Forced to be a concubine? I turned around and married the scumbag's father.

Gu Hua laughed: "Why would I kill you? Have you done something that makes me hate you so much that I have to kill you? You're so afraid of this food and wine, have you poisoned someone in the past? Or perhaps, you've drugged me?"

Gu Wanru was so frightened that her lips trembled, and she couldn't speak for a long time.

He didn't dare to respond.

Seated in the main seat, dressed in a gorgeous dress, Gu Hua slowly said, "I've come today to tell you that the clan head has removed your name from the family genealogy and recorded the reason for it so that all descendants of the Gu family can see it for generations to come, as a warning to others. Being born of the legitimate wife is what I value most, but it doesn't belong to me, does it?"

Gu Wanru's face turned pale: "You, you..."

That's right, being born of the legitimate wife is the identity she values ​​most.

She despised Aunt Pei and hated that she was born from Aunt Pei's womb.

She hoped that Ms. Wang was her biological mother.

Why wasn't she a noble legitimate daughter?

Gu Wanru collapsed to the ground in tears.

She hated Aunt Pei to death!

Gu Hua smiled innocently, her tone seemingly pleading: "Sister, do you want to live? Do you want to continue being your young mistress?"

Gu Wanru's eyes were red with tears: "You, you dare! I am the lawfully wedded young mistress of the Duke's mansion! How dare you, a mere concubine, touch me!"

"Sister, why is your memory so bad? Is it because you haven't had enough to eat or wear lately? Your marriage was arranged by your own mother. If you are sent to the government office, you and your mother will either be executed or exiled thousands of miles away, and you will be slaves for the rest of your lives."

"No, no, you can't..."

Gu Wanru shook her head vigorously, then suddenly knelt down at Gu Hua's feet. She reached out to grab Gu Hua's foot, but Donghua stomped on her wrist hard and crushed it.

Gu Wanru cried out in pain.

"Don't even think about harming the lady!"

Donghua hated her with a passion; she had personally witnessed the young mistress being bullied by her.

Gu Hua patted Donghua's shoulder, who was standing in front of her, and said, "It's okay."

Donghua loosened her grip, fearing that she would continue to harm Gu Hua, and reached out to grab her collar and drag her backward until they were at a safe distance. Then she let go and stepped on Gu Hua's spine, rendering her unable to move.

Gu Wanru had never suffered such abuse before, and she thought that if she were exiled, she would truly have no chance of turning back.

Ignoring the pain, she hoarsely cried out to Gu Hua, "I'll do anything you want, just don't kick me out, please."

She has already been removed from the family genealogy, and she can never go back to the Gu family. If she is also kicked out of the Duke's mansion, she might as well be dead.

"Okay."

Gu Hua's gentle voice was like a sweet, slow-acting poison.

Gu Wanru was terrified, but she had no choice but to hold on desperately.

"Sister, I'll do anything you ask."

“Your mother has taken so many lives and has repeatedly harmed me; I can’t let her off easily. If you want to atone for your sins, I can give you a chance. If you do well, you can continue to enjoy the treatment of a young mistress in the Duke’s mansion.”

Gu Wanru looked at her in disbelief, her lips trembling as she dared not ask a question.

“From now on, your mother will live with you in Jinxiu Pavilion. Your daily lunch will continue to be provided according to the standards for you, the young mistress, and you and your mother will eat together.”

Gu Wanru looked puzzled.

"There are two glasses of wine each time, and the red one contains poison."

Gu Wanru was shocked.

Gu Hua smiled and said, "It's the 'Drunken Red' poison that Pei gave to my mother. You or Pei can drink this cup of poison, but you must drink it. If you don't drink it for a day, your time as the young mistress will be over."

Gu Wanru stared at her in horror.

Gu Hua glanced at Chi Yan.

Chi Yan waved to the outside, and the guards brought in Pei Shi, who was bound hand and foot and gagged.

Pei Shi's face was ashen, completely devoid of her usual noble demeanor, and she stared at Gu Hua with a ferocious look in her eyes.

She had been pressed against the window and had overheard their conversation inside.

That little bitch actually wants to make her and her daughter kill each other!

So vicious!

"Mother! Are you alright?" Gu Wanru cried and rushed over.

Gu Hua lowered her head and stroked her rosy nail polish: "Let the mother and daughter talk."

The guards pulled the cloth strip out of Pei's mouth.

Aunt Pei, her mouth agape from being silenced for so long, mumbled, "Don't...don't believe her. She can't do anything to you. You are the legitimate wife, the young mistress of the Duke's mansion. She's just a concubine!"

Gu Hua smiled but didn't say anything.

Gu Wanru froze when she heard the words "young mistress".

