No wonder Gu Guo's attitude is so weird, no wonder Gu Jin must die, it turns out that this is the case, Gu Xuefei is actually a stone girl, she really didn't expect it.

Lin Long felt that he had thought too simply before, and his judgment was affected by Gu Guo's attitude of saying half and leaving half left, so he really believed her words.

Seeing that Lin Long was speechless for a long time, as if he couldn't come back to his senses, Su Ziyu reached out and grabbed her clenched fist, trying to comfort her, "Sister Long, no one wants to be ...... like this in this matter."

"Mother-in-law, is it possible that this is mistaken?" Lin Long still hopes that Gu Xuefei is normal, otherwise this result will be too cruel for his own brother or Gu Xuefei, "It's been so long, it's reasonable to be wrong, I don't look like Gu Xuefei is crippled......"

"I can't see this, if I didn't have this identity, it is estimated that I would not be able to find out this result, Gu Guo's family is very protective of her daughter." Su Ziyu said.

This result also made her speechless for a long time, I have to say that Gu Guo is a qualified mother, she has been exhausted for her daughter, but for the Lin family, marrying such a daughter-in-law will be a disaster. As far as she knows, Lin Dong is the only seedling of the Lin family's big house, and it is necessary to pass on the ancestry, after all, there are three unfilial pieties, and no queen is great, no matter how great the love is, it is no match for the worldly agreement.

After thinking about it again and again, she still chose to tell Lin Long the news as soon as possible, people's hearts are biased, she naturally doesn't want her righteous daughter's brother to marry such a daughter-in-law, and besides, the Gu family has been cheating from beginning to night.

Su Ziyu's words finally convinced Lin Long, if it was really so easy to find out, she would have known Gu Xuefei's differences, and she didn't have to wait until now to know from Su Ziyu's mouth.

"What are you going to do now?" Su Ziyu asked.

Lin Long didn't answer and asked, "Mother-in-law, hasn't this disease been cured?" ”

Su Ziyu shook her head, "Have you heard that the stone girl can heal?" At least I've never heard of such an example, so Sister Long, Gu Xuefei has been like this in her life. ”

Lin Long smiled bitterly, it seemed that he was still naïve, if there was really a doctor, would Gu Guo treat his daughter? Besides, her stepmother is the mother of the country, and it is even more impossible for things she has not heard of to exist.

"What else can I do? Our Lin family can't marry a wife who can't give birth, my father is such a son, he can't cut off his roots from him, and the Lin family must have a son-in-law to inherit the family business. After a pause, she realized, "It seems that I am responsible for this wicked person." ”

No matter how much she wants to fulfill the love between her younger brother and Gu Xuefei, she can't really watch the Lin family cut off the incense, otherwise she will have no face to see her grandfather and father again under the Nine Springs.

The half-hidden eyelashes covered the sadness and pathos in her heart, for the sake of her brother's marriage, she had already broken her heart, she didn't think about it, but she almost made a big mistake. can make her hate Gu Guo and Gu Xuefei's mother and daughter, she can't do it, compare her heart to her heart, if she is Gu Guo, she will definitely choose to hide it to the end, this is a mother's selfishness.

You can blame and scold, but you can't help but understand, just because she is also a mother.

Su Ziyu sighed, "This is the only way to do it now, the Gu family is not authentic in this matter, but it is not incomprehensible." After a pause, "Sister Long, if you are in need, your stepmother will definitely stand by your side to help you." ”

She is making her position clear, and she will support Lin Long to the end no matter what.

Lin Long shook Su Ziyu's hand with emotion, "Mother-in-law, thank you very much, if it weren't for you, I'm afraid that I would have to know the truth for a long time, and the daylily would be cold by then." ”

Now is the eve of the wedding, she still has time to call for a halt to this marriage, even if she is infamous for it, even if Brother Dong does not understand her, she can do not care, just because she is the daughter of the Lin family after all.

