His biological father was so angry that he fainted. This was a great act of unfilial piety. Gu Guogong did not care about his own grievance and immediately stepped forward to hug the old man and asked for a doctor to be sent quickly.
Although Gu Guogong was often confused and didn't have much wisdom, he was quite clever. Before anyone arrived, Gu Guogong quickly knelt down beside the old man and slapped himself repeatedly: "Dad, my son is unfilial.
If you are angry, you can punish your son however you want. Please don't scare your son."
When the second and third masters of the Gu family came over after hearing the news, they saw that Mr. Gu had swollen his face. Naturally, they had no idea that their eldest brother had been beaten by the old man.
The doctor came soon. Mr. Gu was extremely angry and needed to rest and not get angry again.
"You have all heard it. From now on, no matter what happens, you must obey your father. You can't let him be angry anymore. If anyone wants to make your father angry, I will break his legs." The corners of the old lady's eyes were red, and she scolded her three sons.
A son and daughter-in-law.
"My son (daughter-in-law) understands." Seeing the respectful expressions on her three sons' faces, the old lady was a little satisfied. She was just about to ask someone to stay with the old lady to take care of her, when the boy next to the old lady came out: "The old lady is awake.
The old lady asked the old lady and the three gentlemen to go back, the old lady wants to have some quiet time."
In other words, the old man thought the people in this room were too noisy.
The old lady was scolding her son and daughter-in-law loudly just now, but she couldn't stand it now. She said dissatisfiedly: "The older you get, the more weird rules you have. Boss, you have a wound on your face. Go back with your wife and tell her
I’ll give you some medicine. The second and third sons have been working as errands for a day and are tired. Please go back early.”
The old lady is used to giving orders and will show her presence whenever the opportunity arises. The three sons are used to it. As for the daughter-in-law, no matter how dissatisfied she is, she does not dare to fight with her mother-in-law, especially the third master and the third wife.
They showed a little bit of impatience because they were afraid that the old lady would cause trouble for them.
The second master and the third master learned that the old master was mad at his eldest brother. These two people, who could not inherit the title and could only work hard in the officialdom, understood immediately.
"The boss must have done something, and King Zhao has found out. Qianxue's dream of being a royal concubine is probably going to be shattered." People who work in the officialdom still have this bit of discernment.
"Go back and tell your daughter, let her see what will happen if she disobeys her parents and climbs a high tree." The second master felt a pain in his forehead when he thought of his careless daughter who wanted to marry the King of Qin.
The second lady responded repeatedly, feeling slightly uneasy.
They, the women in the backyard, have better family information than the elders. The second lady knew privately that Prince Chu was drugged. She also knew that on the night when King Qin and Prince Chu came, a maid beside her daughter went out, and her daughter also
Been out.
If someone finds out, he will be in trouble no matter what.
"I hope that child won't do anything stupid." The second lady was feeling uneasy, but she didn't dare to show it. She could only pray silently in her heart that the matter would be over and don't investigate any further, otherwise...
Her daughter's life is ruined.
The Second Madam didn’t know that, not to mention that the old man would not investigate this matter in a big way because he was afraid of losing face, even Mrs. Gu and their sister-in-law did not dare to investigate further.
You have to know that she was the one who drugged that night. Wouldn't it be even worse if it was finally found on her?
Therefore, everyone would tacitly reveal what happened that night and pretend that nothing happened. Anyway, the matter between the Gu family and Prince Zhao's Mansion had already been negotiated, and even if nothing was found out, nothing would change it.
The dissolution of the engagement between Qian Cheng and Prince Chu is a foregone conclusion. Even if Gu Guogong is Qian Cheng's father, he cannot turn the tide. Similarly, it is a foregone conclusion that Gu Qianxue can only be Qin Yunchu's concubine. Unless the emperor gives an order, otherwise
Qianxue's only destiny is to be a concubine in her life.
Prince Zhao's Mansion acted very quickly and had the dowry delivered back that afternoon. Looking at the dowry spread all over the floor, Mrs. Gu couldn't be happy at all. She turned around and hugged Gu Qianxue and cried hard.
"My miserable daughter, what are you going to do in the future? It's all because of that little bitch... I curse her to die the same as her mother."
Mrs. Gu was really sad. She loved her daughter, otherwise she wouldn't have gone to great lengths to get a dowry of a thousand cities for her daughter.
"Mother, mother... what should I do in the future? I don't want to be an aunt. Mother, I don't want it. Please help me. Please help me. Please help me. Concubine, let's ask the concubine. She is my aunt. I still want to be my aunt."
