehead.

Her cold eyes were fixed on Gu Yanfei, and the two looked at each other, engaged in a silent stalemate.

Silence spreads.

At this moment, even the wind stopped, and the shadows of the trees in the dark were all still.

Mrs. Gu's breathing became thicker, and her chest rose and fell more and more intensely. Slowly, her whole body began to calm down again, her eyes settled, and she seemed to have made some kind of decision.

After a while, Mrs. Gu waved her hand.

The maids and women around him immediately understood and backed away silently.

Juan Bi, who was holding the box, looked at Gu Yanfei's face and stepped back five or six feet.

Only their grandfather and grandson were left around, everything was silent, and the lanterns disappeared as the servants retreated.

In a radius of several feet, only the silver moonlight poured down from the night sky, sprinkling silver frost on the ground.

Gu Yanfei was still standing, her clothes were light and her long skirt was trailing to the floor;

Mrs. Gu was sitting on the chair, looking very old and haggard.

Mrs. Gu cleared her throat and confessed in a low voice: "The British princess really wants a jade pendant."

Once you get started, it becomes much easier to continue.

Mrs. Gu collected her thoughts and narrated: "Fifty years ago in May, Emperor Taizu led his troops into the capital. On the day when the capital was destroyed, the last emperor of the previous dynasty set fire to the capital.

The city, together with the queen, concubines, princes and princesses all perished in the sea of ​​fire."

"Then the last emperor's successor's surname was Yu, from the Yu family in Yingchuan."

"She is the British princess's biological aunt."

Having said this, Mrs. Gu paused for a moment, her eyes flashed, as if she remembered some old things.

Gu Yanfei didn't urge her and just looked at her intently.

After a while, Mrs. Gu continued: "After your mother got married, I noticed that there was a jade pendant in her dowry. This jade pendant belonged to Empress Yu back then... I have seen it before."

Mrs. Gu's maiden name is Qi. Although she is not an aristocratic family in Yingchuan, Yuzhou, it is a well-known family in the area. When she was a child, Mrs. Gu also visited the Yu family and met the noble Queen Yu.

On the day of Queen Yu's wedding, according to local customs, boys and girls were required to say some auspicious words to the bride. Mrs. Gu was young at the time and was also called. She once saw the aunt of the Yu family wearing this

A jade pendant.

This jade pendant is rare, especially because the carving is the work of Master Lu, a local carving master in Yingchuan. The phoenix pattern is vivid and skillful, and what is obviously different from ordinary jade pendants is that the phoenix head has no eyes.

Therefore, Mrs. Gu could tell it at a glance.

Thinking of the past so many years ago, Mrs. Gu felt a little sad.

The prosperity and bustle of the past are still before our eyes, but now the world has changed, and things and people have changed.

Mrs. Gu calmed down her mood, and then she opened her lips again: "Fourteen years ago, not long after Sister Kui arrived in the capital, the British father-in-law came to propose marriage for her son."

Back then, the British Duke's Palace was far stronger than the Dingyuan Marquis' Palace, and it is still the same now.

However, the Marquis's temporary proposal to change the candidate for marriage was met with no objection from the British Duke's family. In fact, the last time the British Duke's wife came here, she expressed her intention to get married, which revealed that the Gu family did not care about the marriage.

No matter who it is, I can’t regret this marriage.

Mrs. Gu was not a fool. She had sensed it a long time ago. It was obvious that the British father-in-law had other agendas.

As for Mrs. Gu, the only thing that could give the other party something to think about was the jade pendant with a phoenix pattern.

Gu Yanfei raised her hand to brush her hair that was blown away by the night wind, and asked casually: "If that jade pendant really belongs to the Yu family, why is it in my mother's dowry?"

"I don't know about that." Mrs. Gu sighed quietly, lowered her face and coughed a few times, looking weak and haggard.

She wiped her mouth with a handkerchief, stretched out her hand to Gu Yanfei again, and said pleasantly: "Yanfei, give me the jade pendant."

Gu Yanfei stared deeply at Mrs. Gu, as if she wanted to see her inside and out, and then she put the jade pendant into her sleeve pocket with her backhand.

Mrs. Gu, who was trying to look kind at first, changed her face like she was turning a page in a book, a sinister light burst out from her eyes, and her hands froze in mid-air.

Gu Yanfei flicked her sleeves with a half-smile, and stood leisurely with her hands behind her back. Her voice was clear and clear: "Don't worry, Mrs. Madam, I and the Gu family are on the same side. When Mrs. Madam needs a jade pendant, I will give it to her."

After a pause, she slowly added: "But, not now."

"If Mrs. Tai is fine, I will continue to take stock of my mother's dowry."

"..." Mrs. Gu's face turned even more ugly.

She was obviously determined to force Gu Yanfei to hand over the keys before she came, but now, she even handed over her trump card.

A broken leaf was swept over by the evening wind and landed right on Mrs. Gu's temples, but she didn't notice it at all.

Gu Yanfei ignored her and turned around, inviting Juan Bi to enter the small warehouse together.

After entering the house, she spread her right palm.

On the palm is a mutton-fat white jade pendant engraved with a circle of phoenix patterns. It has excellent knife skills, is simple and smooth, and has an artistic conception of grand complexity and simplicity.

This jade pendant was picked out by Gu Yanfei from several pieces of jade pendant from Xie's dowry.

She was sure that this was what the British princess wanted, because among the things in the warehouse, only this jade pendant released a faint aura.

This aura comes from the jade material itself.

In fact, its spiritual energy is very weak. If it were in the Yao Ling Realm, it would not even be as good as a low-grade spiritual stone, and it would be far from being a treasure of heaven and earth. Gu Yanfei would not even take a look at it, but in this small world, it is
Chapter completed!