She was applying the cream while feeling heartbroken.
"Yarong, just listen to your mother's advice and stop thinking about entering the palace. How can an arm twist a thigh? Since you have offended the Queen, why are you still thinking about entering the palace? Once you are in her territory, she hates you and can do whatever she wants to you, right?"
Gu Yarong said, "What do you know? She is the queen now, and she can do whatever she wants to me. But when I enter the palace, it will be different. In the palace, it is not about who has a higher position who is powerful, but who is favored by the emperor."
Chen was confused. "The emperor and the empress have such a good relationship, what can you do if you go now?" She didn't want him before, so is he useful now? But Gu Yarong still insisted on her opinion. "That was before I entered the palace. If I entered the palace, how could the emperor not like me with my appearance and ability?"
Chen wanted to ask where her confidence came from? The emperor already had a queen, Shen Qingqiu was not inferior in appearance and ability, why did she think that she could snatch her favor by entering the palace?
"Mom, instead of thinking about me now, you might as well think about how to deal with my brother's affairs." Gu Yarong was too lazy to listen to her mother continue talking, so she simply changed the subject.
Chen frowned, "Your brother, what happened to your brother?"
Gu Yarong sneered, "Mother, have you never calculated how long it has been since your brother came to see you?"
Chen waved her hand, "Your brother told me that there is a school exam coming up soon and he needs to pay extra attention, so he put all his energy into it. I know that."
Gu Yarong let out a cold smile, "You are the only one who believes what he said. If he doesn't have time to come and see you, how can he have time to visit Mrs. Meng? I think my brother is clearly planning to recognize Mrs. Meng as his biological mother and kick you, his biological mother, and me, his biological sister, aside!"
Chen was shocked and didn't believe it. "How is this possible? Your brother is not such a person?"
She felt that her daughter was thinking too much. After all, at her son's age, he should be eager to make achievements in his career, so it is reasonable for him to focus on important matters.
But Gu Yarong felt that Meng was on the side of Shen Qingqiu. If she couldn't overthrow Meng, relying on Shen Qingqiu's disgust for her, her days in the Marquis' Mansion would become increasingly difficult.
"Even if my brother is not such a person, think about it, mother. What did you think when we first met Mrs. Meng? What do you think now?" Gu Yarong narrowed her eyes. "We all hated Mrs. Meng when we first met her, but now you and brother speak well of her all day long. It's been less than three months. It shows that Mrs. Meng has the means to bewitch people!"
Chen said, "No...what she said makes sense."
She was born in a poor family and was not very smart, but that didn't mean she was stupid. She could still tell whether what Meng said made sense or not. Anyway, it was all for the good of her son, so there was nothing Chen couldn't accept.
Gu Yarong knew what her mother was thinking, so she specifically looked at her weak spot, "Yes, of course Meng wants brother to be successful, because brother is the only son of the third branch. Now think about it, we came here eagerly, but we just gave brother to Meng as a son. Mother, you should think about it carefully, brother has become successful, Meng has made great contributions, one is the mother of a famous girl, and the other is the biological mother of a concubine born in a small border town. At that time, who will brother listen to more and who will he be closer to?"
Gu Yarong's words just happened to hit Chen's pulse.
She can give everything for her son, but the prerequisite is that the son is her son and he will recognize her as his mother!
"Your brother doesn't recognize it this way..." Chen murmured.
"Yes, brother is not such a person now, but didn't you see? It is obvious that Meng is trying to make brother distance himself from us!" Gu Yarong said coldly.
In fact, what she said was not wrong. Meng really wanted Gu Shaohe to stay away from the mother and daughter.
Especially Gu Yarong, Meng felt that Gu Yarong was too extreme, and if she got too close to her, something might happen. As for Chen, her biological mother, she was too soft-hearted, always following Gu Yarong's butt, and it was inevitable that she would be coaxed into doing something outrageous.
She planned to wait until Gu Shaohe's temperament settled down and until the restless Gu Yarong got married. Then it would not be too late to ask Gu Shaohe to be filial to his biological mother.
But Chen is not the worm in Meng's stomach.
Now I am with Gu Yarong, and I am thinking along her lines. It is true. In the past month alone, her son has come to see her only a few times!
It was true that Meng had tried to train her son well, but she clearly intended to snatch her son away! Chen was completely panicked and looked at Gu Yarong: "Yarong, what should we do? Your brother is the only pillar of the family. If he is snatched away by someone, how will we live in the next two days?"
Gu Yarong smiled, "Mom, you finally figured it out now."
Chen looked at her daughter anxiously, "Do you have an idea now?"
Gu Yarong said: "It's not difficult actually. As long as we can get hold of something against Mrs. Meng, and at the same time let my brother know that Mrs. Meng has no good intentions towards him."
