Reborn as a bride, pretending to be virtuous, the prince held his waist and regretted

Nanny Yuan was stunned for a moment. She was worried that the new bride would cry and make a scene, which would bring disgrace to the Changning Marquisate. She quickly tried to make amends for her own prince, "Madam, please don't be angry. I will report this to you right away."

Gu Xiling smiled gently, "Don't worry, Ma'am. I'm not angry. I understand that the prince is disappointed that he didn't marry his sweetheart. Today, mother-in-law has worked hard to prepare for the wedding. Don't make mother-in-law and father-in-law angry tonight."

When Nanny Yuan heard this, gratitude appeared in her eyes. She didn't know if the young master would be punished if the new bride made a scene today, but she knew she would be beaten with a stick.

Nanny Yuan bowed respectfully to Gu Xiling and said, "Don't worry, Madam, the Marquis's wife and the Marquis are still in charge of the mansion."

The implication is that the Crown Prince Zhou Jin will not cause any trouble. As long as she behaves properly and respectably, her position as the wife of the Crown Prince of Changning will be secure.

In her previous life, Gu Xiling knew that the wife of the Marquis of Changning was a person who valued rules. She could even tolerate a daughter-in-law like Gu Xirong who was very unruly, so she should be able to tolerate her temper as well.

"Thank you for the reminder, Ma'am. Xiling is new here. If there is anything wrong, please give me more advice." After saying that, Gu Xiling winked at Xiuzhu, who had a worried look on her face, and handed her a purse.

After receiving the reward, Nanny Yuan was even more delighted. "This is my duty! Madam, are you hungry? I'll have someone bring you some food."

"Thank you, Ma'am!" Gu Xiling accepted it gladly. Zhou Jin's angry departure did not affect her appetite at all.

After eating and drinking, Gu Xiling took off her wedding dress, removed the jingling jewelry in her hair, and asked the maid to fetch hot water for washing.

She was wearing a pink silk dress and lying on the inner side of the wedding bed.

I have been up since four o'clock in the morning and have been busy until now when night falls. I am tired and sleepy. After eating and drinking my fill, I fell into a sound sleep.

Although the Crown Prince's wife said that there was no need to report it to the Marquis' wife, Nanny Yuan could not bear the consequences.

Seeing that the Crown Prince's wife had eaten and drunk her fill and fell asleep, Nanny Yuan breathed a sigh of relief, suppressed the smile on her lips, gave the maid some instructions, and went to the main courtyard to report.

When Changning Marquis' wife Song learned that her newly married daughter-in-law was publicly humiliated by the Crown Prince Zhou Jin, her heart skipped a beat, "What about the Crown Prince's wife?"

Nanny Yuan suppressed the urge to laugh, "The Crown Prince's wife also said that the Crown Prince was inevitably angry because he didn't marry his sweetheart. After that, the Crown Prince's wife didn't cry or make a fuss. She ate when she was hungry and slept when she was tired. When I came here just now, the Crown Prince's wife had already undressed and fallen asleep."

Hearing this, Song smiled in surprise, "He is a big-hearted person, but that's fine. In this deep and large courtyard, if you don't have a big heart, you won't live long."

Nanny Yuan lowered her head. The Marquis’s wife could say these words, but she couldn’t!

At this moment, Zhou Jin, the son of Marquis Changning, came in with a gloomy face and a huff.

"Mother, the one I was originally engaged to was Gu Xirong, why did it turn out to be Gu Xiling?" Zhou Jin was annoyed. Although his wife didn't have to be a talented writer, she definitely couldn't be a farm girl who couldn't read a single word.

Mrs. Song, the wife of the Marquis of Changning, took a sip of tea, her expression calm and her voice soft, "Jin'er, you are wrong. Your grandmother arranged a marriage for you because when you were seven years old, you had a high fever that lasted for half a month, and the imperial doctors in the palace said that you would not make it."

"Later, your grandmother went to see Master Yuanhui of Jinguang Temple and told him that you were extremely gifted and that God would envy you and that you could not be kept by the world. Therefore, she had to find a woman whose horoscope matched yours to get engaged to her in order to save your life."

