Chapter 237 Last Chance
Guo Lingyi was unmoved by her grandmother's earnest advice.
"I don't care. If I can't marry him, I will kill myself!"
The old Mrs. Guo frowned deeply and felt helpless.
Master Guo shivered with anger, stretched out his finger and pointed at Guo Lingyi, like he wished he could poke her to death.
"How can you be so ungrateful! Let her do it and don't stop her! From today on, I have no daughter!"
Guo Lingyi was kneeling on the ground with her head bowed and remained silent. She seemed to believe that her father wouldn't do anything to punish her.
Master Guo was a scholar, but had been unsuccessful in his official career, leaving him no choice but to resign from his post to become a master.
Since he wanted to be a successful scholar, there could not be a single scandal in his family. If his daughter ruined the rest of his life, he might really make up his mind and get rid of her.
There was a flicker of ruthlessness in his eyes, and Guo Lingyi, who kept her head down, saw nothing. But the old Mrs. Guo captured it just right.
How could her son have such a terrifying expression?
The old lady winced and immediately came back to her senses, and then looked at her son again and found that ruthlessness in his eyes was gone.
She did not dare to plead again lest her son forced her granddaughter to drink a bowl of medicine and die.
She immediately pulled Guo Lingyi's sleeve and said to her, "Lingyi, go back to your room, and don't disturb your father anymore."
As she spoke, she winked toward Guo Lingyi.
But Guo Lingyi was now immersed in her affection for Wu Xiyuan and couldn't see any hints.
She shook off her grandmother's hand tugging at her sleeve and stubbornly raised her chin. "No! You must help me today. Otherwise, I will bump my head into the ground and die here!"
Guo Xuzhou snorted, flicked his sleeves, and said ruthlessly while walking towards the outside, "Let her do it. Anyone who dares to stop her can die with her."
The old Mrs. Guo and Guo Lingyi looked at each other. Seeing that Guo Xuzhou walked away, she hurriedly held Guo Lingyi up.
"Lingyi, don't ever say stupid things like you want to kill yourself again. Look how mad your father was!"
Although she assumed that her son had some terrible thoughts, she had no real evidence. She couldn't just casually tell her granddaughter that her father might not even care if she was dead.
Originally, Guo Lingyi was just trying to take advantage of her father's indulgence and threaten him a bit. But seeing that he simply didn't care and directly walked away, she felt unhappy.
At this time, Guo Lingyi couldn't kneel straight anymore and sank down. She said to her grandmother, "Grandma, I really like Xiyuan and want to marry him. Can you help me? He is very talented and will definitely pass the exam. If I do marry him, you can also enjoy the rest of your life."
How could things be that simple? It was not like their family was some rich and powerful family that could overwhelm others by power. The old Mrs. Guo thought to herself.
"Do you think your father is the grand secretary? There is nothing I can do to help you. That guy doesn't want to marry you. Do you want me to press his head and bow to Heaven and Earth with you?"
The old Mrs. Guo did not expect that the courtesy and rules she had taught her granddaughter had become useless. Guo Lingyi was now stupid and ignorant to the extreme, just like those nonsense shrews.
The old Mrs. Guo and Mr. Guo had thought that if Guo Lingyi could learn courtesy and rules well, she could marry to a good family, and in that case, their efforts would not be wasted. But now it was all in vain.
Kneeling on the ground, Guo Lingyi pulled her sleeve and said stubbornly, "Isn't my father a master? Let father talk to Xiyuan, and if he is still reluctant to marry me, kick him out of Haoyuan Academy!"
"Does your father own the whole academy? Can we just kick somebody out if we want? Use your head, OK? Not everything is that simple."
The old Mrs. Guo tried hard to persuade Guo Lingyi, but Guo Lingyi got a one-track mind that no one could change.
After talking to her for a long time, the old Mrs. Guo also ran out of patience and said to Lvliu and her maid, Hongying, "Send your lady to her room, and don't let her go out for a few days."
Hearing this, Guo Lingyi looked up at her grandmother inconceivably, "Grandma, do you also want to ground me?"
The old Mrs. Guo stood up, looked at Guo Lingyi on the ground, and said significantly, "It's for your own good. You should better stay at home recently."
Guo Lingyi immediately got up and wanted to escape, but she was stopped by Lvliu and Hongying and dragged into her room.
There were just several servants in the Guo family. Guo Xuzhou could not afford to hire too many servants with his salary from teaching alone.
He hired Hongying to serve his mother because she was old and needed care.
As Guo Lingyi was growing up, the old Mrs. Guo hired Lvliu as her maid so that she could be more like a girl from a respectful family.
The two maids had so much to do in the house, and they even had to embroider handkerchiefs and purses to support themselves.
Guo Lingyi was weak and couldn't get away from them. Until she was locked in the room, she shouted angrily, "Lvliu, how dare you. I am your master! How can you lock your master like this?"
Lvliu was in a hard place, but she understood that the old Mrs. Guo had made the right decision.
If her lady kept looking for trouble, it would ruin her reputation. Not only that, when Mr. Guo and the old Mrs. Guo completely lost their patience, her lady would definitely suffer more.
Besides, her salary was paid by Mr. Guo, and her lady had nothing to do with it.
Guo Lingyi was furious that she smashed everything she could in the room. But everyone just ignored her, and no one came to her room even at dinner time.
She was tired, hungry, and angry, and just fell asleep with her clothes on.
Early the next morning, she vaguely felt that someone was tying her hands and feet.
She was startled and immediately woke up.
She opened her eyes and saw her father, Lvliu, and Hongying standing beside her bed.
Realizing that her hands and feet were tied by Lvliu and Hongying, she was scared.
"Dad! Let go of me. I will behave in the future."
Seeing her dilated pupils and panic look, Guo Xuzhou snorted.
"There's no more future. I can't lose face!"
After he said it, he ordered Lvliu to stuff Guo Lingyi's mouth with a handkerchief. And then he said, "Send her to the Mingjing Nunnery. I've already informed the senior nun there."
Guo Lingyi widen her eyes and kept struggling and shouting, but no one knew what she said with a handkerchief in her mouth.