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  "Mrs. Liu?" Fan Shi seemed to have grasped the last straw and hastily asked her: "Which Mrs. Liu?"

  Gu Qing also became excited, she wasn't afraid, but if Old Lady Gu really got angry, it was possible that she would be sent to the ancestral temple to spend the rest of her life in front of the ancient Buddha, and she didn't want to end up like this.

  "It's from Liu Niang's room! It's Liu Mama from Liu Niang's room!" Madam Gu's face was already very impatient, and Gu Qing saw the situation, no longer hesitating, hastily called out Liu Mama.

  Aunt Liu?

  Old Lady Gu glanced at Wang and sneered: "Which Liu's wife is it?"

  Gu Qing followed her gaze and saw that Wang Shi was also staring at him in a daze, hastily saying: "It's... it's Liu Niang from Second Uncle's room, the new one who just arrived."

  “Nonsense!” Before Old Lady Gu could react, Fan Shi slapped her hard on the ear, making her stumble and tear up. Only after slapping her did she turn around to wipe away her own tears and kneel down in front of Old Lady Gu: “Old lady, it's my fault for not teaching my daughter-in-law well, which led our Fourth Son to get involved in the conflict between his wives. Now that things have come to this, I have nothing more to say. Fourth Son was wrong, but did she really have the guts to harm you, who have always loved her? Please bring Liu over and clear Fourth Son's name!”

  Old Lady Gu only felt a sharp pain on her forehead where the hair band was tied too tightly, and with a gloomy gaze, she glanced at Gu Qing before turning to stare at Wang Shi who had been standing still all along, saying: "Look at the big mess you've gotten us into!"

  It's come to this and you still can't forget about the cruel Wang family?

  Gu Man didn't wait for Wang Shi's response and snorted: "What grandma said sounds like it was my mother who brought that woman back."

  Old Mrs. Gu heard her say this and suddenly felt embarrassed. She angrily said: "What do you mean by this?"

  "It doesn't make any sense." Gu Man didn't take her anger to heart and continued, "I just find it laughable. My mother did nothing, yet she has to bear the brunt of Old Lady's anger, while Fourth Sister made such a huge mistake, but all Grandmother did was listen to Eldest Aunt's complaints for a bit before letting it go. Doesn't Old Lady think that's unfair? Moreover, what Eldest Aunt said about the wife and concubine competing for favor and harming innocent people is unreasonable. Who in this侯府 doesn't know that my mother treated Liu Shi with kindness and righteousness? Who doesn't know that my father dotes on that little concubine? Using the word 'compete' on her is acceptable, but using it on my mother isn't. Doesn't she think that's too forced?"

  A very beneficial mouth, Fan's family and Gu Yun both looked at her, seeing that she was standing with her hair scattered, but her back was still straight, and the whole person had a few points of inviolable momentum, for a moment, there were many feelings mixed together.

  This customer has become really too much in these few months.

  Gu Yun didn't like Gu Man, she had disliked him from the moment she laid eyes on him. However, this didn't stop her from coveting the power of Wang Taifu behind his back, and as a result, even if Lu Hanxuan wanted to bring her back home to worship as an ancestor, she wouldn't have any objections.

  After all, she is a woman. Gu Man thought that after marrying her, he would still be in this state. Even if at that time she was still in this half-dead and half-alive state, Lu Hanxuan could just abandon her and take in several concubines. Or even marry a wife of equal status.

  Even if King's family publicly stated that they didn't mean to form an alliance through marriage last time, it doesn't mean that the real marriage can't happen after all. In the future, the master of Hou Mansion will be Gu Boqi, and he has nodded in agreement, so what is there for King's family to refuse?

  She thought of this layer and just held a good attitude to watch the play, without speaking.

  "Good grief!" Old Mrs. Gu was so angry that her old face turned bright red. She leaned back against Gu Yun's body, tilting backwards.

  "Slap!" Before everyone could react, Gu Man was slapped by Gu Boqi, who had burst in.

  Gu Boqi rushed over, not even bothering to adjust his hat properly. As soon as he entered the door, he heard Old Lady Gu scolding Gu Man, so without hesitation, he raised his hand and slapped him, then hastily went up to ask Old Lady Gu: "Mother, are you alright?"

  "Nothing the matter?" Old Mrs. Guo sneered as soon as she saw him, "I'd like to think nothing's the matter, but unfortunately I didn't raise a few good sons and daughters, every one of them can't wait for this old woman to die!"

  Gu Boqi heard this and felt both ashamed and embarrassed, hastily kneeling down: "Your son is terrified!"

  He paused for a moment, then shouted at Gu Man to come and apologize: "Why did you offend your grandmother? What about the things you usually learn..."

  He didn't even have a chance to finish speaking, and Gu Man's anger was uncontrollable. She broke free from Pei Yin's grasp and ran to Gu Bo Qi's side, coldly laughing: "Father, why are you so sure it was me who angered Grandmother? When the water pipe burst in Grandmother's room and she was frightened, I didn't see Father coming to comfort her. Instead, it was my mother who arrived first. Now that things have been cleared up, it's obvious that Fourth Sister sent someone to set the fire and frame Mother. Father doesn't speak up for us or seek justice, but instead hits people in front of so many uncles and aunts. Doesn't Father think this is impolite?!"