"Your grandmother and I searched all over the capital, and finally found a woman whose birth date matched hers. She was the legitimate daughter of the Marquis of Jingyang. In a hurry, we even asked the old concubine to intervene before we could arrange this marriage."

Zhou Jin was stunned. He didn't expect that his marriage would have such twists and turns. "How can this be believed? Marriage is such a big deal. It's too frivolous."

Song's eyes were moist, and she wiped the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief. "When your grandmother placed the engagement letter with your birth dates and horoscopes for you and the eldest daughter of the Gu family in front of the ancestors in the ancestral hall, your fever subsided that day. Not only did you wake up, you also ate a large bowl of rice porridge in one breath. From then on, you became healthier and free of disease."

"Son, the horoscope that you were engaged to is that of Gu Xiling, the legitimate daughter of the Gu family. You did not marry Gu Xiling, but married a fake Gu family girl. That girl's horoscope is weak and cannot suppress your horoscope at all. If anything happens to you, how will your grandmother and I live?"

Zhou Jin was dumbfounded, and his voice of accusation weakened a bit, "But...could it be a coincidence?"

Song narrated the story slowly, "When the Gu family heard about the replacement of the legitimate daughter, I sent someone to investigate. During the time when you were seven years old and recovering from your illness, Gu Xiling, the legitimate daughter of the Gu family who had always been healthy in a farming family, inexplicably fell ill with a high fever that wouldn't go away."

"The farmer's family was poor, with no medical care or medicine. The girl was thrown into the woodshed and survived for half a month before she woke up. It was also during this time that you fully recovered. Although we are thousands of miles apart, your grandmother and I both believe that the child took the blame for you, and that's why you survived."

"There are gods above us. You may not believe in them, but you must respect them. Your grandmother and I prayed for Xiling, so you must respect her for our sake."

Zhou Jin was speechless. No matter how unhappy he was, it was useless. "But...but I don't like her!"

Song chuckled, "Jin'er, my wife is Qi Ye. You may not love her, but you must respect her. The eight-man sedan chair will carry her back to the Marquis' Mansion. She is the wife of the Crown Prince of Changning Marquis' Mansion."

"If you don't respect her, you are disrespecting your own face; if others disrespect her, they are also disrespecting you and our Changning Marquis Mansion. Do you understand?"

Comforted by his mother's gentle words, Zhou Jin understood why his grandmother and mother insisted on marrying Gu Xiling.

Even if you are extremely unwilling, you have to accept it!

Zhou Jin was persuaded to leave by the people from Changning Marquis Mansion!

Sister Xirong, who was as charming and beautiful as a willow in the wind, married that rough man Xie Jin. Zhou Jin couldn't help but hang his head and sigh.

On the way back to Zizhuyuan, Zhou Jin was still feeling depressed, so he composed a poem, "I once admired the mandarin ducks living together, the leaves of the southern valley were blurred. Who else but the parrots would understand? Don't cry out your feelings to others." (Excerpt from Tsangyang Gyatso's "Love Poem No. 14")

When the maids saw Zhou Jin coming, they hurriedly saluted and said, "Welcome, Prince!"

Zhou Jin waved his hand and pushed the door open. Instead of seeing the beautiful woman crying, he saw Gu Xiling, who was sleeping with a red face, snoring, and her slender white legs crossed on the quilt.

All the worries in my heart reached their peak at this moment.

Because of what his mother had just said and his upbringing, Zhou Jin couldn't bring himself to beat his newlywed wife. However, he was angry, tired, thirsty and hungry, and couldn't bear to see Gu Xiling sleeping so soundly and peacefully.

He stretched out his slender fingers and poked Gu Xiling's face twice, which were warm and soft.

Gu Xiling was having a sweet dream when she felt her face was a little itchy. She scratched her face unconsciously with her hand, her pink lips moved slightly and she hummed twice. She wrapped herself in the bright red mandarin duck quilt, changed her posture and continued to sleep!

Zhou Jin became even angrier. Why was Gu Xiling so happy while he was so angry?

So he stretched out two fingers and pinched Gu Xiling's round face, "The husband hasn't slept yet? How can the bride sleep?"