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Gu Xinglang glanced at Miss Zhao who was held in the arms of the Second in Command. When he looked up at the Second in Command again, the Second in Command turned his head away, not daring to look at Young Master Gu.
"What are you doing?" The head guard teased the second in command, "Do you really like this girl?"
The Second in Command had no idea what he was thinking at the moment and looked at Miss Zhao San in a daze.
Gu Xinglang took out a purse from his pocket, handed it to the second in command, and said, "Take her to the clinic."
The second in command was holding someone in his arms and looking at Gu Xinglang in embarrassment.
Gu Xinglang had no choice but to lean forward and stuff the purse into the second in command’s lapel.
"Thank you, Your Majesty," the second in command wanted to say something nice to Gu Xinglang.
Gu Xinglang waved his hand at the second in command and said, "Think carefully about what you want to do."
The second in command stopped talking. He didn't know either.
"Let's go back home," Gu Xinglang lowered the car door curtain and said to the captain of the guards.
The second in command stood on the street holding someone, watching Gu Xinglang and his group walk away. He lowered his head to look at Miss Zhao San who was still unconscious. The second in command stomped his feet, then carried Miss Zhao San to find a clinic.
Gu Xinglang returned to the Gu Mansion and asked the housekeeper who came to greet him while sitting in the carriage, "Is the princess back?"
The steward said, "To reply to the Third Young Master, the princess has not returned."
After hearing what the steward said, Gu Xinglang did not get off the car and said to the chief guard, "Go to the north city. Be careful on the road and don't miss the princess."
"Yes," the chief guard responded to Gu Xinglang and loudly ordered his men, "Go to the North City."
Seeing that Young Master Gu and his group were heading towards the North City again, the steward ran back to the mansion and went straight to the courtyard where Madam Xu lived.
The old lady was sitting in the room with Madam Xu at the moment. When she saw the steward, she asked, "Didn't they say that the third young master is back? Where is he?"
The steward said, "In reply to the old lady, the Third Young Master is going to North City to pick up Her Royal Highness the Princess."
The old lady's face changed. Xu was going to move out of the house and live alone, and she didn't care about any of her three grandchildren?
"You can leave now," Mrs. Xu said to the manager with a calm expression.
The manager didn't even dare to raise his head and walked out.
"What are you doing for?" The old lady asked her daughter-in-law again, "Who in this house is making you uncomfortable? Tell me who this person is. I am still an old lady and I can still make the decision for you!"
Madam Sun and Madam Lin were both standing aside at this time. After hearing what the old lady said, Madam Lin glanced at Madam Sun. If Young Master Gu didn't nod, who would dare to let their mother-in-law move out of the house?
Mrs. Sun stood with her head down, ignoring Mrs. Lin's probing gaze.
Madam Xu said to the old lady, "Mother, leaving the house is the daughter-in-law's wish and it is none of other people's business."
"What are you thinking?" The old lady said, "Do you think I'm old and confused? It's been so many years. If you wanted to leave the house to practice asceticism, you would have left long ago. Tell me the truth, what's going on?"
Mrs. Xu was speechless for a moment. Could she say that the eldest son did not tolerate her? Gu Xingnuo was unfilial to her, but she could not let Gu Xingnuo bear the crime of being unfilial.
Seeing that her daughter-in-law didn't speak for a long time, the old lady was completely angry and looked at her two granddaughters-in-law: "Where are Xingnuo and Xingyan? Their mother had such a thing happen, and they just didn't care? Are there sons like them in the world?!"
The old lady's words were so harsh that Madam Sun and Madam Lin knelt down immediately.
The old lady sighed repeatedly. None of the men in charge were there. What could she, a woman, do?
Mrs. Lin said at this time: "Grandma, you also know that my husband never cares about family affairs."
The old lady snorted coldly and said, "Xingyan, a general, naturally wouldn't ask about the affairs of the harem. So what do you do? You stay at home every day. Are you a blind man with open eyes?"
Mrs. Lin sneered in her heart, did you see that? Just now the old lady scolded her grandchildren for being unfilial, and she just said a word here, and the old lady was able to speak for her grandchildren again. Anyway, it was their fault as daughters-in-law.
"Sun," the old lady looked at Madam Sun and said, "What's going on?"
Madam Sun shook her head and said, "Grandma, my husband only told my granddaughter-in-law that mother wanted to move out of the house to concentrate on her cultivation."
The old lady patted the armrest of the couch and kept asking the same question.
Madam Xu said, "Mother, please don't ask any more questions. I just want to find a place to practice well. I can't find it in this life, so I want to ask Buddha for a next life."
After hearing what Mrs. Xu said, the old lady was speechless for a long time.
Madam Xu sighed softly, "They say that if you are separated from someone for too long, you will end up in sorrow, but my daughter-in-law doesn't think so."
The old lady shook her head. When she first learned that her son had died in the war, she wanted to die too. However, as the days passed, the grass on her son's grave grew thicker and thicker. The old lady seldom thought about this son who died young.
"Housekeeper Sun is doing a good job," said Mrs. Xu, "Mother, please help your daughter-in-law."
"Why are you doing this?" The old lady sighed as she looked at Madam Xu.
Mrs. Xu lowered her brows and eyes, sitting still. The old lady suddenly discovered that her daughter-in-law's temples had also turned white.
Mrs. Lin said, "Mother, you have a Buddhist temple in your courtyard. You have been practicing Buddhism in your mansion for many years. Why do you suddenly feel that your mansion is not good?"
"Everyone get up," said the old lady.
Mrs. Lin stood up from the ground.
The old lady looked at Madam Sun, who was still kneeling on the ground, and said, "Madam Sun, do you still want an old woman like me to ask you to stand up?"
Madam Sun said hurriedly, "I dare not. Mother, I also want to know why you suddenly want to leave the house."
Madam Xu looked at her two daughters-in-law and said that housekeeper Sun was doing a good job, which made them think. When Lin said that the mansion was not good, she was saying that housekeeper Sun was not doing a good job, and Sun was asking her for a definite answer. "The mansion is very good," Madam Xu said, "Xingnuo is in charge of the mansion now. If he agrees, I think I can leave the mansion."
Mrs. Lin still sneered in her heart. It really was true that no matter what Mr. Gu did, this man was a good person.
Mrs. Sun stood up from the ground. As a wife, she obeys her husband, and she always supports whatever Gu Xingnuo wants to do.
"Forget it," the old lady looked at Madam Xu and said, "Your sons are grown up now. If you want to leave the house and practice Buddhism, go ahead."
Madam Xu hurriedly stood up and thanked the old lady, saying, "Thank you, mother, for your help."
The old lady stood up and patted Mrs. Xu's hand. This daughter-in-law was a fool. When a person dies, it is like the extinguishing of a light. How can there be any afterlife to seek?
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