The mistress of the Hou family worked herself to death, and she did not serve after her rebirth

The pleading tone in Gu Tingzhi's voice and the sincerity in his eyes made Pei Jiuniang dazed.

Under his gaze, she finally said after a long while, "Gu Tingzhi, have you changed?"

"Yes, I have changed. Everyone changes. I used to think that I was born to support the future of the Marquis' Mansion, so I didn't think about anything else for many years.

When I reach the age to get married, I will get married. It doesn’t matter who she is, as long as she is virtuous, can take care of my mother and make my mother happy.

But later…”

Before Gu Tingzhi could continue, Pei Jiuniang interrupted him, stared into his eyes, and asked, "Why are you suddenly so nice to us?"

She used the word "suddenly".

Having experienced Gu Tingzhi's indifference and neglect towards them in her previous life, she had already prepared herself to be ignored in this life.

In fact, she reviewed the events of her previous life more than once after her rebirth.

She has never avoided her mistakes, but in the final analysis, Gu Tingzhi was more or less responsible for her doing those wrong things.

Although she had never expressed it passionately in her previous life, she really loved Gu Tingzhi, and everything she did was to make him see her.

He didn't like Yu Ge, and liked Gu Xijue and Gu Yuzhi more, so she treated the two children better.

It's not like she hadn't thought about the possibility that the two children might be his.

But she thought that he could entrust the two children to her care, which must be because he trusted her.

So, she said, I can't let him down no matter what.

Sometimes she felt like she was possessed by a poison in her previous life and could not control her own behavior.

Therefore, after her rebirth, she became extremely clear-headed and prepared to break off ties with him from the beginning.

No matter how good he was to them, she remained indifferent.

But he has changed so much.

Before, she just thought he was being cheap, and the colder she was, the more he cared about her.

But she felt that he was not that kind of person.

Especially what he said today and what he did for her made her suddenly dazed.

Everyone was somewhat suspicious as to whether the current Gu Tingzhi and the Gu Tingzhi in the previous life might be two completely opposite people.

Just like himself in his previous life, he seemed to be possessed by a poison and sometimes could not control his behavior.

Just like in a war, one side attacks and the other side defends.

In her previous life, she had followed the rules to please him and the two children and ignore her own son, Brother Yu.

He ignored them and only saw the two children.

The more Pei Jiuniang thought about it, the more confused she became.

Gu Tingzhi's voice sounded at this time, with some self-blame and confusion, "Jiu Niang, what do you mean by this? We are husband and wife, I am your husband, you are my wife, and Brother Yu is my son. Isn't it my duty to treat you well?"

Having said that, he also knew that it was his neglect of them over the past five years that caused them to have such doubts.

He felt even worse.

My heart is filled with guilt and self-blame, and I want to punch myself a few times.

Gu Tingzhi, Gu Tingzhi, what have you done?

Why do you misunderstand a woman without knowing anything clearly?

Even if she is indeed a scheming person, she gave birth to children for me and managed the mansion. Why can't I see it?

Why do we have to wait until they become disheartened and want to quit before we regret and want to make amends?

But he didn't, after all, he still had to keep his body to make up for it.

His voice was unusually hoarse, and it sounded like he was crying.

"Nine Lady, I was wrong before. I only ask you to let me stay with you and your son, okay?"

Pei Jiuniang raised her head in shock and looked at his slightly red eyes. She couldn't believe that Gu Tingzhi would say such words to her, so humbly.

Her heart trembled uncontrollably.

But when she thought of the injustices Brother Yu had suffered, and how he said one thing in front of her and another behind her back, she hardened her heart again.

Men are all good at pretending.

Princess Qingfang and her husband, the most loving couple in the capital, have always been an envied couple. Everyone praises their deep love and affection. Even though Princess Qingfang had been childless for many years and offered to take a concubine for the husband, the husband refused.

But last year, the two suddenly divorced, saying that the princess had a mistress outside, and it had been many years, and she had several children.

It is said that the prince went to the temple to have a tryst with his mistress under the pretext of burning incense for the princess. The princess was invited by the daughter of the Shangshu Mansion to go out for a spring outing, and she accidentally ran into the prince, and finally discovered the affair between the prince and his childhood sweetheart cousin.

For a moment, the whole capital was in uproar.

Everyone says that men are good at pretending.

Sometimes the better you pretend to be, the more you have to hide.

Many women checked themselves, and found that several couples actually had problems.

On the contrary, those who fight all day long are clean.

So, she couldn't believe it.

What if Gu Tingzhi is also pretending?

Could it be that he just wanted her to continue to manage the mansion and raise his illegitimate child? To raise the illegitimate child to be a talent, and then discard him?

But he was willing to resign for her?

Pei Jiuniang was in a trance.

I didn’t know what to think for a moment.

"May I?"

Gu Tingzhi didn't wait for her reply and asked again humbly.

A pair of eyes stared at her with deep affection.

She was in a trance for a moment, then she came to her senses completely, pushed him away without hesitation, and told him sternly, "No."

"No, I can't." He repeated in a whisper, and then stood in front of her again, "Pei Jiuniang, why can even murderers be pardoned? Why are you so cruel? You don't even give me a chance?!"

"Give you a chance? Gu Tingzhi, then explain it to me first. You pretended to repent and make amends to us mother and son, but you said such things to Gu Yuzhi and Gu Xijue in private, and deliberately let Brother Yu hear it. What do you mean?"

"What? What are you talking about?"

Gu Tingzhi was a little dazed. His reason told him that Pei Jiuniang must have misunderstood something. He had suffered too much from misunderstandings, so this time, no matter what, he had to make things clear to her.

"You gave wolf-hair brushes to Gu Yuzhi and Gu Xijue, and then asked Gu Yuzhi to tell Gu Xijue that you valued him more. You gave the colt to Brother Yu only because Brother Yu was not capable of great tasks, and the court gradually valued civil officials over military officials. You thought that Gu Xijue would be able to shoulder the future of the entire Marquisate in the future..."

"No, that's not the case. I didn't..."

Before Pei Jiuniang could finish her words, Gu Tingzhi had already denied it eagerly.

But Pei Jiuniang obviously didn't believe it, and even thought he was quibbling.

"I swear to God."

Gu Tingzhi, eager to prove himself, raised his hand without hesitation, but seeing Pei Jiuniang's indifferent look, he put it down dejectedly.

It feels bad to be misunderstood.

At this moment, he deeply understood how much pain she had felt because he had misunderstood her over the years.

"Nine Lady, whether you believe it or not, I really didn't do that. The colt was not easy to come by, and I am a military commander myself, how could I look down on military commanders? I am not good at writing, I just know a few words, how could I have thought of giving them wolf-hair brushes? I don't know what the difference is between wolf-hair brushes and other brushes. I know you won't believe me when I say this.

I can go find them and then you will know clearly."

Gu Tingzhi knew that Pei Jiuniang would not lie, so the one who lied must be someone else.

But he didn't understand why they did this?

Why did I let Jiu Niang and Yu Ge misunderstand me?

What's in it for them?

Thinking of this, Gu Tingzhi was about to pull Pei Jiuniang to look for her, but was pulled back by Pei Jiuniang.

Her expression seemed much calmer.

The voice also calmed down.

"No need, maybe someone did it on purpose."

Pei Jiuniang looked at Gu Tingzhi's reaction and after some hesitation, she felt that it did not seem to be fake.

There must be someone with ulterior motives.

And she had also recently heard about Gu Yuzhi's attempt to curry favor with the royal family.