144 As long As You Stop Crying, I’ll Do Anything!
It was not until Gu Qingxue disappeared outside the door that Imperial Duke Zhan muttered gloomily, “The little girl is still so young, but she’s quite a spirited person.”
Imperial Duke Zhan sighed with emotion when he heard a sob coming from beside him.
The hair on his back trembled instantly. Imperial Duke Zhan turned his head to look at Madam Qiao, only to see that her eyes were filled with tears, and she looked like she was about to cry.
“My lady, what happened to you? Who provoked you? Tell me, I’ll go fight with him right now!” Imperial Duke Zhan said hurriedly.
Madam Qiao punched Imperial Duke Zhan’s arm, “Of course it’s you! Why don’t you want me to take Xue’er as my adopted daughter? Do you know how much I like her?”
She did not do it on a whim. For some reason, she had been thinking about Gu Qingxue for the past two days and had asked Qiu Yan to find out more about Gu Qingxue’s experiences.
The more she knew about Gu Qingxue, the more her heart ached for her. It was only after much consideration that she decided to adopt Gu Qingxue as her adopted daughter.
Her heart ached for Xue’er. She wanted to give her a mother’s love and also hoped that she could have an obedient daughter like Xue’er to accompany her in the future.
However, she did not expect that the matter that she had planned so well would fail because of her husband.
Imperial Duke Zhan hurriedly pretended to be innocent. “My wife, I’m innocent. What does this have to do with me? I’m just worried that Lady Gu will be in a difficult position.”
“Don’t call me your wife, I’m not your wife! What’s so good about being your wife? Even if I wanted to take in a daughter, I would be stopped by you. Don’t take me for a fool. Xue’er was clearly moved by me just now. It was all because of your blabbering that caused her to reject me. The more Madam Qiao spoke, the angrier she got, her tears were like beads that had broken the thread, rolling down non-stop.
When Imperial Duke Zhan heard this, he hurriedly begged for mercy. “Yes, it’s all my fault. Yi’er, don’t cry. Your body isn’t good to begin with. If you cry again, how can your body recover? As long as you don’t cry, I’ll do anything you want me to do!”
Only then did Madam Qiao stop crying. She continued to look at Imperial Duke Zhan with teary eyes. “Is what you said true?”
Imperial Duke Zhan hurriedly nodded. “Of course it’s true. I’ll listen to you.”
“Then go chase after Xue’er and apologize to her. Tell her that you were wrong and call her back,” Madam Qiao sobbed as she pleaded.
“Ah? This… If this gets out, how will people think of me?”A drop of cold sweat dripped down Imperial Duke Zhan’s forehead.
He was the imperial duke, yet he had to humbly begged others to be his adopted daughter. If this got out, how would he be able to live?
Moreover, he could also see that although that Eldest Miss Gu seemed gentle, she was actually a prideful person deep down. What he had just said had already offended her. With her personality, there was a high chance that she would not give him face.
Madam Qiao huffed angrily, “Are you going or not?”
“Yes, yes, yes, I’m going.” Imperial Duke Zhan hated to see Madam Qiao angry, so he could not be bothered with it anymore. He quickly got up and left to chase after Gu Qingxue.
However, what Imperial Duke Zhan did not expect was that when he finally caught up with Gu Qingxue, she did not go home. Instead, she turned around and went to the prince regent’s manor.
“Wait, I can’t let her find out.” Imperial Duke Zhan watched from afar. He did not look away until Gu Qingxue walked into the gate of the prince regent’s manor.
“Imperial duke, aren’t we going to continue chasing?” The personal guard asked Imperial Duke Zhan.
“No.” Imperial Duke Zhan shook his head without hesitation.
He did not expect Gu Qingxue to be related to the prince regent’s manor. According to the current situation in the imperial court, if Gu Qingxue had a close relationship with the prince regent, he really had to consider avoiding her.
The guard was a little worried, “But what about the Madam?”
Imperial Duke Zhan’s face fell, and he muttered, “We’ll talk about it when we get back!”