Xue Rou seemed to be favored, but the queen probably knew that she was useless after giving her away so easily. Even now, she still didn't know that she was framed. The servant was stunned for a moment, but after a moment, he realized what was happening and cried out loudly, "I am wronged, I am wronged!"
"I want to see the Queen Mother. I want to see the Queen Mother!"
The more Madam Xu listened, the angrier she became. She just said, "Come here, seal her mouth!" Soon, a servant came over. Naturally, this time, Xue Yi Niang was not treated as honorably as when she first entered the mansion. She was tied up and gagged before she was said viciously, "Of course, I will take you to see the Queen!"
Xue Rou suddenly understood that she was finished, completely finished. She stopped arguing and let the Gu family send her back to the palace.
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The maid sent by Empress Pei had an affair with someone else, so Empress Pei was naturally ashamed. She sent Xue Rou away without even looking at her. No one knows how Xue Rou spent the rest of her life.
"What a pity." said the Queen.
Xue Rou was born with a beautiful face, but no matter how beautiful a girl is, she needs to be well cultivated to grow into a beautiful girl. The queen naturally spent a lot of money on Xue Rou. At this time, the curtain behind was lifted, and the face of Princess Changping appeared in front of everyone. She said, "Why should I feel sorry for my aunt? She has a beautiful face but is a useless person. She can't even last half a month in the Gu family."
Empress Pei also shook her head, "He is indeed useless."
Changping said: "I just hope that Gu Yanran can use it. It is a good gun."
Empress Pei lowered her eyes slightly. She knew what Princess Changping was thinking, but she had different ideas from Changping. She was willing to deal with Shen Qingqiu and her daughter, and the bigger reason was for Gu Yanran. She knew what the fourth young lady of the Gu family was thinking about the prince... Now the legitimate wife she found for the prince, Wang Qingluo, was the legitimate daughter of the prime minister.
It is naturally unique for a civil official to be the prime minister, but what is the use of having only civil officials? A general cannot be born from a pen. The Gu family has real military power! If Gu Yanran can have the final say in the mansion, she can become the prince's concubine, which will definitely be a great help to their Eastern Palace.
However, Empress Pei would naturally not tell Princess Changping about this matter.
On the other hand, at the Gu family, because of Xue Rou's matter, Shen Qingqiu and Gu Yanran both asked for leave from the palace and did not go out.
Now in the courtyard of the Gu family, Shen Qingqiu sat in front of the hall, the old lady sat in the main seat, and Gu Yanran knelt alone in the hall. She was reluctant to kneel, but the two maids pressed her shoulders and forced her knees down.
"Do you admit your mistake?" Old Lady Xu asked angrily.
Gu Yanran gritted her teeth, "I don't know what I did wrong that the old lady treated me like this?" She then looked coldly at Shen Qingqiu who was blowing tea leaves out of the teacup in front of the hall.
"You evil creature! It was a mistake for you to bring that Aunt Xue into the house, and you still don't admit your mistake! Do you want to watch my Gu family die out?!" Old Madam Xu was so angry that she threw the teacup in her hand straight at Gu Yanran.
Gu Yanran smiled coldly, "Whatever I do is wrong, but what you do is right, old lady? Have you forgotten why the Gu family is extinct? It's because my father went to the battlefield and died. If not for this, how could the Gu family be so respectable now? If not for this, how could you be your old lady in peace!"
"Besides the Marquis, your son, and Liu and the baby in her belly, who else do you have in your heart?!"
Old Lady Xu looked at Gu Yanran in disbelief, and felt her heart aching from being stabbed by her. However, Gu Yanran seemed to feel that this was not enough, and continued, "Oh, not only that, you also have Shen Qingqiu next to you in your heart! She is obviously not a child of the Gu family, but you treat her better than you treat me! I think your eyes have long been blind!"
If Old Lady Xu hadn't been in good health, she would have been furious by now. "It's obvious that you did something wrong, but you are so eloquent and cunning that you think Qiu'er and I are at fault."
Gu Yanran just sneered, "What did I do wrong? Now you want me to kneel down to her?"
"You are so stubborn. You asked Aunt Xue to come in. You almost killed the baby in Liu's belly. Shouldn't you be kneeling?" Old Lady Xu said angrily.
"Then why don't you ask Liu to come in? I kneel to Liu. Why should Shen Qingqiu sit while I kneel?"
Shen Qingqiu finally lowered his eyes and looked at her. Gu Yanran had said a lot for a long time, but she could make her so angry with just one sentence, "Of course it's because you are stupid." She was not just a little stupid, she was taken advantage of and even gave them money.
"Shen Qingqiu!!" Gu Yanran yelled.
Old Lady Xu stroked her forehead with a headache. She was extremely disappointed with her. She just said, "Push the fourth young lady into the ancestral hall and make her kneel down. She is not allowed to come out unless I tell her to."
"yes."
