Chapter 376: Quarrel with Gu Heng, Yuan Niang strengthens herself
Chen Yang stepped forward and asked softly and concernedly, "Mom, did you have a fight with Dad? You look very unhappy."
In order not to worry his son, Li Yuan immediately said, "No, don't worry."
"Mom, if you encounter any problems, you can tell me. I will protect you."
Li Yuan, who was originally in a bad mood, suddenly felt better after hearing his son's words.
"You are such a good son to me. I am most fortunate to have you and your sister."
Chen Yang had already had breakfast in the front yard. Seeing that his mother was in a bad mood, he sat down and ate some with her. He also ate a bowl of porridge and two vegetarian buns.
Seeing that his mother was in a better mood, Chen Yang took the servant and left for the academy.
Before he even walked out of the gate of the Marquis' Mansion, Chen Yang felt so uncomfortable that he hugged a tree beside him and started vomiting.
When Chaochao and Mumu saw this, they immediately stepped forward to ask.
Chen Yang didn't say anything, so the little servant spoke first.
After hearing this, Chaochao and Mumu, the two older brothers, were naturally distressed and scolded Chen Yang.
"There's no need to keep eating if you can't finish it."
"If your aunt knew that you vomited just to have dinner with her, she would definitely be even more sad."
The two brothers took turns talking to him, and their words were filled with more heartache.
Chen Yang is a child from his aunt's family, but he grew up with them in the front yard. In the eyes of Chaochao and Mumu, he is already a real brother, and they no longer distinguish between his aunt's family and his own family.
Chen Yang felt so uncomfortable that he drank some water and rinsed his mouth.
"My mother was in a bad mood. She asked me to eat some, so I ate a little."
Look, what a sincere and good child.
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It was three days later that Li Yuan found out about Chen Yang vomiting due to overeating. She only found out about it when the children accidentally let it slip while they were talking together.
After knowing this, Li Yuan naturally cried for a long time.
Said the child was very sensible and considerate.
She would rather her child not be so sensible. It must be because she and Gu Heng had a quarrel and the child saw something.
That's why I ate those things in order to comfort her, which caused me to vomit.
Li Yuan listened to her son's explanation. She had thought a lot during this period of time and her heart had hardened. But when she saw her son, she couldn't help but want to cry.
"Mom, don't worry, I'm fine. I just ate an extra bowl of porridge."
"Chen Yang, I know you are filial, but you can't ruin your body just to be filial. I don't ask you to be successful, but I ask you to be healthy and safe."
Chen Yang is very smart, but compared with Chao Chao Mu Mu, he is still a little inferior, and can even be said to be mediocre, but Li Yuan doesn't care about these.
She has no desire to compare herself with others.
On the contrary, Gu Heng was always very strict, saying that Chaochao and Mumu were so smart and learned things so quickly, while Chen Yang was a little stupid and learned slowly, but he could spend more time learning.
Therefore, every time Chen Yang sees his father, he is lectured, and he is now quite afraid of his father.
Chen Yang loves his mother very much and is willing to be filial to her.
"Mother, don't worry. Although I'm not as good as my two brothers, I'm still one of the best students in the school. The teacher also said that as long as I study hard, I will have no problem passing the imperial examination in the future."
The first time Chen Yang boasted in front of his mother, he just wanted to make her happy.
Li Yuan said happily: "Mother is even happier when she hears you say this."
As he was speaking, he saw Gu Heng coming.
When Gu Heng saw the daughter held by the wet nurse beside Li Yuan, a faint smile appeared on his face.
"Bring Qiqi here, let me take a look."
"What are you looking at? The child just woke up and is now sleepy."
Qiqi, who is over two years old, is already very good at playing. Now she just woke up and is a little groggy and noisy, so she needs her nanny to hold her and comfort her.
Gu Heng said, "What's wrong with the little girl making some noise?"
"Qiqi, Daddy is back. Come to Daddy's place. Look what Daddy brought you. Recently, Xu Fuji has released some cakes with small animal patterns. Daddy has some kittens and puppies here..."
The corners of Li Yuan's mouth twitched. She simply couldn't imagine Gu Heng licking his daughter's face to coax her.
It seems that he was well trained by the woman outside.
Humph, it turns out that a wife is not as good as a concubine, a concubine is not as good as a secret lover, and a secret lover is not as good as not being able to steal at all.
The bad nature of men.
After hearing her father's coaxing words, Qiqi reached out to Gu Heng's arms and called out "Daddy" softly.
This made Gu Heng, the old father, feel so happy that he couldn't stop smiling.
