Chapter 58 Gu Xiyue's fall

Gu Xiyue asked Xu Junye and the others to buy two pigs and brought them back from Ma Liu, the same person they had bought meat from in Xifeng Town before. Xu Junye often bought meat from him and later established a fixed supply relationship with Ma Liu. Whenever Xu Junye went to buy other things, he would tell him and he would deliver the meat to the east entrance of Nanhuang at the appointed time.

After working together several times, he found that they never shortchanged each other and always gave them a few pounds more. Knowing that Mrs. Gu liked to eat pig intestines, he always gave them pig offal for free.

The two pigs were delivered early the next morning, and Tian Hefei helped the three soldiers carry them to the canteen.

In addition to the two pigs, the other things they bought also included several boxes of tofu, all of which were made by Xu Junye and his men.

There are also some other vegetables.

In order to make Madam Liu and the others feel more relaxed, Gu Xiyue asked the three old maids brought by the families of the three military officers to help in the canteen.

They are used to doing rough work, so cooking is no problem for them.

With the three of them helping with washing and cutting, Madam Liu and the others could breathe a sigh of relief.

For the next two days, in addition to cooking for everyone, the canteen was busy preparing dishes for the banquet on the third day.

Fried tofu, fried meatballs, vegetable meatballs, pickled salted fish, and cold dishes. On the third day, Gu Xiyue said that after everyone finished their work in the morning, they would take a break in the afternoon.

In the morning, Madam Du was pulled to Gu Xiyue by several young ladies in the village. Everyone was enthusiastic about dressing her up and doing her makeup. Several ladies also cleaned her room. Gu Xiyue specially made new sheets and quilt covers for them. The whole room looked brand new after it was cleaned up.

Mrs. Du originally just wanted to go through the motions and have Mrs. Gu and the older people in the village witness it, but she didn't expect Mrs. Gu to give her a big celebration.

She felt guilty and shy these past two days and wanted Madam Gu to give up the idea of ​​a big wedding, but Madam Gu scolded her and made her give up the idea.

Gu Xiyue had her own reasons for wanting Madam Du to hold a grand wedding. After all, this was ancient times and everyone's thinking was still very feudal. Madam Du's case was rather special, so she held such a grand wedding just to give everyone a sense of shock in their concepts.

Especially since the ten rules have just been released, we need to deepen everyone's understanding of women's freedom to marry.

The fact that she takes the lead in hosting the event shows that she takes it very seriously.

In the past two days, Gu Xiyun has gradually become familiar with the people who dry fish. When she heard that several people had opinions about Gu Xiyue's behavior, she listened attentively for a long time.

"It's only been a short time since Madam Du's husband died, less than two months. She had just finished her confinement, and her husband and mother-in-law died before her child died in her womb. And yet she's rushing to get married. It would have been fine if she'd married someone else, but she married Fang Lao Er, her husband's biological brother!"

"Ah! I don't know what Madam Gu is thinking. Why would she support them getting married?"

"Yes, to be honest, I think Madam Du is very unlucky. She married her brother-in-law right after her confinement, which makes people suspicious..."

The aunt who was speaking seemed to be thinking about something. She paused for a moment, and everyone subconsciously came over with gossipy expressions on their faces.

"Could it be that she had an affair with my brother-in-law before, and that's why she's so anxious to be with him..."

"If you ask me, people like Madam Du are just destined for a tough life. Didn't someone say that before? They said she killed her mother-in-law and her husband, and later her own child. Moreover, her body was even examined by General Wang. If such a person were to stay in our Southern Wilderness, she might really have a bad influence on us."

"That's right! We managed to survive with great difficulty."

"We all admire Madam Gu, but in this matter, Madam Gu really went a bit too far."

When Aunt Song heard this, she suddenly remembered that she and Aunt Fang had spread rumors about Madam Du before. At that time, Madam Gu made her feel the same way about spreading rumors, and her heart shuddered.

She immediately stopped her gossiping mood and said with a fierce face: "Don't talk nonsense, have you forgotten how Du Niangzi's mother-in-law abused Du Niangzi in the past? You are all daughters-in-law, you can't say that."

Someone glanced at Aunt Song and said, "I remember it was you and Aunt Fang who started those rumors. Why are you pretending to be nice people now?"

"Don't think that Madam Gu is respecting you just because she asked you and Aunt Fang to publicize those ten rules. In fact, I won't follow any of those rules."

"Madam Gu saved us, that's true, and we are willing to listen to her, but that doesn't mean we will listen to everything she says."

