Chapter 192: End of friendship
"don't want!"
Old Madam Shen was stunned. She opened her mouth but didn't know what to say for a long time.
Looking at the debris on the ground, her body trembled.
Gu Qingning said quietly: "Although I have lived in the Marquis' Mansion for ten years, my daily expenses in the past ten years have been all the silver I brought from the Gu family, and I have not used a single cent from the Marquis' Mansion."
"During the New Year and other festivals, I would also honor my aunt, grandmother and other elders without stopping."
"No matter what kind of injustice I suffer, as long as my life is not in danger, I will choose to endure it."
"You gave me a place to shelter from the wind and rain, but you also gave me more dangers and obstacles. But I never did anything in return to you."
"Until later, Shen Ruoying herself didn't want to be a widow and wanted to snatch my husband away, and I gave in."
"I'm pregnant. If Chen Yanran really knocked me down today, at the very least, I'd get a miscarriage and hurt myself, or at the worst, I'd die!"
"As a result, you are still using the ten years of favor from the Marquis' Mansion to kidnap me? To force me to give in?"
The house was extremely quiet.
Gu Qingning was clearly sitting, but at this moment, she was looking down at everyone.
Especially the people in Guangping Marquis’ Mansion felt ashamed.
Gu Qingning's eyes swept across everyone and finally fell on Old Madam Shen.
Old Madam Shen was still staring blankly at the fragments of the jade pendant on the ground.
She stood up and, supported by Granny Liao, walked out step by step.
"Madam Shen, the jade pendant is broken, and our love is gone. From now on, Guangping Marquis and I will go our separate ways, and we are no longer relatives!"
After Gu Qingning finished speaking, she walked out.
No matter what other people think.
After ten years, the depression in my heart has finally been completely relieved.
When the curtain was opened, the first thing that came into view was Lu Jingyu's tall and burly figure, which gave people a sense of security.
Gu Qingning had expected something from the people in Marquis Guangping's Mansion before.
After all, the entire Lin family was wiped out, and later the Gu family also declined, so she really didn’t have many relatives left.
No matter how mature and calm she was at the beginning, she was just a little girl after all, and she also longed for the protection of her relatives and elders.
Since she was a child, she had seen her great aunt and the marquis dote on Shen Ruoying and Shen Yanran, and she had always envied them.
However, no matter how much they envied her, they never treated her as a relative.
When she dropped the jade pendant just now, her heart actually felt a little desolate and a dull pain.
But now, suddenly, the pain is gone.
Gu Qingning gave Lu Jingyu a brilliant smile.
She has Mo Yu, Lu Jingyu, and a child...
She has her own family now!
But looking at her smile, Lu Jingyu suddenly felt heartbroken when he thought about what she had just said inside.
He opened his arms, picked the person up and walked towards Songtao Pavilion.
Gu Qingning was stunned and quickly hugged his neck, "Jing Yu?"
Lu Jingyu: "Don't take anything to heart in the future, you have me."
Gu Qingning nodded, "Yes, husband."
The call of "husband" was very gentle, and Lu Jingyu especially liked to hear it.
While the young couple was showing affection here, the people from Marquis Guangping's mansion had already left in disgrace.
Old Madam Shen, who was in a daze holding the jade pendant fragments, Shen Yanran, who was crying so hard that she almost fainted, and Lady Guangping Hou, who was at a loss and looked miserable.
Even the horses pulling the carriage in the Marquis's mansion looked dejected.
Shen Ruoying watched her family members leave and knew deeply that it was over.
At the very least, before the new emperor takes office, it would be difficult for the Guangping Marquisate to rise again.
It's really useless.
She was supported by her maid and just returned to Cuiwei Pavilion, she saw Lu Hangzhi and Feng Yuaner standing under the locust tree in the garden.
The two of them were very close to each other. Feng Yuaner seemed to be saying something to Lu Hangzhi. The smiles on their faces were inexplicably eye-catching.