Chen was a little skeptical about her daughter's idea, but now she felt that it was a win-win situation. If she could get a handle on Meng, as long as Meng didn't try to alienate her and her son, she would not take action against Meng. This way, everyone would be at peace and she could rest assured.
"But we just arrived, how do we know what leverage Meng has?" Chen started to have a headache again.
It was easier for them to inquire about things at the border, but they had just arrived in the capital and did not have any power at all.
Gu Yarong smiled and said, "If there is no evidence, we can create one ourselves. After all, it will be enough to deal with the Meng family."
Chen looked at her daughter's face and could only grit her teeth and nod.
On the other side, Mrs. Meng didn't know that she was being targeted and just went to the palace to see Shen Qingqiu.
"Don't worry, Auntie. I know this matter has nothing to do with you." Shen Qingqiu personally poured a cup of tea for Meng.
Seeing that Shen Qingqiu didn't look angry at all, Mrs. Meng finally felt relieved. She sighed, "It's also thanks to the fact that although our mansion is big and powerful, it doesn't have the dirty things that are seen in ordinary mansions. Otherwise, if this happened to someone else today, they might think that our mansion wants to get another person into the palace to share your favor."
Shen Qingqiu poured a cup of tea for Meng, "Don't worry, Auntie. I know what kind of person Gu Yarong is. But I know you better. If it weren't for the fact that the Third House has left such a heir, I'm afraid you wouldn't come out at all."
The Meng family has lived a life of seclusion for so many years. If she really valued power in the secular world, she would have remarried and left as soon as the Marquis's Mansion fell.
"Chen is obedient, but she is too soft-hearted." Meng said, "Gu Yarong is definitely not a quiet person. She can't cause any big trouble on her own. But if she whispers something in Chen's ear, after all, Chen is Shaohe's biological mother. If she makes a fuss, it will be difficult for me to handle it."
Shen Qingqiu understood.
Not to mention that the third house only had one male heir, Gu Shaohe, the Marquis's Mansion was originally sparsely populated, and now there were only Tuan Ge'er and Gu Shaohe as male heirs. The so-called rise and fall of a family, first of all, there must be a family, and you can't write two Gu characters with one stroke, so Shen Qingqiu naturally hopes that Gu Shaohe can become a talent.
If Gu Yarong hadn't been so unreliable, there would have been no need for her to bother with Gu Yarong.
At this moment, Tu Jiu walked in from outside and whispered something into Shen Qingqiu's ear. Shen Qingqiu's eyes changed slightly.
He raised his hand and told Tu Jiu to leave.
Then he looked at Mrs. Meng and said, "It's hard for you, Auntie. You are still thinking of a way out for her, but you didn't expect that she would think of how to hold your pulse to make you obedient."
"What?" Meng looked at Shen Qingqiu in confusion.
Shen Qingqiu asked Meng to come closer and whispered something in her ear. Meng's expression became even colder and she tightly squeezed the handkerchief in her hand.
After a while, he said coldly: "If she really did such a thing, I can't keep her any longer!"
I originally wanted to keep her for another year or two to teach her the ways of the world, and then find her a good family to marry into so that she wouldn't suffer any hardship after she got married.
But if a girl has such a vicious mind, she will harm others in her parents' home, and if she finds a good family, she will also harm the good family? Why does she do such a evil? It is better to find her a man with a strong life and see who can defeat whom?
Meng was angry and her thoughts became more extreme.
Shen Qingqiu consoled her for a few words, and then advised, "Aunt, you don't have to worry. If you do this, it will be as painless as before. It's better to tell Shaohe about this, and take this opportunity to let him see his own sister clearly."
It is obvious that Gu Yarong is a person who doesn't care about her relatives.
In order to achieve his own goals, he used his biological brother and biological mother without mercy.
Meng nodded. "I have spent so much time teaching him the rules. Now it is time for me to see the results."
Shen Qingqiu curled his lips, "So, Auntie, there's no need to worry. Let's just watch and see, and then we'll lure you into a trap."
Meng nodded with a gloomy face.
Soon, it was nightfall, and Meng had already returned to the mansion. She sent someone close to her to call Gu Shaohe into the room, and then sent him out. The two of them said something in the room, but no one heard it. When Gu Shaohe came out, he staggered and his face was obviously a little ugly.
Gu Shaohe swallowed and looked at the bright full moon above his head. He prayed in his heart, please, my mother and sister will never do such a thing.
However, things did not go as planned. When Gu Shaohe was reading a military book in his room at night, someone knocked on the door.
"Brother, are you still awake? I brought you some midnight snacks." It was Gu Yarong's voice.
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