"Yes, yes, we are free to do whatever we want. We just need to do what Madam Gu asks us to do. Madam Gu has no right to interfere with us in other matters."

When Aunt Song saw that as soon as she opened her mouth, a bunch of people started to argue with her, she simply shut up.

Seeing this, Gu Xiyun quietly approached Aunt Song and whispered, "Aunt Song, Madam Gu is my sister. Do you want to hear what kind of person she was when she was in the capital?"

She lowered her voice, and because she was Madam Gu's sister, the others didn't want to say anything too much about Madam Gu, fearing that she would go back and tell Madam Gu, so they all stayed away from her and continued to discuss Madam Du's affairs in a low voice.

No one paid attention to what Gu Xiyun was saying.

Gu Xiyun whispered something that stunned Aunt Song.

She couldn't believe these words!

Can she listen to these words?

Do you dare to listen?

Miss Yun said that Gu Xiyue had framed her and married the prince in her place, becoming the prince's consort. Later, the prince was deposed and the two were exiled to the Southern Wilderness.

The deposed crown prince was named the virtuous king by the emperor, and the crown princess became the virtuous king's wife.

They are Xiao Heng and Gu Xiyue!

Aunt Song couldn't believe it no matter what, but Gu Xiyun explained it so carefully that she couldn't help but believe it. She was completely stunned.

My mind is a mess.

Considering Xiao Heng's various aspects, his skills, Wei Lin beside him, and the mysterious power that protected the villagers of Nanhuang, I heard that the three military masters and Hu Mazi's families were all rescued by Xiao Heng with his own manpower.

She hadn't contacted her family in the capital for several years, and she didn't know that the current crown prince had been deposed.

…

If they were really the former crown prince and crown princess, it would be really surprising.

Moreover, Madam Gu was such a person that she framed her own sister and stole her husband.

If that were the case, Aunt Song would be in great trouble.

It was as if all the admiration for Madam Gu that had been built up during this period of time was instantly wiped out.

The sense of belief in following Madam Gu completely collapsed.

After Gu Xiyun finished speaking, he went to work obediently, leaving Aunt Song to struggle internally.

She was secretly proud of herself

Once this news gets out, Gu Xiyue's image will be completely ruined. These past two days, she has been jealous of these people who are bowing down to her. When these people know Gu Xiyue's identity, she will be in trouble.

Aunt Song looked at the well-behaved Gu Xiyun and felt more and more uncomfortable.

Logically speaking, those who can become the Crown Princess are all ladies from prominent families and daughters of wealthy families.

He is also a person who follows etiquette.

Madam Gu did the same things as a man, which was really not like a lady from a noble family. Besides, she was too powerful.

Which wealthy family could raise a daughter like this?

After thinking about it, it seems unlikely.

Aunt Song couldn't hold back her thoughts. After these things had been stirring in her mind for a long time, she couldn't help it. She took the opportunity to rest and went to find Aunt Fang and told her everything Gu Xiyun had said.

Aunt Fang's expression was so interesting at that time, and it changed so much that she almost couldn't help but scream out.

The two of them argued for a while, and finally decided to get together in the evening to talk about this matter.

They scratched their heads and waited until the evening. After Aunt Song and Aunt Fang came home from dinner, they didn't even bother to wash up. After they settled the children, they called their husbands and met in the yard. Finally, the four of them simply went to the foot of the mountain in the backyard to discuss these things.

The two men thought it was something important, but they were stunned after hearing it.

Men's thinking is different from women's.

In their eyes, even if the virtuous king is not the crown prince now, he is still a prince, and he has the opportunity to turn the tables and return to the capital at any time. They cannot offend such a person.

Since the virtuous king can stand behind Madam Gu and support her, it means that in the eyes of the virtuous king, he recognizes Madam Gu.

This matter cannot be faked.

Moreover, after much consideration, they also believed that the virtuous king was the deposed crown prince.

As for what Gu Xiyun said, whether it was true or not, it didn't matter. The matter had already been decided. Even if it was wrong, what could it matter? I guess the prince found out that he had married the wrong person after he got married. The prince at that time didn't do anything to Madam Gu, which meant that he had accepted her.

On the contrary, it is Gu Xiyun who came to the Southern Wilderness now and released such news. Her purpose is worth pondering.

The two men expressed their thoughts, and Aunt Song and Aunt Fang finally calmed down.

Yes, the matter that had troubled them for most of the day now became clear.

Suddenly I no longer feel conflicted.

That night, the two of them slept soundly.

The next day, after seeing Aunt Song, Gu Xiyun looked at her face carefully and couldn't help wondering, "How did Aunt Song sleep last night?"

