Gu Jiangli and Xie Shiyan were taken to the front of Building No. 2 of the First Floor.
The waiter left after completing the task assigned by his boss.
Because his boss had instructed him not to inquire about what the two distinguished guests were planning to do.
Gu Jiangli and Xie Shiyan stood in front of the door for a long time without making a move.
Xie Shiyan coughed lightly, "Listen?"
Although Gu Jiangli appeared somewhat unwilling, he still pressed his ear tightly against the door.
"Shi Yan, actually I don't like eavesdropping on other people's conversations."
Xie Shiyan shrugged. "I know, it was unavoidable."
Gu Jiangli nodded repeatedly, agreeing with Xie Shiyan's statement.
The sounds of conversation inside the room reached her ears.
Lotus's voice was already tinged with sobs.
"Mother, what is it that you can't tell me? Just tell me, why did you send Miss alone to the dangerous military camp?"
"Don't you know what kind of fate awaits a woman who is considered a spy in the military camp?"
"Please tell me what's troubling you."
Her desperate pleas were heartbreaking.
Another woman's voice came from inside the room, "What... what excuse? I've already done it. Do you think Gu Jiangli will let me off the hook if I have an excuse? She hates me to death, doesn't she?"
The sound made Gu Jiangli freeze.
This tremor was etched into her very bones.
The original owner was hurt by the owner of this voice, and after being betrayed, she had thoughts of wanting to die.
This was indeed her wet nurse, Yue Qiao'e.
Xie Shiyan noticed her unusual behavior, so he held her hand tightly, as if to give her strength.
Gu Jiangli squeezed his hand back to indicate that she was alright, and then continued to eavesdrop on the conversation inside.
“Mother, you’ve misunderstood Miss. She’s a wonderful person. If she knew your predicament, if she knew you had no choice but to do this, she wouldn’t hate you.”
"Why don't you come with me to the Xie family to see her?"
"You've come all this way to the capital, isn't it all just to see her?"
Yue Qiao'e became somewhat agitated. "Hehua! She is now the wife of a general in the Xie family. Even if she can forgive me, can that devil General Xie forgive me?"
"Everyone in the capital knows how good General Xie is to Gu Jiangli; he will never let me go."
"Can you stop being so naive? Think about your mother too!"
Lotus said helplessly, "The general is a good person. They are not people who cannot distinguish right from wrong. Please listen to me just this once and explain what happened back then. As long as you have your reasons and had no other choice, they will not blame you."
Yue Qiao'e shouted:
"Lotus, you have really disappointed me. Are you really so biased towards your mistress?"
"You didn't spend much time together when you were young, so why are you so loyal to her?"
"So loyal that you don't even listen to your mother anymore."
"You think that now that she's a general's wife, following her will lead to great success?"
"I still think that she has now lost her identity as a citizen of Nanlin Kingdom. From now on, if you follow her, you won't have to be timid and do things secretly anymore."
"Lotus, others may not know who you are, but can you deceive yourself?"
"Born a spy, will be a spy for life!"
The room suddenly fell silent.
Yue Qiao'e remained silent.
The lotus flower remained silent for a long time.
After a long while, Lotus's sorrowful voice finally rang out again in the room.
“Mother, I have been Miss’s maid since the day she was born.”
"The head of the family instructed me to protect Miss, and to put Miss first in everything. Therefore, protecting Miss is my mission."
"Later, when Miss and you got separated from the Gu family, I went to work for Miss's father. I thought he was Miss's father and would be extra careful in searching for her."
"Unexpectedly, while he outwardly sent people to search, he actually didn't care about the outcome at all."
"I have never seen such a cold-blooded and ruthless father."
"He disappointed me so much."
"And now, you are just as disappointing to me as he is."
After saying this, Lotus slid tears down her cheeks.
She turned around, contemplating leaving.
But she had only taken two steps when the person behind her called out to her again.
"Lotus!" Yue Qiao'e's voice finally carried a hint of anxiety. "You... misunderstood your mother. Your mother was just a little anxious... If you leave, no one will ever know your mother's suffering."
Lotus stopped in her tracks, suddenly turned around, and her tearful eyes were suddenly filled with expectation.
"Really? So why is that?"
Yue Qiao'e glanced away awkwardly, "Actually... I was doing it all for Miss's own good."
"What?" Lotus asked in disbelief. "How could you think that?"
Yue Qiao'e poured herself a cup of tea, paused for a moment, and then said, "If I hadn't done this, would she have been able to marry into the General's Mansion? I... I just knew that General Xie liked this type of woman, so I deliberately sent her to the military camp so that the General would take a liking to her."
Lotus lowered her head in thought, seemingly considering the logic behind the matter.
Yue Qiao'e quickly interrupted her thoughts, "Think about it, Hehua, at that time, we had already fallen to the point of begging. If we sent her to the army camp, she could still have a chance to survive by relying on her beauty."
"If I don't do this, the two of us will starve to death!"
"Look at her now, she's living a glorious life, becoming a general's wife, and I'm alive and well, having come to the capital to see you."
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