Liu just glanced at Shen Qingqiu and said nothing more. She took the cup of honey water and drank it.
Shen Qingqiu felt relieved when he saw that she seemed to have let the matter go.
Liu drank some honey water and felt her anger subsided a little. She then asked her daughter seriously, "What's going on? Are you and your father hiding something from me?" Although her daughter was acting naughty, the Marquis would never let her do whatever she wanted when it came to matters involving the Gu family.
That means the Marquis already knows about it.
Shen Qingqiu didn't tell her at first because she was afraid that her mother might be pregnant and would worry too much, but in the end, her mother's cooperation was needed for what happened next, and it would be better if she knew so that she could be more prepared.
"Then Gu Shaoqing suspects that the child in your belly is not the Marquis's, and I'm afraid he will take action in the next few days." Shen Qingqiu said.
Liu found it ridiculous and furious. "He, what did he say?"
Shen Qingqiu was afraid that her mother was too angry, so he also said: "Because the second house had drugged the Marquis earlier, they were sure that he would not have his own flesh and blood in the future." Hearing this, Liu was also stunned. She was very sure that the flesh and blood in her belly was the Marquis's. She just touched her belly and frowned slightly, "How is this possible?"
Shen Qingqiu said: "Don't think about the past anymore. The people in the second house are vicious, and Old Lady Xu is thinking about this grandson. If she doesn't use a ruthless move, there will be endless troubles in the end."
Liu knew what her daughter meant, but she was still a little hesitant. She liked the Gu family. Even though there were people like Gu Shaoqing in this family, there was still the Marquis and the child in her belly. Her daughter was also very happy here. She didn't want to ruin the reputation of the Marquis's Mansion, nor did she want outsiders to think that the Marquis's Mansion was not harmonious.
Shen Qingqiu saw her mother's embarrassed expression and knew what she was worried about, so he held her hand and said, "Don't I worry about the same thing as mother?" If she didn't regard the Marquis' Mansion as her own home, why would she waste all this time? Wouldn't it be better to just drag Gu Shaoqing out and kill him?
“Don’t worry.” Shen Qingqiu grabbed a ball of air and stuffed it into Liu’s hand, “What I want to give you is the complete Gu family.” It is also the Gu family without the cancer.
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After Gu Shaoqing returned to the mansion, he was called away by Old Madam Xu.
After all, she was worried about her little grandson. The old lady asked someone to bring him soup and asked about his well-being. She wanted to look him over and over again. "How was your life outside today? Was it hard?" The old lady thought that after all, he was the little boy of the family. It was impossible for him to do hard labor in such a place. Who knew that Gu Shaoqing stretched out his hands and told him all about his hardship in the textile factory today.
Especially the embarrassment Zhao Yulou gave him, and he kept reminding the old lady Liu that a woman was not suitable to hold something like a textile factory. Look at how nepotistic she is. "Although Aunt Jiu can embroider, she is a woman after all, and women are easily influenced. It is better to hand over this shop to our Gu family. At least there will be no one like Zhao Yulou sitting in front of the hall in the future."
Although Old Lady Xu heard that her grandson hated Zhao Yulou, she was not the kind of old lady who knew nothing. "The textile factory originally belonged to Liu. It was just her fake. I asked you to go there to train yourself." She also felt that her grandson's temper was a bit left-wing, so she said, "Shaoqing, our Gu family has been noble for a hundred years. What is yours is yours. If it is not yours, don't stretch your hand. It will make outsiders laugh and ruin the reputation of the Gu family."
The old lady said this just because she was afraid that her grandson would secretly take a fancy to Liu's dowry, but she didn't expect that she had just hit Gu Shaoqing in the throat. Wasn't the position of the prince of the Marquis's Mansion something he desperately wanted but didn't belong to him? "What the old lady said is right, Shaoqing knows." Gu Shaoqing bowed his hands, looking like he knew he was wrong, but then he said: "But no matter what, I am also the young master of the Marquis's Mansion. Now I am inferior to Zhao Yulou and have to do rough work like dyeing cloth every day, so that I can't display my talents. Grandmother, does Aunt Jiu think that I am in her way and must use this method to drive me away?"
The old lady frowned when she heard this, "Of course you shouldn't do such rough work as dyeing cloth. Don't worry, just go to the textile factory as usual tomorrow. I want to see who asked my nephew from the Gu family to dye cloth?" When Gu Shaoqing heard this, he finally let out the anger in his heart.
Gu Shaoqing was very proud of the old lady's care. She also thought that since the baby in Liu's belly was fake, she would not be able to be the marquis' wife for long. After Liu was dealt with, this huge textile factory would be hers.
It was already noon, and by coincidence, Mrs. Liu brought her daughter for a walk in the yard.
"You said you can get up so early to practice on weekdays, why is it so difficult to ask you to come out and bask in the sun at noon?" Liu insisted on dragging Shen Qingqiu out. It had been rainy weather these days, and she had been squatting at home like a mushroom for a long time. It was such a pity to stay in the house because the weather was so good today.
