Chapter 64 V2 : To Actually Want Me Mourn For Three Years (1/2)
“Yes, Missy!” Nanny Li responded and withdrew. Her words had no intentions of selfishly destroying Gu Fangzi’s image, but because she was truly concerned about it. If Gu Fangzi’s life was too dominant, then whoever she was with would end up miserable. If so, what would happen to her young master? There were so many good women to choose from under the sky to become his concubine;with that many for the young master to pick at random, why did it had to be Gu Fangzi?
Seeing the situation, Sang Wan also followed and withdrew.
“Oh, also,” Wang Shi stopped them, “Send Fengju a letter. Tell him that the marriage will not proceed so there won’t be any need for him to hurry and he can handle what he has to before coming back! Oh, and don’t tell him about the Gu family’s matter yet! He wouldn’t be of any help even if we told him!”
Sang Wan and Nanny Li accepted. In their mind, their thoughts were the same: Things are about to get troublesome!
But who would have thought that by the time a letter was sent, they instead received a message from Shi Fengju even though their letter was presumed to still be on the way to him!
It was not a written message, but a message by the word of mouth. Qian He reported that the young master had hurried over to Gu Fangzi’s house and will be back in a few days.
Once Wang Shi was done listening, her expression changed into an unsightly one. She became silent for a while before asking bitterly, “How did your young master know about the Gu family’s matter?”
Qian He saw the change in expression of the old mistress’s face and his body stiffened as he braced himself with a smile, “Erm, uh, Miss Gu sent someone to await the young master at Qingzhou Wharf. After reading Miss Gu’s letter, he hurriedly hired a carriage to rush over there and let this servant report back to Old Mistress…”
Wang Shi glared at Qian He and snapped, “What a capable person he is! He’s already this close to home yet he doesn’t even bother to see his mother first! If he isn’t here, then what’re you back for? Leave! Scram!”
Qian He did not seem frightened, but he dared not voice his grievance. Crawling up, he turned and fled.
“Mother, calm down a little,” Sang Wan smiled and coaxed, “Old Master Gu is, in the end, a relative; not going over to show concern would be unreasonable. He got the news in a rush, and not coming back first must have been unintentional! Also, he sent Qian He back to report that he had arrived safely! You’re his mother, there’s no one other than you in his heart!”
Those words calmed Wang Shi’s heart and she could not help but look at Sang Wan before sighing, “Sang Wan, you really are a good daughter-in-law. It’s fortunate that you’re here, otherwise, I might have already died of anger!”
“Mother, please don’t say that!” Sang Wan laughed, “Sang Wan has always been taken care by Mother, and had never done anything for Mother. If Mother says so, Sang Wan will feel ashamed!”
Wang Shi smiled, “Mother really likes your gentle temperament. It always makes me comfortable in the heart! Oh well, Mother isn’t angry anymore! With such a good daughter-in-law, what’s there to be furious about! I’m alright now, you may return. I wish to have some time alone!”
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Sang Wan smiled, “Then, please rest well Mother! I’ve still got to send someone to bring Lord’s luggage in, and when he returns, I’ll make a fuss over it!”
What a good wife! Wang Shi’s smile became even broader and she quickly advised, “Don’t tire yourself out, let the servants handle it!”
Sang Wan agreed and left with a smile.
Some time ago, Shi Fengju’s fleet had things to do at Jinling and stopped there. But he never expected to receive a letter urging him to return home before August the sixth to marry Gu Fangzi into the family!
“Damned!” Shi Fengju could not help but stomp his foot. His first thought was not about Gu Fangzi, but Sang Wan. What would Sang Wan be thinking, was she alright?
He had made a promise to her, an agreement to last a year with each other. But now with his Mother wanting to marry his cousin to him, how can he face Sang Wan?
Shi Fengju burned with anxiety and immediately gave some instructions to his treasurer who was accompanying him. After he was done, he took a few servants with him and a light luggage before rushing back to Qingzhou.
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The thought of how Sang Wan must be feeling, his heart became even more anxious and he sat restlessly. Really, if he could, he would have grown a pair of wings and immediately flew straight home.
Little did he expect to encounter an official’s ship on the way which forced him to wait two days in vain for the ship to pass before his ship lined with the other civilian ships could cross slowly.
One delay after another made his mood even more restless than before.
Once his ship finally leaned by the pier of Qingzhou, Shi Fengju’s restless heart finally calmed down and his thoughts now began coming up with how he should speak with Sang Wan and what they should do after.
From here, things began to turn even more dramatic and unexpected than before!
Shi Fengju never thought that Gu Fangzi would actually send someone to wait for him at the wharf, and even more so a letter written by her!
In the letter, Gu Fangzi narrated how sad she was for the loss, and as Shi Fengju read it, he could somewhat imagine her tearful expression as well as her grief-stricken face. There was no way he could ignore her, and thus, he sent someone to report home while he hired a carriage to Gu Fangzi’s house with Zhan Huan and a few others accompanying him.
Gu Jin was a good-for-nothing and rarely came into contact with the rest of his relatives. The fields had long been sold and the Gu family’s relatives saw nothing worth to seize except for the orphan, Gu Fangzi. But with the Shi family backing her, they dared not touch anything belonging to her! Therefore, they were sloppy with the funeral arrangements. If not for the Shi family’s household department and several other Shi family’s servants, those relatives would have long disappeared and would not have offered their diligence for the funeral preparations to be caught up with!
Even though she long knew those bunch of relatives were unreliable, during such dreary time, she was able to experience it and her heart felt extremely chilly!