She didn't grow up in Longxi, so why did she have an inexplicable feeling in her heart as soon as she saw Zhixia, as if there was some blood connection?
This is a feeling that Li has never experienced in more than ten years.
But she clearly only gave birth to one daughter, Gu Yanran.
Just when Li was puzzled, Gu Tingyuan just came back.
He was on duty, and when he heard that the princess had gone to his home, he dropped what he was doing and hurried back home.
"Your Highness Princess has arrived. I am sorry for not coming to greet you. Please forgive me!"
Gu Tingyuan came hurriedly, with beads of sweat on his forehead from the journey.
"Minister Gu, there is no need to be so polite. I heard from Madam Gu that Miss Gu was unwell because of me, so I came here specially to see her."
When Gu Tingyuan heard this, his legs softened and he almost fell to his knees. He glanced at Li and Gu Yanran, mother and daughter, and said hurriedly:
"I am deeply troubled. It is my wife who is ignorant and has caused trouble for the princess. I will definitely control them in the future..."
"Father!" Gu Yanran interrupted without hesitation: "You promised to save Qi Che!"
“Shut up!” Gu Tingyuan shouted, glaring at Gu Yanran fiercely, then turned to look at Chu Qingluan earnestly: “Your Highness, Yanran was young and ignorant, and was deceived by Qi Che. Now that she is pregnant, I beg Your Highness to forgive her unintentional mistake for the sake of the unborn child…”
Li on the side was also stunned.
She didn't expect why Gu Tingyuan's attitude changed after he came back from attending court.
Li felt that something was wrong, but she couldn't expose Gu Tingyuan in front of the princess, so she had to kneel down and apologize:
"I have failed to teach my daughter well and offended Your Highness. I deserve death..."
When Gu Yanran saw this, she felt her blood run colder.
She clenched her nails under her wide sleeves, trying hard to suppress the anger in her heart.
Why?
They had clearly agreed to it when their father went out in the morning, but as soon as Chu Qingluan arrived, their attitudes completely changed!
If Qi Che can't get out and her life story is exposed, won't she be finished?
no!
We must find a way to get Qi Che out temporarily!
Gu Yanran's eyes suddenly flashed with ruthlessness. She covered her stomach with her hands and groaned in pain: "Ah! My stomach..."
"Yanran!" Li hurriedly supported her staggering daughter, only to see a glaring red streak on the hem of her skirt.
"Go quickly! Go and get the doctor!" Li loudly ordered the servants behind her.
"No!" Gu Yanran suddenly reached out and grabbed Li's arm, but her eyes were looking in Chu Qingluan's direction; "If I can't get my husband out, it would be meaningless for my daughter to save this child. It would be better...it would be better for my daughter to kill herself, so as to avoid causing trouble for my father and mother in the future..."
As Gu Yanran spoke, she struggled to crash into the pillar beside her.
As she moved, the bright red bloodstains on the hem of her skirt became more and more obvious, staining a large area of the hem red.
This scene deeply hurt Li's eyes.
She finally broke down and cried, "Your Highness, please have mercy on this unborn child. He is innocent!"
Gu Tingyuan's face turned pale, but he did not say anything to stop him.
The servants around also showed pity on their faces, as if they were standing up for Gu Yanran.
Gu Yanran had been living a life of luxury since she was a child. How could anyone have ever seen her suffer such a thing?
Looking at the princess again, she was dressed in gorgeous clothes and had a cold look in her eyes, as if nothing could affect her emotions.
Some of the brave servants began to discuss in low voices.
"The young lady is still pregnant. How can the princess be so cruel? It's just a matter of a word."
"Hush, I heard that Qi Zhuangyuan is the princess's ex-husband. I guess Miss Qi stole her husband away, so she watched him die without helping..."
"But this is too cruel. Miss has lost her husband, and now she is going to lose her child. How is she going to live in the future..."
Zhixia heard a few servants chirping, put her hands on her hips, and scolded, "How dare you gossip in front of the princess? Are you tired of living?"
Several servants suddenly fell silent, shrinking their necks and retreating to the side.
Chu Qingluan looked at Gu Yanran's shaky appearance with cold eyes, and a sneer appeared on the corner of her lips: "I didn't know that the child in your belly was so fragile, bleeding or dying in an accident?"
She stared at Gu Yanran with a scrutinizing gaze, her tone still cold: "Miss Gu is trying so hard to save Qi Che from prison, even at the cost of her own life. Is it true that she is deeply in love with him and cannot live without him?"
"But I remember that when Qi Che wanted to divorce you in Jiangnan, you came to me and wanted to teach Qi Che a lesson he would never forget."
Gu Yanran's body froze, a trace of panic flashed in her eyes, but soon turned into sorrow, and she said with tears in her eyes: "Princess... why are you so aggressive? Yanran knows that her status is low, but the child... the child is innocent!
Princess, you don't want us to be reunited. I understand that, but can you let me see him one last time before I die? Just... just consider it as my farewell in advance..."
Seeing her daughter being forced to this point, Li couldn't hold back any longer and cried out, "Your Highness, you are also a woman. Can you really bear to watch an unborn child die because of you?"
Chu Qingluan's eyes turned cold, and before she could speak, Zhixia sneered:
"What Madam Gu said is really interesting. The princess has never touched Miss Gu, so how could she become the murderer of her child?
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