Hearing the sound, the two men looked up, then suddenly took two steps back and moved far apart.
But this is somewhat like an attempt to cover up something.
Shen Ruoying had a bit of a heart attack, and what happened just now also made her a little exhausted.
She turned and walked towards the main house of Cuiwei Pavilion.
Lu Hangzhi's heart skipped a beat, and he immediately ran after him.
Feng Yuaner stood there, looking at their backs with a sarcastic smile.
As soon as Lu Hangzhi entered the room, he saw Shen Ruoying leaning on the soft cushion with red eyes.
"Ruoying..."
Shen Ruoying chuckled: “I thought you were going to stay over there with sister Yuan’er.”
Lu Hangzhi: "No, Yuan'er just told me what happened just now. Before she could finish, you came back. What happened just now?"
Shen Ruoying was too lazy to repeat herself.
Mainly, she couldn't help feeling uncomfortable when she thought of Lu Jingyu's protection of Gu Qingning just now.
Gu Qingning is just an orphan with no background, why is Lu Jingyu so good to her?
He sought an imperial decree for her, the status of a princess, gave her a child, and helped her obtain the right to be the housekeeper of the Duke's Mansion...
Each of these things made Shen Ruoying feel uncomfortable and bitter.
Not to mention, there are so many of them!
She really didn't want to deal with Lu Hangzhi right now, so her voice was cold and indifferent.
"Nothing happened, it's just that Yanran almost bumped into my sister-in-law. I'm a little tired. Hangzhi, I'm going to sleep."
Lu Hangzhi: "Well, don't get tired. Don't worry too much about other people's affairs. Your own health is the most important."
Shen Ruoying nodded.
After Lu Hangzhi went out, he couldn't help thinking: How did Shen Yanran offend Qing Ning?
Is there anything wrong with Qing Ning?
He came back late and saw that the people from Marquis Guangping's Mansion all looked unhappy when they left.
Plus, Ruoying's condition wasn't quite right.
Thinking of this, Lu Hangzhi did not leave, but turned around and entered Feng Yuaner's yard.
Feng Yuaner was putting on makeup in front of the mirror. She heard the noise and was a little surprised to see Lu Hangzhi coming over before dark.
"Cousin, why are you here?"
Lu Hangzhi: "What happened just now? Ruoying said that Chen Yanran bumped into Qing...Sister-in-law, I asked her in detail, but she didn't say anything."
Feng Yuaner thought that Shen Ruoying would naturally be embarrassed to talk about such a shameful thing in Guangping Marquis Mansion.
Besides, she must be the one stirring up trouble here...
Thinking of this, Feng Yuaner sighed.
"Sister Ruoying must be embarrassed to talk about this, because it was she who told Shen Yanran that Ouyang Rui no longer wanted Shen Yanran, and it was the eldest young lady who spread rumors."
“After hearing this, Shen Yanran was immediately furious and even wanted to knock the eldest young lady into the lotus pond.”
When Lu Hang heard this, he asked nervously, "Is sister-in-law okay?"
Feng Yuaner: "The eldest young lady's wife is fine, the people around her are very smart. But Shen Yanran was miserable, she accidentally fell into the lotus pond and got covered in mud. Later, the young master got angry and wanted to punish Shen Yanran, so the people in the Marquis' Mansion came to plead for mercy."
Feng Yuaner recounted what happened at that time.
It focuses on recounting the embarrassment of everyone in Guangping Marquis's Mansion.
After hearing this, Lu Hangzhi was silent for a long time.
He couldn't believe that Ruoying would harm Qingning like this.
How could Ouyang Rui's dislike for Shen Yanran be related to Qing Ning?
Also, Big Brother actually defended Qing Ning like that.
I don’t know why, but I feel very uncomfortable.
He didn't notice that his excessive attention to Gu Qingning had also been noticed by Feng Yuaner...
**
Guangping Marquis Mansion.
