Chapter 163: Fate
Ji Yuanan watched all this.
It's over.
Why is my elder sister so impulsive in doing things?
Gu Zizhan quickly ran forward.
He helped Shen Xia up from the ground and immediately untied the rope on her.
Zheng Jinshu also untied the ropes of Song Jiang and Song Jin.
Wen Zhu looked at the wounds on Miss Shen's body and felt despair in her heart. It's over, it's really over!
Gu Zizhan felt distressed when he saw Shen Xia injured. When he gently touched her wound, Shen Xia couldn't help but gasp: "Hiss——"
He said to her with a guilty look on his face: "I'm sorry, I'm late."
Looking at Shen Xia's tattered and scarred clothes, he felt extremely sad and guilty, and didn't even know how to take care of her.
He raised his head and stared at Princess Rui above with an extremely cold gaze, and asked in a low voice: "Why did you do this?"
It was the first time that Princess Rui saw her son's cold eyes. She was stunned for a moment, but then she regained her arrogant attitude: "I just wanted to see what the woman you like looks like, but I found that this woman is uneducated and dared to hit the nanny beside me. So, before she enters the palace, I must temper her temper."
"Since you like her, that's fine. However, with her status, it is absolutely impossible for her to be the main wife. She can only be a concubine. It is a blessing for her to be a concubine in our family."
Hearing what his mother said, Gu Zizhan's heart sank instantly. It turned out that this was how his mother humiliated her.
He gritted his teeth, tried hard to control his inner anger, clenched his fists tightly, and said nothing.
Ji Yuanan frowned, looked at his elder sister with dissatisfaction and said, "Eldest sister, can you please stop interfering in everything? Zizhan is not young anymore, he knows what's going on."
Princess Rui was so angry that her face turned pale. She loudly rebuked, "Is this the choice he made knowing what was going on? There are so many noble ladies from the aristocratic families in the capital, but he chose such a woman who is not presentable."
Hearing this, Shen Xia couldn't help but chuckle. She turned her head and looked at Gu Zizhan with cold eyes, and said in a mocking tone: "I'm so sorry! It turns out that I am so unworthy that I am marrying up to you, the honorable Lord Gu."
When Gu Zizhan heard the distant voice of "Master Gu", his heart suddenly tightened and a layer of cold sweat instantly broke out on his back.
He quickly explained: "I will give you an explanation."
However, Shen Xia simply asked back: "What explanation?" She raised a faint smile at the corner of her mouth, but her eyes were full of mockery and disdain.
Gu Zizhan glanced at Shen Xia, a hint of coldness flashed in his eyes, then he turned to look at Wen Zhu and ordered in a cold voice: "Wen Zhu, cut the tendons of Nanny Fang's hand."
When Nanny Fang heard this, her face turned pale instantly. She knelt in front of Princess Rui in fear and begged for mercy in a trembling voice: "Princess, please save me! I have been with you since I was a child!"
Princess Rui frowned, looked at Gu Zizhan, and asked sternly, "Zhan'er, what are you doing?"
Everyone in the hall could see that the young master was serious this time, and he showed no mercy to Nanny Fang.
The conflict between Princess Rui and the young master seemed to have deepened further as a result.
Shen Xia sneered and said sarcastically: "Haha."
Gu Zizhan immediately turned his gaze to Shen Xia and asked nervously, "Xia Xia, are you dissatisfied?"
Shen Xia stared into Gu Zizhan's eyes and said word by word, "Master Gu, forget it! Let's break up. Your family background is too high, and I don't want to marry someone above my station."
When Gu Zizhan heard the word "break up", his body shook violently, as if he was struck by lightning. His hands trembled involuntarily, his eyes were slightly red, and his voice was filled with pain and despair: "Don't... Xia Xia, you said, as long as we don't break up, no matter what you ask, I will agree to it, okay?"
Shen Xia looked at Gu Zizhan's slightly red eyes, and her heart was conflicted. She didn't know how to face the man in front of her.
