I Became The Stepmother of My Ex-husband

“Correct, I will soon marry her, and she’ll be the Princess Consort.”

Gu Cheng Yao, who’d always been praised by everyone in the capital for being a gentleman, neglected his appearance. His mouth gaped open in astonishment as he stared at Gu Hui Yan. After a moment, his face suddenly sank and he said resolutely, “you can’t.”

Gu Hui Yan merely glanced faintly at Gu Cheng Yao, obviously not really caring. Gu Ming Da came in, and when he heard this, he said evenly, “Shizi, you’ve crossed the line.”

Gu Cheng Yao also found his words ridiculous. He was the child, so who was he to control the affairs of his elders? But how was this okay?

His thoughts were in a mess. He’d opposed it without thinking and practically blurted everything out. It was only after he finished speaking that he pondered it in hindsight. Why not?

Did he disapprove of his father’s remarriage in order to protect his parent’s love, because his mother, Shen Shi, said that they’d fallen in love at first sight, their love stronger than gold? Or was it because the person his father wanted to marry was Lin Wei Xi, who was younger than himself, and felt it preposterous, so he opposed it. Or perhaps it was because she was Lin Wei Xi, someone who felt indescribably familiar to him?

Gu Cheng Yao’s confusion lasted for only a moment before it was pushed down by the image of Shen Shi’s smiling face. Gu Hui Yan had been in the war campaign for many years and didn’t stay in the residence for long, so Gu Cheng Yao grew up by his mother’s side. Back when they were still living in the residence in the Yan fief, the old Princess Consort had still been alive, and she treated Shen Shi in a lukewarm manner. Shen Shi had lamented to Gu Cheng Yao all the time about her mother-in-law’s harsh criticism. As time passed, he grew further distanced from his grandmother and clung to his mother even more.

At that time, Gu Cheng Yao was still young. Shen Shi repeatedly and patiently narrated her encounter with Prince Yan to him. Prince Yan had rescued her from amidst the chaos of battle; the hero had saved the beauty and she fell in love at first sight. Hence, she travelled thousands of miles to chase her husband, and they got married in the end, living happily ever after. Gu Cheng Yao was actually not very interested in Shen Shi’s stories about their romance, but she was his mother. Over the years, Gu Cheng Yao became deeply influenced throughout his childhood. Without even realizing it, he truly believed that his parent’s marriage was an eternal love out of a fairy tale, even if Gu Hui Yan stayed in the army camp without returning home the entire year. Even if his grandmother was very apathetic towards Shen Shi.

When Shen Shi later died of illness, Prince Yan didn’t remarry for many years, and everything seemed to be going well. But now this fairy tale love was suddenly shattered and someone new had appeared out of nowhere. There was no way Gu Cheng Yao could allow it.

He pulled a long face, his voice stiff, “Father, isn’t this unfair to Mother? While you were busy fighting the war these past few years, she managed the household, supported grandmother, and raised me all by herself. Did you think of Mother even once, who’s in the underworld, when you decided to remarry?”

Gu Ming Da thought to himself so you know that Princess Consort Shen’s already in the underworld. But he merely took a step forward and coldly said, “Shizi, you’ve crossed the line.”

Gu Cheng Yao looked at Gu Ming Da, but Gu Ming Da stayed firm and watched him with a calm and businesslike look in his eyes. Gu Cheng Yao ultimately caved in and stiffly said, “this son was rude,” before turning and fleeing from the room.

“My Prince… “

“It’s all right.” Gu Hui Yan didn’t pay any attention to the earlier disturbance and stood up to walk toward the study. Court affairs piled up into a mountain of documents everyday, so he didn’t actually have a lot of free time. “He’s still naive. Let him be.”

Gao Ran was sitting in the room, and when she saw Gu Cheng Yao rush in, she promptly greeted him, “Shizi.”

She saw Gu Cheng Yao’s expression and she smiled sweetly, her voice gentle as water, “Shizi, what happened?”

Gu Cheng Yao took a deep breath and said, “It’s nothing. Nothing more than a disagreement with Father.”

Gao Ran was shocked, “What kind of disagreement? Why?” It wasn’t a good sign that he had argued with Gu Hui Yan.

“Father wishes to marry Lin Wei Xi as his Princess Consort. I said a few things and it turned out like this.”

Gao Ran didn’t listen to the second half of Gu Cheng Yao’s sentence. Her attention was entirely focused on his first few words. She stood on the spot, her brain buzzing, and was finally able to speak normally after a moment, “What did you say?”