Chapter 43: Tears of blood on a rainy night, the truth stings the heart
As soon as Gu Cheng'an returned, he immediately gathered all the servants of Sui Jinxuan together.
All the people who entered and left the house on the day Du Ruoling had a miscarriage and everything they ate were checked.
The night was as dark as ink, and the drizzle intertwined into a rain curtain, covering the Marquis' Mansion heavily.
In the huge Tingxue Pavilion, only Mother Gu was left alone.
The raindrops outside the window and the flickering candlelight reflected her thin and lonely figure.
The tragic scene of Nanny Wang hitting her head against the pillar and dying kept appearing in her mind. The wide-open eyes and the blood-stained ground gripped her heart.
"Squeak", the door was slowly pushed open.
Mother Gu woke up from her painful memories and looked up to see Gu Cheng'an walking in.
His face was gloomy and exuded a chilling aura.
But Gu's mother didn't notice her son's abnormality at all. The sadness in her heart was like a flood that broke through the dam, and tears burst out uncontrollably.
She sobbed and cried to Gu Cheng'an: "Son, your father is so cruel. He actually wants to send me to that poor temple. How can I bear it..."
Gu Cheng'an said nothing, just stood there quietly, looking at Gu's mother.
He didn't know when her face became older and older, and he couldn't understand it anymore.
Maybe he never understood his mother?
The air in the room seemed to freeze.
After a moment, he opened his lips with difficulty, his voice hoarse and trembling: "Mom, how did Ling'er lose her child?"
Mother Gu's heart suddenly tightened, as if it was being tightly grasped by an invisible big hand. A trace of panic flashed across her face, but she quickly pretended to be calm.
"Didn't she cause the loss of her unborn child by running to the gate of Prince Yong's mansion and causing a scene? Who can be blamed for this?"
"I checked. It was Nanny Wang who sent the dinner that day." This short sentence was like a huge rock thrown into a calm lake, instantly stirring up a thousand waves.
The mother and son just faced each other like this.
Gu Cheng'an's eyes were filled with pain and disappointment, and the pain in his chest seemed to devour him.
"That's your grandson, how could you have the heart to kill him?"
Mother Gu turned her head away, her eyes flickering. "The one in the princess's belly is my grandson. How can a bastard born to a lowly maid be compared with the princess of Prince Yong's mansion?"
"This marriage concerns the honor of Marquis Anyang and you. I have no choice."
Her voice was icy, but it couldn't hide the hint of guilt. "If Du Ruoling hadn't made a scene, she could have given birth to the child safely. What choice do you want me to make?"
Gu Chengan laughed sadly, and the laughter was particularly harsh in the quiet rainy night. It was filled with endless self-mockery and he laughed so hard that tears came out.
It's really ridiculous that a grandmother killed her own grandson just to curry favor with the power of Prince Yong's Mansion.
Mother Gu was frightened by his reaction and shouted in a trembling voice: "Cheng'an, don't scare me!"
Gu Chengan stopped laughing and looked at his mother coldly: "Do you really think the child in the princess' belly is mine?"
Mother Gu's eyes widened, her face full of disbelief, "What did you say?"
Gu Chengan took a deep breath and said slowly, "I'm not a young boy. I already know about the relationship between men and women."
"On the night of our wedding, I passed out after just one glass of wine. Was the wedding wine in the mansion that strong?"
"No, it's impossible. You must be lying to me, right?" Mother Gu shook her head desperately, muttering, "I saw the blood on the Yuanpa. It can't be fake."
Gu Cheng'an just shook his head weakly. He didn't want to say anything more.
Turn and walk towards the door.
Mother Gu asked anxiously from behind: "Why did you say it only now?"
Gu Chengan stopped and a mocking smile appeared on his lips: "What's the use of telling you? Should I ask you to find me another wife?"
"Are you so fond of that slut that you can endure this for her?"
Mother Gu was filled with resentment. How could she have given birth to such a son who looked nothing like her or Marquis Anyang?
Gu Cheng'an pushed the door open and walked out without looking back, leaving his mother alone in the house.
She looked at the tightly closed door, her head spinning, her legs going limp, and she collapsed to the ground.
After an unknown amount of time, the door hinge creaked again.
"Cheng'an?" Mother Gu looked up subconsciously, with a hint of expectation in her eyes.
However, when she saw who it was, that hint of anticipation was instantly replaced by astonishment and anger.
Baoling was standing in the room. My eyes slowly moved downwards. Baoling was holding a whip tightly in her hand. The faint light reflected on the whip made people feel cold.
"You...you dare, you slut?" Mother Gu widened her eyes and her voice became sharp because of fear.
She could never have imagined that Baoling, who had once been so servile in front of her, would now dare to come to her with a whip in her hand.
Does she want to lynch someone?
Bao Ling's lips curled up into a cruel smile, "Why wouldn't I dare? Do you really think you're still the mistress of the Marquis' Mansion?"
Before she finished speaking, Baoling swung the whip violently. The whip drew an arc in the air and hit Gu's mother hard.
"Ah..." Mother Gu screamed in pain and broke out in a cold sweat.
"Bitch, bitch..." She cursed and tried to dodge, but no matter where she hid, the whip would hit her accurately.
Baoling's eyes grew increasingly red, a flame of excitement burning in them. "Don't vicious women enjoy torturing people? How does it feel to be whipped?"
She seemed to have fallen into some kind of madness, venting all the humiliation she had suffered in recent days through the whip in her hand.
Including the 'child'?
She was a little doubtful in her heart, wondering if she was really pregnant.
Her menstruation has always been irregular, and she has not had a period since that ridiculous night with Marquis Anyang.
Will it be...
After all, the pain in his body was too real, and there was a pool of blood flowing from his lower body.
Whether it was an accident or Chu Ruohan did it on purpose, now that things have come to this, she can no longer care about it.
I can only vent all my pain and resentment on Mother Gu.
Until Baoling was tired of fighting, her right hand was shaking and she could no longer lift it.
Gu's mother fell to the ground and couldn't get up. Her body was covered with wounds, especially her back, which was torn and exposed with bright red flesh.
The room was filled with a smell of blood that lingered for a long time.
Baoling let out a long sigh, as if she had finally vented all the resentment that had been pent up in her heart for a long time.
Then he slowly let go of the whip, and let the whip fall to the ground with a clang.
Then he turned and left.
Outside the door, Xiao Tao was standing in the corridor. Seeing her come out, she didn't ask any more questions.
But the miserable cry of the Marquis's wife just now made her terrified.
Xiao Tao put a cloak on Bao Ling, her fingertips trembling unconsciously. "Auntie, you are still in confinement after childbirth. You must not catch a cold."
There was a barely perceptible tremor in her voice. She lowered her head slightly, not daring to look Baoling in the eye.
"Yeah." Baoling looked at the continuous rain.
Chu Ruohan, it would be best if I really wasn't pregnant...
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