"Silly girl, why do we mother and daughter need to be polite?" Su Ziyu sneered, then patted Lin Long's hand and said, "The banquet is about to start, let's go over too, it is estimated that the Holy Lord will arrive in a while." ”

Lin Long knew that Su Ziyu had delayed the time for his own sake, so he didn't say any more kind words, got up and left with Su Ziyu to the banquet in the next hall.

Sure enough, as soon as they returned to the banquet, there was a long voice from the eunuch, "The emperor has arrived—"

She hurriedly left Su Ziyu's side and returned to her seat.

Ye Xuyao was also there preparing to greet the holy driver, and when he saw his wife's face saluting a little corruptly, he approached his wife and whispered, "What's wrong?" ”

Lin Long opened her mouth to tell her husband the shocking news she had just gotten, and then looked at this occasion, this is not a home, it is a palace banquet, if her words are spread, she will definitely force Gu Xuefei to death, even if she can't be an in-law, she doesn't want that young life to disappear.

"Nothing." She whispered, then said again, silently, "Go home and talk about it." ”

Ye Xuyao's brows were furrowed, and his wife's expression showed that something bad was happening, but now that everything is going well in the family, it can only be the marriage of his brother-in-law.

Reaching out to clasp his wife's cold jade hand to show his support.

Lin Long's heart was quite moved, at least at this moment she still had him by her side, no matter how stormy it was outside, they could all cross the boat together.

At this moment, Gu Xuefei's mood is similar to Lin Long, she is the first time to go out of the house to see the lanterns of the Chinese Valentine's Day, and her brother left with interest, and now only she and Lin Dong are left.

"I want the long-eared rabbit." She smiled and pointed to the lanterns not far away.

I didn't know if I hadn't participated, but it turned out that guessing the riddle could also win lanterns, and she thought it was unique to the Lantern Festival. I still remember that year's Lantern Festival, my brother also deliberately took her out of the house to play, and that night my brother guessed four lanterns for her.

But tonight, Lin Dong was full of talent, most of the lanterns on this stall were guessed by him, and the shopkeeper was looking at the two of them with a depressed face.

Lin Dong glanced at Gu Xuefei dotingly, and walked leisurely towards the long-eared rabbit lantern, just one glance, he guessed the riddle, and as soon as his upper and lower lips touched and said it, the shopkeeper almost cried.

Gu Xuefei took the long-eared rabbit lantern handed over by Lin Dong, naughtily reached out and played with the rabbit ears on the lantern, looked at the store that wanted to cry without tears, and then looked at the various lanterns behind her, how could she move so much with her two hands?

Bending down to pick up another lotus lamp, she said with a smile, "Thank you, I want these two." ”

Lin Dong's gaze swept over the other lanterns he had guessed on the ground, "Don't want anything else?" ”

"Don't." Gu Xuefei smiled, turned her head to look at the overjoyed shopkeeper, "It's not easy for you to do business, these are all returned to you, I want these two." ”

"Girl, girl, you are such a good person." The shopkeeper was busy grateful.

Gu Xuefei turned her head and pointed at Lin Dong, "He is the champion of today's department, and it is not wrong for him to guess your lantern riddle." ”

"It turned out to be the champion, a small disrespect." The shopkeeper was busy making arrangements for Lin Dong, but he didn't expect that his stall could usher in such a character.

Everyone else around looked at Lin Dong and Gu Xuefei curiously, they didn't expect that the person who would shine in this stall tonight would be the new champion, but in addition to curiosity, their eyes still turned to Gu Xuefei, this equally dazzling woman would be the confidant of this new champion?

But it doesn't look like it, this young girl looks like she came from a good family.

Lin Dong took into account Gu Xuefei's reputation and said, "I went out with my fiancée to visit the Lantern Festival, I didn't expect to see such a lively scene, and in a few days it will be the day when we get married." ”

I see, there are usually lovers on the night of this Qixi Festival, so the world will be very tolerant tonight and will not use etiquette to restrain them.

In view of this, everyone offered their blessings.

