--Gu Mansion, Minister of Rites--
It was late at night. Mrs. Gu took Gu Wanru into the house and carefully considered who to send to General Lu's mansion to leave a successor for Lu Xiuyuan.
Generally, the maids chosen are the first-class maids who are close to the girl. This is because they grew up with the girl and have a deep relationship with her. They are all family-born children, and the lives of the whole family are in the hands of the girl, so they can ensure that she will not have any ambitions.
"Zi Qiang is calm but has a better appearance, while Hong Shao is lively and pleasing. Who do you think will go over between the two?"
Mrs. Gu looked at Gu Wanru and said that this matter must be settled today and sent to General Lu’s mansion early tomorrow morning.
Gu Wanru shook her head. Of course, neither of these two options would work. They knew too many of her secrets. What if she fell in love with Lu Xiuyuan and betrayed her?
"I can't bear to give Ziqiang and Hongshao to you. Mother, please pick other maids in my courtyard." Gu Wanru pulled Madam Gu's sleeve and said coquettishly.
Mrs. Gu couldn't do anything about her daughter, since she looked like her. She touched her forehead lovingly.
"If you don't allow the first-class maids to be moved, then the rough work that the third-class maids usually do must not be sent there, so that the Lu family won't think that we look down on them.
The second-class maids are Bai He and Dan Ruo, so let’s pick Bai He.”
Gu Wanru got what she wanted, and then said with some worry:
"Everything is arranged by mother. Bai He is not particularly good-looking, but I am worried that if she gives birth to a child, General Lu's family has few descendants. In the future, she will definitely be honored by having a child."
Madam Gu glanced at her daughter shrewdly:
"Mother will give her a sterilizing soup tomorrow morning and send it over. Princess Yanyang wants to leave an heir for her son, and I have to consider my daughter as well. No illegitimate child can be born before you give birth to a legitimate son."
Gu Wanru nodded and snuggled in her mother's arms.
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The next morning, Bai He learned that the lady and the young lady had chosen her to go to the general's mansion. Her face was full of excitement and she proudly showed off to the other maids.
You have to know that she is the first concubine of her son-in-law. She, a second-class maid, has suddenly risen to the top. The girl is afraid that her future son-in-law will die on the battlefield and dare not marry him now.
She was not afraid. Even if her brother-in-law died, she had served him, and given Princess Yanyang's character, her wealth and glory for the rest of her life was guaranteed.
Aunt Du, who was by Mrs. Gu's side, gave Bai He ten taels of silver and a bowl of nourishing soup, and told her to have children for her son-in-law as soon as possible.
Bai He excitedly accepted the reward, and Nanny Du handed her the tonic soup.
Dan Ruo smelled the sterilization soup and wanted to remind Bai He, but she found that Bai He had already drunk it all to please Nanny Du.
Nanny Du smiled and sent Bai He to General Lu's mansion.
At noon, Princess Yanyang brought Bai He to the door of Gu Mansion with a grim look on her face.
Mrs. Gu was worried that the truth would be revealed, so she pretended to be confused:
"I wonder what's the matter with the princess' sudden visit?"
This was the first time Princess Yanyang was angry with the Gu family, and her tone was quite harsh:
"My Lu family has been a single-line family for three generations. Now that His Majesty has urgently ordered Xiuyuan to go to the battlefield, I want to leave a descendant for the Lu family.
Due to special circumstances, I want Xiuyuan and Wanru to get married immediately. Although it is a bit hasty, it is also reasonable.
As a mother, I understand that you don't want to do this. There are plenty of maids in my house, and I can also find a girl from a good family to be my concubine. It is because I take Wanru's future into consideration that I agree to your suggestion to let the Gu family send a maid.
Who would have thought that the maid you sent here would have been given a sterilizing drug? The Gu family is really going too far."
Seeing that Princess Yanyang was so angry that she slammed the table at home, Mrs. Gu quickly apologized and said that it was the nanny beside her who made a mistake in the medicine.
It turned out that her master brought back a concubine from a brothel yesterday, and mixed up the medicine for the concubine and the tonic for Bai He.
When Lord Gu learned that Madam Gu was about to give his concubine the sterilization drug, he had another argument with Madam Gu, forcing her to behave herself for a while. But that's another story.
Now, in order to find a reason for what happened today, Madam Gu punished Madam Du in front of Princess Yanyang and gave her twenty strokes of the cane.
Then he said he would send a new maid and asked the servant to bring Hongshao, who was by the girl's side, to Princess Yanyang to see. He kept praising Hongshao for being lovable, well-behaved and sensible.
Princess Yanyang reluctantly agreed to this marriage. After all, it was the Gu family who saved her and did her a favor, so the two families got married. She couldn't cancel the engagement, so she still had to consider the Gu family.
When Gu Wanru learned what happened in the front hall, she was afraid that Hong Shao would really be noticed by Princess Yanyang and taken away.
He hurriedly found Danruo. When he saw her, he was afraid that her ugly appearance would scare Princess Yanyang, so he asked her to go back to the house and find a veil to wear.
Dan Ruo guessed the situation, combed up her thick bangs, put on a veil, and walked to Gu Wanru with her eyes lowered.
Gu Wanru saw that the upper half of her face that was exposed had skin as white as snow, eyebrows as black as ink, and she was wearing an emerald green maid's dress, but her graceful demeanor could not be concealed.
Gu Wanru was filled with jealousy and resentment. This little bitch had actually learned to hide her appearance. It was all her fault that she hadn't paid any attention to her after she ruined her face.
But she couldn't care less about that now, she hurriedly took Danruo to the main hall.
After seeing Hongshao, Princess Yanyang saw that she had a lively personality, and after hearing the female doctor she brought with her say that she was in good health, she decided to take Hongshao back home.
Gu Wanru rushed in, ignoring her mother's threatening gaze, and said to Princess Yanyang earnestly:
"Aunt, Wanru thinks I am a more suitable maid. She has been in good health since she was a child, and she just has a minor injury on her face."
Seeing Princess Yanyang looking at her, Danruo raised her eyes and saw that the teacup in Madam Gu's hand had spilled. She looked somewhat similar to her mother.
Princess Yanyang saw that although the maid had scars on her face and was wearing a veil, her exposed eyes were like a pool of clear water, which made people like her at first sight. Her eyebrows and eyes were definitely the embryo of a beauty, and she instantly looked down on Hong Shao.
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