Gu Heng held Qiqi and sat on the chair. He teased his daughter with a pleasant face while looking at Chen Yang who was standing in front of him.
The tone is naturally fierce.
"You may not be as smart as your two older brothers, but you're not that stupid either. You knew you were full, yet you still forced yourself to eat? If that's not stupid, what is?"
Chen Yang felt very aggrieved when his father said that.
He didn't dare to refute.
If he refuted, his father would probably have more words waiting for him.
Li Yuan couldn't bear to watch it anymore.
"What do you mean, Second Master? Is it wrong for my son to protect me? Chen Yang loves me, that's all. Why do you have to say that about him? You even called him stupid. Does that mean Second Master is smart? In my opinion, this is fundamentally wrong..."
"What did you say?"
Gu Heng suddenly became angry.
Li Yuan knew that she had mentioned something she shouldn't have.
Gu Heng hated being talked about about his ancestors' problems the most. As a descendant of the Gu family, wasn't he aware of the problems of his own ancestors?
Li Yuan was stunned when he suddenly heard Gu Heng's scolding.
"Am I wrong?"
If Li Yuan hadn't been worried that the two children would be frightened, he would have really wanted to have a few words with Gu Heng.
She compromised for the sake of her children.
She spoke in a much lower voice, and then asked the nanny to take Qiqi away from Gu Heng's arms. The little girl stared at her furious father with big eyes, not knowing that her father was arguing with her mother.
"Chen Yang, you and your sister go play first."
Chen Yang didn't move and just stood there.
Li Yuan thought his son was being disobedient, so he said, "Don't you even listen to me?"
Chen Yang then said, "I'm worried about mother."
This silly son made Li Yuan's eyes red with just one sentence.
"Don't worry, Mommy will be fine. Take your sister to the front yard to play with your two brothers."
While Li Yuan was talking to his son, Gu Heng turned and left.
Li Yuan was still thinking about talking to Gu Heng, but he left again. Li Yuan had no choice but to stay in the house with his son and daughter.
Women are like this. After arguing with their husbands, they worry about their children.
After arguing with his wife, a man can just turn around and leave.
Li Yuan controlled his emotions and coaxed Chen Yang, then allowed Chen Yang to take his sister to the front yard to play with his brothers.
She finally couldn't hold back her emotions anymore and started crying on the bed.
The maids outside were ordered not to enter, and only Li Yuan was lying on the bed crying uncontrollably.
She also didn't know what to do in the future.
Perhaps it was because she still loved Gu Heng in her heart. After all, it was she who took the initiative to marry Gu Heng. She thought that in the end, she was the one who couldn't let go of Gu Heng, but Gu Heng might not be the one who couldn't let go of her.
The maid outside the door didn't dare to say anything more.
But when Chen Yang went to the front yard to play with his brothers, he didn't look very good. Chaochao and Mumu saw it at a glance, and Chen Yang listened to his brothers very much.
I told my two brothers about the quarrel between my mother and father.
Chaochao and Mumu didn't tell their mother, but the maidservant beside them did tell her.
Yun Qiao was looking at the account book. When she heard what the maid said, she closed the book.
"But is it real? How could it be so noisy?"
Yun Qiao knew that there was some conflict between Li Yuan and Gu Heng, but she didn't expect that they would quarrel in front of the two children today.
The maid whispered, "I heard the Third Young Master tell the First and Second Young Masters what they said. I listened and wanted to pass on a message."
"You're thoughtful."
Yun Qiao then put down the account book and went to Chunhui Garden.
When she went there, Li Yuan was in a very bad mood, and her eyes were red and swollen like walnuts from crying.
"Qiao Niang, why are you here?" Seeing Yun Qiao coming, Li Yuan quickly wiped his eyes with a handkerchief.
"Did you have a fight with Gu Heng? What was it about?" Yun Qiao asked, pulling Li Yuan's hand and sitting on the couch. "Tell me, what happened?"
"If you need any help from me, just tell me."
Li Yuan then said softly, "Chen Yang protected me, and the Second Master lectured him a few times. Chen Yang isn't as smart as Chao Chao and Mu Mu, but he's not stupid either. Yet, the Second Master still said in a bad tone that Chen Yang was stupid."
"Of course I'm protecting my son. I said that Chen Yang is stupid because he inherited his Gu family roots."
"Somehow, I pissed him off."
Li Yuan felt very aggrieved as he spoke, wiping his red and swollen eyes with a handkerchief.
Yun Qiao said softly, "After all, this is a matter between you two families. Don't talk about it. Even the Marquis can't speak up. Yuan Niang, don't worry about it. Just take care of the children and yourself. Don't worry about anything else."
