Shen Qingqiu knew that the old lady was afraid of Empress Pei, and she was not someone who could not tell right from wrong. Since she knew that Empress Pei had deliberately sent someone in to disgust the Gu family, why would she scold her pregnant mother for her?
But the old lady could bear it, but she couldn't. Her eyes fell on Xue Rou, and she suddenly spoke, pointing at Xue Rou's bracelet: "Aunt Xue's bracelet is so beautiful, and the beads on it seem to have a fragrance."
The old lady was a little dissatisfied when she heard this. She was about to scold her, but she didn't know what she thought of. She looked at Xue Rou and said, "Xue Rou, let me see the beads in your hand."
Xue Rou covered her hands, secretly saying "Oh no", and cursed Shen Qingqiu in her heart.
Seeing this, the old lady ordered someone to hold her down and take off the beads on her hand. She put them to her nose and sniffed them, and her face changed immediately.
After a moment, the old lady got angry and smashed the beads on Xue Rou's face. Everything happened too fast, no one reacted, Xue Rou had no time to dodge, and a cut was made on her forehead, blood flowed down, it looked very scary.
The old lady seemed to still feel unsatisfied and wanted to do something to her. Shen Qingqiu spoke at the right time: "Old lady, calm down. After all, my aunt came from the palace."
This was a reminder to her that she could not touch Xue Rou.
What kind of gift? Now it seems that it is a death warrant for their Gu family. They finally have a child, but they want to kill the child. How can she bear this? "What kind of aunt is she worthy of it?" The old lady really stopped when she heard it, but she said viciously.
Gu Yanran was a little confused. What was going on?
All I heard was the old lady saying, "Let me ask you, what is your intention in bringing this string of musk beads to visit Liu, huh?"
When these words came out, everyone was in an uproar, especially Liu, who looked terrified: "Old Madam...are you serious?"
"Humph, why would I lie to you?"
She had been in this house for fifty or sixty years and had seen a lot of these despicable tricks. She was very familiar with the smell of musk, so how could she make a mistake?
Xue Rou knelt on the ground hurriedly after hearing this, "Madam, I didn't know this was a musk bead necklace... Yes, I just bought it on the street, who knew it was a harmful product, Madam. I definitely didn't want to harm you, Madam. Even if I had ten more guts, I wouldn't dare to do it!" At this moment, Xue Rou was no longer the otherworldly look she had at the beginning. She was a vulgar thing that had fallen into the world, and was stepped on several times and trampled into the mud. The old lady was silent, staring at Xue Rou with her eyes. Xue Rou cried and screamed, Gu Yong comforted Liu, and Gu Yanran was afraid that she would be implicated, and didn't know how to react.
She really didn't know that Xue Rou was wearing the musk beads on her hand, and she was really an idiot. How could it be so obvious to harm others? Who could save her with such a serious crime?
Shen Qingqiu watched all this with cold eyes.
After all, Xue Rou was the Queen's person and she couldn't be beaten to death. This farce ended with Xue Rou being punished to copy Buddhist scriptures 100 times to pray for the baby in Liu's belly.
Fortunately, she was close to the queen and helped her save her life at the critical moment. Otherwise, if a concubine wanted to harm the mistress's child, even if she died a thousand times, it would not be enough.
But after that, Xueruo's path became very narrow and difficult to walk on.
Shen Qingqiu exchanged a few words with Liu and left early as usual.
Gu Yanran watched but did not follow. Instead, she waited outside the old lady's yard.
Waiting for Xue Rou to drag her tired body and walk out of the old lady's yard tremblingly with a bleeding head.
"Ms. Gu..."
When she saw Gu Yanran, Xue Rou had a complicated attitude.
On the one hand, this was her only hope in the mansion, but on the other hand, she felt a little resentful that she had not spoken up for her just now.
With just one glance, Gu Yanran saw what she was thinking. She felt a little contemptuous in her heart, but she looked concerned. She took Xue Rou's hand and said, "Aunt, I'm so sorry. It's all my fault that I have no influence in this mansion, otherwise I would definitely help you... This is the best wound medicine. Aunt Xue is so beautiful. If you leave a scar, my uncle will not like it."
Gu Yanran gave Xue Rou a small ceramic bowl with a light yellow paste inside. This was obviously a priceless medicine for wounds.
You have to know that not all the ladies in the palace can afford this golden wound medicine . Gu Yanran's approach was very helpful to Xue Rou, and her resentment was reduced a lot.
But she sighed, "Miss Gu, there's no need to comfort me. The Marquis must be mad at me now, so how can we talk about whether he likes me or not?"
Seeing this, Gu Yanran felt a little disappointed. She thought this woman was scheming, but she turned out to be a big-breasted and brainless girl.
She took a deep breath, adjusted her attitude, and then said, "Auntie, you are confused. There are only those things between men and women. If uncle doesn't come to save you, then you can go find uncle. Men always need some reasons. Why don't you give him this reason? Madam Liu is old, how can she compete with you, Auntie Xue?"
Xue Rou wanted to ask something, but she felt a cold touch on her hand. She looked down and saw that it was a porcelain bottle.
"Auntie, your status is earned through your own efforts."
