allonlinenovel Chapter 445 You won’t
Chapter 445 You won’t
Chapter 445 You Won’t
Shen Wantang was stunned: "What?"
"I mean, as a lobbyist, you only have too little time to speak for others. If you leave so soon, An Ning will doubt that you didn't try your best to persuade me."
"Nonsense, Ah Ning would never doubt me. She doesn't have as many thoughts as you do! Besides, you have already made up your mind. No matter how much I say or how long I talk, it will be useless!"
Gu Qianhan suddenly laughed softly: "You actually didn't intend to convince me. You have always supported my decision. You also hope that An Ning can marry to Jiangnan and stay away from the capital, right?"
In both lives, this was the first time that Shen Wantang saw Gu Qianhan smile like this, as if he had encountered something very happy. His smile came from the bottom of his heart, and it was as if the iceberg had melted, revealing a ray of sunshine.
In fact, he was born with a good appearance, and the Creator really favored him.
He has deep eyes, a straight nose, sharp facial features, and an innate pride and dignity emanates from his whole body.
He actually didn't know that when he swallowed poison and died in his previous life, she had touched his eyebrows and his angular face.
It wasn't that she had any other feelings or anything, she just simply felt that his face was so perfect that she couldn't help but want to touch it.
Now facing him in real life, the impact of his perfect bone structure is even stronger.
Shen Wantang lowered her eyes and refused to look at him again: "I really hope that An Ning will marry Jiangnan, and I really don't intend to persuade you. I am just going through the motions. An Ning is my only friend. This is the first time she asked me for help, so I can't help it. Anyway, your decision will not change, so it doesn't hurt for me to give you some advice."
Gu Qianhan said in a low voice: "What if I am easily persuaded and I change my mind after your persuasion?"
Shen Wantang lowered his head and said softly, "You won't."
"You know me so well?"
Shen Wantang did understand him somewhat, but in order to avoid suspicion, she said, "I don't understand you."
"Then why are you so sure I won't change my mind?"
"Because—you know the ending, and so do I."
For a moment, there was no movement in the room.
After a long while, Shen Wantang finally heard a slight sigh from above his head: "Yes, you and I both know the ending, and the only person I can protect is probably Ah Ning, so no matter how she cries, I will send her away."
The topic was too serious, and Shen Wantang's voice lowered: "How sure are you?"
Gu Qianhan said softly, "I actually had no confidence. After I was reborn, I found out that the emperor and the prince had been preparing to clean up the Gu family. The people around my father were those planted by the emperor, and the people around my eldest brother were those planted by the prince."
"The wings of the Gu family are constantly being clipped, and even many of their properties have been taken away under various names. After I took over the family's accounts, I found out that there are termites in every farm. They stole most of the profits and gave them to the emperor and the prince."
"Even more, I accidentally got a piece of news. The emperor actually drafted several secret decrees, wanting to frame the Gu family and wipe them out. However, because each charge was too far-fetched and would easily make the emperor despised by future generations, he shelved it."
Shen Wantang was silent. The emperor was a very suspicious person and he would not allow his subjects to have too much power.
Even General Huo, who had just returned from a victorious battle, had his military power stripped away by him recently. The general garrisoning the northwest had been replaced by Zhuo Xianli, who had no idea how to fight a war and deploy troops.
The same was true in the previous life.
Zhuo Xianli was originally a civil servant. He wrote beautiful articles and had read a lot of military books, but he was terrible at fighting a war.
Under his leadership, the originally well-organized deployment of troops was completely disrupted. The Huns, who had been repelled by General Huo, invaded one after another. Cities in the northwest were constantly lost and territory was constantly occupied.
Zhuo Xianli served as a general for eight years, and Dafeng fought defeated battles for eight years.
However, the emperor would rather suffer defeat than replace General Huo. The reason was simple: he was afraid that General Huo would become too powerful and would be difficult to control in the future.
Later, Zhuo Xianli felt too ashamed to be the general, so he returned and resigned. The emperor then replaced him with someone to go to the northwest.
The person he replaced later was a military general, but in order to limit the general's excessive power, he also sent two eunuchs to follow him, nominally as assistants but actually to monitor and restrict him.
Because of the interference of eunuchs, the subsequent battles were never won, so after the emperor passed away and the prince ascended the throne, he had to use marriage to stop the Huns from invading further.
"The Emperor is determined to get rid of the Gu family. I once thought about asking my father to give up all power and retire to the mountains, but I recently learned that the Emperor once said that he wanted to eradicate the Gu family completely, leaving no one alive."
Gu Qianhan showed a bitter smile on his handsome face: "I was still too young and thought that everything could be resolved. I didn't know that my avoidance would only cause the whole clan to die faster."
"So, I can't give up. No matter how confident I am, I have to try."
Shen Wantang raised her head and looked at him again: "How did you know so many secrets of the emperor? Did you plant someone around the prince?"
"I have planted spies, but my people can't get such confidential information for a while. I got this information in exchange for the courtesan of Wanhua Tower."
Shen Wantang was slightly startled: "You redeemed the courtesan for this?"
"Why else?"
Shen Wantang didn't say anything, but Gu Qianhan saw through her inner thoughts at a glance: "Do you think I'm attracted to that courtesan?"
Shen Wantang: “…”
This is the bad thing about talking to smart people. You can't fool them even if you try.
She had no choice but to say, "The courtesan of Wanhua Tower is extremely beautiful, talented and pretty. Even if you are attracted to her, it is human nature. So I think you redeemed her because you are attracted to her, which is also human nature."
Gu Qianhan's face was not looking good: "Others may not know that the courtesan is pregnant, but how could you not know? In her previous life, she was pregnant with Yu Baifeng's child, and was forced to drink abortion pills by Wanhualou. The whole city was in turmoil and everyone knew about it. Am I crazy? Do you want this?"
Shen Wantang: "If it's true love, it might not matter if she's pregnant with someone else's child."
Gu Qianhan's expression became even uglier: "Do you think I'm Xiao Qingyuan? Do I look like such a brainless person?"
"No, that's not what I meant."
For the first time, Shen Wantang knew what it felt like to be sweating profusely. She didn't even know how she and Gu Qianhan ended up talking about this.
He despised Xiao Qingyuan for being stupid, and he himself was not much better. He blocked Xiao Qingyuan's princess's way and dared to hold her hand. It seemed that his brain was not in good shape either.
Seeing him getting closer and closer, Shen Wantang had no choice but to push him away: "Get out of the way, I have to leave, Ah Ning is still waiting for me outside."