After being forced into a marriage with a wealthy family, the virtuous wife caused a huge uproar.

"We've never had a banquet like this before, we don't know how much it costs." Yinghong was so frightened that she trembled and accidentally knocked over the bowl in front of her, which fell to the ground and shattered.

"Well, you actually dared to break Honghaolou's bowl."

These bowls are produced as a set; if one is broken, the whole set is ruined.

"A set costs at least ten taels of silver. How are you going to compensate me?" Zheng Jin sat back down in his chair, watching the spectacle with amusement.

"We...we have no money." Rong Yingluo also looked terrified.

"Since you have no money, you should just drink with us." Gao Zhiyuan picked up his glass and downed it in one gulp.

He was demonstrating to the two women how to drink alcohol.

Rong Yingluo and Yinghong were forced to pick up their wine glasses.

Rong Yingluo was the first to drink it all in one gulp, but then she started coughing violently.

It gave the impression that this was the first time she had ever drunk alcohol.

Yinghong followed suit and also coughed incessantly.

The three young masters smiled with satisfaction upon seeing this.

"Come on, that's more like it, keep drinking. The three of us brothers are very happy to meet two beautiful young ladies today." Chen Yiran took the initiative to pour wine for the two ladies.

The two girls couldn't refuse, so the three of them found all sorts of reasons to get them to drink one cup after another.

After drinking the fifth cup, the two could no longer hold on and passed out drunk.

"Brother Gao, it's done. Do you want to take him back to your residence, or just let him stay here?" Chen Yiran fawned over Gao Zhiyuan and poured him another cup.

"They are respectable women, pure in body and mind. I cannot defile them, so of course I will take them back to my manor and make them willingly become my women. I intend to take them as concubines." Gao Zhiyuan downed the wine in his cup in one gulp.

He also knew he couldn't act recklessly, or his grandfather, who was the Minister of Revenue, would beat him to death.

He wasn't worried that the two girls wouldn't agree.

Once they enter the Gao family and witness the wealth and status of a prominent household, they will surely be willing to serve.

"Someone come here." Seeing that things had gone well, Gao Zhiyuan stopped drinking.

The servant guarding the door responded and came in.

"Find a carriage and wait outside," Gao Zhiyuan instructed.

The servant quickly hired a carriage, and the group took the drunken Rong Yingluo and Yinghong into the carriage and back to the Gao family.

Sitting in the private room, Gu Qingyin did nothing as Rong Yingluo instructed her. She simply waited for her sister-in-law to say that when she saw someone take away their mistress and servants, it would be her turn to go.

Actually, she didn't know Gao Zhiyuan, but when she saw her sister-in-law and Yinghong being invited into a private room by three playboys, she already guessed what her sister-in-law was going to do.

Just as the elder sister-in-law had predicted, they were soon stuffed into a carriage, and they were still unconscious.

As soon as the carriage left, Gu Qingyin led her maid to the government office where Gu Ce was to take up his post.

When she arrived at the gate of the Ministry of Personnel, she hurriedly got off the carriage and walked in great anxiety, almost tripping. When she saw the two guards at the gate, she cried out in panic.

"Brother Cha, quick, quick, please tell my brother that my sister-in-law has been kidnapped!" Gu Qingyin said, disregarding her image, as Rong Yingluo had instructed.

"Young lady, who is your elder brother?" The constable did not recognize Gu Qingyin.

"My elder brother is Gu Ce, the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Personnel," Gu Qingyin said even more urgently.

When the two constables heard that it was their Minister Gu from the Ministry of Personnel, they thought they had misheard and froze.

"Hurry up, or my sister-in-law's innocence will be in jeopardy," Gu Qingyin urged.

"Okay, I'll go right now." One of them reacted quickly and ran inside in a flash.

Gu Ce is reviewing the performance evaluations of several county magistrates.

For some reason, he had a feeling that something was going to happen today, and he was somewhat absent-minded.

But it's almost noon and nothing has happened.

Just as he was about to pick up another folding book, a yamen runner spoke to Zhong Sheng in a panic outside the door.

