"Get out of my way right now." Madam Zhang pushed Xu Miaomiao and tried to throw her aside.
Xu Miaomiao stood in front of Gu Yuanniang, preventing Madam Zhang from taking a step forward and hurting her.
Gu Yuanniang frowned, looked at the woman and said, "Madam Zhang, your son is seriously ill now and needs to rest. If you behave like this and disturb his recovery and leave him with any sequelae, we will not be responsible."
Hearing this, Madam Zhang, who was already angry, became even more angry. She looked at Xu Miaomiao and pushed her, "What nonsense are you talking about, you whore? If you hadn't joined forces to detain my son here, how could my son get sick for no reason? He was originally a weak scholar, and you tortured him several times. Previously, you forced him to commit suicide, and now he has suffered this disaster again. Madam Gu Yuan, how did my son let you down that you treat him like this?"
Empress Yuan remained silent, with her head drooping.
Madam Zhang's words left her with no room for rebuttal. Xu Qingshan's current situation was indeed caused by her. If they had not known each other at the beginning, she would not have experienced such pain.
"Mrs. Zhang, I was wrong in the past. Now I just want to live a good life with Xu Qingshan."
"You want to live a good life now, but you wish for it." Madam Zhang pushed Gu Yuanniang and said dissatisfiedly, "Who do you think you are? You can come and go as you please."
Gu Yuanniang's wound was injured by the shove, and her brows slightly wrinkled. Seeing this, Xu Miaomiao quickly supported her and looked at Madam Zhang who was throwing a tantrum in front of her: "If you are so unreasonable, don't blame us for kicking you out."
"Okay, you'd better kick me out now, and then I'll beat the drum to complain. I want to talk about your department store and the despicable things you women have done."
Just as the two were about to spar, a cough was heard from the bed. Xu Qingshan slowly woke up and opened his eyes. He saw the pale backs of Gu Yuanniang and Madam Zhang.
Seeing Xu Qingshan wake up, Gu Yuanniang was also a little surprised. The worry on her face turned into surprise. She rushed to the bed and asked, "Are you feeling better? Are you feeling uncomfortable anywhere?"
Xu Qingshan gently retracted his fingers and touched Gu Yuanniang's pale cheek: "Don't worry, I'm fine."
Hearing the voice, Madam Zhang immediately turned around. Looking at the weak Xu Qingshan, she felt heartbroken. She pushed Gu Yuanniang away, lay down in front of the bed and started crying.
"Son, you finally woke up. If anything happened to you, I would not live." Xu Qingshan felt a little distressed when he saw Madam Zhang's appearance, and patted her hand to comfort her.
"Don't worry, mother. I'll be fine as long as Madam Xu is here."
"You're still talking about her." Madam Zhang shook her hands and glanced at Xu Miaomiao with dissatisfaction: "If it weren't for them, you would have died here. Every time you get involved with this Gu Yuanniang, you end up with nothing good. Listen to me, come home with me, I will help you recuperate, and then find you a daughter-in-law who will live a peaceful life."
"Mom." When Xu Qingshan heard this, he frowned slightly and looked at Madam Zhang.
Seeing this, Madam Zhang cried even harder: "You don't know what they said about me when you were still asleep. They said I was a bitch. Those disgusting words were all said by them."
"Mom, please stop making trouble." Xu Qingshan said. Perhaps because he was a little anxious, he actually coughed twice. He knew what kind of people Gu Yuan's mother and Xu Miaomiao were. He knew that these words would definitely not be said by them.
Seeing that her son was so protective of them, Mrs. Zhang didn't say much and just swallowed her words.
Xu Qingshan took Gu Yuanniang's hand and said excitedly, "Sixth Mother, you can't hide from me anymore."
Gu Yuanniang was already deeply moved. She nodded quickly, looked at the weak Xu Qingshan on the bed, smoothed his hair, and held his fingers tightly against her chest: "Don't worry, I will never hide from you again."
Seeing this, Xu Qingshan wiped away the tears from Gu Yuanniang's eyes with heartache. Madam Zhang, who was not far away, wanted to speak when she saw this scene, but in the end she said nothing.
Xu Qingshan had just woken up and needed a good rest, so everyone left again.
At this moment, Madam Zhang was no longer as aggressive as before, and seemed to have regained a lot of her rationality.
"Madam Zhang, Mr. Xu is sick and weak, so why don't you stay in the department store? First, I can take care of him, and second, if he moves less, his wounds will heal faster."
Seeing Xu Miaomiao say this, Madam Zhang had no way to refute it. She nodded slowly, waved her hand, looked at Gu Yuanniang beside her and said, "Come here, I have something to tell you."
Xu Miaomiao looked at Gu Yuanniang worriedly, but Gu Yuanniang gave her a reassuring look and followed Madam Zhang to the backyard.
When Madam Zhang came in, she kicked the dust under her feet with some disgust, then turned to look at Gu Yuanniang and said, "To be honest, from the bottom of my heart, I don't like you. I have always disliked you as an abandoned woman. Besides, what I said is true. As long as you get close to Qingshan, you will be in trouble. But now that things have come to this, I have no choice but to agree to your marriage. But before you get married, I have a few conditions."
"Madam, please feel free to speak." Gu Yuanniang looked at Madam Zhang in front of her and spoke.
Xu Qingshan has made so many concessions for her, now it is time for her to give back to Xu Qingshan.
Madam Zhang looked at Gu Yuanniang seriously and said, "First, you must send your child away immediately after he turns fifteen. You cannot let him stay in our Xu family. Second, within three years after marriage, you must give birth to a child for our Xu family. Third, you should quickly make friends with Xu Miaomiao. His husband is the new Minister of Rites. Go and ask him to find an official position for Qingshan, so that your life after marriage will be easier."
When Gu Yuanniang heard these three conditions, she frowned and looked at the woman in front of her and said, "Madam Zhang, I can't agree to any of these three conditions."
"What!" Hearing this, Madam Zhang loosened her hand in anger, looked at Gu Yuanniang and stepped forward and said, "My son has done so much for you, and now he just wants you to agree. Can't you do these three simple conditions?"
Gu Yuanniang straightened her clothes and said, "First, Ling'er is my child. No matter what I do, I will not send him away. Second, I have already told Qingshan that after Ling'er is born, I will never have another child with him. Third, even if Mr. Song agrees to find an official position for Qingshan, Qingshan himself will not agree."
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