Gu Xuefei thanked them one by one with a smile.

Not long after, Lin Dong left with Gu Xuefei.

"Nothing else, really?" He asked with a smile again.

Gu Xuefei smiled and shook her head, "I'll just want these two." With a turn of her eyes, she looked at the river where there were already a lot of lanterns floating, "Let's go and make a wish." ”

"Do you still believe this?" Lin Dong quipped as he pulled her over.

Gu Xuefei said, "Why don't you believe it? These are all good wishes. He handed the lotus lantern in his hand to Lin Dong, "Let's put one in each of us." ”

Lin Dong took it, glanced at the delicately shaped lotus lantern, and then looked at the flower-like face on the other side, and immediately wrote down his wish with a stroke of the pen. After writing it, he turned his head to look at the wish written by Gu Xuefei, but Gu Xuefei turned around and didn't let him read it.

"If you see it, it won't work." She laughed.

"And that said?" Lin Dong didn't believe it.

Gu Xuefei tilted her head and smiled, "I can't lie to you?" Taking advantage of the strong wind, let's put the lanterns on the go. ”

Lin Dong nodded, and didn't insist on seeing what she had made.

Gu Xuefei put her rabbit lantern on the surface of the lake, flicked the lake surface with her hand, let the lake wash away the lantern, and then watched the lantern float away with her hands together, just like her heart at this time.

Lin Dong also put the lotus lantern in his hand into the lake, but he was not as pious as Gu Xuefei, and when he put the lantern, he didn't even see Gu Xuefei respond after calling a few times, so he gently pushed her.

After a while, Gu Xuefei came back to her senses, and her eyes looked at Lin Dong's handsome face blankly, as if she couldn't see enough of it.

"What's wrong?" Lin Dong's hand waved in front of her.

Gu Xuefei turned her head a little embarrassed, "It's nothing, the wind and sand are a bit big." ”

"Then let's go ashore." Lin Dong didn't doubt that he had him, so he pulled her and got up and prepared to go to the shore.

Gu Xuefei also boldly let him pull her, etiquette or something, in her eyes, it was worthless at this time.

The two lanterns behind her drifted farther and farther away, gradually becoming two parallel lines.

The rabbit lantern reads: May God bless Lin Dong with a smooth life, prosperous official fortune, and many blessings.

The lotus lamp reads: May God bless me Lin Dong and Gu Xuefei until they grow old, and their children and grandchildren are full.

When she returned to the shore, Gu Xuefei glanced back, a tear flowed from the corner of her eye, but soon, she secretly wiped it away, the smile returned to her face, and her jade hand pointed to one place again, "I heard that thing is called stinky tofu, I haven't eaten it since I was so old, Master Zhuangyuan, why don't we try it." ”

Lin Dong had all the requirements for Gu Xuefei, and walked with her to the stall selling stinky tofu, "Actually, I haven't eaten it either, I'm not good at being small, and my family doesn't let me eat it." ”

"Then we'll have to try it tonight." Gu Xuefei was full of interest.

She felt a rush of excitement at the thought that the two of them were doing something they hadn't done before.

After paying, the two of them picked up the bag of stinky tofu and continued to walk on the shore of the lake, letting the gentle summer breeze blow on their bodies.

Gu Xuefei lowered her head and sniffed the smell of stinky tofu, then wrinkled her nose, "It smells so bad, but I heard that this thing smells bad and tastes good, I want to taste it." ”

As soon as the words fell, she picked up a piece of stinky tofu with a bamboo skewer and tasted it, but there was a fragrance in her mouth.

"It's delicious, Master Zhuangyuan, can you taste it?"

Lin Dong had been holding this bag of stinky tofu without trying it, seeing Gu Xuefei's highly recommended appearance, he hesitated a little and forked a piece with a bamboo skewer and took a bite carefully, this taste is different from what it smells, and after taking another bite, he actually felt extremely delicious, so he smiled, "It really smells stinky and tastes good." ”

"Next year, we're going to eat stinky tofu here again." Gu Xuefei couldn't hide her joy.

