I want to make progress

But I think he must have been really scared, otherwise he would not have given up on the Sumerians just like that.

Of course, I heard that Concubine Su in the palace was not having a good time either. Although the Su family stood on the right side in the end, no one knew what they were thinking in their hearts.

And there is also what King Cheng said, who knows whether it is true or false? Not to mention the emperor, even if it is an ordinary man, how can he not be angry if he is cuckolded? Even if it is suspected, it is not acceptable, let alone the emperor who owns the world.

So on the surface, the father and son of the Su family were promoted, but their actual power was not as great as before. Although Concubine Su was promoted to Concubine Su by a leapfrog, her rank was raised, but she did not even have a title. She was Concubine Su at first, and she was still Concubine Su after being promoted to the position of concubine.

Moreover, even after she was promoted to the position of concubine, the emperor never stayed overnight in Concubine Su's palace.

Anyone with eyes can tell whether someone is favored or not.

After all, these two people have embarked on different paths.

But none of this has anything to do with her. When everyone went to Gu Changheng's wedding, she was on the run!

That’s right! Just run away!

Gu Changting wanted her to fake her death and live under a different identity.

What a coincidence! She thought so too!

What’s even more coincidental is that someone actually took action!

On this day, some people were happy and some were sad. When Gu Changheng happily embraced his beautiful bride, a fire broke out in Shu Yunfu's yard. Aunt Shu and her personal maid Yuyan were burned to death in the yard.

……

On a small road outside the capital, an ordinary green carriage was moving. The master and servant, who should have died in the fire, were sitting in the carriage, sipping tea and eating snacks leisurely. Outside the carriage, Tian Yi was still dressed in black, fulfilling his duties as a coachman very seriously.

"Miss, do you think the Duke will believe that we died in the fire?"

"How is that possible?" Shu Yunfu bit off half of the yam cake and curled her lips. Their crude tricks might be enough to fool ordinary people, but they couldn't fool a smart person like Gu Changting. "But if we fake our death and leave, it also shows my attitude. He will know what to do."

"Then... the Duke will really not come after us?"

"Don't worry, he has his responsibilities."

"But Miss, are you really willing to leave like this? You didn't even leave a single word for the Duke."

Seeing her young lady being so carefree, Yuyan felt a little hesitant to speak. Although she had always wanted to be as smart, strong and decisive as her young lady, she knew she couldn't do it when she really encountered something.

She couldn't be as free and easy as the young lady. As long as she wanted, she could be with the Duke regardless of her status. If she didn't want to, she would just leave without any regrets. She seemed really heartless.

Although she also felt that being the Duke's concubine was an injustice to the young lady, and she agreed with the decision made by the young lady, but now seeing that the young lady did not seem sad at all, she felt that the Duke was a little pitiful.

She couldn't do it anyway, maybe she would never be able to do it in this lifetime.

"What's there to be reluctant about? There is always a time to meet and part. He and I were destined to be together, but now our fate has ended. There is no need to force it. Who knows, we may meet again in the future."

"Besides..."

She gently stroked her belly, looked out the window at the gradually receding capital with a gentle look on her face, and said in a voice as soft as the wind, "I never regretted plotting against him..."

……

Five years later

Sioux City

In this prosperous Jiangnan water town, it seems that everyone is like this city, speaking in sweet tones, and even quarrels sound gentle.

But in a group of people, there are always a few who seem out of place.

In an exquisite courtyard with blooming flowers and swaying vines, a handsome man in white clothes was furiously chasing a lively four-year-old kid with a feather duster!

"Gu! Ru! Feng!"

"Stop right there, you little bastard! If I don't beat your little butt to pieces today, I'll take your last name!"

"Wow! Mom, calm down! Calm down! I'm your son! My dear! My dear son!"

"If you were not my biological son, I would have stripped you of your clothes and put you on the city gate! Come here! Come here!"

"Mom, you're going to beat my little butt to pieces. I'm definitely going to run away!"

"How dare you talk back! Don't run!"

"Young Miss and Young Master are still young and ignorant. It was not intentional. You..."

"He did it on purpose!"

"I was so embarrassed today. I walked around the street with his paw prints on my butt. Everyone was staring at me and laughing. I was too embarrassed to face anyone!"

Ignoring Yuyan's dissuasion, Shu Yunfu rolled up her sleeves, gritted her teeth and swore to beat the little debt collector's butt into pieces. This was the first time in her two lives that she felt so humiliated that she was too ashamed to face anyone.

This little bastard, relying on everyone's pampering and the tricks taught by Tianyi, has become more and more naughty as he grows up. He makes a lot of noise every day and now he's playing tricks on her. If the little bastard is not taught a lesson, he will make a big fuss!

Finally, despite everyone's dissuasion, Gu Rufeng, the little kid who was only three pieces of tofu in height, was spanked by his mother until his butt was bruised.

Although Shu Yunfu dotes on her son, she does not spoil him. This is the only son she has in her life. If she raises him as a waste, wouldn't that cause trouble for her? She doesn't want to live a carefree life only to have to worry when she is old.

After beating the kid, he finally felt better. He slowly took a sip of tea, feeling peaceful both physically and mentally. If there wasn't a little kid sniffling and crying next to him, lying on Yuyan's lap while having medicine applied to his butt, it would have seemed as if his temper just now was just a dream.

"Mom~ It hurts!"

