TFWYH – Chapter 880 Gu Hengcang’s Death

Gu Yanran loved that dress dearly and couldn’t bear to wear it. She even hugged it while sleeping.

But Gu Yanshuang was jealous. While Gu Yanran was away, she took the dress and cut it to shreds.

When Gu Yanran found out, she cried bitterly.

Yet even then, she didn’t make a fuss. Instead, she covered for Gu Yanshuang and kept the matter secret.

There had been countless incidents like this…

Gu Yanshuang had bullied Gu Yanran again and again, yet Gu Yanran had never fought back.

The worst incident was when Gu Yanshuang had killed the little dog Gu Yanran raised.

Even then, Gu Yanran had eventually forgiven her through her tears.

And what had he been doing at the time?

He had been comparing the value of his two daughters, weighing how far each of them might go in life.

In his eyes, Gu Yanran’s kindness and good deeds were signs that she was too weak and incapable.

As a result, he had favored Gu Yanshuang more and more. He thought this daughter had cunning and initiative. She dared to think and act. She might not be exceptionally clever, but she wasn’t stupid either. With his support, she would surely amount to something great.

He still remembered how, when he spoiled Gu Yanshuang until she became utterly lawless, the look in Gu Yanran’s eyes grew dimmer and more disappointed day by day…

He remembered even more clearly how, whenever he praised Gu Yanshuang countless times, saying, “What a good daughter I have,” there had been longing in Gu Yanran’s eyes as she stood quietly in the corner.

They were both his daughters, both young ladies of the Prime Minister’s Residence.

One was willful, spoiled, dazzling, and outspoken.

The other was timid, weak, and increasingly silent.

Thinking about it now, Gu Yanran hadn’t actually been like that in the beginning.

She had simply been sensible. She didn’t want to make things difficult for her parents.

She understood that both daughters were equally precious to their parents.

It was him.

It was his constant favoritism that had gradually turned sensible Gu Yanran into someone insecure and overly sensitive, someone whose kindness had become completely without boundaries.

No.

Rather than calling it kindness, it would be more accurate to say that Gu Yanran had developed a fear of offending people.

She had become overly concerned with how outsiders viewed her and with meeting his expectations…

What… what had he done?

After finally understanding all of this, Gu Hengcang let out a long sigh.

His entire body seemed to wither, and in an instant, he looked as though he had aged more than a decade.

Ling Yu turned around and no longer looked at the white-haired old man. He lifted his feet and walked forward step by step.

Behind him came Xiao Nan’s voice, filled with hatred.

“Gu Hengcang, today, I will take your head in payment for the entire Nangong family!”

A sharp sword cry rang out.

Gu Hengcang’s head was severed from his body, and his headless corpse collapsed limply to the ground.

His head rolled across the ground, coming to rest facing Ling Yu. The light in his eyes gradually faded…

He wanted… to say “I’m sorry” to the daughter he had wronged all these years.

Ling Yu heard the sound behind him and suddenly stopped walking.

He didn’t turn around.

He stood there for a long while before finally walking away.

What people do, Heaven sees.

There is indeed such a thing as retribution in this world.

It isn’t that retribution doesn’t come.

Its time simply hasn’t arrived yet.

…

Gu Hengcang had been rescued from the execution ground, and the person who was most furious about it was the Emperor.

In the prosperous capital, right under the Son of Heaven’s nose, someone had actually dared to break into an execution ground and rescue a prisoner?

Was there any justice left?

Was there any law left?

Did these people even have the Emperor in their eyes?

The Emperor immediately summoned Ji Wushuang and ordered him to take people and pursue Gu Hengcang.

Once they caught up with him, they were to kill him without hesitation.

Anyone who dared challenge imperial authority was utterly intolerable.

The once lofty and untouchable Prime Minister’s Residence was now deserted and desolate.

In the middle of the night, Xiao Nan bid farewell to Ling Yu and came here.

He entered Gu Hengcang’s study, found the secret passage, activated the mechanism, and walked inside.

The long passage was pitch-black, so dark that he couldn’t see his own hand in front of his face.

Xiao Nan held up a candle holder. The faint flame illuminated his face, giving him a somewhat sinister appearance.

At last, he reached the end.

He raised his hand and rhythmically knocked several times against the wall in front of him.