"Okay." Lin Dong agreed.

The good times always pass quickly, and no matter how reluctant Lin Dong is, he has to send Gu Xuefei back to the location of the Gu family's carriage within the time agreed with Gu Jing.

The closer they got, the more speechless the two became, and they were reluctant to leave each other.

Gu Xuefei suddenly paused, looked up at Lin Dong longingly, and boldly asked, "Master Zhuangyuan, can you hug me?" ”

Lin Dong didn't expect Gu Xuefei to make this request, the two of them have always been polite when they get along, but in the end, they are a young man with strong blood, so he can't ignore Gu Xuefei's request now.

Looking at this world, there was still some distance from the agreed place, and it was relatively hidden, he was bold and really stretched out his arms to hug Gu Xuefei.

Gu Xuefei was held in his arms for the first time, her arms hugged him tightly, she wanted to always remember his breath, remember this first hug.

"Ancient girl?" Lin Dong felt his chest wet, he pushed Gu Xuefei away a little strangely, and looked at her a little helplessly, not knowing if it was his own Meng Lang who scared her.

"I'm fine, you don't have to worry, the wind and sand are too big." Gu Xuefei took out a handkerchief to wipe the tears from the corners of her eyes, revealing a tearful smile.

"Are you alright?" Lin Dong had a different intuition.

Gu Xuefei shook her head, "I'm really fine, ah, it's all this time, I'm leaving, otherwise my brother is afraid that he will be impatient to wait." ”

After speaking, she didn't wait for Lin Dong to speak, afraid that she would show an undeserved expression again, so she quickly lifted her skirt and ran forward.

Lin Dong raised his foot to catch up.

When he saw Gu Jing wandering and walking, he stopped, and the coming days were long, if the two were in love for a long time, how could they be in the morning and twilight?

"Brother Gu." He bowed to Gu Jing.

Gu Jing returned the courtesy.

Gu Xuefei was helped into the carriage by the eldest maid Yuzhi, gently lifted the curtain of the carriage, and when the carriage set off, she was still looking at Lin Dong's face greedily.

Or the world doesn't understand, thinking that she and him are just love at first sight, how deep can the feelings be?

But in her mind, she felt that she and Lin Dong had known each other for almost a lifetime, from a casual glance in front of the window of the restaurant to now staring at each other, she had walked extremely hard this journey, and even did all the most disdainful things on weekdays.

Such feelings are not deep? She didn't know what it meant to be profound.

Lin Dong also looked at the pretty face in the car window and walked away, at this moment, he thought that they would still be forever.

Unfortunately, he didn't know, it would always be a dream.

Back in the house, Gu Jing sent his sister back to the boudoir and was about to report to her mother.

Gu Xuefei took her brother's hand and said pleadingly, "Brother, can you help me?" ”

"Little sister, what's wrong with you?" Gu Jing had long noticed that her sister's expression was different tonight, but her sister had always been stubborn, and no one could force her to say what she didn't want to say.

"Brother, I'm a stone girl, if you were Lin Dong, would you still marry me?"

"Little sister, what stupid thing are you talking about? What Stone Maiden? How could you be? Gu Jing frowned, and reached out to touch the little sister's forehead to see if she had a fever and was talking nonsense.

As for what the stone girl is, people like him who have come out and mixed with the society naturally know that he has heard such yellow jokes when he visits the Qinglou on weekdays, but he has never associated these with his sister.

Gu Xuefei took her brother's big palm, and a bitter smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, "Yes, Brother You, I couldn't accept it a few days ago, you don't know how painful I am, why did God give me such a dilapidated body, why did it treat me so cruelly......"

At first, it was a calm voice, followed by a cry of pain, and her emotions could not be calmed down again.

Gu Jing hugged his sister, "No, who did you listen to?" I killed her......"

