Chapter 23 Chapter 23 As for me, I am given food by my ancestors~
Qin Su angrily shouted, "Shut up!"
Every word this damn girl says is adding fuel to the fire!
"You've been acting perverse since you were little, and now that you're getting older, it's getting even worse..."
Gu Liaoliao was furious and rolled up the banknotes into a ball, threw them at him, pointed at his nose and cursed: "You come here to bully our daughter, Gu family! Our Gu family has not fallen to this point!"
She was so angry that her fingertips turned white.
I feel that the man in front of me is becoming more and more unfamiliar every day.
She had once joyfully ridden in a bridal sedan chair; they had fought together in the northern borderlands, childhood sweethearts, not a blind marriage. Unfortunately, no matter how deep their love, it couldn't outweigh his yearning for a son and his constant yearning for him.
After her brother died in battle, the wife of the Marquis of Jing'an treated A'man with increasing disdain day by day, and she almost never had a good face towards her. She didn't believe that Qin Su couldn't see it.
She was mentally prepared for him to take a concubine and waited for him to tell her in person. However, what she waited for was the wife of the Marquis of Jing'an bringing his already pregnant cousin to her and announcing in a boastful tone: "Yao Niang is pregnant with Qin Su's child. Our Qin family will have an heir."
Let her, who knows nothing, face all this absurdity alone.
In the past few months, Sun Yaoniang had stomachaches whenever she was unhappy, and she would cry and say that she couldn't tolerate Qin Su if she didn't see him for a day.
In fact, Qin Su was assigned the job of the Jinwu Guard, and he had to be on night duty twice out of ten days, and each time he had to stay in the palace for two days and one night.
Qin Su would only say things like, "My cousin is pregnant and she's worried," "Don't blame your cousin because she's young," and "Mom is just worried and anxious, everything will be fine once the baby is born." I'm tired of hearing it.
Now that she is about to give birth, Lady Jing'an is guarding against her like a thief, and is forcing her to obey him in both overt and covert ways.
It's so boring.
Gu Liaoliao took a deep breath, trying to calm herself down, and said calmly, "Auntie Sun is about to give birth. You and Madam Jing'an are worried about me staying in the Marquis of Jing'an's mansion. It would be better for both of us if I moved back to my own home."
She didn't lose her temper, but this calmness made Qin Su nervous for a moment, and his palms suddenly tightened.
He pursed his thin lips, stood silently for a while, and finally lowered his posture.
Qin Su half-knelt in front of Gu Liao Liao, looking at her and coaxing her softly, "As long as you are here, why should I worry?"
"When Yao Niang gives birth to the child, I will bring him over to you to raise and register him under your name. The doctor said it's a boy. If you raise him from a young age, he will be just like your own child."
"My cousin and mother both agreed to this."
Gu Liaoliao smiled, but the smile did not reach her eyes.
"Did I agree?"
"What?"
"Say, did I agree?" Gu Liao Liao gently clapped his hands, his eyes unkind. "A bastard's son cannot inherit the title. He gave me a child born out of wedlock and registered it under my name. He just wanted to take the title of the eldest son so that he could inherit the title in the future."
"Your family has plotted against me so clearly, and you expect me to thank you in return?"
The thick ridicule hit him like a tide. Qin Su's heart skipped a beat and he quickly denied it, "That's not what I meant!"
Gu Liao Liao brushed the intricate patterns on her sleeves and snorted coldly, "How about this: I'll divide the property and move in separately, and you can ask for an imperial decree to grant your cousin a title. Maybe your son still has a chance to inherit the title. If that doesn't work out, you can do more meritorious deeds and ask for a favor. Anyway, don't blame it on me, it's too dirty."
These words were like a sharp knife stabbing into Qin Su's heart. He wanted to explain, but when he met those deep and bottomless eyes, he panicked for no reason.
"A Liao," he forced a smile, "You can scold me if you're unhappy, but don't say anything about dividing the property and living separately in the future."
