At first, the three of them thought that Concubine Yu had ulterior motives and that this was an attempt to drag them onto the Third Prince's boat.
But at that time, all the civil and military officials in the court knew that the eldest prince was the designated crown prince, and Concubine Yu was very scheming, so doing so would be too obvious.
Regardless of whether the Xie family and the Gu family will still have such a status in the court after the third prince grows up.
Just talking about the marriage between two families, both parties have to be willing. What Concubine Yu did was obviously forcing someone to do something against their will. When one party is forced in this way, it is not a marriage but a feud.
The three of them were worried all day, but the emperor's words were golden, and he did not revoke his order even when Xie Xiru begged him to do so.
Mrs. Xie thought about it and came up with an idea.
There used to be a maid named Feng Mei in the mansion who was always dishonest. She relied on her beauty to seduce Xie Luocheng in various ways.
Xie Luocheng was annoyed and told the old lady about it, and the old lady sent her far away to work in the kitchen.
Unexpectedly, she had an affair with the cook again, and she became pregnant before they got married. As a woman, she behaved so misconduct time and time again, so this time Madam Xie drove her out completely.
Feng Mei and Xie Qingwan became pregnant at almost the same time. If they could switch the two children, that would be a good idea.
Xie Qingwan hesitated after hearing this. After all, the child was innocent. She felt reluctant to replace her own child with another one.
But this is the only solution for now. If it really doesn't work, we can slowly find a way to make the emperor withdraw his order.
Feng Mei was sold to the Gu Mansion 'naturally'. Knowing that Gu Tianhua was the son-in-law of the Xie family, she tried even harder to seduce him.
Soon, when Xie Qingwan returned to her parents' home, Xie Tianhua was drunk and lay in bed with him.
Of course nothing happened in between. Gu Tianhua didn't move at all and just let Feng Mei take off their clothes.
What happened next was just smooth sailing. The couple had a cold war, Feng Mei became a concubine, and eight months later they both gave birth on the same day. Feng Mei made the excuse that her wife screamed so miserably that she was frightened and therefore she also gave birth prematurely.
Both of them gave birth to little boys, and no matter how heartbroken Xie Qingwan was, she had to endure the pain and swap.
When Feng Mei was pregnant, the Gu family arranged for a talkative maid to take care of her personally.
That day, the old woman deliberately told a story of stealing and replacing one thing with another, which made Feng Mei's heart move.
I'm afraid Feng Mei still thinks that she is the only one who knows that she secretly switched the baby's swaddling clothes.
The two children grew up day by day. Unexpectedly, Gu Lingze was born a fool. Feng Mei felt that it was God's wish.
I didn't expect that Gu Lingze looked more and more like Xie Qingwan. If he looked like Gu Tianhua, it would be understandable, but one day he would not be able to hide the fact that he looked like the mistress.
So Feng Mei deliberately made a mistake and asked to live in a farm in the countryside.
Only then did Gu Lingze understand why all the house deeds and land deeds of the village were written in his name, and why he was a fool before. Although he had suffered some hardships, he grew up safely.
"The people we sent to protect you disappeared for some reason. At that time, your eldest brother was poisoned and became insane almost every day. When we learned about your situation, it was already..."
Gu Tianhua was filled with guilt. He knew that no matter how he explained, it could not make up for the pain that Gu Lingze had suffered.
The father and son sat facing each other like this for a long time, and neither of them spoke.
Zhao Chengmo and Xu Mingyan didn't know what to say after listening to Xie Xiru's account of the whole incident.
Old Madam Xie went to Xie Qingwan's room and found that she had woken up and was about to get dressed to go see Gu Lingze.
"Wan'er, Lingze already knows."
Xie Qingwan stood there motionless as if she was suddenly frozen.
"Although Lingze hasn't opened his eyes in the past three days, he can hear what we say."
Xie Qingwan had her back to Old Madam Xie, trembling all over. When Old Madam Xie walked up to her, she found that she was already crying heavily.
The old lady held her in her arms lovingly and stroked her back gently.
"Mom, what should I do..." Xie Qingwan asked with a sob.
"I hope he knows, but I'm also afraid he'll hate me."
"No, Wan'er, Lingze is a good kid. He won't hate you when he knows the truth."
While the old lady was trying to calm Xie Qingwan down, Gu Tianhua handed Gu Lingze the sachet that was previously tied to his belt.
Gu Lingze looked at the sachet with mixed emotions. Looking at the delicate embroidery on it, he remembered the love and care that the Gu family, including the Xie family, had given him.
The truth of the matter has now come to light. The Gu couple only love their son out of their deepest love. Gu Lingze never hated them in the first place, and he will hate them even less now.
"I'll go see...Mrs. Gu."
A trace of disappointment flashed across Gu Tianhua's face, and he nodded to him.
When Gu Lingze walked in, Mrs. Xie had already left. When Xie Qingwan saw him, surprise flashed in her eyes.
"Lingze...you are here."
Gu Lingze looked at her red and swollen eyes and obviously thin cheeks, and his heart tightened.
Xie Qingwan saw Gu Lingze staring at her and turned her back somewhat unnaturally.
"Why don't you lie down and have a good rest? You've just recovered. Don't put yourself in danger again. Nothing is more important than your safety. You must..." Xie Qingwan said a lot of rambling things as if she was trying to escape.
"mother."
Xie Qingwan turned around abruptly, tears streaming down her face, and looked at him hopefully, "Can you call me again?"
"Mom." Gu Lingze called again with red eyes.
Xie Qingwan hugged him in her arms and burst into tears.
The mother and son sat in the room and talked for the whole afternoon, and then came out together for dinner.
The three men of the Gu family sat in their seats nervously, looking at Gu Lingze's face carefully.
When Gu Lingze saw them like this, he couldn't help but laugh and called them "Dad" generously.
Gu Tianhua was so excited that he broke the armrests of the chair and was so happy that he kept spinning around in place.
"Big brother, second brother." Gu Xiuyi and Gu Feirui were both delighted.
Xie Xiru cleared his throat, and Gu Lingze quickly stepped forward and called him grandfather, and called Mrs. Xie grandmother.
The two elders were so happy that they couldn't stop smiling.
Then he called Xie Luocheng and Han Xiaoran "Uncle" and "Uncle".
Xie Luocheng said with joy on his face: "That's great, our family is finally reunited."
Zhao Chengmo and Xu Mingyan were both happy for Gu Lingze.
The family had a happy meal together, and from then on the Gu family was truly complete.
"What did you say?!" Gu Yangjia stared at Cui Liu with wide eyes. Cui Liu took a step back in fear.
Gu Yangjia stepped forward, grabbed her arm, and said sternly, "Hurry up and tell me!"
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