Li Yuan is different from her.
Li Yuan still likes Gu Heng very much. She also has the mentality of an ancient woman. She feels that if she marries Gu Heng, she will be Gu Heng's woman. Gu Heng is her husband and her heaven.
So if Gu Heng is impatient with her now, it will easily hurt Li Yuan.
Yun Qiao has always been calm about her feelings for Chen Jingyan. She knows what she wants. Maybe when they were together, she thought about staying with him for life, but when they separated, she could also handle everything calmly.
As of now, Li Yuan has completely focused his attention on Gu Heng.
Gu Heng's actions and behavior influenced her emotions.
"Mother Qiao, what should I do? To be honest, I can't let him go, but what he did outside was too much."
"He had a concubine, and she had two children."
Speaking of this, Li Yuan clenched the handkerchief tightly in his hand.
Yun Qiao frowned, "Did you go and see it yourself? If you're unhappy, just go and ask that person, or confront Gu Heng directly. Why get angry with yourself and get upset because of their affairs..."
Li Yuan didn't dare.
Seeing that she was crying, Yun Qiao could only say some comforting words.
Yun Qiao said that Chen Yang and Qiqi would have dinner in the front yard in the evening, and she could go there if she wanted.
Mainly because she was afraid that Li Yuan didn't want to go, Yun Qiao didn't force him.
Perhaps after Yun Qiao said it once, Li Yuan made up her mind. She took a maid and went out of the Marquis' Mansion specifically to see that woman.
When she arrived, she discovered that Gu Heng was there too.
Li Yuan turned around and left.
After getting on the carriage, Cui Ju looked at Li Yuan, who looked very unhappy, and said, "My wife, why don't you go in and ask for clarification? You don't have to feel so bad all the time."
"What are you asking? What do you mean by clear? What I saw with my own eyes, how could it be false? Second Master's heart is with outsiders."
"Let's go back."
"Madam..." Mo Ju shouted worriedly, but didn't say what he wanted to say.
After returning home, Li Yuan spent half a month to get over it, but she still couldn't get over it, but her attitude towards Gu Heng was not the same as before.
If he is in a bad mood or gets drunk at a social gathering, Li Yuan will not take care of him personally in every detail as she did before. She will now arrange for a maid to take care of him.
Li Yuan didn't ask whether he wanted to eat breakfast or dinner.
She didn't bother to care about Gu Heng's clothes and accessories.
As a result, Gu Heng wore the same clothes for three days, and it was not until the servant reminded him that he realized that he had not changed his clothes for three consecutive days.
That night, Li Yuan had already gone to bed.
Suddenly, there was a knock on the door. The maid went out with a lantern and opened the door, only to find that it was the drunk Second Master.
The Second Master was in the study during this period and did not come to the Second Madam's room. The maidservants also listened to the Second Madam and did not leave the door open for him.
"The Second Master is here, he's drunk, and he's outside."
If it were before, Li Yuan felt sorry for Gu Heng who was busy with business outside, he would definitely get up quickly and rush to check it out.
But now, she turned around and turned her back.
"Go and take care of him. Give him some hangover soup and send it directly to his room. I have things to do tomorrow, so I need to sleep well tonight."
In order to divert his negative emotions, Yun Qiao set up a mahjong room for Li Yuan.
This mahjong was specially made by Yun Qiao. She also made a mahjong user manual and taught it to many people. In addition to Li Yuan, Mai Dong, Gao Wanxin, and some powerful ladies in Beijing, there were quite a few people who came to play.
This mahjong room was given to Li Yuan to manage.
When Li Yuan is in charge, he will also play with everyone.
I have to say, it's quite fun.
Although mahjong rooms also allow gambling, they are different from gambling houses. Only female guests are accepted here, and men are not allowed.
Everyone isn't serious about playing, they just want to have fun.
Li Yuan was really addicted to playing, which eased her sadness of being disappointed with Gu Heng.
Li Yuan had just turned around to sleep when the door was suddenly pushed open. Mo Ju was standing outside, and Li Yuan on the bed was woken up.
"Second Madam, this servant cannot stop the Second Master, so I have to come to you."
Li Yuan then slowly got up from the bed, frowning unhappily, "Second Master, why are you not sleeping? What are you doing?"
"Yuanniang, you have been very cold to me recently. Why is that?"
Gu Heng frowned and walked up to Li Yuan.
Li Yuan disliked the smell of alcohol on him.
"No, I'm very busy lately. I have a lot to do, so it's normal that I can't take care of you. However, I have arranged for servants to take care of you. Why are you still not satisfied?"
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