Marry another wife, the mistress of the marquisate will not serve you anymore

Faced with the aggressive accusations and pressure from his two uncles, Gu Qingchen was so angry that, coupled with the recent mental and physical fatigue, he actually vomited a large mouthful of blood.

Gu Zecheng and Gu Zeqian were frightened on the spot, fearing that Gu Qingchen would commit fraud, and they were extremely anxious and felt like they were sitting on pins and needles.

"Brother Chen, you, you, don't try to use this self-torture trick. I won't fall for it."

"Brother Chen, you have been practicing martial arts since you were a child. You have suffered many injuries on the battlefield, but you have survived. Don't even think about scaring me."

Gu Qingchen's face was pale, his eyes were gloomy, and he covered his mouth and coughed a few times:

"Come, let's see you off."

Soon, two servants came in from outside and asked them to leave timidly.

Seeing that he had ordered him to leave, Gu Zeqian was so angry that his whole body was shaking. He pointed at his nose and cursed:

"Good boy Gu Qingchen, I don't need you to chase me away, I can walk on my own!"

Before leaving, Gu Zecheng did not forget to leave a message:

"Brother Chen, the family property cannot be sold, and your two brothers must be rescued.

Otherwise, I will have no choice but to gather the elders of the clan and jointly denounce you.

By then, you will be the unworthy descendant of the Gu family and will bear the infamy for eternity."

The two uncles left in a rage, and Gu Zeqian's scolding could be heard from time to time along the way.

"Don't touch me. I can walk on my own. There's no need to chase anyone away from this big house."

Gu Qingchen slowly opened his palms, his eyes deeply burned by the pool of bright red blood.

"I can't fall down. I can't let Song Wanyin laugh at me."

At night, red lanterns were lit up one by one under the eaves of Suxin Garden, shining in harmony with the stars in the sky and making the snow on the ground as bright as day.

The lady's eyes seemed to be covered with a layer of white mist, and were blurry.

Lying in bed all day, sighing:

"It is really unfortunate for our family. The old marquis passed away early, the daughter-in-law is unfilial, and the relatives are unkind.

This is clearly intended to push the Marquis's Mansion into a dead end.

Ouch, my head hurts, my heart hurts, my whole body hurts, I'm going to die."

Gu Qingchen dragged his heavy sick body to visit his mother, but did not tell her about the vomiting of blood today, so as to avoid scaring her.

"Mother, this wooden dove stick is specially prepared by your son for you.

From now on, you can rely on it to identify the direction when you go in and out, so you won’t bump into anything.”

The lady reached out to grope for the wooden cane, and her heart instantly sank. She threw it to the ground in anger:

"Brother Chen, I don't want to be blind, can't you find a way to invite a famous doctor to treat me?

Look at the doctors you hired before, they are all useless and can’t even cure a minor eye disease.”

Gu Qingchen calmly picked up the wooden cane, placed it beside the bed, and said truthfully:

"Mother, your eye disease is not a minor illness. There are only a few famous doctors in the capital who can cure your eye disease.

I'm afraid even the imperial doctors in the palace can't do anything."

The lady's heart trembled, and she said in disbelief:

"According to what you said, if I leave Song Wanyin, my eye disease will never be cured?"

Seeing his mother getting emotional, Gu Qingchen quickly tried to persuade her:

"Mother, I have made up my mind. I plan to sell part of my property and hire a famous doctor to cure your eye disease."

The lady was horrified, and hurriedly grasped his hand, vehemently objecting:

"Brother Chen, you absolutely cannot do that. This is our ancestral property and cannot be touched.

Your second uncle and third uncle came to see me.

They are also counting on your help to rescue their two good-for-nothing sons from prison.

But I don't want you to interfere in this matter. It will damage your official authority and may even cost you your head.

You are in your prime, have made great contributions, and have a bright future.

If it really doesn't work, you should go and admit your mistake to Wan Yin, and ask her to take out the money to help me cure my eye disease.

It would be best if she could go and plead with her old acquaintance, the Shaoqing of the Dali Temple, and make some arrangements to get your two brothers acquitted.

What's more, you and Lan Yue are getting married soon, and you need money everywhere.

The betrothal gifts alone are a huge sum, and we must not be careless, lest people look down on the Marquis's Mansion.

But I do think that all the dowry that Wanyin brought were rare treasures, and any one of them was priceless.

If you can find a way to carefully select a few treasures from her, it will save us from spending money on the betrothal gifts ourselves."

Gu Qingchen's eyes were filled with hatred, and he did not want to disobey his mother's wishes, so he nodded and agreed:

"My son knows what to do."

The next day, Gu Qingchen went to the palace to attend court, but was reported to the emperor by a hostile military officer.

“Your Majesty, I have learned that General Gu’s relatives openly discussed the issue of establishing a crown prince in public.

This is an act of rebellion and conspiracy to commit treason.

This kind of traitor, according to our dynasty's laws, should be executed. I beg Your Majesty to make the final decision."

His Majesty was wearing a dragon robe and a crown on his head, as if he was the divine dragon that rules over heaven and earth, exuding a restrained and solemn temperament.

"Gu Aiqing, it's you again?

In recent days, I have received several memorials impeaching you.

You are not the cause of a lot of trouble in the mansion, which is making a big fuss and known to everyone.

It means that relatives are behaving badly outside, bullying the people, and molesting decent women.

Those officials could only turn a blind eye to your behavior because they saw that you were a court minister.

But now your relatives dare to openly discuss the issue of establishing a crown prince.

Do you dare to say that you have no idea?"

Gu Qingchen knelt on the ground in fear and said timidly:

"Your Majesty, I really don't know. I beg Your Majesty to investigate."

His Majesty's eyes were filled with disappointment, and he said unhappily:

"My dear Gu, I don't care about your family affairs.

But if you don't supervise strictly, even if you have made contributions, you will be considered dereliction of duty.

In order to stabilize the imperial power, I will give you twenty strokes of the cane. Do you know your crime?"

Gu Qingchen almost bit his back teeth to pieces. In order to protect the Marquis's Mansion from being implicated, he could only agree:

"I know my crime and am willing to accept the punishment."

At the time of Shen, frost and snow weighed down the branches in front of the courtyard, and ice chips covered the gauze under the corridor.

In Qingzhu Garden, Song Wanyin's body had almost recovered. Occasionally, when she caught a cold, she would feel a dull pain from the knife wound on her heart.

She leaned sideways on the pearwood carved couch, carefully selecting a batch of newly introduced colorful fabrics.

Before she got married, she owned many beautiful clothes and wore a different one almost every day.

Ever since she married into this cannibalistic brothel, she had been so busy all day that she had no time to take care of herself and dress up, and gradually she became a yellow-faced woman.

She planned to go to the palace to meet the emperor in a few days, so she wanted to buy new clothes in advance.

As the saying goes, clothes make the man and saddles make the horse.

She was already extremely beautiful, and with a little makeup, she was still extremely charming.

Song Wanyin glanced at the bronze mirror with flower patterns. In the mirror was reflected a stunning face, rosy and fair, with a lively and lively look, as if she had returned to the time when she was still young.

She will definitely take good care of this face in the future and will never let herself be unkempt again.

Nanny Wei smiled and said:

"Girl, it seems that the deer antler, ginseng, and donkey-hide gelatin you've been taking these days are quite effective. Your complexion has really recovered."

At this time, Sweet Orange ran in hurriedly holding the fruit box and exclaimed:

"Miss, I have found out some shocking news!"