After Su Qing finished feeding, she stood the child up, patted his back and burped him. She watched the little guy rub his lips and fall asleep contentedly. She smiled gently and handed the child to Xiao He.
Su Qing's current state of desolation was completely different from her time in Sujiazhuang. Back there, despite her best efforts to conceal her inner thoughts, she still revealed her stubbornness, her unwillingness to admit defeat, and her desperate determination to change her past life's fate. Now, however, she was gentle, kind, and determined to support her children, her heart and eyes filled with them.
Xu Lanyin was moved by the way she looked at her child. A mother is strong, no matter how difficult the situation is, her child must be well.
Xu Lanyin asked Zhangqi to take Xiaohe, who was holding the child, to the east room to rest, and then asked Baoqi to go to the kitchen to make a bowl of ginseng soup. Su Qing needed to nourish her body, otherwise she might faint at any moment.
Xu Lanyin led Su Qing to the Luohan bed in the west room and let her sit down, letting her lean against the pillows. She said it was comfortable because the wind was small, which was indeed one of the reasons, but the other more important reason was to listen to Su Qing's heartfelt words.
Su Qing then took off her cloak and placed it aside, but she still did not take off the small package she was carrying on her shoulder.
She looked around the room. The furniture seemed exquisite but not sophisticated. There were blooming flowers in the vase in the corner of the table. The room was filled with the faint fragrance of flowers instead of agarwood.
I looked out the window again. The yard was not big, but it was full of flowers. Although there was not a single precious one, it was full of vitality and freedom, which made people feel close to it.
Look at Xu Lanyin again, she is beautiful, serene, peaceful, leisurely, a little fatter, wearing a half-worn green silk dress, with only a jade hairpin in her hair.
Such a beautiful and intelligent woman would surely have lived a better life if she had pursued something...but she chose to marry an eighth-rank official with no foundation and was content to live such a peaceful life.
Before, I looked down on this country girl, thinking she was dull, crude, and stubbornly clinging to Gu Wangchen. Although my impression of her changed later, I still felt she wasn't smart enough.
Now it seems that she is the smart one, and all her choices are correct. The life that Gu Wangchen, an eighth-rank official, gave her is something she could never give. That is why she is so peaceful and calm.
It's ridiculous that I have lived this life again. Not only have I not let go of many things, but I was also blind enough to think that Gu Wangchen was a gentleman and used all means to marry him... If I were not so picky, stayed away from the right and wrong of my previous life, and found a man who lived a down-to-earth life, I would also have this kind of peaceful and comfortable life, right?
However, in the previous life, Xu Lanyin was dead, as were Minhu and his daughter, Qin Che, Liu Zhaoyin, and Wen Zhuolin. In this life, none of them died.
Even more incredible was that Xu Qingyan had returned with intelligence: Xu Lanyin's mother was still a daughter of the Chai family, and Liu Zhaoyin had defeated the Third and Second Princes and become Crown Prince again... And Wen Zhuofeng, who hadn't died at this time in his previous life, must have been murdered by the Wen Yan couple. Thinking about it now, he was a pitiful man. The people he had so stubbornly hated for two lifetimes, the ones he dreamed of killing, actually shouldn't have hated. The ones who deserved death the most were Madam Su and the Wen Yan couple, the ones who had caused this tragedy...
The most likely cause of the discrepancy between this life and the previous one was Liu Zhaoyin. Reborn like himself, he sent Xu Qingyan to the enemy country to gather intelligence, dispatched Zhao Wu to rescue him, had someone secretly care for Xu Qingyan's family, and found a way to protect Min Hu and Qin Che, who could uncover the truth... Then, this world took a dramatic turn, and he became the crown prince again...
How can a girl like me, a girl from the harem, compare with the prince who can make things happen with a wave of his hand?
Su Qing sighed deeply, and moisture welled up in her eyes again.
Xu Lanyin did not disturb Su Qing's silence, but waited quietly. More precisely, she "listened" quietly.
She then learned that both Liu Zhaoyin and Wen Zhuolin in Su Qing's previous life were dead. Liu Zhaoyin's death might have been framed by the third prince, but how did Wen Yan's eldest son Wen Zhuolin die?
Because the author wrote very little about Su Qing's past life, almost all of the content was about Su Qing's life after rebirth. Now, Su Qing's trajectory after rebirth has been completely overturned. On the contrary, many things in her past life are very important. Unfortunately, Xu Lanyin doesn't know much.
However, it was best for Su Qing to blame the incident on Liu Zhaoyin.
After a long while, Su Qing said self-deprecatingly, "I'm stupid. Even if God has mercy on me and lets me live another life, I will still be a fool." She added, "Besides, how can someone like me possibly be blessed by God?"
Xu Lanyin still didn't say anything and just looked at her quietly.
Su Qing said that Gu Wangchen was nice to her at first, but later when he saw that the Su family not only could not be a help to him, but on the contrary was disliked by the emperor because they took the wrong team, Gu Wangchen became more and more cold and perfunctory towards her.
Especially after she got pregnant, the usually stingy Gu Wangchen suddenly became generous. He bought her all kinds of tonics, had the kitchen cook different dishes that would easily increase weight, and often bought braised pork and roast goose for her to eat. She would get upset if she ate less. It was nice to say that a strong mother makes a fat child easier to raise...
Su Qing finally saw Gu Wangchen clearly. He and his mother were actually the same type of people: selfish, greedy, and willing to do anything for money and a better future, even if it meant turning a blind eye to their relatives. It was just that his mother was more direct in expressing it, while he was better at disguising it.
Gu Wangchen did this because he didn't want her to continue occupying his wife position and hinder his bright future, causing her to die in childbirth. She was heartbroken and desperate.
Su Qing, who saw through Gu Wangchen, also wanted to leave him sooner, but she also knew that Gu Wangchen loved to seek fame and reputation, and liked to leave people with the reputation of being infatuated. He would definitely not let his pregnant wife leave the Gu family. Moreover, if she left alive, Gu Wangchen would not get the rich fortune she left behind...
Baoqi knocked on the door outside, "Second Madam, the ginseng soup is ready."
Xu Lanyin said, "Bring it in."
Baoqi put the ginseng soup on the table and went out to close the door.
Su Qing asked, "Master Xiao Zhao has an older brother?"
Xu Lanyin said, "He's my cousin. They had a very good relationship when they were in Jiangnan. The servants called my cousin the "Big Master" and him the "Second Master."
After drinking the ginseng soup, Su Qing continued talking.
She began to prepare for her departure from the Gu family. First, she asked her maternal grandfather to have someone secretly take away 500 acres of land and some silver from Gu Po, even secretly transferring the household registration. Then, she dealt with the fixed assets under her name, selling everything except the house she lived in, 200 acres of land in the suburbs of Beijing, and a small farm...
With the help of the Mei family, she saved her life. After giving birth to the child, she used the things in her hand to force Gu Wangchen to divorce her.
But her grandfather suddenly passed away in early March, and her two uncles had never been very close to her and were unhappy that she had offended the Su family because of her. A few days after her grandfather's death, the Mei family withdrew all the people they had arranged for her.
Moreover, as far as Su Qing knew, Gu Wangchen had taken the opportunity of going to the temple to burn incense to meet Zhou Zimei, the third lady of Grand Tutor Zhou's mansion, twice, and each time they were alone for more than two quarters of an hour.
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