Rebirth of the Merchant Woman's Revenge

Gu Qiongsi was still in her Acacia Courtyard at this time. As she was still in confinement, she had been out running all day and was very tired. At this moment, she just felt uncomfortable all over, especially the soles of her feet, where she felt a dull pain.

"Chunxiu, go and check at the door quickly. My mother should be here soon." She still arranged for Chunxiu to go to the door to greet her mother.

However, Chunxiu was busy taking care of Xie Rui who was crying non-stop. After Mother Wu left a few days ago, she had been taking care of the child alone without any help, so she couldn't help but have some complaints.

"Yes, yes, I'll go right away." Chunxiu put the crying Xie Rui in the cradle, trotted out of the house, and breathed a sigh of relief at the gate of the yard.

Gu Qiongsi became very annoyed when she heard the baby crying. She endured the discomfort and struggled to get up. She walked to the cradle, looked at Xie Rui's eyebrows and was about to pick him up when she suddenly shuddered. She looked at Xie Rui's face with some disbelief and couldn't help but take a breath.

"Si'er, my Si'er." Mrs. Du walked over from the door with tears in her eyes. Seeing Gu Qiongsi's thin back, she felt extremely distressed.

When Gu Qiongsi heard Mrs. Du's voice, she quickly adjusted her expression, handed Xie Rui in her arms to Mother Wu, and hugged Mrs. Du together.

"Mother, I finally see you." Gu Qiongsi choked with sadness. It was hard to describe what he had experienced in the past month.

The two of them could be said to be crying together. What had been a good plan was completely messed up overnight. Anyone would be very sad.

"Si'er, what happened? Tell your mother in detail how you got discovered." Mrs. Du wiped her own tears with a handkerchief and helped Gu Qiongsi wipe her tears.

"Many things are very strange. Sanlang has been investigating for almost a month, but there is still no clue. Sigh..." Gu Qiongsi sighed. Mother Wu had naturally told her mother about the situation at that time, so she didn't need to repeat it again.

"That bitch Gu Xunwei, when she came back home, she and her mother came to ask me where you were. Your father and I didn't tell you, but," Mrs. Du pondered for a moment before continuing, "she heard that you were at Puhua Temple to reflect on your sins, so they also went there to burn incense."

"Mother, do you mean that they started investigating me because they didn't find me at Puhua Temple that day?" Gu Qiongsi asked back, but immediately shook her head, "She couldn't have discovered what happened between me and Sanlang. If she knew, how could she have agreed to marry Sanlang?"

"That's right. It's all in the past. There's no point thinking about it now. Let me take a good look at my dear grandson, Rui'er..." Mrs. Du patted Gu Qiongsi on the back, took out a big red envelope from her bosom, and stuffed it into Xie Rui's bosom...

Since this housewarming party was hosted by the current number one scholar, and Mr. Nanshan also condescended to attend, poetry and songs were naturally added to the men's section. Those who came were all the heads and colleagues of the Hanlin Academy, so there was a constant stream of applause coming from the front yard.

Someone must have composed a brilliant poem. Qian felt honored to hear it in her seat. She smiled more and interacted more attentively with the other ladies.

Gu Xunwei just sat quietly beside her, covering her lips with a handkerchief and coughing lightly from time to time, and seemed not very enthusiastic about doing anything.

Finally, when the banquet was halfway through, Gu Xunwei left the banquet early, saying that she was not feeling well.

This was naturally unreasonable, but Qian had two daughters, so the atmosphere of the banquet was lively, and few people paid attention to Gu Xunwei's departure.

Just kidding, everyone in the Xie family will be embarrassed soon, and she doesn't want to stand with them at this time.

On the way back to the courtyard, Bai Zhi came over again, "Young Madam, everything is ready, please give your instructions."

Gu Xunwei held Chenxiang's hand, paused for a moment, and then said, "Well, let's start."

Bai Zhi nodded, turned around and left.

Gu Xunwei glanced towards the front yard with a look of ridicule and disdain, "Chenxiang, it won't be long before this house will belong to the Gu family."

Chen Xiang's eyes showed a trace of joy, but her face was calm. How could she not be happy to be with her parents? She just asked, "Madam, do you really want to divorce the young master? If so, you may end up..."

Her worries were not without reason. The world today was not friendly to women, and life was especially difficult for divorced women. Even if she was the daughter of a prime minister, after divorcing her husband, she could only build a small Buddhist temple in the backyard and spend her whole life in front of the Buddha and could no longer live a normal life.

"It doesn't matter. I am the only daughter of my parents. I will never marry and will stay in the Gu Mansion to take care of them in their old age." After experiencing betrayal throughout her life, Gu Xunwei has become more open-minded about many things.

Chenxiang didn't know what to say to comfort her, so she just lowered her head and kept silent. However, in her heart, she felt sorry for Gu Xunwei for finding such an unreliable husband.

In fact, in Chenxiang's view, Xie Cheng'an just took a concubine and gave birth to a bastard, which was not unforgivable. But in the end, she did not say it out loud because she had never disobeyed Gu Xunwei's decision.

At the banquet in the front yard, Xie Cheng'an was writing a poem on the theme of "High-spirited and Vigorous". Everyone looked at him with burning eyes. He pondered for a moment and then recited:

In the prime of life, I feel free and unrestrained, and full of vigor and energy, I walk into the sky.

The pen moves like a dragon and snake to write down my ambition, and the dream of riding a horse to travel across the mountains and rivers is not far away.

The spring is beautiful with green willows and red flowers, the sky is high and the clouds are light, the sun and the moon are bright.

I will travel three thousand miles by water and have the confidence to live for two hundred years.

Before he finished speaking, some people started applauding in advance. Mr. Nanshan also nodded continuously. This top scholar really had some talent. He had come up with such a brilliant poem in such a short time, which was on par with Qingzhu.

While Xie Chengan was still cupping his hands to thank everyone for their applause, a servant ran over in a panic. He whispered to Xie Chengan, "Master, there's a little beggar at the door. He said someone asked him to deliver a letter to us. We need to give it to you now, or something bad will happen."

As he spoke, he handed an envelope in his hand to Xie Chengan.

Xie Cheng'an still maintained a smile on his face, but he already had a bad feeling in his heart. It was because of a child who sent him a letter on the day his affair with Gu Qiongsi was discovered, which led to the situation becoming irreversible.

Today, someone came to deliver a letter to him again, saying something like "something big is going to happen", which made him feel a little nervous.