The emperor was still the emperor after all. He was extremely unhappy after being slapped in the face by Gu Yong several times.
"If I continue to let him run wild like this, I'm afraid he will no longer have me as his emperor in his heart!" The emperor was naturally furious.
He wanted to arrange a marriage, but Gu Yong promised his daughter another marriage. Now everyone knows that his daughter will not marry the prince but someone else, but he is breaking off the engagement now?
"Your Majesty, Princess Kangle is a capable person, but now that the Marquis' wife has given birth to a legitimate son, this family is stable and their hearts are tied together. If we can think of a way to divide this family and make them not of one mind, then everything will be fine, right?"
"How can it be so easy?" said the emperor.
The person next to him said, "Actually, the method used by the Queen before was quite good."
How could the emperor be kept in the dark about all the matters in the palace?
"You mean, give Marquis Gu a woman?" The emperor remembered, but frowned again, "But the queen has done it before, didn't it have no effect? I remember that I also gave him many beauties."
"That's because the women awarded to Marquis Gu were of low status," the person next to him said, "What can those women do in the Marquis's mansion? It's better to award the noble lady to suppress Liu in all aspects. When the noble lady gets pregnant and gives birth to the child, Your Majesty, do you think Princess Kangle can still be on the same page with Marquis Gu?"
The emperor thought about it and realized that it was indeed so.
"Then I'll leave this matter to you. Make sure you do it beautifully for me."
"yes."
That afternoon, the Marquis' Mansion received an imperial edict from the Emperor. This time, it was not a direct grant of a woman, but a grant of a marriage. The Emperor ordered Marquis Gu to go to the Zhu family to propose marriage in three days and marry Zhu Xiu'er, the legitimate daughter of the Zhu family, as his concubine.
"What kind of rule is this? Just stuffing a woman into someone's room without saying anything?" Mother Chen first felt sorry for her wife's lack of rigidity.
It would be fine if he was just upset. At that time, the madam had not given birth to a child and the marquis's mansion was small. But now there is even a prince. Why is the emperor so worried?
Liu held the imperial edict and said, "The legitimate daughter of the Zhu family is from a wealthy and prominent family." The emperor took great pains to arrange this marriage for her.
Gu Yong frowned, "If you are unhappy..."
Liu said, "What can you do if I'm unhappy? Disobey the emperor's order again, refuse the marriage again?" If she continued like this, she would be unable to justify herself. "Now that the emperor is angry, we can proceed. Anyway, it's just a matter of having an extra pair of chopsticks in the Marquis' Mansion. I trust the Marquis."
Liu looked at him with a smile, and Gu Yong could only nod when he saw this.
Three days later, the Marquis's sedan chair arrived at the door of the Zhu family to bring Zhu Xiuer back. Since it was the emperor who granted the marriage, the wedding could not be sloppy. The Zhu family was not a small family, and the lavish wedding dress was like a wedding for a lady.
After bowing three times with every step, Zhu Xiuer finally arrived at the Marquis' Mansion. She offered tea to both the old lady and Liu respectively. Only then did she become a real concubine of the Marquis' Mansion.
But on this wedding night, the newly married bride has to stay alone in the empty room.
Zhu Xiuer sat in the bridal chamber, waiting for half the night but seeing no sign of Gu Yong coming, she tore off the veil on her head, walked out the door and asked the guard beside her, "Where is the Marquis?"
The guard replied: "Of course the Marquis is resting in his wife's room right now."
Zhu Xiuer frowned gloomily, "Today is our wedding day, how can the Marquis rest in the Madam's room!"
It was a well-known fact that the Marquis and his wife had a good relationship in the Marquis' Mansion, so no one took Zhu Xiu'er's anger seriously. "This is not something we can know..." Just then, Mother Chen came over. "Isn't that Mother Chen? She is someone close to the Madam. Just ask her if you have anything to say."
Mother Chen came over and politely greeted Zhu Xiuer, "Hello, Aunt Zhu."
Zhu Xiuer glanced at her. Although she knew that she was a servant, she was still a servant serving Liu, so she had to give her some face. "Hello, Madam Chen."
Mother Chen took the food box and went into the room with Zhu Xiuer. "Today is my aunt's wedding. Although we have prepared delicious food and wine, there won't be much left in the bridal chamber. This is what Madam asked me to bring to my aunt."
Zhu Xiuer looked at these things and thought, Liu, you are such a jerk. You have monopolized the Marquis, and now you are giving me these leftovers to fool me?
Mother Chen didn't know what Zhu Xiu'er was thinking, so she just said what Liu had told her, "Our Madam also knows that Miss Zhu, your marriage was arranged by the Emperor. This marriage was not what our Marquis wanted. You have also seen in this courtyard that our Marquis and Madam are of the same mind. The concubines and maids in the courtyard are just decorations. Madam is not a cruel person, but the Marquis's Mansion is too powerful now, and everyone is watching, so she can only let you down."
Mother Chen said, "If you are willing, you can leave the mansion safely and find a good marriage on your own. Our mansion will also give you a generous dowry."
