Ping An rolled on the spot and Kankan avoided the flying sword.
He patted his chest with a look of fear on his face. If he had been slower to hide, his life would have been lost.
"My lord, did you say something wrong?"
Xiao Yan sheathed the sword and gave him a cold look.
"If you dare to say another word about her and me, or let me hear a rumor, I will cut your tongue."
Ping An has been with him since he was a child. With a turn of his eyes, he understood what his master meant.
"The prince is afraid that if the matter spreads, it will affect the reputation of the prince's wife? Don't worry, I will never say a word outside."
He raised his hand to seal his mouth.
Xiao Yan's expression softened slightly, "Tell me, what happened to her?"
Ping An immediately got up and patted his butt, telling all the news he had heard.
"...Mrs. Prince Xie quickly caught the person who drugged him, and made a fuss with Prince Xie and Princess Huaiyang.
I heard that in the end, the Xie family took back all the dowry that the Xie family had taken away from her in the past few years.
I didn’t expect Mrs. Xie Shizi, who looks so delicate and frail, to have such courage, it’s really..."
Xiao Yan frowned slightly and suddenly interrupted.
"Miss Gu, or Lady Gu."
"What?"
Ping An looked confused, scratched his head and asked tentatively: "Your Majesty, please call Mrs. Xie Shizi from now on Miss Gu, or Lady Gu?"
Xiao Yan nodded.
Ping An's eyes lit up, and he winked at Xiao Yan with an expression like "Your Majesty, I understand you."
"My lord, do you think the words Mrs. Xie Shizi sound harsh? Hehe, even the little ones understand."
Xiao Yan frowned, "What do you understand?"
Ping An pouted, "After reading so many of Mr. Ye's story books, I understand that this is the kind of man's possessiveness mentioned in the story books.
Since the prince is already like her..."
He took a step back, not having the guts to make any more slapping movements with his hands, and whispered:
"After you have cooked the rice, she will be the prince's woman. The prince will definitely not want her to bear another man's surname.
The prince doesn’t need to say much, even the little ones understand. "
Xiao Yan raised his leg and kicked him, snorting coldly.
"Nonsense, I told you, she was my savior when I was young."
Thinking of what happened when he was a child, there was a softness between his stern brows and eyes.
"I just wanted to save her life and protect her from worries in her husband's family.
Since she doesn't want to stay in the Xie family, she shouldn't call her Mrs. Xie Shizi anymore, that's all. "
Ping An looked confused.
"What does it mean that she doesn't want to stay in the Xie family? Could it be that Prince Xie...er, Mrs. Gu wants to make peace?"
Xiao Yan was noncommittal.
"Keep an eye on the Wenchang Hou Mansion. If she needs anything or is bullied, report it to me in time."
Ping An said yes, but couldn't help but go up and ask.
"Do you really just want to repay your kindness? Does the prince really have no other ideas?"
Xiao Yan sneered coldly, "Otherwise? What do you want? I will marry her back as my princess?"
Ping An's eyes lit up.
"It's not impossible. Your Majesty has long been looking forward to your marriage."
Xiao Yan's face darkened, and his whole body was filled with a cold aura.
"I have no intention of marrying in this life."
Ping An knew his master's heart, and sighed secretly in his heart, not daring to say anything more, and bowed down to retreat.
Walking outside the door, I couldn't help but whisper.
"Strange, how did the prince know that Madam Gu wanted to reconcile? If Madam Gu really wanted to reconcile, why didn't she just ask for reconciliation with such a big handle?"
Xiao Yan lowered his eyes and rubbed the carvings on the scabbard without saying a word.
The bathroom in Songxuetang was filled with heat.
Gu Nan was soaking in the bathtub, and her personal maid Ruyi looked at her with a distressed face and asked the same question.
"The Xie family has gone too far to bully others. Why didn't the girl just ask for a divorce?"
Gu Nan leaned tiredly on the tub and smiled bitterly.
