The daughter of the first wife grew up in the countryside and was extremely powerful

Seeing Meng Qingwen's perfunctory attitude, Gu Ruyue felt dizzy and her whole body was shaking.

But there were so many people watching at the moment that she really couldn't do anything like tearing her mistress apart in public, so she could only maintain basic decency.

The nanny next to her saw that her wife had become the focus of everyone's attention, so she immediately helped Gu back to the carriage.

Meng Qingwen put on a stiff smile and said to Qu Youlin in the west: "Thank you for troubling me today, Master Qu. We will take our leave now."

Qu Youlin no longer tried to stop them, but secretly lamented that the affairs of the marquis' mansion were in such a mess. He waved his hand and led the soldiers away.

Gu Fanchu sat leisurely in the teahouse and saw the whole incident clearly. He couldn't help feeling a little regretful. As he was a little far away, he couldn't hear clearly what they said.

However, just by looking at the scene before her eyes, she could imagine that the scene must be spectacular, not to mention the people she had specially arranged to add fuel to the fire.

She believed that it wouldn't be long before the news that Lord Dongqing was naked and being watched by many people would spread throughout the capital.

After eating, drinking and seeing enough, Gu Fanchu touched his round belly, burped contentedly, then patted his belly and smiled contentedly.

She also asked Qiutang to pack two more portions of the pear blossom pastry and take them back for her grandmother and aunt to try.

Standing up, Gu Fanchu took brisk steps and went downstairs with Qiutang and Liuli.

When she stepped into the carriage, a strange feeling suddenly came over her.

Her body suddenly stiffened, as if a pair of eyes were secretly watching her.

Her keen intuition told her that something was wrong. So she stopped and turned to look at the alley across the street.

Liuli beside him naturally noticed the familiar carriage. Her expression changed slightly, but she didn't say anything.

Qiutang looked confused and didn't understand what was going on.

She watched Gu Fanchu stop and asked curiously, "Miss, what's wrong? Did you find anything interesting?"

Gu Fanchu came back to his senses and quickly withdrew his gaze from the carriage. He tried to remain calm and replied with a smile:

"It's okay, let's go."

After saying this, she got into the carriage as if nothing had happened.

After the general's carriage gradually went away and disappeared at the end of the street, the carriage in the alley slowly drove out and left in the opposite direction.

After returning to the general's mansion, she did not immediately go back to her own yard to rest, but went to her grandmother's yard first.

After this period of recuperation, the old lady's complexion has improved significantly. She looks refreshed and her face has a bit more color.

Gu Fanchu was very happy when he saw this. He stepped forward to pay his respects to the old lady and presented her with the pear blossom pastry he brought back for her to taste.

She chatted with the old lady for a while before returning to her own yard.

Not long after she returned to the courtyard, someone came to report that Wang had sent someone to inform her that the imperial concubine would summon her and her daughter to the palace together tomorrow.

At this time, Gu Fanchu realized that it was time to go to the palace to take his aunt's pulse.

So she hurriedly found the pills she had prepared earlier, and after thinking for a moment, she decided to put all the pills into several white porcelain jade bottles engraved with plum blossoms.

These white porcelain jade bottles were originally used to hold women's lip balm, but Gu Fanchu deliberately kept a few of them for the purpose of holding some of his commonly used medicines.

In addition to the medicine prepared for her aunt, she thought about it and took some freshly prepared medicine powder.

Although she does not intend to hurt others, she will not show mercy if anyone dares to provoke her.

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At this time, the Marquis' Mansion was shrouded in a depressing atmosphere.

Ever since Gu led everyone away in a hurry and returned sadly, everyone in the mansion learned the news from the outside world - the Marquis actually kept another woman outside, and lived in a spacious house, and even had two children.

After returning to the Marquis' Mansion, Gu went straight to the front hall, only to see the old lady sitting in the upper seat. Looking at Gu who was crying continuously, there was a hint of imperfection in her eyes, but she still had to pretend to be kind and gentle.

And below sat the two concubines who had rushed over after hearing the news - Aunt Rong and Aunt Liu.

Aunt Rong used to be Gu's personal maid. When Mrs. Hou proposed that Meng Qingwen take a concubine, although Gu was reluctant in her heart, she finally gritted her teeth and agreed.

However, in order to better control the harem, Gu Ruyue gave her maid to Meng Qingwen and promoted her to Concubine Rong.

Aunt Liu came from a merchant family and was relatively wealthy.

In order to bring benefits to their family business, they decided to send their daughter to the marquis's mansion as a concubine.

Although Aunt Rong's appearance cannot be said to be stunning, she is still a beautiful girl from a small family.

Moreover, because she had followed Gu Ruyue since she was a child, she was very good at observing other people's faces and expressions, and could skillfully cater to the Marquis's preferences, so she was also quite favored by the Marquis.

In addition, Aunt Rong gave birth to a son and a daughter for the Marquis, and was in the same mind with Gu, which made her status in the Marquis's mansion relatively high.

In comparison, Aunt Liu is even more beautiful. She is naturally beautiful, with skin as white as jade, soft as a flower, gentle as water, and lovable.

The Marquis was deeply fascinated by her beauty and often doted on her.

However, Aunt Liu was in poor health and eventually left behind only a daughter.

Because Gu Ruyue has always been the head of the household, she doesn't want these concubines to be under her control, and always suppresses them.

Old Madam Hou turned a blind eye to this situation. After all, she knew what kind of person her son was.

Just like now, she naturally knew about the woman outside. However, since her son was a marquis, it was normal for him to have several women. Today, Gu was so tactless and her behavior was indeed inappropriate.

"Mother, my husband's behavior is really too much. He actually raised me outside and had two such grown children..."

Gu had been married into the Marquis's Mansion for so many years, and she felt that she had never suffered such injustice.

She was filled with resentment and resentment, feeling that her efforts over the years were not as good as those of a concubine.

"Yes, if the Marquis likes her, he should have taken her into the mansion earlier. He has been keeping her outside for so many years. What are the young masters and young ladies in our mansion like then?"

Although Aunt Liu has not been able to make a name for herself in recent years due to the suppression of the Gu family, it does not mean that she is a good person.

After all, her family is wealthy, and she is not as stupid as Gu, who used her own dowry to subsidize the Marquis' Mansion.

She had a lot of money, but she had to keep it all for herself and her daughter.