Chapter 231 Taking Poison
"Sister Gu, why are you so ruthless?"
As Liu Hong spoke, she looked at Gu Yuanniang jokingly and said, "If you want to enter the Xu family again in the future, you must obtain my consent!"
"Hehe." Hearing this, Gu Yueniang's expression turned cold and she stared at the woman in front of her. She slowly said, "Who told you that I want to enter the Xu family?"
"You can even do such a shameful thing as eloping, and you still say that you didn't do it for this." Liu Hong said as she tilted her head and looked at Gu Yuanniang with a hint of sarcasm in her expression.
At this point, Gu Yuanniang also understood, staring at Liu Hong and saying, "You were the one who told everyone about what happened that day."
"Yes." Liu Hong said as she sat down leisurely on the chair. She picked up the fan in front of her and waved it twice, then said, "If I hadn't knocked on the door and heard what Xu Miaomiao and my cousin said, how could I have found your ex-husband in time and informed the lady to catch you two having an affair? I'm afraid that after this, the lady will only think that you are a woman who usurped your cousin and eloped with you, and she will probably hate you even more."
"Why are you doing this!" Gu Yuanniang's eyes suddenly turned red, and she suddenly lost her mind and stared at the woman in front of her with dissatisfaction.
"How dare you ask me!" Liu Hong slammed the table, stood up, and then turned her back to Gu Yuanniang and said viciously: "My family has fallen on hard times, and now I have finally escaped to the Xu family. I only hope that the Xu family can take me in. I would be willing to be a concubine, but you insist on pushing me to the brink of despair and making my cousin not take me as a concubine. If that's the case, then I will perish with you."
"Since you just want to find a good home, given the reputation of the Xu family, they will definitely find a good family for you. Why are you still doing this?" Gu Yuanniang was still a little puzzled, and asked the woman in front of her.
Hearing Gu Yuanliang say this, Liu Hong laughed out loud: "A good family, what respect can the Xu family have? The Xu family themselves are just a family of nobles in the capital. The people they know are either poor candidates or scholars who failed the imperial examination. What good can I get if I marry into the Xu family? It's better for me to stay in the Xu family. Although it's a bit hard, there is still some wealth. With my aunt's love, I can walk around freely in this family."
"So in your eyes, marriage is just a transaction."
"Of course." Liu Hong looked at Gu Yuanniang and continued, "This woman originally wanted to find a husband for herself. Now I have found a good one. I just hope that Madam Gu will not come to bother us again in the future."
"Don't worry." Gu Yueniang said coldly, "After today, I will never set foot in your Xu family's door again, and I will never have any contact with Qingshan again."
After saying this, Gu Yuanniang turned around and left without waiting for the woman behind her to mock her.
However, Liu Hong did not take her letting go seriously. Staring at Gu Yuanniang's departing figure, her fingertips unconsciously clenched into a ball. She always felt that Gu Yuanniang was still her biggest threat. As long as Xu Qingshan had Gu Yuanniang in his heart, she would not be able to live a good life in this family.
Back at the banquet, no one cared about the fact that this insignificant person had disappeared for a long time, so when Gu Yuanniang came back, everyone was still laughing and feasting.
After waiting for an unknown amount of time, Gu Yuanniang drank the wine in the glass and actually felt a little tipsy. It was only then that the sound of gongs and drums outside began to sound again.
"It's wedding time!"
A man and a woman walked in slowly holding red silk. The moment Xu Qingshan saw Gu Yuanniang, his whole body stiffened and he was obviously stunned.
This subtle movement was carefully captured by Gu Yuanniang, but she could only stop and watch.
"Qingshan, why are you still standing there?"
Seeing that he was standing still, Mrs. Zhang in the hall expressed her dissatisfaction.
Hearing Madam Zhang's call, Xu Qingshan came to his senses, holding Hongchou and Liu Hong, and walked forward step by step.
Just as he was shouting and bowing to heaven and earth, Xu Qingshan suddenly stiffened all over, staggered back two steps, and a mouthful of blood spurted out of his mouth.
The people around were all shocked when they saw this scene, and stared at Xu Qingshan in confusion.
"What's going on?"
Everyone was talking.
"Yes, I've heard that Mr. Xu is in good health. How could he suddenly become like this?"
Liu Hong, who was standing beside him, took off her red veil immediately after hearing what everyone was saying. She saw Xu Qingshan kneeling on the ground, and then looked at the blood on the ground. Her pupils suddenly dilated and she took two steps back: "Cousin, you..."
Liu Hong was so shocked that she couldn't speak and just stood there motionless.
It was Madam Zhang who stepped forward and quickly supported Xu Qingshan: "Qingshan, what's wrong with you? Don't scare me!"
Mr. Xu was also panicked and shouted to the servant: "Go and get the doctor quickly, go and get the doctor quickly."
Gu Yuanniang in the crowd was stunned where she was. She didn't know how she should step forward to show concern. Even though her heart was already in a mess, she could only clench her emotions into her fists.
Xu Qingshan slowly raised his head, took one last look at Gu Yuanniang, and then moved his gaze to Madam Zhang: "Mother wants me to marry Liu Hong, I have to obey, but I also can't let Liu Niang down. So before coming here, I have already taken poison."
"Is this how you treat me?" Madam Zhang panicked and hit Xu Qingshan's arm like a mad woman.
At this time, Xu Qingshan was already very weak. He could not withstand her pushing him like this. He fell to the ground and let the blood flow out of his mouth.
"My mother wanted me to marry my cousin, and I have done so. Now I should fulfill my promise to another woman."
In the following few sentences, Xu Qingshan resumed his stuttering behavior, but his words were intermittent and blood kept spurting out from the corners of his mouth.
Seeing him like this, Madam Zhang immediately supported him. Xu Qingshan fell into Madam Zhang's arms, stared in the direction of Gu Yuanniang, and drew four words with his lips.
Although there was no sound, Gu Yuanniang knew clearly what Xu Qingshan was saying. He said: Liu Niang, don't cry.
But how could her tear glands listen to Gu Yuanniang's words at this moment? Her face was already covered with tears, and she could hardly stand. It was not until the doctor came that Mrs. Zhang's expression improved a little.
"Show it to my son quickly."
The doctor immediately put down the medicine box in his hand, felt his pulse, thought carefully, and said: "This man has taken poison, and the poison has penetrated deep into his internal organs. I'm afraid there is no way to save him."
(End of this chapter)
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