Aunt Song smiled and said, "Of course I slept well. After working all day, I fell asleep as soon as I touched the pillow at night."

After saying that, he lowered his head and continued to work, neither looking at Gu Xiyun's face nor speaking again.

After their men's analysis last night, Aunt Song changed her opinion of Gu Xiyun.

There seems to be something wrong with Madam Gu's younger sister now.

She had to keep an eye on it to prevent this younger sister from doing anything bad to Madam Gu.

Gu Xiyun couldn't help feeling strange when he saw that Aunt Song had no reaction to what happened yesterday.

I saw her looking conflicted yesterday afternoon, and she must have had a lot on her mind.

How come after a night, there is no reaction at all, it's so calm as if nothing happened yesterday.

She wanted to try again, but seeing that no one paid any attention to her, she had to turn around and continue working.

At the same time, thinking that time was running out, I began to pay attention to the other people around me...

When she went back to rest last night, the maids and old women around her were telling her how hard and tiring they were after a day's work, and said that Gu Xiyue's arrangement of her and them was a disguised form of torture for them.

Let Gu Xiyun quickly find a way to drive Gu Xiyue away, and it would be best to expose Gu Xiyue's true face as soon as possible, so that Gu Xiyue can no longer stay in the Southern Wilderness, and Xiao Heng can be with his own lady earlier.

The maids, old women and guards also spread the news yesterday, and what they said was similar to what Gu Xiyun said.

To this day, some people are indeed talking about these things in a low voice, but the effect seems to be not obvious.

Especially Aunt Song’s reaction.

That's totally wrong.

Gu Xiyun thought about it and felt that he had said nothing wrong. He thought it must be Aunt Song's brain that did not believe what he said at all, so she did not take it to heart.

So she simply found an opportunity to tell the other people who were drying fish the news.

This time there was finally a response.

There is always a lot of gossip among women, and the voices became louder as they talked.

"Is Madam Gu really the deposed Crown Princess?"

"If Mr. Xiao was the former crown prince, why would he support Madam Gu so much?"

"I really can't believe that Madam Gu would steal her own sister's husband. It makes sense that she supports Madam Du and Mr. Fang getting married!"

"I can't believe Madam Gu is such a person who can steal her own sister's husband!"

"I don't know what kind of magic potion Madam Gu gave to Mr. Xiao to make him support her so much!"

“…”

It's getting more and more outrageous.

Aunt Song couldn't bear to listen any longer and said, "No matter what, don't forget who led us out of this difficult time."

"We have a good life now. We can eat three meals a day and basically eat meat every other day. Look at your faces, each of you is rosy, and you earn money every day. No matter what Madam Gu did in the past, or what mistakes she made, Mr. Xiao, the person involved, didn't blame her. Are you overthinking it?"

"Do you really want Madam Gu to leave here so that we can continue to live our hard lives as before?"

After this was said, everyone stopped criticizing Madam Gu. Everyone fell silent. After a while, they basically ignored Gu Xiyun and started doing their own work.

To be honest, everyone realizes that compared to those things, current life is more important.

After all, life now is better than when they were in the capital, so they are not stupid.

Aunt Song is right. If Madam Gu was really wrong, how could Mr. Xiao tolerate her until now?

Besides, everyone can see how good Mr. Xiao is to Madam Gu.

Just ask, how many men can be willing to cook at home, stand behind a woman in everything, and let her do whatever she wants?

Anyway, they have never seen such a man.

I've only seen someone like Mr. Xiao.

From the mosquito repellent grass at the beginning to the sea salt, four boats, and these sea fish now, Madam Gu has been at the forefront of everything, and Mr. Xiao has always been her backer. Such a man makes them admire and envy him.

At the same time, I also admire people like Madam Gu even more.

Although they are also women, they are worlds apart from Madam Gu.

From this perspective, even if Madam Gu had made any mistakes in the past, they were all trivial matters.

Not worth mentioning at all.

Gu Xiyun was extremely depressed.

"My dear aunts, Mr. Xiao was also deceived by her. Do you really not believe me?"

Seeing that Gu Xiyun was still talking about these things tirelessly, Aunt Song simply threw away the things in her hands, washed her hands, and stood up.

"You guys go ahead and dry it first. I'll go back for a bit and come back later."

After Aunt Song finished speaking, she glanced at the other aunts. They immediately understood what she meant and nodded.

"Okay, go quickly and come back soon. We'll help you dry the fish in your basket."

Aunt Song pursed her lips, glanced at Gu Xiyun who was confused, and turned away.