After saving the Fifth Highness, the Imperial Concubine will definitely help me..." Gu Qianxue cried even more sadly, tugging at Mrs. Gu's clothes, her sunken eyes flashing with desperate madness.
"Qianxue, the imperial concubine..." Mrs. Gu couldn't continue, but Gu Qianxue knew in her heart that she was in despair.
"Mother, mother... I don't want to be a concubine, I don't want to be a concubine." As she spoke, Gu Qianxue fell into Mrs. Gu's arms: "Mother, what should I do, what should I do..."
"Qianxue, my miserable daughter, don't worry, mother will not let that little bitch go, mother will avenge you..." The mother and daughter held each other's arms and cried. Both Mrs. Gu and Gu Qianxue knew in their hearts that this time
The matter is a foregone conclusion, not to mention that the imperial concubine cannot help, even if the imperial concubine can help, she will not help.
Others didn't know it clearly, but Concubine Gu and the fifth prince knew that the person who saved the fifth prince at that time was not Qianxue but Qiancheng.
The fifth prince and Concubine Gu didn't say anything because they didn't care. Since the Gu family thought it would be better to give this credit to Qian Xue, Concubine Gu naturally helped the Gu family.
It is undoubtedly an idiot's dream to want Concubine Gu to come forward for Gu Qianxue. Not to mention that Concubine Gu will not come forward, even if Concubine Gu is willing, Prince Zhao will not give Concubine Gu face.
The mother and daughter hugged each other and cried, and scolded Gu Qiancheng together for a long time. Only then did the mother and daughter feel a little better. Gu Qiancheng, who was scolded, was not having a good time at this time.
Before, she used the dowry as a price and asked Gu Guogong to pay 800,000 taels of silver directly to light a lantern for her mother. Now that the Zhao Palace returned the dowry, Gu Guogong took away the Duke's part and threw the rest to Gu Qian.
City, let Gu Qiancheng handle it on his own.
What Gu Guogong took away was the cash in the box and the gold that was easy to sell. What was left to Gu Qiancheng was a pile of antiques, fabrics, jewelry, and even furniture that were not easy to sell.
These furniture were all made according to the dimensions of Prince Zhao's new house, and were made of fine rosewood, which was very expensive and even expensive. Of course, the wood used for making the furniture did not come from the Gu family, but was her mother's dowry.
.
Facing a pile of gaudy jewelry, fabrics, and even half-person-high coral ornaments, Gu Qiancheng had a headache.
"How can I sell these things?" The key point is to sell them at a good price.
"Sell? Miss, you...what did you say? You want to sell the dowry?" Sun's mother was dumbfounded, thinking she heard wrong, but Gu Qiancheng nodded seriously: "If you don't sell it, why keep it?"
I can never run out of fabric jewelry in my lifetime.”
"Miss, you can't use up the dowry. You can leave it to the young master in the future. Miss, you must not sell it. The amount of the dowry represents your future status in your husband's family. A woman who has no dowry or a small dowry will be deprived by her husband."
The family looks down on you. Master and Madam, they will definitely not prepare much dowry for you. This is the only thing you can rely on in the future, and you can't sell it." Mother Sun persuaded her earnestly, trying to dispel Gu Qiancheng's idea of selling dowry.
Dowry is a woman's private property and her husband's family has no right to possess it. The more dowry a woman has, the more her natal family values her and the higher her status in her husband's family will be.
Gu Qiancheng's dowry is enough for her to gain a foothold in her husband's family, but...
Gu Qiancheng looked at Mother Sun and said, "Mother Sun, is there anyone in the capital who is willing to marry me? If I marry far away, I won't be able to keep it no matter how much dowry I have."
When Gu Qiancheng said this, he didn't feel much sadness, but when Sun's mother heard it, it hurt her heart, and she burst into tears.
"Miss...my miserable young lady, I have been harmed by them all my life. What are you going to do in the future?" Sun's mother knelt down at Gu Qiancheng's feet and cried bitterly.
Gu Qiancheng was right. Unless the family was so poor that they had to rely on their daughter-in-law's dowry to survive, no family with any respect would let their son ask to marry Gu Qiancheng.
She is disabled, her engagement was broken off by Prince Chu on the spot, her biological father was furious, her stepmother was unfilial, and she made the family scandal public. No one would dare to bring such a woman into the house.
There is no one who doesn't have any dirty things these days. If the people who have been wronged are like Gu Qiancheng and publicize it without hesitation, how will they be able to gain a foothold in the capital in the future...