"Silly girl, how can it be so easy to divorce?"
The world has many requirements for women. A woman must obey her father at home, her husband when married, and her son after her husband's death.
If a woman violates the rule of seven outings, she will be abandoned miserably.
But if you ask for reconciliation, both families need to agree.
Now her father and brother are gone, leaving her natal family with only her widowed mother, widowed sister-in-law, and young nieces and nephews.
Moreover, she was instigated by Xie Heng and had already fallen out with the elders of the Gu family.
Right now, no one would stand up for her and negotiate a reconciliation with the Xie family.
She patted Ruyi's hand and said softly: "I must make peace with Xie Heng, but the time is not yet ripe.
Although we got our dowry back, the people in the shop and village have been replaced by the Xie family. We need to put in the effort to completely take back the shop and village.
Then I will find a way to get the Gu clan to agree with me and Li, and we will live our own lives from now on. "
Of course, before she can reconcile, she wants to ruin the Xie family's reputation.
She made them pay the price for those who harmed her and those around her in her previous life.
Ruyi wiped away her tears and said, "I just feel sorry for the girl being bullied so much. If our master and young master are still alive, we will definitely not let anyone bully the girl."
Gu Nan sighed.
Her father and brother both suffered from heart disease and left within a year after she married into the Hou family.
It must have been for this reason that the Wenchang Hou Mansion originally focused on the Gu family property.
Gu Nan suppressed the coldness in his eyes.
"My father and brother are gone, so I will find a way to help support the Gu family. Don't worry, no one can bully us in the future."
Ruyi choked with sobs, "Fortunately, now that the girl has stood up on her own, she finally sees clearly the prince's hypocrisy."
Gu Nan said: "If you hadn't registered all the dowries they took away in the past few years, I wouldn't be able to get back so much money today.
So you are still the smartest, calmest and most insightful. Today is so smooth, thanks to you. "
Ruyi burst into laughter after being praised, and couldn't help but feel sad when she looked at the marks left on her body.
"Does it hurt, girl? Prince Jing...this is so disrespectful of people."
Gu Nan lowered his head and looked at himself.
The traces of allergies caused by peanuts have dissipated, revealing the green and red marks left by Xiao Yan on her body.
Especially on the chest, there were light pink marks the size of thumbs, which made people blush.
She shyly shrank into the water and whispered: "It doesn't hurt... I can't blame King Jing for this. He also wanted to save me."
In fact, Xiao Yan is very gentle, but her skin is delicate and easy to leave marks.
Scattered and charming fragments flashed through his mind, and Gu Nan's face was filled with heat.
Ruyi's worried voice sounded in his ears.
"Girl, do you want me to secretly cook a bowl of soup? What if I have a child?"
Gu Nan froze.
Yes, kid.
After this absurd incident in her previous life, she was caught and raped by Xie Heng and Princess Huaiyang, and she was completely confused.
After more than two months of being in a daze, I discovered that I already had a child in my belly.
She was terrified and afraid that Xie Heng would dislike her even more, so she secretly found a doctor and wanted to abort the child.
The doctor said that she was weak and that forcibly aborting the child would hurt her body and she would probably not be able to conceive another child in the future.
She hesitated and just dragged it off.
It wasn't until more than five months ago that Xie Heng discovered her belly when she could no longer hide it.
Xie Heng comforted her with a gentle look on his face, "Your body is the most important. Don't worry about giving birth to her. I will treat her as my own child."
She was so moved that she gave Xie Heng another 30,000 taels of silver that day and asked him to start his official career.
But a few days later, she suffered from abdominal pain, then hemorrhaged heavily, and she gave birth to a baby boy.
Thinking of the child's bruised face, Gu Nan's eyes instantly turned red.
"Girl, don't cry." Ruyi thought her words had frightened Gu Nan, and quickly raised her hand to wipe her tears.
"There's no guarantee that there will be a child. I'm going to make some Bizi soup right now. If I drink the Bizi soup, I'll be fine."
