promise?
Was he using the word "filial piety" to pressure her before he died?
Gu Yunran shook her head. Madam Lu deserved it and she felt no guilt at all. Moreover, her situation was far worse than that in her previous life.
Old Madam Lu looked at Gu Yunran with pleading eyes, waiting for her answer. Finally, she coughed up a pool of blood, tilted her head, and became completely lifeless.
"Mother—" Lu Qingzhou cried out to the sky.
Everyone was silent. They didn't expect that a celebratory banquet would turn into a funeral. However, they had no sympathy for Madam Lu. The reason why the rural people from Lujia Village could occupy a place in Shengjing was entirely due to his daughter-in-law Gu Yunran. They didn't expect that he would go so far as to poison the mistress.
However, death is the greatest thing, so they couldn't say anything and dispersed.
It's just a pity for Gu Yunran. She originally planned to make the Lu family's dirty deeds public and negotiate a divorce, but she didn't expect that Madam Lu would do this.
Sure enough, Lu Qingzhou cried for a while, then stood up and said, "My mother did something wrong, but everyone makes mistakes. She knew she was wrong, and she used her life to atone for her sins."
"Whether you forgive her or not, I will not divorce you. This was her last wish."
"Lu Qingzhou, I also tell you that whether you agree or not, you must sign the divorce agreement today. I must take Yun Ran home." Gu Yunyi didn't care about etiquette.
He didn't dare let his sister stay in this damn Lu Mansion any longer.
Lu Qingzhou's expression turned cold: "Even if you beat me to death, I won't write a divorce letter!"
He had made up his mind that he would never let Gu Yunran go back even if he died.
"Okay, then I'll beat you to death!"
Gu Yunyi was so angry that he swung his fist at Lu Qingzhou, knocked him to the ground and beat him up. Lu Qingzhou cried out in pain at first, but now he didn't say a word, just groaned and accepted everything.
If the fight continued like this, Lu Qingzhou would really die. Gu Xiang stopped him: "Yun Yi, stop!"
"You can't kill him."
Gu Yunyi threw two more punches, then understood what his father meant and regained his composure before stopping.
Lu Qingzhou breathed a sigh of relief. He was sure that Gu Yunyi would not dare to beat him to death. After all, if he died, Gu Yunran would become a widow.
"Yunran." Gu Xiang looked at his daughter, his eyes red and his voice hoarse, "The dead are the most important. Bury your mother-in-law first. Father will find a way to get a divorce."
He reached out and patted his daughter's shoulder, "Wait for me."
Gu Yunran's eyes were also red, but she forced a smile on her face: "Father, I'm fine."
I've waited for so many years, so I don't mind waiting a little longer.
"You and your brother should go back first."
After such a thing happened, if she insisted on asking Lu Qingzhou to write a divorce agreement, people would scold her for being uncultured and scold the Gu family for not being able to teach their daughter well.
She didn't care about her own reputation, but she was afraid of damaging the reputation of her father and brother.
Gu Xiang reached out and patted Gu Yunran's shoulder, sighed, and whispered to Gu Yunyi: "Yunyi, let's go."
Gu Yunyi gritted his teeth as he looked at Lu Qingzhou, and kicked him again before leaving. "Next time you see me, you'd better run away, otherwise I will beat you every time I see you until you write the divorce papers."
Until Gu Xiang and Gu Yunyi walked away, Gu Yunran looked at Lu Qingzhou coldly and slapped him in the face.
"What's the point of trapping me in the Lu Mansion?"
"My father and brother will never help you again."
After saying that, she flicked her sleeves, turned around and left, leaving Lu Qingzhou with an indifferent back.
After being slapped by Gu Yunran, Lu Qingzhou's face looked very ugly. He frowned, his fists clenched in his sleeves made a squeaking sound, and he gritted his teeth and muttered to himself, but no one knew what he was saying.
Fan Meiniang hid in the corner, her face pale. She didn't expect that Madam Lu was so stubborn that she would commit suicide. Gu Yunran did not leave the Lu Mansion either.
After a long time of hard work, she gained nothing. Fortunately, Mrs. Lu died, and she had one less obstacle. As for Gu Yunran...
Fan Meiniang looked up at Lu Qingzhou. Gu Yunran had trampled on her dignity as a man, so why did he still want to keep her?
He should like her, right?
No, not only do I like her, but I love her so much that I don’t want to let her go.
Thinking of this possibility, Fan Meiniang's heart sank to the bottom. Lu Qingzhou should be hers, how could she let Gu Yunran take him away?
She clenched her fists, and her nails dug into her skin, causing a stinging pain, but it was not as great as the pain in her heart.
She vowed to win back Lu Qingzhou's heart. She had been planning for so many years and could not fail.
Taking advantage of his vulnerability and when he needed help the most, Fan Meiniang walked over, pulled Lu Qingzhou's clothes, and comforted him: "Fourth brother, the dead cannot be resurrected."
"Let's bury our mother first."
As she spoke, she began to set up the mourning hall and the necessary items with the servants. She was busy until the early hours of the morning and did not have a sip of water or a bite of food.
After Madam Lu was dressed in her funeral clothes, made up, and placed in the coffin, she knelt before the spirit to observe mourning. She asked casually, "Madam, you are the mistress. Why don't you come to observe mourning for your mother?"
Lu Qingzhou had a cold face and sent many maids to call Gu Yunran, but until they were about to take out of the coffin, there was no sign of Gu Yunran.
Lu Qingzhou's face turned dark and ugly.
Fan Meiniang sympathetically advised, "Fourth brother, don't be angry with Madam. Madam is furious now. When she calms down, she will probably come to keep vigil for Mother."
Lu Jiajia sneered: "Being filial is her duty as a daughter-in-law. Why should she calm down or not?"
"What kind of young lady from a wealthy family is this?" Lu Jiajia looked at Fan Meiniang. "She's not as polite and filial to her mother as you, Sister Fan."
After a series of events, Fan Mei Niang had learned her lesson. She changed her strategy. When she heard Lu Jiajia's praise, she said softly, "Respecting my mother is what I, as a daughter-in-law, should do."
As she spoke, she glanced at Lu Qingzhou.
"Mei Niang, you are so kind. I will remember your filial piety towards your mother."
Fan Meiniang lowered her head and said nothing.
"As daughters-in-law, some of us are not aware of the situation. We made our mothers so angry that they didn't even come to the wake." Lu Jiajia said angrily.
Seeing Lu Qingzhou's face suddenly darken, she added fuel to the fire and said, "Fourth brother, I'm not saying anything bad about you, but her heart is not with the Lu family, and it's not with you. Why are you trapping her?"
"If you tell me she wants a divorce, then give her a letter of divorce."
Divorce letter!
Fan Meiniang's eyes lit up, and she looked at Lu Qingzhou expectantly, only to hear Lu Jiajia's voice again: "Doesn't she want to go back to the Gu family?"
"Let her go back as an abandoned woman."
"Fourth brother," Lu Jiajia raised her eyebrows, "When the time comes, you won't even have to try to persuade her to stay. Gu Yunran will obediently kneel before you and beg you to keep her."
Zhuye stood outside with a pale face. She had never thought that the Fifth Miss was such a vicious person. She said angrily, "Fifth Miss, you are really good at tricks!"
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