The sun was about to set, and the father and son, as well as ten guards, arrived at the Gu Manor. They dismounted, and five guards came out and took their horse away from them.
Gu Tianfang looked at his three sons and ten guards. He said, "Whatever happened in that old temple between Yingjie and Zhu Mingyang will not be mention. If I know that any word are to slip from yours mouth, then there will be no reason for you to be able to talk or hear. Does everyone understand?"
Guards, "Yes, we understand."
Gu Tingfuang looked at Gu Xiaowen and Gu Gouliang. He said firmly, "That also includes you two."
Gu Xiaowen and Gu Gouliang was unhappy about the situation, but there were not much they could do since Gu Tingfuang had always favorite Gu Yingjie. The two brothers looked at each other and replied, "Yes father."
Gu Tinfuang said, "Guard Lin, take Yingjie back to his quarter." He sighed. "When he finishes taking a bath and changes his clothes, take him to my study hall."
Lin Ruchao replied, "Yes, Chief." He grabbed Gu Yingjie's hand. "Young master, this way."
Inside the backyard of Si Pangfua's quarter, Xiaotao walked straight to Si Pangfua who was trimming flowers.
Xiaotao said, "Furen, Chief and the two young masters are back."
Si Pangfua sighed, "Xiaotao, who else came with the chief and the two young masters?"
Xiaotao, "Master Yingjie is here too."
Si Pangfua scissors fell from her hand to the floor. Xiaotao hurriedly bent down, picked up the fallen scissors, and placed them on the table next to the flower pot. Si Pangfu stood up and walked towards her rose bushes.
Si Pangfua said, "I hope I never see this thorn again." She looked at the rose. "Why does such ugly thing have to grow alongside such a beautiful thing?" She stared at the rose thorn. "If I want a rose, I must be careful of the thorns."
Xiaotao, "Then cut the rose from the bush and trims off the thorns."
Si Pangfua, "Xiaotao, this plan is perfect, but I hate to fight for power in this family. I used to do it back then, but I end up with nothing, even when I have two sons. I still can't compare with bastard child."
Xiaotao, "Furen, she is no longer here, you don't have to think about her anymore."
Si Pangfau said madly, "How could I not think of her? She took my husband away while she was still alive. Now she is dead, her son has taken away my sons title as heir to the Gu Household. No matter how much I tried that bitch always prevails just because she is..."
Xiaotao hurriedly stopped Si Pangfu, "Furen, remember that we swore never to mention her again. If Chief heard, he will cut our tongues and ruin our hearing."
Si Pangfua angrily knocked the flowerpot on the table to the ground. She yelled, "What are you so afraid of? I'm already this old, I'm not afraid of anything or anyone anymore."
Xiaotao, "I know, but what about the two young masters?" She held Si Pangfua bleeding left hand. "Their welfare is still in your best interest."
Si Pangfua's tears began to fall. She looked at Xiaotao. She sadly said, "Xiaotao, we entered the Gu family when we were young, and now look at us, my hair is beginning to turn white." She held Xiaotao's hand. "I wasted your youth. Can you find the heart to forgive me?"
Xiaotao, "Furen, I never thought about leaving you. Over the years, I am very happy to serve you. I don't regret it."
Si Pangfua said, "I will let that dead woman know. I, Si Pangfua will be the winner in the end. My son will be the heir of the Gu family, and her son will continue to be an illegitimate child. I am a noble birth, and she was a slave birth. I am better than her in every aspect, and so are my sons." She squatted on the broken flowerpot and began to remove the soil from the roots of the flower. She picked up two arrow heads and held them in her right hand. She looked at the arrow heads. She smirked. "Ten years have passed, these arrow heads can finally be put into use." She stood up and handed the two arrow heads to Xiaotao. "You know what to do."
Xiaotao took the two arrow heads, "Furen, don't worry, know what to do."
Early the next morning, Gu Xiaowen and Gu Gouliang responded to Gu Tingfang's request and escorted Si Pangfua to Gu Yingjie's living quarter. When the mother and sons arrived, the food was ready on the table in the backyard.
Yuan Chaomei walked to Si Pangfua and greeted her, she took Si Pangfua by the hand and sat at the table.
Si Pangfua looked at the garden and said, "Chaomei, since you live here, this garden has been beautifully filled with so many different type of flowers."
Yuan Chaomei, "Thank you mother. This garden was created by Yingjie and I just took care of it." She smiled at Si Pangfua. "Mother, if you wish to take some flowerpot back, I will have the maids send some to you."
Si Pangfua said, "If I look around, you don't mind?"
Yuan Chaomei, "Go ahead mother, I don't mind."
Si Pangfua walked around in the flower field, knocking over one of the flowerpot with one foot. The flowerpot hit another flowerpot and the two flowerpots are broken on the ground. She squatted down quickly, trying to save the root of the flower. Suddenly, Si Pangfua grunted in pain with a bleed finger.
Yuan Chaomei quickly rushed over, "Mother, are you alright?"
Si Pangfua, "I'm fine. I was not careful. Child, I'm sorry, I broke your two flowerpots."
Yuan Chaomei, "It doesn't matter, it's a ceramic pot. I can always get another one." She lowered her head and saw two arrow heads. She picked it up. "Yingjie, why are there two arrow heads inside this flowerpot?" She turned around, holding two arrow heads in her hand.
Gu Tingfang dropped his chopsticks, quickly got up from the chair, and rushed towards Yuan Chaomei. He snatched two arrow heads from Yuan Chaomei's hand. He stared stared at the two arrow heads coldly. He glared at Gu Yingjie bitterly, and said angrily, "Guards, take Gu Yingjie to the punishment hall."