Chapter 22: Madness

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It turned out that Chu Qianlan deliberately asked Gu Jingchun to contact the Third Prince so that he would take a fancy to her.

But she fell asleep in the pavilion and delayed the matter.

Gu Jingchun woke up and found that everyone was talking about this matter. Only then did he realize that the sky had fallen.

Having grown up in the countryside and never seen the world, she immediately panicked.

She knelt down tremblingly and begged Chu Qianlan for forgiveness, but unexpectedly, she accidentally revealed Chu Qianlan's plan.

Immediately, the ladies present began to talk.

"So, Madam Gu deliberately set up a trap to make the Third Prince marry her biological daughter, Gu Jingchun!"

"It seems that the rumors spread by the people in Tiandu are actually true! The Marquis of Yong'an brought his biological daughter back home just to marry her off as a substitute for his fake daughter."

"She's truly cruel. After all, she's her own daughter. She's suffered in the countryside for so many years. I never thought she'd be brought back just to go down in the fire pit in place of that adopted daughter, Gu Yunjin."

“Tsk tsk tsk!”

"The Yong'an Marquisate really has a good plan!"

"If this plan succeeds, then their carefully nurtured adopted daughter will escape unscathed, and perhaps even have a good marriage."

"It's a pity for this country girl, she's already a widow, alas..."

When everyone talked about this, they lowered their voices a little, for fear that the Queen Mother would hear it.

"Besides, since it was the Third Prince who chose this person, I'm afraid even His Majesty can't say anything."

There was a sigh in the crowd.

The Queen Mother's expression was so ugly that it was beyond description.

She looked at Chu Qianlan, the anger in her eyes was enough to kill her tens of thousands of times.

But at this time, Chu Qianlan was unaware of it.

She was like a petrified being, unconscious and unable to hear any sound.

After a while, she finally found her voice and uttered a word hoarsely.

"You...you are here, so...who is the person that the Third Prince is holding?"

yes!

This also reminded everyone.

Chu Qianlan's plan failed. The Third Prince did not see her. So, who did the Third Prince like?

Almost at the same time, the third prince walked through the corridor and out of the wing room.

He was carrying a woman on his shoulders.

The woman was screaming and struggling on top of him.

When Shen Xunwen saw the queen mother, he immediately ran over with joy.

This action also caused the person on his shoulder to shake, and he couldn't help but struggle again.

After he walked in front of the Queen Mother, he was afraid that she would affect her, so he immediately punched her hard on the butt several times.

Suddenly, the person on my shoulder screamed, but did not struggle anymore.

"Grandma, look, Xun'er has found Xiao Hui."

The Queen Mother looked at the person on Shen Xunwen’s shoulder, and couldn’t help but frowned and sighed softly.

"Xun'er, stop messing around. This is clearly a person, not Xiao Hui. Put him down quickly. It would be bad if you scare the girl."

But Shen Xunwen wouldn't listen. He pouted and immediately said, "This is Xiao Hui, it's Xiao Hui. I won't be wrong. If you don't believe me, I'll show you."

Shen Xunwen stamped his feet like a child, causing all the fat on his body to tremble a few times and emitting an unpleasant odor that made Gu Yunjin, who was already dizzy, almost faint.

At this moment, she felt a pain in her body, as if someone was pinching her.

Immediately afterwards, her body was thrown down by Shen Xunwen like a sack, and fell heavily to the ground.

The intense pain made Gu Yunjin scream, and tears instantly flowed down.

She looked around and saw all kinds of faces, some surprised, some disdainful, some sympathetic.

However, she was in so much pain that she didn't care about these things until she saw Chu Qianlan, who looked shocked, in the crowd.

She couldn't bear it any longer and reached out her hand to Chu Qianlan.

"Mother, mother, please save me! Mother, Jin'er is in so much pain."

"Help me, Jin'er is in so much pain!"

Gu Yunjin cried and shouted.

Chu Qianlan was shocked.

Her lips trembled violently.

She didn't expect that the person the third prince was holding was her beloved daughter Gu Yunjin.

This was her daughter whom she had carefully nurtured and pampered since childhood, yet she was treated like this by Shen Xunwen.

She rushed over like crazy and hugged Gu Yunjin desperately.

"Don't touch my daughter!"

"Don't touch my daughter!"

"Who told you to touch my daughter?"

Chu Qianlan shouted.

But Shen Xunwen acted as if he couldn't hear her. He pushed her away irritably, pulled Gu Yunjin over, and took out the puppy pendant hanging around her neck to show the empress dowager.

"Grandma, look."

"You told Xun'er before that Xiao Hui would go somewhere else after he died, but maybe one day he would turn into something else to accompany me."

"Look, it's back now. It's transformed into this woman to keep me company."

"this……"

The Queen Mother looked at the puppy pendant and her gaze fell on Chu Qianlan's face again.

No wonder!

No wonder Chu Qianlan was so sure that the Third Prince would choose Gu Jingchun.

It turns out it was because of this puppy pendant!

Marquis Yong'an's hand has actually reached the harem!

If the third prince saw this pendant hanging around Gu Jingchun's neck, he would definitely do the same.

Then it would be natural for Gu Jingchun to marry the third prince instead of Gu Yunjin!

However, she never expected that the thing she had painstakingly prepared for Gu Jingchun would be hung around Gu Yunjin's neck.

What else does the Queen Mother not understand now?

Her icy gaze fell on Chu Qianlan.

"What else do you have to say now?"

Chu Qianlan sat on the ground helplessly, shaking her head with despair.

"How did it become like this?"

How could the situation she had carefully planned turn out like this?

Suddenly, she saw Gu Jingchun's smiling face in the crowd.

She is smiling.

Her eyes were full of pride and provocation.

Chu Qianlan suddenly understood everything.

She got up, rushed to Gu Jingchun desperately, and grabbed her neck with both hands.

"It's you, isn't it?"

"You did all this, didn't you?"

Chu Qianlan's eyes were ferocious.

"It must be you, it must be you."

"I want to kill your child, and you'll be filled with hatred and destroy Yunjin?!"

"You really have a vicious heart."

"I'm going to kill you, kill you!"

Gu Jingchun was pinched by Chu Qianlan's neck, and looked frightened.

"Mother……"

"What are you talking about... My daughter... I don't understand..."

Gu Jingchun's face turned red, and she felt that it was difficult to breathe. She couldn't help but pinch Chu Qianlan's hand and pressed her fingers on a certain acupoint of Chu Qianlan.

Chu Qianlan's hands suddenly became weak.

The ladies present also stepped forward in time and pulled Chu Qianlan away.

Gu Jingchun was also protected and retreated a few steps.

She covered her neck and coughed violently a few times before looking at Chu Qianlan in horror.

"Mother, why do you do this to me?"