Gu Yanran left this sentence and left.
Xue Rou looked at the porcelain bottle in her hand and the direction where Gu Yanran left. She thought to herself that Miss Gu was indeed cruel, and although she seemed harmless on the surface, she was still using one shady trick after another.
Xue Rou shuddered, knowing that she couldn't become an enemy of Miss Gu.
He looked into the distance and clenched the porcelain bottle in his hand.
The two thought they had done it perfectly, but they didn't know that in the bamboo forest not far away, Gu Yong and Shen Qingqiu had a clear view of everything.
"Is that Sister Gu and Aunt Xue? What are they doing?" Shen Qingqiu was about to step forward to greet them, but was stopped by Gu Yong with a sullen face.
"Qiu'er, it's getting late. I'll have the guards escort you back. Go to bed early. I'll ask the kitchen to make some soothing soup."
Upon hearing this, Shen Qingqiu nodded obediently and returned to his own courtyard.
Just now, it was because she dragged Gu Yong to the kitchen to make a calming soup for Liu that she saw such a dramatic scene.
Gu Yong has been a marquis for so many years, so he can naturally think of what he has seen. As for the rest, he knows what to do.
Xue Rou went back and changed her clothes, still in the brothel style, with her hair down. She wiped the blood off her face, applied medicine on her wounds, and looking at herself in the bronze mirror with charming eyes, her gaze gradually became firm.
She couldn't touch her face, she would not be able to defeat Liu.
Thinking of this, Xue Rou twisted her slender waist and came to Gu Yong's room.
Because Liu was pregnant, the two did not live together. Gu Yong mostly stayed in the study room, but he would go to Liu's yard early the next day, which showed how much he doted on her. The lights in Gu Yong's yard were on one moment and off the next.
Xue Rou looked at the porcelain bottle in her hand and swallowed half of it to give herself courage. The medicine was very strong and the effect was visible after only half a bottle.
I immediately began to feel hot and pushed the door open and walked in.
"Master~"
Xueruo's voice was like a cat's paw, but all she got in response was silence.
Xue Rou was not in a hurry, because she knew that Gu Yong was inside.
She poured the potion into the quilt in the dark, climbed onto the bed, and fed it to the person on the bed bit by bit.
The night is still long...
On the second night, when Xue Rou woke up, she felt as if her whole body had been taken apart and reassembled. She felt uncomfortable physically, but happy in her heart.
I touched the side, but it was cold.
Then, a slap came.
“Pah—”
Xue Rou's face was hit and tilted to the side.
Before she could react, she was pulled out of bed by someone. Then she found a circle of people standing in the room.
Xue Rou screamed and tried to cover her body, but it was of no use.
She was almost naked and was forced to kneel on the ground. The grievance and pain made her tears flow uncontrollably.
This time the old lady got angry and hit Xueruo directly with her cane.
A bloodstain instantly appeared on the white and tender skin, but it was not over yet. She continued to hit it again and again, and the white part turned from white to red and then blue. But the old lady did not relax her strength at all.
Xue Rou was beaten so hard that she screamed in pain, and Gu Yanran’s eyes were red.
"Whore! You're having an affair with a servant on your second day after entering the mansion. Do you still have any shame?"
The old lady pointed at Xueruo, her hands shaking.
Xue Rou already had some guesses in her mind when she heard this, and she widened her eyes, but she didn't dare to believe it.
"Wh…what do you mean?"
Xue Rou was a little frightened, and she was answered with another slap in the face.
No matter how submissive Xue Rou was, she got angry now. She was the first-class maid beside the queen, and she was always being fawned upon by others. If the queen hadn't said that there was only one woman in the Gu Mansion and not so many beautiful women, she wouldn't have come.
Xue Rou's eyes were red as she yelled, "You disrespectful old thing, why are you hitting me? Don't you know that I'm a favorite of the Queen? Go ahead and hit me, it would be best if you beat me to death, so that the Emperor can see your rebellious heart towards the Gu family!"
This statement stopped the old lady. She felt as if she couldn't breathe as she touched her chest. She cried and shouted, "What a misfortune for our family."
Xue Rou said angrily, “When I return to the palace tomorrow, I will tell the Queen everything you did to me today without leaving out a single word.
But a moment later, a cold voice came through, "If it is for adultery, the Queen will not say anything, right?"
Xue Rou felt as if she was struck by lightning. "What do you mean?"
Shen Qingqiu squatted down with a smile, lifted up Xue Rou's chin and said word by word: "Adultery is a serious crime, and the Queen can't save you."
Shen Qingqiu was smiling, but in Xue Rou's eyes he looked like the King of Hell demanding his life.
"Impossible, you are talking nonsense, I didn't have an affair, I clearly..."
Xue Rou was speechless. How could she prove that it was Gu Yong who was there yesterday? How could she prove that Gu Yong was willing to be with her... Should she say that she had drugged him?
Gu Yong snorted coldly and clapped his hands. A similarly naked servant was brought up. He cried as soon as he came up, "Spare my life, sir. It was Aunt Xue who came up and wanted... I feel like I've been poisoned by Chinese medicine. Spare my life."
The moment the boy was brought up, some of the female relatives closed their eyes consciously.
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