Chapter 400 Mental and Physical Exhaustion
She had thought that personally showing Meng Wei the wealth of the Marquis's mansion today would change her mind, but as it turns out, old habits die hard, and she simply couldn't change these descendants.
"Is this how you talk to your elders?"
Madam Meng truly felt like a failure as a person. She was clearly the eldest in the family, yet none of the younger generation listened to her.
“Mother, please don’t disrespect Wei’er. Over the years, you’ve found fault with everything and only thought about climbing the social ladder. I let you have your way of wanting someone from a higher social class before, but now you’ve set your sights on the Marquis of Yi’an’s mansion. Do you think our Meng family has any face to speak of?”
According to the old lady's wishes, it was not unreasonable for Master Meng to marry Meng Wei into a better family.
After all, Master Meng knew his own daughter well; she was in no way inferior to those noble ladies.
But what Madam Meng shouldn't have done was set her sights on the Marquis of Yi'an's residence. Putting aside Gu Jin's position in the court, Gu Renjie, such a highly regarded young man, could actually take a liking to Meng Wei.
Besides, once you enter the gates of a noble family, it's like entering a deep sea; who knows what those high-ranking families are really like inside, despite their outward glamour?
"Why not? The Marquis's mansion isn't impregnable. If we can get into that kind of family, won't they help us in the future?"
All Madam Meng wanted was to maintain the Earl's Mansion's status; she didn't care about anything else.
Seeing his mother's stubbornness, Master Meng said forcefully, "Alright, Mother, you are not allowed to mention this matter again. And don't even think about going to that Marquis's mansion again, or you'll just be looked down upon."
In the past, he thought that since the old lady was old, he would let her do whatever she wanted as long as it wasn't a big deal. But now she was going too far, and if Master Meng didn't react soon, he was worried that things might really get out of hand.
Madam Meng had never seen her son speak to her so sternly before, so she naturally burst into tears and wailed.
None of the people present paid any attention to her; they simply said their goodbyes and left her courtyard.
The one-day farce had no impact on her life afterward, and Gu Shuyan continued to live her life as usual.
Because the old lady had a new opinion of He Yin, she naturally did not intend to let the mother and daughter continue to live in the mansion.
So, a few days after the second day of the second lunar month, they gave Madam He the order to leave and asked them to go back to their own home to find a husband for He Yin.
Madam He and her daughter He Yin had just set their sights on Second Master Gu, so naturally they couldn't move out immediately. In order to stay a few more days, Madam He pleaded with the old lady to agree that they could move out after the fifteenth of February.
What the old lady didn't expect was that by simply loosening her grip, she gave others the opportunity to scheme against her.
On February 15th, to bid farewell to Madam He and her daughter, the old lady specially prepared two tables of food and invited the whole family to come together.
As luck would have it, Master Gu had just drunk a couple more cups that night, and in his drunken state, he molested He Yin.
Unfortunately, this scene happened right in Yunxiang Courtyard and was witnessed by the old lady and her maid.
When the old lady saw her unconscious son, she was so angry that she picked up a stick and beat him severely.
顾二爷被这么一顿胖揍，酒醒了大半之后，不仅没有向老夫人认错，反而还把自己想要娶何音的事给当着所有人说了出来。
For Madam He and He Yin, this was naturally the best thing ever, but for the old lady, she was so angry she almost vomited blood.
He thought that his cousin's arrival would allow them to reminisce about their childhood and reconnect with the past, but little did he know that she had been using him from the very beginning to help her daughter climb the social ladder.
Unfortunately, she ended up climbing her own tree, and the old lady felt like she had swallowed a fly, which made her so angry that she fell ill on the spot.
"Shu'er, did you already see through their intentions?"
The old lady leaned against the soft couch, looking quite dejected. After decades of living in the inner quarters of the house, she considered herself to have a good eye for people, but who would have thought that she would be tricked in her old age.
Thinking of what Gu Shuyan had told her before she went to eat—that no matter what happened, she shouldn't get angry—she realized she was even less capable than an unmarried child.
“Grandmother, the He family mother and daughter have impure intentions. They are using your nostalgia for your childhood to scheme against you. You are blinded by your own involvement, so naturally you don’t want to see them that way. But I am different. I don’t know them at all, so naturally I feel that their behavior is abnormal. So Grandmother, don’t be too sad.”
Seeing the old lady's distress, Gu Shuyan naturally didn't want her to worry about those irrelevant people.
"It was Grandmother's carelessness that led to this tragedy." The old lady stroked Gu Shuyan's hair, her face showing a hint of self-reproach.
“Grandmother, you mustn’t say that. They say that even if you’re careful, you can’t escape someone’s scheming if you’re a thief for a thousand days. But in my opinion, what happened today was probably not just the work of the He family.”
Gu Shuyan felt guilty seeing the old lady's self-blame and sadness. She only wanted to get rid of those two troublemakers, but she didn't expect the old lady to value that so-called aunt so much.
But this is for the best. It's good to remove this cancer once and for all, so it won't come back to torment Grandma and make her sad again.
"Yan girl, what do you mean?"
The old lady had never really thought of it that way, but if it really was, she felt truly desolate.
"Granddaughter has a method. Grandmother, would you like to try it and see if our guess is correct?"
Gu Shuyan whispered something in the old lady's ear. The old lady hesitated for a moment after hearing it, but finally nodded.
"Have your father come over. Tell him I have something to say to him."
After hearing the old lady's words, Gu Shuyan waved her hand, signaling her to go out and call Gu Jin in.
Because the old lady was furious, Gu Jin was naturally waiting outside the door. When he heard the old lady calling him, he came in immediately.
"Mother, are you feeling any better?"
Gu Jin was very filial to the old lady. Seeing that the old lady looked a little haggard, Gu Jin quickly stepped forward to take a closer look.
"Don't worry, I'm fine, but there's something I want to make clear to you first."
Seeing the old lady's somber expression, Gu Jin sat down quietly and listened.
As Gu Shuyan left, she slowly closed the door behind her. Then she called over Pearl and Mingyu and whispered a few words in their ears.
Having been caught red-handed, Master Gu and He Yin naturally returned to their own rooms.
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