"So, the nobleman wants to find a few people who are also pregnant and go to Baiyun Temple to pray for blessings together."
"We were also worried at first, wondering if there was something wrong."
"Later, I heard that there were about ten pregnant women going, and they were in different months of pregnancy. Some were five or six months pregnant, some were seven or eight months pregnant, and some were just showing their pregnancy."
Since the months were different and there were more people, Gu's father and mother thought it should not be a bad thing.
"Auntie Feng said that we won't go through all this in vain. Every pregnant woman who goes to Baiyun Temple will be given a red envelope of ten taels of silver."
Speaking of this, both Gu's father and mother blushed.
Ten taels of silver is really nothing to a wealthy family.
Maybe it’s not even enough to pay for a meal.
But for poor people, ten taels of silver is probably a fortune they cannot save in their entire life.
The Gu family has been able to acquire such a fortune that is coveted by brothers and clansmen over the years, thanks to the initial ten taels of silver.
"We are so poor that when we heard there was money to be made, we were tempted!"
Father Gu looked very unnatural.
As he spoke, he suddenly cursed angrily, "If I had known that going to Baiyun Temple would result in the loss of my son, we wouldn't have gone even if it cost us a hundred or a thousand taels, let alone ten!"
This is absolutely what Father Gu really said.
Now he has dozens of acres of land and a yard in the town, but what’s the use?
Without a son, the couple would be seen as fat sheep by everyone.
I am being watched every day, and someone is reminding me all the time: You have no son, your family will be extinct, and there will be no one to see you off when you die!
Father Gu would rather eat coarse food than experience that feeling again!
"Your Excellency? Return the silver?"
If Gu Yi was just suspicious before, then now, after listening to what Gu's father and mother said, he was 80% sure -
This matter must be related to Madam Li!
...But, Li is the wife of a marquis, and no matter how poor the Jingning Marquisate is, it is still a dignified marquisate.
And he, Gu Yi, is just an ordinary citizen. How can he compete with the Marquis' wife?
[Forget it, what happened back then is in the past. I'm doing well now, so I shouldn't dwell on it anymore!]
"Why should I let it go? Li schemed against me, causing me to be separated from my parents for over a decade. How can I let such a selfish and vicious woman go?"
【Don't let her go? What else can you do? 】
[…Take the imperial examination! Become an official! As long as I have a certain status, I can take revenge!]
In Gu Yi's mind, two voices kept shouting.
And the balance in his heart slowly tilted towards the second voice...
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