Zhu Xiuer frowned immediately, "Mother Chen, this is nonsense. I've already married the Marquis, how can I marry someone else? Some women can marry a second time, but I, Zhu Xiuer, am a loyal person and will never marry a second time. I am the Marquis's person in life and his ghost in death."
Mother Chen had seen people who were so hard to persuade before, and when she heard her words hinting at Liu, she no longer wanted to continue the conversation.
"Since Madam said so, I will not bother you any more." Mother Chen quickly took her leave.
At dawn the next day, she met Liu and told her what happened yesterday. Liu didn't seem unhappy about it. She just said, "Let her do whatever she wants. Don't make things difficult for her by making things difficult for the people in the mansion." After all, Zhu Xiu'er was not very old, and she couldn't make the decisions on everything.
Liu was not a cruel person and did not intend to embarrass a young girl.
However, although she thought so, Zhu Xiuer did not think so.
This morning, Zhu Xiuer went to pay respects to Old Lady Xu, but Old Lady Xu refused to see her. Then she went to find the Marquis, but was told that the Marquis had already left. They had just gotten married, and the Emperor had given him three days of marriage leave. What did he mean by leaving like this? It must have been that vicious and jealous woman, Liu, who made him do this.
If Liu wasn't jealous, how could she have allowed the nanny who served him personally to come to the room and say such things last night? Zhu Xiuer gritted her teeth. She had just married this marquis and had not thought of dealing with Liu yet. Since Liu was unkind, don't blame her for being unjust.
Originally, her family background was better than Liu's. Why should Liu be the elder and she the younger? Did Liu, this bitch, think that she could secure her position by giving birth to the prince of the Marquis' Mansion? What a joke. Even if she gave birth, she might not be able to raise the child! On that day, Zhu Xiu'er contacted other concubines in the Marquis' Mansion who were not favored.
Gu Yong had many concubines, most of whom were given by others, but they were no different from guests in this mansion. Liu was kind-hearted and not mean to them. Apart from not being favored by Gu Yong, they lived a much better life than ordinary people. Most normal people would not think of looking for trouble.
Of course, there are also those mentally ill people who are still greedy for the wealth of the Marquis' Mansion.
That day, Shen Qingqiu came to pay her respects to Old Madam Xu, and happened to meet her mother and her younger brother Tuan Ge'er.
The old lady liked Tuan Ge'er to begin with, and she was extremely happy when she saw him.
“I’m hungry, hungry…” Tuan Ge’er groaned and said he was hungry.
Old Lady Xu was unhappy, "What's going on?"
Liu smiled and said, "Old lady, don't listen to this naughty monkey's pretense. I gave him food this morning, but he was naughty and refused to eat."
"Children are always naughty." The old lady was not angry with Tuan Ge'er. She quickly asked the kitchen to bring Tuan Ge's favorite food and wanted to feed him herself. Liu Shi saw that she could not persuade him, so she gave up.
The old lady took a spoon, scooped up some soup and was about to feed it to Tuan Ge.
But Shen Qingqiu noticed something with her sharp eyes and immediately snatched the spoon from the old lady, "Wait a minute, old lady!" The old lady looked at her in confusion, but saw Shen Qingqiu pulled out the silver hairpin on her head and tried it in the soup, and the silver hairpin turned black.
The old lady's hand trembled, and the whole bowl of soup fell to the ground, "The soup is poisonous!"
Shen Qingqiu's brows were grim, "Go, bring everyone in the kitchen here and interrogate them!"
The poison was actually put into her brother's food. How could such a thing not be investigated thoroughly? Soon the results of the investigation came out. It was a concubine in the backyard who did it.
Shen Qingqiu didn't quite believe it, "She used to be very quiet, if she really wanted to harm someone, why did she do it at this time?"
Liu said, "You suspect she is not telling the truth."
Shen Qingqiu said: "It's not suspicion, I'm sure she didn't tell the truth." He ordered: "Tell me, investigate even if you have to torture her." Shen Qingqiu was not a person who liked to use torture, but since they used this dirty trick on their own family, don't blame her for being cruel.
The concubine was also a weak woman. She was already frightened when she saw the set of torture instruments that looked like flowing water before she was even tortured.
"I'll tell you, I'll tell you everything!" The concubine was scared to death and cried bitterly, "My Lord, Madam, I am innocent, I know nothing. Zhu Xiuer gave me the medicine, and I was just following her instructions. My Lord, Madam, please forgive me!"
"Let you go. When you poisoned me, did you ever think of sparing my brother or our mansion?!" If you are soft-hearted to such a person, you will harm your family. "Take him away."
After the wailing concubine left, Liu was so scared that she collapsed to the ground.
Shen Qingqiu was stunned for a moment, "Mother." But Liu had already fainted. Old Madam Xu hurriedly asked what happened. After Shen Qingqiu felt her pulse, he was relieved, "Nothing, just too frightened." After all, her son was almost poisoned to death, who wouldn't be afraid?
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