The little guy pouted with tears in his eyes. He looked pitifully at his heartless mother, trying to awaken her maternal love.

"You deserve it! See if you continue to be so naughty in the future!"

Shu Yunfu was not moved at all. This little guy, relying on his young age and being doted on by everyone, was becoming lawless. Everyone in the family loved him, even Tianyi. She was the only one in the family who could control this little devil.

"If you didn't look like your father, I would really doubt whether you were his son. How could such a serious man like him give birth to a mischievous boy like you? I don't know who you take after."

"Of course I took after my mother!"

The little guy looked at his mother flatteringly, and couldn't help sighing in his heart, "Alas! I don't know who he inherited his mother's bad temper from."

"I wasn't like you when I was a kid, don't ruin my reputation!"

With her hands crossed over her chest, Shu Yunfu indicated that she would not take the blame.

"Alright, alright, you've been busy all morning, and you're not tired. Auntie Liu has already prepared the meal, so let's eat first. Today, Auntie Liu bought a lot of fresh river shrimps, all of which are blanched and made with delicious sauces. If you go too late, they will be gone."

"Ah! Little river shrimp! I love them!"

"You little brat, run slower! Wait for me, I love to eat, too!"

"Hahaha...wait for me!"

Looking at the mother and son vying for the first place, Yuyan laughed heartily in the back. It was the first time for her to see a young lady and a young master getting along like this, but no one could say that they were unhappy.

That’s right, it wasn’t just Shu Yunfu who left the capital that year. She was already pregnant at that time.

After arriving in Suzhou and settling down, Yuyan was almost scared when she saw her bulging belly. She never dreamed that her young lady not only abandoned the Duke of England, but also ran away with the cub.

At that time, he pulled her to go back to the capital, back to the Duke of England's mansion, but he couldn't persuade her in the end. However, Yuyan has never given up the idea of ​​getting them to return to the capital over the years.

In Yuyan's opinion, since the young lady had given birth to the Duke's child, it was natural for her to return to the Duke's side. With a child in tow, it would be difficult for the young lady to marry someone else.

Moreover, the young master is the descendant of the Duke and has a noble status. It would be unfair to him if he stayed among the common people.

After all, Yuyan still couldn't see the problem from a class perspective, but Shu Yunfu felt that such days were very comfortable.

After leaving the capital and Gu Changting, although Feng'er lost his noble status, he was able to grow up safely and have a happy childhood, instead of being trapped with her in the backyard of the Duke of England's mansion, being inferior to others, becoming a bastard, and avoiding countless conspiracies and intrigues.

Whether her child chooses to take the imperial examinations, practice martial arts, or engage in business in the future, it will all be up to his own preferences, just like his name, Ru Feng!

May he be as free as the wind, with no one able to restrain his wings.

She believed that her son would be able to make a name for himself no matter what he did.

and……

"Today is your birthday. Just like every year, it's up to you what you want to do today. Tell me, how do you want to celebrate?"

At the dinner table, looking at the little cub with bulging cheeks eating his favorite river shrimp, Shu Yunfu asked, "Of course, it must be something I can do."

"I want to go boating! Boating!"

"Tsk! You little kid, you only know how to eat, drink and have fun at such a young age, and you even want to go boating. Why didn't you say you wanted to go boating?"

Suzhou is a land of fishing and rice, with a well-developed water system and extensive water transportation, so its business is prosperous and is in no way inferior to that of the capital.

This prosperous place naturally gave rise to many entertainment industries, and the most prosperous and developed one is the brothel industry. The most distinctive feature of Su City is the gorgeous and exquisite flower boats on the water. Every night, the lights are brilliant, lighting up the dark water, and the place is crowded with people and bustling.

Unlike other people who don't want their children to know many things, Shu Yunfu is different. There are some things that they should know. She can't raise a naive child.

However, this boy was very interested in the flower boat at a young age, but after being warned, he also understood that he could not go on the flower boat. She thought that the little thing had calmed down, but it turned out that he was waiting for her here. The boy had an idea, he was her son!

"Mom, are you going~!"

The little guy stretched out his voice and in a baby voice, he pulled his mother to act coquettishly. Shu Yunfu soon gave in. Although she was usually very strict with the child, when it came to spoiling the child, she was no less than other people.

Thinking about the children nowadays who run around everywhere at night and can't be pulled back, her child just wants to go boating in the lake, so it's not impossible to agree to it.

Upon learning that they could really go boating, the little kid Gu Rufeng jumped for joy. He finished the food in the bowl in a few bites, wiped his mouth, and ran back to the room with the maid who took care of him to choose clothes for going out.

"This little thing is so conceited at such a young age. I don't know who she takes after it from."

Yuyan covered her mouth and smiled. Did the young lady have no idea what she looked like when she was a child? "Anyway, she doesn't look like the Duke."

"Hehe! It's not like me anyway!"

With her arms folded across her chest, she would not admit that this little thing looked like her.

"By the way, Miss, the birthday gift from the capital for the young master hasn't arrived yet. I don't know if there was a problem on the way or in the capital. Do you want to check it out?"

Speaking of the capital, Yuyan started talking about it again. Shu Yunfu couldn't help but sigh in her heart. This girl hasn't given up the idea of ​​letting her go back yet.

When she ran away with the ball, Yuyan was thinking that Gu Changting would catch up with her, but until they settled in Su City, he never caught up with her, and he didn't even send anyone to chase her.