The old lady, Madam Tu, Gu Boyu, and Gu Shaoyu all came.
Madam Xu's tone was relatively calm as she said, "My dear in-laws, the young master and the second young lady have been married for more than half a year, but they have not yet consummated their marriage. You must not have been unaware of this, right?"
The old lady and Madam Tu immediately denied it, both feigning surprise, saying, "How would we know what happened in the room?"
Madam Xu was heartbroken; her daughter had been deceived by the Marquis's family!
"Alright, it's understandable that you don't know what happened in the room, but you wouldn't not know that Gu Yuebai is the biological son of the young master Gu, would you?"
"I don't know, how could this happen? This is..." Madam Tu and the old lady continued to deny it.
Xie Zhaozhao lowered her eyes and looked meek, just like she did in her past life.
When the Crown Prince ascended the throne, the entire Xie family was executed, and the father and brothers died tragically. Guan Yingying entered the household in a grand sedan chair carried by eight men into the Marquis's mansion—no, by then it was already called the Duke's mansion.
Xie Zhaozhao asked Tu Shi the same question: "Didn't they say he was impotent?"
"How would I know you two are husband and wife? You didn't say so, did you?"
"Didn't you say you wouldn't take a concubine?"
"I don't know!"
"I didn't mean..."
"I don't know..."
With each "I don't know," a woman was completely deceived. If the old lady or Madam Tu had said "I know" or made any plans for her, Xie Zhaozhao might have held back in this lifetime.
Before her eyes, Madam Xu was still asking, "The young master said he was going to Jiangnan to take on projects, and he was using all of Xie Xiangxiang's dowry money. Didn't you know that?"
"I don't know!"
"He said he could make a fortune every day, but in the end he came back saying he hadn't made a single penny and had even lost more than ten thousand taels of silver. Did you guys not know that?"
"I really don't know!"
"He acquired these courtyards and a teahouse?"
"have no idea!"
...
Xu really wanted to shout: Utterly shameless!
Before she could finish her sentence, Madam Tu, seeing Gu Chengyan naked, bound, and gagged, angrily said, "In-law, you've gone too far! It's just sleeping with a woman, aren't all men like that? You don't have to tie him up like this, do you? In the dead of winter, do you want him to freeze to death?"
Madam Xu said calmly, "If he hadn't been tied up like this, I'm afraid none of you would have admitted it, would you?"
Madam Tu instructed Zhang Qing to untie the ropes for Gu Chengyan and help him put on his clothes.
As soon as Gu Chengyan untied the rope, he trembled and immediately untied Guan Yingying, dressed her, and wrapped her up completely.
Even if Mrs. Xu was furious, she couldn't keep watching her son-in-law being naked.
But she kept glancing at the bedroom, watching Gu Chengyan immediately untie the woman and dress her as soon as he was free, and her heart was bleeding.
Suddenly, the image of Xie Anfeng protecting Xu Zhiyan flashed before my eyes again, and for a moment, my heart ached and my eyes hurt.
She turned to look at Gu Boyu and Gu Shaoyu, her eyes practically bloodshot: "Even the Marquis and Grand Secretary Gu don't know?"
Gu Boyu was originally a playboy, and he was always straightforward. He frowned and said, "Gu Chengyan, you still haven't consummated your marriage with your wife? Is it all because of this woman? I don't think this woman is any good either. She's not good-looking either. Is she your third uncle's daughter? She doesn't look like your mother at all!"
His words nearly scared Tu to death.
Madam Tu hurriedly blocked his view, saying, "My lord, I'm so sorry, she is indeed my niece from my maternal family. Alas, it's all my fault..."
Thinking of Guan Yingying's identity and Gu Shaoyu sitting outside, Tu Shi frantically gave Gu Chengyan meaningful glances.
Gu Chengyan got dressed, left Guan Yingying in the bedroom, and came out to kneel before Madam Xu.
"Mother-in-law, it's all my fault. I lied to Madam."
Xie Xiangxiang cried uncontrollably and asked angrily, "You said you were bitten by a stray dog when you were little and that it hurt your body?"
"I lied!"
Xie Xiangxiang couldn't hold back her tears any longer. She rushed over and pounded on him, crying and shouting angrily, "Why did you do this to me? I kept your secret, I always protected your reputation... How could you do this to me?"
Gu Boyu found their conversation utterly unbelievable and said, "Gu Chengyan, what are you thinking? You let a wild dog bite you? Why don't you just say you were kicked by a donkey? I think the wild dog didn't damage your balls, it bit your brain, didn't it?"
Gu Chengyan didn't want to pay attention to the Marquis. Whose side are you on anyway? Why are you causing trouble at a time like this?
Xie Xiangxiang asked, "Have you been supporting this slut for many years?"
Six years!
"Hehehe, six years! The child is already so big! Then why did you still marry me?"
Xie Xiangxiang cried hysterically, "You ruined my life, you ruined me! How could you do this to me?"
“It’s all my fault. You can punish me however you want, and I’ll agree to a divorce!” Gu Chengyan said with his head down. “I won’t touch a single penny of your dowry.”
"If we continue, will you bring up compensation?" Old Madam Hou immediately slammed her hand on the table and scolded, "Gu Chengyan, you've done this behind the Hou family's back and now you're forcing your legal wife to divorce you?"
Upon hearing this, Madam Tu immediately retorted, "You scoundrel! What did Xiangxiang do wrong? How is she supposed to face people after the divorce?"
Madam Xu and Xie Xiangxiang embraced and wept bitterly. Granny Wei said with a death wish, "This old servant believes that regardless of whether she divorces the young master or not, it was this Tu who seduced the young master first. She must be beaten to death to give the young master's wife an explanation."
Xie Xiangxiang immediately cried out, "Kill her! Kill this bitch before I believe you!"
Gu Chengyan looked up and said sincerely to Xie Xiangxiang, "Madam, Qianyue has been with me since she was a girl, and she gave birth to Yuebai. I cannot take her life. Please forgive me. It's all my fault! You have already punished me. Please let us go. Qianyue knew nothing before!"
Xie Xiangxiang broke down in tears: "Ah, you're still protecting her even now! Are you trying to drive me to my death?"
Gu Chengyan lowered his head and admitted his mistake again, pleading with Xie Xiangxiang: "Madam, it's all my fault, I'm willing to accept any punishment."
The conversation stalled.
Seeing Gu Chengyan's arrogance and his continued control over Xie Xiangxiang, Madam Xu looked at the old lady and asked, "Old Madam, what do you think we should do?"
The old lady only wanted to appease the situation: "My dear in-law, I am also very sorry. If Xiangxiang is willing, I will go back and tell them to consummate their marriage. As for that woman, she shall be expelled from the capital and never allowed to see the young master again."
Madam Xu sneered and asked Madam Tu, "What is your opinion, Mother-in-law?"
Madam Tu said, "I agree with Mother's opinion. Send this woman back to her hometown and never let her set foot in the capital again. Yan'er should consummate his marriage with Xiangxiang as soon as possible."
Madam Xu felt extremely distressed, as if her heart was being clawed by a cat. What kind of people were the Marquis's family?
A wolf's den is a den of wolves that devour people without spitting out the bones!
At this moment, Gu Shaoyu spoke calmly: "Gu Chengyan, your affair with Tu without a matchmaker constitutes adultery. According to the Great Law, those who engage in sexual relations without proper consent shall be punished with castration. The man shall be castrated, and the woman shall be punished with a mallet."
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