Footsteps came from the doorway, and Yu Liu hurriedly went to greet the person who came.
"Grandpa!" The voice was melodious and sweet, making Guan Wude's heart itch.
Before Su's raised hand could land on Yu Liu's face, Yu Liu had already turned and walked towards the door.
“Master, I’m here to serve my sister, but, sister…” Yu Liu held Guan Wude’s hand, which was fair and soft, and her hand restlessly touched Guan Wude’s body.
Yu Liu hesitated, then turned her gaze to the white porcelain shards on the ground and wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes.
“Madam, you… sigh, Yu Liu meant well too.” Guan Wude glanced at the broken porcelain shards on the ground and said from the side, his face full of helplessness and confusion.
"Why can't you be as magnanimous as the wives of your colleagues?" Guan Wude looked at Madam Su with great dissatisfaction.
"Madam, don't you think our Guan household is chaotic enough? For so many years, we've always indulged you in everything. Now that Yu Liu is pregnant, I want to make her my official wife. How can you be so petty?!"
"Yu Liu is pregnant, so our Guan family will have an heir. You should be happy!"
"After you have her, what about Qinqin? Isn't Qinqin your child?!"
"Madam, how could you be so confused? Qinqin is destined to marry. The doctor said that Yuliu is carrying a boy!" Guan Wude tenderly touched Yuliu's lower abdomen, and Yuliu nestled in Guan Wude's arms.
Su was pale and weak all over. She slumped in the bathtub and looked at the two of them. She felt that she had never felt so disgusted in her life.
The water in the bathtub had cooled down, but the anger in Su's chest still burned fiercely.
Resentment and bitterness were suffocating her, making it hard for her to breathe.
"Alright, Madam, you should rest well. I still have official business to attend to."
After saying this, Guan Wude took Yu Liu's arm and left the First Madam's bedroom. Yu Liu leaned against Guan Wude and twisted her waist, seemingly in a show of defiance.
...
Another chaotic day.
...
For three consecutive nights, Yun Duoduo stayed up late to give Grand Secretary Guan an IV drip to treat his illness. Grand Secretary Guan's health gradually improved, and he can now sit up on his own and speak more fluently.
However, Yun Duoduo's small body couldn't hold on any longer.
She held her head, her eyes swollen with dark circles and bags, watching the IV drip slowly into Guan Ge's bulging veins.
"This old minister greets the princess." Grand Secretary Guan's spirits had recovered considerably. He saw Yun Duoduo sitting by the bedside and struggled to get up to pay his respects.
"Oh, Elder Guan, you're already in such a state, there's no need for formalities." Yun Duoduo helped him up and gave him a sip of hot water.
At this moment, Yun Duoduo felt dizzy and lightheaded.
"Thank you, Princess, for saving my life." Grand Secretary Guan was filled with mixed emotions, looking at the five or six-year-old child in front of him, feeling as if it were all unreal.
"Grand Secretary Guan, your illness is almost cured. You just need to continue recuperating." Yun Duoduo placed her small hand on Grand Secretary Guan's wrist and felt that his pulse had become much stronger.
"Since Grand Secretary Guan is almost fully recovered, I no longer need to stay at the Guan residence."
"I've stayed at the Guan residence for so many days, it's time for me to return to the palace, otherwise my father and grandmother will worry."
Grand Secretary Guan nodded. "I will take charge of the overall situation first thing tomorrow morning."
"It's all my fault for getting this wretched child out of the Guan residence. I'm so senile that Guan Guan has suffered so much because of it."
...
The north was desolate, and the trees on both sides of the street were withered and decaying. There were no vendors on the road, perhaps because they couldn't withstand the biting cold wind.
In the early morning, the streets were very quiet. The silence was like a gentle snowfall, slow and peaceful. It was as comforting as the whisper of a summer breeze, as tranquil as stars gliding across the night sky.
Inside the Guan residence, after the turmoil of the past few days, it was unusually quiet today.
Early in the morning, Yun Duoduo knocked on Guan Guan's door. She asked Zhuzhu to go to the kitchen to prepare some vegetable and meat porridge, while she stayed inside to talk to Guan Guan.
"Guan Guan, when Zhu Zhu comes back later, I'll take you to see someone."
"Going to see someone?" Guan Guan was a little confused as she looked at the mysterious Yun Duoduo.
"Does your father have any leverage over your eldest uncle?" Yun Duoduo worried that if Grand Secretary Guan recovered and decided to punish Guan Wude, Guan Wude would be detrimental to Guan Guan and Guan Guan's father.
Guan Guan bit his lip, pondered for a moment, and then shook his head. "No, my father has always been honest and law-abiding. He has never done anything illegal in his bookstore business."
"That's good."
"Princess, Miss, the vegetable and meat porridge is ready." Zhuzhu walked in carrying a food box.
"Okay, let's go."
Yun Duoduo walked ahead, leading Guan Guan and Zhu Zhu towards the secluded and dilapidated wooden house in the backyard.
"Where are we going?" Zhuzhu quickly followed behind Yun Duoduo and Guan Guan.
The Guan residence was very large, and Guan Guan and Zhuzhu spent most of their time in their own courtyard. Apart from the kitchen, main hall, and front hall, they rarely went to other places.
"You'll know when we get there."
"You have such a place in your mansion?" After passing a rockery, what came into view was a field of weeds and haphazardly piled wooden barrels and other miscellaneous items.
"Princess, are you having me prepare porridge to deliver to someone?"
"Does someone live here?" Zhuzhu looked at Yun Duoduo in disbelief.
In the Guan household, if a servant girl committed a crime and was punished, she would be locked in the woodshed, but the woodshed looked much better than this dilapidated wooden house.
The windows of this wooden house are broken, and the cold wind can blow in unchecked. The roof of the house is covered with thatch, and the house can be overturned by a strong wind.
This kind of house can't even keep out the wind and rain!
"Hmph, that's right, it's like a raging winter wind in the twelfth lunar month, sweeping away the thatch from the roof!" Yun Duoduo snorted coldly.
[The thatch flies across the river, scattering over the riverbanks; the high ones snag on the treetops, the low ones drift and sink into the ponds. The village children of the south, taking advantage of my old age and weakness, dare to steal from me to my face. They openly carry away the thatch into the bamboo grove; my lips are parched and my throat is dry, I cannot call out. Returning, I lean on my cane and sigh to myself.]
[Alas! This is documentary literature by Mr. Du!]
"Princess, who exactly lives inside?"
Yun Duoduo didn't answer Zhuzhu's question. She walked to the door, gently pushed it open, and Guan Guan and Zhuzhu walked in suspiciously.
After three days of treatment, Grand Secretary Guan has recovered greatly. Although he is not as strong as before, he can move around freely.
“Grandfather?!” Guan Guan’s gaze first fell on the messy utensils and dusty tables and chairs in the room, but when her eyes fell on the person on the bed, she was so surprised that she couldn’t speak.
[This, this is her maternal grandfather?!]
Is this really her maternal grandfather?!
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