The Prime Minister's Darling novel Chapter 399

Chapter 399: Incident No. 203 (First Update)

No one in the Jinluan Hall dared to speak like this in front of His Majesty.

Eunuch Wei’s face changed slightly.

So did Gu Jinyu’s.

However, she was not flustered for being called out harshly.

She forced herself to come across as calm.

His Majesty cast a strange look at Gu Jinyu and told the old blacksmith and the carpenter, “This is Miss Gu.” _{freeωebnovēl.c૦m}

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The carpenter who had never seen Gu Jinyu couldn’t make a comment.

But the old blacksmith had a clear memory, he signaled with his hands, “She isn’t! Miss Gu doesn’t look like this!”

Eunuch Wei chuckled and asked, “Are you sure you are not mistaken? Look again.”

The old blacksmith, who had spent a lifetime hammering iron and was unfamiliar with the ways of the world or dealing with diplomatic matters, lost his temper and even forgot that he was speaking to the Emperor, “There’s no need! Miss Gu was in my shop the whole afternoon, how could I forget her appearance? Moreover, her voice isn’t like this either! No, No! You must have made a mistake!”

Eununch Wei laughed awkwardly, “Are you sure that the lady’s surname is Gu, and that she is a daughter of the Marquis Residence?”

“Absolutely sure!” the old blacksmith emphatically nodded.

Back then, when the young apprentice went to the Iron Shop to collect farming tools for Gu Jiao, the old blacksmith kept insisting on giving Miss Gu a bonus. The apprentice, unable to refuse, inadvertently said, “Miss Gu is the lady of Marquis Residence, she doesn’t need your silver.”

The apprentice made a slip of the tongue and afterwards, he was incredibly cautious about not mentioning it again.

Eunuch Wei said, “But she is indeed the lady of Marquis Residence and her surname is Gu, there isn’t a second Marquis daughter with this surname in the entire world…”

Upon saying this, he paused abruptly.

No, there is a second one.

The Marquis Gu has two daughters.

One is his biological daughter who grew up in the countryside, and the other is an adopted daughter raised by his side. Although there was a mix-up, Marquis Gu always considered the adopted daughter as his own child and she was also very promising.

If the mix-up hadn’t been exposed, no one would ever suspect her to not be a genuine lady of the nobleman’s house.

What Eunuch Wei figured out, His Majesty had also deduced.

However, Marquis Gu had previously stated categorically that his biological daughter was illiterate.

So, who was lying?