Just as Madam Xie and Xie Shiyan entered the room, Gu Jiangli had just finished having his pulse checked by the physician.
Gu Jiangli's complexion didn't look too bad.
It's clear that the fall wasn't very serious.
This is already a stroke of luck amidst misfortune.
Madam Xie walked over excitedly and asked the doctor about Gu Jiangli's condition.
The doctor first congratulated the old lady and Xie Shiyan, and then said that there was nothing wrong with the baby in Gu Jiangli's belly.
I was just startled; a few doses of medicine to prevent miscarriage will make me feel normal again.
Madam Xie was immediately relieved.
The marriage between Gu Jiangli and Xie Shiyan was arranged immediately.
“Miss Gu, although the wedding banquet has not been officially held, I have now acknowledged your status as the Xie family’s legal wife.”
"From now on, the servants in the mansion will have to call you Madam."
"When Shi Yan becomes the head of the Xie family in the future, you will be the rightful mistress of the family."
"Are you satisfied with this arrangement?"
The imposing aura that had first appeared on Madam Xie was gone.
It's probably because of the child in Gu Jiangli's belly.
Gu Jiangli knew exactly what was going on and nodded in reply:
"Yes, the granddaughter-in-law is very satisfied with the old lady's decision."
Madam Xie raised her hand and said, "From now on, you will call me Grandmother, just like Shi Yan did. We're all family now."
Gu Jiangli smiled and agreed.
After saying a few more words of concern, Madam Xie's expression became much more serious.
After thinking for a moment, he called Xie Shiyan, who was standing nearby, out.
"Shi Yan, you go out first. I have a few words to say to this child alone."
Xie Shiyan stood there without making a move. "There's nothing that she can hear but I can't. If you have something to say, say it together in front of both of us."
However, Madam Xie seemed reluctant for him to know these things.
Gu Jiangli frantically winked at Xie Shiyan and said:
“Shiyan, since your grandmother has something to say to me in private, it’s clear that this matter is not important to you.”
"We are husband and wife, of one heart. What could be so important to you that I'm hiding from you?"
Gu Jiangli winked at Xie Shiyan.
She was telling Xie Shiyan that she would relay any news she received from Old Madam Xie directly to him.
Xie Shiyan seemed to understand her intention and left the room expressionlessly.
As Madam Xie watched Xie Shiyan leave the room, closing the door behind him, her gaze softened.
"Shi Yan has always loved to go against his family since he was a child. Only you can make him listen to you, which shows that he really likes you."
Gu Jiangli did not deny this.
Xie Shiyan himself may not understand his own feelings, but those around him can see them quite clearly.
She smiled. "Isn't this the way you wanted it to be from the beginning, Grandmother?"
Madam Xie's smile became much kinder. "Yes, now that you are pregnant, Shi Yan is no longer like a hedgehog, pricking everyone she sees. It's all because of you."
Gu Jiangli smiled, not wanting to exchange pleasantries with Old Madam Xie any longer, and went straight to the point:
"Grandmother, please speak frankly."
Madam Xie's eyes darkened slightly, and her expression became solemn.
After a moment, she said in a low voice:
"Gu girl, do you know about Shi Yan's mother?"
Gu Jiangli pondered for a moment, then replied, "Shi Yan told me some things. He said his mother was a sorcerer, and that General Xie and she were not in love. He also talked about her death..."
"What's wrong?"
She didn't understand why Madam Xie was bringing up Shi Yan's mother at this moment.
Madam Xie nodded. "Shi Yan truly trusts you; he never mentions his mother to anyone else."
"How did he tell you about his mother's death?"
"He said General Xie killed his mother?"
Gu Jiangli was taken aback.
Although Xie Shiyan did not say it explicitly, General Xie was clearly an indirect culprit in his mother's death.
But now that Madam Xie has asked this question, things seem to have become more complicated.
"Grandmother, do you mean...that's not the case?"
Madam Xie sighed, "Shi Yan's mother was beyond saving at that time. That bowl of soup did hasten her death, but in reality, whether or not that bowl of soup was served, she would not have survived that day."
"Because that day was the day she had already planned for herself to pass away."
Gu Jiangli's eyes widened.
Although she had long heard of Shi Yan's mother's prowess as a sorcerer, she never expected that she could even predict her own death date.
Seeing her shocked, Madam Xie smiled and said, "Your expression was similar to mine back then."
She seemed to have returned to many years ago, memories slowly surfacing before her eyes, and her voice became heavy and drawn out.
"The Northern Qi dynasty never believed in sorcerers because people thought they were charlatans who swindled others."
"At first, that's how we viewed Shi Yan's mother too."
"It wasn't until later, when she foresaw several major changes in the Xie family and resolved them one by one, that we had to start to look at her in a different light."
"To be honest, she is the only woman I have ever met in this world who can be considered to have seen through the secrets of heaven."
"Later I asked her why she didn't help so many people in the world who suffered misfortune, but instead came to help our Xie family."
She said that if the Xie family had no offspring, the Northern Qi would surely perish, and then there would be widespread suffering and devastation.
"She is the only woman who can give birth to a child for the Xie family."
"Only by helping the Xie family to prosper can the people of Northern Qi have a peaceful life."
Gu Jiangli was startled upon hearing this.
For some reason, she felt that these words were strangely familiar, as if she had heard them somewhere before.
Madam Xie continued:
"Although Yongshan didn't like her, and her status wasn't exactly noble, I still made Yongshan marry her."
Soon, Shi Yan was born.
"Shi Yan showed amazing combat talent when she was young, and I knew then that Shi Yan's mother was right."
"When Shi Yan grows up, he will surely fight against the enemy on the battlefield for the Northern Qi and protect the people of our Northern Qi."
"And the facts have proven this."
Gu Jiangli was feeling very uneasy, but she listened very attentively.
As Madam Xie finished speaking, she gazed deeply at Gu Jiangli and continued:
"Do you know? The Xie family's attitude towards Shi Yan's mother is very complicated."
"On the one hand, they looked down on her background, but on the other hand, they admired her amazing fortune-telling ability."
"When her health was at its worst, no one from the Xie family came forward to help her. Because of this, Shi Yan has always held a grudge against the elders of the collateral branches."
“I visited her the day before she died. She looked radiant and didn’t look like someone who had been bedridden for a long time.”
“She did a divination for me… no, not for me, but for the Xie family.”
Gu Jiangli asked urgently, "What does the divination mean?"
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