Chapter 170 I need help

Madam Wei naturally followed him up, but unfortunately she was stopped by Nanny Qin.

She had a kind face, but now she spoke with a blank expression.

"The old lady only said that the Duke should come in to meet her. As for Madam Wei, you should wait outside."

This one sentence made Mrs. Wei very embarrassed.

When he looked at Shang Yukuan, his eyes were full of grievance.

"This... this is inappropriate, isn't it, Nanny Qin? We are here together to pay our respects to our mother-in-law. It would be bad not to let her in, right?"

"I am only responsible for delivering messages. If the Duke has any dissatisfaction, you can talk to the old lady yourself."

Her stubborn look made Shang Yukuan dare not say anything more.

Originally, he always felt a little weak when facing the Gu family, not to mention that they were now inferior to him.

I had no choice but to speak to Mrs. Wei.

"Wait a minute, I'll go in and talk to my mother-in-law and then I'll come out."

"master……"

Mrs. Wei was unwilling, but there was nothing she could do.

In the end, she could only watch Shang Yukuan enter the door, and then she sat in the corridor blowing in the cold wind, and no one came out to take her to the side room to sit.

It was such a wasted trip and I ended up suffering such humiliation.

Shang Yukuan felt a lot warmer as soon as he entered the house. Compared to outside, it was as comfortable as spring in here.

He was a little surprised, but he didn't know why.

After looking around, he felt that this house seemed different from the previous ones, but before he could say anything, he saw that he had arrived in front of Mrs. Gu.

Over the years, Shang Yukuan was a little scared every time he saw Old Madam Gu.

This fear was not because he had done anything wrong, but simply because he felt that Madam Gu's aura was too strong, so he could only smile awkwardly and salute Madam Gu and then speak.

"My son-in-law greets my mother-in-law. Is my mother-in-law all right?"

Madam Gu didn't even raise her head, she just picked up the tea and drank it.

As for Gu Xiaolang, she had already hidden behind the inner screen. After all, she was an unmarried girl and it was not convenient for her to meet too many "outsiders".

Seeing that Madam Gu did not answer, Shang Yukuan was so embarrassed that he didn't know what to say.

Seeing beads of sweat about to appear on her forehead, Mrs. Gu slowly spoke.

"I'm sorry to have worried you, my Lord. I'm fine."

After hearing this, Shang Yukuan breathed a sigh of relief and quickly spoke.

"My mother-in-law should stay a little longer when she goes north this time, so that I can... let Liu Lang, Xue Niang and the others show more filial piety."

When he said this, he was quite sincere, but unfortunately, Madam Gu smiled sneerly at him.

Since Mrs. Gu passed away, he had very little contact with the Gu family.

In the past few years, I would still remember to send some things to Jinling City, but now the same things will only be sent to the Wei family.

It's true that a new emperor chooses new ministers. My heart turns cold so quickly.

Madam Gu's expression did not change. She just glanced at him coldly and spoke bluntly.

"My Lord, just tell me what you want to say. We are so close that we don't need to talk about this."

Hearing this, Shang Yukuan's face turned much uglier.

Madam Gu's directness made him feel a little embarrassed, and he naturally knew that he had no right to say the following words.

But for the sake of his family, he had to make this trip, so he had to speak up no matter how difficult it was.

"Mother-in-law, you are joking. You have come back from the north this time, so of course we have to hold a welcoming banquet. I heard that the invitations from the general's mansion had been sent out on the 19th, and many members of the royal family were invited, so...so I thought I should bring the children over to have some fun, after all, we are all family."

After hearing what he said, not only Old Madam Gu, but even Nanny Qin beside him felt disgusted.

It sounds nice to say that you come here to have some fun, but in reality, don’t you just want to have more contact with these dignitaries?

Of the two sons and one daughter born to Wei, only Shang Qillang is still unaccounted for. It seems that this is what the couple is planning.

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

Thinking of this, Old Madam Gu said with a forced smile.

"I am not an old woman who can make the decisions in this general's mansion. It is not my place to decide whether you come or not. If you want to come, go and talk to Shao Yu yourself."

"But I want to remind you that you and I can barely be considered a family. As for those in the Duke's Mansion, don't get involved. I am old and can't stand the stimulation. If I accidentally turn this good thing into a bad one, hmph, Duke, I am afraid that the business will not be able to cover it."

Although the words were spoken lightly, they sounded very threatening.

Shang Yukuan is a person who cannot stand pressure. Not to mention when facing Old Madam Gu, even when facing his own son Shang Ji, he always compromises.

He was sweating profusely in an instant and said with an embarrassed smile.

"Mother-in-law, you must be joking. They are all children of our merchants. How can they not be a family?"

Upon hearing this, Old Madam Gu stared at him carefully for a while, until Duke Shang Yukuan felt a chill on his back, and then she spoke.

"Since the Duke wants to discuss this with me, let's discuss it."

"They are all Shang family's children? Then how did Dalang die? Why did Liulang have to live in Gu's family for so long? What kind of life did Xueniang live? And Ping'er! Don't they have the surname Shang?"

"Duke, if it weren't for your father's life-saving grace, would an old woman like me be interested in someone like you? Marrying Yun He into the Duke's Mansion is the only wrong thing I have done in my life. You are not worthy of being a husband, nor a father!"

"If you still have some sense of shame, take the new wife outside the door back home. I, an old woman, can still turn a blind eye and tolerate you. But if you want to use the reputation of your Duke's Mansion to show off in this General's Mansion, don't blame me for being rude!"

She was full of vigor when she said these words.

Even though he is already in his seventies with gray hair, he is still as powerful as he was in his youth.

Hearing Madam Gu's question, Shang Yukuan immediately panicked, knelt on the ground and hurriedly explained.

"My dear mother-in-law, you have wronged me. Dalang is my first child. How can I not be sad when he died of illness? But life must go on. I can't die just for him."

"As for the fact that President Liu Lang lives in the Gu family, it's because he has loved wielding swords and guns since he was a child. You also know that since his father passed away, the prestige of the Duke's Mansion has declined significantly. As a father, I can't let my child fall behind because of my own incompetence, so I sent him to the Gu family."

"And Xueniang and Ping'er, haven't they grown up well? Why does mother-in-law say this, as if your son-in-law has treated them harshly?"

(End of this chapter)