Gu Yanran was escorted away. Shen Qingqiu saw that the old lady did not look well, so he jumped down from the chair, "Don't worry, old lady. We will deal with it as soon as possible." Old Lady Xu shook her head, "I really regret that I let her go to the Buddhist temple with her mother when she was little. Now she has developed a personality that doesn't recognize her relatives."
At this point, Shen Qingqiu couldn't say anything more.
The old lady calmed herself down for a while before asking, "How is your mother now?"
Shen Qingqiu said: "My mother is fine, her pulse is normal, and the fetus in her belly is fine." Old Lady Xu clasped her hands together, chanted Amitabha, and then said: "There have been a lot of things these days, I don't know if there is any bad luck at home. Qiu'er, if you have time, can you go to the mountain with your mother to pay your respects?"
Old Madam Xu is a Buddhist. Old people always feel that their home is uneasy because it may be contaminated by something.
Anyway, I have already asked for leave from the palace, so there is nothing wrong with going out for a while, Shen Qingqiu nodded. After leaving Old Lady Xu, she also told Liu about it. Liu naturally had no objection. She was pregnant now, and the White Dragon Temple in the suburbs has always been very popular. She has been in the capital for more than two years, so she also wanted to go and pay her respects when she had time.
"Did the old lady tell me what happened to Gu Yanran?" asked Liu.
Shen Qingqiu said, "She's been confined." It was probably just confinement, after all, she was a posthumous child. If Old Lady Xu really treated Gu Yanran cruelly, it would cause gossip from some people with ulterior motives. Liu sighed and touched her belly again, "I hope that when this child is born, it will be peaceful."
Shen Qingqiu said: "Mom, don't worry."
Liu didn't want her daughter to worry about her, so she patted her hands.
Gu Yanran didn't make it public, firstly for her own reputation, and secondly for the Gu family's reputation. But Gu Yanran didn't care about the old lady's kindness at all. She hated not only Shen Qingqiu and Liu, but also the old lady who had always taken care of her.
"Fourth Miss, this is today's meal." The maid put the meal down, and seeing that the guards around didn't seem to be paying close attention to this side, she whispered into Gu Yanran's ear: "Fourth Miss, in a few days, Madam Liu and Lord Kangle will go to Bailong Temple to enter the village. The master asked me to tell you that if you have any plans, you should do it as soon as possible."
"Pray for blessings, burn incense?" Gu Yanran laughed viciously, so feminine, "I told her to pray for blessings while she lives, and enjoy the blessings while she doesn't."
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Liu also got on the carriage and prepared to go up the mountain. Because she was pregnant, she covered the carriage with a thick blanket to avoid the bumpy road. But it was summer after all, and the blanket was hot even if you were covered in it. Gu Yong loved his wife very much. Seeing that the bumpy, hot and stuffy road was bound to make her suffer, he immediately didn't want to let Liu go.
But Shen Qingqiu was used to enjoying life in a pretentious way, so he only had people lay a layer of hoses on the carriage, and had people put saltpeter at the bottom of the carriage. The water cooled down when it met the saltpeter, and it gave off a lot of cold air. Liu sat in the carriage, and now she didn't feel hot even under the quilt, but felt very comfortable.
"Okay, Lord Marquis, going up the mountain to worship Buddha is a good thing. Why do you say something so dangerous?" Liu pulled Gu Yong and saw that he didn't want her to go. She just said, "I also want to ask the Buddha to give me a son, so that the Gu family can have an heir."
Gu Yong shook his head, "I love both my son and my daughter, don't let these thoughts fool you." He knew that women love to gossip in places with many women, and it would be bad if she listened to the nonsense of the sisters-in-law and felt upset. Liu smiled, she had never thought that there would be a man who would do this for her.
But as the saying goes, one point of sincerity is rewarded with another point. Gu Yong was very sincere to her, so how could she bear to let him have no descendants from her... Not to mention that Qiu'er was a girl, she was not his biological daughter after all. No matter how much he doted on her, blood ties could not be changed. Liu sighed and said, "I know that the Marquis is good to me, and I just hope to repay him."
Gu Yong pinched her face and said, "I'm happy that you and your child are safe."
Shen Qingqiu couldn't help but roll his eyes when he saw his parents getting married in such sweet love. It was just a trip to a temple, and it would only take half a day at most. Why was it like they were parting forever? He lay down on the carriage and just knocked on the wall. "Pay attention to the time. If you don't leave now, it will be late and you will have to travel at night when you come back."
Liu's face turned red, and she pushed Gu Yong away, asking Mother Chen to help her onto the horse.
Gu Yong added: "If you want to eat anything at night, I'll ask the kitchen to cook it for you."
Before Liu could speak, Shen Qingqiu popped his head out of the carriage, "Dad, why didn't you ask me what I wanted to eat? How come I am no longer important now that mom is married?" Seeing her pouting like a gourd, Gu Yong smiled, "Okay, then what does our Kangle Township Lord want to eat?"
Shen Qingqiu listed a bunch of dishes in succession before turning back to the carriage.
Gu Yong just stood there and watched the carriage go further and further away.
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