A cup of hot tea fell down.
White smoke was coming out of the carpet.
The maids and old women in the room were shocked and frightened, and a few of the timid and young ones even screamed out loud.
"This is outrageous, Miss Shen, what are you doing? Hey, my servant's old lady!"
Mother Zhao threw herself at Old Lady Xu's feet, crying and wailing, holding her skirt and acting as if the sky was falling.
Old Madam Xu stood there in a daze. Her skirt was thick enough that the hot tea didn't soak through her clothes at all. She had just stood up, and it was more like she was overly frightened than in pain.
At this moment, she was a little confused.
I don’t quite understand what’s going on!
"Qingqiu~~" Liu fell down, her face filled with shock and fear, confusion and aggrieved.
"Mother, how is your hand? Is it seriously burned?" Shen Qingqiu ignored everyone and went straight back to Liu, holding her hand and asked worriedly.
Her little face was wrinkled, her brows were knitted tightly, and she looked at Liu's palms that were blistered by the burns. She turned back and shouted angrily, "Are you all blind? The mistress is in such a state, why don't you go and call a doctor?"
"Mother Chen, go back to the courtyard and get the medicine from the box in my room. Ask Jin Cai. She knows which one it is."
"Oh, yes."
If something unexpected had happened, Mother Chen would have been stunned and would not have known how she got back. However, she loved Liu very much after all. Just one look at the bubbles on her palms made her so heartbroken that she just nodded, turned around and ran away in a panic.
"Mom is fine, Qingqiu, don't be like this." Liu finally came to her senses and realized that her daughter was standing up for her. She was moved and advised her to calm down.
When she first took the tea and felt the heat, she knew someone was trying to punish her, using the greetings as a pretext to intimidate her. She was angry in her heart, but it was a big day and the old lady was in front of her, so she wanted to endure it for now and wait for the best result later. Who knew...
My daughter has such a bad temper.
"I don't think you look fine." Shen Qingqiu said coldly, and stood up to pick up the tea that Gu Yong offered her from Old Lady Xu's table.
Humph, it’s quite cool.
Anger flashed across Shen Qingqiu's eyes, but he didn't bother to say anything. Instead, he handed the tea to Liu to help her cool down.
"There is no law anymore. How can a new bride behave like this..." Mother Zhao cried and pounded on the hem of Old Lady Xu's skirt, "My old lady, you are so pitiful!"
There was malice and excitement in her eyes. What a guy. She had originally wanted to discipline Liu, to suppress her power, and to avenge her poor Jiao Niang. She had never expected that this bitch's burden would be so uncalm and so presumptuous! ! They had offended the old lady... A new daughter-in-law had offended the head of the family when she entered the house. Let's see what would happen to her.
Mother Zhao slapped the ground and said, "How can this be so chaotic..."
She tried her best to add fuel to the fire, hoping that Old Lady Xu would come forward.
However, what she never expected was that Shen Qingqiu was not only uncalm, but she was really unbridled. Her cat's eyes suddenly narrowed and she glanced at Mother Zhao coldly. Looking at the demeanor of the sturdy and fleshy old woman, she understood that it was she who was responsible for her mother's suffering today.
Just now, she was the one who handed the tea to her mother, so how could she not feel it was hot?
"You are such a wicked slave, how dare you plot against the mistress!"
Standing up suddenly and raising his hand, Shen Qingqiu strode forward mercilessly, slapped Mother Zhao to the ground with a big slap, and then kicked her in the waist and abdomen.
Mother Zhao was slapped so hard that her teeth stuck out. She really screamed, "Ah, ah! Madam, help me..."
"Shen Qingqiu, what are you doing?" Old Lady Xu shouted in shock, her old face filled with anger.
Liu couldn't help but struggle to stand up and try to stand in front of her daughter.
Shen Qingqiu was not afraid at all. She smiled coldly and pointed at Mother Zhao and said, "Old Madam, the tea this old servant served to my mother was almost enough to boil an egg, and it caused a bunch of blisters on her hands. Since she dared to treat her slave as her master, as her daughter, can't I support her?"
"I, I didn't say you can't, but we have to check it out. Ah Zhao has been serving me for half my life. What do you want to do by making things difficult for me?" Old Lady Xu was startled and retorted instinctively.
Shen Qingqiu raised his head and was about to speak.
A big hand suddenly stopped her from the side.
Her eyebrows raised, and she turned around to see Gu Yong helping Liu stand up. His handsome face was as cold as ice. He said in a cold voice: "Mother, if you don't know, then check it now!"
"My wife, I brought her home to love her, not to let her suffer any injustice."
After listening to this for a long time, Gu Yong also understood what was going on. He was furious. As a great marquis and a general, how could he not even protect his wife?
On the first day after marrying him, he schemed against me and bullied me. What did she think of him?
Reaching out to stop his adopted daughter, he turned around and looked at Shen Qingqiu and said seriously: "I will seek justice for your mother. You have a father now, so you don't need to do everything yourself."
Shen Qingqiu frowned, a little uncomfortable, but in the end he didn't say anything.
"Tu Jiu." Gu Yong said in a deep voice.
"Master Hou." Tu Jiu hurried forward.
"Take this old woman down and interrogate her thoroughly. Anyone who has handled the tea offering in the yard today will be included. Take them all into the darkroom and investigate them thoroughly, every one of them!" Gu Yong had a gloomy face, emitting a horrified aura.
The servants in the main courtyard were so frightened that they knelt on the ground and cried out, "Master, please spare me, Master, please spare me. We dare not embarrass Madam. We are wronged!"
