Chapter 143 A Conspiracy
Liu Suyu knelt down in front of everyone and said tearfully, "Madam, I don't know how I have offended you. You want to separate me from my son. I hope you will not drive me out of the house for the sake of my pregnancy. I really want to stay and take care of the child."
The eldest lady snorted coldly, thinking that she could not be busy any longer. If she wanted to drive the person away, she had to tell him what happened. Otherwise, if something happened to him, he might die without knowing why.
"Since you asked, I'll tell you the truth. We are a wealthy family here, but my husband, the head of the family, is already over 50 years old and has no children. There is no one to inherit the family line and the property in the future, so we came up with this idea of having a surrogate mother. As long as the child is a boy, we can keep the child and give you some money to let you go."
As expected, everyone in this big yard knew about it, except her. However, she pretended not to know. She had known about it before and was just waiting for them to tell her the truth.
"Tell me, how much money do you want to leave here? Don't worry, I will treat your child well. He is the eldest master of our house."
Liu Suyu. Only then did he realize the dangers of the wealthy families, but he had no intention of exchanging his child's life for money. This is his own son. How could he give away the child he had carried for ten months and endured several hours of difficult labor to someone else? Even if he couldn't let the child call him mother, then she could only be aunt. It was better than leaving this place and not being able to see his son.
So she asked the eldest lady, "I don't want money, I just want to be with my son, even if it means I can continue to be a concubine in the mansion. If you don't agree, then I can be a servant, a servant who serves the lady."
When the eldest lady heard Liu Suyu's request, a trace of displeasure flashed across her face, and she said coldly: "How can you be so ungrateful, woman?
I give you money so that you can leave in glory and have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of your life. Many people would wish for that, but you insist on staying in the mansion.
Do you know that once you become a servant, your life will be completely different? What's more, how can you bring up your child well if the biological mother is still around? ”
Liu Suyu was unmoved. She kowtowed repeatedly, her forehead hitting the ground with a bang, her eyes full of pleading: "Madam, I really can't live without a child. I am willing to endure any hardship as long as I can be by his side and watch him grow up.
I promise that I will never interfere with your child's upbringing, nor will I regard myself as a mother. I am just a servant, a servant who serves the child and your wife. ”
At this time, the housekeeper who had been listening quietly stepped forward and whispered to the eldest lady, "Madam, in my opinion, Miss Liu is so persistent. If we force her to leave, she might do something radical and cause a big uproar, which would be bad for the reputation of the mansion. It would be better to let her stay as a servant first, so that we can keep an eye on her and prevent her from going out and talking nonsense."
The eldest lady pondered for a moment and felt that what the housekeeper said made some sense, so she frowned and said, "Humph, since you insist on doing this, then I will keep you as a maid.
However, you'd better behave yourself. If you dare to overstep the mark, don't blame me for being rude! Also, you are not allowed to talk to the young master actively in the future, and you are not allowed to let him know that you are his biological mother. Otherwise, you know the consequences! ”
Liu Suyu was overjoyed and thanked her immediately: "Thank you for your kindness, Madam. I will abide by the rules and will never cause any trouble to you."
From then on, Liu Suyu became a lowly maid in the mansion, cleaning the house. I get up before dawn every day to work, washing clothes, sweeping the floor, wiping the table, doing all the rough and tiring work, and often feel so tired that my back and waist ache. But even so, she still always has a smile on her face because she can see her son often.
But being a servant is much more difficult than being a concubine.
If his parents knew he had become like this, they would definitely be heartbroken, but this was a path he had chosen himself, and he had to grit his teeth and go on it. Fortunately, she could see her son every day, and even if she couldn't let her son know his true identity, it was better than driving him away.
Half a year in the mansion.
She lived a life of misery. Although she could see her son every day, she could only see him from afar. Every time he worked under the eyes of the eldest lady, she would stare at her from time to time to prevent her from getting close to her son.
She also knew that she had chosen this path herself, and she had to walk on it no matter how difficult it was.
But it is gratifying to see my son growing up day by day.
In the blink of an eye, it was my son’s first birthday.
This wealthy family was very lively, and Gu Leyou also understood the situation and hurried to buy things to give to Liu Suyu as a blessing from a fellow villager. However, unexpectedly, they could not even get into the wealthy family's door, but were locked outside. The more Gu Leyou thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong.
When she didn't know why, she saw a familiar figure, who walked up to her and called her.
"Liu Suyu, is that you?"
Liu Suyu. She wore a maid's clothes and planned to go out and hide because the eldest lady said that there were many important things to do today and there were guests present so she should not stay in the house to avoid getting emotional and saying something wrong.
So let her out.
"What's wrong with you? Aren't you the fifth concubine of this mansion? Why are you still wearing scary clothes? Did they lie to you? Today is your son's first birthday. How can you, as his biological mother, come out?"
Upon hearing this, Liu Suyu felt extremely aggrieved.
She chose this path herself.
If he had inquired clearly at the beginning, things would not have turned out like this. He really cannot blame anyone but himself for being too foolish at the beginning. He thought he could marry into a wealthy family and live a good life, but he did not expect things to develop to this point today.
"They are capable of doing such a thing. Why don't you go to the government office and file a complaint? Ask the county magistrate to help you. No wonder they wouldn't let me in after I came all the way here. So this is what they meant. They want to kill the mother and keep the child. I felt something was wrong at the beginning, and I tried to persuade you, but you didn't listen. Now look what happened."
Liu Suyu felt that Gu Leyou's gift to his son was just a cover, and she just came to watch her fun.
"If you have nothing else to do, go ahead. If you run into my parents, don't tell them what happened to me here. I have a heartburn. Go back and tell them that I'm doing well. Don't let them know. You don't need to care about my affairs."
