Chapter 736 He's determined not to come back to sleep.
Meng Yunlan sat down in the chair and started to cry: "Granny, do you think he has changed his mind? He was so cold to me tonight, he wasn't like him at all. I feel so sad."
Granny Ping quickly comforted her, "What are you saying, young mistress? How could the eldest young master change his mind? He has always been devoted to you, as the sun and moon can attest!"
“He used to be devoted to me, but who knows now! He's probably upset that I didn't give him a son or daughter, so he's resentful towards me! He just kept it to himself before, but he couldn't hold it in anymore today, so he let it all out!”
"this……"
Granny Ping was speechless for a moment, because even she didn't believe that Gu Qianling would have no complaints about not having children.
Those who married later than him have already had two children in three years. He has been married for five years, but Meng Yunlan's belly shows no signs of pregnancy. As the heir of the Duke's mansion, is he really not worried at all?
But this was something Meng Yunlan always avoided the most; how could she dare to rub salt into her master's wounds?
She could only carefully choose her words to say, "The eldest young master did seem to be venting his emotions today. He first argued with you at the madam's place, and then he argued with you in our room. He is indeed quite different from usual."
Meng Yunlan cried even harder: "Right? Even the old lady noticed that he's different from before? Tell me, who's bewitched him? Shen Wantang? Or Qiao Zhiyu?"
"In my opinion, the eldest young master may not have been bewitched by anyone, but he has definitely been provoked."
"You mean Shen Wantang?"
"Young Madam also thinks it's her?"
Meng Yunlan wiped away her tears and sneered, "Who else could it be but her? Although Qiao Zhiyu is good at sowing discord, her methods are low-level, and Qianling won't fall for them. But that Shen Wantang is scheming. She wanted to take away my management power before, and now she brought Qiao Zhiyu to the Imperial Household Department to deliver an umbrella to Qianling, and even rode back in the same carriage with him. She must have been trying to sabotage me!"
"Yes, young mistress, she is wicked! You must be very careful and wary of her, she is absolutely evil!"
Meng Yunlan gritted her teeth: "There's no such thing as being a thief for a thousand days, but you can't guard against a thief for a thousand days. If I have to be on guard against her every day, wouldn't that kill me? So, we still have to get rid of her once and for all!"
Granny Ping nodded repeatedly: "What the young mistress said is true. Miss Qiao is not a threat. If you need her, keep her; if you don't, just send her away. She's easy to deal with. But the second young mistress is neither useful to you nor easy to get rid of. You have to think of a way to completely suppress her. You can't let her act like she did today, ruining your relationship with the eldest young master."
But Meng Yunlan racked her brains for a long time without coming up with a good idea. She sighed repeatedly, "No, I am a simple-minded and kind-hearted person. I can't think of any way to harm people. I will go back to the Meng family tomorrow and ask my mother to help me think of a solution!"
Granny Ping hesitated, "This—Young Madam, please think it over. You've been visiting your parents' home too often lately. Won't Madam be a little unhappy?"
Meng Yunlan waved her hand confidently: "No, I'll just say that my mother hired another famous doctor for me, which is why she asked me to come back to the Meng family."
"Besides, I married into the Gu family, not sold myself to them. Do I have to put up with my mother-in-law's attitude every time I go back to my own home?"
"Hmph, do you think I'm like Shen Wantang, a concubine's daughter from a humble family? She has no father to love her and no mother to care for her, but I'm not like that. I have plenty of confidence and powerful backers!"
Seeing that she was determined to return to the Meng family, Granny Ping stopped trying to persuade her: "Yes, how can that Shen woman be compared to you? With her background, the Duke and his wife must look down on her. They just didn't show it because of the Second Young Master!"
Meng Yunlan nodded, agreeing wholeheartedly with what Granny Ping said. Her family background was a good match for Gu Qianling's, while Shen Wantang was far inferior and not worthy of Gu Qianhan at all.
But since the parents-in-law agreed to let Shen Wantang into the family, it means that they didn't really take Gu Qianhan seriously. Otherwise, they would never have let their son marry such a wife. They would have found someone of equal social standing, like Liu Nanshi.
The parents-in-law's favorite child was still their eldest son, Gu Qianling, and it had always been that way.
Thinking of Gu Qianling, Meng Yunlan became angry again: "Granny, send someone out to see where the young master is sleeping! He ran out in the middle of the night, it's a slap in my face! Everyone says he's thoughtful and considerate, but I didn't see it. He doesn't consider me at all!"
"Yes, this old servant will send someone to find the eldest young master immediately. If we find him, do you think we should call him back?"
“Call him back, but don’t say I called him. Just say you saw I wasn’t feeling well and asked him to come back and keep me company. My mother always said that there’s a power struggle between husband and wife. It’s either one side prevails over the other. I can’t back down; he has to back down. Otherwise, I won’t be able to stand up for myself anymore, and he’ll have me completely under his control!”
"Yes, this old servant understands."
Granny Ping accepted the order and left.
Not long after, she returned, her clothes damp with sweat: "Young Madam."
Meng Yunlan looked behind her for a moment, then asked with some surprise, "Where is he? Hasn't he come back?"
"Young Madam, the eldest young master... he said he'll be staying in the west courtyard tonight and won't be coming back."
"What?! He's not coming back? Didn't you tell him I wasn't feeling well?"
"I said so."
"He won't come back to be with me even after I told him? Isn't he worried about me? How can he sleep?"
"The eldest son said that there are always a bunch of doctors waiting here every day. If you feel unwell, just ask a doctor to prescribe a medicine."
Meng Yunlan suddenly stood up, her voice trembling slightly: "He really said that?!"
Granny Ping lowered her head: "Yes."
"Impossible! I don't believe it! I don't believe Qian Ling would be so cruel to me. You must have misheard! No, you must have relayed the wrong message. Did you not even tell him I wasn't feeling well?!"
Granny Ping was so frightened that she quickly knelt down: "Young Madam, please calm down. It's all my fault. I'll go and ask again!"
"Then why aren't you going yet?!"
"Yes, yes, this old servant will go right away!"
Granny Ping quickly got up, took her maid, and headed outside.
This time, she was gone for a full half hour before returning.
However, she still couldn't get Gu Qianling back.
Meng Yunlan had been hoping and anticipating, but when she saw that there was no one behind Granny Ping and the maid, she slumped down on the chaise lounge with a pale face.
"How could this happen? How could this be?"
"Young Madam, shall we go and call her again?"
"What kind of nonsense is this?! He's made up his mind not to come back to sleep, didn't you realize?!"
"Young Madam, please calm down. Perhaps the young master is just tired and doesn't want to move."
"Impossible! He would never treat me like this, no matter how tired he was before! He must have been instigated by someone, and now he hates me! It's Shen Wantang, it's all her, it must be her!"
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