Chapter 59: Gu Dao Unilaterally Expels Himself from the Gu Family

It felt as though a wad of cotton had been stuffed into the throat of the elderly matriarch of the Gu family.

Her withered lips parted weakly, yet she was unable to utter a single sound.

How could she bear to expel Gu Ling from the Gu family? But she had shouted those words with such high-pitched bravardage just moments ago that it was utterly impossible to take them back.

Hearing that he was to be cast out of the clan, Gu Ling panicked completely.

He absolutely could not be tainted by this child; he still intended to marry a princess and had a brilliantly promising future ahead of him.

This child would become a lifelong stain and a stumbling block in his path. It would ruin him forever.

Desperate to prove his innocence, he shouted at the top of his lungs:

"It wasn't me! There was something wrong with that water—alum had been added to it, so anyone's blood would blend with it!"

"Is that so?" Gu Dao asked, staring straight into his eyes.