  Gu Boqi felt a bit embarrassed and confused by Gu Man's words, he didn't know what had happened at all. At this moment, hearing Gu Man say so, he felt some guilt in his heart, but in an instant, he felt ashamed: This girl is too bad at reading people's faces, even if she was wrong, can't she just leave it for now and talk about it later?

  He then lifted his head in anger, wanting to say something to regain his absolute dignity. However, as soon as he looked up, he saw Gu Man staring at him with a gaze that contained mockery and ridicule, without any hint of the respect a daughter should have for her father.

  "Alright!" Old Lady Gu covered her chest with some difficulty and scolded: "Are you afraid others don't know you have a sharp tongue?"

  "The old lady misunderstood." Gu Man bowed deeply to her and then said, "Does Grandmother think Father was right? You've had such a big thing happen, but Father is still lingering at Liu Niang's place and won't come. When he does come, he hits me, who just suffered injustice. If Grandmother thinks the granddaughter should not say a word, then fine, the granddaughter will keep quiet."

  The Wang family then pulled her sleeves, Gu Man still had a temper in his heart, and at this moment he couldn't help but take advantage of the situation to get up and support Wang's mother. He rushed to Old Lady Gu and said: "Old lady, now you should believe that this matter has nothing to do with my mother? Since the suspicion has been washed away, and now the matter is related to Father's concubine, we will not bother anymore. How about letting us go back first?"

  Gu Boqi's anger suddenly dissipated, and he hastily asked: "What concubine? What does this have to do with Liu Niang?"

  "This is something Four Sister should tell you." Gu Man glanced at him with a somewhat schadenfreude look.

  This Liu Liu Niang is probably not an ordinary person. Which ordinary person can have a slave girl who can drive away venomous snakes by their side? And who would be so restless, coming in for less than ten days and already thinking of plotting this and that?

  She believed what Gu Qing said, and this matter must have something to do with Liu Niang and Gu Yan. She also knew that the outcome would definitely be Gu Qing framing Liu Niang, no need to think about it.

  It goes without saying that even if the idea was hers and the person was also her pawn, even Liu Niang's collusion with Gu Qing was also her doing. In the end, she would definitely not be implicated in the whole thing, she was used to washing her hands clean, and borrowing a knife to kill someone was her consistent style.

  But Liu Yiniang is not as simple as she appears on the surface.

  In the end, someone has to take the fall for this. And that someone can only be Gu Qing, that stupid and cruel sheep.

  Gu Qing suddenly shouted towards Gu Bo, "Second Uncle, you have to save me! It was Liu Mama, who is beside Madam Liu, she instigated Qiu Lan to steal Second Aunt's earrings and then took the earrings to Old Lady's place to frame her!"

  Gu Boqi's face was shocked. A moment later, he scolded with a sinking face: "Nonsense! Liu Mama asked for leave to return to her hometown in Nanfu yesterday? How could she go and set fire?"

  "Second Uncle, you're deceiving me!" Gu Qing's eyes widened in shock, and it took him a long time to react to what Gu Boqi had said. He instinctively felt that he was trying to help his own concubine clear her name, and he rushed forward, crying: "Just now, just two hours ago, she was still in my room! How could she have returned to the South Mansion? Second Uncle, it's you, it's your second house joining forces to frame me! It's a conspiracy between you!"

  Gu Boqi has a temper. And this temper is not just towards his own people, seeing the situation he gets annoyed and with a flick of his sleeve, he pushes Gu Qing away. He then turns around, puts his hands behind his back and scolds: "Crying like this, where is the dignity of a young lady from a good family? Liu Mama told me yesterday that she was taking leave to go back to Nan Fu. I'm afraid it will take more than a month for her to come back, Lin Chengjia's family must also know about it. If you don't believe me, you can ask someone to verify! I'm worried that you won't be able to find out!"

  Fan's family was not as good as Gu Qing's. She was very clear that since Gu Boqi said so, the Liu mother in Gu Qing's mouth would absolutely not be found. She had a son and a daughter, but Gu Qing was already 12 years old this year. In just a while, it would be time for her to get married and help Gu Bo Xuan or her son Gu Cheng Yuan consolidate his power. Just at this moment...

  "What else can you say?" Old Lady Gu was not a fool, she did favor the eldest branch of the family, and it was true that she had a soft spot for this granddaughter. However, who could compare to her own life being more important? She actually dared to come and harm her own life, so she couldn't be forgiven.

  The three old men looked a bit bewildered, and after hesitating for a moment, one of them said: "This matter has been discussed until now, but there is still no clear evidence. Why don't we wait for Old Lady Liu to come back and then make a final decision?"

  "No need! She has already confessed everything herself!" Old Lady Gu said with finality: "Send her to the Zhuangzi in Tongzhou to be detained for now!"

  Gu Qing couldn't believe it, just half an hour ago Liu's mother was still with her, preparing to celebrate the victory. Clearly, it should be Gu Man and his mother who were sent to the Zhuangzi, so why did everything change in such a short time? She stared blankly at Gu Man, only to find that he was also staring at her, his smiling eyes making her feel inexplicably flustered.

  PS：

  Isn't it too early to put it on shelves? The plot hasn't even unfolded yet. Subscribing makes me afraid to watch...

  Also, thank you to Caotan Xiaolu for the peach blossom fan, sachet and peace charm, as well as a peace charm at dawn, and Ye Xiaoyu's sachet, thank you very much...

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