"Guard Zhong, quickly tell Lord Gu that his wife has been kidnapped."

Gu Ce paused, "Has Rong Yingluo been snatched away?"

Are you kidding me? She'd be the one stealing from others.

She has many tricks up her sleeve.

But his heart still skipped a beat for no reason. He threw down the folding book and strode out of the room.

"What happened?" Gu Ce asked.

"Lord Gu, a young lady has arrived outside the yamen. She says she's your sister and is very anxious. She says her sister-in-law has been kidnapped," the yamen runner repeated.

Gu Ce frowned. He had three younger sisters, and the one who seemed anxious was definitely not Gu Qingya, the sister who looked down on the Rong family.

If it's not Gu Qingya, then it must be the second younger sister. When did the two of them become so close?

Regardless, he had to go and see.

Without saying a word, Gu Ce strode outside. When he arrived at the door, he saw Gu Qingyin.

"Second sister, what happened?"

"Brother, hurry to the Gao family mansion to rescue sister-in-law. The young master of the Gao family got sister-in-law and Yinghong drunk and took them away. I saw it with my own eyes in the private room of Honghao Tower," Gu Qingyin said with great conviction.

"Which young master of the Gao family?" Gu Ce's eyes turned cold.

Although it's unclear what Rong is up to, if she gets drunk, something bad could very well happen.

"Gao Zhiyuan, the fifth young master of the Gao family." Gu Qingyin directly gave the name. Although she did not know Gao Zhiyuan, it did not stop her from following her sister-in-law's plan.

Gu Ce immediately mounted his horse and headed towards the Gao residence, with Zhong Sheng following closely behind.

There is another hidden one.

Gu Ce was afraid that Rong Yingluo would be bullied by that playboy because she was drunk, so he didn't care that riding horses would attract trouble from the city guards.

He arrived at the gate of the Gao residence in just over fifteen minutes.

"Greetings, Lord Gu. Are you here to visit our Minister?" The gatekeeper immediately stepped forward upon seeing a guest arrive.

Gu Ce didn't say anything, threw the reins to the gatekeeper, and without waiting for an announcement, led Zhong Sheng straight inside.

The other gatekeeper, seeing Gu Ce's expression, knew the visitor was up to no good, so he ran inside to inform the steward.

Upon learning that Gu Ce was approaching in a menacing manner, the butler immediately abandoned the junior steward who was speaking to him and jogged over to stop Gu Ce.

"Lord Gu, what are you doing? Our Gao family is a Ministry of Rites. You barged in without presenting a visiting card or obtaining my master's permission. This is trespassing on official property. Be careful, my master will report this to the Emperor."

Even a seventh-rank official is only allowed in front of the prime minister's gate, but the residence of a second-rank official is the residence of a minister. As the steward of the Gao family, he was full of confidence.

"Lead the way to Gao Zhiyuan. He's got some nerve, snatching my wife into his household." Gu Ce's aura was forceful.

"What?" The butler was so startled by Gu Ce's words that he staggered. "That's impossible."

"Whether it's possible or not, you'll know at a glance." Gu Ce believed his second sister's words without a doubt.

The second younger sister had been bullied by Gu Qingya for a long time and had a soft nature; she couldn't possibly lie to him.

Seeing Gu Ce speak with absolute certainty, the housekeeper felt the chill of late autumn instantly seep into his bones.

Gu Ce continued walking forward, towards the side courtyard.

A son born out of wedlock is only entitled to live in a side courtyard.

The steward knew things were serious, so he stopped a maid and hurriedly gave her a few instructions, telling her to quickly invite the madam to the Fifth Young Master's courtyard.

The butler was forced to lead the way for Gu Ce, deliberately walking slowly, but even if he walked slowly, he would eventually arrive.

Just as they arrived outside Gao Zhiyuan's courtyard, they heard the sound of chasing coming from inside.

"Don't come any closer! We are respectable women. We will never give in to you."

Upon hearing this sound, Gu Ce was horrified and kicked the courtyard gate hard.