"My mother told me herself, and it was she who said that I was abnormal." Gu Xuefei stared at her brother's face and said, "My mother also said that she found a stand-in for me, rounded out with Lin Dong for me, and gave birth to children for Lin Dong for me......" She pulled her hair painfully, "Brother, how do you say I accept it?" What is the difference between my mother doing this and ripping out my heart? How can I watch him pamper other women, how can I watch other women conceive children for him, brother, I can't do it, I can't do it, you can help me escape from all this...... Brother, can you help me......"

In the end, it was a desperate plea.

"No, little sister, no, my brother can see that Lin Dong loves you, he won't treat you like this, he swore that he would be good to you for the rest of his life, even if he cut off his children and grandchildren." Gu Jing used words to comfort his sister, but now apart from these, he didn't know what to say.

It's just that as a man, even he may not believe that Lin Dong can treat his sister wholeheartedly after knowing the truth, he has the responsibility of a man, Lin Dong also has it, and the heir is a difficult difficulty that cannot be bypassed.

If he were Lin Dong, or he would not be able to forgive such a deception, but as Gu Xuefei's brother, he hoped that Lin Dong would accept it and love his sister as always.

He clenched his fists tightly behind his sister.

Gu Xuefei pushed her brother away, and looked at her brother's selfish face with tearful eyes, "Brother, how can I be so selfish?" He is the only male member of the Lin family, or the champion of the current department, how can I watch him die, as long as he guards a crippled me? If I'm so selfish, then how else can I deserve his love? ”

Two lines of tears cut down her face, completely ruining the makeup she had carefully painted tonight.

Gu Xuefei felt that her current face was extremely ugly, just because she had also wavered, when she looked at the bottle of medicine, she had thought about hiding it from Lin Dong for the rest of her life, but in the end, she couldn't beat her heart.

Gu Jing looked at such a sister, his heart ached, and he stretched out his hand and pounded the wooden pillar next to him, "How can this be, how can this be like this......"

After a while, he looked at his sister and said, "I'll tell Lin Dong that if he can't accept it, then this marriage will be canceled, even if you don't marry for the rest of your life, my brother can afford to support you." ”

After saying that, he turned around to leave the house again.

Gu Xuefei stretched out her hand and grabbed his sleeve again, "Brother, don't you understand?" ”

"What should I understand?" Gu Jing said loudly, "No matter how bad you are, you are still the concubine of the Xuanping Marquis Mansion......"

"Just because I am the concubine of the Xuanping Marquis Mansion, do you think I can let you keep you in the mansion for the rest of my life? Will my mom and dad allow me to do this? Can they afford to lose this man? has a daughter who can't get married, but I'm afraid that my mother won't dare to go out from now on. Gu Xuefei said.

Seeing that her brother was silent, her eyes gradually dimmed, and her voice softened a little, she leaned on her brother, just like when she was a child, "Brother, I know you don't mind raising me for the rest of my life, but what about my future sister-in-law?" Would she like to? You will also have children in the future, do you want my future niece to be talked about and even unable to marry because of me? I'm afraid that my sister-in-law will have the heart to kill me by then. ”

When her mother said that if she couldn't marry Lin Dong, she would choose a son-in-law for her again, she knew that the Gu family would have no place for her.

"How dare she? If she dares to do so, I'll divorce her. Gu Jing said ruthlessly.

Gu Xuefei looked at his brother and said, "Brother, this is the worst plan I have ever made, don't use this to speculate on your future sister-in-law, she is a good one, I don't want you to have an opinion on her because of me, brother, you promise me." ”

She took her brother's hand and demanded a promise.

Gu Jing has always loved this sister, how can there be any reason not to allow it?

In the end, he sighed and said, "Little sister, don't think so much, I'll go and tell my father and mother, let's not get married......"

"Brother, why are you still so naïve? The Gu family can't help but let me not marry, as long as I am still the concubine of the Xuanping Marquis Mansion, I must marry, that person is not necessarily Lin Dong. Gu Xuefei said quietly.

