Chapter 6: I'm so angry I'll kill you
"Madam, Miss Du is here and said she wants to serve you tea." The maid came in to report.
"Let her go, what a piece of shit, a slave girl, don't think you can enter the house just because you are pregnant."
Mother Gu is very angry. Not everyone is worthy of serving her tea...
Du Ruoling actually dared to instigate the young master of the mansion to fake his death and elope. Mother Gu wanted to beat her to death last night, but she didn't expect that she was pregnant.
For the sake of her grandson, she had no choice but to accept it.
Upon seeing this, Nanny Wang immediately scolded the maid, "What are you still standing there for? Didn't you hear what Madam said? Quickly tell that Du to get out of here and stop upsetting Madam."
The maid crawled back away.
Nanny Wang then turned around and, with a smile on her face, persuaded Mother Gu: "Madam, don't get yourself sick from anger. There's still plenty of time. You can deal with her after the baby is born."
Mother Gu was still furious. "Hmph! My son has been blinded by greed and deceived by this vixen. She is not even worthy of being Cheng'an's legal wife. The reputation of our Marquisate must not be tarnished by her."
Nanny Wang continued, echoing Mother Gu's words, "Madam is wise. With you here, the foundation of this mansion will remain unshaken."
Just as Mrs. Gu was feeling a little better, she heard the maid report that someone had come from the Earl's Mansion and that the Marquis invited his wife to move to the main hall.
Mother Gu's brows knitted together again, her eyes filled with annoyance and confusion, and she muttered, "What are they doing here? They're just trying to join in the fun."
Nanny Wang hurried forward and straightened the slightly wrinkled corners of Gu's clothes. Gu's mother lightly brushed her sleeves, raised her chin slightly, and walked out.
In the yard, Du Ruoling was holding a tea tray and was pushed out by the maid.
"Go away! Stop being an eyesore here!"
Du Ruoling staggered and took two steps back before she could stand steady. When she looked up, she saw Gu's mother coming out of the inner room.
Her eyes lit up instantly, and she subconsciously took a step forward with a flattering smile on her face, and was about to greet him.
But Gu's mother's gaze was like an ice-cold arrow, piercing straight through her, yet it seemed as if she didn't even see her, passing straight past.
Du Ruoling's smile froze on her face, and she was rejected by the cold shoulder.
"Bah, you think you're some big shot, trying to get ahead of me without even realizing your own status. How could our lady have any tolerance for such a vixen?"
The maids in Gu's mother's yard have long disliked Du Ruoling.
After saying this, he deliberately raised his voice, causing several servants around to secretly look over here.
Du Ruoling's face flushed crimson. The maidservant, taking advantage of the situation, continued, "You're just a lowly servant, yet you're trying to climb up the social ladder. You're simply overestimating yourself. Don't you even consider your appearance? Do you really think you can catch the eye of the Marquis' Mansion?"
The maid deliberately looked Du Ruoling up and down, her eyes full of contempt.
Du Ruoling was so angry that her whole body was shaking, her eyes were wide open, staring at the maid.
She thought that she was pregnant and Chu Ruohan was married to someone else. Although Gu's mother was unwilling, she would accept her for Gu Cheng'an's sake.
The grievance and anger in her heart at this moment were like a volcanic eruption, difficult to suppress. "Wait until I marry Gu Chengan, and then you'll see how I deal with you."
When the servants in the courtyard heard this, they burst into laughter. An old maid covered her mouth and laughed, "You're still daydreaming of becoming a phoenix. Even if you give birth to a child, you'll still be destined to be a concubine."
The laughter of the crowd pierced Du Ruoling's heart like needles.
Why should women embarrass other women? Aren't they also servants? Why do they look down on her?
Du Ruoling took a deep breath and turned to leave the yard. She was a modern-day woman with a higher education, and she didn't want to argue with these women who were being investigated for drugs in feudal society...
Incense was curling in the ancestral hall, and the tablet of Princess Anyang looked solemn under the candlelight.
Chu Ruohan lit the incense herself, raised her hands respectfully above her head, and bowed three times, "Your Highness, I was forced to marry you. From now on, I will fulfill my duties and manage the household with courtesy."
"Mother, I earnestly ask you to bless my husband with health and longevity, and to bless him with success in everything." Then, she took the teacup handed to her by the maid and gently placed it on the altar in front of the memorial tablet. "This cup of tea is a token of Ruohan's gratitude."
After all the ceremonies were over, Chu Ruohan stood up, but did not leave in a hurry. She slowly looked at the portrait of the eldest princess hanging on the wall.
The eldest princess in the portrait has a dignified demeanor, as if she is also examining her new bride.
The maid hurried into the room, knelt and saluted, then quickly said, "Young Madam, someone has arrived from the Earl's Mansion. The masters are waiting for you to serve tea."
"knew."
Chu Ruohan straightened her clothes, took light steps, and followed the maid out of the ancestral hall.
Behind the curtain, Gu Junze sat quietly in a wheelchair, his hands lightly clasped together, his deep eyes fixed on Chu Ruohan's gradually receding figure...
Along the way, Chu Ruohan had a lot of thoughts in his mind. Marquis Anyang was originally an unpopular bastard in the Earl's Mansion. He was granted the title of marquis only after marrying the eldest princess of Anyang.
This is the first time in the capital that a son has a higher title than his father.
Since the death of the old Earl and Marquis, the Earl's Mansion and the Marquis' Mansion had not had much contact. In the previous life, after Gu Cheng'an's fake death, the Earl's Mansion only came to mourn and then left.
The old earl had four sons. The eldest son inherited the title, the second son married a princess, and the third son was a promising one. He passed the imperial examination and became an official.
Only the fourth master, who was also a bastard, had achieved nothing, and the fourth lady always came to flatter Gu's mother.
Chu Ruohan walked slowly to the front hall, dressed elegantly and appropriately, with her black hair tied into a bun, and the hairpin on her head did not move at all as she walked.
Everyone in the hall looked at her.
Chu Ruohan walked to the front of the hall and knelt down to greet: "Ruohan greets mother-in-law, aunt and aunt."
Then he continued, "Ruohan just went to burn incense and offer tea to the eldest princess. I was really worried about keeping the elders waiting for so long."
The Countess nodded secretly. "Yes, she is a man who knows the rules and etiquette. Princess Anyang is the Marquis of Anyang's legal wife. It is only right that she should be served tea first."
Mother Gu, on the other hand, had a gloomy face. With the people from the Earl's Mansion here, she couldn't make trouble for Chu Ruohan and get the reputation of making things difficult for the bride.
A breath of bad air is like a fishbone stuck in my throat, which I can neither swallow nor spit out.
"Serve tea."
Chu Ruohan nodded slightly and walked towards Gu's mother who was sitting in the first seat with great grace.
She knelt down and saluted, "How are you, mother-in-law? Your daughter-in-law is offering you tea." After saying that, Yuling handed over the teacup, and Chu Ruohan took it and raised it high above her head.
Mother Gu looked at Chu Ruohan kneeling on the ground, feeling suffocated. She was the one who had chosen the wife for Cheng An, but Gu Junze got her for nothing.
It's all that shameless little whore's fault.
She took the teacup, but did not rush to drink it. Instead, she held the teacup in her hand and looked back and forth at Chu Ruohan, as if trying to find some flaw in her.
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