She looked up, her eyes brimming with tears, and when she looked at Qin Shi again, her gaze was full of grievance.
"Mother, you hit me..."
"You can only marry His Majesty in this lifetime!" Madam Qin thought angrily, trying to think of a way to get His Majesty to banish Liang Yuchen to another place and cut off her daughter's hopes.
"His Majesty already has so many women!" Duan Tianzhang protested vehemently whenever he thought about becoming a caged bird in the palace, just like his cousin Consort Hui.
"That's His Majesty. Isn't it normal for him to have three palaces and six courtyards?" This wasn't what Qin Shi cared about.
Seeing her daughter's tearful eyes, she finally softened her tone.
“Zhang’er, if you hadn’t been feigning illness, the Empress’s throne would have been yours long ago. Tomorrow, wear the light blue outfit that I recently had made for you to the banquet in the palace. The outfit is clean and elegant; I’m sure His Majesty will like it.”
Faced with Qin's oppressive power, Duan Tianzhang could not resist and could only let her say what she wanted.
"Zhang'er, remember this: at tomorrow's banquet, you must not show your true self. In everything you do, you must learn from the late Empress, not only in your clothing style but also in your behavior..."
"The late Empress was aloof and arrogant, and not good at speaking..."
Qin spoke at length, and Duan Tianzhang, overwhelmed with grief, was forced to listen until tears streamed down his face...
Liang Yuchen, whom she kept in mind,
He was sitting in the hall, listening to two women kneeling on the ground, crying and recounting how they had been humiliated by Qin Susu.
At this moment, the two women were disheveled and looked as if they had just been released from prison.
The woman in pink pleaded, "My lord, the lady publicly humiliated us in front of the people! Please, you must do us justice..."
Yellow-clad: "She also hit us..."
Pink-clad: "She sent us to the government office and made us suffer for several days."
Yellow-Clad: "That cell was full of rats and cockroaches. We didn't sleep for two days and two nights, and we didn't eat anything."
Liang Yuchen thought to himself with a cold face, "You haven't eaten, how do you still have the energy to complain?"
He appeared calm, but inwardly he was already impatient.
Right now, he only cares about one question.
"Where is Qin Susu?" If he hadn't been bothered by these two women today, he would have forgotten that there were three women in his backyard.
“Yes,” the woman in pink paused, “this… is hard to say.”
Hard to say? Liang Yuchen: "Then let's not say anything more, step back!"
If he didn't want to tell him Qin Susu's whereabouts, why tell him so much? Even if Liang Yuchen wanted to find someone to confront, he needed to know where she was.
When the woman in pink heard Liang Yuchen start to tell people to leave, she felt somewhat discouraged.
They were playing the victim so pitifully, but the adults remained as calm as ever.
They even heard that they had been imprisoned for several days, but no one cared.
Seeing Liang Yuchen turn to leave, she quickly said:
"That day, the lady left with General Gu."
She deliberately emphasized the words "General Gu".
"I heard that she has been staying at General Gu's residence for the past few days."
Liang Yuchen was astonished:
"Qin Susu has moved into General Gu's residence?" This news was completely unexpected to him.
He wondered, what kind of mischief is this woman up to now?
"Yes, sir." The man in yellow crawled to Liang Yuchen's feet.
"I have also heard rumors from outsiders that Madam seems to regard General Gu's mansion as her own home."
Pink-clad: "That day, a matchmaker went to General Gu's mansion to propose marriage. I heard that the person he was asking for the hand in hand was the daughter of the Minister of Rites."
Huang Yi: "But the lady was not afraid at all. She grabbed the matchmaker and threw her out of the general's mansion."
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