In the huge main courtyard of the marquis's mansion, sobbing sounds could be heard from time to time.
The Marquis's wife looked at the frowning Marquis of Guangping and said hesitantly:
"My Lord, is there no other way except sending Yanran to a nunnery?"
Marquis Guangping was also reluctant.
He had few children, so he valued his two legitimate daughters very much.
They thought that they could marry into a wealthy family and then support the Marquis's Mansion. After all, the Marquis's Mansion of Guangping has fallen into decline now.
But who would have thought that one of them would be worse than the other!
Marquis Guangping was not only reluctant, but also unwilling to accept it.
If his illegitimate sons and daughters were not so useless, he would not have placed all his hopes on his youngest daughter.
As a result, the youngest daughter is now going to become a nun?
Guangping Hou stood up and said, "I will discuss this with my mother to see if there is any room for maneuver."
Madam Hou nodded, "Then I will go and comfort Yanran. She is in such a miserable state today. She is covered in mud. She has completely lost her dignity as a noble lady."
Guangping Hou was speechless, "Now you know you've lost face, what did you do before? Even if it was really Gu Qingning who did it, she is of noble status now, but Yanran actually wanted to offend her, does she have any brains?"
The Marquis's wife was scolded so much that she dared not utter a word.
Marquis Guangping went to Ci'an Hall.
Old Madam Shen lay there, her whole body seemed to have been drained of energy, and she stared at the fragments of the jade pendant in a daze.
Marquis Guangping: "Mother, is there really no other way but to send Yanran away?"
Madam Shen nodded. "Lu Jingyu defended Qing Ning like that. If we don't let her vent her anger, I'm afraid Lu Jingyu will take action against the Marquis' Mansion."
Marquis Guangping frowned, his brows full of disgust.
"Gu Qingning is an ungrateful person. If I had known this more than ten years ago, I should have chased her away! Nothing really happened to her, so why did you have to kill Yanran like this?"
"Forget it. It seems that I can only send Yanran away temporarily and find a chance to bring her back later."
After he finished speaking, he noticed that his mother's eyes had not left the jade pendant for a long time.
At the same time, in Songtao Pavilion of the Duke's Mansion, Gu Qingning and his wife also mentioned the jade pendant.
Lu Jingyu: "The jade pendant you dropped belonged to Old Madam Shen? She seemed to care about it very much."
The two of them had bathed and changed their clothes, and were only wearing soft undershirts. Now the room was already cool.
Lu Jingyu was worried that Gu Qingning would catch a cold, so after he got on the bed, he pulled the quilt up and tucked it in.
It was at this time that he asked this question in casual conversation.
Gu Qingning: "That jade pendant originally belonged to my great aunt. She gave it to my grandfather when she was young."
She announced to the public that Mr. Gu was her grandfather, but in fact he was her maternal grandfather.
Old Madam Shen was my grandfather’s cousin, and the two of them had a friendship when they were young.
However, Madam Shen married the son of a marquis for power, and she owed my grandfather that jade pendant.
"When my grandfather was dying, he saw that I was determined to go to the capital, so he gave me this jade pendant. He said that when she saw this jade pendant, she would definitely treat you well."
As a result, the Guangping Marquisate treated her so 'well'.
Gu Qingning laughed at herself, "I won't talk about my childhood. Ever since I came of age, Shen Qi wanted to take me in as a concubine. It was useless for me to refuse. The people in Guangping Marquis's Mansion were all indulging him."
"Fortunately, I got engaged to the Second Young Master, so Shen Qi didn't dare to harass me anymore."
Speaking of this matter, Gu Qingning is still grateful to Lu Hangzhi.
Otherwise, she might not be able to control herself one day and cut off Shen Qi's vitals!
If that happens, the people in the Marquis' Mansion will probably go crazy.
After she finished speaking, she found that the man next to her didn't say a word.
The candle has gone out and I can't see the other person's expression.
"Jingyu, what's wrong with you?"
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