When Chen left Meng's room, her legs were already feeling weak.
She was a girl who grew up in a small border town. The biggest thing she had done in her life was to seduce the third son of the Gu family. Now, if someone threatened her with the crime of beheading, she would be very scared. On the contrary, Gu Yarong had no expression on her face.
After the two entered the house and dismissed the servants, Gu Yarong turned a cold face and directly overturned the teacup on the table.
Chen had been trembling with fear all day, and was frightened by her daughter's action. She turned around and saw that she had knocked over the cup with an angry look on her face. She asked, "What are you doing?"
Gu Yarong said angrily, "I have to pretend in front of that damned bitch Meng. Can't I just let out some airs when I return to my room?"
Chen had raised her daughter since she was young, so she knew what kind of temper she had. When she was about to lose her temper, nothing you said would work. She thought to herself that you hadn't pretended to be nice in front of Meng just now, but she didn't say it in the end.
"Mom, we can't go on like this. Now that I have completely offended Mrs. Meng, who knows, she might just randomly find a poor man for me to marry?"
In fact, Chen had already been somewhat persuaded by Meng at this point.
"I don't know how bad Meng is. If she really has bad intentions, she won't teach you the rules and will just make us offend people to death, right?"
Gu Yarong had a look of disappointment on her face, "Mom, don't be fooled by her sweet words. She is the first wife and you are the concubine, how can she be kind to you?" Gu Yarong was born with an extreme temper, but if you have a grudge against me, it will be a lifelong hatred.
Now Meng had made her bear a grudge against her.
But Chen is different. She is not the kind of person who likes to fight for things.
Many years ago, she was chosen to serve Gu Sanlang because of her beauty, so she served Gu Sanlang obediently. Gu Sanlang was deeply in love with his wife at home and was unwilling to take her back to the mansion, so she stayed at the border obediently and did not go back. Even if Gu Sanlang died on the battlefield, she took the rich family property and lived a happy life over the years, and never thought of going back.
But ever since Gu Yarong found out how Marquis Gu in the capital was second only to the emperor, she also started to have ideas.
They are all surnamed Gu, all Gu family members, and they have to live in the frontier in the wind and rain for them? Chen was soft-hearted, and she asked her daughter to whisper in her ear all day long, which made her think about it. After all, everyone loves power and money. But Chen was not a fool. After returning to the capital and arriving at the Marquis' Mansion, she saw a lot and naturally understood everything.
The Marquis' Mansion is wealthy, but hidden beneath the shadow of wealth are numerous crises.
The daughter kept saying that they were all surnamed Gu, so why couldn't they be rich? That was because the wealth of the Marquis's mansion was earned by Marquis Gu Yong, who fought on the battlefield alone, risking his life! No matter how thick-skinned Chen was, she couldn't point at her son and say to Marquis Gu, "Don't pass the title to your son, pass it to my son!" That would take a lot of shame to do!
"Yarong, mother knows that you have a strong temper, but you see, the high officials in the capital are not something we mothers can afford to offend. If we are not careful, it will be a serious crime that will cost us our heads. In fact, I think it is not bad to marry a woman of lower status. Although mother gave her to your father as a concubine, you don't know that mother has to look at your father's face every day, and she is always worried."
Chen said something from the bottom of her heart, "Although your father died on the battlefield, to be honest, I have lived a very comfortable life these years relying on the money your father gave me. Do you know why?"
Gu Yarong rolled her eyes, too lazy to listen to what her mother said.
Chen continued, "If a woman marries a man who has no feelings for her, she will feel uncomfortable. Look at your mother, and then look at the Meng family. The Meng family was not as good as the Marquis's Mansion in the past, but look at your father. He hid your mother at the border because he loved her and didn't want her to feel wronged."
"But people say that it is easy to find priceless treasures, but hard to find a lover. If you can't find someone who truly loves you, then find someone with whom you can live comfortably," Chen said. "You are a girl from the Gu family. No matter which family you marry into, others will always treat you like a lady because of your status as a member of the Gu family. How can you not live comfortably?"
"If you want to marry into a wealthy family just for the sake of face, it's good for the face, but you will have to serve the wealthy family and the many elders and relatives inside until the end of time—"
Gu Yarong completely lost her patience, "Mom, where did you hear this heresy?"
She frowned, "I can't choose my own birth, can't I fight for myself? People are born outside, isn't it just for face? I would rather live a life of intrigue in a rich family than live a poor life in a poor family where I have to calculate a few things even to buy a pearl hairpin!"
"No, it hasn't come to that. Besides, I won't choose a family like that for you," Chen said earnestly.
Gu Yarong was too lazy to listen to her anymore, "I'm going back to my room."
