It was obvious that Old Lady Xu was taking her anger out on others.
She could not accept that her younger grandson had really harmed her eldest grandson's wife, and she could not accept that the second wife was a pair of beasts, so she instinctively put the blame on Liu.
Liu also understood this. Gu Yong would not misunderstand her anyway, and she did not want to argue with an elderly person. She just smiled helplessly, stepped back and ignored her.
Seeing her like this, Old Lady Xu became more and more certain that she was the one behind all this. She pointed at her and shouted, and she started to curse, "What a shameless concubine! My family..."
However, before she could finish her words, suddenly, a huge force rushed towards her waist and abdomen. Shen Qingqiu pressed his shoulder against her stomach and knocked her straight into the imperial concubine bed.
This was only because she took into consideration the fact that Old Madam Xu was old and was Gu Yong's grandmother. Otherwise, she would have broken Old Madam Xu's ribs with this blow, and it would not be as simple as just causing dizziness.
"Old lady, I advise you to be more careful with your words. Otherwise, I am not as good-tempered as my mother. It is not easy to talk to her." Shen Qingqiu said coldly, looking down at Old Lady Xu. "How things are going is not something you can determine with just your mouth. Since my father came to us, we dare to act like this, which means we have evidence."
"We have the midwife who delivered Madam Zhao in our hands. Do you want to see her confession? Or, I can call her in and let your grandson and his wife confront her in person."
She snapped.
Old Madam Xu stared, speechless for a moment.
He looked at his eldest grandson blankly, "Gu Yong, is this true?"
"Yes, I personally interrogated the midwife. In the past few days, I have also found some female doctors who delivered Zhao. Her death was indeed caused by the second wife. Even my own child did not die at birth, but was smothered to death by Shen."
Gu Yong said, his voice seemed to hide a knife, and he swept his eyes over Gu Jing and Shen Shi with a sharp gaze.
"Ah!!" Shen screamed in horror, lying on the ground trembling, her face pale.
How could it be? The couple had clearly done a clean job on that matter, and the midwife was also dealt with by them, so how could Gu Yong know about it? This is impossible!
"Yong'er, you, you have been deceived. It has been so long, how could you possibly find out about this?" Just then, Old Lady Xu also asked this question.
"I have to thank my second uncle and second aunt's precious daughter. If they hadn't instigated Gu Huixiu to harm me and my mother, and poisoned her to get her into trouble and kill her to silence her, how could she have been so desperate that she would have revealed her trump card?"
Shen Qingqiu smiled faintly.
Gu Huixiu! ! That bastard! ! Shen cried in her heart.
But I couldn't refute anything at all.
Gu Yong is the current Lord, the God of War General, so he came to the door like this, naturally he has sufficient evidence. Shen is a woman in the inner house, what dare she say to Gu Yong? She is too guilty to be in a hurry.
"Shen, you say!" Gu Yong took a step forward and stared at her with sharp eyes.
He looked like he was going to kill someone.
Gu Yong was a veteran warrior who had killed countless people. Shen was just a woman in the inner house. How could she bear such oppression? Moreover, she was already guilty, and when she heard that someone was holding evidence and a midwife, she couldn't help but panic.
Trembling all over, she murmured, "Mother, I, I, I didn't mean it. Zhao was already weak, and even if I didn't harm her, she would have died. She, she was too arrogant. Who told her to split up the family? She also asked my uncle to kick us out of the house. I was really scared, so I, I..."
"You, Shen, it's really you!" Hearing her admit it, Old Madam Xu's eyes went dark and she cried out in her heart, this is the end.
Zhao, Zhao was really harmed by the second wife? How is this possible? Shen Qingqiu sneered.
"How dare you kill my wife and children!!" Gu Yong's face became uglier and uglier. He stepped on Gu Jing's neck with his foot. His eyes were full of murderous intent and he was about to take ruthless action.
"No, no, big brother!" Gu Jing's eyes widened. The desire to survive made him burst out with great strength. He struggled to break free from Gu Yong's feet. He rolled over and got up, kneeling on the ground and backing away repeatedly.
He secretly hated Shen for being such a loser who couldn't even take responsibility for something. She panicked when someone asked her about it. Gu Jing crawled to Old Lady Xu on his knees and hugged her and cried, "Grandma, my sister-in-law's affairs have nothing to do with me. I don't know. I really don't know..."
"Things like causing difficult childbirth are all secrets of the inner house. How could a grown man like me get involved? It was Shen's, Shen's doing. I never knew anything about it."
"Brother, you and I are brothers. You've been so good to me, how could I be so heartless as to harm you! It's all because of the Shen family, that shameless and vicious woman. Grandmother, I married a bad wife and killed my sister-in-law and nephew. I am too ashamed to face anyone!"
He cried bitterly, and his hypocritical face made Liu and Shen Qingqiu feel sick.
Gu Yong also frowned fiercely, not believing a word of it.
However, Old Lady Xu was moved by her grandson's words. As a grandmother, how could she be willing to believe that she had raised a beast who would rebel against his brother and kill his sister-in-law...
The blame must be shifted to outsiders.