"Okay, it's all my fault." He picked up the crumpled banknotes on the ground, gently unfolded them, and placed them on the beauty's backrest. His attitude was no longer as tough as before. "I'll talk to mother about Fifth Brother's matter. Don't be angry anymore."
Gu Liaoliao sneered mockingly. It wasn't a big deal, and he could handle it perfectly. He just wanted her to bow down in the Qin family.
He carefully looked at Gu Liaoliao's face, and seeing that she was not moved, he couldn't help but add a hint of pleading to his tone: "If you don't want to go back today, just stay for a few days. When you have a day off, I will come to pick you and Ah Man up. We will take Ah Man out of the city for a walk, okay..."
At this point, an idea suddenly struck him, and he quickly said, "Right, we can go to Taiqing Monastery. I heard that Master Qingping will soon be coming out of retreat. We can ask him to see Ah Man. Ah Man's illness is the most serious, isn't it?"
Yes, they also have a daughter.
How could A Liao leave him when he had his daughter around? She was just being petty.
Qin Su's mind was at peace, and he continued, "You still remember Master Qingping, right? Last year, our mansion invited him to set up a Feng Shui formation, and at that time Master Qingping said..."
Taoist Qingping said that there was an evil star in his palace of descendants, and it would be difficult for him to have children.
Later, his mother gave him a cup of talisman water, and vowed that drinking it would help him have a child.
He didn't believe it at the time, but not long after, he got drunk one day and mistook Yao Niang, who came to bring him sobering soup, for A Liao.
Who knew that Yao Niang became pregnant that time.
He was almost thirty years old, had no children, and his only daughter was mute. Some of his colleagues and friends of the same age were even getting married, leaving a generation gap between them.
How could he bear to give up this child who seemed like a gift from God?
Alas, A Liao is very angry now, and he dare not say a word of these words.
He said vaguely, "Master Qingping is indeed worthy of his name. Have you noticed that after he set up the Feng Shui formation, many things in our mansion have gone smoothly..."
Upon hearing about the Feng Shui formation, Gu Liaoliao immediately clenched her sleeves, and sweat dripped from her palms.
She sneered, "Yes, that's right! Once this Feng Shui formation was set up, everything went smoothly for your Qin family, but my Ah Man had a high fever and damaged her throat."
Qin Su's smile froze on his face.
No! Did she mean to say that her mother had someone set up the Feng Shui formation just to harm Ah Man?! Qin Su felt that this misunderstanding was ridiculous: "You have too deep a prejudice against my mother, and Master Qingping..."
"That's enough! No more talking." Gu Liaoliao's breathing became faster and faster, and she shouted, "A'man won't go to see Master Qingping! You can leave now."
"Don't be unreasonable, I'm doing this for Ah Man..."
For Ah Man? How much thought had he put into Ah Man over the past six months? Now he kept saying "for Ah Man".
Gu Liaoliao's heart was boiling with anger. She raised her sleeve to brush away his outstretched hand and said fiercely: "Let's go!"
She gasped for breath with a strong sense of disgust.
Gu Zhizhuo gave a wink, and Qingmei came up with a smile, stood in front of Qin Su, and made a "please" gesture.
Qin Su felt a sense of suffocation from not being understood.
A Liao's thoughts are always on the rise. What's the difference between him and the ignorant women and children in the market!
That's all. He sighed, "A Liao, I'll come pick you up after my day off."
Gu Liaoliao's back was tense, as if she was enduring something.
As soon as Qin Su left, she collapsed instantly. Her breathing became rapid, loud and shallow. Beads of sweat covered her forehead in an instant. Her hands twitched uncontrollably. After a few breaths, her pupils gradually dilated.
Oops!
Gu Zhizhuo was the first to notice it.
This is a syndrome of fainting, caused by excessive excitement and rapid breathing.
Extreme anger can cause physical exhaustion and is a serious condition (Note). If you are not careful, it can be life-threatening.
Gu Zhizhuo took out the silver needles and without any hesitation, the first needle landed directly on Gu Liaoliao's throat. Gu Liaoliao's breathing immediately eased a little. She spoke with difficulty: "Needle, needle..."