"What's so good about this sun?" Shen Qingqiu said in boredom, "Things hanging in the sky, if you don't see them today, you'll see them tomorrow."
Liu was so angry that she grabbed her ears and said, "You stay in the house all day. What did you see? The rat in your house?"
Shen Qingqiu begged for mercy quickly. Just as he raised his hand, he saw someone coming from another direction. It was Gu Shaoqing, who was walking by in a brightly dressed manner. Seeing Liu from a distance, he actually asked kindly, "Hello, Aunt Nine."
As the saying goes, don't hit a smiling person. Seeing that he was dressed for going out, Liu asked, "Are you going out?"
Gu Shaoqing said, "I am going to the textile factory. Thanks to Aunt Jiu, Shaoqing, who used to have nothing to do, can now display his talents in the textile factory." He had a genuine smile on his face, and Liu couldn't tell whether he was sincere or not, and soon Gu Shaoqing took his leave.
Shen Qingqiu looked at the direction he left and sneered, "I hope this nephew of the Gu family won't disappoint Daddy."
But Shen Qingqiu already had an idea of what the outcome would be.
Liu rubbed her belly. She had always thought that Gu Shaoqing was just a boy of seventeen or eighteen. Although the second wife was vicious, she had never thought of dealing with Gu Shaoqing. But Gu Shaoqing was different. He had been planning to kill her in private, but now he was pretending to be unaware of it in front of her. It was really chilling.
Liu stroked her belly, her breathing a little unstable.
Shen Qingqiu held her mother's hand, "Mom, don't worry, Gu Shaoqing doesn't have the ability to do anything to you." She didn't want to slap Gu Shaoqing to death, she just wanted to take a look at the demons and monsters behind him.
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After leaving the Marquis' Mansion, Gu Shaoqing went to meet the sisters Xiao Ruyun and Xiao Ruqin.
Xiao Ruqin never mentioned her past feelings for Gu Hou, and only said that Liu had taken her position as the Marquis's wife, and she would do her best to help Gu Shaoqing no matter what she wanted to do. Although Gu Shaoqing knew that the child in Liu's belly was not from the Gu family, he did not intend to tell the two sisters about this family scandal.
After all, he will inherit the Marquis's Mansion in the future. If this scandal is known to outsiders, wouldn't it be like they have something against him, the future Marquis?
"In a few days, Liu will accompany the old lady to worship Buddha. I want her to never come back." Gu Shaoqing said.
Xiao Ruqin was stunned, "Liu is the wife of the Marquis after all, what you are doing is not..." Based on Gu Yong's love for Liu, isn't Gu Shaoqing's action pushing the position of the prince out? Gu Shaoqing smiled coldly and said, "I have my reasons for doing this."
First, he gave Liu a bowl of abortion medicine, and then sent her to a carriage to be sold. If Uncle Jiu asked about it, Zhao Yulou would just be a shield and say that Liu and Zhao Yulou eloped together. In this way, he not only solved the problem of Liu, but also saved the reputation of the Gu family, and at the same time, he also had Uncle Jiu's handle. Who else could be the Marquis of Gu in the future?
Xiao Ruqin only said: "The Princess Changping hates the mother and daughter of the Liu family. We can borrow manpower from her, but?" She looked at Gu Shaoqing meaningfully.
"Isn't it just a few blueprints?" Gu Shaoqing sneered, "Once Liu is gone, her textile factory will be mine. So why should I be afraid that I can't get the blueprints the county lord wants?"
Xiao Ruqin nodded, and the others dispersed.
As Gu Shaoqing said, Old Lady Xu had a rule of worshipping Buddha, and she had to go up the mountain once every March. It was supposed to be next month, but this month her daughter-in-law got pregnant, which was a happy event that the Gu family had finally managed to have. After Liu's fetus stabilized, she couldn't wait to take Liu up the mountain to fulfill her vow.
Mrs. Liu was sitting in the inner room fanning herself, while Mother Chen was packing the things needed for going up the mountain to worship Buddha.
After a while, a cook with a look in her eyes came in, holding a bowl of thick soup, "Madam, this is the tonic sent by the old lady. You should drink it while it's hot."
Liu looked at the person in front of her suspiciously, "You are the old lady's side, why do you look a little strange to me?"
The cook said, "I work in the kitchen and don't see people often. Madam, drink quickly. I'm going out soon. Don't keep the old lady waiting for too long." Liu seemed no longer Chinese after hearing her words. She picked up the bowl of soup and started drinking. But after drinking only half a bowl, she suddenly had blood on the corner of her lips and kept shaking while holding her abdomen.
Upon seeing this, Mother Chen quickly put down the box and went forward to ask her what was wrong, but was knocked unconscious by someone who came out from behind her.
"Take her away." The man gave an order, and soon the person dressed as a cook carried Liu to the back door.
The cook led the way, so the journey was smooth. When they arrived at the back door, the vehicle arranged by Gu Shaoqing was already waiting. The carriage sped westward and finally stopped beside a dense forest. There was already another luxurious carriage waiting there.
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