"Ms. Shen, you vicious woman, you have harmed my granddaughter-in-law and my son, and made my two grandchildren pigs apart. I, I really hate that I shouldn't have welcomed you into the house. I, I want to clean up the mess."
Old Madam Xu yelled and raised her leg to kick Shen's chin with hatred.
“Ah!” Shen screamed miserably and rolled on the ground in a panic, her face covered in blood. She stared at Gu Jing in a daze.
What, what happened? It was Gu Jing who made the decision to punish Zhao Shi. He was the one who instigated her to do it... Why is she putting all the blame on her now? "My husband, I, I..." I listened to you!
Shen howled miserably.
However, Gu Jing didn't even look at him. He just hugged Old Lady Xu's legs and turned to Gu Yong and cried, "Brother, please believe me. I really didn't know anything. I trusted the wrong woman Shen. I never thought that the one who gave birth to my children and lay beside me for so many years was actually a poisonous snake!!"
"Brother, I am so ashamed of you! I am too embarrassed to see the children. How can I tell them that their mother is a murderer?"
He was wailing openly, but in reality, he was using Shen's child as a threat.
He was reminding Shen not to forget that they still had children. If they were all caught up in the disaster of Zhao's death and killed by Gu Yong, their children would be doomed.
"I, I asked Shaoqing to recognize Zhao's sister-in-law as his mother. When he gets married and has children in the future, he will also adopt a son for Zhao's baby who has never seen the light of day, so that he can have a share of incense after his death. Oh, my poor nephew, your uncle is so sorry for you!"
Gu Jing roared.
Remind Shen not to forget Xu Shaoqing.
"I, I..." Shen was barely breathing, looking at him in grief. Finally, she lowered her head softly and said in despair, "Yes, it's all my fault. I killed Zhao and strangled the child. I did all this. It has nothing to do with the Second Master."
"I am a vicious woman, I am a bad person, and it has nothing to do with my children!"
She burst into tears.
Gu Jing was obviously relieved and secretly delighted. Just as he was about to speak, Shen Qingqiu suddenly spoke up, "Oh? Second Uncle turned out to be such an innocent person?"
"How could someone who could poison his own daughter to silence her be so innocent and spotless?"
She sneered and turned to look at Gu Yong, whose expression was slightly moved. "Father, did you believe his lies? Haha, don't forget that what Gu Huixiu said was that she was poisoned by Gu Jing himself, and it has nothing to do with the Shen family."
"If someone can harm his own daughter, how can he care about his sister-in-law and nephew?"
She sneered.
"You little bitch!!" Old Lady Xu screamed.
However, Gu Yong's face darkened, "Good boy, don't underestimate me. How could I believe such nonsense?"
He reached out and stroked Shen Qingqiu's hair, then lowered his head and glanced at Gu Jing, "Shameless and useless person, a thing like you is actually my brother, I am so ashamed!"
"Today, I will clean up the mess and avenge my wife and children who died early."
He said this in a cold voice and swung the knife in his hand, slashing it fiercely at Gu Jing's neck.
Gu Jing thought he could escape and was feeling lucky, but a disaster suddenly struck him. He felt a pain in his neck and blood spurted out. He fell on his back and his huge head rolled to the side.
There was still a hint of smile on his face, as he died with his eyes open.
"Ah!!" Shen screamed and crawled towards the door in fear.
"You two are not good people. You can't escape from him, and you can't escape from him either." Shen Qingqiu said softly when he saw this. He didn't chase her, but kicked the stool.
The stool flew into the air and hit Shen's back.
"Puff!" Shen suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood and fell softly to the ground.
The second wife and her husband were both killed.
"My grandson!" Old Lady Xu screamed, her vision went dark, and she fainted on the ground.
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The second wife and her husband died tragically. Witnessing all this, Old Lady Xu fell ill and fell to bed. She was very angry and very sad...
However, Gu Yong pushed the midwife to her bedside, and she could not say anything after hearing the tragic death of Zhao.
Can't even blame too much.
She could only get sick, and could only agree with the news that Gu Yong had spread to the outside world that the second wife and her husband had suddenly contracted a serious illness and died suddenly...
At the very least, this would preserve a little bit of his grandson's posthumous reputation.
They got sick and died.
Old Madam Xu said this to the outside world. As for the concubines and children of the second house, she also arranged them to live in a farm under her name, leaving only Gu Shaoqing, the prince of the Hou Mansion.
As for Gu Shaoqing, his parents died inexplicably, his ancestor was seriously ill, and his whole family was driven out of the mansion. As a son, even if he was adopted, he should have asked about it, but...
But he didn't dare say anything. After timidly accepting the news of his parents' death, he hid in the backyard and didn't dare to go out.
The once arrogant second branch of the Marquis's Mansion fell into obscurity in an instant.
Old Madam Xu was also seriously ill and was on the verge of death.
The entire Hou Mansion naturally fell into the hands of the new Hou's wife Liu, and Shen Qingqiu became a proper young lady of the Hou Mansion. When she came in and out, both servants and maids were respectful, and no one dared to gossip about her.
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