Gu Leyou knew that this person was also a pitiful person, so he didn't say anything more. He just left a blessing for the child and handed it to her, assuring her: "Don't worry, I won't say anything more to your parents. As for your life in this mansion, if you don't have a good life, leave as soon as possible. I know you can't bear to leave your son, but your son should be able to live well with them taking care of him, and he won't be wronged."
What Gu Leyou wanted to tell her was that a woman cannot spend her whole life revolving around her husband and children, and must always think about herself. Since she has chosen this path, she must find a way to find a way out for herself.
After saying that, she left.
Gu Leyou was very worried when she went back, but she did not tell her husband the truth. After all, she had already promised him this matter, and if she didn't, she couldn't reveal a single word.
In this wealthy family.
The eldest lady still had some humanity. She did not really treat Liu Suyu as a servant and beat or scold him. Instead, she just asked him to do his job well. The only requirement was that he should not contact the children and should not talk nonsense in front of the children.
So in the past few months, he has been doing his duty and has not said a word in front of the child. In the child's little knowledge, he thought that this servant was just a servant.
A few days later.
Gu Leyou did meet Liu's parents, but just said hello.
"Hello, uncle and aunt."
The parents still thought that their daughter lived a good life in that wealthy family, and never thought that their daughter was living a miserable life. Although being a servant was not as glorious as being a master, it was the person's own choice, and no matter how she persuaded him, it would be impossible to make him change his mind. It's better not to say more, just listen.
"So you are the girl from the Gu family. Long time no see. You should be doing well, right? But our girl is lucky to marry into a wealthy family. She eats delicious food and drinks spicy drinks every day and wears silk and satin."
Gu Leyou just smiled and said nothing, then went about his own business.
After some time had passed since Liu Suyu's incident.
Gu Leyou thought that her actions would not be discovered by anyone, so she didn't take it to heart at all.
Until one day she went out to buy something and met Liu's parents.
When her parents left with a large bag of fruit and seemed to be going somewhere, they met her and said with some pride: "I am going to see our daughter. She has been married to a wealthy family for a long time. As parents, we should go and see her."
Gu Leyou originally didn’t want to say anything more, but the other person was going to see his daughter, and if he saw his daughter in that state, he would definitely feel distressed.
However, the truth of this matter should not be revealed by an outsider like her, so she could only kindly remind them: "Uncle and aunt, listen to my advice, your daughter's in-laws should not go, because your daughter is not marrying a commoner, but a well-known and prestigious family. I'm not afraid to say this to you, your daughter is going to be a concubine, not a formal wife. Although you are the father-in-law and mother-in-law of the master of that family, can they let you see their daughter?"
Upon hearing this, Liu's parents fell into deep thought. Perhaps this girl was right. Their daughter had married an old man who was about the same age as themselves. And although they were his father-in-law and mother-in-law, their daughter was a concubine. Her life in the mansion must be extremely difficult, and he would never let them see her.
"Girl, I know you have some skills. I wonder if you can find a way to let us see our own daughter. We have been out here for so long, and we only know that our daughter has a grandson, but we haven't even seen the grandson."
Gu Leyou felt a little sad when he heard this.
Their grandson is probably someone else's son now, so how could he be allowed to see him?
Even his own daughter couldn't see his own son, so how could they, the grandparents, possibly see their grandson? Even if they arrived at the gate of the mansion, they were lucky enough not to be kicked out by the servants. Do they still want to see him? It's as difficult as ascending to heaven.
Gu Leyou really didn't want to see the disappointment of these two people not being able to see their daughter again, so she told them a story.
"Uncle and aunt, I believe you must have heard a story called "Leaving the Mother and Leaving the Child". It is about a lady from a wealthy family who is unable to bear children. She asks her husband to marry a concubine, takes the concubine's child for herself, and finally gives the concubine a sum of money and asks her to leave forever and never come back."
The old couple were a little confused. What did this have to do with him?
You can't say that it's your own daughter who was plotted against by others.
This is unlikely. The master seems to be a very easy-going person. He would never do such a thing.
Liu's mother became anxious.
"You are such an ungrateful girl. We told you so much because we are from the same village. I didn't expect you to curse my daughter. My daughter is doing well with others, why did you curse her to have a bad life? You are such a vicious girl."
Gu Leyou felt that she would never suffer any injustice that she could not bear, but he was a man of his word and would never reveal a word of what he had promised to anyone else.
"Uncle and aunt, what kind of life does your daughter lead? I'm not interested. If you really want to know about your daughter, then you can go to that wealthy family and look for her. I have something else to do, so I'll leave first."
After saying that, she left without looking back.
Mother Liu looked at her receding figure and couldn't help cursing, "What a vicious girl! She actually cursed our daughter to have a bad life. No wonder people said she was an unlucky person."
Liu Fu's father was quite reasonable. He said, "Don't talk nonsense. Maybe what he said makes sense. Our daughter is not going to work as a concubine, but to be a concubine. Her grandfather is busy trying to curry favor with the official wife's father-in-law and mother-in-law, so how could he care about the parents of a concubine?"
"Then what do you think we should do? Why did we buy so many things? Should we take them back? The neighbors all know that we are going to visit our daughter today. If we fail to visit our daughter and take these things back, the neighbors will definitely laugh at us for being a face-conscious person. Can you really bear it?"
"You have to remember, old woman, you have to endure it even if you can't help it. After all, it is our daughter who chose the path herself. Although I think there is a problem with the way that girl speaks, it is her own decision whether our best friend lives a good life. As parents, we can't interfere too much." Father Liu advised.
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