After going through so many things, she can no longer be naïve, or the world makes her no longer naïve.

She didn't want to hurt Lin Dong, and she didn't want to hurt other men, let alone see their disgusted eyes, that kind of life was too terrible.

"Little sister, do you want to?" Gu Jing seemed to guess something.

Gu Xuefei begged again, "Brother, you help me, help me......"

Let her always be the most beautiful appearance in Lin Dong's mind.

At the palace banquet, Lin Long was restless, and almost fidgeted. At the banquet, she deliberately looked for Gu Guo's for a long time, but to no avail, it seems that Gu Guo's should not have come tonight, even Xuanping Hou did not arrive.

Out of the palace, Ye Xuyao said with a stern expression, "What happened?" ”

Lin Long didn't hide it anymore, and relayed what Su Ziyu told her to her husband, and finally said, "I'll go back to my parents' house, I still have to tell Brother Dong about this matter anyway, this girl from the ancient family can't be married to our Lin family." ”

When Ye Xuyao heard this, he didn't stop his wife's move, this is not a trivial matter, since Gu Xuefei can't give birth, she must not marry.

When they arrived at the Lin Mansion, they met Lin Dong, who had just returned to the Mansion.

Lin Dong saluted his eldest sister and brother-in-law with a smile on his face, "Why did you come back to your parents' house at this time?" ”

Lin Long looked at the smile on his younger brother's face, but he couldn't spit out the words that came to his mouth, and only asked after a while, "Where did you come back?" ”

"Isn't it Tanabata today? I asked Miss Gu to go and see the lanterns. Lin Dong was a little shy, but the smile on his face really showed his happiness.

Lin Long is even more difficult to open his mouth to destroy the smile on his brother's face, this smile is pure and happy, thinking that today is Qixi Festival, let his brother be happy this night again, it is not too late to say anything after the festival.

Thinking about it like this, she said, "It's okay, I just thought that Erniang was a little lonely at home alone, so I came back and looked, since you have returned home, your brother-in-law and I will also go back to the house." ”

Ye Xuyao and his wife have the same mind, so they naturally know her embarrassment, and then look at their brother-in-law, and sigh secretly, this is really a mess.

"You go in, I'll take your sister back."

Lin Dong made a gesture to the eldest sister and brother-in-law, watched their carriage turn around and leave, and stood on the steps to see each other off, feeling that his sister was strange, but he couldn't tell where this weirdness was.

Shaking his head, he turned around and went home.

In the carriage, Lin Long leaned on her husband's shoulder and said sadly, "Xu Yao, what should I do, to say it or not, my heart is uncomfortable, why is Gu Xuefei a stone girl?" ”

Ye Xuyao hugged his wife and comforted, "Say it or not, you just abide by your heart, you don't have to torture yourself like this." ”

Lin Long knew that no matter how difficult it was to speak, no matter how much she didn't want to beat the mandarin ducks, she couldn't sit idly by and let the Lin family go to the bottom.

In the end, she clenched her fists and said, "Ming'er, I'll say it at the latest Ming'er, how can I get rid of my brother's thoughts." ”

Ye Xuyao didn't say anything, all he could do was silently support his wife's decision.

The next day, Lin Long got up early in the morning and sent the junior and junior to the clan school to start dealing with family affairs, and she had to find time to go back to her parents' house to find out with her mother's family that Gu Xuefei was a stone girl.

She didn't have to think about it to know that once this matter was clarified, the marriage between Lin Dong and Gu Xuefei would come to an end.

It's just that before she could act, she heard a bad news, which exploded and caused her to drop the tea cup in her hand to the ground and bloom into a flower.

"What did you say?" She couldn't help but ask again, but the news was too sudden.

"Back to grandma's words, the girl from the Xuanping Marquis Mansion was found to have fallen into the water and died this morning......" The subordinate who came to report was busy stiffening his hair and said it again.

Dead, Gu Xuefei dead?

How is this possible?

Lin Long couldn't believe how a living person could suddenly say that it was gone.