She turned around and went back to her boudoir, slamming the door. Chen could only sigh and didn't go up to say anything.
——
On the streets of Beijing
The streets in summer are always prosperous and bustling, with vendors coming and going and restaurants and teahouses lined up one after another.
As Gu Yanwei and Shen Qingqiu traveled back and forth, they couldn't help but feel satisfied. They were the emperors and empresses of this vast country, and such peace and prosperity was under their governance.
The two looked at each other, and Gu Yanwei took Shen Qingqiu's hand, "I thought you were going to get angry about what happened in the Marquis' Mansion today?" At this point, Gu Yanwei actually felt a little disappointed.
What was Shen Qingqiu's personality like before?
She was definitely a tyrant who would not hesitate to make anyone who offended her pay back a hundredfold or a thousandfold. But now that Gu Yarong wanted to steal her husband, she just let him go lightly without even giving him any substantial punishment.
Was it her personality that had changed, or was it that her husband was not that important in her heart? The two had known each other for many years and had been husband and wife for some time. As soon as Shen Qingqiu saw Gu Yanwei's expression, he knew what he was thinking.
"You're imagining things again."
Shen Qingqiu said: "I don't bother with her, firstly because nothing happened. Secondly, it's not that serious."
Gu Yanwei didn't quite understand.
Shen Qingqiu continued, "I used to feel happy to take revenge. If someone owes me something, I should take it back a hundred times. But if I have already lost something, even if I take revenge a thousand times, what's the use? It will only increase the disgust in my heart. And she is from the Marquis' Mansion, I don't want to make everyone unhappy."
Ultimately, it’s because she has people and things she cares about.
Gu Yanwei looked at her, "When I first met you, I never thought you would say such a thing today."
Shen Qingqiu smiled, "So do you want to get to know me again?"
Gu Yanwei smiled, his face looking even more handsome under the light, "Okay."
However, even if a couple is loving and harmonious, there will always be conflicts of one kind or another.
Before Shen Qingqiu's ceremony to be crowned as the empress, many court officials had already advised the emperor to fill up the harem. After all, up to now, Gu Yanwei didn't even have a prince. If there was only the empress in the harem, it would obviously not be enough to continue the royal family's offspring.
Shen Qingqiu looked at the memorial that Gu Yanwei placed in front of him, "What do you mean by this?"
Gu Yanwei said: "The ministers want to allow the selection of talents."
Shen Qingqiu looked at him, "So?"
"I agree."
Shen Qingqiu suddenly felt angry, but she didn't know who to vent her anger on. She stood up suddenly, but unexpectedly Gu Yanwei grabbed her sleeve and said, "Qiu'er, where are you going?"
Shen Qingqiu said expressionlessly: "Your Majesty, aren't you going to select a concubine? I will prepare for you right away so that you can bring all the sisters into the palace."
Sure enough, she shouldn't have any illusions about these emperors?
Gu Yanwei pulled her close to his neck and smiled softly, "Why are you so angry? It's not like I wanted to be in the talent show."
Shen Qingqiu ignored him.
Gu Yanwei continued, "Those old officials are forcing me to participate in the selection all day long. If I don't choose, I'm afraid I will be killed on the spot."
Shen Qingqiu bit her lip. She knew Gu Yanwei's difficulties. But once the selection was made, there would be countless women in the harem and countless fights. She was not sure what she would become. Even if Gu Yanwei could promise her that those women who came in were in name only, she still felt uncomfortable.
What woman in the world doesn't want her husband to have only her as his woman? Gu Yanwei said, "But I can't refuse, but you can refuse for me."
Shen Qingqiu: "What?"
What did he mean? "According to our ancestors' rules, we must select concubines. Even if I delay until the last minute, I cannot abolish our ancestors' rules in a moment. But there are also rules. The queen is responsible for selecting concubines with suitable appearance and moral character to enter the palace. If you think none of them are suitable and you don't like them, then you can just not select them to enter the palace."
Only after Shen Qingqiu heard this did he understand what he meant.
It was originally a plan to deal with the ladder, so wouldn't the selection really become a joke? "Aren't you afraid that your ministers will be so angry that they will spit blood on the spot?" Shen Qingqiu said.
Gu Yanwei didn't care at all, "Compared to the harmony of my family, their vomiting blood is nothing."
Shen Qingqiu smiled and pushed the man away, "Since you already had an idea, why did you come here to test me? Are you deliberately making fun of me?"
Gu Yanwei said: "How dare I?"
He sighed, "Qiu'er, I know what you're thinking. It's enough for me to have only you in my life. But I have such an identity. As a commoner and an official in the court, I always have responsibilities that I can't shirk. I can't be a tyrant for you, so I can only push the responsibility onto you and ask you to be a jealous woman for me."
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