"Gu Yong!! How dare you come to my yard and show off your power? I am your mother!" Old Madam Xu was shocked and annoyed.
Gu Yong didn't say anything, just glanced at her indifferently.
The inner meaning is obvious. If you were not my mother, I would probably try you too today.
"Take him away." He said coldly.
"Yes, someone come here!" Tu Jiu took the order and called out loudly.
Outside, several burly guards came in and tried to arrest people.
The main courtyard was suddenly filled with demons. The servants cried and shouted, but their arms and legs were twisted and they were taken away. Finally, a little maid who looked to be about ten years old and had not even grown a hair could not bear it any longer. She was almost scared to death. She sobbed and shouted, "Master, please spare me. This has nothing to do with me. Please don't arrest me. Yes, it was Madam Zhao who ordered the housekeeper to do it..."
"They planned to intimidate the lady, saying that she had just married and was remarried, and she was afraid that she would not dare to speak out if she suffered from the hot water, so they did that..."
She yelled.
"You, you farted!!" Mother Zhao was so scared that she trembled all over.
Shen Qingqiu stepped forward and kicked her.
Liu hurriedly pulled her back.
Gu Yong embraced the mother and daughter, his eyes swept over the little maid, and he said coldly, "You say!"
"Slave, I'm not lying. Madam Zhao is related to Miss Bai. Yesterday, Miss Shen beat Miss Bai to death. Madam Zhao hated her so much that she cursed her in private and said she would teach her a lesson. I secretly heard it all when I was feeding the birds under the fence!"
The little maid cried and yelled.
Gu Yong's face completely darkened, and he pointed at Mother Zhao and said, "Take her away and deal with her."
Tu Jiu walked up to her, grabbed her hair and dragged her out.
"Master Hou, please spare my life!"
Mother Zhao screamed like a pig being slaughtered, and Old Lady Xu looked very reluctant and wanted to speak.
Gu Yong glared at him.
Mother Zhao was dragged away, and from then on, there was no trace of her in the Hou Mansion.
Gu Yong took Liu and Shen Qingqiu away leisurely.
Liu looked a little uneasy, always feeling that it was not good to cause such a commotion; however, seeing her husband and daughter chatting and laughing calmly, as if they did not take it seriously at all, she could only sigh and smile helplessly and sweetly.
"You two!"
She pointed at the two of them and smiled gently.
"It's all for you!" Shen Qingqiu said with a smile.
Gu Yong embraced the two of them with a gentle look.
The family of three left immediately.
Time passed slowly, and in the blink of an eye it was dark. In the main courtyard, Old Lady Xu covered her chest with her hands, her throat aching from anger.
Mother Zhao had taken care of her for most of her life, and was like half a relative to her. How could she not feel pain when she suddenly passed away? However, she did not dare to blame her son, and only hated Liu and Shen Qingqiu even more.
Sadly, Gu Shaoqing's illness had not yet recovered. Knowing that Mother Zhao had passed away, he became even more frightened, and begged to see Xiao Ruqin.
Originally, Xiao Ruqin had been driven out of the mansion because of an incident and was forbidden to visit, but Old Lady Xu was indignant and for some reason she agreed.
So, that day, Xiao Ruqin packed up her things and came to talk to Gu Shaoqing for the whole afternoon. After listening to his complaints, she told her mother Lin and her sister Xiao Ruyun about it after returning home.
She chattered excitedly, completely ignoring the somewhat stiff looks of Lin and Xiao Ruyun.
"Mother, Liu must have offended the old lady. I think she will not live well. If she gets into trouble, my sister can marry her. It would be good for her to be a concubine instead of a concubine!"
In that case, she and Gu Shaoqing still have a chance.
"Stop talking!" Lin looked embarrassed.
"What's wrong? Mother, Liu is not doing well, are you unhappy?" Xiao Ruqin was surprised.
At this time, a female voice suddenly came from the inner room of Xiao Ruyun's room, "You said... Is Liu not safe after entering the mansion?"
"Ah?" Xiao Ruqin turned back suddenly.
Princess Changping walked out with a frosty face and a cold and cruel light in her eyes.
The bitch mother and daughter of the Liu family really made her suffer unbearably, but the Emperor and Empress Pei used Gu Yong to pressure her and prevented her from taking revenge. Now, since they were the ones who made the mistake, it can't be considered bullying if she takes advantage of them, right?
"Tell me carefully, what happened?"
She strode forward, took Xiao Ruqin's hand, and asked in a cold voice.
The mother, daughter and three members of the Xiao family all looked grim.
They hated Liu as well and wished she was dead. However, Gu Yong was really powerful and Liu's daughter was also difficult to deal with. They didn't want to take the initiative to provoke her. Princess Changping was a lunatic who could do anything. If she really killed Liu...
Gu Hou knew that she got the news from them, that was true!!
The three of them had bitter faces, but they didn't dare to refuse, so they had to pick a way to tell the story. Princess Changping's eyes lit up when she heard it. After returning to the mansion, she thought carefully for a long time. In the end, considering the emperor's decree, she didn't dare to take action directly, but instead found the second branch of the Gu family...
It’s Gu Shaoqing’s biological father and mother.
"Since Liu has entered the mansion, she is not very old. I think she will give birth to a child sooner or later. By then, who will own the mansion? Will the position of the crown prince still belong to Gu Shaoqing? You should think about this carefully!"
Princess Changping invited the second branch of the Gu family and their spouses out and spoke directly.
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