In ancient times, she gave birth to seven daughters and was divorced by her husband's family.

Gu Liang sat in the carriage, looking at his mother who was already feeling a little dizzy from the stuffiness. He saw that her face was covered in sweat and her thin body was gradually shaking. He couldn't help but feel soft in his heart.

But thinking that Zhao Cuicui actually disturbed Bai Lu like this, and even talked nonsense between Bai Lu and himself, Gu Liang spoke to Zhao Cuicui in a cold voice.

"In the future, please do not come to Qingzhou Prefecture to see me! When I pass the high school entrance examination, I will come to pick you up in person."

"If before this... you come to Qingzhou Prefecture, come once! I will never recognize you again!"

"When the time comes, the two of us will completely sever our ties!!"

"!!!"

"If you understand, just nod your head, which will be considered as your agreement."

"If you agree, I will take the cloth out of your mouth."

Hearing these words, Zhao Cuicui opened her eyes wide in shock.

No matter how unwilling she felt in her heart, she had no choice but to nod for her son's sake.

She nodded in agreement.

Gu Liang breathed a sigh of relief, and then said to Zhao Cuicui: "Well, since you agreed, I will take the cloth off your mouth."

Just after taking it off, Zhao Cuicui hadn't even had time to catch her breath when she heard Gu Liang's cold voice saying to her, "Speaking of which... Mom, there is one more thing I want to ask you. Why aren't you afraid at all when you see Madam Bai Lu?"

"Could it be that you had a very good relationship with Madam Bai Lu before?"

Hearing this, Zhao Cuicui's face froze, and she faced Gu Liang's sharp eyes and said, "I...she and I had a very good relationship before, otherwise I wouldn't be so angry!"

"She has changed so much now, she is no longer that pitiful widow.

When she wasn’t a lady from a noble family, she was so close to us, but now she is so bad…”

Before she could finish her bad words, she was interrupted by Gu Liang, who glared at Zhao Cuicui coldly.

When Zhao Cuicui saw that her good son glared at her for Bai Lu, she was furious, but she didn't dare to say a word. She was afraid that Gu Liang would abandon her.

I have finally achieved wealth and glory after enduring all these years. How dare I tell Gu Liang all that nonsense?

Along the way, the carriage was bumpy. Zhao Cuicui felt miserable in her heart, so she couldn't help but say to Gu Liang: "...Forget it, it's fine if you don't want to hear me talk about you and Bai Lu, but I want to ask you, when are you and Bai Lu going to get married?!"

"Why don't you wait until you get married and then bring your mother back..."

She looked very angry, but Gu Liang was amused: "You want to ask about my marriage? Of course, it's not up to you to decide."

"After all, you are not my biological mother.

Now I am giving you great honor by accepting you as my mother."

"If you don't want this respect, I don't have to invite you to my wedding. I can also repay your kindness in raising me. I will directly hand the money to you!"

"From now on, I will support you and I will never see you again."

Hearing this, Zhao Cuicui's face changed drastically and she screamed, "You are unfilial!!"

"But I have given all the money, so how can I be unfilial?"

After hearing this, Zhao Cuicui was unable to say a word.

She felt that what Gu Liang said made sense, but...it shouldn't be like this.

Shouldn't she and Gu Liang be a loving mother and a filial son?

She should be an example of a widowed mother who makes a living by washing clothes and working hard to support her son's education. Even the emperor should reward her with a plaque if he saw her!

Gu Liang should be grateful to her, thank her profusely, and respect her as if she were his own mother...

I was obviously doing that for Gu Liang’s own good!

Now, how come everything has changed? !

However, Zhao Cuicui had no idea that what was said in the opera and what her neighbors told her were all nonsense.

If it was true that the widowed mother washed clothes and supported Gu Liang alone, and Gu Liang studied hard and did not do any business, and had no money from Bai Lu to support him, it would be good enough for Gu Liang to pass the examination and become a scholar.

In ancient times, studying was so expensive that their family couldn’t even afford food. How could they buy writing brushes, inkstones, and paper? How could they find money to go to the capital? !

This sudden change made her burst into tears, and she said to Gu Liang: "You are now blaming me and beating me up because of Bai Lu..."

"Since you can tell it's knocking, that's good."

Gu Liang looked at Zhao Cuicui quietly and smiled at her, "I was afraid you couldn't hear it."

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So, let me ask you one more question. Don’t change the subject this time!”

"Behind you... is there someone telling you some gossip? Let me tell you, they are your backers. If you slander Bai Lu, they can give you some benefits?!"

"If you have, you confess the truth. If you don't have, you also tell the truth."

Listening to Gu Liang's words, Zhao Cuicui's eyes dodged. Just as she was about to say something like "You are interrogating your mother like a criminal..."

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He saw that Gu Liang had restrained all his expressions and was staring at him coldly. It was not like the look he gave his mother at all.

Zhao Cuicui was scared, anxious and angry! Gu Liang was like this, he really wasn't like her own son.

However, she did not even think about what she had done to cause trouble for her own son, causing him to be embarrassed in the Qingzhou prefectural government.

Fortunately, the prefect of Qingzhou was an easy-going person, so Sun Nanxing didn't say anything. The servants under him also knew that Gu Liang was a good person, so they never gossiped about him.

If they were not easy to get along with, the Qingzhou prefect might have driven Gu Liang out by now, and the wealth and honor that Gu Liang had fought for would have become a thing of the past.

I'm afraid, because of this Zhao Cuicui... everything is over.

Zhao Cuicui's lips trembled. After a long while, she lowered her head and said, "Indeed, someone told me that if I tripped up Bai Lu, they would give me some money and also promised me some benefits."

"It is said that... as long as you can successfully marry Bai Niangzi, or if you don't marry her and the scandal is exposed, I can help you find a good future."

"I will definitely help you a lot in the officialdom."

Gu Liang was furious, "How dare you agree to such a shameful thing?! This will ruin the girl's reputation!"

"But she's a widow!"

"Even if she's a widow!"

"If a woman's reputation is not something she has done, it is inappropriate for others to throw dirty water on her! What kind of people would we be then!"

"..."

Zhao Cuicui was stunned.

She looked at the furious Gu Liang, thinking that he was afraid of Bai Lu's identity, and immediately grabbed Gu Liang's arm, with a pleading look on her face -