"Aunt, please believe me."
She raised her hand to give the second injection, but Gu Liao Liao grabbed her and finished her words with difficulty: "A Man is afraid of needles. She will have a high fever and convulsions..."
Afraid of needles?
Gu Zhizhuo subconsciously looked at Ah Man. The little child seemed to sense something and ran towards him with small steps.
She immediately blocked the needle with her back and called out, "Ah Man, can you go pick a crabapple flower for me? Please help me pick one carefully. Ah Man has the best taste."
"Yes, yes! She'll choose!" Ah Man nodded vigorously with joy and ran away, with the wet nurse and maidservants following closely behind her.
Gu Zhizhuo continued to insert the needle.
"Follow me. Breathe out—breath in—"
Gu Liaoliao slowly adjusted her breathing, and her hands soon stopped twitching. She pulled the corners of her mouth and smiled with effort: "Yaoyao, when did you go to learn medicine?"
Gu Zhizhuo's hand holding the needle was steady.
The fact that she knew "medicine, divination and astrology" was a big flaw. Someone like Chen Xu could find out exactly how old she was when she pretended to be sick and when she climbed up the roof to remove tiles just by snapping his fingers within three days.
At the beginning, she also thought about "accidentally" meeting Master Wuwei Zi and performing the ceremony of becoming his disciple again, so that everything she learned and did would have a source.
However, she didn't know where the real person was now. Since her rebirth, one thing after another had happened, leaving her no time to lie.
The passing geese leave traces, and the passing wind leaves sounds.
Nothing in this world can be done without a trace.
Rather than being easily exposed as a lie, it is better not to explain at the beginning.
Gu Zhizhuo didn't even raise his eyebrows, and smiled complacently: "Aunt, as for me, this is a gift from the ancestors, so I know a lot."
"Are you feeling better now?"
Gu Liaoliao nodded. She herself didn't know what was wrong. She had just spoken in a hurry, and her breathing became disordered. Then her vision went black and she felt dizzy.
Seeing that her breathing was calm and her face was rosy, Gu Zhizhuo pulled out the needle quickly.
Just as I put the needle bag away, Ah Man ran in excitedly, holding a scarlet crabapple flower carefully in her palm.
She skillfully climbed onto Gu Zhizhuo's lap and showed her the flowers she had carefully selected.
Gu Zhizhuo quickly applauded: "It's really beautiful!"
"There are no flowers in the yard as beautiful as this one."
"A-Man has a really good eye."
Ah Man proudly put the crabapple blossoms in Gu Zhizhuo's hair.
She covered her mouth with her chubby little hands and laughed uncontrollably.
Gu Zhizhuo hugged Ah Man and leaned against her, saying bluntly, "Aunt, I've checked Ah Man's pulse. Her muteness is in her heart, not her throat." She said even more bluntly, "She's been extremely frightened, so she can't speak."
"Do you remember anything that happened before she had a high fever?"
"Scared!?"
Gu Liaoliao's chest tightened and she almost couldn't catch her breath.
"Of course I remember."
She lowered her head and muttered to herself, "A year ago, the wife of the Marquis of Jing'an invited the Taoist Master Qingping to set up a feng shui formation for the mansion and had Ah Man brought there as well. At that time, your grandmother suddenly suffered a heart attack and passed out. I hurried back and left Ah Man in the care of the wet nurse and maids."
At that time, her relationship with Qin Su was quite harmonious. Lady Jing'an was her grandmother, so she had no worries about letting her take care of A'man for a whole day.
"It wasn't until the next day, when your grandmother showed some improvement, that I returned home. But Ah Man had a high fever the night before, and it hadn't subsided. The wet nurse said it was from catching a cold."
"A-Man had a high fever for three days. After he woke up, he could no longer make a sound."
"It must be the Qin family's fault!"
Gu Liaoliao's heart was pounding wildly and she was heartbroken.
Gu Zhizhuo frowned. No wonder his aunt turned against the Qin family after Ah Man became mute. It was not only because of Sun Yaoniang's appearance, but also because of the thorn hidden in his heart.
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