Chapter 218: 134 The Real Culprit (First Update)_2
Lady Gu felt a sharp pain in her chest. She rushed over, knelt on the mattress, and cradled her precious grandson in her arms, “Chenglin, what happened to you? Who hurt you ?”
As soon as Gu Chenglin saw Lady Gu, tears welled up in his eyes: “Grandmother, you must stand up for me——”
Gu Chenglin shared his horrific experience with Lady Gu. He knew his grandmother favoured him, she would believe whatever he said. So he let his words flow freely, sparing no thought for logic.
“I didn’t touch him, I didn’t even touch him. He recognized me as his third brother, held a grudge against me for bullying him when we were kids and called his sister to beat me up!”
“That girl, raised in the countryside, is as strong as a bull from farming and feeding pigs, she doesn’t know how to control her strength!”
“Considering she’s my sister, I didn’t want to retaliate… wu wu…grandmother…”
“As a result, my eldest brother even punished me…”
“My eldest brother doesn’t believe me…”
Gu Chenglin cried his heart out, his tears and snot blending together.
Lady Gu’s heart was in pieces!
To the guards outside, she said, “If you don’t let me take them both away today, I’ll die right here!”
The guards were also in a difficult position.
They couldn’t disobey the command of the heir apparent, but they couldn’t let Lady Gu stir things up here neither.
Fortunately, Gu Changqing was just handling a minor matter and soon returned home.
After hearing the news, he went to the ancestral hall.
Lady Gu did value her legitimate eldest grandson, but over the years, Gu Changqing trained with the old lord and seldom spent time around Lady Gu.
Unlike his two younger brothers who were adept at acting like spoiled brats, thus his relationship with Lady Gu wasn’t as close as theirs.
Considering that he was the eldest brother, Lady Gu was furious at Gu Changqing for treating his younger brother so harshly, and she even wanted to punish him with house rules, “Look at what you’ve done to your brother!”
Gu Changqing solemnly said, “Grandmother, the ancestral hall is cold. You should go back to Songhe Court before you catch a cold.”
Lady Gu snapped back, “You’re aware that the ancestral hall is cold! Aren’t you afraid your younger brother might catch a cold? Look at what he’s been reduced to. Instead of taking revenge for him, you are punishing him instead. Is that how you play your role as the eldest brother?”
Gu Changqing coldly glanced at Gu Chenglin.
Gu Chenglin, feeling guilty, lowered his head, not daring to meet his elder brother’s sharp gaze.
Lady Gu coldly said: “Why are you glaring at him? If you have the guts, you face me!”
Gu Changqing calmly said: “He knows he did something wrong.”
Lady Gu angrily asked: “What did he do?”
With Lady Gu supporting him, Gu Chenglin’s courage grew significantly: “Yes, big brother, I’ve said that I did nothing, why don’t you believe me?”
Gu Changqing’s gaze remained cold: “Gu Yan almost died.”
Lady Gu was not pleased: “just because Yao family said their son almost died, did he really almost die? You don’t trust your own brother, but you trust an outsider?”
I saved him, I fed him the medicine, I watched him right before my eyes… almost die.
These words, Gu Changqing left unsaid.
Because even if he said them, they would think that just because Gu Yan was injured, was it necessarily Gu Chenglin’s doing? Did you as his older brother see Gu Chenglin kidnap Gu Yan?
Who knows who he has offended outside, yet he is petty enough to blame it on Gu Chenglin!
Gu Changqing was not siding with Gu Yan. Whether the other party was Gu Yan or not in this matter didn’t matter much, what mattered was Gu Chenglin’s character.
If he hadn’t seen it with his own eyes, how could Gu Changqing believe that his own younger brother had taken such a wrong turn?’
No matter what, Gu Changqing refused to release him, which infuriated Lady Gu to the point where she imposed family punishment on him, making him kneel in front of the tablets of their ancestors and bear the punishment.
Throughout the punishment, Gu Changqing didn’t make a sound, even when each stroke of the ruler hit him.
“Are you going to let your brother go?”
Lady Gu was so angry that her hand trembled, and a stroke of the ruler hit Gu Changqing’s face.
“Grandmother! Stop hitting him!” Gu Chengfeng grabbed Lady Gu’s arm.
At this time, Madam Ling also arrived.
She managed to persuade Lady Gu to leave.
“Okay, I won’t let them feed Chenglin, but at least let a doctor treat his injuries. That will make it easier for him to kneel in an orderly manner.”
Madam Ling was a very smart woman, always able to find a way for both sides to compromise.
Gu Changqing didn’t say a word and returned to his own courtyard.