Her young mistress was tricked into becoming a wife by Pei.

But Gu Wanru herself didn't know; she didn't even know that the jade pendant existed.

When the Duke of Yongguo's family offered her a generous dowry, it caused a sensation in Bianjing.

Gu Wanru was overjoyed. Even though she knew that Mu An had many women in his room, she thought she could handle it. She didn't expect that Mu An had no status at all in the Duke's mansion.

She thought that from then on she had truly become someone of high status.

If her mother hadn't stolen Gu Hua's jade pendant, she could have married into a better family and become a stable and respectable wife.

If her mother hadn't forced Gu Hua to secure her father's favor, how could Gu Hua have seduced her father-in-law and been so arrogant towards her?

It's all her fault!

Gu Wanru wiped away her tears, picked up the red wine glass, and handed it to Pei Shi.

With a trembling voice, she said, "Mother, my sister said that you can live with me in Jinxiu Pavilion from now on, and you'll have good meals every day. As long as we don't cause any more trouble, I can continue to be the young mistress."

Pei stared wide-eyed in disbelief.

Her own daughter, whom she cherished like a precious jewel, was selfishly poisoned so that she could live on her own.

Madam Pei's eyes were filled with resentment: "You knew this wine was poisoned!"

Gu Wanru's face turned pale, and she almost spilled the wine in her glass.

"No, it's not poisonous."

Madam Pei stared intently at her: "Gu Wanru, you eat and dress the best of everything. The money you spend every month comes from me. Do you want to poison your own mother? You'll die a horrible death!"

Gu Wanru was frightened by her appearance, and her hands trembled even more: "It's really not poisonous, I'll drink it to prove it to you."

She picked up another white glass, wanting to drink, but fearing it might also be poisoned.

He didn't dare to move for a long time.

"Bring her in," Gu Hua ordered slowly.

Gu Wanru and Madam Pei looked over at the same time and saw that it was Granny Lu who had been brought in.

Chi Yan took out a black porcelain bottle in front of them, poured half of it into a red wine glass, and then filled it up.

Granny Lu remained silent, her face ashen.

"Granny Lu, this was something Concubine Pei instructed you to put into my mother Wang's food, right?"

Pei roared and lunged at Gu Hua, yelling, "You can say whatever you want now! You want to kill me and help your useless, slutty mother seize my dowry, right?!"

Chi Yan stepped on her back, and with a crack, her spine broke in two.

He immediately collapsed to the ground, screaming in pain and unable to move.

Suddenly, Granny Lu reached out, grabbed the red wine glass, and drank it all in one gulp.

Forgetting her own pain, Madam Pei looked in horror at Granny Lu, who was immediately lying on the ground clutching her stomach and writhing in agony.

She naturally knew the properties of the drug; in the past, when she poisoned Wang, she used very small amounts.

Just now, Chi Yan poured out half a bottle, which could instantly burn a person's internal organs, causing them to die in agony.

In less than a quarter of an hour, Lu Mama was bleeding from all seven orifices, her body twisted into a shape that no ordinary person could achieve, which was extremely terrifying.

Gu Hua closed her eyes.

Gu Wanru was so frightened that she sat down on the ground with a thud, and a warm flow gushed between her legs.

Chi Yan poured a drop of "Drunken Red" into the red wine glass, then filled it up and handed it to Pei Shi and Gu Wanru.

"Any of you can drink it."

Gu Hua's gentle words were like inviting a good friend for drinks.

Gu Wanru gritted her teeth, grabbed Pei Shi's chin with one hand, and picked up the wine glass with the other to pour it down her throat.

Pei coughed violently a few times, swallowing all the poisoned wine, her bloodshot eyes filled with tears.

She burst into tears, crying out, "Ru'er, I am your own mother! I have given you everything, and you actually want to poison me with your own hands!"

Gu Wanru sat on the ground, crying and shuffling backward.

She cried, saying, "Mother, it's either you or me who dies. I'm still young, I can't die. Mother, if you die, your daughter will burn incense for you."

Gu Hua stood up: "I wonder how long it will take for this dosage to kill her? Madam Pei should know very well. Young Madam, from now on, your mother will be in your care."

After saying that, he turned and left leisurely.

"You slut... Waaaaah."

Gu Wanru desperately covered up Pei's angry curses.

Mother must die.

She must continue to be the young mistress!

Gu Wanru stared intently at Gu Hua's retreating figure with bloodshot eyes.

Gu Hua, you bitch! The hatred for killing my mother is irreconcilable!

Gu Hua stepped out of the house and took a deep breath of the clean air.

Look up at the stars.

Mu Junyan, how are you?

I'm actually starting to miss you...