"Are you sure?" Shen Xia asked in a low voice.
Gu Zizhan nodded without hesitation, his eyes full of determination: "Sure!"
However, when Shen Xia said the next sentence, Gu Zizhan's face turned pale in an instant.
"I want you to sever your relationship with your mother. As long as you still have a relationship, she will eventually have the chance to call you back to the capital."
Gu Zizhan originally thought that Shen Xia had softened his attitude, but he didn't expect the next question to be so tricky.
His eyes flickered and he was obviously in a dilemma.
Shen Xia looked at Gu Zizhan's silence and felt a little bit of pity in her heart, but she still hardened her heart and said, "So, you can't do it? Then let it go decently."
When Princess Rui heard Shen Xia's request, she became furious.
She really had hit him too lightly just now, and she wanted to rush up and slap Shen Xia a few more times.
Gu Zizhan really couldn't meet this condition. Princess Rui had doted on him the most since he was a child and had always protected him like the apple of her eye.
Staring at everything.
But because he doted on her too much, he became controlling and made Gu Zizhan very depressed.
Anyway, my second brother is much freer without the excessive attention of Princess Rui.
Shen Xia tried hard to push away Gu Zizhan's hand that was tightly holding her, wanting to muster up the last bit of strength to leave this heartbreaking place.
However, just as she tried to break free, a hint of despair and determination flashed in Gu Zizhan's eyes.
He stared at the hand that was about to leave, knowing that if he let go at this moment, he might never be able to save this relationship.
He suddenly grabbed Shen Xia's hand, guided it to his cheek, and slapped it hard.
"Pa——" the crisp sound of slapping echoed in the air.
Princess Rui covered her mouth in horror, unable to believe what was happening before her eyes.
Shen Xia widened her eyes, tears welling up in her eyes, her heart filled with shock and helplessness.
"Xia Xia, besides this one condition, can you make any other requests? As long as it's you who's hurt, I'm willing to bear double the pain, okay?" Gu Zizhan's voice was filled with endless pleading and humility, as if a broken heart was begging for a chance to be reborn.
"Please don't break up with me, okay..." Tears flashed in his eyes and his voice trembled.
He was extremely anxious. He bent down, reached into his shoe, pulled out a sharp dagger, and handed it to Shen Xia carefully.
"Xia Xia, I can give my life to you. I am willing to take all responsibilities for the mistakes my mother made. Please, give me another chance, okay?" His voice was low and firm, and his eyes revealed his persistence and desire for love.
Then he held Shen Xia's hand and held the dagger, pressing it against his heart.
Princess Rui looked at all this, her body trembling slightly, and she said in panic: "Zhan'er, what are you going to do?"
Ji Yuanan was also frightened by Gu Zizhan's behavior.
I only knew that Zizhan liked this girl very much, but I never thought that he liked her to this extent.
Shen Xia looked at the dagger in his hand.
Gu Zizhan was slowly working his way into his heart.
Soon blood began to spill out.
Shen Xia kept backing away: "Are you going to force me? If anything happens to you, do you think the Song family and I will still be alive?"
Gu Zizhan let go.
The dagger fell to the ground with a clang.
Shen Xia gently took out the warm jade pendant from her small bag.
Gently took Gu Zizhan's hand and said, "I'll give this back to you. Maybe we are not destined to be together after all!"
Gu Zizhan looked at the jade pendant in his hand, tears falling uncontrollably from his eyes.
They say men don't shed tears easily.
But there is another sentence, but it is not as sad as before.
Shen Xia put the jade pendant in Gu Zizhan's hand and let go of his hand.
Turn around and leave.
Song Jin and Song Jiang helped Shen Xia leave.
When she reached the door, Shen Xia couldn't hold on any longer and fainted.
Gu Zizhan looked at Shen Xia's back as she left.
Angry and anxious.
"Puff——" a mouthful of blood spurted out and he fell down.
"Zhan'er——"